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New Page Review Newsletter No.10

Hello Shellwood, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

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George Avery

Since there are four entries on Wikipedia with names that are identical or very similar to George Avery, I propose a disambiguation page. --Melchior2006 (talk) 16:47, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

@Melchior2006: Hi and thanks for explaining this, I looked over the matter and agree with you. Shellwood (talk) 16:53, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

gotcha. I set up the disambig (again). --Melchior2006 (talk) 05:46, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	For spending half an hour reverting 80 or so edits by 24.30.235.210. I tried to help, but despite all my F5-ing skills, I found that you reverted practically everything before I got a chance :). Do you have any advice about fighting vandalism? LittlePuppers (talk) 18:35, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

@LittlePuppers: Thank you LittlePuppers, this is very kind. I just used good ol' rollback and kept an eye on the IPs contributions :) Shellwood (talk) 18:45, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

Okay, thanks! LittlePuppers (talk) 19:26, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Isn't April 1st fun? Good thing you have quick fingers! (I know you just got this banner but you deserve it again) HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 22:35, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

Your fingers are quicker than a Swedish hockey player! Actually scratch that. A Canadian hockey player. We're better. Great job today Shellwood! Your work here is absolutely invaluable. Keep up the phenomenal work! Jith12 (talk) 22:44, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

@HickoryOughtShirt?4:,@Jith12: Thank you both for these kind words, you guys are also doing a fantastic job! Shellwood (talk) 23:15, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

Hello

I was on the vandalism page but I can't edit it, did you remember this guy, 173.56.19.140, the one who kept emptying the article Breaking bar? Can you report him? Thanks, and sorry for disturbance. HueMan1 (talk) 00:10, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

@HueMan1: Hi HueMan1, I have issued a final warning to the IP and the vandalism seems to have stopped, hopefully for good. But I will make a report to WP:AIV if the disruptive editing continues. Shellwood (talk) 00:20, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi Shellwood, the change I made on Avicii's page was due to the fact that I did not feel the method of his suicide had to be mentioned, it is quite graphic and could be unpleasant to read. I understand that that's not necessarily a reason to omit it but the method of suicide is not in my opinion very informative, in this case it may be better to omit the details. I am a new wikipedia editor and am not in the habit of leaving edit remarks. I will leave the decision of whether to keep or omit the details up to your better judgement. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lmomjian (talk • contribs) 22:10, 3 May 2018 (UTC)

@Lmomjian: Hi, Wikipedia is not censored, the content you removed is well-sourced, see here:WP:UNCENSORED. Shellwood (talk) 22:17, 3 May 2018 (UTC)

Yeah. If it served a purpose I would totally understand including it. But it seems senseless and unnecessary. But that's just my opinion. Thanks. Lmomjian —Preceding undated comment added 00:10, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

@Lmomjian: Ok but that is your opinion. Shellwood (talk) 10:15, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

Trying to Correct Naming Convention for RED Digital Cinema Pages

Hello Shellwood,

I keep getting messages stating that I will be blocked with my disruptive editing. I'm honestly just trying to fix the naming conventions, because RED Digital Cinema names their products with capital letters. The way it is now (as lowercase) is not correctly matching how the cameras and products are named. Would you please let me correct any capitalizations, without being blocked? I can give you sources to show you how they name.

http://www.red.com/

http://www.red.com/products/weapon — Preceding unsigned comment added by MsuhP612 (talk • contribs) 21:30, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	For the hours of time that I see you spend on Wikipedia reverting vandalism. This one's for you :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 03:22, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

@Oshwah:Thank you very much Oshwah :) Shellwood (talk) 03:47, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

Another barnstar for you!

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		I know you've received one recently, but you've beaten me to reverting vandalism enough times that I'm going to give this to you! SemiHypercube (talk) 21:24, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

@SemiHypercube: Thanks! Keep up the good work you too! Shellwood (talk) 22:08, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

NPR Bronze Award

		The New Page Reviewer's Bronze Award
		For over 1000 new page reviews in the last year, thank you very much for your help at New Pages Patrol! — Insertcleverphrasehere (or here) 00:06, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	For fighting a wave of vandalism on the Cape Town International Airport article on the 14th April 2018. It must have been quite tedious rolling back so many vandals making so many attempted changes from so many different IP addresses.--Discott (talk) 15:53, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

@Discott: Thank you very much Discott! Yes that was tough one, lets just hope the vandalism won't return once the semi-protection is lifted. Shellwood (talk) 16:47, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Thank you for catching and reverting my copy/paste blunder on the Qazi-Markouizos syndrome page--I was doing too much at one time!

Miscellanye (talk) 20:16, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

Thank you. Shellwood (talk) 15:23, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you for the prompt warning for Jersey Reds.--Dthomsen8 (talk) 01:40, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Not constructive?

Hi, thanks for the vigilance, but I think corrections are constructive. I have The_Talented_Mr._Ripley_(film) recorded from TV and checked the scene in question to make sure I got this right. Your revert is a mistake: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Talented_Mr._Ripley_(film)&oldid=prev&diff=837277945 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dumol (talk • contribs) 20:46, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

@Dumol:Thanks for explaning this, everything is restored now. Shellwood (talk) 20:53, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

@Shellwood:Thanks! Should I delete this now? Or can you do it for me please? I'm not that versed into Wikipedia's ways. If you have advice on avoiding getting such minor corrections reversed, I'm all ears.

@Dumol: You mean this conversation? There is no need for that. Shellwood (talk) 17:47, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

@Shellwood: Ok, thanks. 20:11, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

Please refrain from nonconstructive criticism. As well, keep your opinions in check. You are no omnipotent arbiter on what is or is not relevant to people. So keep your opinions to the side and focus on editing out misinformation. Thank you.

Thanks a lot

I say this to every user who thanks me for edits, but thanks. I always love getting it, as it encourages me to keep going, and keep helping out. Rock on. UnsungKing123 (talk) 16:25, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

@UnsungKing123: You are doing great job! Shellwood (talk) 17:40, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

You were mentioned in Modern Diplomacy

[1] ^Falling_Gravity 03:58, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

@FallingGravity: Hahaha thanks for letting me know! Shellwood (talk) 15:24, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

Hiya, what more information do you need?

Hello I noticed you flagged my post for speedy deletion, I was wondering what is missing? Please do give my tips since this is the first new wiki page I've ever created.

Or maybe you could help me create the page?

Trilleplay (talk) 17:08, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

Hello you flagged my Wiki Page Creation..

Hello you flagged my Wiki Page creation titled "Tristan Farkas" It is in my belief that the issues mentioned has been resolved, and that it now fufills all of the requirements. Please get in touch if you belive something is missing. (P.S some people already (including me) decided to contest the ruling that the wiki page shoud be removed, you mind taking a look at it, Thanks :P )

Best of Regards, Trilleplay

@Trilleplay: Your article was deleted(for the second time) because the subject had no credible indication of importance and fails per WP:A7. You are welcome to write new articles but the subject must be notable, see here for more information WP:N and WP:BIO. But I highly advise you not to try and recreate the deleted article. Shellwood (talk) 21:06, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

April 2018

Hi There You reverted my changes to the Newfoundland Song "The Ryans and The Pittmans" I think you threw out the baby with the bathwater. Obviously the "bbbb" was a typo that occurred because of my finger hitting the 'b' by accident moving the pointer from the IBM speed ball on the keyboard, so sorry about that. However, the changes to provide a definition for "mainboom" instead of a link to an empty page were constructive, so I wish you had left that there, instead of reverting everything! Cheers

@Jkacur:I see, please be more careful next time and review your edit before publishing it. Shellwood (talk) 17:05, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

Will do, thanks for putting the good part back!

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Luke Gallows

Hello, I made a slight edit to the Luke Gallows page, and I'm new to this whole endeavour and didn't know how to add one, if it would be possible, could you add the address to the podcast in question? It's at https://omny.fm/shows/talk-is-jericho/tij-ep451-tns-sobernyc-fullshow — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.28.180.123 (talk) 10:06, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

Unfair deletion of ANUSHA GUNASEKERA

please try to understand that being a muncipal councillor means holding an office in the local government which meet the notability guidelines for a politician so remove the deletion nomination. 2nd Innings (talk) 11:52, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

@2nd Innings: And you please try to understand how an AfD process works. Bring your case to the AfD debate about that article and stop remvoing the template, you have already been given a final warning. Shellwood (talk) 11:59, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Unfair deletion of ANUSHA GUNASEKERA

i won't delete the tag but please help me to keep the article about this notable personality who is known by many sri lankans as he as been holding offices in the local government which automatically gives him the notability despite the wikipedians doesn't understad it. 2nd Innings (talk) 12:07, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

@2nd Innings: Im glad to hear that. Im afraid there is little I can do to help you save the article, since Im totally unfamiliar with the subject. An AfD usually closes after a week so you might what to keep it under your watchlist until then. Shellwood (talk) 12:31, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Torch / Flashlight

Wikpedia currently carries a US English Title and for this Topic and appears to be aggressively defending it. The Oxford Dictionary sides with Torch- a portable means of illumination, acknowledging the US word of "FLASHLIGHT" as an alternative despite this being used initially as a product description by manufacturer. Changing this would seem to be the correct thing to do. The word Torch, is, it seems , being adopted in US English to describe a Stick with with combustible material at one end, which is up to the US. However, if Wikpedia is genuinely to become a world resource, the world -wide name in use should take preference. Until this is the case, Wikpedia should carry a Language disclaimer at the forefront of any definition that the dominant content in Wikpedia will be US English and that the Definitions contained are only appropriate to The US. WIKPEDIA should also stop asking for donations from outside the US if they wish only to serve the one Language and region.

The same would be said in the Petrol vs Gasoline argument. More countries around the world say Petrol Rather than Gasoline but guess which one Wikpedia uses.

Often busy with Work.....? not when someone edits Flashlight though ???

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/torch https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/torch

torch (plural torches)

A stick with a flame on one end, used chiefly as a light source; a similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material. The mob of angry villagers carried torches and pitchforks to the vampire's castle. THE US

(Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) A portable light source powered by electricity; a flashlight. - The Majority of English speaking Countries........

Ernst slipped and dropped his torch on the flagstones, shattering the bulb and plunging us into darkness. (slang, US) An arsonist. Short form for blowtorch or oxy-gas torch

I call it a torch, but the name here has been decided as flashlight. The difference between countries/cultures is mentioned in the article; putting your opinion at the head of the article isn't the way to go forward. If you truly believe that it should change, you should go to the talk page and open a discussion; i can almost bet, however, without looking, that it has been tried before, and we have decided not to change it. Happy days, Lindsay^Hello 15:39, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Blood curse

Thanks for reverting DeusVultKKK (talk · contribs). I'm not warning them since I am certain they are a sock of the multiple vandals at blood curse (check out the edit history). I reported them to AIV, requested page protection, and reported them to an admin who is familiar with their behaviour. Thanks so much for the help! HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 23:09, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

@HickoryOughtShirt?4: I see, the user got an indef now, hopefully this pattern wont return. Shellwood (talk) 23:16, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

Some baklava for you!

I don't know why, but here. Aceing_Winter_Snows_Harsh_Cold (talk) 00:21, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

@Aceing Winter Snows Harsh Cold: Thanks! Shellwood (talk) 00:29, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

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User:Stringcatt

I have opened an AN/I regarding this user here: Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#User:Stringcatt regards Mztourist (talk) 07:01, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

Statements of Truth

Deleted and of cipourse the editor indefinitely blocked. He wrote "hell seger deport neger" on the talk page as the reason not to delete. Doug Weller talk 20:26, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

@Doug Weller: Hi, I apprectie the deletion. I didnt see the statement above that Gaius made but I think it speaks for itself about his intentions here. Shellwood (talk) 14:36, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

Yes. I've known about his politics for sometime, but he behaved. Until this. Doug Weller talk 16:18, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

Any idea?

Hi,

Do you have any idea what this is about?

Acroterion has asked the user about this edit on their talk page but I thought I'd also ask you here as I have a feeling we're unlikely to get a straight response from the editor.

I wondered if it is someone's sock? The reason being is that they mention Courcelles randomly before posting randomly on the anti-vandal bot's talk page. Yet from the talk page history neither Courcelles or ClueBot NG appear to have interacted with the user before.

I'm just a little suspicious of them as the edit to ClueBot NG's talk page is very strange!--5 albert square (talk) 05:54, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

• I've been very suspicious of this account myself, best I can determine, he was an IP hopper who vandalised TV seasons and decided to create an account? Courcelles (talk) 12:31, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

I did wonder the same myself Courcelles but posting "say hello to my little friend" on the anti-vandal bot's talk page is something a sockpuppet would be likely to post. 5 albert square (talk) 13:33, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

@5 albert square:@Courcelles: I have no idea of what is going on here, this user has posted messages on my talk page before, basically just nonsense. Shellwood (talk) 15:24, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

Thank you Shellwood. I've warned them for doing this. I'll keep watch on them as well. I was in two minds whether to block for trolling! 5 albert square (talk) 18:01, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

I've now blocked them. After this edit it came across as trolling.........--5 albert square (talk) 21:19, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

RE: Spam

Sorry about that, Shellwood! I forgot to revert my revert to the Spam page after I figured out it was accidentally bunk. Show me as tired today! - zfJames Please ping me in your reply on this page (chat page , contribs) 20:30, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

@ZfJames: No problem at all, this happens to me too. Keep on reverting the vandalism, you are doing a good job! Shellwood (talk) 20:36, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

My email I believe has been hacked through wikipedia

Okay, so I changed the password and stuff for this account, and I don't remember requesting any account.

Dimosera (talk) 15:28, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) If that's the case your account could be compromised so I'm going to block it. 5 albert square (talk) 17:49, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

Beretta M1918 Edit

The page on the Beretta M1918 need to be eddited to remove WW1. No historian has found any proof the firearm was used in WW1 production of the firearm started in late 1918 If the Firearm had been used in the front some paper work would of been found by some historians on the weapons performance or at the very least there would be a paper trail of units being sent to the front we would know what unit would of hard them and what numbers. the fact we dont have those numbers say's it did not enter service till after the war had ended sicne we have documentation of those numbers after the war ended. — Preceding unsigned comment added by StrikerofLife (talk • contribs) 06:58, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

@StrikerofLife: Hi and thanks for notifying me, the references[2] and here [3] does indeed state that they were introduced 1918, other than the lack of sources to verify this do you have any reference to another introduction date than 1918? Shellwood (talk) 11:25, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

A show called C&R Arsenal on youtube would post a link but Wikipedia does not permit youtube links are doing a show about all WW1 small fire arms used in the war. and as per there research and the research of people they use as sources witch includes Ian from Forgotten weapons . They were adopted in 1918 but did not see any battle time as per reports from historians. and trust me they been digging at any little use of a weapon on the front so much so the have an episode on the Krag because it saw service with 1 black line troop. it could of been adopted after the war it was just adopted at the time of the war. but adoption and serviced at two different things. The fact is no one has found historical evidence it saw combat or was actually issued to troops during the war. if your going to say it was issued durring the war a source would be needed not just the fact it was adopted the same year the war was on/ended. — Preceding unsigned comment added by StrikerofLife (talk • contribs)

@StrikerofLife: I agree with you, adoption and a practical use are different things, as I see it the article needs more sources to verify the claims of its use in 1918. I think it would be best to template the article Template:More_citations_needed and start a discussion about this on the talk page. There is no outright ban on using youtube videos as sources, but in practice it is seldom done. Shellwood (talk) 13:16, 12 May 2018 (UTC)

Schoolbags for Kids

Hey, easy on the vandalism warnings, ok? Save them for real vandalism, not people who are trying to figure out how to edit. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 15:11, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

Warnings stroken, thanks for letting me know. Shellwood (talk) 15:26, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for helping

Syntax got wrong. However, wanted to remove outdated characterisation of Centre party as Agrarian. How do you propose to proceed? Kent Ola Andersson (talk) 15:31, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

@Kent Ola Andersson: Hi, the source states it as ex-agrarian yes, however the article about Nordic agrarian parties labels the party as centerist-agrarian based on different sources. There is no question that the party has moved away from its traditional agrarian ideology in many aspects. I have no problem with you omitting that part(although others might object) it would be wise to bring the issue to the talk page of the article before. Just be careful not to remove any other sourced content as you did before. Shellwood (talk) 15:57, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

Hi Shellwood

I'm not sure is I'm doing this the right way but I'm trying to start a page on Ron Stallworth, the police officer that infiltrated the KKK and is the subject of a new film. There's a lot of information available on him, and I moved the info on Ron Stallworth the football player to Ron Stallworth (American football). Meanwhile I need to work through creating the new page on Ron Stallworth the police officer and add all the sourcing. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks. Amsgearing (talk) 12:23, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

So I went ahead and added the complete page, with sources. I hope this meets with your approval, and as before, I welcome any suggestions or advice you have to offer. It's my first real page creation and I mostly cut-n-pasted format from other bio pages to try and fit the Wikipedia format. Thanks. Amsgearing (talk) 23:21, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

@Amsgearing: Thank you for taking the time explaining this and writing the article, it looks fine to me. Shellwood (talk) 00:37, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

Thank you! I'm glad you think it's okay. Amsgearing (talk) 00:39, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

Precious

reverting vandalism

Thank you for expanding Culture of Austria, for corrections to articles around Sweden, for reverting vandalism with quick fingers, for service from 2006, for "Keep on reverting the vandalism, you are doing a good job!" - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:04, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: Thank you. Shellwood (talk) 00:37, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

Would you like to join the WikiRavens?

Hey Shellwood. Im impressed with your anti-vandalism work! I was wondering if you would like to join my Anti-Vandalism team, the WikiRavens. If so, just let me know on my Talk page. It would be great to have you. GreyPage (talk) 20:41, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

Mantle convection vandalism

Just messaged an admin via IRC to handle the situation. Thanks for helping out. --JustBerry (talk) 21:28, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

John Edward.

He's a fraud. Not merely a fraud, but one who preys on the emotions of the bereaved in a most vicious and cynical manner. Are you one of the people employed by frauds like Edward to scrub their Wikipedia pages? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.231.167.121 (talk) 03:23, 17 May 2018 (UTC)

Please read through the WP:BLP policy before you edit again. Shellwood (talk) 13:19, 17 May 2018 (UTC)

Hi Shellwood

Hi Shellwood  ! I really appreciate you reaching out to me on the edit i made on Godswill Akpabio. I saw the content as promotional which led me to deleting it. Thank you for reaching out to me, i'm still learning. I definitely appreciate you. CHEERS! Biggiepopa (talk) 22:14, 17 May 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Great work fighting vandalism today with me! RexPatricius (talk) 22:18, 17 May 2018 (UTC)

@RexPatricius:Thank you very much for this and for your work on Ngo Dinh Diem. Shellwood (talk) 23:01, 17 May 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2018 May 18

Hi Shellwood, Greetings to you. I have reverted your and mine edits on Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2018 May 18 page as I was informed by user:75.67.58.188 that their had nominated the file to be deleted at Wikimedia Common. Upon checking, it was such edit was performed. For such I have restored the Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2018 May 18 and reverted the reverts we both actioned. Thank you and have a good day. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 00:52, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

@CASSIOPEIA: Hello, I see, thanks for looking into this. Shellwood (talk) 01:01, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

Hi Shellwood, Thank you for your understanding :) and see you around at HG. Have a wonderful day. CASSIOPEIA^(talk) 01:14, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

@CASSIOPEIA: Yeah you too, cheers! Shellwood (talk) 01:17, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of my article

yeah you can delete it but make sure it ends up in Wikipedia:Deleted articles with freaky titles (this is frizzyisme btw)

Could you please report IP 73.158.170.153 to administrators?

Hi, this IP (73.158.170.153) is persistently doing disruptive editing on UC Berkeley's page [[4]]. Could you please report this IP to administrator noticeboard to have it blocked? Or, perhaps, have the Berkeley's page protected? This IP and several other related IP addresses had been blocked for many times before. 128.135.98.172 (talk) 05:49, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

@128.135.98.172: Hello, yes there is something disruptive going on here. The article is now semi-protected and the IP hasn't made any edits since their last warning so there is no reason to report them for now, but I will keep an eye on this. Shellwood (talk) 16:10, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

wiki

In this article yadavs are mentioned non elite it's untrue. Many yadavs are land owing and having high number of cattles with them. Many sources saying that they are chandravanshi Kshatriya. These word and some false quotes hurts Yadav community.

Today Yadavs constitutes 20% of India’s population and over 3% of world population-in terms of sheer numbers this translate to 20 crores or 200 millions. Yadav’s are the largest race in the history of the whole world. Out of 223 countries in whole world, there are only 4 countries including India with over 200 million population. It has been truly said that yadav’s are not merely a community but a “nation” in themselves.

Ravi58649 (talk) 20:36, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

@Ravi58649: Hi, the problem with your last edit was that you removed a large part of sourced content without explaining why or seek an agreement before doing it. Was it really necessary to remove it all? Shellwood (talk) 20:46, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

OK I know I want to reedit this article with some new sources kindly remove the word non elite it hurts the ancient community Ravi58649 (talk) 20:52, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

See the article talk page. It has been discussed to death. - Sitush (talk) 08:34, 22 May 2018 (UTC)

Merged

Since you were associated and also reviewed my page "Nagraj (disambiguation)", therefore I thought it best to notify you that I had merged "Nagaraj" with "Nagraj (disambiguation)" and converted "Nagaraj" into a redirect to "Nagraj (disambiguation)". If you were already watching then please ignore this message. Harsh Rathod Poke me! 10:56, 22 May 2018 (UTC)

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Continued messing around in business ethics

Hallo, you may want to do something more about the IP-address whose latest edits to Business ethics I have [just reverted]. PJTraill (talk) 12:32, 26 May 2018 (UTC)

@PJTraill: Hi, the situation seems to have calmed down for now. If the vandalism continues consider filing a request for page protection. Shellwood (talk) 16:04, 26 May 2018 (UTC)