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Chinese Labour Corps

Hi, I received a message from BracketBot that it had detected that my edit to Chinese Labour Corps may have broken syntax by modifying 1 "()"s. I cannot detect the problem. Regards, Acad Ronin (talk) 18:45, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

The members of the CLC who died were classified as war casualties and were buried in about 40 French and Belgian graveyards in the North of France, with a total of about 2000 tombs and a few tombs in one cemetery in Belgium).

930913(Congratulate) 18:57, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Royal Mile edit

I've received the Bracketbot message re an edit I've just done which positioned an image badly that messed up a template display. I was in the process of reversing the damage when your message arrived. Now fixed. Sorry for any inconvenience caused. Kim Traynor | Talk 01:08, 22 April 2013 (UTC) {{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow}}

Two brackets in a single note.

Hello, I've just received a message I'm not sure I understand well... English is not my native tongue and I just wanted to expand a note. As notes have opening and closing brackets set automatically, and as I needed two sets of brackets I thought it was smart to only close the first one and only open the second one, like this :

| title3 = Love Is All Around | note3 = Reg Presley) (live at Hook End

In order to get this :

3. "Love Is All Around" (Reg Presley) (live at Hook End)

Sorry if I did something wrong, I will happily correct if needed.

Megatof (talk) 17:44, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

| note7 = Charles Trenet/Jack Lawrence) (live at Hook End)

You added an extra ")" at the end. 930913(Congratulate) 17:49, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Oops! Corrected, thank you :)

Megatof (talk) 18:53, 22 April 2013 (UTC) {{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow}}

editing Baltimore County and several Baltimore history/biography/gov't. entries

Working on several general editing for historical, political, geographical accuracy by a person who is well "on the ground" and very acquianted with subjects which I occasionally choose to work on. Here I am in process and have some more to do -- so sort a "work in progress" a bit at a time. Will be glad to register and re-read some procedures, standards etc. Thanks for advice. Always appreciate concept, philospohy and opportunities for expanded learning and using people's experiences, & knowledge to catalog in a organized encyclopedic fashion and items of great detail too minor for the usual previous incarnations such as Encyclopedia Americana, Britannica, alamanaca or some reference books. Can always e-mail me at home: (nothing to hide): duanetressler@outlook.com ===D.E.T., (Baltimore, Md.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 169.156.4.25 (talk) 21:46, 22 April 2013 (UTC) {{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow}}

Steve Adey discography

Re Steve Adey discography I have no idea where the problem is. I've looked but couldn't see anything wrong - sorry. Help if you can. Thanks. Grappling Hooks (talk) 23:04, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

| Mississippi (A Marble Calm remix}

930913(Congratulate) 23:27, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you. Grappling Hooks (talk) 23:52, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot

It did its job here correctly, havent seen this bot before, so i thought you might want this feedback.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 04:27, 7 May 2013 (UTC) {{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow}}

BracketBot

Just received a perplexing message reading, in part, "your edit to Perspectives of New Music may have broken the syntax by modifying 1 "()"s." I see no modifications of any "()"s in my edit, and even if I had, cannot understand what sort of "syntax" this might conceivably break.—Jerome Kohl (talk) 05:09, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

* Boykan, Martin. 2012. Untitled interview with Rachel S. Vandagriff. ''Perspectives of New Music'' 50, nos. 1 and 2 (Winter–Summer): 130–35)

@Jerome Kohl: Note how you have one open bracket, but two closing ones. 930913(Congratulate) 05:18, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

If you think that is "breaking syntax", then heaven help you if you ever look at the contents of that journal. For the quickest possible journey to a nervous breakdown [unbalanced-bracketwise), I recommend Dan Tudor Vuza, "Supplementary Sets and Regular Complementary Unending Canons" (Parts 1–4), Perspectives of New Music 29/2 (Summer 1991): 22-49; 30/1 (Winter 1992): 184-207; 30/2 (Summer 1992): 102–24; and 31/1 (Winter 1993), pp. 270-305.—Jerome Kohl (talk) 05:33, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

Bracketbot message

Suggest you add in the message Brackbot leaves on talk pages something like... I have automatically detected that your edit to Philip may have broken the syntax by modifying 1 "[]"s or the problem was present before you edited the article.

You are going to get alot of messages like the above saying I didn't edit any brackets.

Also, congrats on getting approval. I'm hoping this will cut down my work. Keep up the good work. Bgwhite (talk) 05:47, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

@Bgwhite: Thanks. I think the problem with that, is that too many people will just assume that and won't take it up any further. It's a rather rare case, ideally getting rarer as older ones are fixed, and newer ones prevented.

You'll see that everyone above, excepting you, has edited the brackets they were notified for.

As for the multitudes of messages, I was thinking of getting some talk page stalkers. I don't suppose you'd like to become one?

930913(Congratulate) 06:17, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

I've got a ton of restraining orders from the courts, so I know how to stalk people. I'll keep an eye out on your page. Bgwhite (talk) 06:25, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

Cryptic Masonry edit

I've received the Bracketbot message re an edit I've just made to Cryptic Masonry in which I broken the syntax by modifying 1 "()"s and 1 "{}"s mistaking a bracket for a parenthesis. I reversed the damage immediately after your message arrived, sorry for any inconvenience caused.Aeroplanepics0112 (talk) 18:26, 7 May 2013 (UTC) {{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow}}

The Hart and Lorne Terrific Hour

On first glance it appear the bot may be wrong w.r.t. The Hart and Lorne Terrific Hour. Thanks anyway. 67.101.5.199 (talk) 06:49, 8 May 2013 (UTC) {{resolved}}

BracketBot - A930913

User:A930913, User:Dru_of_Id {{User:A930913/BBresolved|yes}}

Page: Foo

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Comment/question: Testing.

930913(Congratulate) 18:11, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Pendright

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Comment/question: We all respect, I do not understand the meaning of your comment: "you may have broken the syntax by modifying 1 "||"s." Pendright (talk) 23:28, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

The ''Mahan''s silhouette was similar to the larger [Porter''-class destroyer, whose construction immediately preceded them.</nowiki>

The ''Mahan''-class destroyer emerged as the improved version of the Farragut class destroyer (1934

@Pendright: You're not closing your brackets properly. 930913(Congratulate) 23:38, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

Fixed - thank you. Pendright (talk) 00:34, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Pendright

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Pendright (talk) 23:32, 8 May 2013 (UTC) Again, I do not undetstand your comment: "you may have broken the syntax by modifying 1 "0"s." Pendright (talk) 23:32, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Trekphiler

{{User:A930913/BBresolved|yes}} ~~Page:~~

Diff: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=554210172

~~Comment/question:~~

~~I got a notice, & I'm not seeing what the problem is. TREKphiler ^{any time you're ready, Uhura} 02:26, 9 May 2013 (UTC)~~

BracketBot - Aymatth2

Page: Joseph Everett Dutton

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Comment: I can't tell what the problem if any is. Modifying 1 "()"s is obscure. Aymatth2 (talk) 03:23, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

I think I found it, buried in the citation list. The notice really is obscure. I suggest something like "one or more left parentheses are not balanced by right parentheses". It would really help if the message included some of the text around where the problem was detected. Aymatth2 (talk) 03:35, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

@Aymatth2: This suggestion is one I'm looking into. Thank you for your feedback. 930913(Congratulate) 03:39, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Go go gadget BracketBot.

Smuckola (Email) (Talk) 22:09, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
{{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow}}

Bracketbot error

Bracketbot said I removed }} "illegally" in this edit. It was a valid edit. I've been removing alot of stray brackets the past few days and this is the first notice I've received. Bgwhite (talk) 17:54, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

I'm not sure where you're quoting from. It was a valid edit, however because you changed the brackets in your edit, and you left it unbalanced, it notified you.

On October 2011, at the German TV-channel ZDF, one of the public channels in Germany. Yamashita's Comments on radiation was broadcasted].

The bot is going through its testing phase, which is why it may not have alerted you before. You may wish to be notified whenever you leave unpaired brackets; if not, you can opt out. 930913(Congratulate) 18:09, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

You have it wrong... I never touched "Yamashita's Comments on radiation was broadcasted]." It was broken before I got there and was still broken when I left.

I removed "}}" from the article. There should not have been any "]" or "}}" added as there was no "[" or "{{" before it. I didn't leave it unbalanced. There should be no brackets at the end of “It is an endurance contest between me and people in Fukushima”... which is the section I edited.

So your bot sent a message to me for something I didn't touch. The bot should only be working on what I edited and not what I didn't edit. Bgwhite (talk) 18:27, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

I'll talk you through the process so you know why it notified you.

It looks at your edit diff [2]
It counts the number of each bracket and sees that you have removed two "}}". (Yes, you were correct in doing so, but it cannot see that from the edit view.)
It watches to see if this changes for five minutes.
It fetches the whole article and counts the bracket again.
It notices that there is an extra "]" as I highlighted above and as such determines that the brackets in the article have not been fixed.
It notifies you that you may have broken the syntax (admittedly incorrectly about the "}}") in the article, because it's not fixed.

The bot saw you fixing brackets, and tried to tell you that there were still fixes to be made to your edit.

If you fix brackets regularly, you may find this bot helpful in identifying articles that you thought you had fixed, but missed something. 930913(Congratulate) 20:57, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Does the bot check for double brackets for broken syntax.. ie {{ and [[ or is just single brackets? Bgwhite (talk) 00:09, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

It counts the number of each type of open bracket, subtracts the number of the respective close brackets and sees if it changes from all 0s to something else. For more information, check User:BracketBot 930913(Congratulate) 01:00, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Then that part is not working. I did several edits on articles at around 18:30 UTC that had open [[ and {{ brackets. I didn't get a message. This part would be really useful to me as I fix these things every month. Having less articles to fix every month would sure be nice. Bgwhite (talk) 01:09, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

I had a chevruta and a shiur at that time, so I stopped the bot at 18:09 UTC and restarted it at 20:57 UTC. With the final deployment of the bot, it will run 24/7, however at the moment it is on trial (the bot was close to the limit imposed on the trial, and I was tracking a bug.) 930913(Congratulate) 01:19, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot message for "This Guitar" edit

I have no idea what that message is on about. In "This Guitar (Can't Keep from Crying)", I simply moved an online citation in the article and changed the retrieval date. JG66 (talk) 17:14, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

<ref name="Starostin">George Starostin, [http://starling.rinet.ru/music/harrison.htm#It) "George Harrison > Extra Texture (Read All About It)"], [[Georgiy Starostin|Only Solitaire]] (retrieved 6 May 2013).</ref>

@JG66: Two problems, the first one looks like the website gave you the wrong link. It should be http://starling.rinet.ru/music/harrison.htm#Extra

Secondly, the bot saw you using a ">" without a "<". If you're using ">" for visual effects, consider using the HTML (>) for it instead. (So the wiki doesn't get confused by thinking it is markup.) 930913(Congratulate) 17:40, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

Aha! Thanks for that, A930913 – very helpful. I tried applying your second bit of advice ("consider using the HTML (>)", but the actual characters ">" appeared rather than the symbol. (I'm probably just being thick, I admit ...) Cheers, JG66 (talk) 05:48, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot

I was notified by your bot that I may have broken the syntax with my edit. I didn't. I fixed it. By looking at your talk page, it seems that this is a common incident. Perhaps you should rethink this function of your bot, since many times when a change is made to two }}'s, it is to fix the syntax, not break it. If the bot sends a notification every time an edit like this is made, it could lead to many unneeded messages. Best of luck, — JJJ ^{(say hello)} 14:11, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

Upon further examination, I see that the bot checks for balancing of braces. I wonder why my edit triggered it? We had {{Reflist|refs= ... and I added the }} to the end. So maybe one of the citations in the section had uneven brackets? Leave me a talkback message at my talk page. — JJJ ^{(say hello)} 14:21, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

<ref name=NORAD1958B>NORAD/CONAD Historical Summary: July-December 1958 "''In September 1956, CONAD proposed to the JCS the collocation of the Missile Master and the Air Force's AN/GPA-37 in ten areas. The Office of the Secretary ot Defense concurred on 30 October 1956. ... On 19 December 1958, NORAD directed that the experimental tests be carried out with the abbreviated Missile Master at Fort Banks.''"}}</ref>

@TheJJJunk: If you look carefully, you'll notice that the reflist was closed (by simple bracket counting). Indeed it is not parsed a such, so while your edit did fix the list, it left these two '}}' which the bot picked up on.

It's rare for the bot to pick up on fixes, but if you don't fix everything, the bot will notify you. If it gets annoying, you can opt out, but if you don't, the bot will tell you when you thought you fixed an article but missed something. 930913(Congratulate) 16:18, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

Florida

You can make bots only so clever. this would have faked out a person. I moved an entire sentence up in the article.

I don't see how the bots are as good as they are, but the notice is incorrect. The bot re-synched on "especially" which was taken out of context at that point, I believe. So the removal of the "(" was done correctly. I hope. Student7 (talk) 00:48, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

Historically, Florida's economy was based upon agricultural products such as cattle farming, [[sugarcane]], [[citrus]], tomatoes, and [[strawberry|strawberries]]).

@Student7: I'm not sure why you want that bracket there. 930913(Congratulate) 01:09, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

You are right. But I think (hope) it was an extra right paren. Since the bot checks for both, it was the paren that was residue from a prior edit. The bot is smarter than I gave it credit for. Thanks. Student7 (talk) 13:16, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Peter Horn

Page: DAF Trucks

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Comment/question:

Peter Horn User talk 14:19, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

I left 2 replies at User talk:Peter Horn#May 2013. Peter Horn User talk 14:19, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

I'll reply at your talk page. In short, you forgot one {{convert|. Huon (talk) 15:38, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - DavidAHull

Page: Arkwright Town Junction

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Comment/question:

Hello BracketBot, I have received this from you "I have automatically detected that your edit to Arkwright Town Junction may have broken the syntax by modifying 2 "()"s." I'm afraid I don't know what it means or how to put it right. Rest assured it is an error borne of ignorance! Thanks DavidAHull (talk) 14:25, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

DavidAHull (talk) 14:25, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

The bot looks for mismatched brackets. This is arguably a false positive; the bot didn't like this line: "There were two sources of such traffic, a) Chesterfield Market Place and b) Calow and Bonds Main collieries." It thought that the "a)" and "b)" were lacking opening brackets. Huon (talk) 15:38, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

And there I was, thinking that nobody would add that into a wiki. It's rare, but it exists, so I'll add this checking in on the next run. 930913(Congratulate) 19:20, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Mzilikazi1939

Page: The Miser

Diff: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=554286620

Comment/question: No explanation given of what 'syntax' has been transgressed

Mzilikazi1939 (talk) 15:03, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

The bot looks for mismatched brackets: [http://tara-arts.com/whats-on/kanjoos-the-miser--national-tour-2013] Tara arts site]

Here you have two closing square brackets for a lone opening bracket. Huon (talk) 15:38, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, yes, found it. Will change asap. Mzilikazi1939 (talk) 16:01, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Confession0791

Page: Princess Bubblegum

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Comment/question: Please point out the syntax error. — Confession0791 ^talk 16:25, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

The third footnote had a closing bracket without a matching opening bracket:

<ref>{{cite web|title=Voice Compare: Adventure Time – Princess Bubblegum|url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/voice-compare/Adventure-Time/Princess-Bubblegum/|publisher=Behind the Voice Actors|accessdate=January 22, 2013}})</ref>

Fixed. Huon (talk) 16:34, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. But that was a stray parenthesis, not a bracket, which confused me at first. No worries. — Confession0791 ^talk 18:22, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

@Confession0791: In England, parenthesis are called brackets by default ;) Also, there are rounded brackets "()", square brackets "[]", curly brackets "{}" and angled brackets "<>" 930913(Congratulate) 19:20, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

I would normally refer to "{}" as "braces", but I will remember they fall under the bracket category for future reference. :) — Confession0791 ^talk 22:41, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Cliff12345 edit to Awan (tribe)

Page: Awan (tribe)

Diff: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=554329031

Comment and question: I was informed that I had broken the sytax of the page Awan (tribe). However, my adding of the brackets was simply to fix an existing, broken box (the fix seemed successful). Is it feasible for BracketBot to detect when an existing box is broken (or at least in the case where there's only one lot of double brackets) and is just being fixed (and hence not send a message to users in this case)?

Just to clarify, the original box only started with a double bracket, there was no double bracket at the end.

Cliff12345 (talk) 19:16, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

@Cliff12345: This is a known bug or feature depending on how you look at it.

*[[Malik Amir Mohammad Khan]], Langur, of Kalabagh, Governor of [[West Pakistan]], 1960–66)

BracketBot saw that you were changing the brackets, and calculated that there was an unmatched one, the one you see above. When fixing brackets, the message is often wrong but not to be ignored. If you try and fix brackets and the bot messages you, you know that there are still unpaired brackets left. 930913(Congratulate) 19:29, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, I was unaware of this second lot of unpaired brackets. Following on from this, would it be possible for the bot to post the offending piece of text on the user's talk page when informing the user of missing brackets (to ensure the user knows where the actual problem is)? Cliff12345 (talk) 19:37, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

@Cliff12345: I'm working on it

930913(Congratulate) 19:45, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

Cheers :) Cliff12345 (talk) 19:50, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Cherrylimerickey

A Summer Song

n/a

Sorry - this issue arose because when I added new info to the article I attempted to wikilink El Portal Theatre: when this "came up red" I meant to delete all four brackets but failed to delete one. I've since wikilinked El Portal Theatre to the "NoHo Arts District, Los Angeles" article. Thank you for your attention.--Cherrylimerickey (talk) 22:03, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Nd4SU

Page: List of Chrome Shelled Regios characters

Diff: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=554390529

Comment/question:

Da Brawl Playa (talk) 04:01, 10 May 2013 (UTC) I added a visible anchor to all the names of the characters listed on the page. I inserted "vanchor" in between "Nihongo". So it appeared as if they each end with four end braces "}}}}".

I also link the names of the characters of the episodes page to the characters page, so that the link will go straight to the name instead of the top of the page. When I tried a few links (of the names of the characters), it did the trick, nothing bad happened.

All I am trying to do is to be able to link the characters' names from the episodes page to the characters page, and so far I have made success.

That's not what the bot found; rather, while removing some redundant links, you forgot two square brackets: It tried to possess Layfon]], possessed Dinn before being removed, and then possessed Nina. I fixed that. Huon (talk) 04:12, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

Okay, I guess I missed that one. Thanks for fixing it.

BracketBot - Arrwiki

Page: Emraan Hashmi

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Arrwiki (talk) 10:42, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

Hello, the syntax "}" missing in Filmography section of Emraan Hashmi article was added by me in-order to make it alright. It was missing in the previous edit by some other editor. Kindly note this. Arrwiki (talk) 10:42, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

Yes, but there was another "{" missing: Fixed here. The bot isn't smart enough to realize that your edit repaired one of two problems, but only saw that your edit left the total number of braces unbalanced. Huon (talk) 13:44, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

Bill Cameron

Hi. I'm told I might have "broken syntax" during an edit of this page by deleting 1 [[. I have no idea what that means. But will happily correct it - if you can explain. Thanks. Nonoblitus27 (talk) 03:13, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

In 2003, he released a novel Cat's Crossing, published by [Random House of Canada.

Note how you open the [, but don't close it. 930913(Congratulate) 03:16, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks - think I've fixed that now. Nonoblitus27 (talk) 14:26, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Hello. I think I fixed the syntax problem - but I see that my signature (Nonoblitus27) with the "talk" prompt remains smack in the middle of the article. How do I eliminate that - for the sake of neatness. Thanks. Nonoblitus27 (talk) 00:23, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

While looking at the page, click on the Edit tab near the top right. In the edit window, find all your signatures, delete them, note that you are deleting your signatures in the edit summary and then click save. 930913(Congratulate) 14:41, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot

I received a message from this thing, but am unable to figure out what it has flagged. Perhaps it's a broken bot? BigEars42 (talk) 15:48, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

'''Pešgaldarameš''', “son of the ibex,” and '''Ayadaragalama''', “son of the clever stag,” were successive kings and descendants (<small>DUMU</small>), "sons" in its broadest meaning) of Gulkišar.

You added an extra ")" 930913(Congratulate) 16:32, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - 22WHERO

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Comment/question:

22WHERO (talk) 17:47, 10 May 2013 (UTC) Hello, BracketBot. It was a typo, was spotted and is being corrected.

22WHERO (talk) 17:47, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Sparkle2953

Page: Kinkajou

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Comment/question:

Sparkle2953 (talk) 03:18, 12 May 2013 (UTC) ok then???

You removed the beginning of a citation, the <ref>{{cite web. The bot noted that some mismatched brackets remained. Your edits have been reverted by WolfmanSF because they didn't seem to be a net improvement of the article, so nothing further needs to be done. Huon (talk) 04:03, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Gilderien

Page: Caracas Cathedral

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Comment/question: I just wanted to say how useful this bot is, and that if I hadn't been notified, it would probably have been a long time before I managed to notice and correct my error. Thanks for your hard work in making it :)

Gilderien Chat|List of good deeds 10:05, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

930913(Congratulate) 13:12, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Mcgyver2k

Page:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_infrared_sensor

Diff:What is a "diff"? If you mean "difference" then I don't know. I think I already fixed it though.

Comment/question:I don't have one, you notified me with some vague information. I made a change to revert some vandalism by a user (i.p. 72.83.136.23)

Mcgyver2k (talk) 13:18, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Nicolaemmerson

Page: Royal Statistical Society

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Comment/question:

Nicolaemmerson (talk) 20:43, 12 May 2013 (UTC) hi, yes had problem with editing RSS page - your help appreciated! thanks

I added the missing bracket: Here. Huon (talk) 22:20, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Oscardeklan

Page: Annie Morton

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Comment/question: not sure how to fix it

Oscardeklan (talk) 21:29, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

You had duplicate references below the <references/> tag that were broken (which summoned the bot), but even if the code had been correct they would still have been redundant. I removed them. Huon (talk) 22:29, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Shallowharold

Page: After My Time

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Comment/question: I redid the infobox to simplify things as well as add in the correct producers on Noel Gourdin's album After My Time. My sincerest apologies if I did anything wrong. Shallowharold (talk) 23:40, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

Shallowharold (talk) 23:40, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

You accidentally removed the closing parenthesis from Terence "Tramp-Baby" Abney (Lady & A Tramp). Fixed. Huon (talk) 00:04, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - And Rew

Page:Angel Pavement

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Comment/question: Under 'Adaptations', 'Radio', the bot mistakenly removed a bracket from BBC Radio 4.

And Rew 02:55, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

The bot doesn't remove anything; it only notified you that you had forgotten that bracket. I fixed the link. Huon (talk) 03:46, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Akim56

i have a question iam trying to fix hart of dixie with a main article an a dvd date an dvd the artwork like how the vampire diaries is can u please tell me how to do dat please thank u--Akim56 (talk) 18:43, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

===Season 1 (2011-12===

@Akim56: BracketBot was just telling you that you forgot to close the bracket. 930913(Congratulate) 18:59, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

hi

The () incident was a misunderstanding man. Please explain on my actual account what you thought it was doing? 5.64.239.72 (talk) 19:20, 8 May 2013 (UTC)ericdeaththe2nd

It's the only album that features Nason Schoeffler ([[bass guitar|bass]], [[backing vocals]]) and short-lived member [[Scott Gee]] ([[drums]], [[backing vocals]].

BracketBot was just telling you that you'd forgotten to close the bracket. 930913(Congratulate) 19:28, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

Question

Is there a way the bot could tell the user where the unbalanced bracket is located via the talk page message. Might help alleviate some questions and confusion... especially on long articles. Bgwhite (talk) 21:40, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

I'm trying to work out how to do it. It's the most requested feature for the bot. The problem is, it can only point out what is there, and half the time the problem is because something is not there. 930913(Congratulate) 23:43, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

@Bgwhite: While I've got you here, you can add your username here and you'll get one of the shiny new echo notifications when a BracketBot question is asked here.

Also, if you don't want to opt out entirely of notifications, you could add !nobot! into the edit summary in AWB, and the bot will ignore those edits. 930913(Congratulate) 23:55, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - VoIP Guru 2011

Page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=554193914

my edit is correct as it fixed a broken link

VoIP Guru 2011 (talk) 21:56, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

While your edit was correct, there still is a broken bracket in the article:

Internet Hero: The ISPA Council chose Broadband for the Rural North (B4RN]

Bgwhite (talk) 22:06, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Akim56

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Akim56 (talk) 01:17, 9 May 2013 (UTC) hart of dixie season 2 {{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow}}

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republi

You reverted my edit; I think it was because of formatting reasons. Some editors insist on listing Spanish as an official language of SADR; I deleted these edits and input sources. I think my edits should stay. So I disagree with what you have done. Frenchmalawi (talk) 01:19, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

@Frenchmalawi: No revert has been made. The only thing that BracketBot has done is to tell you that you had accidentally deleted a bracket in your edit. 930913(Congratulate) 01:38, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

ok, thanks. Frenchmalawi (talk) 20:25, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Afaprof01

Resurrection appearances of Jesus:

Diff: I don't know which one it was. [14]

Comment/question: I have looked all through the article, and cannot find any unpaired brackets in the present version. Perhaps it was in an earlier edit tonight, and I found and corrected the unpaired brackets. In any case, I appreciate the notice. Thanks, Afaprof01 (talk) 04:01, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

When you removed the redlink to Barrett in the bibliography you initially left some remnants including one bracket, something you fixed afterwards with these edits. The bot left its note a minute or so before you resolved the issue on your own. Huon (talk) 13:55, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, BracketBot!

BracketBot - Thanks for pointing out my error. Can you please tell your human to add a note to your automated Talk page messages? The note should say something like: "I'm a detail-oriented bot, but I'm not that smart. I find errors, but I can't fix them." Or other words to that effect to let us know that we still need to go back to fix the problem we created. Jonesey95 (talk) 05:19, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Ditto on the thanks and the requested addition. Without BracketBot, I wouldn’t have noticed my mistake. But for a second I thought BB had fixed it for me. —Frungi (talk) 06:34, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

@Jonesey95 and Frungi: {{done}} Thanks for your suggestions. 930913(Congratulate) 14:35, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Clarification about brackets needed

Thank you for the message left for me on my userpage stating that I may have broken some rules in an edit I left on the page about David Attenborough. As a stickler for good punctuation myself, I do not like to break rules of punctuation, but I was not quite sure what the problem was - if you could leave some clarification on my talk page, that would be appreciated, many thanks, ACEOREVIVED (talk) 13:49, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Done. Huon (talk) 14:05, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - TJRC

Page: Vincent Dowling

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Comment/question: Spurious warning

TJRC (talk) 21:44, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

date=May 11, 2013 | accessdate=2013-05-12}})</ref>) was an [[Irish people|Irish]] actor and director.

@TJRC: Any reason you want that bracket in the reference?

930913(Congratulate) 22:02, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Aha! Never mind! TJRC (talk) 22:08, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Greenguy2942

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I accidently had done that. Thanks! Greenguy2942Greenguy2942 (talk) 00:26, 14 May 2013 (UTC) {{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow}}

Party political funding

Hi, whoever is hiding behind the "bot", I looked at the page and fixed the mistake. Thank you, Khnassmacher (talk) 05:33, 14 May 2013 (UTC) {{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow}}

BracketBot - TedColes

Page: W. T. Tutte

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Comment/question: I don't see the problem - please elucidate.

TedColes (talk) 14:06, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

You forgot a pair of braces in one of the references. I added them with this edit. Huon (talk) 15:27, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Doncram

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Can you please provide a way to opt out of BracketBot messages. I don't want to receive them. There are other bots that do allow opt-out, such as one notifying editors about links to disambiguation pages.

For your information, i don't want to receive them because a) i will often have addressed the problem identified or would notice and fix it shortly, b) i don't want to get messages from bots, c) I don't want to get messages from bots, d) I don't want an impression created that i make stupid errors that even a bot can notice, and e) i don't want to get messages from bots.

Otherwise, I think what you are doing is fine. You just need to provide opt-out, and easily, please.

Thanks! --do ncr am 15:58, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

See User:BracketBot#Opting out. Huon (talk) 16:19, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

Juan Carlos Valerón - Reply

Hi there A93, AL "here",

if you mean the STATISTICS chart, i don't think i've wronged anything, chart still looks AOK. Do you mean anything else.

Keep it up, from Portugal --AL (talk) 01:11, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

It is not in the chart. Bot checks the entire article, so a bracket problem may or may not be in your edit. In this case, it is in the first paragraph in the "International career" section. The message on your talk page should show you where the problem is at. Bgwhite (talk) 01:24, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

Spotted and fixed, thanks BG for your assistance as well. --AL (talk) 02:32, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - DadaNeem

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Diff: I fixed 1 wikilink in Danish Refugee Council and 1 ref with unmatching '[', ']' in Paul Collins (artist).

Comment/question: I hope that fixed the probs...? --DadaNeem (talk) 01:50, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

Yes, but the "first" parameter in citation templates is supposed to be the author's first name(s). "prepared by R.R. Bowker's Data Base Publishing Group" doesn't quite fit that bill. Huon (talk) 02:44, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Aparytai

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Ashurnasirpal 06:51, 16 May 2013 (UTC)I just added some new information, in honour/awards section, don't have too much how know of editing wikipedia...kindly fix it.

I answered at their talk page. Bgwhite (talk) 07:03, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - GeorgeLouis

Page: Historic South Central Los Angeles

Diff: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Historic_South_Central_Los_Angeles&diff=554224696&oldid=551976928

Comment/question: I don't understand the automated message. Thank you.

GeorgeLouis (talk) 02:35, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

*Trinity Recreation Center, 2415 Trinity Street<ref name=ThomasGuide>''The Thomas Guide,'' 2006, pages 634 and 674]</ref>

@GeorgeLouis: BracketBot was explaining that you left an extra ] in. 930913(Congratulate) 03:32, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - JoJan

Page: Mirachelus galapagensis and others Diff:

Comment/question: This is beginning to look annoying. While I'm adding data to articles, I also give a better name to categories of biological species. And each time this bot gives me a unnecessary notification because I modify the category. JoJan (talk) 17:43, 9 May 2013 (UTC) JoJan (talk) 17:43, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

With respect to Mirachelus galapagensis, it had double bracket at the end.... [http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_33191.shtml Gastropods.com: ''Mirachelus galapagensis'']].

So, you can look at it two ways. It is either an opportunity to fix something that is broken or an annoyance that that is disrupting your primary editing task. If it is the latter, then see info at User:BracketBot on how not to receive the message. Bgwhite (talk) 18:09, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

About to shut the bot off and then

I was just about to opt out with a snarl about another dumb bot. The messages were cryptic and, thought obviously about unpaired symbols, gave almost nothing about finding the things. Then, (new?) there was a "Show" option and bingo! Think I'll let it run as, particularly down in those cite templates those symbols can be a mess. Showing in context, enough of a string to locate is helpful. Palmeira (talk) 17:04, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

Yes the "Show" option is new. It was added based on feedback. The bot was only turned on this week, so it would be natural to find some "kinks". "Dumb bot", Pffft. Majority of bots are smarter than most editors, me included. :) Bgwhite (talk) 17:12, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

They can be for that type of copy edit for sure. Then the Wikipedia editing tool makes editing in detail hard in my opinion, particularly with regard to embedded templates. Palmeira (talk) 19:58, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for operating BracketBot! It just caught a very ugly broken link in a page that I had just stopped editing! QVVERTYVS (hm?) 08:41, 15 May 2013 (UTC) {{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow}}

Thank you

Page: Side dish

Diff: Oh, what for? There's no problem!

Comment/question: Thank you for creating BracketBot, it's a nice, clever bot! [/Me pats the good bot on the head.] Bishonen | talk 20:14, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Tapered

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Re: "Salvatore Giuliano" I have no idea on earth what you're talking about. Please elaborate.

Tapered (talk) 20:27, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

Oops! Fixed it.Tapered (talk) 20:31, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - 41.79.124.14

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Comment/question: Not sure that I understand what you are getting at The page as it stood made some good points but had very few references and lacked detail.##I have tried to improve without destroying the original. 41.79.124.14 (talk) 21:42, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

Replied at their talk page as there is more going on than the brackets. Bgwhite (talk) 22:31, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Suzanderson45

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Suzanderson45 (talk) 19:28, 17 May 2013 (UTC) There are <ref> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{Reflist}} template or a <references /> tag (see the help page). The reference page has disappeared

That was because you removed one of the curly brackets at the end of the {{reflist}} template. You fixed it by now. Huon (talk) 19:54, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Hawgfan95

Page: The Ascension

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Comment/question:

Big'n (talk) 21:06, 17 May 2013 (UTC) I don't Know how to put a Article name on my page The Ascension Could you do it for me Big'n (talk) 21:06, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

I've added the missing brackets and repaired the infobox. See Template:Infobox wrestling team for the full list of parameters. Huon (talk) 01:18, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Monkelese

Marlene Dietrich:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marlene_Dietrich&action=submit:

What did the bracketbot inform me about, I don't understand?:

Monkelese (talk) 00:25, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

You had a surplus closing bracket in the reference's title. Fixed. Huon (talk) 01:18, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Wlholmesiii

Page: Lassiter Holmes Diff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lassiter_Holmes Comment/question: Couldyou please create a templet for the following references: Wlholmesiii (talk) 05:41, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

This is not the place to ask. A good spot for help is WP:TEAHOUSE. However, I did some changes to the page to show you how one way it can be done. Some comments... IMDb and Facebook are not reliable references and you cannot use them. Your father does not appear to meat the nobility guidelines to be included in Wikipedia. So, there is a very good chance the article could be deleted. You also have a conflict of interest. This doesn't mean you can't edit your father's article, however you should be careful. You are too close to the subject to write impartially and may not belong. Bgwhite (talk) 07:13, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

Thank You — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wlholmesiii (talk • contribs) 07:45, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - 76.173.15.5

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76.173.15.5 (talk) 21:38, 18 May 2013 (UTC) hey i tried to fix whatever mistake i made. if there is still a mistake, go ahead and do whatever you'd like. i Just added the dates because like many other people..nobody knows the instruments all the members play or how long they've been in the band. You usually put a section for that but i didn't see it so i added just the dates on the top. Thank you for informing me!

Everything looks good. Thank you for fixing it. Bgwhite (talk) 23:35, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - 86.185.189.113

Page: Surti Muslims

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86.185.189.113 (talk) 13:57, 19 May 2013 (UTC) Btitish English and wiki is American so maybe I do understand your literature convention

The issue actually wasn't with the content you added; the article earlier had some unpaired parentheses, and since you changed some parentheses, BracketBot became aware of the pre-existing problem.

That said, I reverted your edits because your additions were almost entirely unsources, despite your claims to the contrary. The tone was also unencyclopedic; articles shouldn't talk about "us". That only indicates that the author had a conflict of interest. Huon (talk) 04:13, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - 96.41.169.67

Buddy Starcher [18]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Starcher

Yes. I tried to add an album to the Buddy Starcher discography, but made a mess of the page in doing so. I don't know how to fix it.

96.41.169.67 (talk) 15:38, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

You had a ")" instead of an "}" at the end of the table. Fixed. Huon (talk) 04:13, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - François Robere

Page: Lentil

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Comment/question: Previous edit omitted an ending curly brace ("}" instead of "}}"); Bracketbot was alerted by the fix. François Robere (talk) 18:45, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

No, what summoned the bot was that the hatnote had several other problems involving mismatched brackets. Fixed by 24.84.192.96. Huon (talk) 04:13, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - 24.192.254.81

Page: Ultra Warrior

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Comment/question:

24.192.254.81 (talk) 02:38, 20 May 2013 (UTC) I have not modified anything on this page. Look it over again.

You (or someone else editing from the same IP address) have removed most of the infobox with this edit, which by now has been reverted. If that edit weren't yours, you may want to create an account so you won't receive messages that are meant for other editors sharing your IP. Huon (talk) 04:13, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

Opting out of BracketBot

The DBL Bot has an opt out option. I would like to opt out of bracket bot. Although I sometimes forgot to preview, I always review my edits and it didn't tell me anything I hadn't already noticed and fixed by the time I got the notification. II | (t - c) 04:48, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

Read the instructions at User:BracketBot. FYI... you have received only one notice. Notice is sent out 15 minutes after an error is detected and not corrected. It probably is a good idea to have a backup because everybody makes mistakes. Bgwhite (talk) 05:48, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Mychele Trempetich

Thank you for editing Gustave Anjou! Yes, there was a mistake.--Miha (talk) 11:01, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

@Mychele Trempetich: BracketBot does not fix your mistakes, it only tells you that you might have made one. The mistake still needs rectifying. 930913(Congratulate) 13:12, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

Some baklava for you!

You rock! Mcgyver2k (talk) 13:19, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Lobsterthermidor

Page: Sir John Northcote, 1st Baronet

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Comment/question: Haven't got the faintest idea what your message is about, something to do with misuse of brackets. Suggest you word your automatic message more clearly in future. (Lobsterthermidor (talk) 13:48, 9 May 2013 (UTC)) Lobsterthermidor (talk) 13:48, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

("Abstracts of Somersetshire wills, etc., 1887"[22]

You had an opening bracket without a corresponding closing bracket. Huon (talk) 15:38, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

Request you desist

Could someone please persuade Bracketbot that his/her efforts to improve WP might be better directed into other areas than slapping tags of dubious value concerning bracket infringement on articles? Please desist! (Lobsterthermidor (talk) 10:17, 14 May 2013 (UTC))

It's a bot designed for the single purpose of informing editors of possibly broken brackets, and its message has become much more helpful since you received one. Why complain now, five days after you were informed that you added a mismatched parenthesis? If you want to opt out, see User:BracketBot#Opting out. Huon (talk) 11:21, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Thanatos666

Page: Vigil

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Comment/question: Don't see the problem.I've changed the syntax;the parenthesised text is now different.

Thanatos|talk 20:51, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

@Thanatos666: This one looks tricky. <ref>{{LSJ|a)grupni/a|ἀγρυπνία|ref}}</ref> May I enquire as to the purpose of that bracket? 930913(Congratulate) 21:13, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

This is a false positive. Template generates Greek ancient lettering. The ) in the template is just fine. In Beta Code, ) produces ἐν. Bgwhite (talk) 05:52, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

@Bgwhite and Thanatos666: Interesting. Are there any other templates of this kind? 930913(Congratulate) 06:14, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

Yes. I know there is one for Egyptian, but I can't remember the name. It is only a problem in infoboxes. There are also ISO articles that list what ASCII value corresponds to what letter or symbol. They usually list } before {. Bgwhite (talk) 06:39, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

Oh, now I get it, it's the single parenthesis in the LSJ template inside the reference that raised the alarm. As Bgwhite has already said it's just LSJ-beta code for spiritus lenis. So the same could and would(?) happen with "(" for spiritus asper. I've used this template many many times but this (along with a second case later at 'Ndrangheta) is the first time I've seen this bot reaction, never in fact seen this bot before. P.S.Sorry, don't know which Egyptian (hieroglyphs?demotic?coptic?) template might pose the same problem.Thanatos|talk 13:25, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

The bot was only turned on this week. If you edit alot of pages with {{LSJ}}, you may want to opt out on receiving Bracketbot messages. Instructions are at User:BracketBot. Bgwhite (talk) 17:05, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

Though I often use the LSJ template, I'll leave this on, I don't mind.Thanatos|talk 19:52, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Theda

William Desmond Taylor

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=554393855

Comment/question: The bot evidently did not like the edit I made to William Desmond Taylor [24]. I removed a spam link that had nothing to do with the article [25]. I replaced it with Taylorology Issue 4 -- April 1993 [26]

Theda 19:24, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

On the edit you made, you forgot to add a closing bracket right before </ref>

<ref>Taylorology Issue 4 -- April 1993 [http://www.taylorology.com/issues/Taylor04.txt</ref>.

It would have been even better to do this:

<ref>[http://www.taylorology.com/issues/Taylor04.txt Taylorolgy] Issue 4 -- April 1993</ref>.

Bgwhite (talk) 20:12, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Bdmy

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Comment/question: Hello BracketBot.

I noticed that you mentioned possible problems 'breakings of syntax' with pairs of '<', but some of these '<' were inside a <ma th></ma th> pair, where the syntax is the TeX syntax for mathematical formulas (and not HTML!), and where it is most likely to find the sign '<' used for math. inequalities. It would be painful to use (if it only exists) a TeX substitute equivalent to the HTML '&lt ;'. Would it be possible to educate the Bot to this fact?

Notice this note of meine: I love writing broken Englisch, aktualli ze only won I knov !!!

Bdmy (talk) 08:22, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

@Bdmy: Yes, ignoring the contents of certain markup is currently a priority. However, you have a right-open interval outside of a math tag, the introduction or changing of which would also trigger the Bot. I'm wondering how to account for that. 930913(Congratulate) 13:12, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Parkwells

Page: Tewodros II

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Comment/question: I can't find any example of a "()" being broken. Maybe fixed it already. Parkwells (talk) 12:36, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

who bore a letter from the Queen In response to Tewodros' now three-year-old letter requesting aid). He did not bring the skilled workers as Tewodros had requested. Deeply insulted by the British

930913(Congratulate) 13:12, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Cricobr

Page: Nippon Budokan

Diff: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nippon_Budokan&diff=554660047&oldid=554211811

Comment/question:

You wrote: Hello, I'm BracketBot. I have automatically detected that your edit to Nippon Budokan may have broken the syntax by modifying 2 "<>"s.

My reply: I really don't know what you are talking about! All I did was copy some pre-existing text from the location: DIR_EN_GREY#2000.E2.80.932004:_From_Macabre_to_Vulgar into a new link.

I would be curious to know exactly what I may have broken, and how.

Cricobr (talk) 15:50, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

You added >> for visual effect, though this can be misinterpreted as markup by the parser. Nothing is broken in this case, however I suggest using the HTML code > so as to make sure not to break anything. 930913(Congratulate) 16:03, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Dnsla

Page: List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones

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Comment/question:

I received this message

I have automatically detected that your edit to List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones may have broken the syntax by modifying 1 "{}"s.

I added the final } to the table because the table was spilling into the next section of the page. Also, the sources for this table were listed above the table itself, which breaks this page's formatting protocol in that they should be below the table. Now it's OK.

dnsla23 22:42, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

You did indeed fix one problem, but that wasn't what the bot meant: There was an entirely unrelated surplus parenthesis. I removed it. A930913 will have to decide whether this is a false positive or whether the message could be made more helpful. Huon (talk) 23:00, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

It's a positive false positive? It's a bit of an edge case, though it is for this reason that you "may have broken the syntax". Hopefully, with the new highlighting of remaining problems, it will be easier to understand what's left to fix. 930913(Congratulate) 14:35, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - 64.125.179.128

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Comment/question: Please arrange the sintax error in the references, I sincerely do not know how to fix it. Thanks.

64.125.179.128 (talk) 06:11, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

See Help:Links#External_links for how to use external links. 930913(Congratulate) 14:35, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Steina01

Page: John Hendley Barnhart

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Comment/question:

Steina01 (talk) 15:34, 13 May 2013 (UTC) Hi, I am in the process of adding to the Barnhart entry. I'm a volunteer in the library at the NY Botanical Garden and have access to much Barnhart material. I will check the apparent problem when I return next week.

Alan

There were two issues, a missing parenthesis (which I fixed) and the "New York > Westchester > Greenburgh > District 0072 > 30" footnote. Since ">" may be a part of HTML tags, BrackenBot checks whether there are as many "<" as ">" in an edit - a mismatch may indicate broken tags. This is a false positive. Huon (talk) 18:26, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Very annoying bot!

I have been expanding Alasinga Perumal and this expansion work will go on for next 7—8 hours until it becomes a full length article. It is very annoying to get a warning like this: within 5-6 minutes of an edit, because I have not closed a bracket. I am opting out! Dablink bot also gives notices, but, it waits for sometime/days before doing it, It seems your bot is just over-excited to slap editors with cookie-cutter warnings! --09:10, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

Hey Tito, boy twice in one day we meet. I think you do have a semi-valid point. On one hand, it is nice to get a warning just after you edit an article. There is more of a chance a person will correct the article. But having a wait period too short can get annoying.

A930913, is it possible or a good idea to increase the wait period to 10 minutes? But make sure User:Titodutta has a wait period of 1 one minute and gets a message every minute until the problem is fixed. :) Bgwhite (talk) 04:54, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

It's certainly a consideration to make. The idea is to catch editors in the same session they make the mistake in, as this should make it much easier to work out what needs fixing.

On a side note, I try to complete as much as I can in one edit, and try to leave the page in a usable state between edits. Naturally I think that is the better way, but each to their own

930913(Congratulate) 22:42, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Smtchahal

Page: José Manuel Figueroa

Diff: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=555162937

Comment/question: I guess it was a false warning? Surely I didn't break any syntax? Even on my talk page it says there are no unpaired brackets remaining. smtchahal^(talk) 04:03, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

That is a strange one. I'm not sure what went on with that one. You did fix broken syntax with the infobox and did break anything. Hopefully A930913 can figure it out. Bgwhite (talk) 04:44, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

@Smtchahal: O.O I have no idea why this happened. I have added in an extra check to prevent it happening again :/ 930913(Congratulate) 22:42, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Brightgalrs

Page:James Craig Annan

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Comment/question: It seems to think I errored when infact the right facing parenthesis are part of an image name. Maybe make the bot recognize when it is part of an file's title?

Brightgalrs (/braɪtˈɡæl.ərˌɛs/)^[1] 20:09, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

I'd say those are typos by the uploader; the images should probably be named "File:James Craig Annan (Scottish) - Frau Mathasius - Google Art Project.jpg" and so on. I don't see how the bot could determine whether a single parenthesis within a file name is an error or not, and the false positives may be less of a problem than the issues truly mismatched brackets in (or near) file names may cause. Maybe A930913 has a better idea on how to handle this. Huon (talk) 20:29, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

File name for the images are wrong. This will also cause problems for other syntax checking tools. Best option is to move the file to a new name. Bgwhite (talk) 21:53, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - DCB4W

Page: Al Groh

Diff: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=555284893

Comment/question: I actually removed two dangling end-parentheses. Ironically, I think the bot was trying to warn me that I might have caused the same kind of problem I was fixing.

DCB4W (talk) 23:39, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

You actually removed one and created the other by removing the end-parentheses.

The first one, ([[Ron Prince]], was already there and you didn't touch it.

The second one, (Bill Musgrave, you created by removing the ) at the end of the sentence. Bgwhite (talk) 23:57, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

Huh. You're right. I never saw that open paren to begin with. And going back to look, I found another one. DCB4W (talk) 13:36, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

New BracketBot Question

BracketBot says that it makes approximately 10 edits per hour. Does that mean that it runs continuously and finds approximately 10 violations in an hour? How does the bot know what articles to review? Robert McClenon (talk) 01:03, 16 May 2013 (UTC) I don't see any spelling differences, so that my American English should not be an issue. Robert McClenon (talk) 01:03, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

10 edits per hour is approximate. It is higher during prime editing hours. Bot checks all edits being made and sees if there is a bracket problem. If there is a problem it waits a few minutes in hopes the editor corrected the problem with a subsequent edit. If not, it sends out a report. It only checks brackets and not spelling. Bgwhite (talk) 01:19, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Charles01

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Charles01 (talk) 05:49, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for your auto-message.

1. I've been trying to show, within a source note, the name of the writer of the source, and linking it to an on-line webpage about/from him. It is more than likely that I have got it wrong, although the result in the source note is actually now precisely the result I was after. That feels like progress.

2. As a SECOND attampt, I wanted to be able to include a link to the actual source web page WITHOUT showing the entire URL (which is quite long) in the same source note. It really just needs the name of the publication (here "Die Zeit") which can be clicked on, taking the reader back to the article on web page that I've been trying to cite. I hadn't succeeded in figuring out how to do this before I got a flash that I had a message, from you (so I switched to reading it and (here) reacting). So it's a work - or at least a hope - in progress. But if you can spell out in idiot proof terms how I could do that as well, my future contributions would be tidier and I would be happier.

As presumably you have ways of knowing, the entry in question is this one.

Regards Charles01 (talk) 05:49, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

I have tidied up the references, mainly by removing the links to Die Zeit's author profile (that should be linked from the main Die Zeit article anyway), by using the quote= parameter, and by switching from the generic {{cite web}} templates to the more specific {{cite news}} and {{cite journal}}. That said, the article suffers from severe original research problems. For example, "Even now, the Spiegel article of 14 December 1960 is strangely shrill, partisan, and out of line with the dry tone that characterised most serious business reporting at the time." - says who? Certainly not the Spiegel article itself, which was the source cited for this statement. That should be discussed on the article's own talk page, though. Regarding the bot's warning, your attempt to link to the author's profile lacked one bracket; that summoned the bot. Huon (talk) 19:29, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Elcap

Page:Supercapacitor

Diff:div brackets

Comment/question:can you color the wrong brackets?

Elcap (talk) 07:41, 16 May 2013 (UTC) --Elcap (talk) 07:41, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

The wrong brackets are already colored red. Hmmm, are you color blind? Wondering if it should be a different color. Bgwhite (talk) 17:35, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

Just ran your talk page thru a color blind test. Yup, there are problems and will need to be a different color. If you are color blind, do you have a suggestion? I hate yellow, how about blue? Bgwhite (talk) 17:38, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

Hi, I`m not color blind, since more than 70 years. May be I have scrolled to fast through the article or have scrolled the wrong page. Should I see the colored brackets on the official page or on the edit page? --Elcap (talk) 17:22, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

Hi, I'm not color blind but stupid! Now I have found the "show" button in the colored line and I could see all the colored brackets. Thanks for helping. --Elcap (talk) 09:12, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Valentinejoesmith

Page:

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Comment/question:

V. Joe (talk) 21:53, 16 May 2013 (UTC) Your bot came back on my article on Dimi Mint Abba... can you tell me if my re-edit fixed the problem? 21:53, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

You fixed the second one, but not the first. The one you forgot was in the Infobox... | name = Dimi Mint Abba (born

I fixed it for you. Bgwhite (talk) 22:29, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Quebec99

Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln_School_for_Social_Science

Diff: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=555395328

Comment/question: Cool bot. I didn't even notice the extra paren. Thanks.

Quebec99 (talk) 23:31, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

opt me out of bracket bot today!

and your edit message is rude. I do not want to see you, or your pet bot, posting on my talk page again. Gtwfan52 (talk) 07:11, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

Nice rude message yourself. If you don't want to receive messages to fix bracket errors, thus other people will have to do the work for you, follow the instructions at User:BracketBot. Bgwhite (talk) 07:25, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks, BracketBot. You're really helpful! Bondegezou (talk) 15:51, 17 May 2013 (UTC) {{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow}}

BracketBot - 11614soup

Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Regine_Olsen

Diff: "That it [the broken engagement] can be forgiven"

Comment/question: I added [the broken engagement] to give "it" context. Is that wrong? Is that what you're talking about? 11614soup 04:12, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

I removed the "about you" bar on your talk page. It was messing things up to where you couldn't see the talk messages. Also that material should go on your user page. You can restore it, but make sure it doesn't mess up the talk messages. The bot's message shows you were the broken bracket is located... there is only one bracket inside ref tags. There should be none or two brackets. Bgwhite (talk) 07:22, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

Great bot

Thanks for the bot's work. I've had some traditional Inuit bannock fried up for you by the ladies on the left. CambridgeBayWeather (talk) 09:09, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

Thank you, BracketBot

for finding the bracket that I inadvertently deleted and for notifying me of it. (I fixed it, of course.) You are fast, useful and very helpful. And, God bless your creator, A930913. --108.45.72.196 (talk) 18:41, 18 May 2013 (UTC) {{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow}}

That's amazing.

I've never heard of BracketBot before, but wow, that's awesome. -- Zanimum (talk) 20:50, 18 May 2013 (UTC) {{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow}}

BracketBot - 117.216.240.169

Jaguar F-type:

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Thank you BracketBot for pointing it out though it is one of my first edits:

117.216.240.169 (talk) 16:18, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Derek R Bullamore

Page:Mark Lanegan

Diff:http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=555845185

Comment/question: I am not sure what error I have created here. I thought that my edit merely improved the referencing, by removing wikilinks embedded in URL titles. Perhaps I am wrong ?

Derek R Bullamore (talk) 16:47, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

The bot noticed two issues: A surplus parenthesis which was there already and which you fixed yourself, and this missing bracket. All fixed now. Huon (talk) 03:40, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

OK. Thanks. - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 11:00, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - 84.102.253.217

Rygge airport

Page: Moss Airport, Rygge

Diff: [30]

Comment/question:

Hi, You put in the website "November" and i completed you information with "3 November" in the new route of Ryanair in Gran Canaria. Hope that everything can be ok :) Regards

84.102.253.217 (talk) 18:28, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

There was a parenthesis missing. Fixed. Huon (talk) 03:50, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Farrajak

DSM-5

Diff: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=555977897

Comment/question: I don't see where my edit broke a bracket. Could you point out more specifically?

Farrajak (talk) 21:31, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

In short, these were the brackets BracketBot complained about. They were listed in the "List of unpaired brackets remaining on the page". Fixed, obviously. Huon (talk) 03:21, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Bjenks

Page: The Mrs Bradley Mysteries

Diff: [31] --my Talk page. (I can't find the relevant edit diff.)

Comment/question: Your action is too quick--I had two bot messages while still editing the page. Might I suggest you build in a time delay of, say 6 hours before letting loose? Also, your 14:02 time stamp doesn't seem to tie in with my edits, so I am unable to find the error specified. Though your 'list of unpaired brackets' seems to be wrongly suggesting that I complete an opened single bracket with a double bracket, viz, <and Martin Hutchings^[1] Why so? I do appreciate the value of your work, but it sometimes gets in the way (perhaps because I'm a slow, thorough editor) and ends up being unduly time-consuming, as per this exchange. Cheers,

Bjenks (talk) 01:47, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

My earlier comment should have read:

Comment/question: Your action is too quick--I had two bot messages while still editing the page. Might I suggest you build in a time delay of, say 6 hours before letting loose? Also, your 14:02 time stamp doesn't seem to tie in with my edits, so I am unable to find the error specified. Though your 'list of unpaired brackets' seems to be wrongly suggesting that I complete an opened single bracket with a double bracket, viz, and Martin Hutchings<ref name=creds>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167667/fullcredits Full credits]] at IMDb</ref> Why so? I do appreciate the value of your work, but it sometimes gets in the way (perhaps because I'm a slow, thorough editor) and ends up being unduly time-consuming, as per this exchange. Cheers, Bjenks (talk) 01:59, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot cannot tell you what you should do (it's not that smart), it can only tell that you did have two closing brackets. Fixed. Huon (talk) 03:25, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - 67.86.105.177

Page: Juan Luis Guerra

Diff: [32]

Comment/question:

I don't know how to deal with brackets

67.86.105.177 (talk) 12:31, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

You had a <small/> tag with a parenthesis instead of the chevron at the end. But the table had worse problems; I believe I fixed all of that. Huon (talk) 03:02, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - 1.38.24.142

Page: List of converts to Christianity from Islam

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Comment/question:

1.38.24.142 (talk) 12:53, 21 May 2013 (UTC) that data was without any sources.........thats why removed ..dude

You removed half a source and left the other half with the closing braces for the citation template in place. That summoned the bot. If all those sources didn't support what they were cited for, you should make the case at the article's talk page. Simply removing content which does cite sources will look like vandalism and will get reverted. Huon (talk) 03:02, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Albert Sterner

Page: Albert Sterner

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Comment/question: On my User's Talk page, you left this message:

May 2013 [edit]

Hello, I'm BracketBot. I have automatically detected that your edit to Albert Sterner may have broken thesyntax by modifying 2 "[]"s. If you have, don't worry, just edit the page again to fix it. If I misunderstood what happened, or if you have any questions, you can leave a message on my operator's talk page.

[show]

List of unpaired brackets remaining on the page

Thanks, BracketBot (talk) 00:39, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

I don't understand that the " 2 "[]"s refers to: could you please point to it more specifically?

With apologies for the trouble - Aboudaqn (talk) 02:19, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

The 2 "[]" here refer to the square brackets at the beginning of "Art Institute of Chicago" that weren't matched by the corresponding brackets at the end. The List of unpaired brackets would have shown the mismatched brackets in bold red. Fixed. Huon (talk) 02:29, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Agdl12

Page: Colin A. Russell

Diff: [35]

Comment/question: I am not 100% sure what the comment was regarding. It says: Hello, I'm BracketBot. I have automatically detected that your edit to Colin A. Russell may have broken the syntax by modifying 1 "()"s. If you have, don't worry, just edit the page again to fix it. If I misunderstood what happened, or if you have any questions, you can leave a message on my operator's talk page.' Is this because the title of one of the references did not include a closing ')'?

Agdl12 (talk) 10:19, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

Yes, that's what summoned the bot. In the "List of unpaired brackets remaining on the page" on your talk page the bot highlights what it perceives as a possible problem, here the parenthesis in "(1928-". I'd say that's a typo in the source; it clearly should be "(1928- )" - but there's nothing we can do about that. Huon (talk) 17:51, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - EBodoin I apologize, I think I did. The reference is unverifiable and linked to a "login site" to view document and I apologize for deleting the incorrect line.

Page: James Ferguson, 1st Laird of Pitfour

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Comment/question:

Emilie Bodoin 22:16, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

The bot was summoned because you removed half of one of those references. Being a "login site" does not make a source unverifiable, though: See WP:SOURCEACCESS. Huon (talk) 22:42, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - 41.79.124.13

Page:

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Comment/question:

41.79.124.13 (talk) 11:27, 23 May 2013 (UTC) I am quite unable to understand messages from bracket bot or why material carefully researched and annotated gets deleted in toto from a page that you admit is poor and for which you have requested help.

Nobody wants to help if all their efforts are voided.

You do not understand. This bot ONLY checks for broken brackets. Any deleted material is being done by a human. Please contact the editors you are deleting your material. They have left a reason why in the article's history. Bgwhite (talk) 22:54, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Re: May 2013

{{User:A930913/BBresolved|yes}} I cant seem to solve the problem on the 2013 IRB Pacific Nations Cup article. Perhaps you could have a bash at it? Rugby.change (talk) 17:30, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Fixed it for you. Bgwhite (talk) 22:50, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - 109.255.11.252

Page:

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Comment/question: I don't know how to fix the braket

109.255.11.252 (talk) 18:49, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

edits have been reverted for copyright violations. Bgwhite (talk) 22:42, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Arttist

Page: Tamara Natalie Madden

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Comment/question: I added three new references to Tamara Natalie Madden, however, I realize now that I added them incorrectly. It was a mistake, and I have erased them. I will have to add them again in the correct format. Thank you.

Arttist (talk) 11:47, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

You may want to have a look at WP:EL on how to format external links. Huon (talk) 21:38, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Bernettmanagement

Page: Amanda Shires

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Comment/question:

Bernettmanagement (talk) 17:27, 24 May 2013 (UTC) Hi,

We work with Amanda and all of us are trying to update the page, but we keep getting deleted.

That's actually a good reason to leave that page alone, see WP:COI. Huon (talk) 21:38, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Dadair1

Page:

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Comment/question: All ready notice and made changes --Dadair1 (talk) 20:19, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

Dadair1 (talk) 20:19, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! Huon (talk) 21:38, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Mwprods

Page: Steve Forrest (actor)

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Comment/question:

Mwprods (talk) 22:47, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

You fixed the issue yourself with this edit. Huon (talk) 22:50, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Tonyrgr

Page: Sokratis Papastathopoulos

Diff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokratis_Papastathopoulos

Comment/question: I just edited some info and the infobox did not work Tonyrgr (talk) 23:48, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

That's what the bot told you about. Mismatched brackets can easily break infoboxes. I fixed the issue with this edit. Huon (talk) 00:15, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - 124.6.181.166

Page:

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Comment/question:

124.6.181.166 (talk) 08:40, 25 May 2013 (UTC) I didn't make those edits you have mentioned.. Am sorry but maybe someone or somebody did without my knowledge..

Either you or someone else editing with the same IP address did. You can create an account if you want to make sure that your edits don't get mixed up with other people's. Anyway, the edit has been reverted; the issue is resolved. Huon (talk) 09:13, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Survivornone

Hello. I didn't undertand your comment about my edit to the page Edgar Pêra. I belive the last change I made was something like changing )1991) to (1991), or some other date. I dont know if that's what you mean.... Can you help me, or give me some advice to how can I make this page more Wikipedia style?

Thanks

Survivornone (talk) 10:21, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

The bot commented on the parenthesis you fixed later with this edit - the bot's message predates the repair. Nothing else needs to be done about that. Some general advice would be to format the footnotes via templates such as {{cite web}} or {{cite news}} - see WP:Referencing for beginnners on how to easily create nicely-formatted footnotes. Huon (talk) 15:19, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Cherubinirules

I REALLY AM MYSTIFIED. I HAVE CHANGED THIS CITATION TWICE, SIMPLIFYING THE PUNCTUATION. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THE PROBLEM REALLY IS? THANKS!

Page:

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Comment/question:

Cherubinirules (talk) 21:41, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

I'm assuming the article is Stevie Wonder. On your talk page, the bot listed two problems. The first problem is "[[Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)]]" ([[Blue (English band)|Blue]] feat. Stevie Wonder & Angie Stone" There is a problem with an extra (. Also, it is considered rude to talk to someone in all caps. Bgwhite (talk) 21:50, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Dainomite

Page: Bryan D. Brown

Diff: link

Comment/question: When I went back to the article to fix the error, it wasn't there. I went back and looked at the diff from my edit and the problem that Bracketbot reported to me didn't exist, both brackets are there.[37]. Is it a bug of some sort?

Nifty bot nonetheless! Cheers, — -dainomite 15:58, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

The problem is still there. Do a search for {{r|la times}}{r|pbs tillman}} and you will see there is a missing {. It should read {{r|pbs tillman}}. Bgwhite (talk) 17:33, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Jan Arkesteijn

Page:HMS St David (1667)

Diff:http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HMS_St_David_%281667%29&diff=555528039&oldid=469125373

Comment/question: I don't understand what your bot means to say.

Jan Arkesteijn (talk) 15:10, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

It is saying that there are two extra brackets that don't belong there. It is located in an infobox at: ([[Willem van de Velde]], 1675)]] Bgwhite (talk) 17:39, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Cherrylimerickey

Downtown (Petula Clark song)

n/a

I'm not completely clear on the issue: I slightly altered the format of two entries in the Other versions section to make it more user-friendly. I've double-checked since receiving your message & the edit seems to be as it should--Cherrylimerickey (talk) 20:12, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

First off, I just want to say I hate you because I have the song in my head and it won't stop. The only known cure for stopping a song playing is to start playing another more evil, vile song. That's right... It's a small world.

There are alot of things wrong in the article and I will try and fix them. But the problem bracket bot noticed is there were some extra { in {{{*}}. It was showing { • in the article instead of • . Bgwhite (talk) 23:17, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Rgdboer

Page: Pseudo-Euclidean space

Diff: Section Symmetric bilinear form

Comment/question:No break in syntax or <> pair found.

Rgdboer (talk) 23:00, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

This is a false positive. BracketBot checks "<>" because they're used in HTML tags and the like, but it's not smart enough to realize when they're used for math. It thought the "x>1" and "x<1" were unpaired. Huon (talk) 04:13, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Barry rimmer

list of violent spectator incidents in sport:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_violent_spectator_incidents_in_sports&diff=555746459&oldid=555735651

i was providing citations that someone had requested as being needed

Barry rimmer (talk) 04:25, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

Adding references is not a problem. The problem reported by BracketBot was that you left off some brackets when adding the ref. The result is that the reference has become garbled when viewing the article. You need to add some </\nowiki>}}</nowiki> at the end of reference 37. Bgwhite (talk) 05:12, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Lotje

Page: Imadaddin Nasimi

Diff: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=555926356

Comment/question: Hi BracketBot, I do not seem to find who to remove the extra bracket. Lotje (talk) 10:47, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Ocexyz thank you!

Page:Sailfish OS

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Comment/question: thx a lot dear bot lord! Great bot, good work! :D :)

Ocexyz (talk) 12:58, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Georgejdorner

Page: Hans Kummetz

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Comment/question: So why this incomprehensible message in mid-edit? Georgejdorner (talk) 03:39, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

@Georgejdorner: Because post-edit, you had forgotten to close a bracket. 930913(Congratulate) 11:32, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

That's a pretty clever bot, to spot a future error before I had finished committing it.Georgejdorner (talk) 16:55, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Timothy.conder

Page: Sian Elias Diff: My Mistake Comment/question: Thanks Bracket Bot, I had missed the subsequent reference and it was honestly a bit of a disaster. But solved with your help. Timothy.conder (talk) 05:57, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Greetings-

I'm one of the older editors and there's no question I need to see about glasses! With that said, I love the bracket bot idea, but after carefully looking over my edits both for Geraint Watkins and Andy Fairweather Low, I can't find my mistakes. Am I missing some way to approach the problem from your bot's notes on my talk page? It shows the article in question, and your bot complaint/commendation page here. Is it possible I fixed my own error on Low's article, and another editor fixed the error on Watkins' page after your bot noted the problem? Please let me know on my talk page and introduce the person behind the bot! :) I find work is best when we editors network together, and I've been doing this work for years now, so..? --Leahtwosaints (talk) 15:24, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

OK, I AM blind as a bat! I hadn't even bothered to notice the little open/hide sections provided by the bot, and all is well I think now with both articles. LOVE the bot! I'd still like to meet you. --Leahtwosaints (talk) 15:54, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - The Gnome

Page: Georges Moustaki

Diff: diff

Comment/question: Greetings. You left this message on my Talk Page. I have no idea what you're talking about! Could you please elaborate on that "syntax violation"? Thanks. -The Gnome (talk) 23:13, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

OK, I understood - and fixed the problem. What a great idea! I, too, hate dangling parentheses or open quotation marks. In fact, my first outings on Wikipedia were about picking similar nits. (Hence the nickname.) Glad to see a bot is out and patrolling the streets of Wikipedia for parenthesis miscreants. Show no mercy!.. -The Gnome (talk) 23:20, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Roburq

Page: Sardinia

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Comment/question:

Mauro Podda 13:41, 25 May 2013 (UTC) Sardinia Hello A930913 thank you for your interest. I am working on this article just in this time and I am not so expert about wiki layout; so, if you can help me and rectifie my mistakes, I'll be you gratefull. I'll be working on this gallery for some hours this evening, then you can check and correct whenever you want. Thank you again. Mauro

You seem to have resolved the issues yourself. Thanks. Huon (talk) 17:47, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - 1archie99

List of fictional films:

I substituted the title of episode 52 of Zack & Cody for the title of the subsection. There was no mention of "Zombie Mom" in the plot in the episode list:

I don't understand What the problem is. There is no mention of "Zombie Mom" in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. So I went to the episode list. I believe that #52 is the only episode of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody that fits. There is no actual feature film with that title per search by both Bing and Google

1archie99 (talk) 15:56, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

Since that's a list of fictional films, I'm not surprised that there's no actual feature film with that title. Scary Movie, on the other hand, is a film that really exists. I have reverted the edit, which also removed some brackets from another list entry. Huon (talk) 17:47, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Fgegypt

Arts-based training

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Comment/question: Error is fixed. thanks

Fgegypt (talk) 15:58, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

OK, thanks. Huon (talk) 17:47, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Th302 need help--don't know what to do

Page: ExxonMobil

Diff: [en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=556746060]

Comment/question:

Th302 (talk) 20:32, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

You forgot one curly bracket when closing a {{cite web}} template. Fixed. There were some unrelated issues on the same page; when the bot lists the mismatched brackets, it lists all, not just those you caused. I took care of the others as well. Huon (talk) 22:51, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Mohansen11

Page:

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Comment/question:

Can I delete the BracketBot messages once I've made the needed corrections?

Mohansen11 (talk) 22:43, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

Sure, they're just a note for you to check whether something went wrong. Huon (talk) 22:51, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Rugbylock

Page: 1888 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia

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Comment/question: [39]

Rugbylock (talk) 00:57, 26 May 2013 (UTC) re edit of line 18 of 1888 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia page. Unsuccessfully attempted to remove superflouos brackets as suggested by BracketBot. More importantly on selecting preview note that picture to which edit related as caption has disappeared. As a tyro happy to have BracketBot and colleagues edit as appropriate.Rugbylock

The issue was not surplus brackets, but missing brackets - BracketBot can only point out mismatched brackets, not why they are mismatched. Fixed. Huon (talk) 01:05, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Rugbylock

Page:

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Comment/question:

Rugbylock (talk) 01:11, 26 May 2013 (UTC) FURTHER TO request re line 18 of page 1888 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia and request for BracketBot to amend as appropriate I note that the web page has now been edited as intended and I shall retire as gracefully as possible weith thanks to Wikipedia and volunteer assistance. Rugbylock.

BracketBot - StarryGrandma

Page: Oak Ridge, North Carolina

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Comment/question: I got one of your messages while editing Oak Ridge, North Carolina. Thanks. What a cool, helpful, useful thing. {'s can be painful!!!

StarryGrandma (talk) 03:31, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - RexMaxx

Page: Aydar Akhatov

Comment/question: No problem. I corrected all. I improve quality of the article. Thanks.

Rexmaxx (talk) 08:57, 26 May 2013 (UTC) {{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveNow}}

BracketBot - Argrao

Page:

Diff:

Comment/question: Thanks Argrao (talk) 09:24, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Cjmitchell37

Page: Cindytalk

Diff: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cindytalk

Comment/question: I've hopefully corrected this. I'm learning how to update Wikipedia, thanks for your help. Cjmitchell37 (talk) 19:45, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

Yes, that's corrected. Thanks! Huon (talk) 20:06, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - Owniejr

Page: Duke of Gloucester

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Comment/question: When I edited I did not understand that the "[[" "]]" creates a link and apparently I deleted some of the brackets. I have now replaced them, but the link appears in red. Is there something else I need to do? Thanks.Owniejr (talk) 20:34, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

Owniejr (talk) 20:34, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

The "red link" issue seems to have been resolved, but I reverted those edits in their entirety; you removed the link to William, Duke of Gloucester. For an introduction to links and their intricacies see Help:Link. Huon (talk) 21:27, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

BracketBot - 7Lawrence

Page: Christopher J. Holcroft

Diff: [41]

Comment/question: Many thanks for your assistance - I appreciate your guidance. I was trying the add the latest book written (One Last Concert) but can't seem to get the referencing right. Can you show me where I went wrong please? Many thanks. Christopher

Christopher 04:08, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

See WP:Referencing for beginners on how to add references. In particular, to re-use the same reference multiple times, you have to name it once: <ref name="concert">Footnote text</ref> Afterwards you can refer to it by name: <ref name="concert" /> Don't forget the slash at the end or things will be badly misinterpreted and parts of the article text may vanish!

However, Holcroft's book itself and bookshop websites are not the reliable sources Wikipedia content should be based on; I have reverted the edit. This seems a general problem for the article; it desperately needs third-party sources such as newspaper articles about Holcroft or reviews of his works published in literary journals. I saw that you signed "Christopher"; if you are Christopher Holcroft, you may also want to read our guideline on conflicts of interest; editing articles about yourself is strongly discouraged. Huon (talk) 05:02, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

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