User talk:Bazonka/Archive 15

Cluebot

Thank you Bazonka, I am new to wiki and I don't like that mistake made on the Englebert H. page, (the cluebot accusation) Not true, I hope you reported it as all I did was put the ISBN numbers on and I didn't remove anything or make any changes. Will that false positive mess up my chances and am I flagged now for trouble? Is there anything I need to do to clear my user name? cydorsm Cydorsm (talk) 14:29, 13 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Cydorsm: Don't worry about it. ClueBot is an automatic program that sometimes gets it wrong. I flagged it as a false positive with the ClueBot system, so there'll be no black mark against your name. Let me know if you have any other questions - I'm happy to help. Bazonka (talk) 14:39, 13 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Would you be able to look at the Richard G. Thomas page and resolve the COI/ it was not a COI/admission on that page maybe on another talk page, but it was removed Cydorsm (talk) 19:42, 14 June 2016 (UTC). thanks![reply]

@Cydorsm: I'm not quite sure what the problem is. It's not WP:COI unless you are Richard G Thomas yourself. Using his biography as a source is covered by this guideline: WP:BLPSELFPUB, so should be OK as long as it's not too biased, and note that point 5 of the guideline states that the article must not be based primarily on this source. So if you can balance it with other sources then it should be OK, otherwise you might need to remove some of the content from the biography. Also, you will need to reference the biography properly each time you use it as a source - putting it in the bibliography is OK as well, but this does not serve as a reference to the article's content. Bazonka (talk) 19:47, 15 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You, that clears up the issue, and no I am not the subject in this article (I am female); I will take a look at those links for references again, however they are somewhat confusing, but again thanks for your help. Cydorsm (talk) 20:25, 15 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Cydorsm: References aren't that difficult. Just click on the Cite button at the top of the edit window, pick the right template (probably Cite Book in your case) and a wizard will appear which will do most of the hard part for you. Bazonka (talk) 21:37, 15 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Abkhazia infobox RfC

Due to previous participation in a discussion on the subject, you are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Abkhazia#RfC on Infobox. CMD (talk) 12:55, 21 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for letting me know, but I have no strong opinion either way, so I'll stay out of it. Bazonka (talk) 10:05, 22 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Mediterranean Sea

Hi, sorry to disturb you - is there any chance you could make a contribution to the discussion on the above page regarding the inclusion of Northern Cyprus on the list of countries with coastlines on the Mediterranean. Thanks. Denisarona (talk) 15:39, 1 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Lemmium listed at Redirects for discussion

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Re: Recent reverted edit on geocaching

Hi, I see that you reverted my edit on the geocaching earlier. Could you please tell me how I go about 'tagging' dead links, so I know for future reference. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mojo0306 (talk • contribs) 17:49, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Mojo0306: You need to add {{deadlink}} before the </ref>. Have a look at WP:KDL. Incidentally, I checked the link that you deleted and it worked fine, so I don't think it needs to be marked at all. Bazonka (talk) 21:57, 22 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

ahh here is wishing a peaceful ocean for the coming year

long time no speak

methinks the oceans of the world need more quiet...

coincidentally met a shipping man in our local shopping centre this afternoon

(he had bad memories of valparaiso whatsmore...)

trust you have a HNY JarrahTree 12:10, 2 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Happy New Year to you too! Bazonka (talk) 18:54, 2 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

if they cannot even weed out imbeciles from positions of power

then their fact book is clearly wrong - viz recent on Indian Ocean, sigh JarrahTree 02:08, 13 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Columbia Graphophone Company

Because the Columbia Graphophone Company was a British company and therefore a British article, British spellings are used. Steelbeard1 (talk) 11:50, 6 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Steelbeard1: You are quite correct that BrE should be used in that article, but in this case it's an irrelevant argument. License (and hence, licensed) is the correct verb spelling in all varieties of English. See MOS:S and any English dictionary. Bazonka (talk) 14:06, 6 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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methinks a certain enthusiasm

our favourite from some (what feels like an eternity) time ago - the In---- Ocean has just been liberally expanded... methinks the enthusiasm is not what wp is about - trust all is well in your part of the woods... JarrahTree 10:24, 14 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Evening Sir. Yes, a bit too much detail there! I've reverted it all! Cheers, Bazonka (talk) 21:18, 14 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

tips my at to you too sir, that was close to the angels on the head of a pin methinks JarrahTree 07:41, 16 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Have a look at this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikidata/2017_RfC_draft Mike Peel (talk) 14:22, 14 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Mr. Bazonka, recently I just developing the article of Vietnam. As you are one of the editor with template editing permission, can you put the English variant note of British English just like what been used in the article of {{Editnotices/Page/Malaysia}}? Thank you. Night Lantern (talk) 13:19, 20 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Glad to be of assistance. Bazonka (talk) 20:59, 20 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

1st meridian east

Hi Bazonka, would you be able to look this over and add references? Thanks, Boleyn (talk) 06:33, 25 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not easy, and I'm not sure it's necessary. I had this discussion years ago, and I can't find it now, but essentially because each set of coords links directly to a map, then that map is the reference. It links to an external, reliable, source of geographic information. Bazonka (talk) 16:52, 25 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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