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Happy New Year!

GoingBatty,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
– Davey2010 ^{Merry Xmas / Happy New Year} 13:08, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

   Send New Year cheer by adding {{ subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

Hi, I was surprised to see a dead end tag being removed from a page wihout any meaningful links. Surely red links do not count as a solution to a dead end? Unless I missed a true blue link of course. -- HyperGaruda ( talk) 00:03, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

@ HyperGaruda: Thanks for letting me know. I've reported the issue to the AWB developers. GoingBatty ( talk) 00:12, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

I think you are right about him. He was well known in patent lawyer circles in the late 1960s and early 1970s, but not after that. PRG isn't notable at all. PraeceptorIP ( talk) 18:27, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

@ PraeceptorIP: Thanks for the feedback on Irving Kayton and Patent Resources Group. My goal in expanding the {{ notability}} tags on thousands of articles is so that the tag will link to the appropriate notability guideline to make it easier for editors such as yourself (who are more knowledgeable than I) to decide whether to improve the articles or send them to WP:AFD. Thanks, and happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 18:39, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for your message, sorry about that, I've fixed it. Edward ( talk) 08:59, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

@ Edward: Thanks! GoingBatty ( talk) 13:34, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

Are you currently running BattyBot 34? Apparently not, as BattyBot says the last run was February 2016. I ask because my Bot1058 task 3 work queue has unexpectedly dried up (it works to clear Category:Unsynchronized disambiguation talk pages, which is empty). I last ran that bot on December 8, and usually I've seen the category fill up with several pages every day. wbm1058 ( talk) 16:04, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

I see the category is currently populated by 7 pages. Will watch to see who fixes these. Until recently, these were not fixed until I fixed them.

• Battle of Chojnice
• Bernard Bloch
• Christian Vincent
• Don't Leave
• Entre Nous
• Look Up
• WGHC – wbm1058 ( talk) 15:53, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

@ Wbm1058:  Doing... BattyBot tasks 34 and 40 now. GoingBatty ( talk) 16:32, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

@ Wbm1058:  Done, and BattyBot didn't impact the category at all - it specifically skips redirect pages. Two of the pages were fixed by someone else. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 23:04, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

OK thanks, then there is no overlap in what we patrol. It appears that perhaps no one person is fixing this. Maybe some who are frequent dab creators have realized they were skipping this step and are doing it now. wbm1058 ( talk) 13:54, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for creating the 2017 Nat'l Jambo page - you did a great job with it! Hope you've been to Philmont - the honey stinger waffles are the best there. If not, maybe the Jambo this July will have some for you to try! damperpedal ( talk) 04:52, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

@ Damperpedal: Thanks! Do you have any suggestions for expanding the 2017 National Scout Jamboree article? I've never been to Philmont, but it's on my bucket list. Thanks! GoingBatty ( talk) 19:31, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

@ GoingBatty: Been thinking about it! BSA's been marketing a couple of the "new features" for this year's NSJ, so I may try to work that in somehow. Beyond that I think we may just have to wait and see as we receive new info in installments over the next few months. damperpedal ( talk) 00:50, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

Hiyo, I hope that you enjoyed your holidays, and had a good New Year. If you get a chance could you please help me with the article Iva Davies? Thank you, Joe Vitale 5 ( talk) 11:19, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

@ Joe Vitale 5:  Done Happy New Year! GoingBatty ( talk) 00:44, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

When you find time for it. Please take a look at the article about Roger Kibbe that I created. Some editors thinks that media coverage should not be included in the article. I disagree. But if you can find a way to incorporate the information it would be very much appreciated. I at least wanted to ask you about it as I think the article could need some fresh set of eyes. Even if you can not help, thanks anyway :)-- BabbaQ ( talk) 17:03, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

@ BabbaQ:  Done! Maybe you could use Profiling Evil as a reference, like truTV is used for several references. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 00:49, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

About the Abduction of Kamiyah Mobley. :) BabbaQ ( talk) 17:33, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

@ BabbaQ: I've updated it for you. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 17:54, 14 January 2017 (UTC)

موضوع رابسادگی مطرح و بحث واخذنتیجه کارگذشته برنمی گردد امازندگی هم شلغم نیست اردن ساپورت کند عمل مجرمانه است Zemstan95 ( talk) 21:35, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

بنظرم واتیکان باشد.جهت اطلاع و راحتی وجدانشان اختغای حقایق موجب شد حتی تنهادارایی من ل؟اپارتمانی کوجک تهران 1393یعنی2014لفروشم وفقط50 تومن برداشتم الباقی به همسرم دادم.ادم بدذاتی نیستم والاخوب میدانم مهریه نفقه وی حرام باضریب10:وتعیین خسارت38ساله مشترک وهتک حرمت بایدبپردازنذ اما ایاوجدان افراذذینفوذ راحته بترسندازف؟قهرالهی.سوگندنیخورم هیچوقت ازمن جدانشده است Zemstan95 ( talk) 21:33, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

@ Zemstan95: Unfortunately I cannot read Persian, and Google Translate does not do a good job translating your messages. Please write to me in English if you wish for me to respond. Thanks! GoingBatty ( talk) 01:51, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

Hey, GoingBatty. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Lepricavark ( talk) 05:31, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

@ Lepricavark: Thanks! GoingBatty ( talk) 12:59, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

Hi, I am getting a lot of leading zeros in cite dates, probably because it is early in the month, wondered if you could run BattyBot task 25 to pick-up all the ones that I have missed and any other errors to reduce the article error count. Many thanks. Keith D ( talk) 00:57, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

Hello. I noticed that you tagged this article [1] for unclear notability per WP:RPRGM. Also, it seems unclear for GNG or WP:ORG and so on. I am wondering if you thinks this passes WP:RPRGM. It seems to be a half hour news program on an nationwide channel - or is it a local news program? I am asking because I am thinking of taking it to AfD. But, if it seems to be marginally notable somehow, then of course I don't want to do that. What is your opinion? Steve Quinn ( talk) 05:33, 8 February 2017 (UTC)

@ Steve Quinn: Sorry, I don't know anything about this program. The article was tagged in October 2014 by someone else. I simply updated the {{ notability}} tag on this article (and thousands others) so that knowledgeable editors like you would be directed towards the proper notability guidelines, and either improve the article and remove the tag or take it to AfD. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 14:03, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Hello, I contributed to this article on this film director, and it is in need of some help. Can you be of assistance? I believe there are more links that can be added, but since I last worked on the article, the format has changed. Please advise. Thank you. Films1921 ( talk) 08:40, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

@ Films1921: What are the links that can be added? Don't worry about the reference format - that can always be cleaned up later. Thanks! GoingBatty ( talk) 19:16, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Thanks kindly. This is another review I wanted to add. I will add another here in the upcoming days. Again, thanks for your assistance. Myself and my colleagues worked very hard to get the article published, we would hate to see it removed.   
http://screencritix.com/turnabout-2016-review/

Films1921 ( talk) 06:19, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

@ Films1921: Could you please help me understand why you think the Eric Brian Hughes article needs a third review of Turnabout? It doesn't seem to give any new information about Hughes. Are you able to find sources to confirm the statements in the article marked with "citation needed"? Thanks! GoingBatty ( talk) 17:39, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

as a newbie here, I'm not understanding why this article needs "any" improvement? I say this because I see many articles on here that skate on by, and they have false or misleading information, or they are of no notability whatsoever. However, myself and my colleagues worked hard on this article, and it wasn't even up a month and already people are finding fault with it. What do I need to provide so the article doesn't get removed? Help me understand that, and then I guess we can go from there. Again thanks. Sorry if I seem offended. 
Films1921 (
talk) 05:00, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

BTW, thank you for helping with the article, I do see you made some changes. My frustration isn't directed at you. Thanks again Films1921 ( talk) 05:03, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

@ Films1921: Yes, there are thousands of articles that need improvement, and thousands more that don't meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines. We're all volunteers trying to make this online encyclopedia better. The biggest thing you can do to help this article is to provide sources for the statements in the article that are marked with "citation needed", especially sources that focus more on Hughes than his works. I just found one and added it to the article. For more information, you can click on the links in the "multiple issues" box at the top of the article. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 05:53, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

Thank you, yes- that's a great find that you added. May I ask-when will they remove the warnings? Thanks kindly Films1921 ( talk) 05:31, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

@ Films1921: Any editor can remove the warnings when they are no longer needed. Please see Template:BLP sources, Template:Notability and Template:Orphan for more information. There are no other articles that link to Eric Brian Hughes, so it's not appropriate to remove {{ orphan}} yet. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 12:52, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

Hello! I see you made edits and improvements to this page as well. Once it was marked for deletion, I put some time into improving on the article to meet its criteria. I'm anxious to get it up to standard and to preserve the contribution, but in a form that meets guidelines. I'm also feel very reluctant and cautious to remove the "Flagged for Deletion" warning and move it to the talk page. Can you help me understand the best way to make this happen without violating any guidelines or breaking any unwritten community codes? I really want to do this right. MushuNeak ( talk) 21:35, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi, I hope that you're well. Could you please help me with the article about Mark White, and also his band Vice Versa please? They've recently reformed, and are currently working on some new tracks which I'm very happy about! And thank you if so, Joe Vitale 5 ( talk) 22:57, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

@ Joe Vitale 5:  Done! GoingBatty ( talk) 03:01, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

Thank you, have a nice day! Joe Vitale 5 ( talk) 22:29, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

An article that you have been involved in editing— Ali-Illahism—has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. MiguelMadeira ( talk) 22:56, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

-- MiguelMadeira ( talk) 22:56, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

@ MiguelMadeira: Thanks, but this is outside my area of expertise. You might want to add the {{ merge from}} template on Yarsanism and {{ merge to}} on Ali-Illahism to drive more people to the merger discussion. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 23:01, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

Bots Newsletter, April 2017

Greetings! The BAG Newsletter is now the Bots Newsletter, per discussion. As such, we've subscribed all bot operators to the newsletter. You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future newsletters by adding/removing your name from this list. Highlights for this newsletter include: Arbcom Magioladitis ARBCOM case has closed. The remedies of the case include: Community encouraged to review common fixes Community encouraged to review policy on cosmetic edits Developers encouraged to improve AWB interface Bot approvals group encouraged to carefully review BRFA scope Reminders/Restrictions specific to Magioladitis BRFAs We currently have 27 open bot requests at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval, and could use your help processing! Discussions There are multiple ongoing discussions surrounding bot-related matters. In particular: RFC on COSMETICBOT Efforts at WP:CHECKWIKI to identify cosmetic fixes Requested move for the Bot Owners' Noticeboard A phabricator ticket T162685 has been made to have a "bots" tag, so issues related to bot frameworks can be tracked New things Several new things are around: A BAG Guide has been created ( WP:BAGG, discussion). Users now have the option to hide AWB from their watchlists via a script ( WP:HIDEAWB, discussion) The guidance on how to deal with bot issues has been overhauled ( WP:BOTISSUE, discussion) The bot policy has been updated to clarify that bot operators are required to register accounts. ( WP:BOTACCOUNT, discussion) Wikimania Wikimania 2017 is happening in Montreal, during 9–13 August. If you plan to attend, or give a talk, let us know! Thank you! edited by: Headbomb 11:35, 12 April 2017 (UTC) (You can unsubscribe from future newsletters by removing your name from this list.)

Respected Mr. @GoingBatty, I have made some changes to my article 'Devsena Mishra', kindly review and guide me. Sharing the link of the article /info/en/?search=User:Vishalgauravjh1/Devsena_Mishra -- Vishalgauravjh1 ( talk) 19:11, 22 May 2017 (UTC)vishalgauravjh1

@ Vishalgauravjh1: Per WP:BASIC, "people are presumed notable if they have received significant coverage in multiple published secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject." Please add lots of secondary sources on your draft article before promoting it to articlespace.

I also suggest picking a consistent date format (either month day year or day month year), and moving the References section above the External links section. Good luck with your draft! GoingBatty ( talk) 23:09, 22 May 2017 (UTC)

Hello! I am notifying interested projects and editors that I've listed Abu Eesa Niamatullah for discussion at AfD, and you were listed on the revision history page.

I invite you to contribute to the discussion. Mujaddouda ( talk) 23:35, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

@ Mujaddouda: Thank you for contacting me. The only reason I edited the page was to make a minor formatting fix for a bad date in a reference. I'll make a few more formatting fixes to the article, but I am choosing to abstain from the conversation. GoingBatty ( talk) 23:47, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

That's fine; thanks anyway! Mujaddouda ( talk) 21:44, 29 May 2017 (UTC)

McDonald's contains an apostrophe. Indeed it does. It seems my brain was insufficiently engaged. My apologies. Pdfpdf ( talk) 12:29, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

I don't understand why this edit changed the date parameter of a citation to a year parameter. As far as I know, that is only necessary if the same author published more than one work in the same year. In that case one work might have the parameter "year=2015a" and the other the parameter "year=2015b". Jc3s5h ( talk) 14:34, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

@ Jc3s5h: It seems your understanding is consistent with Template:Cite web#Date. @ Ohconfucius: I don't see anything on User:Ohconfucius/script/Sources explaining why your script makes this change. Could you please provide some insight? Thanks! GoingBatty ( talk) 14:48, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

"2015" is not a date, but a year. I recall participating in a discussion where it was argued that the two parameters |date= and |year= are meant for different data, meaning editors ought to use |year=2015 and not |date=2015. But sorry I can't recall where or when that discussion took place. But is there any good reason why |year=2015 should not be used universally? --  Ohc  ^¡digame! 15:33, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

Interesting that Help:Citation Style 1#Dates has different guidance than Template:Cite web#Date. GoingBatty ( talk) 16:45, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

Say it ain't so. Two places at en.wiki describing more-or-less the same things are different? You a astonish me. {{ cite web}} is the better documentation. For the purposes of cs1|2, |year= and |date= are almost always synonymous. For example:

{{cite book |title=Title |year=29 June 2017}}

Title. 29 June 2017.

There is no reason to change |date=yyyy to |year=yyyy. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

There once was a time when |year= and |date= were not so closely related. That time is long past and the old guidance (wherever it was that Editor Ohconfucius may have read it) probably no longer holds true. I can't be more definitive on this without I read whatever it is that Editor Ohconfucius has read.

— Trappist the monk ( talk) 20:12, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

I hope everything is just great with you :) Please take a look at Ewa Roos, Negra Efendić and John Chrispinsson. Thanks.-- BabbaQ ( talk) 16:16, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

Please take a look at Wille Crafoord planning on nominating it for DYK. Cheers.-- BabbaQ ( talk) 21:14, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

Annika Hernroth-Rothstein, never heard of her. Quite interesting.-- BabbaQ ( talk) 17:58, 1 July 2017 (UTC)

@ BabbaQ:  Done with all five articles! GoingBatty ( talk) 22:57, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Wille Crafoord. Feel free to add hooks or change anything.-- BabbaQ ( talk) 22:48, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

@ BabbaQ:  Done - just fixed a typo. GoingBatty ( talk) 23:22, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

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On 29 July 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Wille Crafoord, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Swedish singer Wille Crafoord launched the Hovturnén, an annual concert tour in Skåne, in which singers and performers travel by horseback between gigs? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Wille Crafoord. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, Wille Crafoord), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Alex Shih ^Talk 00:03, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

Hello dear wikipedian ! Thank you for being a wonderful contributor over these years. I had a request from you , can you please spend some of your valuable time on patrolling new pages at Special:Newpages so that the workload on new page patrollers may be reduced. all you have to do is apply at WP:PERM/NPP Anoptimistix Let's Talk 02:25, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

@ Anoptimistix: Thank you for thinking of me. As real life commitments continue to grow, I find I have less time to be a Wikipedian. Therefore, I cannot commit to taking on any further responsibilities at this time. Thanks! GoingBatty ( talk) 02:37, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

I am new. I'm not picking up on how to start or edit articles. I have a lot to contribute though. Kethertomalkuth ( talk) 05:03, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

@ Kethertomalkuth: Welcome to Wikipedia! I have added some links on your talk page to help you get started. Also, on the left hand side of every Wikipedia page is a link for Help. If you have any specific questions, please let me know. Thanks! GoingBatty ( talk) 12:24, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for updating the page "Hugh ronalds" which I created in error by a typo. Should the whole page be deleted? Sperth ( talk) 07:56, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

@ Sperth: No objections from me. Thanks for asking! GoingBatty ( talk) 15:06, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi GB. The tool being used by WikiCleaners on books should not be used (as used here, here and here). Please click onto Help:Books/for experts#Saving books, then scroll on down to Allowed syntax, where further on down you will come to Formatting an article title, which reads "You can use a pipe to add formatting to a title." This is the reason the tool should not be used, as it eliminates formatting altogether. Thanks! Best, -- Discographer ( talk) 12:16, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

@ Discographer: Thanks for letting me know. I did not know that WPCleaner was making those changes. I just wanted to disambiguate the links. I have reposted your comments to Wikipedia talk:WPCleaner#Edits to Books namespace, and will review the edits I made to the Book namespace to see if others need to be reverted. Thanks again! GoingBatty ( talk) 13:09, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

Hello I took the liberty of removing the notability template from Surrey Opera's entry. I hope the citations I added are sufficient to justify it. However, if anyone disagrees, please put your your reasons in your edit or here. Thanks Tim Baldwin ( talk) 21:26, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

@ Tim Baldwin: The notability template was added by another user in 2010 - I just updated the template in the hopes that someone would improve the article. Discussions on notability would be best held on Talk:Surrey Opera. I've changed the citations so that they're all in a consistent format, and added {{ refimprove}} because most of the information is still unsourced. Also, I suggest you please read Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide. Break a leg! GoingBatty ( talk) 14:34, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

I think your stub sorting here is a bit off :-) Fram ( talk) 13:27, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

@ Fram: Oops - copy and paste fail! Sorry for the issue - I have added {{ bio-stub}} instead. Thanks for letting me know! GoingBatty ( talk) 14:01, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

No problem, I thought it had to be something like that. Fram ( talk) 14:02, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Why my page has been nominated for deletion knowing that there are a number of reliable sources about it Nader mohamed Khaledsalah ( talk) 14:41, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

@ Khaledsalah: It was Reddogsix who nominated the article for speedy deletion yesterday, citing Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#A7. I'm glad you have already posted on Talk:Nader mohamed and User talk:Reddogsix about this deletion request, and I hope you receive a response soon. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 15:26, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

I am very happy to answer your attendance and help me in a good way. I do not want to delete the article and remove the nomination request for deletion Khaledsalah ( talk) 17:53, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

@ Khaledsalah: I am not going to delete the article, and I am not going to remove the speedy deletion template. Because the references are not in English, I am not able to determine if the article meets Wikipedia's criteria for notable people. I suggest you keep adding independent reliable sources, and work on improving the grammar and sentence structure. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 18:58, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Where the Quick Scan item is deleted Khaledsalah ( talk) 19:53, 14 September 2017 (UTC) I want your brother from your favor to scan the filter material, the quick scan of the continuation of the article in Wikipedia Khaledsalah ( talk) 19:55, 14 September 2017 (UTC) It is very thankful for you to edit your page to be consistent in a good way Khaledsalah ( talk) 19:59, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

@ Khaledsalah: Sorry - I don't know what you mean by "Quick Scan", and I do not have a brother. GoingBatty ( talk) 20:05, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

I mean the filter material is the quick scan when it is deleted Khaledsalah ( talk) 20:12, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

@ Khaledsalah: Sorry - I don't understand what that sentence means, or what you're asking me to do. GoingBatty ( talk) 20:15, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

When the quick scan material is deleted Khaledsalah ( talk) 20:21, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

@ Khaledsalah: Sorry - I still don't understand. GoingBatty ( talk) 20:22, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

When is the card deleted from the Quick Scan page Khaledsalah ( talk) 20:25, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

@ Khaledsalah: Sorry - I don't understand what you mean by "card" or "Quick Scan". I don't know when the Nader mohamed article might be deleted, and I don't know when the speedy deletion template might be removed from the article, because I will not do either of these actions. GoingBatty ( talk) 20:35, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Tammam brother and thank you for editing always on my page Khaledsalah ( talk) 20:49, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi GoingBatty. I am asking for a clarification on your tagging the term "relationship" on the applied ontology page. I am not entirely clear what kind of disambiguation you are looking for. I think there are references in later parts of the article to how applied ontology is used to impact human relationships so I am not sure where to go with that. Do you want someone to add a link or source to that reference in the header?

Just not sure on what action is being looked for. Respectfully, Alex Jackl ( talk) 14:27, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

@ Alex Jackl: I added {{ Disambiguation needed}} because the link to relationship needs to be improved because it goes to a disambiguation page, but I didn't know the proper way to fix the link. In most cases, disambiguation is easy. For example, if the link was to Mercury, we could tell from the context whether the link should go to Mercury (element), Mercury (mythology), Mercury (planet), or something else.

Regarding the link in the Applied ontology article, the Relationship disambiguation page gives some options, including Interpersonal relationship and Correlation and dependence. The link could be formatted as [[Interpersonal relationship|relationship]] or [[Correlation and dependence|relationship]] so that the word "relationship" is shown, but clicking on the link takes you to the appropriate article instead of the disambiguation page. I've reverted your edit to restore {{ Disambiguation needed}}, so someone more knowledgeable than I can fix this link. Thanks for asking, and happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 15:05, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

Understand now - will do that today! Alex Jackl ( talk) 15:06, 26 September 2017 (UTC)

If I knew how to give you a barnstar, I would. DBlomgren ( talk) 02:22, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

@ DBlomgren: My pleasure - thanks for the kind words! GoingBatty ( talk) 02:31, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

@ DBlomgren: FYI, you might be interested in Wikipedia:Barnstars#How to give a barnstar. GoingBatty ( talk) 18:28, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

Thank you! DBlomgren ( talk) 04:36, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

If you find time for it, please take a look at the articles Birgitta Ulfsson and Christopher O'Neill. Any improvements etc are welcomed.-- BabbaQ ( talk) 11:58, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

@ BabbaQ:  Done! You may want to add the |trans_title= parameters for the Swedish-language references - I'm sure your translation would be better than what I could get from Google Translate. Happy editing! — Preceding unsigned comment added by GoingBatty ( talk • contribs) 13:46, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

Please review /info/en/?search=User:Vishalgauravjh1/Devsena_Mishra — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vishalgauravjh1 ( talk • contribs) 16:13, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

@ Vishalgauravjh1:  Done The references in this article are only her works. In order to demonstrate notability, please add some reliable sources that are other people talking about her. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 20:32, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vishalgauravjh1 ( talk • contribs) 05:41, 30 October 2017 (UTC) I will keep it in mind. Thank you very much for your help. Vishalgauravjh1 ( talk) 14:55, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the fix. I did not know that you can prevent the page from appearing on the category using a colon... - xXx XBox Gamer xXx | Talk 18:09, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

@ XXx XBox Gamer xXx: My pleasure - happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 19:08, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi User:GoingBatty, any chance you can get the cover artwork for "Cola" song please? If so, it looks like this [2] Theo ( edits) 22:10, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

@ Theo:  Done via Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard GoingBatty ( talk) 03:36, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks very much GoingBatty. 👍 Theo ( edits) 07:02, 14 November 2017

Hi, GB,

I see you're interested in Lior Suchard as well and added a section about his success in India. That section now reads:

The show was a success in India, and was awarded the 2014 Best Performance Award in the Live Shows category in India. In addition, the Indian media extensively covered the success of the local audience and the precise guessing of the results of the cricket match between the Australian and Indian teams, mentioned above.

Could you clarify the following:

1. What show is being referred to?
2. How was it a success? (Maybe just delete that vague compliment.)
3. The Live Shows category of what?
4. The success of the local audience? Could you clarify what this means?

Please read this with a curious tone of voice, not snooty. I appreciate the additional informational, but I also want it to be clear. DBlomgren ( talk) 14:43, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

@ DBlomgren: The section about his success in India you mentioned was in your original version of the Lior Suchard article in the "Australia" section. I started editing the article because it was incorrectly added to Category:Writers, so I simply recategorized the article and added some wikilinks. You thanked me, so I cleaned up the references and did some copyediting. I don't have any interest in or knowledge of Suchard, and I did not add any content. Maybe you could look at the references that were in the German and/or Hebrew versions of the article to get the answers to your questions. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 15:59, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for looking into this and clearing up my confusion. :) You're right; I'll do as you suggest. DBlomgren ( talk) 02:06, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

I have expanded the article about Rikard Wolff. A very well known Swedish singer who sadly died today. Could you please take a look at that article. Cheers. BabbaQ ( talk) 14:44, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

@ BabbaQ:  Done! Could you please add a |trans-title= parameter for each reference? Thanks! GoingBatty ( talk) 18:41, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Sorry for late reply. Yes I will take care of that. I have also nominated Wolff to RD at ITN. -- BabbaQ ( talk) 14:45, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for arranging my edit in List of Game of the Year awards (yes, it was me, but I was not logged in to the account). Now I have to wait for them to confirm my edition, which sucks. Respawner267 ( talk) 23:12, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

@ Respawner267: My pleasure - happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 23:17, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

This article scarcely resembles an encyclopedia article. See Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Film and WP:BETTER for tips on how to structure and improve it. Articles should at least be in paragraph form, and film articles should have a {{ Infobox film}} (in addition to, not in place of prose). --Animalparty! ( talk) 05:40, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

@ Animalparty: There are over two million stubs that don't resemble encyclopedia articles. I happened upon this article while I was stub sorting, made some improvements, and then moved on. Could you please help me understand why you've contacted me, but not the other editors who created the article? Or posted on the article talk page? Or improved it yourself? Thanks, and happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 15:56, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi, where do you think those other JT disambiguations should go on the JT page, I just thought they should go there, but I wasn't quite sure. Do you know how else could they be formatted? Davidgoodheart ( talk) 10:03, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

@ Davidgoodheart: I made some changes to the JT page, including removing John White (disambiguation), which didn't seem to have any relationship to the initials "JT". Hope this helps! GoingBatty ( talk) 15:04, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

@ GoingBatty: Your right, I didn't carefully check the spelling that it really reads "JW" not "JT", thanks! Davidgoodheart ( talk) 01:10, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

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The publication for which you changed the references is published monthly. This publication is published as a pdf. The citations all link to the page where the specific pdf can be selected for downloading. They don't link to the pdf itself. Your changes to the citations remove the date information that is needed in order to download the specific edition of the Electric Power Monthly that was referenced to support the information in the article. For this reason, I need to revert your changes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aflafla1 ( talk • contribs) 17:07, 2 December 2017 (UTC)

@ Aflafla1: I'm sorry, but I don't understand. Could you please give me a detailed example from List of wind farms in the United States? Thanks! GoingBatty ( talk) 17:23, 2 December 2017 (UTC)

Firstly - I've decided not to revert your changes. They're too important to throw away. I'll restore any date information starting from your changes. The reference name in the citation included a date of the specific edition of the electric power monthly that was used to support the changes. This should have been in the accessdate but probably wasn't in all cases. I get frustrated with the 'cite' menu on the editor because it's so poorly implemented (It doesn't even format the dates properly when you use it, as you're aware.) So I find it easier to copy and existing citation and modify it rather than try to format a new citation or use the crappy forms provided with the Wikipedia editor 'Cite' menu.

The Electric Power Monthly is put out on a monthly basis, but the citations that reference the electric power monthly only link to the page on the E.I.A. website which allows you to specify the date of the edition you want to download. The links don't go to the specific edition. Aflafla1 ( talk) 17:40, 2 December 2017 (UTC)

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.. to an emdash on an entry in a template is a waste of time. the template outputs the emdash correctly with a hyphen input. (discuss) Dave Rave ( talk) 04:49, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

@ Dave Rave: Please help me understand - which template and which edit are you referring to? Thanks! GoingBatty ( talk) 04:57, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

this edit - cite book knows to output a dash not a hyphen Dave Rave ( talk) 07:20, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

@ Dave Rave: The point of the edit was to remove the unneeded {{ multiple issues}} tag. Changing the hyphen to an emdash doesn't take any significant time - it's just part of the AWB general fixes. You're correct that the {{ cite book}} template outputs the emdash correctly, so I've asked a question for you at Wikipedia talk:AutoWikiBrowser/General fixes#Mdashes. Thanks! GoingBatty ( talk) 19:12, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

when a web page changes its access format, can you get the deets and do an autocorrect ?
this is a too hard entry as it changes the names, but this one just changes the layout, same title and access code. Dave Rave ( talk) 07:32, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

@ Dave Rave: You can submit requests at Wikipedia:Bot requests for a bot owner to do this work for you. While I've done this in the past, I currently have more bots than I have time to run. Good luck! GoingBatty ( talk) 19:14, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

Hi There - I noticed you were the last to edit the page for "Accretive Health." To your knowledge, is there a way to update the page name - Accretive Health does not exist under this name any more, as they formally rebranded/renamed to "R1 RCM" at the start of 2017. The page has been updated to reflect this, but ideally, this page should be renamed.

Do you have any suggestions? — Preceding unsigned comment added by RLawrence2003 ( talk • contribs) 15:19, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

@ RLawrence2003:  Done! For future reference, see Wikipedia:Moving a page. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 23:25, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

Hi, I hope that you've been well. I've been working on the Lou Reed for quite some time now, and was wondering if you could please help me out with it?

Thanks, Joe Vitale 5 ( talk) 16:35, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

@ Joe Vitale 5:  Done! GoingBatty ( talk) 21:16, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

Thank you, and the DeCurtis biography was released but I haven't bought it yet! Haha... Joe Vitale 5 ( talk) 14:21, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

Could you take a look at this SPI that I have been mysteriously included in. Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Kurtan~enwiki. Based apparently on a !vote at a AfD for C. Johan Masreliez. I have no association to that account and I learned my lesson years ago. As I have no association any IP connection should be easily established. I find this very odd. BabbaQ ( talk) 16:15, 5 December 2017)

@ BabbaQ: Sorry for the delayed response, but I'm glad this worked out well for you. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 14:51, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

Hi GoingBatty, can you get images of "Boa Me" artwork and Khalid for their articles please? If so, this image of Khalid [3] is listed as having "Non-Exclusive Rights" so can be used on Wikipedia. Thanks, Theo ( edits) 05:45, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

@ Theo Mandela: Sorry for the delayed response. Looks like someone else added an image to " Boa Me". The image you posted for Khalid has a watermark on it, and requires payment for download. I posted a request for a photo on Talk:Khalid (singer) in the hopes that someone else can find a better photo. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 14:56, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

No worries, thanks for replying and really appreciate the request you made, cheers. Theo ( edits) 16:51, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for your help of editing my article! Jnt018 ( talk) 00:43, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

@ Jnt018: Did you mean Samantha Irby? You're welcome, and I've made some more edits. Hopefully you can help deorphan it by figuring out where to include Irby in other articles. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 02:44, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for adding links to what I tagged as a dead end! I realize that it was very lazy and probably just wrong to not add WLs myself, but I just decided to pass the buck. Thank you for picking up my slack. Cheers! ‡ Єl Cid of ᐺalencia ᐐT₳LKᐬ 18:08, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

@ El cid, el campeador: We all do our part to improve Wikipedia. Happy editing, and thanks for the baklava! GoingBatty ( talk) 18:11, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

Could you please take a look at Pernilla Wahlgrens article. I have tried to improve it today, but a second set of eyes could be needed.-- BabbaQ ( talk) 00:51, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

@ BabbaQ:  Done! GoingBatty ( talk) 22:08, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Thank you. Because of your help Wahlgrens article will appear at the front page tomorrow in the On this day section. -- BabbaQ ( talk) 12:52, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

Have a Merry Christmas my friend! BabbaQ ( talk) 12:54, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

@ BabbaQ: Great news - congratulations and Merry Christmas! GoingBatty ( talk) 21:55, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

Merry Christmas GoingBatty!!


Hi GoingBatty, I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year,
Thanks for all your help and contributions on the 'pedia! ,
   – Davey2010 ^{Merry Xmas / Happy New Year} 13:39, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

@ Davey2010: Thanks - same to you and your family! GoingBatty ( talk) 21:56, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

...to you and yours, from the Great White North! FWiW Bzuk ( talk) 16:59, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

@ Bzuk: Thanks - same to you! GoingBatty ( talk) 17:01, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

• Thanks a lot for review Herta Muller with a few of my new verses. Disambiguation for Liu Xia added. -- PoetVeches ( talk) 15:50, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

@ PoetVeches: My pleasure! I've made a few more edits too. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 03:16, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

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