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Actor's name.
Sorry but it's true: see and. These are links I didn't post onto the page. 100.37.125.19 (talk) 05:49, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

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In my draft the word of kra pao moo/gai
I has explain the word of moo and gai in my article already, gai and moo is thai word, its mean chicken and pork — Preceding unsigned comment added by Garfilld1 (talk • contribs) 13:36, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

Seaman 2
Thanks for you thanked my seaman edit — Preceding unsigned comment added by Borjitasstoi (talk • contribs) 21:00, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

How to delete one account
hi i have 2 accounts can i delete it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by SSangeertha (talk • contribs) 07:43, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
 * You cannot delete an account, but your problem has already been solved here at Administrators' Noticeboard. –Ammarpad (talk) 13:37, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

Michael Atkinson edits
Hi Ammarpad - just wondering where I've gone wrong in editing the page of Michael Atkinson - you've removed an updated edit to current events; but I've provided a number of sources, and think that a position of neutrality has been maintained. (forgive me as I'm new to all this ! ) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Atkinson Stavros Gamer (talk) 04:05, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi the reason is that "adding controversy section to BLP" is not as easy as other edits like correcting typo or expanding existing paragraph with sourced content. In this edit –which is also your first edit– you introduced something which is controversial fact. So I am not against complete removal or outright insertion and I agree you've sources, but the more appropriate thing to do is post at its talkpage and get some views from other editors and those who routinely edit the page especially since you've just started editing. –Ammarpad (talk) 05:03, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the advise Ammarpad - I'll do just that. Stavros Gamer (talk) 00:24, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

Deleting my page
Why are you looking to delete my page.

Leave us alone — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.225.176.203 (talk • contribs)
 * I did not delete or attempted to delete you page, in fact, only administrators can do so. By the way, this is the first edit from this IP, so which page are you talking of? –Ammarpad (talk) 18:40, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

Lightricks / Moseron/sandbox - AfC you reviewed was main-spaced
See Lightricks (as well as Enlight Photofox and Enlight Videoleap) - I PRODed all three, however notifying due to your AfC review at User:Moseron/sandbox.Icewhiz (talk) 14:36, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
 * OK, that seems fine. –Ammarpad (talk) 18:53, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Wilfrid Laurier University
The feedback request service is asking for participation in this request for comment on Talk:Wilfrid Laurier University. Legobot (talk) 04:28, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

Reverted changes to coal
Hi Ammarpad, You reverted my changes to coal, updating the data to more recent information - why? Thanks! Prymal (talk) 05:44, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi, I thought I you're talking of revert that I made in recent, but this thing has been over a month ago, and you asked me and I replied since then. Am I missing something? –Ammarpad (talk) 23:36, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi Ammarpad, you're right I was talking about the one over a month ago - I've just found the time to have another look at it. I hadn't seen your response until now. Thanks so much for your reply, understood. Prymal (talk) 07:49, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

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Bundling
Re, you're probably right but I was in the middle of a focused cleanup effort and had already picked up two of the articles before I realised it was a walled garden. Guy (Help!) 09:33, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
 * No problem, I think all have been deleted by now. You did great service for finding them after surviving all these years unnoticed. –Ammarpad (talk) 12:50, 2 December 2017 (UTC)

Royal Swedish pen names
E****** was the pen name of Princess Eugénie of Sweden and Norway.

G***** was the pen name of Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uppland --78.73.226.176 (talk) 14:00, 2 December 2017 (UTC)

G******
Have a look at the Swedish page please before you intervene https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prince_Gustaf,_Duke_of_Uppland&diff=813214317&oldid=813214046 --78.73.226.176 (talk) 13:53, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
 * No, this is the English page not the Swedish one and there is no policy that say they must necessarily be the same in all respect. All that you suppose to do is very simple, provide the source from where you got the content, that's it, period –Ammarpad (talk) 14:40, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
 * IP is right. I have added a reference for the claim. Favonian (talk) 14:46, 2 December 2017 (UTC)

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Kosmos Energy
Hi Ammarpad, thanks so much for your review of my request at Kosmos Energy a little while back. I'm wondering if you'd be open to revisiting it as I had a couple of tweaks / additions to suggest based on some more coverage. The request is here, if you have a few minutes to take a look? Thanks in advance. 16912 Rhiannon (Talk · COI) 15:03, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi again, sorry to bug about this but I've not had any luck getting any response from other editors to resolve this quick request. Do you have a couple of minutes to take a look? Thanks! 16912 Rhiannon (Talk &middot; COI) 15:14, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

The Water People
Hi, sorry if I stepped on your toes there, but that one felt more like an A1 than a PROD to me. I've left the PROD tag in place, I think we both agree that article should be deleted, I'm fine with either route. South Nashua (talk) 15:34, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Emphasis on "left". Yikes, that was quick. South Nashua (talk) 15:35, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for notifying We all judged it doesn't meet inclusion standard, but we took different route for getting rid of it. –Ammarpad (talk) 18:01, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

Hossein Fatemi (psychiatrist)
I work for Dr. Fatemi (see https://www.psychiatry.umn.edu/bio/psychiatry-staff/Timothy-Folsom) and updated his page based on his request. There is nothing spurious in the update with regard to his education, career, or books published (https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1?ie=UTF8&text=S.+Hossein+Fatemi&search-alias=books&field-author=S.+Hossein+Fatemi&sort=relevancerank). Also, while "Seyyed" (not "Sayyed" as it says on his page) is part of his name, he goes by "S. Hossein Fatemi". Please reinstate my edits. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TDF MPLS (talk • contribs) 19:06, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

Frontier Poetry Page
Hello Ammarpad, thank you for your note on 30 Nov regarding Frontier Poetry. You mentioned that I should go to the page and click the button to contest the speedy deletion. However, the page has been deleted. I don't know how to access the page, in order to contest deletion. I can't find it anywhere. Can you please point me in the direction of where I should go? Lordjeff20 (talk) 19:02, 5 December 2017 (UTC)lordjeff20
 * OK, write to the admin who deleted it User:Jimfbleak. If he restore it then you should wholly rewrite it with neutral language; since it was deleted because of being too promotional and that's againts Wikipedia policies. Thanks. –Ammarpad (talk) 19:24, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

Request on 12:30:57, 4 December 2017 for assistance on AfC submission by Ysholoh
Ysholoh (talk) 12:30, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Good afternoon, dear Wikipedia administrators!

I am very grateful to you for your work and assistance in editing this article. I'm trying to add sources and links to the article that will make it clearer for the free encyclopedia audience.

Firstly, it should be noted that Ukraine is a European country that receives significant support from the international community. The National Bank of Ukraine seeks to integrate into the general European and world financial system. Many international companies and experts are following the reforms of the banking sector in Ukraine. In this regard, information about the head of the central bank of Ukraine is important information for business circles and the press, and its availability on the site of English-language Wikipedia is logical and makes a big sense.

Secondly, the significance of the person of the acting head of the National Bank of Ukraine is confirmed by the presence of pages in the Russian-language and Ukrainian versions of Wikipedia: Yakov Smoli's page on the Wikipedia ukr version: https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B9%D0%AF%D0 % BA% D1% 96% D0% B2_% D0% 92% D0% B0% D1% 81% D0% B8% D0% BB% D1% 8C% D0% BE% D0% B2% D0% B8% D1% 87 Wikipedia Yakov Smolia's page on the Russian version of Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9,_%D0%AF % D0% BA% D0% BE% D0% B2_% D0% 92% D0% B0% D1% 81% D0% B8% D0% BB% D1% 8C% D0% B5% D0% B2% D0% B8% D1 % 87

Thirdly, in the English version of the free encyclopedia, there are pages of heads of central banks in a number of countries, for example: Russia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvira_Nabiullina Italy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignazio_Visco Germany: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jens_Weidmann

Below are some references that may explain our desire to create an English-language page of the current head of the Ukrainian central bank - Acting Head of the National Bank of Ukraine in May 2017 - Yakov Smoliy.

Link:

• Yakov Smolny will head the National Bank instead of Gontarev: http://podrobnosti.ua/2176564-funktsii-glavy-natsbanka-budet-vypolnjat-zamestitel-gontarevoj.html

• Yakov Smolny: what do we know about the new head of the NBU: https://minfin.com.ua/2017/05/12/27741631/

• Gontarev appoints her deputy Smoliy as NBU acting governor https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/gontareva-appoints-deputy-smoliy-nbu-acting-governor.html

• Citibank's Fisher: Land market could spark lending boom https://www.kyivpost.com/business/citibanks-fisher-land-market-spark-lending-boom.html

• Ukraine central bank chief Gontareva steps down as new acting governor takes over http://www.intellinews.com/ukraine-central-bank-chief-gontareva-steps-down-as-new-acting-governor-takes-over- 121242 /

Head of the NBU Yakov Smolij: Deposits should not be the main source of income for Ukrainians. Economic truth. Quoted from 10-01-2015. https://www.epravda.com.ua/publications/2017/09/18/629185/ Yakov Smolij: "The course that the NBU has taken in 2014 remains." LB.ua Quoted from 10-01-2015. https://lb.ua/economics/2017/06/30/370409_yakiv_smoliy_kurs_yakiy_nbu_vzyav.html How will the banking system evolve with the new head of the National Bank - the successor to Gontarevo. http://biz.nv.ua/ukr/bizinterview/jak-bude-rozvivatisja-bankivska-sistema-z-novij-golovoju-natsbanku-nastupnik-gontarevoj-1231006.html Melnichuk B. Smolij Yakov Vasilievich // Ternopil encyclopedic dictionary: 4 t. / Red. G. Yavorsky et al. - Ternopil: Publishing and printing company "Zbruch", 2010. - T. 4: A - I (additional). - p. 575. - ISBN 978-966-528-318-8. (ukr.) https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8C
 * You are welcome here . The problem is that you didn't add these references in the draft when I reviewed it and it is generally not ready for mainspace then. Also note that Draftspace is temporary place meant for fixing such problems. Now I will start rewriting the draft for you using these English sources then you should cite the Russuian or Ukrainian ones to support remaining claims, with translation as need be.. And please learn inline citation in reference for beginners so as to use them; it is very important in biography of living people. Any more question ask me here while we work together to fix it. Thanks. –Ammarpad (talk) 08:17, 6 December 2017 (UTC)

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how do i create my own articles
I have tried creating articles, but i keep getting the speedy deletion notification. Perharps you can tutor me a bit — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobychampion (talk • contribs) 07:13, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
 * It seems your previous article where deleted for being promotional content. This means you should first these two important policy pages (WP:NOT and WP:NPOV). You can also read the Wikipedia's WP:5PILLARS. And when next you want create new page, make sure the topic/subject is already notable and write in neutral language with claims referenced to reliable sources. When you're all sure of that you can start your article from here. If you're unsure of anything ask question, and it is not necessarily for you to create page, you can start fixing typos and reading policy and guideline pages so as to integrate fully into the community, before you start creating pages. I hope you'll find this helpful. –Ammarpad (talk) 07:37, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Hey
I just wanted to take a break from the exchange at AfD to say that even if I don't agree with all your decisions, I do appreciate your contributions to the project (and especially AfC). I hope you'll understand that my arguments, reversions and pointing-out of mistakes were not made out of spite, but in hope that they would provide perspective and guide further improvements. So please don't take them personally. And I'll also try not to. Thanks. --Paul_012 (talk) 08:47, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I also do appreciate your overall work to Wikipedia. My replies are only meant to reinforce my reason for nominating the article for deletion. They were never meant to call out anybody. Albeit I nominated it for deletion, it will likely close as merge, and I am content with that compromise (as you also agreed). We both don't own Wikipedia, we are only working to improve its content. Thanks. –Ammarpad (talk) 07:46, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you

 * Appreciated . –Ammarpad (talk) 15:10, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

Thanks...
For your involvement in the John Babikian article. I tried to click the thanks button, but I had already rev deled all the material and that turns off the thanks button. I agree with your assessment that the material should not be adding without a discussion on the article talk page but I found that it was a copyright violation (I believe) so I removed it on that basis. I added a warning to the editor that if it is added again (without discussion) they will be blocked if you see it and I don't, please let me know.-- S Philbrick (Talk)  14:31, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you too. I will do that. I am already watching the page –Ammarpad (talk) 19:13, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

GREEK WIKIPEDIA = UNCYCLOPEDIA
Dear user,

I am writing to you because I randomly find your profile account in my talk page. If it's not a big deal, I would like to discuss with you, an english user, about the Greek Wikipedia "ΒΙΚΙΠΑΙΔΕΙΑ". In this greek version of wiki, admins do not allow users like me to make changes which are correct and documented but they still write untrue and false information. They don't use any trustworthy source but they find unreliable sources from blogs, unreliable sites or they write anything that they come up with. Unfortunately, there are not many reliable greek sources on the internet, so they are always telling me that I can't prove my claims and they also use those fly-by-night sources as evidence. What could I do about this issue? I believe that the original english wikipedia should find a solution to this problem, because greek wikipedia is like an "uncyclopedia", the parody of wikipedia, and this maybe also be defamatory for wikipedia too. I hope, you could do something about it or give me some advice.

Thanks, for your time

DIMITRIS K

ΔΗΜΗΤΡΗΣ Κ — Preceding unsigned comment added by ΔΗΜΗΤΡΗΣ Κ (talk • contribs) 01:00, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
 * You're welcome here. I will first advise you to go and talk with the administrators at your Greek Wikipedia and see if the misunderstanding can be resolved. However, if you still think your complain is genuine you should post your complain at m:Stewards' noticeboard. The page is in Meta Wiki, the global Wiki community that co-ordinate and is able to discuss such kind of problem about all Wikimedia projects, including Greek Wikipedia. –Ammarpad (talk) 01:21, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

Dear user,

Thanks for welcoming and quick reply. I am a wikipedia user for many years and all this time I was discussing with those amateurs about this issue, but they were always deriding and turning me down. That's why I wrote to you. What exactly is this "Stewards' noticeboard"? How can I use it? Would you mind explain me? About the co-ordination that you mentioned, I think that a solution could be, if wikipedia stops allowing to anyone to become admin and set the same admins from english wikipedia to greek wikipedia, if is this possible. However, this issue concerns me as much as all of you, english and american users, because I can't deal with those unrepentants anymore. So, only a drastic solution may solve the problem or it will remain unsolved. ΔΗΜΗΤΡΗΣ Κ (talk) 01:49, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Just click on the link, you'll see where you'll land. And you can write all your complain just like how you write this now. –Ammarpad (talk) 19:16, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

Hello,

I wrote to Stewards' noticeboard but a user answered me this:https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards%27_noticeboard#GREEK_WIKIPEDIA_=_UNCYCLOPEDIA. It seems that he was bored to deal with the issue. I expected behaviours like that because the majority of people does not care about issues like that. But please, if it's not a big deal, tell me your opinion about the issue that I complain. Do you think that I am wrong? Ι just want someone else's opinion.--ΔΗΜΗΤΡΗΣ Κ (talk) 22:32, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

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ANI
I interpreted your statement "arguing from authority", as somehow me wrongfully claiming I created the BMW E46 3-Series article or telling everyone to not edit there anymore, when that would be so detrimental to its quality or enrichment of new information. I haven't done that, so I asked you otherwise, to fully grasp what you meant. It is all about perception and as two different people, we will see things differently in text, until fully explained on both sides. The impression I am getting from you, is one of which I have wonder if is being fair & impartial, in not constructively highlighting the full context of why you perceive it to be me solely arguing from authority. I made that edit summary, under the impression that the other user assumed I am a petulant Wiki vandal there to "wreck articles" and needs to revert every edit of mine on that basis. They are knowledgeable and I am also knowledgeable, but I perceived that they felt otherwise by seeing their actions as condescension and observed it as them seeing an opportunity to sweep out what they saw as "an ignorant" user's contributions. Out of frustration, I reinstated what I read from BMW E46 designer Erik Goplen's resumes, Chris Bangle's design patent, and Wolfgang Reitzle's commentary from interviews and asserted that I wasn't making things up out of thin air by establishing my professional background. It was unnecessarily done by me in a very brash manner and very much didn't need to be, but are you really being fair here? At least against my own previous ANI page naive observation and question towards you? Especially me as someone that has made so many contributions to this site, while originally having to encounter terribly uncivil users at times over the years, that were never reprimanded for verbally abusing me in the past? That really sours someone young over time, if all they deal with is vandals and editors that might attempt to micromanage articles and entirely push others out. Then see the work of vandals in some cases, spread across the internet as supposed fact, in being missed (not reverted or corrected) by other users quickly. I can correct very easily my behaviour and help to create an excellent editing environment. However, I am not the only user on Wikipedia unfortunately. Particularly when several curt and condescending personalities try to intimidate many of the rest of us, without administrator intervention to ease our concerns. I base this on talk pages, where I cannot help but feel bad, for other users (well-meaning) that have been bullied into not contributing by select users, who are getting corrupt support in some cases. In a much more differing case, I have felt a bit targeted, considering how very toxic editors remain unchallenged in making some of us uncomfortable and never raising an eyebrow with administrators. Being "tough" was unfortunately my way of ensuring troublesome IP users coming as trolls and vandals, stop abusing Wikipedia articles with deliberate errors, plus desperately defending the removal/dumbing down of my contributions. It is seen as me being egoistic and uncivil, which I understand. That clearly doesn't work and is too controversial I am now seeing, so that isn't something to be continued in any way, present or absent. It is not my job to police Wikipedia articles, which was quite silly of me to think so. If there is a WP template for policing (a la incivility) I can read up on, I would like to learn from it. As I have been very ignorant of many WP templates (ie WP:TRIVIA), which is inexcusable after all these years.--Carmaker1 (talk) 07:58, 13 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Even in my comment I didn't say you're not good editor in general, as I've never communicated with you to know. But with the several diffs of your inappropriate edit summaries in the ANI thread plus the fact you have been subject to similar complaint about this, it is reasonable to deduce in communication with fellow editors you unarguably score very low for both breaching WP:CIVIL in the greater percentage of your edit summaries and the the sustained argument with your claimed "insider knowledge", which is well " arguing from authority and incompatible with collaborative environment like this. Nonetheless, I know it takes two to tango, so I decide not make further comment but on the limited knowledge of both of you, but I hope every decision reached by the community will bring an end to the problem. –Ammarpad (talk) 12:25, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Hair's breadth
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Amity Shlaes
I've taken note of the fact that you twice reverted my minor edit.

Let it be known to you that she was summarily dismissed from the Financial Times after her "coverage" of Katrina. It is also widely known that she is little more than a soft-boiled version of Ann Coulter (in my more serene moments, I'd like to think that in WikiSpeak, "controversial" merely is a synonym for "stupid".)

As regards potential accusations of "vandalism", I should like to point out to you that I have a history of hounding out vandals on WP, to the point where I was asked to become a regular contributor (I declined, because the very thought of ochlocracy - which is the essence of WP - fatigues me.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.0.189.132 (talk) 18:29, 17 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Why did you change your phrase from this to "summarily dismissed" on this talkpage?! Is it now that you know "dismissed" exist, or you don't have confidence in your edit? –Ammarpad (talk) 18:34, 17 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I'll be as gentle as I can: "summarily dismissed", "unceremoniously sacked", "got rid off without further ado", or simply "fired" all mean the same in English - it's merely a matter of registers - and I chose the latter for the sake of brevity, being fully aware of the average Wikipedian's attention span. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.0.189.127 (talk) 21:01, 17 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Oh, I forgot "shown the door". My bad ;-) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.0.189.127 (talk) 21:10, 17 December 2017 (UTC)
 * And, FYI:  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.0.189.127 (talk) 21:26, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

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 * Because of the holidays the next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 8 January 2018.

Problems
 * When you import a page from another wiki the usernames of the users who edited the article on the wiki you imported it from are shown in the article history. This should link to the users on the original wiki. A script to fix this caused problems for Wikidata and German Wikipedia. It also created a large number of SUL accounts on wikis where editors had never edited.
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Editing while logged out
I saw your null edit on that talk page and have OS'd your IP. Primefac (talk) 15:56, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I saw that. Thanks.–Ammarpad (talk) 16:50, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

Submitting for approval
I made changes to the Wikipedia entry "Where Are We?" and I think it is better now but I do not know how to resubmit it for approval. Can you help me? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mjsbff (talk •contribs) 17:39, 19 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi when you're done just copy this  and paste it at the top of the page, then save your edit like you normally do. But before that I am advising you to read guideline MOS:PLOT and this essay then use the guidance and improve the plot section of the draft. Also you provided unconfirmed budget without source, it will soon be challenged by other editors. If you can't find source for something you want add, just better leave it till when the source become available, there's no deadline here. Thanks. –Ammarpad (talk)

20:24:12, 5 December 2017 review of submission by GeminiWriter
Hi. I'm requesting a review because 2 of the sources (Houston Press and Houston Chronicle) are major newspapers in the Texas market. Please advise what other sources to use for pop culture.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by GeminiWriter (talk • contribs)
 * Hi, Bear with my belated response. Now on your question; you are not asked to change the source you used but to add more. You only provided one reference from Houston Press and another from Wikipedia. After I suggested you removed that from Wikipedia and you did now remain only 1 reference which is not sufficient to support an article. You can use the "Find sources" links in the draft to find more sources. Also if he has alternate name use it for searching too. –Ammarpad (talk) 08:24, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

Sacagawea
Hi Ammarpad! Hi! I would like to insert a news in the paragraph Music. Exactly it is a box with CD and book dedicated to Sacagawea by Italian pianist and composer Alessandra Celletti: http://distorsioni-it.blogspot.it/2011/04/alessandra-celletti-sketches-of.html. Thank YOU! --Virgilio32 (talk) 12:47, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi, I replied at the affected talkpage. –Ammarpad (talk) 13:45, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Jamesharrison2014 ANI Round 2
There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Disruptive_editing_by_Jamesharrison2014. Billhpike (talk) 14:21, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Recent edits and reverts
I don’t intend to get into an edit war, but I don’t understand why you cut three entries in the subject’s filmography. The entries are supported by a secondary source (IMDB). Maybe you can explain to me the logic of your edits. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.214.108.251 (talk)
 * The unsourced content of the IP that I reverted is over one week now and you are calling it recent. Also log into your real account  and talk. What you are doing now is  Sockpuppetry and can result in getting you blocked –Ammarpad (talk) 05:54, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Alan Colwell
Thank you for your recent Keep on Bruce Maitland Carruthers. In the case of Alan Colwell he was deleted in a few days after two comments. I wonder if you had a view on that bio. Castlemate (talk) 06:29, 22 December 2017 (UTC)
 * . No I haven't, so I don't know its content. I followed 's case at AN, that's where I came across your few AfD'd pages which I tried finding sources and succeed in getting some kept. Although his action is suspicious leading to this ban, I hope if you should recheck guidelines before creating any biography, or any article for that matter, it will help a lot. It is also helpful to refrain from creating biographies which are called "bare minimum", i.e people who are half-notable. Such articles can remain on Wikipedia for long time but once nominated for AfD, their chance of survival is near zero, and I think that's the case of (some) of your article which he targeted. –Ammarpad (talk) 14:57, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

Emran Mahfuz
He won the 2015 Abul Mansur Ahmed Research Award in the category of research.

This is the only award-related content in the article. Nyttend (talk) 03:39, 26 December 2017 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks. Ammarpad (talk) 03:45, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

Crying wolf
Thank you for your personal attack in response to my legitimate reporting of an incident on this account. It is neither helpful nor appreciated.62.253.196.108 (talk) 12:40, 26 December 2017 (UTC)
 * This is called "transfer of aggressions" You have just been given last warning of personal attack by administrator and you are transferring it to me because I closed your meritless thread Ammarpad (talk) 12:58, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

James Levine article lede section
The material on the cutting of ties with Levine by the Metropolitan Opera, Boston Symphony Orchestra and Rivinia Festival because of multiple detailed allegations published in the New York Times of sexual abuse by Levine of teenage make music students is highly significant to this article and is fully sourced in the body of the article. Footnotes and citations are not normally included in the lede but appear instead in main article. Do NOT delete this consensus supported material again. If you have an issue with it you must bring that up in the article's Talk Page first. Centpacrr (talk) 16:32, 26 December 2017 (UTC)
 * If when you reverted me here, you used meaningful edit summary I wouldn't have reverted again. Check the the history of the page and see what caused my first revert. In fact I came across the IP's edit via  tag, that's why I thought the IP is introducing it, and I had to act fast. But your uncivil edit summary is particularly unbecoming of you Ammarpad (talk) 16:45, 26 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I apologize if you found my edit summary "uncivil" as it was certainly not intended to be so. Your first reversion removing this material actually gave no reason at all to delete the material that had been restored after 146.52.252.124 had removed it giving no reason either. Your second reversion then claimed it was unsourced which it was not as citations are not normally used in a lede and the information is fully sourced and cited in the section of the entry on the sexual abuse allegations, This reversion of yours was actually the third time in less than 12 hours that this relevant material had been removed without adequate reason given, and so that's why when I restored it I felt it was appropriate to include "DO NOT DELETE AGAIN WITHOUT DISCUSSING IN TALK" to avoid getting in an edit war over including this essential information in the lede. As I said it was not intended to be "uncivil" but to prevent a potential edit war from developing. Centpacrr (talk) 17:52, 26 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I understand your point and you're right. But let me clarify it with timeline better, I hope you'll get me too.
 * I am patrolling the edits tagged with  as I always do. Then I saw this edit. My immediate thought is that, the IP is introducing the content after someone removed it as unsourced. I never thought it exists before, I never edit the page before.
 * To answer your question,on why my first revert have no edit summary, it is because it was marked minor edit since my intention was removing (what I thought is) "defamatory content" restored by IP. But in the second revert, it wasn't so, so I did explain clearly.
 * Then after several hours, I just saw my edit was reverted as "vandalism" i.e your revert. So this is what makes me did the second revert largely because of characterizing my edit as vandalism because as far as know even when I am fresh newbie I never did the slightest of what can be categorized as vandalism here. And partly because the text is too large without supporting citation.
 * After your second revert, even if you don't write anything in edit summary I will not revert you, because I never editwar, and have personal policy of avoiding it at all cost, even if I am right, since it will neither be meaningful both to me and to Wikipedia.
 * So I hope you'll understand it is not my intention to remove (or censor) something from the page (which is likely what are you are thinking of). But generally to remove what I thought was unsourced in BLP. And alll in all, this is just little misunderstanding and I assure it's over as per as from my part. Thanks. Ammarpad (talk) 07:38, 27 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Agree with Centpacrr. And Cent may be annoyed because an IP is deleting that same language, without cause.
 * That said, a tag - even on what an IP wrote - is not reason to not make certain that your deletion is warranted. Which here, as Cent points out, it was not, it just so happens. Thanks. 2604:2000:E016:A700:48AD:F0AC:6ECD:35D6 (talk) 04:04, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Misunderstandings cleared up and issues resolved. Thanks. Centpacrr (talk) 16:04, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

Request on 03:18:26, 26 December 2017 for assistance on AfC submission by 184.166.187.64
There are three sources independent of the company listed in the article. How many are required?!?!?!?

184.166.187.64 (talk) 03:18, 26 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi, IP user: These three sources cannot establish notability for company see WP:CORPDEPTH guideline which cautions about sources which (though independent) but are generally recycling of the company's announcement and press releases. Ammarpad (talk) 14:33, 28 December 2017 (UTC)

Note
You might want to consider undoing some of your own edits here, as the link is indeed not spam. Regards Mahveotm (talk)
 * Hi, I restore the pp-template, I wasn't aware I removed with it. But the link I removed (myedu.com.ng) is not reliable source, hence cannot be used. It is vanity website in the same group with edunaij.com.ng, exambaze.net and their like which were repeatedly inserted especially when the exam is near due to take place.  –Ammarpad (talk) 15:20, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

FileOne
Why did you marked FileOne page for deletion? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daxlab (talk • contribs)
 * Hi, your page was deleted because it was completely written in overly promotional tone in violation of Wikipedia policy of NO PROMOTION. If you believe the softwares is notable, that is, it can pass general notability guideline, then you can ask the deleting administrator  on their talkpage if they will consider restoring the content or emailing it to you. Thanks. –Ammarpad (talk) 15:15, 31 December 2017 (UTC)
 * It was not different then any other page related to that catagory. Are you willing to review the one I just made? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daxlab (talk • contribs) 15:20, 31 December 2017 (UTC)
 * You can see, before I even reply it has already been tagged for speedy deletion. I ask you to talk with the deleting administrator but you went on to recreate it. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, it does not tolerate any kind of advertisement and advocacy. Read catalog of what Wikipedia is not here. And next if you want create new article, I strongly advise you to follow Articles for creation process. It is easier, newbie-friendly and you'll get useful feedback on the progress and conformity of your work with Wikipedia policies. Policies are not option. They are necessary to be adhered to –Ammarpad (talk) 15:27, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Istvaeonic languages
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Frank C. Craighead, Sr.
Hi there, sorry but I couldn't care less about you not accepting Draft:Frank C. Craighead, Sr. and frankly I had not expected otherwise from the *cough*community of experts*cough* at Wikipedia I've given up on the usefulness of contributing to Wikipedia long ago. I corrected a stupid mistake that Wikipedia was broadcasting into the world for years and even gave you an article stub on the icon of entomology that you should have linked, and linked to this from the article on his sons (that was erroneously linked in the error I corrected) and even added references. Now, Wikipedia could possibly just be happy that someone takes some time to correct your stupid mistakes and even provides you with a stub for an article on the correct person, including references (and all this in spite of an intangible mess off editing conventions for references or whatever, that frankly no occasional "editor" who is just trying to help you correct your own mistakes should ever be required to look into), but no: Instead of gladly accepting what is given to you and work with it, Wikipedia insists on nagging about bull shit procedures and rules and prefers to toss away what is given to them. Good luck with your project :o) Cheers, Arp — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.204.141.198 (talk)
 * Please sorry for your bad experience here. (I will reply you in detail soon, please bear with me now.) –Ammarpad (talk) 22:02, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
 * No worries - this was just me letting you/WP know that I'm not going to spend more time on this, so do as you see fit. Cheers, Arp — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.204.141.198 (talk) 23:07, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I will add sources and improve the draft myself. I just want you to understand on Wikipedia there are no seniors. We are all equal and we are all volunteers. I understand your grievance and hope you should understand the reviewers of the drafts and the processes involved. Reviewers are not employed to find sources and add content to drafts submitted but only to review those that meets the minimum standard and topics with clearly notability. Thank you for correcting that mistake but I am not the one who you helped and don't expect me to pay you back. But you indeed do help the the largest repository of human knowledge, you edit is counted and logged and is among the bit and bit that made up this encyclopedia. That's the reason must drafts are rejected because of not complying with either policy, lack of notability, or clear focus. I hope you'll shelve your decision of quitting and even decide to create an account so that you can help in writing this compendium of human knowledge. Thanks. –Ammarpad (talk) 23:48, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I do have an account that I used to use, but editing WP is a total waste of time. Not because WP is a bad idea per se, but because 90%++ of effort is wasted in utterly senseless discussions, procedures and bickering about the two, as opposed to trying to improve content. We have already spent more time and letters on _nothing_ here than on the whole article. Enjoy your time at WP, I can donate my time more efficiently and positively elsewhere. Cheers, Arp — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.204.141.198 (talk) 03:42, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

08:34:13, 2 January 2018 review of submission by 112.196.188.201
Hello! this is regarding Anamika Mishra draft that you declined. I have added more reliable sources and data to the article. Kindly check! Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.196.188.201 (talk)
 * OK, I will look into it. Just make sure you resubmit, so it can be reviewed in case someone reach it before me. –Ammarpad (talk) 17:14, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

Discussion at Articles for deletion/Path Solutions (2nd nomination)
You are invited to join the discussion at Articles for deletion/Path Solutions (2nd nomination), since you passed it at AFC.Regards:)  Winged Blades Godric 15:14, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

Clube Nacional Nampula
Hi, can you assist me in deleting a page about a club that does not exist (correctly formatting the AFD)? Thanks Teixant (talk) 22:27, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi, the page has been previously nominated for deletion in bundled AfD in 2008. If you want to renominate it now you have to add   in the AfD subpage title. Read the full procedure at WP:AFDHOW. –Ammarpad (talk) 14:12, 7 January 2018 (UTC)

Thanks
Hi Ammarpad, thank you for the suggestions, I found them very helpful. Mohammed Mustapha Aliyu (talk) 10:35, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
 * You're welcome don't hesitate to ask for help on anything you don't understand. –Ammarpad (talk) 10:40, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

Tech News: 2018-02
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Recent changes
 * On Wikidata, the "" button when you edit is now called "". This means all Wikimedia wikis have now changed from "" to "". This is to help new editors understand what it does.
 * Some edits will get an automatic tag on all wikis. This will happen when making a page a redirect, blanking a page, removing almost all content, undoing an edit, or rolling back an edit. You can see the tags for example in the recent changes feed, article history, user contributions or on your watchlist. Some wikis had already marked edits like these in other ways.
 * Special:UnusedFiles shows files that have been uploaded but are not used. It will show a file that is not used on the wiki it has been uploaded to, even if the file is used on another wiki. The new Special:GloballyUnusedFiles page on Commons only shows files that are not used on any wiki.
 * Structured discussions now uses the 2017 wikitext editor instead of its old custom one. This will work with your preference for wikitext or visual editor. The documentation has been updated.

Problems
 * Older versions of the Chrome web browser on mobile devices may see the PDF download button, but it does not work. The developers are looking into the problem.
 * With the new filters in the recent changes, "" in "" did not work for "" between 13 December and 2 January. When you loaded the saved filter all other namespaces were excluded instead. This has now been fixed. If you made any changes to your saved filters between 13 December and 2 January, you need to save your filters with excluded namespaces again.
 * The latest version of Google Chrome broke how section links are shown in the address bar. You now see  instead of   even if MediaWiki did not encode it that way. This happened in early December. This problem has been solved. The fix will be in Chrome 64 (23 January) or Chrome 65 (6 March).
 * Octicons-tools.svg Some POST requests to the API took longer than usual in parts of December. This affected the Wikidata UI and some gadgets the most. It has now been fixed.

Changes later this week
 * Wikidata will be moved to its own database servers. This is because it is growing and needs more resources. Because of this you will be able to read but not edit Wikidata and the German Wikipedia between 06:00 and 06:30 UTC on 9 January. You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. This includes editing the language links on other wikis.
 * The font size in the editing window will change slightly for some users. It will now look the same on all browsers and operating systems.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 January. It will be on all wikis from 11 January (calendar).
 * Octicons-tools.svg WikiEditor's ResourceLoader modules have been simplified to one: . All the other modules are now deprecated aliases and should be removed.

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IGap
hello, in few days ago IGap nomination for delete and finally decide to keep it. but now this article nomination for delete again. Please check back if possible.Thanks Diyarenoon (talk) 20:07, 10 January 2018 (UTC)

Thank you and resubmittal
Thank you for reviewing my draft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Geological_Society_of_America_Bulletin. I have added one reference and deleted some unreferenced information. Would you have the time to re-review the page? If it still doesn't meet the requirements, I will be unhappy but will understand. Best regards Keagiles (talk) 18:39, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
 * No problem, I will check it. –Ammarpad (talk) 04:44, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

Tech News: 2018-3
 Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available. Recent changes
 * Bureaucrats on Wikimedia wikis where the Translate extension is installed can now add and remove the translation administrator permission by default. Administrators of wikis where this extension is enabled can add and remove this permission to or from themselves. Wikis that used a different configuration before have not changed.
 * Octicons-tools.svg There is a new Discourse test support channel for Wikimedia developers. You can ask questions or answer others questions about MediaWiki and Wikimedia software development.

Problems
 * Last week's MediaWiki update was rolled back. This was because of a bug that changed non-ASCII characters when a page was edited.

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 January. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 January. It will be on all wikis from 18 January (calendar).

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 * Octicons-tools.svg A few hundred wikis with less than ten high-priority errors in Linter categories will switch to use the Remex parsing library. This is to replace Tidy. It will happen on 31 January. Other wikis will be recommended to switch soon when they have fixed the errors that must be fixed. Tidy will be removed in the middle of 2018.

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Maximiliano Korstanje
Hi Ammampard, my name is David, I tried unsuccesfully to edit some wikipedia items. We are part of an university project which aims to improve the content of wikipedia filling the gaps with information. We are students and academicians and experts in the field we are participating. We have ethical protocols to avoid self promotion. unfortunately respecting Korstanje m and other scholars we found serious mistakes. we have no direct relation to Korstanje or Altheide but notedtheir biographes were wrong. Some editors as JZG made our job impssible, we do not know why. We have nothing with him but I feel he is obsessed to boycott Korstanje biography. We have filled and presented his publications and his main outcome in the theory of terrorism and on places. In google scholar and scopus you can find evidence of his contributions. He published notably almost 1200 papers in the top ranked publishers as OXP, Elsevier, Routledge, Springer, CABI; IGI and so forth. to our end, he is a valid candidate for wikipedia item like many others. JZG says many of what we added are not reliable sources, we explained he is wrong but he did not pay attention. We will stop editing this biography because it can affects korstanje reputation, even he is not cognizant with our task but i ask you intervention to avoid JZG edits unilaterally the content we the academicians create. JZG disruptively arguments that our sources are vanity pess, but our sources are indexed in the most prestiges indexes as Scopus and WoS. If you ask me, it is easy for us to publish in peer reviewed journals and leave wikipedia to editors, but the fact is that serious mistakes are being commited in the biographies, errors that harm the credibility of Wikipedia. thanks for your time. David 181.29.44.20 (talk) 14:46, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
 * If you're truly "part of a n university project which aims to improve the content of wikipedia" as you claimed; then you should obtain static identity by creating an account first and encouraging your course mates/fellow academics to do the same. There are special education programs through Wikipedia which then you can be affiliated to and contribute positively in better organized way. –Ammarpad (talk) 09:51, 16 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I would if this corrects something, but JZG is not an objective editor and he will block my user, he did in the past with others. He is deleting the biography now arguing IGI global is not a legitimate publisher. here is the list of well credited Publishers, which is in the most prestigious databse in the world. IGI like many others, he bemoans as vanity press are there, http://wokinfo.com/mbl/publishers/ the best, john 190.104.232.132 (talk) 19:52, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Czechland
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Nigeria Prize for Literature is the same as Nigeria Prizes for Science and Literature
This was a content fork see WP:CFORK. It's the same topic. Maybe you can make a case to split off the literature portion as a separate article, but please discuss first on the talk page of Nigeria Prizes for Science and Literature. At the very least you should develop Nigeria Prize for Literature in Draft space before making a proposal, particularly when most of the content is simply copied from the original page without attribution. -- Green  C  16:23, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Green C  20:11, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
 * It wasn't fork, it was correcting of age long mistake. There are was never prize called "Nigeria Prizes for Science and Literature", they only share similar affixes, but administered by different people, in different places, using disparate standards and at different time. So I see no reason to forcefully make them the same on Wikipedia. It is in fact WP:SYNTHESIS against policy. Various things mangled and called the same without any supporting source. And  Although you hastly reported me to ANI few minutes after your post here before I could even be able to say anything. I am replying to keep this conclusive, as I said at ANI, I already drafted this when I saw your ANI notification.
 * Even before you suggested; I worked it in the draft: (see ). I didn't even take that as "the least" priority as you did. The final move to mainspace was done via procedural request at WP:RM/T
 * Your third point is plain baseless accusation, although now it is over. There's nothing substantial in the stub that's worthy of copy and the history of the page is enough to show that. I only ditched several unreliable sources that existed in the previous version. Moreover it is pertinent that names of award winners (which make half of the stub) are immutable and therefore must be replicated. –Ammarpad (talk) 13:08, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Voting for Coordinator for WikiProject Nigeria
Hi, the election for the post of coordinator for the WikiProject Nigeria has began. The elction will be conducted using simple approval voting. Any member of the project may support as many of the candidates as they wish. The candidate with the highest number of endorsements will become the lead coordinator (provided he or she is willing to assume the post); the next highly voted for candidate(s) as assistant coordinators. If you feel you have what it takes to be a coordinator, you're encouraged to nominate yourself here. The voting page is here. Regards, Mahveotm (talk) 17:35, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

DimeCoin article creation
Hi @Ammarpad,

I received your message that I need to have sources and citation to back the article. Can you please confirm if I can use the links as sources? https://www.worldcoinindex.com/coin/dimecoin https://medium.com/@andrew.willshire86/its-alive-the-re-animation-of-dimecoin-b88a880faee2

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kamal911 (talk • contribs)
 * You can use any source that is reliable. Read about reliable sources and general notability guideline then continue improving the article. When you are thorough; click the submission button at the top of the page, it will be reviewed and moved to article space or you'll be advised if there are other issues. –Ammarpad (talk) 17:49, 20 January 2018 (UTC)

Yakov Smolii
Hello! The website of the Verkhovna Rada introduced information on the registration of the draft Resolution on the appointment of Yakiv Smoliy to the post of the Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/zweb2/webproc4_1?pf3511=63337 and the Draft Resolution on Dismissal Gontarevoy V.O. from the position of the Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine (No. 7500). In view of this, I ask you to find a way to speed up the procedure for creating a smtp site about Yakov Smolii: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Yakiv_Smolii Thank you in advance! Julia Sholoh — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ysholoh (talk • contribs) 07:13, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Per this Reuters piece, he is acting governor national bank. I have started rewriting the article, just give me some time. –Ammarpad (talk) 17:55, 20 January 2018 (UTC)

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13 cats on the hot gabled roof (Film) - Issues solved.
Hi, Thanks for your attention and care, I surveyed the issues and provided the article with proper references and citation along with a disambiguation in the title in a way that it is separated with an earlier production with a similar name. Just posted it for another review. Hope everything works pretty well. Regards Soso freak (talk) 04:51, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Since it is in the queue it will soon be reviewed, remember many people are also waiting for their articles to be reviewed and there's no deadline for submission. But I will advise you to prune this rather extended list of everybody associated with the film (almost 60 people). Just list the most important five or 7 people associated with the production. See for example these simple articles of Iranian movies (ABC Africa and Ballad of Tara). –Ammarpad (talk) 14:15, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
 * It sounds pretty correct, I will now edit the page to reduce the rather long list of cast and crew into a more concise form of it. It is great to have your recommendations and hints, wikipedia will grow larger with the help of experienced editors or administrators like you. Soso freak (talk) 12:33, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
 * That's good. –Ammarpad (talk) 13:11, 23 January 2018 (UTC)