TheCockroach

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N with red exclamation point

What does N with a red exclamation point next to it mean on Wikipedia? --TheCockroach (talk) 10:29, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

N means a new page. A red exclamation mark means that it has not yet been "patrolled" - a first check to see that there are no obvious problems, see WP:New pages patrol. JohnCD (talk) 10:59, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

Re: Sarah Moore

Hello, I have no idea ... but your title suggestion sounds sensible to me regardless. I wasn't a fan of the current title when I moved it there back in 2012. Feel free to make the page move, unless you'd like me to do it. Graham87 02:32, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Done; I'll adjust the links a little later. Good job cleaning up that article! For reference, instructions on moving pages are at Wikipedia:Moving a page. Graham87 02:44, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Heleen Mees

I haven't used it much myself, but if you review PC, there should be a form at the top of the diff asking you to accept or revert the changes. Undoing/rolling back works just as well IIRC. Reviews can be done by any established editor, and acceptance or reverts will be added to the page history as with any other edit. Bjelleklang - talk 07:35, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

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Delete non-English account

I seem to have created a Wikipedia account in Dutch. I don't speak Dutch so I would like to shut down that account. How do I go about doing that? This is the account: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gebruiker:TheCockroach

Thanks! --TheCockroach (talk) 12:11, 5 May 2014 (UTC)

This may have been set up automatically under Wikipedia:Unified login. I occasionally get welcome messages in strange languages. Accounts are not deleted, but don't worry about it - just ignore it. Making a link from there to your account here, as you have done, is sensible. JohnCD (talk) 13:48, 5 May 2014 (UTC)

I am prepared to do the speedy deletion requests for your Dutch user page and talk page, if you wish (if you put the following syntax on top of those pages: {{nuweg}}, the pages will be deleted), but keeping them as they are now will not cause any harm. By creating a SUL account you create an account in 77 projects at the same time. If you do not contribute, nobody will contact you, and if they do, you will not answer - without any consequence whatsoever. Theobald Tiger (talk) 13:56, 5 May 2014 (UTC)

I think I will just keep my accounts as they are. Thank you for offering your help! --TheCockroach (talk) 04:42, 10 May 2014 (UTC)

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