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Again, welcome! Meiloorun (talk) 🍁 04:13, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

Nice article in under-served area

I thought the article, Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway, that you initiated and nurtured is nicely written and balanced. Also, African commercial issues are somewhat under-served in Wikipedia and media in general. So big thanks and hope to see more of your articles!--Rpclod (talk) 16:19, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

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		Great article on Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway! Rpclod (talk) 16:19, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

Wild Bactrian Camel

Hi, Tototo30! I had to revert your 4 recent edits to the above article. Firstly, your mention of the "Protected Area" should not be used as part of the name of the Gobi. Your zealous desire to protect this area shouldn't be reflected in the wording of your edit. This is called WP:Neutral point of view or NPOV. Second, if you think you have found a better source for information in the article, be sure to discuss it on the article's Talk page before making the ref change. Thirdly,removing the reference to Kum Tagh and the funding should first be discussed on the Talk page for the article beforehand. Fourthly, Wikipedia's style standards dictate that, in an article about a species, it is preferable to refer to the species in the singular (e.g., "killing the camel by laying land mines"). Lastly, kindly leave an Edit summary for your edits to WP: Hello. Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia.

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Your criticisms do not apply to the edits that I have made.

• I did not use the words "Protected Area" "as part of the name of the Gobi." I have changed the link to Great Gobi A Strictly Protected Area. This is not the entire Gobi Desert, just the part that has been set aside as a nature reserve for the camels. This makes the sentence more consistent, since the first half of the sentence already refers to the Lop Nur Wild Camel National Nature Reserve (not the entire Lop Nur).

• I did not change a reference to a better source of information for the article. The same source was being linked in two different citations, and I have combined them.

• It is not necessary to discuss the removal of dollar amounts on the Talk page. Individual grants are trivia and not encyclopedic. They also make the sentence very awkward.

• Including the location also makes the sentence awkward. The Lop Nur Wild Camel National Nature Reserve has its own article. It has a map that shows its boundaries and location.

• The Wikipedia manual of style does not say that the singular form should always be used for species. The name of the species is singular. Most other references are plural. The plural form outnumbers the singular form in wildlife articles. Here are three examples out of millions:

• • "Whaling is a method of hunting whales for their meat ..."
  • "... the increased hunting of wildlife, including pandas ..."
  • "Dugongs have historically provided easy targets for hunters, who killed them for their meat, oil, skin, and bones."

I am reapplying all changes, with edit summaries.

Tototo30 (talk) 19:23, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

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Cape to Cairo Railway

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A while ago you removed a false statement in the first paragraph from this page stating something like "The Cape to Cairo Railway is a railway line that crosses Africa...". It's back. I'm no expert at Wikipedia but it looks to have been replaced by the same user who initially wrote it - Hallel. I have put an explanation in the talk page why I think that it is a falsehood. You may know better than I what is best to do about it.

Chris.Bristol (talk) 00:42, 22 July 2020 (UTC) First paragraph corrected and article moved to a more appropriate name. Chris.Bristol (talk) 14:09, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

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