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The World Destubathon

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Concern regarding Draft:Hope Bay, Nunavut

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Missing required translation attribution at Non-lieu

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Translating articles

Hi, Stickhandler, and thanks for your contributions. Your recent creation of Non-lieu was not ready to be an article in mainspace. As you may have noticed, I have made numerous edits to bring it up to a minimum threshold for a mainspace article. (Even so, with only one citation, its status is borderline.) The biggest problem (other than missing translation attribution, see the section above) was the poor state of translation. Were you using an automatic translator, like Google translate perhaps? I had to retranslate practically every concept of French law in the article; the main problem was that French terms were literally translated into false friend expressions in English that either were meaningless, or misleading and meant something else. For example, information judiciaire does not mean "judicial information" (a false friend); rather, it means a "judicial investigation". (Same thing with the French term, instruction judiciaire (not taken from your article, just another illustration): that does not mean "judicial instruction" but is a synonym of the previous example, and also means a "judicial investigation". You really have to watch out for false friends; there were numerous examples like this, and unless I missed one, they are all fixed now.

However, it took me a lot of editing to get there, for an article that is still just a brief, two-paragraph stub. Next time you work on a new article, please create it in draft space, and if it is a translation from French, please ask for help. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 04:42, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I also noticed at Olivier Marleix, that you didn't translate suppléant, but just left it in French, wikilinked as a red link. I have fixed that. If you are not confident of your ability to translate French into English, please ask for help when making these edits, or edit articles that do not require translation. Thanks. Mathglot (talk) 05:51, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Your draft article, Draft:Hope Bay, Nunavut

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:18, 11 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Apex sex predators

Keith Raniere should be added to that list. his understanding of neuro linguistic programming is strong evidence he has astral telepathic abilities. Being behind bars does not stop a telepath. Telepathy is quantum entanglement not constrained by distance.174.86.139.220 (talk) 19:53, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that Keith Raniere should be listed as an apex sex predator, and have added him to the list. Thanks for your help. Stickhandler (talk) 22:45, 24 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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No comment

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Non-prosecution agreement moved to draftspace

Thanks for your contributions to Non-prosecution agreement. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it is too short to really explain what an NPA is, the first reference is a 403-error while the second does not define what an NPA is (it focuses on DPAs which are not US-specific). I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

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September 2025

Please do not add commentary, your own point of view, or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles, as you did to Jeffrey Epstein. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. Thank you. – Muboshgu (talk) 21:20, 1 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Muboshgu: where did I do that please? Stickhandler (talk) 21:44, 1 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Here. Aside from the BLP issue of naming "potential co-conspirators", it is a POV violation to refer to Acosta's deal as a "sweetheart deal" or Epstein as a "wanker" in wiki voice. – Muboshgu (talk) 22:54, 1 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Muboshgu: everything you mention is repeated from sources, except wanker, which is a synonym accepted by wiki for an activity mentioned by the source, and which I chose in order not to be accused of plagiarism. I don't think it is rational to be accused if it's in the sources. Stickhandler (talk) 23:02, 1 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The only source you cite is WP:THEDAILYBEAST, which is not the highest quality of source. You definitely should use more care in what you put on here. "Wanker" is a general British insult. I don't think it's rational to call someone a "wanker" in wikivoice, even if it's Jeffrey Epstein. – Muboshgu (talk) 23:09, 1 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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