User talk:John B123

Welcome to Wikidata, John B123!

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Best regards! --Russian Rocky (talk) 22:31, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Capitalization

Hello, John B123! Just to remind you that Wikidata avoids unnecessary capitalization. Labels and descriptions usually begin with a lowercase letter (except for proper nouns). For further information and examples, see Help:Label#Capitalization and Help:Description#Capitalization.--Russian Rocky (talk) 22:31, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

@Russian Rocky: Hi. Thanks for the info. I was asked to update descriptions on Wikidata when I change the short description on en.wiki. I use a script which either imports descriptions from Wikidata to use as short descriptions on en.wiki, or if I manually add a short description to en.wiki, it exports that to Wikidata. The script seems to be adding capitalisation. I'll have a look to see if I can turn this off in the script, if not I'll manually make the change. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 07:18, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

Automated report of empty item: Q105320072

Hello, an item that you have edited (and you are the only non-bot editor) is considered empty and will be deleted in 72 hours if it doesn't improve. Your automated cleaner, Dexbot (talk) 06:28, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

Automated report of empty item: Q105320302

Hello, an item that you have edited (and you are the only non-bot editor) is considered empty and will be deleted in 72 hours if it doesn't improve. Your automated cleaner, Dexbot (talk) 11:44, 7 February 2023 (UTC)