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Ways to improve Odisha Sahitya Akademi

Hello, Spbal,

Thank you for creating Odisha Sahitya Akademi.

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

This organization clearly plays an important role in Odia culture, but the currently cited independent sources have almost no information about it. Please provide references to additional independent sources.

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Tags in Tarkote state

Hi ! I have removed the tags that you had recently added. I saw that online source cited requires payment, and a print-only source may be available only in university libraries. Rare historical sources may even be available only in special museum collections and archives, you see. Do not reject reliable sources just because they are difficult or costly to access. If you have trouble accessing a source, others may be able to do so on your behalf I have asked WikiProject Resource Exchange to verify the citiations. Meanwhile the tag above the history section, that you have placed shall remain as it is. Narniazepacha66 (talk) 17:23, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hello, Spbal

Thank you for creating Binjhia.

User:Gazal world, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

Thanks for creating this page. While citing printed book you don't need to mention access-date.

To reply, leave a comment here and prepend it with {{Re|Gazal world}}. And, don't forget to sign your reply with ~~~~ .

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Gazal world (talk) 13:25, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

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