User talk:Paulinefowler666

Paulinefowler666 (talk) 16:06, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

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 * Thank you so much! I did visual editing so I didn't see the source code. I won't make the mistake again, thanks. Paulinefowler666 (talk) 20:39, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

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 * Hi! I have been using AutoEd and the cleanup script on some pages and it doesn't automate a edit summary sometimes. I'll be sure to put them in going forward. Paulinefowler666 (talk) 02:27, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

List of Intel Core processors
Hi Paulinefowler666, why did you remove the anchors from the section headings on that article? I'm guessing it's because of an error caused by the quote marks within quote marks in the anchor code? — AP 499D25  (talk)  11:36, 10 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi, sorry, I find articles on the Check Wikipedia tool and put them through Auto-Ed/Auto Formatter to correct the errors. It's not always correct and I'm sorry if it removed something integral to the article!! Paulinefowler666 (talk) 14:25, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Oh, okay. I looked at the documentation for Template:Anchor, and apparently it says when substituting the anchor, certain characters such as double quote marks have to be "escaped" by using equivalent code so that the anchor actually works, which is what I've now done here. — AP 499D25  (talk)  14:37, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

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Hi Pauline! Do you recall what tool (e.g. AWB) or editor (e.g. VisualEditor) you were using when you made this edit? It appears that your edit removed an anchor in a header, breaking some incoming section links (see the removal of ), and also removed some non-breaking spaces (see the removal of  ). If there is a tool that is doing that without your knowledge, I'm just looking to know what it is so I can make a bug report and have it fixed. (If you're making those changes intentionally, I'd just advise you to refrain from changing code if you do not know what it does.) Cheers,  Sdkb  talk 22:09, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Hmm, seeing @AP 499D25's post above, I'm wondering if it may be WP:AUTOED?  Sdkb  talk 22:14, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
 * @Sdkb At first I thought the removal of the section anchors were because of double-quote marks in the anchors, until I noticed all the anchors had been removed from List of AMD Ryzen processors as well, where no invalid characters were ever used in any of the anchors: diff. In fact I regularly update that article myself and I'm the one who added all those anchors, and linked to them from various other pages, so I know exactly what they are being used for. — AP 499D25  (talk)  01:17, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

By Auto-formatter, Pauline meant de:Benutzer:TMg/autoFormatter.js, not a synonym for AutoEd. I tested the script on the AMD page and it seems to remove all anchor tags; not AutoEd's fault.

Please don't use foreign style-correction tools on enwiki! We have different style rules than the Germans here. Also, please read WP:COSMETICBOT. Aaron Liu (talk) 01:58, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
 * My bad, because the tool is listed on enwiki I thought it was fine to use on here. I go off of things on checkwiki.toolforge.org and try to correct them with the tools listed (AutoEd & AutoFormatter) but I have stopped using AutoFormatter now knowing that it has caused a lot of mistakes. Paulinefowler666 (talk) 14:26, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Aaron Liu, for what it's worth, AutoFormatter is designed to be used on any wiki (m:User:TMg/autoFormatter); it won't apply dewiki-specific formatting to other wikis. It should, as with any other semi automated tool, be used carefully and with oversight. — Qwerfjkl  talk  14:53, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
 * If it's intended to be used here, it should probably be made compatible with our MOS, since there will always be more cautious and less cautious users. Courtesy pinging, who appears to be the maintainer on de-WP.  Sdkb  talk 15:17, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I put a reference to this discussion at de:Benutzer Diskussion:TMg/autoFormatter yesterday. Aaron Liu  (talk) 17:11, 17 May 2024 (UTC)