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A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Thank you! ^_^ Angus1986 (talk) 12:43, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Thank you very much, Angus1986! I appreciate it. — Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 14:44, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

You're welcome. You are doing a great job! Keep it up. :) Angus1986 (talk) 15:07, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

New York Lightfoot

Recently you reverted changes I made to the Wiki on the New York Light Foot Militia, where I had updated it with more current information, such as the fact that George Curbelo is no longer the leader of the NYLFM. I also changed the activities of the group to be more generally stated than historically stated. IE: updating readers with relevant information on the groups training activities and removing the historical activities mostly covered already in media stories and articles.

These updates are not vandalism!!! I want to put out accurate information about the group, as evidenced by sources linked such as the light foot Militia Standards and principles, a document that details the light foots mission, ethics and purpose as well as types of training. Please allow the changes to go through. The group has already been screwed by Facebook. Sincerely: The 11th Field Force, 25th Battalion XO of the NYLFM.

Hello, and thank you for your message. In their present form, the edits you are trying to make conflict with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Our content generally sticks to what reliable sources (such as newspapers or scholarly publications) report about a subject; use of self-published sources (such as your organisation's website) is strongly discouraged -- as is removing sourced content without a good explanation. If reliable sources mainly cover the historical activities of your organisation, that is what the article's focus should be. Furthermore, you have a conflict of interest as a member of the group, which can lead to problems with retaining the neutral point of view that Wikipedia strives to achieve in its articles. If you have concerns about the factual accuracy of the article, you should provide reliable sources in support of your argument on the article's talk page and request changes there. Thank you for understanding. Best, — Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 22:48, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

Is there any way you can help us out then? The About section is factually inaccurate and has been for a couple of years now. The leadership of the group can change year to year. Take that from me, I'm a primary source for that information. That is why I changed it in the manner that I did.

As for the activities section. I am the one who originally put that information up. I understand your point of view in not removing it. I'd still like to update the activities section with my edits, but I am in no way adverse to leaving the historically activities with sourced news articles alone. Could we move this conversation to the wikidiscord? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:6000:1103:C79C:C858:1758:9302:E4E6 (talk) 22:57, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

We can move this conversation to discord if you like. If you can provide a source for the leadership change or present leadership, it's likely that this can get changed as well. However, I'm afraid personal experience – no matter how accurate – won't cut it here (see WP:OR). Best, — Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 23:03, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

A pie for you!

Literally all you get these days is anti-vandalism barnstars, so this one's for variety. Great work reverting vandalism and warning the misguided editors! Wear it with pride. Cheers and best regards, ◊PRAHLADbalaji (M•T•A•C) This message was left at 08:37, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

Thanks Prahlad balaji, the added variety and the nice words are much appreciated! Best, — Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 13:37, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

:) --◊PRAHLAD^balaji (M•T•A•C) This message was left at 21:44, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

September 2020 Wrong person warned

Hello, I'm Giraffer. An edit you recently made to Ajvar seemed to be a test and has been removed. If you want more practice editing, the sandbox is the best place to do so. 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. Giraffer ^munch 17:09, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

Please refrain from making test edits to Wikipedia pages, such as the one you made with this edit to Ajvar, even if you intend to fix them later. Your edits have been reverted. If you would like to experiment again, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Giraffer ^munch 17:09, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

Trout me. Giraffer ^munch 17:16, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

Message by 49.193.139.172

Oh I’m sorry I made an edit that you disapproved of.

YG mail

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Smallbones_(smalltalk) 16:56, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

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RENATO20303 (talk) 19:44, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

Help with Huggle

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		For going the extra mile on Discord to help me get to grips with Huggle, even after I accidentally warned you twice. Thanks to you I'm way more productive, and have a snazzy icon pinned to my Linux Windows desktop. Here's to many more counter-vandalism endeavors! :D Giraffer munch 20:41, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

Giraffer thanks, this is very nice of you! I'm always happy to help out. ee you on Huggle and best, — Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 21:15, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

User:TheBlueLeo

Hi Blablubbs, thanks for catching the copyvios. I had tagged Draft:Miss Iman M Al-Qubtan for G11 but have now amended it as they copied the Amazon profile. I did not even think to look for that. S0091 (talk) 22:33, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

S0091, always happy to help. I've found that a fair share of COI drafts are also copyvios – if you don't know about it already, you may be interested in this tool, which I find extremely helpful for spotting them. Best, — Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 22:59, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

Boxing-Wrong Professional Record put for the Wrong Boxer

Hello Blablubbs. You might have noticed that I deleted a section in your edited page of Ivan Calderon. The reason why I did that is that I believe you made a mistake and placed Canelo Alvarez's professional record in Ivan Calderon's Wikepedia page. As a result, I deleted the section about Canelo Alvarez in that page as that information is referring to the wrong boxer. Next time, I will notify you first if you made a mistake.

Hi, thanks for explaining. There's no need to notify me before removing content; I only came across your edit while patrolling the recent changes feed. What would be great is if you could explain your reasoning in the edit summary field whenever you modify an article. Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia, and happy editing! Best, — Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:31, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

The Umbrella Academy

Hi, you reverted a change I made to The Umbrella Academy. I deleted this quote and reference since it was misattributed, with the correct quote and reference directly above. I have deleted it again, this time stating my reason in the summary including a link to the article that was deleted, if you feel the need to put in a quote that was actually from that article. 87.214.242.116 (talk) 17:27, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for providing an explanation – I might have been a little too quick to undo there. It's usually good practice to always leave an edit summary, especially when removing content that appears to be sourced. Best, — Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 17:49, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

No problem, I understand that with deletions without reasoning, which is why I was annoyed when someone else came along and called my second edit vandalism. Luckily another user saw it and reverted the revert. I am the person above, only logged in. FoggyMcFogFace (talk) 17:57, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

FoggyMcFogFace, thanks for taking this so well. Welcome to Wikipedia – I hope you decide to stick around! Best, — Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 18:03, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Removing others edits

How about making sure there is no source cited prior to removing edits made by other contributors. The edits I made to the Sam Hyde article already had a source cited. I only elaborated on what was actually written in the article linked as citation for the article and therefore did not need to add any source citation. The way the article was written was intentionally misleading and needed to be clarified. Please do your due diligence in making changes to edits. JWBallz (talk) 17:46, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

JWBallz, (talk page stalker) sorry where does the source say "satirically" exactly? Glen (talk) 17:55, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

The source doesn't say satirically directly.  Its contextual. The fact that he is making a joke about how he makes more money that Matt Pearce should be sufficient to show that his intentions were to display satire. Seems that you are the talk page stalker. I have only responded to others.   JWBallz (talk) 18:06, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

JWBallz, another (talk page watcher) – the details you're adding are already in the body of the article, they're out of place in the lead and Blablubbs was correct to revert because you also removed other information (and refs) from the lead with your edit. Schazjmd (talk) 18:08, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Actually, the way it is currently written is very misleading. Sam Hyde is known for his pranks and hoaxes. Pointing that out in the article is relevant to the article. The information I removed from the article is due to the lack of citation to support what is said in the article. There is nothing in the cited article to support that Sam Hyde is associated with Alt-right or white supremacists. Therefore it was removed. JWBallz (talk) 18:18, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

But Million Dollar Extreme, which premiered in August, is also from the mind of Sam Hyde, an unapologetic member of the alt-right. Hyde crafts his comedy with the goal of shocking his young, liberal, Millennial audience while simultaneously appealing to like-minded members of a white-nationalist movement that generally supports Donald Trump.. That's in the first paragraph of the source you removed in your recent edit. And on a different note: Yes, Glen is the stalker, that's what the template means. You can find more about that by reading the page it links to – while you're at it, you may also want to read this essay. Thanks, — Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 18:24, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

A problem with correcting indirect links

Hi - Thankyou for getting back. I have a couple of problems. I created a new page for the latest Hwyl Nofio album called Isolate. First I added Isolate to the main Hwyl Nofio Discography secton - then I created the Isolate (album) page. Problem - the Isolate (album) link is indirect and I would like help to create a direct link. There is also an additional problem with the link from the Isolate (album) - section box, previous album From Elevated Gangways Rivers of Molen Metal Flow (album). The link again is indirect and needs correcting. I would welcome your help with this matter. Thank you (Fangfest (talk) 09:40, 22 September 2020 (UTC))

Fangfest, you should not be creating new pages by modifying existing redirects. Please create new pages instead. At this point, the page you created is not sufficiently sourced to remain published, so I have moved it to Draft:Isolate (Hwyl Nofio album). I suggest you keep working on it there and then submit it for review through the Articles for creation process. Thanks.

Thank you for your time and help. I will continue to work on the Draft:Isolate article. When you say not sufficiently sourced - I have provided links to Discogs and I include a review of the album. What extra information would be useful for the article to remain published? Thank you (Fangfest (talk) 14:40, 22 September 2020 (UTC))

Sure thing, Fangfest. You can find the notability criteria for albums at WP:NALBUM. Best, — Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 14:45, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Good Humor
	For revolutionary, groundbreaking work creating the top-10 award-winning UPE Bingo™ page, I present this barnstar to a leading Wikipedian. © 2020 {{u|Sdkb}} talk 05:07, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

Sdkb Thank you for providing a testimonial. We are glad you like our page; it's great to know that our extensive experience has enabled us to give back to the community – especially to the orphaned puppies that our CEO Brad cares so much about. Seriously though; thanks a bunch – I'm very glad that people like it. Best, — Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:53, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

A message from C CWy52

List of materials properties page.

Bear with me this is the first time I have got into wikipedia as opposed to just using it. I am a teaching professor (lecturer in the UK) and Ive just picked up a first year module in this subject. I want to introduce the idea of mechanical material properties to my students but imho the list really has too much content. eg you only need ductility not brittleness. A ductile material is not brittle. Some of the properties seem a bit odd as well - what is specific weight - surely density is more important.

Anyway - I dont want to edit it only for my work to be undone so is it possible to discuss this with anyone in the wiki world?

Best wishes

Chris--C CWy52 (talk) 11:37, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

C CWy52, Hi Chris, sorry for the late reply. My reversion of your edits was part of my recent changes patrol work and happened mainly because you blanked out large chunks of content without explaining why, which made it very hard to tell what your intentions are, since many people who are acting in bad faith engage in unexplained content removal as well. I highly recommend you start using edit summaries. Regarding the topic at hand: As it stands, it seems that the list in question tries to detail all materials properties (or at least those we have articles on); as someone fairly unfamiliar with the topic area, I don't feel qualified to make a judgement call on whether it is overly expansive or not, but I would suggest voicing your concern on the articles talk page to gather input from people who are more qualified than I am. I hope this helps; sorry for the inconvenience and best, — Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:13, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

Removing My John N Mitchell edits

Why must I explain my actions in removing obviously biased information from John N. Mitchell's wikipedia page. Who the hell are you to reinstate my changes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamdud22 (talk • contribs) 19:44, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

Jamdud22, I'm someone who uses edit summaries for their changes, especially when removing material. I'm also someone who doesn't leave aggressive talk page messages when my edits get reverted and who isn't here to delete sourced material without an explanation or attempt to improve it just because it doesn't conform to my political opinions. Best, — Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 20:04, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

Blablubbs,You're obviously someone, like most of the editors on Wikipedia, that has a strong liberal bias. That article is in no way legit and I will contact Wikipedia to dispute it. Not best, Jamdud22

Afd should be speedy?

Hi Blablubbs. I see you reinstated a removed Afd template from Wilbur Soot. Thank you!

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wilbur_Soot&type=revision&diff=980335773&oldid=980335572

The page previously had a Speedy delete tag, that was removed by the original author, and that removal hasn't been reverted.

From what I can see, the page should have a speedy delete tag. What do you think?

peterl (talk) 07:25, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

Hi Peterl, happy to help. The previous speedy tag was for copyright violations, but the source material seems to be from Fandom and is compatibly licensed (though attribution is needed); so I think that probably won't be enough for a G12 speedy. Or did you have a different speedy deletion criterion in mind? Best, — Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 09:40, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

Ah, I hadn't seen that compatible licence. Looks like it's moot, though, as the deletion discussion seems quite clear. Thanks again. peterl (talk) 21:58, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

Hi again. That user has removed the AfD tag (again). [1] I have restored it, and put a notice on their talk page. Is there something else that should be done (I'm not sure of the process). Thanks. peterl (talk) 02:37, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Peterl, you did everything correctly, although I might have escalated the warning to {{uw-afd4}}. Given the repeated removals, I would suggest taking this to ANI if the behaviour persists. Also, quick courtesy ping to 331dot who left a final warning on their talk page a few days ago. — Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:40, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

I have partial blocked from editing the article with the deletion discussion notice. 331dot (talk) 10:56, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Akuffo Addo

Now I see why you removed. Thank you actually. It passed me by. Thank a lot. From Kelly Jnr — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kelly Jnr (talk • contribs) 13:57, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

Armenia/Azerbaijan discretionary sanctions

This is a standard message to notify contributors about an administrative ruling in effect. It does not imply that there are any issues with your contributions to date.

You have shown interest in Armenia, Azerbaijan, or related conflicts. Due to past disruption in this topic area, a more stringent set of rules called discretionary sanctions is in effect. Any administrator may impose sanctions on editors who do not strictly follow Wikipedia's policies, or the page-specific restrictions, when making edits related to the topic.

For additional information, please see the guidance on discretionary sanctions and the Arbitration Committee's decision here. If you have any questions, or any doubts regarding what edits are appropriate, you are welcome to discuss them with me or any other editor.

Cabayi (talk) 15:54, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

A goat for you!

For approving my logo.

Ljcool2006 (talk) 02:06, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

orange and black

Collapsing sock

I imagine the underlying software told you, but The Black & Orange, Black and Orange, Black & Orange etc.... all go to Clifton Heights, but Black and orange is a nice insect that is, er, black and orange... You might want to check |my procedural nomination at RfD. Best wishes and all that. Now I have made that kerfuffle, I seem to be told to have a goat singing. No, have a go at singing... OK but the dreaded thing can't hit my top A. Who brought the goat? 84.236.27.182 (talk) 08:50, 8 October 2020 (UTC) Thanks for the heads-up. I'll take a look and reply if I can come up with something smart. But the longer I think about this, the more I'm tempted to say that the Clifton Heights page might have to go. It's a cheap way to sidestep the redirect issue, but the page is pretty much filled with OR and I have my doubts that there's enough sourcing to be found here. Do you have any thoughts on that? — Blablubbs (talk • contribs) 09:50, 8 October 2020 (UTC) WP:DIFFCAPS permit different capitalizations pointing to different places. Crouch, Swale (talk) 09:58, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

Editing Henry Clifford De Meillon (1800-1859)

Thanks Balblubbs for contacting Nathan2055. Could not find where to thank you elsewhere. Lots to learn. Lcabri (talk) 19:27, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

Lcabri, talk page messages are a great way to do this. I'm always happy to help; feel free to message me here if you have any questions about editing. Best, — Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 19:46, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

Nama Ramayanam

Blabbus Nama Ramayanam's Lyrics were created 1000 years ago and is a public domain. I have copied it from Drik Panchang but it's not it's copyright. I want to make the lyrics reach the people of North India as it is with South India. What should I do to publish my page safely.Changing the lyrics is impossible it is already created by Pandit Lakshmanacharya. YS...896 (talk) 15:26, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

Hi YS...896, thanks for your message. The problem isn't mainly with the lyrics, the problem is that you also copied the accompanying text and made minor modifications to it, but that is still a copyright violation. You were also probably aware of that, since the page was previously deleted as a copyright violation and you recreated it five minutes later with the speedy deletion template still intact. If you want to write about this song, you will have to establish that it meets our notability guidelines for songs and you will have to do so in your own words, not by closely paraphrasing material from elsewhere. If you want to learn more about our rules on copyright, click here. Finally, I want to note that Wikipedia is not a repository for song – especially non-English ones; you may want to contribute to a site that specialises in hosting lyrics instead. Thank you for understanding and best, — Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 15:34, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

Actually it's not a song it is a religious verse from ramayana more likely a bhajan and I will change the introduction now in my words. Nobody to add a label to the song is alive now in this world so far. It may be by reading this people in North India will take advantage and will help them to increase there knowledge about there Religion. YS...896 (talk) 15:43, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

Blablubbs Please Go through the Article I have made more modifications to it. YS...896 (talk) 16:06, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

Re Wikipedia Name change for Anû Kathâ Îpa to Bald Eagle Peak... A Proposal

Hello, Blablblubbs; Pleazse check out a proposal at the bottom of the Talk Page for Anû Kathâ Îpa. Your input would be appreciated. Best regards, BrettA343 BrettA343 (talk) 23:29, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

Reversion

Why are you reverting back the valid changes which I am consistently trying to make on the page?? BNJ Nilam (talk) 21:02, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

BNJ Nilam, I reverted your edits because you blanked out templates ({{Use Indian English}},{{Use dmy dates}},{{good article}}) and the image you added is quite obviously copyrighted; it even has a watermark that says it is. Best, — Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 21:05, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

Zapp Scooters Limited

Hi there! I saw your comment for removing sections from the Zapp Scooter Limited page and they are totally valid, I was under the assumption I needed to use the exact wording from my sources for the inline citations but clearly the opposite is required. I will be republishing a new version that is entirely paraphrased and has zero duplicate content. In the meantime, what can be done to remove the copyright badge that is on the page? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Emmonsemmo (talk • contribs) 09:46, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

Emmonsemmo, Hi, thanks for your message and thank you for understanding the concerns about copyright. I would recommend that you don't approach the rewrite as "paraphrasing", but instead to try to summarise the material in your own words, as paraphrasing can create copyright issues as well; see Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing for more information. The notice on the page will be removed as soon as an administrator has hidden the infringing revisions from the page history. For legal reasons, we cannot host copyrighted material, even if it's "just" in the page history. The removal is usually done fairly quickly – the notice will likely go away within the next few days. Feel free to message me if you have any more questions. Best, — Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:02, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

Emmonsemmo, as an update, an administrator has removed the infringing material and the template is now gone. Best, — Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 17:11, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

A message from XenoManXD

For god sake Vivian is NOT a transgender. She’s 100% female. The whole Transgender bull is a LIE and a misconception. Nintendo factually made her to be a female. NOT a transgender. — Preceding unsigned comment added by XenoManXD (talk • contribs) 01:03, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

International Centre for Technological Innovations (ICTI)

Hello Blablblubbs, Thank you for reviewing Draft:International Centre for Technological Innovations (ICTI) on 13th October 2020. I have added additional references and improved the article. The draft has been resubmitted. Please re-review it. --Thomaskuttyanthony (talk) 08:09, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

Hello Blablblubbs, I appreciate your help. I am new to Wikipedia. I have just started writing and contributing to Wikipedia. As advised by you before writing more, I would like to create my user page first. I would be grateful if you move the article to draft status.--Thomaskuttyanthony (talk) 11:43, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

Hello Thomaskuttyanthony. Could you please tell me what your connection to ICTI is? The article was a draft; you moved it to mainspace unilaterally, after which I nominated it for deletion because it reads very much like promotion to me. I am not sure why you did that immediately after asking for more feedback for the draft – and I'm afraid I also don't know what you mean by I would like to create my user page first. Thanks and best, — Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:55, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

Hello Blablubbs. Thank you for the reply. I am an alumnus of ICTI. I am not writing any paid article. I am interested in contributing to wikipedia by writing about innovation and educational/research institutions in India. As a former student I decided to start by writing about my alma mater (ICTI). I regret you felt that my article was promotional, though I have not intentionally written anything promotional/advertising. Please let me know the sentences/paragraph that you found to be written in promotional tone, so that I can edit it. I would like to rewrite and improve the article. Thank you for your help. Writing my first article in wikipedia is indeed a great experience for me. --Thomaskuttyanthony (talk) 12:37, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

Goodmorning Blablubbs, kindly let me know whether I am allowed to edit and improve this article International Centre for Technological Innovations (ICTI) . How should I address the concerns you have raised while nominating it for deletion?--Thomaskuttyanthony (talk) 07:23, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

Hi Thomaskuttyanthony, and sorry for the late reply. You are free to edit the page even while it's under discussion. To address the concerns I raised, you will have to establish that ICTI meets our notability guidelines (see WP:N, WP:NORG) and cut down the promotional language, which is currently omnipresent in the article. For information about the latter point, you may want to have a look at our manual of style and our neutral point of view policy. Thanks and best, Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 09:17, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

Knock, knock. Query about your comment.

Personal attack on whom? Please enlighten me. MrsCaptcha (talk) 17:15, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

MrsCaptcha, WP:NPA specifically says that threatening other editors constitutes personal attacks. Things like Let me warn the biased editors on this page that you are being watched. or Continue to do what you are doing and face the consequences. constitute personal attacks regardless of whether you single out a specific editor or not. Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 17:20, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

I agree it may be an "attack", but unless there is some specific person involved, I don't understand how it could be personal. Please explain who is taking this attack personally, and I will personally send over some healing herbs over to them. Thank you. MrsCaptcha (talk) 17:23, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

MrsCaptcha You made an unacceptable personal threat against other contributors; I do not care if you meant to address the threat to someone specifically or to a wider audience; I do not care if someone specifically felt attacked; I do not care about the semantics involved. Don't threaten other editors over a content dispute. It really is that simple. Thank you. Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 17:37, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

Possible Vandalism.

Hi Blablubbs, please take a look at this user's contribution history. User is messing up Karauli page. Thanks. -- HinduKshatrana (talk) 07:27, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

Hi HinduKshatrana, sorry for the late reply. Could you expand on why you think those edits are vandalism? At a glance, this looks more like a content dispute to me. Best, Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:24, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

A message from 182.64.216.189

You are yourself adding Raj era sources. The dynasty is ruled by Jadaun Clan Rajputs not gwala ahirs. If you have issue, go meet them — Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.64.216.189 (talk) 06:03, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

Request on 14:49:08, 22 October 2020 for assistance on AfC submission by Antkaya25

• Antkaya25 (talk · contribs)
  • Draft:Anthony Gallucci (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

I want to be in compliance and produce a great bio article for Wikipedia. Can you please inform me of the specific type of references that qualify for notable status? I have many sources which reference the subject of the bio and I am asking for help in making this article a reality. Thank you for your help and for your service to our epistemology and community.

Antkaya25 (talk) 14:49, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

Hi Antkaya25, thanks for your message. The references we look for are ones that demonstrate in-depth coverage in sources that are independent of the subject and that have at least some reach (e.g. major regional or national newspapers). Anything the subject has written (about) themselves or is in some other way strongly connected to (interviews, press releases, things like that) is generally not suitable for establishing notability. You can find our notability guidelines for biographies at WP:BASIC and subject-specific guidelines for creative professionals at WP:CREATIVE; if you need a very quick TLDR, you can find that at WP:42. Make sure you can provide references that prove the subject meets that standard before continuing to work on the draft; it's a very frustrating experience to invest a lot of energy only to have a draft declined for lack of notability. On an unrelated note, you should also cut down the "Published editorials and opinions" section; it strikes me as excessively long at this point. Publications in general should also go at the bottom of articles, i.e. below the "Mayoral campaign" section. Good luck with the draft, feel free to ask here if you have any other questions. Best, Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 15:00, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

I have resubmitted the article for input. I have added many sources from a credible regional newspaper (The Ithaca Journal; owned by Gannett Media Group). I have included many independent periodical articles or reviews which speak to the subject as an actor and political candidate for Mayor. I have also moved the publication section below the Mayoral section and I will take out many of my published articles per your suggestion. Which articles that I have published would you want me to remove to be acceptable? I appreciate your support in this. Please keep the suggestions coming and I will adjust accordingly to complete this article submission process. Thank you for your help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Antkaya25 (talk • contribs) 15:57, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Brilliant Idea Barnstar
	For your help on Discord with Huggle Asartea Trick | Treat 12:22, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, Asartea! Always happy to help. Best, Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:25, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

Shahin085

I noticed your warning on his talk page. He has not stopped and is continuing to delete sourced material where it mentions Armenia. Looking at the history of the articles I think he may be a sockpuppet of Freedom Wolfs. 88.108.77.10 (talk) 22:22, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for the heads-up, I will look into it as soon as I find time. Best, Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 22:24, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

A message from 174.230.6.221

could you please help me with how my addition to Gardner White should have been useful and productive to other users. Everything I wrote was confirmed by Gardner White employees.

Thanks

Hi, thanks for your message. I reverted your edit because it did not comply with our content policies. Wikipedia articles should start with neutral descriptions of the subject (something the previous description did), not with phrases like Gardner-white furniture company has unfortunately been unable to meet delivery expectations [...]. Content additions should also be backed up by reliable sources; things you have heard or experienced yourself count as original research and shouldn't be inserted in articles without sourcing, neither should words like "unfortunately", since that conflicts with our neutral point of view policy. However on reexamination, I do see that I should have explained myself better and that your changes were made in good faith – apologies. If you would like to re-add the content, please cite a reliable source and add the content in a more appropriate section. Thanks and best, Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 23:37, 26 October 2020 (UTC) (Message moved into a dedicated section, please see the notice at the top of this page)

October 2020

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to Glove. Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 02:17, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

lol. Moneytrees🏝️^{Talk🌴Help out at CCI!} 02:27, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

Welp, I think it might be time for bed. Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 02:34, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

A message from Jadeja009y

Jadeja destiny is comes from lord Krishna Gujarat High court admitted it just do some research

Hello Jadeja009y. Please do not remove or change sourced material in articles without providing a good explanation; if you introduce new material, please cite sources to support it. The onus to prove that something is true is on you, it is not up to other editors to "just do some research" to prove your assertions. Wikipedia is about Verifiability, not truth. Thanks for understanding and best, Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 19:45, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

Just read the reference no.4 Jadeja009y (talk) 19:52, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

Or can you please verify your edits Jadeja009y (talk) 19:52, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

A message from AndrewMidkiff

Hello, Blablubbs I am very sorry that I made a unconstructive edit on the Ken Penders page. I saw that you assumed No Faith so I guess I am at a level 2 warning now :(. I am very worried because I really dont want to get any other warnings or get banned on wikipedia. I am really sorry that I did that. I thought it would be funny but it really was not. I betrayed the trust of everyone and vandalized the Ken Penders article. I promise not to do it again. I like being Auto Confirmed and I just like helping out but I think you should permanantly block my account so I dont vandalize any other pages accidentally. I am really sorry I did that and I am worried that I am going to do it again. I am pleading Guilty, I did vandalize the Ken Penders page. I think I should be blocked so I dont do it agian. --AndrewMidkiff (talk) 13:13, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

Change to Jensen Huang page

I didn't provide a source because it's literally list in the References, I don't think there need to be another source. Reference 17, the article says Huang's mother is a sister of Su's maternal grandfather, hence Huang is Su's uncle, I'm from Taiwan, Chinese is my native language. And Reference 16, the title of the article changed from cousin to uncle, I assume they just made a mistake on translation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 180.214.188.60 (talk) 03:57, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

A message from Jadeja009y

The Jadejas claim descent from Lord Krishna the Yadava,

      -John McLeod 
 (University of Louisville)

Book:THE RISE AND FALL OF THE KUTCH bhayat. Author:McLeod(University of Louisville). Link of book pdf:https://web.archive.org/web/20120307204736/http://www.sasnet.lu.se/EASASpapers/23McLeod.pdf My name is yashpalsinh jadeja from Jamnagar. Jadeja009y (talk) 16:34, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

Jadeja009y, thanks, but you don't need to bring your sources here; you should cite them when you introduce new content instead. Thanks and best, Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 16:37, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

A message from Electricalwork

Am really sorry that I editing 2002 world cup qualifying I was trying to make my own version of a 2022 world cup qualifying for concacaf I did some terrible damage can do you have the original info for the article Electricalwork (talk) 06:51, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

Electricalwork,  Done. If you would like to experiment with editing, please use a user sandbox. If you need help setting one up, I am happy to do that for you. Thanks and best, Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:39, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

Good day Iam intrested in making my own version. Of world cup qualifying sand box But I need help with How to get the flags How to set up tables and please and thanks Electricalwork (talk) 18:13, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

Electricalwork, I have gone ahead and created a sandbox at User:Electricalwork/Sandbox; to experiment, you can copy the contents of a similar article there and modify that to learn. Best, Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 18:24, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

Ok thanks Electricalwork (talk) 21:51, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

Ok Electricalwork (talk) 18:28, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

Pls I need help editing a wiki page

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Pls I need your assistance in editing a Wikipedia page and uploading it on the encyclopedia for a client I have being getting g11 speedy deletion messages whenever I try to upload the file Pls help Niranadedokun (talk) 10:25, 6 November 2020 (UTC) Hi Niranadedokun. I am not sure what you are asking me to do specifically, or what your question is, but for the time being it does not really matter: It appears that you are editing Wikipedia for pay without disclosure, which is strictly forbidden by our terms of use. Before you edit anything or ask for assistance, please read WP:PAID and comply with the disclosure requirements. You may also want to read WP:PROMO. Once you've done that, feel free to come back here and ask more specific questions; I'm afraid I can't answer the very general request for "help editing a wiki page". Thanks and best, Blablubbs (talk • contribs) 12:47, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

Thank you.

Thank you for your input on my application. I'm excited about the possibility of playing a larger role, but still clearly learning about the culture and protocols. I was flattered to be nominated, I guess, and so I didn't want to miss an opportunity when it arose. I'll keep working and wait for another round of nominations. Thank you again. Quod Felix (talk) 23:53, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

Pritika Swarup

Hi User:Blablubbs,

Sorry I reverted your Speedy del tag onPritika Swarup. I did so because we have settled the speedy del tag before now. I already dealt with the seemingly copyvio issues although it's never evident from the cited source https://www.imgmodels.com/pritikaswarup .

Please there's no need for the speedy tag anymore. The other editor has already placed other tags which will be worked on. Thanks.Mariah200 (talk) 17:51, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

Hey Blablubbs. Regarding Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring#User:Mariah200 reported by User:Blablubbs (Result: ). Do you believe the latest version is still a copyright violation? If so I would consider just doing a G12 deletion. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 15:19, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi EdJohnston. The copyright issues have largely been addressed by now (the little that is left of the page is arguably basic prose anyway), but all previous revisions should probably be revdel'd. Hence, feel free to decline, since I don't see a policy-based reason for deletion anymore (or not yet). Best, Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 15:36, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Xenocs webpage submission

Hi Blablubbs, Thanks for reviewing my submission. I understand the references I put in the article were not good enough. Can you help me with this please? I can amend the text a bit and quote other references such as: <ref>https://www.iucr.org/outreach/openlabs/grenoble-darmstadt<ref> <ref>https://physicsworld.com/a/flash-physics-spacex-resumes-space-flights-xenocs-buys-saxslab-snolab-bags-c26m/<ref> <ref>https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=xenocs&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5<ref>

Would these be enough to comply with Wikipedia's expectations?

Thanks in advance for your help,

Saxsxen (talk) 11:15, 17 November 2020 (UTC)SaxsxenSaxsxen (talk) 11:15, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi Saxsxen. Before we dive into this any further, could you please answer the query about paid editing that I have left on your talk page? Thanks and best, Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:53, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

References

Zhang Yiming follow-up

Hi Blablubbs. Would you mind taking another look at Talk:Zhang Yiming#Request for two additions? I've revised the language there in a way that hopefully has addressed your concerns. Thanks, JatBD (talk) 12:58, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

 Done Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 19:12, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for your continued assistance. I've responded again at Talk:Zhang Yiming#Request for two additions, and I think my latest suggestion solves your remaining concerns regarding undue weight and lack of specificity. Please have a look, and if the new language is acceptable, I'd appreciate it if you could add it to the article (or give me the go-ahead to do it myself).

Separately, my colleague Bkenny44 responded to you at Talk:TikTok#New section on TikTok's impact on businesses and we would greatly appreciate your input there as well. Thank you! JatBD (talk) 14:16, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

Gunter Pauli Page

Hi Blablubbs

why are you tearing down just about EVERYthing in the page of Gunter Pauli ? how can you justify the removal of even the bibliography and of the portrait picture ? thanks Freemanbat (talk) 22:28, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Hello Freemanbat. I removed the content because it's either excessively detailed, promotional, unreferenced (cf. WP:BLP), reads like a CV, or any combination of those. The picture was removed for being a copyright violation. The article was also highly likely edited for pay without adequate disclosure in violation of the WMF's term of use, and I am not in the business of rewriting content that was placed there in violation of policy to make it adequate for an encyclopaedia. Speaking of undisclosed paid editing, could you please answer my query about any potential financial or other external interest you may have in promoting Gunter Pauli? Thank you. Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 22:01, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi Blablubbs This "highly likely edited for pay without adequate disclosure" is not at all true! I am not being paid to edit this page! I am into environmentalism and I have been following Gunter Pauli and his work for some time and he is bringing some solutions to the philosophy of environmentalism that are breathtaking - I been to his wikipedia several times and found it to be so poorly informed and that it deserved to be enriched- You should read about him and you will understand the sort of "other external interest you may have in promoting Gunter Pauli" cleaning the environment and the earth... that is my "external interest" ! Heard about stone paper? THE solution to end the tree cutting for paper making? Heard about seaweed curtains? The solution to absorb microplastics and clean the oceans and generate biofuels! Have you heard about LiFi? The solution to not only depollute electromagnetism but also to get to speed of 250 GB/s (!!). Also, the page was being modified step by step and the published version was not the last version - Now what's the next move ? Are you gonna keep tearing down just about anything that I put in there ? Freemanbat (talk) 22:27, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi Freemanbat. Please start signing and indenting your comments; instructions are at the top of this page. The text present on the page was unambiguously promotional and badly referenced, despite Wikipedia policies strictly requiring that all claims regarding living people be reliably sourced. I have also discovered that much of the article's history likely constitutes a copyright violation, meaning that many or most of the historical revisions will have to be hidden from public view. Frankly, the page read like a mix between a CV and a PR bio through most of it's existence; phrasing like raises awareness about environmental issues with an innovative perspective or Today ZERI is a network of 2,800 scientists, professors, and intellectuals continuously rethinking innovations to make business and operational processes as durable as possible is simply inappropriate for an encyclopaedia, especially when unreferenced. Wikipedia is not a platform for promoting anyone or anything, no matter how much you may believe that something deserves to be promoted. As someone who deals a lot with undisclosed paid editing (which is a violation of our terms of use and illegal in many jurisdictions), I can tell you that the page read very much like such a creation, even if I assume the best of faith on the part of its principal creators. You are free to contribute to the page, but I highly suggest that you read WP:RS and WP:NPOV first; I understand that fascination with a subject can make it hard to write in the dry tone required by an encyclopaedia, but it is a requirement for your edits to not be reverted. Thank you for understanding and best, Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 22:18, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Addendum: thanks for fixing the indents, though it's confusing if you sign messages after the fact, since the timestamps give the time of the signing, not the time of the initial addition. Best, Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 22:37, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi Blablubbs, Now what happens if I restore the page to where it was before i started making adjustments? will you tear it down? Or should I understand that I will have to ask for your "authorization" before doing anything on the page? Freemanbat (talk) 17:06, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

Freemanbat, if the edits you restore are promotional or constitute a copyright violation, then yes, they will be reverted – whether by me or someone else is irrelevant. But no, you don't need my – or anyone else's – authorisation to edit. Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 17:07, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

Addendum: Looking deeper, it looks like this was a case of reverse copying with a misleading copyright tag on the website that copied the text. The promo issues however are present across the entire page history. Please keep in mind that all articles should be written from a neutral point of view and that all claims about living people must be reliably sourced. Thanks. Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 17:19, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

Blablubbs I am about to bring the page back to the version that follows and start editing from there: 17:46, 15 November 2020‎ LeonCoulon - Fine ? Freemanbat (talk) 17:26, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

Freemanbat, that page revision is very much suboptimal, as are most preceeding and subsequent ones.

• The entire Life and Business section is completely unreferenced, as is half of the rest, which is a no-go for BLPs.
• He has been called "The Steve Jobs of sustainability" is arguably undue for the lead.
• I see no indication that he should be called a "Pedagogue"
• The "literary work" section is sourced mostly to pages where you can order the relevant books and contains swaths of entirely unsourced materials.
• The "Works" section strikes me as bloated and excessive.
• It contains a bunch of buzzwords and puffery.
• Even for the claims that are sourced, there are substantial issues. To pick one example, the passage He built the first ecological factory in the world as 50% shareholder, Chairman and CEO of Ecover. It was completed in 1992, under his leadership, and has received worldwide acclaim as an ecological building. cites an interview. Very bold claims like this shouldn't be sourced to statements by the subject themselves. A quick search also gives me nothing in the source that supports him being a 50% shareholder or that it received worldwide acclaim as an ecological building.
• etc.

I have no objections to anyone improving the page, but I highly suggest that it should be done from scratch and in strict accordance with our policies and guidelines. Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 17:48, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

Blablubbs hello - I need an advice please so as to include in the best manner possible the pretty long list of people who influenced Gunter Pauli. looks like the 'Influences' section on the main right square is no longer accepted - wikipedia doesn't allow me to include it ... how then to include it? Thank you! Freemanbat (talk) 20:50, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

Freemanbat, infoboxes aren't for long lists of people – for that matter, neither are Wikipedia articles. If some influences stick out, because they have received significant external coverage, then you should include them in prose form. Blablubbs|talk 02:13, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

Maximus Inc.

Hi Blablubbs! I have a new edit request at Maximus Inc.'s Talk page if you are still interested in updating that article. I work for Maximus and have a conflict of interest, which is why I refrain from making the changes myself. HSMaximus (talk) 16:35, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

HSMaximus, thanks, I've replied over there. Blablubbs ^{(talk • contribs)} 23:10, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Hannibal (network)

Hello! Your submission of Hannibal (network) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 20:04, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

John La Farge page edit

Hello,

I added an external link to the home page of the historical preservation group that owns the John Paine Mansion (of which I am the VP) to John La Farge's page, because the mansion has at least one confirmed (and we believe 3 total) John La Farge windows. You removed the link (actually there is just a link to nowhere right now) with the note that it didn't seem appropriate for an encyclopedia. There is no other website for that building or that speaks to those examples of La Farge's art in our building, so I'm not sure where else to point to. What was your concern, so I can figure out how to address it?

This was the first time I ever edited Wikipedia, so I apologize in advance if I did not learn or follow the right practices.

Gargiulo.keith (talk) 14:06, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

Hi Gargiulo.keith, thanks for your message. There's two things to point out here.

• Per our external links guideline (which I linked in my revert summaries here and here, links to external sites should never be placed in the body of articles – hence, you cannot add the link.
• Since you are the VP of that association, you have a conflict of interest regarding related topics, which you should disclose (if you expect compensation for your edits in any way, you are required by our terms of use to do so). I recommend that people with conflicts of interest don't edit pages directly – we have a handy wizard to file edit requests instead.

Feel free to message me here if you have any other questions. Best, Blablubbs|talk 14:24, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

Hi,

There is compensation for Wikipedia edits? Really? I didn't know that. I'm certainly not seeking any. If the external link can't go in the body, can it go in footnotes? There is no other place in Wikipedia where this information exists, and it is all available (including a 3d online tour) on our website. All for free. I'll look into the wizard to get the edit request in. Thanks.

Gargiulo.keith (talk) 14:54, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

Gargiulo.keith I would suggest not "hiding" links to your websites in references – we use those to verify statements we make, not to link to other websites. More generally, you should avoid linking to your own organisation. This may sound a little harsh, but I mean well: Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, not a vehicle for creating backlinks to other sites – no matter how useful they are. You are welcome to contribute to the encyclopaedia, but that would ideally take the form of writing neutral, well-referenced information, instead of providing links to external sites where such information exists. Finally, I'd like to ask you to please read WP:DISCLOSE – COI disclosure is required for anyone who is being directly or indirectly compensated for editing Wikipedia, and strongly recommended for anyone else with a conflict of interest. Best, Blablubbs|talk 15:05, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

WP:UAA

How do you know if an account is locked and the username has been hidden. I noticed that when looking at CA, it says that there is no global account, if this is the case, then has the account been locked and hidden? Just for the future, don't want to report locked accounts, especially with disruptive usernames. Dylsss^{(talk contribs)} 17:39, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

Dylsss, I caught your report while some of the accounts were already hidden, but others weren't; when I refreshed, more of them had disappeared. But post-hide, there is no real way to know. By the way: If you see usernames with this pattern again, you may want to take them directly to m:SRG; this is an LTA. Best, Blablubbs|talk 17:46, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

Gatter Autowerk Reichstadt

Hi, I am not sure why you believe that I am violating copyrights. The article is entirely formulated in my own words and some of the material it is based on, I have written and published myself. Please indicate exactly where you have detected any copyright violation - paragraphs, sentences, etc. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vintageautomobile (talk • contribs) 15:33, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

Hi, Vintageautomobile. Please see this for highlighted passages that were copied (linked in my comment on your draft. If you are the copyright owner, you will have to provide explicitly donate the materials so we can include them; please see Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. Best, Blablubbs|talk 15:40, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, I did not see this compared versions funnction. Yes, indeed, I further developed this short text of my own webpage for a Wikipedia article. So it is my text and my copyright. OK, I will check this donate function. If that prooves too complicated is it sufficient if I rewrite these passages? The technical details, date and production numbers will of course have to remain the same. I cannot change these.

OK, I gave it another try. Have re-written these sections, included more info and more sources. Kindly check if this meets the quality standards now. I have a problem with one picture on the top (a newspater cutout). Not sure why this does not show. Kindly check. It is well displayed on the German Wikipedia Page, see: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autopodnik_Gatter

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vintageautomobile (talk • contribs) 18:25, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

Vintageautomobile, I'm looking now. The issue with the file is that it was locally uploaded to the German wikipedia and not to wikimedia commons; if it is suitably licensed (e.g. because the original newspaper is now in the public domain in both Germany and the US), you can upload it there and include it. Blablubbs|talk 18:29, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

On a related copyright-note, please don't include direct links to copyrighted materials, such as the "Schriftenreihe Stadtarchiv Kirchheim unter Teck" source if they were published without clear evidence of permission from the owner. Blablubbs|talk 18:30, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

Vintageautomobile, looks good to go copyright-wise now – I have put in a redaction request for the previous revisions; once that's done, I will likely be accepting the draft. Blablubbs|talk 18:47, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

Great! Regarding your comment on the "Schriftenreihe Stadtarchiv Kirchheim unter Teck". I do have the copyright, since I am the author. But do you suggest that I just quote as source, but do not like to the PDF? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vintageautomobile (talk • contribs) 19:01, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

Vintageautomobile, I've already removed the links again – since some of the materials hosted on your website seem to be books published by various other authors. I'm not entirely sure of the legal background here, so I think it's best to leave it out for now. Best, Blablubbs|talk 19:07, 4 December 2020 (UTC) (and please indent and sign your comments – there are instructions at the top of this page)

Thank you very much for you decidaction, time and guidance. Very kind and helpful indeed. Thanks also for taking out the PDF links. For my own website, I had made sure that I was given written permission by all the authors to display PDFs of their articles and book chapters. But I realize that it is difficult to link this on wikipedia, when I do not provide this proof. I will just put an link to my Literature sub-Website page. So people can follow the link without compromising Wikipedia by putting PDF links there. So I hope the article gets accepted. I will add some links to the Czech and German Wikipedia pages on the car and the biography. They are more complete than what I supplied here. Maybe once the article is accepted I will slowly make it more comprehensive ..... but English not being my native language, this will take some time. But I think I understood that I could link original articles from the 1920, as their copyright has expired. Right? Thanks again a lot. Best regards from ... (at the moment) .... Islamabad, Pakistan — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vintageautomobile (talk • contribs) 08:55, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

Hi Vintageautomobile, I'm happy to help. You don't need to link to other Wikipedia's in the external links section; there's a "Languages" page in the lower left of the Wikipedia interface – as soon as the page goes live, the pages will be linked. I have now cleaned up the external links and linked to the Czech and German Wikipedia pages about Gatter directly from the article using the {{ill}} template; you can see what exactly I did here. As for articles and public domain, I can't give you a blanket check there; you will have to examine the individual copyright situations, though it's very likely that they are going to be PD. You may want to have a peek at Wikipedia:Public domain for more information. Best regards from snowy Switzerland, Blablubbs|talk 13:08, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

Why did you edit a page?

Hello, may I ask why you edited the William John Leonard Beel wiki page please? Harrylock2004 (talk) 20:36, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

Harrylock2004, I reverted your edit because the addition, especially the Harry is by far his favourite grandson due to the fact he is the coolest one part, did not appear constructive to me. We also generally generally don't include the names of family members, especially not when they aren't sourced. Blablubbs|talk 20:43, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

Inquiry for compensation

Dear Blablubbs,

You have sent me a message inquiring about any compensation I receive. I do not receive any compensation and I think my edits and contribution are well researched and referenced. Most of them are translations from the German wikipedia (which tends to be very strict on relevance and so on).

Best regards,

Raphael Raphael1234567 (talk) 22:38, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

Thank you

Email received. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 00:47, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

Davidwr, happy to help. :) Blablubbs|talk 01:03, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

Minnow

Plip!

I noticed you misspelled my username when responding to an edit request I made. LOL and happy editing! Firestar464 (talk) 04:30, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

Sources

Can you tell me how you get your sources. Also, Wikipedia has seriously little info on most topics. Let's continue to fill them up Hido F (talk) 18:16, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

Hi there, Hido F. Which sorts of sources are relevant very much depends on the topic you're working on. Generally speaking, just plugging keywords into Google or library catalogues – especially those that also index scientific papers, is a good start. Do you have any specific topic you're interested in? Blablubbs|talk 21:24, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Hannibal (network)

On 9 December 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Hannibal (network), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the far-right "Hannibal" network has been likened to a "shadow army"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hannibal (network). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Hannibal (network)), and it may be added to the statistics page if it received over 400 views per hour. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Congratulations! With 10,788 views, your Hannibal (network) hook is one of the most viewed hooks for the month of December. Even more impressive given that it appeared in a 12-hour queue and was not in the lead/photo slot. Accordingly, it has been included at DYKSTATS December. Keep up the good work! Cbl62 (talk) 20:29, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

COI Edits Request Conversation for Rajiv Shah

Hi User:Blablubbs: I see you recently added a banner to the Rockefeller Foundation page, which seems appropriate. A similar banner appears on their President’s page Rajiv Shah, again appropriate. The reason I’m writing to you is, I’m 95% sure I’m about to be engaged to do some paid editing on his page (not yet official). I know the rules about disclosing my COI and am dedicated to following them. I’m also aware I can’t make edits myself. I was wondering if you would work with me to review my suggested edits and, if appropriate, implement them? His office was recently working with someone who doesn’t understand the rules of Wikipedia, which I’m thinking is at least part of the reason for your banner. I have advised them to stop. Dr. Shah would like to add to the Rockefeller Foundation section. This is a very long article, and I see that some language could be considered promotional. My edits will use the proper language, and acceptable sources. Thank you for your consideration. I look forward to your reply. LeepKendall (talk) 18:15, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Hi there LeepKendall, thanks for your message. I can't promise you close collaboration since I can get fairly busy at times, but I do handle COI edit requests: I'd recommend you file normal edit requests and I'll do my best to help out with answering them. Does that sound good to you? Best, Blablubbs|talk 14:39, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

Thank you User:Blablubbs! That sounds great. I'll use the template and then put a message on your talk page letting you know I've posted a request. Best! LeepKendall (talk) 18:52, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

LeepKendall, no need to notify each time – I've watchlisted the pages. :) Blablubbs|talk 18:58, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

Hi there. I know you are busy but wanted to make sure you saw my requests on the Rajiv Shah talk page from last Thursday. Thank you! LeepKendall (talk) 17:39, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

CSD (G11) for article "Louis Wright (digital operator)"

Hi!

I just wanted to say that I have chosen to nominate Louis Wright (digital operator) for CSD G11. I initially thought that AfD is sufficient, but after discovering incriminating evidence on Uncyclopedia (see here), where the same user attempts to promote themselves once again, the evidence is clearly unambiguous and sufficient for CSD.

I'm notifying you because you created the original AfD.

Have a good day, KevTYD (wake up) 02:35, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

KevTYD, thanks – and thanks for the laugh; creating spam bios on uncyclopedia of all places is... quite something. I had attempted to speedy it twice but was reverted two times and decided it wasn't worth edit-warring over (and deletion at AfD makes subsequent deletion easier). The article was also initially marked as reviewed by davidwr, so I might have missed something here. Blablubbs|talk 02:42, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

@Blablubbs: The review was an "automatic" review (well, there was a check-box I forgot to uncheck) by Twinkle when I was doing something else.[2] I've since turned off that setting so it shouldn't happen again. I take full responsibility for that mistaken review. Spicy "un-reviewed" it, for which I am thankful. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 🎄 06:29, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

Undisclosed paid tag on Monzo page

Hi there, I see you've added a "Undisclosed paid" tag on theMonzo page, as part of sockpuppet investigation.

Could we get this removed soonish please? Absolutely nothing to do with the bank, and obviously a bit concerning for customers.

Thanks, Cookywook (talk) 09:40, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

Hi Cookywook, thanks for your message. Looking at that page, the amount of activity by VentureKit and company makes it impossible to believe for me that this wasn't a specific target of theirs. I also spot a handful of other obvious UPE accounts and one or two SPAs, and that's without looking at IP contributions. There is no doubt in my mind that this page was edited in exchange for undisclosed payments; whether on behalf of the bank, an investor, a competitor or some combination of the three I do not know, but the changes made need a thorough examination. Only then should the tag be removed.

To be frank: Whether it is concerning for customers or not isn't a concern for me – what I am concerned about is the integrity of the encyclopaedia, which is why I placed the tag. I appreciate you trying to be transparent and file edit requests; on the off chance that this activity does have something with the bank, I want ask you to stick to those edit requests from here on out. On a tangent, could I also ask you to also insert a COI disclosure on your userpage, using the {{paid}} template? It's not strictly required, but often helpful. Best, Blablubbs|talk 10:28, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, I've added the entry to my own page. To be clear, those are the only edits I've made to the Monzo page (or anywhere on Wikipedia). I'll also make sure the team internally know to make these requests (we have over 1,500 employees and I'm not aware of what they're all up to online). We also have passionate community members who might occasionally make these changes on our behalf with our oversight.

My question is how exactly we appeal this move. We 100% do not recognise this user or their activity. It's simply nothing to do with us, however you'd like us to prove that. Looking at the user and their edits I genuinely think they're just someone who's passionate about startups and US tech companies. All their edits appear to be about our US activity, which we're not doing any PR push or marketing around at the moment, so isn't even in line with our company goals at present.

If it's not possible to remove the notice. How long do these investigations take? Cookywook (talk) 11:07, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for adding the disclosure, Cookywook. As I said, I am not accusing Monzo itself of anything – I am also not asking you to prove innocence, and this tag is not about the company, it's about Wikipedia. These changes may have been made by an outside PR firm you retain, by a competitor, on behalf of an investor... there are a number of possibilities. As someone who does a lot of work to combat unethical – and sometimes illegal – paid editing on Wikipedia, I can however assure you that the VentureKit group isn't merely passionate about lots of companies and businesspeople. Editors with such a passion don't abuse multiple accounts, and neither do they edit only within a 5 to 8 hour window, only from Monday to Friday. The tag will be removed as soon as an editor has time to review the article, but there is no strict timeline, I'm afraid. Best, Blablubbs|talk 11:50, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

That is incredibly frustrating and surely means any page is vulnerable to an 'attack' in this way by literally any other person or company. But ok, I understand. Thank you. Cookywook (talk) 12:58, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

Request for article

Hi can you please creat a article on Turk World, Like Arab World. Ytpks896 (talk) 09:33, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

Please review the sources of the article you are reversing on my edits.

Please review the sources of articles, you are actively encouraging the spread of false information on these pages allowing sources that do not exist.

Please review the changes you have reversed. TheGreatGoblinMarket (talk) 21:55, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

Answering on your talk page. Blablubbs|talk 22:03, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

SPI clerk training

Hi – I see you're interested in becoming an SPI clerk, and I'm willing to train you if you're willing to learn from me and if you're willing to wait until mid-January to begin.

I have trained two of the current clerks, Sir Sputnik and Cabayi (pinging both victims extraordinarily lovely people so they can extol my praises, tell you to run for the hills screaming in terror, or express their utter indifference). I do my clerk training on-wiki for two reasons: first and foremost, so the other clerks can chime in and help where necessary, and second, so you'll have a static place to go to ask questions of me and others. Discord, TeamSpeak, Zoom, and IRC are fine places and I can be found on IRC and TeamSpeak from time to time, but I don't think they're suitable for this kind of long-term training.

It will take about a month to get you to the point where I think I can turn you loose to work without close supervision. Obviously, the timeline depends on how fast we work through things, commitments we have in real life, and how many questions you have as we go. After roughly four months of training (maybe more, unlikely to be less), I'll ask the functionaries if they feel you're ready for promotion to full clerk status.

Now for the warning label: You should be aware that SPI clerks face an increased amount of scrutiny and sometimes harassment. Impersonation with profane and obscene variants of your username is a primary method used by some of the more prolific sockmasters. I choose to laugh at it and ignore it, as do most of the other CUs and many of the clerks. We can suppress some of the worst of it, but we won't be able to get it all. If anonymity is important to you, you should take steps now to put protections in place. Google your real name and your username on a regular basis, along with variants of your username/doppelgangers, like common misspellings. If any of these things bother you, you should reconsider becoming a clerk. If you'd like to talk about it before committing, feel free to email me or any of the current CUs or clerks. We're happy to talk about our experiences.

If this is all acceptable to you, let me know and I'll work the training into my calendar. I have a real life commitment on US MLK day that will take until the middle of that week, and prior to that I'll be busy working to on-board our new arbitrators and work on CU training for them. After that, I should be free, but if anything changes, I'll be sure to let you know. Hope to hear from you soon. :-) Katie^talk 16:49, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

Katie was absolutely the best SPI trainer I had! Some days the role feels like you're on the front line saving the wiki, and other days like you're repeatedly flushing a toilet only to have the same mess reappear. I wish you well however you choose, Cabayi (talk) 18:02, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

Hi Katie. I'm excited about this offer and I'll gladly accept it, especially after Cabayi's endorsement. I'm aware of the risks this might carry; as far as I can tell, I'm pretty well locked-down with regard to privacy and have relatively thick skin. Time-wise, this works well for me – given the ongoing global wave of awfulness, I'm fairly flexible in that regard. Many thanks; I look forward to working with you. Blablubbs|talk 22:52, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

Awesome! I'll be in touch in January with next steps. Have a great holiday and stay safe. :-) Katie^talk 20:52, 19 December 2020 (UTC)

Thanks! You too :) Blablubbs|talk 12:38, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Dachau camp trial

On 19 December 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Dachau camp trial, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Dachau camp trial was one of 489 Dachau trials, the majority of which were held within the confines of the concentration camp itself? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dachau camp trial. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Dachau camp trial), and it may be added to the statistics page if it received over 400 views per hour. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 00:02, 19 December 2020 (UTC)

User keeps on trying to vandalize the civilian Wikipedia page

Someone again tried to sabotage the definition of a civilian then have to use to point out that other users are right in correcting my mistakes even though he/she doesn't have any proof. You reverse a vandalism in this page before, I urge your intervention because I don't want to take the chance of turning this arguments into something ugly. Thank you, my current talk pages.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Civilian#400_Things_Cops_Know

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:XXzoonamiXX#Civilian_and_%22400_Things_Cops_Know%22 XXzoonamiXX (talk) 15:13, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

Hi there, XXzoonamiXX. As far as I can tell, this appears to be a content dispute between you and Aquillion – I don't see anything here that resembles vandalism. Have you considered dispute resolution? Blablubbs|talk 15:18, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

The reason because I've seen arguments that reverts to vandalizing the page anyways, and some users I have argued don't care and do their own thing even though my arguments are in the right. Users often points out content in the civilian article for years, but don't actually dispute them or don't care if he/she doesn't get what he/she wanted. Dispute resolutions don't work for me in years as no one else intervenes, and I have used it before. All I'm asking is for intervention not because you think I'm right, but I don't think the user has a right to reverse back the page once he doesn't get what he wants. The guy tried to remove the civilian definition that doesn't include firemen and police, and adds them as second-rate/disputed arguments in spite of other proper sources. It's one thing to remove a source that is wrong, but it's another to use it as an excuse to re-add back the outdated definition. If DR actually works, I wouldn't have come to ask you. XXzoonamiXX (talk) 15:24, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

Please, have you considered this? XXzoonamiXX (talk) 15:46, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

XXzoonamiXX, edits you disagree with don't constitute vandalism; while it's true that edit warring is disruptive, it isn't vandalism either. I won't proxy for people in content disputes, especially not on a page that I have no involvement in. I urge you to resolve this by peacefully talking it out. Thanks. Blablubbs|talk 15:53, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

Answering disclosure message

Hello Blablubbs, Thanks for your message, in response, I do not receive compensation for any of the pages I am updating, and my edits are all well referenced. My current focus is on updating Honours and Awards. KateReadson (talk) 18:04, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
	Thanks for all the amazing help!! Anfornum (talk) 01:06, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, much appreciated Anforum – feel free to hop back into IRChelp (or hit me up elsewhere) anytime :). Blablubbs|talk 15:17, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia Edit

I am not being directly or indirectly compensated for my edits. Please teach me how i publish my wikipedia draft? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Akashjayant1 (talk • contribs) 07:35, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

Seriously!!

147.92.105.113 (talk) 13:40, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

You edited that one word! That's why people think wiki is a joke! Yes, since you asked. You DID make a mistake. The only question - Why!

I don't think I did; using words like "wonderful" to describe something is contrary to our neutral point of view policy, no matter how true it may be. Best, Blablubbs|talk 13:42, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

Merry December

Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!

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Thank you Lee! I hope you have a great 2021 (but maybe let epicgenius win the cup this time around? :P). Blablubbs|talk 22:17, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

Hello Blablubbs: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Merry Christmas! Asartea ^{Talk Contribs!} 19:42, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

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Thank you Asartea, and thanks for all the work you do around here. Merry Christmas! Blablubbs|talk 22:17, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

FRIB edit

Thank you for your help with the edits to the FRIB page. I am working on updating the page along the guidelines you provided. Let me know if I should be doing anything differently. KK at FRIB (talk) 20:44, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

Hi KK at FRIB, thanks for your message. As I noted on your talk page, paid editors are strongly discouraged from editing pages directly; edit requests should be used instead, except for completely uncontroversial edits (typo fixes, vandalism reversion, that sort of thing). The easiest way to do this is by using the edit request wizard. Some general advice to write edit requests that will be actioned quickly: Provide well-formatted references, make sure to split them into smaller chunks and be very clear about what you want added and what you want to have removed. It isn't strictly required since I see that davidwr has added a template to the article talk page for you (thanks David!), but I still want to ask you to also disclose your conflict of interest on your userpage by inserting the following template on there: {{paid|employer=Facility for Rare Isotope Beams}}. You will probably also want to read the relevant guidelines at WP:COI, but feel free to ping me or drop me a message here if there is something I can help out with. Blablubbs|talk 00:00, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

Please help me, request from DashGraham

I received a notice from you that you think I'm being paid to make edits. I'm not. I just am editing pages that I have an interest in - and have read that there are not many women contributing the platform. There was an interesting letter to the editors of the New Yorker in the Dec. 14 issue. The person noted that "Fewer than twenty percent of Wikipedia's editors are women; as a result, the site often exhibits and perpetuates gender bias. Only nineteen percent of its biographical pages feature women, and many articles on gendered topics lack a neutral point of view. This is frightening, given that Wikipedia is now many people's go-to information source." Given this, I thought I'd put my skills to use and make some contributions to the platform. I worked with Pam Edstrom many years ago and have deep respect for the work and impact she has had on the PR and communications industry, including pioneering a process for product reviews for software. I want to make sure she is included in history. She deserves to be recognized by history. There are many more articles that have been written about her and I started a search with the Seattle Public Library. I need to figure out how to include those. I also feel likes others will make updates to the article once it is live. P.S. I'm forgetting how to sign my pages and hope I have done this in the correct manner. User:DashGraham DashGraham (talk) 00:55, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

Hello DashGraham, I hope you don't mind me replying here; I reviewed your draft after Blablubbs and I discussed it off-wiki. First of all, I agree with you that Pam Edstrom is notable and deserves a place on Wikipedia; coverage in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Fortune makes that clear. What makes me a little hesitant, though, is that I see you've been working on a lot of articles about subjects prone to paid editing, such as businesspeople, contemporary authors, and organizations. Often, when users focus on these sort of subjects and it's not exactly clear what drives their interest in them, it turns out to be paid editing.

Now, I'm not saying that's necessarily the case here, just explaining why Blablubbs and I might have concerns. But from the outside looking in, it's hard for me to tell what would make someone motivated to work on articles about Jonathan Sposato, Colleen Moffitt, Frank X. Shaw and the United States Lavender Growers Association. It would be helpful if you could share the reasons behind your interest in these topics.

I also saw that you uploaded a picture of Patricia Clark on Commons, and it doesn't seem to be available anywhere outside of Wikipedia. That implies that you have a connection of some sort to the subject. You've mentioned above that you worked with Pam Edstrom, which would be considered a conflict of interest, although a minor one, and according to Wikipedia's guidelines, should be disclosed; if you're personally connected to any other subject you've written about, that should be disclosed as well. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 02:56, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

Hello spicy Thank you for reviewing this and for taking the time to reply. My motivation primarily stems from my curiosity about these people or the organization's work. I truly want to better understand their backgrounds, business history, awards, bodies of work, etc. and, once that research is done, have a record of it.

For instance, Jonathan Sposato intrigued me, I have met him, but I don't know him well and have never worked for him. I took it upon myself to research him and once that was done, I thought it would be neat to create a page for him, especially given his accomplishments with his book and building several successful businesses. He is also Asian American, and a minority in the business world.

I also have a deep interest in literature and am working on a novel based loosely on the life of Lou Graham (Seattle madame). Given this, I follow other writers and poets closely. Another page that I'd like to create is for Kelli Jo Ford. Her debut novel, Crooked Hallelujah has been reviewed in the New York Times, the Washington Post, NPR, etc. She won a very prestigious award, the Plimpton Prize Winner and she's long listed for the PEN America Literary Awards. She also is a member of the Cherokee Nation. Again, I have met Kelli and will make sure that I disclose this should my creation privilege's remain intact.

With regard to the image for Patricia Clark, I reached out to her over email to secure the photo. Again, moving forward, I promise that I will closely review and adhere to this policy: according to Wikipedia's guidelines, should be disclosed. I should have reviewed them more closely earlier, however, I would appreciate it if you didn't revoke my editing and creating privileges. I am absolutely not being paid by anyone to create this content. Thank you for consideration. DashGraham (talk) 17:18, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

DashGraham, sorry for the late reply. What you're saying makes sense, and I apologize for having jumped to conclusions. You don't have to worry about being blocked from editing; writing about people you know is permitted as long as the COI guidelines are followed, and it's quite understandable for a user not to be up to speed on every bit of Wikipedia policy. In regards to Kelli Jo Ford, I would say that with coverage in national publications & having won a major award, she is clearly notable and would make a good subject for an article. :)

Articles on living businesspeople and contemporary companies/organizations, however, are some of the hardest subjects to write about on Wikipedia. Because these topics are frequent targets for paid editing, and because they tend to generate a lot of routine and non-independent coverage, they are held to higher standards for sourcing and notability. As you've seen, a few such articles have been deleted or declined already, and I'm not entirely sure that articles like Jonathan Sposato or Colleen Moffitt would survive if they were nominated for deletion.

I've written my fair share of articles, but I've never really ventured into these sorts of topics, partially because they are difficult to write about, and partially because there are so many other topics, especially historical ones, where notability is absolutely clear and it's easy to find good sources. For example, if you're interested in writing about women, the Women in Red project keeps lists of potentially notable women that don't have articles. Some of those, such as those that have an entry in a dictionary of national biography or an encyclopedia, are pretty much de facto notable.

Whatever you choose to write about, though, it is always best to use the highest-quality sources. The quality of sources matters much more than the quantity: on Wikipedia we'd consider a single article from the New York Times or NPR to be worth much more than 10 refs from a site like GeekWire or PR Week. You might like to take a look at WP:THREE, which is about the idea of demonstrating notability using only three sources.

Oh, and a few minor points. With regards to the picture of Patricia Clark, just getting permission from her over email isn't enough to satisfy Wikipedia's copyright rules. You will have to get the photographer to follow the procedure at WP:Donating copyrighted materials in order to release the image under a free license. Do be aware that if they go through with this, anyone will be allowed to reuse the photo for any purpose, including commercial purposes, and the license is irrevocable. Last thing, I saw you've been adding articles you plan to write to the "requested articles" page. That page is for requesting that other users write an article... if you plan to write the article yourself, there's no need to post there. :)

Let me know if you need any help understanding the COI guidelines and making the proper disclosures. Thanks and happy holidays, Spicy (talk) 17:43, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

Merry Christmas & Let's See Out the Year!

	Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2021!
	Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! In this toughest of years, thank you for continuing to care about others - both in your editing, your words, and just in your being. Roll on 2021 and I'll see you there! Nosebagbear (talk) 14:39, 24 December 2020 (UTC) Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

Nosebagbear, thank you! I wish you all the best for the next year. Blablubbs|talk 22:17, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

Happy Holidays

Berrely (🎅 Ho ho ho! 🎄) • Talk∕Contribs is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year! Spread the Christmas cheer by adding {{subst:Xmas3}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Thanks Berrely! A merry Christmas to you too :) Blablubbs|talk 22:17, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

Closing SPIs

Regarding Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/MP1440, generally closing SPIs is for clerks and patrolling admins, but yes, I just forgot, so thanks. It would be best to leave it to the SPI team in the future, though. -- RoySmith (talk) 17:50, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

@RoySmith my sincere apologies and thanks for notifying me – I only closed because it seemed like you forgot to hit an SPIhelper button; I have no intention of messing with anything else (at least not until I'm allowed to ;) ). Happy holidays and best wishes, Blablubbs|talk 18:06, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

Wishing you the best for 2021!

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2021!

Hello Blablubbs, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2021. Happy editing, ImaginesTigers (talk) 21:21, 24 December 2020 (UTC) Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

You were really kind and really helpful to me when I started editing. Only I was responsible for coming here, but you were among the people that got me to stay. Hope you have a great 2021! ImaginesTigers (talk) 21:21, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

ImaginesTigers, I'm incredibly glad to see that you stuck around – and I'm very happy if I played a part in convincing you to do so. Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you and yours. Blablubbs|talk 22:17, 24 December 2020 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2021!

Hello Blablubbs, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2021. Happy editing, Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 01:27, 25 December 2020 (UTC) Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

Thank you, Narutolovehinata5! A merry Christmas and a happy new year to you as well :) Blablubbs|talk 01:29, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

Neon (Talk) is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!

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I just want to say a big thank you for all your help on the Discord and the IRC this year. Hope next year treats you well! Neon (Talk) 01:42, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

@Neon Richards I'm always happy to help! I hope you have a great 2021 :) Blablubbs|talk 01:49, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

You too! Have a great day today! and a great 2021 :) Neon (Talk) 01:56, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

Removal of Section "Purported Corruption Charges" on Lt Gen Naweed Zaman's page

Dear Blablubbs

As part of a malicious agenda aimed at defaming the Pakistani military, a smear campaign was launched on social media by certain vested interests which falsely accused Lieutenant General Naweed Zaman and Lieutenant General Sajjad Ghani (ex corps commanders) for corruption and allegedly doing a plea bargain with National Accountability Bureau (NAB, the national watchdog on corruption).

These accusations were categorically denied and dubbed baseless by the then Director General Inter Services Public Relations Directorate (Pakistan’s Armed Forces Media Relations Wing) in 2017. Later on, in Oct 20, NAB also officially refuted all these allegations stating: “Reportedly there is a malicious campaign of financial irregularities being launched on social media regarding two senior army officers i.e., Lt Gen Naweed Zaman and Lt Gen Sajjad Ghani. NAB categorically denies and clarifies that there is no case against the above officers in NAB, now or ever before. Therefore, any question of a plea bargain doesn’t arise.”

A criminal case against 20 individuals who have been passing on this news on social media has already been registered in Federal Investigation Agency, awaiting trial. All accused who have been presented themselves so far have offered unconditional apology.

Devoid of any facts, this smear campaign along with its mention in Wikipedia has greatly damaged d reputation of an upright and celebrated soldier of Pakistan Army and caused great pain and anguish to him and his extended family and social circle. It is, therefore, requested that this portion should remain deleted and not form part of respective Wikipedia page.

Evidence of aforementioned

NAB Clarification: http://nab.gov.pk/PRESS/NEW.ASP?1829

Rebuttal by DG ISPR regarding baseless accusations published in various newspapers

1. https://www.thenews.com.pk/amp/117394-DG-ISPR-confirms-six-army-officers-punished

2. https://www.dawn.com/news/1256030

Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by GhaznaviSix (talk • contribs) 10:18, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

Re Jimmy Feigen

Appreciate your response to my help request. Thank you very much. I'm taking your advice. Australiasims (talk) 17:57, 30 December 2020 (UTC)

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