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October 2025

Hello, I'm CoconutOctopus. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, UKIP, but you didn't provide a reliable source. On Wikipedia, it's important that article content be verifiable. If you'd like to resubmit your change with a citation, your edit is archived in the page history. If you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. CoconutOctopus talk 13:33, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please be very careful not to describe political parties with extreme terms unless backed up by reliable sources. CoconutOctopus talk 13:34, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Their new logo literally adopts a Nazi cross! Footballnerd2007 • talk ⚽ 13:47, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I know. But unless they are described in reliable sources as neo-nazi, we cannot call them such on Wikipedia. To do otherwise is original research, odd as it may sound. CoconutOctopus talk 13:56, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Rainsage (talk) 18:14, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Just to add that edits like this in ARBPIA with no edit summary is wild, even without an FAQ covering this on the talk page, and this type of edit is likely to result in getting in trouble again as ignores MOS:LABEL. For these sort of bold edits it's best to always check the talk page, there's likely a good reason something is stated in the way that it is, so better to start a discussion if you think the change would be contentious. I think my mentorship has expired by now, but thought I should still mention these things, and it's not to say you haven't otherwise made good edits as well etc. CNC (talk) 09:59, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

RM close of Canon de 75 modèle 1897

What's up with this close Special:Diff/1321224072? Why are you using someone else's username at the {{RM bottom}} template? Why are you not using the prescribed arguments in both {{RM top}}, and {{RM bottom}} or not subst them? If you are going to close more RM discussions, I suggest that you either familarise with the parameters used for both templates, or make use of a userscript such as User:TheTVExpert/rmCloser. Please correct the closure accordingly. I will circle back in a couple of hours on this. – robertsky (talk) 12:00, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for error. I'll check again when i have time. Footballnerd2007 • talk ⚽ 14:52, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion at Talk:A Goofy Movie § Article needs cleaned up

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:A Goofy Movie § Article needs cleaned up. sjones23 (talk - contributions) 13:36, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Rom Braslavski

Whilst I disagree with your closure ruling, I very much appreciate your extensive explanation for doing so. ← Metallurgist (talk) 21:57, 11 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the feedback. Footballnerd2007 • talk ⚽ 11:54, 12 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip

Please avoid closing discussions if you are not capable of doing so. This close failed to provide a rationale for such a contentious topic, or even a signature, and the merge itself ended up crashing the page. It was very much a bad non-admin close which I have since reverted. I see above this is not the first time making a mistake with closes, so please avoid close discussions in contentious topics until you gain more experience, and even then there will be contentious discussions to avoid closing. CNC (talk) 15:35, 12 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Introduction to contentious topics - this is about Peter Cardwell

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Shirt58 (talk) 🦘 11:05, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Peter Cardwell for deletion

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Ednabrenze (talk) 11:06, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

2029 African Nations League moved to draftspace

Thanks for your contributions to 2029 African Nations League. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing as a live article at this time because it has no sources and it consists of machine-generated text. I have converted it to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit the draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. TheInevitables (talk) 20:48, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]