User talk:Shellwood/Archive 9

Please comment on Talk:Machiavellianism

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Hi, I would like to include a source on LGBTQIA history. In Queering The Stage, I document historically researched and accurate descriptions of queer heroes who were persecuted through sodomy laws. People like Michael Hardwick and Arnald De Verholha. Where do I put that reference? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr.teacher.jack (talk • contribs) 20:17, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

AfroCine: Join the Months of African Cinema this October!

Greetings!

After a successful first iteration of the “Months of African Cinema” last year, we are happy to announce that it will be happening again this year, starting from October 1! In the 2018 edition of the contest, about 600 Wikipedia articles were created in at least 8 languages. There were also contributions to Wikidata and Wikimedia commons, which brought the total number of wikimedia pages created during the contest to over 1,000.

The AfroCine Project welcomes you to October, the first out of the two months which have been dedicated to creating and improving content that centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora. Join us in this global edit-a-thon, by helping to create or expand articles which are connected to this scope. Also remember to list your name under the participants section.

On English Wikipedia, we would be recognizing participants in the following manner:

• Overall winner (1st, 2nd, 3rd places)
• Diversity winner
• Gender-gap fillers

For further information about the contest, the recognition categories and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. See you around :).--Jamie Tubers (talk) 00:50, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

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Please comment on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK geography/How to write about rivers

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Hey. Could you please lock Joaquin Phoenix's page for users only. One non-user is constantly vandalizing his page as we speak. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raspberryboujee (talk • contribs) 12:10, 5 October 2019 (UTC)

@Raspberryboujee: Hi, I'm not an admin so I can't do that, though it would be more fit to report the IP. I left them a warning. Shellwood (talk) 12:16, 5 October 2019 (UTC)

Erika Ervin birthday

I have corroborating evidence that her birthday is August 6, 1967. Her "out" date to being female is February 23,1879. She is 52 years old. Where do I send my evidence? I have video with her stating it's her birthday as well as printed evidence. Why is it so hard to document this stuff? Mykidsbowl (talk) 18:20, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

@Mykidsbowl: Hi, both sources used in the articles states something else, but if you have reliable source (see here) then please add it to the article. Shellwood (talk) 19:48, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

Correctness

I'm done trying to correct this error. There's a YouTube video from her birthday 3 years ago where she herself says it's her birthday. There is also statements on her Facebook she made stating August 6. LGBTQ people appear to want to use their "out" date as a birthday of sorts. Its ridiculous. It's not their biological birthday. Wikipedia doesn't care about being correct apparently. Mykidsbowl (talk) 20:15, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

@Mykidsbowl: Actually Wikipedia takes this very seriously, unsourced information about living persons can be removed at any time by anoyone. And again, the burden lies on you to provide a source that supports your claim, you cant just add material to an article just because you saw something on youtube, you need to provide a reference. Shellwood (talk) 06:56, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

Documentation

She is living with my best friend. I can give you documents from her Facebook page and YouTube that prove her age. My best friend confirmed it. Why she lies about it I dont know. I have asked three times where to upload my documentation to. I contacted the article author that is your source for your incorrect information. She can't back up her information. She only went with the lie Erika told her. So your basis for this incorrect birthday is a lie told by Erika before she was comfortable to tell the truth. Let's get this corrected shall we? Mykidsbowl (talk) 07:14, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

@Mykidsbowl: This is an encyclopedia and we can't use information based on personal anecdotes. I see that other users have told you the same before, add a proper reliable source if you have any and follow the instructions in the link above that I gave you. And if you have any trouble with the current dates then take it to the article's talk page, it is much better to keep the discussion there. Shellwood (talk) 07:56, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

Vandalism in Name.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izhathu_Mannanar

Name is Mannanar and not Izhath Mannanar.

Izhath is a word meaning belong to ezhava.

Vandalism from ezhava against thiyya.

Hijacking thiyya history.

Recent article on Malayalam news paper

www.mathrubhumi.com/amp/features/social-issues/article-malayalam-news-1.624157

I can get you hundreds of other article with name as Mannanar and not Izhath mannanar or search yourself.

If you can find ant single writing with : Izhath Mannanar ' i will obey you whatever you say.

All writings are Mannanar only.

Admins please take immediate action Kalangot (talk) 09:39, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

Semi protect Nambiar (Nair subcaste)

Edit war. High level of ip vandalism going on in Nambiar (Nair subcaste). Semiprotect the page. Kalangot (talk) 13:55, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

OVERLINKING AND DASHES

PLEASE NOTE: diff. Tony (talk) 04:47, 13 October 2019 (UTC)

@Tony1: Ok, bring up the issue with the user who wrote that and remember that we are all volunteers here, nobody can be expected to fix everything. Shellwood (talk) 07:41, 13 October 2019 (UTC)

Ah, sorry, I did check the diffs and thought it was you. Please remember that those who go around fixing this stuff are volunteers, too. I headed this in caps because whoever is doing it is pumping out an awful lot. Tony (talk) 23:50, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

User:AtHomeDental

Ha! Congratulations to you and me! For the first time, I got a promotional account in the same minute as it was listed at WP:UAA.[1] Thank you, Shellwood! We make a great team! Bishonen | talk 21:10, 14 October 2019 (UTC).

@Bishonen: Thumbs up! Shellwood (talk) 21:23, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

My attempt to add content to lfny alumni page

Shellwood I would like to ask if you just erased the content that I added to lycee francais de ny wikipedia alumni page. This is my 3rd attempt to fo so. If you are the person, i would like you to.explain why you are erasing my summary. If not could you ease tell me how I can get this issue resolved. Dr. Catherine Shalen Catherinetabory (talk) 01:09, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

@Catherinetabory: The subject you tried to add dosen't have an article on Wikipedia and therefore should't be added under the category. Shellwood (talk) 07:36, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

Shellwood, Your response is incomprehensible. I am an alumna of Lycee Francais de New York with notable achievements. I am trying to add an entry to the distinguished alumni section of the lfny wikipedia site. What do you mean by saying the subject I am trying to add does not have an article?? Catherinetabory (talk) 00:24, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) The content you added does not cite a reliable source. --Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 00:26, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

Shellwood may I ask if you have the authority to decide what content can appear under notable alumni of lycee francais de newyork. Catherinetabory (talk) 00:27, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

If this is just a matter of following some process to add content, then pray let me know how to.do it instead of erasing my entries one after the other. Catherinetabory (talk) 00:29, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

If this is just a matter of following some process to add content, then pray let me know how to.do it instead of erasing my entries one after the other. Catherinetabory (talk) 00:30, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

I want to let you know that Shellwood, or any other user does not have authority of any changes you make on the article because no one owns any of the content on Wikipedia, and no one has more authority than another, they do however, need to make sure that the rules of Wikipedia are being followed, we are not discouraging you here, What we are trying to tell you is that all content added to Wikipedia must cite a Reliable Source and be written in a Neutral point of view. Thanks :-) Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 00:48, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

@Catherinetabory: There is no article about Dr. Catherine-Marguerite Tabory Shalen on Wikipedia hence she will not be included, simple logic. We dont add people to categories unless they already have articles about them and we dont add material about a specific person on a category page like you did. If you feel that Catherine is notable enough and meets the criteria why not create an article about her instead? Shellwood (talk) 13:49, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

Ok an entry will be created. Why did you not explain that in the first place? Telling me there is no article just did not communicate the point at all. I thi k that wikipedia editors and watchdogs should communicate in a clear manner!!! Catherinetabory (talk) 17:02, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

@Catherinetabory: I told you that the subject lacked an article and therefore should not be added, please see my edit summary and my first answer above. I would advise you to read this before publishing anything and if you need any further help please check out the help link in the menu to your left. Shellwood (talk) 17:21, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:Right-wing populism

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New Page Review newsletter November 2019

Hello Shellwood,

This newsletter comes a little earlier than usual because the backlog is rising again and the holidays are coming very soon.

Getting the queue to 0

There are now 816 holders of the New Page Reviewer flag! Most of you requested the user right to be able to do something about the huge backlog but it's still roughly less than 10% doing 90% of the work. Now it's time for action.
Exactly one year ago there were 'only' 3,650 unreviewed articles, now we will soon be approaching 7,000 despite the growing number of requests for the NPR user right. If each reviewer soon does only 2 reviews a day over five days, the backlog will be down to zero and the daily input can then be processed by every reviewer doing only 1 review every 2 days - that's only a few minutes work on the bus on the way to the office or to class! Let's get this over and done with in time to relax for the holidays.
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Please comment on Talk:EOKA

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Typo'ed typo untypoing?

So after an IP objected to text in They, *they* left a mess: "the] [|third-person]]". So then Craigslistboy222 tried to fix part of that mess: "the] [[third-person]]". Then you reverted the fix. I think I'll change that lead back to the way it was back in January before the IPs so messed things up. Shenme (talk) 05:45, 9 November 2019 (UTC)

@Shenme: Thanks for spotting this. Shellwood (talk) 07:08, 9 November 2019 (UTC)

Add en.wikipedia for iranian actor / actresses

Hi dear , can u add en.wikipedia for some iranian actor / actress like : Ali Sadeghi - Fariba Naderi . Erfan shiran (talk) 23:16, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

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Google Code-In 2019 is coming - please mentor some documentation tasks!

Hello,

Google Code-In, Google-organized contest in which the Wikimedia Foundation participates, starts in a few weeks. This contest is about taking high school students into the world of opensource. I'm sending you this message because you recently edited a documentation page at the English Wikipedia.

I would like to ask you to take part in Google Code-In as a mentor. That would mean to prepare at least one task (it can be documentation related, or something else - the other categories are Code, Design, Quality Assurance and Outreach) for the participants, and help the student to complete it. Please sign up at the contest page and send us your Google account address to google-code-in-admins@lists.wikimedia.org, so we can invite you in!

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Nice work

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@Deepfriedokra: Thanks a lot, much appreciated! Shellwood (talk) 08:06, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

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good afternoon

Hi Two articles of Wikipedia need to get update and add more knowledge about Iranian internet blackout. U can do it for make Wikipedia a better place... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_Iran

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_Iran

And

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Internet_blackout_in_Iran Nazanin0009 (talk) 07:19, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

@Nazanin0009: I have no knowledge about these topics and cannot be of any assistance in this matter, may I suggest that you stop mass messaging users about this and use the article's talk page to make edit requests, and also be more specific about what changes you would like to be made. Shellwood (talk) 07:26, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Please comment on Talk:2019 Hong Kong protests

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Continued (though infrequent) bad edits by User:161.132.120.10 ...

... since 21 May 2019 when you (the last after months of others) posted a warning on their talk page that further vandalism might be followed by a block.

At 15:01, 25 June 2019 they edited Chimpanzee to say, inter alia, that the species comes from "the costal regions of peru" rather than "the forests and savannahs of tropical Africa."

At 16:05, 10 December 2019 they edited Runes to change a wikiversity template from linking to an existing article ("Rune Yoga") to a nonexistent article ("Rune Yoda"), meanwhile omitting the final bracket so the template became nonfunctional in any case.

Both edits have been reverted by other people (the latter by me). However, no further warnings have been posted to that talk page, presumably because neither reverter was an administrator (at least I am not). I think by now sufficient warnings have been given, and some action would be justified. May I leave this in your hands? – _•Raven  ^.talk 00:08, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

@.Raven: Hi, you dont have to be an administrator to leave warnings on user talk pages. The problem with IPs are that you can't be sure of who or how many people that are behind them and in this case the edits are sporadic and span over several months. At this point there is no need to take action against them and they haven't made any edits during the past 2 days. It would have been a completely different matter had this been a registered user and a block would certainly have been justified in that case as I can't see any constructive editing at all among their contributions. Shellwood (talk) 20:49, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

hey, i'm confused about your message

sorry to bother you but I see i got a message from you about correcting an edit i've done in the anne of green gables page(screenshot if you care: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vvd3Fw3Q3xBsN5qlPK8Neu1oiiMtYScU/view?usp=sharing. The confusing part is that i've never actually done a single edit in my life and before you ask,i am the only person on the ip. The weirder part sill is that this is actually a new network that has only been active since last month, and the edit is from january so that's pretty imposible. I dont know if this is important in any way just wanted to tell you about it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.138.33.241 (talk) 13:56, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi 178.138.33.241 and thanks for explaining this. The edit from January was unconstructive so the warning was warranted, however if that wasn't you, you need not to take this into much consideration and you are always free to remove warnings from that page. If you wish to make edits in the future I really recommend creating an account here. This isn't the first time this happens and sure won't be the last either when using Wikipedia from a new IP. Shellwood (talk) 14:19, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

New Page Review newsletter December 2019

Reviewer of the Year

This year's Reviewer of the Year is Rosguill. Having gotten the reviewer PERM in August 2018, they have been a regular reviewer of articles and redirects, been an active participant in the NPP community, and has been the driving force for the emerging NPP Source Guide that will help reviewers better evaluate sourcing and notability in many countries for which it has historically been difficult.

Special commendation again goes to Onel5969 who ends the year as one of our most prolific reviewers for the second consecutive year. Thanks also to Boleyn and JTtheOG who have been in the top 5 for the last two years as well.

Several newer editors have done a lot of work with CAPTAIN MEDUSA and DannyS712 (who has also written bots which have patrolled thousands of redirects) being new reviewers since this time last year.

Thanks to them and to everyone reading this who has participated in New Page Patrol this year.

Top 10 Reviewers over the last 365 days

Rank	Username	Num reviews	Log
1	Rosguill (talk)	47,395	Patrol Page Curation
2	Onel5969 (talk)	41,883	Patrol Page Curation
3	JTtheOG (talk)	11,493	Patrol Page Curation
4	Arthistorian1977 (talk)	5,562	Patrol Page Curation
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6	CAPTAIN MEDUSA (talk)	3,995	Patrol Page Curation
7	DragonflySixtyseven (talk)	3,812	Patrol Page Curation
8	Boleyn (talk)	3,655	Patrol Page Curation
9	Ymblanter (talk)	3,553	Patrol Page Curation
10	Cwmhiraeth (talk)	3,522	Patrol Page Curation

(The top 100 reviewers of the year can be found here)

Redirect autopatrol

A recent Request for Comment on creating a new redirect autopatrol pseduo-permission was closed early. New Page Reviewers are now able to nominate editors who have an established track record creating uncontroversial redirects. At the individual discretion of any administrator or after 24 hours and a consensus of at least 3 New Page Reviewers an editor may be added to a list of users whose redirects will be patrolled automatically by DannyS712 bot III.

Source Guide Discussion

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Merry Christmas!

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Hello, Shellwood! Thank you for your work to maintain and improve Wikipedia! Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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@CAPTAIN RAJU: Thank you and a merry christmas and a happy new year to you and yours. Shellwood (talk) 12:59, 21 December 2019 (UTC)

Good luck

豊かな十年へようこそ/WELCOME TO THE D20s

Miraclepine wishes you a Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year, and a prosperous decade of change and fortune.
このミラPはShellwoodたちのメリークリスマスも新年も変革と幸運の豊かな十年をおめでとうございます！
フレフレ、みんなの未来！/GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR FUTURE!
ミラP 04:55, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

@Miraclepine: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you as well. Shellwood (talk) 10:43, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

Season's Greetings

Hello Shellwood: Enjoy the holiday season, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Donner60 (talk) 08:02, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Season's Greetings1}} to send this message

@Donner60: Thank you and my warmest greetings to you and yours, keep up the good work! Shellwood (talk) 10:43, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

Heads up

Your friend doesn't get it. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vegeta&action=history 2A02:587:A62D:AE00:5DF7:6F1C:18E9:CF6E (talk) 12:58, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

Thank You

My Dear friend, User:Shellwood, Thank You for reviewing the articles created by me. DMySon (talk) 10:35, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

You're welcome! Shellwood (talk) 10:57, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

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Happy New Year, Shellwood!

Happy New Year!

Shellwood,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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Busiest international air routes in Australia

Hi Shellwood, I added the AfD for the above article to the Transport-related AfDs, I think you inadvertently forgot to add it despite adding a comment to that effect. Bookscale (talk) 08:43, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

@Bookscale: Thank you for the effort but if you feel that some category is missing, then just add it. There is no need to come here. I think you forgot to leave a note at the AfD page in the process. Shellwood (talk) 09:06, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

Eleanor Rykener

I noticed that you removed my changes as if they were vandalism without explanation. Why is that? Cavegirlsmash (talk) 14:22, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

@Cavegirlsmash: First of all I did explain it, see my edit summary. Second, if you had actually taken the time to read through the discussions on the talk page you would know that there is no consensus to support the changes you are making, it has been discussed over and over again. Shellwood (talk) 14:30, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

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I need assistance

Hello, @Shellwood: I need a assistance. I'm trying to contribute and revert possible vandal. But, I do understand all my fellow editor are working so I would like to highlight the issue on Larry Lawton article. It's require Wikipedia: Rollback, Wikipedia: Huggle, Wikipedia: Twinkle right to contribute and revert the possible vandal that I missed or couldn't do due to insufficient user rights. Thanks for reviewing my userpage. PansyPita (talk) 16:36, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

I want to reach a consensus with you

Hello Shellwood,

you reversed my most recent editing.

I want to know what do you think about this case.

Why you didn't agree with me?

I was wondering whether we can reach a consensus?

Hope to hear from you soon!

KathleenKathleenKathleen12345 (talk) 00:41, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

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You can verify my article by watching bihar government official website {{|url=http://biharboardonline.bihar.gov.in/school-college-directory}} By using, School name as_Practical high school School code_92096 And also on by using {{|url=https://schools.org.in/pilibhit/09210800914/p.s.-habibull-khan-ii.html}} Please don't delete my article. Sturdyankit (talk) 23:24, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Thanks

for always catting my AFDs because I'm too lazy. :) Praxidicae (talk) 19:22, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

No problems! Shellwood (talk) 19:49, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

Why you have added Gaurav Gaikwad for deletion

Give here proper reasons and if you do fail please do a complete research on google Type “About Gaurav Gaikwad” and you will get to know about that person Stefanhauff (talk) 19:43, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

@Stefanhauff: I didn't nominate it for deletion, please sort out who does what here. Shellwood (talk) 19:49, 19 February 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	I could never memorize all the deletion tags. Thanks for all your work on ensuring they're in place. —moonythedwarf (Braden N.) 14:47, 21 February 2020 (UTC)

@Moonythedwarf: Thank you very much! Shellwood (talk) 14:50, 21 February 2020 (UTC)

Bro how much money you make for correcting wikipedia

. Ritik301099 (talk) 08:49, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

Nothing, I'm still waiting for my paycheck. Shellwood (talk) 14:18, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

They told me mine would come next week. _{I think they said that last week too.} Jeb³_{Talk at me here}^{What I've Done} 14:20, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

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Thank you for being one of Wikipedia's top medical contributors!

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The 2019 Cure Award

In 2019 you were one of the top ~300 medical editors across any language of Wikipedia. Thank you from Wiki Project Med for helping bring free, complete, accurate, up-to-date health information to the public. We really appreciate you and the vital work you do! Wiki Project Med Foundation is a thematic organization whose mission is to improve our health content. Consider joining here, there are no associated costs.

Thanks again :-) -- Doc James along with the rest of the team at Wiki Project Med Foundation 18:35, 5 March 2020 (UTC)

@Doc James: Thanks Doc! But does this award really hold some validity? If it is meant too messure quantitative edits then sure yes, I guess I have reverted a lot of vandalism on articles related to medicine. But qualitative speaking I have zero, I can't tell the difference between a kidney and a liver during an autopsy. And I will just assume that there are editors among the top 300 who are in the same position as me. Which brings up the attention of qualitative vs quantitative contributions. Shellwood (talk) 19:48, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

Reverting vandalism is key to keeping our content accurate and reliable. Yes this just looks at edit counts to articles tagged by WPMED... Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 19:53, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

lol

Smash!

You've been squished by a whale!
Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know you did something really silly.

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

A barnstar for you!

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	Hello! i'm excited to contribute and happy your here to guide and manage with your experience and expertise. Thank you. Aclarandolosechos (talk) 11:04, 21 March 2020 (UTC)