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File:"The path less trodden" - geograph.org.uk - 103071.jpg

Hi, thanks for checking the categories of this image, but (1) it's a track, not a road, (2) it's in East Lothian, not Scottish Borders (although it's close to the border) and (3) it's on Category:Priestlaw Hill, which you could easily have created. Cheers. Rodhullandemu (talk) 14:36, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

Refining vs. removing

Here and elsewhere, why are you removing year categories rather than refine them? - Jmabel ! talk 15:20, 15 September 2015 (UTC)

Overcat

Hi Gbarta ... This edit of yours is an example of over-categorization because the category you added, Category:Painters from the United States is a parent category of Category:19th-century painters from the United States. I've reverted the edit. Please be careful not to over-categorize. Regards and happy editing! --Sanfranman59 (talk) 19:41, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

Overcat II.

Hi Gbarta ... I've reverted this edit, because the category you added is already added Category:Fiendship fountain (Vác). Please be careful not to over-categorize. I'm happy to discuss this with you here if you wish. Regards and happy editing! - - Globetrotter19 (talk) 12:29, 9 July 2016 (UTC)

Kategória

Szia! Ha nincs berakva a kép valamelyik kategóriába, akkor automatikusan megjelenik egy hibaüzenet. Ezt nem kell eltávolítani, hanem betenni valamelyik kategóriába, akkor ez automatikusan eltűnik. A kategória angol vagy latin nyelvű lehet. Személy esetében célszerű a nevére kategorizálni, mert akkor közvetlenül betehető a datába. Üdv. Tambo (talk) 07:41, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

Sort key

Hi, why are you deleting the sort key on several of your edits? Jan Arkesteijn (talk) 19:48, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

• I have the same question, and I see you never answered this. See, for example, . - Jmabel ! talk 15:40, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
• Another example: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Rick_Tassin_01.jpg&curid=59964882&diff=264083642&oldid=247889344. Could you please explain why you are doing this? You have done this to literally hundreds of photos I've uploaded, presumably far more of other people's and I think it is entirely reasonable to ask why you are doing this. -Jmabel ! talk 14:59, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

Hi @Jmabel: I guess this user never takes a look at this page and at red alerts when someone reverts him... LW² \m/ ^{(Lie ² me...)} 22:40, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

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Please note, that this template should be substed - see the documentation of the template. Thx. --JuTa 06:02, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Overcat III...

Hi! Would you please stop overcategorizing. A rock guitarist is a guitarsit and a guitarist is a musician so "Rock Guitarists from somewhere" means "Guitarists from somewhere" and "Musician from somewhere". That's all. Thanks LW² \m/ ^{(Lie ² me...)} 21:30, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

Katona

Szia! Ezt miért törölted? --Regasterios (talk) 14:16, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

Szia! Egy választ adhatnál. --Regasterios (talk) 16:04, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

A Wikidatával való szinkronizálása során az On Wikidata úgy mutatja, mintha már szinkronizálva lenne, pedig nem. --Gbarta (talk) 16:08, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

Nem mondom, hogy értem, de azért köszönöm. --Regasterios (talk) 19:40, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

Data deleting

Hallo, please do not delete data unless you move it to Wikidata. Gumruch (talk) 23:25, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

You never acknowledged this message and you still seem to be deleting data. Please respond or do I need to block you to get your attention? Multichill (talk) 21:55, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

I always moves the data before deleting the Wikidata. I don't want you to block me. Most of my edits are correct. I'm sorry if I do something wrong. --Gbarta (talk) 08:22, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Same here. --Marsupium (talk) 08:29, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

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Category:Auguste Cain

Hi, Gbarta looking into this file description, I noticed date of birth of Cairn is indicated 1922. Any idea where this can be checked? Thank you for your time. Lotje (talk) 11:37, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

@Lotje: Citing from AKL (subscription required unfortunately): “Cain, Auguste-Nicolas, frz. Tierbildhauer, Medailleur, *10.11.1821 (nicht 4.11.1822) Paris, †6.8.1894 ebd.” (translation of bold part: “not 4 November 1821”). BTW, Gbarta, you shouldn't remove well sourced data at Wikidata, even if it's wrong, please set the rank to “deprecated” as I've done now. :-) Happy editing you two, --Marsupium (talk) 07:00, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

@Marsupium: thanks for your kind help. Is it allright, if next time I come across something similar, to address myself to you? Lotje (talk) 12:14, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

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Empty DEFAULTSORT

Moin Moin Gbarta, I saw you inserted empty defaultsorts. In fact it's completely unnecessary, because the Wikidata Infobox is sufficient. Regards --Crazy1880 (talk) 20:11, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

Hi Gbarta, is there a reason for the empty {{DEFAULTSORT:}} in categories like Category:Atze de Vrieze? --Arnd (talk) 14:06, 4 April 2019 (UTC)

ok, i will delete them. --Arnd (talk) 06:56, 8 April 2019 (UTC)

Check categories

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Changing Categories

Hi Gbarta, on February 5, you changed the 'birth' and 'death' date categories on 'File:JosephHilliardCain Headstone.jpg', and I have reverted them. Please note that his birth year was '1892' and death year was '1962'. You categorized the dates for his wife, Hilda Cain. Regards. Woodlot (talk) 10:45, 7 February 2020 (UTC)

File:Washington State Governor Albert Rosellini with Charles Odegaard family, 1964.jpg

FYI, you sort of "buried the lede" here. I've fixed it. Turns out to be the only picture we have of Charles Odegaard, and I've now cropped that out and added it to his article. - Jmabel ! talk 15:21, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

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