user talk:John of Reading

Special:Search/insource:/c\. ?f\./ gives at least 697 results for me and (barring some exceptions I might not know about) should actually say "cf."; would that be something that you could fix (or at least add to some config that you are using for your unrelated corrections)? 1234qwer1234qwer4 02:24, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

:{{Re|1234qwer1234qwer4}} Yes, I'll put that on my to-do list. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:49, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

:{{Re|1234qwer1234qwer4}} In progress. I'm searching for both uppercase and lowercase "c" and lowercase "f". There are plenty of false positives:

• A few music articles use it as an abbreviation of cantus firmus (eg at Clavier-Übung III#Textual and musical plan)
• In many Roman history articles it means "son/daughter of Gaius" (eg Horatia gens)
• In dozens of biology articles it abbreviates the first two words of a three-part species name (eg Celeus flavescens)
• As part of "loc. st. c. f.", it can turn up in articles about Moldavia Moldova (qv Communes of Moldova#Notes)

:-- John of Reading (talk) 17:52, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

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:{{Re|Randompersonediting}} Thank you! -- John of Reading (talk) 06:16, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

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:{{Re|DaniloDaysOfOurLives}} Thank you! Yes, the day went well. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:09, 3 May 2025 (UTC)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Kelantan_FA

article has multiple grammar/styling errors and copypasting parts, try to fix please 93.143.100.30 (talk) 16:18, 6 May 2025 (UTC)

:{{la|History of Kelantan FA}}

:I will read it through once the article history has stabilised. -- John of Reading (talk) 18:25, 6 May 2025 (UTC)

Hi, what’s the problem with one of my two edits? I mean the change to the highway allows people to not have to drive through Hell during their commute. This is factually correct. Anyone finding it humorous is doing so on their own.

Thanks! 2601:140:9200:C090:1448:A71:35A7:96CF (talk) 19:04, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

:{{la|Hell, Norway}}

:The article seems to attract edits that use the village name in ways that wouldn't seem natural in articles about other villages. -- John of Reading (talk) 06:49, 20 June 2025 (UTC)