User talk:Stefka Bulgaria

Welcome!
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Ways to improve Tian Shan Astronomical Observatory
Hi, I'm Babymissfortune. Stefka Bulgaria, thanks for creating Tian Shan Astronomical Observatory!

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Happy holidays! Baby miss fortune 14:57, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Architecture of Almaty
Hello, Stefka Bulgaria. I wanted to let you know that I’m proposing an article that you started, Architecture of Almaty, for deletion because I don't think it meets our criteria for inclusion. If you don't want the article deleted:


 * 1) [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=&action=edit edit the page]
 * 2) remove the text that looks like this:
 * 3) save the page

Also, be sure to explain why you think the article should be kept in your edit summary or on the article's talk page. If you don't do so, it may be deleted later anyway.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions.

Arthistorian1977 (talk) 14:18, 7 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Just checked this article. Good work, and I'm glad to see it survived the AfD process. Cheers.Nishidani (talk) 15:58, 29 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the encourgament, Nishidani, this is always appreciated. Also for your help at WP:RSN :-) Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 11:50, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

MEK request
I would appreciate if you could "slow down" - e.g. do a small set of edits each day. Since some of your edit chains are blanket reverted by one of our colleagues (a behavior which I do not endorse) - it seems both of you need additional input to break the logjam (which I've been trying to provide). However - it is very difficult for me to get involved when the issue being contested is a very large diff, with an even larger talk page wall of text. If we could tackle smaller edits one at a time - it would be easier for me (and I presume others) to get involved. Icewhiz (talk) 07:46, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the info, good to know, and will work on small edits at a time from now on. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 07:53, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

Twinkle
It's much easier to file SPI reports with this tool, so I recommend activating it in Preferences/Gadgets. Cheers. Fitzcarmalan (talk) 14:14, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

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 * Thanks for the info, Dianaa, will paraphrase more and quote less from now on. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 08:38, 18 October 2018 (UTC)

RfC on timeline of People's Mujahedin of Iran
Please see this RFC on article's timeline which you opened in September. I would consider this an 'exhausted' RfC because it looks like it didn't get support and is unlikely to get more in the future. (The only interested people were User:CaroleHenson and maybe User:Pahlevun, who aren't currently active). Do you want to withdraw it, and possibly add a more specific proposal in its place? Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 22:48, 23 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, will withdraw it. Thanks for the notice! Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 14:09, 24 October 2018 (UTC)

RfC close
Please note - this - I suggest you implement this (I'm frankly confused at the flux in the article) - please do cite the closed RfC talk section clearly in your edit summary. Icewhiz (talk) 15:04, 24 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Ok, will do. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 15:11, 24 October 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * :-) Thanks! Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 10:13, 27 October 2018 (UTC)

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Some baklava for you!

 * Merci :-) Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 19:41, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

Deletion discussion about Christa Ehrmann-Hämmerle
Hello, Stefka Bulgaria,

I wanted to let you know that there's a discussion about whether Christa Ehrmann-Hämmerle should be deleted. Your comments are welcome at Articles for deletion/Christa Ehrmann-Hämmerle.

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Thanks,

 Onel 5969  TT me 14:22, 22 November 2018 (UTC)

Forbes
Hi Stefka Bulgaria. I wanted to let you know that Forbes contributor articles, such as this one that you referenced, are not considered reliable for Wikipedia's purposes. You can learn more here: WP:RSP. - MrX 🖋 12:23, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi MrX, thanks for the RS list, good source to have handy. Regards. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 19:38, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

Nomination of 2018–2019 Iranian general strikes and protests for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article 2018–2019 Iranian general strikes and protests is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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ANI thread closed
I have [I have closed the ANI thread you were involved with. You are strongly warned to avoid making personal attacks, to stop treating Wikipedia as a battleground, to seek consensus rather than edit-warring over contentious material, and to be mindful of our policies about maintaining a neutral point of view." Please read through the comments there, and keep them in mind, so that a sanction does not prove necessary. Regards, Vanamonde (Talk) 06:47, 8 March 2019 (UTC)


 * So.. you warn Stefka and and allow the disruptive editors to continue roaming (even Pahlevun)? Wikipedia gets more and more incompetent as each day goes, nice. Here's to a ton more articles being the target of pov-pushing. --HistoryofIran (talk) 17:43, 9 March 2019 (UTC)
 * No, I warned four editors, including Pahlevun. The discussion was open for over a month, and in that time no consensus for any sanction developed. If you want to open another discussion, feel free. Vanamonde (Talk) 22:27, 9 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes I know, but let's be honest, you think a simple warning is gonna make any difference? This issue has been ongoing for so long (at least one year). This is just gonna be another major headache later on, if not several. Also, it's amazing that Stefka is getting grouped with the rest of those editors. It's clear that enough research has not been done on this issue. I mean, what's even the point in opening another discussion? Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to be rude, but frustrated and annoyed I indeed am. --HistoryofIran (talk) 23:21, 9 March 2019 (UTC)
 * I, personally, don't think a warning is going to make a difference. The community disagreed. I cannot implement a sanction for which no consensus exists. If you want to rail against the general editor body, go ahead, though it won't do you any good; there was no other possible outcome for that thread. Vanamonde (Talk) 14:37, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for your advice, but could you please help me understand this? Pahlevun removed vast amounts of information backed by RSs, made deceitful POV synthesis in polemical political articles, made libelous BLP violations, and continued to do so after being warned 4 times to stop. This is also been happening for over a year. I bring this to ANI, which is what I was told I should do, and I end up receiving the same sanction (warning) as them, even though all I did was express my concerns of POV-pushing at a RfA in commons. Did I miss something here? There were valid long-term issues with Pahlevun's edits, all of which Pahlevun failed to address or justify. Could you please help me understand this? Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 10:46, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
 * I doubt there's anything I can say that will satisfy you, but here's a couple of things you should remember. First, if there's genuine issues with an editor's behavior on en.wiki, they should be addressed here; opposing their RFA at commons, without making an effort to address your concerns here, isn't appropriate. Second, I did not warn you unilaterally; I did so based on a lack of consensus for anything else at ANI. Finally, you were not sanctioned, you were warned. There's a fundamental difference. If your behavior really is beyond reproach, then you won't face anything further. If Pahlevun stops editing disruptively, then the warning has worked. If he doesn't, he will face a sanction himself. To put it another way; misconduct by another user isn't an excuse for your own; it also makes your claims of misconduct on Pahlevun's part less tenable. Vanamonde (Talk) 14:37, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

apparent typo in one of your somewhat-recent edits
On May 5, in the article Albrechtsburg, you changed "The masterpiece of" to "The w of work of". I am pretty sure the "w of" should not be there, so I'll remove it myself in a little over a week if you neither do that nor respond here in the meantime, but I'm commenting in case you meant something else. JumpDiscont (talk) 15:48, 19 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for bringing it to my attention. Just fixed it. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 10:15, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

Notice of arbitration
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Excessive reverts
You can't keep reverting three times, just shy of 3RR, and not face sanctions for edit warring. I'm telling you now (count it as a warning): that just isn't tenable. El_C 16:17, 14 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I understand. The issue for me rises when several consecutive edits that violate policies (BIO, NPOV, etc.) are done simultaneously without any consensus, such as these recent ones:, . It's a problem. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 20:46, 14 June 2019 (UTC)
 * It looks like both the pro- and anti-MEK camps, if you will, are doing that. The proposal I made for a new approach to editing the article might be able to address that zero-sum game. Providing everybody is on board. El_C 20:54, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

Mansour Varasteh
Dear Stefka. You have now removed these same sources several times from the page, without explanation! There has been a talk topic about Mr. Varasteh's MEK membership for months now but you have not participated. The man is on video introducing himself as an MEK spokesperson. Why is this not good enough evidence? Please let us know in the talk page. Thanks. Iranians (talk) 04:16, 17 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Have replied on the Talk page. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 13:04, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

Here we go again
He's back at again with his mass removal of information, applause to the admins for looking the other way. --HistoryofIran (talk) 23:13, 27 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Sigh... Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 23:32, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

Deletion discussion about Iuventa
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Removing the Article from see also
Hi. I find that you removed three relevant article which named, Somayeh Mohammadi, Operation Mersad, Operation Forty Stars from the Maryam Rajavi's Article. They are relevant Article and I don't know why did you delete them? Please, return the article back to the see also section.Forest90 (talk) 08:58, 11 July 2019 (UTC)
 * These are more relevant to the MEK page than Maryam Rajavi; we've used MEK categories to help link these. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 13:31, 11 July 2019 (UTC)

Please learn the problem
User Icewhiz fights a war against Polish people. This is a problem for Wikipedia, not for me. Regarding the Lublin spitting, it's a part of a long controversy. Spitting on a Polish ambassador is a bigger issue than spitting on a tourist. The person who spat on the ambassador has not been punished, the one who spat on the tourist was harsly punished. It's only one of thousands such incidents and historical fact manipulated by Icewhiz. Xx236 (talk) 07:23, 14 August 2019 (UTC)
 * A typical page by Icewhiz Disruption of Holocaust conference in Paris.Xx236 (talk) 08:14, 14 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I see you know Icewhiz' creativity, but you see me. He creats 100 more edits than me. His method is to select anti-Polish statements using Google, to create a page or section, to oppose any corections. A non-real example Poles are pigs, let's google, let's write.Xx236 (talk) 08:53, 14 August 2019 (UTC)
 * The New Polish School of Holocaust Scholarship, disruption aside, was in fact a celebration or international recognition of the groundbreaking work done by Polish scholars in this field in the past twenty years. While the New school has faced reactionary government (PiS) push-back in recent years, it is very much a scholarly accomplishment that took place (mostly - there are two significant Polish expats as well - but they worked off Polish archives) inside Poland. Icewhiz (talk) 09:27, 14 August 2019 (UTC)
 * @Xx236, making claims such as "how Icewhiz manipulates", etc, without evidence (as you've done here), constitutes WP:CASTING ASPERSIONS. If you have an issue with the sources Icewhiz is providing, then I'd advice that you focus on those instead. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 06:57, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

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Idris Ackamoor
See WP:DEADLINK. When you find a dead link, it's better to add the template rather than removing the link entirely. In both cases of links you removed, it was the work of mere seconds to find the new website addresses, and change them. Thanks. Ghmyrtle (talk) 10:53, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

April 2020
Hello, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. This is just a note to let you know that I've moved the draft that you were working on to Draft:Hermann Wilhelm Albert Blankenstein, from its old location at User:Stefka Bulgaria/sandbox. This has been done because the Draft namespace is the preferred location for Articles for Creation submissions. Please feel free to continue to work on it there. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to ask me on my talk page. Thank you. Sulfurboy (talk) 18:27, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

Wish you safety and health
Dear fellow editor. The world is struggling to stay safe from the harms of a some tens of nano-meters sized virus. I wish you and your dear ones full safety from the dangers of this unilateral love! Regards. -- M h hossein   talk 08:20, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

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Requesting expansion and update edit support
Hi,

Season's greetings

I am looking for proactive expansion and update support/input help any of the following (So far neglected but important topic) articles. If you can't spare time but if you know any good references you can note those on talk pages.


 * Islamic advice literature

Your user ID was selected randomly (for sake of neutrality) from related other articles changes list related to Islamization

Thanks and warm regards

Bookku (talk) 11:42, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi Bookku. Will have a look... Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 11:57, 31 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for your response and support. Very nice of you. And also please let me know if you can take a translation request too, for a women's rights related article Kithaab or may be you can suggest to some other translator.

Thanks and regards

Bookku (talk) 09:07, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

I have sent you a note about a page you started
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You might be interested
Hi Stefka. I just noticed this article for the first time I believe it might benefit from some proper sources/neutral writing. Would you perhaps be willing to check the article when you have time? - LouisAragon (talk) 23:46, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi, yes, looks interesting, will have a look. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 06:21, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

On a lighter note
This edit summary, when taken literally, is pretty funny. I didn't notice until you pointed it out.VR talk 15:01, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

On a serious note
You asked me to collaborate with you, and I said I would. But this comment concerns me. Your comment After the close, VR was advised to continue discussion on either the article Talk page or personal Talk pages, but both Mhhossein and VR have a tendency to instead complain... belies the fact that Chetsford actually "encouraged" me (their words, not mine) to seek review. But judging by your comment, you seem to have entirely missed that part of their comment.

Why do I bring this up? Because I have found that sometimes you don't seem to read my comment before opposing it. You have every right to disagree with me, but for that you need to read my comment first. For example, when I said the RfC was malformed your response indicates you totally misread my comment, until I repeated my comment and then corrected understood it.

Please take care.VR talk 19:22, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Rest assured that your comments/posts are being read very carefully. You were told that "accusing someone of blindly voting without any form of ground definitely doesn't fit in the civil category", yet you alluded to that at ANI, and now you're doing it here. That you don't always express yourself clearly, or that there can be a miscommunication issue, are both also probabilities in these discussions, so let me close this conversation by saying that votes/comments on the MEK's Talk page are being read before they are posted, so please stop suggesting otherwise. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 08:34, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Mary Ann Newman
Hi, Stefka. I don't agree with your close here. Will you reconsider, please?—S Marshall T/C 00:43, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Well, clearly there is no consensus to delete, since none of the three participants opted to do so. So, what sort of closure (or otherwise) result are you expecting with this challenge? El_C 00:48, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I certainly don't see a consensus that receiving the Creu de Sant Jordi establishes notability. In my view the correct outcome would be "no consensus" (enabling me to promptly renominate it for deletion).—S Marshall T/C 00:57, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Two of the three participants seem to think so, though I agree with you that it is puzzling to conceive that being a recipient of this award merits a page. El_C 01:05, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
 * There were four participants; if you're going to count Davidpar who created the page, then it's only fair to count me. :)  I don't think pburka's contribution makes sense.  I mean, yes, Ms Newman has translated an article that's notable.  I translated Catherine Bréchignac: does that make me notable?  We'd normally say that notability isn't inherited.—S Marshall T/C 01:10, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
 * For sure, fair points. The correct outcome is probably for the page to be deleted at this time. But I'm not sure I know how to make that happen, procedurally. El_C 01:15, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Ideally, Stefka would either relist, or else reclose as no consensus enabling me to renominate for deletion. Less ideally we could go to deletion review seeking one of those outcomes.—S Marshall</b> T/C 01:24, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Right. Stefka Bulgaria, I would encourage you to supplant the closure with a relist. The strength of the arguments, irrespective of the tally, seems rather frail. El_C 01:26, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

I've self-reverted my close so that someone else can close that AfD. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 08:03, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

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AfD Closing/Relisting
Hi I'm Barkeep49, an administrator here. I am writing to ask that you please stop closing/relisting Articles for Deletion discussions. You attracted my attention after you relisted Articles for deletion/Rameez Raja (actor) for which there was a bot notice that it was eligible for soft deletion. This should have been a hint that it was not an appropriate close. I then came to your talk page and saw the discussion about Articles for deletion/Mary Ann Newman. I then opened up your contribuations and saw Articles for deletion/Richard Calderón which you closed as no consensus. This might have been appropriate when weighting for CONSENSUS, but it was not a clear close given that numerically more editors favored keep 5-3 and thus not a good discussion for a non-adminstrator close. The last AfD I checked was Articles for deletion/Empowerment Experiment which was also eligible for soft deletion. While four is not a huge sample it is concerning that literally every AfD close I checked had an issue. This suggests that you would be better off participating at AfD (we need more participants) than closing discussions at this time. Barkeep49 (talk) 20:33, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi Barkeep49, I have no problems with focusing on other aspects at AfD. I just don't see what the big problem is with my work there:


 * About relisting Articles for deletion/Rameez Raja (actor), I had missed the WP:NOQUORUM clause, and thought the article could do with more than one vote before being deleted.
 * About relisting Articles for deletion/Mary Ann Newman, that ended up in "no-consensus"; with the article being kept (which is the consensus I had given it).
 * About closing Articles for deletion/Richard Calderón as no consensus, as I see it, the article will likely end up in "no-consensus" or being kept.
 * About relisting Articles for deletion/Empowerment Experiment, I also thought it could do with more than a single vote before being closed.
 * To me, these actions don't seem unreasonable, but I don't mind focusing on other aspects of the AfD process. Regards, Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 16:12, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
 * , no consensus and keep both mean that the article remains. However, there are differences - for instance renominating a short time after a keep AfD is disruptive but it's not disruptive for a no consensus. I appreciate your willingness to focus your energies in other ways. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 16:41, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

Hamas RFC
Could you please reconsider your vote at least regarding UN resolution please read arguments by me and François Robere --Shrike (talk) 13:41, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Hey Shrike, Ok, will have a look at your arguments there and re-evaluate. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 19:47, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

Could you please reconsider your vote at least regarding UN resolution please read arguments by everyone else except Shrike and François Robere Selfstudier (talk) 22:31, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Hi HistoryofIran; thank you for the encouragement. Coming from you, it means a lot. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 16:24, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Requesting some article expansion help
Greetings,

It seems you also work on articles related to Iran, I was looking for article expansion help at articles like Islamic advice literature, Draft:Aurats (word) an article about historical linguistics and in article Slavery in Iran several sections are in need of expansion besides presently it has no coverage on female slavery in Iran. Please do visit those articles as and when time permits you and pl. do help in article expansions if those topics interest you.

Thanks and warm regards

Bookku (talk) 16:54, 14 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Greetings, Bookku. Ok, would be glad to get involved. Will have a look in the coming days. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 18:49, 17 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your positive consideration, looking forward to your continued support. Warm regards Bookku (talk) 07:59, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
 * sorry for the delay; was away from Wikipedia. Will have a look at this now. If there are any particular articles you'd like me to look at please let me know. Looking forward to working with you on this. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 15:25, 13 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your proactive contributions at Draft:Aurats (word) and Islamic advice literature.
 * As such I do have a longer list of articles which is need of support. Part of the same I am sharing below please do support which you would be interested in.
 * 1) Repeated insertion of Original research like @ Gender roles in Islam need to be addressed. Due to 3R rule I could not revert those edits again, may be you can visit the same.
 * 2) Need help in improving Opposition to Valentine's day in Iran, a comparable article Valentine's Day in Pakistan may be helpful.
 * 3) Need article improvement help @ Draft:Avret Esir Pazarları (an article about female slavery of common women in Ottoman times,) on the same lines I had requested article expansion help in article Slavery in Iran too.
 * 4) Drafts initiated by me Draft:Women, conflict and conflict zones, Draft:Sexual politics (Gender politics) have been listed for deletion since not updated for last five months, I am looking for some help in these draft expansions.
 * 5) Drafts initiated by me Draft:Sexual politics in Muslim societies, Draft:Autobiographies of Muslim and Ex-Muslim Women and Draft:Feminism in Urdu literature got deleted due to no edits in previous six months. Specially I am looking for some proactive support in recovering and expanding Draft:Sexual politics in Muslim societies.


 * 6) I am also looking for article expansion support @ Draft:Hermeneutics of feminism in Sikhism to develop article on same lines of Hermeneutics of feminism in Islam
 * 7) Last but not least, Draft:Women's rights in Muslim societies, Draft:Expressions of Muslim and Ex-Muslim Women through media interactions


 * I know my list is much longer :) but just requesting your help in topics whichever interest you among above.


 * It is very nice of you, you have been so much supportive. Thanks again and warm regards Bookku (talk) 08:49, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Glad to help. Will have a look at these. If there is anything else you'd like to look at let me know! Warm regards, Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 11:42, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

Erwin Henning moved to draftspace
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You were recently listed as a party to a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Arbitration/Requests/Case/Iranian_politics. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Arbitration/Requests/Case/Iranian_politics/Evidence. Please add your evidence by August 6, 2021, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Arbitration/Requests/Case/Iranian_politics/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, Moneytrees🏝️Talk/CCI guide 18:39, 23 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you, Moneytrees. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 08:20, 31 July 2021 (UTC)

Left you a note
Hey,

I left you a note here. It is motivated by good-faith and if you see any mistakes in my evidence I too would like it if you can let me know and I will try to correct myself ASAP. I apologize in advance if it comes across as offensive, that's not my intention.VR talk 18:13, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Hey, I'm on holidays at the moment; took some time off today to answer at ArbCom because of today's deadline. Will get back to you as soon as I get another strong internet connection. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 18:29, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Ok, happy holidays and try not to let all the drama there stress you.VR talk 18:53, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

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Arbitration/Requests/Case/Iranian politics closed
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 * (i) The community-authorized general sanctions for post-1978 Iranian politics are hereby superseded and replaced by standard discretionary sanctions, which are authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to, post-1978 Iranian politics, broadly construed.(ii) All sanctions in force when this remedy is enacted are endorsed and will become standard discretionary sanctions governed by the standard procedure from the moment of enactment.(iii) Notifications issued under Post-1978 Iranian politics general sanctions become alerts for twelve months from their date of issue, then expire.(iv) All existing and past sanctions and restrictions placed under post-1978 Iranian politics general sanctions will be transcribed by the arbitration clerks in the arbitration enforcement log.(v) Any requests for enforcement that may be open when this remedy is enacted shall proceed, but any remedy that is enacted should be enacted as a discretionary sanction.(vi) Administrators who have enforced the Post-1978 Iranian politics general sanctions are thanked for their work and asked to continue providing administrative assistance enforcing discretionary sanctions and at the arbitration enforcement noticeboard.
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Just setting up page. Linking back the Australian Christian Churches pastors page.

Will eventually build content ShootingStar2000 (talk) 10:41, 16 October 2021 (UTC)


 * Hi : my advice would be to first write the article in your sandbox, and then submit it for review. This way we can check if the article meets Wikipedia's notability criteria. Let me know if you have any other questions. Best, Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 10:48, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Alfie shearing
Good catch on this. I actually deleted it as WP:G3, reverted the vandalism on Stevenage F.C. and indef blocked the creator. To nitpick, "Stevenage manager" (ie: managing a fully professional league-level football club) is a claim of importance; however the manager is Alex Revell so it's not credible - so A7 would have worked as well. <b style="color:#7F007F">Ritchie333</b> <sup style="color:#7F007F">(talk) <sup style="color:#7F007F">(cont)  18:06, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks :-) Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 18:56, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello Stefka Bulgaria. Really appreciate your feedback on the article about Lowes Financial Management. Are there any further recommendations on how to defend the page importance? Like any other privately owned company which has a presence on Wikipedia, Lowes also deserve recognition and seeks for acknowledged digital footprint. It is a big company run by the family for 2 generations now, with a great history of dealing with finances in North East, famous for being the first to launch Structured Products for retail in the United Kingdom. I am grateful for any feedback from you, hope to hear from you soon.
 * I have replied on the article's talk page. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 10:52, 1 November 2021 (UTC)

Thankyou for the feedback. If United World Wrestling and it's Associated National Sports Federations are not notable organizations then I am sorry for the edit I tried to made to Grappling. Grappling Federation of India won overall Second place in 2015 at UWW World Grappling Championships. Senseimor (talk) 18:10, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

Joshua Weissman
Hello, Stefka Bulgaria,

Thank you for moving this article to Draft space as it is clearly not in shape for the main space of the project. When you do this, please take a moment and tag the original page for speedy deletion, CSD R2 so that an admin can delete the redirect from main space to Draft space. Thanks again. Liz <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">Read! Talk! 01:43, 3 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Hey Liz, thanks for letting me know. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 08:36, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

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Your draft article, Draft:Erwin Henning


Hello, Stefka Bulgaria. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Erwin Henning".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">Read! Talk! 20:11, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

Okay
Sorry i was not ready to create a page but please do'nt block me Amilokuhle (talk) 09:20, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

Hi, There! [[Image:Chat Flat Icon GIF Animation.gif|30px|]]

 * Hi Queen Respond, thank you for the barnstar. To get the article in shape, you'll need more reliable sources that show why the article is notable. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 09:51, 26 April 2022 (UTC)

Good morning!!
I understood the deletion of the Ace Aura page now. Sorry for wasting your time. The previous admin moved the article to the draftspace because of poorly sourced material. So i thought that was the main problem (i didn't probably improved at all though, but anyways...) and didn't really clicked the fact he don't have the required notability to be on Wikipedia. My apologies, and have a great day!. Skydream1721 (talk) 08:25, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks for letting me know. Like what others have said, I would also recommend that you stick to reliable sources only. If you can't find many about this topic, then the topic might be WP:TOOSOON (as others also already have said). Good luck. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 08:31, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

Re: Speedy deletion nomination of Beijing 2008 (painting)

 * I haven't translated the full content yet. It's not propaganda but a famous painting. -- Beta Lohman ※ Office box  08:29, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm not saying that the article is "propaganda", I'm saying that a quick google search did not show that the painting (or painter) was notable. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 08:33, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, no English articles show its notable. However, it's a famous painting in the Chinese internet. -- Beta Lohman ※ Office box 08:41, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
 * So, anyway. I will ask for a speedy deletion by G7, and will rebuild it later. -- Beta Lohman ※ Office box 08:43, 5 May 2022 (UTC)


 * See the full content of zh:北京2008 (油画) on the Chinese Wikipedia. -- Beta Lohman ※ Office box 08:44, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

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New Page Patrol newsletter May 2022
Hello ,

At the time of the last newsletter (No.26, September 2021), the backlog was 'only' just over 6,000 articles. In the past six months, the backlog has reached nearly 16,000, a staggering level not seen in several years. A very small number of users had been doing the vast majority of the reviews. Due to "burn-out", we have recently lost most of this effort. Furthermore, several reviewers have been stripped of the user right for abuse of privilege and the articles they patrolled were put back in the queue.

Several discussions on the state of the process have taken place on the talk page, but there has been no action to make any changes. The project also lacks coordination since the "position" is vacant.

In the last 30 days, only 100 reviewers have made more than 8 patrols and only 50 have averaged one review a day. There are currently Special:ListUsers/patroller New Page Reviewers, but about a third have not had any activity in the past month. All administrators have this permission, but only about a dozen significantly contribute to NPP.

This means we have an active pool of about 450 to address the backlog. We cannot rely on a few to do most of the work as that inevitably leads to burnout. A fairly experienced reviewer can usually do a review in a few minutes. If every active reviewer would patrol just one article per day, the backlog would very quickly disappear.

If you have noticed a user with a good understanding of Wikipedia notability and deletion, do suggest they help the effort by placing on their talk page.

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New Page Patrol newsletter June 2022
Hello ,

At the time of the last newsletter (No.27, May 2022), the backlog was approaching 16,000, having shot up rapidly from 6,000 over the prior two months. The attention the newsletter brought to the backlog sparked a flurry of activity. There was new discussion on process improvements, efforts to invite new editors to participate in NPP increased and more editors requested the NPP user right so they could help, and most importantly, the number of reviews picked up and the backlog decreased, dipping below 14,000 at the end of May.
 * Backlog status

Since then, the news has not been so good. The backlog is basically flat, hovering around 14,200. I wish I could report the number of reviews done and the number of new articles added to the queue. But the available statistics we have are woefully inadequate. The only real number we have is the net queue size.

In the last 30 days, the top 100 reviewers have all made more than 16 patrols (up from 8 last month), and about 70 have averaged one review a day (up from 50 last month).

While there are more people doing more reviews, many of the ~730 with the NPP right are doing little. Most of the reviews are being done by the top 50 or 100 reviewers. They need your help. We appreciate every review done, but please aim to do one a day (on average, or 30 a month).

A backlog reduction drive, coordinated by buidhe and Zippybonzo, will be held from July 1 to July 31. Sign up here. Barnstars will be awarded.
 * Backlog drive

Many new articles on schools are being created by new users in developing and/or non-English-speaking countries. The authors are probably not even aware of Wikipedia's projects and policy pages. WP:WPSCH/AG has some excellent advice and resources specifically written for these users. Reviewers could consider providing such first-time article creators with a link to it while also mentioning that not all schools pass the GNG and that elementary schools are almost certainly not notable.
 * TIP – New school articles

There is a new template available,, to show the current backlog. You can place it on your user or talk page as a reminder:
 * Misc

There has been significant discussion at WP:VPP recently on NPP-related matters (Draftification, Deletion, Notability, Verifiability, Burden). Proposals that would somewhat ease the burden on NPP aren't gaining much traction, although there are suggestions that the role of NPP be fundamentally changed to focus only on major CSD-type issues.


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NPP July 2022 backlog drive is on!
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Diyor Imamkhodjaev
Hi! Please, move this article from Draft, it has encyclopedic value. Umarxon III (talk) 14:38, 20 July 2022 (UTC).
 * Hi, please add more sources to the article that shows it has encyclopedic value. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 07:07, 21 July 2022 (UTC)

New Page Patrol newsletter August 2022
Hello ,

After the last newsletter (No.28, June 2022), the backlog declined another 1,000 to 13,000 in the last week of June. Then the July backlog drive began, during which 9,900 articles were reviewed and the backlog fell by 4,500 to just under 8,500 (these numbers illustrate how many new articles regularly flow into the queue). Thanks go to the coordinators and, as well as all the nearly 100 participants. Congratulations to who led with 880 points. See this page for further details.
 * Backlog status

Unfortunately, most of the decline happened in the first half of the month, and the backlog has already risen to 9,600. Understandably, it seems many backlog drive participants are taking a break from reviewing and unfortunately, we are not even keeping up with the inflow let alone driving it lower. We need the other 600 reviewers to do more! Please try to do at least one a day.


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A barnstar for you!

 * Dear, thank you for the encouragement. Like others on this site, I've been feeling discouraged by the constant admin mismanagement and general incompetence, which gives me little hope for this site. I see that you're still doing great work here, and that's motivating to see. I may slowly come back to editing. Hope all is well with you. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 10:56, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

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Delia Grace Randolph
Hi How goes it? When your reviewing a page on an academic, please remember to check Google Scholar for academic prowess. Randolph who uses her short name Delia Grace had more than 30 papers with 100+ citations. More than 5 papers with 100+ citations means they are likely notable. Generally when its full professor they are usually notable. I fixed up the article a wee bit to make it a bit more presentable and removed the speedy.  scope_creep Talk  10:26, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Hey ; ok, thanks for the notice. Hope all is well. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 10:28, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Yea, it would have been back in at some point I guess in the future. She is massively creative, so would only a matter of time. Have you see WikiProject Women in Red. They are looking for folk like yourself. They are trying to address the inherent WP:BIAS in Wikipedia, by creating lots of biographies of women. You seem to be able write biographies with remarkable ease. Would you be interested in something like that?    scope_creep Talk  10:35, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, that looks very interesting. Been meaning to get involved in something new that would be useful to the project; will have a closer look... Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 10:40, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

Women in Red
Hi there, Stefka Bulgaria, and welcome to Women in Red. I'm glad you followed up on scope creep's suggestion and now intend to help us reduce the gender gap on Wikipedia. I see you have extensive experience in writing biographies. Even so, you might find it useful to look through our Ten Simple Rules. If you browse through our Redlist index, you should be able to find women worth writing about in the fields or countries in which you are interested. Please let me know if you run into any difficulties or need assistance. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 09:35, 9 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you . I'll have a look in the coming days to see how I can contribute. Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 10:51, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

October 2022 New Pages Patrol backlog drive
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Women in Red October 2022
--Lajmmoore (talk) 15:02, 29 September 2022 (UTC) via MassMessaging

New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022
Hello , Much has happened since the last newsletter over two months ago. The open letter finished with 444 signatures. The letter was sent to several dozen people at the WMF, and we have heard that it is being discussed but there has been no official reply. A related article appears in the current issue of The Signpost. If you haven't seen it, you should, including the readers' comment section.

Awards: Barnstars were given for the past several years (thanks to ), and we are now all caught up. The 2021 cup went to for leading with 26,525 article reviews during 2021. To encourage moderate activity, a new "Iron" level barnstar is awarded annually for reviewing 360 articles ("one-a-day"), and 100 reviews earns the "Standard" NPP barnstar. About 90 reviewers received barnstars for each of the years 2018 to 2021 (including the new awards that were given retroactively). All awards issued for every year are listed on the Awards page. Check out the new Hall of Fame also. Software news: and  have connected with WMF developers who can review and approve patches, so they have been able to fix some bugs, and make other improvements to the Page Curation software. You can see everything that has been fixed recently here. The reviewer report has also been improved. Suggestions:
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Backlog: Saving the best for last: From a July low of 8,500, the backlog climbed back to 11,000 in August and then reversed in September dropping to below 6,000 and continued falling with the October backlog drive to under 1,000, a level not seen in over four years. Keep in mind that there are 2,000 new articles every week, so the number of reviews is far higher than the backlog reduction. To keep the backlog under a thousand, we have to keep reviewing at about half the recent rate!


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The Arbitration Committee have declined your appeal of your topic ban. Per the terms of your ban you can next appeal in 12 months time. The archived request can be viewed here. For the Arbitration Committee, &#8211;<span style="font-family:CG Times, times"> MJL &thinsp;‐Talk‐☖ 17:38, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know, Could you advice if I would still be able to make corrections to articles that aren't specifically about Iranian politics, but involve companies controlled by the Iranian government? For example, I see that in my absence, sourced information about an Iranian company has been removed from the article with no apparent justification. Would I be able to restore information of that nature? Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 08:26, 15 November 2022 (UTC)
 * I am not an admin, nor am I a member of the Arbitration Committee which enacted your topic ban. If you need your topic ban (which was for post-1978 Iranian politics, broadly construed) officially clarified at all, then you would have to file a clarification request at WP:A/R/CA. &#8211;<span style="font-family:CG Times, times"> MJL &thinsp;‐Talk‐☖ 18:27, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

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Clarification request closed
Your request at Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment has been closed. The commenting arbitrators felt that companies controlled by the Iranian government are indeed within the scope of your topic ban. For the Arbitration Committee, GeneralNotability (talk) 23:59, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

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