Sam Sailor

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Rewriting of a page

Hello Sam,

I've just uploaded a draft for submission ( Nonso Okapla) but it's been flagged as advertising.

I would much appreciate any pointers on how to rewrite it to become encyclopedic. Thanks. Tobeaninyei (talk) 10:27, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

The best way would be to spend some months becoming acquainted with Wikipedia and the it's writing style. Draft:Nonso Okpala as it stands is unbearably promotional, and, not to much surprise, many sentences are copied directly from the sources. Sam Sailor 10:35, 17 October 2024 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 43, 2024)

Hello, Sam Sailor. The article for improvement of the week is: Image Please be bold and help improve it! Previous selections: Longshore drift • Navy Get involved with the AFI project: Nominate an article • Review nominations Posted by: MusikBot talk 00:05, 21 October 2024 (UTC) using MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of WikiProject AFI •

Editor experience invitation

Hi Sam. I'm looking for experienced editors to interview here. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 13:50, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

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Fix a random page lacking sources

Cielquiparle (talk) 13:02, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

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Thank you

Hey, Sam. I just want you to know that the things you're writing on our common friend's page are appreciated. If they edit again without even trying to do anything about the points you're telling them about, it'll be time for a CIR block. Bishonen | tålk 21:26, 16 November 2024 (UTC).