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Welcome, Dirkbb!

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You invited me to comment on your talk page regarding the deletion of my alteration to the Warrenton Training Center. I am interviewing a retired secret agent that said his memory was erased there. Chuckxxx (talk) 19:23, 21 October 2019 (UTC) Chuckxxx[reply]

Proposed deletion of Stock, Hausen and Walkman

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Juche, a concept created by Hwang Jang-yop

I tried to be neutral. there is no evidence that Hwang Jang-yop created Juche. All you got is him(defector and traitor) claiming that he created the Juche idea. I think the reference to Hwang Jang-yop as the creator of the Juche idea goes too far and should be deleted. Even in the Juche article nothing is mentioned about this guy Hwang Jang-yop. It also states that Juche was created by Kim Il-sung not Hwang Jang-yop. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JucheCapitalist (talk • contribs) 18:12, 24 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]


Scott Joplin

Fast work reverting that graffiti! I was about to do it myself, and you beat me to it. Jackabug 15:52, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sea Truck and "Sea Truck"

I don't think we need two identical articles; so I have turned "Sea Truck" into a redirect and nominated it for deletion - we don't usually reckon that someone searching will type a name in quotes. JohnCD (talk) 16:52, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Our messages crossed. No problem. Cheers, JohnCD (talk) 16:54, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of Tuco (The Ugly)

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Odd editing behaviour at Babesia article

Hi. I note that you have made some substantive contributions to the Babesia article. This page has been heavily edited by a temporary account (‘Nmunabi’) who apparently has knowledge of the subject. (I am not an expert in this area.) Yet he/she destroyed all the wikilinks and all the inline references. I don’t understand why. I reconstructed the references before realizing quite what had happened. So my question to you is, were this guy’s edits useful, or vandalism? What was he up to?

Appreciate your insight at the article talk page. Earthlyreason (talk) 17:33, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cleanup of Nova Scotia article

Hi,

Thanks for cleaning up the Nova Scotia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nova_Scotia&action=historysubmit&diff=348777853&oldid=348765947

Just for the record - I didn't create this entry in the 'famous residents' list. It was done by a guy annoyed with me for cleaning up *his* self-penned entry in the residents list on the Zwolle page.

Cheers, --RobHutten (talk) 15:53, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your Remarks on 7/7 Bombings

Your points about 7/7 were well thought out. Sadly, I am not surprised at their speedy deletion. You may be interested in https://wikispooks.com/wiki/WikiSpooks:The_Problem_with_Wikipedia - where I am sure that such content would definitely be welcome. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.18.231.28 (talk) 18:41, 29 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Edith Cavell

Please look at your revision 18 May 2009. [[1]] "Feast day" needs to be left out or changed here, to avoid giving a misleading impression about sainthood in the Church of England. And see Category: Anglican saints. --Qexigator (talk) 15:47, 2 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Pete (Disney)

According to Disney he is a cat so that's the way it's got to be. Looks more like a Wolf to me too and I always thought he was until looking it up for the Pete (Disney) article. Fraggle81 (talk) 14:58, 3 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Application Development Facility for deletion

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Boot a hard shoe

Quote toot in boot kicking somebody hard like a steel toe boot Calebmorris1 (talk) 21:49, 9 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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liquid smoke edit reversal

The problem with the description is it is inaccurate because of an error in the Fenaroli reference. So rather than finding a reference that is correct which isn't that easy, should this be flagged as disputed? People who work with wood tar know it is alcohol soluble not alcohol insoluble. There is an FAO document I believe the Fenaroli author relied upon that doesn't state tar solubility on way or the other, but I could see someone drawing that conclusion if they are not careful:

http://www.fao.org/docrep/x5328e/x5328e0d.htm#12.2. small scale recovery of tars


I'm going to post in sandbox now and will not have my references linked properly yet.Gsmoke (talk) 20:27, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Supersonic edit war

The war is over. Mjroots (talk) 17:12, 9 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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A kitten for you!

I got stuck...




when I was sneaking food.

Gymnast909090 (talk) 17:43, 5 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

kitten picture

get that camera out of my face




or I will slap you many times

Gymnast909090 (talk) 17:46, 5 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

mowing no grass.

tell me honestly...




am I too short to mow the grass

Gymnast909090 (talk) 17:36, 7 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

lick those chicken lips

my owner dropped chicken on the floor



it turns out it was a month old

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flabby face fiasco!

thanks for the toy





because you face isn't fun to slap anymore

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kitten wet the bed!

when did you get so big



are you mad because I peed on the bed

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Unregister user

Hi Dirkbb, thank you for your attention to unregister user with the IP address 114.124.168.12. I also found this IP 114.124.145.23 and 114.124.179.150, that made the same editting style in some badminton related articles. Maybe, this user was not made a mistake on his editting, but it is hard to communicate to this user to let he/she know that we need to communicate to achieve the consensus since he/she doesn't register. I hope you can help. Thank you. Stvbastian (talk) 22:13, 6 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Dalton McGuinty

Hi, I removed opinions, assumptions, POV language, and original research, (which were not supported by any of the sources) on the Dalton McGuinty WP page in an attempt to clean it up. Can you be more specific about why you would like to keep this questionable content? 70.50.174.47 (talk) 19:57, 18 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ancient synagogue (Barcelona)

That info and references are in the same article (below). I just rightly sum up in the lead section, read. It's wrong stating that could be one of the oldest synagogues if not including that considerations--BrugesFR (talk) 17:37, 18 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Indo-pak conflicts

I just wanted to how my information you removed on the Indo-pak conflict was incorrect? If you could please answer Dugpointer (talk) 17:31, 12 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You're boring.

You really know that? Wikipedia is boring --2001:8003:640F:4C00:214D:D334:732:2F97 (talk) 17:07, 11 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi!

I noticed you said you removed an edit I made. Im not sure how wiki works or how to provide a reference for spousal information. Perhaps thats something you could help me with? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Catlyn2020 (talk • contribs) 18:12, 30 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Offensive edits

Kaya, I saw your revert in this edit the revert has reinstated racist terminology that is unacceptable. When referring to Indigenous Australians aboriginal is an acceptable general term, when referring to people of a specific location then we use the identity of those people as in this case Noongar, or Whadjuk noongar in preference to aboriginal. thank you for your understanding. Gnangarra 14:57, 29 December 2018 (UTC) Indigenous Australians is also a proper noun and should be capitalised when used to refer to indigenous people. Gnangarra 15:07, 29 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You're a true ueban!

You're a true ueban! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.124.38.138 (talk) 01:04, 23 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

In my submission, a silly retraction of my deletion of biased text in Georgette Mosbacher's "controversies" section, by User Dirkbb

The following source (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:93.89.204.71) points to the above-mentioned User Dirkbb's retraction of my partial deletion of a "controversies" section of (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgette_Mosbacher#Controversies). Given how I, who made the deletion of some of the text do not spend much of my time editing the text of articles on Wikipedia, I'm not familiar with ways to reply to an anonymous individual, therefore, right here this is my reply. I shall preface this by remarking that I do not deem it fit to spend the entirety of time of my life, editing through the passages of various Wikipedia sources, chiselling away at the nitty-gritty butt-crack of obscure expertise, like some kind of a blood-thirsty dust-covered hermit out on some kind of a crusading hunt pursuing some sort of a misguided "flame-war" to establish himself as the top dog of Wikipedia editorial board, as I hypothesize that User Dirkbb (to borrow a word from him) "appears" to cocern himself with and "appears" to be doing in preoccupation of his own efforts. Contemplate the horror that I experienced, when I read that my only Wikipedia contribution was retracted because it "felt" unconstructive to one person that thinks he knows more about the affairs of my country of Poland than I do. It may appear that my deletion of biased wording of issues that should never have been allowed in the first place, likely posted by some pro Law and Justice party militant, may have "felt" unconstructive because it WAS unconstructive, in the sense it was deconstructive as it deleted something that was clearly false and bullshit, what's wrong with that? I deleted the rest of what I was going to write and will leave the above cited pages intact, though the presentation of the issues is fairly advanced in the sly and slanted manner of exposition of substance, in a way that imparts to me a conviction whereby I condemn it as deficient. Enjoy false information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.89.204.71 (talk) 22:22, 7 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Top Glove and Lim Wee Chai's page

Hi Dirkbb, thank you for reaching out to us on your concerns https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:N5rh. We are from Top Glove's Corporate Communications department who are in charge in updating this page as and when necessary information are obtained. Our aim is to update accurate developments on the company's and founder's page accordingly. Our edits are genuine and are not tests in any way. In line with this, we wish to clarify the edits we made on Lim Wee Chai's Universiti Malaya resignation reflects accurate information as we have cited. Lim Wee Chai's directorship was not at all politically linked and we have also clarified this with Malaysian Insights (https://www.themalaysianinsight.com/s/84170). However, we noticed the edits we made were reverted to the previous information which was not accurate. We hope this clarifies. Please advise on how our changes can be maintained. Thank you. N5rh (talk) 02:23, 12 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Invasion of Europe

If you are not a victim you can´t understand. True? I was about to lose an eye and was hit by a car and many other aggressions. The list of crimes committed by Gypsies and Moors in Europe is endless. --Pistachos (talk) 16:35, 20 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Dirkbb. For information : fr:Discussion utilisateur:Pistachos. Sammyday (talk) 17:02, 20 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Re

In the lead and at the bottom of the article there is written that it was meant to be released in 2010 then in 2011 then that they released only the source code of the incomplete game hoping someone was finished. These statements are already sourced. Therefore i change the lead accordinly: the game is 9 years old and has never been finished. 93.144.154.36 (talk) 19:20, 25 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Article on Howrah

Hi. Noted that you had made some edits on the article Howrah, or to be more precise revisions. I wanted to see if I could get some assistance on the article in that there are a lot of edits, that whilst may be in good faith, are very disruptive to the article. I am going to set up a section on Talk:Howrah, however to prevent an edit war, self report as per Wikipedia:Dispute resolution and Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring. I was hoping for some input on the discussion if you feel that you are able and willing? - Master Of Ninja (talk) 08:01, 26 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion posted on Talk:Howrah#Recent changes 2019-03-26. - Master Of Ninja (talk) 08:30, 26 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Google+

Hello Dirkbb,

I wanted to let you know that the info provided on Google+ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google%2B) is inacuarrate as the site is still up and not "shutdown too early". The server behind Google+ crashed/overloaded as of the fact that too many users were online, using the service. I urge you to visit the site yourself.

Cheers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.164.24.114 (talk) 20:20, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

QuadrigaCX

Hi Dirkbb, You deleted my change and indicated my change was deleted due to not being sourced. However, my change was adding the word "allegedly" to the claim of death, which is supported by the text of the existing article's source. If you have a problem with that source, please delete the entire offending section, or specifically indicate how you believe the article definitively proves the death occurred. If you manage the latter, please notify a major news source, as this will be a huge break in the investigation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.14.33.138 (talk) 20:08, 2 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Bhapa pitha

What made you think that i have done something in "Bhapa pitha" article is not proper and contains vandalism.I think you can read english and will answer. Prince newborn (talk) 01:40, 6 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]


Sagittarius A* tension with general relativity

Hi Dirkbb, I have recently modified the article on Sagittarius A* because there was a sentence which claimed some observations were in tension with general relativity. This sentence was totally false to our current knowledge, came with no claims or references, and totally contradicted the reference (a scientific article) given right before it. Thus, I deleted this sentence. After I did so, you edited the page to revert my changes and claimed that I did not included proper references for such a change. As you can see, I did the opposite! I removed a biased an apparently personal claim that came with no references. This case is particularly striking since such sentence doesn't come without harm, as it is stating key claims on our knowledge of the physics laws without any backgrounds. If you want to re-add this sentence and put it back in the article, I would please suggest that you provide a reliable source and you include the adequate citation for it. Thank you very much.

There it is no article on Italian Tripoli

Hi. Dirkbb. I see that you move to "Tripoli" the article about Tripoli under Italy. But it is totally different from the article on Tripoli! It should be called "Tripoli, Italian Libya" or something similar. I am writing from a public library and I cannot change the name. Sincerely, B.

==Grandmaster Duncan Suttles

The original said: Duncan Suttles vs Borislav Ivkov, Belgrade 1969, Modern / Hungarian Opening (A00), 1–0 One of the first games for this new variation, and it turns out successfully for White.

What sort of source do you want for the addition, "although Black was much better in the middlegame"? Anyone who knows anything about positional chess would know that, and for good measure, strong chess engines confirm this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.79.227.210 (talk) 21:58, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

VW ./. Porsche

Listen, BAT-FACED, BUG-EYED, BOOGER-NOSED, BALONEY BRAINED, BEETLE BUTT: There's no such thing as "Porsche" as a car manufacturer. "Porsche" is just another line of outfit, like Skoda, Seat, Audi. Everything is based on the same inferior "technology" of animal experimentation and gas chamber company VW-KdF — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.187.109.177 (talk) 12:16, 30 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Laclotte Castle massacre moved to draftspace

Hi Dirkbb, this is entirely unsourced, and I can't determine which article on frWP it is based on, so I can't even tell whether there are sources available in that version. (They certainly don't appear to have an article under anything related to "Laclotte", although there is one on Castelculier.) Please only move this to mainspace again when you can also provide sufficient references! Elmidae (talk · contribs) 00:52, 9 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I just realized that there's indeed a bibliography, so I guess that would do (although inline cites would be nice...) To offset that, however :) - if you port material from another wiki, we do require the exact attribution (at the very least the article name, if possible OldID version). Can you please provide that? --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 00:55, 9 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
(Sheesh, you've got some wildlife on your talk page. What's up with the dude above? --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 00:57, 9 July 2019 (UTC))[reply]

THANKS

dirkbb i will find the citation and re-add it.Thanks for notifying me.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aviationtune (talk • contribs) 17:17, 14 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Concerning Hermann Langbein, note that the template {{DNB}} here on the English Wikipedia has nothing to do with the German National Library. Please use {{DNB-IDN}} or one related to it. -Arch dude (talk) 18:43, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Franco Ambrosio

Dear Dirkbb, I added an explanation to my removal to the content after Wikipedia system highlighted I didn't attach it to my editing. Franco Ambrosio who was involved in Formula One and was jailed in Lugano in 1980 mentioned here https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1987/07/03/franco-ambrosio-tornato-in-carcere.html is a an homonymus with Franco Ambrosio manager of Italgrani, that's why I deleted the ambigous info . Could you please restore my editing? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mbruno Scanna (talk • contribs) 17:20, 8 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Laclotte Castle massacre

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Hello. In reference to previous edits, the "military service" section of Evan McMullin should be removed because the CIA is an independent Executive agency and not a part of the U.S. military. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.241.48.103 (talk) 19:05, 11 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding the deletion of Best-selling section in the Visual Novel page

Hello Dirkbb,

I have explained why I have deleted the section. First of all, I want to say that I have experience in both Japanese and English for over 10 years with Visual Novel. And I have written an article about the subject as well. Previously I put pastebin link in the reason section because wikipedia didn't accomdate for such long text in the change reason section.

As I have stated on why I delete the section, the reason are:

1. It include many game that should not be fall into Visual Novel Category, some even far too off. This include Professor Layton, Another Code, Blazblue, Lost Odyssey, or Thousand Arms which is included as Visual Novels in that section.

An important basis to be considered is that a game with adventure tag doesn't necessarily being a visual novel, as the contemporary term of adventure game in japanese sense and western sense has a differ meaning. The english word of visual novel are now synonmous to the words ノベルゲーム or 美少女ゲーム in Japan, which is largely used as a new word for adv game in japanese sense to avoid confussion with western media. Therefore despite the industry still label it as adventure, it refer differently to adventure that is known in the west such as Detroit Become Human or Telltale's The Walking Dead.

2. The section provide distorted information toward visual novel world. Previously there has been some misleading article published by gaijinmedia that arouse a sharp criticism from the community. And with a lot of non-visual novel games are being included in the section, it will cause distortion even more. Furthermore, some game that listed in the section are a pseudo-dating sims, which first they are not a visual novel, second they are seen as not representing a quality of visual novel by the community. If such section were keep, it will only make the page as a source of unreliable information for visual novel.

Until some list are fixed by the contributor that added it, it's best to just remove it entirely as the date order would be in disorder if only some item were deleted. Otherwise, It's best if you want to make a best-selling section to also include both japanese market and western market as a better representation of the quality and popularity within the actual community itself. I think, it's more wise if the section were about best-rating instead of best-selling, as it guarantee quality rather than mere selling number.

I hope you understand and took some action as soon as possible. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.215.244.172 (talk) 18:21, 17 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Labour Leaderaship Election

Hi Dirkbb,

If you read the wiki page for this entry, you'll see that the IT privider for the online election process was conducted by Civica Plc, a wholly-owned subsidery of Camillion Plc (an even larger corporation, originally incorporated in 1945 and headed-up by the Bank of England, no less). There is a self-evident conflict of interest in these institutions being used to provide independant data integrity in any matter pertaining to British Labour representation. Additionally, Civica offer no mechanisms whatsoever for labour voters to verify the integrity of their candidate preference or, for that matter, to even verify that their actual vote was added to the results tally... To this end, I have today made a formal complaint to the labour party about the matter. I am currently looking at other avenues to bring this matter further into the public domain.

It is an absolute fact that the labour election results are entirely unverifiable currently. So how on earth can I (or indeed anyone) provide a 'citation', when there are currently NO links to media articles on this manifestly exploitable confict-of-interest?

Accordingly, i write to ask that the 'unverifiable' insert i had added to the wiki page be reinstated.

Many Thanks, Paul — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.237.8.145 (talk) 19:57, 8 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Provide more justification for your claims of non-constructiveness

You seem to make a habit of reverting edits to whatever pages you feel like and leaving comments on the editor's talk pages asserting that they were unconstructive without justification, even when this categorization is at best a judgment call. This behavior of yours is unconstructive in the extreme; give reasons in the future or stop entirely. --157.131.169.27 (talk) 21:16, 9 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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someone deleted "dream pop" from the genre section. i tried to put it back. i forgot to put the "allmusic" reference/citation.

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Question

Hi, I wanted to ask why you reverted this edit (there's no edit summary). Thanks - wolf 02:03, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

In response to your question re this edit: [2], it's simply a matter of a contradiction in the cited reference which stated San Diego as the ship's home port. I'm sure you would agree that for an article to be credible, facts must be correctly referenced. Having found a citation for the change of home port, I have amended the article. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Dirkbb (talk)
Yes, I suspected as much, but wasn't sure as you didn't leave an edit summary. The person you reverted will certainly have no idea, and will either continue to make errors, which we will need to fix, or simply not return. Neither is a good outcome. Additionally, you marked the edit as "minor", which it turns out it wasn't. The point being, if you could leave an edit summary, not only does it help new users just making mistakes, but it also helps experienced users, watching the article, that don't know what occurred, and then have to take the time and effort to find out. Even that user left a summary, and a simple "source?" on your part would've been helpful. If you could leave an edit summary with your edits going forward, a great many of us here would appreciate it. Thanks

On a side note, I moved your reply from my talk page to here. Like many of us, (and as I requested at top of my tp), I like to keep discussions on a single page. If you reply again, please reply here Thank you - wolf 23:02, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

boutsikaris EDIT

You reversed an edit I made on Boutsikaris...the source citation is ME, because I'm Dennis Boutsikaris. Please put the edit back in. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.14.234.6 (talk) 23:17, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]


Is your username a homestuck reference- — Preceding unsigned comment added by CarcinoGenecitist (talk • contribs) 20:39, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

George John Dasch edit

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Hello, Dirkbb. How does one handle such a situation, then? The sentence that I edited mentioned the word 'others' in conjunction with Dasch, however; previous to that exact point in the article, there was *no* mention made of any other people in the spy operation involved with Dasch. It appears the editor(s) who started the paragraph in question with "Dasch and the others ..." simply carelessly copied and pasted information from the main article about the spy operation Operation Pastorius without proofreading their work. Where is the WP prohibition against sloppy editing such as this, or, doesn't that matter? So I repeat, "What others; who??? Parts of this story appear missing." Thank you. 71.112.241.91 (talk) 20:05, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Nigel Pearson

I didn't know that he once fended off a pack of wolves! Mattythewhite (talk) 21:59, 22 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

== Seeking clarification on two recent deletions == Revision as of 22:10, 23 March 2021

Hi, I am a bit puzzled why you are concerned about a couple of my links? The Miniatures and Miniatura ones? I am new to Wikipedia and need to clarify why you have concerns about these? I have no commercial connection to Miniatura and I added them as a good example of shows for miniaturists. Likewise with Miniature Magazines, that seemed a sensible addition to that page. Again, I have no commercial link to the example I used. Any constructive input appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MiniatureTimeTraveller (talk • contribs) 22:27, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

More clarification please?

Hi, this is linked to my foregoing question. If my citing of Miniatura was not acceptable, how is it that this link to another promotional site remains? I refer to "The UK's largest supplier of ready-made houses and furniture is Dolls House Emporium based in Kent but selling world-wide via their e-commerce website.[10]"

I have a deep interest in the field of miniatures and would like to be a valued contributor, but am somewhat confused where the line is drawn on commercial entities? Thanks again to expanding more of this stuff — Preceding unsigned comment added by MiniatureTimeTraveller (talk • contribs) 22:39, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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