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But their surnames suggested their ethnicity. For example, Kevin Szalai and Egni Eckert. Szalai and Eckert are common surnames in Hungary and Germany respectively. So obviously there is no problem if I added categories about their heritage. IlyasVII (talk) 13:07, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

As you say, surnames suggest a subject's ethnicity, in this case based on your personal knowledge, and that's not good enough to categorize based on. Per WP:EGRS, "as to the inclusion of people in an ethnicity, gender, religion, or sexuality related category, please remember that inclusion must be based on reliable sources." So if you don't have sources specifically citing a person's ethnicity, there obviously is a problem if you add related categories.  Mbinebri  ^{talk ←} 18:02, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

Also, please be aware of the rules regarding minor edits, which you have incorrectly labeled many of your edits as.  Mbinebri  ^{talk ←} 18:06, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

Okay, sorry. Not suggest but clarify their ethnicity. And for Kristina Vogel's case, she was born in Kyrgyztan, so why did you remove Kyrgyzstani people of German descent from her categories? I believe that's because you didn't read her biography before editing her categories. IlyasVII (talk) 04:08, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

I don't pretend to be perfect, so feel free to check all my edits. "Suggest" is the better word here, but you can pick any word you want - it doesn't change that we need reliable sources to assert someone's ethnicity.  Mbinebri  ^{talk ←} 22:41, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

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1917 Jakarta gubernatorial election

Hi. Unfortunately you cannot sort pages out in that way, by just cutting and pasting content from one to the other. Doing this loses the edit history of all the contributions to the article. You need to get the page you want removed deleted, then rename the existing one. --Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 19:45, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

See WP:SPLICE for info on this. --Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 19:46, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

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