User talk:88.98.85.216

February 2016

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August 2016

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September 2016

Please do not add or change content, as you did at Turkish Airlines, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Jetstreamer ^Talk 11:41, 15 September 2016 (UTC)

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edit war warning

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Overlinked terms

Just a quick note, general consensus is that large geographical names like United Kingdom are not normally linked in an article - see MOS:OVERLINK. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 11:55, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

Overlinking - again

I have reverted a few of your edits, for overlinking - so I have come to explain the reason, although I see you have already been warned about this above.
As explained at ‎ WP:OVERLINKING we do not normally link:-

• Everyday words understood by most readers.
• Names familiar to most readers, including;- major geographical features, major countries, major cities, major languages, major nationalities/ethnicities and major religions
• Common units of measurement and dates

There are many articles where these are already, incorrectly, linked; however, car is a common word, Europe is a major geographical feature and British is a major nationality, so these should not be linked - Thanks - Arjayay (talk) 16:47, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

October 2018

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page Shaun Bailey has been reverted.
Your edit here to Shaun Bailey was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links which are discouraged per our external links guideline. The external link(s) you added or changed (https://twitter.com/ShaunBailey) is/are on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. If the external link you inserted or changed was to a blog, forum, free web hosting service, fansite, or similar site (see 'Links to avoid', #11), then please check the information on the external site thoroughly. Note that such sites should probably not be linked to if they contain information that is in violation of the creator's copyright (see Linking to copyrighted works), or they are not written by a recognised, reliable source. Linking to sites that you are involved with is also strongly discouraged (see conflict of interest).
If you were trying to insert an external link that does comply with our policies and guidelines, then please accept my creator's apologies and feel free to undo the bot's revert. However, if the link does not comply with our policies and guidelines, but your edit included other, constructive, changes to the article, feel free to make those changes again without re-adding the link. Please read Wikipedia's external links guideline for more information, and consult my list of frequently-reverted sites. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! --XLinkBot (talk) 16:43, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
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January 2020

Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Vietnam Airlines, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear to be constructive and has been reverted. If you only meant to make a test edit, please use the sandbox for that. Thank you. Jetstreamer ^Talk 00:04, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

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Please do not add or change content, as you did at Vietnam Airlines, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Jetstreamer ^Talk 00:05, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

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February 2020

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to blank out or remove portions of page content, templates, or other materials from Wikipedia without adequate explanation, as you did at Vietnam Airlines, you may be blocked from editing. Thank you. Jetstreamer ^Talk 23:50, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

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Please stop adding unsourced or poorly sourced content, as you did on Vietnam Airlines. This violates Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Jetstreamer ^Talk 23:51, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

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July 2020

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. In your recent edit to William Cobbett, you added links to an article which did not add content or meaning, or repeated the same link several times throughout the article. Please see Wikipedia's guideline on links to avoid overlinking. Thank you. DuncanHill (talk) 09:55, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

April 2022

Hello. This is a message to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions, such as the edit(s) you made to Across 110th Street, did not appear to be constructive and have been reverted. Please take some time to familiarise yourself with our policies and guidelines. You can find information about these at our welcome page which also provides further information about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. If you only meant to make test edits, please use the sandbox for that. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you may leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. Mako001 (C)  (T)  🇺🇦 08:53, 17 April 2022 (UTC)

Overlinking

See WP:OVERLINKING - simply, don't link common terms like country names. 10mmsocket (talk) 12:26, 15 June 2023 (UTC)

"correct linking"

Hi,

I noticed a few of your recent edits using the edit summary "correct linking" that seem to go against the advice at WP:NOTBROKEN, MOS:NOPIPE and WP:NOPIPE. Redirected links are generally fine, and it's not generally recommended to replace them with piped links. So according to those guidelines, [[straight-6]] is actually preferable to [[Straight-six engine|straight-6]], for example, and [[Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon]] is preferred over [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother|Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon]].

Best wishes, Jean-de-Nivelle (talk) 21:01, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

Hi,

Just a friendly reminder. Your recent edit at "Inner Temple" changed [[called to the Bar]] to [[Call to the bar|called to the Bar]]. MOS:NOPIPE says "do not use a piped link where it is possible to use a redirected term that fits well within the scope of the text." That is to say, it was actually correct before you changed it.

Best wishes, Jean-de-Nivelle (talk) 23:01, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

Ah, this joke again. Don't you have anything better to do, Jean-de-Nivelle? The Banner talk 23:18, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

Just for clarity, let me quote a very brief excerpt from WP:NOPIPE:

N [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]

Y [[Mozart]]

Best wishes, Jean-de-Nivelle (talk) 23:32, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

Dear IP, you can just keep adding content. Adding well sourced quality content is far better for the encyclopedia than this busy-body thingy that adds nothing. The Banner talk 05:41, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

For the record, Jean-de-Nivelle is correct about what the guidelines says; The Banner is opposed to the guidelines saying or meaning what they do, and this is under discussion over here, where The Banner is not meeting with agreement from, well, anyone. That said, The Banner is correct that adding "well[-]sourced[,] quality content" is what is most important, and you need not really pay much attention to our style guide (which is mostly for later cleanup by other editors who care to do cleanup work), even if people raise quibbles with you about it. Just don't do what The Banner does, which is interfere with and revert people who clean up the content to comply with the guidelines. That's liable to get him in trouble soon if it does not stop. There's a difference between adding new material without regard for style-guideline compliance, and intentionally changing compliant material to be non-compliant. Don't confuse them as The Banner does.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  00:31, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

@SMcCandlish: While there's no doubt that "adding well sourced quality content" is important, it's also not something that everyone is good at or interested in. Wikipedia is a collective endeavour, and we all have different skills and interests. Our IP friend is interested in linking, and so am I. I didn't intend my remarks above as quibbling, rather as a friendly nudge towards the relevant guidelines. I hope that came across. Best wishes, Jean-de-Nivelle (talk) 11:24, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Sure, I just didn't want to give the impression The Banner is wrong on everything, just wrong on a particular matter. :-)  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  18:04, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Removal of sources

When a route starts, it is enough to remove that date. Leave the source in place. We want a reliable, sourced encyclopedia. And I assume you agree with that goal, don't you? The Banner talk 10:34, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

December 2023

Hello, I'm Sumanuil. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Jaguar XJ (X350) have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Teahouse or the Help desk. Thanks. - Sumanuil. _{(talk to me)} 20:57, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

Hello, I'm Sumanuil. I noticed that you recently made an edit to Jaguar XJ (X350) in which your edit summary did not appear to describe the change you made. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. - Sumanuil. _{(talk to me)} 21:49, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

Dead links

Hi,

If you find a reference with a dead link like the one at Range Rover (P38A), please don't delete it. Either fix it, as described at WP:DEADREF, or tag the link with {{Dead link}} and somebody else will fix it. I've replaced the link in the reference you deleted with an archived version of the same page.

Best wishes, Jean-de-Nivelle (talk) 19:23, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

October 2024

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Heat (1995 film). Your edits appear to be disruptive and have been or will be reverted.

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November 2024

Hello, With regards to your recent edit titled "correct linking" made to the article Business jets, please refer to WP:NOTBROKEN, MOS:NOPIPE and WP:NOPIPE. Redirected links are generally acceptable, and it is usually not recommended to replace them with piped links. While your edit has been approved this time, continued edits of this nature may be reverted. QEnigma (talk) 19:24, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

I'd like to agree with User:QEnigma and reiterate what I wrote above: please stop adding unnecessary piped links. This isn't "correct linking" as defined by the manual of style: it's unnecessary and unhelpful, and makes work for other editors. I've selectively reverted the changes you made at "Mark Spencer (British politician)" and "North East Somerset (UK Parliament constituency)". I'd be happy to discuss my reasons, point by point. Jean-de-Nivelle (talk) 12:27, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

I too would agree, your edit titled "correct linking" made to the article to Firestone Tire and Rubber Company , please refer to MOS:GEOLINK for proper location linking. If you continue to edit this way, you may be reverted. Brotherbenz (talk) 01:45, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

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