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Speedy deletion nomination of Zaaruk

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A tag has been placed on Zaaruk requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Science alert

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A tag has been placed on Science alert requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about web content, but it does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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Science alert (website)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Leap Flash (website)

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A tag has been placed on Leap Flash (website) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about web content, but it does not credibly indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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Welcome to Wikipedia: check out the Teahouse!

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Speedy deletion nomination of Maam biscuits

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A tag has been placed on Maam biscuits requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article or image appears to be a clear copyright infringement. This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://www.maambiscuits.com.lk/about.html. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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January 2016

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Madina Central College

Please explain these edits. Not only have you removed maintenance tags that still apply to the article (and without explaining why) you have added content that does not. BC108 (talk) 11:33, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Problems with upload of File:Maam.jpeg

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Your submission at Articles for creation: sandbox (January 11)

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

We're sorry, but we cannot accept blank submissions. Please consider submitting to Wikipedia:Requested articles instead. If in fact you did include text within the article, but it isn't showing, please make sure that any extra text above your entry is removed, as it may be causing it to hide and not be shown to the reviewer.

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May 2016

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for violating copyright policy by copying text or images into Wikipedia from another source without verifying permission. You have been previously warned that this is against policy, but have persisted.

Please take this opportunity to be sure you understand our copyright policy and our policies regarding how to use non-free content. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. — Diannaa (talk) 22:00, 18 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Unblocking

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Zaaruk (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

I've joined wikipedia about months ago and I've learned a lot of things.I haven't read some guidelines which were provided by wikipedia at first.Yes I agree that the thing I did was wrong.If I was warned when I first copied,I wouldn't do that repetitively.Please be kind enough to unblock me, as i assure you that I would never repeat the same mistake.And I will make sure that I read the guides before creating or editing any articles.Plaese consider my request. Zaaruk (talk) 08:16, 20 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Decline reason:

You were warned, per below. Max Semenik (talk) 16:26, 20 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

Could you please explain what you mean when you say "If I was warned when I first copied,I wouldn't do that repetitively"? Because it looks to me like you were warned about copyright in December 2015, within 10 days of creating your account, and received a second notice on January 8 of 2016. — Diannaa (talk) 13:23, 20 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I think you've got me wrong,what I meant was that I was never informed about being blocked if I copy something.

Yes you were, on January 8. — Diannaa (talk) 15:58, 20 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

So you're saying that violating policies is OK as long as you don't get blocked for it? Max Semenik (talk) 16:26, 20 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

No, I didn't mean that.What I meant is that it is my fault.Please be kind enough to grant me a second chance to prove that I will not repeat the same mistake again.I believe that people learn new things by making mistakes.--Zaaruk (talk) 07:35, 22 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Unblock request

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Zaaruk (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

I started a wikipedia profile to help the world with the knowledge I have.But the path I took was wrong.I violated copyrights.I completely agree that the fault is on me.Wikipedia is helping me since I was a kid,but I couldn't repay.Instead I've been dishonest.I now understand the rules of wikipedia and read the guidelines clearly.And every step I take from now on will be considered by me..Blocking me is no longer necessary.I hope that wikipedia will forgive me for what I did and grant me a second chance to prove that I am worthy enough to help the world.And I assure you that I won't do this mistake again.I believe that people learn through mistakes.After I am unblocked,I hope to contribute to wikipedia by editing articles.Thanks for the administrators for reading this.And I do hope that the admins will be kind enough to grant me a second chance Zaaruk (talk) 02:28, 27 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Accept reason:

I am unblocking your account, as you state you now have read and understand our copyright policy and intend to abide by it in the future. Please don't add any more copyright prose or photos to this wiki, or you will be re-blocked. — Diannaa (talk) 12:33, 27 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Invite to the African Destubathon

Hi. You may be interested in participating in the African Destubathon which starts on October 15. Africa currently has over 37,000 stubs and badly needs a quality improvement editathon/contest to flesh out basic stubs. There are proposed substantial prizes to give to editors who do the most geography, wildlife and women articles, and planned smaller prizes for doing to most destubs for each of the 55 African countries, so should be enjoyable! Even if contests aren't your thing we would be grateful if you could consider destubbing a few African wildlife articles during the drive to help the cause and help reduce the massive 37,000 + stub count, of which many are rated high importance. If you're interested in competing or just loosely contributing any article related to a topic you often work on, please add your name to the Contestants/participants section. Might be a good way to work on fleshing out articles you've long been meaning to target and get rewarded for it! Diversity of work from a lot of people will make this that bit more special. Thanks. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 04:58, 13 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia Community User Group Sri Lanka

Dear Zaaruk,

Thank you for your contributions to the Wikimedia Projects. As an editor from Sri Lanka, you are warmly invited to join the official Wikimedia Community User Group Sri Lanka and to subscribe to its mailing list, Wikimedia-LK.

The user group currently includes volunteers from Wikipedia and other projects, from the English, Sinhala, and Tamil speaking communities. It is the Wikimedia-approved platform for editors from Sri Lanka to enable wider collaboration, for both online and offline projects.

With your support, we hope to organize cross-project content improvement drives as part of online projects, as well as organize in-person edit-a-thons, training sessions, photowalks, and other such activities, in the near future. The ultimate goal(s) of these initiatives is to improve the overall coverage and quality of topics relating to Sri Lanka, as well as encourage new editors to join the Wikimedia community, while simultaneously empowering and retaining our existing team of editors.

There are no mandatory obligations for members who choose join the community, other than the usual editing rules for online projects, and the friendly space policy for in-person projects. You may also (or instead) subscribe to the mailing list, where any member could initiate discussions with volunteers across projects, notify members of events and meetings, stay up to date with competitions, organize your own events, and so on.

See you on board, and Happy Editing!

Reh man 09:10, 29 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of M. T. A. Furkhan

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Fails the applicable guideline for academics, as well as GNG.

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Sarah Ratty (October 12)

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This submission does not appear to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. Entries should be written from a neutral point of view, and should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources. Please rewrite your submission in a more encyclopedic format. Please make sure to avoid peacock terms that promote the subject.

The comment the reviewer left was:

So many important sections and contents aren't sourced.

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