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The article Comparison of help desk issue tracking software has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Unsourced since January 2025. The information in this article could also potentially be better as part of Issue tracking system, Help desk, Service desk or one of the articles mentioned in the table, but I'm getting WP:NOPAGE vibes.

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Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Gommeh 📖/🎮 19:28, 20 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Draft Page

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Hi @Scarpy, you've helped me with previous draft articles. I wonder if you would take a look at my latest and help the process along, if possible: Draft: Rosalie Maggio Artfullheart (talk) 08:30, 25 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey there - I will have a look. Anything specific you'd like help with? - Scarpy (talk) 00:38, 26 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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September 2025

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Information icon Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. Regarding your recent edits to LifeRing Secular Recovery when you modified the page, you introduced unknown parameters. Just because you specify |some_param=some_variable does not always mean that variable will display. The |some_param= must be defined in the template. You can look at the documentation for the template you are using but it is also helpful to use the preview button before you save your edit; this helps you find any errors you have made and ensure that the values you have added are displaying correctly. Below the edit box is a Show preview button. Pressing this will show you what the page will look like without actually saving it. It is strongly recommended that you use this before saving. If you have any questions, contact the help desk for assistance. Thank you. Can you {{ping}} me with where you got the code from? Trying to track down how these errors are getting introduced! Thanks. Zackmann (Talk to me/What I been doing) 20:02, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Zach. I always check for an errors before I finish up, but will try to be more proactive about it. Thanks for the infobox corrections. Scarpy (talk) 20:26, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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