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Proposed deletion of Hussein Mohamed Jiciir

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Hello, Itsahardknocklife

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I wanted to let you know, however, that I’ve proposed an article that you started, Hussein Mohamed Jiciir, for deletion because it's a biography of a living person that lacks references. To prevent the deletion, please add a reference to the article. You may remove the deletion tag yourself once the article has at least one reliable source.

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April 2022

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  Hello, I'm Cordless Larry. I noticed that you recently removed content from Somalis in the United Kingdom without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Cordless Larry (talk) 12:42, 23 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

Ways to improve Guntiino

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Hello, Itsahardknocklife,

Thank you for creating Guntiino.

I have tagged the page as having some issues to fix, as a part of our page curation process and note that:

Thanks for creating the article. However, it is very short and has only one reference. Notability for subjects in Wikipedia requires substantial coverage in multiple reliable and independent sources.

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Paul W (talk) 15:26, 27 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

Guntiino moved to draftspace

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An article you recently created, Guntiino, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Paul W (talk) 11:14, 28 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

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We cannot copy from WikiShia because there is no indication that their content is released under a suitably-free and compatible copyright license. DanCherek (talk) 03:54, 15 July 2022 (UTC)Reply
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October 2022

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  Hello, I'm Cordless Larry. I noticed that you recently removed content from Somalia without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Cordless Larry (talk) 18:51, 19 October 2022 (UTC)Reply

November 2022

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  Hello, I'm JalenFolf. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions—specifically this edit to Greater Somalia—because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Teahouse or the Help desk. Thanks. Jalen Folf (talk) 01:26, 14 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Itsahard, I don't know what you are trying to do, but you're not succeeding yet. Drmies (talk) 01:31, 14 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Excuse me? Itsahardknocklife (talk) 01:32, 14 November 2022 (UTC)Reply
I suspect Drmies' comment was about your reverts restoring vandalism such as this revert you made. You can revert a number of bad edits in one go and avoid clogging up the wp:page history with numerous trivial reverts; as well as restoring vandalism. See Help:Reverting Cheers Adakiko (talk) 01:37, 14 November 2022 (UTC)Reply
Oh, okay! Thanks for telling me, I didn't know there was a way to do it all in one go. (: Itsahardknocklife (talk) 01:39, 14 November 2022 (UTC)Reply
This is just not a useful step in between. Drmies (talk) 01:45, 14 November 2022 (UTC)Reply
I didn't know there was a way to revert all at once, which is why I went that route. I know now, of course. Itsahardknocklife (talk) 01:54, 14 November 2022 (UTC)Reply
OK. Drmies (talk) 03:30, 14 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Concern regarding Draft:Guntiino

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  Hello, I'm Apaugasma. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Samaale, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. The genealogical table in this article is sourced to Abbink 2009, and while it could be replaced entirely with another sourced table, it cannot itself be added to or subtracted from without breaking text-source integrity. ☿ Apaugasma (talk ) 12:25, 16 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

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Your draft article, Draft:Guntiino

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