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Hausa article request
Hi! I added a new Hausa article request: en:Abuja National Mosque. I think it will be important especially since Nigeria's Muslims are mainly from the north WhisperToMe (talk) 19:20, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Will work on it.—M@sssly ✉ 00:43, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅—M@sssly ✉ 03:19, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Thank you :D WhisperToMe (talk) 03:43, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

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Hausa article wanted: Lagos
Sorry to bother you with another one... there isn't yet a Hausa article on Lagos. Is it okay if you make a stub on that? WhisperToMe (talk) 05:55, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Sure, that's okay. Just keep updating the list I'll do my best to clear them with time. And maybe try ranking them on a scale of relevance/importance too. Regards—M@sssly ✉ 11:07, 1 May 2015 (UTC)


 * oops, almost forgot about this. Its ✅—M@sssly ✉ 09:30, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

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Inter-language kinks in articles
Why is it ever necessary to remove an inter-language link from a Wikipedia page, per here and here <font style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#ADFF2F 0.1em 0.1em 1.5em,#01796F -0.1em -0.1em 1.5em;color:#000000"><font color="#01796E">—M@sssly <font color="#FF0000">✉ 13:30, 14 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Because unlike Wikidata, inter-language links will need to be updated manually and thus are a constant maintenance task that can be gotten rid of. Huon (talk) 13:53, 14 May 2015 (UTC)
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WIGI Survey
Is the WIGI survey open to all to complete, or only those invited? Please use re in reply  Eve rgr een Fir  (talk) Please &#123;&#123;re&#125;&#125; 22:19, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
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Lose of text formatting (spacing and tabs) when I post to public mailing lists on lists.wikimedia.org
Why do I lose my text formatting (spacing and tabs) when I post to public mailing lists on lists.wikimedia.org even though I had originally type it perfectly in in my email before I sent it? How can I prevent that from happening? <font style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#ADFF2F 0.1em 0.1em 1.5em,#01796F -0.1em -0.1em 1.5em;color:#000000"><font color="#01796E">—M@sssly <font color="#FF0000">✉ 18:00, 30 May 2015 (UTC)


 * That's not a question on Wikipedia, and you'd have much better chances to get a helpful answer if you contact one of the mailing list admins, say via . Personally I'd assume your emails use some esoteric formatting or encoding not supported by the mailing list. Try sending them as plain text? Huon (talk) 18:37, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
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