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Recent edits you made on yet to be operational trains

I really appreciate your effort. But having read the WP:FUTURE page you linked, I think these articles deserve to be there. All articles about anticipated events must be verifiable -> Indian Railways new time table already mentions these trains with timings. Only the dates are unknown. So I entered the status as Announced; not yet operational. What's wrong with the existence of content in the article? Please explain. BullKnight 19:40, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

@BullKnight:, So you "think" these articles are deserved to be in English Wikipedia, which would be an appreciable effort only if they exist in case of Indian scenario. Because, nothing in real or proven until it happens in India. Finding a slot in Indian Railway Time Table doesn't guarantee the existence or operation of the service. You still haven't grabbed the attention of latter part of my edit summary, while redirecting, which says "The (is) (page) may be restored when the service is operational", which is similar on the lines of WP:NFF. Does it going to harm your ownership over the article? Why so apprehensive? ----βα£α(ᶀᶅᶖᵵᵶ) 20:14, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

@Balablitz:, This is not about the ownership. BTW the article is not illegal. Because as per official sources the train is there. So the status and the article clearly mentions Announced; yet to be operational. People will come to know that there is a train coming in that route which is going to be operated with stoppages mentioned in the article. What's wrong in this? Explain? BullKnight talk 20:21, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

@Balablitz:, And the articles are not misleading since they clearly state the current status of these trains. And the official sources are referenced. What's the problem with you if these articles are there? Why so apprehensive? BullKnight talk 20:23, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

@Balablitz:, This is off-topic. How do you insert links in edit summary like WP:FUTURE, good faith etc. Tried doing that. But I don't know how you do it. If you don't mind, can you atlease point me to a reference material please. BullKnight talk 20:38, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

@BullKnight:, Oops, that's really a funny pun indeed. I believe i didn't criticised the legality or content of the article as you assumed. And to what kind of "people" are you writing article in English Wikipedia, for which we have different project. Please read, WP:NOT. Am here to rectify factual errors, if and when and make wikipedia better, which you might thought to be apprehensive, as of now or ever i don't own wikipedia, which i feel sorry for you. My edits were done in good faith as against what you have expressed. By the way, check MOS:LINK, which will give a good insight as you are supposed to add double square brackets before and after a shortcut. Good luck with your editing. ----βα£α(ᶀᶅᶖᵵᵶ) 21:15, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

@Balablitz:, Oops, it applies to you too!. You agree that Wikipedia is a reference material, right? Wikivoyage is a travel guide. I'm writing for the same people who read articles about various trains on Wikipedia. I believe you would have created a lot of articles about trains. Why did you write them here? Why not on Wikivoyage. My argument is these trains are officially announced and even the status is mentioned clearly on the article. What is wrong with content being there on the article? BullKnight talk 21:38, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

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Hey, I noticed you marked yourself as a member of WikiProject Wikify and you are currently listed as active. I was wondering if you would be able to assist with our current backlog reduction plan. While traditional drives are more structured month-long sprints by WikiProject Wikify members, there is currently lacking activity within the project and in order to significantly reduce the incredible backlog, members are encouraged to review all articles marked with the Underlinked Template Message - {{underlinked}} - a list of which can be found here - to analyze the worthiness of the template message on the given article. Articles that have nothing to link or are have had wikilinks sufficiently added should have the template removed to clear the backlog and make it easier for editors to find articles in genuine need of wikification. This can be done by any editor; however, all editors should consider joining if they haven't done so already. Thank you!

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