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Loro Parque

Abductive - I've noticed that you've contributed to the Loro Parque article and I was hoping you could review some suggested additions that I've added to the article's talk page. As I mention, I'm connected to the subject so wanted to have the changes properly reviewed and made on my behalf. Thanks, Fitzroy7182 — Preceding undated comment added 15:00, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

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Incorrect use of Citation bot

When you run Citation bot, please ensure you clean up after it and report the errors. This change made the article strictly worse, with a similar made for this page. Izno (talk) 08:13, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

That's quite unusual. Abductive (reasoning) 21:03, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

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German prune wipe-out

Hi Ab, Thanks for your remarks on the Plum pox Talk page. The article also looks promising as a possible source for the Prune plum article. ---- Frans Fowler (talk) 02:55, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Great, glad to be of help. Abductive (reasoning) 02:58, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Incorrect use of Citation bot (2)

Please review the edits you make with Citation bot and fix any errors it introduces into articles. On five occasions I have noticed in Citation bot's recent contributions, where it has introduced the "periodical ignored" template error by incorrectly changing the citation template type, you have been the editor to have asked it to edit the article, and in none of the five cases did you fix it afterwards.

The diffs are: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. The very first sentence of User:Citation bot says Editors who activate this bot should carefully check the results to make sure that they are as expected. Ideally, Citation bot would not create errors when run on an article, but in any case it's the responsibility of editors using the tool to review its work. Folly Mox (talk) 21:58, 25 November 2023 (UTC)