User talk:Em-mustapha/Archive 6

Review article Draft
Hi M-Mustapha,please can i get a quick review for the Draft:Samuel Asare Akuamoah.--Kwame aboagye (talk) 17:58, 24 July 2020 (UTC)
 * OK Kwame aboagye I hope you address the issues raised in the last decline. Em-mustapha  talk  13:01, 25 July 2020 (UTC)

Guidance request for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Josephat_Okechukwu_Ogbuagu
Good day Mr. M-Mustapha. i want to appreciate you for your reply regards to the subject above. i want to humbly seek for your guidance on the corrections i need to make sir. this is my first work on Wikipedia. Please sir, kindly explain to me where i need to make those changes. thank you so much in anticipation for your response. have a nice day.Dekozy (talk) 09:36, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
 * You're welcome Dekozy, I'm sorry but I don't see your article subject meeting this wikipedia Notability criteria, do read and follow the links from my comments properly and weigh the subject of your article is he notable enough to have a Wikipedia page, does he gained sufficiently significant coverage in reliable sources or not. Em-mustapha  talk  14:55, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

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I have made changes to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Josephat_Okechukwu_Ogbuagu
Good day sir, I have made possible changes to the above subject as you have pointed out to me. Please sir, kindly help and confirm. I appreciate.Dekozy (talk) 22:49, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry I can't do this at this time because I still don't see the subject of your article notable. Em-mustapha  talk  19:21, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

Can you please point which part of the draft was plagiarised?
Dear Mustapha, thanks for your swift review and feedback for the article "Muhammad Khurram Khan". Based on the feedback of the previous reviewer, I re-drafted the section honors and awards and he pointed that it was copied and pasted from the source website.

Can you please point out which part of the current draft doesn't comply with the Wikipedia policy? As there is no report attached with the feedback.

NatWJames (talk) 00:10, 1 August 2020 (UTC)best regards.
 * Welcome NatWJames! I didn't say you plagiarize anything instead your draft sources need to be improved because most of them are primary sources and are directly related with the subject, you need to provide reliable Secondary sources for Notability and Verifiability, and remove the external links in the body of your draft per ELNOT.  Em-mustapha  talk  06:00, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

AfC and promotional content
Please be more cautious regarding what you accept via AfC. An article you accepted, Bill Liu, had to be deleted as spam. When you accepted it, it contained such phrasing as Liu founded Royole with the mission to transform the way people experience and interact with the world, unveiling the world's thinnest flexible display in 2014. (we don't regurgitate "mission" type crap), and ...amongst other prestigious awards. (the word "prestigious" is a puff term and a very good indicator of promotion). Please ensure next time to deny any AfC submissions which in any way "talk up" or promote their subjects. Seraphimblade Talk to me 22:49, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Get it! Thank you for the caution, Regards. Em-mustapha  talk  06:18, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

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Problems
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The Bugle: Issue CLXXII, August 2020
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Recent changes
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Problems
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Question
Please sir, I uploaded an original picture of Abdullahi Balarabe Salame which has not been uploaded on the internet before. How doi tag a copy right? Sadeeqzaria (talk) 16:47, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
 * OK Sadeeqzaria, Please follow this instruction IT carefully. Em-mustapha  talk  12:08, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

Question and appreciation
Thank you very much sir for your guide on how to tage copy right. Please shall I replace the name of mustapha withat of the picture name or I will copy it exactly and write on Author source? Sadeeqzaria (talk) 18:33, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

Appreciation
I am very sorry sir, I am novice, it is the first time of my upload. I really appreciate. Sadeeqzaria (talk) 18:34, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
 * OK!, I hope you own the copy right of the file you're trying upload. Go here, Upload. Em-mustapha  talk  09:22, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

General Question
Hi

I am creating Wikipedia articles since 2018 but never my any article took 3 days or more but this is pending since 9 August, now i want to know can i proposed delete the draft and publish the article direct? this article is passing WP:GNG and WP:NPOV and WP:BIO thus these two pages should be review and move to main space.

Draft:Nick_Wrenn and Draft:Misbah Mumtaz Memon KutianaWala (talk) 11:27, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
 * OK!, you don't need to tag a draft for Deletion. You can create your draft page directly to the mainspace by moving it to the name of the article you want to create. Em-mustapha  talk  09:39, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Question
Well done sir, I followed the instructions you sent to me for tagging a copy right but still I was warned that it was not taged. Please can you help me to guide me on how to do it well? Sadeeqzaria (talk) 20:16, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Done! Em-mustapha  talk  19:07, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-34
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Recent changes
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Ways to improve Omotade Alalade
Hello, M-Mustapha,

Thank you for creating Omotade Alalade.

I have tagged the page as having some issues to fix, as a part of our page curation process and note that:

"The subject of the article does not seem to pass WP:GNG, other than they are in the list of BBC 100 Women 2016. Please improve the article with references discussing about her in reliable sources, or it might be nominated for deletion. Best,"

The tags can be removed by you or another editor once the issues they mention are addressed. If you have questions, leave a comment here and prepend it with. And, don't forget to sign your reply with. For broader editing help, please visit the Teahouse.

Delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.

— Nnadigoodluck 🇳🇬 17:35, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

Accepting DJ Obi from AfC
Hello M-Mustapha, I just saw that you accepted the version of this draft from AfC. I want to ask a question, didn't you read what you were accepting at that time? — Nnadigoodluck 🇳🇬 03:06, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

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Draft:Hank_Linderman
Hi, Just checking back on this wiki entry that you have blocked. There are 36 independent references to date, including feature stories on Linderman in the press. If even this level of documentation is insufficient, should I just start over?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Hank_Linderman Best Doctordawg (talk) 16:43, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Oh! Yes User:Doctordawg, I've seen the recent improvement you made to the page but you just have to wait, another editor will review it soon. Em-mustapha  talk  18:36, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

September Women in Red edithons
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Problems
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Changes later this week
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Disambiguation link notification for September 6
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Changes later this week
 * Normally pages can be moved to a title that has no existing page yet or to a page that has only one revision, which is a redirect to the page to be moved. A new user right allows editors to move pages over one-revision pages that redirect to anywhere.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 8 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 September. It will be on all wikis from 10 September (calendar).
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 * The Wikipedia Android app team might work on patrolling tools in the future. You can let them know what tools would be useful for you or for less experienced patrollers. See the page on mediawiki.org.
 * OTRS will be updated to a new version. This will probably take around two days. OTRS agents will not have access to the system during these days. Emails that come in during the update will be delivered when the update is done. The plan is to start around 08:00 UTC on 14 September. This could change.
 * The Wikipedia Android app will send push notifications if users want them. This could help you see for example when someone wrote on your talk page or your edit was reverted. This will need Google Play Services to work. It will also be possible to get the app without Google Play Services but push notifications will not work. Google Play Services is also used to make the app work for Android 4.4 users.
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Nomination of Khadijah Abdullahi-Iya for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Khadijah Abdullahi-Iya is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Khadijah Abdullahi-Iya until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Mccapra (talk) 19:54, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-38
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Problems
 * The Wikipedia apps briefly showed pages without CSS last week. This meant they looked wrong. It was quickly fixed but cached pages without CSS were shown for a few hours.

Changes later this week
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Your draft article, Draft:Salena Rocky Malone


Hello, M-Mustapha. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Salena Rocky Malone".

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 nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the, , or  code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! UnitedStatesian (talk) 04:52, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

October editathons from Women in Red
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Tech News: 2020-39
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Recent changes
 * There is a new tag for reverted edits. For example you can see it in the recent changes feed or in the article history. It is added to edits when they have been undone, rollbacked or manually reverted to an older version of the page.

Changes later this week
 * The number of times you can do something in a period of time on wiki is limited. This could be the number of edits per minute or the number of users you email in a day. Some users are not affected by all limits because of their user rights. They could soon see the limit even if it does not affect them.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 22 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 23 September. It will be on all wikis from 24 September (calendar).

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ITN recognition for Shehu Idris
Belated ITN notice. It seems they had forgotten to press the Credit button... KittenKlub (talk) 18:19, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2020-40
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Recent changes Problems
 * Admins can now see links to diffs of deleted revisions on Special:AbuseLog. This uses the interface of Special:Undelete.
 * Editors are automatically added to some user groups. For example editors are added to autoconfirmed users when they have edited enough times and long enough. Abuse filters can hinder users from automatically getting user rights for a period of time. They can also remove rights user have. Wikis can now ask to change how long this period of time is for their wiki in Phabricator. It is currently five days.
 * Last year some abuse filters stopped working because of a new change. If they tried to use variables that were unavailable for that action they would fail. This has now been fixed.

Changes later this week
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Hello
I noted you are a member of " countering systematic bias" on Wikipedia. I created an article Military of ancient Nubia to showcase the military prowess of the African civilization. However, the article is still not notable because when you even search it through a search engine, it doesn't appear. Please check it out to ensure it isn't deleted and if you can even make it better, with more information and widespread, then that will be really helpful.(Kwesi Yema (talk) 19:42, 28 September 2020 (UTC))
 * OK! Kwesi Yema and Thanks for reaching out! I will take a look. You don't have to worry it has to be reviewed first by a new page patroller before it start to appear in your searches. Em-mustapha  talk  20:43, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

Thank you very much.(Kwesi Yema (talk) 00:09, 29 September 2020 (UTC))

Citation guidelines.
Hello M-Mustapha, thank you for helping me discover my article wasn't up to Wikipedia's standard. I'm currently working on it to make sure it's great but I'm still struggling with citing with footnotes as you mentioned. I'll continue my research on how to cite properly, and till then I'd be glad if you can offer any help or tips that could be useful for me in creating a successful article in the future. Captpricee (talk) 17:11, 4 October 2020 (UTC) Captpricee 04/10/2020.
 * Welcome! Captpricee. I have placed on your talk a general welcome to Wikipedia notes for you to navigate through, I hope it will be useful to get started. If you have a question you're free to contact here again. Thanks. Em-mustapha  talk  16:01, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-41
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Recent changes
 * There is a new tool where you can see which home wiki users have in discussions on Meta. This can help show which communities are not part of the discussion on wikis where we make decisions that affect many other wikis.
 * You can now thank users for file uploads or for changing the language of a page.

Problems
 * There were many errors with the new MediaWiki version last week. The new version was rolled back. Updates that should have happened last week are late.
 * Everyone was logged out. This was because a user reported being logged in to someone else's account. The problem should be fixed now.
 * Octicons-tools.svg Many pages have JavaScript errors. You can read more and now see a list of user scripts with errors.

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 6 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 October. It will be on all wikis from 8 October (calendar).
 * Letters immediately after a link are shown as part of the link. For example the entire word in  is linked. On Arabic wikis this works at both the start and end of a word. Previously on Arabic wikis numbers and other non-letter Unicode characters were shown as part of the link at the start of a word but not at the end. Now only Latin and Arabic letters will extend links on Arabic wikis.

Future changes
 * You will be able to read but not to edit the wikis for up to an hour on 27 October around 14:00 (UTC). It will probably be shorter than an hour.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Yoruba warriors


A tag has been placed on Category:Yoruba warriors requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the category has been empty for seven days or more and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion.

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. Liz <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">Read! Talk! 19:44, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

saoban
Hi Saoban isiaq (talk) 19:17, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi! Saoban isiaq, How can I help you?. Em-mustapha 19:22, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Ros Sopheap


Hello, M-Mustapha. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Ros Sopheap".

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 by following the instructions at this link. 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! 04:17, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-42
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Problems
 * Because of the problems with the MediaWiki version two weeks ago last week's updates are also late.

Changes later this week
 * Live previews didn't show the templates used in the preview if you just edited a section. This has now been fixed. You can also test CSS and JavaScript pages even if you have the live preview enabled. Previously this didn't work well.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 13 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 14 October. It will be on all wikis from 15 October (calendar).

Future changes
 * Octicons-tools.svg A new stable version of Pywikibot is coming soon.

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Speedy deletion tagging
Hello, M-Mustapha,

Just a reminder that every time you tag a page for any type of deletion, you need to post a notice to the page creator on their talk page. The easiest way to do this is to use Twinkle, which not only provides you with appropriate CSD criteria but will post the notice automatically once you set up your Preferences. This is the easiest and most complete way to tag pages for deletion so I encourage you to make use of it and set up your Twinkle Preferences so that all CSD categories are selected to send notices to page creators. Thank you. Liz <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">Read! Talk! 19:43, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks! For the reminder Liz <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;"> Noted. Em-mustapha 20:17, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

May I ask why you rolled back the changes to Safe-cracking
All I did was update the links to the current device, the links for ref 8 & 9 are no longer valid. My apologies if wikipedia would prefer to use outdated references that no longer are accessible. — Preceding unsigned comment added by G13005 (talk • contribs) 05:45, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
 * OK! G13005, The machine tagged your edit as reference remove that's why I immediately rollback it. Had it you provided an edit summary I wouldn't roll it back until I checked weather it's constructive or otherwise. Thanks for asking, I will restore it back. Em-mustapha 08:37, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

Why did you reverted my changes?
Hi sir, someone's is adding mythological claims on Jadeja page, while I added their real descent with appropriate references then why did you reverted my edit and replace it with mythological claims based on one ref!? Did you revert it just because me being a new IP editor without even looking at what has been changed on the page? 43.251.222.185 (talk) 13:32, 14 October 2020 (UTC)


 * I checked it. Hey M-Mustapha, this person has the point. There was no need to replace family descent with myths though. And myth is also just based on a claim with just a single ref. And the person, to whose version you've reverted to, seems to be messing up other pages too and not just the Jadeja page. HinduKshatrana (talk) 13:52, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi! User:43.251.222.185 and HinduKshatrana, I reverted the edits because they weren't constructive, you remove too many contents including their references and you even went on to distorted the page format by removing the external links section etcetera. You should review your edits before publishing next time and reference your claim with reliable sources, finally try to write a brief summary of your changes to the page. By the way it is better you register an account if you think people look down on IP users. Hope you get my rational worthy. Thanks Em-mustapha 14:06, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Ok, I don't know what's up with the IP editor wanting an account or not but this guy had provided 3 references with the information. The Sumit guy who removed it with a single ref for mythological claims was the one was not being constructive. I've checked those 3 references and they seem fine. You should re-check the editorial history on Jadeja page.HinduKshatrana (talk) 15:28, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-43
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 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).

Future changes
 * You will be able to read but not to edit the wikis for up to an hour on around 14:00 (UTC). It will probably be shorter than an hour.
 * Octicons-tools.svg In the AbuseFilter extension, the  function will be updated soon so that it does not remove the "space" character. Wikis are advised to wrap all the uses of   with   wherever necessary to keep filters' behavior unchanged. You can use the search function on Special:AbuseFilter to locate its usage.
 * Some gadgets and user-scripts use the HTML div with the ID . This div will be removed soon. Maintainers should replace these uses with either   or  . A list of affected scripts is at the top of T265373.

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Tech News: 2020-44
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Problems
 * You will be able to read but not to edit the wikis for up to an hour on October 27 around 14:00 (UTC). It will probably be shorter than an hour.
 * Last week, links to "diffs" from mobile watchlists and recentchanges were linking to page-revisions instead of diffs. This has now been fixed.

Changes later this week
 * There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

Future changes
 * Since the introduction of the interface administrators user group in 2018, administrators couldn’t view the deleted history of CSS/JS pages. Now they can.
 * There was a problem with the Change Tags. The software would apply the "" tag to any page actions such as page-protection changes if they came directly after a reverted edit. This has now been fixed for new edits.
 * The Reply tool will be offered as an opt-in Beta Feature on most Wikipedias in November. Another announcement will be made once the date is finalized.

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November edith-a-thons from Women in Red
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Tech News: 2020-45
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Recent changes
 * You can no longer read Wikimedia wikis if your browser uses very old TLS. This is because it is a security problem for everyone. It could lead to downgrade attacks. Since October 29, 2020, users who use old TLS versions will not be able to connect to Wikimedia projects. A list of browser recommendations is available. All modern operating systems and browsers are always able to reach Wikimedia projects.
 * Octicons-tools.svg There is a new automatic tracking category available: Pages with non-numeric formatnum arguments. It collects pages which use the  parser function with invalid (non-numeric) input, e.g.  . Note that   is also invalid input: as described in the documentation, the argument should be unformatted so that it can be reliably and correctly localised. The tracking category will help identify problematic usage and double-formatting. The new tracking category's name can be translated at translatewiki.

Changes later this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from November 3. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from November 4. It will be on all wikis from November 5 (calendar).
 * Administrators and stewards will be able to use a special page (Special:CreateLocalAccount) to force local account creation for a global account. This is useful when account creation is blocked for that user (by a block or a filter).
 * The Reply tool will be offered as an opt-in Beta Feature on most Wikipedias on November 4. This change excludes the English, Russian, and German-language Wikipedias, plus a few smaller Wikipedias with special circumstances. You can read the help page and the troubleshooting guide for more information.

Future changes
 * A discussion has been restarted about using a Unicode minus sign (− U+2212) in the output of  when it is given a negative argument.
 * In the future IP addresses of unregistered users will not be shown for everyone. They will get an alias instead. There will be a new user right or an opt-in function for more vandal fighters to see the IPs of unregistered users. There would be some criteria for who gets the user right or opt-in. There will also be other new tools to help handle vandalism. This is early in the process and the developers are still collecting information from the communities before they suggest solutions.

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The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November!
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Tech News: 2020-46
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Changes later this week
 * There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

Future changes
 * You can see reference previews. This shows a preview of the footnote when you hover over it. This has been a beta feature. It will move out of beta and be enabled by default. There will be an option not to use it. The developers are looking for small or medium-sized wikis to be the first ones. You can let them know if your wiki is interested.
 * From November 16 the categories will not be sorted in order for a short time. This is because the developers are upgrading to a new version of the internationalisation library. They will use a script to fix the existing categories. This can take a few hours or a few days depending on how big the wiki is. You can read more.

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Tech News: 2020-47
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Recent changes
 * Listings on category pages are sorted on each wiki for that language using a library. For a brief period on 16 November, changes to categories will not be sorted correctly for most languages. This is because the developers are upgrading to a new version of the library. They will then use a script to fix the existing categories. This will take a few hours or a few days depending on how big the wiki is. You can read more.

Changes later this week
 * If you merged two pages in a namespace where pages can't redirect this used to break the merge history. This will now be fixed.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).

Future changes
 * The Community Wishlist Survey is now open for proposals. The survey decides what the Community Tech team will work on. You can post proposals from 16 to 30 November. You can vote on proposals from 8 December to 21 December.

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Tech News: 2020-48
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 * Timestamps in Special:Log are now links. They go to Special:Log for only that entry. This is how timestamps work on for example the history page.

Changes later this week
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Future changes
 * Octicons-tools.svg The Wikimedia Cloud VPS hosts technical projects for the Wikimedia movement. Developers need to claim projects they use. This is because old and unused projects are removed once a year. Unclaimed projects can be shut down from 1 December. Unclaimed projects can be deleted from 1 January.

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List of covid deaths
List of deaths due to COVID-19 has been proposed again for deletion. Your opinion on the matter could be useful --Pesqara (talk) 15:32, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

December with Women in Red
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Tech News: 2020-49
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 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).

Future changes
 * The iOS Wikipedia app will show readers more of the article history. They can see new updates and easier see how the article has changed over time. This is an experiment. It will first be shown only to some iOS app users as a test.
 * Octicons-tools.svg The Wiki Replicas can be used for SQL queries. You can use Quarry, PAWS or other ways to do this. To make the Wiki Replicas stable there will be two changes. Cross-database  will no longer work. You can also only query a database if you connect to it directly. This will happen in February 2021. If you think this affects you and you need help you can post on Phabricator or on Wikitech.

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Tech News: 2020-50
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Recent changes
 * You can now put pages on your watchlist for a limited period of time. Some wikis already had this function.

Changes later this week
 * Information from Wikidata that is used on a wiki page can be shown in recent changes and watchlists on a Wikimedia wiki. To see this you need to turn on showing Wikidata edits in your watchlist in the preferences. Changes to the Wikidata description in the language of a Wikimedia wiki will then be shown in recent changes and watchlists. This will not show edits to languages that are not relevant to your wiki.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).

Future changes
 * You can vote on proposals in the Community Wishlist Survey between 8 December and 21 December. The survey decides what the Community Tech team will work on.

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Nigerian Medical Students' Association
Could you comment on your decision to accept Nigerian Medical Students' Association out of AfC? While the organization does appear to be notable, the draft you accepted had significant NPOV issues as well as a few paragraphs of content directly lifted from copyrighted websites. signed,Rosguill talk 00:04, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Ah! Rosguill, I will confirm that my assessment of the article was really poor before accepting it, a reason I couldn't be able to figure out all that in the first place, thanks for all the corrections you made to the article. Regards. Em-mustapha 04:10, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm a bit puzzled by your response. Are you saying that you couldn't tell that the article had NPOV issues? signed,Rosguill talk 16:51, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
 * No! What I mean was; although I have read the article my focus wasn't there, so I didn't see them, but just when I saw the corrections you made then the issues came out for me obviously.  Em-mustapha  talk 21:16, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Understood, no worries. signed,Rosguill talk 21:20, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

Tech News: 2020-51
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Recent changes
 * There is a Wikipedia app for KaiOS phones. It was released in India in September. It can now be downloaded in other countries too.

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

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Tech News: 2020-52
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Tech News
 * Because of the holidays the next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 11 January 2021.

Recent changes
 * The  template shows when a statement in a Wikipedia article needs a source. If you click on it when you edit with the visual editor there is a popup that explains this. Now it can also show the reason and when it was added.

Changes later this week
 * There is no new MediaWiki version this week or next week.

Future changes
 * You can propose and discuss what technical improvements should be done for geographic information. This could be coordinates, maps or other related things.
 * Some wikis use LanguageConverter to switch between writing systems or variants of a language. This can only be done for the entire page. There will be a  tag that can convert a piece of text on a page.
 * Oversighters and stewards can hide entries in Special:AbuseLog. They can soon hide multiple entries at once using checkboxes. This works like hiding normal edits. It will happen in early January.

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Request on 14:35:07, 21 December 2020 for assistance on AfC submission by Talktodamian
The article I created was declined for not meeting the notability guidelines. I think I did an indepth research of the subject before writing the article. can you be more specific on what you really want me to do. Thanks.

Talktodamian (talk) 14:35, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi Talktodamian, It is there on the tag, "This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article".   Em-em   talk 21:06, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

The Signpost: 28 December 2020
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wth
Why are you deleting the changes made to Akbar aAyub Khans page Rano1524 (talk) 17:45, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Look at the edits again they aren't constructive that's why I reverted them, take a look here. Your diff! –  Em-em  talk 18:25, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

A New Year With Women in Red!
--Megalibrarygirl (talk) 03:02, 29 December 2020 (UTC) via MassMessaging

Happy New Year
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Pratyush.shrivastava (talk) — is wishing you a Happy New Year! It's the last day of 2024 and tomorrow will be . Hope the coming year brings pleasures for you. Have a prosperous, enjoyable and a productive . This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year! -- Pratyush.shrivastava (talk) 18:12, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

Spread the New Year cheer by adding {{subst:New Year 2}} to their talk page with a friendly message.


 * Thanks Pratyush.shrivastava! For the new year's wishes, I'm wishing you the same! Regards. –  Em-em  talk 19:53, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

afc
Draw date is 27 january so revert your edits or will be reported — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.1.28.202 (talk) 11:04, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

RoadRunners or Roadrunners
Does MOSCAPs apply here? The team referred to themselves as the RoadRunners, with a capital R for Runners and no space between the words, as can be seen at their (archived) website. https://web.archive.org/web/20070520231538/http://www.phxroadrunners.com/# Should we not stick to the name and style the team themselves used? 194.28.124.55 (talk) 01:01, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I hope you made this request! Diffs here! with the saying ..other teams that have used this name have their respective league in the page title, and there is nothing to say this is the most important Phoenix RoadRunners version - see Phoenix Roadrunners (disambiguation) I moved the page uncontroversially but by dropping the 'R' to lower 'r' and without space in between, seeing that the same other teams use it that way, and also found refs like these, , , , , , etc. –  Em-em   talk 03:22, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Sorry, my message on the page move request may have been a little confusing. The move to the {team name} (ECHL) was correct, as other team articles for other incarnations all had their respective leagues in brackets after their names, but only the ECHL version styled themselves as RoadRunners, the others all using the (correct!) Roadrunners.
 * So with that in mind, should the page be moved to Phoenix RoadRunners (ECHL), or is that against the MOS?
 * (Sorry for being a pain, trying to understand.) 194.28.124.55 (talk) 00:29, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Okay! Since your requested controversial move was declined, then you could start a request move discussion on the talk page of the article by including your rational with reliable sources that back your considerations. Thanks. –  Em-em  talk 07:27, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the help, have done now. 194.28.124.55 (talk) 00:51, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-02
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Recent changes
 * You can choose to be reminded when you have not added an edit summary. This can be done in your preferences. This could conflict with the CAPTCHA. This has now been fixed.
 * You can link to specific log entries. You can get these links for example by clicking the timestamps in the log. Until now, such links to private log entries showed no entry even if you had permission to view private log entries. The links now show the entry.
 * Admins can use the abuse filter tool to automatically prevent bad edits. Three changes happened last week:
 * The filter editing interface now shows syntax errors while you type. This is similar to JavaScript pages. It also shows a warning for regular expressions that match the empty string. New warnings will be added later.
 * Oversighters can now hide multiple filter log entries at once using checkboxes on Special:AbuseLog. This is how the usual revision deletion works.
 * When a filter matches too many actions after it has been changed it is "throttled". The most powerful actions are disabled. This is to avoid many editors getting blocked when an administrator made a mistake. The administrator will now get a notification about this "throttle".
 * Octicons-tools.svg There is a new tool to build new skins. You can also see existing skins. You can give feedback.
 * Octicons-tools.svg Bots using the API no longer watch pages automatically based on account preferences. Setting the  to   will still work. This is to reduce the size of the watchlist data in the database.
 * Octicons-tools.svg Scribunto's file metadata now includes length.
 * Octicons-tools.svg CSS and JavaScript code pages now have link anchors to line numbers. You can use wikilinks like w:en:MediaWiki:Common.js.
 * Octicons-sync.svg There was a new version of MediaWiki last week. You can read a detailed log of all 763 changes. Most of them are very small and will not affect you.

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

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Tech News: 2021-03
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Changes later this week
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).

Future changes
 * The Growth team plans to add features to get more visitors to edit to more Wikipedias. You can help translating the interface.
 * You will be able to read but not to edit Wikimedia Commons for a short time on at 07:00 (UTC).
 * MassMessage posts could be automatically timestamped in the future. This is because MassMessage senders can now send pages using MassMessage. Pages are more difficult to sign. If there are times when a MassMessage post should not be timestamped you can let the developers know.

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Afrocine Nigeria Contest 2020 Congratulations
Greetings

The Afrocine Nigeria 2020 contest organizers would like to appreciate you for participating in the contest and contributing to free knowledge by participating in this contest, and providing visibility to the African cinema on Wikipedia thereby reducing the knowledge gap and unavailability of African content.

The jury has carried out a thorough assessment of all the contributions made by participants and would like to congratulate you for emerging as one of the winners (first position) that emerged in the contest.

Kindly provide a means of contacting you to facilitate the delivery of prizes.

Results of the contest can be viewed using the link below https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine_Contest_Nigeria_2020/Months_of_African_Cinema/Winners#Winners%27_Ranking

Thank you.

Announcer

For Afrocine contest Nigeria

Timmylegend (talk) 20:20, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

Kaduna State
Hello. Your recent edit to Kaduna State appears to have added the name of a non-notable entity to a list that normally includes only notable entries. In general, a person, organization or product added to a list should have a pre-existing article before being added to most lists. If you wish to create such an article, please first confirm that the subject qualifies for a separate, stand-alone article according to Wikipedia's notability guideline. Thank you. - Arjayay (talk) 13:53, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

Federal Government Girls College (Zaria) moved to draftspace
An article you recently created, Federal Government Girls College (Zaria) does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of " " before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. Please see the school article guidelines which describes how the content of school articles should be organized, with the aim of providing general guidance to editors. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Steven (Editor) (talk) 01:32, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-04
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Problems
 * You will be able to read but not to edit Wikimedia Commons for a short time on at 07:00 (UTC). You will not be able to read or edit Wikitech for a short time on at 09:00 (UTC).

Changes later this week
 * Bracket matching will be added to the CodeMirror syntax highlighter on the first wikis. The first wikis are German and Catalan Wikipedia and maybe other Wikimedia wikis. This will happen on 27 January.
 * Octicons-sync.svg The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from . It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from . It will be on all wikis from (calendar).

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I have sent you a note about a page you started
Hello, M-Mustapha

Thank you for creating Isiaka Oladayo Amao.

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Federal Government Girls College (Zaria) (January 27)
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Wholesale reversion of Net Promoter Comment and re-reversion by the original author
Hi, Can you please articulate the reasons why you did a wholesale reversion of edits on Net Promoter? I thought some of the edits you reverted added value. Others, of course, were poorly sourced or just the opinion of the editor (Mtfitzgerald8). It feels a bit heavy handed to revert them all, however.

Elvira100 (talk) 17:53, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes! Elvira100, there's no any special reason behind the revert other than just a normal revert of an unconstructive/unsourced addition or unreliable claim, the same as you said, it could just be the editor's opinion and the sources that he provided were other wikipedia pages, which we don't used them as sources here.  Em-em   talk 00:09, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

As far as I know I provided sources for everything I wrote. If you could be clearer on where you think the sources are missing, that would be helpful. For example, you will see from the note in the 'Origins' heading that I interviewed the original researchers, Fred Reichheld and Laura Brooks for that content, so it is well sourced. I also checked it with them before making the changes. Many of the other changes are sourced from the Net Promoter System podcast and other places, all cited. My observations on the defects in the criticism sections come from reading the articles in question. I am also a reference source for NPS information as I have written one of the reference books on the subject, have been invited more than anyone else onto the Bain Net Promoter System podcast, and work part-time for Richard Owen, former CEO of Satmetrix, co-inventors of NPS. Note that I consider it disrespectful and unethical to delete what I wrote without contacting me in any way.

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Vandalism?
Can you explain why you think my edit on Hairnets was considered vandalism? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.234.42.153 (talk) 22:09, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes! Reverting an anti-vandal Bot where in the instance of not misbehaving is a pure vandalism.   Em-em   talk 15:14, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

Salomon Group
Hi Why revert my edit to Salomon Group? Now it is mostly a list of their ski models without any sources. Should we list all the products of every company in their wikipedia article? Also Salomon makes mostly other stuff nowadays. Why the downhill skis in their pages. Why not list of their cross country skis? DukeDuck (talk) 14:38, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes! I don't think taken down the list is the right thing but rather we updated the list to cover their other initiatives.  Em-em   talk 14:50, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
 * There are thousands of items at sale at their webshop at the moment and those change once or twice a year. In my opinion no reason to list any ski models or shoe models or something like that at their wiki article. There are no product listings in Nike or Adidas or Puma articles. DukeDuck (talk) 15:11, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

Hi, M-Mustapha. I’m just letting you know that I’ve restored DukeDuck’s edit to Salomon Group, in the future please don’t restore unsourced text to a page without finding a source regardless of why it was removed. Horse Eye&#39;s Back (talk) 16:15, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
 * You are free! As per not being sourced. As you said in the future, for me I would still require why a content is removed?  Em-em   talk 23:59, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback
Have gone through your feedback and I've provided further references to my article Draft:Idere Town looking forward to seeing it accepted.Michtimiael (talk) 09:19, 8 March 2021 (UTC)

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Vandalism on Renee Harris Producer page and Dorothy Gibson page.
Hello,

Thank you for trying to deal with editor named 174.16.152.249. He is vandalizing pages and needs to be banned.

I have contributed valuable information to Renee Harris' page in "Later Years" with sources and this person keeps deleting it.

These are the pages he vandalized. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renee_Harris_(producer) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Gibson

Thank you, Gregg Jasper

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April editathons from Women in Red
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Notice of Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents discussion
There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Ⓩⓟⓟⓘⓧ Talk 02:14, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Good Job
I just saw this, I’m not sure how that eluded me, but thanks for making the right judgement call. It’s pertinent for social media celebrities to understand that verified blue checks are worthless and means absolutely nothing on this collaborative project. Celestina007 (talk) 13:35, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Sure! Their notability is nothing other than BLP1E.  The Living love   talk 18:34, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
 * They presume by giving speeches and taking pictures with governors, it makes them notable. Lol, they have a lot to learn. Once again, Good job Mustapha. Celestina007 (talk) 01:21, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
 * splendid job here as well. Celestina007 (talk) 13:01, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Tech News: 2021-16
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16:47, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

Aham Rochas notability, from a NPOV
Sannu Musty,

Having taken careful notice of wiki requirements (especially with respect to Biography of Living Person etc) I want to humbly resubmit the article while acknowledging a measure of bias in this issue. My work with the foundation does indeed predispose me to see things in a certain light, but having acknowledged my bias i also resubmit based on these grounds:

the subject of the proposed entry is indeed of note and the tone is from a npov, and not promotional

1. by virtue of his family's prominence and being his father's first son, he is already mentioned on wikipedia ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochas_Okorocha)

2. as per wiki guidelines the article has the requisite reliable, independent, verifiable sources https://leadership.ng/2019/04/13/fula-aham-rochas-group-making-a-mark-in-real-estate/ https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/04/nigeria-is-a-natural-hub-for-some-of-best-minds-on-the-planet-aro-group-boss/ https://punchng.com/aham-rochas-big-dreams/ https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/03/quality-education-is-key-to-africas-development-aham-rochas/ https://leadership.ng/aham-rochas-urges-govts-across-africa-to-rethink-the-future/ https://tribuneonlineng.com/aham-rochas-inducted-into-ahmadu-bello-hall-of-fame/ https://dailytrust.com/abduction-of-school-children-shouldnt-be-a-norm-aham-rochas https://www.sunnewsonline.com/it-inequality-increasing-wealth-gaps-are-intertwined/ https://www.legit.ng/1163255-rochas-okorocha-children.html https://www.gistmania.com/talk/topic,351272.0.html

Also, the fact that a death rumour was circulated in 2017 serves as proof of notability. https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/09/son-ahamefula-alive-not-dead-cries-okorocha/ https://thewillnigeria.com/news/okorochas-first-son-seriously-ill-rushed-to-london-hospital/ https://www.fellowpress.com/politics/48443/okorochas-son-slumps-aham-flown-abroad-for-treatment/ https://www.informationng.com/2018/01/governor-rochas-okorocha-son-slumps-uk.html

One can tell you're a fair-minded person by the way you said 'maybe the near future', and in light of the principle of merit it does seem somehow unfair that some people should have privileges or notability/attention extended to them by virtue of birth circumstances or family name ...

but it is judgmental/biased to deny notability based on him doing the same thing as his father/family ... to use analogies Rockefeller Snr and Jnr likely have individual entries, as do Princes Charles and Harry/William.

I merely point out what I consider your bias not to antagonise or be problematic, but to help us reach consensus on this edit.

Please be assured of my wholesome intent to contribute, and also respect for you/this collaborative work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Morayce (talk • contribs)
 * , @, I’m sorry if this might sound harsh, but it is my candid opinion that you try to score cheap points by beginning this entry with ”Sannu”, this might come as a shocker to you but however, this collaborative project isn’t like the Nigeria we live in where nepotism or tribalistic sentiments triumph over competence and experience. Let me make it clear to you; proximity to notable persons doesn’t make one automatically notable, that is, notability isn’t inherited, a person is notable if they fulfill our WP:GOLDENRULE or the relevant SNG. Anything short of that wouldn’t be published on mainspace. Celestina007 (talk) 13:18, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

@ upon reflection it could seem patronizing or overly familiar, and therefore offensive; but I assure you 'sannu' didn't come from those intentions, or from 'trying to score cheap points'. If any was incidentally perceived please be assured that no insult was tendered/intended. The entry also isn't being argued for (solely) on the basis of lineage or proximity to notability, these are independently verifiable sources attesting to fulfilment of relevant WP guidelines: please consider these https://leadership.ng/2019/04/13/fula-aham-rochas-group-making-a-mark-in-real-estate/ https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/04/nigeria-is-a-natural-hub-for-some-of-best-minds-on-the-planet-aro-group-boss/ https://punchng.com/aham-rochas-big-dreams/ https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/03/quality-education-is-key-to-africas-development-aham-rochas/ https://leadership.ng/aham-rochas-urges-govts-across-africa-to-rethink-the-future/ https://tribuneonlineng.com/aham-rochas-inducted-into-ahmadu-bello-hall-of-fame/ https://dailytrust.com/abduction-of-school-children-shouldnt-be-a-norm-aham-rochas https://www.sunnewsonline.com/it-inequality-increasing-wealth-gaps-are-intertwined/ https://www.legit.ng/1163255-rochas-okorocha-children.html https://www.gistmania.com/talk/topic,351272.0.html https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/09/son-ahamefula-alive-not-dead-cries-okorocha/ https://thewillnigeria.com/news/okorochas-first-son-seriously-ill-rushed-to-london-hospital/ https://www.fellowpress.com/politics/48443/okorochas-son-slumps-aham-flown-abroad-for-treatment/ https://www.informationng.com/2018/01/governor-rochas-okorocha-son-slumps-uk.html, as you also consider offering specific critique about how one can improve the submission/draft.
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Thank you..  The Living love  talk 17:20, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome talk I also beg pardon for slipping on tildes/signage ... I have a lot to learn/remember Morayce (talk) 10:14, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

Look at the page history before reverting
Chitraguptvanshia Kayastha Ninja Roti (talk) 14:10, 24 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Please! Stop your continuous removal of Wikipedia content. I have checked the history and I see nothing bad, it seems you're just randomly removing content from articles.  The Living love   talk 17:15, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

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May 2021 at Women in Red
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Question from HariSinghw (14:58, 17 May 2021)
Hello Sir,

I want to correct the name of the page. Please guide --HariSinghw (talk) 14:58, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi! HariSinghw, please which page are you referring?  The Living love   talk 15:01, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Sir, I am referring a page titled Rohtash Yadav and his correct name is Rohtas Yadav. HariSinghw (talk) 15:05, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
 * I am thankful for your generous guidance and I feel blessed to have you as a mentor. HariSinghw (talk) 15:07, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Okay, you are welcome. Follow this guide on how to move/rename a page to another name or this help moving a page.  The Living love   talk 15:18, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

Question from HariSinghw (15:15, 17 May 2021)
Hello Sir, I want to save this page V. K. Agarwal. He was a vice chancellor of a Indian University and this is not a promotional page. --HariSinghw (talk) 15:15, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
 * The page is currently redirected to the University but you can remove the redirect and create the page independently, and yes you should try and write articles that are notable enough to be on Wikipedia otherwise they would quickly get deleted.  The Living love   talk 15:30, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you Sir HariSinghw (talk) 15:38, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
 * You are welcome! I dropped you a welcome template on your talk with some helpful links.  The Living love   talk 15:51, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa (May 19)
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