User talk:TomStar81/Archive 22

moves
I'm no expert, but it looks like you moved everything to a /archive 21 sub-directory. If I'm reading it right you moved a page to : when you wanted it at am I guessing correctly? do you want me to put them back the way it was? — Ched (talk) 07:59, 8 November 2019 (UTC)
 * User talk:TomStar81/Archive 21/Archive 10
 * User talk:TomStar81/Archive 10
 * nevermind - looks like is taking care of everything. — Ched (talk) 08:14, 8 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Yep, all sorted now. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 08:14, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXIII, November 2019
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Varma (given name)
Hi TomStar81. I wonder if you would consider restoring this article. Its history has been a battlefield but it is important to know the background. Varma is both an Indian surname and a Finnish given name, and the given name has been repeatedly dragged into the continuing problems with the article on the Indian name. Varma (given name) was separated most recently when the main article was rewritten, for the umpteenth time, to refer only to Indians. Without Varma (given name) there is no coverage at all of the Finnish name, which seems unnecessary, especially as the article - unlike many name articles - is referenced. Best wishes, Ingratis (talk) 13:53, 12 November 2019 (UTC)

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Kyliegh Curran
Hi Tom, any reason you deleted this page rather than participate in the talk page discussion? I'd rather discuss this here than on the Admin page. Your choice. Rklawton (talk) 21:57, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

Further discussion of your comment at ANI
Maybe I should just leave this be, but I feel you still don't understand why your complaint doesn't make much sense to me and I think some of the other uninvolved parties. And I hope if you choose to read it, this will help if not reduce your concerns, at least give you something to think about in future cases. "". The problem is, as I pointed out, the nominator participated in the deletion review, so they were surely aware of it. In fact as I also pointed out, only one person who participated in the AFD was potentially unaware of the deletion review and it was not the nominator. So there is zero reason to focus on one editor if you believe some major wrong was done in not notifying. It's entirely reasonable to expect any one of them to notify if you feel that should have happened. The one with the greatest expectation would arguably be (although IMO it's only a small amount more) the nominator User:SportingFlyer. But therein lies the problem, either you're accusing them of not actually wanting it deleted, an incredible bad faith accusation, or you have to accept that they weren't doing it because they were trying to "hide" the discussion. Nil Einne (talk) 07:46, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
 * BTW, SportingFlyer explained why they didn't notify here User talk:SportingFlyer/Archive 2. I can understand their rationale even if I don't entirely agree it was better not to notify. Notifying previous participants is not the norm, but IMO if you mention you have done so, and ensure you notify everyone it's fine. And in a case like this where the the DRV was so close to the AFD, it's probably better. Still even if there was nothing wrong with notifying them, some people may still be unhappy. So if you think enough people will participate anyway it may seem better to avoid that. And in any case, with no requirement, it's difficult to fault anyone even if you you didn't understand their rationale for not notifying. Perhaps you could say that if the likely perception was that it would make deletion more likely, then it's better for someone who !voted keep to notify to reduce canvassing concerning. But that still leaves 2 (as it seems only fair to include User:Levivich since they did end up !voting keep) other editors besides User:Oakshade. And one option would have been to bring up notifying before it's done explaining why you feel it would be better, as if others agree it less of a one sided thing. In other words, however you spin it, I see no reason to concentrate on Oakshade being the main one at "fault" for not notifying even if we put aside that there wasn't any "fault" to begin with.  Nil Einne (talk) 07:46, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue CLXIV, December 2019
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Combined drive
Hi! I was wondering if there's been any progress toward a joint drive, per ? – Reidgreg (talk) 19:17, 6 February 2020 (UTC)

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Please add notices
Hello, TomStar81, thank you for adding editnotice for the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic. But please add fifth notices for editors that stats that: So the editnotice must be revised to:
 * This article uses British English and spellings such as "colour" should not be changed to American English spellings such as "color".

So, The aim for adding fifth notice is to notify the editor of clear and explicit rules regarding spelling. 36.68.165.222 (talk) 13:13, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXVII, March 2020
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Clarification request: Acupuncture closed and archived
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Page protection
This was exceptionally punitive for something that really didn't seem to be having any problems. Can you please at least drop it to semi-protection (which at least makes some sense)? —Locke Cole • t • c 04:55, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
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"Wild Dog (Comic book charactor)" listed at Redirects for discussion
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Request for administrator access
hello sir, Shohreh Ghamar's page has been deleted 4 years ago, but after 4 Years, Her resume is more complete, and I think, I can improve her Page. Please give the access to me for editing her page.Firstofficer (talk) 17:51, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXVIII, April 2020
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Help Requested
It has been brought to my attention that the Timeline of asexual history page was started by JaneSwifty, who apparently was a sock of Dante8. I did not know this. Clearly this page is important, as are all the pages that user created. Clearly, though, this is a classic example of WP:EVASION. So, since I don't want this page to be swiped down in what would be a completely justified deletion, per EVASION, would you mind preemptively deleting the Timeline of asexual history page and I will come in right behind you and recreate the page myself with all the same information so that it is not an EVASION?

I know this has been done before in rare instances, but I put alot of work in this one and I don't want to see it all lost because of a sock from 3 years ago. Thanks in advance for your help. -  Neutralhomer •  Talk  • 07:55 on April 17, 2020 (UTC) •  #StayAtHome

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COI discussion
Hi. I stumbled across a recent COI discussion and was surprised at some ruminations in two posts there. I'm posting the first diff here (and discussing that), and second diff in a paragraph below:. In the first post, it was very much casting aspersions toward another editor and there seemed to be a question that this person should prove their identity. I think this was really bordering on an attempt to OUT this person - or and attempt to necessitate that this person reveal more information than they already have.

I notice you have been editing on Wikipedia since 2004 and you are an admin, so I am guessing you know policies really well. So, I'm not going to try pointing to policies or anything like that. I just want to give you a heads up that most of that post is probably considered unacceptable on a Noticeboard or any kind of Talk page.

Also, I found the subsequent response to be disconcerting. . I don't think saying "...our editor here has been swinging wild the last few days like a fish on a line" is an appropriate metaphor for an editor and that editor's plight. This editor is a human being like you and me. Then there is, "...I have uranium pellets... but do I have enough for a self sustaining reaction?" What exactly does that mean? It sounds like we're about to sustain a nuclear reaction. This seems to be magnifying a situation.

Additionally, when saying, "Nothing I've seen in my admittedly limited look through suggests the answer to my hypothesis above is anywhere near yes - at least not yet" it sounds like someone is conducting an investigation to OUT another editor or attempting to conduct such an investigation

This is firmed up when saying "at least not yet'? There's no way an editor can be expected to OUT themselves. Also, there was no acknowledgement of previously casting aspersions in the first post. Hopefully, this is helpful. I know it's easy for editors to forget themselves and respond to stress in a certain way, or say something they didn't mean and so on. And I may have misunderstood what you meant and I am open to that. Also, I apologize for feeling compelled to bring this up with you. ---Steve Quinn (talk) 06:32, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

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Carmaker1
I hope that the ArbCom is right that arbitration is not necessary in this case. Maybe this time they are right. The last time that you asked them to look into a case involving a controversial editor, they thought that arbitration was not necessary, and, by the time the case came around a second time, more damage had been done. I hope they are right this time. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:53, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

Arbitration case request closed
Dear TomStar81, the Arbitration Committee has declined the recent arbitration case request involving you. For the Arbitration Committee, Kevin ( aka L235 · t · c) 01:36, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue CLXX, June 2020
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The Bugle: Issue CLXXI, July 2020
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Eamon Rocky
I was in the midst of contesting the speedy deletion. There are some good sources, even if the language is too promotional. Warrants a deletion discussion really. Consider this please. ɱ (talk) 02:40, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXXII, August 2020
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Awesomeness
You protected the redirect as long ago as 2009 (and I can understand why without reading the history). Could I trouble you to tag it as R from ambiguous term, because it targets a DAB page? (That tag was created only in 2010.) Narky Blert (talk) 12:30, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

Deletion of Kojo Yankson
Hello Tom,

Pleased to make your acquaintance. I am messaging about the deletion of the page "Kojo Yankson". I am new to Wikipedia and still learning the navigations of this platform so to be honest I did not really understand the reasons for deletion. Kojo Yankson is one of the most prominent radio hosts in Ghana and hosting one of the most listened to morning shows, The Joy FM Super Morning Show, which he has been doing for 4 years. The show has been running since the year 2000 and all the past hosts for the show have Wikipedia pages (Komla Dumor, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Francis Abban, to name a few). He was also listed as of the 100 most influential people in Ghana so it surprises me that you say he is non-notable, maybe I just need to understand why you say so. There are radio hosts with much smaller shows and followings that have Wikipedia pages so I'm thinking that maybe I just didn't create the page properly. I also just saw that there were previous versions of this page that were deleted in 2015 on the same basis but I can understand that because it had only been a year since he began. In current times however, he has gathered a faithful following and is quite well known in Ghana. He also does news anchoring and reporting on one of Ghana's top news outlets, JoyNews. Currently he is one of the top paid journalists at Multimedia Ghana which owns Joy FM and JoyNews because he hosts their flagship show. However there are less known journalists of Multimedia that have Wikipedia pages. Multimedia Ghana owns many of the well listened to channels in Ghana (TV & Radio) and so Kojo Yankson being a top member shows the value the company places on him. This convinces me that it was probably how I went about creating the page that was the issue. I created a draft and submitted it for review and then when I learned I could publish after 4 days I went ahead and did. I didn't realize that that annoys the reviewers. My sincerest apologies for my novice behaviour. I would really appreciate your input and help on how I can retrieve this page and what I can do to prevent another deletion. I would also like for you to point out to me the specific points in the article that were considered non-notable so that I can correct or improve them. The interface of this platform still confuses me a little so I would really appreciate the assistance. Thank you so much for you help and patience.

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Articles for deletion/Epidermal Radioisotope Therapy
Thank you for declining the CSD and moving to AfD. I have no idea what the outcome will be. There are assuredly substantive improvements that can be made to the article. I've left a comment there thankkng you for your nimination. I will not opine to keep nor delete. Fiddle  Faddle  07:02, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

Michael Robert Phillips
It appears that you declined the A7 and instead tagged it for AFD. If my reading is correct,I agree. This was another example of an annoying practice by single-purpose accounts of creating an article in draft space, and then, after four days and having made ten edits either to the draft or of minor copy-edits, creating the article in article space. It then cannot be draftified because it is already in draft space, so I think that they then hope that it just matures in article space. I either decline or reject the draft along with a standard scolding message. I sometimes PROD the article. I've !voted to delete the crud. Robert McClenon (talk) 14:33, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

Tejas Thackeray
Hi. Saw that you declined my G12 nom of One (Southeast Asian TV channel), so I thought you might take a look at this Tejas Thackeray article. The editor, appears to have simply cut and paste from several articles: this, this, this, and this. I was going to remove all the copyvio stuff, leave the references, and ask for a revdel, but in doing so, it pretty much removes the guts of the article. Based on the sourcing, the individual appears notable. What would you suggest?  Onel 5969  TT me 23:55, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

Lamont Lilly
Hello TomStar81,

Please do not delete the article for activist Lamont Lilly. He is a person of note and the references in the article are legitimate. What is the purpose of the deletion nomination? Tarcanes (talk) 02:13, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

Niraj Gera
Dear TomStar81,

With due respect, I would like to draw your kind attention towards my article, i.e, Niraj Gera created on 13 October 2018, which has been removed by you on 15 August 2020. I know it is late to express my concern with you after the deletion of the article but it took time for me to understand why my page got deleted. It was the first article written by me on Wikipedia. As per my knowledge and all the resources cited in the article, the content presented in the article was indeed true. As per my understanding, the deletion reason mentioned on the page, i.e, (G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion), maybe due to the tone used in the content of the article. I accept that my article was indeed might not be following all the norms and rules of the ideal Wikipedia page.

Also, I was not aware of the speedy deletion criteria and as soon as I could do something it was already deleted. I humbly request you to kindly reconsider your decision and restore my article and allow me some time to make changes on it so that it follows all the rules and regulations of the Wikipedia articles of a living person.

I also request you to guide me on this issue so that it will not happen again in the future.

Thanks & Regards Jain chakshu (talk) 17:48, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

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Lamont Lilly deletion discussion
Can the article Lamont Lilly be removed from consideration for deletion? More users in the table have requested that it be kept and the page has been thoroughly cited. Because it has been considered for deletion for so long it has been a target of vandalism. I urge you to go ahead and let the article be kept. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tarcanes (talk • contribs) 14:49, 8 September 2020 (UTC)


 * This user has been adding promotional language to the article (though I'm not sure they realize it) and has now twice accused me of vandalism. I'm the only one other than them who has been editing it during the deletion discussion, so the "target of vandalism" comment could only refer to me. An admonishment to not make personal attacks would be nice. -Indy beetle (talk) 21:36, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Tagging of Rituraj Suresh Jain
I recently removed a speedy delete tag that you had placed on Rituraj Suresh Jain. I do not think that Rituraj Suresh Jain fits any of the speedy deletion criteria because '''"He was elected as a Councillor in Meerut Nagar Nigam (1989–1994). He is also the former District President of BJP Meerut Mahanagar." are Claims of significance'''. If you wish, you may try using the simple proposed deletion (PROD) process, or the full articles for deletion (AfD) process, instead, if this was an article, or another process such as MfD or XfD as appropriate. DES (talk)DESiegel Contribs 20:50, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue Issue CLXXIII, September 2020
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Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced
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g11 and biographies
I like to message users when I delete their creations, and I use User:Deepfriedokra/g11 where needed. But I'm seeing more biographies G11 tagged, and I feel I need a fresh message or an adjustment of the current one. Would you mind commenting at User talk:Deepfriedokra/g11 to help me help them? -- Deep fried okra ( talk ) 18:15, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

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Precious anniversary
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ANI
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The Bugle: Issue CLXXIV, October 2020
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Beautiful Main page today --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:16, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – November 2020
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General of the Armies
I wanted to reach out to you because I had undid the revisions for General of the Armies that you made, I'm assuming out of good faith. Myself, and  discovered via the Talk:General of the Armies that there were multiple statements and images added to the article, that were added by, that were intended to be misleading, and the sources provided, were researched by us and were discovered to not contain any mention of the statements. We also discovered that OberRanks was sanctioned several times for providing falsified sources and providing WP:OR as shown [here] and [here], especially on their contributions to WikiProject Military history. Their account was ultimately banned from Wiki as a result. We are still working on discovering which information is valid as which is not. Neovu79 (talk) 22:32, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CLXXV, November 2020
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Speedy deletion of Aleisha Allen
Hello, I'm SomeBodyAnyBody05. You recently briskly deleted the page aleisha allen that was deleted two years prior that didn't fall under Deletion policy G4. The person of intrest seems pretty notable and doesn't fail WP:NACTOR. The actress had significant roles in televison shows and movies such as Are We there yet and and 130 episodes of Blue's clues between 1996 and 2004. She is also a registered pathologist. This was not fair because the admins aggresively attack this newly made article even though the admins on RFD encourage article creation. see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2020_November_1#Aleisha_Allen for details. If you want me to find more sources fine, but it's unproductive to delete and especially speedy delete a page a semi-notable actress that quickly without a revised discussion. I want this page undeleted please. Cheers, ₛₒₘₑBₒdyₐₙyBₒdy₀₅ (talk) 12:54, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

Deletion review for Aleisha Allen
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Aleisha Allen. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. ₛₒₘₑBₒdyₐₙyBₒdy₀₅ (talk) 14:26, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

Would like to discuss page deletion
Hello, I appreciate the review attention of you and other editors flagging the page I created for 'speedy deletion' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemplative_Higher_Education_Alliance_for_Research,_Teaching,_and_Service.) When I saw the original notice, I read the page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Credible_claim_of_significance and attempted to make some edits providing statements of significance including providing news sources that documented some of the events of the organization. I am not sure if you saw those. I don't understand why what I added recently does not bring the article up to the criteria for "a claim of noteworthiness" - the Claim of significance page says it "need not be supported by any reference; the fact that such a claim exists, deems that the A7, A9 and A11 tags cannot be applied." Thank you for illumination. Sharp-shinned.hawk (talk) 15:08, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

Deletion review for Inter Collegiate Prayer Fellowship
First of all, thank you for for reviewing the article Inter Collegiate Prayer Fellowship. I understand the Copyright violations and wrote the article after getting the permission from the author of the website. Should I ask the author to send an approval mail to the permission mail or should I write a mail to the author and cc the permissions-en (at) wikimedia (dot) org? Until then should I add OTRS pending to the article or leave it as it is and you do the part?

Recreation of a page
Could you please recreate Articles for deletion/Shalu Rahim this page ? Initially it was with low coverages, but now it has good notability, Please see https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q=%22Shalu+Rahim%22 Manujanardhanan (talk) 21:02, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

USS Missouri (BB-63)
G'day Tom, just a heads-up that USS Missouri (BB-63) is on the list (WP:URFA/2020) of old FAs that need checking ahead of a possible FAR. I had a quick look, and there are a few issues, but it wouldn't take much to bring her back up to solid FA. Given you were the major contributor, would you mind having a crack at it? I'd be happy to c/e after everything was checked/cited etc. Let me know? Thanks, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 22:32, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

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RfC - scope and title for the American Revolutionary War article
I am forwarding this RfC notice to you, along with the ongoing Discussion Summary Chart because you are listed as a Military Project member interested in the American Revolutionary War. The RfC and discussion is found at Talk:American Revolutionary War. Please feel free to delete this notice if it does not fit your current interests. - TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 23:34, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

American Revolutionary War, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has an RFC for value. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. TheVirginiaHistorian (talk) 23:23, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

Horn of Africa
Hi there - I saw your posting at Arbitration/Requests.
 * I am not very active myself these days and have had almost nothing to do with sock investigations for some time.
 * Certain areas of Wikipedia are indeed inundated with socks, many of them clearly paid.
 * On the one hand I have every sympathy with Arbcom members who volunteer for what are often very complex and difficult tasks.
 * Nonetheless my limited experience of them in relation to both socks and other disuptive elements is that far too often they err on the side of caution, with predictable results.

In short I am afraid I don't have much to add to this specific debate. Ben  Mac  Dui  13:20, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

WP:URFA/2020
Tom, I wasn't really sure what to make of your entries at WP:URFA/2020. I moved one of them to article talk as it wasn't clear if you were saying the article was at standard or not, but then I read your second entry and really didn't know what to do with them. The idea at URFA is to keep posts to one brief note, indicating whether the article is at standard or not, or if it has received a FAR notice or a ping for improvements ... scroll through the other entries to see that yours is the only one longer than a brief note. I was always confused because you indicated some dead links, but didn't tag them or indicate which they are on talk so that others might fix them. And, is there anything new that should be included (have the articles been kept up to date, are there any significant new publications)? And, over time, tons of images have been chunked in with very poor formatting and MOS:SANDWICH issues everywhere ... have all of those been checked relative to image policy? Overall, I wasn't sure if you were saying the articles are at standard, since you listed considerable issues there. The FA tools aren't good for much anymore; I don't think anyone has maintained them, and no one uses them as we used to. If there are issues in articles, instead of listing them at the URFA page, could you list them at talk, and then just give a diff back to the WP:URFA/2020page? We just need to decide what goes to FAR, what is being worked on, etc. We should at least identify the issues in case others can work to clean them up ... the image clutter is considerable, and if there are dead links, please identify them. Best, Sandy Georgia (Talk)  03:23, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Hey, Tom, responded at my talk ... hope you are staying well, bst, Sandy Georgia (Talk)  15:52, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

Nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject Newcomer and Historian of the Year awards now open
G'day all, the nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject newcomer and Historian of the Year are open, all editors are encouraged to nominate candidates for the awards before until 23:59 (GMT) on 15 December 2020, after which voting will occur for 14 days. There is not much time left to nominate worthy recipients, so get to it! Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 06:46, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

USS Illinois scheduled for TFA
This is to let you know that the USS Illinois article has been scheduled as today's featured article for January 15, 2021. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Today's featured article/January 15, 2021, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so.

For Featured Articles promoted recently, there will be an existing blurb linked from the FAC talk page, which is likely to be transferred to the TFA page by a coordinator at some point.

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The Bugle: Issue CLXXVI, December 2020
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UAE-Israel Business Council
Hi TomStar81, I understand that you deleted this article that I wrote. I am just letting you know that I have taken on the relevant feedback and am rewriting the article according to Wikipedia guidelines. I am a university student so am new to this. I received a notice before starting the article again that I should let you know. Thanks Madi2128 (talk) 04:03, 18 December 2020 (UTC) Madi2128

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Voting for "Military Historian of the Year" and "Military history newcomer of the year" closing
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News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2020).

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