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Kaelan Joyce
Thank you for sorting out the Kaelan Joyce article. Very much appreciated!

We tried but could not get the exteranl links part sorted!

Once again Thank you for your time and effort. :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.166.200.76 (talk) 00:27, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Stateless (band)
Hello, I saw you assesed the Stateless (band) article from Stub class to Start class. I am aware of the criteria being used to asses certain articles, but I would like to know what in particular made you choose for Start class for this article. I actually want to know where I should work on harder or if I'm doing something wrong, or what is needed for this to be a better article. I read all the wikipedia guides and all, but you know, it's not always that easy. My only goal is to contribute to the article and try to only use verifiable sources and facts. I just need to know a little better how to improve this, to let's say a C-class article (1 step at the time!). Thanks! Hans (talk) 16:23, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
 * (in response to your answer on my talk) Ok, thanks alot. I'll try to add more content, and when their new album will be released I'm sure lots of new sources to cite will pop up. I'll try to add how they formed (found an article about that) and make a "musical style" section, which seems common for most band articles. And I'm thinking of asking a native English speaker to rewrite most of the text, my English is too average to really make this a better article. But I'll do my best the next couple of months and I'll ask for a new assessment when I think it might be ready for a C-class article. But having a good base structure and already having all the facts (verifiably) sourced is a good start for a better article, I believe. Thanks for your time! Hans (talk) 16:50, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Layout of Neanderthal references
Mr. Bradbury, I see that you have just done a major cleanup of the markup structures in the Neanderthal article. The Neanderthal article is the kind of article that I love to read in Wikipedia, and so I really appreciate your work. I have a question regarding the ordering of the References section citations. In all other wikipedia articles I have read (maybe 50), references (as opposed to notes) are sorted in alphabetical order. I find no rhyme or reason in the current References order in the article. What am I missing? (I am a new editor, and seeing that your work displays mastery of wikipedia rules and processes, I feel good about asking you.) Thanks in advance for your answer.Middle Fork (talk) 22:09, 21 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Got your note, checked the Neanderthal article. Great!! Thanks. Had I been more secure, I would have done it myself when I first noticed the problem. I will be more bold in the future. By the way, I wish the initial editors had not embedded the vast majority of full references in the notes field. Makes it very difficult to quickly scan to make sure the key players in various sub-controversies are being recognized in the article. But when I made that suggestion, it was rejected by someone who, I felt, had developed uncomfortable "ownership" vibes.Middle Fork (talk) 04:33, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Shama's quote in French Revolution
Tom, the flame of Reason quote you give from Shama's book Citizens (I presume) is on p. 778 in my 1989 publ. book: yours is on p. 658. Cordialement, Frania W. (talk) 23:59, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
 * You mean that 1989 & 2004 editions have that much page difference, my 778 is your 658? Total pages in my book, incl. sources/bibliography/index, is 950.  FW/  Frania W. (talk) 00:09, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Well my (counted) 950 page book is the one given as 948: the 1989 edition.  So everything's in order.  I was just reading what had been done to the French Revolution today & am glad you do not make mistakes!  Cordialement,  Frania W. (talk) 00:22, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Assessment of David Berkeley
Hi Tom. Thank you for your assessment on the David Berkeley article and for the formatting of the reflist. If you have time, do you have any advice on how I could further improve the article? Thank you. McMarcoP (talk) 08:11, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Tom, thank you for your suggestions. The point is, I am not able to find any negative review of Berkeley's work, at least online. I am sure that there are some, though, and I will keep looking. Also - I will try to add some image, maybe a scan of an album cover. I am constantly expanding it, every time that there is some update anyway (the ATL group is yesterday's news - literally) and will keep doing so. Thank you very much! McMarcoP (talk) 10:25, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Sharon Kay Penman
Hi. Yesterday you rated the Sharon Kay Penman article that I took from a stub. Today the rating was changed to a C because of the skimpy lead. I've reworked the lead. If you get a chance, do you mind swinging by and having a look? Thanks. Truthkeeper88 (talk) 22:39, 30 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the very speedy reaction and the extra set of eyes to fix the mistakes. I'm fairly certain it is Richard the Lionheart but will spend some time verifying. Thanks again. Truthkeeper88 (talk) 23:42, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Nicholas Mayall FAC
Hello Tpbradbury,

I'd love to get your copy edit help on the FAC for the astronomer Nicholas Mayall. If you have some time, please come take a look and make any improvements you can.

WilliamKF (talk) 01:28, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for you support. WilliamKF (talk) 02:08, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

Yo Ho ho


 Ϣere Spiel  Chequers  is wishing you Seasons Greetings! Whether you celebrate your hemisphere's Solstice or Xmas, Eid, Diwali, Hogmanay, Hannukah, Lenaia, Festivus or even the Saturnalia, this is a special time of year for almost everyone!

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Hi Tom, see you at the Oak in Jan?  Ϣere Spiel  Chequers  18:48, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Arius article assessment
Thanks so much for taking the time to assess the Arius article; I appreciate your imput on it. Just out of curiosity, what kept it from gaining a "B" classification? I've been working trying to improve it of late, and would appreciate hearing your thoughts. Thanks again! - Ecjmartin (talk) 00:57, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your feedback! I'm going to see what I can do about that, and then maybe nominate it for GA, once we resolve a couple of issues brought up recently by another editor.  Thanks again for your imput! - Ecjmartin (talk) 01:15, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks
Thank you for your edit on 2010 Toronto Blue Jays season fixing up refrences. Youre help is noticed and much appriciated. B LUE J AYS F AN 32 (T ALK 15:08, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Reflinks
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You are now a Reviewer
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Thank you
I wanted to say thanks for always assessing bio articles when they are requested – you help out much more than I do, so: 

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Assessments Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury and Elaine Hamilton-O'Neal
Thank you for the recent assessments of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury and Elaine Hamilton-O'Neal. I appreciate the work that you are doing. For my future reference, could you direct me to the MOS regarding image sizing and formatting of references or citations in articles? I'm finding a bit of inconsistency between individuals assessing articles. I would really like to improve my editing and alignment with the MOS. Could you also provide a link that will let me know how to format the references in the manner that you revised? I haven't the foggiest idea how to do that and I cringe to think that I added work on your part. Any information you could provide that would improve the article is greatly appreciated. Thanks again! ;) Cindamuse (talk) 16:51, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

Elaine Hamilton-O'Neal
Thanks for the feedback on the assessments of Anthony Ashley-Cooper and Elaine Hamilton-O'Neal at my talk page. Images, refs, what not. I'm definitely going to start using the reflinks bot for citations. I agree with the assessments. Although, I didn't expect the B assessment on AAC. I guess it was better than I thought. I had the biggest trouble finding any photos of Hamilton or her work that I could use. Doesn't lend much to an interesting article of an artist, in my opinion, but I did what I could. Thanks again. I appreciate the work that you are doing. Cindamuse (talk) 17:50, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

Happy Tpbradbury's Day!
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Thanks
Hi Tom, thanks for taking the time to assess Tim Christensen and Dizzy Mizz Lizzy, and making a few useful improvements. I'm happy Wikipedia has such good volunteers like yourself! Best wishes, Eddyspeeder (talk) 21:45, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
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Archpoet's assessment and edits
Thanks a bunch for rating the article Archpoet and making most-welcome fixes! If you have some time, I'd love to hear your thoughts and suggestions on how to make it even better. I really want it to reach B, A, and even GA status soon enough, so any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers! • H☼&omega;d&Theta;esI&dagger;fl&notin;&isin;   {KLAT}  &bull; 09:26, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Danke schön for the suggestions. I'll get working a little harder! &bull; H☼&omega;d&Theta;esI&dagger;fl&notin;&isin;   {KLAT}  &bull; 18:13, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

Ronnie Lee Gardner
Thank you for helping out. This is my first FA nomination, so I am admittedly a bit intimidated. KimChee (talk) 04:46, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

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Happy 10th Anniversary of Wikipedia!
Dear Tom, Frania de Lutèce, who can't stand whisky but adores champagne, would like to know what exactly you mean by the sources needed for the image Napoléon adieux à la garde impériale à Fontainebleau.

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Thank you!
I want you to know how much I appreciate edits like this. I don't understand how to do that sort of stuff, and I don't have any interest in learning how, either, but I sure am glad there's people like you who add the professional look to this encyclopedia. Thank you! HuskyHuskie (talk) 04:23, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

GA review for Ludwig Wittgenstein
Hello! I have reviewed this article; you can see the review at Talk:Ludwig Wittgenstein/GA1. Please don't be offended that I closed the review without allowing time for improvements - I only did that because, once improvements are made, I would like to redo the review from scratch in order to make sure that this excellent article gets all the attention it deserves. Thank you for working on it, and happy editing! --Cerebellum (talk) 11:42, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Wow, good job! Thank you for your prompt response.  I still think it would be nice to have a "Reception" or "Legacy" section though - what do you think? --Cerebellum (talk) 09:09, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks...
Just to drop you a quick note of thanks for clearing up my ref error on the hawking page, I was interrupted at home and didn't realised the mistake - blushing now... Failedwizard (talk) 20:45, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Hey! - ur contribs 2 WP...
hv bn noticed @ Yahoo News: LINK (in a bar graph showing the monikers of the users with the most edits during the U.S. Pres. Primaries so far to the Wiki blp pertaining to a Republican party candidate).--Hodgdon&#39;s secret garden (talk) 10:25, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
 * .....Lollol!!! Hey, u think their graphic's set to update itself automatically, as more edits r made?--Hodgdon&#39;s secret garden (talk) 10:47, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Yeah - spose not--Hodgdon&#39;s secret garden (talk) 11:01, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

Autopatrolled
Hi Tpbradbury, just wanted to let you know that I have added the autopatrolled right to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature will have no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers. For more information on the patroller right, see Autopatrolled. Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! —Tom Morris (talk) 12:30, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Re:TdF
I'll take the running man for it; after all, it was what Sagan did on stage 3 at the race...although that seems so long ago now. Haha. But many thanks!  Craig (talk)  23:00, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Absolutely; he is nearly there...but it isn't over until that final lap in Paris. One little incident like the one on stage 6...on a straight bit of road...and then they could be on the back foot. Flat tyres in the time trial...and let's not mention any more tacks...but for team performances, Sky have absolutely nailed it, despite losing Sivtsov early on...one less hand in the mountains but they've blown the rest of the field out of France. No wonder that they have 34 victories, excluding national championships, this season. Dominance.  Craig (talk)  23:40, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Revision 531166099
What white space error are you talking about? I see none in the prior revision. - Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 14:46, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
 * thx for your message. you can see harry reid and dick durbin are combined in one frame. however for the house of rep pictures, there was space to the right of the individual images rather than them being in pairs, the frames didn't seem to resize automatically Tom B (talk) 17:31, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks! - Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 21:57, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Million Award
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DYK for Mia Frye
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Happy New Year Tpbradbury!


Happy New Year! Tpbradbury, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. Iryna Harpy (talk) 03:33, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

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The Beatles Invite
Hi, in response to your thanks your welcome. I'd also like to add that I can't wait to see your excellent and well-appreciated work used on Beatles articles. All the best wishes and kind regards Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 08:59, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks!
Hey, Tpbradbury thanks for your contributions to Alexander O'Neal, I may be asking as lot but could you please help me with the article Bruce Foxton. Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 09:12, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

Napoleon
Hello I read one of your edits on Napoleon Bonaparte that convinced me that the article is to big and that it should be around 10,000 words not 17,000. I feel specially the battles are to much mentioned in details. Today I removed a lot of unnecessary repetitive information's only to see myself revert by one editor. I opened a debate on the talk page and I believe your input could be very important. I believe in consensus and collaboration and didn't want to make further changes until this issue is debated and decided by many editors.Thank you.Aubmn (talk) 22:19, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

Clint Boon
Could you please help me with the article, Clint Boon. Thanking you in advance Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 09:15, 15 May 2015 (UTC)


 * I'd also be grateful if you could help with the article, Tom Bailey. Once again, thanking you in advance Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 21:50, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

I don't usually ask you to help with football biographies but could you please help me with the article, David Lucas. Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 11:21, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

I hate to feel that I'm asking for too much, while giving so little (though I am). However, could you please give your undivided attention to the article, The Style Council. All the best, for being the best Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 18:27, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

A lot more than a little help with the article Rochdale would sure be appreciated partner. Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 18:10, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Well, a lot more than a little help with the article Stockport County would sure be appreciated partner. Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 13:35, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

Could you please me with the article Niall Hone. Thanks! Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 13:14, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

Hi, maybe a little help with the article Philipp Tschauner. It seems to be poorly translated from German. Thanks! Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 12:58, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

If you've got any spare time, could you please help me with the articles Every Sperm Is Sacred and Galaxy Song? Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 16:58, 1 August 2015 (UTC)

Me again! (sigh), if you've got any spare time, could you please help me with the articles Mark Mothersbaugh and Devo. Thanks! Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 10:01, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

I've ran out of conversation openers, so could you please help me with the article Josh Mancell, thanks. Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 14:35, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

I asked you to help with this article (Josh Mancell), because I was talking to him not long ago and he seems like a real nice dude, he even said he'll post out his autograph out to me at the end of this week too! Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 10:02, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

If you've got any spare time, could you please help me with the article Mim Grey. Thanks! Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 12:38, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

Again, if you've got any spare time, could you please help me with the article John Perry. And remember that I always highly appreciate your edits :) Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 11:38, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

Again, if you've got any spare time, could you please help me with the article Andy Pratt. Blessings always :) Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 19:51, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

Please help me!!!! with the articles Peter Perrett and The Only Ones; you shall be knighted! Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 15:28, 15 September 2015 (UTC)

Could you please help me with the articles Sam Brown and Pauline Murray. Cheers! Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 12:11, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

Could you please help me with the article Rock Goddess? Many Thanks and Very Best Wishes, Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 16:47, 21 June 2016 (UTC)

Flydubai Flight 981
Thank you very much for the reassessment of this article. I noticed also that you marked the "Referencing and citation" in this article as not up to B-Class criteria requirements yet. How can I improve it? Daniel (talk) 00:58, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

Help.
Could you please help me with the article Sam Brown (singer) please? Thanking you in advance! Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 20:04, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Could you please help me with the article Guy Pratt? Thanking you in advance! Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 06:46, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

Please help me with the article Nik Kershaw. Cheers! Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 11:00, 21 May 2016 (UTC)

Could you please help me with the article Miriam Stockley? Thanks! Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 21:08, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

Could you please also help me with the article Mary-Jess Leaverland too please? Thank you and Best, Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 15:27, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

Oh, No! It's Joe. Could you please help me with the article Emma Pollock? Thank you very much in advance! Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 15:22, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

Hi Tpbradbury, I hope that you're well. Could you please help me with the article Joan Jett? Special thanks, Joe Vitale 5 (talk) 16:23, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

Once upon a time
Previously you were listed as one of the top editors at Jane Austen and I thought you might still be interested in literature and article improvement at Wikipedia past GA status. I have added two new sections to the article to move it towards further upgrade and was wondering if you might do a review to assess were it is now if you could give it a glance. Cheers. Fountains-of-Paris (talk) 15:40, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

Françoise-Marie LeRoy
Hello, I was wondering if you could help with this article you created many years ago. It has been tagged for notability - I guess there is notability there though. Best wishes, Boleyn (talk) 08:58, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

Quality reassessment of Angry Grandpa
Hey, just wanted to drop a quick thank you for reassessing the article. Throast (talk) 14:34, 8 May 2021 (UTC)

Article assessment
Hello, I noticed you recently assessed the article I requested to be assessed on WikiProject Biography/Assessment and I thank you for that. However, I was hoping it would get checked against B-class criteria. So, if you could assess it against B-class and give me some suggestions I'd be grateful. If you don't have time could you put it back to WP:BIOG requests for the assessment list. Best regards, OakMapping (talk) 17:00, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Iymen Chehade: Rating
Hello and thank you for reviewing this bio. Could you share a couple of suggestions on what could improve this page? Still wrapping my head around all of this. Thank you so much for your time. TsunamiPrincess (talk) 21:01, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Napoleon GAR
Napoleon, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Lennart97 (talk) 14:47, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Tpbradbury!


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Surface air temperature for global warming
After backing out your climate change edit I changed the chart description to make it clear that surface air temperature is what is being measured by NASA. Whether the article needs to be edited as well I'll leave up to you, just keep in mind the lead is already very long. For the facts see here: https://www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-how-do-scientists-measure-global-temperature/ Efbrazil (talk) 16:16, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

Presidential state car (United States)
Hi, which article did this material come from? It needs proper attribution, and also the sources called by the references need to be copied over to resolve the Category:Harv and Sfn no-target errors. Thanks, DuncanHill (talk) 12:37, 28 October 2023 (UTC)


 * thanks, i've put a tag on the talkpage and resolved the ref errors Tom B (talk) 15:45, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you. DuncanHill (talk) 16:03, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

Copyright problem on Timeline of the John F. Kennedy assassination
Content you added to the above article appears to have been copied from https://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/criticalmoments/titles/9780415895576/timeline.php, which is not released under a compatible license. Copying text directly from a source is a violation of Wikipedia's copyright policy. Unfortunately, for copyright reasons, the content had to be removed. Content you add to Wikipedia should be written in your own words. Please let me know if you have any questions. — Diannaa (talk) 16:38, 28 October 2023 (UTC)


 * thanks, i added similar content from other articles with proper attribution Tom B (talk) 16:47, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

American Civil War
Hello Tpbradbury - I see you recently moved the image of Robert E. Lee to the right side on the American Civil War. I agree with your change but for a different reason. You cite the MOS "It is often preferable to place a portrait (image or representation of a person) so that they "look" toward the text." I prefer, no matter what way the image is "looking" the beginning of the MOS that says "Most images should be on the right side of the page, which is the default placement." What are your thoughts on the MOS "How­ever, a­void sand­wich­ing text be­tween two im­ages...." and the portraits in the Eastern theater Battles section? TwoScars (talk) 16:27, 19 November 2023 (UTC)


 * hiya, i agree with the inwards rule, it looks a lot better. I think severe sandwiching looks bad, but the images in the battles section aren't massive so it doesn't look too bad. the McClellan one is the most boring so it may look better if that was removed to avoid image overload and increase the impact of the Stonewall one, thanks Tom B (talk) 19:55, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

Eleanor of Castile
Just a note to say I'm working on the citations but it's an awful mess right now, so I'd rather keep the notice until I've completed this work! Jim Killock (talk) 13:06, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

Further reading sections
Would it be possible to move these books to there own bibliography if it's viable. Compiling bibliographies for our readers is a major activity of academics here on Wikipedia. I have seen a few disappear and this would not be helpful for researchers. List of bibliographies ..WikiProject Bibliographies. Moxy 🍁 23:38, 11 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi Moxy, thank you, there is often a separate biblio already set-up yes e.g. for the Soviet Union, or those listed in your links. So yes i've transferred publications, not used in the sources, to those. I'm sure I've never removed anything from a standalone biblio. The list of sources used in an article is already a biblio, even if it's not titled such. So every mature article already has a biblio, even if the word biblio isn't used. One issue is there's sometimes a biblio and further reading list i.e. two bibliographies. The further reading list often contains older publications e.g. Intro to the Soviet Union (1950), as they've been superceded by newer publications i.e. Intro to the Soviet Union (2010), or specialised publications e.g. Farming issues in Soviet Ukraine (2014). If an article has 300 inline citations containing sources, and a separate list of 40 sources, and a publication hasn't been used in either, I'd question how useful it is to an encyclopedia reader. I can see how standalone biblios could be helpful to researchers, but you'd want them well-curated, thanks again, Tom B (talk) 11:35, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

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Vietnam War
I think in the Vietnam war infobox, we can change communist’s casualties from “1,100,000” to “1,081,000 (of which, 30-40% were non-combat dead” (more accurate and more details). Can you help me?2001:EE0:4A62:1A70:922:8255:16B2:8061 (talk) 01:23, 26 May 2024 (UTC)


 * thank you. we actually need to remove details, as the article is overly long. Also, switching to 4 significant figures from 2 is likely spurious precision, i.e. it's not credible that we'd know how many died to the nearest thousand, over a long, large, complex war with limited record-keeping. More likely we'd know to the nearest ten thousand, or perhaps even only hundred thousand. Writing it to the nearest 100,000 is being clear that we don't know exactly, Tom B (talk) 10:26, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
 * ok, so, you can change from “1,100,000” to “680,000 - 1,100,000 (of which, 30-40% were non-combat dead” (because we don’t know how many died, thus we need the range of estimate, and 30-40% is signification rate)2001:EE0:4A62:1A70:59DB:E991:C3CC:B4DB (talk) 10:45, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

Trimming
Nice copyediting on the Disney page — it's rare to see editors with such a strong sense of what doesn't need to be in prose. Thanks. Popcornfud (talk) 11:23, 7 June 2024 (UTC)


 * thank you, happy editing! Tom B (talk) 12:43, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Article titles
When you made this edit you broke some links to the section. There was at least one on that page that no longer worked and the redirect MOS:PRECISION was linked there.

I know I've linked to that section from talk pages before and they would have been broken as well. One possible way to fix so that older links still work with your version is to use Anchor as in under the section header which would render as. Meaning I could link to this section as User talk:Tpbradbury. CambridgeBayWeather (solidly non-human), Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 15:34, 15 June 2024 (UTC)


 * thanks unfortunately by reverting that fix, there's now bigger mistakes: concision and consistency are now back under precision even though they're equally one of the five criteria. Even though the links break it still takes you to the right page doesn't it. how do you mean "render as ."? Tom B (talk) 16:21, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
 * The anchor is hidden so it's invisible. The broken links that are in that page don't do anything at all and the redirect just link to the top of the page and not to the section. CambridgeBayWeather (solidly non-human), Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 17:30, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
 * There that should fix it. CambridgeBayWeather (solidly non-human), Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 17:34, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
 * righty ho, thanks, Tom B (talk) 21:26, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

Israel Hamas war close
There is no current moratorium. Selfstudier (talk) 17:38, 17 June 2024 (UTC)


 * thank you! Tom B (talk) 17:40, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi Tom, I wish to point out that the close was fair and balanced except for one sentence: "Even many/most wanting a move, advocate having Israel in the title e.g. Israel–Gaza war". I've counted the votes, and give or take, it's 16 in favor of "Gaza war" and 12 in favor of "Israel-Gaza war".
 * "Gaza war" was slow at the beginning, as people were confused why it was initially "2023" instead of "2023-present", but it gained traction later on after it was corrected. The main proponents of "Israel-Gaza war" initially were Unbandito, Nableezy, Nishidani, however Unbandito eventually reversed and conceded that NasssaNser's (OP) quotation of Levivich (proposer who came up with the idea in the previous move request) was a strong argument.
 * The reason that I ask you to repeal that sentence, aside from the 16-12 votes, is because the argument for "Gaza war" is indeed strong as Unbandito conceded, and consistent with other Gaza articles, and has potential to gain consensus in future move requests. I concede that currently, reliable sources cite "Gaza war" the least, and WP:COMMONNAME prevails, but it's not non-existent, and could gain steam in the future.
 * "Israel-Gaza war" failed because it was viewed as problematic in the previous move request, if people were led to debate "Israel-Gaza war" again, it would be difficult to form consensus. If you find that those who support the move request lean towards "Gaza war" compared to "Israel-Gaza war", it may be useful to make that determination to aid future move requests.
 * It's important to do what we can to help reach consensus, since the latest move request has expended 50K characters, compared to the 400K characters of the entire article. I hope we can discuss more! Sir Kenneth Kho (talk) 18:51, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
 * hi Kenneth, it doesn't make sense to repeal the sentence. You yourself say 12, i.e. many, wanting a move were in favor of having Israel in the title, i.e. you imply the sentence is true, Tom B (talk) 21:08, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi Tom, it might be technically true as it reads "many/most", but it may be misleading to give undue weight to a minority view that is not in the main post, and the word "most" could suggest "great majority" that does not exist. Sir Kenneth Kho (talk) 06:20, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Technically, this editor is non EC and per WP:ARBECR not permitted to engage in this discussion, being limited to the making of edit requests at article talk pages only. I have made the necessary notifications at their talk page. Selfstudier (talk) 08:34, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi, thanks for the welcome on my user page. I'm unable to find such restriction on WP:ARBECR, even if we construe the entire Tpbradbury (Tom B) user page as restricted, per WP:ARBECR it still doesn't apply to the "Talk:" page we are on.
 * Did I miss anything, for instance perhaps edit requests are allowed on "Talk:" page yet move discussions are prohibited even on "Talk:" page under another Wikipedia policy? Thanks! Sir Kenneth Kho (talk) 11:16, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
 * WP:ARBECR is perfectly clear, you may file edit requests only, nothing else. And the Arbpia restriction is as well "broadly construed". That's the end of the discussion here, if you want to pursue it further you can ping me at your own page and I will have an admin confirm this for you. Selfstudier (talk) 11:24, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

Biden
You violated the consensus required restriction at Hunter Biden laptop controversy in this edit. You should self-revert. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 17:09, 22 June 2024 (UTC)


 * thank you, please point to where the restriction is? Tom B (talk) 18:12, 22 June 2024 (UTC)
 * it says, "You may not make more than 1 revert within 24 hours on this article", I have made one, Tom B (talk) 18:17, 22 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you for self-reverting. You may have already found it, but there's the restriction you quote (1RR) and then the "Changes challenged by reversion may not be reinstated without affirmative consensus on the talk page." Many of your changes were indeed unobjectionable copy edits. You may want to bundle those and make a talk page proposal, which I expect would get consensus fairly quickly. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 04:10, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
 * thanks, most or all were indeed unobjectionable and yet I was asked to reverse all of them, and spend time on the talkpage, rather than simply improving the article. Don't you think the restrictions now go too far and stop improvements to the pedia? Tom B (talk) 14:25, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I think we get a lot of collateral damage with all of our restrictions. My gut tells me the disruption saved by this one in particular is worth the collateral. If you think there's a strong case that it's not working out, you could ask the implementing admin to remove the restriction or bring it up at WP:AE. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 01:30, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
 * thanks for response, appreciate it mate, T Tom B (talk) 11:36, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Your edits to History of Australia
Hello there

I reverted your edit because you deleted sourced information which should be moved to other articles rather than deleted. WP:PRESERVE. Also in some cases you changed the content in a way which isn't correct (eg the consensus of recent research does NOT give an occupation date of "at least 65,000 years": it gives a range of 55-65 thousand years BP.) I agree that the article needs to be cut but I think such radical cuts need to be discussed on Talk. I will have a closer look at your cuts and see what I can move to the History of Indigenous Australia article which is in very poor shape and needs some sourced information.

If you do get the chance, could you have a look at the Society and Culture: 1960s to the present section? This really needs cutting. You obviously have a good eye for this, so perhaps if you cut it back I could have another look to see if there is anything I or others can preserve by moving elsewhere. Just a thought.

Happy to discuss, here or on the article Talk Page. Aemilius Adolphin (talk) 22:24, 27 June 2024 (UTC)


 * G'day, thanks, i didn't change content just copied it from History of Indigenous Australians with attribution, which is where the 65,000 comes from, it's still there. History of Australia is in terrible shape, it is 35,000 words when the policy wp:size says 15,000, i.e. it needs 20,000 words radically cut! Tom B (talk) 08:21, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I agree History of Australia is far too long. I am partly responsible because I added a lot of stuff when I was a novice editor. I have always intended to cut it back and integrate it with the many other articles on the subject. I will try to work on it progressively over the next couple of weeks. Aemilius Adolphin (talk) 08:34, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
 * thanks mate, yes the usual approach is to summarise sub-articles in this main history article, Tom B (talk) 09:59, 28 June 2024 (UTC)