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Your submission at Articles for creation: Woodway Station (New Canaan Branch) (October 2)

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AngusW🐶🐶F (bark • sniff) 19:02, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Woodway Station (New Canaan Branch) (October 4)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by I dream of horses were:  The comment the reviewer left was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

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I dream of horses (Contribs) Please notify me after replying off my talk page. Thank you. 02:16, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

October 2020

Hello, I'm Transcendental36. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Bara-Hack, Connecticut, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Transcendental36 (talk) 15:09, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

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Thank you!Kieran207 (talk) 16:15, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

Some baklava for you!

Welcome to WP:ARS. Enjoy yourself. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 23:01, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

Thank you!-Kieran207 (talk)

Wilton media

I see you added back in the bit I deleted about promotional videos of Wilton, CT (although you neglected to offer any explanation). Per WP:BRD, you should discuss reverted material before adding it back in.

I really don't think that the material belongs. "Media" sections of localities generally include newspaper, TV, radio, etc.—not purely promotional material, especially material that does not come from secondary sources. Does that make sense? --Jprg1966 ^(talk) 16:26, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

That makes more sense now,Feel free to take it back out again if you have not done so already.Kieran207 (talk) 17:49, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

Cool beans, thanks for talking it through. --Jprg1966 ^(talk) 03:17, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Woodway Station (New Canaan Branch) has been accepted

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2004 Connecticut State Senate election moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, 2004 Connecticut State Senate election, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Troutfarm27 ^(Talk) 00:27, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

Copying licensed material requires attribution

Hi. I see in a recent addition to Survival of the Idiots you included material from a webpage that is available under a compatible Creative Commons Licence. That's okay, but you have to give attribution so that our readers are made aware that you copied the prose rather than wrote it yourself. I've added the attribution for this particular instance. Please make sure that you follow this licensing requirement when copying from compatibly-licensed material in the future. — Diannaa (talk) 04:06, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Survival of the Idiots

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Deletion discussion about Survival of the Idiots

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Nomination of Survival of the Idiots for deletion

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Aliza Ayaz

Hi, many thanks for reviewing the draft, now Aliza Ayaz. Have reverted the manic cleanup tagging of this accepted AfC by AngusWOOF, the nominator of a previous deletion request (result was draftify). See WP:Articles for deletion/Aliza Ayaz. Clear conflict-of-interest or other issues here. Esowteric + Talk + Breadcrumbs 15:45, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

Perhaps this needs looking at by uninvolved editors or by a previously-involved administrator? Esowteric + Talk + Breadcrumbs 16:05, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

Esowteric, Im not exactly sure what's going on here. There appears to be some sort of conflict with this article. Do you think this needs admin attention? Im not sure, the article has been cleaned up alot since previous COI issues.--Kieran207 talk 17:53, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

I really don't know what to do, Kieran. I just don't like the way this user jumped on the article and added a bunch of cleanup tags almost as soon as you reviewed it, having previously failed to have it deleted (prior to the latest Afd and draftification). I'm perfectly happy to have uninvolved editors and/or an admin check it out. Thanks again, Esowteric + Talk + Breadcrumbs 17:58, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

I was not the nominator for deletion. That person has since changed their username at the request of other admins for impersonating my username and signature. That said, I am still tagging with good reason issues with the article that still need improvement. There are a ton of references coming from the school she attends that is affecting the neutrality of the article and there is a section on keynotes that reads like a resume of accomplishments. AngusW🐶🐶F (bark • sniff) 18:02, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

Abu Sayeed Ayyub

Dear Kieran,

Thank you for your review of my Wikipedia draft entry: “Draft:Abu Sayeed Ayyub”. You have suggested the following: “Needs more sourcing, The Early life and Personal life sections need sourcing from Reliable sources. Everything else seems acceptable, just fix what I mentioned and we should be good.”

There are actually several articles and at least a couple of authoritative books highlighting the academic contributions of Prof. Abu Sayeed Ayyub. A few of these also refer to personal details. However, almost all this material is in the Bengali language.

In response to your review, I have suggested the inclusion of FOUR new references (marked R1-4, below), two of which are in Bengali. Please advise me if my revised entry for the two sections (as shown below) are adequate and acceptable. I will upload the revisions after hearing from you.

Thanks and best wishes,

Early Life[edit] Ayyub was born into a traditional, cultured Muslim family and spent most of his early life in his ancestral home in Central Calcutta. He was the fifth and youngest child of Ameena Khatun and Abul Mukarem Abbad, who served as the personal clerk to the then Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon (George Curzon). [R1]

[R1]: Ayyub, Gauri (2014). Simla-r Smriti (Memories of Simla) in "Amader Dujoner Kotha Ebong Ananya (আমাদের দুজনের কথা এবং অন্যান্য: About the Two of Us". Kolkata: Dey's Publishing. pp. 126–127. In Bengali. ISBN 978-81-295-2168-2.

Personal Life[edit] Ayyub's life was a story of a constant struggle to pursue his creative ambitions against the debilitating effects of several chronic diseases, including tuberculosis in his early life. After finishing his education he moved into an apartment in Park Circus in South Kolkata, where he spent the rest of his life. Here, he lived next to the family of his elder brother, A. M. O. Ghani, a physician as well as a Communist leader and long-time member of the State Legislative Assembly.[R2] In 1956, Ayyub married his erstwhile student, Gauri Datta, who hailed from a Hindu family. Inter-religious alliances were unusual at the time, and Gauri's father (the well known Gandhian philosopher, D. M. Datta) disapproved of the marriage and severed all relations with her.[R3] During the 60s and 70s, their home at 5 Pearl Road became known as a meeting place for many of Kolkata's intellectual and literary cognoscenti.[16] Arguably, Ayyub's best literary output appeared during the last decade and a half of his life, during which period he was stricken by the neurodegenerative Parkinson's disease. Much of his writing during this time was dictated to family members and friends. His continued creativity during these years can be mainly attributed to his wife Gauri's constant supervision and care.[R4] Their only son, Pushan, was born in 1957 and pursued a career as a scientist.

[R2] Ali, S. M., “Abu Sayeed Ayyub: Some Reflections”, The Bangladesh Observer: January 22, 1983, page 10.

[R3] Sen, Arati (2007) in Muhammad Saiful Islam (Editor.) Ayyub: Smarangrantha (আইয়ুব – স্মরণগ্রন্থ: Ayyub: A Memorial Volume), Kolkata: Dey's Publishing. pp.22-23. In Bengali. ISBN 978-81-295-0749-5.

[R4] See the Wikipedia entry Gauri Ayyub

Pushan a (talk) 19:11, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Pushan a, Hello, You need to convert these into inline citations. I see the general references, but inline citations are needed when it comes to biography.-Kieran207 talk 19:34, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Request on 05:39:09, 29 January 2021 for assistance on AfC submission by Pushan a

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  • Draft:Abu Sayeed Ayyub (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Hi Kieran

Thank you for your review of my Wikipedia draft entry: “Draft:Abu Sayeed Ayyub”. You have suggested the following: “Needs more sourcing, The Early life and Personal life sections need sourcing from Reliable sources. Everything else seems acceptable, just fix what I mentioned and we should be good.”

There are actually several articles and at least a couple of authoritative books highlighting the academic contributions of Prof. Abu Sayeed Ayyub. A few of these also refer to personal details. However, almost all this material is in the Bengali language.

In response to your review, I have suggested the inclusion of FOUR new responses (marked R1-4, below), two of which are in Bengali. Please advise me if my revised entry for the two sections (as shown below) are adequate and acceptable. I will upload the revisions after hearing from you.

Thanks and best wishes, pushan a

Early Life[edit] Ayyub was born into a traditional, cultured Muslim family and spent most of his early life in his ancestral home jn Central Calcutta. He was the fifth and youngest child of Ameena Khatun and Abul Mukarem Abbad, who served as the personal clerk to the then Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon (George Curzon). [R1]

[R1]: Ayyub, Gauri (2014). Simla-r Smriti (Memories of Simla) in "Amader Dujoner Kotha Ebong Ananya (আমাদের দুজনের কথা এবং অন্যান্য: About the Two of Us". Kolkata: Dey's Publishing. pp. 126–127. In Bengali. ISBN 978-81-295-2168-2.

Personal Life[edit] Ayyub's life was a story of a constant struggle to pursue his creative ambitions against the debilitating effects of several chronic diseases, including tuberculosis in his early life. After finishing his education he moved into an apartment in Park Circus in South Kolkata, where he spent the rest of his life. Here, he lived next to the family of his elder brother, A. M. O. Ghani, a physician as well as a Communist leader and long-time member of the State Legislative Assembly.[R2] In 1956, Ayyub married his erstwhile student, Gauri Datta, who hailed from a Hindu family. Inter-religious alliances were unusual at the time, and Gauri's father (the well known Gandhian philosopher, D. M. Datta) disapproved of the marriage and severed all relations with her.[R3] During the 60s and 70s, their home at 5 Pearl Road became known as a meeting place for many of Kolkata's intellectual and literary cognoscenti.[16] Arguably, Ayyub's best literary output appeared during the last decade and a half of his life, during which period he was stricken by the neurodegenerative Parkinson's disease. Much of his writing during this time was dictated to family members and friends. His continued creativity during these years can be mainly attributed to his wife Gauri's constant supervision and care.[R4] Their only son, Pushan, was born in 1957 and pursued a career as a scientist.

[R2] Ali, S. M., “Abu Sayeed Ayyub: Some Reflections”, The Bangladesh Observer: January 22, 1983, page 10.

[R3] Sen, Arati (2007) in Muhammad Saiful Islam (Editor.) Ayyub: Smarangrantha (আইয়ুব – স্মরণগ্রন্থ: Ayyub: A Memorial Volume), Kolkata: Dey's Publishing. pp.22-23. In Bengali. ISBN 978-81-295-0749-5.

[R4] See the Wikipedia entry Gauri Ayyub Pushan a (talk) 05:39, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

Pushan a (talk) 05:39, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

Request on 06:05:47, 29 January 2021 for assistance on AfC submission by Pushan a

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  • Draft:Abu Sayeed Ayyub (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

I am sorry that my query was submitted twice: please ignore the last entry.

What I understand from your last response is that I can now format the four newly suggested references and re-submit the entire submission. Is that correct? Pushan a (talk) 06:05, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

Pushan a (talk) 06:05, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

Pushan a Yes, you just convert the new references to inline citations and then resubmit.-Kieran207 talk 12:33, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

Request on 13:28:12, 29 January 2021 for assistance on AfC submission by Pushan a

• Pushan a (talk · contribs)
  • Draft:Abu Sayeed Ayyub (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

. Revised version submitted earlier today. Please check when possible. Pushan a (talk) 13:28, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

Pushan a (talk) 13:28, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

Pushan a Done-Kieran207 talk 14:30, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

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I see that you help with Connecticut politician pages I was hoping you could help me complete all the Connecticut US Attorneys Bigmike2346 (talk) 16:22, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

Bigmike2346 Sounds good. By my count, currently 11 DA's dont have articles. Most of them from 1934-1974.--Kieran207(talk-Contribs) 01:38, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

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Hi there, I was curious about this decline -- Did you manually move around some of the discussion content, or was that done automatically by AFCH. My question isn't accusatory or critical of you--I don't have a lot of experience commenting in AFCs, so if I went about it incorrectly, I'd like to know. If it was just an automated glitch, that would be helpful to know as well. Thanks! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:38, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

Cyphoidbomb, I'm pretty sure that's just an AFCH, I usually don't manually change anything on drafts I decline.--Kieran207(talk-Contribs) 19:48, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

Gotcha, thanks for that! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 20:39, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

A message from Sjscott80

Hi, how are you? I saw that you declined my submission at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Samuel_Scott_(businessperson). You said that you cannot accept it until the issues are addressed. If you see the talk page, you'll see that I did address the issues that others had raised. Is there anything else you'd suggest that I do? Thanks for any help! Sjscott80 (talk) 09:57, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

Sounds good, I'll review it.--Kieran207(talk-Contribs) 14:25, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

Article on Housing in Russia

Hello, I see that you declined my draft on Housing in Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Housing_in_Russia

You mentioned that the article should be more formal and neutral. Could you please be more specific on what parts require a more encyclopedic approach or probably give examples of the unacceptable parts so that I could understand what exactly is wrong?

Eh, small things like lack of links. Overly-casual language (E.G. switch "still going on" to "ongoing") Stuff like that.--Kieran207(talk-Contribs) 18:29, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

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1.136.107.137 (talk) 08:23, 4 March 2021 (UTC) How to completely, thoroughly, totally, and permanently delete a Wikipedia account? If not possible, why not? Please avoid wild, vague, invalid, insignificant, inappropriate, and unprofessional answers; instead, provide us with a logically and scientifically convincing, valid, and appropriate answer. Thank you.

You cant really delete an account yourself. Especially since you're and IP and technically don't have an account. Besides, only administrators can block or ban accounts.--Kieran207(talk-Contribs) 13:32, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

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Hi, Kieran207, can you please link where this "WP:TRAINS consensus" is? Will want to read. ɱ (talk) 03:33, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

Ɱ,The consensus is located here. I personally think that the diagrams are fine additions to the articles, but consensus is consensus.--Kieran207(talk-Contribs) 13:30, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

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I moved Kentucky Route 453 back to that previous title as it was correct per WP:USSH. Imzadi 1979 → 05:57, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

Huh, I guess I was wrong, sorry about that.--Kieran207(talk-Contribs) 12:31, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

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I reverted your NAC of the above article because it’s clearly a controversial topic, with four live discussions at deletion review right now on marginally notable cricket player biographies. Rather than send your close there too, I have boldly asserted it to be an oversight on your part and reverted, hope that’s ok.--Pontificalibus 05:50, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Northern Virginia United FC

Please undo your close for this AfD. Per WP:BADNAC, non-admins shouldn't close contentious AfDs. SportingFlyer T·C 12:24, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Done--Kieran207(talk-Contribs) 12:38, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arif Saeed

Please revert your closure of this discussion. A proper close must not just count !votes but also assess them on their strength relative to policy. The current policy is that subject notability guidelines (such as NCRIC) are not substitutes for meeting GNG. The discussion should therefore either have been closed as no consensus or (more properly, given this has lasted only a week) relisted. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 19:57, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

So are you asking me to undo my close then close it again as no consensus/relist? Before I do anything I need to figure out how to do this without pissing off the Cyberbot because I don't want to find out what the level 3 warning is. So just give me a couple hours.--Kieran207(talk-Contribs)

A) Undo this, this and this. and B) relist Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arif Saeed. If you'd rather not do it yourself I can do it. Cheers, RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 20:33, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Done--Kieran207(talk-Contribs) 20:40, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Fourth consecutive relist of an AfD

Regarding your four relists of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The State of the Union (European University Institute) and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lance Edward Massey, please review WP:RELIST:

in general, debates should not be relisted more than twice. Users relisting a debate for a third (or further) time, or relisting a debate with a substantial number of commenters, should write a short explanation either within the

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template, or in addition to it, on why they did not consider the debate sufficient.

Please do not relist an AfD four times, especially without explanation and for articles that you accepted at AfC (per an earlier talk page post by DGG). Thanks! — MarkH₂₁^talk 04:54, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

Sorry about that, however for the state of the union AfD, It literally had no votes (it did however have a comment) before the 3rd relist.--Kieran207(talk-Contribs) 17:58, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

If there is no opposition to deletion, then you definitely shouldn't relist it at all per WP:NOQUORUM. In any case, you shouldn't be relisting it three or four times per WP:RELIST, especially without giving reasoning in the relist comment. — MarkH₂₁^talk 22:58, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

You're continuing to relist AfDa where there has been no opposition to deletion, like at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Torus Tammer. Again, this is against WP:NOQUORUM. Please stop relisting AfDs against established guidelines. — MarkH₂₁^talk 02:08, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

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Relisting

Re Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Amora (mustard), please don't relist AfDs when you have already voted. In fact, relisting in general should be left to admins wherever possible, per WP:RELISTBIAS. Thanks. – bradv🍁 19:03, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Articles for deletion

Hi there. I'm Barkeep49 an editor and administrator. I noticed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sindhu Joy (2nd nomination) that you relisted it for a 4th time. According to our guideline 3rd relists should be rare and 4th relists should almost never happen. In then taking a further look at your work at AfD I have found some more relists/closes that are of concern. Specifically:

• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The State of the Union (European University Institute) where it was not only relisted four times but you were the one to have done so each time.
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lance Edward Massey - which is a third relist. According to the guideline needs a statement about why a third relist is appropriate is required in such circumstances. I do not see any reason that this should be relisted again and have closed it as no consensus.
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Uday Mandal - which you relisted but which was eligible for WP:SOFTDELETION and so was probably not a good candidate for a non-admin relist
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Samanea Yangon - which you closed and which you might have noticed I undid. Non-administrative closes should only be done on uncontroversial closes like WP:SPEEDYKEEP. This was not uncontroversial and so was not a good candidate for a non-administrative closure.

This is not a complete review of your work at AfD but there is enough here to suggest that closing and relisting isn't a good fit for your skills at this time. I would ask you to please stop doing those things. If you're interested in AfD, and it seems like you are, I would encourage you to participate in the discussions as many discussions could use more editors. Let me know if you have any questions. Barkeep49 (talk) 19:05, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

I see Bradv also wrote a comment on another AfD relist as I was writing my comment identifying a different issue. I hope you will consider what we're saying. Barkeep49 (talk) 19:09, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Sorry for the late reply, but I have listened to you guys now and I have turned off XfDcloser and have shifted my focus towards nominating and voting.--🌀Kieran207-talk🌀 21:33, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

Cooper station

I'm not sure if the earlier ping worked, but your article and hook is being discussed at Wikipedia talk:Did you know#Queue 1. SL93 (talk) 22:15, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Yeah the ping worked, I just haven't responded yet. I probably will comment on the matter in a little while.--🌀Kieran207-talk🌀 22:23, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Ok. That's fine. I just know that some editors have had issues with pings coming through. SL93 (talk) 22:32, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

• For the record:Wikipedia talk:Did you know/Archive 176#Queue 1.

DYK for Cooper station (Connecticut)

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Volume XLVII, Issue 47, May 1, 2021 ←(Previous issues) 44 · 45 · 46 · 47 · 48 → The Hurricane Herald The Hurricane Herald is the semi-regular newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The newsletter aims to provide in summary the recent activities and developments of the WikiProject, in addition to global tropical cyclone activity. The Hurricane Herald has been running since its first edition on June 4, 2006. If you wish to receive or discontinue subscription to this newsletter, please visit the member list. New members will automatically receive this newsletter. This issue of The Hurricane Herald covers all project related events from March 1–April 30, 2021. This edition's editors and authors are MarioJump83, Chicdat, Super Cyclonic Storm Corona, HurricaneEdgar, Dam222, AwesomeHurricaneBoss, LightandDark2000, LowercaseGuy (one of the editor's picks for Member of the Month), and our Members of the Month, CycloneFootball71, and CodingCyclone! Please visit this page and bookmark any suggestions of interest to you. This will help improve the newsletter and other cyclone-related articles. Past editions, including past MoTMs and SoTMs, can be viewed here.

WikiProject Tropical Cyclones: News & Developments After Destroyeraa became inactive (due to school), Hurricane Noah took on the role of the main judge of the Cyclone Cup, starting from the final week of Round 1. He clarified the rules, making it clear that completing a secondary review for Featured or Good Articles, or bringing an article to a peer review was not a way to get points; instead, you have to be the original reviewer of that article. However, for FAs, GAs, and A-Class articles, those who nominate and improve those articles to promotion will earn points for their promotion. This was done to make the Cyclone Cup's rules run closer to those of the WikiCup. In addition, the lengths of Rounds 3 and 4 were extended, to make them more uniform. Rounds 1–3 now last 2 & 1/2 months each, while Round 4 lasts for 2 months, pushing back the end of the Cyclone Cup to October 31. After Noah became the main judge, the first round of the Cyclone Cup ended at 11:59 p.m. UTC on March 31, 2021. LightandDark2000 was the leader in the first round, with 110 points, mainly due to him creating several new articles and getting Tropical Storm Rolf to GA status. MarioJump83 and HurricaneCovid also scored a lot of points this round, raking in 85 and 70 points, respectively. Jason Rees and CodingCyclone also qualified, with 15 and 10 points, respectively. Skarmory and CycloneFootball71 were eliminated for not having any points and also for not ranking in the top 5. On April 6, 2021, WPTC was notified of an ongoing process to merge all meteorology projects (except WikiProject Climate Change) into one, WikiProject Weather. This was because many of the weather-related WikiProjects (excluding WPTC) have long suffered from inactivity and a lack of active members. Once merged, the project would run in a similar way to the Military History WikiProject, meaning that it would be a large WikiProject with a broad scope, and the individual WikiProjects would become large Task Forces within the broader WikiProject. The former WikiProjects will essentially continue to function as they do now; the biggest differences will be in the names of the former WikiProjects/new Task Forces and also how the relevant articles are categorized, in addition to more coordination and pooling of resources. The current Task Forces within each WikiProject will also continue to exist, as subdivisions under the larger, primary Task Forces within the Weather WikiProject. The merging process is expected to take a few months as of this issue (May 1, 2021). The actual merger will not be completed until everything is ready. Over the past couple of months, WPTC and some of the other Weather WikiProjects went through a period of turmoil, mostly involving perennial edit-warring and hostile behavior from some users (including a handful from outside of the Weather WikiProjects). The negative environment created by these events led two WPTC members to retire (one of whom later opened up to returning) and several others to either go on WikiBreaks or withdraw in some other way. While the worst of the troubles have passed, the WikiProject is still recovering from the fallout. There will be more monitoring of users within and outside of the WikiProject to prevent incidents like these from recurring in the future. Sennecaster found some extensive copyvio in quite a few articles under the scope of WPTC, with quite a few coming from WPac articles. She notified the project in late April, and there are a few editors working on finding, removing and reporting copyvio. All articles must be checked as part of this sweep. If you are able to help, your service would be greatly appreciated, Please note that you must contact Sennecaster or someone else who is experienced in fixing copyvio before starting. In addition, please get Sennecaster's consent before starting, as the project is going on in her userspace. New articles since the last newsletter include: 1864 Calcutta cyclone 1867 Angela typhoon Cyclolysis Cyclone Elaine Cyclone Peni Cyclone Phethai Cyclone Sarai Cyclone Seroja Hurricane Ismael (1989) Hurricane Pali List of Australian region tropical lows Potential Tropical Cyclone Seventeen-E Potential Tropical Cyclone Ten September 1929 Philippines typhoon Timeline of the 2013 North Indian Ocean cyclone season Tropical cyclones in 1992 Tropical cyclones in 1993 Tropical cyclones in 1994 Tropical cyclones in 1995 Tropical cyclones in 1996 Tropical cyclones in Indonesia Tropical Storm Claudia (1962) Tropical Storm Dawn (1998) Tropical Storm Durian (2001) Tropical Storm Elida (1996) Tropical Storm Gil (2007) Tropical Storm Karen (2013) Tropical Storm Kirsten (1966) Tropical Storm Kujira (2015) Tropical Storm Maliksi (2018) Tropical Storm Melissa (2019) Tropical Storm Merbok (2004) Tropical Storm Pakhar (2012) Tropical Storm Sarika (2011) Tropical Storm Usagi (2001) Typhoon Dinah (1952) Typhoon Flo (1993) Typhoon Gilda (1974) Typhoon Ione Typhoon Jane Typhoon Kai-tak (2005) Typhoon Kyle (1993) Typhoon Lola (1993) Typhoon Louise (1945) Typhoon Manny Typhoon Mawar (2005) Typhoon Olive (1971) Typhoon Orchid (1980) Typhoon Surigae Typhoon Talim (2017) Typhoon Toraji (2001) Typhoon Usagi (2007) Typhoon Vernon (1993) Typhoon Viola (1969) New GA's include: 1944 Atlantic hurricane season Cyclone Owen Hurricane Lorena (2019) Pacific Meridional Mode Potential Tropical Cyclone Seventeen-E Tropical Storm Hernan (2020) New A-Class articles include Cyclone Leon–Eline and Hurricane Olivia (2018). Member of the month (Editor's Pick) – Akbermamps and LowercaseGuy In this edition of Hurricane Herald, I (MarioJump83, one of the Hurricane Herald editors) am going to pick Akbermamps and LowercaseGuy. Both of them contributed to nearly all of the new articles since the publishing of the last issue (and also they contributed to the last issue itself). All of these articles primarily covered the Western Pacific basin, but also they worked on missing Tropical cyclones in xxxx articles and Southern Hemisphere articles. They both were driving factors in some of the greatest growth the WPTC has ever seen since Issues 42, 43, and 44. Both of them are hard workers, who remain civil, and treat others with kindness, despite hardships. Akbermamps also has reverted many nonconstructive edits from many different articles, plus they have made many great edits to tropical cyclone articles, as said above. LowercaseGuy also has made many great edits, per above, plus they have kept the newsletter up to date with all of the new article creations, new GA's, and A-class articles within the project. Because of this, I can only say that I am very proud of them! 2018 Featured Topic Update Featured Articles promoted (March 1–April 30) None during this period. Good Articles promoted (March 1–April 30) Cyclone Owen Current Candidates 2018 Pacific hurricane season Timeline of the 2018 Pacific hurricane season New Articles (Only C and below, March 1–April 30) Cyclone Phethai Tropical Storm Maliksi (2018) Some updates Since the last issue of this newsletter, I have noticed that there is an uptick of activity involving 2018 Global FT topic recently. Hurricane Noah came back from almost-retirement, then afterwards improved Hurricane Olivia (2018) into A-class, 2018 Pacific hurricane season within striking distance of it and Timeline of the 2018 Pacific hurricane season potentially became the second featured list we are going to have this year. Meanwhile, I have been focusing all of my efforts in WPTC at improving Cyclone Owen, by Chicdat, into GA status and end all drama between him and all other WPTC editors. Two MoTMs that I have personally picked, Akbermamps and LowercaseGuy, joined the fray (not joining us officially) and improved some 2018 Pacific typhoon season articles that I have created, including the creation of both two articles listed above (and as of right now, Akbermamps is building up Timeline of the 2018 Pacific typhoon season article in his sandbox). I'm very glad to see this happening and I hope this newly found activity could be kept up in the next two months. During these months, I am hoping that Noah might make efforts at improving Hurricane Bud (2018) towards FA eventually. MarioJump83! We are recruiting If you are interested in writing new articles, promoting articles to GA, or helping with the FAC review process for the Global 2018 FT project, please reach out to LightandDark2000 or any other member of the 2018 FT task force. WikiProject To-Do Here are some tasks you can do: Requests: The rest of intensity lists, Pacific typhoon seasons from 1902 to 1938, Australian region cyclone seasons from 1963 to 1970, South Pacific cyclone seasons from 1958 to 1969, Tropical cyclones between 1978 and the newest article, 1870 Straits of Florida hurricane, Hurricanes in Mexico, Tropical cyclone effects by region, Typhoon Trix (1952) more... Citation needed: Make sure articles such as Pacific hurricane and Tropical cyclones in year articles are cited properly. (LightandDark2000 has provided a tutorial for citing sources in his opinion piece.) Cleanup: Tropical cyclones in India, Tropical cyclones in Myanmar, Tropical cyclones in Sri Lanka, List of Texas hurricanes (pre-1900), Typhoon Faxai and other storms in 2019 Pacific typhoon season (and the season article itself), 2020 Pacific typhoon season Expand: Newer tropical cyclone intensity list articles, Seasonal summaries and global condition sections for nearly every tropical cyclones by year articles, Pacific hurricane season timelines and earlier season articles in 1950s, 1941/1942/1943/1944 Pacific typhoon seasons, Tropical cyclones in Indonesia, most of the List of named storms articles, and most of the WPAC Storm articles created in August and September 2020 Stubs: 1876 Bengal cyclone, 1971 Odisha cyclone, 1978 Sri Lanka cyclone, Typhoon Kathleen (1947), 1900s/1910s/1920s/1930s North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons, 1900s/1920s/1930s Australian region cyclone seasons, more... 2018 Global FT push: some goals for the 2018 Global FT include the creation or improvement of many other articles listed in the first section on the WPTC talk page. Also, please join our task force! Storms of the month over the last year Month Storm April 2021 Cyclone Seroja March 2021 Cyclone Niran February 2021 Cyclone Guambe January 2021 Cyclone Eloise Storm of the Year 2020 Hurricane Eta December 2020 Cyclone Yasa November 2020 Hurricane Iota October 2020 Typhoon Goni (2020) September 2020 Cyclone Ianos August 2020 Hurricane Laura July 2020 Hurricane Isaias June 2020 Tropical Storm Cristobal (2020) May 2020 Cyclone Amphan Storms of the month and other tropical activity for March and April SoTM for March – Cyclone Niran Cyclone Niran originated from a developing tropical low off the coast of Queensland on February 27. Afterward, the system slowly began to strengthen, while making a slow clockwise loop, bringing heavy flooding to parts of Queensland. On March 1, the system strengthened into a Category 1 tropical cyclone on the Australian region basin scale, and was given the name Niran by the BoM. On March 3, Niran began to undergo rapid intensification as it began accelerating away from the Australian coast, towards the southeast. On March 5, Niran crossed over into the FMS's area of responsibility, in the South Pacific basin. Soon afterward, the cyclone reached its peak intensity as a Category 5 tropical cyclone on both the Australian region scale and the Saffir–Simpson scale (SSHWS), with maximum 10-minute sustained winds of 205 km/h (125 mph), maximum 1-minute sustained winds of 260 km/h (160 mph), and a central minimum pressure of 931 millibars (27.5 inHg). Several hours later, Niran underwent an eyewall replacement cycle and encountered wind shear, which caused the storm to begin weakening. The storm continued moving towards the southeast at a rapid pace, and on March 6, the storm struck the island of Grande Terre in New Caledonia, as a Category 3-equivalent tropical cyclone on the SSHWS, although the storm's eye stayed offshore. On March 6, Niran transitioned into an extratropical cyclone, and two days later, Niran was absorbed into another larger extratropical storm to the south. Niran caused at least $200 million (2021 USD) in damages, the vast majority of which came from banana crop damage in Queensland. No deaths were reported from the storm. SoTM for April – Cyclone Seroja On March 19, the BoM began monitoring a developing tropical low to the south of Timor, which they designated as 22U. On April 3, the system fully developed into a tropical low. For the next couple of days, the system made a slow counterclockwise loop over a part Indonesia and over Timor, gradually strengthening as it did so, causing torrential floods that killed at least 229 people. On April 4, the system strengthened into a Category 1 tropical cyclone on the Australian region scale and was named Seroja by TCWC Jakarta. On April 5, Seroja began moving southwestward, away from Indonesia. The storm encountered wind shear during this time, but the storm maintained tropical cyclone intensity. On April 7, Seroja began closely interacting with Tropical Low 23U to the northeast, which later became Cyclone Odette, as a result of the Fujiwhara effect. The two storms began closely interacting on April 8, as the two storms drew closer to each other. The interaction initially caused both storms to weaken, though Seroja eventually restrengthen and 23U strengthened into Tropical Cyclone Odette later that day. However, soon afterward, Seroja became the stronger storm and begen to absorb Odette into its circulation. On April 10, Seroja absorbed Odette, before turning to the southeast and strengthening again. The system continued stregthening up until landfall, and the system made landfall on April 12 near Gregory, Western Australia, at peak intensity, as a Category 3 severe tropical cyclone on the Australian region scale and a Category 1-equivalent tropical cyclone on the Saffir–Simpson scale. Afterward, Seroja weakened as it moved inland, and the system transitioned into an extratropical storm, before emerging into the Great Australian Bight. Later that day, Seroja was absorbed by a larger extratropical cyclone to the south. Seroja killed at least 229 people and left another 102 missing, making it the third-deadliest tropical cyclone recorded in the Australian region basin. The storm also caused over $490.7 million (2021 USD) in damages. Typhoon Surigae near peak intensity on April 17 Western Pacific – On March 14, a short-lived tropical depression formed near the Philippines, before dissipating later that day. On April 12, Typhoon Surigae, the fourth depression, second named storm, and first typhoon of the 2021 Pacific typhoon season, formed on April 12. It began a period of rapid intensification on April 16, undergoing a brief eyewall replacement cycle, and reaching its peak intensity on April 17, becoming the most intense typhoon to form in the month of April. At its peak, the storm had a minimum central pressure of 895 mbar (895.0 hPa; 26.43 inHg), maximum 10-minute sustained winds of 220 km/h (140 mph), and maximum 1-minute sustained winds of 305 km/h (190 mph), making the storm a powerful Category 5-equivalent super typhoon on the Saffir–Simpson scale (SSHWS). Afterward, the storm underwent two eyewall replacement cycles, after which the storm became annular by April 20, with a symmetrical shape and a large eye, while moving northwestward, off the coast of the Philippines. Afterward, the storm gradually began to weaken, and its structure began to degrade on April 22, as the system turned northeastward. Weakening accelerated after that, as the storm encountered more unfavorable conditions. Surigae transitioned into a subtropical storm on April 23, before becoming extratropical on the next day. On April 26, Surigae's extratropical remnant underwent explosive intensification as it accelerated northeastward, reaching an extratropical peak of 944 mbar (944.0 hPa; 27.88 inHg) on April 27, as a powerful hurricane-force extratropical cyclone. Afterward, Surigae's remnant gradually weakened, as it turned eastward. On April 30, Surigae's low-pressure center dissipated and was replaced by a new one later that day, marking a center reformation, with the new low-pressure center quickly dominating the storm. Afterward, Surigae's remnants moved into the Gulf of Alaska, before slowing down and turning to the northwest, while rapidly weakening. On May 2, the storm was absorbed into another extratropical cyclone near the Aleutian Islands, on May 2. Late on May 6, this storm was absorbed into yet another extratropical cyclone to the southeast, within the Gulf of Alaska. Surigae brought tropical storm-force winds to Micronesia and Palau and grazed the Philippines as a powerful storm, causing over $10.45 million in damages in U.S. dollars and running the cargo ship LCU Cebu Great Ocean aground, killing 10 people and leaving 8 others missing. North Indian Ocean – On April 2, Depression BOB 01, the first storm of the season, developed over the Andaman Sea. For the next couple of days, the storm slowly moved northward, towards Myanmar, before dissipating on the next day. Australian region – Cyclone Marian moved into the South-West Indian Ocean basin on March 1, before moving back into the Australian region basin on the next day. The storm gradually weakened while moving southeastward, before becoming an extratropical cyclone on March 9. Cyclone Niran, which had formed on February 27, peaked as a Category 5 severe tropical cyclone on March 5, before exiting the basin into the South Pacific basin soon afterward. The storm damaged many of the banana crops in Queensland, causing at least $180 million (2021 USD) in damages in Australia. During the remainder of the month of March, Tropical Lows 18U, 19U, 20U, and 21U formed, but each of those storms dissipated without ever having any significant impacts. On April 2, Tropical Low 23U formed around Indonesia, followed by Tropical Low 22U on April 3; these storms developed into Cyclones Odette and Seroja, respectively. 23U gradually moved southward, before interacting with Cyclone Seroja on April 8, and strengthened into Cyclone Odette later that day. However, the storm was gradually drawn into Seroja's circulation, and on April 10, Odette was absorbed into Seroja. Tropical Low 22U made a slow counterclockwise loop over Indonesia and over Timor from April 2 to 5, causing destructive flooding, and killing at least 229 people. The system strengthened into Tropical Cyclone Seroja on April 4. On April 5, Seroja began to leave Indonesia and moved southwestward. From April 8 to 10, Seroja interacted with the nearby Cyclone Odette, before absorbing the latter on April 10, and turning southeastward. Soon afterward, Seroja strengthened further into a Category 1-equivalent tropical cyclone, strengthening all the way until its landfall near Gregory, Western Australia on April 11. The system became extratropical on April 12 and re-emerged over open water, before being absorbed into another extratropical cyclone later that day. On April 9, a short-lived tropical low formed, before dissipating later that day. On April 23, yet another short-lived tropical low developed, before dissipating on the next day. This was the last storm of the season. The season officially ended on April 30. South-West Indian Ocean – On March 1, Cyclone Marian briefly entered the basin. During that time, MFR decided to defer advisories to the BoM, as the cyclone was expected to re-enter the Australian Region within a short period of time. On March 2, it exited the South-West Indian Ocean basin. The same day, the precursor to Cyclone Habana formed as well as an invest which would become Cyclone Iman. Habana was named 2 days later, and Iman was named on March 7. Cyclone Habana stayed out to sea and did not cause any known damage or deaths. It was quite long lived, spanning 2 weeks and reaching Intense Tropical Cyclone (and Category 4-equivalent) intensity. On the other hand, Cyclone Iman made landfall in Madagascar and Réunion, causing moderate rainfall in the former country and flash floods and heavy winds in the latter. Tropical Depression 15, a brief storm, also formed in late March. After a period of inactivity, Moderate Tropical Storm Jobo was named on April 20. For the next several days, the storm tracked westward, before weakening into a remnant low on April 24 and making landfall on Tanzania shortly afterward. The storm dissipated later that day. On April 30, the season ended for most of the basin, except for the region around Mauritius and Seychelles, for which the season will end on May 15. South Pacific – On March 5, Tropical Depression 11F formed to the southeast of Port Vila, Vanuatu, before dissipating on the next day. On March 5, Cyclone Niran also entered the basin from the Australian region basin, as a Category 5 severe tropical cyclone. The storm gradually weakened as it quickly moved to the southeast, before striking the island of Grande Terre in New Caledonia as a Category 3-equivalent tropical cyclone on March 6. Afterward, the storm raced off towards the southeast and became extratropical later that day, before dissipating on March 8. Niran did at least $20 million in damages in New Caledonia, bringing the storm's damage total to at least $200 million. The storm did not have any reported deaths. On April 9, a tropical low entered the basin from the Australian region basin, which became Tropical Depression 13F. For the next couple of days, the system moved southeastward, making landfall on New Caledonia in the process, and strengthening after it moved back over open waters. However, the system rapidly weakened on April 11 and dissipated later that day. On April 24, the JTWC began monitoring a subtropical system in the eastern part of the basin, which they classified as Subtropical Cyclone 96P. The system was short-lived, as it dissipated late on the next day. No more storms developed in the basin that month. On April 30, the season officially ended. South Atlantic – According to the Brazilian Navy, an extratropical system transitioned into a subtropical depression on April 19. On April 20, the system strengthened into a subtropical storm and was named Potira. The system slowly moved towards the southeast, before dissipating on April 25. Member of the month (edition) – CycloneFootball71 and CodingCyclone In this edition of Hurricane Herald, we present CycloneFootball71 and CodingCyclone as the Members of the Month. Both users joined Wikipedia and WPTC in the year 2020, and they helped us navigate into a better place during the COVID-19 pandemic and during the WPTC conflicts in 2020 and 2021. Their participation lifted and maintained our spirits during the tense situations and what's happening in the world. CycloneFootball71 is the kindest WPTC member we have ever seen, actively giving out barnstars and writing out statements that can be considered as "motivational", never targeting anyone, while also making contributions to articles, and participating in talk-page discussions, and occasionally, reverting vandalism. CodingCyclone, meanwhile, gave Wiki-project Tropical Cyclones the first featured list in years, and she helps out with wording, current cyclones, and other neglected timelines, and all around is kind, and thoughtful to everyone within the Wikipedia community. She is someone who has matured to become a great, and experienced editor here. We thank her for all of her contributions, and hope she continues to keep up the great work, and kindness. Unfortunately, 2020 was not a kind year for the two of them, particularly for CycloneFootball71, as he suffered from numerous illnesses, a few injuries, the loss of a friend (offwiki) and he retired (though he came back, thankfully) numerous times; these troubles even continued into 2021. Meanwhile, CodingCyclone stayed, but she entered a semi-WikiBreak, due to real life matters she had to attend to. However, both of them are editing at full speed now, and helped us realize what 2021 should be, full of hope and a better year than 2020 was. New WikiProject Members since the last newsletter More information can be found here. This list lists members who have joined/rejoined the WikiProject since the release of the last issue. Sorted chronologically. ‎Tc06cimaron (talk · contribs) Floridaball (talk · contribs) Stratacus1 (talk · contribs) LuigiIsSuppreme989 (talk · contribs) Locomotive207 (talk · contribs) To our new members: welcome to the project, and happy editing! Feel free to check the to-do list at the bottom right of the newsletter for things that you might want to work on. To our veteran members: thank you for your edits and your tireless contributions! Thank you, JavaHurricane JavaHurricane, one of the prominent Wikipedia rollbackers since 2019, decided to quit WikiProject Tropical cyclones in April 7, 2021 after series of arguments regarding how the merger of Tropical storms Amanda and Cristobal was handled (though this was later resolved). This followed a series of events that included numerous edit wars, hostile interactions (involving both members and non-members of the Weather WikiProjects), incompetence issues, and trouble dealing with a number of serial vandals. These issues added on more and more stress to some of our members, with the botched handling of the Amanda/Cristobal merger being the last straw, which culminated in several WPTC members, especially the younger ones, to leave the project. Destroyeraa decided to fully retire from Wikipedia, but LightandDark2000 managed to get him consider rejoining WPTC after a lengthy series of off-wiki discussions, contingent upon the WikiProject improving its conduct. A MoTM of this edition, CycloneFootball71 also decided to retire, following the decision of Destroyeraa to quit WPTC, but quickly reconsidered and instead took an indefinite WikiBreak, which later became a Semi-WikiBreak. LightandDark2000 himself also considered quitting from WPTC and leaving Wikipedia entirely (since WPTC activities are his primary reason for being on Wikipedia in the first place), but he decided to stay for now (unless things continue to grow worse, in which case, a full retirement as a registered user is likely). Another MoTM, CodingCyclone, went on a semi-WikiBreak instead of quitting like some of others did. Although the worst of the turmoil seems to be over now, WPTC is still slowly recovering from the damage. However, it is clear, unfortunately, that JavaHurricane will not return to the project, due to the loss of faith and time. We hope that this will never happen again. To JavaHurricane himself: thank you. Thanks for all the edits you've made in 2020 and in 2021. You are one of the building blocks that led to the WPTC revival last year. Without you, we would have had more difficulty combating some of the LTAs we've recently dealt with. You've made plenty of quality improvements and also carried out a decent amount of anti-vandalism activities. If you ever wish to rejoin the project, you will always be welcome here. We wish you luck in your future endeavors. Featured Content From March 1 to April 30, one featured list was promoted. Timeline of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season From the Main Page: Documents WikiProject-related materials that have appeared on the main page from March 1–April 30, 2021 in chronological order. Today's Featured Article/List March 11 – Typhoon Maemi None during this period. Did you know...? None during this period. There is an article currently nominated as featured list candidate: Timeline of the 2018 Pacific hurricane season Article of the Month: Tropical Storm Rolf Tropical Storm Rolf, also known as Tropical Storm 01M, was an unusual Mediterranean tropical storm that brought flooding to Italy, France, Spain, and Switzerland in November 2011. Rolf originated from an extratropical system near western France on November 4. For the next few days, Rolf moved eastward into the Mediterranean Sea, before making a slow clockwise loop off the coast of France. Despite the generally unfavorable conditions in the Mediterranean Sea, Rolf transitioned into a subtropical depression on November 7, before becoming a tropical storm later that day and turning northeastward. On November 8, Rolf reached its peak intensity, with 1-minute sustained winds peaking at 85 km/h (50 mph, 45 kn) and a minimum central pressure of 991 mb (29.3 inHg). During the next day, the storm turned westward and made landfall on the island of Île du Levant, in France, and soon afterward, near Hyères in southeastern France. Following its second landfall, Rolf quickly weakened, dissipating on November 10. Rolf was the first tropical cyclone ever to be officially monitored by the NOAA in the Mediterranean Sea. Rolf caused widespread flooding across southwestern Europe, especially in France and Italy, with the majority of the damage from the storm occurring in those two countries. Torrential rainfall from Rolf caused multiple rivers to overflow their banks in France and Italy, flooding multiple cities and resulting in extensive property damage. The storm forced numerous schools and businesses to close temporarily, and also caused significant damage to 300 farms in France. Floodwaters from Rolf's rainfall also cut the power to over 8,000 customers and necessitated thousands of rescues, in addition to forcing thousands of evacuations. The storm also caused the largest flood event seen in Gipuzkoa, in northern Spain since 1983. Rolf killed 12 people, and the storm was also the costliest Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone in the 2010s, with the storm causing at least $1.25 billion (2011 USD, €925 million) in damages. Current assessment table Assessments valid as of this printing. Depending on when you may be viewing this newsletter, the table may be outdated. See here for the latest, most up to date statistics. As of this issue, there are 166 featured articles and 70 featured lists. There are 135 A-class articles, and 1,012 good articles. There are only 120 B-class articles, perhaps because because most articles of that quality already passed a GA review. There are 416 C-class articles, 832 start-class articles, and 200 stub-class articles, with 27 lists, and 7 current articles. These figures mean that slightly more than half of the project is rated a GA or better. Typhoon Warren was the 1000th GA in the project. About the assessment scale → Project Goals & Progress The following is the current progress on the three milestone goals set by the WikiProject as of this publishing. They can be found, updated, at the main WikiProject page. 250 featured pages: 91.2% complete 200 featured articles: 79.5% complete 1500 good articles: 73.1% complete How to Cite Sources on Tropical Cyclone Articles, by LightandDark2000 In my years of experiences here on WPTC (and on Wikipedia, in general), I've noticed that citing sources properly is a skillset that many editors are lacking in. While a good number of the experienced editors are familiar with how to fill out citations on Wikipedia, this is something that the most of the newer editors struggle with, especially those who have never written a research paper before. Given the influx of new members in WPTC over the past year, I've decided to write a simple tutorial on how to properly complete citations in tropical cyclone articles. First of all, lets start with a standard citation template. This format will be used for the vast majority of citations on tropical cyclone articles: <ref>{{cite web|url=|title=|website=|author= |publisher=|location=|date=|access-date=}}</ref> For our example, lets use this special "Tropical Cyclone Update" advisory for Hurricane Isaias, which was issued when the storm made landfall in North Carolina, early on August 4, 2020 (UTC time). Every citation template is enclosed by the "<ref></ref>" tags. Since we are using a reference template instead of a bare citation, we also have double brackets enclosing the interior of the template. We are citing a web page, so we will enter in "cite web" after the first set of brackets. You can either type out the entire template manually, copy and paste the citation template from above, or use a citation tool (if you know how to use those). To cite this source, first, create or paste the citation template above right after the chunk where you want to cite it (immediately after the period, comma, or whatever punctuation mark is present). Copy the website url (https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2020/al09/al092020.update.08040316.shtml) and paste it after "url=". For NHC and CPHC advisories, please DO NOT EVER use the live/refresh links. Those links are unstable and change each time a new advisory is issued. Only use the links from the Advisory Archives, such as this archive for 2020. Next, copy the title of the advisory and paste it after "title=". The advisory/discussion titles for NHC publications are near the top of the page, below the page heading and below the first lines of text identifying the publication. For NHC publications, the title is located on the third line of text, on the second "paragraph" or group of text. The title for this advisory is "Hurricane Isaias Tropical Cyclone Update". If the source is in a language other than English, then we will also add the "|language=" parameter and specify the language. However, if the source is in English, then this parameter isn't needed. Then, enter in the website title or url for the "website=". For most citations, we use either the "website=" or "publisher=" parameter instead of using both of them; however, we can use them both if the title of the website is significantly different from the name of the publisher. In this example, the website url is "nhc.noaa.gov", so we would enter in this url address after "website=" if we were to use this parameter. After that, enter in the name of the author. We either use the "Last name, First name (and middle initial)" format, or the "Full name (first and last names)" format. Use only one format for consistency. For this example, we will use the "full name" format, as it would naturally appear on print. If there are more than one author, we would add a number after the "author=" parameter, such as "author1=". There are three authors for this advisory, whose last names are: Brown, Zelinsky, and Beven. Simply entering in the last name is NOT ENOUGH. We need their full names. For the NHC and NWS employees, you may need to do a little bit of research to find out their full names (or ask another more experienced editor here on WPTC), which isn't that difficult. A quick Google search shows that their full names are: Daniel Brown, David Zelinsky, and Jack Beven. So then, fill out the author portion of the citation template as follows: "author1=Daniel Brown|author2=David Zelinsky|author3=Jack Beven". Then, enter in the name of the publisher, at "publisher=". For our example, this would be the National Hurricane Center. Since this is an official advisory/bulletin involving a government agency/organization, we also need to fill out the "location=" parameter to indicate the location of the agency's headquarters (we don't need this parameter for citing standard news articles or webpages). The NHC is based in Miami, Florida, so we would fill out the next part of the citation as "location=Miami, Florida". After you have completed the previous steps, enter in both the date and the access-date. We use either the "Month Day, Year" format or the "Day Month Year" format for our citations (the name of the month is fully written out). For the sake of consistency, please use ONLY ONE format. It should remain consistent throughout the article. For this example, we will use the "Month Day, Year" format used in American English, since the NHC's areas of responsibility primarily involve the United States and the Western Hemisphere. The "date" is the date on which the publication or article was published. We use UTC time to determine the date. The advisory was published on 11:15 EDT on August 3, 2020. This is roughly equivalent to 03:15 UTC on August 4, 2020, so the date is "August 4, 2020". The accessdate is the day on which YOU accessed or read the publication. Let's say that you read the advisory on August 6, UTC time. Then, the accessdate would be "August 6, 2020". The dates for this citation should be filled out in this manner: "date=August 4, 2020|access-date=August 6, 2020" Once you have done all of this, your completed citation should have the following code: <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2020/al09/ al092020.update.08040316.shtml |title=Hurricane Isaias Tropical Cyclone Update|website=nhc.noaa.gov|author1=Daniel Brown|author2=David Zelinsky|author3=Jack Beven|publisher=National Hurricane Center|location=Miami, Florida|date=August 4, 2020|access-date=August 6, 2020|language=en-US}}</ref> Which should appear as follows in the article: With this tutorial, hopefully you now know how to properly cite sources within tropical cyclone articles. Properly citing sources is a crucial skill on Wikipedia. It allows you to make complete, professional references that can be accessed and reused by just about any other editor. Additionally, creating incomplete or improper citations forces other more experienced users to clean up after you, which not only wastes time, but also prevents an article from becoming a Good Article or Featured Article until these issues are completely resolved. Citing sources is an important skill and one that every experienced editor is expected to master. Citing sources takes time to learn, so don't be discouraged if you don't fully master the art at the beginning. As with everything else in life, new skills require "practice" to perfect, and as you cite more and more sources, you'll find that citing sources becomes easier and faster for you. I hope you find this guide useful in your journey on Wikipedia. May it help mold you into a superb writer, like many other experienced editors who have come before you. Best of luck, and happy editing! ~ LightandDark2000 🌀 Destroyeraa and the Project, by Chicdat, CodingCyclone, CycloneFootball71, MarioJump83, and LightandDark2000 Destroyeraa registered his account on Wikipedia in January 2020. He gained experience like all of us, and received several user rights in the process. He improved several articles to GA status, the first being Hurricane Dolores (2015). He made WikiProject Tropical cyclones a good place to be. He made some mistakes, of course, but learned from them quickly. But by 2021, real life seemed to be catching up to Destroyeraa. He went into periods of semi-wikibreaks. His editing became more sporadic. He has not edited since March 3, 2021. WikiProject Tropical cyclones has experienced plenty of turmoil since then, especially in late March and early April. Some users have been very hostile. There has been copyright problems. Drama is being created. With the exception of a few remarks by LightandDark2000 on-wiki, the project has not heard from him for a long time. I wish that he would come back, and I miss him. When Destroyeraa went, it seems that the short revival of WikiProject Tropical cyclones went with him as well. I came as the renewal of WPTC was beginning, so I knew no other state of the project. To Destroyeraa himself: Please come back. You made the WikiProject a good place to be. I miss you so much; you were like a real life friend. ~ 🐔 Chicdat  Bawk to me! Destroyeraa was the person who invited me to the project. Like many others, his hard work and diligence made him a role model to me. Without him, I probably wouldn't be where I am today. He gave me advice when I was trying to improve Hurricane Fran (which I never completed, but would like to do as an honor to him) and helped me realize some of my earlier edits were a bit CIR-y and disruptive (albeit unintentionally). He was always unfailingly civil and helped other editors when they were down. He also created the Cyclone Cup which is actually really fun and something that I personally would never have thought of, and is helping to drive some people to create and improve more articles. To me, he was a symbol of the rebirth of WPTC. When he left, it seemed as though that age disappeared. I know that real life always takes precedence over Wikipedia, but hopefully he can figure out how to balance the two and come back soon. CodingCyclone! 🌀 📘 Destroyeraa has had a profound effect on the WPTC. He has been so helpful and kind throughout his time on Wikipedia, and I want to thank him for that. He has done so much for us throughout his time here, and Wikipedia has not been the same for the project since he left. He has helped me through lots, during some very difficult times, and he has been a great friend. He helped me create my first Opinion piece ever, which helped me get into editing these newsletters for the editors of this project. Despite some mistakes, he overcame these and became even better than before, and he really inspired me to improve myself in the realm of editing tropical cyclones. He did so much for this project, and me and the rest of this Wikiproject want to thank him for all that he has done. I am not sure what else to say, as Chicdat and CodingCyclone said everything that was in my mind. However, he was a great friend. Destroyeraa, you will be missed here on Wikipedia. I hope one day you may return and regain your faith in WPTC again, but for now, I only hope and wish for the absolute best for your life. Thank you again. 🌀CycloneFootball71🏈 |sandbox Destroyeraa brought me to speed during my initial WPTC tenure as SMB99thx, since I was not that active in my first years and also not aware of Wikipedia's changing guards, like newer users having advanced permissions so quickly, having many user scripts, very communicative on-and-off-wiki (i.e. using Discord), and so much more that I don't understand back when I first joined in WPTC. By learning from him, eventually, I did have the same advanced permissions like his up to last month, having many user-scripts, as well as using a custom theme for Wikipedia, which is not Vector, and its very cool! Without him, I may have been going into a path Chicdat is currently taking right now, as Chicdat wasn't able to stay as a page mover and a rollbacker early in his Wikipedia career, then got into several troubles which led me into adopting him. Now, I am going to give him lessons that I learned from Destroyeraa himself. Other than that, I don't have anything much to say about him, but I hope he's back again to help me once more, and bring me further growth as an editor going forward, which could potentially assist me at shepherding Chicdat into a better place. MarioJump83! The others above have pretty much captured what I would like to say, and since Destroyeraa and I have stayed in contact off-wiki, I'll make this brief. Destroyeraa was a one-of-a-kind. I've been here for 12 years now, and I have to say that I've rarely ever come across someone like him; even less so in real life. The work he has done in just one year on Wikipedia (as a registered user) is absolutely astounding; it took me 6 years for my editing to reach that level of professionalism. I have not seen anyone like him show up on WPTC since Hurricane Noah joined in 2017. He is really smart, and he is also one of the nicest people I've ever met. And he's a very good friend as well. Destroyeraa, I bet you were able to guess most of what I said here, but you should know that you're a real gem. Those of us here miss you, and there are others as well. And I did tell you that your absence would be felt, didn't I? Regardless of what you think, what you do here does and will affect us. I'm very happy that you've decided to come back this summer, once you get out of school. I hope to see you around the place then. Your friend, LightandDark2000 🌀 Write the next issue of The Hurricane Herald →

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I work on wikipedia from 10 years, and i can say : Pamela Golbin is on the french wikipedia  : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela_Golbin She is a prominent figure in the Fashion industry, and Fashion Historian, etc... There is a lot of, reliable, secondary sources. Why decline this page ?Jeanchristopheflorence (talk) 12:58, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

@Jeanchristopheflorence: Because, there are still large portions of the draft where sourcing is not substantial, or it's just completely unsourced. Which for a BLP is unacceptable. There are also parts of the article that are weirdly written. For example: " Pamela Golbin attended Columbia University in the City of New York" should read "Golbin attended Columbia University in New York City.🌀Locomotive207-talk🌀 (Formerly Kieran207) 00:37, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

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Ana

Hi, Just to let you know I have restored the redirect for Tropical Storm Ana (2021) to List of storms named Ana, as the name Ana has already been used for a tropical cyclone this year in the South Pacific, which are also referred to as tropical storms at various times. As a result, I feel that the redirect to List of storms named Ana is more accurate than pointing it towards the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season.Jason Rees (talk) 17:52, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Fair enough--🌀Locomotive207-talk🌀 18:00, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

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I have made changes to the plot after watching the roughly 12-minute film on YouTube with subtitles. Is it worth entering the mainspace now? Kailash29792 (talk) 07:53, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

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Ianti3 (talk) 09:05, 7 July 2021 (UTC) Hi @locomotive207, you had rejected my "Meters and More Technology" page, saying that " the sources is not reliable" but they are. So I need to ask you how can I make to edit my contents or to review my documents and my sources. Thanks you in advance

At the time of my decline, there were many parts of the article that were unsourced, creating a lack of Verifibility. You can fix this by adding citations in places where there aren't any.--🌀Locomotive207-talk🌀 14:06, 18 July 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for the info @locomotive207. Now the article present different verifiable sources in many parts of it and where there are no is because they are no necessary. Is it not enough?

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Hi Locomotive207 - thanks for reviewing Draft:Calyx Institute ... I have a two part question about your comment which was "I'm already a bit skeptical on the notability, but I think that this should stay declined until the potential COI issues are sorted out"

For the 1st part, notability, I am a bit confused because there are a number of in depth references from CNET, CSO Online, and BoingBoing which are solely about the organization which is the subject of the article, not just passing mentions. But I guess I will leave that aside for the moment because I am not understanding how to sort out the COI thing. On my account's talk page, User:Rosguill said something about "likely COI" and suggested that I write on my user's talk page and the draft article's talk page that I am not being paid to write and I do not have a COI, which I subsequently did. Beyond that, I'm not sure why COI is "likely", or what I can do to sort out the matter ? Thanks Babylonian

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Anonymous wikipedia user: CalyxOS does appear to be a reasonably significant operating system which already has its own wikipedia page https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/CalyxOS That OS, which is developed by this nonprofit organization. Also, considering there are 25 article references, and one of the cofounders of the institute (N. Merrill) seems to be a significant figure involved in a famous USA law case, there is no reason for this wikipedia article shouldnt' be accepted. Far worse wikipedia articles are already out there. If there are any conflicts of interest in this article, (replying to user Locomotive207) please state what they are?

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It is odd that the Wikipedia draft for Minot Pratt, a founder of the noted Brook Farm community, author of articles in Boston newspapers, praised by Franklin Sanborn in his recollections of noted Concord persons and by Thoreau in his Journal is rejected while an article on John Pratt, one of Minot's sons, was accepted when that son's only claim to fame is marrying the eldest Alcott sister and being used as the basis for a fictional character by Louisa May Alcott in two of her books. John never published any work and performed no notable public service or action.

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Draft GNG issues

Hi, you rejected Draft:Empower Work due to GNG reasons, I believe that the article meets GNG based on the following analysis:

Quartz: Mentioned founder's name 8 times mentioned organization name 6 times, basically the whole article is about it

Fast Company: Founder's name 2 times, organization name 3 times Whole article is basically about it, provides a criticism section

Tech Crunch: 6 mentions for organization name, 8 mentions for founder name, section written about it (not the whole article) about 1/4-1/3

Chicago Tribune (newly added): 3 mentions for founder's name and another 3 for organization name. Article is basically interviews with NGOs and people who volunteered there, about half of the article covers the organization.

I believe that the article at least has 2-3 reliable sources that provide significant coverage, and maybe 4.

And I know that I’m resubmitted before making much changes, but my first reviewer told me to resubmit after sending them what is basically this message.

Justiyaya 03:24, 10 July 2021 (UTC)

I'll take another look at it when im back from my break.--🌀Locomotive207-talk🌀 14:08, 18 July 2021 (UTC)

Draft:Jon Baron help/questions

Hi Locomotive207!

Thanks for taking the time to review Draft:Jon Baron. I'd love more information on notability guidelines. Baron -- at least to me -- seems notable outside of his campaign: he's widely considered an industry leader in the evidence based policy area, and the foundation he created and ran (The Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy) is featured on that Wikipedia page, using a citation that shows Baron as president of the Coalition. Additionally, Baron seems to meet the notability requirement for Academics.

As I might be misunderstanding the rules, could you offer and clarity or suggestions on how I might fix this? Thank you again for reading this! AsimDC (talk) 14:31, 12 July 2021 (UTC)

Draft:San Francisco CalHeat

Hi there,

Thank you for reviewing our draft.

I am really confused on why this submission has been declined. We are an official sports club, the actual US National Champion of an Olympic Team Sport. We have made all the changes to the initial submission and provided dozens of references from official and verified sources. The history section contains 5 references. There are no more references we can produce unfortunately.

Many handball clubs in the US have way less references than we have, but are approved.

I'd really appreciate if you could revisit your review and/or provide us with concrete information on what you expect us to provide on the article.

Hopefully this can be resolved quickly as we have been through this process for almost a year.

Thanks

So what you mean to tell me is that you have an undeclared Conflict of Interest (COI). Please see instructions at WP:COI on how to properly disclose your COI.

I declined your draft because the first two paragraphs of the history section, as well as the teams + most of the accomplishments section are unsourced. This leads to a lack of verifibility (WP:V). Also, I don't think the "Sports Facility Information" section is really that useful or necessary.--🌀Locomotive207-talk🌀 21:54, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

Thank you. How can we address your concerns? I've added everything that I could and am aware of. I don't have reference to the teams besides the official website of the club. The accomplishments are linked to other existing Wikipedia pages. I fee hopeless at this point. The "Sports facility Information" is in fact necessary for people to find where the club is located. I hope you can help us find a way out of this a year after we initiated this process. Thank you

Mahalingam Thangavelu

Hello Locomotive207, Thank you for reviewing our revised submission. I wonder if you could point to the items that you indicate are unsourced. I will make attempts to find the sources. Thanks Mukherjee27 (talk) 01:32, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

Draft:Ajay_Patel_(Canadian_academic)

Symbol opinion vote.svg Comment: seems to fail WP:NACADEMIC. 🌀Locomotive207-talk🌀 22:27, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

• The person has held a highest-level elected or appointed administrative post at a major academic institution or major academic society.*

Ajay Patel is the highest level appointed administrator at the institution. It is BC's oldest community college, and the largest.

AlbertaTrucker94 (talk) 20:22, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

Draft Review

Hello Locomotive207,

Please review my draft again: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Malcolm_J._Collins

I have rewritten it a bit to the best of my ability and really don't know how to make it read like a non-CV page. If you could guide me on what to rewrite or remove, then I will certainly be able to do it.

Thank you

Horseriderforyou (talk) 04:06, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

Draft:Alfons Siewert

I am puzzled as to the rejection of this article on the grounds that it "is not adequately supported by reliable sources". All the references are to well-recognised sources such as "Whonamedit?" and scientific journals, including "The Lancet", and all were given their precise references indicating the title of the work, date of publication, volume, page numbers etc. I can only imagine that the lack of support indicates that they were not hyperlinked to the source. I have now provided all the references with the original source material's web links and am resubmitting the article for reconsideration.

Ad scribendum (talk) 11:41, 15 July 2021 (UTC) @Ad scribendum:, It's not that the sources you're using are unreliable, It's that parts of your draft are unsourced and therefore not supported by these reliable sources.--🌀Locomotive207-talk🌀 14:10, 18 July 2021 (UTC)

I would be obliged if you would indicate to me which parts are unsourced. It is very likely that one of the cited sources may have covered more than one part of the draft article. It is an important consideration for me that you actually looked at the citations. I have now written several other articles without any problems, but I must confess that I haven't yet mastered the technique of repeating a quoted reference in the same article when required.

Draft:Wolfgang Weber (journalist)

Dear Locomotive207, all sources agree that Wolfgang Weber was one of the most important “fathers” of photojournalism alongside Erich Salomon, Felix H. Man, Alfred Eisenstaedt and some others. His invitation to the most important European art exhibition documenta proves this, and the fact that his estate was bought up by the renowned Folkwang Museum and processed in a large exhibition underscores its importance. You may be right, that the quite inadequate German Wikipedia Article about WW, is very poorly(!) quoted, but what else can I do to improve the citation in the English version? I gave a lot of serious links to find all you want and need about his life and work with one click in the internet. Every single word in the Wikipedia article about Wolfgang Weber is traceable with the sources given - even if you use only the English sources. Sorry, but I am not able to improve it any further.Rundstef (talk) 15:15, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

Draft: Foxes and Fossils

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is the main, major, daily newspaper of record in Atlanta, Georgia, where they live. ABC News is one of the three largest television networks in the United States. Exactly what are you looking for, if that is not good enough? Typofixer76 (talk) 00:08, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

@Typofixer76:, The entirety of your draft is unsourced except for the external links section. Also, please don't link youtube videos inline.--🌀Locomotive207-talk🌀 22:04, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

Could you please point me to an article (or two or three) you deem acceptable in terms of being sourced? I will be happy to comply with the standard you set, but I don't know what measure to hold to. Typofixer76 (talk) 17:13, 26 July 2021 (UTC)

Draft:Abdul Hakeem Azhari

Hello. You reviewed this draft recently. I have tried to address your concerns. Please review it. Thanks. ScholarM (talk) 19:49, 19 July 2021 (UTC)

Draft:List of DMP Records releases

"Loco"motive207, Your reasons for rejecting my draft are nonsensical. It is impossible to post online references for an out-of-business record label. The data exists only in piecemeal form in online auctions, Amazon and E-Bay listings, and personal collections -- none of which can be linked! And that's what makes a Wikipedia article valuable as a permanent repository for such transitory information. With all due respect, just because you're not knowledgeable about the subject of a proposed article, that doesn't make it "non-notable." Look at the Talk comments on the parent article, if you please. Rcarlberg (talk) 04:08, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

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I dont aggree with your submission result , i want my submission to be posted in wikipedia asap , it's already 5 months old the event i gave info..i dont agree that my submission needs copyediting and WP-MoS checking ! if you need these two things to post it then tell someone to help me , period. P.S. iam waiting for someone to correct the errors of the submission in copyediting and wp-mos and tell me that it is ok to post it in wikipedia , also i spent a lot of time creating this article for free and i expect some support and sympathy from other reviewers to help me finish that article.

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Draft:Antonio Peticov

This draft was rejected due to lack of reliable sources; the sources include official government websites, a recent book published by a well-known publishing house, video of a popular interview program on a major Brazilian network, one of Brazil's oldest newspapers, etc. The sources are in Portuguese, but even running them through Google Translate produces versions that support the statements made in the article. Actionactioncut (talk) 06:20, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

Draft rereview

Hello again :D

This might be a slight bit annoying, but can you rereview my draft? You promised to take another look at it when you finished your break.

-- Justiyaya 07:49, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

Cape Independence Advocacy Group

About the draft Cape Independence Advocacy Group article. As far as I can tell the article is neutral and in a formal tone. I attempted to make it more formal and to remove possible peacock terms. Please suggest improvements - or point out problems words or sections. Thank you. Joefrog4 (talk) 19:45, 29 July 2021 (UTC) - In terms of 'Reliable sources' - those are well known and respected South African news organisations. Joefrog4 (talk) 02:29, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

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  • Draft:Laurence Oliphant, 7th Laird of Gask (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Laurence Oliphant, 7th Laird of Gask (July 17)

What is unreliable about the sources I have cited?

Sandy Fortingal

Sandy Fortingal (talk) 11:48, 31 July 2021 (UTC)

Laurence Oliphant, 7th Laird of Gask (July 17)

What is unreliable about the sources I have cited?

Sandy Fortingal

Sandy Fortingal (talk) 11:50, 31 July 2021 (UTC)

@Sandy Fortingal:, Nothing, the issue with the draft is that there is a large unsourced section of your article.--🌀Locomotive207-talk🌀 20:59, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

It's not a long article, so it would be difficult for it to have a 'large unsourced section'. There is nothing in the short paragraph which isn't fully covered by the three sources I have cited, all of which are reliable.

Sandy Fortingal

Draft: Sabina Halder Not Approved

Can you give me more reasons about why is it not approved?

Because she doesn't have enough significant coverage in multiple reliable, secondary sources in order to satisfy our guidelines.--🌀Locomotive207-talk🌀 20:54, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

Page edits

Hello Locamotive207, thank you for your page review and suggestions. I have removed most of the external links (except for links to other Wikipedia pages), so hopefully this addressees the issue. I left in most of the citation sources. If there are any additional changes/removals needed please let me know, and thanks again.

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Hello, I was wondering if you could clarify as to why the draft for Sachiyo Ito is not approved?

Thank you in advance!

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