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User talk:Louis Versace
has made an unblock request worth considering. Could you leave a note their as to whether we should accept or decline? Best. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 09:46, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

Touting awards/affiliation and citing the awarding issuing party itself
Hi, I pinged you at Talk:Music_Millennium. I pinged you because, there was discussion about such and I believe you may have been one of the users who posted a good response. Can you comment on the matter if you've got a minute? thanks Graywalls (talk) 15:54, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

MartinEvans
Hi. Can you mail me a copy of this? AFAIK, I never contributed to it and I didn't realise it was part of the MartinEvans cleanup - I didn't know there was a cleanup, but I can easily make a new, COPYVIO-free article with plenty of RS. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 22:23, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Non-creative content pasted at User:Kudpung/x. MER-C 18:01, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

Papaya Global
Hi. This is with regards to the Papaya Global page. It was taken down, and we see this message:  14:04, 13 August 2022 MER-C deleted page Papaya Global (G5: Creation by a blocked or banned user in violation of block or ban)

As we obviously would love to see the page going back up, I wanted to know what should we expect to happen now, and/or if there's anything else we can or should do to help make it happen? 2A0D:6FC2:4612:8400:6D98:484F:EB44:D8DE (talk) 08:09, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Why? And no. MER-C 17:59, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Since Papaya Global is a 700+ employee company, valued at $3.7B after raising north of $400M (including rounds led by Insight Partners), and was just named in Forbes Cloud100 (for the second straight year) - a list headlined by companies like Stripe, Databricks, Canva, and Plaid. Almost all other companies on that prestigious Forbes list, including smaller companies than Papaya Global, have a wikipedia page. With such list of accomplishments and acknowledgments, I wonder what stands between Papaya Global and having a Wikipedia page. Can you help by shedding some light on what should be done to achieve it? Thanks! 2A0D:6FC2:4612:8400:A491:4E55:F184:B995 (talk) 07:39, 17 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Other stuff exists. MER-C 18:30, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

"The Border (Disambiguation)" listed at Redirects for discussion
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Copypatrol Survey
Hey MER-C, not sure if you saw meta:Talk:CopyPatrol since you weren't pinged, I thought I'd point it out to you in case you have any extra insight on anti-copyvio work in the present vs. anti-copyvio work in the past. Thank you, Moneytrees🏝️(Talk) 19:29, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

Board of Trustees election
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James F. Donovan
Hi MER-C, you moved the article on James F. Donovan to draft over a redirect without leaving a redirect, I have gone through and removed the useless redirects that were originally in there. Let me know if that solves your concern. TDonovan123 TDonovan123 (talk) 15:28, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

Something you said
Hi. I quoted you some years ago as saying: "It is near impossible to get any useful software development out of the WMF in any reasonable amount of time". Can you remember when you said that and the diff? I would like to use it again but I don't know how to use the 'Who said that' tool. Best, Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 04:23, 18 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Autoconfirmed article creation trial/Request for comment on permanent implementation. MER-C 09:45, 18 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks enormously. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 12:13, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Draft:Nuvoco Vistas and your deletion of Nuvoco Vistas
Obvious paid editing. Is this the same blocked user evading their block, please? 🇺🇦 Fiddle Timtrent  Faddle Talk to me 🇺🇦 12:55, 19 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Near verbatim text. Blocked. MER-C 16:39, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

Spam?
Hi there. I see you are active at WP:WPSPAM. Could I get your opinion about recent edits at Stratford Festival. I reverted the addition of the 2023 season, but it was reverted. WP:CRYSTAL discusses the addition of "notable" future events, but this seems more like a promo. I'd appreciate your feedback. Cheers. Magnolia677 (talk) 21:33, 23 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I see no reason to believe this is promotional. MER-C 17:59, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
 * The IP that reverted the edit is registered to "The Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada". Magnolia677 (talk) 22:11, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Please provide diffs. MER-C 10:27, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
 * It was at Stratford Shakespeare Festival production history. See . Magnolia677 (talk) 10:40, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
 * It's verifiable by a reliable source and there's no prose, so it's not spam. MER-C 11:26, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

Undisclosed paid editing
Cheers, I've stumbled across this editor who's paid and doesn't disclose. There's a bunch of debunking edits regarding the Akilnathan Logeswaran and Anders Indset articles (see Articles for deletion/Akilnathan Logeswaran and ). This bloke has also edited these on German Wikipedia, , with the now deleted English Logeswaran article even being an exact copy of the German version, so we've got xwiki abuse too I reckon. He's also been a lot more obvious with blatantly promotional contributions on German Wikipedia, just have a look at these, , , ,. Another interesting paid contribution scheme can be found in the German articles on Lucas Sauberschwarz and Lysander Weiss. The editor knows both article subjects in person, he is associated with their firm "Venture Idea" and they even mention him in their most recent book, see (PDF copy ) The Weiss article actually had some of the awful npov removed as unambiguous advertising very recently, so I reckon you might want to have a closer look at this bloke. 2A01:598:91BA:D7EA:28C3:6505:15EB:758D (talk) 10:17, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

A late notification about the BLOCKEVIDENCE modification
Hi ,

You may well already have seen this, but as you hadn't been present during the discussion and it may be interesting, I'll leave this link here:

I was surprised by how quickly this went from a wave of initial support to a consensus of opposition.

Best regards, ~ ToBeFree (talk) 12:01, 1 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Noted, thanks. I haven't blocked based on off-wiki evidence for a while though. MER-C 18:30, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Hedonova
Hi, I've just declined at AfC and requested speedy on Draft:Hedonova, and noticed that you had deleted Hedonova as a G5 a couple of weeks ago. I can't see who created that, or what the content looked like, but I'm just mentioning this in case you find any similarities there to suggest that the creator of this latest draft, (new SPA), might be also evading a block. Cheers, -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 15:35, 5 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks - appears to be identical text. Blocked. MER-C 16:31, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

At the end of my tether
I got into tangle with someone who is determined to save a page posted to get a SAAS company (sourced of course only to the company website) up on wikipedia, and when it got pointless enough I found myself thinking of your brisk observations in similar situations: It will bore you and there's some risk that it might exasperate you but I don't think it will take much of your time if you take a look, hanging a please on this, too. Thanks. – Athaenara ✉  16:33, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
 * User talk:Athaenara and Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Wetelo
 * If someone wants to waste their time on this spam, that's their problem. Wikipedia is a volunteer project. It's not in mainspace, so it's not worth getting annoyed about. There is other spam out there in mainspace. MER-C 17:10, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
 * OK. – Athaenara  ✉  17:17, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

Andrekos Varnava revisited
I am proposing a new article about the Australian/Cypriot historian Professor Varnava. Having authored and edited a number of Cypriot articles using his work, I felt that he warranted his own article (there are over 50 citations of his work in Wikipedia already). I don't know the reason why an earlier version was rejected, so have no difficulty submitting a new one in good faith (although I don't know what the original looked like). I have included a sub-section on his more controversial influences, which make him of interest to Wikipedia searches on certain topics. I would be grateful for your advice on your concerns.Geneus01 (talk) 07:51, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Were you/will you be compensated for this draft? Do you otherwise have a conflict of interest regarding this subject (Andrekos Varnava)? See the links for what to do. MER-C 19:05, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I have never been compensated, paid or otherwise for anything I do on Wikipedia; it is completely opposed to everything I believe in (free knowledge) and I believe that Wikipedia stands for. I am also conscious that my word probably doesn't mean anything, but in a strange kind of way, the discovery of "people" (and objects) fascinates me more than posting. The fun for me is in learning about them (they are all individuals), and thinking about why might interest someone searching on Wikipedia.  Yes - I would be disappointed if Professor Varnava (now high in my esteem) didn't get his place in a medium I care about, because I imagine "it" shares my values - but I would move swiftly on because there are many more worthy candidates waiting for attention.Geneus01 (talk) 05:43, 21 October 2022 (UTC)
 * If a conflict of interest through payment is the only blocker to this article, I have resubmitted it (Andrekos Varnava) but it remains off the mainpage for now.Geneus01 (talk) 07:42, 21 October 2022 (UTC)
 * There's nothing else for me to do. Someone will look at it as part of new page review. MER-C 18:17, 21 October 2022 (UTC)
 * It has been cleared and reviewed, so I guess the process has completed as intended, the lesson being never take payment for giving to people what is freely their own.Geneus01 (talk) 06:12, 22 October 2022 (UTC)

YGM
Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 07:39, 22 October 2022 (UTC)

Contributor copyright investigations/20150927
Hi. I added a sock to this one and from doing a couple of the articles, I'm quite sure 90% of those diffs are trivial. Could you run your filter on it and knock out the useless diffs when you get a chance? Thanks. Wizardman 13:10, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Done. MER-C 19:09, 4 November 2022 (UTC)

Featured picture scheduled for POTD
Hi MER-C,

This is to let you know that File:Andinoacara rivulatus - Karlsruhe Zoo 01 edit1.jpg, a featured picture you nominated, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for December 26, 2022. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2022-12-26. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.2% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600th FP! 03:27, 21 November 2022 (UTC)

Featured picture scheduled for POTD
Hi MER-C,

This is to let you know that File:Emu 1 - Tidbinbilla.jpg, a featured picture you nominated, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for December 29, 2022. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2022-12-29. Going to jump this into 29 December THIS year, just easier to set this up with the bot If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.2% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600th FP! 04:01, 21 November 2022 (UTC)

Copyright
Hi there, can I check. Did you mean copyviorevdel template to be used on the copyright board or at the article? Sorry, completely new to this. Thanks, Knitsey (talk) 19:59, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
 * On the article. MER-C 20:00, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Ah, yes of course. Thank you for the advice. Knitsey (talk) 20:01, 21 November 2022 (UTC)

User:Druidiceyes
I've reversed the edits by the above user. Just FYI.Cahk (talk) Cahk (talk) 10:02, 25 November 2022 (UTC)

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Featured picture candidates/Strawberry
PS: Is there a reason, why in your recent nominations didn't link the FP category? Regards, Armbrust The Homunculus 23:31, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Laziness. MER-C 20:57, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

Lotfi Bel Hadj
Hi, i added modifications on Lotfi Bel Hadj's page, can i remove ? Or are there other points to evaluate? RimehOuesslati (talk) 21:16, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

A question about copyright
Hi there, I've seen you at the copyright noticeboard and would like to ask a question. I've come across an article with a film plot directly copied from IMDB. I've read the IMDB copyright policy and as I'm née to copyright I wasn't sure if copying from IMDB was allowed in Wikipedia? The plot on IMDB is user generated. Many thanks, Knitsey (talk) 15:40, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
 * No it isn't - and IMDB copying is a frequent occurrence. You can tell it's a copyvio if the plot summary does not contain spoilers. MER-C 20:41, 7 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you for that. Just to clarify, copying plot summaries from IMDB is not allowed? Thanks, Knitsey (talk) 22:48, 7 December 2022 (UTC)
 * It is not allowed. MER-C 17:42, 8 December 2022 (UTC)

Ronald H. Fritze
Would you mind terrible if I undeleted this? Or if you would, what do you suggest? The reviews certainly seem enough for him to be notable. Doug Weller talk 15:28, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
 * You're definitely OK to create a new article using the sources in the deleted page, but you cannot use the old text without proving it is copyvio free. MER-C 15:35, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Ok, I’ll check with Earwig, ah, I can’t without undeleting itbsipu I’ll just use Google. Thanks. Doug Weller  talk 16:13, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
 * This editor uses predominately print sources. Earwig and Google won't be much help. MER-C 16:25, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Earwig just showed something copying the article or book titles. But his biographical details were sourced to a blog so I replaced with a cn tag and will work on that tomorrow. I’ve got a Zoom with the WMF coming up in a few minutes. Doug Weller  talk 16:41, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

Excerpta Latina Barbari
You deleted this page per G5. I find it hard to believe that this page had no substantial contributions from other editors. Srnec (talk) 01:19, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
 * The text was fundamentally untouched since creation. Yes, there are pages on Wikipedia that are substantially unaltered even after that long. MER-C 17:58, 12 December 2022 (UTC)

Happy holidays!
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Duplicates in CCI
Hello. Thought I'd let you know that there's duplicates after you added the socks at this CCI. For example 57 and 83 are the same. Also, you listed Ronald H. Fritze as G5 in the CCI but it's not tagged. Thanks :) MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 00:25, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
 * The listing is only as good as the sock tagging. I deleted Ronald H. Fritze, but it got undeleted (despite the rationale, I didn't explicitly agree to the undeletion). MER-C 17:40, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Okay. Thank you for looking into it :) MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 01:19, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

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Expertwikiguy creations
Accounts: Articles (to be draftified): Thanks. 69.158.174.48 (talk) 05:07, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Gotta Get Some Tissue!
 * Nubia Rose
 * Akaso
 * I agree this is Expertwikiguy, have tagged the socks and deleted the spam. MER-C 05:18, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

Happy Ninth Adminship Anniversary!
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