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Idoghor Melody moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Idoghor Melody, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Celestina007 (talk) 21:19, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

This is your user talk page

Hello, Ecurrywap. This is your user talk page; the purpose of this page is for notification and communication with other Wikipedia editors. It is not a workspace for articles in progress or self-promotion. Please use your user sandbox or the draft article space to practice editing or create new articles. Thank you. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 00:00, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

Noted sir😅 --Idoghor Melody (talk) 19:15, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of User:Ecurrywap

A tag has been placed on User:Ecurrywap requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section U5 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to consist of writings, information, discussions, and/or activities not closely related to Wikipedia's goals. Please note that Wikipedia is not a free web hosting service. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such pages may be deleted at any time.

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User page

Sorry, but your user page does not conform to Wikipedia's user page guidelines. It is intended for basic information about yourself and your Wikimedia-related activities. Although a lot of freedom is allowed in personalizing your user page, it is not:

• an encyclopedia article (and should not be styled to look like one)
• a workspace for a draft article
• a personal website, blog, or social media site
• a space for self-promotion or other advertising
• a CV/resumé
• a lengthy autobiography

The user page guidelines have additional information on what is and what is not considered acceptable content. Thank you. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 00:01, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of John Aruakpor

The article John Aruakpor has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, this biography of a living person will be deleted after seven days unless it has at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{prod blp/dated}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within seven days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. Hog Farm (talk) 20:56, 20 February 2020 (UTC)

A citation has been added. Pls check Ecurrywap (talk) 21:14, 20 February 2020 (UTC)

Nomination of John Aruakpor for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article John Aruakpor 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/John Aruakpor 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.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Drm310 🍁 (talk) 14:16, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Delta State University Of Science And Technology Ozoro

Hello Idoghor Melody,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Delta State University Of Science And Technology Ozoro for deletion, because it seems to be copied from another source, probably infringing copyright.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to rewrite it in your own words, 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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Graeme Bartlett (talk) 22:49, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

Attention needed at username change request

Hello. A renamer or clerk has responded to your username change request, but requires clarification before moving forward. Please follow up at your username change request entry as soon as possible. Thank you. Sam-2727 (talk) 21:06, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

Please continue Ecurrywap (talk) 13:07, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

File:Ogbe-Ogonogo Market Fire.jpg listed for discussion

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Replaceable fair use File:Odumeje Family.jpg

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Replaceable fair use File:Odumeje.jpg

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Replaceable fair use File:Umu Obiligbo.jpg

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Speedy deletion nomination of Umu Obiligbo

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A tag has been placed on Umu Obiligbo, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.

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. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. MrsSnoozyTurtle 07:54, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

Hi Idoghor Melody, further to your email, you can ask the deleting admin, in this case Materialscientist, to restore the article so you can work on it. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 16:59, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

Hi John B123, I've dropped a message for him on his talk page but it seems like he doesn't reply to talks. Idoghor Melody (talk) 17:19, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

I'm sure they will do. Regards. --John B123 (talk) 17:32, 4 September 2021 (UTC)--John B123 (talk) 17:32, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

Thank you John B123. Idoghor Melody (talk) 17:36, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

Merge tags

I note that you have removed merge tags from Rudykillus and Rudeboy_(Nigerian_singer). Closure of a merge process requires discussion among editors. The policy is given here WP:MERGECLOSE and following. In future, it would be meet and fitting to follow the policy. --Whiteguru (talk) 00:33, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

Good morning Mr White Guru, the person added the merge tag when I've not even gone halfway creating the page. He thought that maybe I've finished and there was no content to add again. But no I was busy that was why I stopped the editing. And when I came back, I didn't think it was really necessary or important to disturb the peace of others when I can actually fix the problem. I mean no need for discussion when I can fix it. Anyways, it's fine, there's a next time for everything, next time I will not remove the tag. Thank you. Idoghor Melody (talk) 10:23, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

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Samiyun

Good day Mr melody Can we talk

Good evening Mr Samiyun. Please what should we talk about?.--Idoghor Melody (talk) 20:38, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Cheque (singer)

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Article Review

Hi editor Idoghor Melody, could you please review draft article Oluwaseyi Olufemi? Thanks. Trendrives (talk) 17:57, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

@Trendrives: Hello and good day from this end. Sorry I am not an AFC reviewer. The article was declined by AFC Princess of Ara, you should re improve the article and resubmit. --Idoghor Melody (talk) 18:01, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi @Trendrives, I left an assessment of the sources on the talk page to explain why I declined the draft. You can however resubmit at AfC if you do not agree with my assessment or move directly to main space and see if it survives at AfD. Kind regards. Princess of Ara 20:27, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

Thank you Princess of Ara. Trendrives (talk) 21:54, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

WP:POLITICIAN

As reviewing administrator, , I want to remind you that every member of a state of national legislature, present or past, is considered notable -- See WP:POLITICIAN. (whether this makes sense in all circumstances is another matter, but it is our consistent practice) Authoritative evidence of the position is sufficient sourcing. The main problem with these articles is eliminating promotional material and political advertising. DGG ( talk ) 09:46, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

@DGG: Thanks for the ping, the problem has been solved. Thanks once again.Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 11:42, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

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Thanks Idoghor Melody!

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Teahouse Host

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Draft:Out of Body (Needtobreathe album)

Hello, Idoghor Melody,

Are you an AfC reviewer and have you accepted this draft? I don't want to delete Out of Body (Needtobreathe album) and move the draft over until the draft has been accepted and right now the notice on the draft states that the review is still in process. Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 00:28, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

@Liz:Yes I am an AFC reviewer and I have accepted this draft before requesting delete for the redirect but there was no way I could have moved it in without the redirect deleted. I will remove the "In review" message now. --Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 04:37, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

Charles Saliba Wikipedia page

Dear Melody,

My submission for Charles Saliba's Wikipedia page has been refused even though I have referenced specific publications and books that are about him. Saliba was even mentioned in published reliable secondary sources such as David Webster's book and a more recent book by Joe Julian Farrugia which I referenced in the article. Please can you re-review this submission. Thanks

Best regards,

antfarmalta — Preceding unsigned comment added by Antfarmalta (talk • contribs) 17:56, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

@Antfarmalta:I really understand you, but the sources there now are not enough to establish notability.--Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 18:23, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Andrew Crowther Hurley

Thanks for accepting Andrew Crowther Hurley. I have been around on wikipedia for a long time but I am getting old and no longer at my best, so it is good to find I can still write an article. I see that you live in Nigeria. Long ago I was the first professor of Chemistry at what became Bayero University Kano. I really enjoyed my time in your country. I visited ABU in Kaduna most weeks at one point teaching a course there and used their computer while I spent a lot a effort getting a computer for BUK which finally arrived 4 days before I left! --Bduke (talk) 23:35, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

@Bduke:Oh that's nice sir... I'm glad you did enjoy your stay while you were here. I hope you're having a great time over there? --Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 23:41, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Request on 14:48:51, 15 October 2021 for assistance on AfC submission by Calvinhobbes2

• Calvinhobbes2 (talk · contribs)
  • Draft:Dan Crowe (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Hi Idoghor, thanks for reviewing my recent draft relating to Dan Crowe. You flagged it as not having enough citations from reliable and independent sources, but I thought that interviews and news items relating to the individual from sources such as The Guardian, the New York Times, magCulture etc would qualify? Can you perhaps expand on why that's not the case?

Calvinhobbes2 (talk) 14:48, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

@Calvinhobbes2: Hi and sorry for the late reply. In regards to the article, some of the sources there are that of interview where the subject can say anything he/she likes. Biography of Living Person needs independent and reliable sources to establish notability. Please add more reliable sources and resubmit, another reviewer will take care of it. Thanks and all the best. 👍Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 13:29, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

Laurie Sanborn

Request for more information regarding your denial of page creation. Laurie Sanborn is involved in leadership in a US State legislature. She is most certainly a person of interest and is an extremely important person at the New Hampshire State Legislature. I strongly disagree with your dissertation that the sources are not primarily about her / she is mentioned secondary. The other deputy leader in the NH house (same position as Sanborn) has far less sources and his page is active. Fred Doucette What is the difference between Sanborn and Doucette? --Independent NH Politics (talk) 00:38, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

@Independent NH Politics: Hello and thanks for the ping. I have accepted the article but note that the article can be expanded from 'stub' to at least 'start'. You should try and add more content about the subject. There's a lot to add out there. I'm not chanced or else I would have help expand the article. So just try and add more informations and remember to back it up with reliable sources. Thanks and all the best. 👍Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 11:47, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

Accepting Promotional Non Notability Articles At AFC

Please see this incorrect accept made by you, now see this please be more careful not to accept non notable promotional articles at AFC. Thank you for your time. Celestina007 (talk) 01:35, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

Draft:Roxana Mehran is still under review

Please either review it or release it. It feels straightforward, are you happy to review it? Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 19:11, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

@Timtrent: Oh my bad. Never knew it's still marked under review since 15 October. I'll remove it now. I had thought I unmarked it🤦. --Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 19:17, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

I've reviewed it. I declined it because its references lack quality. Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 20:39, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

@Timtrent: It's fine and ok. --Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 21:22, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

Indeed it is 😊. I was wondering, perhaps hoping, that my decline rationale might help you as you progress in your reviewing role. Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 21:26, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

@Timtrent: Yeah I saw it, your explanations were very correct. --Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 21:37, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

Question: How does one withdraw a draft article already submitted for review?

Dear Idoghor Melody,

Many thanks for your message yesterday regarding my creation of a draft for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Alexandros_Kapelis. Also, congratulations on your excellent articles. I learned a lot about Nigerian politics that I was not aware of. :-)

A quick question: Is there a way that I could completely withdraw the submission of my draft? I would like to construct the article from scratch, in a completely different manner, with a more exhaustive research. In the meantime, I have already deleted all the content (but the draft link is still up). Can we please delete it altogether?

Thanks a million!

--Musicofilo82 (talk) 10:04, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

@Musicofilo82: Thanks for the message. I will put it up for speedy deletion now since that's what you want. --Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 10:31, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

Thank you very much. :-) --Musicofilo82 (talk) 10:37, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

@Musicofilo82: Alright take care and happy editing. 👍Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 10:40, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

You bet! Just now discovering the editing side of Wikipedia and it is an amazing world. Take care! :-) --Musicofilo82 (talk) 11:25, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

@Musicofilo82: Hope you're aware the draft has been deleted?🤔 Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 12:48, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

Yes, I noticed it has been already deleted. Thank you! I guess that when I am ready to do it again, I will just create the article from scratch. Even if it will have the same name, it shouldn't be a problem, right? --Musicofilo82 (talk) 14:02, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

@Musicofilo82: Yeah it's no problem as long as the content is good and you're not creating an already existing article. --Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 14:07, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

Great! Thanks a million again for the support and great advice! Cheers! :-) --Musicofilo82 (talk) 14:11, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

@Musicofilo82: You are most welcome. You are free to ask at anytime, once again, happy editing!😅 Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 14:26, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

Thank you very much! And good morning! A quick question: I have noticed that when a couple of friends of mine (who have had accounts with Wikipedia for a while) write articles, they are published immediately on the main wikipedia system, before they are fully verified. However, when I wrote my first article, it was not published right away, but instead appeared as a "draft". Why is that? Thank you! --Musicofilo82 (talk) 09:43, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

@Musicofilo82: Good morning from this end... In regards your question, you know there's difference between a new user and an old person or someone who has passed the stage. As a new user, your article will have to pass through the AFC before they become published so as to enable them put the right thing in main space. You know if it's not done like that a lot of people will send irrelevant stuffs to main space. For us at AFC, we see alot of these stuffs new users create and they are declined with reasons so the user can adjust and also ask help at the Tea house. And articles created by old users including myself are scrutinized before they are reviewed. I hope I answered your question...🤔Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 10:38, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for the explanation! I understand now. :-) Thank you! --Musicofilo82 (talk) 12:18, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

Rebecca Faulkenberry Wikipedia page

Hi Idoghor Melody,

Thanks for your feedback on my submission for a Wikipedia page. I have added over 12 citations from various news sources which I hopes gets us to the required validation. Please let me know if I am doing something wrong, once approved this page can be linked to the many shows on wikipedia where the actor is mentioned which attests to the notability. If you could review and let me know if you agree or I am missing something I would appreciate it. Many thanks for your time and guidance with my relative new wikipedia contributions! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Broadwaystars (talk • contribs) 15:02, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

@Broadwaystars: Thanks for dropping a message, the draft is currently in the cue and in no time another reviewer will check it out. Regards. 👍Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 15:10, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

Request on 04:49:49, 4 November 2021 for assistance on AfC submission by Xinxiao7

• Xinxiao7 (talk · contribs)
  • Draft:Wen Gao (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Hey there,

The url links of the references are valid and public. Could you please tell me why the references are not reliable? Xinxiao7 (talk) 04:49, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

@Xinxiao7: Thanks for the ping. As per your question, having a better look at Reliable sources will help answer your questions. It is expected to add reliable, secondary and independent sources. You should also read about Inline Citation too. --Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 06:02, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

Review my recently created wikipedia page

Hello sir/mam, I was created a new article. Please review it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Krishan_Kumar_Ladoiya — Preceding unsigned comment added by Krishan Kumar Ladoiya (talk • contribs) 02:00, 6 November 2021 (UTC)

@Krishan Kumar Ladoiya: I have gone through your draft and sorry to say this that writing an autobiography on Wikipedia is an example of conflict of interest editing and is strongly discouraged. Writing autobiographies is discouraged because it is difficult to write a neutral, verifiable autobiography, and there are many pitfalls just like the one you did now. The joy of the process is that if you're notable enough, someday, a user will write an article about you. --Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 04:39, 6 November 2021 (UTC)

Review my recently created article

Hello Idoghor Melody, thank you for quick review of my article, could you please tell me why it reads like an advertisement. I'm trying to create my first real objective article about an app that is booming in the US? Thanks again. Dating-technology (talk) 15:34, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

@Dating-technology: Thanks for your message, but the version I met really was not written from a neutral point of view. Seems like it was being advertised to readers. --Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 15:53, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

Request on 18:46:54, 8 November 2021 for assistance on AfC submission by Cinako

• Cinako (talk · contribs)
  • Draft:Justlearn (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Cinako (talk) 18:46, 8 November 2021 (UTC) What is significant coverage? The company has been featured in many news sites.

@Cinako: Thanks for dropping a message. To your question, "Significant coverage" addresses the topic directly and in detail, so that no original research is needed to extract the content. Featuring in many news site doesn't make the topic notable, a question should be asked if those sources are reliable. Maybe you should take a look at General Notability Guidelines and Reliable sources, that will help improve your knowledge about notability and adding reliable sources. Thanks...Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 19:40, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

Re-review Draft:Ashkan Khatibi

Hello, Thank you for reviewing Draft:Ashkan Khatibi. I have added some references to this page. Please re-review my article. Thanks. Kidsonthemoon (talk) 20:20, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

@Kidsonthemoon: Thanks for messaging, if you feel you've added enough references, please submit and a reviewer will attend to it...Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 21:20, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

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20:35, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

Answering a comment left on a draft

Hey! I was left a comment on my draft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Loveworm_(EP) highlighting that many of the references used are sourced from Instagram. This is only because the article directly refers to the relative Instagram posts for the purpose of creating a timeline (in which the artist was posting updates on her account.) I was unsure if anything needed to be actioned on this on my part. Thanks! :) Disappeur (talk) 10:09, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

@Disappeur: Hi and Thanks for dropping a message. To answer your question, Content from websites whose content is largely user-generated are generally unacceptable. Example of such includes; Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram, Reddit and others. And about 8(if I'm correct) of the sources in your article are from Instagram and I think one is even from YouTube. You should take a look at Reliable sources so that you'll have an idea of what next to do. Do have a nice day...Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 11:05, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

Draft:800 BC (EP)

Hey, just wanted to let you know that I added critical reception to my draft.

--Jefente (talk) 02:04, 10 November 2021 (UTC)Jefente

@Jefente: Thanks for dropping a message, I'll soon take a look at it...Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 11:02, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

Hi Jafente, I've checked it out but there's a problem, you didn't add any sources to those sections which makes it impossible to verify anything you wrote there. Do add some sources and I'll take a look again later...Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 11:13, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

Reviews of academics

For academics, the relevant standard is not whether there are third party sources to meet GNG. The relevant standard is WP:PROF., and that is normally met by showing the person to be influential in their subject as demonstrated by citations to their work. Please see the comments I left at Draft:William Birdthistle and at Draft:Christopher Hourigan

@DGG: Noted, I'll take a lookComr Melody Idoghor (talk) 12:25, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

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Draft:800 BC (Critical Reception)

Added the sources a while ago--Jefente (talk) 03:21, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

@Jefente: Alright give me some time, I'll take a look(later today) and decide the next action...Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 04:34, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

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Review On My University Stub Article

Hi @IdoghorMelody;

Thank you for taking the time to review my article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Kings_University_(Odeomu). I do have a question:

I assumed a "stub" article did not exactly have the same requirements as a regular Wikipedia Article. Taking, for example, this Wikipedia article: " https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oduduwa_University " for example is a stub and has few to similar details like the one I submitted (pretty much what I tried to mirror)

And the others: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizade_University etc.

Is there Something I am getting wrong in the stub department? or is there a particular section I am missing?

AhZ0k4 (talk) 10:21, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

@AhZ0k4: Thanks for dropping a message. But you should avoid comparing two articles as they are not the same. With that said, there's a reason why the article was declined, which was also written there. Even as a stub, the article needs more improvements and more writing. As it is now, it is poorly written and poorly sourced, but you may submit again and let another reviewer take a look... Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 11:43, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

@Idoghor Melody: Thank you for the taking time to reply. Could you please identify the areas that are poorly written so i can improve on them? The only feedback i could find was on the references. Also, the reason for the comparing is simply because; i used the same databases as those pages and the same number of references + sections; so I am just wondering how then they got approved and this one didn't. Guess I must have done something wrong. All the same, thank you for your responses, i would add some more references and try again. AhZ0k4 (talk) 10:02, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

@AhZ0k4: Remember I told you comparing one article to another is really not a good idea. I said earlier that the article is poorly written and poorly sourced, and it is expected of you to improve the article and then resubmit. Thanks...Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 10:24, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Apologies

I told you not to ping me nor post on my tp again, I’m sorry about that, I’m a Teahouse host and I made a promise to myself to always be of assistance thus per my own words I’m obliged to always be of assistance, so please I do sincerely apologize, ping me whenever. Celestina007 (talk) 11:23, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Please checkout, A user is abusing AFC

Sidchandra78 who’s article Jayanti (film) was rejected by you is recreating it even though he fails WP:N and WP:RS. He is a new user and it seems like he was paid to make Wikipedia page for the film. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2409:4042:89F:155F:C8DD:9F09:7A34:E20C (talk) 12:12, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Draft:Camille Miller

Hello, hope you are doing well. I got a rejection from you and just wanted to point out that I am not trying to make a new article. I just translated it from Portuguese to English. This is the original page: Camille Miller

Thank you for your time and consideration! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Negingrn (talk • contribs) 08:26, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

@Negingrn: Thanks for dropping a message. Number one is that I didn't reject the draft, I only declined it which means you can improve on the references and resubmit again for another reviewer to take a look. With that said, I want to let you know that you can't compare English Wikipedia to Portuguese Wikipedia as the two are not the same even though it's been owned by the same WMF. Notability standards differ on each Wikipedia and here we scrutinize references a lot when it concerns BLP. Please see WP:References and Reliable sources for more information. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 08:46, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Little Italys in New York (state)

A tag has been placed on Category:Little Italys in New York (state) indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

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. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 20:34, 30 November 2021 (UTC)

Etymology of Balochistan

Thanks for the Redirection of a vital source of information!2A00:23C5:8D98:E201:ED4C:47F2:2C96:9233 (talk) 03:43, 7 December 2021 (UTC) Could you also do the same review for the Etymology of the Punjab, Pakistan? Thank you?

 Done

Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 09:30, 7 December 2021 (UTC) Thankyou very much, your are a star and the best!2A00:23C5:8D98:E201:ED4C:47F2:2C96:9233 (talk) 13:28, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

Thanks again, on the etymology of Sindh, Pakistan keep it going🤩2A00:23C5:8D98:E201:2D0A:6576:54ED:1D46 (talk) 23:19, 9 December 2021 (UTC)

You're welcome

Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 04:28, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

Why was the Etymology of Afghania, Pakistan declined?2A00:23C5:8D98:E201:58A8:90AC:58EF:DB7B (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 09:53, 10 December 2021 (UTC) Could you try again with this one?2A00:23C5:8D98:E201:ED4C:47F2:2C96:9233 (talk) 23:55, 10 December 2021 (UTC)😄

I can't access that space now as my IP is blocked on this network. Someone else will check it out or maybe later in the day when I switch my network. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 00:07, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

@Idoghor Melody: I suggest you stop creating all those "Etymology" redirects requested by that IP editor. Etymology can apply only to terms (words, names), not to geographic regions. There is no such thing as etymology of "KPK, Pakistan". One, the term KPK has no etymology on its own - it's an acronym. Two, there is no etymology of KPK, Pakistan, because the term Pakistan is a separate word with a separate etymology. These useless redirects only add trash to the already crowded search box.

Wikipedia is not Google Search and is not expected to answer natural language queries.

I will be tagging all these redirects for deletion. Regards, — kashmīrī ^TALK 22:34, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

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hello Idoghor melody! Please review https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Yana_Kay
and check new updates. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Deeselecta (talk • contribs) 17:06, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

@Deeselecta: I'll take a look. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 21:55, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

@Deeselecta: I'm sorry I've reviewed it before, I'd rather leave it for someone else to take a look. --Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 21:59, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

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I need info

Hi MR ldoghor melody plsss I need info about ozoro,uniben,.🙂🙂🙂 Zie afeo (talk) 14:42, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

@Zie afeo: Thanks for dropping a message here, but the information you seek can only be seen on their various Wikipedia pages or website or from any of their staff(which I'm not). I attended Ozoro poly, but the school has now been turned into a university. And honestly I don't know anything more again.Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 16:11, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

"Etymology of the Punjab, Pakistan" listed at Redirects for discussion

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"Etymology of Balochistan, Pakistan" listed at Redirects for discussion

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Etymology of Balochistan, Pakistan. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 December 11#Etymology of Balochistan, Pakistan until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. — kashmīrī ^TALK 23:05, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

"Etymology of Sindh, Pakistan" listed at Redirects for discussion

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Etymology of Sindh, Pakistan. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 December 11#Etymology of Sindh, Pakistan until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. — kashmīrī ^TALK 23:06, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

"Etymology of Gilgit–Baltistan" listed at Redirects for discussion

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Undo Speedy deletion

Hi please undo your request for deletion on my pageAlexisgordon (talk) 05:11, 13 December 2021 (UTC) i am mid edit now all my work seems to be gone?????? I just copied and pasted the stuff in that i wanted to draw on for research and i was almost halfway done and now i can't find it and i'm freaking out because i'm doing this for a class and i need to turn it in asap (due at midnight my time which is 10 min ago). I AM NOT INTENDING ON USING THE STUFF PASTED IN. I DID NOT INTEND TO SUBMIT IT AS IS. PLEASE UNDO WHAT YOU DID SO I CAN RETURN TO WORKING ON IT.

PLEASE CHECK YOUR TALK PAGE I AM LITERALLY FREAKING OUT ALL OF MY WORK IS LOST AND NOW IT WONT LET ME USE VISUAL EDITOR Alexisgordon (talk) 05:26, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

Speedy for Draft:Sasha Gordon

Hi, please refrain from tagging new drafts for speedy deletion, as you did at Draft:Sasha Gordon. The draft had been created less than THREE HOURS earlier and its author kept working on it. It did contain a few copy-and-paste quotes from sources, but as you can see in other articles by that same editor, they will likely get properly attributed in the final version.

Overall, your attempt to delete this new draft did zero to improve Wikipedia; rather, it discouraged a productive editor. — kashmīrī ^TALK 08:09, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

@Kashmiri: The last time I checked, you're not a member of Wikiproject AFC, the draft in question was submitted for review, which could only mean that it is ready or 95% ready. I suggest you leave AFC work for members of the project and concentrate more on your area of specialization. Please for further queries on my actions regarding AFC reviews, please visit the Articles for creation talkpage and make your complain there. Thanks and keep on your good works. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 10:42, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

Oh, thanks for telling me what I should edit on Wikipedia. Really. As to your editing, before you hit the the CSD button in Twinkle next time, I recommend you to read carefully the CSD policies. For CSD G12, the following policy applies: This [G12] applies to text pages that contain copyrighted material with no credible assertion of public domain, fair use, or a compatible free license, where there is no non-infringing content on the page worth saving. For equivocal cases that do not meet speedy deletion criteria (such as where there is a dubious assertion of permission, where free-content edits overlie the infringement, or where there is only partial infringement or close paraphrasing), the article or the appropriate section should be blanked... (underlining mine). Enjoy. — kashmīrī ^TALK 11:27, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

@Kashmiri: Thanks for your recommendation. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 11:34, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

@Kashmiri: I hope you can see that the draft was deleted even after your decline and removal of that CSD tag. Please allow us to do our reviews properly while you focus more on what you know how to do best, I will not interfere on your area of interest without any just cause just like you've done today. Please let's be guided. Thanks Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 15:31, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

Give me Info

Hello @Idoghor Melody

how to make my wiki signature like your. Please share to me Tushar ツ 14:03, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

Hi @Tushar3011: Welcome to my talk page. I can see you're already using a customized signature, then you just have to copy mine and change the text and colour. I mean for instance, this is my signature: Comr Melody Idoghor (talk), which I can change the colour and name like this: ok lemme change it to yours : Tushar (talk) . Ok that one now is customized to yours(also having link to your talkpage and userpage) all you have to do is to copy that one and paste it on your preference here if you don't like the colour I changed for you, you can change it yourself. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 15:16, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

I asked my existing signature Tushar ツ to from Deepfriedokra (talk)

and

Thank you for giving No.1 stylish signature. Tushar (talk) 17:28, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

You're welcome... Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 17:31, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

Draft:Mor Chhainha Bhuinya

You are the AFC reviewer. Can you review my article Draft:Mor Chhainha Bhuinya. Tushar (talk) 17:55, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

@Tushar3011: It has already been reviewed by someone else. Add more sources(Reliable sources) and probably some more content then submit again, if possible, ping me when you submit again, I'll take a look...--Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 21:55, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

I resubmitted my article please visit Draft:Mor Chhainha Bhuinya. Tushar (talk) 17:09, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

@Tushar3011: Again it was reviewed before I got there. The sourcing is still not ok. Could you add some more sources? --Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 21:31, 14 December 2021 (UTC)

Please can you tell reviewer that this is old 2000s movie of Chhattisgarhi cinema. Does not have enough or more resources Tushar (talk) 09:05, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

@Tushar3011: This could be hard, but just try and see if you'll find anything else even if it's in the newspaper or books. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 10:59, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

New Talk

Hello I would to know about delta university ozoro and uniben Zie afeo (talk) 22:08, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

@Zie afeo: I replied the message you dropped earlier and I'll repeat it. The information you seek can only be seen on their various Wikipedia pages or website or from any of their staff(which I'm not). I attended Ozoro poly, but the school has now been turned into a university. And honestly I don't know anything more again. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 22:22, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

OK thank u sir but LA if u hear any info about it pls let me know.thanks🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂 Zie afeo (talk) 22:27, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

Apologies

Hi, wanted to apologize for the all caps freak out now that I have finished and am well rested lol, but did want to say that what Kashmiri said really does resonate as I found the tag more discouraging than helpful. I just started making pages like 10 days ago and my process has been to copy in quotes with links to their respective articles and then write (in my own words obviously) a piece with relevant parts cited or quoted + cited. You likely noticed that below each copied bit was the link listed, or, if you had checked my other submissions, that I've been diligent in my citations. With this one, I copied and pasted my whole formatting from a previous article (including whatever that coding bit is that submits the piece), thus unwittingly submitting it. Again, I'm new and still figuring all this out. :-) I know you're just trying to maintain proper editing so no worries, but I think any sort of communication with me beyond the tag would have been courteous just so I could understand what was happening! Truly just saying this with an eye toward the future for other total newbies like me who are dazed and confused lol. Alexisgordon (talk) 22:03, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

@Alexisgordon: Hi dear and thanks for dropping a message. I understand that you're a newbie and sorry if the tag was discouraging. The best thing to do is to finish drafting before submitting, because once it's submitted, it appears in the New pages feed for reviewers to review. Even if I hadn't tagged it, someone else would have done it. So endeavor to finish before submitting.(I hope you understand). Once again, thanks for messaging. And oh, I moved the discussion from where you actually posted it to the bottom here. When posting on talk pages, you should leave your message at the bottom and ensure to add a topic to it just as I did when I moved it. Thanks Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 22:19, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

Understood and no worries! And thank you for moving it, definitely having a hard time keeping track of all the little things that make an article and this site run smoothly lol! Alexisgordon (talk) 22:29, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

@Alexisgordon: Yeah, we learn everyday. Everyone passed through this stage at one point or the other. I can boldly tell you that no one is familiar with all the policies of Wikipedia, we all learn something new everyday. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 22:36, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

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BWRT Page Submission Declined

Hi. Hope you are doing well. I am new to Wikipedia and it is my wish to become a successful Wikipedia editor. Can you be more specific why my page submission was declined? Should I delete few of the sentences and try again? Kindly assist me. Thank you.Parekh1 (talk) 00:12, 16 December 2021 (UTC)

Hello @Parekh1: Thanks for dropping a message here. Actually, the draft was declined because it lacks references to show that it qualifies for an article on Wikipedia, the content too is very poor as it was written like that of a dictionary. If you want your draft approved, you'll have to add some more content to make it look encyclopaedic and add more Reliable sources that are enough to establish notability, not just a source from some website. Thanks Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 05:05, 16 December 2021 (UTC)

Draft:Xinxuan Group

hello Idoghor melody! Thanks for reviewing my draft article on the Xinxuan Group. In reply to your question, I can confirm that I am not receiving or expecting to receive any compensation for my edits. I am following out of personal (and academic) interest ecommerce and in particular lifestreaming ecommerce and intend to fill a gap in Wikipedia regarding the latter (today there is only a very general article on the topic). Given the specific characteristics of the Chinese lifestreaming ecommerce business, I submitted an article on lifestreaming in China, as well as articles on the most successful players in the markets: Xinxuan, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Ruhnn and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Meione and am still working on the article for the fourth main player. These articles will provide to the Wikipedia community an easy access to all basic information on the Chinese lifestreaming ecommerce business, without any bias in favour of any player on the market. I hope that this clarifies the issue. Best,

@Hocepch: Thanks for dropping a message here and thanks for answering the question asked earlier, you can fix the issues outlined and submit it again for another reviewer to take a look. And please always start new discussions at the bottom of a talk page not the top as you did. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 16:54, 18 December 2021 (UTC)

Draft:Prithviraj Gaur

Hello, Idoghor Melody,

I hope you are well. I just wanted to point out that you tagged this draft as a CSD G5. G5 is actually for ban evasion, not simply for a blocked editor. So, it is not applicable to pages that were created or edited before an editor was blocked. A G5 is typically used for pages created by a sockpuppet whose account was created AFTER the sockpuppeteer was blocked or who created articles AFTER the sockpuppeteer was blocked. But it isn't applicable to all editors who are using multiple accounts, only pages created after the sockpuppeteer has been blocked. For example, if Editor A was just found to have also created accounts Editor B and Editor C, we wouldn't tag Editor B & Editor C's page creations for deletion because at the time they were created, Editor A wasn't blocked. But after Editor A's block, any new accounts (Editor D) that were created who created articles would be considered ban evasion and would be subject to CSD G5.

It can get a little technical and can require examining block logs and page histories. But you were right, this page was promotional so that tag was accurate. Thanks very much! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 18:09, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

@Liz: Thanks for your message and I've also taken note of all you've said. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 18:38, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

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Queensland redirect declines

Hi, I'm somewhat confused by your decline of several Queensland county redirects at WP:AFC/R: the proposed redirects target the existing Lands administrative divisions of Queensland article, but you declined them with the A redirect cannot be created unless the target is an existing article response. 122.150.71.249 (talk) 09:52, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for dropping a message. As seen there, I did only 5 and just left the rest for someone else. But however I've reverted the 5 for another. So relax and they'll be attended to. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 10:11, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

I've accepted most of them per some advice at WT:R. ― Qwerfjkltalk 22:11, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

@Qwerfjkl: Yeah I saw that. I was a bit confused, that's why I didn't decline all, and when the IP dropped me a message, I just felt the need to undo the ones I declined and thank God you asked that question there. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 22:15, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

Rcats

Hi! Thank you for your work at WP:AFCRC! When accepting redirects, can you please tag them with the appropriate redirect categories (rcats) - these are used to maintain redirects. Thanks! ― Qwerfjkltalk 22:13, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

@Qwerfjkl:, Noted. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 22:17, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

A Barnstar for you!

		The Articles for Creation Barnstar
		For the arduous work you do at AfC and for spreading the gospel of WP:NAIJARS. Well done! Princess of Ara 09:56, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

@Princess of Ara: Thank you very much for this, I'm really happy and grateful for this. And thank you too for creating many Nigerian related articles. I must say I downloaded the movie Nneka the Pretty Serpent (2020 film) after reading the article you created, your works are awesome and neat. Once again, thank you very much...Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 10:58, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

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	Thank you for giving No.1 stylish signature. Tushar (talk) 17:31, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

Thank you very much Tushar3011, I really appreciate...🤗 Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 17:36, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

Season's Greetings!

Hello Idoghor Melody: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Qwerfjkltalk 22:23, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

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@Qwerfjkl: Thank you so much for this, I really really appreciate it. Winter solstice does not happen in Nigeria. Once again, thank you very much, and enjoy your holidays too... Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 00:07, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

Christian Hourigan

As reviewing administrator, I just accepted this article, one that you recently declined. The relevant standard is not whether there are third party sources to meet GNG. The relevant standard is WP:PROF., and that is normally met by showing the person to be influential in their subject as demonstrated by citations to their work. DGG ( talk ) 12:21, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

@DGG: Thanks for this message, but you have sent me this message before in November, I didn't decline it recently, the only decline I did was on 3rd November which is not recent. I got the message you sent that day, I understood it and infact I used it as a case study recently in my NPR Training. Merry Christmas! Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 13:12, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

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@CAPTAIN RAJU:, Thank you so much for this, I really do appreciate it. And thanks for your good efforts to promote this collaborative project. Happy New Year in advance! Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 08:20, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

Draft:James Van Leuven Mensah

Hi @Idoghor Melody, I noticed that you tagged this draft as being under review 8 days ago. Are you still in the process of revieweing it? Also, Happy Holidays.
Princess of Ara 15:38, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

@Princess of Ara: Thanks for dropping a message and Happy Holidays too. Regarding your message, I was in the process of reviewing the draft then I spotted an issue of which I left a comment for the author. They actually replied in their talk page and I was to accept the request regardless, but other stuffs came by the way and I took another road hoping to come back for the draft. Thanks for drawing my attention, I'll do the needful immediately. Holla Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 16:31, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

Great! I see you added the {{COI}} tag though. I dont think its necessary since the article creator already declared a COI on their userpage. Except you think there are promotional aspects though. Princess of Ara 17:20, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

@Princess of Ara:  Done. Changes has been made. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 17:57, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

ANI

Thank you for dropping a note at ANI. I'm honestly tired of negative interactions with this particular user but I'm just glad that it has not been so terrible since I requested that she stop posting on my talk page. She could simply have asked a question at the article talk page or at the wikiproject AfC talk page but rushed to ANI instead to have the "infringement" documented. I was going to respond to some factual inaccuracies in the thread but I restrained myself but I'm glad it's closed now. It's really disgusting when someone tries to paint you in a negative light at any given opportunity.
Sorry for the rambling! Have a good night.
Princess of Ara 23:27, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

@Princess of Ara: Thanks for your message. Things like this do happen especially in a collaborative project as this one, however, you shouldn't let this weigh you down or have an effect in your continuous efforts to take en.wiki to a higher place. Instead see it as a part of the whole process. Happy New Year in advance and Happy Editing! Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 23:38, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

Are you engaging in undeclared coi editing?

I have left a COI tag on the Liquorose article you created. I want to clarify this, in what capacity are you acquainted with the subject of the article? If you say there isn’t, then might I ask why you created a promotional article that falls within the confines of BLP1E and bombarded the reference section with sources which do not even primarily discuss her? For example, this, & this? Please could you be so kind and generous to clarify this for me? Celestina007 (talk) 22:42, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

@Celestina007: Thanks for your message here. I have no COI, I already replied to your tags at the articles talkpage. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 23:00, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

Please reply here, and remain WP:CIVIL, This here; talk:Liquorose#Celestina please rest. was uncivil, furthermore from this statement “Yesterday we had a discussion at ANI and today this. This seems calculated to me” by this comment you have not only gone against the good spirit of WP:AGF but you have casted WP:ASPERSION's against me which i consider a very egregious personal attack as I am in good faith merely trying to clarify and communicate but you are being unnecessarily hostile against me which violates WP:CIVIL. Please retract your ASPERSION against me. Furthermore stating I have no COI hasn’t answered my question on why you used references (the aforementioned) that do not concern the subject of the article to substantiate claims in the article, this is fake referencing, so my question is why did you fake reference in a relatively promotional article that you claim you have no connection with, How did this come to be? Celestina007 (talk) 23:19, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

In good faith, and to sure i am here for clarifications I have done this the notability tag has been removed, let us address the potential COI via dialogue, I have asked the questions above could you be so kind as to clarify this for me? Celestina007 (talk) 23:24, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

@Celestina007: I am not casting aspersions. I told you how I felt it is which I also explained. With that said, I'd repeat that I have no COI with this article.
It may seem as though you don't understand the documentation of the template you just used. A part of that documentation says ; "In order to be tagged, the article should have a specific, articulatable, fixable problem. Do not apply this tag simply because you suspect COI editing, or because there is or was a COI editor." Celestina the sources you mentioned is not a problem as I see no policy that stops me from using a source with passing mention, or did you not see her name in the source? If those two sources are the problem, why not remove them as a good faith editor? Furthermore, there's no statement to retract as you can't say these things didn't happen the way I explained them. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 23:33, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

Don’t worry, I’m very well grounded in policy. Now, If or not you want retract the aspersions you casted against me is entirely your prerogative, but don’t go casting aspersions, as you may encounter an editor who is even more strict than I am, nudge to [Praxidicae] who most definitely would not let this go. Now to the intricacies of Wikipedia, I am afraid your interpretation is flawed and factually incorrect, the COI tag is used with an article that may be biased by a conflict of interest furthermore It is even behoove of me to have left this; {{uw-coi}} on your talkpage but I saved you that unnecessary embarrassment, now, mind you, that warning which I didn’t leave on your TP is for people who are “suspected of conflict of interest” do you now understand me when I say I don’t need to know for sure & that a suspicion should suffice? Perhaps you should read WP:WNTRMT to sharpen you up. I want us to have a productive conversation but if you want to be sarcastic and condescending I’m afraid we aren’t going to reach a productive consensus. I want us to have s productive conversation. Can you start by removing all the WP:LARD in the article? Celestina007 (talk) 00:02, 28 December 2021 (UTC)

@Celestina007: Maybe you're looking for something else. I have said what needs to be said, nothing more to say. Celestina, please (Biko, Jowo, Don Allah), I beg you in the name of anything you believe in, do not ask me to do this or that. The article is there for you to do as you please. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 00:17, 28 December 2021 (UTC)

Lmaoooo, haha, I dey stress you? Oya no vex, but please just tone down some promo words used in the article or moving forward try as much as possible to keep the wordings very neutral, In end I hope you can appreciate that I’m trying my best to keep articles on mainspace as decent as possible. Celestina007 (talk) 00:23, 28 December 2021 (UTC)

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LOL

You declined my redirect request, but it got created anyway! 😂 207.81.187.41 (talk) 18:55, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

Update: I was using the "Add discussion" button on the mobile version of the English Wikipedia and it automatically added the signature for me without the need for SineBot, despite me forgetting to add one! 207.81.187.41 (talk) 18:57, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

Edit: lol forgot it this time despite mentioning it 207.81.187.41 (talk) 18:57, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Orville talk: New Horizons

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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice to inform you that a tag has been placed on Orville talk: New Horizons requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an article with no content whatsoever, or whose contents consist only of external links, a "See also" section, book references, category tags, template tags, interwiki links, images, a rephrasing of the title, a question that should have been asked at the help or reference desks, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

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@Fram: I have solved the problem and made the necessary move. I think it was an error from the script used in creating the redirect. The redirect was created and the talk page was created as another article. But I've rectified it now. Thanks. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 09:07, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

Thanks. Probably something to do with the ":" in the original page title. Fram (talk) 09:10, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

Oh I see... I will take note next time. Thanks Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 09:54, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

This has happened to me a few times as well. ― Qwerfjkltalk 17:11, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

@Qwerfjkl: Hmmmmm... This is the first time I'm seeing this, but I've taken note of what Fram said. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 17:46, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

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My apologies

Hi Idoghor. I apologize for suspecting you of copyright issues in this AFD. I should have investigated more thoroughly before jumping to conclusions. Please accept my apologies and keep up the good work. Happy editing. –Novem Linguae (talk) 03:15, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

@Novem Linguae: It's ok. Stuffs like this do happen at times especially in setting like this. You're one of the few persons I respect alot here and that will not change. Compliments of the season! Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 08:19, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

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Update to the now-archived "LOL"

The link to the text "declined my redirect request" doesn't work anymore; it's now at Wikipedia:Articles for creation/Redirects and categories/2021-12#Redirect request: zoom.com. --207.81.187.41 (talk) 23:42, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

I don't think I understand what you're saying or even why you're saying it. I don't see any reason looking for an archived stuff🤷 Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 23:46, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

Review

Thanks for reviewing Super Deluxe (soundtrack). Could you also work on the draft soundtracks of Andhadhun and Maanaadu? 122.174.207.135 (talk) 12:08, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

I'll take a look and see.

Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 12:13, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

Draft:Mor Chhainha Bhuinya

Hi @Idoghor Melody,

I replied to you long ago. I submitted the article again Draft:Mor Chhainha Bhuinya can you accept for the main article Tushar (talk) 15:35, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

@Tushar3011: Hi and thanks for dropping a message here. The draft seems ok though it's a stub. But add some critical reception of the movie before I'll do anything, that is what people have said about the movie, reviews that have been written about the movie even if they're good or bad. I'm looking forward to that. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 16:01, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

Related to Draft:The Samajh (NGO)

Dear Sir/Madam, As per your instructions, I have added some more notable news references to this article. Please accept my humble request to publish this article if you think it is enough to publish this article. Thank you with warm regards --Snyjhon (talk) 06:38, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

@Snyjhon: Thanks for dropping a message here, I'm not a "Sir" or "Madam", I'm a volunteer like you and I'm a male. For the draft, it was poorly written at the time I declined it, but I'll check it a bit later as I'm a little busy now. But in the meantime, if you feel it has been expanded enough with citations to reliable sources, then you can submit again and wait for a review. Thanks Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 09:08, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

Hi Mr. @Idoghor Melody, Please take your time. I will look forward to your review on this article. Thank you so much --Snyjhon (talk) 20:33, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

Hi Mr. @Idoghor Melody, Hope you are doing well. Please review this article if you will find some free time. Hope I am not disturbing you. Thank you : ) --Snyjhon (talk) 16:56, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

@Snyjhon: Thanks for your message here, however, you have not submitted the article for review, you should submit it so that someone else will take a look at it the way it is. I might not be the one to review it, someone else might be. Just submit for review. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 17:21, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

Ohh I'm sorry, my mistake. Ok I will do it. Thank you so much : ) --Snyjhon (talk) 19:40, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Songs written by Elton John

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January 2022

Welcome to Wikipedia. Editors are expected to treat each other with respect and civility. On this encyclopedia project, editors assume good faith while interacting with other editors, which you did not appear to do at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Liquorose Here is Wikipedia's welcome page, and it is hoped that you will assume the good faith of other editors and continue to help us improve Wikipedia!

• I make it a philosophy to unwatch AFD's I’m involved in, it was shocking when today I went to the AFD page of the now deleted Liquorose & I note you accused me of disruptive editing, without cogent diffs, the only diff you provided did not substantiate your claim of me editing disruptively. I consider that a personal attack on my character if you can’t show diffs of me editing disruptively, then please refrain from casting aspersions. Furthermore this isn’t the first time you have casted aspersions against me. Moving forward, not only do I demand an apology but If you cast such aspersions against me in the future, I’d be filling an official report to this effect. I wouldn’t say more than this. Celestina007 (talk) 22:01, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

  Dear Celestina007, thanks for dropping a message here. First thing is that you shouldn't be templating me! Like seriously are you telling me welcome and telling me about AGF? I appreciate in good faith, but no do am again! You're always talking about aspersions, aspersions this aspersions that... Everytime it is someone who is casting aspersions. My dear I no wan go into details of anything as I dey exhausted like this(I dey Asaba Specialist Hospital like this) and to stress my head is the last thing I want. I pray we don't cross paths again because anytime we do, we don't agree. Anyways do have a good night rest. It's 12:15am already in our country. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 23:14, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

I’m sorry about your health, im afraid WP:DTTR is an essay not a policy. I’m afraid, you are still casting aspersions against me, this is intransigence as you can’t see what you are doing wrong, if you say I have done poorly then please show diffs, if you don’t show diffs to corroborate your claims, that is the quintessential example of adhominem and casting aspersions, if you do not want us to cross paths, then please do not cast aspersions against me, it is behoove of me to defend myself if untrue words are spoken against me. once more I’m sorry about your health, Melody, do have a speedy recovery, I wish you the best. I do hope we someday agree on things and better the collaborative together, I’m equally not feeling too well myself perhaps due to the harsh harmattan we are currently facing in Nigeria, do have a good night rest & once more I wish you a speedy recovery. Celestina007 (talk) 23:34, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

👍 Celestina007 (talk) 23:51, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

Checking up on you

In our last interaction you mentioned you were not feeling well, are you getting or feeling better? Celestina007 (talk) 21:39, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

@Celestina007: Thanks for checking on me, I'm getting better now. Hope you're doing ok too? Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 17:54, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

Glad to know you’re getting better, I know what it is like to be sick, take it from someone suffering from acromegaly. I’m however doing well, hope you get to maximum health soon. Celestina007 (talk) 18:25, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

@Celestina007:I'm really sorry about that and I trust you are doing well and managing the situation too. Sometimes we can convert this situations to something that puts smile on our faces and this help reduce the pain that we are going through. Thanks for checking up on me. I appreciate. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 21:15, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 30 January 2022

• Special report: WikiEd course leads to Twitter harassment

• News and notes: Feedback for Board of Trustees election

• Interview: CEO Maryana Iskander "four weeks in"

• Black History Month: What are you doing for Black History Month?

• Deletion report: Ringing in the new year: Subject notability guideline under discussion

• WikiProject report: The Forgotten Featured

• Arbitration report: New arbitrators look at new case and antediluvian sanctions

• Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2021

• Gallery: No Spanish municipality without a photograph

• Obituary: Twofingered Typist

• Op-Ed: Identifying and rooting out climate change denial

• Essay: The prime directive

• Opinion: Should the Wikimedia Foundation continue to accept cryptocurrency donations?

• In the media: Fuzzy-headed government editing

• Recent research: Articles with higher quality ratings have fewer "knowledge gaps"

• Serendipity: Pooh entered the Public Domain – but Tigger has to wait two more years

• Crossword: Cross swords with a crossword

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Tech News: 2022-05

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

• If a gadget should support the new ?withgadget URL parameter that was announced 3 weeks ago, then it must now also specify supportsUrlLoad in the gadget definition (documentation). [21]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 1 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 2 February. It will be on all wikis from 3 February (calendar).

Future changes

• A change that was announced last year was delayed. It is now ready to move ahead:
  • The user group oversight will be renamed suppress. This is for technical reasons. This is the technical name. It doesn't affect what you call the editors with this user right on your wiki. This is planned to happen in three weeks. You can comment in Phabricator if you have objections. As usual, these labels can be translated on translatewiki (direct links are available) or by administrators on your wiki.

Events

• You can vote on proposals in the Community Wishlist Survey between 28 January and 11 February. The survey decides what the Community Tech team will work on.

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17:41, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – February 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2022).

Administrator changes

AustralianRupert • Cimon Avaro • Euryalus • Jehochman • Nunh-huh

28bytes

Bureaucrat changes

28bytes

Interface administrator changes

Evad37 • Galobtter

Ragesoss

Guideline and policy news

• The Universal Code of Conduct enforcement guidelines have been published for consideration. Voting to ratify this guideline is planned to take place 7 March to 21 March. Comments can be made on the talk page.

Technical news

• The user group oversight will be renamed suppress in around 3 weeks. This will not affect the name shown to users and is simply a change in the technical name of the user group. The change is being made for technical reasons. You can comment in Phabricator if you have objections.
• The Reply Tool feature, which is a part of Discussion Tools, will be opt-out for everyone logged in or logged out starting 7 February 2022. Editors wishing to comment on this can do so in the relevant Village Pump discussion.

Arbitration

• Community input is requested on several motions aimed at addressing discretionary sanctions that are no longer needed or overly broad.
• The Arbitration Committee has published a generalised comment regarding successful appeals of sanctions that it can review (such as checkuser blocks).
• A motion related to the Antisemitism in Poland case was passed following a declined case request.

Miscellaneous

• Voting in the 2022 Steward elections will begin on 07 February 2022, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2022, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
• Voting in the 2022 Community Wishlist Survey is open until 11 February 2022.

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Tech News: 2022-06

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

• English Wikipedia recently set up a gadget for dark mode. You can enable it there, or request help from an interface administrator to set it up on your wiki (instructions and screenshot).
• Category counts are sometimes wrong. They will now be completely recounted at the beginning of every month. [22]

Problems

• A code-change last week to fix a bug with Live Preview may have caused problems with some local gadgets and user-scripts. Any code with skin-specific behaviour for vector should be updated to also check for vector-2022. A code-snippet, global search, and example are available.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 8 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 February. It will be on all wikis from 10 February (calendar).

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21:14, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-07

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

• Purging a category page with fewer than 5,000 members will now recount it completely. This will allow editors to fix incorrect counts when it is wrong. [23]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 February. It will be on all wikis from 17 February (calendar).
• In the AbuseFilter extension, the rmspecials() function has been updated so that it does not remove the "space" character. Wikis are advised to wrap all the uses of rmspecials() with rmwhitespace() wherever necessary to keep filters' behavior unchanged. You can use the search function on Special:AbuseFilter to locate its usage. [24]

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19:17, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

WP:AFC Helper News

Hello! I wanted to drop a quick note for all of our AFC participants; nothing huge and fancy like a newsletter, but a few points of interest.

• AFCH will now show live previews of the comment to be left on a decline.
• The template {{db-afc-move}} has been created - this template is similar to {{db-move}} when there is a redirect in the way of an acceptance, but specifically tells the patrolling admin to let you (the draft reviewer) take care of the actual move.

Short and sweet, but there's always more to discuss at WT:AFC. Stop on by, maybe review a draft on the way? Whether you're one of our top reviewers, or haven't reviewed in a while, I want to thank you for helping out in the past and in the future. Cheers, Primefac, via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:00, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-08

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

• Special:Nuke will now provide the standard deletion reasons (editable at MediaWiki:Deletereason-dropdown) to use when mass-deleting pages. This was a request in the 2022 Community Wishlist Survey. [25]
• At Wikipedias, all new accounts now get the Growth features by default when creating an account. Communities are encouraged to update their help resources. Previously, only 80% of new accounts would get the Growth features. A few Wikipedias remain unaffected by this change. [26]
• You can now prevent specific images that are used in a page from appearing in other locations, such as within PagePreviews or Search results. This is done with the markup class=notpageimage. For example, [[File:Example.png|class=notpageimage]]. [27]
• There has been a change to the HTML of Special:Contributions, Special:MergeHistory, and History pages, to support the grouping of changes by date in the mobile skin. While unlikely, this may affect gadgets and user scripts. A list of all the HTML changes is on Phabricator.

Events

• Community Wishlist Survey results have been published. The ranking of prioritized proposals is also available.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 22 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 23 February. It will be on all wikis from 24 February (calendar).

Future changes

• The software to play videos and audio files on pages will change soon on all wikis. The old player will be removed. Some audio players will become wider after this change. The new player has been a beta feature for over four years. [28][29]
• Toolforge's underlying operating system is being updated. If you maintain any tools there, there are two options for migrating your tools into the new system. There are details, deadlines, and instructions on Wikitech. [30]
• Administrators will soon have the option to delete/undelete the associated "talk" page when they are deleting a given page. An API endpoint with this option will also be available. This was a request from the 2021 Wishlist Survey.

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19:10, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 27 February 2022

• From the team: Selection of a new Signpost Editor-in-Chief

• News and notes: Impacts of Russian invasion of Ukraine

• Opinion: Why student editors are good for Wikipedia

• Special report: A presidential candidate's team takes on Wikipedia

• In the media: Wiki-drama in the UK House of Commons

• Serendipity: War photographers: from Crimea (1850s) to the Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022)

• Technology report: Community Wishlist Survey results

• WikiProject report: 10 years of tea

• Featured content: Featured Content returns

• Deletion report: The 10 most SHOCKING deletion discussions of February

• Recent research: How editors and readers may be emotionally affected by disasters and terrorist attacks

• Arbitration report: Parties remonstrate, arbs contemplate, skeptics coordinate

• By the numbers: Does birthplace affect the frequency of Wikipedia biography articles?

• Gallery: The vintage exhibit

• Traffic report: Euphoria, Pamela Anderson, lies and Netflix

• News from Diff: The Wikimania 2022 Core Organizing Team

• Crossword: A Crossword, featuring Featured Articles

• Humour: Notability of mailboxes

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Tech News: 2022-09

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

• When searching for edits by change tags, e.g. in page history or user contributions, there is now a dropdown list of possible tags. This was a request in the 2022 Community Wishlist Survey. [31]
• Mentors using the Growth Mentor dashboard will now see newcomers assigned to them who have made at least one edit, up to 200 edits. Previously, all newcomers assigned to the mentor were visible on the dashboard, even ones without any edit or ones who made hundred of edits. Mentors can still change these values using the filters on their dashboard. Also, the last choice of filters will now be saved. [32][33]
• The user group oversight was renamed suppress. This is for technical reasons. You may need to update any local references to the old name, e.g. gadgets, links to Special:Listusers, or uses of NUMBERINGROUP.

Problems

• The recent change to the HTML of tracking changes pages caused some problems for screenreaders. This is being fixed. [34]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 1 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 2 March. It will be on all wikis from 3 March (calendar).

Future changes

• Working with templates will become easier. Several improvements are planned for March 9 on most wikis and on March 16 on English Wikipedia. The improvements include: Bracket matching, syntax highlighting colors, finding and inserting templates, and related visual editor features.
• If you are a template developer or an interface administrator, and you are intentionally overriding or using the default CSS styles of user feedback boxes (the classes: successbox, messagebox, errorbox, warningbox), please note that these classes and associated CSS will soon be removed from MediaWiki core. This is to prevent problems when the same class-names are also used on a wiki. Please let us know by commenting at phab:T300314 if you think you might be affected.

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22:58, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2022).

Administrator changes

Modussiccandi

BOZ • Brookie (deceased) • Jackmcbarn • Jamesday • Jonathunder • Master of Puppets • Saravask

CheckUser changes

Callanecc

Oversighter changes

Callanecc

Guideline and policy news

• A RfC is open to change the wording of revision deletion criterion 1 to remove the sentence relating to non-infringing contributions.
• A RfC is open to discuss prohibiting draftification of articles over 90 days old.

Technical news

• The deployment of the reply tool as an opt-out feature, as announced in last month's newsletter, has been delayed to 7 March. Feedback and comments are being welcomed at Wikipedia talk:Talk pages project. (T296645)
• Special:Nuke will now allow the selection of standard deletion reasons to be used when mass-deleting pages. This was a Community Wishlist Survey request from 2022. (T25020)
• The ability to undelete the talk page when undeleting a page using Special:Undelete or the API will be added soon. This change was requested in the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey. (T295389)

Arbitration

• Several unused discretionary sanctions and article probation remedies have been rescinded. This follows the community feedback from the 2021 Discretionary Sanctions review.

Miscellaneous

• The 2022 appointees for the Ombuds commission are Érico, Faendalimas, Galahad, Infinite0694, Mykola7, Olugold, Udehb and Zabe as regular members and Ameisenigel and JJMC89 as advisory members.
• Following the 2022 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: AntiCompositeNumber, BRPever, Hasley, TheresNoTime, and Vermont.
• The 2022 Community Wishlist Survey results have been published alongside the ranking of prioritized proposals.

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Tech News: 2022-10

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Problems

• There was a problem with some interface labels last week. It will be fixed this week. This change was part of ongoing work to simplify the support for skins which do not have active maintainers. [35]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 8 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 9 March. It will be on all wikis from 10 March (calendar).

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21:15, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

Article submission job

How can i share my sandbox article so i can work on it with some friends? — Preceding unsigned comment added by JulesTilly (talk • contribs) 23:35, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-11

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

• In the Wikipedia Android app it is now possible to change the toolbar at the bottom so the tools you use more often are easier to click on. The app now also has a focused reading mode. [36][37]

Problems

• There was a problem with the collection of some page-view data from June 2021 to January 2022 on all wikis. This means the statistics are incomplete. To help calculate which projects and regions were most affected, relevant datasets are being retained for 30 extra days. You can read more on Meta-wiki.
• There was a problem with the databases on March 10. All wikis were unreachable for logged-in users for 12 minutes. Logged-out users could read pages but could not edit or access uncached content then. [38]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 March. It will be on all wikis from 17 March (calendar).
• When using uselang=qqx to find localisation messages, it will now show all possible message keys for navigation tabs such as "View history". [39]
• Access to Special:RevisionDelete has been expanded to include users who have deletelogentry and deletedhistory rights through their group memberships. Before, only those with the deleterevision right could access this special page. [40]
• On the Special:Undelete pages for diffs and revisions, there will be a link back to the main Undelete page with the list of revisions. [41]

Future changes

• The Wikimedia Foundation has announced the IP Masking implementation strategy and next steps. The announcement can be read here.
• The Wikipedia Android app developers are working on new functions for user talk pages and article talk pages. [42]

Events

• The Wikimedia Hackathon 2022 will take place as a hybrid event on 20-22 May 2022. The Hackathon will be held online and there are grants available to support local in-person meetups around the world. Grants can be requested until 20 March.

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22:06, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-12

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

New code release schedule for this week

• There will be four MediaWiki releases this week, instead of just one. This is an experiment which should lead to fewer problems and to faster feature updates. The releases will be on all wikis, at different times, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. You can read more about this project.

Recent changes

• You can now set how many search results to show by default in your Preferences. This was the 12th most popular wish in the Community Wishlist Survey 2022. [43]
• The Jupyter notebooks tool PAWS has been updated to a new interface. [44]

Future changes

• Interactive maps via Kartographer will soon work on wikis using the FlaggedRevisions extension. Please tell us which improvements you want to see in Kartographer. You can take this survey in simple English. [45]

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15:59, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

The Signpost: 27 March 2022

• From the Signpost team: How The Signpost is documenting the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

• News and notes: Of safety and anonymity

• Eyewitness Wikimedian, Kharkiv, Ukraine: Countering Russian aggression with a camera

• Eyewitness Wikimedian, Vinnytsia, Ukraine: War diary

• Eyewitness Wikimedian, Western Ukraine: Working with Wikipedia helps

• Disinformation report: The oligarchs' socks

• In the media: Ukraine, Russia, and even some other stuff

• Recent research: Top scholarly citers, lack of open access references, predicting editor departures

• Wikimedian perspective: My heroes from Russia, Ukraine & beyond

• Discussion report: Athletes are less notable now

• Technology report: 2022 Wikimedia Hackathon

• Arbitration report: Skeptics given heavenly judgement, whirlwind of Discord drama begins to spin for tropical cyclone editors

• Traffic report: War, what is it good for?

• Deletion report: Ukraine, werewolves, Ukraine, YouTube pundits, and Ukraine

• Gallery: "All we are saying is, give peace a chance..."

• From the archives: Burn, baby burn

• Essay: Yes, the sky is blue

• Tips and tricks: Become a keyboard ninja

• On the bright side: The bright side of news

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Tech News: 2022-13

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

• There is a simple new Wikimedia Commons upload tool available for macOS users, Sunflower.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 29 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 30 March. It will be on all wikis from 31 March (calendar).
• Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of regular database maintenance. It will be performed on 29 March at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis) and on 31 March at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis). [46][47]

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19:53, 28 March 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-14

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Problems

• For a few days last week, edits that were suggested to newcomers were not tagged in the Special:RecentChanges feed. This bug has been fixed. [48]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 April. It will be on all wikis from 7 April (calendar).
• Some wikis will be in read-only for a few minutes because of a switch of their main database. It will be performed on 7 April at 7:00 UTC (targeted wikis).

Future changes

• Starting next week, Tech News' title will be translatable. When the newsletter is distributed, its title may not be Tech News: 2022-14 anymore. It may affect some filters that have been set up by some communities. [49]
• Over the next few months, the "Add a link" Growth feature will become available to more Wikipedias. Each week, a few wikis will get the feature. You can test this tool at a few wikis where "Link recommendation" is already available.

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21:00, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

Some baklava for you!

Thanks for the welcome, Melody SaffronHeart (talk) 12:46, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

@SaffronHeart: Thank you very much, I really appreciate.☺️ Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 12:57, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2022

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2022).

Administrator changes

Firefly • Sdrqaz

Ad Orientem

Geschichte • Ryan Postlethwaite • Sabine's Sunbird • Wassupwestcoast

Interface administrator changes

Evad37

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC is open proposing a change to the minimum activity requirements for administrators.

Technical news

• Access to Special:RevisionDelete has been expanded to include users who have the deletelogentry and deletedhistory rights. This means that those in the Researcher user group and Checkusers who are not administrators can now access Special:RevisionDelete. The users able to view the special page after this change are the 3 users in the Researcher group, as there are currently no checkusers who are not already administrators. (T301928)
• When viewing deleted revisions or diffs on Special:Undelete a back link to the undelete page for the associated page is now present. (T284114)

Arbitration

• Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Procedures § Opening of proceedings has been updated to reflect current practice following a motion.
• A arbitration case regarding Skepticism and coordinated editing has been closed.
• A arbitration case regarding WikiProject Tropical Cyclones has been opened.

Miscellaneous

• Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines has closed, and the results were that 56.98% of voters supported the guidelines. The results of this vote mean the Wikimedia Foundation Board will now review the guidelines.

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National Instrument of Pakistan

Hi! You've created the redirect National Instrument of Pakistan as a result of this request at AfC/R. However, the requester – 2A00:23C5:8D98:E201:D03F:6D01:FC2C:AE3A – has subsequently been blocked as a likely sock of Mx. Clarks (very likely himself a sock of Zeshan Mahmood) – both of these are known for unreliable and sometimes even completely made up content about all sorts of national or provincial symbols of places in South Asia. The particular request cited a source, but that wasn't a reliable one. Even if the claim proves correct, the title itself is vague (musical instruments aren't the only type of instrument), and we don't seem to have similar redirects for any other country. I believe this redirect should be deleted. What do you think? – Uanfala (talk) 22:06, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Uanfala: Thanks for your message here and thanks for your concerns. The fact that the requester has been proven to be a socks doesn't mean that all their contributions are fake. When I saw your message here, I did a quick search on the title of the redirect and the answers I got are pointing to the target of the redirect. I think there is absolutely nothing wrong with the redirect. See this and this. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 13:04, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

I've nominated the redirect for deletion, you're welcome to comment at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 April 10#National Instrument of Pakistan. – Uanfala (talk) 13:32, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-15

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

• There is a new public status page at www.wikimediastatus.net. This site shows five automated high-level metrics where you can see the overall health and performance of our wikis' technical environment. It also contains manually-written updates for widespread incidents, which are written as quickly as the engineers are able to do so while also fixing the actual problem. The site is separated from our production infrastructure and hosted by an external service, so that it can be accessed even if the wikis are briefly unavailable. You can read more about this project.
• On Wiktionary wikis, the software to play videos and audio files on pages has now changed. The old player has been removed. Some audio players will become wider after this change. The new player has been a beta feature for over four years. [50][51]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 April. It will be on all wikis from 14 April (calendar).

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19:43, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

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AfroCine: 2021 Months of African Cinema Contest Winners

Greetings!

After successfully completing the 2021 Months of African Cinema Global Contest on 30 November 2021, we are happy to announce the winners in the contest!

Over 4,000 articles were created across 17 language Wikipedias, surpassing all expectations and placing the contest firmly as one of the most successful article-writing contests on Wikipedia. A big thank you to you and every single person who created articles during the period of the contest for making this happen!

All our winners have now been announced and you can check the complete list here. We'd still be contacting everyone who has won something separately to send over their prizes. Thank you so much for being part of this global event! –Jamie Tubers (talk) 21:31, 24 April 2022 (UTC)

Cemalettin Taşkıran

Why did you PROD the talk page and not the article?

Asparagusus (talk) 14:38, 21 April 2022 (UTC)

@Asparagusus: Hi, thanks for your message here, which article are you talking about in particular? Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 18:35, 21 April 2022 (UTC)

Cemalettin Taşkıran, as in the title.

Asparagusus (talk) 18:37, 21 April 2022 (UTC)

@Asparagusus: Yeah it was proposed for deletion, but the reason why it was proposed was settled thereby removing the PROD. The talk page is ok like that. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 18:40, 21 April 2022 (UTC)

UTRS appeal #58147

is closed. --Deepfriedokra (talk) 07:26, 10 May 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	For creating the Father Mbaka article. Good job there. Celestina007 (talk) 13:39, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

@Celestina007: Thank you very much for this, I really appreciate. I don't know if you figured out, but while we were talking early this morning you mentioned you were creating an article and so I checked it out and saw this red link there and I just jumped on it. Very very controversial guy I must say. There's a lot to add at the "controversies" section which I'll be doing moments from now. Once again, thank you. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 13:50, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

• • Coincidentally after creating Ebube Muonso, I was just thinking of how to create an article on Father Mbaka because I still had Otrs and other private wiki material to handle and time was an issue for me, the combination of all made me mentally drained and like a miracle I saw a hyperlink to Father Mbaka & I was like what???? I immediately checked and i saw it was you who created it, and to be honest I am impressed by this, I know we started out as being not friendly to each other but you have definitely proved yourself. For creating this encyclopedic article of value, I owe you a favor, feel free to "cash in" on that favor anytime(whatsoever it may be) Once again thank you for creating a notable encyclopedic article of value. Celestina007 (talk) 14:03, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

    @Celestina007: You're welcome, and thanks for all your efforts in Wikipedia... Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 14:09, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

    • And yes you are correct Father Mbaka is the most controversial priest in south east Nigeria, he literally came from being the only "known" priest and literally the most prominent priest to a becoming a controversial figure since he commenced dabbling into Nigerian politics. I was literally disgusted at what he did to Peter Obi in 2019 for refusing to give him money he went as far as cursing them by stating they would lose the election, I mean, yes, Peter Obi & Atiku did lose the election but since then coupled with his unnecessary dabbling into politics and dozen of wrong “divine predictions” no one takes him seriously anymore. Celestina007 (talk) 14:32, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

      @Celestina007: As a priest, it is very wrong to take side with one political party or one candidate publicly. His job as a priest was to pray for any candidates who visits his adoration ministry and not to publicly support any or give prophecy that will make Nigerians vote otherwise. I'll say Mbaka contributed to the current state we are now in Nigeria as his messages, speeches and prophecies made many people vote for Buhari. I think we Nigerians are sensible now. Election don dey reach, make I see person weh wan talk anyhow for where I dey. And you know we Nigerians we have high regards for our men of God. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 14:48, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

      Omo if we no get am right this time by voting in technocrats or at least the person wey deverse am based on antecedent and a track record of integrity we are indeed doomed, if people still vote because of tribal or religious sentiment then we deserve whatever negative outcome that is an invariable consequence. The current unemployment rate in Nigeria is 33%, that is literally a time-bomb. I am troubled when I see the young ones give into drug addiction or advance fee scams I am sad but not surprised. You see Banditry, insecurity, or basically any evil currently plaguing Nigeria can be traced to unemployment and illiteracy. Being educated is literally the best gift anyone hopes for, in-fact without saying much, the terrorists refereed to as Boko-Haram, is literally founded and is guided by the tenets of its very name "The book is forbidden" ostensibly we know they refer to education, they know the sharpest tool that drives or propels change is education, the same lot behind boko harams funding are the same people that ensure the south is never at peace, as of Today, the Yorubas want their own nation likewise the south east and the south south, It is a political strategy or philosophy simplistically called "Divide and rule" that way, they distract us and create an atmosphere for the 6 geo-political zones to stay bickering for no real reason whilst they, the elite, the 1% make away with the Tax payers money with no sense of accountability. I really do feel bad for people who cannot see every disaster we face is actually "man-made" I would not want to get too political, I pray not but if another civil war occurs I am jetting straight to Utah or India. Celestina007 (talk) 15:39, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

      @Celestina007: SMH for this country... I pray everything works out well next year without fighting and bloodshed. Anywhere I am, I keep advising people to get their PVC's and come out to vote during the general elections. E go too bad for us say another bad ruler enter that seat. Na im be say na till eat years be that. But if PDP play their cards right, Nigerians might smile again. Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 18:27, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

      You aren’t wrong, e go too bad say we Fuck up again, and yes, you are very much apt, getting PVC's & voting are a civic duty of any patriotic Nigerian & are of utmost importance. You see another strategy very powerful corrupt Nigerian politicians use via proxy (media, social media influencers, print media) is to disseminate the wrong information that "Nigeria is so corrupt and your vote doesn’t count" huge lie, I keep trying to tell my fellow countrymen that this is a ploy & a bald faced lie, they look at me and make a wrong assumption that I do not hear Pidgin & what they say is "wetin you sabi, you come Naija they pack million million, you don see suffer before in your life" I sigh & immediately I switch to Pidgin and Yoruba letting them know that regardless of my Caucasian looks that I am more Nigerian than I’d ever be Swedish, and that the state of the nation matters to me & that Nigeria is my home after I speak pidgin they relax, now they know i am indeed a true Nigerian inside, they are marveled I speak all three main languages plus pidgin and now, they are willing to hear what I have to say after, I tell them what I have to, what proceeds is the regular "Bless your boys now" I do, (this was in 2019, and it was 4 young men all looking under the age of 35) yet once I leave they do not bother to !vote and those who end up actually voting, wait at the voting venues for the regular inconsequential nonsensical 10,000 naira & and the bag of rice to "buy/sell their vote) (even though prior the day of !voting I gave each of them a $100 bill) I’m so confused at the folly of my Nigerian brothers, 10,000 Nigerian naira & a bag of rice only to be impoverished for the next 4-8 years, that is indeed indicative of a very poor judgment. Tbh PDP isn’t a good party but they aren’t evil, I would vote them, the devil you are acquainted with is better than the Angel you have no knowledge of & I think the last 8 years has shown Nigerians this. Celestina007 (talk) 19:06, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

      Omo make I leave you make you rest, I’m even logging out now I have so many cartoons to watch, it’s a Good Friday + (ndu adiro abuo) so I intend to really enjoy this weekend. Happy holidays to you IM. Celestina007 (talk) 19:26, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

      @Celestina007: You don talk am finish. If votes were not counting, no party would do vote buying. Votes do count, we just don't want to talk about that. I see either Atiku or Peter Obi coming out from the PDP primaries, either of them will lead us well, Wike too is a strong man in the PDP and anyone of these 3 will do a good job. We hope and pray for a better Nigeria 🙏. Happy Holidays to you too and Happy Easter in advance. Do have a goodnight rest.☺️ Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 19:43, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

In Retrospect

I saw how you stood up and reprimanded that NOTHERE editor who asked the rather doltish question of what the color my pants/"number 2" looked like, DFTT asides, i was going to sarcastically answer them with pink and gold respectively and report them instantaneously for being a NOTHERE troll, I can’t recall now but I think one of the several admins that watch my page blocked them before I reported but it just crossed my mind that I hadn’t properly thanked you for reprimanding them on my behalf, so thank you for that. Celestina007 (talk) 19:14, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Celestina007: That was like how many months ago... They were asking the color of your shit if can remember which was very very annoying. They had to be warned and thank God they were blocked. That aside, hope you're fine? Hope work is fine? And hope our country's economy isn't too harsh on you? Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 19:34, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

• • Yes indeed that was the incident I was referring to, I’m doing quite alright, & by the grace of God, finance has never been an issue for me, in the holy book of Christians I believe in the book of Job, I’m quite rusty as I read the holy book of the Christians several years ago, but yes, I believe it is in the book of Job, it says "whilst there is a casting down, in my life there is a lifting up" lest I digress, financial security has never been an issue for me, not only do I have the financial mean in surplus I borrow to others, during the Endsars lockdown I believe I dashed away about approximately $6000. You see, any fool can be rich, people who see material success as everything are underdeveloped minds, money is trifling and any fool with a laptop can be rich the only thing important is knowledge, that is true power. There are psalms to read from the Christian holy book that attracts wealth to you, there are hindu mantra's one can recite daily for 6 months and after 6 month passes they become millionaires, no matter how expensive any thing is the prayer is to be able to afford it. So to answer your question my my Nigerian brother, The Nigerian financial crisis has never been an issue for me. Once again thank you for standing up for me. Celestina007 (talk) 20:01, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

    @Celestina007: You're welcome sister... Talking about security, how will you describe the security in your state of residence? For me, I think Asaba, Delta is like the most peaceful place to stay, even the stool of the president which is Abuja isn't safe as Delta although in some parts there are are herders and farmers clashes which I think the government of Okowa has to some extent managed. In our neighboring state Anambra, there are killings here and there and burnings like the recent burning of Aguata Local government council secretariat. Make I no mention others, but Imo State is worse in the south east. How about the North? Nothing to write home about. It's only some parts of South south and some parts of South west that breathes fresh air in this country. How is the insecurities in your end? Something to worry about? Abi it's totally safe? Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 21:13, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

    • To be honest, you know I reside in Lagos and it is relatively safe, I’m not going to sit down here and lie as though I understand the plight of those who reside in the North East, North Central & Northwest. You mention you reside in Delta and I believe to a certain degree it is safe there, if I’m not wrong I believe two-third of Nollywood movies are shot in Asaba, which is predominantly more south-south than it is south east, my thinking is south-south is relatively safe now compared to when Tompolo & Asari-Dokubo were agitating for their own nation in-fact prior Nnamdi Kanu and his agitation of the Biafran nation, South-South we’re already agitating for their own nation and they can’t be blamed, Delta, Bayelsa, & Rivers are where the oil comes from take a look at how Bayelsa is, they can’t go fishing or plant a crop as the oil contaminates the waters and their lands and the wealth of Nigeria comes from there yet the Government wouldn’t treat well, who wouldn't be angry? As for Northern Nigeria except the organization I work for sends me there and pays me in dollars I’m not so sure it’s a place I’d want to visit anytime soon. As for the south east I would be traveling there next week, specifically to Arondizuogu, in Imo state for Occult related purposes, you probably know by now that I’m an occultist (or at least I dabble into occultism), I’d be visit there, there is an amulet refereed to as Odeshi I was told Anambra are the best at making such amulet, the one in Lagos is referred to as Okigbe or something like that, it follows the same premise of the body being immune to gunshot or machete wounds but not only is it not as powerful as the Odeshi Amulet, but also when I see my "Period" the causes the amulet to lose its power but I was told to go to the south east because they are the best at making such charms, there are so many things people don’t know about me, but in time I would tell you more about me when we become friendlier. So back to the security issues, it is most prevalent in the North, the south especially Lagos is safe. Oh well expect for 1 million boys and the Awawa cults who cause trouble. Celestina007 (talk) 21:52, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

      @Celestina007: Yeah, you're right about Nollywood, many of their movies are shot in Asaba, infact recently, I saw Yul Edochie acting a mad man's scene just by Mid-Wiffery market junction, but then I don't watch Nollywood movies apart from some Cinematic movies which had good story lines like Rattlesnake: The Ahanna Story, Living in Bondage: Breaking Free, Namaste Wahala and a few more. I love Bollywood movies and most especially Indian series I watch on Zee World everyday . Well Lagos is safe, just that it's a place I can't stay because of too much rowdiness. E just be like Onitsha or worse. Well speaking about the occult, I've not been a fan so I can't really speak much on that. There's one odeshi they do in my side in Isoko that makes the body immune to gunshot or machete cuts and you don't need to wear anything, they just perform their whatever on you and you're good to go. But we'll, I don't believe in all those stuffs, well not like I don't believe, but Omo, I've never been interested. Even with all the jazz "Dry cooler" had, he was still shot with a gun that had charms too😂. They arrested him like that and dumped him in a cell without removing bullets and that was what killed him. But traveling from Lagos down to Anambra to get that stuff must really worth it. I thought the home of all powers and powerful charms is in one Yoruba place like that?🤔 Why Anambra? Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 23:25, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

      • • Yeah Yeah, there are indeed shamans in the south-west especially at Ijebu-ode my fixation on the Occult has made me tour round the world, Omo, yourba get jazz but Ko-le dabi, Infact Na one of them literally talk say make I go Imo or Anambra go look for the amulet there, say Na their own sure pass, I reason am, cause true true na wetin those issakaba boys they use operate back in the year 2000, okay in all seriousness don’t mind me, I’m a student of mysticism so whilst many people are scared of the occult I’m drawn towards it, I believe it’s something people are born with, you either love the Occult or hate it. In any case make I allow you rest I’m in the process of trying to create an article. Remain safe. Celestina007 (talk) 23:54, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

          @Celestina007: Alright Goodnight/Good morning, do have a good night rest. And journey mercies on your trip to the South East, welcome to South east in advance. Maybe I'll love the occultic world someday... Comr Melody Idoghor (talk) 00:30, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

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