User talk:Drm310/Archive 22

User Engel&Zimmermann Comment
Hi Drm310,

could you have a look at User talk:Engel%26Zimmermann?

On 2020-07-28 you told them that in en-WP they may not use an username that represents the name of their company. You also asked them to make a paid editing disclosure and so far they didn't respond. On de-WP they said some days ago that there are different persons writing under their account but obviously they don't have control who has access to their account or at least they don't want to tell, confer de:Benutzer Diskussion:Engel&Zimmermann After being asked they also confirmed that they get paid for editing and writing articles. They give advices how to successfully manipulate articles and offer to make paid edits in WP.

They also prepared User:Engel&Zimmermann/ExOne. This is a translation of the article in the de-WP ExOne that they got paid for.

May I correct some translation errors in your de-WP user page?

--Eduevokrit (talk) 20:46, 2 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Hello and thank you for your message. This is very good information; this means they have broken two rules on English Wikipedia: using a corporate username, and sharing access to the account. I will inform the administrators here, who may decide to block the account on en-WP.


 * And yes, you have my permission to correct the errors on my de-WP user page. Danke! --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 22:39, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your fast reaction. --Eduevokrit (talk) 06:49, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

Query
Hello fellow editor, I found something suspicious and would like your opinion on whether it merits COI or UPE suspicion. I noticed that the sources on Elchin Alibeyli are available only by author invitation,. Presumably if the blog author and the article subject are the same and have invited the article creator to look at them this would imply that there is some COI/UPE (IMO). - Kevo3 2 7 (talk) 10:17, 16 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi . Limited access (WP:PAYWALL) in itself doesn't disqualify a source, but these are clearly WP:PRIMARY sources. The external link is an interview with the subject, also a primary source. Primary sources aren't automatically disqualified, but they can't establish someone as notable per WP:BIO. As it stands, this is not an article that would pass the standards of WP:BLP. I see it's been nominated for deletion.


 * I'm not sure that the nature of these sources constitute evidence of COI/UPE. But, the article creator already seems to have attracted a lot of attention, of the bad kind... Sockpuppet investigations/Elshadiman. Multiple editors have commented that his activities are of a PR flavour. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 14:44, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
 * My worry isn't strictly about PAYWALL; as there isn't a paywall to access the sources, but about exclusive access, which is giving me a suspicion of personal knowledge/contact between said editor and the BLP subject, I think for now I should AGF this and look if there other similar problems in other articles by the editor. Thank you for your feedback, feedback from editors experienced in specific areas of wiki-policy is extremely valuable. Gratefully - Kevo3 2 7  (talk) 16:23, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

Case-sensitivity of templates
In a recent edit, you changed

to

with the comment "Looks like the template is case-sensitive". The first character of pages is not case-sensitive. The reason your original did not work but your change fixed it was the spelling of the second word. DMacks (talk) 08:58, 21 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Thanks for noticing that. I must have been in a hurry and not noticed that I misspelled it on my first try. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 16:18, 21 May 2022 (UTC)

New Page Patrol newsletter May 2022
Hello ,

At the time of the last newsletter (No.26, September 2021), the backlog was 'only' just over 6,000 articles. In the past six months, the backlog has reached nearly 16,000, a staggering level not seen in several years. A very small number of users had been doing the vast majority of the reviews. Due to "burn-out", we have recently lost most of this effort. Furthermore, several reviewers have been stripped of the user right for abuse of privilege and the articles they patrolled were put back in the queue.

Several discussions on the state of the process have taken place on the talk page, but there has been no action to make any changes. The project also lacks coordination since the "position" is vacant.

In the last 30 days, only 100 reviewers have made more than 8 patrols and only 50 have averaged one review a day. There are currently Special:ListUsers/patroller New Page Reviewers, but about a third have not had any activity in the past month. All administrators have this permission, but only about a dozen significantly contribute to NPP.

This means we have an active pool of about 450 to address the backlog. We cannot rely on a few to do most of the work as that inevitably leads to burnout. A fairly experienced reviewer can usually do a review in a few minutes. If every active reviewer would patrol just one article per day, the backlog would very quickly disappear.

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Speedy deletion nomination of User talk:John Patrick Magee


A tag has been placed on User talk:John Patrick Magee, requesting that it be deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under two or more of the criteria for speedy deletion, by which pages can be deleted at any time, without discussion. If the page meets any of these strictly-defined criteria, then it may soon be deleted by an administrator. The reasons it has been tagged are:
 * It appears to consist of writings, information, discussions, and/or activities not closely related to Wikipedia's goals. Please note that Wikipedia is not a free Web hosting service. (See section U5 of the criteria for speedy deletion.)

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. DoubleGrazing (talk) 15:08, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:Diana Berrent
Hello, Drm310. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Diana Berrent, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again&#32;or request that it be moved to your userspace.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 21:03, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

XCHAIN INC.
Our company is trying to establish a Wikipedia listing but continues to get speedy deletion. We are simply trying to make our presence available about our company can someone please explain what we are doing incorrectly XChainUS (talk) 06:14, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

tThank you
Hi, I nominated that a talk page should be speedily deleted because it was pure promotion. But you just blanked it and thank you for that lol. But what if it is a user page or sandbox? What should we do in that case? Thanks in advance! 18:05, 15 June 2022 (UTC)Bigeshjen — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bigeshjen (talk • contribs)


 * Hi . Blanking talk pages is preferred over speedy, because you often right away have to leave them notices or warnings to tell them what they're doing wrong. Userpages and sandboxes are fair game for speedy under WP:G11 if they are unambiguously promotional. Userpages can also be nominated under the WP:U5 criteria (misuse as a web host), although there is a wide variety of interpretations of that, depending on the admin who reviews it. I reserve a U5 nomination for users who post content that is like a resume/CV, a long personal essay about some topic, or random writings like poetry or song lyrics they made up. However, if it looks like a genuine attempt to create an article, and it's not full of promotional junk, I move it to the draft article space. There's a gadget called Draftify that can make the process much easier. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 18:23, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

New Page Patrol newsletter June 2022
Hello ,

At the time of the last newsletter (No.27, May 2022), the backlog was approaching 16,000, having shot up rapidly from 6,000 over the prior two months. The attention the newsletter brought to the backlog sparked a flurry of activity. There was new discussion on process improvements, efforts to invite new editors to participate in NPP increased and more editors requested the NPP user right so they could help, and most importantly, the number of reviews picked up and the backlog decreased, dipping below 14,000 at the end of May.
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Since then, the news has not been so good. The backlog is basically flat, hovering around 14,200. I wish I could report the number of reviews done and the number of new articles added to the queue. But the available statistics we have are woefully inadequate. The only real number we have is the net queue size.

In the last 30 days, the top 100 reviewers have all made more than 16 patrols (up from 8 last month), and about 70 have averaged one review a day (up from 50 last month).

While there are more people doing more reviews, many of the ~730 with the NPP right are doing little. Most of the reviews are being done by the top 50 or 100 reviewers. They need your help. We appreciate every review done, but please aim to do one a day (on average, or 30 a month).

A backlog reduction drive, coordinated by buidhe and Zippybonzo, will be held from July 1 to July 31. Sign up here. Barnstars will be awarded.
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Many new articles on schools are being created by new users in developing and/or non-English-speaking countries. The authors are probably not even aware of Wikipedia's projects and policy pages. WP:WPSCH/AG has some excellent advice and resources specifically written for these users. Reviewers could consider providing such first-time article creators with a link to it while also mentioning that not all schools pass the GNG and that elementary schools are almost certainly not notable.
 * TIP – New school articles

There is a new template available,, to show the current backlog. You can place it on your user or talk page as a reminder:
 * Misc

There has been significant discussion at WP:VPP recently on NPP-related matters (Draftification, Deletion, Notability, Verifiability, Burden). Proposals that would somewhat ease the burden on NPP aren't gaining much traction, although there are suggestions that the role of NPP be fundamentally changed to focus only on major CSD-type issues.


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Speedy deletion nomination of User:LOLAKSS


A tag has been placed on User:LOLAKSS requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done for the following reason:

"Redirect left after move makes user page unusable"

Under the criteria for speedy deletion, pages that meet certain criteria may be deleted at any time.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. — rsjaffe 🗣️ 15:18, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

How to submit new page for review
I'm just starting with Wikipedia. Created a new page, clicked 'publish' and the page is published in my sandbox. But what is the next step? I assume the page needs to be reviewed/edited/approved before it appears as an actual Wikipedia page. But how?

AjK5g (talk) 16:55, 27 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Nevermind - I now see on the sandbox page a button for submitting to a reviewer. Sorry. AjK5g (talk) 17:03, 27 June 2022 (UTC)


 * The "Publish changes" label on the button is a bit of a misnomer. It really actually just means "Save" in the current location you're in.
 * I added the template to the top of your sandbox page, which includes a submit button for you to submit it for review. I can tell you right away that you will probably be told that you need to learn how to use the proper style of referencing. Please check out Help:Referencing for beginners and Help:Footnotes.
 * Also, based on your username, I assume that you are writing about yourself. Please note that we highly discourage people from writing autobiographies. It is very difficult for someone to be an objective judge of their own notability, adhere to a strictly neutral point of view while writing about their own life, use information taken only from reliable third-party sources, and avoid using any personal knowledge or experience. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 17:06, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for these comments. I'll check the referencing style.  As for personal bio, I emphasize the 10 academic books I've published, referenced a few of the hundreds of peer review articles and chapters I've published and listed the numerous record albums of my music that have been released by various legitimate record labels.  So I give it a shot. AjK5g (talk) 20:33, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Very well, but just please be conscious of the fact that if an article about you is accepted, you won't have any right of ownership or control over its content. Any Wikipedia editor can edit any article at any time, and the content of yours could change over time, perhaps substantially. Any information, positive or negative, is fair game for Wikipedia as long as its reliably sourced, neutrally worded and presented in a balanced manner. You should see the essay "An article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing" to get a better idea of what I am talking about. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 20:38, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Got it. I read all about that before embarking on this venture.  Fair is fair. AjK5g (talk) 21:16, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Diana Berrent


Hello, Drm310. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Diana Berrent".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">Read! Talk! 20:56, 30 June 2022 (UTC)

NPP July 2022 backlog drive is on!
(t &#183; c)  buidhe  20:25, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:Sue Anstiss - draft
Hello, Drm310. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Sue Anstiss - draft, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again&#32;or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 22:03, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

Help with potentialy copyvio text
Hey! I see that you had come across the page Siva Murugesan before (Diff 1100886063). The user seems to have recently made the same page in the article (1 2), wikipedia (1) and draft (1) namespace, still with vopyvio issues (I believe), and I'm not entirely sure how to go about cleaning this up. Do you think you could help? Aidan9382 (talk) 11:11, 28 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Thanks for alerting me - they've all been deleted. I left a warning for the user, as stern as possible while still being polite. If they do it again, I'd report them to WP:AIV as a promotion-only account. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 14:17, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Sue Anstiss - draft


Hello, Drm310. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Sue Anstiss - draft".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">Read! Talk! 22:17, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

New Page Patrol newsletter August 2022
Hello ,

After the last newsletter (No.28, June 2022), the backlog declined another 1,000 to 13,000 in the last week of June. Then the July backlog drive began, during which 9,900 articles were reviewed and the backlog fell by 4,500 to just under 8,500 (these numbers illustrate how many new articles regularly flow into the queue). Thanks go to the coordinators and, as well as all the nearly 100 participants. Congratulations to who led with 880 points. See this page for further details.
 * Backlog status

Unfortunately, most of the decline happened in the first half of the month, and the backlog has already risen to 9,600. Understandably, it seems many backlog drive participants are taking a break from reviewing and unfortunately, we are not even keeping up with the inflow let alone driving it lower. We need the other 600 reviewers to do more! Please try to do at least one a day.


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Regarding Wikipedia Publish
Hi Drm310, i am a b.tech student and started my career as a freelance content creator for new Artists, Actress, Influencer and Blogger who have already good presence on google search engine. I submitted two articles till now but all are deleted. So can you please guide me how to get approval for my Wikipedia page.

So please do the needful. Kindly consider my request. Also you can mail me at sachin.17091993@gmail.com

Thank you. Mr. Sachin Kalwar (talk) 11:41, 16 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Writing new articles on Wikipedia is a difficult task for a new user. You must become familiar with Wikipedia's many rules about what type of content and conduct is accepted here.


 * I only know of one article you have attempted to write, which I moved to Draft:Leeza Bindra in the draft article space. The draft article space is an area for users to work on articles before submitting them for review and publication. Concerning your draft article... because it is about a person who is presently alive, this person must meet Wikipedia's notability criteria for people, and the content must conform to the policy on biographies of living persons.


 * Simply having a large number of Google hits isn't an accurate gauge of interest in a topic. We require any topic of an article to have significant coverage (not just brief mentions or routine coverage) in multiple reliable sources that are independent of the topic itself. A reliable source is defined as a source with an established reputation for fact-checking and editorial oversight. Examples of these would be mainstream news organizations, academic press, and reputable publishers of newspapers, magazines and books. An independent source is a source with no personal, political or financial interest in the topic. For example, the Mid-day source you used would be considered both reliable and independent.


 * Unfortunately, many of the sources you have chosen to use are not considered reliable. For example, you have cited many YouTube videos - but these are self-published sources, published directly by their authors. It appears that many of them also have a financial interest in this person, so they lack the required independence. That is why YouTube is not considered a reliable source in most cases. Using the IMDb as a source is also not acceptable in most cases, because the content is created by its users with little or no editorial review. The BookMyShow and top7portal sources also look questionable and I doubt they would pass a review.


 * Therefore I suggest you remove the content cited to the unreliable sources, then look for more coverage about this person from better sources, preferably from reputable mainstream media. Once you have added that to the draft, then you can submit it for independent review by clicking the button labelled "Submit the draft for review!". If you need help, you can always ask questions at the Wikipedia Teahouse, which is a forum for new users to ask questions and get answers from experienced editors. Best of luck to you. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 14:48, 16 August 2022 (UTC)

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Email me
bradman@Bradman.tv Are you able to email me? I want to just delete everything and get help doing this right without being taken advantage of. 96.87.65.85 (talk) 15:34, 23 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Sorry, but I do not correspond with editors off-wiki unless it is a matter concerning sensitive personal information. I advise you to learn how to make edit requests on the article talk page, which can be reviewed by independent editors. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 16:47, 23 August 2022 (UTC)

Digital vocano
{{Help me} I was creating the Article Digital Vocano and it have been affected by the paid editing policy, However lm not being paid to edit articles on Wikipedia. I asked to work on the article from the user Matambaclifford since they couldn't work on wiki articles well, they are not familiar with Wikipedia or getting it soon. What could be the best way to the get prepared article published. (Amith Matamba (talk) 17:01, 27 August 2022 (UTC))

The article has been deleted with a socked user Amith Matamba reason, However,the user Matambaclifford has volunteerd to leave Wikipedia to avoid the socked reason. Amith Matamba (talk) 17:10, 27 August 2022 (UTC)


 * I will not make any comments until the result of the investigation at Sockpuppet investigations/Matambaclifford. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 20:29, 27 August 2022 (UTC)

Boilerplate
Further to this: yes. But I'd hope that people would read the boilerplate that they paste, and where appropriate either edit it or write a disclaimer/qualification/whatever underneath it. As the editors who apply these templates are unpaid volunteers, they'd occasionally forget to do so, or make other mistakes; but when they leave unwarranted allegations (even accidentally) and this is politely pointed out to them, they really ought to do something about these.

The article in question is terrible (or was when I last glanced at it), and very likely shouldn't exist at all. But the (inaptly named) editor who's been clobbered with templates has made a grand total of one edit; and though imperfect, it's decent enough. -- Hoary (talk) 22:55, 20 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Resolved! -- Hoary (talk) 06:57, 21 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Yup, looks like they could not understand WP:PAID and WP:OWN, and got blocked. Also it looks like there is a sock/meat situation with another WP:SPA/UPE account, . --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 14:00, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

October 2022 New Pages Patrol backlog drive
(t &#183; c)  buidhe  21:16, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

October 2022
I can't remove the content that was stolen from two article on the other user's talk page, so could you remove it please? 82.37.139.114 (talk) 21:17, 7 October 2022 (UTC)


 * You've given me no information to act upon. You'll have to specify what text it was, from which article(s) it was copied, and what talk page you're referring to. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 21:41, 7 October 2022 (UTC)


 * The other user has stolen content from Scaredy Squirrel (TV series) and Ella the Elephant that he added on his talk page, that's why he stoled content from those two. I tried to remove them myself but there was an error occurred so I'm asking you to remove them on his talk page. 82.37.139.114 (talk) 23:23, 7 October 2022 (UTC)


 * You still haven't told me the user who copied this content. If you could provide a link to their talk page, then I can look at the content. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 22:32, 7 October 2022 (UTC)


 * I'm referring to that user User talk:2607:FEA8:929F:EC10:3560:333C:49:3CE4. That user who stole content from the two articles and added them onto his talk page. 82.37.139.114 (talk) 23:49, 7 October 2022 (UTC)


 * Thank you. I have reverted the inappropriate content and warned the IP user not to do it again. If it happens again, I will report the account as a vandalism-only account. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 22:56, 7 October 2022 (UTC)


 * He added stolen content again on his talk and I undid his edit because of it. 86.15.93.32 (talk) 16:51, 14 November 2022 (UTC)

New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022
Hello , Much has happened since the last newsletter over two months ago. The open letter finished with 444 signatures. The letter was sent to several dozen people at the WMF, and we have heard that it is being discussed but there has been no official reply. A related article appears in the current issue of The Signpost. If you haven't seen it, you should, including the readers' comment section.

Awards: Barnstars were given for the past several years (thanks to ), and we are now all caught up. The 2021 cup went to for leading with 26,525 article reviews during 2021. To encourage moderate activity, a new "Iron" level barnstar is awarded annually for reviewing 360 articles ("one-a-day"), and 100 reviews earns the "Standard" NPP barnstar. About 90 reviewers received barnstars for each of the years 2018 to 2021 (including the new awards that were given retroactively). All awards issued for every year are listed on the Awards page. Check out the new Hall of Fame also. Software news: and  have connected with WMF developers who can review and approve patches, so they have been able to fix some bugs, and make other improvements to the Page Curation software. You can see everything that has been fixed recently here. The reviewer report has also been improved. Suggestions:
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Backlog: Saving the best for last: From a July low of 8,500, the backlog climbed back to 11,000 in August and then reversed in September dropping to below 6,000 and continued falling with the October backlog drive to under 1,000, a level not seen in over four years. Keep in mind that there are 2,000 new articles every week, so the number of reviews is far higher than the backlog reduction. To keep the backlog under a thousand, we have to keep reviewing at about half the recent rate!


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USA Cares edits
Hello Drm310, I am requesting your help with updating the USA Cares article. I saw that you are the most recent edit. Someone has already submitted our suggested updates on the article's "talk" page, but it was flagged as a conflict of interest. I also work for the organization and would like more accurate info about our nonprofit on the page. Can you take a look at the suggested info edit and help us? Thank you. Annicemcewan (talk) 21:11, 5 December 2022 (UTC)


 * I see that you made an edit request . An identical edit request already exists at the article talk page, Talk:USA Cares, from December 1st, 2022. Because Wikipedia is entirely volunteer-based, and there is a lengthy backlog for edit requests, and there is no deadline, you will simply have to wait your turn for someone to respond. There is little I can do to expedite the process.


 * I can tell you now that these requests will almost certainly be declined, because they are not adequately support by reliable sources that are independent of your organization. A lot of organizations don't understand that Wikipedia is not meant for publicizing the organization in the way that it wants to present itself. Articles on Wikipedia are neutrally worded, paraphrased summaries of significant coverage previously published in third-party sources with no personal, political or financial interest in the organization being discussed.


 * Please also familiarize yourself with the mandatory paid editing disclosure policy and conflict of interest guide. A visible disclosure of your employment with this organization is required if your intention is to write about it. The preferred method is by using the paid template on your userpage (User:Annicemcewan). --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 22:07, 5 December 2022 (UTC)

DRM there is no unambiguous content on the article .is clearly explained the details about that consulting company I i think you are in a mistake about your topic
DRM there is no unambiguous content on the article .is clearly explained the details about that consulting company I i think you are in a mistake about your topic 179.19.210.189 (talk) 19:56, 8 December 2022 (UTC)


 * Since you have not identified the company, nor the article in question, I cannot comment on this at all. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 20:13, 8 December 2022 (UTC)

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I need help proofreading article translation
HI, a few weeks back, I translated an article from Korean to English and was asked to have you proofread the article as I can be subject to conflict in interest due to being a member of the said company. How can I get the article proofread so that the page can go public? I tried to figure out for two weeks, without any success. Help would be appreciated! Here is the said page.Thank you! https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Jang_Won_Lim/Action_Square&oldid=1127184623 Jang Won Lim (talk) 07:19, 2 January 2023 (UTC)


 * DRM can you comment on this? Jang Won Lim (talk) 05:28, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

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