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Can you help with a review of a rewrite?

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Hi, I work for journalist Vicky Ward. I recently rewrote her career section in my sandbox to add many more citations and improve the organization all while removing promotional phrases. I am looking for an editor who can review it and replace the current section if they think it meets all policies and criteria. Since I have a conflict of interest I won't do this myself, but I would appreciate your feedback.

I noticed that you are from Nova Scotia, I did my undergrad at Dalhousie for English. Nova Scotia has a special place in my heart. Living in the states now, I miss a good Keith's beer.

Thank you! - Tatiana Tatianacooper16 (talk) 19:45, 5 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

CfD nomination at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 September 5 § Category:Canadian animal sportspeople by province or territory

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Categories you have created have been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 September 5 § Category:Canadian animal sportspeople by province or territory on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Kaffet i halsen (talk) 20:03, 5 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have sent you a note about a page you started

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Hi MediaKyle. Thank you for your work on Belmont, Hants, Nova Scotia. Another editor, Zzz plant, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

I looked around for a reference documenting population, but wasn't able to find one. I'm still going to mark as reviewed- based on g-maps and other strong albeit circumstantial evidence, this appears to be a populated place and thus meets WP:NSETTLEMENT.

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Zzz plant (talk) 15:06, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I added another reference to make notability more clear. Needed to create this to differentiate from Belmont, Colchester, Nova Scotia -- MediaKyle (talk) 15:37, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

CfD nomination at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 September 8 § Category:Canadian gymnastics people by province or territory

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Categories you have created have been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 September 8 § Category:Canadian gymnastics people by province or territory on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Kaffet i halsen (talk) 09:14, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

AfC review request: Draft:Mamdouh Salem Baajajah

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Hello MediaKyle,

I’ve been working on a draft titled Draft:Mamdouh Salem Baajajah (discussion page: [[1]]).

I would greatly appreciate it if you could review the draft for Articles for Creation, and if it meets the notability and sourcing requirements, help move it to the mainspace.

Thank you very much for your time and assistance!

Best regards, Maisa Khudair (talk) 17:36, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there Maisa Khudair. Unfortunately your draft is a bit out of my wheelhouse, and I'd be unable to assess the sources. I'm afraid you will have to wait for someone else to review it. All the best, MediaKyle (talk) 19:08, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi MediaKyle,
Thank you for taking the time to review and for letting me know. I completely understand.
Would you happen to recommend someone who might be a good fit to review this draft? Your guidance would be greatly appreciated. Maisa Khudair (talk) 06:06, 9 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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I have sent you a note about a page you started

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Hi MediaKyle. Thank you for your work on Don Aker. Another editor, Klbrain, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

Notable as a prize-winning author, who whose work has been reviewed and whose output has been sustained over a couple of decades. Thanks for creating it.

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Klbrain (talk) 19:46, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have sent you a note about a page you started

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Hi MediaKyle. Thank you for your work on Lezlie Lowe. Another editor, Klbrain, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

Clearly referenced and written, as elsewhere. Lowe's work has been picked up several times by CBC and other sources, suggesting WP:NAUTHOR is probably reached, even though there are only 2 books. Wouldn't reach WP:NACADEMIC, but doesn't need to.

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Klbrain (talk) 19:53, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have sent you a note about a page you started

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Hi MediaKyle. Thank you for your work on David Weale. Another editor, Klbrain, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

Thanks for another biography; notability is established primarily by WP:NAUTHOR. I wonder whether, in this case, the biography might better be presented thematically, separating the publication history from the quite different teaching and 'activism' aspects. Regardless, I think that it's sounds as it is.

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Klbrain (talk) 19:59, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your nomination of The Republic of Nothing has passed

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Your good article nomination of the article The Republic of Nothing has passed; congratulations! See the review page for more information. If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of LEvalyn -- LEvalyn (talk) 03:50, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A goat for you!

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Thank you for all the work you've been doing on Vicky Ward!

Taffer😊💬(she/they) 21:22, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Well thanks for noticing! I appreciate the goat, it can live on my talk page for awhile. Cheers, MediaKyle (talk) 22:20, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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September 2025

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Information icon Hello, I'm Zackmann08. Thank you for your recent contributions to École secondaire de Clare. When you were adding content to the page, you added duplicate arguments to a template which can cause issues with how the template is rendered. In the future, please use the preview button before you save your edit; this helps you find these errors as they will display in yellow at the top of the page. Thanks. Zackmann (Talk to me/What I been doing) 16:24, 21 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

New page reviewer granted

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Hi MediaKyle, I just wanted to let you know that I have added the new page reviewer user right to your account. This means you now have access to the page curation tools and can start patrolling pages from the new pages feed. If you asked for this at requests for permissions, please check back there to see if your access is time-limited or if there are other comments.

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You can find a list of other useful links and tools for patrollers at Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Resources. If you are ever unsure what to do, ask your fellow patrollers or just leave the page for someone else to review – you're not alone! Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 17:08, 21 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]