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A tag has been placed on Franziska Meissner-Diemer 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 real person or group of people that 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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Franziska Meissner-Diemer moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Franziska Meissner-Diemer, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. kingboyk (talk) 17:22, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

Alright. Thanks. Lightbluerain (talk) 17:34, 25 January 2020 (UTC)

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Tag spraying

You are incorrectly accusing a whole pile of article of being promotional in nature. I think they are all incorrect and you need to remove them.  Mr.choppers | ✎  16:02, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

But, they all seemed promotional and not encyclopedic. Lightbluerain (talk) 16:41, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
User:Mr.choppers then in your opinion what should be done with them, if not to be deketed? Lightbluerain (talk) 16:44, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
The Rallycross articles and Hyundau Stellar are not in the least bit promotional. They could use more sources, for sure. I am not defending NE Talks and Vigyam Ashram, they do have some issues. But that tag is for blatantly promotional articles, like someone writing an article about their own pet grooming company or whathaveyou. Best,  Mr.choppers | ✎  16:47, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
"The Rallycross articles and Hyundau Stellar are not in the least bit promotional." i agree that they could use more sources, but they didn't seem encyclopedic to me, especially the Rallycross articles. I'm removing the tags but i'm not totally convinced yet. Lightbluerain (talk) 16:57, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
User:Mr.choppers, btw how to untag them? Lightbluerain (talk) 17:02, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
I think just deleting them. The rallycross articles are just results of various seasons of a championship, I don't see how you classify that as unencyclopaedic.  Mr.choppers | ✎  17:19, 22 March 2020 (UTC)
"I think just deleting them." I don't think so. I think i should ask at the Teahouse. Lightbluerain (talk) 17:30, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

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Information icon Hello, I'm AaqibAnjum. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Jamia Millia Islamia have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Teahouse. Thanks. Aaqib Anjum Aafī (talk) 18:17, 15 April 2020 (UTC) @AaqibAnjum:, it was a copyedit on language issues. It was not a vandalism. Lightbluerain (talk) 18:21, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

Lightbluerain, Sorry my err. But your copy editing the lead section changed the meaning of it completely. You are free to copy edit until it does not change the accurate meaning. Your copy edit to History section was good. Best. Aaqib Anjum Aafī (talk) 18:23, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
@AaqibAnjum: but the line "the reason behind..." and "a number of students left..." seems same, so i merged the both. Lightbluerain (talk) 18:30, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
@AaqibAnjum: I genuinely wanted your opinion Lightbluerain (talk) 18:13, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
Dear Lightbluerain, I've merged the sentences to keep them meaningful at the sametime. Please proceed with copy editing the article. I've loads of assignment works to do, but I've thought to fix this article asap. I may require your help in copy editing the same. Best. Aaqib Anjum Aafī (talk) 18:17, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

Sure. Thanks. Lightbluerain (talk) 18:20, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

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Buddha's Birthday/Vesak Merge

I've created a new discussion on Talk:Buddha's Birthday to discuss your merger proposal- I think it's a little confusing posting it under an old section heading from so many years ago. --Spasemunki (talk) 11:15, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Alright. Thanks. Lightbluerain (talk) 12:30, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

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I have added some sources to the article probably meeting the G. N also work on its neutrality if any problem you can talk me Easytostable (talk) 03:49, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

@Easytostable: Alright, go on. Just make sure you use reliable sources for the article. Take a look at the linked page, if you hadn't already. Regards. Lightbluerain (talk) 08:03, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

A cup of coffee for you!

You are doing a really very good work in editing.

Keep doing such good works. God bless you. Raji Majji (talk) 15:00, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks. ☺️ You're also doing good editing. Lightbluerain (Talk | contribs) 15:08, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

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Ways to improve Bhutanese literature

Hello, Lightbluerain,

Thank you for creating Bhutanese literature.

I have tagged the page as having some issues to fix, as a part of our page curation process and note that:

You will probably find that literature in Bhutan extends back before 1950, into antiquity, as the Gyeltshen source talks about. I would perhaps re-write the lede so it contains less generalizations. Regards, Zindor (talk) 12:07, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

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July Drive: Over 750,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event, keeping pace with the previous three self-isolated drives. Of the 38 people who signed up, 30 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here.

August Blitz: From 16 to 22 August, we copy edited articles tagged in June and July 2020 and requests. 12 participating editors completed 37 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

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June election: Jonesey95 was chosen to continue as lead coordinator, assisted by Baffle gab1978, Tdslk, Twofingered Typist, and first-time coordinator Puddleglum2.0. Reidgreg took a break after serving for a couple years. Thanks to everyone who participated!

Progress report: As of 01:33, 18 September 2020 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors had processed 532 requests since 1 January and there were 38 requests awaiting completion on the Requests page. The backlog of articles tagged for copy-editing stood at 433 (see monthly progress graph above).

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Grace Golden Clayton has been accepted

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Help needed

Namastey, As an Indian, you know that this article Netaji Jayanti is a crucial one. we, from PM to mass, celebrate it in India honouring Netaji. But on this article notability tag was fixed by someone unknowingly. Could you remove it attempting proper steps. Wikifulness (talk) 18:04, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

??? Thanks... Wikifulness (talk) 18:05, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

Error correction: Could you fix it attempting proper steps? Wikifulness (talk) 02:50, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

Wikifulness, Hey, I know the event is notable. I think the problem is that this article doesn't use much of the reliable sources available online. Let me try using them. Lightbluerain (Talk | contribs) 17:22, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
Btw, there is no problem with having a tag on the page. It is normal and is meant to encourage improvements on the article. Lightbluerain (Talk | contribs) 17:33, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

Ok. Thanks Wikifulness (talk) 18:16, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for your special attention here. Wikifulness (talk) 03:50, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

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December 2020 Guild of Copy Editors Newsletter

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September Drive: 67 fewer articles had copy-edit templates by this month's close. Of the 27 editors who signed up, 15 copy-edited at least one article, and 124 articles were claimed for the drive.

October Blitz: this ran from 18 to 24 October, and focused on articles tagged for copy-edit in July and August 2020, and all Requests. Of the 13 who signed up, 11 editors copy-edited at least one article. 21 articles were claimed for the blitz.

November Drive: Of the 18 editors who signed up, 15 copy-edited at least one article, and together claimed 134 articles. At the close of the drive, 67 fewer articles were in the backlog and we had dealt with 39 requests.

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Why the removal of citations at Khidr

Calling them unnecessary didn't explain anything. Doug Weller talk 19:44, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

Doug Weller, I was typing the whole edit summary when I accidentally hit enter and that incomplete (and full of typos) edit summary got posted. Then, I didn't write edit summary for the next edit as well. I left a message on the talk page of Khidr as well. The lead section of Khidr has unusually many citations. And, there are several citations (I think one would go better if it has to have a reference in the lead) to a few statements in the lead. That raises suspect that some of them may be spam. So, I removed a few citations from the lead. I was trying to put the rest in the below sections but right now I didn't see where to put them. Lightbluerain (Talk | contribs) 02:38, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Doug Weller Can I keep on removing them now? Or, do you have any other opinion? Lightbluerain (Talk | contribs) 08:55, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
A script that I have highlights citations 2, 12, 70, 81 and 87 preprints or general repository which may or may contain unpublished or predatory material. All by the same person who also wrote a book on Nostradamus and some sort of Kurdish prophecy. Amazon summarises it thus: "Those whose historical consciousness has been dulled can neither correctly interpret the present nor construct their future for themselves as much as they cannot grasp their past; because people grasp the present and establish ties with the future in accordance with their past and their mental relations with it. Likewise, they read their past through their relationship with their present. For this reason, the oppressed in general, especially the colonial nations, are tried to 'dehistory' and their past is presented to them as an unreal story, today a fate and a future as a fate.
The past, present and future of the Kurdistan problem can thus neither be attributed to these stories and fatalistic conceptions nor to prophecies. However, it may be wondered whether some quatrains of the famous oracle Nostradamus have been interpreted so far as to the Kurds and their future, even if speculatively. The book not only focuses on this popular curiosity but also examines some of the claims about Kurdish and Turkish (Kemalist) nationalism and the effects of the Russian revolution on the process of Kurdistan's sharing. More importantly, this study examines the relationship between the possible intellectual tendencies of the Kurds and their national future, as well as Öcalan and the PKK, which have been transformed into a national 'destiny' for some of them."
Probably spam and not a reliable source in any case.
20 is a good source but doesn't seem to back the text, it would also need a proper citation with page number and NOT the link which may be copyvio.
There's a lot of Aksoy stuff, including the astrology, all written in some edits at this time[1] by this editor.[2]. I'd remove all of it as unsafe.
I'd certainly remove the citation to the Qu'ran I restored, and also 11. I don't want to edit it right now as it will mess up the citation numbers. Doug Weller talk 11:29, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Doug Weller, Great! I also want to contribute.
And, I was also thinking of writing another section (if need be) titled something like Description where we can add appropriate details from the lead with citations so we don't have to keep citations in the lead summary. Lightbluerain (Talk | contribs) 12:49, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Doug Weller, can I remove the citations you mentioned? Lightbluerain (Talk | contribs) 18:32, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
@Lightbluerain: oops, forgot to reply, sorry. Sure. Doug Weller talk 10:36, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
Doug Weller, I removed the citations you mentioned and am trying to clean it up more. I had a doubt: in the line "Though not mentioned by name in the Quran, he is named by Islamic scholars as the figure described in Quran 18:65–82 as a servant of God ..." in the lead, the verses of Quran give link to this site. Why? Is it correct? or, any mistake? Lightbluerain (Talk | contribs) 18:22, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Pooja Sund (April 21)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Timtrent was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.
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User page

Hi I made your user page a little different and more tidy in my opinion. Revert if you think I made it worse. TigerScientist Chat > contribs 16:10, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

TigerScientist, thanks a lot. You truly fixed it. It looks quite better now. Lightbluerain (Talk | contribs) 17:09, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
Lightbluerain I changed it again you can revert if needed. TigerScientist Chat > contribs 17:16, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
TigerScientist, it looks even better now, thanks a lot. Lightbluerain (Talk | contribs) 17:44, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
Always here to help another fellow editor! TigerScientist Chat > contribs 17:45, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

GOCE June 2021 newsletter

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September 2021 Guild of Copy Editors newsletter

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Some baklava for you!

thanks Souri sachin Senapati28 (talk) 07:14, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Pooja Sund

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Viewing a page

Hi, I made the Draft:Battle of Pweto, I made it as a redirect to the page called Pweto, it has a section talking about the battle. I do not want to copy and paste the section. Thanks BruhOfficial (talk) 17:19, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

@BruhOfficial, if that is a redirect, it doesn't have to be in a draft. You can straightaway create a redirect page and a new page patroller would patrol the page. You can read the linked page to know more about how to create a redirect. Lightbluerain (Talk | contribs) 17:28, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
Also, you can create a redirect using WP:Articles for creation/Wizard-Redirects that's linked in the draft page you sent here. Lightbluerain (Talk | contribs) 17:33, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
  • It says that the article needs to exist, so I can't do that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BruhOfficial (talkcontribs) 17:36, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

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It smelled like a copyvio, and is one, of the orgs web site FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 22:01, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

@Timtrent:, I didn't check it so deep. I apologize for it. And, thanks for informing. I will take care of it from now on. Lightbluerain (Talk | contribs) 17:14, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
Not blaming you at all. We all learn from others. We all miss stuff. I guarantee to make huge mistakes for ever! FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 17:19, 28 November 2021 (UTC)

Nokhar

Why you removed all things that I wrote about my village Nokhar 182.186.181.48 (talk) 19:00, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

Hello and Welcome IP, I believe they may be very true, but we need reliable sources for such things so that we may verify the authenticiy of the information. Thanks for your edits. Lightbluerain (Talk | contribs) 19:04, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

December 2021 GOCE Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2021 Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the December GOCE newsletter, a brief update of Guild activities since September 2021.

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October Blitz: From 17 to 23 October, we copy edited articles tagged in May and June 2021 and requests. 8 participating editors completed 26 copy edits on the blitz. Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here.

November Drive: Over 350,000 words of articles were copy edited for this event. Of the 21 people who signed up, 14 copyedited at least one article. Final results and awards are listed here.

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It is with great sadness that we report the death on 19 November of Twofingered Typist, who was active with the Guild almost daily for the past several years. His contributions long exceeded the thresholds for the Guild's highest awards, and he had a hand in innumerable good and featured article promotions as a willing collaborator. Twofingered Typist also served as a Guild coordinator from July 2019 to June 2021. He is sorely missed by the Wikipedia community.

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Request on 06:40:58, 14 December 2021 for assistance on AfC submission by Prashant.angre2010


Hi,

I am Prashant, an Indian. Can you help me out for resubmission for page of Sachin Mote. He is a prominent script writer and producer of Marathi Plays & movies. I tried twice for submission of this page but failed.

Can you suggest if any changes are there?

Thanks & regards

Prashant.angre2010 (talk) 06:40, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

@Prashant.angre2010, the draft seems very much close to being accepted to me. The only issue I see in it is lack of reliable sources. In its current state, I see majority of sources are not reliable. To me working on finding better sources (the hardest part in getting it accepted) to establish its notability seems the only thing needed. Lightbluerain (Talk | contribs) 17:47, 14 December 2021 (UTC)
There are some formatting issues as well. But, they are not much of a problem. I'll do them for you once I get a little free time. So, you can work on finding more reliable sources now.
Regards Lightbluerain (Talk | contribs) 17:51, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
Thanks for your support & suggestions Prashant.angre2010 (talk) 17:02, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
Welcome and thanks for the Barnstar. Lightbluerain (Talk | contribs) 18:21, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

Your help desk question

You did not get a response to this question and I wouldn't know the answer. Did you find the answer somewhere else?— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 23:23, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

@Vchimpanzee:, although I didn't get any answer to the question, I think, the code being on Wikipedia, like articles, can be usex without permission but only attribition. That's why I didn't ask the question again. Lightbluerain (Talk | contribs) 19:06, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Xxxx-larger

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Naveen Jaihind (February 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 Ts12rAc was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.
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WP:AFC Helper News

Hello! I wanted to drop a quick note for all of our AFC participants; nothing huge and fancy like a newsletter, but a few points of interest.

  • AFCH will now show live previews of the comment to be left on a decline.
  • The template {{db-afc-move}} has been created - this template is similar to {{db-move}} when there is a redirect in the way of an acceptance, but specifically tells the patrolling admin to let you (the draft reviewer) take care of the actual move.

Short and sweet, but there's always more to discuss at WT:AFC. Stop on by, maybe review a draft on the way? Whether you're one of our top reviewers, or haven't reviewed in a while, I want to thank you for helping out in the past and in the future. Cheers, Primefac, via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:00, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

Features for new users coming soon (and mentors, like you, wanted!)

Hello. As you're currently listed as a host at the Teahouse, I wanted to make sure you're aware of the imminent rollout of new Growth Team Features which every new account will be getting by default. Each users will soon see a new 'Homepage' tab next to their User page. It contains two main elements which might impact on your involvement - and you'd be welcome to get involved and help out directly with one of them.

  • Firstly, they will be offered a range of 'suggested edits', and encouraged to make simple improvements to pages that interest them. (Being aware of this feature would be helpful for all Teahouse hosts if you're likely to offer advice on tasks for them to start out doing.)
  • There's also a 'Your impact' box to show them how many people have seen the pages they've just edited.
  • Finally, each new user is randomly assigned a 'mentor' from a list of friendly, experienced editors, like yourself. If they get stuck, they can ask a question directly to them via a Your mentor box, and hopefully get a swift, friendly answer from that mentor. Currently, this feature is given to 2% of new users, but it's set to increase to around 10% in the very near future.

To spread the load on our current list of around 65 mentors, I'm reaching out to ask if you'd like to help out and sign up as one? The workload is relatively small; User Panini! reports receiving four questions a month, on average, all of which were simple ones of the type we already get at the Teahouse, whilst I've had just one in the last 3 weeks. To view a list of every question asked of all mentors over the last 14 days, click here.

If becoming a mentor and being available to help new users on their first few days here interests you - just as have done at the Teahouse in the past - then please consider signing up at Growth Team features/Mentor list. But please only do so if you are genuinely willing to be available to help. Existing users can already 'opt-in' to seeing the Newcomer Homepage features via their Preferences.

Thank you! Nick Moyes (talk) 14:45, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

Regarding Hegen

Hello, I'd like to understand more about why my article draft was rejected? As far as I could, my facts have been obtained from neutral sources, many of them national newspapers, as far as possible. All my facts and assertions are referenced, and I took care not to draw any material from the brand's own materials as required by guidelines. An article about a brand's activities, products and services will inevitably have to talk about its achievements and innovations. Would you be able to point exactly which parts "sound like an advertisement"?

I'd like to point out that I have no commercial relationship with the brand; I'm simply a father who has been very impressed with this brand of baby products that my wife and son are using and was surprised to see it did not have any information about it on Wikipedia. 165.173.19.158 Andretan1985 (talk) 00:40, 5 March 2022 (UTC) 18:16, 4 March 2022 (UTC)

Hello @Andretan1985, specifically the end part of the draft still seems to me having an advertising tone. If you feel like I made a mistake, you can always resubmit your draft with the small blue button inside the red box, and any other editor might better judge your submission. Thanks. Lightbluerain (Talk💬 Contribs✏️) 17:36, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
Hello! Thank you for your reply. I've posted an enquiry about this in the general enquiry area and gotten more specific insights about what exactly needs changing. I'm making some edits and will resubmit soon. Thanks again! Andretan1985 (talk) 06:40, 20 March 2022 (UTC)