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August 2025

Before adding a category to an article, as you did to Peter Fuss, please make sure that the subject of the article really belongs in the category that you specified according to Wikipedia's categorization guidelines. The category being added must already exist, and must be supported by the article's verifiable content. Categories may be removed if they are deemed incorrect for the subject matter. Thank you. ^SMason_Garrison 20:08, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Smasongarrison, Please do elaborate, which category and why? Xpander (talk) 20:32, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sure! So the one I see the most of translated articles is Category:Men. On English wikipedia, it isn't one that is supposed to be used for individual people because it's not considered defining. If you look at the categories I changed [1], you can see that most of your tags weren't in the most specific categories. WP:CATDD has a quick list of tips, but WP:CATPEOPLE is also helpful to getting at the why we try to use the most specific category (with some exceptions, so check out WP:EGRS if you want to know more about exceptions). ^SMason_Garrison 20:42, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Smasongarrison, Those categories weren't added by me, they came from the de-wiki source, which I usually leave intact. If you see the page's history the only category by me, was added towards the end. In any case thanks for sorting those out. Xpander (talk) 20:53, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

When you created the page, they were added. You're responsible for the edits you make, even if they're populated by other tools. Please clean them up instead of leaving them intact. The norms for categories differ by wiki. ^SMason_Garrison 23:12, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the heads up. @Smasongarrison Xpander (talk) 18:17, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'm Zackmann08. Thank you for your recent contributions to Douglass North. 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 red at the top of the page. Thanks. Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 15:04, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Zackmann08. Thanks for your note. However I think the particular duplicate argument you're referring to was not added by me, but rather the user @Aspects. Regards. Xpander (talk) 15:46, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My bad! Thanks for the note. —Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 15:48, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hi Xpander1. Thank you for your work on David Sherman (psychologist). Another editor, Klbrain, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

Thanks for creating a page for this researchers, who reaches WP:NACADEMIC through the coherent body of well-cited work. It is a single-source stub, so there is much more to build here: finding other reliable sources discussing his work and biographical details for example. Professional listing by societies can help; or published reviews covering the scope of his output. It would also be helpful to link this page from others.

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Klbrain (talk) 09:37, 9 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Klbrain, I added a couple of more sources, the most important of them being the Google Scholar page. You can take another look. Xpander (talk) 09:56, 9 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There's no need to separately include the Google Scholar page because it's already present in the 'Authority Control' databases - have a look at the bottom of the page. It's there along with Scopus and ORCID. Regarding additional sources, they're fine, but also rather 'connected' to Sherman. What about the view of his critics? If he doesn't have critics, is actually just following the crowd ;) Klbrain (talk) 10:09, 9 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I see. Didn't know GS is included in auth control. Regarding the sources you're right, psychology isn't my cup of tea. I actually created the page as to disambiguate David Sherman in search results. Therefore not sure how those critiques would be found. @Klbrain Xpander (talk) 12:26, 9 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Agricultural Palace

Hello Xpander1,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Agricultural Palace for deletion, because it's a redirect from an article title to a namespace that's not for articles.

If you don't want Agricultural Palace to be deleted, you can contest this deletion, but don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks!

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John B123 (talk) 20:52, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Sina Bathaie (September 28)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Bearcat was:

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

The comment the reviewer left was:

(1) WholeNote is not a GNG-making source.
(2) CBC Music's "Top 100 Canadian songs of the year" listicle is not "Canada's national chart" for the purposes of NMUSIC's charting criterion -- we'd need to see placements in the Soundscan charts in Billboard (Canadian Hot 100, etc.), while single-network charts don't count (especially when they're just polls of the network's own staff about music they liked, and not based on sales criteria).
(3) A quote from a radio personality, in a non-notable blog rather than on the air in his radio show, is not evidence of notability.
(4) Niagara This Week is a community hyperlocal, not a major media outlet of record. So it would be fine for verification of facts, but does not represent enough coverage to get him over GNG all by itself if it's the only source in the article that isn't completely unusable.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Sina Bathaie and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
If you do not edit your draft in the next 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
If you need any assistance, or have experienced any untoward behavior associated with this submission, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk, on the reviewer's talk page or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.

Bearcat (talk) 18:17, 28 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Xpander1! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Bearcat (talk) 18:17, 28 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Concern regarding Draft:Vahid Karimipour

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 09:10, 1 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Speedy deletion of V2Ray

The page V2Ray has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This was done under section R2 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it was a redirect from the article namespace to a different namespace except the Category, Template, Wikipedia, Help, or Portal namespaces.

Please do not recreate the material without addressing these concerns, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If you think this page should not have been deleted for this reason, you may contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you may open a discussion at Wikipedia:Deletion review. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 20:10, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

October 2025

Please do not remove maintenance templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did to V2Ray, without resolving the problem that the template refers to, or giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your removal of this template does not appear constructive, and has been reverted. The article currently only has one source that discusses the subject specifically and in depth. Please do not remove the maintenance template without at least adding sources or getting consensus on the talk page. Thanks. —Rutebega (talk) 21:11, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Rutebega Tbh, I find the notability templates useless. One either finds more sources and adds them to the article or does not and therefore nominates the article for an AfD. The template is something in-between and usually remains there for months, even years in some cases which has no function other than cluttering the article. As for the article in question I highly recommend taking it to AfD if you see an issue with notability. Xpander (talk) 21:37, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Abolfazl Jaafari for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Abolfazl Jaafari is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abolfazl Jaafari until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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ZyphorianNexus ^Talk 20:16, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hi Xpander. Thank you for your work on Joel Whitebook. Another editor, Mariamnei, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

Thank you for your work on this article. Please add more independent, secondary sources. Also, since it falls under WP:BLP, please add more sources and make sure to footnote them with reliable sources. Thank and have a great day!

To reply, leave a comment here and begin it with {{Re|Mariamnei}}. (Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)

Mariamnei (talk) 09:15, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Concern regarding Draft:Atoosa Kasirzadeh

Hello, Xpander. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Atoosa Kasirzadeh, a page you created, has not been edited in at least five months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 07:08, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Ebrahim Kraimi (physcist)

A tag has been placed on Ebrahim Kraimi (physcist) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section R3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a recently created redirect from an implausible typo or misnomer, or other unlikely search term.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. I₂Overcome ^talk 04:39, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]