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The WPVG Newsletter (Q3 2009)

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Anthony "Fat Tone" Watkins
I was looking into this. I found a lot of sources about this rapper some including the San Francisco Gate. I did not however see the page. Can you enlighten me why this one was deleted? Hell In A Bucket (talk) 21:21, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Scratch that nevermind. I see. Hell In A Bucket (talk) 21:25, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Merge
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V for Vendetta (film) FAR
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The WPVG Newsletter (Q4 2009)

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Unreferenced BLPs
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The WPVG Newsletter (Q1 2010)

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Karan Brar
Hello. I'm curious why you deleted a redirect from Karan Brar to an article on the film Diary of a Wimpy Kid in which he's listed as a cast member, on the basis of his correctly spelled name being an implausible typo. —Largo Plazo (talk) 03:32, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, Karan Brar wasn't notable enough to even get a mention on the article, so it doesn't seem very appropriate to me. If you disagree by all means reinstate the redirect. --Oscarthecat (talk) 20:48, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q3 2010
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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q4 2010
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James Shepherd (cornet player) deletion
Hi 'Oscar', hello from Melbourne Australia. I wish to query you about the deletion of the page on James Shepherd, the principal cornet player with the 'Black Dyke Band' (British brass band) in the 1960s and 70s. The page appears to have been deleted on 23-Apr-2007. Although I'm a software developer in real life, I've had trouble navigating the cluttered and confusing pages of Wikipedia users and deletion logs, but I hope I've arrived at the right place to ask about this. You seem to be the first person in time sequence to have deleted the page on James Shepherd.

The last of the three deletion entries record James Shepherd as a "non-notable individual". I claim this is not true, as he is renowned as one of the top virtuoso cornet players of the 20th century. James is pictured in band uniform, standing alone on the front cover of the famous 1970 album 'High Peak for Brass'.

A dead link to the deleted James Shepherd page remains on the Cornet page. I hope you are able to restore the deleted page.

Cheers, Greg — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gfkeogh (talk • contribs) 08:28, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
 * The deleted page James Shepherd contains nothing regarding the cornet player, instead it's about a high school pupil. Feel free to create a new, relevant article about the cornet player though of course.  Sounds like he's a notable individual. --Oscarthecat (talk) 14:07, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q1 2011
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Page: Timeduty.com - release so I can create a new (hopefully correct one)
Hi, you have earlier (correctly) deleted a page I entered and protected that page. I have now created a new version that I hope meets the rules in my Userspace (User:YallaSvenne/Timeduty. Could you release the old page so I can post the new one? Grateful for the help! YallaSvenne (talk) 11:44, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Sure, I've unprotected the page, let's see what other editors think of the revised approach. --Oscarthecat (talk) 20:33, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanx! YallaSvenne (talk) 08:00, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q2 2011
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Nazneen Ghani
It looks to me like Nazneen Ghani is a copy-paste of a deleted version of the page. I noticed in the page log that you were the admin who approved the CSD back then, so I'd like to ask if you'd please verify if there is any new content, or it's just a straight up copy of the old page (and if so, take care of it). Thanks! &int;eb²+1(talk) 14:58, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q3 2011
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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q4 2011
MuZemike delivered by MuZebot 06:33, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

MSU Interview
Dear Oscarthecat,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the communityHERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

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Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your nameHERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q1 2012
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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q2 2012
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Carlos Gardel
Hi Oscar,

Thanks for your note. No references were added to my contributions because there was no need to. The original text, the one that was restored to, already inludes those references. There are two theories to Gardel's POB, one is documented, the other not. The sites and documents that reference this work supports the documented theory, only that it's the undocumented one the only one explained in detail. My intent was to show both theories so the reader can weigh the evidence and draw their own conclusions.

Until I can upload the documents directly I would ask that you un-edit the work, or, if you need to remove all work that is backed by blogs, that you remove the current article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zorzaluruguay (talk • contribs) 23:03, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

Oscar,

I've just included a few documents that back Gardel's Uruguay theory. One is the charred remains of his passport, for which I only included the piece that shows his POB, a second is a copy of Gardel's argentine ID card that shows his POB to be in Uruguay, and the third is a copy of the 1886 census of the Bordeux region that shows a Charles Gardes (name given to Gardel by french theorists) to have been born in South America. These items have all been obtained from public archives.

My intent is to shed light, with documentation, to the theory that Gardel was in fact born in Uruguay. I hope that these documents are sufficient and meet wikipedia's documentation requirements. I may also include additional documentation as they become available. Also, please note that the referencs in the original article are referenced by private blogs, which as you noted do not constitute citations, hence I ask that you remove them from the article and ask the original writer to provide documentation to their work.

Please advise before re-editing this work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zorzaluruguay (talk • contribs) 00:16, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks. Given there is a dispute generally over his date of birth and place of birth, I initially figured having a reference supporting the year would help.  Now that there's some good refs that's a great help. --Oscarthecat (talk) 08:28, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

Hi Oscar, Sorry but the Carlos Gardel edits I wanted to put through caused a silly back and forwards with another editor who removed my sources and warned me that any additional source used by me could be removed by wikipedia. My attemps have always been to enlighten but I might have not be understanding the spirit behind publishing in wikipedia so I asked this item to be resolved in conflict resolution, and had to include you.

Regds --Zorzaluruguay (talk) 14:56, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

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Edit request
This article on Maratha Empire,Dogra and Sikh Empire are completely baseless and written with biased mind, has false information. Recent Godhra riots,Assam violence,Babri Masjid need to be mentioned please add them, I am removing Sikh ,maratha,Dogra persecution. There is no evidence of destruction of mosques or muslim persecution happeneed at that time. I have added Godhra riots, Babri masjid. Please expand them — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.200.130.55 (talk)

"The persecution of Muslims started in late 1600s and early 1700s when Hindu Maratha Empire started Plundering the Muslim Mughal Empire. Shivaji declared holy war against Muslim Mughal Empire of India and declared Hindu Swarajya(Independent Hindu Kingdom). Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb though tried for many years to suppress the Hindu Revolt however he failed to do so, in the end Maratha Empire power remained intact after 27 year wars which Hindu Maratha fought from Shivaji death(1680) to 1707(Aurangzeb Death).[82] For 27 years Aurangzeb fought Maratha Armies in Deccan but to no avail with Aurangzeb failure to defeat Marathas ended the great Mughal Empire. Maratha Commander in chief Santaji Ghorpade remained a terror for Mughals including Aurangzeb. Santaji attacked Aurangzeb camp in 1695 which almost took the Emperor life which was saved by his quick feets as he flee from the tent,.[83] After 1707 Maratha Empire started to dominate the Indian subcontinent whereas Muslim Mughal emperors found it impossible to check the growing power of Hindu Empire. One by one Maratha started plundering Muslim Mughal Empire as well as the Muslim population"

At the end there is a reference, if you check the reference it says people of Mughal empire are plundered not muslims. Mughal empire has vast number of Hindus(in fact Hindus are majority, more than 50%).I can quote many such things in the article. Please recheck the article and verify whether it is coherent with reference.

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The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter, Q3 2012
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Please unlock Open Source Ecology for move
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 * Sure, now unlocked. Regards, --Oscarthecat (talk) 20:25, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

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Thanks for mention of Megler
I've added a hrmmph over at Talk:Krome Studios Melbourne. I can only think that employees who leave are not important enough to mention? Shenme (talk) 04:55, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

The WikiProject Video Games Newsletter (4th Quarter 2012)
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 * I noticed you deleted the previous Mecar page for advertising, so I figured I would let you know I am creating a new one. If you would be so kind as to give it a look over sometime soon, it would be much appreciated. Thank you. Blablabliam (talk) 03:05, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

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