User talk:Squirtball

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May 2022

Hello, I'm GiantSnowman. An edit that you recently made to Homosexuality in association football seemed to be a test and has been reverted. If you want to practice editing, please use your sandbox. If you think a mistake was made, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! Giant Snowman 18:58, 16 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

June 2022

Hello, I'm SpheralCobra. I noticed that you recently removed content from Pearse Doherty without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. SpheralCobra (talk) 22:36, 16 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

October 2022

Please do not add unreferenced or poorly referenced information, especially if controversial, to articles or any other page on Wikipedia about living (or recently deceased) persons, as you did to Owen Warner. Thank you. – Meena • 18:16, 28 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I thought that the information was confirmed but it's not. Sorry! Squirtball (talk) 18:33, 28 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Similarly, information around what happened in the Cruz family is not certain and does not belong in his article per WP:BLP policies. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:54, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Next Irish general election

Hi Squirtball. There's a prominent note to editors in the Opinion Polls section of Next Irish general election, when you go to edit it, that you appear to have missed. It states: "PLEASE READ THIS! Opinion polls are listed by default in REVERSE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER - latest first - but users can sort the table. In order to preserve the ability to sort by polling date, please include an entry for data-sort-value in front of the polling date. The date we use is the last date of polling, *NOT* the date of publication. In order to preserve the ability to sort by the polling company, please increment the relevant data-sort-value by one each time you add a new poll. So a new Behaviour & Attitudes poll would become "B&A14" if the last one was "B&A13". Please also wikilink the most recent poll (link goes to the publishing media outlet, piped to show the commissioning publisher and polling company) and please also unlink the prior poll from that company. Please only include polls if you have a reference. Add references to the group="p", not in general references. Please follow the form of citations already used in the article, and definitely *don't* use bare references. If the above doesn't make sense to you, please do not make major changes."

I'd be grateful if you could follow those instructions next time you edit the article. TIA, Bastun^{Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ!} 11:32, 7 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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February 2024

Hello, I'm Philipnelson99. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions—specifically this edit to Irish Parliamentary Party—because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Teahouse or the Help desk. Thanks. Philipnelson99 (talk) 20:50, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That seems fair yes Squirtball (talk) 21:02, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

July 2024

Hello, I'm Frost. I noticed that you made an edit to a biography of a living person, Kevin Behrens, but you didn't support your changes with a citation to a reliable source. Wikipedia has a strict policy concerning how we write about living people, so please help us keep such articles accurate. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Frost 16:03, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Random language codes?

Hi, I noticed on Candidates in the next Irish general election, you seem to be adding random language parameters when you're adding references? E.g., language=en-US and language=en-ZA. The sources are Irish, and you should use en-IE, not the codes for the United States and South Africa, respectively. Cheers, Bastun^{Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ!} 15:29, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]