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Deletion discussion about Velappaya Mahadevar temple

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While your contributions are appreciated, I wanted to let you know that I've started a discussion about whether an article that you created, Velappaya Mahadevar temple, should be deleted, as I am not sure that it is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia in its current form. Your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Velappaya Mahadevar temple.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Universities and colleges in Dindigul district

A tag has been placed on Category:Universities and colleges in Dindigul district indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. ✗plicit 14:30, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of 108 Divya desams

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Sundararaja Perumal Temple (disambiguation) has been accepted

Sundararaja Perumal Temple (disambiguation), which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 05:53, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

@I dream of horses

Thank you

பொதுஉதவி (talk) 06:13, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

Kanjanagaram Kathra Sundareswarar Temple moved to draftspace

Thanks for your contributions to Kanjanagaram Kathra Sundareswarar Temple. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it is promotional and reads like an advertisement. I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

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Theeyathur Sahasralakshmeeswarar Temple moved to draftspace

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Non-attributed translations

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you translated text from ta:மப்பேடு சிங்கீசுவரர் கோயில் to Mappedu Singeeswarar Temple. While you are welcome to translate Wikipedia content, here or elsewhere, Wikipedia's licensing requires that you provide attribution to the contributor(s) of the original article. When translating from a foreign-language Wikipedia article, this is supplied at a minimum in an edit summary on the page where you add translated content, identifying it as a translation and linking it to the source page. Sample wording for this is given here. If you forgot, or were not aware of this requirement, attribution must be given retroactively, for example:

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Kanjanagaram Kathra Sundareswarar Temple (October 4)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by LJF2019 were: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

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LJF2019 ^talk 00:47, 4 October 2024 (UTC)

Hello, பொதுஉதவி! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! LJF2019 talk 00:47, 4 October 2024 (UTC)