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Diving cylinder has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 16:03, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I left some ideas on the reassessment page. Cheers. Fred Hsu (talk) 03:38, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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(trialing replacing Yapperbot) SodiumBot (talk|botop) 01:30, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi,Pbsouthwood! I published a change in an wiki when I am logged in. But when I looked into the history page, it showed up an ip address instead of my user name. I wonder if this is a bug. --Xzkdeng (talk) 06:01, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How sure are you that you were logged in? Was this on English Wikipedia?

I am not skilled with this type of problem, you probably need to report it to a WMF developer if you are sure that it really happened, as I do not have the access required to investigate. Cheers, · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 10:04, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"Was this on English Wikipedia?" This remined me that I logged in on wikidata and then did the editing on English Wikipedia. I sould be careful not to make this kind of silly mistakes. Thanks for the help! Xzkdeng (talk) 06:38, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Logging in on one project should automatically log you in on all the others, but sometimes it does not happen. I have occasionally been caught by this, so it is worth a check if you jump between projects to make sure you are still logged in. It may be a bug, or maybe some feature I don't know about. It usually happens when I use an interwiki link to a project I have not been to for a long time. Cheers · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 07:10, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

May be checking the “Keep me logged in (for up to one year)” check box at login will help. Xzkdeng (talk) 02:00, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That is what I do. · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 04:44, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I was turned down on my page due to not having enough sited references or citations. Can you assist me in changing so I could resubmit --Darrinpdaniel (talk) 13:20, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I see that your username is the same as the article title. Are you the same person? · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 17:04, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I am the same person. Darrinpdaniel (talk) 19:33, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I now realize that is not usually accepted. I can find a way for another person that works on these types of projects or do you know someone within the Wikpedia Unviverse who writes these? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Darrinpdaniel (talk) 20:25, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Try asking at the Wikipedia:Teahouse. Cheers, · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 07:03, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello I am at the most basic level of copyediting and can't seem to find info on how to delete a word oe phrase on a page. Would like to build my skills. Please help with this first step. Thank you. --Mirana 48 (talk) 20:51, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mirana 48, Click on the edit tab to open the editor, select the content to delete, press your delete key, the content should disappear from view. Select edit summary, explain why you are deleting the content, then click on 'publish' and the page will update without the deleted content. If this does not work, I will need to know more details on how you are editing. Cheers, · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 07:00, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Southern African Underwater and Hyperbaric Medical Association is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Hi Pbsouthwood, I have a few suggestions for the Partiful article. As you are a member of WP: Technology, I thought you might have a look here. Thanks! Lucas285 (talk) 14:53, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I am more into the hardware side of technology. Cheers · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 15:46, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello,

I’d appreciate your feedback on how I handled a recent content dispute on the Talk:Hannibal (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AHannibal#Hannibal_is_born_in_Modern_day_Tunisia) page.

A user added a fringe theory—claiming Hannibal was born in Malta—supported by a non-reliable and speculative source. This claim was inserted into the infobox, giving it undue weight alongside the scholarly consensus that he was born in Carthage (modern-day Tunisia).

I explained on the talk page why the theory violates WP:RS and WP:UNDUE and should not be presented without proper context. The user stopped responding after that. I then set a time window for discussion before reverting. Once that passed without further input, I removed the unsupported claim from the article and posted a clear warning in red on the talk page to discourage reinsertion without consensus.

Do you think I approached this situation appropriately? I’d like to ensure I’m handling these disputes in line with Wikipedia’s best practices.

Thanks in advance! --PrintHallo (talk) 11:10, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have no opinions on the sources as I am an engineer, not a historian. I suggest getting a third opinion from someone with more appropriate background, and this does not look like something that needs to go to ANI. Other than that, I don't see any major problems with the talk page discussion. Cheers, · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 13:20, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What can be done about this edit summary by an IP editor?: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Predator_2&oldid=1303211937 George Ho (talk) 06:26, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have suppressed the edit summary. · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 08:56, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey. That's funny. I've never had someone else fixing the same thing at the same time on Wikipedia. Thanks for adding the foot stand anchor. I learned something new today. That is very helpful. I restored the link from Inline Skates to point to the visible anchor. Thanks! Fred Hsu (talk) 14:14, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You are welcome. · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 23:47, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This is just a ping to let you know that I believe I addressed your clear clarification-needed notes. Thanks a lot. See my last comment on GA1. I am sure there are more to be enhanced. I left notes for myself to follow-up when I resume in a day or two. Thanks! Fred Hsu (talk) 16:54, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Cool · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 00:45, 4 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I have recently begun my editing journey in areas of interest - armed forces, music, business - within and outside India, and martial arts.

I was updating the fighter records on the page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasmine_Parr In the Win Loss Column there is a template used to give the result and a background colour. I attempted to use the Yes2 template, which is already in use in the previous results, but it would never give the result, just a underlying syntax text. When you get the time, please help me understand how to do this. Thank you Z --Zongalez (talk) 07:18, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Worked OK for me. What exactly did you do? What editor were you using? (I used source editor) Cheers, · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 08:05, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What is my next objective? --Stretch777 (talk) 21:54, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Why would I know? Give me some context here. Cheers, · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 06:38, 7 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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