User talk:Baltarstar

October 2023

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For the record, I reported this as a false positive and re-asserted my changes. My edits were certainly not intended to be vandalism, and as of this memo, there has been no refutation by a human. Baltarstar (talk) 12:50, 28 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Short descriptions

Hello, I just thought I'd nip this in the bud before there's too many articles to go back and fix. Short descriptions always go at the very top of the page. Always. Check out MOS:ORDER. I fixed a couple of them for you. Also, ALL articles should have a short description. You removed it at Timeline of prehistory. Oddly, you removed the dating too. I have restored them. Be mindful of that in your future edits. Thank you and happy editting. Masterhatch (talk) 18:11, 13 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! My mistake. I do believe that was the only instance in which I did that. Baltarstar (talk) 18:29, 13 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Please make sure you leave the SD at the top per MOS:ORDER. I just fixed it at Timeline of historic inventions. Masterhatch (talk) 22:32, 13 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

MOS:VAR

Please don't change from British to American spelling in an article as you did at Timeline of historic inventions. MOS:VAR is quite clear: "When either of two styles is acceptable it is inappropriate for a Wikipedia editor to change from one style to another unless there is some substantial reason for the change". I reverted the spelling change. Thank you, Masterhatch (talk) 17:34, 21 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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@Pickersgill-Cunliffe Thank you! I'll be sure to review all these resources soon. Baltarstar (talk) 13:47, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Short descriptions

Thank you for adding Short descriptions to articles. However, please remember that none is a valid Short description when the article title seems to be enough, but a blank Short description is never valid — GhostInTheMachine ^{talk to me} 20:38, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! I was doing that based off W:SD, where it states "All mainspace articles should have a short description (including those that are intentionally blank)." I see now that "blank" actually means entering the word 'none' into the template.

From now on if I'm doing a quick layout correction, I'll put 'none,' and if someone wants to put in something more precise later on they can just edit that. Baltarstar (talk) 12:34, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not do that. If you are making changes to the article, then it is best to add a valid SD rather than just adding none. None means that you agree that a SD is not needed. If you cannot think of a good SD, then it is best to leave the article without any SD. That way it is still flagged up as needing attention — GhostInTheMachine ^{talk to me} 12:47, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, thank you for letting me know. Baltarstar (talk) 12:58, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you for telling me. I went through my contributions history to fix all the other ones, but it seems others such as yourself have beat me to it. From now on I will put stub tags at the bottom with two line spaces and a stub category. Baltarstar (talk) 11:05, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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