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It kinda looks like Spanish

Hola amigo, It just had to happen: https://es.wikipedia.org/Samuel_May_Williams. Saludos y pesetas, Oldsanfelipe2 (talk) 16:15, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

@Oldsanfelipe2: Color me celoso. I feel confident enough (with a healthy dose of trepidation) to use Spanish and German-language sources in my articles, but in no way do I feel competent enough to write an article in any other language than English. Congratulations, and well done! 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 16:22, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

78.26, My original assessment of my own writing appears to be the correct one: "it kinda looks like Spanish." Thankfully there are ES editors who have been patient enough to correct my many mistakes and make other improvements to the article. But I have done the tedious work of the infobox, inline citations, and the bibliography while introducing an article relevant to Mexican history to ES.Misplaced Pages.

Most of the Texas history buffs are dismissive of Williams because of his associations with the Monclova government and his large land grants. The Galveston, Texas article, for example, has very little to say about him despite his importance to local history.

On another note, there is another polyglot Texian known to most Anglos as George Fisher. Many sources mention him, but few write about him in great detail. I need to get a hold of the biography listed on the Misplaced Pages article. He most likely spoke Serbian and Hungarian, learned English and Spanish on the fly, and even published a Spanish language newspaper based in Mexico. I am guessing he spoke German as well because he was elected to serve as an officer in a Texas society of German immigrants despite not being a German immigrant. I have seen his name(s) pop up in 1837 deed records. Once it appears that he signed by using the name of his native city, Székesfehérvár. Oldsanfelipe2 (talk) 15:07, 8 January 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Joc-O-Sot

On 8 January 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Joc-O-Sot, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that superstitious people hold a Cleveland Indian responsible for losses by the Cleveland Indians? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Joc-O-Sot. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Joc-O-Sot), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:03, 8 January 2020 (UTC)

How about another barnstar?

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		For careful reading, asking great questions, obtaining advice for copyright issues, and most important, digging through the sources and fielding the reviewer's questions. Oldsanfelipe2 (talk) 22:07, 8 January 2020 (UTC)

@Oldsanfelipe2: as usual you are too kind. I had taken a couple of random photos at the Hall of State of the statues, just in case they didn't have an article, and Williams did not. So I wrote up a little tidbit about him with a couple of sources I had readily available at the time. I built a rickety foundation, which you turned into a mansion. I then noticed a couple of loose shingles after the reconstruction was complete. You're the editor who did all the work. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 15:41, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

I am merely returning kindness with kindness.

You gave my house a thorough building inspection which led to it being built to a higher standard. As much as I appreciate the work of wiki gnomes and others who make incremental edits, it seems that real collaboration is rare on Misplaced Pages. You gave a careful reading to a long article with some convoluted sub-plots and checked at least parts of the sources. And bringing in some other editors for advice on images was very helpful. Being immersed in a subject leads to a degree of expertise, but sometimes leads to a loss of perspective that makes it hard to see the faulty joints and the loose shingles. Perhaps other editors can create high-quality content without feedback and assistance, but I am not one of them. Sincerely, Oldsanfelipe2 (talk) 10:14, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

Waldo & Lyle, P.C. Notability

You declined the speedy deletion on my page for Waldo & Lyle, P.C., but said that it still had notability issues. I was hoping you advise me on getting it to the point where we can take down the banner on notability. I added some items to the topic's talk page but never got any responses. There are several Virginia firms that don't link to many, if any, second-party sources about their firm, and pages for Oblon and Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen have references to their attorneys' recognition and a blog, and things like that, but don't have a banner or anything discussing being promotional. I've thrown some more things on my page which may or may not be promotional given the other firms' pages as reference. I've cited an article by the Virginian Pilot that was entirely on Joseph Waldo and his practice with the firm, which I think should fulfill the criterion of second-party source talking about the topic itself. I just want to get the article safe from deletion. Any help would be appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by WBNewman1 (talk • contribs) 18:33, 18 January 2020 (UTC)

I goofed

@78.26: I accidently created the following page by mistake it was to be a category, not an article so I'm asking for it to be deleted. That page is Diablo II user templates. Catfurball (talk) 23:13, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

@Catfurball: no problem,  Done. Happy editing! 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 23:18, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

Streckfus Steamers

Hey 78.26, I just looked over an article I created a few years back about a steamboat excursion company which featured live music. I was inspired by the book Jazz on the River; then, I convinced myself that I could write about music and steamships. Please take a look at the article if you are so inclined. None of the WikiProjects want to own this article. It was assigned to US WP, St. Louis WP, and Transportation WP. I think it would be correctly classified as a music article. The music folks think of this as a transportation story and the transport and shipping people think of it as an entertainment story. One concern I have about my own treatment of the subject is the company's treatment of minorities. This is also a subject important for its social history, so some social commentary is unavoidable and supported by reliable sources. Has the article sanitized segregation? Has the article presented these issues in way that is appropriate for Misplaced Pages? This is asking for much, so I will understand if you are too busy. Thanks for reading, Oldsanfelipe2 (talk) 13:25, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

@Oldsanfelipe2: No wikiproject "owns" and article, any more than an editor "owns" an article. Wikiprojects are merely to let editors know that an article contains or may contain subject matter that interests them. I would certainly consider this article of interest to WikiProject Jazz. Sure, a minority of editors interested in jazz music will be interested in this particular article, but it's not like we have "pre-jazz" and "20s jazz" and "big band jazz" and "bop jazz" and "free jazz" etc. etc. WikiProjects, so the scope is indeed very broad. I'll take a look at your deeper questions, but when it comes to social issues it is impossible to make everyone happy, so the best you can do is write about what the reliable sources directly say about the topic, and then link to the topics that come up (i.e. segregation), and let the reader infer the broader context. By the way I need to dive into the FA status of Williams, I do have at least one suggestion, but I'll do that at the review area. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 15:02, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Own is a very poor choice of verb given WP: OWNERSHIP. I guess I see the role of WikiProjects being much more than a content area. I think of a WikiProject supporting articles and editors working within a content area. I have not check in on them lately, but two years ago my brief encounters with WP Women's History and Women in Red convinced me that these were the two models of what a WikiProject can be. My contributions to articles within the scope of their projects were paltry, but I received more support from those groups than from all other projects combined.

If Fate Marable recordings were available, I doubt there would be much interest in them aside from some really nerdy social music historians. His music career was defined by his employment with Streckfus Steamers and John Streckfus had a very rigid idea of proper music for his excursion ships. So this is really not jazz-lovers' jazz. But there is an important social history here in a kind of Ken Burns-channeling-Wynford-Marsallis way. Louis Armstrong got his first gig away from NOLA with Marable's band, and Marable "took him to music university." But I am not terribly knowledgeable about music, and a stack of Armstrong biographies and Hot Fives/Sevens does not change that.

Regarding segregation and treatment of black musicians, it's true that someone will be unhappy regardless. I am aiming for putting it into a reasonable context and keeping that within Misplaced Pages standards. I think I did a good job, but I am not always the best judge of my own work.

I appreciate your continued interest in the Williams article. I was concerned that you might be Williamsed out. Best, Oldsanfelipe2 (talk) 16:14, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Williams ready for FAC

I am ready to take Samuel May Williams to FAC. Are you interested in joining me? Oldsanfelipe2 (talk) 00:14, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

Help me with Draft:Agnel Roman Buddy

hello, User:78.26 last time you had verified that Draft:Agnel Roman has not relatability issue and you had made this article in draft mode. after that i have updated another source and added this article for submission

now another admin this saying there is an issue with it .

this person has an article from times of India (reputed newspaper in India - he is saying it a blog) WP:NEWSBLOG - it is and also there is another article in the Marathi language from Divya Bhaskar Marathi - another well-reputed newspaper of India see WP:NONENG

both the articles are clearly about Draft:Agnel Roman and are a significant coverage, not a passing mention.

pls help Thanks

Annki777 (talk) 17:00, 06 february 2020 (UTC)

@Annki777: Right away I'd like to make a couple of things clear. First, my goal is not to get this particular article moved to mainspace. My goal is to help you become a productive editor who gets well referenced, notable articles on mainspace. Second, I want to be clear that I consider Winged Blades of Godric an expert on the reliability of Indian sources, and if I didn't already know he was working on this, I would have pinged him. He is not an administrator, by the way, but he is highly experienced and his AfD reviews command respect.

An topic is considered generally notable when multiple independent, reliable sources discuss the topic in a "significant" manner. Regarding the sources you list on my page, it is apparent that the Times of India can not be considered an "Independent" source, because of the reasons WBG gives on his page to which he links. Reading that article is sure comes across as a press release to me. I can not read anything not written in Latin script, so I can't evaluate epaperdivyamarathi.bhaskar.com. You state that he "scored" Indian films, but it appears he contributed compositions. "Scoring" a film means adding orchetrations behind the script, and that doesn't appear to be what he is doing. He did sing on a couple of the songs that appear in the films. With the possible exception of bhaskar, I don't see any references which describe the topic substantially that can't be tied back to the topic. I hope that helps. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 21:53, 6 February 2020 (UTC)

Tunnel Inn, California

I noticed that Tunnel Inn, California and Wild Crossing, California were deleted. Of 323 articles created, these have been the only two I have ever had deleted. I left a message with User:Reywas92 to inquire if that editor intentionally chose not to notify me (the article's creator) when submitting the AfD. Perhaps I just missed both notifications. I certainly would have participated in both discussions, as I never create junk articles. Would you mind moving these both to draftspace for me? Thanks. Magnolia677 (talk) 21:45, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

@Magnolia677: Happy to. You'll find them at: User:Magnolia677/Wild Crossing, California and User:Magnolia677/Tunnel Inn, California

User:Joshuaharrisoneast - why the reduction?

• Joshuaharrisoneast (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Did we edit conflict, or did you intentionally reduce the block to 24 hours? Frankly, I was debating whether an indef was in order, but settled on 72 hours to give a chance for the user to come around. —C.Fred (talk) 22:08, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

@C.Fred: Pure edit conflict. I have restored your timeline. Sorry about that. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 22:10, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

Lots of edit conflicts in this particular situation! No worries. —C.Fred (talk) 22:10, 11 February 2020 (UTC)

FTX (cryptocurrency derivatives exchange)

Hi 78.26,

My first Misplaced Pages article FTX (cryptocurrency derivatives exchange) was deleted by User:Jimfbleak for the reason "Unambiguous advertising or promotion". I am an employee of FTX cryptocurrency exchange and I do understand the reason of deletetion. Is it possible you help move that article back to the draft space for me please? I will work with Jimbleak on revising it before publishing it again. Thank you.

Daveftx (talk) 08:19, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Hi @Daveftx:. I see you've already received a fair amount of great advice from Jimfbleak. First, I can tell that you didn't intend to write an "advertisement" about your company. We don't assume you're a "bad" person trying to destroy the site. However, this is an encyclopedia, not a business directory. Before I agree to move this to draft space, I'd like to make sure you understand a few fundamental things about Misplaced Pages. As you've been told, you have a conflict of interest regarding the company you work for. Misplaced Pages presents a neutral point of view as one of it's most important policies. We cover what reliable and independent sources say about topics. We cover the good, the bad, the ugly, and the beautiful. If you found negative material about your company from independent, reliable sources, would your boss want you including that in your company's article? I would put me in an uncomfortable position, anyway. That's why we have the COI policy, because it is very difficult to write about topics in which you have a COI, no matter how pure your intentions. If I restore the draft, it would be under strict condition that the article be reviewed by one of our Articles for Creation reviewers before the draft was moved back to mainspace. I gotta warn you, this can take months, so you'll need lots and lots of patience. I have taken a look at what was deleted. It doesn't look notable, just a routine company going about its routine business. Why does this company deserve encyclopedic attention? {and be wary of WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS, which is a recurring problem with cryptocurrency operations.) Please pay close attention to our notability guidelines. Is it covered WP:INDEPTH by multiple independent, reliable sources? If not, I'll only be prolonging your frustration if I am to restore your work to draft space. I don't wish to discourage you, I want to encourage your editing here, but this article may not be where your efforts are best placed. I've thrown a lot of Misplaced Pages policies at you, please let me know if I can better help explain them to you. I hope that's useful. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 13:44, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Hi @78.26:, firstly I am really impressed by how strong and devoted everyone is in this community! Thank you for giving me the detailed reasons and advices above. I would love to follow up on this points you mentioned above. Our CEO is a fair person and I have have no problem nor does he have any problem if I were to write anything negative from independent and reliable resources. You did make valid points regarding WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS and notability guidelines. Though I think those points make sense, I can't fully comprehend at what point can a company have a Misplaced Pages page about itself? Companies like Binance, OKEx, and Huobi all have Misplaced Pages pages about themselves. Where exactly is the cutoff line here? I don't think you judge this purely based on financial metrics, though FTX is ranked pretty high right now based on the financial metrics. I am totally fine to hold this off for now but I am also eager to know at what point do you think I can resume. Again, thank you for your dedication to this community and the time you spent answering my questions!

Daveftx (talk) 15:03, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

@Daveftx: Ah, I see I failed to provide you another serving of alphabet soup, namely WP:GNG and more specifically, WP:NCORP. Do multiple, independent, reliable sources talk about the company in-depth? Our notability requirements for ongoing commercial concerns are more stringent than, say, for 17th century classical music composers, in large part because we are overrun with promotionalism and spam, often well disguised as encyclopedia articles. Want proof, take a look at Category:Pending AfC submissions. It's not really about financial metrics, although if your company controlled 80% of the market it would certainly be an argument for notability, for example. The main criteria is, can we write dispassionately and comprehensively about a topic sourced from material from a variety of sources each of which have no vested interest, pro or con, about the topic. Once this criteria is met it is useful, under very limited circumstances, to provide material sourced from your CEO's tweets, for instance. These are possibly reliable (depending on context) but certainly not independent. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 15:31, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Hi @78.26:, thank you for the additional information and they make a lot of sense! I don't plan to resubmit it anytime soon but is it possible that you restore my deleted article? I want to have it for record keeping purpose as I did put in a lot of work on it. Hope you understand!

Thank you! Daveftx (talk) 09:58, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Oh, I understand. However, there's also (get ready for more alphabet soup!) WP:NOTWEBHOST. How about I email you the wiki code in a txt file. There's several other "Wikis" where you could park this. (but make sure they don't copyright the material...) Would that be an acceptable compromise? If so, click the "Email this user" which should appear on the left when you're on my talk page. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 17:38, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

That would be great! Thank you. I must be blind as I really can't find the "Email this user" button on your user page. Can you please give me more details on how to find it? Daveftx (talk) 03:39, 20 February 2020 (UTC)

You’re not blind, you probably need to enable email. You’ll find that under “preferences” at the top. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 11:19, 20 February 2020 (UTC)

Deleted page - Vivien Keszthelyi

Dear 78.26, I am writing you on behalf of Vivien Keszthelyi's management team, as we were informed that Keszthelyi's Misplaced Pages page was deleted. We firmly believe that every international achievement of our Formula 3 racing driver was proved by the neccessary refferences in the article. She has approved Misplaced Pages pages in three different languages, and we cannot understand why the biography was deleted on the English site. We would like to ask you to restore the page as she is an internationally recognized F3 driver. We can give sources and proof of her championship titles and licenses as well as references if needed for editing the article. --VRSSportGroupManagement (talk) 18:43, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

@VRSSportGroupManagement: I am going to decline to restore this. Most importantly this was the community's decision, not mine, at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Vivien Keszthelyi (3rd nomination). If you feel I have not correctly judged the community's consensus at that discussion, you may have my decision reviewed at Misplaced Pages:Deletion review. But first you must change your user name, because it purports to represent an organization or group, and not an individual. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 19:35, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Sources needed for Days of the Year pages

I see you recently accepted a pending change to May 11 that did not include a direct source.

You're probably not aware of this change, but Days of the Year pages are no longer exempt from WP:V and direct sources are required for additions. For details see the edit notice on that page, the content guideline and/or the WikiProject Days of the Year style guide. All new additions without references are now being either reverted on-sight or in some cases where the patroller is especially motivated, immediately sourced. I've gone ahead and un-accepted this edit and backed it out.

All the pages in the Days of the Year project have had pending changes protection turned on to prevent vandalism and further addition of entries without direct sources. As a pending changes patroller, please do not accept additions to day of year pages where no direct source has been provided on that day of year page. The burden to provide sources for additions to these pages is on the editor who adds or restores material to these pages. Thank you and please keep up your good work! Toddst1 (talk) 17:32, 20 February 2020 (UTC)

OK, re-added with required citation. Thanks! 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 17:53, 20 February 2020 (UTC)

Stupid vandal

@78.26: User:66.204.75.62 has been vandalizing Misplaced Pages since October 2019, and has never been blocked. I've given a warning to stop, but I know that will never happen. I if this person continues can you block this vandal.Catfurball (talk) 19:04, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

@Catfurball: I'm happy to take a look, but I'm not online all the time. The best place for this is WP:AIV. We don't block IP addreses permanently, because the owner can change. We do block some known school IP's for what is effectively permanent. This address only has a few edits, and has only edited in three sessions, including the destructive editing today which caught your attention. Activity from that address ceased 45 minutes before your warning, which was a level four. I think they got bored and quit, but if I block them it will only be for a period of 31 hours (standard first vandalism block) and I'm guessing they won't return for another couple months, so blocking wouldn't accomplish anything. I appreciate your diligence and am very glad you have reverted their edits. If it starts up again today or in the near future, feel free to make an AIV report, or to try to grab my attention. All the best, 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 20:09, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

Request

@78.26: Can you please give User talk:86.9.128.236 a warning. This person removed the infobox requested on the talk page of Herbert Blomstedt, when it doesn't have an infobox. To me this not good editing, who knows how many articles this editor has done this to. Catfurball (talk) 16:17, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

@Catfurball: um, the editor then created the infobox, within the minute. All's good. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 18:06, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

• @78.26: Then I suggest that you look closely at Gabrielle Weidner the same editor removed the request for an infobox and then didn't make it. Catfurball (talk) 18:13, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Yes, they did. Catfurball, this is a collaborative project. You've got to give people time to work, and you've got to assume good faith. Since this editor has proven themselves productive, please give a bit of leeway. This editor has since added an infobox to the article. I would suggest you attempt to communicate with the editor before initiating administrator involvement. Sure, it would be helpful if they created the infobox first, and then removed the request, but they may not understand how watchlists work, and that some editors enthusiastically watch certain articles for changes. How about you, in your most diplomatic and cordial language, let them know their order of editing is confusing to some other editors? All the best, 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 18:27, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

• @78.26: I just gave the editor a warning, that they should do it the other way. I hope this editor will see my message, and start making the infoboxes first instead. Catfurball (talk) 16:42, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

It doesn't require a "warning", and to most people it doesn't even look like vandalism. Your first sentence was just fine. By the way, it may be possible for an editor to just remove the infobox request, there are several high-profile, influential editors who detest infoboxes in general. Are you familiar with the infobox wars, where mere mortals should not deign to approach, and even Jimbo fears to tread? 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 17:45, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

Article deletion

Dear Friend, I refer to the deletion discussion at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/MauBank WithMe where you decided to delete the article without providing any reasoning as to why you have concluded that the article should be deleted. I am really appalled by this decision as I have taken the time to give very detailed explanation as to why the reasons put forward by the nominator are not valid. For instance, with regards to WP:Not notable, it is clear that the app is only available in Mauritius and therefore we can only expect the sources to be from major Mauritian media outlets only, as it is the case. In addition, some of the reasons provided by the nominator are not valid at all, he does not have a detailed knowledge of Misplaced Pages policies, for instance, he claimed that as per WP:NOTNEWS, references from newspapers are not acceptable while in fact, WP:NEWSORG encourage the use of reliable newspapers as reference to sustain facts and notability. I believe that the consensus was wrongly interpreted. In this respect, I would be really grateful if you could review your decision and if you think that the article should still be deleted, please advise on exactly which criteria this is being done along with the reasoning. Thanks Kingroyos (talk) 17:01, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

@Kingroyos: I judged "delete" to be the consensus of the discussion, and consensus is that the sources you gave are not WP:INDEPENDENT of the topic. If you feel my judgement is in error, you may appeal it at Misplaced Pages:Deletion review. I hope that is helpful. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 18:04, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Hi, Is it possible to have a draft of the deleted article. I would like to improve the article. Thanks --Kingroyos (talk) 17:45, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

@Kingroyos:, although this is a formality, I think the Deletion Review should be closed first. At that point I will restore it to draft space. (Remind me when it closes, I can be quite forgetful.) All the best, 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 19:49, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Hi, please note that the discussions have been closed. Grateful if you could help to provide a draft. Thanks. Kingroyos (talk)

Deletion review for MauBank WithMe

An editor has asked for a deletion review of MauBank WithMe. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review.--Kingroyos (talk) 10:44, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

Kawaibenform

...is almost certainly yet another sockpuppet of TomWatkins1970, as are all the "new" editors over the last few days. Very likely they won't take it to the talk page at all (except to possibly moan about other editors being "vandals" and "bullying", as they always do) but will just revert you. All they've done is copy and pasted the entire listing of this album's releases from Discogs, and the source they are adding is a fan website, very likely one they've set up themselves, with absolutely no source for the sales figures quoted. I've asked for this page to be protected, as almost all the Bros-related pages are, due to this editor's constant sockpuppetry. Richard3120 (talk) 22:28, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

There you go, you've just been reverted by another completely "new" user... This editor has been at this for over three years now, and has close to 150 blocked socks on Misplaced Pages and Commons. Richard3120 (talk) 22:35, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

@Richard3120: I'm not very good at whack-a-mole, but by behavioural evidence this is a sock of TomWatkins1970. I'm going to block and protect the page. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 02:13, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for editing

Hi 78 sir , thanks for cleaning Draft:Syed Saim Ali i want to know what you actually did ? cleaning up submission means exactly what ? i have added the maximum notable links of newspapers in English & Hindi language. hope you will help me to approve & fix this article more (Where its necessary such as grammar mistakes).

Thanks

Memon KutianaWala (talk) 08:27, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Hi @Memon KutianaWala:. Short answer: I didn't do much of anything. Long answer: I was patrolling the back of the Articles for Creation submissions on a random vandalism patrol, and looking for obviously suitable submissions. You article came up, and while it looked promising I am not familiar enough with the language and the topic area to have given it an automatic "pass". So I "cleaned" it which is a button I push which clears up some extraneous "wiki markup" and formats the submission in a way I (and I think most reviewers) prefer to view it. Since you have taken the time to reach out to me, I'll try to spend some concerted effort reviewing this particular submission in the very near future. All the best, 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 13:39, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Hi 78 Sir

Thank you so much and half references are in urdu language newspapers & television like samaa tv , dunya news , daily pakistan and urdu point and rest references are in english such as dawn news , the tribune , the news , pakistan today (daily english newspaper) , niche (fashion weekly magazine). thanks again in advance sir.

Memon KutianaWala (talk) 14:02, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Thanks once again 78 sir Memon KutianaWala (talk) 17:53, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

You're welcome. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 18:03, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Username

So if you listen to 78 RPM what's the 26 represent? Beeney xx (talk) 14:14, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

@Beeney xx: 78.26 is the precise speed of "78rpm" records in North America. It is slightly different in Europe (77.92). See Phonograph record#78 rpm disc developments, third paragraph. All the best! 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 14:56, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

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AfD

Can you detail how you felt no consensus to be the correct outcome of this AfD? The "Keep" supporters included the SPAs, canvassed editors (with most editing after a long time only to !vote here), and ultimately none of them addressed the actual concerns with the article, but were only spewing the arguments already rejected by WP:ILIKEIT and WP:ITSNOTABLE as others had also said. However, "Delete" supporters (which included comments by 2 admins, Drmies, Neutrality) have discovered more problems with the article than what I had. Excelse (talk) 18:21, 2 April 2020 (UTC)