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Just a suggestion...



You might consider adding the Bulgarian Romeo class ↗ submarine to List of museum ships ↗, along with any others you may be aware of. (fyi) Cheers - <span style="color: black">wolf</span> 16:22, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

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This edit was made months ago now, but I would like to point out your edit on HMS Kent (F78) ↗ did not include a citation. The content involved was true, and I have added a citation, but if I hadn't, I could have easily deleted it. Thanks. BMB YT 500000 (talk) 13:34, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

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:Thanks. I will seek to do that. IBrock (talk) 17:45, 22 January 2023 (UTC)

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Hello IBrock, in your recent extensive edits, seeking to improve the List of ships ↗, I am afraid that you have inadvertently introduced some new problems. May I suggest that you just pause such edits. In particular, you are expressing the tonnage of ships in tonnes ↗ (a metric measure of mass/weight) where the figures themselves are for gross tonnage ↗ (a unit-less measurement derived from volume). You will see that the figures taken from MarineTraffic are there clearly shown as, for example for ''SD Reliable'', "Gross Tonnage: 271". If the figures were for deadweight tonnage ↗ or displacement ↗ tonnes might be appropriate.

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It's nothing to worry about - just a learning curve - and, like rainbows, they never end. Davidships (talk) 23:51, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

:Ok. Thanks. Sorry, I don't look at my messages often enough. I will pause and review. IBrock (talk) 11:33, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
::Thanks - ping me if necessary.Davidships (talk) 18:31, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
:::I have removed all the gross tonnage figures. As for "bare URLs", I need to read up on this as well. ... you are correct, an endless learning curve. IBrock (talk) 08:51, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
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Improving reliability of sources



Hi @IBrock! I saw on Northern Fleet ↗, List of active Russian Navy ships ↗, and a few other articles that you've added a number of citations to self-published sources such as russianfleetanalysis.blogspot.com and sources that have previously been discussed as unreliable or questionable, such as Military Watch Magazine (see WP:SOURCEGUIDE ↗), Navy Recognition (see WP:ARMYRECOGNITION ↗), and Tass (see WP:TASS ↗). I'd encourage reviewing your sources and removing information that isn't available from reliable sources. You may find it helpful to install Meta:Cite Unseen ↗ to help you quickly identify sources to clean up. Thanks! Dreamyshade (talk) 00:00, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

:Hello, I try to review sources for reliability. Where an author of a blog spot is widely interviewed on mainstream sites, his/her blog is likely reliable. The information presented by Tass, or any Russian source, obviously needs to be carefully considered before being included. However, where a possibly biased source incorporates information that either is not in its own interest to present or is of neutral impact (example dealing with history for instance), then it is likely more credible. So I will keep all of this in mind. IBrock (talk) 13:23, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

Request for input on “active ships” definition



Hi, I noticed your revert on the List of active Royal Navy ships page regarding HMS Richmond. I’ve started a discussion on the article talk page about how “active” should be defined (commissioned status vs operational status).
I’d appreciate your input there so we can reach a clear consensus on the inclusion criteria. Thanks. &#126;2026-34338-33 ↗ (talk) 10:31, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for June 26



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National varieties of English



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:Yes, I missed that. Thanks for letting me know. IBrock (talk) 19:15, 2 July 2026 (UTC)