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Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Michael Tollemache

Hello Chris Troutman. I am Tom Bateman, an independent art history (& general) research assistant to Michael Tollemache and, although not employed by him, I therefore should be classed as a connected party. Nonetheless, I believe the BLP text submitted is indeed neutral and verifiable with No Original Research included. If I am incorrect, which I fully recognize as likely, I will address those issues but only after dealing with your comment as to the notability of the subject.

The reason for submitting the draft is because in WP SEARCH for Michael Tollemache one is directed to Edward Tollemache his nephew where there is an invitation to create the page "Michael Tollemache" and because Michael Tollemache is mentioned in two WP Bios - Edward Tollemache and Frederick Fermor-Hesketh, 2nd Baron Hesketh.

I submit he is notable on the following grounds: 1. he purchased the most expensive book in the world and is named in WP The Birds of America see under 'Recent Sales', which sale is also mentioned in Frederick Fermor-Hesketh, 2nd Baron Hesketh; 2. he has been written and talked about in the media including the BBC as cited in the draft submission and has arranged for important old master paintings to be acquired by many public collections both in the UK and elsewhere in the world - see or 3. he has contributed over several decades to the political debates involving the European Fine Art Trade and the British Art Market at government level, and acts as an occasional British government advisor on the export of works of art and acceptance in lieu of capital taxes - all as cited in the draft submission; 4. he is invited to talk to Societies on subjects relating to art history worldwide. For example, he spoke only last week to the Anglo-Indonesian Society in London on the 19th century Javanese artist Raden Saleh, having co-organized the 'Raden Saleh Colloquium' in London in 2008 and 2009 see notice of which will shortly appear on the website . Personal comment (NOT a ground for notebility, but relevant nonetheless), the chairman of the Anglo-Indonesian Society informed us that,when he accessed WP SEARCH Michael Tollemache for information for his introduction last week, WP redirected him to Edward Tollemache where Michael Tollemache is cited (correctly) as having stood as proxy for the Prince of Wales; that in itself is not an issue, but it gave said Chairman a rather odd slant to his art-historian guest speaker! I look forward to hearing on the subjects acceptability (or not) as WP 'notable'. Tom Bateman signed MichaelTollemache9329 (talk) 15:01, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

@MichaelTollemache9329: Sorry for the delay. When I saw your wall of text to me I decided to move on to other things and reply when I felt composed. Your exposition has left me in a terse mood so here's my terse reply.

First, the point you make at the end is really your motivation. Your boss went to a speaking engagement and the host lazily looked at Wikipedia and found an entry about someone else. This is not our concern and you are not the only person suffering this sort of problem.

Second, I am not the only person to decline your submission, so convincing any one editor is not the best manner to solve the problem.

Third, my decline was based on Wikipedia notability guidelines. Your boss is notable for one event, which doesn't pass muster. Furthermore, even having truthful accounts from other websites about speaking engagements does not make him notable, either. Those facts are verifiable but not notable. Perhaps if your boss was mentioned in journalistic sources like The Daily Telegraph or The Guardian we might assume more notability.

Finally, you have a conflict of interest. Your editing of an article like this is discouraged and has to be supervised, if not prohibited.

I am always flattered that people think enough of Wikipedia to feel that they, their client, or their idol needs/deserves an article. A lot of editors have been working on improving the reliability of this wiki so that it has the weight people like you attach to it. That reliability comes from maintaining standards and Michael Tollemache does not meet those standards. Chris Troutman (talk) 03:20, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

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I would like assistance!

I am trying to post my page on Sofloantonio. He's a YouTuber that owns two large channels. Is there a way you can help? Want the source too? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Omniamedia (talk • contribs) 05:59, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

@Omniamedia: No, I can't help. There are lots of YouTubers out there but very few meet notability criteria. As you may have noticed, I had a hand in removing SoFloAntonio (Antonio Lievano) from Wikipedia for this very reason. While I understand that your company, Omnia Media, wants to help advertise "talent" (if you can call them that), this is not allowed. Wiki-PR and WikiExperts have already been banned from using Wikipedia to advertise. Unless you give this up, your company will be banned from Wikipedia, too. Chris Troutman (talk) 06:46, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for your help

First of all sorry for my English, it's not enough good yet. I will try to improve my contributions following the instructions you send me. I usually write in the catalan wikipedia, but as English is the most important language in the world I try to enlarge your wikipedia with the things I know well from my homeland. Thanks again! Josep Azuara (talk) 22:43, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

Dead links rechecked and verified live

Firstly, I'm sorry if this is not the correct way to reply to a comment you left on my article submission https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Hao_Zhou. I rechecked the South China Morning Post and Courier-Mail links and found that the articles cited are there and available. I do not know if you are able to check screenshots but here are the articles I accessed just now: http://snag.gy/hvGPr.jpg and http://snag.gy/nTotF.jpg. I hope these are helpful to you. Thank you! Shahmatwu (talk) 03:36, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

@Shahmatwu: Thanks for following up on this. It must have been a temporary network outage on my end. As you can see, I've accepted the article. Good work! Chris Troutman (talk) 04:00, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Ahmad Kamyabi Mask

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Battle of the Somme

I looked at the edit history for Battle of the Somme over that Macmillan reference, and I think your edit to move the material out of the lead and into the main body of the article was a good first step (it may still be undue weight there). I was kind of expecting to find a section on the talk page discussing this, but it seems the only discussion so far has been in edit summaries, at WT:MILHIST, and on user talk pages (this one and the one for the editor you warned). Kind of ironic, seeing as the advice given to that editor (who did clearly need warning) was to, um, start a talk page section about the edit. I think the last time I came across something like that, I did leave a warning, but I also created a talk page section and directed the editor to it for discussion. On a wider note, this article is one that should (IMO) be one that MILHIST editors and others attempt to return to featured status over the next two years, difficult though that might be. Carcharoth (talk) 01:41, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

@Carcharoth: Yes, you're probably right about the talk page issue. Sometimes I've started talk pages if I had to repeatedly revert. Often I just hit up the user to notify them and then allow them to bring the issue to the talk page if they really think they have merit. In this case, I was responding to the MILHIST call for help, so I simply wanted to stop the edit warring.

Yes, the current WWI backlog drive should ideally catch this article, too. I already have a work list of vital articles that lack sources so this article isn't on that list. I will look at it, though, and see what can't be done to improve it.

You're the first sitting arb I've ever interacted with so I'm glad it's on my talk page instead of on the drama boards. Thanks for contacting me. Chris Troutman (talk) 02:19, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

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Moshe Mann

Hi Chris,

I noticed that you nominated the article Moshe Mann for deletion, and I have made some effort to expand the article to include additional details and sources. I was hoping to expand more, but the book sources I want to use will not be available to me in the coming days. I expanded it to make sure to prevent deletion, but now I have noticed that it might be eligible for DYK. Therefore I am asking you that if you are satisfied with the additions, please withdraw the nomination so that I can nominate for DYK. If not, please let me know what else is missing.

—Ynhockey ^(Talk) 12:47, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

Nevermind, I noticed that you actually withdrew a few minutes before I sent this message! —Ynhockey ^(Talk) 12:49, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Angela Stent

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Feel free to examine my tool use. It's lighter than that of almost any other active admin. I almost universally choose warnings and advice over blocks. Sometimes harsher words or actions are required to avoid real harm to real people. Last night was one of those times. See my talk page if you'd like to see a more complete summary of events. Kevin Gorman (talk) 22:46, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

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thanks

Hi Chris. Thanks for leaving me a message. I'm new to this, as you know, and I apologize if any of my comments were off-putting. That wasn't the intent at all. Just from somebody new to this side of the site, I was surprised at the reason for deletion. I understand that Wikipedia has guidelines on notability, and I have reviewed them. In addition to the guidelines, I wanted to add my own personal feelings towards the deletion discussion, not to downplay the importance of the guidelines, but to add to the discussion. I absolutely do not have any interest in 'owning' the page. I chose her as a subject because I know about people and organizations from the non-profit field, and wanted my contributions to link to something I know about. Again, I'm extremely sorry if it came across as off-putting. I don't take this personally, but I had an opinion on the reasoning behind the nomination. I want to make a substantive contribution to Wikipedia, and if this woman as a subject isn't, I'm confused as to what is. Maybe I'll stick with cleaning up articles for a while after this instead of writing them!

If you have any advice for a newcomer besides what you've already provided, it would be greatly appreciated. I don't want to be a black sheep in this community! Many thanks, United191 (talk) 05:03, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

Thank you very, very much for introducing me to the Teahouse and all of these other resources! I'm kinda exited! I think joining one of the projects might be my best bet, along with a mentor. One last question about the Eva Haller article, though... how do I clear everything out there before I move on? I want to be finished with it... to figure out whether it'll be deleted or kept. Besides a request to have it closed, like I've already submitted, what's the procedure from here? Is there anywhere else I could post? I really want to get started on my next chapter with wiki. Many thanks, United191 (talk) 18:02, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

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Finealt

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War in Afghanistan

Could you just explain how the dead Of OSB in Pakistan is closely related to the war in Afghanistan? Dentiovula masaoi (talk) 04:13, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

@Dentiovula: Sure. The NATO presence in Afghanistan is in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, part of the War on Terror. The death of bin Laden is also part of that military effort, same as the drone strikes in Pakistan, and the numerous other raids. How could it be described as different from the war in Afghanistan? Chris Troutman (talk) 04:18, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

Just wondering OSB fought the Soviets in Afghanistan. Should be add an link to his dead to this article as well? And how about the war in Iraq should there be a link? Is the Iraq war actually part of the "war on terror"? Sorry that i have so many questions.Dentiovula masaoi (talk) 04:27, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

@Dentiovula: We would need to see what there's consensus for. You could ask those questions on the WikiProject Afghanistan's talk page or WikiProject Central Asia's talk page and see what editors there think. This is how the "bold, revert, discuss" cycle works. Chris Troutman (talk) 04:38, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

You reverted me so i think it is the best i talk to you. Dentiovula masaoi (talk) 04:41, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

@Dentiovula: And you have. I think Template:War in Afghanistan is fine as is and I don't think you should change it. Chris Troutman (talk) 04:44, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

You should answer my questions and discus in good faith. Dentiovula masaoi (talk) 04:48, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

I am. You want my answer to each of your questions? "Should be add an link to his dead to this article as well?" What article? Probably not. And how about the war in Iraq should there be a link? No. The consensus seems to be to split the war in Afghanistan from the war in Iraq. My position is that the events in Pakistan are related to what's happening in Afghanistan. I don't know what the larger consensus thinks about this. Is the Iraq war actually part of the "war on terror"? Yes. I clearly recall President Bush explaining that point in the past. Chris Troutman (talk) 04:58, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for your time Dentiovula masaoi (talk) 05:54, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

Education Program technical update, February 2014

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@PC-XT: Yes, those look good. Post your submissions on the reward board and I'll award you the barnstar. Chris Troutman (talk) 18:36, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2014 February newsletter

And so ends the most competitive first round we have ever seen, with 38 points required to qualify for round 2. Last year, 19 points secured a place; before that, 11 (2012) or 8 (2011) were enough. This is both a blessing and a curse. While it shows the vigourous good health of the competition, it also means that we have already lost many worthy competitors. Our top three scorers were:

1. Godot13 (submissions), a WikiCup newcomer whose high-quality scans of rare banknotes represent an unusual, interesting and valuable contribution to Wikipedia. Most of Godot's points this round have come from a large set of pictures used in Treasury Note (1890–91).
2. Adam Cuerden (submissions), a WikiCup veteran and a finalist last year, Adam is also a featured picture specialist, focusing on the restoration of historical images. This month's promotions have included a carefully restored set of artist William Russell Flint's work.
3. WikiRedactor (submissions), another WikiCup newcomer. WikiRedactor has claimed points for good article reviews and good articles relating to pop music, many of which were awarded bonus points. Articles include Sky Ferreira, Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus and "Wrecking Ball" (Miley Cyrus song).

Other competitors of note include:

• Hahc21 (submissions), who helped take Thirty Flights of Loving through good article candidates and featured article candidates, claiming the first first featured article of the competition.
• Prism (submissions), who claimed the first featured list of the competition with Natalia Kills discography.
• Cwmhiraeth (submissions), who takes the title of the contributor awarded the highest bonus point multiplier (resulting in the highest scoring article) of the competition so far. Her high-importance salamander, now a good article, scored 108 points.

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March 9 edit-a-thon

Since you RSVPed before this info was on the event page, I just wanted to give you a heads up that PBS NewsHour will likely be at the event filming. (I assume you can make arrangements if you don't want to be on camera -- just FYI.) See you Sunday! Calliopejen1 (talk) 19:00, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

@Calliopejen1: Thanks for the heads-up. I'll see you there. Chris Troutman (talk) 19:29, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

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Vaghtang Harutyunyan

We opened an Armenian Wikipedia page for Vaghtang Harutyunyan and it got approved. We listed it as a reference on this English WIkipedia. Is this sufficient to get the page approved? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lerysian (talk • contribs) 04:20, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

@Lerysian: I took a look at the Armenian-language article. You did well there, although I'm concerned that a lot of the images you uploaded are copyrighted; I'll leave that to the admins on hy.wikipedia. Part of the problem in the English-language article is that you're citing the Armenian-language article, which violates WP:CIRCULAR. Bring the sources like Aravot, Bravo, etc. to the article at AfC.

It's hard for me to tell if the subject passes WP:BAND. Please clarify if the subject meets those criteria. Had you considered getting help from WikiProject Armenia? There might be users that can help refine this article. You're doing a good job so far. Keep working and I think you might get this to pass. Chris Troutman (talk) 06:51, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

Chris, I appreciate your prompt replies every time i have a question. I am sorry for being so limited when dealing with wikipedia. As i understood if we had the armenian page for Vakhtang Harutyunyan we could then use it as a reference for the English wikipedia. But now i see that it looks like this article will not pass unless we have publications in English. My question is: will one article in English be enough to use as reference for Vakhtang Harutyunyan wikipedia article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lerysian (talk • contribs)

@Lerysian: Non-English sources are allowed. The guideline asks that you stick to English-language sources if available, and that you provide a translation otherwise. As I told you before, bring over the sources from Armenian (Aravot, Bravo, etc.) and use those instead of citing Armenian Wikipedia citing those sources. Chris Troutman (talk) 04:52, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

Chris, that makes sense thank you. I will bring back those sources, is it ok if I translate the pages myself or do you need a translation directly from that website? If I can translate it myself, how do I provide it to you? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lerysian (talk • contribs) 05:17, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

@Lerysian: I'm sorry, I must have been unclear. You're not going to bring those sources to the article, I meant you're going to cite those sources instead of citing Armenian Wikipedia.

Take a look at Murder of Agnès Marin. Most of that article comes from French-language Wikipedia. The primary author rewrote the article into English but is citing the French-language sources, not the French article. We have guidance on how to translate content across, which you've already done. Just cite Aravot and Bravo as you had on the Armenian-language article. Please note that the article about the murder also has notes that explain French terminology, which may or may not be needed.

Again, there's still the issue of notability. I encourage you to contact WikiProject Armenia for their help gathering information on Vakhtang Harutyunyan. Chris Troutman (talk) 21:53, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

Dear Chris, the notability guidelines include TV shows and/or films. he had many interviews, talk shows which aired on National TV channels, as well as a film about him. I listed only 3 of them with the note explaining why they are on youtube and not on TV channel websites. I am also trying to publish him in Glendale. I will try to contact wikiproject Armenia even though i am not sure if i can get any help from them. Do you think the TV shows I listed in the article would be of any help? Thank you for putting up with me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lerysian (talk • contribs) 07:25, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

@Lerysian: I think you've misunderstood me. I mentioned Glendale in that it's the largest Armenian diaspora in the the Western World. I assume that an English-language source published from there might provide information other than what your Armenian-language sources already provide.

I am sorry to see that WikiProject Armenia has not taken more interest in this article. I noticed that messages had already been left there late 2013, so there's no point in your pursuing help from them. Chris Troutman (talk) 03:28, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

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Hi Chris Marilyn Nix (talk) 22:28, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

Austrian Silver Vienna Philharmonic Page

Hey Chris I've submitted the article for review. Let me know what you think. Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Austrian Silver Vienna Philharmonic Zup326 (talk) 05:05, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Angela Stent

Materialscientist (talk) 10:13, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

AfC/Nancy_Buchanan

Hi Chris, thanks for your help and encouragement today; it was a wonderful gathering. I've fixed the inline citations this time using the template on this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Nancy_Buchanan

I hope you can review and make this is a page. Let me know if you see something else that's off.

Best, and many many thanks! See you at the next gathering! Marilyn Nix (talk) 04:41, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

@Marilyn Nix: Ok. Re-submit the article and I'll accept it on the basis of third-party coverage. You'll note I made a couple formatting changes but there is a lot more to do:

1. Your in-line citations should not be duplicated by a list of references. If you're citing a journal entry in-line (using ref tags) you don't then need to list all the same info in a bullet-ed list.
2. You have a ridiculously long list of external links and most of them should be removed per WP:EXT. Where applicable, convert them into citations.
3. Clean up your lede section per WP:LEDE.
4. Per WP:LONGQUOTE you should try to cut down on the amount of block quotes you're using. Some are ok but you're verging on too much.

Again, resubmit and I'll approve. Chris Troutman (talk) 23:25, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

Thanks Chris, will work on your suggestions, will continue to improve. Will resubmit now, and appreciate your great good help. Best, Marilyn Nix (talk) 06:14, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

Hi Chris, I'm still tweaking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Buchanan after your approval, following up with your ideas. I'm not sure what should be done next with the inline citations issues. Something about my Notes section? I am unclear. I tried editing out the Notes section but it messes everything up in show preview. Any idea what I'm talking about? Hope so. Any comment is welcome! Tackling *the ridiculously long external link section* next!Thanks. Marilyn Nix (talk) 03:02, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

@Marilyn Nix: Marilyn, I had to revert one of your edits on my talk page to restore another conversation. I then moved your comment under this section heading. Please be careful on other's talk pages as refactoring others' comments is frowned upon.

I have an example for the issues with citations: you have Jacki Apple's piece on Nancy Buchanan in the citations, but then you duplicate that in the references section, too. Same can be said for The Lure of the Local: Senses of Place in a Multicentered Society. My recommendation would be to keep citations in the citation section assuming you can link a section of text in the article to a page number in a publication. If you have sources that are used generally throughout, you can keep those in the references. When I use Template:sfn, like on Film career of Audie Murphy, the citations only mention the author's name and a page number. The references spell out the rest. Lord Kitchener Wants You is another good example. Chris Troutman (talk) 04:25, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, Chris. Still learning even how to leave a proper note, certainly did not intend to disrupt a conversation. I'm very sorry. Appreciate your examples so much, they will help me improve my work. I think most of my citations are print-only. Best Marilyn Nix (talk) 04:37, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Pogrom

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Albert Kesselring

Hello,

Please can you delete the false information of Hawkeye7. If you do a check yourself at Wikipedia, you will see that my information makes the article more complete. The Albert Kesselring information in WW2 is reffering to all theaters and not only to 1943. Stalingrad for example takes place in 1942 and 1943, so we can make the comparision between an even bigger disaster like Operation Bagration is (see Wikipedia page). Point is that Hawkeye7 vision is to narrow and the person can't have a History teacher making the article better. For sources, I provide gladly the next sources in which you will see that Hawkeye7's view is incomplete, he also mentions the Ruhr Pocket that also comes second to Bagration in numbers of prisoners.

When you compare Stalingrad in an article about the colapse in Tunesia, you also ,should speak about the biggest defeat, it makes no sense to speak about the one that comes second. Or, you don't compare at all, an incomplete comparision makes no sense. It is the one or the other.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Bagration

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad

http://books.google.be/books/about/Bagration_1944.html?id=1DAYmRrJTDAC&redir_esc=y

History and skiwatch (talk) 06:14, 15 March 2014 (UTC)

@History and skiwatch: I'm not interested. Discuss the issue on the talk page and develop consensus there. Chris Troutman (talk) 06:19, 15 March 2014 (UTC)

Capitalization

Howdy Chris, thank you for your edit. Dangnabit, I am a crotchety old English teacher. I am more or less spring-loaded in the nit-picking mode on grammar and stuff. It comes with the territory, I suppose. I can almost see setting "marine corps" and "coast guard" in caps. In common US usage they apply on to the USMC and the USCG. They are proper names, or shortened forms of a proper name. But then that leads us to the absurdity of setting "army" and "navy" in caps. I think you can agree that you can actually feel the slippery slope under your feet at that point. Tell you what, I will not revert your rollback of my edit, but I will continue to hack away at other instances of this. In truth, I try for moderation, I fix capitals in article I read only when they set my teeth (or dentures) on edge. I am not trying to crusade about this. Too much. Again, thank you for your comments. Paul, in Saudi (talk) 08:09, 15 March 2014 (UTC)

GA Nomination of Fischer

Thank you for letting me know about that. I appreciate it. I thank you for your kind comments about the Fischer page. However, I find that the page is no longer worth my time, due to the impossibly high standards of GA reviewers. I might as well write a book about it rather than constantly contributing to Wikipedia (for free), and getting little respect or recognition. You are, in fact, the only person, in my seven months of editing, who was kind enough to complement my contributions to the page. For that, I thank you. Sirmouse (talk) 22:31, 20 March 2014 (UTC)

@Sirmouse: You're quite welcome. I've been engaging this sort of problem elsewhere. So, it's not just this article, or you, or just this review. It's a trend across the wiki. I wouldn't dissuade you against publishing as Wikipedia is best for people that are willing to suffer slings and arrows. Anyway, feel free to hit me up the next time you need assistance in article development. Chris Troutman (talk) 23:43, 20 March 2014 (UTC)

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Congratulations

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DYK for Dorit Cypis

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DYK for Karin Higa

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DYK nomination of Robert Heinecken

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DYK for George Herms

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