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hi. regarding the mashgiach page
i saw that you reverted my edit a quick 2 minutes after i made it. What i did was take out a mistake in the page regarding the organizations that were incorrectly written as kasharuth agencies. Wikipedia defines a mashgiach as "A mashgiach (Hebrew: משגיח, lit. "supervisor"; pl. משגיחים, mashgichim) is a Jew who supervises the kashrut status of a kosher establishment. A mashgiach may supervise any type of food service establishment, including slaughterhouses, food manufacturers, hotels, caterers, nursing homes, restaurants, butchers, groceries, or cooperatives. The mashgiach usually works as the on-site supervisor and inspector, representing a kosher certification agency or a local rabbi, who actually makes the policy decisions for what is or is not acceptably kosher. Sometimes the certifying rabbi (רב המכשיר, rav hamachshir) acts as his own mashgiach; such is the case in many small communities." The 2 organizations that were written are defined by Wikipedia as, "Magen Tzedek, originally known as Hekhsher Tzedek, (Hebrew: מגן צדק‎ English translation Shield of Justice or Justice Certification, with variant English spellings) is a complementary certification for kosher food produced in the United States in a way that meets Jewish Halakhic (legal) standards for workers, consumers, animals, and the environment, as understood by Conservative Judaism. Magen Tzedek certification is not a kashrut certification which certifies that food is kosher in that it meets certain requirements regarding ingredients of food and technical methods of animal slaughter, but an ethical certification complementary to conventional kosher certification." This is why they were removed. Thank you for all your work for mankind! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 185.24.207.252 (talk) 14:17, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of User:Wolly on Whools


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April 2019
There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. ᴀɴᴏɴʏᴍᴜᴤᴤ ᴜᴤᴇʀ (ᴛᴀʟᴋ) 19:53, 9 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Can you perhaps link the exact discussion? Kirbanzo (userpage - talk - contribs) 16:25, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Nevermind, found it. Probably should have followed WP:DENY there, my bad. Kirbanzo (userpage - talk - contribs) 16:57, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

Datcheka moved to draftspace
An article you recently created, Datcheka, 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. 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. JoeHebda (talk) 03:51, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
 * I didn't make this, did you get the wrong user? I only added tags to the article. Kirbanzo (userpage - talk - contribs) 16:19, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
 * The user who created is blocked indefinitely, so I thought you might be able to help. I'm "new" to doing these "Move to draft" process. Sorry for the confusion. JoeHebda (talk) 16:35, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Ah. You’re fine then. Just remember that template is supposed to go on the page of the creator. Kirbanzo (userpage - talk - contribs) 16:59, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

You might be interested in
Article Rescue Squadron. Cheers. 7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 17:10, 18 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Might as well, since I tag a lot of stuff for improvement. Kirbanzo (userpage - talk - contribs) 17:11, 18 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Welcome aboard. Try it, you'll like it.  Unlimited work to be done! 7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 17:20, 18 April 2019 (UTC)

Ooga Booga can also be interpreted as slang for "Come here man" in some central regions in the United States of America.
That is a real term in parts of Iowa so why was it revoked

Ooga Booga can also be interpreted as slang for "Come here man" in some central regions in the United States of America. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Monkeyboibot900 (talk • contribs) 16:09, 25 April 2019 (UTC)
 * This isn't an article on the game, not on language. It is innapropiate to add there. Kirbanzo (userpage - talk - contribs) 16:10, 25 April 2019 (UTC)

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Changes on "Kevin Kühnert"
Hello,

you reverted changes regarding Kevin Kühnert (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_K%C3%BChnert). The entry i made is big news today in germany, not deffamatory but correct: - He is an open homosexual (long known, said himself, and that was even in the article before i edited it) - He is an open communist / socialist. Interview happened today where he proudly says he is a proud proponent of socialism and communism, here are 2 (big) news outlets:

https://www.bild.de/politik/inland/politik-inland/kevin-kuehnert-fuer-kollektivierung-juso-chef-will-enteignung-z-b-von-bmw-61602026.bild.html

https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article192761211/Enteignungen-Kevin-Kuehnerts-extreme-Ideen-fuer-die-Wirtschaft.html

You can use google translate for that (Ger-> Eng)

There was nothing defamatory in the edits i made, its just the way it is / plain facts. I would request you to revert your changes, Thank you very much!
 * You should cite these within the article so people know this is true, and isn't defamatory. Kirbanzo (userpage - talk - contribs) 15:05, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Back to the drawing board
Implementation of the new portal design has been culled back almost completely, and the cull is still ongoing. The cull has also affected portals that existed before the development of the automated design.

Some of the reasons for the purge are:
 * Portals receive insufficient traffic, making it a waste of editor resources to maintain them, especially for narrow-scope or "micro" portals
 * The default bpsp portals are redundant with the corresponding articles, being based primarily on the corresponding navigation footer displayed on each of those articles, and therefore not worth separate pages to do so
 * They were mass created

Most of the deletions have been made without prejudice to recreation of curated portals, so that approval does not need to be sought at Deletion Review in those cases.

In addition to new portals being deleted, most of the portals that were converted to an automated design have been reverted.

Which puts us back to portals with manually selected content, that need to be maintained by hand, for the most part, for the time being, and back facing some of the same problems we had when we were at this crossroads before:
 * Manually maintained portals are not scalable (they are labor intensive, and there aren't very many editors available to maintain them)
 * The builders/maintainers tend to eventually abandon them
 * Untended handcrafted portals go stale and fall into disrepair over time

These and other concepts require further discussion. See you at WT:POG.

However, after the purge/reversion is completed, some of the single-page portals might be left, due to having acceptable characteristics (their design varied some). If so, then those could possibly be used as a model to convert and/or build more, after the discussions on portal creation and design guidelines have reached a community consensus on what is and is not acceptable for a portal.

See you at WT:POG.

Curation
A major theme in the deletion discussions was the need for portals to be curated, that is, each one having a dedicated maintainer.

There are currently around 100 curated portals. Based on the predominant reasoning at MfD, it seems likely that all the other portals may be subject to deletion.

See you at WT:POG.

Traffic
An observation and argument that arose again and again during the WP:ENDPORTALS RfC and the ongoing deletion drive of bpsp default portals, was that portals simply do not get much traffic. Typically, they get a tiny fraction of what the corresponding like-titled articles get.

And while this isn't generally considered a good rationale for creation or deletion of articles, portals are not articles, and portal critics insist that traffic is a key factor in the utility of portals.

The implication is that portals won't be seen much, so wouldn't it be better to develop pages that are?

And since such development isn't limited to editing, almost anything is possible. If we can't bring readers to portals, we could bring portal features, or even better features, to the readers (i.e., to articles)...

Quantum portals?
An approach that has received some brainstorming is "quantum portals", meaning portals generated on-the-fly and presented directly on the view screen without any saved portal pages. This could be done by script or as a MediaWiki program feature, but would initially be done by script. The main benefits of this is that it would be opt-in (only those who wanted it would install it), and the resultant generated pages wouldn't be saved, so that there wouldn't be anything to maintain except the script itself.

Non-portal integrated components
Another approach would be to focus on implementing specific features independently, and provide them somewhere highly visible in a non-portal presentation context (that is, on a page that wasn't a portal that has lots of traffic, i.e., articles). Such as inserted directly into an article's HTML, as a pop-up there, or as a temporary page. There are scripts that use these approaches (providing unrelated features), and so these approaches have been proven to be feasible.

What kind of features could this be done with?

The various components of the automated portal design are transcluded excerpts, news, did you know, image slideshows, excerpt slideshows, and so on.

Some of the features, such as navigation footers and links to sister projects are already included on article pages. And some already have interface counterparts (such as image slideshows). Some of the rest may be able to be integrated directly via script, but may need further development before they are perfected. Fortunately, scripts are used on an opt-in basis, and therefore wouldn't affect readers-in-general and editors-at-large during the development process (except for those who wanted to be beta testers and installed the scripts).

The development of such scripts falls under the scope of the Javascript-WikiProject/Userscript-department, and will likely be listed on User scripts/List when completed enough for beta-testing. Be sure to watchlist that page.

Where would that leave curated portals?
Being curated. At least for the time being.

New encyclopedia program features will likely eventually render most portals obsolete. For example, the pop-up feature of MediaWiki provides much the same functionality as excerpts in portals already, and there is also a slideshow feature to view all the images on the current page (just click on any image, and that activates the slideshow). Future features could also overlap portal features, until there is nothing that portals provide that isn't provided elsewhere or as part of Wikipedia's interface.

But, that may be a ways off. Perhaps months or years. It depends on how rapidly programmers develop them.

Keep on keepin' on
The features of Wikipedia and its articles will continue to evolve, even if Portals go by the wayside. Most, if not all of portals' functionality, or functions very similar, will likely be made available in some form or other.

And who knows what else?

No worries.

Until next issue... &mdash; The Transhumanist  00:26, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:23, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

Oldcotes
Added a link just trying to figure out how to make a page on Kieran Simcox Cyclopedia1997 (talk) 20:09, 21 August 2019 (UTC)


 * Hi, are you connected to Kieran Simcox in any way? ~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:13, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

No not at all, just trying to add a page on him — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cyclopedia1997 (talk • contribs) 20:14, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Why are you doing this on my talk page and not the article talkpage? Kirbanzo (userpage - talk - contribs) 18:38, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

Sandra Pinel
Sorry - you CSDed that article while I was typing up the AfD proposal - I hit cancel when Twinkle gave me a notification, but it went ahead with the AfD anyway. I guess if it gets speedied we can just close out the AfD already? I haven't had this happen before, is there anything else I should do at this point? Cheers Girth Summit  (blether)  23:22, 25 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I have no clue, must have been a glitch. Just close it as speedy delete by (insert deleting admin) if it gets speedied, or you can remove the CSD G11 tag. Kirbanzo (userpage - talk - contribs) 23:24, 25 August 2019 (UTC)
 * In truth, I think the speedy is probably fine - I was borderline about it, but let's see if an admin zaps it, otherwise we'll have to do it the slow way. Thanks Girth Summit  (blether)  23:27, 25 August 2019 (UTC)

August 2019
I noticed that you tagged Gaizka Larrazabal with prod blp for proposed deletion. I have removed the tag from the article because it does not meet the criteria specified. The are (a) that subject is living, and (b) that the article contains no sources in any form (as references, external links, etc., reliable or otherwise) supporting any statements made about the person in the biography. Please fully read Proposed deletion of biographies of living people before tagging articles for proposed deletion. Thank you. Adam9007 (talk) 00:26, 26 August 2019 (UTC)

Explanation of my edits to 2019 ARCA season page
Hi Kirbazno, Sorry it took me two weeks to get back to you. I did see how you notified me after you deleted the crew chiefs for the 2019 ARCA teams because you didn't know where I got the info from.

So, I found many of them on ThePitLane.com and others on Racing-Reference. I thought I'd add a crew chiefs column because there is one on most of the other NASCAR series and also the K&N Series, which ARCA is arguably on the same level as. If that does it for you, I can add them back on the article again.

Thanks and hope this helps! Cavanaughs (talk) 01:05, 30 August 2019 (UTC)

Sienna Guillory Edit
2001:8B0:BEFC:7225:41A3:790:817C:41A6 (talk) 00:20, 2 September 2019 (UTC)Hi - I have a message from you saying that you've undone my edit in respect of the above actress as it wasn't constructive.

My edits are nearly always grammatical in nature (very rarely fact-based - maybe twice ever?) and so are always correct (I'm an ex English tutor) but actually I don't remember making any amendments regarding this actress and she doesn't seem to have appeared in anything I've watched, so I can't think of any reason why I would have looked up her entry in Wikipedia.

I find this worrying as I allow my IP address to be recorded rather than bothering to sign in each time.

Please would you let me know what was the edit you reversed?

Kind regards,

Maryon

Arb notice
May I ask what compelled you to make this edit? Praxidicae (talk) 19:30, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I was unaware that template was for Abritrators only and thought that someone forgot to place it on FTWH's talk page when he got Arb-banned. I apologize for my mistake. Kirbanzo (userpage - talk - contribs) 19:31, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Generally block notices of any type should not be placed on user or user talk pages by anyone who can't actually place the block themselves (or isn't an arb/spi clerk, including global lock notices.) Praxidicae (talk) 19:36, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

Panty Dropper69
I saw you've reported this username for being offensive. This username may be inappropriate, but it is not offensive. Crispy Wafers (talk) 14:44, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

September 2019
Thank you for making a report on Administrator intervention against vandalism. Reporting and removing vandalism is vital to the functioning of Wikipedia and all users are encouraged to revert, warn, and report vandalism. However, it appears that the editor you reported may not have engaged in vandalism, or the user was not sufficiently or appropriately warned. Please note there is a difference between vandalism and unhelpful or misguided edits made in good faith. If the user continues to vandalise after a recent final warning, please re-report it. Thank you. IanDBeacon (talk) 16:05, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

Edit war conflict
2601:644:877F:F6D8:B870:F404:9E8B:539F has told me to tell you that their edits are not "edit warring" and is "afraid they might report her/him as well". I see that their edits are constructive, as they are reverting vandalism. However, they do not believe that ou see it that way. How do you feel about it? RealSanix (talk) 23:28, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I'm not going to report them, I was unaware that they were doing constructive reverts. Probably should be a bit more lenient next time, I apologize. Kirbanzo (userpage - talk - contribs) 23:30, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2019
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2019). Administrator changes
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Arbitration
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Don't bother
They've already been final warned 3+ times today. Praxidicae (talk) 18:30, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Well then. They'll likely get blocked soon in that case, so I'll leave the talkpage alone. Kirbanzo (userpage - talk - contribs) 18:32, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

Please leave me alone
I'm just trying to learn how to use Wikipedia. I apologize for having incorrectly interpreted the PROD page, but I'm genuinely trying to figure out the proper process.

As per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page_guidelines#OWNTALK, removal of your message is accepted as a confirmation that it has been read. Thanks. Now I understand why few people bother to try to join the editing community - some of you are far more eager to point out mistakes than to give users a helping hand. 142.103.90.66 (talk) 18:34, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
 * What part of learning WP:PROD and WP:AFD involves calling another editor an asshole? News to me. Praxidicae (talk) 18:39, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

I apologize for overstepping there, Praxidicae. I was meaning to copy your Profile quote: "There's no point in me being online if I'm not being an asshole. -Nick" and saying how it explains a great deal about your online behaviour if you like that statement so much you proudly put it on display, but I phrased it crudely. I should not have directly insulted you, and I'm sorry. 142.103.90.66 (talk) 18:42, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Mind continuing this elsewhere, since I'm not getting any further involved in this? Kirbanzo (userpage - talk - contribs) 18:44, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

Hello
https://www.inspirock.com/greece/piraeus/giorgos-karaiskakis-stadium-a5219527521

Karaiskakis stadium is in Piraeus,New Faliron, Attica. It has nothing to do with Athens.--Λόρδος (talk) 18:04, 13 September 2019 (UTC)

Yoo Blouwhatitdo (talk) 21:43, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

Granbelm
I reverted that edit because it screwed up the infoxbox at the bottom. I don't know how to fix it so reverting the edit was all I could do. I'm gonna reverted again unless you fix it yourself, since you obvious know more about this than I do. 168.194.235.91 (talk) 20:51, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
 * EDIT: Forget about it, I ended up fixing it myself. 168.194.235.91 (talk) 20:57, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but I was just about to add the citation. Please reinstate my two sentences, so I can edit and add the citation! You're too quick!! LOL.
 * You can easily do it yourself. There's a history log that lets you view past versions, after all. Kirbanzo (userpage - talk - contribs) 22:17, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

D.I.D. page
My reason for editing the D.I.D. page was that there was a sudden heavy bias towards the 'therapy induced' theory of D.I.D. mainly cited from a single reference point (Hersen). As somebody who has read scientific papers around structural dissociation (e.g. 'Linking the overwhelming with the unbearable: Developmental trauma, dissociation, and the disconnected self' Schimmenti, 2016) and which show MRI evidence of switches in identity states (which I do not have time nor energy to upload right now), I consider it an unfair bias on a Wikipedia page (probably by somebody with a bee in their bonnet who has never experienced D.I.D. personally) which is damaging to people who need to find support and healing, and so I deleted pending further edits. See also Brand et al, 2016, 'Separating Fact from Fiction: An Empirical Examination of Six Myths About Dissociative Identity Disorder', Harvard Review of Psychiatry. 24(4):257–270, JULY/AUGUST 2016, access at: DOI: 10.1097/HRP.0000000000000100

I did not realise that I was supposed to explain, I am new to editing. If possible, please restore my version. Thank you. 146.90.205.144 (talk) 22:29, 14 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Regarding this, take your arguments to the article talk page. We are not going to remove the fact that this diagnosis is controversial and why. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 01:53, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

Hi
Hi why did you revert my edits on Bigg Boss Telugu 1 it needs clean up with its tables. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.152.178.114 (talk) 18:44, 23 September 2019 (UTC) What do you mean header change could you show me — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.152.178.114 (talk) 18:49, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Reverted it due to the fact that the header change was improper. Kirbanzo (userpage - talk - contribs) 18:47, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
 * The header (EX:" == header == ") was changed from its original title to have "table" following it, which is unnecessary and redundant. Kirbanzo (userpage - talk - contribs) 18:06, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

Nfl Player status
You said my edit "was disruptive" when all I changed was the status of a football player from "former" to "free agent". Whats wrong with that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eriko711 (talk • contribs) 01:44, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi Kirbanzo, I left a message on their talk page that hopefully explains the issue. I did not realize they had left this message to you.  S0091 (talk) 02:22, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

nevermind I give up on wikipedia there's no point in trying to do all of this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eriko711 (talk • contribs) 23:56, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cultural impact of Michael Jackson‎
That was my intention, can't think what went wrongTheLongTone (talk) 15:08, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Page Curation doesn't create 2nd or subsequent AfD nominations for article titles which have been to AfD previously--instead it erroneously appends to the first discussion page. Kirbanzo reverted on the discussion page, I've reverted the tag placement on the article itself and someone else removed it from the daily log, so feel free to renominate using Twinkle or by hand.  Thanks  --Finngall talk  16:23, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

Thirza Cuthand
OK, which sources struck you as "unreliable"? her own website? Is it necessary to move this out of references into external links, if enough other sources are scholarly?Ssenier (talk) 02:18, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, her own website should be external links. That was my main issue, and the main reason why I placed the tag. Other sources, not as sure, I'll let someone more experienced at determining reliability handle the others. Kirbanzo (userpage - talk - contribs) 02:20, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Care to take another look?Ssenier (talk) 02:35, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:55, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

Cat Nutrition
Please undo the proposed deletion. The article was created because the main Cat article was already bloated and I was trimming it down. LittleJerry (talk) 22:48, 5 October 2019 (UTC)
 * PRODs can be removed by the creator of a page, so do it yourself. Kirbanzo (userpage - talk - contribs) 22:50, 5 October 2019 (UTC)

Trouted
You have been trouted for: Tagging Triplebyte, a likely notable article, for speedy deletion. Credible claim of significance: "If the references within the article discuss the subject or provide a possible claim of significance as discussed in #1 above, then too the A7, A9 and A11 tags should not be applied." I realize that there remains much to be written, but outright speedy deleting it isn't helpful, and indeed, is downright counterproductive. Benjamin (talk) 04:04, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

Abu Mansour
Hoy, i am editing from my snartphone today so my edits are limited and brutal, but i think the article is legit, relevant and not an hox. Help welcome !Yug (talk)  22:33, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

My apologies
For this post. Sarcasm and humour have a thin line that crosses many a time into the berating territory. That wasn't my intention. Please feel free to reach out to me for any assistance in the future, if I can provide. Warmly, Lourdes 05:50, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

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You are invited to join the discussion at Articles for deletion/Counter-Measures (audio drama). I've moved a comment you made on another AFD there as the AFD page you commented upon was a duplicate page; there is some discussion on my user talk page. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 16:33, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:15, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Vandalism
In response to your comment on my talk page, I was trying to send a message to the user, but since it was Italian it redirected me to some discussion page. --LBDCOM12 (talk) 19:54, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

mad world too soon
If you deem the page too soon to go live, could I please ask it is moved to drafts rather than outright deleted? I know that once the film is released there will be many more citations available. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LibbyWallace (talk • contribs) 19:45, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

Not constructive?
Hello there,

I was just wondering why my edit of Ludwig von Mises was reversed as 'not constructive'? English speakers often find Germanic names of this sort hard to pronounce, so surely an audio recording is quite the opposite of 'not constructive'?

SuperSheev66 (talk) 02:34, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
 * As per convention (i.e. most, if not all, biographical articles using a foreign name) we already provide the phonetic spelling of the name, which renders such an audio file redundant. Hence why it's not constructive; it's a different method of reaching the same result (assisting in proper pronunciation) and thus unnecessary. Kirbanzo (userpage - talk - contribs) 02:40, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
 * - not aware there was a thing in the template for that. Kirbanzo (userpage - talk - contribs) 02:43, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Not so fast, listen to the audio. They're clearly WP:NOTHERE. Nardog (talk) 17:38, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Ah, slippery. Kirbanzo (userpage - talk - contribs) 19:10, 27 February 2020 (UTC)

Article request. Claude Weisbuch
I did not manage to find out how to request an article to be written so I posted a request under ariclespace with Weisbuchs name. I understood that it would be deleted shortly after, but I hope that you could direct my request. — Preceding unsigned comment added by So Calle H (talk • contribs) 00:09, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Under the CSD notice I left you a link to the proper venue for this. Kirbanzo (userpage - talk - contribs) 15:34, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

How am I supposed to add another reference on Ahitsa
There is literally nothing else to reference in the article, so I'm not sure why you added the message. Please explain, thanks. Neverbuffed (talk) 02:02, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
 * It only relying on a single source means that the information that can be gleamed from the article is limited by what is in said source. The tag is meant to relay this, as well as the fact that more sources strengthens verifiability.


 * As for finding said additional sources, Google searches could try and help you find something, as well as other methods of searching for sources. Kirbanzo (userpage - talk - contribs) 15:33, 1 March 2020 (UTC)