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Your GA nomination of Japanese transport ship Unyo Maru No. 2
The article Japanese transport ship Unyo Maru No. 2 you nominated as a good article has passed 
; see Talk:Japanese transport ship Unyo Maru No. 2 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sturmvogel 66 -- Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 12:42, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
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Archibald Lang McLean
Why have you classified him as an American bacteriologist? I see no evidence of this. Shipsview (talk) 17:33, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
- Oops! Sorry, I didn't correct the short desc. Thank you for telling me. Lettlerhello • contribs 17:41, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for your contributions to the article. However, the 10-year-old Babson is known not for dying of leukemia (always fatal in the early 1960s) but for insisting--literally on her deathbed--on donating her corneas for transplant after she saw a TV program on cornea donation; this encouraged many other Canadians to do so. Stay well and all the best, Miniapolis 22:43, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
- As a general rule, I usually like less-complicated short descriptions then more complicated ones. "Canadian cancer victim" seemed more concise then "Canadian girl notable for encouraging others to donate their corneas". Lettlerhello • contribs 22:45, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
Category:Deaths from cancer in Lazio
Please explain what this category that you created means. Xxanthippe (talk) 21:24, 26 October 2020 (UTC).
- It lists deaths from cancer in the Lazio region of Italy. Lettlerhello • contribs 21:25, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks. Would Category:Deaths from cancer in Lazio (Italy) be clearer for readers? Xxanthippe (talk) 21:56, 26 October 2020 (UTC).
- Admittedly, there aren't any other major places called Lazio, so I think Category:Deaths from cancer in Lazio would be clearer. Lettlerhello • contribs 22:01, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
- What about Category:Deaths from cancer in Lazio? Thia would give readers an indication of what Lazio is. The name is not so well known as other nearby regions of Italy. Xxanthippe (talk) 23:07, 26 October 2020 (UTC).
- Why would we link Lazio in the category title? I think the best resolution would be noting that Lazio is a region of Italy in the article space itself. Lettlerhello • contribs 23:14, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
- Because that won't mean anything to people who just see the category on a BIO page. An important mission of Wikipedia is to give its readers as much clarity as possible. (talk) 02:11, 27 October 2020 (UTC).
- Why would we link Lazio in the category title? I think the best resolution would be noting that Lazio is a region of Italy in the article space itself. Lettlerhello • contribs 23:14, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
- What about Category:Deaths from cancer in Lazio? Thia would give readers an indication of what Lazio is. The name is not so well known as other nearby regions of Italy. Xxanthippe (talk) 23:07, 26 October 2020 (UTC).
- Admittedly, there aren't any other major places called Lazio, so I think Category:Deaths from cancer in Lazio would be clearer. Lettlerhello • contribs 22:01, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks. Would Category:Deaths from cancer in Lazio (Italy) be clearer for readers? Xxanthippe (talk) 21:56, 26 October 2020 (UTC).
Your GA nomination of German submarine U-710
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article German submarine U-710 you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. 
This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sturmvogel 66 -- Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 09:21, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Japanese landing ship No. 1
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Japanese landing ship No. 1 you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sturmvogel 66 -- Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 09:21, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
Melanie Appleby
Hi, I reverted your edit removing the Category:Deaths from cancer from Melanie Appleby's page. I may have jumped the gun a little, assuming you had reverted it because there has been some recent back-and-forth editing of the page to change the category of death from cancer to pneumonia. After checking the Category:Deaths from cancer page, I see that it is meant to only be used for people who've had some public role in advocating for cancer diagnosis/treatment, rather than a list of every notable person who had died from cancer (without specifying the type) - as this would obviously be a long list, and that was probably your intention in removing this category. While Melanie's page is currently quite bare on details about her illness, she did actually have some role in advocating for cancer awareness/treatment, as she e.g. did a couple of TV interviews in 1988, after her diagnosis was made public, to discuss her illness and also to advocate for increased funding for teenage-specific cancer wards (e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJfy9nRSG3M ). I therefore feel that the Category:Deaths from cancer tag is warranted on her page, although it does not currently contains a lot of detail about her advocating role. Furthermore, it would be difficult to slot her into one of the more-specific cancer death by site categories, as Melanie's cancer type, malignant paraganglioma (a cancer of neuroendocrine cells), is rare to begin with, and extremely rare to have started in the liver, as her cancer did - I don't think it would be accurately described as 'liver cancer', even though it started there.Nqr9 (talk) 01:59, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
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Dissolution
Hello, thank you for reviewing Dissolution (politics). I have a query though, whilst I agree the page isn't particularly well-referenced, the vast amount of articles the page links to are, to the point it is mostly a collection of wikilinks. The subheading are mostly copied from the leads of the article in question (I added the attribution template to the talk page), and the pages the article links to are definitely well referenced. Question is the article truly unreferenced if it is just a summary of a wide range of detailed referenced articles? Abcmaxx (talk) 19:50, 25 November 2020 (UTC)
- @Abcmaxx: All articles need to be properly referenced with verifiable citations to follow Wikipedia's guidelines. See Wikipedia:Citing sources. Lettlerhello • contribs 20:07, 25 November 2020 (UTC)
- @Lettler: Yes I am fully aware, not really my question though. If article Z points to articles A, B and C, and ABC are 3 very well referenced articles with lots of academic citations, with article Z merely pointing to them in more detail, then surely if something is un-referenced then it is a problem of articles A, B or C rather than article Z surely, as article Z is just the parent article? Abcmaxx (talk) 20:13, 25 November 2020 (UTC)
- @Abcmaxx: I noted Wikipedia:Citing sources because it is a guideline that all individual Wikipedia articles should have citations and sources. The fact that Dissolution (politics) has very little sources has nothing to do with the articles it summarizes. Lettlerhello • contribs 20:17, 25 November 2020 (UTC)
- @Lettler: Yes I am fully aware, not really my question though. If article Z points to articles A, B and C, and ABC are 3 very well referenced articles with lots of academic citations, with article Z merely pointing to them in more detail, then surely if something is un-referenced then it is a problem of articles A, B or C rather than article Z surely, as article Z is just the parent article? Abcmaxx (talk) 20:13, 25 November 2020 (UTC)
Please don't use expletives in edit summaries. Espresso Addict (talk) 03:11, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
Allison Schulnik AfD
Hello! Would you mind withdrawing this AfD nomination so as not to waste time? She is clearly notable by the special notability guideline WP:ARTIST, part 4 d. I have added five sources for museum collections.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 03:29, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of German submarine U-710
The article German submarine U-710 you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold 
. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:German submarine U-710 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sturmvogel 66 -- Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 13:21, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Japanese landing ship No. 1
The article Japanese landing ship No. 1 you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Japanese landing ship No. 1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sturmvogel 66 -- Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 13:21, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
- Don't forget about these.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 13:01, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
Artist AfDs
Could I suggest you stop nominating visual artists for deletion until you have read and/or understand WP:NARTIST. It's only been five days since the incorrect nomination of Allison Schulnik, who very clearly met notability criteria. Now we have David Berger (artist), which should also be withdrawn, as he also meets the WP:NARTIST criteria. Thanks. ThatMontrealIP (talk) 21:03, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for adding the date and place of birth to the article. What was the source? Cheers, Number 57 15:14, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of German submarine U-710
The article German submarine U-710 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:German submarine U-710 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sturmvogel 66 -- Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 17:42, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Japanese landing ship No. 1
The article Japanese landing ship No. 1 you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Japanese landing ship No. 1 for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sturmvogel 66 -- Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 01:41, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
Verónica Vilches
Hiya. First time I've ever declined a speedy nomination, so sorry for that! I paused a long time over this one, tempted to nominate it for speedy myself but not sure it'd pass A7 and feeling that there was perhaps some core worth to it. I decided to watch it and see what happened for a while and picked up your G11 nomination. The creator's response was a surprise, I hadn't considered it might have been ported from Spanish and so thought perhaps toning down the worst of the promotional language and giving the creator a steer on improving it was perhaps the way to go - AGF and all that. I do hope you agree! Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 04:44, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
Page about baba singh
This article should not be speedy deleted as lacking sufficient context to identify its subject, because... (I added other information and reliable sources about this page ) thnk u — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wiki97828 (talk • contribs) 03:04, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
Not vandalism
Regarding this, the editor's additions, while problematic, are not vandalism. It is more appropriate to say that we would not normally add content directly from a primary source (the organization itself) and that for potential inclusion, content about the organization would need to come from secondary sources. Erik (talk | contrib) (ping me) 03:23, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
Josipa Mamić AfD
Hello. You created the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Josipa Mamić. She competed at the European Championship and scored several goals. Furthermore other users found enough evidence that she pass WP:GNG. For me this is a crystal clear case. I know your nomination was good faith, but could you please withdraw your nomination? That nobody else waste his time to defend this article. --Malo95 (talk) 09:01, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
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*Treker Thank you! Lettlerhello • contribs 22:20, 23 December 2020 (UTC)
Speedy deletion of Thiru Vikram
Hello Lettler,
Please note that the G11 speedy deletion nomination of Thiru Vikram has been declined, because the page was not unambiguously promotional. G11 only applies when the entire article consists of subjective puffery and has little encyclopedic value. If you need help identifying speedy deletion candidates, please contact me, as I have a lot of experience in the field and can give you a list of exercises to practice if you want.
Thank you,
06:43, 24 December 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Passengerpigeon (talk • contribs)
G11 only applies when the entire article consists of subjective puffery and has little encyclopedic value. You deleted this page within hours of the speedy deletion tag added. I didn't even have the time to respond on the talk page. It was not created as a puff piece for reasons given on the talk page. please reinstate the page or give it a new review. Grmike (talk) 23:58, 24 December 2020 (UTC)grmike
Response
Hello! I had a feeling someone would notice this at some point or another. American football is the only position I have seen where users have been really differentiating a position instead of a normal basic description. I am not the one who started that, but I have been sticking with it as a preference. It can easily be changed if someone feels that the description could be simplified. Red Director (talk) 18:09, 30 December 2020 (UTC)