User talk:Sammi Brie/Archive 36

wbpx-tv
Sammi Brie, i just wanted to let you know that i have taken the liberty of lengthening this blurb for this article so that it conforms with the minimum character limit for tfa blurbs without an image (1000 characters). i had been thinking about adding one of the two images in the article to the blurb, as the lower limit for blurbs with an image is 925 characters, but then i noticed that you mentioned at fac that you preferred to not have either image in the infobox, so i assume that this applies to the blurb as well. the sentence i added mentions the financial issues in 1985, since they were discussed in both the article lead and your fac nomination blurb. if you disagree with my edit, please feel free to revert my additions and add what you think is appropriate instead. thanks! dying (talk) 00:52, 24 October 2022 (UTC)


 * Thanks, . The original blurb, by adapting the lead paragraph, was going to be way too dense for an average reader.
 * The problem with the image that would be the best is that that transmitter/antenna no longer in existence or used by the station. There is no photo of the current tower, and there are no local studios presently. Sammi Brie  (she/her • t • c) 02:40, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
 * oh, i agree; i think your edit had improved the blurb significantly. i assume your experience at writing good dyk hooks is coming across here too.  i had tried to follow your lead by including additional important details that weren't too technical.by the way, i apologize for not mentioning it before, but i believe that the upper limit for blurbs without images is 1100 characters, as mentioned .  i could be wrong though, as Dank has been a tfa coordinator for ages, and was the one who told me about the acceptable range for blurbs (925 to 1025), which i had interpreted as the range for blurbs with images once i learned about the other range.  (my edit of the blurb was 1006 characters long, to comply with both ranges.)  in any case, i'll ping  so that he is aware that i'm completely fine with you editing or taking out my additions if you prefer to include other details instead.  dying (talk) 07:06, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
 * @Dying You have my permission to use any of the stuff I'd tried to add. And yes... My experience with DYK has been very instructive. I dropped virtually all use of call signs in hooks where I could help it and where they weren't interesting because my hook views were getting blasted into the ground.
 * You might be interested to know I have a second FAC underway for KCPQ. Sammi Brie  (she/her • t • c) 07:11, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

Oops! Apologies, I completely missed the lack of an image ... that means there's no 1025 character limit on the November 1 blurb. I'm not sure what the limit is these days on imageless blurbs. (We have a strong preference to run with an image if one can be found.) Dying, do you know? - Dank (push to talk) 13:13, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
 * , i think the acceptable range nowadays for blurbs without images is 1000 to 1100 characters. also, in august, an fac nominator had expressed a preference to not include an image because all the ones that could be used on the main page were not relevant enough, so the blurb ran without one.  currently, two blurbs scheduled for november are without images, which does not seem higher than usual.  dying (talk) 16:47, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks ... 1100 characters wouldn't bother me at all, feel free to partially revert my edit! Images: I ran an experiment for all 12 months in 2019 that seemed to demonstrate that acceptable images can almost always be found that meet our criteria ... of course, whether the issues are desirable is another question, but generally, Main Page people would prefer to see an image when possible, and I'm on board with that. But no one has ever had a problem (that I know of) with running two blurbs a month without images. - Dank (push to talk) 16:53, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I appreciate the value of images, @Dank and @Dying. If you feel either of the two I have in there is appropriate, then by all means go ahead. They're just...not applicable to the station as it presently exists. Sammi Brie  (she/her • t • c) 17:52, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Personally, I like File:Christian Science Church and Reflection, Boston, Massachusetts.JPG. If that works for you guys, but you want to make sure it's not going to get rejected, we could ask at WP:ERRORS two days before it runs. - Dank (push to talk) 18:04, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
 * @Dank, that'd be fine. Sammi Brie  (she/her • t • c) 20:02, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Okay, we'll need a clever caption ... Dying, would you like to do the honors? - Dank (push to talk) 20:44, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
 * oh, this one is more difficult than usual. how about "The building (right) at the Christian Science Center which formerly housed the production facilities"?  i added "(right)" to make it clear that the mother church, at left, is a separate building.  also, mentioning the christian science center makes it clear at what point during the station's history the production facilities were housed there.  alternatively, "Former location of production" fits on one line (on my screen, at least), states why the picture is relevant, and makes it clear that it is no longer used for that purpose.  dying (talk) 22:15, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Or ""Former location of production (on right)". Happy with any of those. Sammi? - Dank (push to talk) 22:26, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I'd prefer "Former studio location (on right)" or "Former studio location (on right) at the Christian Science Center". Sammi Brie  (she/her • t • c) 23:26, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
 * oh, those are better than my suggestions. dying (talk) 00:08, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
 * i've the second of your two suggestions to the blurb.  although i interpreted your suggestion strictly and did not include a link to the christian science center, please feel free to edit the blurb to link to it yourself if i have misinterpreted you.  i personally have no preference, and had included the link in my initial suggestion simply because the caption in the article included one.  thanks!  dying (talk) 00:44, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

Thank you today for the article, introduced: "After a decade of planning, in January 1979, Boston gained another commercial television station. Conceived as a vehicle for scrambled over-the-air subscription broadcasting, WQTV provided such (and some commercial fare) for four years and was one of the first STV systems to fold completely in 1983. The station became a commercial independent but succumbed to very high programming costs at the end of 1985, being sold to The Christian Science Monitor. WQTV would be the springboard for the Monitor to make an expensive expansion into television that included a nightly national news program, a cable service, and programming seen as worthy but dull. It so strained the Church of Christ, Scientist, that its religious functions came under threat from TV losses. The church exited broadcasting at a steep loss in 1992 and 1993, selling the station to Boston University, which renamed it WABU-TV. It operated as an independent with some distinctive local programs and also professional sports coverage. BU sold it in 1999 to Paxson Communications Corporation, owner of the national Pax network (thus the current WBPX-TV call sign), and since then it has largely or entirely been a pass-through for programming from elsewhere. In each of its eras of history, channel 68 has reflected trends in television technology and economics."! - enjoy your first TFA which gets you the first November thanks ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:54, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of WVTQ
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DYK for WYIC
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Tucson television station programming notes
I think that the WP:NOTTVGUIDE rule (which states that "an article on a broadcaster should not list upcoming events, current promotions, current schedules, format clocks, etc.") has been unfairly applied to where it is only applied to stations that are in markets out of the top seventy.

In most markets that are known to many people, articles on the relevant television stations tell you what air and what used to air on them without providing an exact time to which they air and with properly cited sources. My edits to the ones on the KVOA, KGUN-TV, and KOLD-TV are not any different in content from articles on such major market stations as WDIV, KPIX and WFAA, but the only major difference between the edits to those articles and the edits to the Tucson stations articles is that the latter have been reverted because of what, in my mind, is a completely unspecified reason. If one cannot be provided adequately, I suggest a reform or a clarification of the WP:NOTTVGUIDE rule or, if neither cannot be provided, an abolition of that rule. 2600:8800:7D96:5400:B465:155B:7564:EDD5 (talk) 00:33, 29 November 2022 (UTC)


 * Sorry but WP:NOTTVGUIDE stays, it is part of wikipedia's policy so it must stay as an policy Chip3004 (talk) 02:38, 29 November 2022 (UTC)

DYK for KOCT
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DYK for WVTQ
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Local TV Templates discussion
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Featured article candidates/Water Under the Bridge (song)/archive1
Hi, I've implemented all of your suggestions into the article. Since you did specifically say "nothing else holds back a support !vote", I would be thrilled if you could evaluate the changes and consider adding a !vote. Regards.--NØ 03:27, 15 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Hello once again, this review was very helpful so I wanted to invite you to look at my current FAC if you have the time. Regards.--NØ 17:25, 17 December 2022 (UTC)

DYK for KPRP (AM)
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Glorilla
Hello, you've help mediate an edit war for me before. Would you mind peeking in on: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GloRilla In interviews, and as cited in Billboard & Vibe Magazines, Ms. Woods states her middle name is Hallelujah. I've cited source(s). In other hip-hop artists articles, their full name is always mentioned. User TaylorD27 keeps removing this middle name, and has not provided sources that the middle name is incorrect. Appreciate your help! Bwave (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 22:31, 20 December 2022 (UTC)


 * I responded on the talk page of that article; you've been pinged. Sammi Brie  (she/her • t • c) 01:11, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

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Happy New Year! Sammi Brie, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.

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New Year's Wishes!
 Happy New Year, Sammi Brie! Congrats on your continued work at DYK and for getting over 20+ GAs this year and your first ever FA in late September! Your performance at this year's WikiCup was also absolutely fantastic!! Additionally, I wish to thank you for holding back 60 potential GA candidates in order to focus on reviewing GANs. Keeping a good nominate-to-review ratio is certainly something to admire, and something that certain editors can really learn from! I hope that Wikipedia continues to see more of your fantastic work this forthcoming year. Yours truly,  𓃦 LunaEatsTuna  (💬) 00:15, 1 January 2023 (UTC) (It is now New Year's Day in UTC)

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DYK for WUPA
-- RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

Time viewer
Hi! You reviewed the article Time viewer for WP:Good article status a few months ago, saying I'd like to see the prose focus more on critical analysis and response to the trope more than on grouping works where it is used for similar purposes. Since then, I have somewhat expanded the part of the article that deals with the former and condensed the part that deals with the latter. Is this more in line with what you had in mind? TompaDompa (talk) 03:08, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
 * ? TompaDompa (talk) 05:20, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I can give it a look tonight. Sorry for not responding, @TompaDompa... Been bouncing around a lot of things. Sammi Brie  (she/her • t • c) 05:23, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I have done some further editing to the article, expanding a bit upon the analysis. TompaDompa (talk) 07:55, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm not in a hurry and you are of course under no obligation to help, but I'm planning to renominate the article at WP:GAN, and it seems like a poor use of the community's time to nominate it again if the objections you had back then still apply. TompaDompa (talk) 00:30, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

DYK for WTRF-TV
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DYK for KKZU (Washington)
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Angeli Foods
Hi there! I'm here about this quick-fail GAN. I perhaps unsurprisingly disagree that the article is in a poor-enough state to be quickfailed (or I wouldn't have nominated it!), but it's difficult to improve it when you've left so few specifics.

Assuming you believe the prose quality qualifies as a GAN quick-fail reason, can you give actionable examples of where the prose is "mushy" and explain what you mean by "Doug Coldwell vibes"? I had a distant eye on that whole situation, but it would be useful to know if that's a comment on this article's prose quality or just that it's a local topic.

To the specific comments you left, infoboxes and newspaper clippings are personal preferences and not part of the GA criteria. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 19:35, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
 * If a newspaper is not clipped from then a Newspapers.com clipping unverifiable by anyone without a Newspapers.com subscription. – ♠Vamí _IV†♠  01:50, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
 * With due respect, WP:SOURCEACCESS (part of the verifiability policy) and WP:PUBLISHED (part of the reliable sources guideline) would disagree with you. :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 04:09, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Apologies, I missed that what I had wrote was utterly incomprehensible. I meant this: If a newspaper on Newspapers.com is cited but not clipped, then the citation is unverifiable by anyone without a Newspapers.com subscription. Regardless of whether or not it is up to personal preference, linking to the newspaper page, which is accessible only to subscribers, rather than to a clipping, which is accessible by everyone, is not best practice. This is easy enough to make available to everyone—which is our purpose—so it should be. – ♠Vamí _IV†♠  04:36, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
 * @The ed17, that is fair. I was just identifying things that were useful improvements and best practices. The core issue of the GA rejection was that the prose quality felt a bit disconnected and loose.  Sammi Brie  (she/her • t • c) 04:37, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

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DYK for Sergio Salomón Céspedes
-- RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

XERC-AM and XERC-FM
Help Sammi Brie Block IP that is doing things article XERC-AM and XERC-FM you reverting two articles and again. Daniel Anistro López (talk) 01:53, 18 January 2023 (UTC)


 * I just reported the two IPs and reverted all of their edits. Sammi Brie  (she/her • t • c) 02:31, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

Reliable source?
Hi. Since I haven't been using Wikipedia much lately, I wanted to ask you about a source. Is this website (Unifrance) reliable? Have a good day. ภץאคгöร 20:09, 18 January 2023 (UTC)


 * @Nyxaros I don't see anything objectionable there, honestly. Sammi Brie  (she/her • t • c) 20:42, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Miguel Barbosa Huerta
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Alitalia Flight 1553 GA nomination

 * Hi Sammi, I've made pretty much all the requested edits for Alitalia Flight 1553 although I don't think I'm finished. I'm not sure if the way I split the block quote is acceptable, and I was not able to find the original accident report.

P.S. As for www.airdisasters.co.uk, it's generally considered to be a reliable source by transportation ethusiasts, and they claim NASA and the NTSB have 'visited' the site on their homepage. The details involving all accidents that I've seen on there match both local and mainstream news sources as well as original accident reports.

-Derpytoucan (talk) 19:36, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

DYK for KRTV (Arkansas)
-- RoySmith (talk) 12:03, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

Ambush
Thanks for reviewing the article. It was the first time I ever did anything with a TV article. Also I think I fixed your critiques in the GAN. GamerPro64 05:02, 23 January 2023 (UTC)

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Newspapers.com
Hi, Sammi Brie! I’ve always been frustrated that my local paper keeps their archives behind the Newspapers.com paywall because so many references added several years ago no longer have valid URLs. Then I stumbled across your user page, due to your nomination of a DYK on WJXX, which is mentioned on WikiProject:Florida. “Wait, Newspapers.com is available through TWL?!” And I’ve gone and gotten access via TWL all because you mentioned your prolific Newspapers.com linking. So, thanks! I was wondering how much to clip (looks like just the article, and to include all pages of it) and what a citation looks like (using the via= parameter) and your recent edit here was insightful. Just wanted to share my appreciation for this resource and your use of it. I’m excited to get to fixing the dozens of pseudo-dead references on the article I’m currently working on and all future articles where it’s useful. Happy editing! ZsinjTalk 00:57, 24 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Thanks @Zsinj! I use PressPass (a bit funky but works if you know what you're doing), which helps with a lot of the preparation of syntax. So glad my edits can be of use. WJXX, funnily enough, is among the least reliant GAs of mine on Newspapers.com because the Times-Union is only in NewsBank from the 1990s on (you might see how WJXX was selected for improvement). However, it is a rich source of info for anything in south and central Florida with the sort of paper density that makes Miami a favorite GA/article improvement spot of mine. Sammi Brie  (she/her • t • c) 02:00, 24 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Automatic citations when making a clipping?! Amazing! Thanks again. ZsinjTalk 02:41, 24 January 2023 (UTC)
 * @Zsinj It's been a bit wonky since the revamped page layout a bit back, but if you figure it out... If you title your main clippings with the story title, the only things it can't automate are section-page numbers (D5, 2C, or if you're doing the Tampa Tribune, BayLife 4, etc.) and authors. Sammi Brie  (she/her • t • c) 03:23, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

DYK for KLRG (North Little Rock, Arkansas)
BorgQueen (talk) 12:03, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

GA feedback
Hi mate. Thanks for reviewing the Caulfield railway station article. I've finished acting upon your feedback and I've only got one question (you can find it on the feedback page). The other articles that I have nominated have similar issues to this article, so if you want to go ahead and review them too then it would be highly, highly appreciated! Thanks for your feedback and I'll make sure to use the feedback in my future edits. HoHo3143 (talk) 09:53, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

Caulfield railway station GA feedback
I've now fixed the final recommendation on the Caulfield Railway Station article. Is it all good to go? If so, thanks for providing quick and high quality feedback. If you'd like to, I have plenty more articles that are nominated for GA status ready to be reviewed. HoHo3143 (talk) 07:23, 27 January 2023 (UTC)


 * I've fixed the final issue. Ready to go now! HoHo3143 (talk) 09:47, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

DYK for WJXX
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Question
Hello Sammi Brie. I’m approaching you because of your work on quality articles on U.S. TV stations. Would you agree with this edit removing the website name of a TV station from its article as “irrelevant”? Before I very recently created Local 3 News redirect, it was not even apparent that Local 3 News is actually WRCB.  starship .paint  (exalt) 23:31, 5 February 2023 (UTC)


 * @Starship.paint Mvcg can be a bit of a steamroller at times. I'd recommend WRCB, known as Local 3, as the beginning. This will at least prevent a WP:ASTONISH issue for the use you are giving it (link in reference). (Local 3 is a dabpage.) Sammi Brie  (she/her • t • c) 23:54, 5 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Thank you Sammi Brie. Before I do that, is there a reason why you use “Local 3” over “Local 3 News”? Based on their website, their Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, etc., it seems consistent with the “News” in.  starship .paint  (exalt) 00:04, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
 * @Starship.paint Because that's specifically the brand for newscasts. They seem to use "Local 3" in non-news contexts. Sammi Brie  (she/her • t • c) 00:40, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Got it, thank you Sammi Brie. I will implement that change now.  starship .paint  (exalt) 03:41, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

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User:Chrisipedi
Sammi, could you please tell to stop mixing and matching spectrum-sharing stations in TV navboxes? It's what we call disruptive editing. Mvcg66b3r (talk) 02:04, 12 February 2023 (UTC)

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DYK for KGME
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WADL contour map
Sammi, could you add a contour map to the WADL (TV) article, showing that the station's signal misses the western and southern suburbs? Mvcg66b3r (talk) 05:46, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/K04QR-D
Greetings. Now that the AfD is closed, would you be so kind as to take the time to remove the AfD tags from all of these articles? Thanks. --<b style="color: green;">Finngall</b> <sup style="color: #D4A017;">talk 02:24, 20 February 2023 (UTC)


 * @Finngall: Done. I'd like to consider renominating most of these pages in smaller blocks, as my issues with GNG still stand. Sammi Brie  (she/her • t • c) 03:00, 20 February 2023 (UTC)

Daterange dashes in short descriptions
Hi. I'll keep this short since you're a veteran editor; when you did this the resulting MOS:DATERANGE was using the wrong type of dash. Maybe that WP:SDHELPER you're using is configured wrong or something. 04:40, 20 February 2023 (UTC)


 * @Fred Gandt I didn't catch that it was an emdash, but it looks like an IP did that last year. SDHelper doesn't convert emdashes to endashes, but it will convert hyphens to endashes in date ranges. Sammi Brie  (she/her • t • c) 07:29, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Sounds like something the developer might want to know about/address. The difference is hard to spot by eye sometimes for sure; different fonts show it up better than others.  14:43, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
 * @Fred Gandt Might be worth bringing up. FWIW, the IP manually typed in the emdash you caught. Sammi Brie  (she/her • t • c) 19:58, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I don't even know how to make one with a (standard UK layout) keyboard, nor for that matter an endash; I grab 'em from the "special characters" editing toolbar dropdown when needed. I just noticed that endash and emdash are the only symbols with titles (tooltip on hover); they're clearly considered hard to visually differentiate even if editors know which to use. There's a minus nearby, with no title that, as I see it right now, is indistinguishable from the emdash. It's easy to see how these things can happen. I only noticed the emdash in the daterange that brought me here because of an insource regex search to find unusual characters in short descriptions, and probably wouldn't have noticed otherwise. I'll add making and acting on a seperate search for badly configured dateranges to my todo list; code can spot these problems easily.  21:39, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
 * @Fred Gandt On a Mac, it's easier: Option + - for endash, Shift + Option + - for emdash. Sammi Brie  (she/her • t • c) 22:31, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Yeah; alt codes for me; "I'm a PC" 😒  23:39, 20 February 2023 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
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DYK for Digital multicast television network
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DYK for KXGN-TV
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DYK for WYBU-CD
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DYK for WVUP-CD
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DYK for WNTA (1150 AM)
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DYK for WLTZ
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DYK for WDJT-TV
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Template:Did you know nominations/Hussein Kamel Bahaeddin
Sammi Brie, will you be returning to your review of this nomination, or should I call for a new reviewer? If the latter, please let me know. (If the former, then obviously no need to let me know.) Thank you very much. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:08, 17 March 2023 (UTC)


 * I will handle this today. FuzzyMagma looks like he botched another ping, so I never got notified of the reply. Sammi Brie  (she/her • t • c) 16:43, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

DYK for WMBF-TV
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DYK for WTCE-TV
-- RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

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Brief mention on ANI
I've mentioned you on ANI as someone trying to address a problem in Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents. Toddst1 (talk) 14:26, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

Splitting discussion for Planning permission


An article that been involved with (Planning permission) has content that is proposed to be removed and moved to another article (Broadcasting construction permit). If you are interested, please visit the discussion. Thank you. Mvcg66b3r (talk) 18:50, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

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