Nega95

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Again, welcome! Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 13:22, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

Removal of spaces

Please don't remove spacing as you did on Male contraceptive. The spaces help with readability for editing. When the source is converted to a document, the code is likely the same size with or without all those spaces. Thank you Adakiko (talk) 11:40, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

What Adakiko is referring to is regarded as a cosmetic edit (no change in output, only the source code is changed). When a citation error exists, Wikipedia may try to warn the editor if they use preview mode to check their work before publication. The error message displayed by Wikipedia will follow the same spacing as that of the templates, and the bots that also utilize them (e.g.  |access-date=25 November 2022, with a space preceding the vertical bar). It is good practice to maintain this style in the source, because an unbroken string of parameters causes line-breaks in unexpected locations and makes the source difficult to read for editors. A similar practiced is used for vertical templates such as infoboxes, lining up the parameter equal signs for easier editing. We appreciate the desire to reduce the article's file size, but as editors, we prefer the article source code to be legible. Thank you for your understanding. — CJDOS, Sheridan, OR (talk) 10:34, 25 November 2022 (UTC)

@CJDOS: Thank you, much more understandable than my blather! Adakiko (talk) 11:06, 25 November 2022 (UTC)

November 2022

Hi Nega95! I noticed that you recently marked an edit as minor at Male contraceptive that may not have been. "Minor edit" has a very specific definition on Wikipedia—it refers only to superficial edits that could never be the subject of a dispute, such as typo corrections or reverting obvious vandalism. Any edit that changes the meaning of an article is not a minor edit, even if it only concerns a single word. Please see Help:Minor edit for more information. Thank you. Adakiko (talk) 12:10, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

Bonnie Garland murder case

I noticed that removed the space between the text and URL. That URL is what's known as a wp:BAREURL. Filling in the reference / maybe using a {{cite web}} would be useful. That would help to mitigate wp:LINKROT issues. See help:referencing for beginners. Cheers Adakiko (talk) 12:19, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

Non-breaking space

" " is a "non-breaking space". Please don't remove those as you did with this edit on Piperazine. They keep the 25 °C on the same line. Some would find it confusing if the 25 were on one line and the °C on another. See help:Wikitext#Format Thank your Adakiko (talk) 12:45, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

How I like to format citations

This is how I prefer to format a citation:
<ref>{{cite news |last1= Wong |first1= T. |last2= Fraser |first2= S. |title= Indonesia: Java quake kills 56 and injures hundreds |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-63700629 |access-date= 21 November 2022 |publisher= BBC News |date= 21 November 2022}}</ref>
I prefer to have spaces to demarcate the functional bits. Finding and updating that sort of formatted citation is much easier. Adakiko (talk) 23:43, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

Removing spaces

Please stop removing spaces. This does not help Wikipedia. It just clogs watchlists with pointless edits and reduces human readability. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 02:50, 11 May 2023 (UTC)

Please stop removing spaces, as you did with this edit to Murder of Laci Peterson. You've already been warned about this multiple times on this talk page. If you continue to ignore messages by others and persistent in behavior that is seen as disruptive by others, you risk being blocked from editing. Please do not make that necessary. Thank you. Nightscream (talk) 14:49, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

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