User talk:Viv Bar

Problem with your custom signature

You have a custom signature set in your account preferences. A change to Wikipedia's software has made your current custom signature incompatible with the software.

The problem: Your preferences are set to interpret your custom signature as wikitext. However, your current custom signature does not contain any wikitext.

The solutions: You can reset your signature to the default, or you can fix your signature.

Solution 1: Reset your signature to the default:

Find the signature section in the first tab of Special:Preferences.
Uncheck the box (☑︎→☐) that says "Treat the above as wiki markup."
Remove anything in the Signature: text box. (It might already be empty.)
Click the blue "Save" button at the bottom of the page. (The red "Restore all default settings" button will reset all of your preference settings, not just the signature.)

Solution 2: Fix your custom signature:

Find the signature section in the first tab of Special:Preferences.
Uncheck the box (☑︎→☐) that says "Treat the above as wiki markup."
Click the blue "Save" button at the bottom of the page.

More information about custom signatures is available at Wikipedia:Signatures#Customizing how everyone sees your signature. If you have followed these instructions and still want help, please leave a message at Wikipedia talk:Signatures. Thank you. 18:03, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Michael Barry

Welcome!

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions so far. I hope you like the place and decide to stay.

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Perhaps there is an article where you could add the information about Michael Barry. That article could then be the 'blue link' on the DAB page.

Thank you. Leschnei (talk) 12:30, 6 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Barry

Please do not continue to add Michael Barry of the Irish Army to the disambiguation page Michael Barry. A listing with no linked article is useless to the reader; there is nowhere for them to go for further information. If you have reliable sources demonstrating his reliability, you could perhaps add him to an existing page. Leschnei (talk) 11:57, 7 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]