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Thank you
for having reached out on my talk page regarding the article Kodjo Adabra, I am new here at wiki (as a creator) as you may have noticed, and so far my experience has been largely unpleasant (though there have been other friendly exceptions, you are not the first), in that I have had one article deleted for copyright violation, and then immediately put it back up (the person who deleted it based on this googled the article and found it was copy-pasted and assumed this meant copyright violation, they did not read further to where it said that it was allowed for use within the public domain, which of course includes Wiki), and nearly every human interaction since has been the same. Is there a system in wikipedia that rewards people for acting like 'article janitors' if you will?

I also just learned that somehow, being within the church (clergy, etc) automatically gets you in. If there are any neat-o shortcut criteria that can get this article in, perhaps with your experience you will have an easier time seeing that than I, though I will look. It seems to me kind of cheap as a way to meet the criteria, but clearly my legitimate attempts make me about as respectable as poop in the Wiki community at large, so I don't see how this could hurt.

The legitimate attempts include 3 separate independent sources (so far listed on the article, with more non-internet sources to come, my apologies, they are obviously less convenient), and these efforts have been met by attempts to render these sources first as non-independent, then when that failed, they tried to say they are 'routine' however if you read the WP:Routine page, and read the articles (which this editor clearly did not), it is clearly NOT a routine story, also, even if it were, that still leaves one source that is entirely independent and could not even be accused of being routine ( though I do not doubt that soon will be met by attempts to de-legitimize it). This is creating a lot of stress for me, as you can imagine, and is needless to say, quite time-consuming.

The fact is, this guy is really just a local celebrity everywhere he goes, there is not one community he has landed in where his life, his biography, did not become well known by locals, and make local papers. And not just where he has gone, but especially where he started, where he was born in Togo, he made such a splash with his writing from 2000, when he graduated from Lomé U in Togo that the the regime of Togo found it appropriate to chase him from the State. Before I go to deep into trying to find resources for this, outside of the obvious primary, and the provided secondary newspaper articles that are from the first world, would state issued documents noting his exile or imprisonment be worth the time to retrieve? or are the secondary sources enough? Would you recommend that I spend the time getting more obscure sources, when these that are provided (perhaps making a stronger case than secondary sources that have to hide from their own government, out of fear of imprisonment or torture, making them inherently not-widely-known) are met with reluctance or pity at best? honestly if everyone could get on board with that one guy and give it a pity-pass I would be happy, three separate independent sources is not a lot, I realize, but this is entirely me trying to put this together, and with time I will be able to gather the less accessible secondary sources.

Your kind words were a breath of fresh air, and I appreciate you reaching out beyond the deletion discussion pages. Thanks for your thought. Looking forward to hearing from you, in the meantime, I will scour the Wiki pages to try and find some obscure thing like the 'clergy' thing, to beat back the 'delete' votes a bit...Nolanpowers (talk)  — Preceding undated comment added 17:33, 28 April 2015 (UTC)


 * I'm likely to be pretty busy over the next few days and there's a fair bit here that I want to give some time to replying to properly. I just wanted to say that so you knew I'd seen the message and I'll reply as soon as I can. —me_and 23:39, 28 April 2015 (UTC)


 * To answer just a couple of your points quickly (I'll come back to the rest), the equivalent notability test to WP:CLERGY for Adabra would be WP:NACADEMICS, which it looks like Adabra doesn't (yet) meet. However I think he does (barely) meet the notability tests at WP:BASIC and WP:GNG, and I've commented as such at the deletion discussion. —me_and 09:21, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

just wanted to thank you for these notes, especially the potential equivalency "equivalent notability test to WP:CLERGY for Adabra would be WP:NACADEMICS" part, is there a list of these sorts of categories somewhere that I could can through? I don't expect him to meet 'academic' requirements exactly either... a lot of his more popular work is actually fiction, but a lot of his 'widely-known'-ness is simply to his biography, which very fascinatingly, is mentioned in all three of the secondary sources, including one you might have missed, as you didn't mention it (i'm hoping it will make you go back and change your vote from 'weak keep' to 'moderate keep' (or whatever come before 'strong keep'), high hopes I know, but so far prodding you humanely has proved advantageous! Also, sorry I am not skilled enough to take this part of the convo to my talk page myself, immediately, but I just found these notes the most appropriate place to add these thanks and specifications too.Nolanpowers (talk) 14:54, 29 April 2015 (UTC)


 * apologies, I see you had actually moved this part of the note to my page, and I could have responded there for simplicity. Also appropriate to mention here is that I have found the list I had imagined and think that this article is much more likely to fall into WP:NPEOPLE, although I will continue working, and hopefully from here forward my communications will be in the most self-evident place. Thanks for your quite benevolent understanding, it is sincerely very helpful.Nolanpowers (talk) 15:17, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

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Please do not remove noindex from the misplaced RFCs. RFCs are not to be indexed, see http://en.wikipedia.org/robots.txt (also http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11261). Some RFC are not under /wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_comment/ evading the indexing prohibition. Otherwise I will have to file a new bug in Wikimedia's Bugzilla. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.215.27.91 (talk) 12:03, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Good spot, thank you. It's probably worth filing a bug with the Bugzilla anyway, just to make that manual work unnecessary. —me_and 12:17, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

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Sandgrounder
Before you call it a "dubious endonym", can I suggest you Google it? It IS a widely used endonym for people born in Southport, with varying degrees of qualification. I'm too tired at the moment to look for a reliable source, but if you're feeling fit, you could try... There's a beer, a pub and heavens knows what called Sandgrounder as well. Peridon (talk) 20:39, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I did take a quick look for sources, but all I could immediately find were pub and restaurant reviews. I called it "dubious" because I lived in Southport for 11 years and never heard the term, but if there are reliable sources I have no objection whatsoever to it being added back and will happily eat my words :) —me_and 12:51, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Try http://www.southportvisiter.co.uk/news/southport-news/sandgrounder-dialect-study-shows-stark-6599348, the book at http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Sandgrounders-Complete-History-Southport/dp/1874181144, and (not reliable...) Southport F.C.. I've lived in the North West for more than 11 years and have long known the term, and I've also drunk Sandgrounder Bitter (from Southport Brewery) too and seen the Sandgrounders play. Yes, there is controversy - but only about exactly who is and isn't a Sandgrounder http://www.southportvisiter.co.uk/news/southport-news/how-you-define-true-sandgrounder-7865575 (note there is no suggestion there that the term doesn't apply to local people of some sort - just as there is about who is and isn't a Cockney. Londoners don't use the word 'Cockney' in everyday talk - I've been in London many times on business and never heard the word used there on my visits. Same with 'Scouse' and 'Manc' (although the latter is probably an exonym - often used in Liverpool with a tone of disgust, and associated mentally with 'manky' which is of a different origin). I'd suggest a quiet self-revert, speaking as one who used to build dams across the River Nile as a kid... Peridon (talk) 14:22, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

confused
you left a message on my talk page about Laverne Cox, saying I should reply here, now it says here that one should reply on one's own talk page. So, where do we do this? Anyways, I took the year of birth from her twin brother's wikipedia (as stated in the comment), assuming that was a valid source, as otherwise it wouldn't be on there? Anhdroid (talk) 02:54, 6 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I don't particularly mind where to have the conversation for this sort of thing. Anyway, one of Wikipedia's policies is that we cannot use Wikipedia itself as a source. If there's a verifiable, independent source that gives this information, we can add it, but Wikipedia doesn't count as verifiable because it can be edited by anyone. —me_and 13:52, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

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 * Thank you! Also, I hadn't realised you were back around these parts. Good to see you again, even if in a more limited capacity to before :) —me_and 10:26, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

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Thanks for checking my edits on In case of emergency; Bob and I agree/understand the changes you made. I do have a favour to ask of you, though. I am unable to edit the title 'In case of emergency' to read 'In Case of Emergency'. I have researched the help pages and other sources but am still unable to work it out/get it to work. We'd appreciate your assistance on this if you don't mind. Thank you in advance. Sonya_Leanonus (talk) 13:23, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi, welcome to Wikipedia! I agree changing the page title as you've proposed is a good idea, and I've started the process of doing so.
 * In general, the process for changing a page title is discussed at Moving a page. You won't be able to move pages yourself yet as the system blocks editors from moving pages until they have a little more experience; see the "Before moving a page" section at that article, which also includes instructions for the "official" way to get someone to move a page for you.
 * In this case only an administrator would be able to move the page anyway, since there's already a page using the new title (it's a redirect to the existing article, but it's still enough to block the move). I've requested the article at the new title be deleted, at which point the existing article can be moved to live there; I'll keep an eye out and do it myself if I'm around at the right time.
 * As an aside, if you know Bob or are otherwise involved in the ICE programme, particularly if you have a financial interest, you should also read Wikipedia's "conflict of interest" rules and make sure you follow them. Not doing so could lead to your account being blocked, and may be in breach of fair trading laws. That sounds a bit formal, but it's important for us to avoid Wikipedia becoming an advertising platform. If you do have a conflict of interest, your best bet is to avoid editing articles directly and use request edit on the talk page to get other editors to make changes for you instead; you should make it clear when you request the edit that you have a conflict.
 * Please let me know if you've any more questions, and I'll see what I can do to help :)
 * —me_and 11:24, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi and thank you for the warm welcome! Really appreciate you starting the process of the title change as it has been bugging me for ages :) Thank you also for explaining the process as well as possible "conflict of interest". I've known Bob coming up for 4 years and we have worked together on several projects. Even though I don't have a financial interest in Bob's campaign, I do support him on social media, his website, including some administrative duties. Therefore, I will likely take the route of requesting edits in future, just to be safe. Thanks again for your kind help and advice, Sonya Sonya_Leanonus (talk) 14:57, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
 * The target page has been deleted (thanks, !), and I've moved In case of emergency to In Case of Emergency. Let me know if there's anything more I can help with! —me_and 20:35, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
 * That was quick! Thank you (both) so much for your help. Sonya_Leanonus (talk) 22:44, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

Siberian.Nett and Blight avvar
Hi. I see that you have added a warning to the first account. These two accounts appear to be sockpuppets. Can you check it out? All the best! -- Ssilvers (talk) 19:55, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Requesting sock puppet investigations is something you can do yourself! The instructions are at WP:SPI. —me_and 20:17, 3 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Meh. Not my thing.  I create content.  I try to stay off the noticeboards.  I thought you might be interested, since I saw that you had been running around cleaning up after these accounts. All the best. -- Ssilvers (talk) 21:10, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Mine neither :P I'll do the cleanup, but in this case I reckon the normal disruptive editing handling works; SPI only makes sense when the accounts are backing each other up, which isn't happening here. —me_and 21:16, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

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Sunil Babu Pant
Concerning this this edit which you undid there is no reason to have fancy columns or formats in the reference section since there is only one source being referenced in this whole article. Is there any reason why columns should be included in the reference section? There is nothing in Template:Reflist that says these columns are required. Please explain thank you. Inter&#38;anthro (talk) 14:26, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
 * You're quite right; I evidently misremembered the guidance at Template:Reflist. Sorry! I've reinstated your edit. —me_and 18:58, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

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Hi, I've added an external link to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be_like_Bill which I thought was relevant to the topic, but it was removed. On the link, I was able to create a be like bill meme (belikebillgenerator.com). thanks kevin — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.106.135.139 (talk) 15:00, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi Kevin! I understand you were trying to improve the article and help other editors, but Wikipedia has fairly strict guidelines about what is and isn't appropriate to include as a link in an article. There are a lot of "Be like Bill" generators available, and unless reliable, third-party sources are talking about one in particular, it's not appropriate for Wikipedia to link to any one in particular, nor to attempt to link to them all. If readers want to find a tool to generate "Be like Bill" images, they're readily findable with a search engine. —me_and 15:10, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

My Transsexual Summer

 * Thank you! And good luck working on the article! —me_and 14:45, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks Smile.png I used every resource on the list. The article was promoted to B-class today, and I nominated it for GA, so if you have any feedback I'm all ears! It's my first time going through the GA process. —Ringbang (talk) 02:42, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I've never bothered with the article ratings, to be honest. I see how they're useful, but I have no idea what the process is like. Good luck, anyway! —me_and 15:39, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

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