Talk:William Speirs Bruce

message: Does anyone intend to continue this article, which stops when Bruce was 26 years old and has nothing whatever to say about the important events of his life? At present it is hardly more use than a stub. Brianboulton (talk) 00:12, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I am intending to build up the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition first. When I 've done that I will tuen my attention here. Brianboulton (talk) 11:50, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I am now working on the extension of this biographical article. Because my sources are different from those used by Imkgeo I have had to abandon most of his/her material as I can't cite it. Brianboulton (talk) 21:05, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Truncated biography

message: The internet inline citations used in this article are improperly formatted and this problem may hinder a GA nomination. Internet citations require at the very least information on the  title, publisher and last access date of any webpages used. If the source is a news article then the date of publication and the author are also important. This information is useful because it allows a reader to a) rapidly identify a source's origin b) ascertain the reliability of that source and c) find other copies of the source should the website that hosts it become unavaliable for any reason. It may also in some circumstances aid in determining the existance or status of potential copyright infringments. Finally, it looks much tidier, making the article appear more professional. There are various ways in which this information can be represented in the citation, listed at length at Wikipedia:Citing sources. The simplest way of doing this is in the following format:
 
As an example:
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which looks like:
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If any information is unknown then simply omit it, but title, publisher and last access dates are always required. I strongly recommend that all internet inline references in this article be formatted properly before this article undergoes GA review, and indeed this is something that a reviewer should insist you do before promoting your article. If you have any further questions please contact me and as mentioned above, more information on this issue can be found at Wikipedia:Citing sources. Regards
::In response to the (unsigned) above I have reformatted the inline citations. I would point out, however, that the properly formatted information per  is included the Sources section. Brianboulton (talk) 15:50, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Citations

message: Dear fellow contributors
MOSNUM no longer encourages date autoformatting, having evolved over the past year or so from the mandatory to the optional after much discussion there and elsewhere of the disadvantages of the system. Related to this, MOSNUM prescribes rules for the raw formatting, irrespective of whether or not dates are autoformatted. MOSLINK and CONTEXT are consistent with this. 
There are at least six disadvantages in using date-autoformatting, which I've capped here:
Removal has generally been met with positive responses by editors. I'm seeking feedback about this proposal to remove it from the main text (using a script) in about a week's time on a trial basis. The original input formatting would be seen by all WPians, not just the huge number of visitors; it would be plain, unobtrusive text in the prevailing format for the article, which would give greater prominence to the high-value links. BTW, anyone has the right to object, and my aim is not to argue against people on the issue. Tony (talk) 12:52, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposal to remove date-autoformatting 

message: He was born/grew up in England and had a Welsh mother. Did he see himself as "Scottish?" If not, calling him British is more neutral.--85.211.120.106 (talk) 13:09, 22 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Scottish? 

message: The following text was added to the "Marriage and family life" section in August 2012, by an IP editor, presumably Colin B. Withers:
" However, his marriage has now been found. It took place on the 26 January 1901, at Nigg, in Ross & Cromarty, at the Chapelhill United Free Church after banns. Bruce gave his occupation as Naturalist and Zoologist, son of Samuel Noble Bruce, surgeon MRCS, and a bachelor, while Jessie gave her status as a spinster, daughter of Alexander Mackenzie, master tailor, deceased. Bruce gave his residence as 17 Joppa Road, Portobello, Edinburgh, while Jessie gave hers as Chapelhill, Nigg, and as one of the witnesses was Isabella Mackenzie it would appear that Nigg was Jessie's home parish. (Colin B. Withers)."
This is interesting and relevant. It would be good to include in the article at  least the date and location of the wedding, if not the supplementary detail. However, we need a reliable source for any information that is added; this is a featured article for which the standards of sourcing are stringent. An online genealogy  site would not be considered of sufficient reliability. If Colin Withers is still watching this page, perhaps he would state exactly where he got the information from. Brianboulton (talk) 15:13, 1 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bruce's marriage details 

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message: hallo 72.138.95.18 (talk) 13:20, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
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message: Wiki is bad, i can't understand a single thing so change some thing before I give u a bad review! 72.138.95.18 (talk) 13:21, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  i don't understand wiki