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== [[Chris Culver]] edit ==

I have suppressed an edit you made to the above article. It is unacceptable to add a link to a home address along with a satellite shot of someone's house, unless it's something like [[Mar-A-Lago]], which this isn't. I'm surprised that an editor of your tenure and experience did something like this. You have frightened someone. Please do not add this information again, and I'd also ask that you not edit the article at all. Thank you. [[:User:KrakatoaKatie|Katie]][[User talk:KrakatoaKatie|talk]] 18:24, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

:In hindsight I recognize that I should have made a greater effort to find a reference with solely the information I had been looking for. I did not pick the reference in question due to it having satellite imagery, nor did I intend to frighten anyone, only to make an edit in good faith of an article that had a promotional tone and a biography largely verbatim of that on the author's website, while adding referenceable, notable information in a manner comparable to the articles of other public figures. That reference aside, however, the subject-matter focused editing patterns of @[[User:Librarian9.0|Librarian9.0]] and @[[User:99.42.200.213|99.42.200.213]]—the former writing the article as if it were a product summary page and the latter removing referenced information—demonstrate that the article has been, and likely still is, edited by one or more users with a [[WP:COIEDIT|conflict of interest]].

~~==Breaking conversions==~~

:While I won't edit the article to re-implement the information that the latter user removed, shouldn't the [[WP:AGF|assumption of good faith]] at least not bar my ability to edit the article, so long as such edits remain in good faith? While I don't intend on restoring the removed information to the article, I think that it is important that the article retains information that can be directly cited from acceptable, reliable sources, versus simply being a rehashing of the author's self-published biography. Therefore, for information that can be directly cited from sources such as interviews or contemporary news articles about the author's works, rather than non-acceptable or unreliable sources, would it be acceptable for me to leave a comment on the article's talk page so that the veracity of said information may be discussed, and, should there be consensus on the matter, hopefully added by another user at a later date?

Hi there. I know it's not your intention, but when you're putting <nowiki>2</nowiki> inside conversion templates you're actually breaking the templates. It doesn't recognise that as a valid conversion unit and the convertor no longer works. Please stop trying to change 1234 square kilometers (or miles) into a sup number with the conversion template. Also your edit summary is incorrect as you're not correcting typos. Converting "square kilometers" or miles to a sup is a preference, not a typo change. Additionally when you make an edit you should Preview it before saving it in order to check you haven't broken anything. Can you please go back through your recent edits and correct those broken templates. Thanks. [[User:Canterbury Tail|Canterbury Tail]] [[User talk:Canterbury Tail|talk]] 01:08, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

:~~Apologies;~~While Imy ~~didn't~~edits ~~think~~were tomade ~~make~~in angood ~~exception~~faith ~~for~~with the ~~conversion~~sole ~~template.~~purpose ~~I'll~~of ~~fix~~making the ~~edits~~article more encyclopedic, I~~'ve~~ ~~made~~apologize for my mistake and will avoid ~~making~~using ~~the~~such ~~same~~a ~~mistake~~source in the future. -[[User:CoolieCoolster|CoolieCoolster]] ([[User talk:CoolieCoolster#top|talk]]) 0120:5144, 113 ~~April~~May 2024 (UTC)

~~::Thank you. [[User:Canterbury Tail|Canterbury Tail]] [[User talk:Canterbury Tail|talk]] 12:04, 1 April 2024 (UTC)~~

==[[Draft:LBG Sicilia Ingredients]]==

~~==cm³==~~

Hi CoolieCoolster, I created this draft, can you take a look and possibly publish it? [[User:Pumbina|Pumbina]] ([[User talk:Pumbina|talk]]) 23:48, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

:Before I review the draft, do you have any ties or connections to the subject matter of the article? While I'll assess the subject matter's notability, verify references, copy edit, and make any necessary formatting adjustments in either case, note that as Wikipedia's purpose is to document, not [[WP:PROMOTION|promote]], notable subjects, it is important for users with a [[WP:COI|conflict of interest]] to disclose it on their user page. While the subject matter has an existing [[pt:LBG Sicilia ingredients|Portuguese article]], as the [[it:LBG Sicilia Ingredients|Italian article]] was deleted five days ago after having been created by a ban evading user, the sudden request for an English Wikipedia article is quite the coincidence. -[[User:CoolieCoolster|CoolieCoolster]] ([[User talk:CoolieCoolster#top|talk]]) 02:26, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

I've noticed that you have been changing "cm³" to "cm3". This is good and in line with the MOS. But an even better change would to to "cc". This avoids superscripts altogether, making it easier to read for sighted readers, readers with sight issues and those who use screen readers. It also aligns better with the {{tlx|convert}} and {{tlx|cvt}} conversion templates and general practice recommended by [[WP:CARUNITS]] (acknowledging that many articles still do not follow recommended practice). [[User:Stepho-wrs|''' Stepho ''']] [[User Talk:Stepho-wrs|talk]]  00:59, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

:While the covert templates work well, especially in cleaning up an article's wikitext of excessive numbers, they unfortunately seem to use cu for cubic for US customary volume units and 3 for cubic for metric volume units, creating an unnecessary inconsistency. I'll focus on solving other formatting errors for now, but aside from c3 likely being more readily understood than cc, its use results in inconsistency when used alongside other metric volume units, as cubic meters have to m3 to avoid the confusion of cm. [[User:CoolieCoolster|CoolieCoolster]] ([[User talk:CoolieCoolster#top|talk]]) 02:03, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

==Orphaned non-free image File:M V Tropicana Specifications (1989).pdf==

~~::{{convert|100|m3}}~~

[[File:Ambox warning blue.svg|35px|text-top|left|⚠|link=]] Thanks for uploading '''[[:File:M V Tropicana Specifications (1989).pdf]]'''. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a [[Wikipedia:Non-free content|claim of fair use]]. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see [[Wikipedia:Non-free content#Policy|our policy for non-free media]]).

~~::{{convert|100|m3|abbr=on}}~~

~~::{{convert|100|cm3|in3}}~~

~~::{{convert|100|cm3|in3|abbr=on}}~~

~~::{{convert|100|cc|cuin}}~~

~~::{{convert|100|cc|cuin|abbr=on}}~~

::Ah, I think I see what's happening. Using the templates with {{para|m3}} , {{para|cm3}} or {{para|in3}} will indeed display superscripts. But [[WP:CARUNITS]] recommends using {{para|L}} , {{para|cc}} and {{para|cuin}} for engine capacity. And of course I am only recommending this for car articles. Either way, I appreciate your work. [[User:Stepho-wrs|''' Stepho ''']] [[User Talk:Stepho-wrs|talk]]  02:26, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Note that any non-free images not used in any '''articles''' will be deleted after seven days, as described in [[wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#F5|section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion]]. Thank you. --[[User:B-bot|B-bot]] ([[User talk:B-bot|talk]]) 17:23, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

~~==March 2024 GOCE drive award==~~

==Orphaned non-free image File:SS Calypso Specifications (1989).pdf==

[[File:Ambox warning blue.svg|35px|text-top|left|⚠|link=]] Thanks for uploading '''[[:File:SS Calypso Specifications (1989).pdf]]'''. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a [[Wikipedia:Non-free content|claim of fair use]]. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see [[Wikipedia:Non-free content#Policy|our policy for non-free media]]).

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~~|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" |'''The Minor Barnstar'''~~

|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | This barnstar is awarded to '''CoolieCoolster''' for copy edits totaling between 1 and 3,999 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the [[WP:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/March 2024|GOCE March 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive]]. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! [[User:Dhtwiki|Dhtwiki]] ([[User talk:Dhtwiki|talk]]) 08:46, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

==Tagging for copy edit==

~~==April 2024==~~

Hi CoolieCoolster, When you fix typos/formatting using a script, please be mindful of your placement of {{tl|copy edit}}. At the [[WP:GOCE|Guild of Copy Editors]], we have a large and growing backlog, and we had a large spike in April compared to normal. I'm currently working through the April tags to ensure proper application of the relevant template, and I felt that some of your applications were unnecessary.

See some examples of taggings I thought were unnecessary: [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archaeology_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates&diff=prev&oldid=1218362186][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Asheron%27s_Call&diff=prev&oldid=1219934974][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Belianske_Tatras&diff=prev&oldid=1218863388][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Centar_Zamet&diff=prev&oldid=1219830863][https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chicago_Bicycle_Company&diff=prev&oldid=1219695839] The prose in these articles isn't necessarily ''amazing'', but it's also not generally something I would tag as needing a copy edit. (I also want to note that I have let some of your {{tl|copy edit}} tags stand, as their placement was warranted.)

{{Suggestion}} - Regarding your edit to [[10TP]], might I suggest you use the [[Help:Show preview|preview]] button before you save your edits in the future; this helps you find any errors you have made, like in this '''{{Diff|10TP|prev|1217692510|edit}}''' to 10TP, which left the infobox looking like '''{{oldid|10TP|1217692510|this}}'''. Don't worry, I've fixed it.

It is strongly recommended that you use Show preview before saving.[[File:Tournesol.png|33px|link=]] Thanks.[[User:Isaidnoway| ''Isaidnoway'' ]][[User talk:Isaidnoway|''(talk)'']] 13:56, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

~~==Removed extra space==~~

Hello and thank you for tidying up our articles. Please bear in mind that, per [[WP:COSMETICBOT]], some editors may take exception to large numbers of edits like {{diff|Cambridge|prev|1218462915|this one}} which do not affect the displayed text, even if done manually. Thanks again, [[User:Certes|Certes]] ([[User talk:Certes|talk]]) 21:33, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

:{{ec}}Hello friend. Please be careful of [[WP:COSMETICBOT]]. Your edits popped up on my watchlist a [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peter_Dinklage&curid=418467&diff=1218463836&oldid=1218334151 couple] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Burj_Khalifa&curid=794957&diff=1218460942&oldid=1218146284 times] today. In general, it may not be a good idea to use automated tools to mass add/delete one invisible space, due to the watchlist spam. Hope that makes sense. –[[User:Novem Linguae|'''Novem Linguae''']] ([[User talk:Novem Linguae|talk]]) 21:35, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

:I concur with the others. It's best to bypass cleanups that involve only the removal of extra spaces or other very cosmetic changes on their own. Think of the situation where many are doing such edits and how they could clutter editors' watchlists, thus disrupting their ongoing work. Thanks for your consideration. [[User:StefenTower|'''Stefen Towers among the rest!''']] [[User talk:StefenTower|Gab]] • [[Special:Contributions/StefenTower|Gruntwerk]] 00:32, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

::Didn't realize there was an AWB watchlist; I'll make sure to integrate such edits into more significant edit runs rather than dedicate an edit run to just spacing fixes from now on. [[User:CoolieCoolster|CoolieCoolster]] ([[User talk:CoolieCoolster#top|talk]]) 02:07, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

~~==Less removal of extra space==~~

[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Short_Hills,_New_Jersey&curid=1139466&diff=1218954018&oldid=1214363819 This edit] to the article for [[Short Hills, New Jersey]], seems to do nothing more than remove extra spaces after a period for circumstances that are already handled when a page is rendered. Was there any purpose to this edit beyond removing spaces? Am I missing something? [[User:Alansohn|Alansohn]] ([[User talk:Alansohn|talk]]) 22:05, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

:Apologies; my main goal was to replace the article's Unicode superscripts with sup tag superscripts, which was unfortunately missed by the automatic typo filter. Having manually removed the superscripts from the article now, I've also made adjustments to my secondary replacement filters to ensure that no article with faulty superscripts should be missed from now on. [[User:CoolieCoolster|CoolieCoolster]] ([[User talk:CoolieCoolster#top|talk]]) 22:13, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

~~==JWB vs linter==~~

~~Hi. Just to make sure, is changing~~

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}}

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~~<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">~~

~~}}|}~~

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something JWB generally does, or is this a personal addition by you? The reason I'm asking is that since <code>|}</code> is supposed to be [[Help:Basic_table_markup#Introduction|at the start of a line]], this change is causing linter errors like this:

~~{| class="wikitable"~~

~~|Rainbow Warrior (2011)||missing-end-tag||div||Output not from a single template~~

~~|Rainbow Warrior (2011)||deletable-table-tag||table||Output not from a single template~~

~~|Rainbow Warrior (2011)||stripped-tag||div||Output not from a single template~~

~~and it would be wild if a bunch of well-meaning people went around making this change, followed by other well-meaning people changing it back. 🙂~~

~~[[User:Gamapamani|Gamapamani]] ([[User talk:Gamapamani|talk]]) 09:07, 16 April 2024 (UTC)~~

~~:Sorry, made that change myself, didn't realize it was an error. Won't do that again. [[User:CoolieCoolster|CoolieCoolster]] ([[User talk:CoolieCoolster#top|talk]]) 11:17, 16 April 2024 (UTC)~~

::No problem, I was just worried this was going to start happening all over, since an automated tool was baing used. [[User:Gamapamani|Gamapamani]] ([[User talk:Gamapamani|talk]]) 11:24, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

~~==Fixing working redirects==~~

Hello. It's good to find things to clean up, but I'm guessing you're not aware of [[WP:NOTBROKEN]], which tells us that {{tq|It is almost never helpful to replace <code><nowiki>[[redirect]]</nowiki></code> with <code><nowiki>[[target|redirect]].</nowiki></code>}} My watchlist is full of Juventus F.C. → Juventus FC "fixes" which, apart from the ''very'' few if any where Juventus F.C. actually appears in the visible text, were actually unnecessary changes that we shouldn't be making. cheers, [[User:Struway2|Struway2]] ([[User talk:Struway2|talk]]) 07:58, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

~~:I'll limit further ones to ones where Juventus F.C. appears in the text. -[[User:CoolieCoolster|CoolieCoolster]] ([[User talk:CoolieCoolster#top|talk]]) 08:00, 22 April 2024 (UTC)~~

~~::Thank you. My watchlist is also full of the changes Struway2 brought up. [[User:Robby.is.on|Robby.is.on]] ([[User talk:Robby.is.on|talk]]) 09:23, 22 April 2024 (UTC)~~

~~==A number of pages that you've edited are resulting in broken images==~~

~~See [[:Category:Articles with missing files]]. Cheers, [[User:Dawnseeker2000|''Dawnseeker2000'']] 17:33, 23 April 2024 (UTC)~~

:Apologies; I had set the replacement rules to avoid common file formats, but I've now added additional ones. -[[User:CoolieCoolster|CoolieCoolster]] ([[User talk:CoolieCoolster#top|talk]]) 23:04, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

::Thanks for that. Any issues didn't persist for long because there's a small, but dedicated group of editors that watch that category. Almost as soon as I posted the message here, I noticed that it had pretty much been cleared up. [[User:Dawnseeker2000|''Dawnseeker2000'']] 23:29, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

~~==Inserting &nbsp; into link==~~

The edit you made to [[Mercury (element)]] inserted a non-breaking space into the middle of a DOI identifier which broke the link to a reference. I fixed it, but I'm worried this might be happening on other pages too. [[User:Reconrabbit|Recon]][[User talk:Reconrabbit|rabbit]] 18:19, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

:Sorry for the mistake; I had set my script to avoid replacing replacing test in the, url, title, and archive-url fields but hadn't taken the doi field into account. I've added it to the script and I'll check for other citation fields that should also be included. I also did a search for doi fields with nbsp tags added to them and didn't find any, so the ones you fixed should be the only ones the error occurred on. -[[User:CoolieCoolster|CoolieCoolster]] ([[User talk:CoolieCoolster#top|talk]]) 02:15, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

~~::Good to know. Thanks very much. [[User:Reconrabbit|Recon]][[User talk:Reconrabbit|rabbit]] 11:22, 24 April 2024 (UTC)~~

~~==kB versus KB==~~

I noticed that you changed some instances of "KB" to "kB", etc. According to the Wikipedia Manual of Style, the capital letter should be used. See [[Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers]]. [[User:Bubba73|Bubba73]] [[User talk:Bubba73|You talkin' to me?]] 05:52, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

~~:Apologies; I'll fix my mistake. -[[User:CoolieCoolster|CoolieCoolster]] ([[User talk:CoolieCoolster#top|talk]]) 05:53, 27 April 2024 (UTC)~~

~~:: The subsection "Binary prefixes for bytes and bits" [[User:Bubba73|Bubba73]] [[User talk:Bubba73|You talkin' to me?]] 05:54, 27 April 2024 (UTC)~~

~~[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers#Binary prefixes for bytes and bits]] [[User:Bubba73|Bubba73]] [[User talk:Bubba73|You talkin' to me?]] 05:56, 27 April 2024 (UTC)~~

~~:Finished fixing them; I'll avoid making the same mistake again. -[[User:CoolieCoolster|CoolieCoolster]] ([[User talk:CoolieCoolster#top|talk]]) 06:50, 27 April 2024 (UTC)~~

~~== Edits comprised of changes to direct quotations ==~~

There's nothing wrong with "comprised of" in general, but [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Palmyra_Public_Schools&diff=prev&oldid=1220184827 this edit] was comprised of a change to the use of "comprised of" in a direct quotation, which is even more counterproductive than edits to change uses of "comprised of". [[User:Alansohn|Alansohn]] ([[User talk:Alansohn|talk]]) 04:57, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

:Apologies for changing the wording of the quotation in that case. In my more recent batch of edits over the past couple of days I implemented additional checks to ensure that only non-quoted instances of comprised of would be caught by the filter. -[[User:CoolieCoolster|CoolieCoolster]] ([[User talk:CoolieCoolster#top|talk]]) 05:03, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

~~== Hyphens in links ==~~

Hello. When replacing hyphens with dashes, please make sure not to damage existing links, eg [[commons:Category:Johann Heinrich Müller (1825-1894)]] in [[Meiringen]], [[Bern]], [[Scuol]] and [[Grindelwald]]. Thank you. [[User:Entopos|Entopos]] ([[User talk:Entopos|talk]]) 08:12, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

:Apologies; I've adjusted my filter that prevented adjustments to instances preceded by '[[Category' to those preceded by 'Category:' so that such scenarios will also be accounted for. -[[User:CoolieCoolster|CoolieCoolster]] ([[User talk:CoolieCoolster#top|talk]]) 20:57, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

~~::Great. Thanks. [[User:Entopos|Entopos]] ([[User talk:Entopos|talk]]) 12:56, 2 May 2024 (UTC)~~

~~==April 2024==~~

[[File:Stop hand nuvola.svg|30px|alt=Stop icon]] This is your '''only warning'''; if you [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|vandalize]] Wikipedia again, as you did at [[:Samuel Adams]], you may be '''[[Wikipedia:Blocking policy|blocked from editing]] without further notice'''.  [[User:Meda Keeling|Meda Keeling]] ([[User talk:Meda Keeling|talk]]) 19:35, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

:@[[User:Meda Keeling|Meda Keeling]] I didn't vandalize anything; the 'Use American English' tag is fitting for articles about the American founding fathers, whereas date ranges use en dashes, [[MOS:DASH|not regular dashes]]. -[[User:CoolieCoolster|CoolieCoolster]] ([[User talk:CoolieCoolster#top|talk]]) 19:47, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

I noticed you're no longer making these edits with JWB, but I wanted to let you know for future reference. If you disagree with any of my removals, please feel free to reverse them. Thanks for your work improving Wikipedia! [[User:Wracking|Wracking]] [[User talk:Wracking|talk!]] 16:35, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

: Also, your talk page is a bit hard to read. Of course, this is your space, but I wanted to let you know. See [[MOS:COLORS]] (and the similarly named [[WP:COLOURS]] and [[MOS:COLOR]]) for help on color contrast. [[User:Wracking|Wracking]] [[User talk:Wracking|talk!]] 16:35, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

::Although all placements of the tag were manual, used on articles I thought had poor grammar or formatting issues (with those done through JWB being manual additions made while reviewing other improvements), in future I'll limit my use of the tag to the most dire of such articles. -[[User:CoolieCoolster|CoolieCoolster]] ([[User talk:CoolieCoolster#top|talk]]) 19:25, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

:::No worries, and thank you again for all your hard work. I just wanted to reach out with a heads-up as I was working through the backlog. (also, our [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/May 2024|May drive]] is going on right now if you want to collect some shiny stuff {{smiley}}) [[User:Wracking|Wracking]] [[User talk:Wracking|talk!]] 03:08, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

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::'''This warning was placed by a brand new editor, who has been "correcting" a lot of helpful improvements, then placing "final warnings" on the editor's talk page. Pay it no mind, and thanks for your help.''' ''signed'', [[User:Willondon|Willondon]] ([[User Talk:Willondon|talk]])