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The article Rabei Osman has been proposed for deletion because under Wikipedia policy, all biographies of living persons created after March 18, 2010, must have at least one source that directly supports material in the article.
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Please refrain from making test edits in Wikipedia pages, such as those you made to Airbus A380, even if you intend to fix them later. Your edits did not appear to be constructive and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment again, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Fnlayson (talk) 20:47, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
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Nevermind on warning. I guess you made a bad edit and reverted to wrong version. Good luck. -Fnlayson (talk) 17:20, 27 June 2011 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2011 June newsletter
We are half way through 2011, and entering the penultimate round of this year's WikiCup; the semi-finals are upon us! Points scored in the interim (29/30 June) may be counted towards next round, but please do not update your submissions' pages until the next round has begun. 16 contestants remain, and all have shown dedication to the project to reach this far. Our round leader was 
Casliber (submissions) who, among other things, successfully passed three articles through featured article candidates and claimed an impressive 29 articles at Did You Know, scoring 555 points. Casliber led pool D. Pool A was led by 
Wizardman (submissions), claiming points for a featured article, a featured list and seven good article reviews, while pool C was led by 
Eisfbnore (submissions), who claimed for two good articles, ten articles at Did You Know and four good article reviews. They scored 154 and 118 respectively. Pool B was by far our most competitive pool; six of the eight competitors made it through to round 4, with all of them scoring over 100 points. The pool was led by 
Hurricanehink (submissions), who claimed for, among other things, three featured articles and five good articles. In addition to the four pool leaders, 12 others (the four second places, and the 8 next highest overall) make up our final 16. The lowest scorer who reached round 4 scored 76 points; a significant increase on the 41 needed to reach round 3. Eight of our semi-finalists scored at least twice as much as this.
No points were awarded this round for featured pictures, good topics or In the News, and no points have been awarded in the whole competition for featured topics, featured portals or featured sounds. Instead, the highest percentage of points has come from good articles. Featured articles, despite their high point cost, are low in number, and so, overall, share a comparable number of points with Did You Know, which are high in number but low in cost. A comparatively small but still considerable number of points come from featured lists and good article reviews, rounding out this round's overall scores.
We would again like to thank 
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Stone (submissions) for invaluable background work, as well as all of those helping to provide reviews for the articles listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Please do keep using it, and please do help by providing reviews for the articles listed there. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews generally at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup.
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WikiCup 2011 May newsletter
We're half way through round 3 of the 2011 WikiCup. There are currently 32 remaining in the competition, but only 16 will progress to our penultimate round. Casliber (submissions), of pool D, is our overall leader with nearly 200 points, while pools A, B and C are led by 
Racepacket (submissions), Hurricanehink (submissions) and 
Canada Hky (submissions) respectively. The score required to reach the next round is 35, though this will no doubt go up significantly as the round progresses. We have a good number of high scorers, but also a considerable number who are yet to score. Please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. Also, an important note concerning nominations at featured article candidates: if you are nominating content for which you intend to claim WikiCup points, please make this clear in the nomination statement so that the FAC director and his delegates are aware of the fact.
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WikiCup 2011 January newsletter
We are half way through round one of the WikiCup. Signups are now closed, and we have 129 listed competitors, 64 of whom will make it to round two. Congratulations to 
The Bushranger (submissions), who, at the time of writing, has a comfortable lead with 228 points, followed by Hurricanehink (submissions), with 144 points. Four others have over 100 points. Congratulations also go to 
Yellow Evan (submissions), who scored the first points in the competition, claiming for Talk:Hurricane King/GA1, 
Miyagawa (submissions), who scored the first non-review points in the competition, claiming for Dognapping, and Jarry1250 (submissions) who was the first in the competition to use our new "multiplier" mechanic (explanation), claiming for Grigory Potemkin, a subject covered on numerous Wikipedias. Thanks must also go to Jarry1250 for dealing with all bot work- without you, the competition wouldn't be happening!
A running total of claims can be seen here. However, numerous competitors are yet to score at all- please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. The number of points that will be needed to reach round two is not clear- everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 22:36, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
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Can I ask you something?Ahmad4d (talk) 18:50, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
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Your first page makes me happy.Please translate this article:http://ceism.net/ to Deutsch,Français and català.Ahmad4d (talk) 18:56, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
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Please do not remove maintenance templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to Man sa yarbah 2 malyoon, without resolving the problem that the template refers to, or giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your removal of this template does not appear constructive, and has been reverted. Thank you. HrafnTalkStalk(P) 18:08, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2011 July newsletter
We are half way through the penultimate round of this year's WikiCup; there is less than a month to go before we have our final 8. Our pool leaders are 
Adabow (submissions) (Pool A, 189 points) and 
PresN (submissions) (Pool B, 165 points). The number of points required to reach the next round is not clear at this time; there are some users who still do not have any recorded points. Please remember to update your submissions' pages promptly. In addition, congratulations to PresN, who scored the first featured topic points in the competition for his work on Thatgamecompany related articles. Most points this round generally have, so far, come from good articles, with only one featured article (White-bellied Sea Eagle, from Casliber (submissions)) and two featured lists (Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story, from PresN and Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album, from 
Another Believer (submissions)). Points for Did You Know and good article reviews round out the scoring. No points have been awarded for In the News, good topics or featured pictures this round, and no points for featured sounds or portals have been awarded in the entire competition. On an unrelated note, preparation will be beginning soon for next year's WikiCup- watch this space!
There is little else to be said beyond the usual. Please list anything you need reviewing on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, so others following the WikiCup can help, and please do help if you can by providing reviews for the articles listed there. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews generally at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup- points are, of course, offered for reviews at GAC. Two final notes: Firstly, please remember to state your participation in the WikiCup when nominating articles at FAC. Finally, some WikiCup-related statistics can be seen here and here. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 11:36, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
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Thank you for helping me for the exact edits. It will be changed and be founded. Please consult me if you can. --70.29.93.178 (talk) 03:46, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
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why the heck did you put nulll and nulol for the heights of Kingdom Tower
Those are not acronyms, they make no sense. Your other edits to the article were good, you seem to be a good editor, you have barnstars, so why the heck did you do that? Daniel Christensen (talk) 01:35, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
Nomination of Ashley Smith (prisoner) for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Ashley Smith (prisoner) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ashley Smith (prisoner) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Tagishsimon (talk) 01:36, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
Thanks!
Thank you for helping me with this article thank you. Good luck--184.145.58.195 (talk) 17:33, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
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Talkback
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Salvio Let's talk about it! 20:51, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
Suggestion
A suggestion, you may wish to read Wikipedia:Guidance for younger editors. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 21:52, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
Use of 'short lead' tag
I was confused by this edit. The article is clearly a stub (and I added the stub template to it before you tagged it). You added a maintenance tag to the article saying that the lead did not properly summarize the content of the article. However, as a stub, the article has no content besides the lead. In any event, I wanted to let you know that I removed the tag. Singularity42 (talk) 21:54, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
Lufthansa to Ottawa?
Hi, just curious to know where heard that Lufthansa was operating seasonal flights between Ottawa (YOW) and Frankfurt (FRA)starting November 1. We could not find any supportive news or proof.
Thanks KS — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kschuler (talk • contribs) 02:20, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
How ought it be cleaned up? And rather than drive by tagging, it's short enough - just clean it up yourself. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 17:13, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
Merge discussion for YouTube
An article that you have been involved in editing, YouTube , has been proposed for a merge with another article. If you are interested in the merge discussion, please participate by going here, and adding your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. JC Rules! (talk) 03:39, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
AWB
Katarighe, I have approved your request for AWB. Please review the Rules of Use, then you can get started! Happy editing! --Philosopher Let us reason together. 08:31, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
Talkback
Message added 21:58, 24 August 2011 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
In reply to your question on my talk page, our policy at WP:BLP1E says that we should cover biographies of people who are notable for one event only as part of the event, not separately. So I recommend that you add any relevant biographical information to 2011 Frankfurt Airport shooting#Perpetrator. Sandstein 07:42, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
{{nowikify|Kalewadi}}
Question on your edit message
The edit message you have displayed states that "this is a talk page and is only supposed to be edited by the user". That is not true, and should probably be removed. Ryan Vesey Review me! 20:26, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
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 The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in their September 2011 Backlog elimination drive, a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy editing backlog. The drive will begin on September 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on September 30 at 23:59 (UTC). We will be tracking the number of 2010 articles in the backlog, as we want to copy edit as many of those as possible. Please consider copy editing an article that was tagged in 2010. Barnstars will be given to anyone who edits more than 4,000 words, with special awards for the top 5 in the categories "Number of articles", "Number of words", and "Number of articles of over 5,000 words". See you at the drive! – Your drive coordinators: Diannaa, Chaosdruid, The Utahraptor, Slon02, and SMasters. |
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Nairaland
You speedily nominated Nairaland.com for deletion and I would like to know why.
Nairaland is the third most visited social online site in Nigeria after Facebook and Twitter. If you had visited the initial references I put there you would have clearly seen validations. I suppose the fact that it has close to a million registered accounts is not enough for you. Bear in mind that is more than the entire population of Iceland, but we do not see articles from Iceland being speedily deleted.
Another trigger happy editor like you has gone ahead to delete the page without even bothering to contact me. Perhaps references from Africa are considered to be rubbish and that's why African articles hardly exist on wikipedia or are edited by non-Africans.
As I said, I have read the guidelines you put up before another trigger happy editor deleted and most of these guidelines are subjective and have a very European/Western point of view.
Perhaps wikipedia should be called Wikipedia (excluding Africa!) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Akinsope (talk • contribs) 19:33, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the barnstar
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The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar | |
Thankyou for giving me the original barnstar! In return, have this!
Levonscott User talk:Levonscott User:Levonscott 04:57, 22 August 2011 (UTC) |
What I don't understand is...
I posted a bookreview about a book... But you can't enslave my thinking...It's African American Intellect, the review was wtiiten in the LA Sentinel News Paper, in June 2011... and I thought the book review was on point... I also think the book is something all African Americans should read... So how do I get that on wikipedia...thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jayeswift (talk • contribs) 17:09, 23 August 2011 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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The Original Barnstar |
| Thank you for the your help, I really appreciate that. Sean (Ask Me?) 21:00, 24 August 2011 (UTC) |
Thank you
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The Modest Barnstar | |
| Thank you for the barnstar. The Mark of the Beast (talk) 21:03, 24 August 2011 (UTC) |
Explain reason to delete Laura Kaczor. Need help on how to improve article so it may be suitable for wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BillboardMister (talk • contribs) 21:19, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
Changed CSD criteria for Campion GR
You originally tagged Campion GR for speedy deletion under A2. However, A2 is only for foreign language articles that already exist in substantially the same form on another language's Wikipedia. If it is just a foreign language article, and you are not sure what it is about or whether it exists on another language's Wikipedia, you should tag it with {{notenglish}}, and follow the instructions. Alternatively, you can do a Google translate and see if it can be dealt with quickly. In this case, it is about a non-significant website. Therefore, I have tagged the article with A7 instead of A2. Singularity42 (talk) 21:43, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
Changed CSD criteria on CanvasXpress
Just a minor note--you had tagged CanvasXpress with db-web; however, the content was about a javascript library, which is actually a software package, not web content. However, the tone and content indicated to me that the purpose of the article was purely promotional (it was even written in first person), so I deleted it under WP:CSD#G11. Qwyrxian (talk) 04:14, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
Speedy tagging
Hi. Thanks for patrolling new pages, but please don't tag articles with WP:CSD#A1 or WP:CSD#A3 too soon after they are created, as you did with Dr. sixshot after only two minutes. Although they shouldn't new contributors often put in just a word or two, and then press "Save page" to see how it looks and think what to do next, and it is unwelcoming and WP:BITEy if a speedy deletion notice pops up at once. Of course, there are some pages, like attacks and copyright violations, which should be tagged at once, but for A1 and A3 you should wait at least 10 - 15 minutes to see if more is forthcoming. (I added {{hasty}} to that one, but then he blanked the speedy notice, so I have zapped it, but I told him why and how to go to Help:Userspace draft if he wanted to take his time over an article). Regards, JohnCD (talk) 22:28, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
Talk page blanking
Hi Katarighe. Just a quick note to let you know that I restored the section that you blanked on Qwyrxian's talk page. Although it is permitted to blank messages and warnings from your own talk page, it is not permitted to blank discussions on other people's talk pages. (Qwyrxian has automatic archiving set up, so the section will be automatically removed to an archive soon anyway.) --Demiurge1000 (talk) 15:33, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
regarding source
hye how can i provide you source about some thing its what i knew i can only send you the links of videos so how can i link them to this article kindly help me out — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sunny222 (talk • contribs) 19:21, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
Pag Triangle
I saw you put a cleanup tag on Pag Triangle. Could you please elaborate on what do you think should be improved? Thanks, Rymatz (talk) 22:28, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
2011-12 Plunket Shield Season
Hi i'm new to this and noticed that you placed a cleanup tag on 2011-12 Plunket Shield Season. What exactly is the issue? Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcrktt (talk • contribs) 00:34, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of File:FoodPlate.jpg
A tag has been placed on File:FoodPlate.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F2 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an image page for a missing or corrupt image or an empty image description page for a Commons-hosted image.
If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Marcus Qwertyus 05:58, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of File:FoodPlate.jpg
A tag has been placed on File:FoodPlate.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section F2 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an image page for a missing or corrupt image or an empty image description page for a Commons-hosted image.
If you think that this notice was placed here in error, contest the deletion by clicking on the button labelled "Click here to contest this speedy deletion". Doing so will take you to the talk page where you will find a pre-formatted place for you to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. You can also visit the the page's talk page directly to give your reasons, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 09:12, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
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