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Warning to not Undo current update on the page of Sparsh Khanchandani

I am managing Sparsh Khanchandani's social medias & I have noticed that you are undoing all my updates to her Wikipedia page.. If you continue to do so I will report you under cyber crime, IT Act, 2000. Dear friend, let me do my job & how about you find a job for yourself.Kindly do not indulge in these activities. Hoping for an understanding cooperation. Thanks BhaNikii (talk) 16:26, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Ohh hlw history Chang q Kee saly jataa h naa bhaa aa k Maru gaa Sanjeev Choudhary007 (talk) 07:33, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

At some point between 25 Feb and today, you made an edit to the page List of Australia ODI cricketers. Unfortunately, before your edit a vandalistic edit was made so that some bogan could pretend he'd made 15,000 runs for Australia when he does not exist. I have reverted everything up to then so, if you wish to make your edit again, please do so. 79.71.9.109 (talk) 20:12, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi Dl2000,

thank you for helping me with my first attempts to create a proper article on Wikipedia! My first mistake was "donating my own texts" from the www.sadananda.com website which I am running and which was then marked as a copyright problem. I have rephrased my own text now, cut a huge part and given a link to the website instead.

I have, however, deleted references by you (or a former editor) that were not related to the text, as I thought that it works like with a normal article: references must be related to quoted literature in the text. But maybe I am wrong and it works differently here? I meant no offense by deleting it. I just had the impression that it was added only to "save the article" by adding sources and that they could be replaced by better ones. I have now added connected references and hope the quality of the article has improved.

In order to give a more balanced view I have searched for other places where people mention Sadananda like Eidlitz, Ramdas, Veltheim-Ostrau, Sardella or Bon. This seems, to me, to give quite a range. They all mention Sadananda by name, therefore they seem to be relevant to me.

I would appreciate if we could discuss future changes before we are editing the text.

Thanks for the help again!

Katrinclaudia (talk) 21:21, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for reviewing and amending my first Wikipedia article. I appreciate the guidance! Muttleee (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 23:19, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

It's not just about something developed somewhere that's not a former part of British North America, it's about something developed in Britain. Template:EngvarA just redirects to Template:Use American English, and Template:EngvarC just redirects to Template:Use Canadian English; I infer from the discussion for the proposed deletion of that the reason why Template:EngvarB doesn't just redirect to Template:Use British English is that it refers to all the non-North American varieties of English, not specifically to British English.

I'm not sure what articles should be tagged with Template:EngvarB rather than some "Use XXX English" variant. For example, there's Template:Use Australian English, Template:Use Irish English, Template:Use Indian English, etc., so articles about Australian/Irish/Indian/etc. topics could just use those. The proposed-deletion discussion indicates that there have been objections to tagging articles about Australian topics with {{Use British English}}, such as the one here, but presumably using {{Use Australian English}} would be more precise than just {{EngvarB}}.

And Automatic Computing Engine is an article about a British topic, so presumably {{Use British English}} would be appropriate there. Is this change just being done automatically or semi-automatically, without much human intervention? Guy Harris (talk) 01:12, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

@Guy Harris: Upon another review of the article, agreed that the British tag is better. The {{EngvarB}} was applied in error on the side of caution, so will fix that as you suggest. Dl2000 (talk) 01:28, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Thank you!! Dhksml1 (talk) 06:31, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

very very thank you!! Dhksml1 (talk) 06:33, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

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Hi. Please take a look at this source, as per this, the population of Purnia is 310,817 but there is another source (which you have cited) which gives another figure. Thanks. — Jakichandan (talk) 00:02, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

@Jakichandan: please see Talk:Purnia#2011 population, the difference seems to be which scope of urban area to use. Dl2000 (talk) 00:49, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

Here's the thing: I don't think the Spock hand connotes the idea of "stop" so much as it's just humorous. Anyway, my goal on Wikipedia is to stop others from editing, so I reverted you. Chris Troutman (talk) 00:37, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

I think you have flagged the page for Singapore Management University as reading like an advert. Could you kindly identify the passages to which you object? Tpjsmu (talk) 09:59, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

@Tpjsmu:: You removed the advert tag without providing any justification for doing so. The article structure and content seemed to be fundamentally unchanged since January, some relatively minor detail changes and some referencing changes. It seemed to resemble a brochure for university programs and facilities, with most citations from primary sources (i.e. the university or related departments). There are a few secondary citations, but probably should have some more of those. Note that the advert tag was placed by @Mean as custard: back in January; that editor may want to take another look to determine if that template is still appropriate. Further discussion on this should be done at Talk:Singapore Management University. Dl2000 (talk) 01:52, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

Bit of a muddle there - I seem to have missed your last edit and accidentally reverted it! Sorry! All seems to be right now. --Soundofmusicals (talk) 12:23, 30 June 2018 (UTC)

I am a new Wikipedia contributor , not always aware of your etiquette . I started this new involvement to help an non_governmental_organization with my computer-based knowledge . This NGO deals with ecology and the safeguard of the Amazon and its population .Its founder ,M.C. Meyer is the only permanent person of this structure and needs help .

His article ([1]) can seem as self-promotion as he is the only person working on the subject : this seems to me a justification for that .
About the way of presenting the facts , I have a lot to learn , so could you tell me which edit(s) caused your remarks .
About external links , what is the best way to link one fact to another : reference , note ,external pdf, external website ? (I read that ext.links must be avoided in the main article).
 I hope you will find some minutes to guide a newbie . Thanks.

PS : M.C.Meyer suggested that I insist on the fact that he has got a lot of support for his action from several sources such as UNESCO , French Academy des Sciences , french Universities , Manaus government , etc... Maybe this is not the point of your intervention . Jacquesbonder (talk) 07:39, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

I am a fan of Ecology and  I follow  the work of Dr. Meyer since a long time ( I am retired with more time to read and think ). I often read the Magazine Paris Match ( very well known in France ) so I saw this article about him, and thought it would be interesting to say in Wikipedia that his research and development is being recognized by a newspaper benefiting from a strict “editorial board” and a “drafting committee”( especially in the “MatchDocument” section ).
   I contacted the Instituto Gigantes da Ecologia (thanks to Wikipedia...) after that  and they sent me information about new Meyer’s publications in Brazil and France (links from their database called pisad.bio), as well as new prizes and decorations he received in these countries (other pisad.bio links). I thought that it would be useful that these new evolution and development of his work do appear in the Wikipedia; that is why I proposed this posts/interventions in WK, which I will ‘re-adapt’ following your suggestions…

In order to understand the question about pisad.bio link, I have contacted again the people of Intituto Gigantes da Ecologia, whose answer is below . I hope you will better understand my role in all this and also that all the material of M.C. Meyer bio is not self-publicity .

  Jacquesbonder (talk) 06:17, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

Mail from Brasil :

Dear Jacques,

Thank you very much for your interest in our activities related to the protection of the Amazon in the “Instituto Gigantes da Ecologia”. Sorry for the delay in answering your questions about the creation of Mario Christian Meyer’s profile in Wikipedia. It was initiated in Brazil by an editorial board and technical committee formed by people who knew his work in 2008, when Dr. Meyer received the Giants Award of Ecology Award (Tributo Instituto Gigantes da Ecologia). Knowing the importance of the preservation of the Amazon Forest to the world and worried about its safeguard, we began to follow this scientist, because of some 'differentials' in relation to other known projects, appointed in the profile, as: • Herb’Içana project was developed based on knowledge acquired in 30 years of research in situ; • the innovative nature of the research form and its application, including the preservation of the biological wealth (biodiversity), the knowledge of the Indians about medicinal plants, the biotechnology transfer and the creation of green jobs; • the replicability of the project in other countries.

Our team studied Dr. Meyer’s work, contacting him to request more extensive research material, to understand how his extensive training in neuropsychiatry helped him to develop the mentioned project. Concerning your question about “pisad.bio”: as many of the materials received by our team were scanned publications from newspapers and magazines which constitute ‘secondary sources’, we created the links "pisad.bio", that have nothing to do with the PISAD entity. The terms pisad and bio were used as references for us: 1) pisad just to identify easily the material concerning Dr Meyer's work; 2) bio, remitting to biodiversity and biotech. The "pisad.bio" is useful when links are ‘broken’ in the Web. We have initiated the profile in January 2011. After its creation, it received contributions from several countries over the years, more precisely 6 publishers, as shown by the Wikipedia report: https://tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews/?project=en.wikipedia.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&range=latest-20&pages=Mario_Christian_Meyer I hope to have clarified your questions. As we have a broad knowledge of Dr. Meyer’s projects and its publications (I had the honor of interviewing him in Brazil in 2008 and writing two articles about his work), if you want we can help you in this updating, making some adaptations like direct information, relying solely and exclusively on facts, that do not allow misinterpretations. Concerning the terms “original, novel, unprecedent, unpublished, unedited…” the solution could be to introduce the ‘quotation’ of books and magazines . We will also look for more external links, remembering that the links "pisad.bio", created in Brazil, are exclusively the result of scanning material collected during the research on Prof. Dr. Meyer work and his publications: the links were created by us to make the material available online, used, in this case, to prove the facts reported. We greatly appreciate the 'interventions’ that you have sent to me, that will help to improve the profile, observing Wikipedia's standards, which makes it a great and reputable research tool all around the world. Abraço, Eliana Spengler Coordinator of the Commission of Honors of the Instituto Giants of Ecology Brazil

Hi Dl2000,

Regarding these edits, please see WP:DATERET. If an article uses a particular acceptable date format, it is against this guideline to change it. Please open a discussion if you believe that the article Borders of Israel is a special case.

—Ynhockey ^(Talk) 09:21, 28 July 2018 (UTC)

@Ynhockey: Noted, but saw this which suggested an earlier format was in play. WP:DATERET, plus other factors (e.g. non-US subject), suggested it be resolved the other way. Dl2000 (talk) 15:00, 28 July 2018 (UTC)

In article Sea Peoples, which you particpated on reciently, there seem to be something wrong with last cells of the first table. Can you take look on it? --Finn Bjørklid (talk) 14:41, 29 July 2018 (UTC)

@Finn Bjørklid: hmm, there seemed to be some duplicated referencing material, hopefully the article's table is fixed now. Dl2000 (talk) 18:27, 29 July 2018 (UTC)

It sure do. I was working on a translation, and suddenly it became much more complicated. Thanks a lot. --Finn Bjørklid (talk) 18:56, 29 July 2018 (UTC)

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Help review this article Samson Olatunde. Cheers Aghachi7 (talk) 22:16, 2 August 2018 (UTC)

...Adding unwanted comments to my talk page...Johnelwaq (talk) 18:34, 19 August 2018 (UTC)

I saw your note. Your advice that I should read the Welcome Page borders on the offensive given my experience. This experience would have been obvious to you if instead of making assumptions you relied on facts by looking at my edit history, summaries, edits for that page or any page, or the information on my Talk Page and User Page. I hope that the quantity and quality of the edits speak for themselves. Moreover, your insistence that I refrain from deleting dead links makes sense only if you assume that having dead links in an article is a good thing. To me a dead link has no value. If you don't want me to delete the dead link in that article, then I assume you are going to fix the link. Sometimes I do find replacement links, but I don't always consider that to be worthy of my time given the situation. I take each situation one at a time. I've been working on the Wikiproject Jazz Cleanup Listing. There are hundreds of articles listed under dead external links, though in this case "external links" is inflated to include external links and citations. Regardless, I'm trying to make progress. So if you want to find a source for that piece of information, go ahead, rather than leave an unimpressive, unreliable "dead link" message for readers to see. The Cleanup Listing refreshes every Tuesday. I assume the obvious here: that the items on the Cleanup list are intended to be fixed or there would not be a list.
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WP:DEADREF is part of an accepted guideline so should normally be followed. Unfortunate that you feel otherwise, but will consider finding replacement refs - in the meantime the reliable deadlinked refs are acceptable as WP:OFFLINE. Note that this deletion had justification as non-WP:RS so that was not reverted. Dl2000 (talk) 03:16, 20 August 2018 (UTC)

I assume that the Dead Links section of a Cleanup List means "clean up the dead links". If I find replacements, I replace them. If they are unreliable sources, I delete them. If they are offsite links, I delete the link but keep the source. Regardless, my default is to delete dead links because they serve no positive purpose. A dead link inhibits verifiability. A person wants to check a source. They click the link. Where is it? It's dead. So they can't check it. So there's no point in having it. Saying "Well, it used to be there" isn't fact checking. It's an act of faith.
Vmavanti (talk) 17:24, 25 August 2018 (UTC)

The parameter "df=yes" is not necessary or required, nor is it recommended by the infobox template. You can find the defaults for the template here.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:KryptonKnowledge#September_2018

I put the following comment in the Reference section of the page ... I posted updates and missing / requested information about the USS Virgo ship, accomplishments and crew - that was deleted. My references were the ship's Association web site and other first person interviews with members of the Association.

The USS Virgo Association is a members group representing officers and crew of the USS Virgo from 1943 to 1971. Every member of the Association served on the ship. Half of the members have since passed away. The group created a commercial .COM website early on in WWW history to capture their collective experiences. This information was re-validated by first-person interviews on video recording between 2010-2014 in preparation for a documentary film about the ship.

I left the following perplexity out of the Wiki reference section... While the Association is still in existence, it is no longer financially viable to keep the website running. Fortunately the site was captured in the Way Back Machine. ( https://web.archive.org/web/20131216204307/http://www.uss-virgo.com/history.htm )

Losing this valuable information seems a terrible shame. Wikipedia could at least keep this information and note the source for what it is - self-edited and self-published by eye-witnesses to history. Future generations deserve to know these details of seemingly insignificant information. I have read through all the Wiki policy statements on third-party sources and none seem to be violated by my posting of the Association material for the benefit of future generations. Certainly none of it is controversial and all persons referenced have passed away. — Preceding unsigned comment added by KryptonKnowledge (talk • contribs) 16:31, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

I just blocked that one IP, which has been doing this for a long time--85.242.48.58. I am sure that the other IP is the same person, and I blocked a range, User:2001:8A0:0:0:0:0:0:0/32, for a week. Perhaps you can keep an eye on these articles: it may be, for instance, that the 85 IP evades via another IP on the same range, in which case we can adjust the block. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 21:20, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Noted, will try to watch some of that when feasible, thanks [1] Dl2000 (talk) 21:50, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

@Drmies: socks ahoy... [2] [3] Dl2000 (talk) 17:24, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

Yeah, not socks but block-evading IPs. I hope I've been able to do something about it. Drmies (talk) 00:31, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

Hi Please let me know what I need to do to update about the Shivoham Shiva temple because whatever I have edited I have given the reference link for that and i know very much about the temple as i reside nearby the temple only. and whatever info I have put that's correct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abhi301292 (talk • contribs) 07:23, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

Every fact in the article is verified in the source cited. Did you mean to add the more sources template? Lyndaship (talk) 18:56, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

@Lyndaship: Fair point, although having more than one source is always helpful to support notability and verifiability. However, have changed that to a stub tag, hopefully that is appropriate given the limited ship info. Dl2000 (talk) 19:02, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

Hi There

I really need your help and you seem like someone that may be able to do that?

I am John Burton, the actor in question. The Wikipedia page was set up by a web specialist many years ago and I have only ever edited the page as new acting jobs have been completed, thus bringing it up to date.

I don't understand what the issue is and why whenever it has been resubmitted by me or another person, it is then removed again.

My website is www.johnburton.tv and all the information that was on the page was correct.

Can you put it up again to help me out or add/change things to make it visible and correct. I would really appreciate it.

Many thanks in advance

John Burton — Preceding unsigned comment added by 51.179.173.218 (talk) 09:30, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

Hi There

I really need your help and you seem like someone that may be able to do that?

I am John Burton, the actor in question. The Wikipedia page was set up by a web specialist many years ago and I have only ever edited the page as new acting jobs have been completed, thus bringing it up to date.

I don't understand what the issue is and why whenever it has been resubmitted by me or another person, it is then removed again.

My website is www.johnburton.tv and all the information that was on the page was correct.

Can you put it up again to help me out or add/change things to make it visible and correct. I would really appreciate it.

Many thanks in advance

22/09/2018 51.179.173.218 (talk) 11:51, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

About this. What is the purpose of it? Please elaborate. Harsh Rathod Poke me! 03:58, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

Morning Dl2000

MWJDWiki here, responding to your post regarding the above, whose page I edited yesterday.

I did so at the request of the subject, who wanted an objective and fuller perspective on his career to replace the previous page. It would appear from your message that I have not succeeded in this.

Please advise how it violates Wikipedia standards and conventions, and I will rectify accordingly.

MWJDWiki (talk) 08:31, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

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Can you pls help me creating a new article— Preceding unsigned comment added by Chaipani (talk • contribs)

Hi there, sorry to disturb you. I know you must be pretty busy.

I recently updated my Wikipedia profile "Mark Banin" as it hadn't been done in a long while.

I truly apologize for breaking the guidelines as I noticed it has reverted back.

I have looked over it with fresh eyes, but am can't see what I've promoted or done wrong.

Is there any chance you could give me a few pointers.

Thanks

Mark Markbanin (talk) 12:41, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

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Check the sources provided in my article. Globalsecurity.org is not the primary source, they are citing from the primary source, which is available in the public domain.

Globalsecurity.org has copy and pasted from the following articles which are avaiable for redistribution unlimited in the public domain :) Globalsecurity did not cite their source, and they are violating, not me; I provided the source.

Please take the time to check the references provided, as well as the notes.

http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a567897.pdf , REPORT DATE: 02 FEB 2011, PEO Ammunition Systems Portfolio Book 2012-2013, Ammunition Program Executive Officer,Picatinny Arsenal,NJ,07086-5

https://www.dau.mil/cop/ammo/DAU%20Sponsored%20Documents/PEO%20Ammo%20Portfolio%20Book%202017.pdf

The source document is not, globalsecurity.org...

— Preceding unsigned comment added by MichaelPeiper0331 (talk • contribs) 17:30, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

Fair enough - the original government source wasn't picked up on a Google search on some of the text, and globalsecurity.org apparently failed to provide a proper source credit so was initially unable to determine this as military origin and thought their copyright applied. Dl2000 (talk) 19:02, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

Hello! I removed the Revdel request template as it is not a copyright violation (the copyright is not held by globalsecurity.org). It is public domain as a production of the U.S. Government. Please see this. Thank you, Vermont (talk) 18:07, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

I would like to apologise for removing your tag on the Israel article. I have found a ref, after a colleague also had, so I hope that compensates. Regards, Simon Adler (talk) 03:37, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

No problem - main thing is that the apparent gap in referencing is resolved in one way or other. Dl2000 (talk) 03:43, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for being gracious about it. See you around! Simon Adler (talk) 06:50, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

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Dl2000, Regarding the subject of copyright violation, I have initiated a Dispute Resolution. Please visit the Dispute Resolution Notice Board, and provide a statement. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard#User_talk:MichaelPeiper0331 Thank you, Michael — Preceding unsigned comment added by MichaelPeiper0331 (talk • contribs) 00:16, 23 November 2018 (UTC)

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Hi Dl2000, You have deleted the material I uploaded yesterday which is basic information about the school. It is not fair that it is deleted for reasons which are not clearly explained. What exactly is the problem as I read your policy and I do not see anything objectionable? I cannot go on this cat and mouse game unless wikipedia helps here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2409:4052:781:5885:F486:67B0:2302:9FDB (talk) 00:01, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

WP:SPAM, WP:NOTBROCHURE, WP:NPOV, and generally bad practice to just throw out the entire existing article content without valid cause. Dl2000 (talk) 04:45, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

Hello, changes were recently undone to my page the National Indigenous Times citing 'copyrighting' issues. I am the current editor of this newspaper, the changes were correct, but the current information up there is not. Can you please investigate, and revert these changes? MadelaineDickie (talk) 06:24, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

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Hi brother,

Regarding the above mentioned subject, I am willing to share with you knowledge of the Satamba village i.e., This is available in Hingoli Taluka of Hingoli District and in Maharashtra state of India. And I'm not able to create the page for the same article. Albert Deccan (talk) 17:38, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Hi, I saw your message about reverting edits I've made to Anees Salim's wiki page citing "neutrality issues." I'd like to know what these are, failing which I'd like you to restore the edits I've made. Everything on that wiki page has been taken from public sources - and since it is biographical, the author's publicly-stated opinions can be a part of the page as well. I know the standards for wiki pages, so I am mindful of using only material that's within Wikipedia's standards. Like I said, I'd appreciate either an explanation or a restoration asap. Ramize84 (talk) 01:14, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Hi, Your reasons - as 'explained' in your latest note - remain weak at best, and arbitrarily absurd if I were to be frank. For one, if your problem was that the number of references had gone down from 9 to 5, you could have simply restored the removed references or flagged the section asking for more references. Instead, you've chosen to delete my edits. If you'd actually gone through the changes, you'd have seen that I've used only the strongest sources out of the nine. That's overreaction 1. Your point about 'promotional' tone because I've used words like prestigious and award-winning is even more absurd. Do look up the meanings of these words, and then the wiki pages for these awards themselves. (Hope you don't edit them because they are self-congratulatory now!) These are prestigious awards. These are awards the subject has won. That makes him an award-winning author. I've not cited anything that isn't there in the public domain or isn't an objective fact. I've modelled this page based on author pages already up and approved on wiki. Like I said earlier, I'd like you to restore my edits. Otherwise, it's just a blatant misuse of the very culture you claim to espouse - pressing your opinion down on a neutral article. Ramize84 (talk) 01:54, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

It is rather useless to change dates and hammer for dmy-dates when the title of the sources states (for example) 19th. In the article List of rivers of County Clare the dates you have changed are part of the title of the source (check. If you want that changed, please contact Clare County Council. The Banner talk 11:50, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Fair enough, but it might help if such titles were enclosed in quotations or italics per MOS:T, since article references can often be a confusing conflation of titles, publication dates, authors, etc.. Dl2000 (talk) 23:56, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Just doing your homework will help already. The Banner talk 00:03, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

This article, which you helped create in its present format, is being discussed. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 17:02, 2 January 2019 (UTC)

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Repeated vandalism may result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you.Deb (talk) 08:34, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

Date links seemed to infringe on MOS:OVERLINK, so cleanup was intended, not intentional vandalism, k? Dl2000 (talk) 21:51, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

What quotation syntax do you want checked, please? Spike-from-NH (talk) 01:10, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

@Spike-from-NH: Just cleaned that up - basically noticed an unclosed italic in a reference and unfortunately didn't get around to dealing with it immediately. However, if you see a quotation check, you can fix any unbalanced quotations and italics or remove the tag if the quotes and italics are good (sometimes these are done in confusing combinations). Hope this helps. Dl2000 (talk) 01:17, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

Will take care of it, bye Spike-from-NH (talk) 01:30, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

Sorry if I'm being really obtuse or missing a joke, but isn't International date format YYY-MM-DD? I remember as it's really handy on computers as alphabetical order is chronological order of dates. HLHJ (talk) 02:45, 14 January 2019 (UTC)

@HLHJ: First time this one was raised about the 10-year-old userbox - interesting point, and not an obtuse observation, although IDF would be more accurately identified as ISO 8601, rather than the rough redirect created back in 2005 when such matters were more a moving target. Note there is a specific ISO-related userbox available: {{User:Teemu Leisti/Userboxes/ISO-8601}} User:Teemu Leisti/Userboxes/ISO-8601. However, the matter would be something to ponder as priorities permit. Dl2000 (talk) 03:05, 14 January 2019 (UTC)

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As you are the last editor of this page i have a small request to look at this issue. I have proposed for deletion....Rocky 734 (talk) 08:00, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

@Rocky 734: It is now upgraded to AfD, so will comment there shortly. Dl2000 (talk) 01:02, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

The article Ghanashyam Hemalata Institute of Technology and Management has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Their is same wikipedia page related to same subject and topic, might confuse others see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghanashyama_Hemalata_Institute_of_Technology_and_Management also this wikipedia page is less informative then the link provided of above wikipedia article

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I have not edited anything. I don't even have a reason to do something like that. Why are you accusing me of this? 99.203.129.192 (talk) 22:53, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Hi there,

Is there any way the use of Show Preview option can be made mandatory across Wikipedia as some editors keep making edit after edit rather that properly reviewing the article before posting it ?/

In my personal opinion, it is cheating to increase the number of edits made. Superfast1111 (talk) 05:17, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

The birth date was wrong. If you don't mind, can you change the date of birth for the actress 'Shobana' to March, 21, 1964 on the page.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Okaysowhy123 (talk • contribs) 20:45, 2 March 2019 (UTC)

Hi,

For proof, in the movie Thenmavin Kombath (1994) she was 30, according to the information given. (If you have an apple device, search up Shobana age Thenamvin Kombath, and you'll see). If you subtract 1994 and 30 you'll get 1964. So according to that information, the year she was born was indeed 1964. If you again subtract the year of today and 1964 you'll get 55, which would be her age. Honesty is important.

Thanks, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Okaysowhy123 (talk • contribs) 20:57, 2 March 2019 (UTC)

7&6=thirteen (☎) has given you a Dobos torte to enjoy! Seven layers of fun because you deserve it. To give a Dobos torte and spread the WikiLove, just place {{subst:Dobos Torte}} on someone else's talkpage, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend.

7&6=thirteen (☎) 20:26, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

Why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Okaysowhy123 (talk • contribs) 19:15, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

Template:Display has been nominated for merging with Template:Show by date. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. {{3x|p}}ery (talk) 01:41, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

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Hi DI2OOO,

I have recently tried to update the Wikipedia of an organisation I work for, based on weeks of planning. The whole work I have done on Wikipedia has been reversed.

I don't have much experience of Wikipedia and I would like to do why was my edit deleted and how could I make sure it won't happen again? I guess the problem is that I'm basically replacing entire sections almost everywhere, but this is the interest and the will of the organisation itself.

Can you undo the delete you have done? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.132.174.192 (talk) 22:53, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.132.174.192 (talk) 22:51, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

You did not mention the article or provide any information on where you were editing, therefore it is not possible to review the edits in question. However, it seems you are attempting to edit an article of a subject you are closely associated with - therefore your editing must follow Wikipedia's conflict of interest guidelines. Dl2000 (talk) 02:42, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

I was editing the wikipedia page of IAPSS (International Association of Political Science Students) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.132.174.192 (talk) 21:44, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

Article is updated for the current IAPSS president among other cleanup. Dl2000 (talk) 02:12, 1 April 2019 (UTC)

Article is actually International Association for Political Science Students. Dl2000 (talk) 02:13, 1 April 2019 (UTC)

The change to the quotation marks was reverted because the special quotation marks are used in Chinese texts. [4] Geographyinitiative (talk) 10:27, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

Why did you re-add template in this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodo_culture  ? This page is no more naive as before . I have added lot's of information

Hello. I was wondering in which issue of RPM did you find the nominees for the Juno Awards of 1971. I'm currently looking for the nominees for Juno Award for Artist of the Year between 1970 and 1973 and not having any luck. I'm currently checking 3345.ca as this website (should) have the issues I'm looking for. If you could point me in the direction for the 1970-1974 Juno nominees I would very appreciate it. Thanks! --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 01:25, 1 April 2019 (UTC)

@MrLinkinPark333: been a while since going through RPM at either National Library or Toronto Reference Library, but there was a Juno Awards Special Issue, 27 February 1971 in the "Other" references which would be the likely source of nominees. junoawards.ca lists winners only for 1971. Unfortunately there is that gap at 3345.ca, so that may remain an offline reference, other than secondary reports from papers such as Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, artist bios, etc. Dl2000 (talk) 01:44, 1 April 2019 (UTC)

@Dl2000: Yeah, I was kinda hoping that wasn't the case. In regards to the 1971 Juno awards, were the nominees in the special RPM issue? If you look at the Juno awards articles from 1970-1973 on Wikipedia, there are no nominees listed apart from the ones you wrote down for 1971 per this edit. If so, would you have any ideas where I could find 1970, 1972 and 1973 noms? --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 01:51, 1 April 2019 (UTC)

@MrLinkinPark333: Nominees would be obtained from RPM if lists of those could be found (e.g. the 1971 special issue). If nominees were missing, this is likely due to not finding those in RPM for the early Junos. Again, info on the early Junos is mostly WP:OFFLINE, and I may not have the opportunity to recheck those for a while. Maybe CARAS has some non-published archives. Dl2000 (talk) 02:11, 1 April 2019 (UTC)

@Dl2000: Okay. I'll try emailiong CARAS to see if they would know where the nominees would be published. I tried emailing the Juno Awards a long time ago but got no answer (even though CARAS owns the Junos). Thank you. --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 02:14, 1 April 2019 (UTC)

Please note that 'Criminal Defamation' is a penal offence, and 'screening the offender' is also a penal offence; hence, the edit that you made recently wrongfully blames a person as "involved" in corruption, whereas he has "exposed" corruption -- this gives him a cause to institute a criminal case against you and the platform used by you, and to apply for issuance of a red corner notice to Interpol and your extradition to stand trial in his country. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jugbaj (talk • contribs) 07:47, 6 April 2019 (UTC)