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Rollback granted

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Hi Streetdeck. After reviewing your request for "rollbacker", I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback:

  • Getting rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle.
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If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Rollback (even though you're not an admin). I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing! ~Swarm~ {sting} 06:30, 30 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Confused over your message

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i'm not entirely sure how changing the date of GWRs franchise can be seen as "disruptive". if I accidentally deleted something important then I sincerely apologise, I didn't mean to.

MJ9674 (talk) 15:22, 30 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

i'm not sure what you mean. but I did insert a reference, though it might not have worked.

MJ9674 (talk) 07:56, 31 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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AIV report

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Hi Streetdeck. Thanks for the good work. I've actioned this AIV report for spam, but I wanted to leave a couple pointers: (a) there was no vandalism after the final warning (final warning was left 05:58, 19 May 2020 (UTC), after which there were no edits), and (b) leaving multiple warnings in succession without intervening edits is generally discouraged since it's confusing – if a higher-level warning is warranted go straight to the higher level. (In this case you left a level 3 and level 4 warning without the user having edited in between.) Keep up the hard work and all the best, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 06:05, 19 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, thanks. ----Wright Streetdeck 06:06, 19 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@L235: I reverted vandalism by using SWViewer, and that tools can't manage the warn level, sorry about that. ----Wright Streetdeck 06:09, 19 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I haven't used the tool, but please keep in mind that you are responsible for all edits made on your account – if the tool warns by default, try overriding the option. Best, Kevin (aka L235 · t · c) 06:12, 19 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

About your GA nomination of Cyclone Hamish

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Streetdeck, I initially noticed this nomination because you edited the WP:GAN page directly, which you shouldn't do: the page is rewritten by a bot every 20 minutes or so, and nominations are added and modified at that time, based on the "GA nominee" template on article talk pages. (You didn't get the format and info quite right.)

However, when I looked at the article, I noticed that the lead was unusually short (MOS:LEAD is one of the GA criteria), and then that you had never edited the article in question. As best I can tell, this is your first GA nomination, so you may not be aware of this part of the GA nomination instructions: Nominators who are not significant contributors to the article should consult regular editors of the article on the article talk page prior to a nomination. Among other things, the major contributors will know of any issues with the article or places where it falls short of the criteria (which may be why they didn't nominate it before), and it's also courteous to let them know.

Since you did not follow the instructions, I have reverted your nomination. If you still wish to nominate the article, please do the appropriate consultation on the article's talk page first (you should allow at least seven days for responses). However, you will need to be an active participant in the review should you nominate again: You are expected to respond to the reviewer's suggestions to improve the article to GA quality in a timely manner (if you absolutely cannot, make sure another editor can). So please be sure that you can do this—responses are generally expected within seven days.

Thank you for your interest in GAN, and best of luck going forward. BlueMoonset (talk) 14:12, 27 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your notice. --Wright Streetdeck 14:19, 27 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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A gift

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Please check the Jeffrey Ngo created by me about 敖卓軒. I can’t create page directly because of security concerns. Thanks.--Divielter (talk) 00:46, 24 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Category changes to January articles

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Hi there, following on from changes made by @Andrwsheng0001 to January articles which, thankfully, you reverted, the same changes have now been done by @StarTrekker. Do you have a quick way of reverting them? I started, but am giving up as it's a very tedious task. Thanks, Kiwipete (talk) 20:09, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What's wrong with the edits?★Trekker (talk) 20:10, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@StarTrekker, as I explained in my edit summary "The formatting of this page is considered static and should not be altered without prior discussion for consensus at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Days of the year". Can you please start a discussion there? Kiwipete (talk) 20:17, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Sure.★Trekker (talk) 20:22, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your comment and the deletion of my addition to the article are probably some kind of misunderstanding. My addition to the article was absolutely neutral. (20:31, 7 January 2025 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.46.96.89 (talk)

New page reviewer granted

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A barnstar for you!

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Your decline of my article is Understandable but...

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Frank Asiedu Bekoe has recently been elected as a Member of Parliament by his constituents and was officially sworn in on January 7. It is crucial to create a Wikipedia page for him, even as we await the official publication by the Parliament of Ghana, which will provide verified details about his early life and education.

Could the page be approved with a temporary tag, indicating that certain information is pending verification from the official publication? Duncanoff (talk) 21:16, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Duncanoff: You need to add references for those sections. Aqurs1 (talk) 03:43, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Understood. thanks Duncanoff (talk) 13:13, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

About Editorial and opinion commentary

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1. The video maker you said is Lian Xiao. If you don't know who he is, you can check directly on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lian_Xiao 2. The pictures in the blog are GO players' comments about this incident from their Weibo. These are the go players: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_Weixing https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hans/%E6%88%98%E9%B9%B0 https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8E%8B%E7%A5%A5%E4%BA%91 https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%A8%E6%A5%B7%E6%96%87 and so on. Hence I think they are good source of a good enough Editorial and opinion commentary, unless you think the picture is not good enough. In that case, I could change it directly to the link of their weibo. ROCedric (talk) 20:10, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@ROCedric: For the content, it should be 'professional go player Lian Xiao believes ****', not sentences violate WP:NPOV like 'with Byun's sportsmanship and character widely questioned.'.
For the blog references, please change to weibo.
--Aqurs1 (talk) 20:17, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
OK, I got it ROCedric (talk) 20:18, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I have made the changes. I apologize if my earlier frustration violated the neutrality of the article, and thank you for your advice. ROCedric (talk) 20:37, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I also edited something on zhwiki, feel free to take a look. Aqurs1 (talk) 20:39, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I've changed the source to Nie Weiping's Weibo, and add the source of Go players'opinion about controversial decisions based on unclear. Thanks ROCedric (talk) 20:59, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Unvanish an account

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You apparently vanished Renamed user 018f961601d2e64b558b831900099b44 (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki). Could you please unvanish them? They have been socking, see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/RAO WAJEEH UR RAHMAN. (AFAIK I believe the previous name is "RAO WAJEEH UR RAHMAN".)

I don't much care about whether they're unlocked, just a rename will be fine.

Thanks! Izno (talk) 17:42, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Izno Done, vanish was reverted. Aqurs1 (talk) 17:56, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Username change also on Outreach Dashboard?

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Hello! I recently requested a username change and you took care of it, which is great! The thing is, I've noticed that on Outreach Dashboard I still have the old name and I don't know how to change it. this is the profile. Is it possible to change it or do I need to create a new account? It would be a shame to lose all the progress I've been making in different events. I don't know where to check or who to ask, that's why I'm asking you for help.

Thank you so much for your time!! Ceaseless Watcher (talk) 21:28, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Ceaseless Watcher: Sorry, I don't know much about outreach, please consider asking others. Aqurs1 (talk) 06:31, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Request to restore Prasath Kumar article to Draft space for improvement

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Hello, I noticed that the article Prasath Kumar was deleted as out of project scope. I am the subject of the page, and I would like to kindly request clarification. I have acted in five films, all of which were released in theatres and are now publicly available through platforms such as YouTube and other media outlets. I would be grateful if the page could be restored to my Draft space so that I may work on improving it with more reliable, independent references to better establish notability. Thank you very much for your time and guidance. ActorPrasath (talk) 05:08, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@ActorPrasath You created the page on your Wikidata userpage, which is out of Wikidata scope. Please create it on a Wikipedia draft page. Aqurs1 (talk) 05:33, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for clarifying, @Aqurs1. I understand now that creating the page on my Wikidata userpage was out of scope. I will follow your advice and create it on a Wikipedia draft page instead. I appreciate your guidance and patience. ActorPrasath (talk) 16:13, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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