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Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi

Sir, I am to invite you to re-see my artice Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi which is now on my User Page and let me know whether the same, in its present form, meets all essentials. I pray I am not asking you to do something out of turn.Best Regards.Tarun marwaha (talk) 03:06, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

User:Tarun marwaha/Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi, previously Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views). It's good to see it has more references now, but they are mostly still inaccessible and/or not presented in the manner recommended by WP:CITE. References should be inline and formatted using the templates {{cite book}} or similar. I can't tell whether that's enough in terms of references, because I am unfamiliar with the subject. if you wish to restore the article to mainspace, you should first ask for community consensus at WP:DRV.  Sandstein  06:18, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Sir, I do not know how to handle the templates etc; I need some one's assistance.In my opinion the refs. support the article. the books I have cited are not on the Net.Pl.help me.Tarun marwaha (talk) 04:28, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

You can find information about how to cite sources at Wikipedia:Citing sources. If you have any questions after reading that, I recommend asking at WP:Helpdesk.  Sandstein  17:34, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Courtesy note

You are receiving this note because of your participation in WT:Revision deletion#Community consultation, which is referred to in Wikipedia:VPR#Proposal to turn on revision deletion immediately (despite some lingering concerns). –xeno^talk 14:15, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

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Please confirm receipt of this appeal. - Biruitorul ^Talk 17:01, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Hello

Hey there Sand. I don't want to detract you from more important matters but I just need to ask your opinion on something: do the most recent edits by the following contributor on talk pages of other editors count as a violation of canvassing [1]? If so, this wouldn't be the first time this editor has done this, as you can see on his talk page the couple of times he's been warned about doing so and I want to know what exactly would you recommend. Is this something that should be filed at AN/I or ArbCom? Cheers, --Marshal Bagramyan (talk) 21:12, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, it would require a considerable time to evaluate whether these contributions violate WP:CANVASS. If you believe they do, the best thing to do is to leave a note at the merge discussion, like: "Closing editor, please take into account that User:X has notified the following users about this discussion: A, B, C, D, E..."  Sandstein  21:16, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Duly noted. But does canvassing then result in a disqualification of those votes since they are only being posted on the talk pages of editors thought to be sympathetic to that single editor's views? Also to clarify: this is not an official vote but simply a discussion on the talk page and I doubt that there are any roving senior editors or administrators who might chance upon to look at it. Barring that, if you do have time or if you can refer this to another administrator to evaluate, I would appreciate it. Thanks. Cheers,--Marshal Bagramyan (talk) 23:34, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Administator-only discussion sections at WP:GS/CC/RE

Hi there Sandstein. As you are an active administrator at Arbitration Enforcement, I would appreciate it greatly if you could comment at Wikipedia:GS/CC/RE#Lar.2C_NuclearWarfare.2C_The_Wordsmith.2C_Polargeo. Thanks, NW (Talk) 01:45, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Question

Am I allowed to comment here? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 18:54, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

If you are under an Eastern Europe topic ban, then I guess not.  Sandstein  20:47, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Could you elaborate on your logic? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 23:02, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

The matter concerns a topic ban from Eastern Europe-related topics; accordingly, it is part of "any process discussion about [articles related to Eastern Europe], widely construed", which you are banned from. The purpose of a topic ban is to disengage you from areas where your editing has been problematic. Your comment on that request would do the opposite.  Sandstein  05:17, 20 May 2010 (UTC)