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Kumararama
It is WP:UNREFERENCED and much of the content is just not suitable per WP:NOTTRAVEL, WP:NTT. If it is really needed, I'd provide a better section.-- Vin09 &thinsp; (talk)   04:09, 5 June 2017 (UTC)
 * I copy edited the Transportation section to address WP:NOTTRAVEL issues. North America1000 04:11, 5 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Fine.-- Vin09 &thinsp; (talk)   04:14, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:40, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

I apologize.
I'm at a middle school and I Just got a message about someone with my IP editing an article to talk about dabbing.

That's not even funny. Why did they pick the article about the arctic, they should have done it on some town in the middle of nowhere so it wouldn't get edited for a while. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.10.63.122 (talk) 14:35, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Everest 2017

 * Hi Thanks. I've really only performed some work on the Mount Everest in 2017 article; just helping out to keep it in shape. It's become a lengthy article already. North America1000 23:34, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

User:HellAngel88
What in the world were you doing that made you come across that nine year old page? And any reason why you didn't delete it yourself? I started to wonder if this was some kind of admin test :-) --Neil N  talk to me 05:47, 1 June 2017 (UTC)
 * I've been patrolling user pages lately via custom Wikipedia searches. I typically use Twinkle, and in this case, I used the notification parameter, which automatically notifies the page creator about the nomination. Other times I don't use the notification parameter. At times I view it as prudent to nominate, rather than directly delete, and then when another admin deletes, it equates to two admins agreeing upon deletion of the page. Lastly, nominating, rather than simply directly deleting, also brings the matter of problem pages to the attention of other admins, which promotes an awareness of such problems that exist on Wikipedia. North America1000 05:57, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

Deletion discussion
You may be interested in this deletion discussion which relates to some articles you have edited. --- PageantUpdater (talk) 15:18, 5 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the notification. North America1000 23:58, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Creating an AFD-deleted article
Greetings NorthAmerica1000. I trust North America is treating you well. I need your assistance concerning something, I want to recreate an AFD-deleted article through deletion review, but saw a notification that I should discuss with closing admin first. I dropped a note for but it seem like she isn't active anymore, she hasn't edited WP this month. I looked through her talkpage conversation and it seem like you were the last admin she interacted with, plus there was a time on WP when all AFDs I visited usually have either "Shawn in Montreal" or "North America" categorizing debates, so I thought you were probably the next best admin to provide a next step for me.

This was my submission:

Greetings Kurykh. Hope this message meets you well. I want to create Matse Uwatse article from the scratch, but so that it doesn't qualify under G4, I decided to go to deletion review, on getting there, there was a notification that I must discuss with the closing admin first. This is a summary of my argument:

''This article was deleted based on the consensus to delete at the AFD. In terms of policy, it might/should have been kept under a different circumstance. I want to rewrite the article but decided to come here first so that it doesn't qualify under G4. Theoretically, I participated in the AFD that led to its deletion but functionally I can argue that I didn't. Some of the latter delete votes are without strong merit. NBMA is the national award for broadcasters in Nigeria, endorsed by the NBC, just because it was established recently doesn't make it a non-notable body for its winners. BON awards is the oldest Nollywood-only award, and again, just because it was established in the 2000s does not make its winners non-notable. Both are the major awards for professionals in their respective fields. This is Nigeria we are talking about, you don't expect to see award ceremonies that are 50 years old. What we use to measure notability is significant coverage, and these awards have that and the prestige to confer notability on its winners. I believe subject clearly passes WP:ANYBIO and WP:ENT, I can also make a case for WP:GNG. A copy of an older version of the article can be found here (that was before I added a number of sources to it).''

I have created close to 300 undeleted articles on WP, if I should recreate, you can be sure it will be encyclopedic, non-promotional and verifiable and inline with guidelines and no experience editor would deem it necessary to nominate for deletion. Do you think I still need to go to deletion review or I should just recreate? Darreg (talk) 15:31, 8 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi : first of all, I've seen you around from time-to-time, and thanks for your work to improve Wikipedia. Obviously, consensus at the deletion discussion was for deletion. Since, who deleted the article, isn't readily available to discuss the matter, I'm willing to userfy the article for you, perhaps at User:Darreg/Matse Uwatse. You clearly know the rules, so just don't republish it in its original state, as per WP:G4. Rather, the userfication will provide you a glimpse of where the article was at just prior to deletion, which can assist in creating a new and improved article. If you can create a new article that also qualifies notability via WP:BASIC, or other notability guidelines, that would be fine. Just let me know at your convenience if userficaiton would be of assistance regarding this subject, and thanks for your work to improve Wikipedia. North America1000 15:59, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks sir. It's a huge honour to have been noticed by you for something positive. That is something I'm incredibly happy about. I will appreciate the userfication. I will work from my sandbox. Thanks once again. Darreg (talk) 18:35, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ The page is now located at User:Darreg/Matse Uwatse. North America1000 03:34, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

Eddiebow aka 2a02:c7d:4e58:ea00:3090:5213:a347:522a and similar
Thanks for your actions at List of former Special Air Service personnel. If you are in the mood, I doubt that anyone (other than Eddiebow) would object if you knee-capped him and/or his IP addresses. (e.g. there's currently an active item at WP:AIV. Cheers, and once again, thanks, Pdfpdf (talk) 12:42, 7 June 2017 (UTC) Pdfpdf, it's a bit unclear what exactly you are asking of me. The IP you reported to AIV has been blocked; is there anything else that needs to be done? — k6ka  🍁 ( Talk ·  Contributions ) 13:50, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi : Another admin has performed a block (link). North America1000 12:52, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Hmmm. a) Thanks for pinging me. b) Do you think that's sensible? (I expect that it's obvious to you that I don't think so.) Pdfpdf (talk) 13:00, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
 * I recommend discussing the matter with the admin that performed the block. North America1000 13:01, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, that would be one approach, but it kinda dodges the question. I asked YOU what YOU think. Anyway, I'm off to bed, so please don't feel in any hurry to respond. In good faith. Best wishes, Pdfpdf (talk) 13:08, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm unlikely to spend my time analyzing this matter; I didn't perform the block, and I have other matters that I'm working on. Pinging, who performed the block; perhaps they may have some input to add here. North America1000 13:13, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, what you have responded is entirely consistent with my expectations, entirely consistent with the sort of thing I personally would have though in your situation, and ... completely useless. Don't get me wrong - attacking you personally is a LONG way from my goals. I completely understand (or at least, I think I do) your POV. And yes, it's much less than a million miles from my own POV. But ... it's completely useless. I'm sorry to tell you that, unlike Donald Trump, I don't know everything. I'm sure that you're going to find the "other matters that I'm working on" more personally rewarding. So what can I say? "Enjoy yourself"? Pdfpdf (talk) 13:31, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
 * User talk:K6ka Thanks for replying. You were spot on. i.e. That's exactly what I was asking for, and it was opaque to me that you had done that. is there anything else that needs to be done? Well, without wanting to be or sound negative, if you could find a way to communicate more clearly, I doubt that could have negative results. In good faith, Pdfpdf (talk) 14:02, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

Category:Lists of farms has been nominated for discussion
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DYK for Anchovy paste
Mifter (talk) 00:50, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

 * Hi : Thanks. My work on the article is actually a bit minimal, often just organizing, minor copy edits, or using reFill to fix bare urls, and then copy editing afterwards, as reFill doesn't always fill everything in perfectly. Thank you for the star. North America1000 14:23, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
 * No problem, thanks again for working on that article. Thanks for the pic also. Fotaun (talk) 19:09, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

Celebrating 6 years of editing

 * Hi Thanks for the kind note, and thanks for your initiative to spread good cheer around Wikipedia. North America1000 05:20, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

suggestion to move Draft:Torrance_T._Stephens to userspace
Would you please consider moving it out of AfC till it is ready for submission yet again. Devopam (talk) 04:18, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Hello : This page, which is far from being considered even remotely ready for main namespace, was created on 3 August 2016 by an IP user who has only performed three edits to date. The user's two subsequent edits occurred on 24 April 2017. Moving it "out of AfC" as you state would seem to include removing the AfC template. As it is, even if moved into userspace, but retaining the AfC template atop it, the page would qualify for WP:G13 speedy deletion in another couple of months. Removing the AfC template would de-qualify the article for later G13 deletion. I don't view this as a dire or high-priority matter, so I'll leave it to you to perform a page move if you'd like. If you do, I recommend notifying the user on their talk page about the move. Another option is to just leave it in place. Let me know what you think about this at your convenience. North America1000 11:36, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
 * hi, first of all apologies for not tracing the real author and going by the last editor. I CSD nominated it as it's past 6 months already and with no hope. Devopam (talk) 11:51, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Personally, I would not delete this because the edits I performed on 12 February 2017, although very minor edits, de-qualify the article for G13. However, it is possible that another admin may delete the page, since the edits I performed were inconsequential. North America1000 11:58, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
 * hi, let's leave it as-is for another admin,and I think this will help reduce AfC backlog count. There's so many of them. Devopam (talk) 12:01, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Upon further inspection and consideration, I've added a Db-test template atop too. There's a lot of markup/tag jargon on the page, that doesn't apply to the page and is not about the subject, to the point that is could be considered a test page. North America1000 12:48, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

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DYK for Ramen shop
Mifter (talk) 00:18, 2 June 2017 (UTC)

Original Gourmet
Before I prod it - perhaps you can either argue for notability or figure out a place for redirect? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 07:58, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Cursory source searches are not demonstrating notability, and no obvious redirect exists, other than to the Lollipop article, but I don't view this as a functional redirect. North America1000 09:55, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
 * I prodded the article (diff). North America1000 14:46, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

Yummy ramen
I love food articles that make me want to try a dish. Nice job on Tonkotsu ramen for DYK. More main page food! --2600:387:6:805:0:0:0:C1 (talk) 11:25, 9 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the words of encouragement. North America1000 12:30, 9 June 2017 (UTC)

Elbe Crossing 2
Hi. Perhaps you can help. I closed an AfD on the above article as merge into Elbe Crossing 1, not realizing that the other article was also at AfD. While I personally think the two articles could be merged, when looking at both AfD's in their totality, my making that decision might be a !supervote. When you look at the two discussions, the best course might be to merge what can be merged from both articles into  Onel 5969  TT me 15:22, 9 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi : I recommend that you consider abstaining from performing non-admin closures for debates that are contentious or lacking a clear consensus. Your close at Articles for deletion/Elbe Crossing 2 does come across as a bit of a supervote. Since you were interested in the matter, consider !voting in such instances, instead of closing. Both articles ended up being merged into Electricity sector in Germany; if anyone objects, they can always discuss on the article talk page. North America1000 11:30, 10 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I do stay away from closing debates that are contentious or lacking a clear consensus. When looking at the single AfD, it seemed to be a clear consensus. It wasn't until I looked at the second discussion that I realized maybe it wasn't as clear as I thought. Hence my request for help. Thanks.  Onel 5969  TT me 14:03, 10 June 2017 (UTC)

Attack pages
Look, I know it's best practice to tag pages and let another admin delete them, but ones this blatant you should really just obliterate on sight. There's mirrors that preferentially scrape pages tagged for speedy deletion, and there's absolutely no need to be bringing these to their attention. —Cryptic 09:18, 14 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi : Thanks, and a very valid point. I had not considered this before (e.g. sites such as, which bring such matters into a more public light), but will certainly do so now and into the future, and act accordingly, deleting clear attack pages on sight. Thanks for your insight regarding this matter. North America1000 10:34, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

Incomplete DYK nomination
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DYK for Ham sausage
Mifter (talk) 00:03, 7 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Ooh, nice! Thanks for hamming it up! — Mudwater (Talk) 00:08, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Hey : Thanks. If you're into ham, check out the relatively new List of hams article. North America1000 09:25, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

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Gun control supporter userbox
You may want to undo your close of Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Template:Gun control supporter. "What may be nominated [at miscellany for deletion]: ... Userboxes (regardless of namespace)", Miscellany for deletion. Template:Gun control supporter is a userbox, though it doesn't use userbox. Best Regards, — Godsy (TALK CONT ) 00:16, 17 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Another user reverted the close. Thanks for the notice. North America1000 07:47, 17 June 2017 (UTC)

Hope you don't mind me pinging you about those food articles :)
Here's another one I would prod, but as I've been impressed how you were able to save a few things before... Pitaroudia - anything we can do to salvage it? --<sub style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;">Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 03:53, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
 * There's an article at el:Πιταρούδια, but looks like it's mostly a recipe. —Cryptic 05:34, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the notification. Source searches have not provided enough to qualify a standalone article, so I merged the content to Rhodes § Cuisine. North America1000 20:53, 22 June 2017 (UTC)

A 5,00000th barnstar for you!

 * Thanks . Alot of my edits are automated (e.g. reliting Afds, deletion sorting, using various scripts) and minor edits, (e.g. adding references, article maintenance, cleanup, wikification, removing white space, fixing errors, page and image layout, talk page archiving, etc.), so it's not like all of these edits are supreme in nature. North America1000 10:11, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Ah it doesn't matter how you reached it - In my eyes you're still helping around so the barnstar is still well deserved, People do many many things here it's not all about articles but anyway automated edits or not this is still well deserved :), Happy editing :), – Davey 2010 Talk 12:15, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I'm just trying to maintain my sense of modesty. North America1000 12:17, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Well I personally I think you do alot here and I think you do more than what you give yourself credit for if that makes sense, Well I think it's thoroughly deserved anyway :), Happy editing :), – Davey 2010 Talk 13:21, 21 June 2017 (UTC)

Images of foods that weren't made in their country of origin
Hi there, Thanks for all your food-related articles and edits but you should really be more careful when using images of foods that weren't made in their country of origin, using them on face value based only on their name or file description. File:Fried_rice_schezwan_style.jpg, for instance, is an Indian-Chinese dish and not at all related to true Sichuan fried rice although the name suggests otherwise. I've noticed similar mistakes in the past. Keep up the good work but please try to be more careful in future. Cheers, - Takeaway (talk) 05:13, 17 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Hello Thank you too for your food-related and other contributions, and thanks for updating the image caption at the Fried rice article. Would you be willing to update the description for the file at Commons? I ask because I hesitate to add "So-called Sichuan-style chǎofàn is a speciality of India" as stated in the Fried rice article to the file description myself, and you come across as more knowledgeable about this particular dish. North America1000 07:57, 17 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi again. I changed the image caption on the article and added a ref. I have also changed the file description to prevent future mistakes. I'm really not an expert of Schezwan fried rice. I categorise lots of media over on Wikimedia Commons and I try to make sure that I do that correctly by thoroughly researching what I don't know. And one of my pet peeves is "faux cuisine", food that purports to be an authentic ethnic dish but actually just is some completely wrong version of it. See for instance File:Panangbeefcurry.jpg which used to feature as the main image on the phanaeng curry article. It's just so wrong on so many levels, and using ingredients that would never be used in a phanaeng curry in Thailand. In any case, Cheers, - Takeaway (talk) 03:45, 18 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your work here and at Commons to keep matters accurate! North America1000 21:09, 20 June 2017 (UTC)

Sandies
Sandies! Great job! I can't believe we didn't already have an article for those. Well done, my friend! Anna Frodesiak (talk) 00:10, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi : Thanks. This was on my list of articles to create, so I created it. North America1000 00:15, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm glad you did. It is a very notable cookie. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 00:18, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
 * They're pretty nice, and go well with coffee... North America1000 00:21, 21 June 2017 (UTC)

Germany at major beauty pageants
I’m just letting you know that I used your “Keep” justification when the article Philippines at major beauty pageants was under AfD. A similar article Germany at major beauty pageants is currently under AfD.--Richie Campbell (talk) 14:59, 19 June 2017 (UTC)

Sorry
Sorry, so so sorry. --Golyden Goosee (talk) 06:34, 23 June 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Coconut soup
Mifter (talk) 00:02, 12 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Coconut soup. That's like a combination of The Cocoanuts and Duck Soup.   — Mudwater (Talk) 22:43, 12 June 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Tonkotsu ramen
Mifter (talk) 00:44, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

DYK for Walnut soup
Mifter (talk) 00:13, 16 June 2017 (UTC)

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Userbox
Hi,

Can you give me the user box template for WikiProject Cleanup please? I've looked everywhere but can't find it. Thanks! Plum3600 (talk) 02:24, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Hello : Here you go: WikiProject Cleanup userbox. For some reason, it was removed from the Cleanup/Templates page; I restored it there. North America1000 03:04, 25 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks a bunch! 🍇 Plum3600 (talk) 03:19, 25 June 2017 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Women Wage Peace
Hello! Your submission of Women Wage Peace at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! HaEr48 (talk) 14:43, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

Too Lolo for words
Why would you remove just the link for deleted artist Laurent Véronnez rather than the entire entry? Clarityfiend (talk) 23:13, 28 June 2017 (UTC)
 * I used Twinkle to unlink after the article was deleted, which unlinked from 21 pages, and I also manually deleted some entries: diff, diff, but I missed the one for the Lolo disambiguation page. That's why. North America1000 00:20, 29 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Gotcha. (Twinkle can do that?) Clarityfiend (talk) 07:47, 29 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Yep, Twinkle has an "Unlink" option. North America1000 07:48, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Chaudfroid sauce
Hello! Your submission of Chaudfroid sauce at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 22:12, 1 July 2017 (UTC)

Reviving a defunct wikiproject
Hi Northamerica1000 and ,

I was thinking about reviving WikiProject Criminal Biography/Organized crime. I have not yet decided it though. During the period it went defunct, I think there wasn't much activity and/or articles regarding it. But now there is. I am willing to contribute heavily to kick-start the project. There is a lot of tasks to do as per this page WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/MadMax List/1. There are further more activities which have not been included in that page. I mean, if worked on that project properly, it will definitely become a full fledged project.

I am contacting you two cuz you are experienced/knowledgeable editors (nothing to with being sysops), and one of the very few editors connected to the project who are still active.

I am aware that the project will not get attention as soon as it is revived (again). I am also willing to userfy it in my userspace till it becomes active/notable enough to moved to wikipedia mainspace; as per this.

Looking forward to discuss this further. Kindly ping me when you reply. Thanks :-) — <span style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">usernamekiran (talk)  18:47, 18 June 2017 (UTC)
 * All I did was move a page on the project, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Criminal Biography/Organized crime/Wikipedia, and re-add an old message. Graham 87 00:41, 19 June 2017 (UTC)
 * But do you have any suggestions ? Like, should it be revived or not, and if yes, which method should be used for that purpose? — <span style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">usernamekiran (talk)   00:47, 19 June 2017 (UTC)
 * I have no idea. Graham 87 01:24, 19 June 2017 (UTC)
 * hmm — <span style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">usernamekiran (talk)  01:28, 19 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Hello : If you decide to revive the project, below are some tips.
 * Notify current project members
 * Research and invite prospective project members (e.g. people interested in the topic, who edit in this area)
 * Provide links to project subpages on the main project page (e.g. Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Criminal Biography/Organized crime/wikipedia
 * Provide links to the project on other Wikiproject pages
 * Create a project banner for talk pages and a corresponding Quality scale page (e.g. such as this). Then assess pages.
 * Just a few ideas. North America1000 21:06, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot. :-) I already have some editors in my mind, havent talked to them yet though. But do you think it should be revived? And also, if I revive it, should I do it in my user space, at its current location, or in wikispace? I dont think mainspace would be a good idea in early days. — <span style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">usernamekiran (talk)  21:15, 20 June 2017 (UTC)


 * I'd probably go for it, but I am biased in favor of Wikiprojects in general. You have the benefit of a project that has a skeleton already in place. I have created two Wikiprojects from scratch, WikiProject Brands and WikiProject Breakfast, which takes a bit more work, and also converted the Cleanup page into a Wikiproject (Wikiproject Cleanup), which took less work. You could improve on the page in a sandbox page first, and then incept when you're ready. North America1000 21:31, 20 June 2017 (UTC)


 * erm... I didnt understand the suggestion about sandbox. What i was thinking is: to create a project page in my userspace first, then to contact the active editors related to project articles, and then to provide link on other wikiprojects. — <span style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">usernamekiran (talk)  21:51, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
 * It's up to you. Personally, I would work on components of the project in a sandbox, and then just update the page directly where it's at (here). That way, potential participants would be seeing the improved project page immediately, rather than on a user draft page. North America1000 21:54, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
 * yes, this is more logical. And you did a huge mistake about admitting your contributions to Brands, and Breakfast. Now be prepared cuz I will be asking you many doubts if I come across any lol. Thanks again. I will try my best to not to bother you, but i cant guarantee it. See you around :-) — <span style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">usernamekiran (talk)  22:03, 20 June 2017 (UTC)


 * No bother at all, feel free to discuss matters/ask questions anytime. Again, I'm a Wikiproject fan! North America1000 22:06, 20 June 2017 (UTC)

5,00,000 edits
You just made it lol. I will find a nice photo or barnstar tomorrow, and replace this message with it. Happy editing! — <span style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">usernamekiran (talk)  22:23, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks. How embarrassing... Actually, I perform a lot of automated edits, such as relisting deletion discussions, deletion sorting, etc. and also lots of minor edits, such as adding links to See also sections in articles, etc. So, a lot of those edits are not supreme in nature.


 * Also, check out the WikiProject Organized crime page now, which I have made some additions to. North America1000 22:39, 20 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Also, I've joined the project (see here). North America1000 23:14, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot! I am currently on mobile (Blackberry Q5), so cant contribute right now. Also, its 5am here and I should try to sleep lol. See you tomorrow. :-) — <span style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">usernamekiran (talk)  23:40, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I avoid editing using smartphones...too much of a hassle. Keep in touch. Cheers, North America1000 23:42, 20 June 2017 (UTC)

at User talk:Usernamekiran/Archives/2017/July — <span style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">usernamekiran (talk)  22:12, 22 June 2017 (UTC)

WikiProject Organized crime update

 * Hello I have formatted the parameters for WikiProject Organized Crime, and it should work fine. Let me know if you run into any problems. In the process, the following project pages have been created:
 * Category:WikiProject Organized crime articles
 * Category:Organized crime articles by importance
 * Category:Organized crime articles by quality
 * WikiProject Organized crime/Assessment
 * Template:WikiProject Organized Crime/doc – Banner template documentation page


 * There are still some things to do, but I am going to take a break from this for awhile. N.b. the following remain to be performed:
 * Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Organized crime articles by quality statistics
 * Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Organized crime articles by quality log


 * As a part of testing the template, I have assessed the Organized crime and Mafia articles (see their talk pages). Feel free to start tagging article talk pages with the banner, and assessing articles. North America1000 22:17, 23 June 2017 (UTC)


 * Thanks a lot! You took away my biggest obstruction. I will be busy for upcoming 3-4 days (less activity on wiki), but I will keep on working on the project. Thanks again. :-) — <span style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">usernamekiran (talk)  22:37, 23 June 2017 (UTC)

Invitation template created

 * See Wikipedia:WikiProject Organized crime § Invitation. North America1000 23:53, 23 June 2017 (UTC)

Some invitations sent
N.b. I have sent invitations to the few remaining active users listed at the project's Honorary members page. North America1000 20:01, 24 June 2017 (UTC)
 * thanks. You have been working a lot on this. Now i feel awkward cuz i dont have much time for wikipedia currently. — <span style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">usernamekiran (talk)   20:32, 24 June 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! (from a newbie)
Hello there -- As a relatively new editor, I just wanted to say thank you for reviewing/accepting my proposed article Women Wage Peace. I had created an article directly before on another topic, but it was deleted, and I was feeling a tad insecure about my Wiki-creating skills. I'm looking forward to creating more now. Onwards and upwards! Alanna the Brave (talk) 18:38, 23 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Hello : Thank you for creating the new article. Regarding articles being retained on Wikipedia, some main points are to ensure that topics meet WP:GNG, using sources that demonstrate notability in the article, are WP:NOTADVERTs in nature, are not WP:COPYVIOs, and are properly WP:Verified. Many nominations for deletion are based upon the first three points. North America1000 19:57, 23 June 2017 (UTC)

Discussion at User talk:Usernamekiran/Archives/ 11
You are invited to join the discussion at User talk:Usernamekiran/Archives/ 11. — <span style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">usernamekiran (talk)  05:16, 29 June 2017 (UTC)