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It is seen that, you are providing false information through your User Page that you are immortal. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mishmash Ideas (talk • contribs) 14:51, 17 July 2021 (UTC)
- @Mishmash Ideas I think that users can assume I am not immortal. ―Qwerfjkltalk 14:58, 17 July 2021 (UTC)
Users can also assume that you are Endymion — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mishmash Ideas (talk • contribs) 15:12, 17 July 2021 (UTC)
Question about italic titles
Hi, thanks for approving the draft article I wrote. Do you know how to italicise article titles? So for example if you look at Monroe v Hopkins the title is in italics; I need this for Kirkegaard v Smith. Sheldon1567 (talk) 14:46, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
- It's been done for you here; you can use {{italic title}}. ―Qwerfjkltalk 14:59, 18 July 2021 (UTC)
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15:30, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
CfD closure
Regarding this CfD closure, please note that you are not supposed to close discussions in which you have voted before, per WP:INVOLVED. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:58, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
Request on 11:25:06, 22 July 2021 for assistance on AfC submission by Excellenc1
- Excellenc1 (talk · contribs)
Let me first talk about the insufficient context sentence wise.
The Departmental Council of Gard (French: Conseil Départemental du Gard, Occitan: Conselh Departamental de Gard) is the deliberative assembly of the Gard department of France.: This simply mentions that a certain departmental council is a deliberative assembly (a meeting of members who use parliamentary procedure; a smaller version of the parliament) of a certain department in France, link to terms are given for meaning.
It consists of 46 members (general councilors) from 23 cantons and its headquarters are in Nîmes.: This says that the above mentioned council has 46 members elected from 23 cantons of the department and its head office is in the commune of Nimes.
Then comes a list of vice presidents of the council, now cited with 2 self-published reliable sources.
The article as of now has four good citations, and the article can be easily understood by anyone (although I accept the fact that some might not get what a department is). Similar articles on the topic (made by me) were also accepted. (Visit the last few departmental council links on my userpage)
Excellenc1📞 11:25, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
Accepted. Please do not use the AfC.process if you have experience in creating articles; it just adds to the backlog. Thanks! ―Qwerfjkltalk 12:34, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
Qwerfjkl I am worried if I do any mistake and get my article speedy deleted, so I still work with the AfC process. Excellenc1📞 13:08, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
About you
I didn't know what do I put as the headline, so sorry if I messed up. Also I don't know if I should ask this on a talk page, so inform me if I shouldn't.
As per your userbox, you have been here for 5 months now. How did you, in this short period of time, become an extended confirmed user, pending changes reviewer, rollbacker, autoconfirmed user, Apprentice Editor (and some other titles)? I have been here for over an year, I still am an editor with just 830 edits. Is it because you knew all about Wikipedia before joining or you were too dedicated to Wikipedia for 5 months? Excellenc1📞 13:06, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
- @Excellenc1 My edit count is mainly due to WP:AWB and WP:CTIOC (though that is irrelevant and doesn't reflect any experience). Rights are fairly easy to gain if you are eligible, and I have previously done large amounts of anti-vandalism work. Mostly, it comes from the fact that I spend a lot of time on Wikipedia ―Qwerfjkltalk 13:12, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
Change your award
As per the edit count here, you have made 20342 edits (in English Wikipedia). But your Service Award Progress says you have 9220 edits. Is it because you didn't update your template? Excellenc1📞 05:46, 24 July 2021 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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The Special Barnstar |
| Just noticed I asked two questions in two different places and you correctly and helpfully answered both. Stuff like this keeps the project's wheels turning. Cheers! Rubbish computer Ping me or leave a message on my talk page 11:30, 24 July 2021 (UTC) |
About making changes to the Dharampal page on Wikipedia
Hi, a few weeks ago, I had a discussion with you on a Wikipedia entry where the changes were rolled back repeatedly (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharampal).
At that time, an analysis showed that the IP-Check-Tool on Wikipedia seemed to identify as violations, publication information (such as book title, author, etc) as well as run of the mill phrases (such as, (i) “…thinker, historian and political philosopher”, (ii) ”… of the cultural, scientific and technological achievements of Indian society on the eve of the British conquest” (iii) “Gandhiji’s call for Individual Satyagraha in October 1940”,).
In light of this discovery, it was concluded that there were no violations of IP or copyright in the changes being made. Today (and yesterday), I have made significant changes to the previous text in order to provide a reasonably comprehensive summary of Dharampal's life and work.
I am burdening you with this information as a measure of precaution intended to prevent a recurrence of a roll-back on the Wiki entry.
Thanks and sorry for the longish message and the bother.
Regards, Dr. JK Suresh — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jksuresh (talk • contribs) 20:19, 24 July 2021 (UTC)
Relisting
Your relisting contains a strange relisting comment "Consensus is on merging or deleting". If there is consensus, the discussion should be closed instead of relisted. Or if there is no consensus, you should not make that comment. Or if you agree with merging/deleting you should participate in the discussion. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:53, 25 July 2021 (UTC)
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I want to finish that matter with the article as soon as possible .Can you edit the article and improve copyediting and WP-MoS ...yes or no ? if you can't can you provide someone who can and finish this problem ? i dont have the time to continue editing articles anymore if you send me messages that my article has been declined and it has copyediting problems etc... deal ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pun89 (talk • contribs) 14:55, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
- @Pun89 User:GoingBatty seems to be copyediting it:
- 16:27, 26 July 2021 - «Affected areas: copyediting»
- 16:25, 26 July 2021 - «Affected areas: copyediting»
- 16:18, 26 July 2021 - «date formats per MOS:DATEFORMAT⇨) by script⇨)»
- 16:17, 26 July 2021 - «fixed infobox image»
- ―Qwerfjkltalk 15:41, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
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21:10, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
Trouted
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Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly. |
You have been trouted for: honestly that button is mad funny and I had to click. Cheers! 107.152.88.2 (talk) 07:29, 26 July 2021 (UTC)
- No problem! ―Qwerfjkltalk 19:41, 27 July 2021 (UTC)
Trouted
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You have been trouted for: looking a bit... fishy — Preceding unsigned comment added by Banana jellyfish (talk • contribs) 08:39, 28 July 2021 (UTC)
Dear Qwerfjkl,
Thanks for your quick response to my latest edits of Richmond Jay Bartlett. Please clarify what in my article needs more inline citations. I believe that the direct quotes (2) and material needing a footnote have been referenced with inline citations and footnotes in the References section.
I look forward to your advice on this.
Caribou J (talk) 18:20, 25 July 2021 (UTC)
Dear Qwerfjkl,
Thanks for your quick response to my latest edits of Richmond Jay Bartlett. Please clarify what in my article needs more inline citations. I believe that the direct quotes (2) and material needing a footnote have been referenced with inline citations and footnotes in the References section.
I look forward to your advice on this. I am not sure that I responded properly using the "Relisting" hot button, so I am trying again with "Publish changes."
Caribou J (talk) 18:30, 25 July 2021 (UTC)
- @Caribou J The sections 'Early life and education' and 'Professional life' only have one citation each. Also, please remove the external links (convert them into either wikilinks or references) per Wikipedia:EXTERNALLINKS. Thanks! ―Qwerfjkltalk 19:20, 25 July 2021 (UTC)
Dear Qwerfjkl,
I have revised and re-published the article on Richmond Bartlett. I converted the external links in the body of the article to Wikilinks, and I added relevant references to the Early life and Professional life sections, per your advice. The new text and references also bring more cohesion to the overall article between Bartlett's professional/personal life and his research accomplishments.
Thanks, Caribou J (talk) 19:25, 27 July 2021 (UTC)
- @Caribou J Hi, adding some online sources would be helpful, as these are easy to verify. I added some [citation needed] tags to where citations would be helpful. Thanks! ―Qwerfjkltalk 19:41, 27 July 2021 (UTC)
I have added a citation to an online source in the two places in the article where you recommended having this. It references & verifies his retirement and death dates, along with dates of professional advancement that I included in the article.
Thanks, Caribou J (talk) 21:04, 27 July 2021 (UTC)
Hi Qwerfjkl,
Thanks for accepting this article and posting it, but I noted that after you did this, another editor removed the two figures from the revision that you posted. They really are central to the article, are referenced in the text, and illustrate key ideas of Bartlett. Can you put these back in for me, or what is the protocol on this?
Caribou J (talk) 17:38, 28 July 2021 (UTC)
- @Caribou J Can you provide the diff? ―Qwerfjkltalk 17:46, 28 July 2021 (UTC)
Dear Qwerfjkl,
Here is a diff for the version you accepted and the one Elmidae created by removing the 2 figures:
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richmond_Jay_Bartlett&diff=next&oldid=1035879933
Thanks, Caribou J (talk) 18:54, 28 July 2021 (UTC)
- @Caribou J Elmidae said the images are 'peripherally related ' in the edit summary. I suggest you discuss any questions on their talk page. ―Qwerfjkltalk 19:12, 28 July 2021 (UTC)
Dear Qwerfjkl,
In re-reading the sections that referred to Fig. 1 & 2, I can see why Elmidae determined that they were peripheral, and I edited out the relevant text. Thanks for all your advice and help in getting this published.
Caribou J (talk) 21:02, 28 July 2021 (UTC)
"Unexplained content removal"
Hi Qwerfjkl, regarding the article about Naina Sharma, the removal of content from a BLP can usually be treated as a neutrality concern or a verifiability concern. It thus doesn't necessarily require an explanation, and reinstating the material requires verification, ideally using an inline citation (WP:BURDEN). Standard summaries like "Fixed typo" can be generated by clicking a button in the Wikipedia app, which the user has done there. That's rather laziness than malice. Best regards, ~ ToBeFree (talk) 18:19, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
Thank you Qwerfjkl. Here's some answers…
Hello Qwerfjkl. Thank you for answering my question about dark mode in WP:TH. I tried your sugestions, but they won't work. And if it's a browser problem, Then what problem does my browser have? I'm currently in mobile view now, and desktop view is in dark mode, making it hard to read anything. Thanks again, and best regards.Sparklestern (talk) 21:05, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
Sparklestern (talk) 16:22, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
- @Sparklestern By
they won't work
, do you mean the page was in dark mode or not? ―Qwerfjkltalk 16:24, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
@Qwerfjkl, I mean any page I go to will be in dark mode, so any page I go to will be in dark mode. I hope you're sill not confused? Sparklestern (talk) 21:05, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
- @Sparklestern I would ask at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical). Please don't ping people in their talk pages - they will get a talk page notification. Use
@[[User:Example|Example]]or@{{u|Example}}. (See Template:ping for more pinging templates.) ―Qwerfjkltalk 21:24, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
Okay. Sparklestern (talk) 23:02, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
Trouted
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You have been trouted for: That fish was so funny! I'm sorry, I really am, but I couldn't stop myself. Hope there are no hard feelings… Sparklestern (talk) 23:07, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
Question about Draft:We Plug Good Music
Hi there, thank you for your review and feedback on the page I'm creating https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:We_Plug_Good_Music
I was following the feedback given from the previous reviewer, who asked me to add more extensive coverage via independent sources, which is why we added more references from Guardian and new references from MTV as well as from Complex. I wasn't trying to do a notability bomb so I appreciate the alert to it.
Would you suggest to remove these references and find others? Or should we find other references to add to what is already cited? Any help would be much appreciated, thank you.
Ayo wpgm (talk) 11:40, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
- @Ayo wpgm You should remove unreliable sources, such as Twitter, Tumblr, and sources related to We Plug Good Music. ―Qwerfjkltalk 11:48, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
@Qwerfjkl thank you so much, there are Tumblr and We Plug Good Music sources so I'll make sure to do that and also check for other sources like Twitter to remove them as well, thank you for your help Ayo wpgm (talk) 11:55, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
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- Last week all wikis were very slow or not accessible for 30 minutes. This was due to server lag caused by regenerating dynamic lists on the Russian Wikinews after a large bulk import. (T287380)
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'In use notice'
Please don't ignore these; although they can be 'stale' it's not always the case. Worth checking the history to see when one was added. Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 20:55, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
- @Eagleash I'll admit I didn't see the notice until after I edited the page. ―Qwerfjkltalk 21:01, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
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20:45, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
Accepted draft: Zaki Anwar Nusseibeh
As an FYI, an article about the subject already existed at Zaki Nusseibeh, so I have redirected the newer creation to the old one. Best, SpencerT•C 12:24, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
False citation
The changes I made to the article more accurately reflect the New York Times article used as the citation by the previous poster. The article cited DOES NOT SUPPORT the conclusions the Wikipedia entry asserts that it does. A quick reading of the article shows that there is no mention, for example, of lockdowns forcing anyone into poverty as the Wikipedia article asserts that New York Time's article concludes. This use of false citations is clearly an attempt by a politically motivated individual to portray the government lockdowns as being detrimental to the American economy and bolstering that claim by citing to a publication that is generally seen as taking an opposing political position. The problem is that the article DOES NOT state what the author of the Wikipedia page claims it does. I took the liberty of amending the statements so they more accurately reflect the content of the source cited so that I can help Wikipedia stop spreading dangerous fake news. 208.125.143.178 (talk) 14:06, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
- Please read WP:NPOV; you have written statements without directly citing a source. ― Qwerfjkltalk 14:14, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
Sandro Mencucci
The data you removed was sourced from wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calciopoli
Under the verdicts section. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.239.254.11 (talk • contribs)
- Doesn't matter: such material needs secondary sourcing. Wikipedia is not a source for Wikipedia. Drmies (talk) 13:08, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
Well then doesn't the original reference on Wikipedia have to be removed? Let's try to use some logic here. If the original reference is left on wikipedia then it must have a secondary source. Right? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.239.254.11 (talk) 12:39, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
- Then please add the reliable secondary reference after the material, as a citation. (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.) ― Qwerfjkltalk 12:44, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
Talk page comments
In general, don't amend other people's talk page comments. Izno (talk) 14:57, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
AfC redirects, take 2
I'm finally going through my backlog of pings. I got to User talk:Qwerfjkl/Archive 2#Wikipedia:Articles for creation/Redirects and categories. It is quite annoying that declines collapse the whole box. Maybe we should recommend that if reviewers want the requesting user to answer a question or clarify something, they should use the "Comment" action, reserving the "Decline" action for hopeless requests? Enterprisey (talk!) 07:16, 9 August 2021 (UTC)
- @Enterprisey Most requesting users don't check back, so it would have to be declined after an acceptable period of time. It would be preferable if a message similar to the normal AfC one could be posted on their talk page. ― Qwerfjkltalk 08:26, 9 August 2021 (UTC)
- Hm. It doesn't look like the script leaves any user talk page messages at the moment - does that match your observations? If that's true, we should probably come up with some. I have no idea how the process has survived until now like this... Enterprisey (talk!) 08:58, 9 August 2021 (UTC)
- @Enterprisey Yes, the script has never left a talk page message. ― Qwerfjkltalk 09:05, 9 August 2021 (UTC)
- Hm. It doesn't look like the script leaves any user talk page messages at the moment - does that match your observations? If that's true, we should probably come up with some. I have no idea how the process has survived until now like this... Enterprisey (talk!) 08:58, 9 August 2021 (UTC)
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16:19, 9 August 2021 (UTC)
CFD closure
Hello, Qwerfjkl,
CFD closures are tricky, even for an administrator, and you closed Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2021 July 15#Category:Low-power FM radio stations incorrectly. If a category is renamed, you don't create a new page, a bot moves the old category page over so you retain the page history and the bot recategorizes all of the contents, you don't do this manually unless you are dealing with a very small number of categories (say, less than 10). Until you have a lot more experience, please do not try to handle CFD closures unless the decision is to retain/Keep the current categories. If you want more guidance, consider asking admins & editors who do lots of CFD closures for help as the process is more complicated than closing an AFD or RFD. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 16:55, 9 August 2021 (UTC)
- @Liz Thanks a lot for correcting me! I will probably come back to CfD renaming later (after gaining experience), and I will be forced to continue to use the script (Cat-a-lot) instead of the bot, which I believe requires admin rights. ― Qwerfjkltalk 21:44, 9 August 2021 (UTC)
decline
Hey, why did you decline my Category:Song recordings produced by Nav (rapper)? Examples include “Back to Back” by Drake, “What You Want” by Belly, “Myself” by Nav, and a lot of others. You can look these songs up on Tidal. Nav produced all these songs. You said there is no song recordings.
Category:Song recordings produced by Nav (rapper) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.17.32.159 (talk) 21:23, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
Fixed see WP:AFCRC. Please use 'songs" not 'song recordings ', and use [[:Category:Example]]when linking to a category. Qwerfjkltalk 21:46, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
Redirect recently commented on
You recently comment on the redirect request Discoverer 40, saying that the source does not anything about Discoverers 40-44. However, it does. It says that all Discoverer satellites are the same as the Corona satellites. It is therefore obvious from that the Discovers 40-44 are the same as the Corona satellites. @Qwerfjkl: 100.2.238.109 (talk)
- Neither the source nor the target section makes any mention of Discoverers 40-44. ― Qwerfjkltalk 11:24, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
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19:25, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
Getting my sandbox back to functional
You recently (14 Aug) helped get my sandbox page published as a Wikipedia page. Thank you! However, my sandbox page is now a non-function page referring to this removal. How do I get back my old, functional sandbox page with its history of my additions? Again, thank you. (talk) 13:14, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
- @Joflaher I'm not sure this is possible, but it may be documented at Wikipedia:History merge. ― Qwerfjkltalk 18:01, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
- @Qwerfik1 There must be a way to open up my sandbox page. Otherwise, I cannot add to Wikipedia pages or create new pages. When I go to Wikipedia:History merge, the istructions for repair are not clear, do not seem to apply to my specific problem, and warn not to follow instructions unless you are sure they apply to your problem. Please, please try to help me here. Should I go to another site for help? I had this problem once before, asked for help, and someone cleared it up for me. What site do you recommend I go to for help? Thanks! (talk) 24:31 16 August 2021 (UTC)
- @Joflaher To start a new article in your sandbox, without the history, navigate to User:Joflaher/sandbox, which will redirect you, then click on the hatnote saying 'Redirected from User:Joflaher/sandbox' (the last link will send you there directly). Then simply edit the page. Alternatively, you can start a new sandbox at User:Joflaher/sandbox 2. If you want to retain the history, you can try asking at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical). As a side note, why do you have your signature as a link to your talk page? ― Qwerfjkltalk 19:22, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
- @joflaher Thank you for your speedy reply. I will follow your instructions, first tying Wikipdia:village pump (technical). I have contributed to Wikipedia for over 10 years. For most of that time i have had no problem publishing my sandbox page. About a 1-2 years ago, I became busy at my job and made only edits of pages here and there without using my sandbox. Some two months ago, I was free enough to start new pages on my sandbox but could not get them published using the former method. The old sandbox page had a place to get it published but the current sandbox page does not. It has been a real problem for me. I am not used savvy in using Wikipedia's communicating, messaging, and help systems. Could you explain what I need to use to open and close my messages here? Again, thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joflaher (talk • contribs) 20:54, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
- @Joflaher simply sign your comments with 4 tildes: ~~~~ - Qwerfjkltalk 06:49, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
- @joflaher Thank you for your speedy reply. I will follow your instructions, first tying Wikipdia:village pump (technical). I have contributed to Wikipedia for over 10 years. For most of that time i have had no problem publishing my sandbox page. About a 1-2 years ago, I became busy at my job and made only edits of pages here and there without using my sandbox. Some two months ago, I was free enough to start new pages on my sandbox but could not get them published using the former method. The old sandbox page had a place to get it published but the current sandbox page does not. It has been a real problem for me. I am not used savvy in using Wikipedia's communicating, messaging, and help systems. Could you explain what I need to use to open and close my messages here? Again, thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joflaher (talk • contribs) 20:54, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
Reliable Sources
Hi Qwerfjkl,
I see you declined my draft article on Securitize citing need for reliable sources. No worries! I have already cited articles by Bloomberg (definitely a top media outlet), Forbes, and a number of other serious outlets that adhere to journalistic standards. I also believe most statements in the article are backed up by a primary citation. Can you help me understand what else is necessary in order to clear this bar? Happy to revise or wait until better sources are available if necessary. Just seems to me the current sources are already quite credible.
Thank you!
Jebr1976a (talk) 19:58, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
- @Jebr1976a Your draft uses a large number of CoinDesk citations, which are not reliable. ― Qwerfjkltalk 20:08, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
KOCl Potassium hypochlorite
Due to its linear chemical form, potassium hypochlorite is often written KOCl despite convention of putting the higher oxidizing atom at the end of the anion.[16]
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Misspelling Wizard (talk • contribs) 20:41, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
New page reviewer granted
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WikiProject SpaceX
Hi. Would you be interested in joining a WikiProject SpaceX? If you are, can you please make a WikiProject proposal for it (I as an IP, can not make the proposal cause I would be stopped when trying to create the proposal page). @Qwerfjkl: — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.2.238.109 (talk) 13:53, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
- I'm not interested in joining, but I'd be happy to propose this for you. Qwerfjkltalk 14:13, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
Okay. Thank you. @Qwerfjkl:— Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.2.238.109 (talk) 16:53, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Lists of Thor launches
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Janglinath Mahadev temple
Please help to make my draft in a successful article Bygonetime (talk) 06:25, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
- Try Wikipedia:AFCHELP or the Teahouse. ― Qwerfjkltalk 16:03, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
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HI!
Hi, it's Eldolen (talk) 07:23, 25 August 2021 (UTC)Eldolen. Thank you for providing feedback on the edits I made on Elvenking (band). This message is just to acknowledge that, yes, they needed sound referencing! :) Thank you also for suggesting how to do it, as you know I am new to the community, but I look forward to contributing to it!