Pigsonthewing
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Edits made on the Cell 16 page
editI made two different edits on the Cell 16 page two days ago. One was a quote from a book by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and the other was adding her and my books as external sources.
Not sure what happened and what I am doing wrong.
Please assist.
Thanks. Liberationfemale (talk) 17:32, 17 September 2024 (UTC)
- @Liberationfemale: There have been no edits to Cell 16 in September. Did you perhaps forget to publish your changes? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 18:45, 17 September 2024 (UTC)
- I just re-submitted my changes and hit "Publish changes."
- Hope this takes.
- Thanks. Liberationfemale (talk) 15:10, 19 September 2024 (UTC)
- @Liberationfemale: Sadly not. Please try again. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:32, 19 September 2024 (UTC)
- Okay. I just submitted another change and hit publish changes.
- What am I doing wrong? Liberationfemale (talk) 15:37, 19 September 2024 (UTC)
- @Liberationfemale: I'm not sure; are you using mobile, or desktop? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 19:02, 19 September 2024 (UTC)
- I am using my apple macpro, laptop. Liberationfemale (talk) 20:00, 19 September 2024 (UTC)
- @Liberationfemale: I'm not sure; are you using mobile, or desktop? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 19:02, 19 September 2024 (UTC)
- @Liberationfemale: Sadly not. Please try again. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:32, 19 September 2024 (UTC)
September thanks
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Thank you for improving article quality in September! - Ach, lieben Christen, seid getrost, BWV 114, is one of the pieces in my topic of this year. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:47, 22 September 2024 (UTC)
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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Years AD
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editFYI, I was just listening to Gangsters (song) and this led me to start the article for Horizon Studios. I'm not planning to do much more so you might want to keep an eye on it as it's in your patch. Andrew🐉(talk) 20:57, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
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About the Cardington page.
editHello, I am 94.194.31.200. I'd like to apologise for my poor source of citing to the Cardington page. I thought it would be fine to use Wikipedia as a reliable source, as the cite note leading to the Cardington Airfield page had already been edited by me to show that Eastcotts was no longer a civil parish anymore. I struggled to find a source outside of Wikipedia about the Eastcotts abolishment. I now understand and I am going to try harder to find a source outside of Wikipedia. Thank you. 2A02:C7C:6D8A:6A00:6405:CC20:823A:2313 (talk) 15:17, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
- Quick note: my IP keeps changing so keep note of that 😂 2A02:C7C:6D8A:6A00:6405:CC20:823A:2313 (talk) 15:17, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
- No problem; we all had to learn to edit from scratch. The IP issue is best resolved by creating and using an account - which can be entirely pseudonymous, and which gives you additional editing privileges and access to tools. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:21, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks man, but I've checked every single IP this tablet gives me, and none of them are where i live! (But you gotta feel sorry for who lives at these places) 2A02:C7C:6D8A:6A00:6405:CC20:823A:2313 (talk) 15:31, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
- No problem; we all had to learn to edit from scratch. The IP issue is best resolved by creating and using an account - which can be entirely pseudonymous, and which gives you additional editing privileges and access to tools. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:21, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Years of the 9th century
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- Hello, Pigsonthewing,
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I appreciated suggestions you provided me re infoboxes
editHere is what I tried, and I'm afraid it will not show up ia my draft of an article I've been working on. If you can, please explore what the flaw(s) may be. By the way, I had entered complete dates for birth & death, using the prescribed format.
Dick Raymond | |
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| Born | Richard Raymond 1923 Newark, Ohio |
| Died | 2015 Portland, Oregon |
| Citizenship | U.S.A. |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Occupations |
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| Organization(s) | Portola Institute, POINT Foundation, Briapatch Network |
Thank you.Joel Russ (talk) 02:56, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
Without seeing a diff of the edit you attempted, it's impossible to say what went wrong. As you can see, the version here worked, but your date lines should be:
| birth_date = {{birth date|1923|11|30}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|09|16}}
-- Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 09:00, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- Basically, those are the date lines I tried to enter. Except, for the part: and age I suppose that might be the problem, correct?Joel Russ (talk) 20:18, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- No, that's optional. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:11, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
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