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Congrats to Adele Spitzeder promoted! When should she appear? Soon, or a specific date? - I am proud today of a great woman on the Main page, Márta Kurtág, finally! - Here's my ideal candidate for arbcom. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:40, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
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No problem with your close as nobody else voted to delete, but I'm curious as to why you wrote even if there was no sufficient coverage to support a full article, nominator failed to explain why a merge to List of Dungeons & Dragons rulebooks (to be discussed at WP:Proposed mergers if necessary) is not a valid option (WP:ATD). I'm just curious as to why you say it should be on the nominator to suggest a merge, especially when I believe the article needs to be deleted? SportingFlyer T·C 10:11, 11 November 2019 (UTC)
It seems that I either totally disagree or totally concur with you on Wikipedia. On the balance, I think that's probably a positive. I believe you would make an excellent Arbcom member. Why don't you nominate yourself while there are still a few hours left? Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 03:44, 12 November 2019 (UTC)
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Hello! I found you on Adopt a User Project as I am currently looking for someone who could help me gain a better understanding of Wikipedia to enhance my contributions. I've been editing for a month now and used to address my questions on Teahouse page, but for me personal contact is always the fastest way to learn. I've read your profile and you are very experienced, i believe i can learn a lot from you. Hope you can adopt me. I won't bother you too often, promise) Hopeful --Less Unless (talk) 14:12, 8 November 2019 (UTC)
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Hope that you will bring newer perspectives to the committee :-) ∯WBGconverse 12:18, 14 December 2019 (UTC)
Super Cool! Congratulations Calmer Waters 16:26, 14 December 2019 (UTC)
Happy to see this, my friend :) If you want to learn to to use the CU tool, I'm always happy to help. TonyBallioni (talk) 16:42, 14 December 2019 (UTC)
I'm very pleased to see this result. Not sure if it was me who finally helped you decide to run, but it's been worthwhile and the Committee certainly needs someone like you. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 01:02, 15 December 2019 (UTC)
Congrats. I really think you're the right kind of person to work well in that kind of role, so I'm really glad you ran and succeeded! ~ mazca talk 01:51, 15 December 2019 (UTC)
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Unobligatory congratulations, and yes, I voted for you, like for most who clearly went for in dubio pro reo (- 2, one who disappointed me by a thoughtless edit summary mentioning therapy, the other because I knew he'd be elected anyway, - I wanted to vote only for 11). Would you have time for a look at a FAC in need? A quick look for the question if a FAC should have a Background section even if that appears the same way in other articles, or a long look for more comments? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:06, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
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Hello SoWhy if its not a problem with you, would you like to adopt me? Neomorph Xenomorph 07:45, 18 December 2019 (UTC) |
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Hey CAPTAIN RAJU, sorry for the late reply and thanks for the nice message. I hope whatever you celebrate will be great and I wish you a happy new year! Regards SoWhy 11:07, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
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Hi SoWhy! Die wärmsten Wünsche für Weihnachten, während ich bei 27 ℃ schwitze, und ich wünsche Dir einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr! Stoss mit mir ein Bier zusammen in Bangkok, wenn es noch wärmer wird! Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 10:20, 24 December 2019 (UTC) |
Hello SoWhy: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, DBigXrayᗙ Happy Holidays! 17:56, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
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このミラPはSoWhyたちのメリークリスマスも新年も変革と幸運の豊かな十年をおめでとうございます!
フレフレ、みんなの未来!/GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR FUTURE!
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Hey, SoWhy! I have some 13th century German I'm trying to get translated for Kifli:
dô brâchten im die pecken
chipfen und weiʒe flecken,
weiʒer dann ein hermelein.
Any chance you'd be able to help, or point me at someone else? (You probably got a ping to Kudpung's page, but I thought I'd ask here instead of cluttering up there! --valereee (talk) 04:41, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
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First congratulations / commiserations on your election to the committee. I am looking forward to your careful analysis and wise judgements as always. Secondly can I ask about your recusal from the RHaworth case, because this would seem to be an area within your expertise? Best regards — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 20:18, 5 January 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for your ping re Speedy decline for ASint Technology, but WP:NOTINHERITED. Effectively you are suggesting that if a page has a blue link to anything (notable owner... why not product, or employee, or such) this is a claim of significance. I can see why I was a bit too hasty for Maxdata, that's fair, but in this case I am really not convinced. I'll ping User:Ritchie333 for his 30. If both of you think this was not a valid A7, I'll revise my criteria for tagging A7, but I'd appreciate further explanation why 'two notable owners' are sufficient. (Would one be sufficient too? Would a notable product or employee be sufficient too? What about being WP:LISTED when BEFORE failed to find anything? A7 or safer to PROD?). --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 09:16, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
if ATD can be applied, deletion cannotThat's actually not true; someone (I believe it was TonyBallioni) once told me that it's a content decision. Also, policy does not say that such articles must be ATDed, just that they can be. Policy does not prohibit deletion; it just says that it might not be the ideal solution. I've also seen many articles that could have been ATDed deleted at AfD or even via CSD (after all, just because it can be ATDed doesn't mean it should be). However, I do agree that if it plausible can be ATDed, that's generally enough to at least make deletion controversial. Adam9007 (talk) 16:10, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
I did the DYK review but then noticed QPQ was missing. So, it's on hold for now, but please ping me when QPQ is done and I'll approve it (again). Indignant Flamingo (talk) 21:16, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
Hello SoWhy, are you okay with Inspector General report on the Crossfire Hurricane investigation as the article stands? You green-ticked the hook ALT3, and since then the DYK review was marked as promoted. I'm just double-checking since you didn't explicitly comment whether the Other problems
were resolved. Thanks :) starship.paint (talk) 13:36, 19 January 2020 (UTC)
Hello SoWhy! I don't know if you remember me, but about 5 weeks ago you agreed to adopt me and recommended to take courses at New Page Patrol Academy, which I am currently doing. I am on Module 4 , which covers Speedy deletion and one of the assignments is to successfully nominate 5 articles under G11. As you specify in speedy deletion I would like to ask you how to define which article is clearly G11 candidate and which just tells about (lets say company or product) , buy has some violations of NPOV. I find it hard to see the difference. Thank you. --Less Unless (talk) 18:12, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Piotrus and A7. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 16:36, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
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Thank you for your feedback I really appreciate you giving up your time. Best Wishes
Michael — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michael John Treanor (talk • contribs) 13:33, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
On 6 February 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Johann Baptist Sigl, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Johann Baptist Sigl (pictured) was imprisoned multiple times for publishing insulting articles about the German chancellor Otto von Bismarck and the German emperor? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Johann Baptist Sigl. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, ), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
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This is to let you know that Adele Spitzeder has been scheduled as WP:TFA for 9 February 2020. Please check that the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/February 9, 2020
Thank you today for the article about "one of the most prolific German swindlers who pioneered the Ponzi scheme before Charles Ponzi was even born"! - Thank you for arb work also, and I hope that next time I will have to thank you for a vote, not only five others for whom I voted ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:25, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
I fully understand why the page I created was marked for speedy deletion. My intention was not to waste anyone's time but I had to show the head of Bright Sky Group of Services that it wasn't going to remain published without sources and noteworthy information that is beneficial to Wikipedia users (like how the company was started by a Greek immigrant back in 1970 and expanded over the years to meet market demands). I begged for sources and historical information to tell a story and edited it what I had published last night to sound as least advertorial as I could. Is it possible at all to get what I wrote and formatted so far so that I can continue on? And if it turns out that I still don't get source or notable historical company info from the head of Bright Sky, I won't bother publishing at all again.
I appreciate your guidance, Megan Ford — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mford19 (talk • contribs) 17:16, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
Template:Dungeons has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. soetermans. ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 08:50, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
hi. i was wondering if it is possible for you to adopt me, under the Wikipedia program to do? I could really use your help and input. I appreciate it. thanks!!! --Sm8900 (talk) 14:26, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
I've found myself interested in becoming an admin, but realized that I likely wouldn't be that good of an admin (or at least wouldn't be able to pass an RfA), due to my poor understanding of the notability policy. I think adoption is (probably) the best option for me. Even though I likely wouldn't really do much around AfD or any other areas involving notability, I think that a good understanding of the notability policy is something that any admin should have. InvalidOS (talk) 14:50, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
Can you restore the redirect of Travis Patron you deleted, now that the redirection target is notable.
(I'm surprised there's no article for him, given his media prominence 1, 2, 3 - but I'm not interested in creating one). Nfitz (talk) 22:00, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello! I was wondering if there was, to your knowledge, a German Wikipedia page equivalent to our WP:RSPS? Thank you in advance for your answer, and belated congratulations to you on both Adele Spitzeder's achieving FA status and your selection for ARBCOM. Warm regards, Spintendo 13:22, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for answering my question at the HD. BTW, what triggered that question was that we have a more specialized feature on wiki: Even for my own contributions, I'm offered a link for “filter log”. So I tried to use that first, and it didn't occur to me that for the more basic feature, I needed to look outside of WP. ◄ Sebastian 09:51, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi there!
I want to get more involved with editing, and I was wondering if you'd be willing to adopt me (re)? Thanks, Balag12 (talk) 12:30, 23 February 2020 (UTC)
Re your comment on the case page - PD1.1 cannot actually pass now, as both AGK and David Fuchs indicated that they would only support it in the event of PD1 not passing. Black Kite (talk) 09:50, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello! I wanted to ask you what to do if a speedy deletion is contested by the creator of the article, but the article clearly needs to be deleted per Wikipedia policies. For instance, this article - Miss Charm. I nominated it per G4 as the article was recently deleted (logs [[2]]. The creator however contested the deletion saying that the subject is notable (but it was deleted because of the notability issues). I don't want to be edit-warring, but I don't know what is the proper way of conduct here. Can you please help me on this? Thank you in advance. --Less Unless (talk) 19:16, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
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I have actually read the WP:LISTED section you reference, and it says that being listed is not on its own a criteria of notability in absence of other independent sources. I have found nothing noteworthy about this ISP in about an hour (actually, I have stumbled onto the wiki page when I was trying to find ANYTHING about them), and the article itself is only references to their own web page (and one rather narrow google search, not even any resulting page). Which I noted in my comment on talk page. Additionally, looking at the page history, all four contributors to that page are tagged as affiliated with the company itself. I think the above makes it definitely not "clearly significant", and warrants if not a deletion, then a major rehaul of the page. At the very least, sections listing their current and historic offers definitely don't belong.MreeBiPolar (talk) 16:40, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
Hi, Hope you doing well. This is Abha Butt from Pakistan. I want to learn How to edit Wikipedia, as a few numbers of Pakistani are editing Wikipedia and improving articles related to Wikipedia. I am a traveler and I visit different places across Pakistan, most of the time I unable to find Wikipedia pages for Villages, Towns, and cities that exist in Pakistan. I read Wikipedia:List of policies and guidelines but I am still confused with reference for places. So, I want to request you adopt me and teache me how can I contribute to Wikipedia by creating new articles and improving existing. Waiting for your response. Thanks in advance. --Abha Butt (talk) 15:57, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
There seems to be a sudden uptick in proposed deletion of articles focused on top-division women's footballers by one user in particular. Would you mind taking a look if you have time? Thank you. Hmlarson (talk) 21:17, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
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You seem like a good nominee for Bureocrat. Third times the charm! You seem very experienced. Jcoolbro (talk) 13:36, 14 April 2020 (UTC)
I was intrigued to stolper onto your excellent recent definition of mendacity. It's a shame not all your colleagues on the Committee practice what they preach and that they don't examine fake claims with a more critical eye when adjudicating their cases. People on that team are not all skilled and experienced for what they are supposed to be doing, and it is not inconceivable that some might use their position to their own ends and vengeance - even the Arbitration Committee itself has a history of members being expelled. I'm glad I teased you to running in the election, and while I wouldn't suggest you try to change anything there, it might be an idea to help the community understand that the Committee does not have a Chairperson (or does it?) and that Committee self-appointed 'spokespersons' are often evincing their own personal views and dislikes of the people in the dock.. Take care my friend, and Jcoolbro's suggestion is not unreasonable. Plenty of people are with both hats bekleidet and I would support it in a heartbeat. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 05:59, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
I saw you reverted my edit, when in fact I am correct as the main headquarters for this district is here in San Diego where I live and they oversee the Los Angeles office is stated in this article: https://www.ncis.navy.mil/About-NCIS/Locations/ where it says in part "SOUTHWEST FIELD OFFICE 3405 WELLES STREET BLDG 57 SUITE 1 SAN DIEGO CA 92136
PHONE: 619-556-1364 DSN: 526-1364
The Southwest Field Office (SWFO), located aboard Naval Station San Diego, California, currently employs approximately 130 personnel spread across the main field office as well as six resident agencies and resident units in California.
Subordinate Offices: NCISRA China Lake, California; NCISRA Lemoore, California; NCISRA Los Angeles; NCISRA San Diego; NCISRA Ventura, California; and NCISRU Monterey, California."
It also reference on the NCIS Office Preference List as "Southwest: The Southwest Field Office is located in San Diego, CA. Subordinate offices I may be assigned to include: NCISRA Los Angeles, CA; NCISRA Ventura, CA; NCISRA China Lake, CA; and NCISRA Lemoore, CA." - Link https://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/NCIS_Office_Preference_Sheet.pdf
I will be removing that statement again as the office does indeed exist. Please do not revert it but post on here and it can be discussed. Thanks! --Galendalia (talk) 08:57, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
On 29 April 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Alan Abel (musician), which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 13:51, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
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Good morning. I am just trying to clarify how to do this. I am new to this. I have no no paid interest on The Elephant Project. I am the founder of the non-profit and education about the need to protect elephants and our unique ways to do I thought would be good to have on wiki. There is nothing nefarious going on. Me and the whole team are volunteers.
Additionally, I made some factual changes to the page about me - that I did not create and so didn't realize that was not authorized.
So how can I get a page created for The Elephant Project.
Thanks for your time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1006:B16F:C408:A09F:313B:CE4A:10AB (talk) 13:37, 8 May 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for reviewing, I raised it as AfD now. Btw, I created that article myself, but later someone (I believe) close to the band decided to rewrite history and all the properly referenced information was deleted, with a claim it was false. I don't think the page and artist meet notability criteria anymore. Mayast (talk) 16:02, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
S. David Freeman has died from Virus few hours ago. posted on the California. https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/obituaries/article242692871.html Ryan Pikachu (talk) 03:27, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
S. David Freeman has died of heart attack. His daughter said. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-05-13/s-david-freeman-public-power-chief-and-energy-adviser-dies-at-94 Ryan Pikachu (talk) 15:30, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
On 15 May 2020, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article S. David Freeman, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Black Kite (talk) 22:39, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
Selbst die deutsche Version von Siegfried & Roy gibt keine Angaben bezüglich "Bundesland". Warum haben Sie noch kein "Niedersachsen" oder "Bayern" dort hinzugefügt? - Iscoak (talk) 03:22, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
((infobox person))
) explicitly use the city, administrative region, country specification and this is the standard for basically all biographical articles, including those for German subjects (featured article/good article examples: Franz Kafka, Albert Speer, Simon Wiesenthal). Changing an article because you don't like the style this project uses is not helpful. I do concede that Lower Saxony did not exist back then, that was indeed a mistake, however, removal instead of correction is not the right approach. Also, since talk pages are an open forum, please use English on this project when communicating with others, so that other users know what you are saying. Regards SoWhy 08:05, 16 May 2020 (UTC)You may want to look here how an IP is trying to impersonate you. --Saqib (talk) 11:31, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I'm user of urwiki. This article is a translation from Arabic and Urdu Wikipedia. This article is available on those wiki for years. I translated and had mentioned sources but someone (you have warned him multiple times for nominating article speedy deletion) drafted it. He was the father of Ibn Taymiyyah.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Shahbuddin_Ibn_Taymiyyah
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King of nepal died in 1955 at the hospital Switzerland. Tribhuvan body was taken back to Nepal where he had states of funeral. and later he was cramated at the river and later at sea from Pashupati Aryaghat. following youtube video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9nhlooO6lk Ryan Pikachu (talk) 05:37, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
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Hi Dear Friend, Before You Deleted Our Company Page Named: ecohos i think because of we did not add any reference to our page, currently we had an interview with cnn turkey, 8tv, fox news turkey, but still not added to their websites. but crunchbase and goodfirms is okay for reference and all of our company data is completely entered. when we wanted to create again our page on wikipedia, we received an alert that we must first get permission from you. Thank you for understanding us. your sincerely. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Farzam.iman (talk • contribs) 09:41, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
Dear Friend We Are Registered Trademark Brand in Turkey, and we want to give information about our activity, not advertising! for example we work with Municipality, Customs, And we have a bunch of lawyers and government officials next to us. As you said, we advertise through Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. And you're aware that every brand needs a Wikipedia page. If you need evidence to support our claim, we will provide it to Wikipedia, regards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Farzam.iman (talk • contribs) 10:15, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
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Hi, SoWhy! I see that you blocked this user for a violation of our username policy, but I don't see how he/she was in violation of it. As I understand it, "Bafana Buthelezi at Proteger Holdings SA" is a fully acceptable username of the "Mark at WidgetsUSA" form; for that reason I didn't block, but did ask the user to make a WP:PAID disclosure. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 19:00, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
SoWhy, confirmation of Wiselauren has been recieved. Could you unblock? Thanks, Sam-2727 (talk) 04:36, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello So Why! I wonder if you could please consult me on some of the questions regarding CSD G12 criterion I find it hard to understand. I understand the guidelines for G12 and Revdel, however what's difficult for me at the moment is:
1. What should I do if the creator removed the G12 nomination (not using the contest button)? ( I guess warn him and put the tag back, but not sure) 2. What should be done if having seen the G12 nomination, the creator removes or rewrites the violated text (probably it should be revldeled, but i'm not 100% sure). 3. Behavior number 2 is lowering the percentage of correctly nominated articles per CSD in my log. Is is being considered when making a decision about granting NPP rights (it's what i'm currently studying in the academy for)? (I know, this is probably the wrong question for you, but I will still ask just in case you might know). Thank you in advance! Best, Less Unless (talk) 11:22, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
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instead (providing the information required). When granting NPP related rights, admins will usually consider not only whether entries are blue-linked but also why they are blue-linked (i.e. not whether they were deleted or not but whether the tagging was correct at the time of tagging). Regards SoWhy 17:42, 23 June 2020 (UTC)Hi, since you're around, any chance of a block on 2401:4900:41f8:3bd3:d4e8:1410:3bb6:7e75 (talk · contribs)? They're inserting unsourced stuff at the Valmiki caste article and their edit summaries suggest they aren't going to change (apparently my backside is going to be red, among other things). - Sitush (talk) 08:26, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
I was editing my page and you deleted it why? You're a fucking cunt man what is your problem I can tell that you have no fucking life just let me finish making my fucking page and then decide whether it needs to be deleted you cunt — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bary BadMan (talk • contribs) 09:31, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I found you on Category:Wikipedia administrators willing to provide copies of deleted articles. Could you provide me with a copy of Corky Boozé? Many thanks. −−− Cactus Jack 🌵 05:41, 1 July 2020 (UTC)
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His son Pucho III had died this year so heres Reference. https://world-today-news.com/reporter-leo-fernandez-iii-dies/ Pucho Fernández has Funeral service and cremated at Celestium The Crematory https://www.primerahora.com/entretenimiento/farandula/notas/muere-el-actor-pucho-fernandez/ http://latremendacorte.info/articulos/index_files/muere-pucho-hijo-de-tres-patines.php
There no Reference for Pucho Fernández. Ryan Pikachu (talk) 00:02, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
Hello! Forgive my bad english. This section says that drafts can be erased Wikipedia:Drafts#Speedy_deletion. Anyway, my area is dance, this person was currently irrelevant, as you can see in the references. She was "very happy" on facebook for her article... But I am obedient and I accept your decision. Regards, Laura Fiorucci (talk) 14:48, 22 July 2020 (UTC)
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Hi, you deleted the page Spyridon Panagopoulos today, but I don't see either an RfD or a speedy deletion request. This is someone involved in a growing, large-scale case of potential plagiarism [9]. I'd like to see the rationale for the deletion. --WiseWoman (talk) 20:16, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
hi,
i did not leave a citation on my last edit of the jens soering page because the short phrase did not warrant one. i wrote something like, According to some interpretations.... Without this phrase it looks like the following words are gospel truth, that the DNA evidence exonerates Soering. Moreover, in the next paragraph, also my edit from some weeks ago, it is clear that the DNA evidence must be interpreted.
i hope this is clear. cheers, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dannydunnontheoceanfloor (talk • contribs) 17:53, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
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I like today's Main page, with the TFA (thank you for peer review comments) on the anniversary day (of both dedication and our concert), a DYK, and a great photographer who didn't make it soon enough, Jürgen Schadeberg, - more on my talk, mostly about the tribute to Brian who shared his sources. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:26, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
First, thanks a lot for responding to my edit request last week at Talk:Project Veritas and for implementing the first two parts of the request. Regarding the third part of the request (changing "contained the following apology" to "stated"), the source that you cited was already discussed in the RfC (now found at Talk:Project Veritas/Archive 1#RfC on verifiability in ACORN section) and the consensus was still in favor of removing "apology." The reason the source referring to an "apology" was dismissed was that it was not from a normal news article in The Atlantic (a reliable source), but rather from a blog aggregator, The Atlantic Wire, quoting a piece from Wonkette - neither of which is a reliable source. In addition, a piece by Conor Friedersdorf in The Atlantic (here) explicitly states: "As you can see, the resolution didn't require O'Keefe to admit wrongdoing or to fully apologize for the wrong he did Vera." In light of this, I would greatly appreciate if you could implement this part of the edit request as well. Thank you, Sal at PV (talk) 13:15, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
Hello Michaelchan1013. The nature of your edits, such as the one you made to SI Partners, gives the impression you have an undisclosed financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. Paid advocacy is a category of conflict of interest (COI) editing that involves being compensated by a person, group, company or organization to use Wikipedia to promote their interests. Undisclosed paid advocacy is prohibited by our policies on neutral point of view and what Wikipedia is not, and is an especially serious type of COI; the Wikimedia Foundation regards it as a "black hat" practice akin to black-hat search-engine optimization.
Paid advocates are very strongly discouraged from direct article editing, and should instead propose changes on the talk page of the article in question if an article exists. If the article does not exist, paid advocates are extremely strongly discouraged from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly.
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@Michaelchan1013: Totally understand your concern. Yet, I promise that I'm not entitled to any compensation or benefits of creating and editing the page of SI Partners. The reason for creating such a page is that the company is reputable in the field of media and communications M&A advisory. Also, as you can see, their international network proves that they are famous in the finance world. Hope this can solve your enquiries.
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Hey! Would you mind removing the protection level for Assassination threats against Donald Trump now? It's been three years, and since that time, the article has been renamed. The link is now a double redirect, and there's nothing I or anyone else can do to fix it. Thanks! Love of Corey (talk) 01:41, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
Dear SoWhy, you recently approved my request to access NewspaperARCHIVE.com on The Wikipedia Library. I am at a loss on how to access it. Can you help?
Thanks, Andrew nyr (talk, contribs) 21:00, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
i just found that Kazimierz Sabbat just collapsed at Sloane Square tube station where he died of a heart attack. so i added cause of his death in death place. i don't know how. https://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/21/world/london-journal-a-president-a-cabinet-but-a-country-far-away.html?searchResultPosition=1 Ryan Pikachu (talk) 16:43, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
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parameter in the infobox, see my change. Regards SoWhy 11:09, 28 September 2020 (UTC)Can you add Funeral of Thomas H. Ince? they said he was cremated at November 21 at Hollywood forever, and three days later his ashes scattered at the sea. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Resting_Places/FOHgDAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Thomas+H.+Ince+resting+place&pg=PA365&printsec=frontcover Ryan Pikachu (talk) 16:55, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
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You closed a deletion discussion on this soldier as Redirect to Operation Red Wings. User:Delta fiver has submitted a draft, which I declined, but now have discussed with the author, who has pointed out that recently there have been various honors in memory of his heroism, such as the naming of a post office. I would like to accept the draft, and was about to go to Deletion Review, but I see that the instructions say to check with the closing administrator. So: Should I go to Deletion Review, or should I just accept the draft? Robert McClenon (talk) 21:45, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
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The section title describes how I feel when navigating TWL. I need access to newspaper.com and newspaperarchive.com - thought I already had access. I actually did for a while but something changed, and for some reason I no longer have that access. I need supervision as to how I can regain access...so can you please help? Maneurvering TWL's website is not as easy as it used to be - and not a good option for me. I tried it earlier this year, thought I had accomplished what I needed to do, but here I am. Atsme 💬 📧 23:39, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
Can you add categories name called Burials in Nepal? because few people buried in that country. Gopal Gurung Lalbahadur Thapa Begum Hazrat Mahal and Kalu Pande. i just serached categories, there no found. Ryan Pikachu (talk) 20:10, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
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to the pages in question. Regards SoWhy 08:55, 12 November 2020 (UTC)Hi, Can you review it? He is notable. I don't know why I'm failed to create CJ Werleman. Hasan (talk) 05:52, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
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I am slightly (only slightly!) annoyed that you moved WP:VPI#Creation of a CSD criteria for articles and drafts with no encyclopedic value to WT:CSD. My observation (and I am "guilty" of the same) is that WT:CSD does not move very fast on new CSD, and it especially tends to stomp out new ideas, especially those that have no semblance of meeting the criteria for a new criterion. Some topic first discussed at VPI should probably have the opportunity to be discussed there, rather than plopped on WT:CSD and summarily opposed by the choir there (something not possible for one following the rules at VPI).
Not a big deal, but thought that one might be worth pointing out. --Izno (talk) 18:49, 24 November 2020 (UTC)
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Hi SoWhy -- What are you reading the claim as being here? I don't often speedy tag articles and I think this is my first ever decline. Regards, Espresso Addict (talk) 21:00, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi there, do you know how I can get my statement into the preliminary statements? Please discuss with me before moving my remarks. Thanks. Onetwothreeip (talk) 20:17, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
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Could you please explain why you created User:SoWhy/Ten Commandments for Speedy Deletion, and then created Wikipedia:10CSD a minute later, and never moved the userspace version over the redirect, once you were satisfied with it? Geo Swan (talk) 20:40, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
You don't have a good reason for it, by any chance?A good reason for the practice? Except perhaps for userfied essays, I actually can't think of any off the top of my head. Adam9007 (talk) 21:37, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
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