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Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure! edit

 
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Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure! edit

 
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Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure! edit

 
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Replaceable fair use File:Harpal Brar, Southall London, 2012.jpg edit

 

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cult of personality edit

Hi there. I saw that you added a section about the UK to cult of personality. The problem is that your edits are unsourced and off-topic. First of all, this article is about the concept, not a dumping ground for examples. The examples were moved to their own page, list of cults of personality. Second, you need to come up with a reliable source that specifically names the UK as having a cult of personality. It is original research to examine the laws of the UK, determine for yourself that it fits your definition, and add it to Wikipedia. I am trying to keep cult of personality and list of cults of personality relative free of low-quality sources and unsourced POV-pushing. It's not easy. If you're interested in the topic, you can help by locating better citations for the existing content. I've been meaning to get around to this for a long time now, but it's tedious work. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 06:29, 17 July 2015 (UTC)Reply

Joseph Stalin edit

 
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This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Office worm (block logactive blocksglobal blockscontribsdeleted contribsfilter logcreation logchange block settingsunblockcheckuser (log))


Request reason:

I was fixing suspected vandalism but my edits were all being undone almost minutes after being made. There was unbalanced and misleading writing that I attempted to fix. I was not being given any clear reasons for why my edits were being undone so quickly and rapidly. I suspect somebody was using multiple sock accounts to remove my edits.

Decline reason:

It wasn't vandalism, it was a content dispute. In such situations, use dispute resolution - edit warring is not accptable. Max Semenik (talk) 00:11, 11 October 2015 (UTC)Reply


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Your submission at Articles for creation: Chimurenga (book) (December 27) edit

 
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December 2015 edit

 
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Draft:Chimurenga (book) concern edit

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Your draft article, Draft:Chimurenga (book) edit

 

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July 2016 edit

  Hello, I'm SummerPhDv2.0. Wikipedia is written by people who have a wide diversity of opinions, but we try hard to make sure articles have a neutral point of view. Your recent edit to Philadelphia Police Department seemed less than neutral to me, so I removed it for now. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Please note that when editing articles, particularly with disputed information, our normal process is the bold, revert, discuss cycle. When you boldly make a change to an article and are reverted, the next step is to discuss your proposed change. Please do not restore your change until a consensus is reached on the article's talk page. Thanks. SummerPhDv2.0 14:18, 11 July 2016 (UTC)Reply

September 2016 edit

  Hello, I'm SummerPhDv2.0. I noticed that you made an edit concerning content related to a living (or recently deceased) person on Philadelphia Police Department, but you didn't support your changes with a citation to a reliable source, so I removed it. Wikipedia has a very strict policy concerning how we write about living people, so please help us keep such articles accurate and clear. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Among other problems, this is a WP:BLP issue. Do not restore your edit without a consensus to do so. Please discuss the issue on the article's talk page. SummerPhDv2.0 16:32, 2 September 2016 (UTC)Reply

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Editing Holodomor edit

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New discussions edit

  Hi, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. Your recent talk page comments on User talk:95.158.49.193 and Talk:Holodomor were not added to the bottom of the page. New discussion page messages and topics should always be added to the bottom. I've moved your messages to the correct location. In the future you can use the "New section" link in the top right. For more details see the talk page guidelines. Thank you. Iryna Harpy (talk) 10:24, 26 September 2016 (UTC)Reply

Thankyou Iryna, I'll be more careful in the future. Office worm (talk) 14:13, 29 September 2016 (UTC)Reply

Nomination of Bitter Harvest (upcoming film) for deletion edit

 

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Thankyou, I'll keep an eye on it. Office worm (talk) 14:14, 29 September 2016 (UTC)Reply

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open! edit

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