User talk:Miniapolis/Archives/2019/March

Betancourt/Vetancurt removal of redirect
Hello Miniapolis. Thank you for your note. There was apparently a code error which made the link for the Spanish engineer Augustín de Betancourt (born 1758) go to the quite different Mexican, Augustín de Vetancurt, via the faulty redirect. Please check to see. The original source is in the notable people of the Kronstadt article. If I made a mistake then it was to intercept the faulty link. Regards, --Po Mieczu (talk) 16:49, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Boy, is this confusing. The original redirect was to Mexican scholar Augustín de Vetancurt and, therefore, was not "faulty"; I moved Augustín de Vetancurt to Agustín de Vetancurt—which seems to be a more-correct spelling—and tweaked the redirect target so it continues to point there. I'll put hatnotes at the top of both pages to minimize any confusion :-). All the best,  Mini  apolis  17:58, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2019).

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A Quick Note + Apology
Hi Miniapolis. I hope that you are well. So, this is kind of an old thing I just now noticed. At the end of 2017, when I was working on a good article review for Steven Universe, I suggested that the nominator get the article copy-edited. I neglected to see that you had just performed a copyedit. I worry if my comment may have come across as critiquing your ability; I did not mean the critique in this way, and I just wanted to take time to say that I'm sorry. You work as a copy-editor is truly awesome.--19:13, 21 March 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gen. Quon (talk • contribs) 19:13, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
 * No apology needed; the GOCE tag got buried somehow in the WikiProject banner shell. Although some copyeditors put the tag there ( used to), I don't; I'll include a requested copyedit in article history or use the standalone tag. Hope this finds you well also. All the best,  Mini  apolis  19:29, 21 March 2019 (UTC)

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