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If can fix some grammar in this article, thanks:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_Authority_of_India 93.140.149.99 (talk) 21:16, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've copyedited the article's prose and removed duplicate links. I haven't done an exhaustive check, but it should help. Please note that all the sections from "Training of Elite Athlete Management Support (TEAMS)" to the end of the article are unsourced. —Bruce1ee 10:18, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Sic

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I've left notes on User talk:Alansohn and User talk:GigachadGigachad about the {{sic}} in external links. I suggest letting the editors who made the errors fix them. Cheers! —Anomalocaris (talk) 22:48, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Update: You already fixed them all ... —Anomalocaris (talk) 22:51, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Anomalocaris: There weren't that many, so I just fixed them myself. I see now that GigachadGigachad is removing the sic's from all the external links. —Bruce1ee 22:56, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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sir how to create page for this site iacnews.com Gaziismail (talk) 14:54, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Have a look at Help:Your first article. It will guide you through the process of creating an article. —Bruce1ee 15:40, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I tried this before but deleted the page. Can you help me? Gaziismail (talk) 02:24, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
If you have any specific questions about creating an article, the Teahouse is a good place to ask them. —Bruce1ee 07:49, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you so much Bruce1ee Gaziismail (talk) 08:09, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Sir, will this page be policed? Draft:IAC News @Bruce1ee Gaziismail (talk) 17:03, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I don't understand your question. Please read the information in the "Draft article" box at the top of the page. —Bruce1ee 18:15, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Handloading changes

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Hello, you made a change to a gallery I made in "handloading" I see what you did but am not sure why or what exactly your change did. Can you explain? It's the first time I've inserted pictures and a gallery and was not positive I did it correctly. TIA Wallpep (talk) 01:59, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Wallpep: Pictures in galleries should not have |thumb, |right, |left, |center and px values specified. Have a look at Help:Gallery tag, and in particular Help:Gallery tag#Inserting images. —Bruce1ee 06:11, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Got it, thank you. Wallpep (talk) 19:23, 15 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Did you know nominations/USS Gyatt

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A kind reminder: you forgot to sign your comments/review with the four tildes (~~~~). — 🌙Eclipse (she/they/all neos • talk • edits) 14:06, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@LunaEclipse: My edits to that DYK nomination were repairs, not comments or reviews. —Bruce1ee 14:12, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
My bad. I checked the edit history and you were right. — 🌙Eclipse (she/they/all neos • talk • edits) 14:22, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
No problem :) —Bruce1ee 14:40, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism warning

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Hi @Bruce1ee, I want to let you know I've reverted one or more of your contributions because they do not seem constructive. If you think I made a mistake or have questions, you can leave a message on [[User talk:|my talk page]]. Please note that continued vandalism may lead to restrictions. 2A02:1808:127:DF9E:D4B4:83FF:FE95:30C6 (talk) 18:19, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please explain. My edit was not reverted, it restored a period deleted by 62.172.127.69. —Bruce1ee 22:33, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy anniversary, Bruce!

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I would like to wish you a happy anniversary for the time you made your first edit. I’m proud of you and wish you the very best of luck. I hope you have a blessed day too. 47.49.136.126 (talk) 19:54, 13 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much. —Bruce1ee 23:29, 13 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy First Edit Day!

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Thank you very much! —Bruce1ee 08:19, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

reference text squashed

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why you make the reference on D'Arcy Concession difficult to read? 2A02:2455:8423:4800:DDD8:9DF3:3018:1939 (talk) 17:48, 16 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

References are not generally formatted as you did in #27 here. Have a look at the reference layout here for example. —Bruce1ee 18:07, 16 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
but shouldn't the overriding priority be that they are easy to process.
Line breaks for example are explicitly used in this style recommendation: Help:Citation merging
Centering is not addressed anywhere i know of, and i don't want to stand out in terms of readability, so maybe we could put the line breaks back in (more important) and keep the center out (less important).
I have edited D'Arcy Concession with a different proposal. 2A02:2455:8423:4800:DDD8:9DF3:3018:1939 (talk) 18:56, 16 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That looks better, thamks. —Bruce1ee 22:09, 16 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Image Beside Table in List of Current Senators of Canada

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Hi @Bruce1ee

Thanks for you help with fixing the image beside the table here: List of current senators of Canada#Standings

On some browsers, I'm still seeing the image a bit above and to the right of the table, and I'm wondering if you have any tips for how to get it to sit nicely beside the table (or a different arrangement, if that is preferred according the standards of the site). I'm relatively new at this but hope I can put some of my knowledge to good use updating related pages.

Thanks again!

Canadianpoliticaljunkie (talk) Canadianpoliticaljunkie (talk) 21:50, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Canadianpoliticaljunkie: I've seen this done before, but I can't remember where. I had a go at trying to fix this in my sandbox, and I was able to position the image immediately to the right of the table, although it still is a little too high. I'm no expert at table manipulation, but I'll give it some thought. If only I could remember where I've seen this before ... —Bruce1ee 00:03, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I think this is what you want: User:Bruce1ee/sandbox/List of current senators of Canada. It's definitely not the most elegant solution – I'm sure there are better ones out there. —Bruce1ee 06:27, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted picture on 2025-03-14 lunar eclipse page

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Hi there, I see that you deleted my picture at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_2025_lunar_eclipse. I think that it is a worthwhile addition to the page, so could you let me know what I did wrong and how I can fix it... thanks! Lowe4091 (talk) 18:33, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Lowe4091, I didn't delete the picture, I removed the "thumb" file option, which should not be used in galleries as stated here. It was Magnolia677 who removed the picture the next edit per Wikipedia's image use policy. —Bruce1ee 22:16, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Bruce for the explanation. Lowe4091 (talk) 00:47, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Asking question

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Hi Bruce1ee, About my page of "Sunpadh Rebellion" you removed the command code of small from my page because its "Too small" well I wanted to ask you what's good to use for it then? Should I use the command /sup and sup"? R3YBOl (talk) 14:38, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

MOS:SMALLFONT states that the text font size should not drop below 85% of the page's default font size. The font size of the text in most infoboxes has already been reduced, so using <small>...</small> within the infobox often drops the font size to below 85%. In the case of {{Infobox military conflict}} in Sunpadh Rebellion, using small tags reduces the font size to about 74%. You could try <sup>...</sup>, but it would probably also drop the font size to below 85%. —Bruce1ee 15:17, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
why I wouldn't use the span style to adjust the font size into 90-87? I think this would work but before I would try it, I wanted to ask that if it does break the policy of Wikipedia? R3YBOl (talk) 16:52, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You can use span style to reduce the font size, but just remember that the percentage you use is that of the infobox font size, which is already a percentage of the page default. —Bruce1ee 17:38, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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I'm not reverting you because I can't be bothered to battle this out, but your rationale is quite incorrect and the link you provide contradicts what you state. The whole point of piping a title is to remove the words in parenthesis for better reading, i.e. Bel Air (album) vs. Bel Air.

The format you are using, which I have never seen used before, is redundant. There is no point in using Bel Air (album) when you could just use Bel Air (album), i.e. Bel Air (album)|Bel Air (album) vs. Bel Air (album) -- the end result is the same with less characters used.

Again, piping the title is just used to clean up the text for reading purposes. You also ended up reverting some other changes I made that had nothing to do with disambiguation. freshacconci (✉) 12:40, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Freshacconci: The format I am using is not mine, it's the MOS for disambiguation pages – see Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Disambiguation pages. The disambiguator "(album)" in Bel Air (album) needs to be visible and not hidden with a pipe (see MOS:DABPIPE). So Bel Air (album) should be listed as [[Bel Air (album)|''Bel Air'' (album)]], i.e. Bel Air (album); "Bel Air" is italicized, but not "album" as it's not part of the album title. Have a look at these disambiguation pages, which all use the same formatting: Swan (disambiguation) and Greatest Hits (disambiguation). —Bruce1ee 13:48, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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CS1 error on Egyptians

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Hello, I'm Qwerfjkl (bot). I have automatically detected that this edit performed by you, on the page Egyptians, may have introduced referencing errors. They are as follows:

  • A bare URL error. References show this error when one of the URL-containing parameters cannot be paired with an associated title. Please edit the article to add the appropriate title parameter to the reference. (Fix | Ask for help)

Please check this page and fix the errors highlighted. If you think this is a false positive, you can report it to my operator. Thanks, Qwerfjkl (bot) (talk) 08:24, 12 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Fixed. —Bruce1ee 08:52, 12 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fred Fred collaborations?

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Can't bring myself to edit anyone's userpage. Fascinating though. Doug butler (talk) 03:36, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Are you referring to this on my user page? Do you have any Fred Frith collaborations you'd like to add? —Bruce1ee 07:46, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Admin please help us GMA Pictures page vandalism issue

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I need help from you sinced you're autopatrolled confirmed use - with a Wikipedia issue. A user who was previously blocked for editing vandalism is now back and removing information from the GMA Pictures filmography page. The user's reasons for removal are invalid, and their actions are disrupting the page.

The user questions the integrity of IMDB, but IMDB is a reliable source that maintains comprehensive records of films, distributors, and producers worldwide. IMDB's data undergoes extensive verification, making it a trusted source for media organizations globally.

Here are the links to the vandalized edits:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_films_produced_and_released_by_GMA_Pictures&diff=prev&oldid=1287123125

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_films_produced_and_released_by_GMA_Pictures&diff=prev&oldid=1287123251

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_films_produced_and_released_by_GMA_Pictures&diff=prev&oldid=1287123592

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_films_produced_and_released_by_GMA_Pictures&diff=prev&oldid=1287124006

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Kutsero&action=edit&redlink=1


Given the user's history of vandalism and lack of valid reasons for removing content, I request that Wikipedia's administrators review this user's actions and consider blocking them again to prevent further disruption.

Unfortunately, I don't have the power to block users. I recommend reporting this issue to Wikipedia's administrators through their designated channels. 103.231.240.86 (talk) 05:56, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can you summoned a ANI/notice dashboard incident admin that user?
Removing it even the content was properly cited.
You cannot easily dictate IMDB team who also managed by Box Office Mojo. You cannot manufactured information for IMDB because all infornation you are going to contributed will undergo extensive process. This is all proven already that IMDB became source of all media organizations worldwide.
Please blocked this user again 103.231.240.86 (talk) 06:05, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not an admin and cannot block users, but please note that IMDB is not considered a reliable source, see WP:IMDB. I'd suggest raising this matter at Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard. —Bruce1ee 06:55, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry

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i just want to say sorry bruce1ee 74.81.118.98 (talk) 17:02, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Apology accepted, but please don't do it again. —Bruce1ee 17:07, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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 Fixed —Bruce1ee 08:11, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the help!

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Thanks for volunteering at WP:RX ... your research is helping me get the Silent Parade article promoted to FA status. You and all the volunteers at WP:RX are rock stars! Noleander (talk) 23:32, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
My pleasure ... —Bruce1ee 23:41, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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ABCya

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Rioned editing in ABCya 70.25.120.68 (talk) 16:43, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please clarify. —Bruce1ee 17:17, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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286,477 edits that is seriously impressive! Thanks for fixing a metric ton of lint errors! Polygnotus (talk) 00:15, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Polygnotus: Thank you very much. —Bruce1ee 00:18, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Can we steal your secrets (other than not sleeping much and being here for 2 decades)? I am assuming you are not doing everything by hand? Polygnotus (talk) 00:20, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I actually am doing everything by hand – no secrets! —Bruce1ee 00:27, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Woah. I've been trying to outsource all my editing to people smarter and more qualified than I am, but unfortunately they are too smart to fall for my tricks! [FBDB] Polygnotus (talk) 00:31, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This vandalism is getting out of control

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They keep vandalizing your page. Drewthescorpio (talk) 07:53, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Drewthescorpio: I know. This ip has already been listed at WP:AIV, and I see has now been blocked. Thanks for your help. —Bruce1ee 07:56, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You're welcome. I'm thinking of applying for rollback - what's your recommendation? Drewthescorpio (talk) 07:59, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
(update: i just applied for rb!) Drewthescorpio (talk) 08:02, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Good, I think you deserve it. —Bruce1ee 08:04, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I wanna get an antivand barnstar one day. Drewthescorpio (talk) 08:06, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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 Fixed. —Bruce1ee 08:47, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Helping you warn the violators

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Hi, I’m Starfall2015. I warned this user as their username does not meet the username policy, leaving this message:

Starfall2015 chat 08:57, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Starfall2015: Thank you. —Bruce1ee 09:00, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for fixing the lint error and adding those categories to the Wikipedia article I made! As a new user, it was great to have someone there to help with what I'm still learning. Keep up the great work! Reverosie (talk) 19:50, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Reverosie: My pleasure. —Bruce1ee 23:38, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Hello Bruce,

The link I added was to verify that the telescope I made was real and exists.

It is a new site to show how it was made. The original wiki I had was closed down a few years ago and did not have time to build another one.

I am not promoting myself in that site just sharing information on telescopes and thier design.

Would it be possible to reinstate the link as before? Included below. Thanks Dave

Making of the 30 inch F3 Telescope | Thomson Telescopes Datscope (talk) 17:25, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've responded here —Bruce1ee 17:46, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Columbine effect

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The over 300 deaths statistic is from the table itself. There's been 305 deaths and 535 injuries. Acoolusername2025 (talk) 17:13, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I didn't see that. I've restored your edit. —Bruce1ee 17:20, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Acoolusername2025 (talk) 17:29, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Lisp (Programming Language)

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Thank you for "fixing" the image in the infobox. But - what did you fix? I wanted the image space filling to the width of the box. Now it is smaller, and, i feel, graphically less balanced. -- Cobalt pen (talk) 16:34, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Cobalt pen: Generally the syntax for infobox images is simply the file name plus the extension, with no "File" prefix or enclosing square brackets (see Template:Infobox programming language#Example). I've added "logo size" to the Lisp (programming language) infobox to increase the size of the logo to what you had before. —Bruce1ee 18:00, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm, i understand. I used the File prefix's "thumb" attribute to avoid setting an explicit resolutions. Description of the logo attribute reads "Filename for the image; e.g., 'File:Monodevelop Logo.svg'" (see Template:Infobox_programming_language#Parameters), so the template "syntax" is a bit unclear here. Unfortunately, i do not understand enough about template programming to fix this properly, so its ok for me. Thanks again. -- Cobalt pen (talk) 03:27, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You're right, the template documentation isn't very clear, although the logo parameter actually reads: Filename for the image; e.g., 'Monodevelop Logo.svg'. without the "File" prefix. —Bruce1ee 07:16, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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A beer for you!

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Hey! I really liked how you’ve improved your stub article — your use of citations is awesome. Keep going! :) Raffkid (talk) 16:09, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, although I'm not sure which stub article you're referring to. —Bruce1ee 17:14, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Newport News

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I was originally going to write that the results for Newport News in 1888 and 1892 were mistakenly put there. It is actually the results for Norfolk City. And by looking at the results it is highly improbable that there would be such a high drop in vote between 1892 and 1896. In addition, Newport News was not made into an independent city until 1896 and was thus not separately counted outside of precinct level data for 1888 and 1892.

Source: https://archive.org/details/presidentialball00burn/page/840/mode/2up?view=theater Illustriousdudeidk (talk) 09:41, 4 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Illustriousdudeidk: The problem with your edit is that you have also removed the {{PresFoot}} template, which breaks the "United States presidential election results" table and moves it to the bottom of the page. Every {{PresHead}} template needs to have a {{PresFoot}} template. —Bruce1ee 10:27, 4 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Removal of images from Prafulla Chaki article

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I noticed that you recently removed several important images from the Prafulla Chaki article without any explanation or prior discussion. These weren't random additions—they included photographs of close family members and associates who played key roles in his life and context. The montage was thoughtfully put together using the template to keep the formatting clean and in line with Wikipedia’s standards.

If there were any specific concerns—like image licensing, placement, or relevance—I’m more than happy to talk it over on the article’s talk page. But removing such historically relevant and properly sourced media without a clear reason doesn’t help improve the article, and it goes against the spirit of collaborative editing.

I’d appreciate it if you could either restore the images or share your reasoning so we can find a common ground.

Eshaan the writer 02:06, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Eshaan the writer: I did not remove any images from Prafulla Chaki. My only edit to this article was to repair a lint error. Check the article's history. —Bruce1ee 07:49, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
ok sorry for misunderstanding Eshaan the writer (talk) 09:35, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
No problem ... —Bruce1ee 09:52, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Paula Toledo Wikipedia

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Hello,

I am very sorry to keep grabbing your attention by putting together my 'Paula Toledo' music artist Wikipedia page incorrectly, including missing references. This is my first time creating a Wikipedia page, so I'm learning as I go. I have been instructed to put together the page by Paula Toledo herself, and I was wondering if you would consider helping me make the page to ensure I don't keep publishing it with errors. Failing that, I was wondering if you could put the page together personally. Please let me know and I will forward on a document of her information that she typed up and sent me.

Stevenwhitear00 (talk) 10:24, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Stevenwhitear00: There are two things I need to draw your attention to.
The first is that you may have a conflict of interest. You say you "have been instructed to put together the page by Paula Toledo herself". What is your relationship to her? Is she paying you? Please read Wikipedia:Conflict of interest to see if this applies to you and what you need to do if it does.
The second is that the content of all Wikipedia articles need to be sourced from published reliable, independent and in-depth third party sources. A "document of her information that she typed up" is a primary source and not a third party source. Please read Wikipedia:Reliable sources. —Bruce1ee 11:53, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there. I'm not being paid, I'm just a fan who reached out to her and offered to make a page for her. There is no connection past that.
Thank you for the further advice on referencing. Stevenwhitear00 (talk) 11:59, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

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Hi, thanks for fixing that infobox. Was it the extra lines that caused it to break? If so, I wonder why the script does that. Tony (talk) 07:19, 8 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Tony1: The script broke a picture gallery of four files by removing a linefeed separating two of the files. I don't see any extra lines between the files in the gallery before the script ran. —Bruce1ee 08:35, 8 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for the correction in Vesica piscis

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Hello Bruce1ee,

sorry, it was an oversight. Of course it should have been called upright. But the image size is okay without the additional option.

Thank you and best regards Mabit1 (talk) 14:45, 11 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I wasn't sure whether you meant "upright=1.1", but I played safe and removed "upgrade=1.1". —Bruce1ee 15:20, 11 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
As already mentioned, the removal was completely fine. Mabit1 (talk) 15:29, 11 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

CS1 error on Fritillaria atropurpurea

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Hello, I'm Qwerfjkl (bot). I have automatically detected that this edit performed by you, on the page Fritillaria atropurpurea, may have introduced referencing errors. They are as follows:

  • A missing title error. References show this error when they do not have a title. Please edit the article to add the appropriate title parameter to the reference. (Fix | Ask for help)

Please check this page and fix the errors highlighted. If you think this is a false positive, you can report it to my operator. Thanks, Qwerfjkl (bot) (talk) 01:00, 16 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Fixed. —Bruce1ee 01:02, 16 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Request for Assistance in Preventing Article Deletion

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Dear Bruce1ee,

I hope this message finds you well. I am a new contributor to Wikipedia and have recently created an article about Mahdiyeh Afshar Bakeshloo and Flóra Borsi. The article is currently under review for deletion, and I am seeking your expertise to help prevent its removal.

I have made efforts to include reliable sources to support the content.

Despite these efforts, the article is at risk of deletion. I would greatly appreciate it if you could review the article and consider leaving a message on the discussion page to support its retention. Your experienced input would be invaluable in ensuring the article meets Wikipedia's standards.

Thank you for your time and assistance.

Best regards,

Mahdiyeh Afshar Bakeshloo and Flóra Borsi

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mahdiyeh Afshar Bakeshloo

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Flóra Borsi 1374maafba (talk) 19:00, 18 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

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The Barnstar of Diplomacy
Sorry. It was late for me and I misinterpreted your edit. Giving muself a trout. You rock!! Jojhutton (talk) 10:29, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Jojhutton: No problem :)  —Bruce1ee 10:53, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Draft article

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Hello @Bruce1ee, I just wanted to check with you regarding the draft article I created here (Draft:Jason Rosen) Could you let me know if it needs any fixes or changes? I've already created and reviewed the article for Smoke Season, and I want to make sure that the Jason Rosen draft meets Wikipedia standards before moving forward. Thank you! AdobongPogi masarap 🍛 23:11, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@AdobongPogi: There aren't any lint errors or any other syntax errors that I can see. You can always check for lint errors by clicking "Page information" in the left-hand tool bar (desktop) or under "More" (mobile); lint errors (if any) will be listed at the bottom of the screen. —Bruce1ee 23:36, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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List of sports figures considered the greatest

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Hey @Bruce1ee, I was wondering if you think it'd be appropriate to add Jesse Owens to the track and field section of this article as he was named the greatest track and field athlete of the first half of the century in 1950. See the following link confirming: https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=paa19510426-01.1.22&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN---------- GOAT Bones231012 (talk) 15:31, 22 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@GOAT Bones231012: You're asking the wrong person. Sports figures are not my area of activity – the only edit I did to this article was to fix a lint error. I'd suggest asking your question on the article's talk page. —Bruce1ee 15:47, 22 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oh that’s my bad, I saw your recent edit and totally just assumed. Thanks, I will post this on the talk page. GOAT Bones231012 (talk) 16:20, 22 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
No worries ... :) —Bruce1ee 17:23, 22 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

TFA

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story · music · places

Thank you today for Burger's Daughter, introduced (in 2013): "This is an historical novel about white anti-apartheid activists in South Africa with several interesting ties between the book and Nelson Mandela."! - I brought the name of John Rutter to the Main page on his 80th birthday. His music makes the world a better place. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:31, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Gerda. —Bruce1ee 07:44, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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you reverted a genuine edit to Pteraeolidia semperi

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you reverted a genuine edit to Pteraeolidia semperi. The images shown are not Pteraeolidia ianthina.

This is documented here: https://nudibranchdomain.org/specious-sea-slugs-cryptics-mimics-variations-morphs/

I will go back and update the two pages to be consistent with the proper species attribution.

Not sure why you did not reach out before doing this. Reebadab (talk) 04:16, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This issue is also documented in "Nudibranch & Sea Slug Identification, Indo-Pacific, 2nd ed" by Gosliner, Valdes and Behrens on page 331. (New World Publications, Inc.
Jacksonville, Florida USA)
Which explicitly states:
Pteraeolidia semperi (Bergh, 1870)
Size: 100 mm Widespread in the Indo-Pacific ID: Variable in color with different shades of green, blue, and
brown, but consistently with bright blue bands on the oral tentacles. Dragon-like aeolid, easily recognized by its elongate
shape and perfoliate rhinophores. Commonly in shallow water (1-10 m), often just below the low tide mark on walls; may be in
the open or feeding on hydroids; adults tend to receive most of their nutrition from symbiotic zooxanthellae. The systematics
of this group was clarified by Wilson & Burghardt (2015), --> Pteraeolidia ianthina is a temperate Australian species.
The images shown in the Pteraeolidia ianthina are not Australia sourced but north species Pteraeolidia semperi. This is aloso clear based on the white faces near the head and the number of rings on the oral tentacles.
Wilson & Burghardt (2015) - reference needs to be pulled and analyzed and the two pages should be properly updated.
I have extended patience to you by clearly writing this to you. I will update again with the proper assignments and proper updated references, after I pull them and review the. Reebadab (talk) 04:25, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I reverted your edit because you added comments on Pteraeolidia ianthina to the article itself. Comments like that should be made on the article's talk page (see Help:Talk pages). I am not questioning the statements you made, only that they should be made on the talk page, not in the article. —Bruce1ee 08:20, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
understood. it is a rules of engagement change "revert". your comment and feedback is acceptable (thanks).
please be advised - materially the page is incorrect, and the intent is to make it correct and contemporary.
will be back to do so - and will dig the supporting refs to make sure the edi is well supported. Reebadab (talk) 08:11, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Shewon Fonseka COI

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Did you have an opinion on the COI on Shewon Fonseka? I would have fixed the wikilinking error, but I didn't know if I wanted to revert the COI and warn, or leave it and warn. Zinnober9 (talk) 02:23, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Zinnober9: You're right, that is COI editing (the user's edit summaries are a giveaway). I generally avoid touching articles with suspect editing because that could imply that I'm endorsing those edits (if it's obvious vandalism, BLP violations or gross MoS infractions, I revert). But on this occasion I slipped up and didn't to check.
So, what to do? Revert and warn, or just warn. The edits, while not perfect, aren't too bad, so perhaps a COI warning would suffice? —Bruce1ee 06:53, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
"Not perfect but not too bad" was why I was on the fence on which route to take and was taking a little time to see if someone else had a stronger opinion than I. Jpeeling has since reverted based on LLM reasons (I don't see it, but it's possible), but since they didn't warn the user about anything, I'll add the COI message now. Zinnober9 (talk) 14:56, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I saw the LLM reversion and decided to leave it at that. But thanks for the COI warning on the user's talk page. —Bruce1ee 15:37, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

RX request re Topical Outline of Contents

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Bruce. thanks, but I haven't time for 20 edits to get TWL for above. Would you please send, if possible

@bruce1ee

@paulscrawl Paulscrawl (talk) 17:46, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Paulscrawl: I've posted the "Topical Outline of Contents" on the RX page here —Bruce1ee 23:40, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for The Magician's Daughter

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Source article for "cyanide mohan"

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Sharing source for changes cyanide mohan; Article confirms his background. He was from dalit family, not from privileged one.

https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/love-sex-and-murder-how-karnataka-police-nabbed-serial-killer-cyanide-mohan-9022975/ 103.38.69.178 (talk) 11:43, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have a subscription to that newspaper, but if it supports the text you added, then add it again and cite this source (see Wikipedia:Citing sources). —Bruce1ee 13:56, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Does it make any difference on the front end? They make it complicated to remove. Ikhouvanjou14 (talk) 15:50, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Ikhouvanjou14: It doesn't make a difference on the front end, but not closing bold markup tags generates lint errors, and the page is added to the missing end tag error report. All tags like bold and italic markup must be closed as I did here. See Help:Lint errors/missing-end-tag for details. —Bruce1ee 17:05, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK for A Far Better Thing

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