User talk:AussieWikiDan/Archive 1

Genuine (and useful?) intent

Regarding your revert of my edit to Oberlin College - My intent was to correct a grammar mistake (although widespread, “from 1960–1970” is obviously and logically incorrect: see, e.g., https://www.grammarly.com/blog/en-dash/, or https://www.dailywritingtips.com/use-a-dash-for-number-ranges/, or https://data.grammarbook.com/blog/apostrophes/writing-dates-and-times-2/#:~:text=Note%3A%20Do%20not%20use%20a,the%20first%20date%20or%20time.). Cheers --79.60.3.92 (talk) 05:26, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi there,

Thanks for reaching out. Although your edit on Oberlin College was in good faith it changed the phrase from having a grammatical error to being incoherent. Which is why I reverted it and let you know.

I hope this doesn’t put you off continuing to edit on Wikipedia.

AussieWikiDan (talk) 06:05, 10 August 2020 (UTC) Genuine (and useful?) intent == Regarding your revert of my edit to Oberlin College - My intent was to correct a grammar mistake (although widespread, “from 1960–1970” is obviously and logically incorrect: see, e.g., https://www.grammarly.com/blog/en-dash/, or https://www.dailywritingtips.com/use-a-dash-for-number-ranges/, or https://data.grammarbook.com/blog/apostrophes/writing-dates-and-times-2/#:~:text=Note%3A%20Do%20not%20use%20a,the%20first%20date%20or%20time.). Cheers --79.60.3.92 (talk) 05:26, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi there,

Thanks for reaching out. Although your edit on Oberlin College was in good faith it changed the phrase from having a grammatical error to being incoherent. Which is why I reverted it and let you know.

I hope this doesn’t put you off continuing to edit on Wikipedia.

AussieWikiDan (talk) 06:05, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

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Happy editing! Minimiti (talk) 19:49, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

Edit by the user:202.47.49.124 is also a vandalism because as I find his father him is different, from stated, please revert it, sorry to disturb you but I have already reverted 2 edits on the same page, so could not do. So please 🌸🌺宮本🌺🌸 (talk) 18:26, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi there. The page should be reverted for both those IPs. Thanks for the barnstar!! :) Let me know if you need anything else. AussieWikiDan (talk) 18:37, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of 106.200.89.192

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A tag has been placed on 106.200.89.192, requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which pages can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:

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Thanks Victor. I was just working out how to do that! Sorry instead of creating a user talk page I managed to create an article

Cheers! AussieWikiDan (talk) 09:16, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

You can find the user talk page for any user at User talk:Username, in this case at User talk:106.200.89.192. Victor Schmidt (talk) 09:17, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

Note: Do you know Twinkle ? It makes reverting and warning users much easier. Victor Schmidt (talk) 09:20, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

I don’t think it works on iPhone, which is what I use. :/ I do like editing HTML but this time it didn’t work. I will use my sandbox first in future!

Cheers. AussieWikiDan (talk) 09:23, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

It also works on Mobile if you use the desktop site (en.wikipedia.org instead of en.m.wikipedia.org) but you realy need to take care that you have a responsive skin selected. My suggestion is "timeless" but "monobook" probbably works as well. Victor Schmidt (talk) 10:57, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice Victor. I didn’t think of trying that. I will look into it. :) AussieWikiDan (talk) 11:54, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of 185.163.26.4

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Hey thanks for that. I created it by accident. I added the tag but it didn’t get deleted. Do you know why? Thanks :) AussieWikiDan (talk) 02:16, 26 August 2020 (UTC)