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Speedy deletion nomination of Biophytum sensitivum
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Joe Heck
[edit]Joe Heck has many links. It was recently vandalized which I inadvertently restored then removed again. Cheers Jim1138 (talk)
- Please explain why you think a biography of a member of the U.S. House of Representatives should be deleted? That makes no sense to me. Is this a misunderstanding based on a vandalized state of the article? Cullen328 Let's discuss it 17:25, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
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Hännikäinen
[edit]Hi. I noticed you added an "additional citations" template to Hännikäinen. But why would citations be needed in a disambiguation page?
Cheers, --Frglz (talk) 16:06, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
- Well, was that a disambiguation page?? Please see WP:D for details regarding the creation of such page...
- Well, technically it's a surname page, but that's the same thing, right?--Frglz(talk) 16:15, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
- In that case, you should change the title to disambiguation page... Benison talk with me
- Well, technically it's a surname page, but that's the same thing, right?--Frglz(talk) 16:15, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
Super Bowl XLVIII
[edit]this is vandalism, the teams playing in the Super Bowl won't be known until after the playoffs.Frietjes (talk) 16:36, 26 October 2013 (UTC)
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A barnstar for you!
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GA reassessment
[edit]Benison P Baby, you added a template to Newton's laws of motion but you didn't edit the review page (Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Newton's laws of motion/1 and provide your reasons for starting this review. If you don't do that, the review should probably be closed. Please see theinstructions for GAR. RockMagnetist(talk) 05:36, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
- I have removed the template. RockMagnetist (talk) 02:07, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
- Sorry for the delay. By the way, thanks for remembering. I would do the the needs if possible.Benison talk with me 13:41, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
Bigg Boss 7
[edit]Kushal is the current captain of the house and also Guest appearances . So please can you tell me why you reverted the edits? TanmayRaoM (talk) 15:53, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
- Citations are necessary when making such changes which you can get easily from many websites. So next time, please do add citations. BTW, thanks for your contributions in the article. Benison talk with me 12:31, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
Yes I forgot to add comments and citations . I will make sure ill do that .TanmayRaoM (talk) 16:44, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
Warnings
[edit]Hi Benison. Thank you for your efforts to revert vandalism in Wikipedia. But I realized after you had reverted their edits, you did not warn them. Please warn them with the correct warning templates. You can warn them using Twinkle. Thanks. Jianhui67 talk★contribs 12:17, 30 October 2013 (UTC)
- Sorry, Of course I would surely do that from next time. Thanks for the info.. Happy editing..Benison talk with me 12:19, 30 October 2013 (UTC)
Jutarnji list
[edit]Please stop removign sourced information.--78.3.4.155 (talk) 14:08, 31 October 2013 (UTC)
- Please check your talk page.......
Which portion you find "unsourced" about lost lawsuit vs Thompson?? because there are several sources. In Croatian, though , but still are reliable sources. We can find verdict as well[1] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.2.157.129 (talk) 11:31, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
WikiCup 2013 October newsletter
[edit]The WikiCup is over for another year! Our champion, for the second year running, is
Cwmhiraeth (submissions). Our final nine were as follows:
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- Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) wins the GA prize, for 20 good articles in round 3, worth 600 points.
Another Believer (submissions) wins the FL prize, for four featured lists in round 2, worth 180 points.- Adam Cuerden (submissions) wins the FP prize, for 23 featured pictures in round 5, worth 805 point.
Sven Manguard (submissions) wins the FPo prize, for 2 featured portals in round 3, worth 70 points.- Hawkeye7 (submissions) wins the topic prize, for a 23-article featured topic in round 5, worth 230 points.
- Cwmhiraeth (submissions) wins the DYK prize, for 79 did you know articles in round 5, worth 570 points.
ThaddeusB (submissions) wins the ITN prize, for 23 in the news articles in round 4, worth 270 points.
Ed! (submissions) wins the GAR prize, for 24 good article reviews in round 1, worth 96 points.- The judges are awarding the Oddball Barnstar to
The C of E (submissions), for some curious contributions in earlier rounds. - Finally, the judges are awarding Cwmhiraeth (submissions) the Geography Barnstar for her work on sea, now a featured article. This top-importance article was the highest-scoring this year; when it was promoted to FA status, Cwmhiraeth could claim 720 points.
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Films set in the future
[edit]Thank you for warning me about that. You are right; I will use the plot sumary to explain my edit then. - 201.6.205.15 (talk) 06:49, 3 November 2013 (UTC)
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