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Just added the "Share" buttons to the side panel. Let us know if you have any issues with them. Joe P. 08:13, 16 January 2012 (EST)

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Joe P. 14:41, 21 January 2013 (EST)

Upcoming Events ...

... should be updated. Events from July and August 2015 are still listed ... how about mentioning "Zauber-Pedia" under "Friends of MagicPedia" ... ? :-) --Cortini 02:14, 2 September 2015 (EST)

done and done. thanks! Joe P. 06:16, 2 September 2015 (EST)

thank YOU!--Cortini 16:31, 2 September 2015 (EST)

Lou Derman was born on September 28th, NOT 27th ----Cortini 10:38, 27 September 2015 (EST)

Thanks again! Joe P. 12:49, 27 September 2015 (EST)

Please check the entries for today, October 3rd: Max Malini and Max Katz Breit (double entry plus Max Malini (October 3, 1875-October 3,1942) known ... --Cortini 06:50, 3 October 2015 (EST)

Henk Vermeyden was not born today, October 16, Please check. --Cortini 03:12, 16 October 2015 (EST)

Thanks again! Joe P. 06:09, 16 October 2015 (EST)

Cardini died 12th November, not 13th --Cortini 03:48, 13 November 2015 (EST)

Good catch. Thanks for making the updates! Joe P. 08:21, 13 November 2015 (EST)

Matt Schulien wasn’t born on the 17th, but 19th--Cortini 02:20, 17 November 2015 (EST)

B. L. Gilbert did not die on this day 28th...--Cortini 03:56, 28 November 2015 (EST)

Robert-Houdin was born on December 7th, not 6th. Could not change because page is locked. --Cortini 18:34, 5 December 2015 (EST)

There is a known bug with pages that have an "accent" mark in the title which does not allow editing. I'll try to get it fixed some day. Joe P. 12:32, 6 December 2015 (EST)

Al Flosso did not pass away on Dec.20--Cortini 05:11, 20 December 2015 (EST)

Correct. His wifel, Mrs. Lillie Flosso, did. Joe P. 08:19, 20 December 2015 (EST)

January 22

when following the link: Search for all articles with the date: January 22 some names appear which have nothing to do with that day: Lord Amwell and Gogia Pasha --Cortini (talk) 13:13, 22 January 2016 (EST)

It finds the text anywhere. Pasha is in the references " Obit, Abra, January 22, 1977" Joe P. (talk) 15:09, 22 January 2016 (EST)

Tommy Tucker was born Febr. 5th--Cortini (talk) 13:14, 6 February 2016 (EST)

Thanks again, as always! Joe P. (talk) 16:31, 6 February 2016 (EST)

March 30

Edwin Brush did NOT die today (March 30) --Cortini (talk) 02:33, 30 March 2016 (EDT)

Félicien Trewey

cannot open ... have to sign in with Genii --Cortini (talk) 06:10, 23 May 2016 (EDT)

There is a known problem with pages that have accents in the name. Try Felicien Trewey Joe P. (talk) 17:03, 23 May 2016 (EDT)

right, now I remember ... --Cortini (talk) 09:35, 25 May 2016 (EDT)

Maurice F. Raymond

... was not born this (May 30) day ... --Cortini (talk) 05:01, 30 May 2016 (EDT)

Fixed. Thanks! Joe P. (talk)

Search Function

search for more entries (Search for all articles with the date: March 14) doesn't seem to work ... --Cortini (talk) 19:01, 14 March 2018 (EDT)

Can you provide a link? Mine seems to work: https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=advanced&search=%22March+14%22&fulltext=Search Joe P. (talk) 07:58, 15 March 2018 (EDT)

I tried just now: https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=Special%253ASearch&profile=advanced&search=%2522March+16%2522 --Cortini (talk) 13:58, 16 March 2018 (EDT)

looks like you might be using fancy quotes. Joe P. (talk)

I don't do anything except clicking on to the Search for all articles with the date: March 16 link ...I have not idea ... --Cortini (talk) 20:11, 16 March 2018 (EDT)

Ed Reno

he was NOT born on the 23rd ... I would have corrected it but you wiki seems to be very slow ... --Cortini (talk) 10:25, 23 April 2018 (EDT)

Fixed. Thanks! Joe P. (talk)

Featured Article

How about a change of the "current" (for more than one year) article. e. g. The Whole Art of Legerdemain, or Hocus Pocus in Perfection or FISM or Intellectual rights to magic methods --Cortini (talk) 12:09, 7 May 2018 (EDT)

John Albenice

he died December 1st ... --Cortini (talk) 07:21, 3 December 2018 (EST)