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- Thank you very much sir Mr. Snatch (talk) 14:37, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
"Hotel" as an alternate name?
[edit]Hi, Mr. Snatch. Could you please leave the "alt" tab in hotel listings blank unless the hotel actually has a genuine alternate name? Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:06, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Also, if the advice for cellphone service is the same throughout Nigeria, please don't repeat it in any other article and put it only in the Nigeria article. Thanks! Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:07, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Okay sir, thank you very much Mr. Snatch (talk) 15:58, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you! Ikan Kekek (talk) 17:32, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
Listings
[edit]Please put listings for businesses like hotels, restaurants and bars in the article for the city they are in, not in the state they are in. Thank you. Also, the best way to add a listing is to use the listing templates that appear at the top of your edit screen. They will make sure you are using the correct formatting. Ground Zero (talk) 20:10, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Okay sir I will do that Mr. Snatch (talk) 20:15, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Which means don't do this in state articles, and actually, don't do it in city articles, either, because by posting "Closes soon," you demonstrate that you have copied and pasted without paying attention to the need to edit. Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:07, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- okay sir Mr. Snatch (talk) 22:18, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- You're still doing it. The country, even. Please stop, and please delete the default address info you've already added. Thanks. Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:02, 4 August 2024 (UTC)
- Okay sir Mr. Snatch (talk) 08:14, 4 August 2024 (UTC)
- You're still doing it. The country, even. Please stop, and please delete the default address info you've already added. Thanks. Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:02, 4 August 2024 (UTC)
- okay sir Mr. Snatch (talk) 22:18, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- Which means don't do this in state articles, and actually, don't do it in city articles, either, because by posting "Closes soon," you demonstrate that you have copied and pasted without paying attention to the need to edit. Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:07, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
Numbered lists
[edit]I should have thought of suggesting this before, but you can save yourself a lot of trouble by looking at articles in Category:Star articles and emulating their structure and style, even if it's still not always completely perfect. We don't use lists that we manually number. The numbers you see in several sections of a star article like Albuquerque get their numbers because lat/long geocoordinate numbers are given in the relevant listing tabs. Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:33, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
Links
[edit]Hi again. Please don't link every instance of a term like Nigeria. This isn't Wikipedia. One link per term per article is enough. Thanks. Ikan Kekek (talk) 03:31, 31 July 2024 (UTC)
- okay sir, thank you. Mr. Snatch (talk) 07:36, 31 July 2024 (UTC)
The purpose of the "Connect" section
[edit]Hi, sorry to be contacting you repeatedly, but some of the section names have ambiguous meanings. If you look at Wikivoyage:Small city article template#Connect, you'll see what this section is meant to cover:
Information on communications – phone, Internet, other. This is where you'd list Internet cafes or computer rental centers for staying in touch by email or on the Web. If there are free or paid wireless Internet hotspots in the district, name them here. Long-distance telephone centers, where travelers can pay to make long-distance telephone calls, would be useful here, too.
This section is about how to stay in touch with the rest of the world, not how to connect with people where you're visiting. Sure, you connect with them by talking to them, etc., but that's not the purpose of the section.
An additional thing it's not for, though, is to repeat general conditions that apply to the entire country. If all you can say is the exact thing that belongs in Nigeria#Connect, please leave out the section. It's not necessary to include it.
All the best,
Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:56, 31 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you very much sir, I really appreciate you efforts towards this. Mr. Snatch (talk) 22:27, 31 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you for working with us! Ikan Kekek (talk) 01:12, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
Don't tout and don't copy and paste
[edit]Re: these edits: Please read Wikivoyage:Don't tout and make sure to follow it. It appears you are also continuing to violate Wikivoyage:Copyleft by copying and pasting directly from commercial websites. I think it's necessary to revert these edits and temporarily block your editing privileges for 3 days to give you time to read the links we've given you and make sure you are applying them. Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:02, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
- Okay I will correct it sir Mr. Snatch (talk) 09:15, 8 August 2024 (UTC)