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This editor prefers to observe a “two-revert” rule. Bwrs (talk) 19:08, 15 June 2008 (UTC) Reply[reply]

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Category:Mid-level medical practitioners, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. jsfouche ☽☾Talk 18:49, 11 January 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello, I noticed that you recently created a new page, Route redistribution. First, thank you for your contribution; Wikipedia relies solely on the efforts of volunteers such as you. Unfortunately, the page you created covers a topic on which we already have a page – Router (computing). Because of the duplication, your article has been tagged for speedy deletion. Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will continue helping to improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at Router (computing) – you might like to discuss new information at the article's talk page.

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Just a courtesy notice—I put Franklin Pierce (disambiguation) up for deletion. I don't think it fits the criteria for a disambiguation page since none of the page titles are plausibly ambiguous, and Wikipedia's search function does the job just fine. —Designate (talk) 00:47, 1 July 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi. I've done some significant editing on Toibb v. Radloff, an article that you had worked on heavily a couple of years ago. I plan to add some additional content as well, but at this point I'd welcome your thoughts or additional edits. Thanks and regards, Newyorkbrad (talk) 17:00, 3 December 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I started it, but you're right; I haven't touched it for years. If, after your edits, you want to re-nominate it for good article status, then please feel free to do so; the credit will be yours Bwrs (talk) 23:40, 3 December 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I hadn't even thought about it from that perspective, but it's not a bad idea at some point. Regards, Newyorkbrad (talk) 02:14, 4 December 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hi Bwrs, I have edited your additions to Catfish (disambiguation) according to MOS:DAB. Since DAB pages are just navigation aids, entries have only one blue link and references are not used. Channel catfish and blue catfish would probably be considered unambiguous partial title matches, so I removed them and added All pages with titles containing Catfish instead. I'd be happy to discuss the changes. Leschnei (talk) 21:40, 29 October 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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The more common use of the term is to equate it with a bug triage, but usually to remove old tickets. See https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bug_scrub and https://technobeans.com/2011/10/04/daily-scrum-meetings-what-it-is-and-what-not-and-what-can-be-improved/ for example. It may have other meanings, but that is the most common. And creating a list of bugs in a release is not one of the meanings to the best of my knowledge. I do not think you will find a common definition, but you should look in look in reliable sources that may contain them. "bug scrub" site:kaner.com has 0 hits. "bug scrub" site:stickyminds.com has one, but it's a bullet point in a PowerPoint presentation and has no accompanying definition. I'm sure there are reliable sources that discuss it, but it's not a common term, so it may be difficult to find. By the time I got to the bottom of the first screen page on google, I was seeing ads for soap to remove bugs from cars. Walter Görlitz (talk) 00:59, 10 June 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you for the detailed explanation. Actually the purpose of my section was to create a plausible target for a redirect. Please discuss at WP:RFD. Bwrs (talk) 01:04, 10 June 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you for your comments on my talk page. As you discuss, a “bug scrub” may also refer to an internal process within a software company, rather than the process that I described in the content that you reverted. I have started a new discussion here. Thanks. Bwrs (talk) 01:08, 10 June 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I moved this from my talk page.

While it is laudable to want to create a redirect for the term, since it does not have a standard definition, that would be both premature and unnecessary. Rather than create a definition that is only occasionally correct, and doing so by using unreliable sources, use reliable ones. Walter Görlitz (talk) 01:31, 10 June 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I tried one last effort to write it. The definition I had in mind from the beginning is actually the fourth one that you mentioned in the RFD entry. It is not a neologism, in that if you submit a support ticket requesting a "bug scrub" you will either get the third kind (being referred to the release notes) or the fourth (revealing to a customer those bugs that affect the customer) depending on how important of a customer you are or how much you pay, i.e., they will know what you're talking about if you request one. Bwrs (talk) 01:51, 10 June 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Find a reliable source. There are four different possible definitions, and not a single one is reliable. Walter Görlitz (talk) 01:53, 10 June 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Please do not add or change content, as you did at Software bug, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Walter Görlitz (talk) 01:51, 10 June 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Both of the 2 sources that I added most recently are at least arguably reliable, being from published books (for example, JUNOS High Availability, published by O'Reilly). However, you could argue that they're not reliable because (1) they're from the online versions of the books and I never read the actual printed copy, and (2) "Information provided in passing by an otherwise reliable source that is not related to the principal topics of the publication may not be reliable." Either way I think the point is debatable. Bwrs (talk) 02:01, 10 June 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice that the page you created, Straße, was tagged as a test page under section G2 of the criteria for speedy deletion and has been or soon may be deleted. Please use the sandbox for any other test edits you may want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia.

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Sorry, I didn't see that you redirected it. My apologies DIVINE (talk) 18:44, 29 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

actually, it might arguably have qualified for WP:G4 WP:A3, but definitely not WP:G2!! If you just prod it, then it might go away by itself. 🙂 Bwrs (talk) 19:01, 29 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Hi! I've just started a draft of an article on bird brains User:Sub31k/sandbox/Avian brain. About eight years ago you added a request for an article on the topic in the WikiProject Tree of Life requests page, so I thought I would let you know. Right now I have only just started adding content, but hopefully it gets a lot better soon! Sub31k (talk) 04:32, 8 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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