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CMS Grammar School, Lagos

I am not interested in getting into an edit war on this subject, and am not interested in developing articles for the people who have been added to the list of alumni. As you must know, unsourced material may be deleted at any time. You should not restore unsourced material. The purpose of the article is to describe the school, not to list all the "renowned" people who have attended it, but who are not renowned enough to have an article. See the article's talk page. This sort of fluff damages the credibility of Wikipedia. Aymatth2 (talk) 19:00, 15 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The relevant guideline is Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools/Article guidelines#Alumni, which says "All alumni information must be referenced ... When alumni have their own articles in mainspace, it is not necessary for their notability to be referenced, as long as it is done in the biographical articles. Be sure to check the existing biography article to ensure that it demonstrates alumni status with a cited reference. ... Per Wikipedia:Bio#Lists of people, alumni to be included must meet Wikipedia notability criteria." It is the responsibility of the editor adding the information to provide the sources and demonstrate notability. I will tag the entries in this list, and remove the praise words. I assume you will provide the evidence of notability. If not, I will remove the entries for which no evidence has been provided. For all I know, they are a hoax. Aymatth2 (talk) 21:48, 15 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I apologize for being so abrupt. A quick check shows that articles could be started for most if not all of the previously unsourced entries in the list. I may take a shot at some of them. It really is important to provide sources, but I reacted too quickly. Aymatth2 (talk) 01:16, 16 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

History edits

Greetings Kunkuru, thanks for your correction to the article on the colonial period. I added your links to Timeline of Nigerian history—a page which I suspect would benefit from your attention. shalom, groupuscule (talk) 19:36, 23 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Ahmadu Bello University

On your Gadzama, since you now understand your mistake and found the online source then you should list him at the bottom of the list. that is how the list was developed. what is the logic of cutting across and inserting him? First line, first paragraph. Grammar is what's used not "what you think" is for better reading. Ahmadu Bello University... is ungrammatical to be repeated twice(what's essence of pronouns?). In the first line, Zaria is not part of ABU name. Also be inform I am not here for quarrel also, if you are ABU student or within ABU campus get to me on ammarpad@yahoo.com or directly 07033228211 to discuss.Ammarpad 09:32, 8 July 2015 (UTC) Message

So your issue was the fact that I was "cutting across and inserting him"? Are you kidding? I made no mistake. You are the one who deleted Gadzama so it was your mistake and not mine. I'm glad you've learned your lesson to make sure you do your homework before deleting. Kunkuru (talk) 09:43, 8 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You're just disguising, I brought the issue of placement after you found and present source to back you claim of his alumnus-ship. Then you accused I didn't search to find whether he's truly alumnus, that is false. Beside him there many more personalities better than him, but were not included because of insufficiency of source to back. after you inserted both DGs I just check their articles to have look at their richness but unfortunately, they are all stubs as you 'alone' hurriedly created them in this very July, you just need to study some basic Wiki Policies. Your claim "Wiki is open platform" doesn't mean everybody with access to internet should come and start editing may be with even mobile phone. Ammarpad 09:59, 8 July 2015 (UTC) Message

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Please read p235 of book and qoute it well before editing — Preceding unsigned comment added by Giantsofnigeria (talk • contribs) 23:11, 10 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

read footnote 2, p235 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Giantsofnigeria (talk • contribs) 23:24, 10 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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The results of the contest have been posted but not well advertised. Well done. See here Victuallers (talk) 16:27, 24 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Muhammadu Buhari

Gentleman, you need to realise that you are a literate. Making wrong editions makes no sense please. What you add to the president's page are not necessary e.g, "incumbent", "and in office", they can boldly seen at the top, so repeating it below is useless. I suggest you follow me on Twitter @ssaminu or message me on whatsapp 08032690920 for better understanding or anything you think we can communicate. Ssaminu (talk) 15:52, 25 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Agnes Savage

Agnes Savage finally seems have something online. But it seems the writers spent a lot of effort on it. I don't know if it is nice to quickly put a wiki version based on their work now. But we will see. I think the shitta bey article is great, and I could add some info on the Obas of Lagos later.Alexplaugh12 (talk) 00:44, 27 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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I certainly welcome the application of Wikipedia's Rules and apologize for not taking to the Talk Page before undoing Captainda's updates. While Captainda has stated that he/she made good faith edits, other watchers of these pages should police Captainda's updates because they are based on inferences and were made without reading actual source material. While I welcome Captainda's contributions, updates must be based on evidence and no reputable document shows when Akitoye rebuffed Benin tributary payments to Benin. What authors Robert Smith, Kristin Mann, and Jean Herskvotis repeatedly show however is an Akitoye who was willing to do whatever was needed to get back the throne so I encourage Captainda to read source material and not make updates based on inferences or deductions. Captainda's note about Akitoye being under "British authority" from Akitoye's page actually reveals that I need to make an edit to Akitoye's page. The material Captainda (talk · contribs)sourced was provided by me no less! Jean Herskovits' verbatim words were "Three days before, "another event took place...of rather more serious import, because involving more serious consequences. The king Akitoye died. The circumstances surrounding his death are not clear, but they seem to point to poison, probably ritually administered. Such action would fit into the traditional Yoruba pattern, whereby, as we have seen, a ruler who failed to meet the expectations of his subjects was called on to put an ed to his life. It is also possible that the king had had at last realized that the aid enlisted to assure his re-entry into Lagos meant his replacement by British authority". I wrongly summarized and paraphrased "Akitoye may have realized that his bargain with the British rendered him ineffective and established British authority over Lagos". Replacement is not the same as establishment. Akitoye saw that the tide was turning against him and that the British intervention in 1851 was not what he thought it would be but formal authority over Lagos did not commence until after the Lagos Treaty of Cession in 1861. It is incorrect, not factual, and misleading to update Wikipedia with any words that suggest that Akitoye was ever under British authority. I suggest Captainda (talk · contribs) take his/her contributions to the Talk Page to have a healthy debate before making unsubstantiated and incorrect updates. I hope I have demonstrated by good faith intent - protecting properly cited information from unsubstantiated updates and those updates based on deductions Kunkuru (talk) 01:24, 17 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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The pre-nominal honorific Chief

Hello, Kunkuru,

I was just wondering why my use of pre-nominal honorifics for Nigerian aristocrats was considered "gratuitous". Whenever European aristocrats, for example, are written about on Wikipedia, their pre-nominals are typically - if not always - used. Why should ours be any different, especially when Nigerians are normally quite insistent on their usage?

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You make a point that I don't believe that I can counter. Were it not the case that the Brits have their peerage system I'd push back super hard. All right sir, have it your way with the honorifics. I still think that they are gratuitous and my stomach turns whenever I see "Chief" before a person's name on Wikipedia. I don't think it adds any value but make una do as Naija people like to do. Thanks for the follow up and for your contributions. Kunkuru (talk) 14:44, 9 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

My brother, if it weren't for the fact that other people get to use their own, I wouldn't have a leg to stand on... This is more than just my snobbery talking here, though. Thank you for being so nice about it, and rest assured of the fact that contributing is my pleasure.

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@Zerzuran: I completely disagree with the liberal use of "Statesman" for any person who led a country. This waters down the word. The label is earned and is usually unanimous. Making such speedy updates is disingenuous. There must be independent accounts supporting the use of the "Statesman" label. Rest assured that we will have a debate about this and the Wikipedia neutrality ethos will win over.Kunkuru (talk) 00:13, 18 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You might very well think that, I couldn't possibly comment. Zerzuran — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zerzuran (talk • contribs) 00:29, 18 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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It seems your recent unanimous edits on the subject's article leads one to believe ulterior ego tripping motives at hand. Why the sudden grandstanding on parts of the body article, including the removal of references and the arbitrary summarisation of the subject as a "retired Nigerian politician" all on the illogical basis of alleged "badly worded edits that do not read well and are full of grammatical and punctuation errors" without discussing on the talk page in line with general consensus?

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