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April 2021[edit]

Hello, I'm PEIsquirrel. I noticed that you made an edit concerning content related to a living (or recently deceased) person on Neo-nationalism, but you didn't support your changes with a citation to a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now. Wikipedia has a very strict policy concerning how we write about living people, so please help us keep such articles accurate and clear. 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! Ivanvector's squirrel (^trees/_nuts) 12:32, 12 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Republic of South Africa (1961-1994) (April 30)[edit]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Greenman was:

The proposed article does not have sufficient content to require an article of its own, but it could be merged into the existing article at Republic of South Africa (1961-1994). Since anyone can edit Wikipedia, you are welcome to add that information yourself. Thank you.

The comment the reviewer left was:

The basis for this article is in question. The first line states that "The Republic of South Africa is predecessor to the present-day South Africa" which is not true - the Republic of South Africa still exists, although it did have a rather large change of government and system from 1994. I suggest first reaching consensus on Wikipedia:WikiProject South Africa and the South Africa page on where to integrate the contents here.

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Your submission at Articles for creation: First Republic of South Africa (July 17)[edit]

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by DoubleGrazing were:

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1) Firstly, the referencing is wholly inadequate: 15 citations in an article of this magnitude is nowhere near enough, leaving large parts unsupported.

2) Secondly, please highlight clearly those sources which expressly discuss the concept of 'First Republic', so that the whole basis of this article can be verified, and notability established.

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Grands Prix cancelled[edit]

Hi. It was already explained by @Tvx1: in talk page. We do not need a whole table for only two Grands Prix called off. Please stop insisting on adding this table. Regards. Island92 (talk) 14:42, 18 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with this. It's covered in prose text and this is fine, and preferred anyway as per Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Tables#Prose: Prose is preferred in articles as prose allows the presentation of detail and clarification of context, in a way that a table may not. Prose flows, like one person speaking to another, and is best suited to articles, because their purpose is to explain. Joseph2302 (talk) 15:48, 18 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Plus this table doesn't convey anything not already in the article. It literally adds nothing. People who add do so because "it look's good".T v x1 16:54, 18 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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