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Education in Malaysia

Ref number 8 is wrong. Please leave in quote. Thankyou175.32.130.92 (talk) 06:46, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

 Done Eagleash (talk) 06:57, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

Please fix if you can - references 9 and 20. Also, a publication listed at the bottom of the page in the "Further reading" section is in red. please fix. thanks 175.32.130.92 (talk) 07:23, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

 Done that too... (and sections here, merged) Eagleash (talk) 11:21, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

La Salle School, Klang

Ref number 5 is in red. Please leave in quote. Thanks 175.32.130.92 (talk) 06:48, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

 Done Eagleash (talk) 06:58, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

Re: Satellite Utilisation Policy

Hey! This article doesn't really have any importance other than just being a policy that allowed for the creation of the ASA. Furthermore, it's such a basic article (I mean, it's two sentences with the only source being a broken link to a community newspaper) that it doesn't serve its purpose as any sort of informative source. Would this be a candidate for deletion? ItsPugle (talk) 12:04, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

ItsPugle, Perhaps not outright deletion, but its a good candidate for WP:ATD-R: being turned into a redirect instead. I have gone ahead and done that. If you have the wish, the content from the Policy article could be added into the ASA article, or at least part of it. Captain Eek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 19:37, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

CaptainEek, I didn't even think about redirecting it; great work! The policy (from what I know of it) doesn't really seem that important in the reality of ASA so I don't think it's really worth including.Thank you so much. ItsPugle (talk) 00:48, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

Change of Image

Hi,

Request you to assist me on changing an image for an artist namely Sonnalli Seygall. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 8711sanand (talk • contribs) 12:10, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

@8711sanand: sure. First, you must own the copyright to the new image. If not, then you should assist the image's copyright owner in creating their own login on Wikipedia and uploading the image. Alternatively, if you find an image that is explicitly licensed with a compatible copyright license, you can use it. Do not skip this step. If you upload copyrighted unlicensed material we will delete it. Next, get the image file onto your computer. Then, click on the "upload file" link in the left-hand column of any Wikipedia page (e.g., this one), or click here, and follow the instructions: this will make the image available to then insert in the article. Please come back here if you encounter a difficulty -Arch dude (talk) 16:23, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

Help to Delete my account

Would you help me to Delete my account? I don't want to be a Contributor anymore to this "charitable" org. I made some contributions, but unqualified editors (Theroadislong, Spintendo, Seraphomblade) started deleting my input without good faith, knowledge of Russian lang. or Russian Art and Culture, and Theroadislong even deleted my name in other articles where my name is mentioned, as probably retaliation because I mentioned their names in my complain (DRN). I don't know what motive of using the editor's power is behind of it, but I tiered of this unqualified editing and unneeded discussion and accusations. I am done with it. Good luck. Thank you, Toreeva (talk) 17:34, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

@Toreeva: Your account can not be deleted. Wikipedia policies require all contribution to be properly attributed, so everything you write or modify at Wikipedia remains assigned to your account and so the account must persist. If you do not want to contribute any more, just do not contribute. Nothing more needs be done. --CiaPan (talk) 19:21, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

@Toreeva: That is sad and unforunate to hear. I hope you contribute to Wikipedia at some point in the future and I hope you have a better experience here. // sikander { talk } 🦖 22:12, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for information. Regards,Toreeva (talk) 04:44, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

Courtesy ping User:Theroadislong User:Spintendo User:Seraphimblade Turner Street (talk) 15:30, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

Submission rejection

Hi,

On November 4, I submitted the article titled "Geotechnology" and was rejected by the reason: "submission is not adequately supported by reliable sources". I carefully reread my article and added multiple links and references wherever it was possible. Although I ran out of additional possible "reliable sources" to support the article, I state that: the term "Geotechnology" is supported by (1) reliable publication in Mining Engineering Magazine AND (2) Wikipedia article (in Russian - "ru:Геотехнология"). All other statements in the article such as names of institutes, universities, etc. provided with links to the relevant Wikipedia articles.

I asked the reviewer to explain me what is wrong with the submission and what I should do to overcome the rejection, but I failed to receive the answer.

I would appreciate if you could explain me what's wrong with my article and how to fix it. I will appreciate if you'd write me directly on my email.

Thank you, Greg Abramov BHMI (talk) 23:09, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

Courtesy link: Draft:Geotechnology. @BHMI: Please read WP:REFB for how to do citations, instead of embedding as external links. RudolfRed (talk) 23:25, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

Hello, BHMI. The Mining Engineering citation might well be a good one, but Wikipedia (in any language) is not a reliable source, as it is user-generated. It is possible that some of the sources cited in ru: Геотехнология would serve. --ColinFine (talk) 00:32, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

@BHMI: Your article appears to be, among other things, a definition of the term "geotechnology". But if you google for this term, you find that is is not in particularly common use, and when it is use, it means something different in English than your draft describes It appears to refer to geotechnical engineering. But this is the English encyclopedia. I don't think a Russian-language reference is appropriate for the definition of an English-language term. Your subject may still be suitable (or not, I have no opinion) if you can find multiple reliable sources in any language, but the title of the article and the use of "geotechnology" does not seem appropriate to me unless you can find multiple reliable English-language sources using this term in this sense.-Arch dude (talk) 18:55, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref no input

I made a reference but it continues to say there is no content between the <ref> tags despite there being some....HELP

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Jessica Cragun (talk • contribs) 23:34, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

If you look right at the top of the article where the error message appears, the wikitext begins with <ref></ref>. --David Biddulph (talk) 23:43, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

(edit conflict)@Jessica Cragun: Hello, with this edit, ref tags were added at the top of the markup. I have Removed them. (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.) Please also link to the page in question when posting at the help desk. Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 23:47, 16 November 2019 (UTC)