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Welcome to the Months of African Cinema!

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The AfroCine Project welcomes you to October, the first out of the two months which has been dedicated to improving contents that centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.

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The Bugle: Issue CL, October 2018

Your Military History Newsletter

Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results
Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content
Book review: Nick-D looks at the use of so-called "substandard" manpower in armies
Interview: On the Bugle turning 150 (issues that is!)
Op-ed: TomStar81 on the collapse of empires at the close of World War I
Timeline: This month in World War I

The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here.
If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 07:00, 7 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Account Creation Request

I verify that I have requested the creation of the username User:Doug, my former username, which currently redirects here. The name is too similar for me to create with basic user rights.--DeirdreAnne^{(talk • contribs)} 02:03, 9 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The intent is the name will not be used but will remain under my control, thus preventing creation by others.--DeirdreAnne^{(talk • contribs)} 02:05, 9 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Forgot to state in my request but I'm requesting the account because it trips the similar account prohibition, requires account creator to complete.--DeirdreAnne^{(talk • contribs)} 02:11, 9 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have created the account. But you can override the antispoof conflict on wikis where you have sysop rights. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 03:08, 9 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Yes, I knew that but it would technically be using elevated privileges for my own benefit, I believe that even for simple actions that should normally involve independent review or at least another admin on the same wiki saying "OK", may make sense if one is deleting a bunch of sandboxes but for this I think it's better for someone independent to address it. Thanks again. --DeirdreAnne^{(talk • contribs)} 23:54, 10 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]