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BracketBot - South Indian Studies

Page: Chattampi Swamikal

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Comment/question:

I have corrected them. Thanks for the guidance and care you extended. Regards Raman

South Indian Studies (talk) 07:34, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for resolving the issue. Huon (talk) 20:32, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Wd001.5

Page: iOS Broken Syntax

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Comment/question: How do I fix this? I was grammar checking sentences and when I was done the BracketBot message appeared. My grammar checker must have gotten something wrong. I have my grammar checker turned off now.

Wd001.5 (talk) 16:16, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

This looks more like some bizarre search-and-replace error. I don't see how any grammar checker would consider replacing "foundation" by "foIOSation" an improvement. Trivialist has reverted the edits. Huon (talk) 20:32, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - 171.76.113.249

Page: Mumaith Khan

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i just find many pages on wiki that contain articles have fake detail created by some mental people.therefor i edit page

171.76.113.249 (talk) 16:25, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

Among other stuff you removed all the categories. The article may well have problems, but your edit was not an improvement and has been reverted. If some of the given details are fake, please remove only those details (or better yet, correct them and cite a reliable source for your improvement). Huon (talk) 20:32, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Youngballer44

Page: Thalaivaa

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Comment/question: Hi sorry for the inconvenience, i surely did not intend to make the mistake. Someone deleted all the cast members in the info box so i tried undoing the latest change to the site, and it happened to be your edit. Sorry once again. Youngballer44 (talk) 17:12, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

The problem wasn't the last edit; you reverted the wrong one. I repaired the infobox and the cast list. Huon (talk) 20:32, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - P metalady

Page: Jon Moss

Comment/question:

User talk:A930913, I often manage the Jon Moss' article, as long as I am his fan and I have knowledge to make it, and I always introduce references to everything I typed there, recently an user Falcosgirl altered the page, changing the birth date of Jon's children, I changed back to the real dates and then she altered again. Sorry, but it seems this user is doing inappropriate changes. I think you can help me to make it stop.

Thanks. P metalady (talk) 20:52, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

I have gutted the entire section. There was but a single reliable source that actually came close to saying what it was cited for. The ages of the children are irrelevant to Moss and raise WP:BLP issue; citing birth records definitely is not appropriate. The article's other sources largely aren't much better; in particular Wikipedia does not consider itself a reliable source. I'll notify Falcosgirl that her edits were inappropriate. Huon (talk) 23:59, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - 203.51.88.134 Syntax corrections for page about Gerard Carbonara. Thanks for notification.

Page: Gerard Carbonara

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203.51.88.134 (talk) 23:45, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

You're welcome, thanks for fixing it! Huon (talk) 23:59, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for BracketBot

Neat idea! It caught a boo-boo I made today, and it looks like many that others are making. Thanks for putting in the time to implement it! -- Beland (talk) 16:16, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

Please skip stuff within comments

Page: Melvil Dewey

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Bot probably should ignore everything inside of comments <-- -->
If I understand correctly there's a five-minute delay on the bot. Please increase this to something like -- at least -- an hour, and preferably 24 hours. While this function might be of some value, it absolutely is low priority, and one of my pet peeves is bots jumping in between one of my edits and the next one. A one- to 24-hour delay would reduce edit conflicts and unnecessary notifications. EEng (talk) 22:55, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
[added later] I note in the next section below someone else requesting a 6-hour delay. I really think you should consider both my comments above, and the one below, re a long, long delay. EEng (talk) 01:52, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

@EEng and Bjenks: Yes, there is a growing list of notation that I need to get it to ignore; I'm trying to work out the best way to do so.

The problem with not matching a bracket right, is that it can wipe out a page. Whilst a link to a disambiguation page would result in users having to disambiguate themselves, a bracket in the wrong place could prevent a user from reading the article in the first place. I do not consider this low priority.

I assure you that I consider seriously the suggestions posted to me; many a change were born from discussion here. 930913(Congratulate) 11:32, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

broken brackets in Weather Underground article

Don't know how this happened or why it appears on the page of the finished product. Did I do something wrong? I went back to fix but it is still there. I did notice some incomplete legal citations which I fixed; two of the cites were missing ref brackets, so I fixed those too. Are you able to fix this glitch (I don't know what else to call it, unless it's my error). Thanks!--Weathervane13 03:37, 21 May 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Weathervane13 (talk • contribs)

BracketBot - Supermarioluigifan88

Page: Hairspray (2007 film)

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Comment/question: I didn't mean to, I don't entirely know how to cite. Sorry!

Supermarioluigifan88 (talk) 12:03, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

See WP:Referencing for beginners on how to cite. Amazon, though, is not a reliable source in the first place. I have reverted those edits. Huon (talk) 20:02, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Tony Thornburn

Page: City of Bath Bach Choir

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Comment/question:

Tony Thornburn (talk) 13:43, 28 May 2013 (UTC) I am having trouble editing my Wiki site. I am somewhat amateurish at this business. I was trying to check/add additional references since a comment had appeared at the top of the page requesting additional ones.

The original link to the UK Charity doesn't work any longer. They seem to have changed their web page system. So one can't get directly to a charity number, one has to type that in. So I have added a pdf to of of the posted accounts (not ideal but still). However, I can't remember how I inserted the link ^1 viz .... The Choir is a Registered Charity<ref name="CC">{{EW charity|1043756}}</ref> which refers to the aforesaid in the last section The CBBC Today

Moreover the Australian Library have changed their web site also. When I tried to paste the new http link it didn't work, so I have added a pdf copy of the original article (but it is only one page of 4, eech has a separate page! This is the link http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8491798?q=city+of+bath+bach+choir+1954&c=collection&versionId=9804220 Tony Thornburn (talk) 13:50, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

So anything you can do to help me would be appreciated. I would like the top 'observation comment' removed somehow please! Thanks. TonyTony Thornburn (talk) 13:43, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

See WP:Referencing for beginners on how to easily create nicely-formatted footnotes. The current sources, however, are not at all sufficient to verify the article text. As a random example, take this statement: "Today the maximum number of singers the CBBC will admit is about 100" - says who? Wikipedia content should be based on reliable sources that are independent of the subject. The newspaper reviews are such sources; the press release is not. The vast majority of the draft content, including the list of every performance ever, doesn't cite any sources, and I doubt that level of detail is helpful in the first place. Huon (talk) 20:02, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - AsianNerdGirl

Page: Sistar

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Comment/question: The bracket I put there is to separate the member section and the sub-group section so it should be there. AsianNerdGirl (talk) 23:05, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

When you check the bot's list of unpaired brackets remaining on the page you'll find that's not the one the bot notified you about. It was this one. Fixed. Huon (talk) 01:04, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Jxleung

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Comment/question: Please leave my page alone and don't change stuff that's already bracketed, it's annoying as compulsive. Stop being a "know it all." Jxleung (talk) 02:59, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

Responded at their talk page. Bgwhite (talk) 05:28, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

And then we had to eat the BracketBot, and there was much rejoicing...

Hi! I tried to add the BB template to my user page, but something went funny (Yes it turned into a newt)- could you advise? Cheers! Happy Friday. Basket _Feudalist 17:27, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

@You Can Act Like A Man: I looked for your attempt, but couldn't find it. If you're trying to opt out, just add {{NoBracketBot}} anywhere on your user page. 930913(Congratulate) 09:26, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

No, I was trying to opt in-! Or is it by default? Basket _Feudalist 13:07, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

@You Can Act Like A Man:Yup, opting in is essentially making sure that you are not opted out, as it is on by default. 930913(Congratulate) 23:55, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Stupid girl

Page: Pelobatoidea

Diff: opening bracket without a corresponding closing bracket

Comment/question: Awful, awful wording. I just stumbled over a mess, talked myself not to complain but clean it up. Some kind of "thanks someone finally did it" would have been approbriate. Instead a bot notifies me that I have broken the syntax. Hello? The brackets it noticed are in plain English text. Why does it talk in compiler language to me? I may have a bracket too few, but I didn't break anything. The English syntax is still fine. I can see that such a notificaton is useful if you do complex template-heavy boxing stuff, but for most parts, we are not programming the articles, we are writing them. Suggestion. The bot should say "You have an opening bracket without a corresponding closing bracket." if that's what it means. It could also frown upon placing brackets inside brackets because that's what I did, but then, this is awfully normal in programming, only frowned upon in writing. Which is more important? Stupid girl (talk) 23:41, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

You did indeed have an opening bracket without a closing bracket (fixed), and the bot isn't smart enough to tell whether the problem is within plain text, an infobox or whatever - thus it gives you the wiki markup for the part of the article where the surplus bracket occurs. And I'd say a forgotten bracket, even in plain text, is still something that should be fixed, even if it didn't break anything here. Huon (talk) 01:18, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

You don't want to understand, do you? A bot that makes Wikipedia editing into a syntactical correctness test and uses inappropriate technical language is much worse than any unmatched pair of brackets could ever be. Even if it's only because it is too dumb for what it tries to do. Stupid girl (talk) 10:05, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

@Stupid girl: I agree that the wording could be better, and I've been improving it as suggestions come in. I certainly see the benefit of your wording, however you could also have a closing bracket without a corresponding opening bracket, making it tricky to fit into the templates succinctness without being overly verbose. I welcome your suggestions on how to reword it. 930913(Congratulate) 09:26, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

Bot edits

Hi, your bot appears to have some isses. Firstly, it sent me a message without an L2 heading which ended up being tagged onto an existing message [9]. Secondly, it informed me about an edit I didn't make. And thirdly, it picked up an edit from a section of the page I wasn't even editing -- [10][11]. Fourthly, I have fixed what someone else broke [12]. Pol430 talk to me 12:12, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

It found a section with the heading "May 2013" and appended to it. If there would have been no existing heading, it would have created one.
You did make this edit, right?
According to that diff, you did edit that section. (Though admittedly the bot does not consider this, so in other cases what you say is partially possible.)
And in so doing, you broke something yourself. Let me explain:-

This was in the article before your edit:

<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19730510-1 ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-8-33 HS-TGU Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM)]</ref>

You removed the [, resulting in:

<ref>http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19730510-1 ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-8-33 HS-TGU Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM)]</ref>

@Pol430: I hope this clarifies things for you. 930913(Congratulate) 12:43, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

Fair one, I didn't notice that error because running the reflinks tool fixed it again. I thought it was referring to the single square brackets in another section. It would be helpful if the bot could highlight the exact piece of syntax that is broken, although I admit I have no idea if this is technically possible. I still think the bot should be creating its own L2 heading, but if it's good enough for BAG then who am I to argue. Pol430 talk to me 20:20, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

@Pol430: You mean like when you click the "show" button on the right of the red bar of the message?

930913(Congratulate) 23:55, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Ram777ram

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I am sorry I am new to thi I did not understand what you are mentioninig. Ram777ram (talk) 13:13, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

Wellington] ), came to Thalassery to fight against Pazhassi Raja after defeating [[Tippu Sulthan]]] in the Battle of Srirangapatna.

@Ram777ram: BracketBot was telling you that you had added in an extra ]. 930913(Congratulate) 11:32, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Jamesmcmahon0

Page:Maikon Bonani Diff[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=555949851

Comment:I was fixing brackets that had been missed by another user

Moohan (talk) 14:37, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

@Jamesmcmahon0: Yes, strictly speaking BracketBot shouldn't warn you. However, it sees you changing the brackets within the edit context (adding two), and calculates that there are still unfixed brackets left on the page, so it went and warned you about those unfixed brackets, even though they weren't yours. If you fix brackets regularly, you might want to opt out, however you might find it useful to be notified when you thought you had fixed all the brackets, but hadn't. 930913(Congratulate) 11:32, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Bearcat

Page: Atul Bakshi, Kenneth Good, Kordichal (2)

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Comment/question: On all three of these pages, the unbalanced brackets were added by somebody else, following which I merely made edits with AWB to apply the {{uncategorized}} tag — but then I got notified by BracketBot about the unbalanced brackets. Although I make a sincere effort to repair mangled or broken syntax when I can, in these particular instances I was working in AWB and thus was unable to view the actual page to detect that there was a problem to be fixed. And then in a second case on Kordichal, I fixed the original user's unbalanced brackets and then got another notification from BracketBot about that. Because it's intrusive to have to flip back and forth from AWB to my talk page repeatedly, I am deeply and profoundly uninterested in being notified every time I edit a page that happens to have a syntax error in it if I'm not the one who originally committed the syntax error — and thus I would request that you make an effort to ensure that BracketBot is better able to distinguish who should actually be notified, because while I'm quite happy to be notified if I made a mistake, not a single one of these four edits was something that I should have been notified about. Thanks. Bearcat (talk) 18:51, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

Hey Bearcat. As you know, I use AWB too. There are times when I'm doing a specific task and don't/can't be bothered by cleaning up other things... I should say I clean up what is in the alert window, as everyone should, but AWB only alerts on the first broken bracket found. If there are more broken brackets I don't/can't be bothered by the bot that there are more. However, there are times when I am fixing broken double brackets or other syntax. I want to be notified if I miss something. So, depending on the task, I either opt in or out of getting messages. See User:BracketBot for instructions. BracketBot was specifically designed to alert if there is something wrong on the page, regardless if comes via a person's edit or not. You and I fix people's mistakes. We just don't edit are own mistakes. Bgwhite (talk) 19:45, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks!

Hi, A930913, hope Bracketbot enjoys this little brackt gift from Lotje (talk) 14:36, 21 May 2013 (UTC) {{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow}}

BracketBot - Muskanty

New Life Radio Moscow

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Life_Radio-Moscow

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I don't recognize how I've "broken the syntax" on this page.

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Muskanty (talk) 22:49, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

I have fixed it as here [13] --wintonian ^talk 02:26, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Bths83Cu87Aiu06

Page:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reform_of_the_United_Nations_Security_Council

Diff:http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reform_of_the_United_Nations_Security_Council&diff=555873288&oldid=555398006

Comment/question: I do not understand what the objection is to my edit. I followed the same approach as reference 9.

Bths83Cu87Aiu06 (talk) 23:41, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

Fixed it [14] - the extra bits 'n' bobs you added aren't required. --wintonian ^talk 02:38, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

The ">" issue is something of a false positive: BracketBot thinks "<>" might belong to HTML tags and thus speaks up if there's a ">" without a corresponding "<". There was, however, a single mismatched square bracket on the page that predated your edits. I fixed that. Huon (talk) 03:02, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Agent booker

Page: Zamboanga City local elections, 2013

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Comment/question: Hi Bracket Bot I was just wondering what particular part of the article have you detected the error? :D

Agent booker (talk) 03:28, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

There were two issues. One is a false positive: The bot doesn't realize that {{Election table}} serves as the opening bracket for a table and thus thinks the table's closing bracket is unpaired. The other was a missing bracket in one {{cite web}} template. I fixed that. Huon (talk) 04:53, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - CambridgeBayWeather

Page: Brandon Airport

Diff: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=556254385

Comment/question: The bot notified me of the error I made on the line beginning "to the much larger...". It also notified me of an existing error in the page on the line beginning "on request for smaller aircraft,...". I'm curious, but if I hadn't made the error would the bot have notified me of the other just because I edited the page? Would it be possible for the bot to notify at the end of the page rather than in the same section? With the new notification system it is not always obvious where the last comment was posted.

CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 12:46, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

In my experience the bot is smart enough not to notify you if it doesn't think you made the problem worse, but if it thinks so, it gives a list of all mismatched brackets, not just those you might have caused.

I'm not sure whether it would be considered an improvement if the bot created a new section for each notification - there are enough people annoyed by the bot's notifications as-is, and anything making them even more conspicious could be seen as a step in the wrong direction. A930913 will have to weigh the pros and cons on such a change, which would probably be easy enough to implement. Huon (talk) 17:51, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

I would prefer to be notified even if I didn't make the edit. But I can see that most people would not find that an ideal feature. Perhaps that and the different section on a talk page for the notification could be made as opt-in. CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 08:49, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

@CambridgeBayWeather: To confirm, only if you break some brackets in your edit will it notify you. If you want to check brackets on a given article, I think AWB is your bets bet, though I might make a better tool soon. 930913(Congratulate) 23:55, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

AWB reports that there are missing brackets but, unfortunately, does not tell you where in the article. I was tempted to break another set of brackets just so the bot would notify me and I could find them. CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 05:48, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

@CambridgeBayWeather and Bgwhite: So I made this tool. It ain't pretty yet, but it should work. 930913(Congratulate) 13:54, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. That works great. I tried in on CFB Borden and it pointed out the missing bracket. I didn't fix it yet as the article has a multitude of other problems that I need to look for. Thanks again. CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 18:47, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Tdl1060

Page:Anthony Weiner

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Comment/question: The syntax was repaired, not broken, by this edit. This edit repaired the syntax that had been broken by this edit.

Tdl1060 (talk) 22:09, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

No, you didn't fix any broken brackets, which is why the bot sent you a message. The broken bracket was in the middle of a reference. The bot saw there was an extra }} and labled the last one as the extra one. This edit fixed it. I hate this type of format of referencing as it is real easy to break something and hard to fix it. Bgwhite (talk) 22:28, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Mountdrayton

Page: Committee of 100 Diff:

Comment/question: Thanks for drawing this to my attention. I was editing whilst under time pressure, and did not proof read properly before finishing. I have now corrected typos and trust all is well.

PS: I feel bound to point out that your third bullet point above is replete with grammatical solecisms. It should read:

First shalt thou read the rules, then shalt thou type thy message, no more, no less. A message shall be the quantity thou typest and the quantity of thy typing shall make thy message. Spam shalt thou not type, nor type a message except that thou then proceedst to sign it. Complaining is right out. Once the message has been typed, then clickest thou thy mouse pointer towards the "Save Page" button, which, registering the click, shall send it. Amen. Mountdrayton (talk) Mountdrayton (talk) 23:30, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

@Mountdrayton: It's a parody of Monty Python

930913(Congratulate) 23:55, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Lp.vitor

Page: Baby-step giant-step

Diff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby-step_giant-step

Comment/question:

Hello, BracketBot. I think that I did not break the sintaxe, cause I just edited a comment.

I made this C code originaly to the french Baby-Step giant-step page, and when I pasted the code in the english page, I forgot to translate some lines.

But, if it's really a problem, we can just edit again and change

/* inv <- inv ^ N (mod p) */

to something like

/* inv receive inv ^ N (mod p) */

Thanks. Lp.vitor (talk) 21:22, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Lp.vitor (talk) 00:28, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

Most of this is a false positive; BracketBot checks "<>" because they're used in HTML tags and gets confused if they're used in a mathematical context. The one unpaired parenthesis which we might be better off removing was the one in the comment: /* find hgNq in the sequence gr ) */ It doesn't break anything, though. Huon (talk) 01:46, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

"unorthodox"??

BracketBot picked up my typo. Thanks BracketBot.

Passing by, I see in the docs that BracketBot ignores "the unorthodox numbering system of 1), 2)..." This format may not be the one recommended for Wikipedia, but it is hardly "unorthodox"... {{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow}}

Gavincgpulse (talk) 05:50, 24 May 2013 (UTC)BracketBot - Gavincgpulse Why has Roland R edited out my changes to The Pulse links which were completely accurate?

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Gavincgpulse (talk) 05:50, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

This is not the place to ask that question. The bot only sent you a message because of a syntax error in your edit. It is best if you contact RollandR and ask him. If you need help on editing Wikipedia, the WP:TEAHOUSE is a good place to ask for help. Bgwhite (talk) 06:36, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - 81.159.3.137

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Comment/question: I would like to say sorry to you for what I edited earlier, I mistook the league cup goals for Premier League goals, therefore I put Robin van Persie as the top goalscorer, I thought someone had made a mistake. I then thought that everyones goals had been halfed. Therefore I tried to write ten for Robin van Persie, and accidentally ended up putting 1000, sorry for any inconvenience.

81.159.3.137 (talk) 15:41, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Time River

Jay Silverheels

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http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jay_Silverheels&diff=557573869&oldid=557483266

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I just hope I repaired the typo correctly. I found and removed an extra "]" at the end of my insertion of his winning the First Americans in the Arts Lifetime Achievement Award. Comment/question:

Time River (talk) 20:23, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Garri.Lewl Thank you for your suggestions, the said brackets will be immediately corrected. Regarding the parenthetical annotations of "Article (#)", those are the details which are truly included with the main legal indications.

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Garri.Lewl (talk) 08:52, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - 75.92.235.202

Page:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillidiidae

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75.92.235.202 (talk) 16:08, 1 June 2013 (UTC)I swear i fixed the edit on the armidillidium page but the edit wont show.. why?my edit was: Its hard shell is rumored to protect (or dampen) fall injury.

The edit has been reverted. Firstly, you had tried to insert it into the middle of a citation template, breaking that template and summoning BracketBot in the process. Secondly, Wikipedia should not report unsubstantiated rumors anyway. See WP:Referencing for beginners on how to cite sources for your changes. Huon (talk) 20:30, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - 87.115.95.96

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Comment/question: Please can you help me I'm trying to enter a reference but can't get the syntax to work. I'll delete the two}} 87.115.95.96 (talk) 06:37, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

See WP:Referencing for beginners. Huon (talk) 10:39, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Muffeiy

Page: Monitise plc

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Muffeiy (talk) 09:08, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks BracketBot - I will have a look & try to correct. Apologies as I've only worked on some pages so far.

I've removed the stray brackets and, while I was at it, some references that didn't mention the company. Huon (talk) 10:39, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Roniblr

Page: Souq

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Roniblr (talk) 08:51, 30 May 2013 (UTC) hello, i didnt notice any problem or maybe i fixed it right afterwords

Fixed. Huon (talk) 23:21, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Haritada

Page: Not Wanted on the Voyage

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Haritada (talk) 12:59, 31 May 2013 (UTC) Hi, I am not much of a Wikipedia editor so please feel free to correct the syntax. Thanks.

Fixed. Huon (talk) 23:21, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - LiveTheRevolution

Page: Windham Rotunda

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Comment/question:

Nelson Romano 16:49, 31 May 2013 (UTC) i dont understand?

There was a parenthesis instead of a pipe. Fixed. Huon (talk) 23:21, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - 70.120.237.8

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Comment/question: I apolgize, I have actually studied this weapon, and I found certain parts of the article "M50 Reising" to be untrue, so I modified the article to fit accordingly. Sorry for the inconvience 70.120.237.8 (talk) 03:13, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

No apologies necessary; you just accidentally removed a closing parenthesis. Fixed. Huon (talk) 10:39, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - 84.20.238.83

Page: Point particle

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84.20.238.83 (talk) 13:37, 2 June 2013 (UTC)I do not understand what I am to do.Please let me know- marjan.ribaric@masicom.net

The bot attempted to let you know that you added "[physics.class-ph]]". I fixed it in this edit. GoingBatty (talk) 15:01, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Eriksiers

Page: Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross

Diff: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charlemagne%3A_By_the_Sword_and_the_Cross&diff=557976947&oldid=549433540

Comment/question: BracketBot incourrectly guessed that I was the oune whou remouved soume brackets, due tou my (first) edit. Doun't knouw if this is wourth douing anything abouout, but thouought I'd tell youou. (There's your "English proper". :-P )

("ONE! TWO! FIVE!" "Three, sir!" "THREE!")

-- Erik Siers (talk) 14:46, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing it! A revised wording for the bot's notification has already been suggested. Huon (talk) 23:21, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Chandler wiland

Page: Karen Ann Quinlan Diff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Ann_Quinlan Comment/question: before my edit contribution: 5. This case is not to be considered euthanasia in any way; that would never be licit. The interruption of attempts at resuscitation, even when it causes the arrest of circulation, is not more than an indirect cause of the cessation of life, and we must apply in this case the principle of double effect.' " (from the text of the New Jersey Supreme Court decision, "On the Matter of Quinlan" (1976))

having the appearance of a redundant right parenthesis, i simply removed it. when i got yer message, i re-read the passage and noticed that brackets were necessary to replace one set of parentheses. THANKS, MATE! all should be good now, yes? 5. This case is not to be considered euthanasia in any way; that would never be licit. The interruption of attempts at resuscitation, even when it causes the arrest of circulation, is not more than an indirect cause of the cessation of life, and we must apply in this case the principle of double effect.' " [from the text of the New Jersey Supreme Court decision, "On the Matter of Quinlan" (1976)] chandler wiland 15:12, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Mef.ellingen

Rami Zur

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Comment/question: Pleas correct ist, i do not understand the syntax at the en:WP

I have found the mistake, it ist corrected.

Mef.ellingen (talk) 21:10, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! Huon (talk) 23:21, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Jcsmitty

Page: List of murdered popes

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Comment/question:

Jcsmitty (talk) 02:41, 3 June 2013 (UTC)My comment: I'm new here and trying to follow your guidelines on footnoting, etc. I've added quite a bit and may have messed up brackets in a few places, but I'll be back later to proofread and fix anything you've pointed out. I promise not to leave anything uncorrected. See you tomorrow!--

Perey seems to have fixed the issues with this edit. Huon (talk) 23:21, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Dkoloko

Page: Rudy Bukich

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Comment/question: Saw the bracket left, but did not know how to correct. Thanks. Dkoloko (talk) 02:42, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) -

Fixed in this edit. GoingBatty (talk) 02:56, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Carlofantom

Page: Patricia O'Callaghan

Diff:

Hi BracketBot. What do I need to do to fix it? Carlofantom (talk) 02:42, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

Fixed with this edit. GoingBatty (talk) 03:05, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Tabletop

Page: Poloniny National Park

BracketBot reported a problem with Poloniny National Park but I cannot see it. Tabletop (talk) 08:47, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

Diff: [19]

Comment/question:

Tabletop (talk) 08:47, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

While inserting whitespace you removed one bracket, breaking the syntax for one of the external links. Fixed. Huon (talk) 19:03, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - 117.193.63.70

Page: Neram

Diff: [20]

Comment/question:

117.193.63.70 (talk) 11:56, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

You forgot one parenthesis. Fixed. Huon (talk) 19:03, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Tabletop

Page:

Trill Entertainment

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Comment/question:

Trill Entertainment has a problem with the wikitable which the writer hasn't been able to completely fix.

The wikitable does not terminate properly. Tabletop (talk) 12:51, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot does not appear to understand wikitables, which are rather complicated. Its error message is a bit vague.

Tabletop (talk) 12:51, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

The bot understands wikitables well enough to realize that something opening with "{|" should not be closed with "|)". I have repaired the table by reverting the edits that broke it. Huon (talk) 19:03, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Narita2haneda

Page:

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Comment/question:

Narita2haneda (talk) 13:15, 4 June 2013 (UTC) Ok,I edit it again.I am new to wikipedia .

Thanks for fixing the issue. You may want to be a little more careful about publishing personal information. Huon (talk) 19:03, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Musicality123

Page: Hanson 'Middle of Nowhere'/Huey Lewis and the News 'Fore!'

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Comment/question: Hi Thanks for letting me know I believe I've corrected both. Musicality123 (talk) 19:31, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

You did; thanks. Huon (talk) 21:46, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Bobrayner

Page: Effects of climate change on humans

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Comment/question: Apparent false-positive. Anonymous editor changed a heading without touching any brackets; BracketBot then warned the editor about a bracket problem in the section under that heading. bobrayner (talk) 20:42, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

Not a false positive, the IP also removed a parenthesis from "(i.e. increased concentration of..." Huon (talk) 21:46, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

Oh! You're right. I missed it. Sorry. :-) bobrayner (talk) 23:45, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - 207.204.72.55 Not clear about BracketBot's comment on my edit.

Page:

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Comment/question:

207.204.72.55 (talk) 21:06, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

You removed one bracket from the [[lycine]] link when you turned it into [[leucine and isoleucine]. We don't have a leucine and isoleucine article anyway, and your edit has been reverted because it had some additional problems (such as breaking the "References" section). Huon (talk) 21:46, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - BP OMowe

Page:Panzer_38(t)

Diff:http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Panzer_38(t)&oldid=558350586

Comment/question: What exactly is supposed to be the problem as I can't find any missing " ?

BP OMowe (talk) 23:58, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

@BP OMowe: - if you look at the message BracketBot left on your talk page, click on the [show] link on the right hand side of the big pink bar. You will see that there are three parentheses that do not have a match on the Panzer 38(t) article. Good luck! GoingBatty (talk) 02:51, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

I've fixed the brackets with this edit. Huon (talk) 05:48, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Lenakumar

Page:

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Comment/question:

Lenakumar (talk) 03:55, 5 June 2013 (UTC) Hi , I am Lena Kumar , actress in malayalam films. The Wikipedia page on ' Lena Abhilash' is on me. My official name is Lena Kumar and Lena is my screen name. I would like my name on wikipedia to be either of the above and not Lena Abhilash. I would also like all information regarding spouse and details connected to Abhilash Kumar to be taken off the page.

Page : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lena_Abhilash

Thanks, Lena

Answered at her talk page. Bgwhite (talk) 05:38, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

Lenakumar (talk) 03:55, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Fabartus

Page: re: See this diff or last section (my talk) regarding Trainz article.

Diff: Trainz major section re-edit, edit, the one preceding section edit to/for Trainz 2009, which was tiddly. (Get your own diff, it's not my robot that is unintelligent)

Comment/question: Sometimes robots (or their British Operators) just don't understand us humans. There were

nested double (....()...) construct which it misconstrued, a technical matter...
and a '->' character sequence, much desired, that it also disliked. Feel free to substitute unicodes using &...; sequences, but the character strings displayed are as was desired.

Best regards, // FrankB 04:30, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

I fixed 3 of the 4 reports given by bracket bot and some other problems. Your issue in #1 was not about nested double brackets. It was about missing brackets that needed to be added. I'm not aware of anyone understanding the British, but humans understanding humans is a bigger problem. My mother-in-law isn't human, so that doesn't count. Bgwhite (talk) 05:46, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Muur

Page: FC Barcelona B

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Comment/question: All I did was change the managerial reign from 2011-2019 to 2011- to signifiy he's still there, I just forgot to put in the bracket is all which I have now edited in. Muur (talk) 21:53, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - 92.27.41.36

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_Machine_Records#Releases

Diff:

I've used several different links, from the same website, but they're coming up as one reference. Is there a way to differentiate them? See 'releases' section. Thanks

92.27.41.36 (talk) 15:09, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

Fixed Bgwhite (talk) 20:51, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Manytexts

Page:Joseph Mawle

Diff:?

Comment/question:just that the vertical line seems to be in the right place after all. Not sure that anything had to be changed - thanks

Manytexts (talk) 16:01, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

Instead of using a vertical line, you accidentally used a right bracket. It was fixed in this edit. GoingBatty (talk) 00:07, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Dale Arnett

Page: 2010–13 Big Ten Conference realignment

Diff: Here

Comment/question: I fully intended to use single brackets in this edit. It's very common to use single (square) brackets within a direct quote to enclose explanatory material that is not part of the actual quote. This usage is standard in legal writing (I have a J.D.), and I tend to use it in all contexts.

Dale Arnett (talk) 21:24, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

Update: Never mind. I realized the reason I got the notification—it was my typo. I intended to use left and right brackets, but accidentally typed two left brackets. I've fixed that in the section in question. — Dale Arnett (talk) 21:27, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - 69.113.23.154

Page: Binghamton ferry

Diff: ?? is this what you want? <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Sallijane#June_2013>

Comment/question: I did not understand the E-mail.

69.113.23.154 (talk) 14:10, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

The bot was notifying you that there was a left bracket in reference 10 that didn't have a right bracket. I fixed it in this edit. GoingBatty (talk) 14:48, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Ddlt

Page:

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Comment/question:

Ddlt (talk) 04:39, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

Hi Ddlt here, I am a bit new to this, but I have no idea what I did wrong regarding "syntax" with brackets, and if I need to change something, let me know specifically what this is.

Ddlt (talk) 04:46, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

So I think I figured out what the problem was. I added a missing bracket so that my Vanzetti reference would become a functioning link. Thanks.

BracketBot - Cncornes

Page:

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Cncornes (talk) 18:19, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

Sorry,I am not very good at this - so dont understand what I should do

All I wanted to say was that Tom Sharpe was born in Holloway and brought up in Croydon - the Telegraph had it right

Regards

Someone has already fixed the Tom Sharpe article. Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 01:14, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - BillShurts

Page: Okara

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Comment/question: I understand what unbalanced brackets are but I don't understand exactly where they are unbalanced. I looked and looked!!

BillShurts (talk) 01:49, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

Fixed in this edit. GoingBatty (talk) 05:00, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Proputter63 Edits to miniature golf

Page:

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Comment/question:

Proputter63 (talk) 02:13, 8 June 2013 (UTC)New to Wikipedia: Not sure how to use the system. I added comments about the U.S. Pro Mini-Golf Association. There is a separate Professional Putters' Association -- www.proputters.com While I am a member of both organizations, I am more familiar with the USPMGA. I simply wanted to provide information about these organization to add to your section on miniature golf. I really don't have the time to put it in the correct format. Gretchen Smith -- blacklabone15322@att.net

@Proputter63: - I reverted your edit, as it's not appropriate to add so much information about one organization to the beginning of the Miniature golf article. Instead, you may want to consider creating a new article for the USPMGA. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 05:06, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Chesipiero

Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=558665346

Diff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temco_T-35_Buckaroo

Comment/question: I think it is correct now. Chesipiero (talk) 06:23, 8 June 2013 (UTC) Chesipiero (talk) 06:23, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

Confirmed - thanks for fixing it! GoingBatty (talk) 11:55, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Christoph Braun

Page:Pontormo

Diff:http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=556597157

'Comment/question: The bot doesn't seem to recognise brackets within titles properly. Any chance to fix this?

Christoph Braun (talk) 15:48, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

Probably not. I'd say there's a typo in the image file name; it should be named either File:Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci) (Italian (Florentine)) - Portrait of a Halberdier (Francesco Guardi?) - Google Art Project.jpg or File:Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci) (Italian, Florentine) - Portrait of a Halberdier (Francesco Guardi?) - Google Art Project.jpg. The bot could probably be modified to ignore brackets within file names, but should it? Huon (talk) 21:38, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

Looking into this. Thank you for raising this issue. 930913(Congratulate) 23:55, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Downtowngal

Tawas City, Michigan

Diff:

The bot stated there was an unpaired parenthesis. The bot is correct, but the parenthesis is WITHIN the file name. The file name is a lengthy DOCUMERICA file name that I copied directly from the file title. This is the file title:

Smelt run in 1973

. I suspect this kind of problem will show up occasionally with DOCUMERICA files.

Downtowngal (talk) 21:42, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

Looking into this. Thank you for raising this issue. 930913(Congratulate) 23:55, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Longbowman

Page: Michael Pakenham Edgeworth

Diff: [22]

Comment/question: Broken syntax, but seems only in the filename on commons.

Longbowman (talk) 13:41, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

Yes, that seems to be a common issue for Google Art Project images. I'd say the best solution would be to rename the image, but that's rather complicated. Huon (talk) 17:47, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

But what about the notification by bot? Was it rightful or what there else? Longbowman (talk) 06:35, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

It's kind of right, but it's effectively notifying the wrong person, as the person who uploaded the image made the mistake. I'm looking in to the feasibility of ignoring image issues. 930913(Congratulate) 13:54, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Dwergenpaartje

Page:Trinodus

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Comment/question:1. I do not understand wat "the diff" is. 2. First notification was justified, I corrected. 3. Second unpaired bracket is in a url [23], and should not be removed because link will disfunction otherwise.

Kind Regards, Dwergenpaartje (talk) 09:34, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

The diff is just the link showing the difference between edits. You are correct; BracketBot has got it wrong. I will look at the possibility of BracketBot recognising not to notify. Thank you for reporting this to me. 930913(Congratulate) 13:54, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Esoglou

Page: Pellegrina

Supposed error:

Comment/question: Not an error. The ")" is part of the file name. Esoglou (talk) 15:44, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

File names with brackets are a known issue; A930913 is working on a solution. Huon (talk) 20:32, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Pinethicket

Page:

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Comment/question:

The header you add to users talk pages, for example: May 2013, is identical to the header we use in antivandalism work. Thus, your edits could easily be confused with those of a warning for vandalism. If fact, I believe that Twinkle would add a vandalism warning under the same heading. I suggest using something more easily distinguished; for example: Your recent edit. Regards, Pinethicket (talk) 23:48, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

I think that's deliberate to prevent the bot from starting a new section for every notification. No opinion on whether it's desirable. Huon (talk) 23:59, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

@Pinethicket: Aye. It's meant to be seen by countervandals, because when viewed from that context, the edits are likely to be vandalism and should be checked. Arguably you could even skip to a level two template if BracketBot caught the first one and you've just caught the second. 930913(Congratulate) 01:56, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot

Would it be beter to get BracketBot to actually fix/remove the stray brackets it finds rather than simply notifying editors? Giant Snowman 10:58, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

Sure it would. Could point A930913 towards an algorithm that will allow the bot to determine whether the brackets are mismatched due to missing or surplus brackets, and where the brackets are missing? I'd expect that would require an almost AI-level bot. Huon (talk) 20:02, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

Not at all. Surely if it knows that brackets are missing/present, then it should be able to replace/remove as appropriate. Giant Snowman 16:30, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

Removing mismatched brackets would be easy. Determining whether there are surplus brackets to be removed, or whether there are missing brackets that need to be added, is much more difficult. I'd expect removing all mismatched brackets would break about as much as it'd repair, or at least leave the true problem unresolved. Huon (talk) 23:21, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Angr

Page: Old Irish

Diff: [24]

Comment/question: Benwing's edit here uses the less-than sign to indicate a linguistic term that is descended from an earlier form in a way standard in historical linguistics. The bracket wasn't being used in any way related to HTML syntax. Angr (talk) 15:51, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

A false positive. You can just ignore them, use the HTML > for > or opt out. 930913(Congratulate) 22:58, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Malke 2010

Page: Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus

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Comment/question: I didn't make these edits. Perhaps vandalism ? and the bot is notifying the last editor by mistake? Also, suggest the bot posting of the error made not be collapsed. The pink banner is annoying. Sorry. UPDATE: Perhaps it's reflinks? I used it just prior to getting the notice. Which would mean you have a totally innocent bot. Please check and let me know. Malke 2010 (talk) 02:52, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

The bot will alert an error on the page even if it was there before your edits. The hope is that people will help clean up pages. I personally agree about the "click show" box be uncollapsed. Bgwhite (talk) 05:34, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

The bot spotted the IP vandal. I went back to the article and wondered why the same things kept happening. The article is heavily edited so the IP was always far down when I got there. [26] Then I noticed him, checked his talk and the Bot had been there! I reported him and he's blocked now. Well done, Bot. Malke 2010 (talk) 06:01, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

Malke, if you want to see something really depressing, look at Bracketbot's contributions. The vast majority of the IPs listed are vandals. Bgwhite (talk) 06:26, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

Yes, I see. The bot's doing a great job. Malke 2010 (talk) 14:14, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - GoingBatty

Page: Paramore (album)

Diff: Bot edit: this edit reporting the edit at http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=557781212

Comment/question: While I edited the page, my edit didn't break the syntax.

GoingBatty (talk) 04:11, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

Pffft. You know as well as I do that if you didn't break the page then I will do it and visa versa. The bot alerts if there is a problem on the page, even if you didn't create it. Bgwhite (talk) 05:16, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

Then maybe the bot's message should be "I have automatically detected that articlename, an article you recently edited, has some unmatched brackets. Since you're interested in this article, could you please fix the issues detailed below?" GoingBatty (talk) 05:22, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

See message below this one. Bgwhite (talk) 05:45, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - 98.218.227.147

Page:

Diff:

Comment/question: I seemed to have trouble editing the table. I wanted to fix the table so that when I click to sort the table according to number that it will come out correctly (It does not at this point). Any help is appreciated. With the columns "Total National Championships" and the Men's and Women's column, when I sort each column, they do not sort into proper ascending and descending order according to the numerical value in each column. The historical info is correct except for this technical problem. Can you offer assistance? I am not tech saavy to complete this. 98.218.227.147 (talk) 09:07, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

I have fixed the table sorting with this edit; see Help:Sorting for details. However, A930913 may want to have a look at this bot edit which showed an empty list of mismatched brackets. Huon (talk) 20:30, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

Fixed 930913(Congratulate) 22:58, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - ClemRutter UI tweaks

Page: Irrelevant.

Diff: Irrelevant.

Comment/question: Congratulations on your irritating and potentially useful BOT. I suffer from fingers that work faster than my mind and a keyboard that is more wayward than I am. So there are a few tweaks I would like to see to make the BOT a little more house trained.

I have no intention of forming an emotional relationship with a piece of computer code- so forget the Hello bit.
The crux of the BOT is hidden- I need a key press to find out what it is whinging about. At least make it default to SHOw
When unhidden it shows me what the problem is. I then have to fix it. -Why is there no autofix button.
When unhidden it shows me what the problem is. But it doesn't tell me where the problem is.- It could give a line number, or at least the section/subsection. This is not obvious when you are doing a maintenance session adding multiple {{sfn}}} to a series of articles.
I do hate back-tracking on a page. The edit the page link is before you discover how to unhide the problem- so I am forced back into the introductory puerile dross to find the wretched link.

Cups of teas and counselling available on my talk page

Clem Rutter (talk) 12:12, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

@ClemRutter: Some people demand that bots pretend to be friendly. Go figure. I'm looking into defaulting to show for short ones. There is no autofix because there is currently no way of knowing what's wrong (despite being able to detect that something is wrong.) I will look into getting line numbers, though it wasn't obvious how to do it last time I tried. 930913(Congratulate) 22:58, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

Yes quite a challenge. I haven't dived into bot design or even investigated which languages/libraries that one uses. I do occasionally do an offserver global search and replace using a Python script so I do know it is a bucket of eels.

The Kuddly kitten v In yer face- could be handled by a user preference or dropping a cookie on the users machine.
The Show/Hide option- is similar to the Template:Navbox which provides a V.T.E edit UI which most of us are familiar with. A modified E option that allowed modification of preferences. I am torn to suggest whether it breaks from style, to use this option to open and edit window on the first or all the violations detected.. overall I think not.
The crux- we know something is wrong- we can locate the error to demonstrate it- but not give the editor a line number to locate it again.
- wasn't there a --n flag in grep to switch on line numbers.
- what ever language you are using you need a for/forever loop: target= readline(); grep (target|errordetection function() )
- I would prefer it was the server that was wasting time in locating the violation- rather than me doing it manually!
We know that something was wrong but not what. True
- But each violation leaves a signature and we can best guess, say 5 possible solutions. For autofix- lets say sighted manual autofix- so the user is presented with 5 possible best guess solutions, and can choice which or none of these.

Hope that hasn't disturbed you breakfast- put the kitten in the microwave, take a cup of coffee outside into the sun, and enjoy.-- Clem Rutter (talk) 09:13, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - DiaClass

Hello, I have changed the link to take you to the correct entry of the band. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DiaClass (talk • contribs) 19:07, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

You forgot a parenthesis, now added by another user. All fixed. Huon (talk) 20:30, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

Christopher Yelverton - unpaired bracket notification, May 2013 . . . gramercy

Thanks for alerting me to this.FClef (talk) 03:48, 2 June 2013 (UTC) {{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow}}

BracketBot - Labucolica

Laverstoke Park Farm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Labucolica (If that's a Diff

What exactly does the para below mean?

'Hello, I'm BracketBot. I have automatically detected that your edit to Laverstoke Park Farm may have broken the syntax by modifying 1 "[]"s. If you have, don't worry, just edit the page again to fix it. If I misunderstood what happened, or if you have any questions, you can leave a message on my operator's talk page'

In English. Please.

I don't see that the page is malfunctioning - unless you count the change from the misleading statement that the Portman - it used to read Portland, before I stupidly tried to correct it - Group found the farm's beer label was illegal to 'claimed' it was illegal.

Unless, that is, you're in the pay of the British drinks industry, trying to kill off a small-time niche player.

I tried to 'de-bias' the entry. You, apparently, don't approve. Instead you send me riddles.

I can assure you that, as a teetotaller, I don't have a stake in the Wikipedia's smearing of Sheckter - except that I don't think honesty ever hurt an encyclopaedia.

I look forward to your explanation.

You forgot a closing bracket in the last reference. Fixed. BracketBot is an automatized system for detecting mismatched brackets, and it takes quite a bit of paranoia to accuse an automated bot of being "in the pay of the British drinks industry, trying to kill off a small-time niche player". I'll de-bias the article by summarizing a third-party source instead of basing the coverage on the Portman Group's own website or Sheckter's statements. Huon (talk) 10:39, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Rathlain

Page: Battle of Farsetmore

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no question, just thank you:

Rathlain (talk) 12:44, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - 193.151.120.204

Page: http://www.easteropen.com/images/foto-tiny/terleede1.jpg - was trying to put this image on the page - haven't quite mastered the html though!

Diff:

Comment/question:

193.151.120.204 (talk) 20:57, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

That won't work. Firstly, that image is likely copyrighted; using it on Wikipedia would be a copyright violation. Secondly, if the image were released under a free license, it would have to be uploaded to Wikipedia (or to the Wikimedia Commons before it can be used; see WP:Files for upload. Huon (talk) 23:21, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

Tanx 4 D BracketBot!

Have a cookie.|

BracketBot caught a missing ")" after I made edits to the ImageMagick article. Thanks A930913, : } --Kevjonesin (talk) 15:17, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

I'm sorry, you can edit it away. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobjones76 (talk • contribs) 22:25, 3 June 2013 (UTC) {{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow}}

BracketBot - Anthonyhcole

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Comment/question: Great bot. Thanks.

Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 08:58, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Thank you for BracketBot! Ingenious!

Adabow (talk) 11:53, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
{{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow}}

Thanks BracketBot!!!

With you looking out for me all my brackets are save!

Aisteco (talk) 23:38, 5 June 2013 (UTC) {{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow}}

BracketBot - 174.64.26.183

Wrongly editing a page Page:

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I will try and correct my error, my apologies. Comment/question:

174.64.26.183 (talk) 06:50, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Krestproduction

Page:

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Comment/question:

Krestproduction (talk) 17:34, 6 June 2013 (UTC) Hello, Thank you - but I need help here - so I talked with one more experience girl then me, and she will help me, thank you again, K.Krestproduction (talk) 17:34, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - 175.142.157.144

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Comment/question: HI.BRACKETBOT.TAHNKS FOR YOUR INFORMATION.:D

175.142.157.144 (talk) 16:39, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - HAPPYCASSIUS

Page: Macy Gray

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This is Macy Gray. I was notified that my edits were not constructive and were reverted and to respond here. Wiki has the WRONG birth date. and even more crazy - The WRONG image. (the lady in that picture is NOT me and was inserted by someone I've never heard of. Some very false history, particularly that i was a mute until I was 7 which is so wrong and random. wtf. some information that has very little to do with me or my career and was ALSO incorrect. Every time i attempt to correct it, wiki reverts it. The false information is damaging to me and grossly misrepresents me on several levels. please get back to me on making these changes asap. if not i'll have my lawyer call you in publishing false and stupid and insulting information and releasing pictures of people that aren't the people. if you're going to call yourself an "encyclopedia" then get your facts straight before you let people print and say and edit and add whatever they want. the whole "edited, redistributed - by ANYONE - maybe should be re-thunk.

HAPPYCASSIUS (talk) 10:49, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

I've updated the section headers on your talk page to help clarify that BracketBot's notification of a missing "}" is not related to the notification that your edit was reverted.

@A930913: - you may want to change the section header that your bot adds to include the word "BracketBot". GoingBatty (talk) 00:08, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - 24.177.11.94

Page: Connecticut State Troubadour

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24.177.11.94 (talk) 16:16, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

i have no idea how to do this :D not even sure if i am responding correctly... i found the next troubadour onile, and noticed you didn't have it posted so i posted it, but was unsure how to post the reference... sorry

Fixed in this edit. GoingBatty (talk) 00:12, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Classicfilmbuff GG p.

Page: Greta Garbo

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Classicfilmbuff (talk) 23:41, 10 June 2013 (UTC) Hello BB, I can't see the problem you've identified. The section title looks fine to me, along with the parentheses. Can you explain what you mean--for dummies? Thanks,--Classicfilmbuff (talk) 23:41, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

@Classicfilmbuff: - Looks like another editor already fixed it with this edit. GoingBatty (talk) 00:01, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Polycarp

Page: Victor Lefranc

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polycarp (talk) 06:19, 11 June 2013 (UTC) Sorry but I can't find the correct brackets on my new I pad. could you do it for me? polycarp

Fixed in this edit. GoingBatty (talk) 16:31, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Cc09091986

Page: Mount Olive College

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Comment/question: I looked at the note to see the suggested break in syntax and there was not issue. Thank you for notifying me though.

Cc09091986 (talk) 12:42, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

@Cc09091986: - Although it wasn't visible on the displayed article, there was an extra "]", which I fixed in this edit. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 16:44, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Alohawaiaoi

Page: Beautiful (Mariah Carey song)

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Alohawaiaoi (talk) 21:10, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

     Please fix my editing error that I've made in the article 'Beautiful (Mariah Carey song)'.
      Thanks in advance  :()

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Fixed with this edit. Other editors fixed the other issues. GoingBatty (talk) 23:16, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Legistscion

Page: Daniel Clark (Louisiana)

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Legistscion (talk) 00:25, 12 June 2013 (UTC) Daniel Clark page. Thanks for your help. Sorry you had to clean up my mess. I couldn't make heads or tails out of it at some point. I corrected a date error this a.m. and added page references. But it will probably be next week before I dare to try to fix or change or add anything. Don't know why it was so challenging this time.

More to add about Daniel Clark. Just can't get to it now.

@Legistscion: - Looks like two were fixed in this edit, and I fixed the last one in this edit. ~~

BracketBot - 165.121.80.17

Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hermes_(missile_program)&action=edit&minor=minor&summary=Fixing+typo+raised+by+%5B%5BUser%3ABracketBot%7CBracketBot%5D%5D

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Comment/question: Almost didn't see the "show" and spent time looking for the problem in the text (where I had missed it when proofreading). If the list of missing brackets is short, why hide them at all? Nice to know your bot exists.165.121.80.17 (talk) 01:47, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

Looking into doing this. Thanks, 930913(Congratulate) 22:58, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - 86.184.100.46

Page: about an issue regarding "breaking the syntax"

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Comment/question: how do i amend this problem

86.184.100.46 (talk) 16:38, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

Could you please give us some relevant information? The page, the username that received the bot message? Without either our chances of finding this particular issue and telling you how to fix it are slim. Huon (talk) 19:03, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Bede735

Page: Pope Gregory XV

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Comment/question: The Wikimedia Commons image file I added to the article has a broken parentheses in the file name, but it does not seem to have affected the article. Please advise if I need to take further action. The file is here: [Wikimedia Commons image file] Bede735 (talk) 20:36, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

Google Art Project's mismatched brackets are a known problem; I believe A930913 is working on ignoring file names, but that's probably not that easy. Huon (talk) 21:46, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Yolanda112233

Page: Hakob Hakobian (painter)

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Comment/question:

 Thank you for your note. Page looks ok. However, last month I changed the profile picture to a better image. The painter is my father and I feel this is not a nice picture to represent him.

Someone has changed it back to the same (this) picture. I tried to send a note to this person based on last history edit but I am not sure if he got it or if I posted it right. You know it took me a while to figure out how to edit profile picture and now I can't do it again myself. Please let me know how I can change the profile picture. Thank you,

Yolanda112233 (talk) 16:57, 7 June 2013 (UTC) {{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow}}

BracketBot - 86.8.111.117

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86.8.111.117 (talk) 18:33, 7 June 2013 (UTC) It is true that in this form the quote of Louis Armstrong on Mina is not a real quote. However, information sources have reported this opinion of Armstrong on Mina for a very long time. It is reported in lots of books/articles/etc on Mina, some of which are already in the bibliography of the article. This should be enough to accept it as genuine. Otherwise any other information about Mina contained in each of those books should be rejected on the same grounds.

BracketBot only notifies you about articles you recently edited that don't have an equal number of [] or () characters, not about whether quotes are genuine. Human editors may be willing to help you, but only if you mention the article you're referring to. Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 01:18, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Vatsal19

Page: The BracketBot norified me about mismatched brackets in the article I edited recently.

Diff: The point that was flagged was "...while for T > T_c (superconducting phase)...".

Comment/question: Is there a specific sequence to be used to denote the greater than / less than sign, as the "<" and ">" seem to be interpreted as opening and closing brackets for a HTML tag?

Vatsal19 (talk) 23:25, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

Bracket bot does have a problem denoting if "<" or ">" is being used as a math symbol or is an error in coding. I'm not sure if there is a good solution to that.

You can use < or < for < and you can use > or > for >
I personally don't like doing that except in extreme circumstances. I know what the codes mean, but 99% of the people do not. I'd rather have somebody who wants to edit the page not have to wonder what the code means. Bgwhite (talk) 22:43, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - 86.20.127.170

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Comment/question: The Katatonia Link was broken on purpose because ive combined the live and compilation albums. 86.20.127.170 (talk) 13:23, 8 June 2013 (UTC) {{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow}}

BracketBot - Jeff in CA

Page: List of former sovereign states

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Comment/question: In this instance, ">" is the mathematical sign meaning "greater than." It is not being used as a bracket. Jeff in CA 13:39, 9 June 2013 (UTC) {{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow}}

BracketBot - Yooshimen fin

Page: Mina Ōba

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Comment/question: Was there something wrong with my edit?

Yooshimen fin (talk) 16:26, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

@Yooshimen fin: - Yes, I

Fixed it in this edit.

@A930913: - You may want to change the bot message so that the default is "show" mode instead of "hide" mode (or not use hide/show at all), to make it more obvious what the error is. Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 00:17, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

@A930913: That looks little bit stupid because there's no bracket after question mark... But that's not big problem anyway (: --Yooshimen fin (talk) 06:34, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot Update

Just a heads up on a few changes I've just implemented.

Text between <math> tags is now ignored.
Name parameters are ignored (which should stop filenames causing problems.)
Only <long> lists of errors come collapsed.

If you notice these causing unintended consequences, please panic.
@GoingBatty: I'm putting the notifications under the same header as that used by counter vandals to make it easier for CVs to spot other vandalism. (Chances are that if an editor gets warned for vandalism and breaks a bracket in another edit, that that edit is also vandalism.)
93 09 13 05:55, 10 June 2013 (UTC) {{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow}}

BracketBot - Mokedcellular

Page:LIOR VARONA

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Comment/question:I'v added footnotes as required and The site is still not approved. What am I doing wrong?

Mokedcellular (talk) 08:39, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

@Mokedcellular: - This bot was just informing you that the LIOR VARONA article had more "[" characters than "]" characters. LIOR VARONA has been changed to redirect to Lior Varona. Be sure that each of your references specifically mentions Varona, and isn't just a link to an organization's home page. Also, citing the Hebrew Wikipedia is not appropriate, but you may be able to copy references from those pages to the Lior Varona page. You may want to discuss this further on Talk:Lior Varona, which I created for you. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 16:39, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

Everard Bartlett

Fixed. Cheers for that. DaHuzyBru (talk) 09:04, 12 June 2013 (UTC) {{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow}}

Thanks!

Dear A930913, Thanks for your help! I'm still a rooky at this. Augustinestudent (talk) 22:57, 12 June 2013 (UTC) {{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow}}

BracketBot - Sigmundtesorero

Page: Benjamin Abalos

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Sigmundtesorero (talk) 09:47, 13 June 2013 (UTC)Hi im not familiar with what you cited. Can you help me fix it? Thanks

@Sigmundtesorero: - the edit that BracketBot notified you about was reverted, so there's nothing to be fixed now. Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 00:45, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Andrew gurney

Page: Bickley

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Andrew gurney (talk) 17:04, 13 June 2013 (UTC) Hello, I'm BracketBot. I have automatically detected that your edit to Bickley may have broken the syntax by modifying 1 "()"s. If you have, don't worry, just edit the page again to fix it. If I misunderstood what happened, or if you have any questions, you can leave a message on my operator's talk page. Sorry - I can't figure out what you mean. Please elucidate. Andrew Gurney

@Andrew gurney: - In the big pink bar BracketBot posted on your talk page, click on the "[show]" link at the right, and you'll see where it says 1810). I fixed the article by removing the parenthesis in this edit. GoingBatty (talk) 00:51, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - MarkRott1

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Comment/question: thanks for your help - i'm new to Wiki edits. MarkRott1 (talk) 20:57, 13 June 2013 (UTC) {{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow}}

Thanks

Thanks for detecting and notifying the syntactic errors in Muhammad in Islam. I've fixed them.--AsceticRosé 06:00, 14 June 2013 (UTC) {{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow}}

BracketBot - Pattycaledonia

Page: Scottish Place Names in the United States

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Comment/question: I fixed that. Thank You! P.C. Pattycaledonia (talk) 12:41, 15 June 2013 (UTC) {{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow}}

BracketBot - Consiliul

Page: Teo Trandafir

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Comment/question: Hello, i need help if you want, you can read again Teo Trandafir page,and improve my English, thanks!

Consiliul (talk) 18:15, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

@Consiliul: -

Fixed the brackets (and some of the spelling) in this edit. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 03:18, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - 24.185.234.52

edits to the 5 stairsteps

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Stairsteps

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Comment/question: Well I am the younger brother of the 5 Stairsteps (Lenny Burke) and someone recently edited the page because my older brother past away, but they omitted my name and our 2 younger brothers as well. np I asked all my family if they did it and they said they did not, so I reentered the info accordingly .... My name again is Lenny Burke younger brother to the 5 Stairsteps , you want validation you can contact the Stairsteps direct here 770- 841-9112 thats the number to who was in charge on the group my Dad Clarence Burke Sr..thanks and please do not ommit family members ....Thanks

24.185.234.52 (talk) 05:53, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

I'm not sure why you say so here; for all I can tell BracketBot hasn't notified you about any mismatched brackets. That said, I have reverted your addition because those siblings seem rather irrelevant to the article's topic and aren't mentioned by the given source. Huon (talk) 23:34, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Pashute

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Just wanted to say thanks. פשוט pashute ♫ (talk) 14:45, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks

I have edited again this File, thanks for telling me.

--Angler45 (talk) 15:27, 17 June 2013 (UTC) {{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow}}

BracketBot - 24.97.59.226

Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_programming_languages_(mapping)#F.23

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http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_programming_languages_(mapping)&oldid=560317716

Comment/question:

I think the bracketbot mistakenly identified "|> Map.ofList" as a mismatched bracket in the markup. Nothing appears to be broken when viewed in Chrome. I can switch it to an > instead.

24.97.59.226 (talk) 18:55, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

While the bot does have problems with ">" (because it may be part of HTML tags), it also reported one mismatched parenthesis and a broken link hidden in a comment. I fixed those issues. Huon (talk) 23:34, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - AmericanLemming

Page: International emergency medicine

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Comment/question: I went to add PubMed ID's to the references, and BracketBot pinged me no less than 14 times. I don't understand Wikicode, so I think the brackets are still wrong, but I don't know how to fix them. Help would be appreciated. Thanks! AmericanLemming (talk) 01:20, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

I have fixed the brackets with this edit. See also Template:Cite journal. Huon (talk) 03:30, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - 69.177.32.84

Samantha Power

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Power:

Hi, I'm sorry I don't undersand what you are saying. I didn't make this edit: [[File:Church of Mary Immaculate, Lohar, Waterville, Co Kerry, Ireland.JPG|thumb|Church of Mary: 69.177.32.84 (talk) 02:11, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

You or someone else using your IP address made this edit which removed a square bracket and broke the image syntax. DimiTalen repaired the image code. If that wasn't your edit, you may want to create an account so you won't be bothered with edits by other users who share your IP address. Huon (talk) 03:30, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Pyxis Solitary

Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoie_Palmer

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Comment/question:

I fixed the missing parenthesis.

Now that I have your attention: I am periodically going to be adding more information about the actress as it becomes relevant (if someone else doesn't beat me to it).

Also ... is there a way to reduce or delete the history volume about edits under my name. I had to go back and forth several times and re-edit syntax, grammar, information, and citations -- which created a redundant editing history.

Pyxis Solitary (talk) 08:33, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

Technically there's a way to modify the edit history, but it's only available to the most trusted admins and not to be used for mere cleanup, but for the removal of extremely inappropriate content (say, libel; see WP:OVERSIGHT). My suggestion would be to make use of the preview to spot minor errors before saving the page and thus avoiding the need for multiple consecutive edits. Huon (talk) 18:57, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - MusicMayhem1993

Page: Ungrateful (album)

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Comment/question: I'm having trouble working on it, is there any way you can help me out to fix it? The Edits I have made on Escape The Fate's Ungrateful album? Thanks MusicMayhem1993 (talk) 21:29, 18 June 2013 (UTC) MusicMayhem1993 (talk) 21:29, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

Fixed. I don't think those interviews are reliable sources for that kind of claim, though. Huon (talk) 21:47, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - 155.97.246.251

Hello - I was doing research on the university and noticed new citations were needed so I just inserted links (but may have done improperly). Please correct my mistakes if possible. Thank you and my apologies

Page: California State University, Northridge

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Comment/question:

155.97.246.251 (talk) 21:57, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

The references were fixed by Uwatch310 with this edit, but that's not what summoned the bot; it noticed a missing parenthesis where you removed a little too much. Fixed. Huon (talk) 23:35, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Kawaputra

Page: List of cities and towns in Malaysia by population

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Comment/question: I think your bot has misunderstood my edit. You may want to tweak?

ќמшמφטтгמ^torque 03:02, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

There was already a missing bracket in the article which Bracketbot alerted you too. You have since fixed the problem. Bgwhite (talk) 05:54, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Grabags

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Grabags (talk) 22:06, 19 June 2013 (UTC) Hi, you were right about having used the wrong bracket on Gallery (Magazine) article } thanks for spotting that. I have fixed it.

Not sure if you can help, but I am struggling finding my way round Wikipedia, I'm too old to understand a lot of it. The page I have contributed has a message about it being an orphan. I've now linked three pages to it but how do I get rid of the message?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andi_land

"This article is an orphan, as no other articles link to it. Please introduce links to this page from related articles; suggestions may be available. (June 2013)"

Grabags (talk) 22:06, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

The orphan tag was removed by Mdann52 with this edit. The article could do with quite some cleanup, though; for example, Facebook fan pages definitely are not reliable sources and should not be used as references. Huon (talk) 22:44, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Maurice07

Page:Economy of Vietnam and Economy of Sweden

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Comment/question: Sorry but I didn't understand your message! This is the template markup? I made the last edits by reference to Economy of Germany and Economy of United Kingdom's infoboxes. Thank you.

Maurice (talk) 23:25, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

The issue was that you had only one closing curly bracket each for the {{cite web}} templates. I fixed that. Huon (talk) 04:06, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Irmgarde

Page: Jeff Kennett. Heading - First Term as Premier - (State School Closures)

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Comment/question:

Irmgarde (talk) 12:48, 20 June 2013 (UTC)Hello BracketBot Regarding Your Message to Irmgarde : "Hello, I'm BracketBot. I have automatically detected that your edit to Jeff Kennett may have broken the syntax by modifying 1 "<>"s. If you have, don't worry, just edit the page again to fix it. If I misunderstood what happened, or if you have any questions, you can leave a message on my operator's talk page. List of unpaired brackets remaining on the page: Title: Moira Rayner Former Vic Commissioner for Human Rights talks about the Northlands Struggle.> term at the time, as many including Auditor-General Ches Baragwanath) claimed that the true value of the reforms will not be apparent until well into the 21st century.{{ Thanks, BracketBot (talk) 13:43, 13 June 2013 (UTC)"

My apologies. I am going around in circles trying to understand how to use correct symbols and reference codes. If you don't mind correcting the 'Moira Rayner ..." bracket, I would appreciate it. I didn't have anything to do with " ...term at the time ... Ches Baragwanath ..." Regards. Irmgarde

Fixed in this edit

BracketBot - Medicine Bear

Page: Texas Cherokees

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Could not find error, so I am not sure what to fix?

Comment/question:

Medicine Bear (talk) 20:20, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

Resolved, you fixed the mistake yourself. Thanks! Huon (talk) 21:03, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Robconstant

Page:Sun Belt Conference

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Comment/question:I was informed that I had possibly broken syntax in my edit. I would like to know how I made this mistake so that I can prevent it from happening in the future.

Robconstant (talk) 22:16, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

That page has some strange code BracketBot pointed out (which I don't fully understand, mostly related to the timeline), but what summoned him in the first place was that you added two opening curly brackets without corresponding closing brackets to one of the references. I fixed that. See also WP:Referencing for beginners on how to easily create nicely-formatted footnotes. Huon (talk) 23:10, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Popsacoming

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And now i’m missing link #1, I’m confused and very frustrated, why can’t you fill out my wikipedia page? I’m exhausted... Signed here, popsacoming@gmail.com Comment/question:

Popsacoming (talk) 23:03, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

Please see WP:Referencing for beginners on how to easily create nicely-formatted footnotes. If you want to add citation templates manually, see Template:Cite web for an example. Huon (talk) 03:13, 22 June 2013 (UTC)