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BracketBot – Sardanaphalus

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Comment/question: Could BracketBot insert an extra newline before the heading of the message it adds to a user's talkpage, please?
Thank you for a useful aid.

Sardanaphalus (talk) 10:08, 6 January 2015 (UTC)Reply

ReferenceBot – Fazbear7891

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Comment/question: ReferenceBot should not check wp:sandbox. Fazbear7891 (talk) 22:43, 26 June 2015 (UTC)Reply

ReferenceBot – L.tak

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Comment/question: I didn't see any opt out options on your bot-page. Should I use "deny=", or "optout=?" Tnx! L.tak (talk) 05:51, 7 August 2015 (UTC)Reply

ReferenceBot – Yaakovaryeh

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Comment/question: Bot gave me link to wrong diff page, my errors was made on the next 2 edits (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=683759413 & https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ishmael&diff=next&oldid=683759413) - not the one provided by the bot

Yaakovaryeh (talk) 07:52, 4 October 2015 (UTC)Reply

Right, thanks for notifying A930913 about this issue. If I had to guess, I'd say the bot likely got confused because in that first edit you had a "missing title" error which it would have notified you about; you went on to correct that, but introduced the "archive-url" errors instead in subsequent edits. So the error you were notified and the edit the bot remembered as "first problematic one" apparently no longer matched. Huon (talk) 18:55, 6 October 2015 (UTC)Reply

ReferenceBot – EdJim

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EdJim (talk) 07:43, 21 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

This is a bug; the DOI error was caused by your subsequent edit, not by the one the bot linked to. That said, both the DOI error and the date error that your original edit caused (and which likely led to the bot notifying you about the wrong edit) were fixed by now. Huon (talk) 20:15, 21 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

ReferenceBot – Geraldshields11

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Page: The bot said there was a missing ref on the Peach Bottom Nuclear Generating Station article. It was really an issues of blank spaces in a sentence and not a reference.

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Comment/question: Even thought this was a false positive, please continue the good work. I appreciate it.

Geraldshields11 (talk) 20:54, 1 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the notification; ReferenceBot has extremely few false positives, but this indeed is one. A930913 may want to check this out. Huon (talk) 00:12, 7 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

ReferenceBot – ShayTown33

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Comment/question: There is a message that said my edit "caused an unsupported parameter error". I checked the edits I made along with their references, and I do not see the error. The error message stated that if there is a possible false positive to message you.

ShayTown33 (talk) 00:46, 11 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

It seems the bot got the wrong editor. The unknown parameter error was caused by the edit after yours. Huon (talk) 15:39, 11 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

BracketBot – Koala Tea Of Mercy

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SUGGESTION: Where your bot says: :List of unpaired brackets remaining on the page: you currently follow that with excerpted text formatted as bullet points. I would like to suggest that you replace the bullet point syntax (leading asterisk) with code text syntax (leading space) for improved visibility of the excerpt. Example:


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  • 2003/dittert.shtml] ''Hylas in the Classical Style'' by Stefanie E. Dittert, Professor Buttigieg]

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2003/dittert.shtml] ''Hylas in the Classical Style'' by Stefanie E. Dittert, Professor Buttigieg]

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To me this simple change just makes the problem being flagged that much easier to see. Koala Tea Of Mercy (KTOM's Articulations & Invigilations) 17:59, 29 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

ReferenceBot – Chaya5260

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Page: I received this message On the Oncogenomics page, your edit caused a PMC error (help). (Fix | Ask for help) I added 24 references to this article, and I do not know to which reference this refers. There are no red marks.

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Chaya5260 (talk) 17:12, 30 September 2016 (UTC)Reply

A930913 may want to check this out. It seems ReferenceBot warned you about the wrong issue. There was a "Vancouver style error" (something about the use of initials in the author names) in the diff the bot linked to, not a PMC error. Fixed by Floatjon. Huon (talk) 20:19, 30 September 2016 (UTC)Reply

ReferenceBot – StephanBorzman

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Comment/question: The math is wrong I can't site a study that has the correct math what should I do the number don't add up it is just that simple this is no belief on my part

StephanBorzman (talk) 03:55, 17 February 2017 (UTC)Reply

@StephanBorzman: ReferenceBot was not posting about your math (which happened to be wrong but that's unrelated), but about your deletion of <ref name="IPCC-2001"> in [1]. The named reference was reused elsewhere on the page by only referring to the name. Your deletion caused the error message at [2]. Your edit has been reverted so the issue is fixed. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:27, 17 February 2017 (UTC)Reply

ReferenceBot – INeilC

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Page:Paul Flowers (Banker)

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Comment/question: The robot detected I had removed a reference. I actually replaced it with another one, as the first one was referring to an interim condition and I was providing the final condition in my text. Furthermore, the original reference was actually unrelated to the comment that it was allegedly supporting, but was an article about the subject in general, and was also a link to a Daily Mail article which is not a trustworthy reference.

INeilC (talk) 21:24, 18 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

Hi INeilC, ReferenceBot detected that you had changed one copy of the reference, removing its name. The reference was reused in another place on the page and a big red reference error was appearing in the reference list. It was not a comment on whether the reference should be changed, only that the change caused an error on the page. StarryGrandma (talk) 21:45, 20 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

ReferenceBot – Groogle365

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Diff: Sorry, obviously I need to look into this further, I don't know how to give a link to the diff.

Comment/question: Sorry, can't see how I broke any link.

Groogle365 (talk) 12:04, 21 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

Groogle365, you deleted a named reference that was used elsewhere in the article, resulting in a big red error message. Happily, a bot fixed the error for you. – Jonesey95 (talk) 13:16, 21 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

ReferenceBot – 107.185.97.165

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I don't know anything about the terminology "ReferenceBot", "link to the diff", "unsupported parameter error", "false positive". The reference I submitted, http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/greenvilleonline/obituary.aspx?n=ralph-johnson&pid=183036201&fhid=23160 , shows information regarding the death of Ralph Johnson of The Impressions. I wouldn't know why Wikipedia shouldn't be able to accommodate that reference.

107.185.97.165 (talk) 23:50, 11 April 2017 (UTC)Reply

Your reference used the parameter |utl= instead of |url=. Another editor fixed it for you. – Jonesey95 (talk) 04:42, 12 April 2017 (UTC)Reply

BracketBot - Pittore44

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Comment/question: I am not seeing an orphaned left parentheses in the place you indicated was incorrect: including the plight of war widows and life behind the lines.[1] -- pittore44 Pittore44 (talk) 00:28, 3 May 2017 (UTC)Reply

The edit in question was made in 2013. (diff). There was a mismatched parenthesis in that edit. You fixed it with this edit. – Jonesey95 (talk) 05:02, 3 May 2017 (UTC)Reply
  1. ^ see Boime

BracketBot – Sticks n drums

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Roland (talk) 02:22, 25 May 2017 (UTC) The ex Saints drummer from 1975 is to be added to the former band members list as this person [ Roland Desainis ] was not included and should be for this date listed [ 1975 ] thanks.Reply

Adding someone to the list of former band members would require a reliable source cofirming that they indeed were a member. Do you know of such a source, maybe a newspaper article or a music magazine reporting on Desainis' work with the band? Huon (talk) 11:38, 25 May 2017 (UTC)Reply

BracketBot – Acting4u

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Acting4u (talk) 00:25, 31 May 2017 (UTC) Hi there just saw this message sent a while ago, not sure what you mean by it. Also I want to add Filmography as I have a list of films to add, can you advice me how? Thank you OzzieReply

BracketBot – Chrisbovee

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Comment/question: BracketBot is wrong that there are broken brackets. The brackets are part of the URL.

ChrisBovee (talk) 22:10, 8 June 2017 (UTC)Reply

BracketBot – 93.186.144.23

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Comment/question: what did i do to the page i tried to fix it and undone everything but what did i do to the page to make it like that so i dont do it again

thanks 93.186.144.23 (talk) 09:46, 12 July 2017 (UTC)Reply

ReferenceBot – Aliyahasan

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Comment/question: ReStore Our RevolutionMedia wikipedia Page

Aliyahasan (talk) 21:51, 30 July 2017 (UTC)Reply

ReferenceBot – Aliyahasan

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Page: RevolutionMedia

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Comment/question: why are Delete our RevolutionMedia page. Please Re Store

Aliyahasan (talk) 22:13, 30 July 2017 (UTC)Reply

ReferenceBot – Peterh oz

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Comment/question:False positive re bd2 reference edit

OneStopVoIPShop.com.au (talk) 14:07, 15 August 2017 (UTC)Reply

BracketBot - GianMarco Tavazzani

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Comment/question: Just apologise for having seen so late your kind correction of my mistake (a braket left open, which is something that I myself consider SERIOUS!) and thanking you for having helped me! :-) GianMarco Tavazzani (talk) 05:46, 22 September 2017 (UTC)Reply

BracketBot - Bigbrothersback Sorry don't understand

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ReferenceBot – 86.98.49.0

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86.98.49.0 (talk) 10:21, 10 December 2017 (UTC)Reply

ReferenceBot – Sunnyonmars

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Comment/question: I didn't make this edit? I haven't been on Regina Spektor page either logged into my account or not in months, if not years.

Sunnyonmars (talk) 06:06, 18 December 2017 (UTC)Reply

BracketBot – 114.125.196.252

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114.125.196.252 (talk) 20:22, 11 April 2018 (UTC)Reply

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2603:9001:688F:2900:5C8A:D147:D200:F360 (talk) 17:20, 1 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

ReferenceBot – Jaeze

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Jaeze (talk) 22:12, 14 August 2018 (UTC)Reply

ReferenceBot – 174.255.195.216

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Page: natalie wood in 2011/ mexico guatimala border jan 2017/ brenda dean jan 2018 Diff: don't know what a diff is Comment/question: i have never changed or modified any wiki page. i wouldn't know how in the first place. i have never access any of the 3 files in question so i will be asking for 3 formal apologies. and an investigation as to why when i looked for something now, would something from 2011 or from a retired talker would be accused. please tell me what you are doing. 174.255.195.216 (talk) 03:16, 20 January 2019 (UTC)Reply

BracketBot – Cheekygrrl

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There was some question about the date of Frankie Avalon's birth.  I went on a U.S. Federal Census page and located his correct birthdate which I supplied.

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BracketBot – Cheekygrrl

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I changed the DOB of Frankie Avalon.  There was some question about his DOB, so I looked on the U.S. Federal Census 1940 and found him.  I entered his correct DOB on the Wikipedia page for him.Cheekygrrl (talk) 16:47, 19 June 2019 (UTC)Reply

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ReferenceBot – BOPIUSA

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False Positive

BOPIUSA (talk) 11:02, 20 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

Rockn-Roll (talk) 20:50, 5 October 2019 (UTC) ReferenceBot – Rockn-Roll

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Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propane

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Comment/question: Appears to be a false ISBN error by the Reference Bot, but please let me know if there is a current error on the page and I'll see about fixing it. Sorry about the long delay in noticing this.

Rockn-Roll (talk) 20:50, 5 October 2019 (UTC)Reply

That was a real ISBN error caused by putting two ISBNs in a field meant for just one ISBN. I fixed the problem with the next edit to the page. There are no ISBN errors on the page today. – Jonesey95 (talk) 00:12, 6 October 2019 (UTC)Reply

BracketBot – 2601:80:C580:1EB0:E126:84E7:4AD6:C9C5

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2601:80:C580:1EB0:E126:84E7:4AD6:C9C5 (talk) 07:11, 8 February 2020 (UTC)Reply

ReferenceBot – 80.189.152.155

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Comment/question: I did not go to that page and i did not edit it.

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BracketBot – 72.35.236.158

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BracketBot – Karateaniket

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Kindly resolve the issue:

Aniket Gupta 19:46, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

ReferenceBot – 50.107.145.185

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Comment/question: I didn't edit that page at all.

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BracketBot - Elinor carucci

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Elinor carucci (talk) 03:55, 4 January 2023 (UTC) I was blocked from editing the Elinor Carucci page. But Ttis was me...Elinor herself, trying to correct my page. I copied and paste from a published press release I MYSELF wrote, and I guess it kept on flagging it, and i kept trying to insert it not understanding that it is probably flagged because it has been published, but again, it is a text i wrote. I apologize and want to continue to update my page, and hope this can be reversed and i can be allowed to edit my Elinor Carucci page. Many thanks, Elinor carucci (talk) 23:38, 2 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

@Elinor carucci: Hi there! I see BracketBot posted on your talk page 10 years ago. Since then, the bot operator has retired from Wikipedia, which is why you didn't receive a response here. Looks like you received some good feedback on your talk page. I'll add to that feedback by suggesting the Wikipedia:Edit Request Wizard. Hope this helps! GoingBatty (talk) 05:19, 3 February 2023 (UTC)Reply