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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)

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 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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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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An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Tim Bowness, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Ones And Zeros.

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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]

A barnstar for you!

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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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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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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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  • The Translation Suggestions feature in the Content Translation tool now has another level of article filters added to the "... More" category. Translators who use the Suggestions feature can now select and receive article suggestions that are customized to geographical locations of their interest using the new "Regions" filter. [1]
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