User talk:Abubakar Balarabe

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Citing sources in Biographies of Living People

Hey Abubakar Balarabe. My name is motevets. Thanks for your update to Bunmi Olusona. I just wanted to let you know that when add new facts to Wikipedia, you should always cite your sources, especially if you're editing the biography of a living person. Thanks again for being an editor. Let me know on my talk page if you have any questions. motevets (talk) 23:32, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

Thank you very much sir. I will prove a source for added information. Abubakar Balarabe (talk) 23:38, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Dauda Kahutu Rara (September 7)

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Padavalam  ►  08:38, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Ahmed Hamidu Umdagas (September 7)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Lapablo was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

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Lapablo (talk) 09:16, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Welcome!

Hello, Abubakar Balarabe, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I noticed that one of the first articles you edited was Abdullahi Balarabe Salame, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

To reduce the chances of your contributions being undone, you might like to draft your revised article before submission, and then ask me or another editor to proofread it. See our help page on userspace drafts for more details. If the page you created has already been deleted from Wikipedia, but you want to save the content from it to use for that draft, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page.

One rule we do have in connection with conflicts of interest is that accounts used by more than one person will unfortunately be blocked from editing. Wikipedia generally does not allow editors to have usernames which imply that the account belongs to a company or corporation. If you have a username like this, you should request a change of username or create a new account. (A name that identifies the user as an individual within a given organization may be OK.)

In addition, if you receive, or expect to receive, compensation for any contribution you make, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation to comply with our terms of use and our policy on paid editing.

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place {{Help me}} before the question. Again, welcome! HandsomeBoy (talk) 03:10, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

Honestly, speaking i never know who the person is, we only bear the same sun name, in order to avoid that, I will not edit on the article again, thank you. Thank you very much brother. Abubakar Balarabe (talk) 05:29, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for the nice words, I really appreciate it. Since you said its just a coincidence then that is fine. From your edit summaries, I see you you are quite conscious of verifiability, which is very laudable. Kindly register your username to WikiProject Nigeria, to get updates on our activities and if you need any assistance whatsoever don't hesitate to drop a message on the WikiProject talkpage. There are many experienced Nigerian editors following the page.HandsomeBoy (talk) 07:13, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for September 14

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Ok thank you Abubakar Balarabe (talk) 07:06, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

September 2020

Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but you recently removed maintenance templates from Yau Usman Idris. When removing maintenance templates, please be sure to either resolve the problem that the template refers to, or give a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Please see Help:Maintenance template removal for further information on when maintenance templates should or should not be removed. If this was a mistake, don't worry, as your removal of this template has been reverted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. Thank you. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 11:04, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Ok thank you very much for the notifications. Abubakar Balarabe (talk) 11:08, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Transparent Hands Foundation has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Transparent Hands Foundation. Thanks! Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 12:17, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, I will correct it and let you know. Abubakar Balarabe (talk) 12:30, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

MOS:DATE

Hello. Please stop changing dates to an incorrect format. MOS:DATE sets out how dates should be displayed on Wikipedia – i.e. "26 May 2008" or "May 26, 2008". Thanks, Number 57 23:13, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

You should not change from one format to another unless it is in the wrong format for that country. For example, you should only change from 26 May to May 26 for American and Canadian-related topics as they are the only countries to use that date format as standard. See MOS:DATERET.

Basically I would advise leaving dates alone. Number 57 23:55, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

No problem, and keep up the good work removing puffery! Number 57 12:14, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

Join the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!

Greetings!

The AfroCine Project invites you to join us again this October and November, the two months which are dedicated to improving content about the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.

Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand contents in Wikimedia projects which are connected to this scope. Kindly list your username under the participants section to indicate your interest in participating in this contest.

We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:

• Overall winner
  • 1st - $500
  • 2nd - $200
  • 3rd - $100
• Diversity winner - $100
• Gender-gap fillers - $100
• Language Winners - up to $100*

We would be adding additional categories as the contest progresses, along with local prizes from affiliates in your countries. For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. Looking forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 19:22, 22nd September 2020 (UTC)

Ýou can opt-out of this annual reminder from The Afrocine Project by removing your username from this list

Hello. I wanted to let you know that your recent edit(s) to Tunji Oyelana have been removed because you cited the information you added to another Wikipedia article or an external wiki. As discussed at WP:CIRCULAR and WP:SPS, Wikipedia and other wikis should not be used in citations because they are not considered reliable sources. You are welcome to re-add the information using a different reference, perhaps from the article you originally linked to. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. -- Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 19:19, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

Thank you. Abubakar Balarabe (talk) 22:05, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

Personal appeal to participate in the AfroCine Contest

Hello Abubakar Balarabe, trust you have been good. I want to kindly request that you participate in the AfroCine contest which began this month, your participation will greatly improve the diversity of the contest and close key knowledge gaps. It is all about creating at least one article related to African cinema. Can I suggest that you consider Gamu nan Dai or Mansoor (2017 film)? Both Kannywood films won notable awards at different levels so should pass WP:NFILMS. If you start any of them I will assist in improving and expanding their content. Secondly, you need to add your username to Wikipedia:WikiProject_AfroCine/Months_of_African_Cinema#Participants. Thank you so much for your contributions to Wikipedia, it is greatly appreciated. HandsomeBoy (talk) 17:30, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Nomination of Nonso Okpala for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Nonso Okpala is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nonso Okpala until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Celestina007 (talk) 15:27, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

How do you choose what to write about?

Hi Abubakar. I am intrigued. There are 7,800,000,000 people in the world - why did you choose to write about Nonso Okpala? Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 16:39, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

Hy! Curb Safe Charmer, i never expect such words from you. I decided to write about Nonso Okpala when i came across his biography on a business magazine where he narrated his starting career. But I don't have any hidden plane about the article and it happens to everyone that you can propose an article and it can be deleted for a reason. Therefore, i advise you to be always kind and just in your words. Abubakar Balarabe (talk) 17:15, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

I really respect you as an experienced editor, and everything i do is known, so you can go through all my Contributions and see if i can be described as someone with hidden plane.My frd, we always learn from our mistake, so it becomes a lesson to me which helps me promoting my experience on wikipedia. Hence, you have to be simple to me as someone who knows nothing on Wikipedia, you can notice that you adviced me some days a go and I used used some of your advices. Abubakar Balarabe (talk) 17:34, 15 October 2020 (UTC)