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links

Please stop making unnecessary and wrong links. In Armenian line dance you linked music, quite unnecessarily, and you linked "bounce" to Bounce music which is completely irrelevant and misleading. And this is not an isolated example. Please just stop trying to help by linking, as you are getting it wrong too often. You could read MOS:OVERLINK which tells you what not to link, starting with "Everyday words understood by most readers in context." - like the word "music". There is a lot to learn about editing Wikipedia but it is an interesting journey. Please try to learn about linking. Thanks. PamD 23:18, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

@PamD: Hi, thanks for your informative suggestion for the wrong links, I will go through MOS: OVERLINK and read it all. Sincerely --SalmanZ (talk) 00:12, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

Apart from unnecessary links for common words, you quite often link to completely wrong articles. In Armed Forces Bikers you linked the word "Scottish" to the Scottish Nationalist Party. If a reader needed a link to understand the word "Scottish", that article would not have been helpful. In other articles you linked to disambiguation pages. Please check every link you add, to make sure that it reaches an appropriate article. Thanks. PamD 05:19, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

@PamD: Hi again, thank you for your educational efforts to show me the useful use of linking and examples you mentioned. Best regards. SalmanZ (talk) 22:12, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

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Random useless links

Please stop like seriously WTF.  Nixinova  T  C  08:25, 21 June 2018 (UTC)

@Nixinova:Hi I'm sorry to use the unused links for these catastrophic drowning events. Thanks for your notification! to stop me, Cheers. SalmanZ (talk) 10:20, 21 June 2018 (UTC)

Just so you know, you should only link to places where users will find more information. Linking to "missing" or "fire" isn't a good idea, but things like "Jakarta" are good as it gives more information about the area that it happened. The user isn't going to learn anything by looking at "missing" since they already know what it means.  Nixinova  T  C  19:34, 21 June 2018 (UTC)

@Nixinova:Hi dear. Thank you for your simple, intimate and helpful contributions. I'm glad to meet with a friend like you in the English wiki community. ‌Best Regards. SalmanZ (talk) 22:43, 21 June 2018 (UTC)

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The Frostburg Spirit

Hello there, please explain what was the purpose of this edit, if it was not an approach of vandalism. Hitro talk 12:52, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

@HitroMilanese: Hello there,it was noting but to define a word. SalmanZ (talk) 13:04, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for explaining that. Anyway, in an article related to a 100 years old defunct newspaper, a reader usually does not look for the meaning of common words like "lifespan". Regards. Hitro talk 13:24, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

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@Boleyn: Hi, Thanks for your help, I have used your guidance, Regards. SalmanZ (talk) 10:04, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

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The quotations currently used are too long, particularly the inclusion of the "Thought" section which has no encyclopedic commentary beyond the quote. Additionally, the sources cited in this article are insufficient to support the content, although I'm not concerned about notability as the Spanish-language article appears to be quite well sourced. Finally, the article needs to be rewritten to take a more neutral stance. I have no love for the Argentinian junta, but the description of the government in this article makes several unsourced claims using unnecessarily non-neutral language.

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@Rosguill: Hi, thanks for your tips. The article: "Mirta Acuña de Baravalle" translated from Spanish. However, I'll follow your points such as"encyclopedic commentary beyond the quote, neutral stance and non-neutral language.", Regards --SalmanZ (talk) 22:16, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Arturo Carvajal Acuña

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@Meszzy2:Hi, thanks for your effort, since I havd provided reliable refrences, I removed the tag as you mentioned. Please let me know if you have any advice. Regards.--SalmanZ (talk) 21:59, 15 April 2019 (UTC)

@SalmanZ: Thank you - all is good! Meszzy² (talk) 08:01, 16 April 2019 (UTC)

@Meszzy2:Hi, Thank you for your warm response, I'm almost new in Wiki-En, with about two thousand edits, and I hope to have more guidance from you to improve my skill. Best Regards. --SalmanZ (talk) 22:03, 16 April 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/NovaSkola

Don't revert my edit again. Your comment does not belong in the section you originally placed it in, which is reserved for CUs, clerks, and administrators.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:51, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

@Bbb23: I'm sorry, I did not revert your edit. Instead of pinging I made a comment. Regards.--SalmanZ (talk) 00:05, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

First, you can't undo a ping. Second, I had moved your comment to a different section, and you moved it back.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:51, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

@Bbb23: First, I'm an Eliminator in Persian Wikipedia, there reverting ping makes no problem. Second, I did not remove your edit, I was doing some edit on the page, it seems there has been an edit conflict.--SalmanZ (talk) 11:39, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

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@Diannaa: I appreciate for your attention to my work that helped me improve my edits. --SalmanZ (talk) 20:37, 16 June 2019 (UTC)

List of Nobel laureates

Hello! I noticed that you have added a lot of flag icons to the page specified above. I am happy to help (you will have noticed I already have) if we can collaborate and get the task done much quicker. Are you fine for this to happen? Regards, Willbb234 (talk) 20:26, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

@Willbb234: Hi, on the article's talk page there appears mostly disagree with adding flag. I refer you here. Regards --SalmanZ (talk) 21:39, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

Okay, I see. I don’t really agree with the users argument (xenophobic and extremely offensive?) but I won’t add anymore flags, so as not to annoy anyone. Although it still does look a little strange with half flags and no flags? Willbb234 (talk) 06:53, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

List of Nobel laureates

Hello, I have started the long and tedious process of removing flagicons from the page and was looking for help. I realised the page couldn't just stay the half finished way it is so I do decided to start removing them per the discussions on the talk page. I would greatly appreciate any help you can give with removing them. Regards, Willbb234 (talk) 15:45, 3 July 2019 (UTC)

@Willbb234:Hi, I appreciate you taking the time to remove flagicons, so, i'll take a part. B Regards. --SalmanZ (talk) 22:06, 3 July 2019 (UTC)

@Willbb234:Hi again, You have done everything yourself and have not left anything for me, thanks for your efforts. --SalmanZ (talk) 22:32, 3 July 2019 (UTC)

I asked on the Help Desk and someone knew a tool that could do it instantly! Regards, Willbb234 (talk) 06:09, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

@Willbb234:Hi, Thanks for your efforts. Regards. --SalmanZ (talk) 22:08, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

Ways to improve Wilfredo Alarcón

Hello, SalmanZ,

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@Polyamorph:Hi, Nice to meet you too:-) and thanks for help, Regards --SalmanZ (talk) 22:17, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

Deletion discussion about Luis Acevedo Andrade

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Red Phoenix ^talk 00:04, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

@Red Phoenix: Hi, Thanks for your warm message, and your interest in my article. Since I worked on similar articles such as the one about Chili or the mothers of the Plaza of Argentina, I got interested in Luis Acevedo Andrade's story too, especially when it was about disappearance as well during the Military dictatorship of Chile (1973–1990) era. I'm now trying to find more sources for this article. I will be happy if you can help more. Regards. --SalmanZ (talk) 14:51, 10 July 2019 (UTC)

Hi SalmanZ. It's nice to see that you are interested in the subject, and it sounds like a curious story. I did some looking for sources first before I began the discussion, but I came up empty-handed. Certainly that's where if you can find some more reliable sources that demonstrate the subject's notability, that will be what can build the article. If you can find some where I could not and add them to the article, and they're significantly reliable, I'll be glad to withdraw the deletion discussion. You can also discuss the matter with the community as a whole here. Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. Red Phoenix ^talk 15:26, 10 July 2019 (UTC)

@Red Phoenix: Thanks for your quick reply, I do my best. Regards. --SalmanZ (talk) 20:47, 10 July 2019 (UTC)

@Red Phoenix: Hi, please take a look at the work I have done so far, and would you tell me if there is anything else I have to do. Regards. --SalmanZ (talk) 21:33, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

I've left more comments at the article's deletion page. The work you've done so far is great, but we still need more about Luis Acevedo Andrade himself in reliable sources. As it stands, my personal opinion is that the couple of sources and little coverage we have so far is enough for a mention in Human rights violations in Pinochet's Chile, because we have a bit more on the crime itself, but still not enough for a full article. I'm actively monitoring, so if you do keep finding more, I will keep my ears open and provide more feedback. Red Phoenix ^talk 14:37, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

@Red Phoenix: Thanks for your reviewing my work. Best Regards. --SalmanZ (talk) 21:38, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

Global watchlist - Update 1

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General announcements

• Management has migrated to phabricator; to report a bug or request a feature, please create a new task with the script's tag
• Message translation has been reduced; for common messages that are already translated in mediawiki core, the system translations are used, in order to reduce duplication of efforts

Recent additions

• New pages are shown at the start of a site's feed
• Log entries are shown at the end of a site's feed
• Basic validation has been added to user settings, applied before saving
• Site validation has also been added; a site (excluding unique projects like wikidata, meta, commons, etc.) is considered to be valid if it is the form of "language.project", where both the language code and project name are valid. It does not, however, check that the actual site is valid; only that it could be. In other words, even though sco.wiktionary refers to a site that doesn't exist, it is considered valid, because sco is a valid language code (sco.wikipedia is a working site) and wiktionary is a valid project.

Announcements

• BREAKING CHANGE: Backwards compatibility supporting the use of sites as *.*.org (like 'en.wikipedia.org' or 'meta.wikimedia.org'), deprecated in version 1.7.5, will be removed soon; all sites should now be saved as *.* (like 'de.wikinews' or 'fr.wikisource')
• BREAKING CHANGE: Storing user sites as window.GlobalWatchlistSites, deprecated in version version 1.11.11, will be removed soon; all settings should be stored in the window.GlobalWatchlistConfig object
• Both of these breaking changes will be implemented alongside version 4.0; until then, any use of the config page (m:Special:BlankPage/GlobalWatchlistConfig) will result in saving settings in the newest format

Next release

Version 4.0 should be released in around a week. It will include the new features mentioned above, as well as removal of backwards compatibility for settings and sites.

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Global watchlist - Update 2

Updates associated with DannyS712's Global watchlist script:

General notes

• To report a bug or request a feature, please create a new task on Phabricator with the script's tag

Recent additions

• Site validation has been tightened. Previously, only the language code and project name had to be valid - now, they must be a valid combination (i.e. en.wikiversity exists, and so is valid, but sco.wikiversity is not valid, because no such wiki exists).
• When the global watchlist feed is loading, an OOUI widget will be shown, rather than an animated gif.
• An option has been added to no longer group edits to the same page. For now, this isn't very useful, since metadata for the edits (editor, summary, tags, etc.) are not yet shown, but they will be soon. Until then, ungrouped edits are treated the same as pages with only 1 edit - the minor and bot flags are displayed if applicable. If edits are grouped, the minor and bot flags are only shown if they apply to all of the edits.

Upcoming changes

• Starting with version 5.0, there will be an option at the settings page to switch to and from a "stable" version of the script. When activated, the script import in your global.js should be replaced, and then the page refreshed with the new script loaded. The stable script will live at m:User:DannyS712/Global watchlist/stable.js, and will be updated with each full release. Otherwise, it shouldn't be edited, providing a version that is less prone to bugs as the script is developed.

Announcements

• WARNING: Starting with version 5.1, the option to mark the pages of a site as seen be implemented using the entirewatchlist API option, rather than manually listing the titles. This is being done to simplify the implementation code. This will result in the same functionality as marking all pages as seen via Special:Watchlist (i.e. even if the page isn't visible due to your filter choices, it will still be marked as seen). If you would like to keep using the current method for a while, please switch to the stable branch.

Next release

Version 5.0 has just gone live. It includes the new features mentioned above.

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Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 22:43, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

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Global watchlist - Update 3

Updates associated with DannyS712's Global watchlist script:

Survey

• I am investigating adding more context to each entry that is shown (such as the edit summaries, tags, patrol marks, the user who made the edit, etc.). Is there any desire for such additions? If so, what should be added first, and what is a low priority? Please leave feedback on the relevant phabricator task, phab:T238300.

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• Site validation has been overhauled. Rather than hard-coding a list of valid sites, users will be able to watch any site where they have an attached local user account. If a site is rejected as invalid, please ensure that there is indeed a local account attached to your global account.
• Users will now be alerted regarding the results of attempting to update their settings.
• Live updates have been added - when activated, the script will refresh in the background, and then load the new feed, every 7.5 seconds. In the future, this frequency may be configurable.
• OOUI icons have been added to most buttons.
• There is now an option to eliminate the confirmation dialog when marking all sites as seen.

Announcements

• WARNING: Starting with version 6.1, site aliases currently used when saving settings will be removed, and only sites in the form of `lang.project` will be accepted.
• As noted in the last update, marking a site as seen now uses entirewatchlist, which means that any changes to watched pages between when the watchlist was loaded and when the site was "marked as seen" may be ignored.

Next release

Version 6.0 was just finalized for the development and stable branches of the script.

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Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 21:03, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

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Global watchlist - Update 4

Updates associated with DannyS712's Global watchlist script:

Recent additions

• A new "fast" mode has been introduced. When used, the watchlist serves as just a list of pages that have been modified, and no longer includes context about the edits themselves.
• More information has been added to entries. When edits are not grouped by page, or when there is only 1 edit to a page, minor and bot flags are shown, as well as the user who made the edit, the summary used, and any tags that were applied. When multiple entries are grouped, bot and minor flags are only shown if all of the grouped edits were made by bots or where marked as minor. If only 1 user edited the page, that user's name is still shown, but no summaries or tags are included.
• All watchlists are now fetched in parallel, rather than in series, greatly reducing load time.

Technical notes

• Most of the source code is now annotated with jsdoc notes, allowing others to more clearly understand and review the code.
• I will be looking into creating guidelines to let others contribute to the script; see phab:T238298.

Translations

• There is now proper qqq documentation for translations. Translation takes place at m:User:DannyS712/Global watchlist/Translate, and help is appreciated.
• Newly translated messages are added to the script when I notice them; if you have translated messages that aren't showing up, please let me know at m:User talk:DannyS712.

Next release

Version 7.0 was just finalized for the development and stable branches of the script.

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Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 04:37, 15 December 2019 (UTC)

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Global watchlist - Update 5

Updates associated with DannyS712's Global watchlist script:

Future development

• I have requested a grant to fund conversion of this script into an extension, as well as further development. Please see m:Grants:Project/Create a global watchlist extension.
• If anyone is interested in reviewing the code and making suggestions regarding coding style, techniques, or something else, please let me know. See phab:T234507 for more.

Recent additions

• I have added basic tests for the script, so bugs should be less likely to make their way to the deployed versions of the script (both the unstable development version, and the stable release version).
• If there is an error with the script, the user will be notified and and the console will include a stack trace of the issue.

Translations

• Many thanks to those that have contributed translations for the script's messages. Translation takes place at m:User:DannyS712/Global watchlist/Translate, and help is appreciated.
• Newly translated messages are added to the script when I notice them; if you have translated messages that aren't showing up, please let me know at m:User talk:DannyS712.

Next release

• Version 8.0 was just finalized for the development and stable branches of the script.

To subscribe or unsubscribe from future updates, see the distribution list.

Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 18:25, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

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Autopatrolled granted

Hi SalmanZ, I just wanted to let you know that I have added the "autopatrolled" permission to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature will have no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers. For more information on the autopatrolled right, see Wikipedia:Autopatrolled. However, you should consider adding relevant wikiproject talk-page templates, stub-tags and categories to new articles that you create if you aren't already in the habit of doing so, since your articles will no longer be systematically checked by other editors (User:Evad37/rater and User:SD0001/StubSorter.js are useful scripts which can help). Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! qedk (t 愛 c) 21:28, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

@QEDK: Thanks very much. --SalmanZ (talk) 21:42, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

Global watchlist - Update 6

Updates associated with DannyS712's Global watchlist script:

Future development

• I have requested a grant to fund conversion of this script into an extension, as well as further development. Please see m:Grants:Project/DannyS712/Create a global watchlist extension.
• If anyone is interested in reviewing the code and making suggestions regarding coding style, techniques, or something else, please let me know. See phab:T234507 for more.

Recent additions

• The results for each site, as well as the list of sites without changes, can be collapsed; the list of sites without changes starts collapsed.
• When the username associated with an edit has been hidden (either via revision deletion or suppression) this is now properly shown in the output, rather than showing "undefined".
• Links to view changes open in new tabs.
• When marking a site (or all sites) as seen, only changes made prior to the watchlist loading will be marked as seen, so that any changes since then are not missed.
• There is now a help link in the upper right hand corner that links to m:User:DannyS712/Global watchlist, though it doesn't have the normal help icon.

Translations

• Many thanks to those that have contributed translations for the script's messages. Translation takes place at m:User:DannyS712/Global watchlist/Translate, and help is appreciated.
• Newly translated messages are added to the script when I notice them; if you have translated messages that aren't showing up, please let me know at m:User talk:DannyS712.

Next release

• Version 9.0.0 was just finalized for the development and stable branches of the script.

To subscribe or unsubscribe from future updates, see the distribution list.

Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 03:11, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

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Global watchlist - Update 7

Updates associated with DannyS712's Global watchlist script and the Global watchlist extension:

Future development

I have received a grant from the WMF to develop this script into an extension. As a result, I do not plan on any further developments being made to the user script. Please see the grant page for more information. Those interested in reviewing and providing feedback for the extension should follow the new phabricator board, phabricator:tag/mediawiki-extensions-globalwatchlist.

Translations

Many thanks to those that have contributed translations for the script's messages. Now that I am working on an extension, translation has migrated to translatewiki. Please see:

• translatewiki:Special:Translate/ext-globalwatchlist
• translatewiki:Special:Translate/ext-globalwatchlist-api
• translatewiki:Special:Translate/ext-globalwatchlist-script

To subscribe or unsubscribe from future updates, see the distribution list.

Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 04:41, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

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Global watchlist - Update 8

Updates associated with DannyS712's Global watchlist script and the Global watchlist extension:

As I noted in the last issue, I received a grant from the WMF to develop the global watchlist script into an extension. That extension has now been deployed on Meta. Visit m:Special:GlobalWatchlistSettings to get started.

I do not plan on any further developments being made to the user script. I have released version 9.1.0 to both the dev and stable versions, which includes a notification about the extension being available when you use the user script. You can dismiss the notification, and the script still works, but it will no longer be maintained.

Those interested in providing feedback for the extension should use the phabricator board, phabricator:tag/mediawiki-extensions-globalwatchlist. Any bug reports about the extension should be filed there.

This will likely be the last update sent to this list.

Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 19:42, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

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Global watchlist - Update 9

Updates associated with DannyS712's Global watchlist script and the Global watchlist extension:

Hi everyone. As I noted in the last issue, I received a grant last year from the WMF to develop the global watchlist script into an extension. That extension has now been deployed on Meta. Visit m:Special:GlobalWatchlistSettings to get started.

That grant has ended, and I have requested another grant to continue development of the extension, and figured subscribers of the newsletter about the user script might be interested. You can see and comment on the grant request at m:Grants:Project/DannyS712/Continued work on GlobalWatchlist extension - if you support this, I hope you'll consider endorsing the request.

Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 00:28, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

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You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for abusing multiple accounts.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text at the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  JBW (talk) 21:52, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

SalmanZ (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

I'm being blocked because I "share interest in People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran" and a "large amount of low effort AFD !votes" with another user. This is complete nonsense. First, as far as I can remember I have never edited pages about People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran. And if my contributions are not appreciated in AFD, then I won't do them, but this doesn't mean that I have/use other accounts! SalmanZ (talk) 12:40, 17 June 2023 (UTC)

Decline reason:

On the one hand this is true ... you have never edited that page, nor is there any evidence you have edited any AfDs. So that makes me wonder ... where are you getting this from? Neither of these is mentioned on your talk page here, nor in the block message. Is it possible you might have gotten some information intended for another user (or, to put it less charitably, used the wrong account). — Daniel Case (talk) 06:38, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

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@Daniel Case: I don't understand. I was blocked because of this SPI against me, right? So what do you mean by "where are you getting this from?" --SalmanZ (talk) 21:40, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

I stand corrected. Another user informed me early yesterday (my time zone) that you had indeed made the edits you were referring to. I just hadn't looked that far back in your contributions, since it is common for most people blocked for sockpuppetry to allude to some of their most recent edits in their defense.

But as I have said also on my talk page to that user, anyone who lets things stick in their craw that long probably can't work well with others anyway. The user who corrected me also notes, in the only discussion on my talk page currently (I had to archive it this morning) that they have their own reasons for believing you have been properly blocked. Daniel Case (talk) 05:18, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

Daniel Case: For the interest in the MEK topic (not page), I considered Farsi Wikipedia contributions too. MarioGom (talk) 07:23, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

Daniel Case: I have not edited the MEK topic in the Farsi Wikipedia either, so I don't know what MarioGom is referring to. And what are you referring to when you write that "anyone who lets things stick in their craw that long probably can't work well with others anyway"? Is that remark about me? If so, how so? --SalmanZ (talk) 16:42, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

If something from two years ago is still bothering you, I don't think you'd understand the concept of dropping the stick and backing away from the horse carcass. Daniel Case (talk) 19:15, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

Daniel Case: What happened two years ago that is supposedly "still bothering" me? I really don't understand this. --SalmanZ (talk) 14:11, 22 June 2023 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

SalmanZ (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

Daniel Case denied my unblock request because of something that he says happened two years ago that's "still bothering" me, but I don't know what he means and he is not responding to my question about what he means. I was blocked because of sockpupetry on a shared interest with topic related to People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran but I have never edited this topic. SalmanZ (talk) 13:56, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

Decline reason:

Multiple editors have evaluated the edits between SalmanZ and MA Javadi, both here and on MA Javadi's talk page, and determined that they are either WP:SOCK or WP:MEAT. This will need to be addressed before an unblock request can be successful. Z1720 (talk) 17:50, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

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What connection do you have to MA Javadi? How do you know this user? Z1720 (talk) 15:33, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

@Z1720: I don't know MA Javadi beyond whatever page where we may have coincided. --SalmanZ (talk) 12:34, 1 August 2023 (UTC)