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UTRS appeal #60004

Hello Kuru, Deepfriedokra has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing!
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Further Review Of Draft Submission

Hello Kuru. Thank you for making a few notes on the draft page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Gray_Leadbetter I submitted for publishing. I have made suggested improvements. Would you mind taking another look? Manderson619 (talk) 03:12, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

Unsourced material

Hi Kuru, I was about citing my content manually but as I was about publishing,the content has been deleted.May I know the reason please?

Best regards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ebubechukwu1 (talk • contribs) 21:42, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

Presuming this is Obi Cubana. You added personal material about a living person that lacked any sourcing. These are live articles: if you're going to add that material in the future, please include the source at the same time or very quickly thereafter. You can find the edit summaries of other contributors at the article's history. Kuru (talk) 22:38, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

Block evader-related

Hi. I am giving you my congratulations for dealing with a block evader on my talk page from a sock puppet account created by Jinnifer. This wasn't the only time that person has took advantage of me. Good thing you caught that sock puppet before it can use me for it's own purposes. --Rtkat3 (talk) 01:12, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

Additions to your scraper list?

Hi Kuru, your list of content scrapers with handy links to check if they are used in articles is extremely useful – and so is your mirrors list. Thank you! I suggest adding liverampup.com, hollywoodmask.com, and biographyhost.com to the list of scrapers; they are "niche brand websites" of sbwebtechnology per https://sbwebtechnology.com/faqs, and there are already two sbwebtechnology sites (marriedddivorce.com and wikinetworth.com) in your list. Right now there are 68 links to liverampup, 26 links to hollywoodmask, and 9 links to biographyhost in articlespace. From what I can tell they are junk (I mean, seriously!) – there's just something about companies who describe information in terms of "content"... Anyway, I could of course be wrong about the quality of those three sites, but I don't think I am. Best, --bonadea contributions talk 13:52, 15 August 2022 (UTC)

@Bonadea: Ugh. Apologies for the slow response - was just taking a bit of a break from just this kind of thing. These "branded content" sites are just endless and they all seem to copy from each other. I'm still getting caught up, but would be happy to look into it when I finish up mirrors and the completely fake ones. Thanks for digging in to the mess - it's good to know there's a few others around. Sam Kuru (talk) 01:39, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Julio Herrera Velutini

Hi Kuru, As you have previously, could you please protect Julio Herrera Velutini’s page from vandalism. It continues to be falsely edited, providing false information. 134.56.162.118 (talk) 05:22, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

Your sig

Heya, I came across a post you made on a talk page, and noticed that your signature is almost impossible to read on my screen; it's way too light! Please consider changing the colour scheme (see here for more information about that). Thanks! Primefac (talk) 19:07, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

Certainly; time for a 15 year makeover. Sam Kuru (talk) 12:25, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

British colonial era texts and records

Dear Kuru,

Can British colonial era texts and records be used as sources? How to find if wiki community has a concencus or not on a topic?I hope you would answer 😃 MrHyperForEver (talk) 10:46, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

I don't have any insights on the topic. The Reliable Sources Noticeboard may be a good place to open a discussion. Sam Kuru (talk) 11:32, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

Ishaq Sidi Ishaq Edit Reversal

Hello Kuru, Regarding the page you reversed, Ishaq Sidi Ishaq, that is not a personal edit. I made the edit and I have no connection with him. I don't know him and have nothing to do with him. Instead of reversing, kindly update it if you have more acurate data, please. Safercontent (talk) 08:05, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

AS noted, the source is a self-published blog post. By 'self', I mean the author published it himself without any oversight. You are free to restore the material with a reliable source. Sam Kuru (talk) 11:13, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

Anselm Adodo

Hello Kuru, I edited the Anselm Adodo page (Anselm Adodo - Wikipedia) to make it neutral and also added citations where possible. However, you reverted my edits and I have also gone through your remark and read through the Wikipedia:Reliable sources - Wikipedia page. I want to attempt to edit the page section by section. However, I would like to ask if you can point me in the right direction of which sections on the article is being disputed. Thank you. Projumble (talk) 20:59, 21 October 2022 (UTC)

There were many reasons. First, you need to find reliable sources; "depedia" is very clearly noted as material pulled from that very article, "joebidenbio" is a garbage scraper site, one was a broken link, and other primary sources can't be used for some of the puffery - especially not for claims which deal with health topics. Most of the prose used is not neutral and encyclopedic, and certainly does not address the concerns of the templates you removed. It may be more helpful to discuss smaller edits on the article's talk page and get consensus before making sweeping changes like that. Sam Kuru (talk) 22:11, 21 October 2022 (UTC)

Thank you Kuru, your feedback is very detailed and will help me a lot as I look to make my first successful edit on wikipedia. I will go ahead and discuss smaller edits on the article's talk page and get consensus before I make the edits. Thanks again. Projumble (talk) 20:33, 22 October 2022 (UTC)

Executive Search Links

I see your note about removing the link. I had tried to find other sources of the % of fee of retained search firms. However all seemed to be on very commercial-intent sites selling a service on the actual page that mentioned the fees, except one which was a blog post & infographic and seemed very on-topic, especially as it directly mentioned the fees. I note that it's been pending citation needed for several years. I'll try to find another source, but if not I guess I'll just leave as it is, pending citation. Will see what I can find though/ Cheers. Mike Gracia (talk) 01:44, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

Agreed - I poked around for a bit and could not find anything that didn't look suspect. Not sold on Hunt Scanlon articles, but maybe. There's just a lot of competition there at the moment, which seems to spontaneously generate inorganic marketing. Sam Kuru (talk) 01:51, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

Are edit wars ever acceptable?

Hi,

I would like to know what your views are on the recent edit war on sherwani which got me partially blocked for a week from the page. I was involved in a conflict to include a conflicting research theses and logically counteracted all opposers in my edit summaries. I typically refrain from debating/seeking consensus on the talk pages as most users play "wait-it-out" games and do not respond.

Pls disregard my very initial behaviour as I had just opened my account and was not familiar with the policies. Thank you

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherwani Fayninja (talk) 02:10, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

Just for completeness, which accounts did you edit with before? You seem to be referring to previous disputes, but your account is three days old. Sam Kuru (talk) 11:25, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

No previous experience bro...I had dropped in a question on the sherwani talk page to see if anyone responds or not but they all seem to only come live during edit wars. No worries it doesn't matter anymore, the theses is on the web anyways for people that really wanna dive deep into the topic and research. Thanks for your time! Cheers! Fayninja (talk) 23:32, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

Some baklava for you!

Thanks sir Kingkong76om (talk) 17:11, 2 November 2022 (UTC)

Name change "financial technology" to "fintech"

Would you be able to tackle this? Thanks in advance JQ (talk) 19:26, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

Done! Sam Kuru (talk) 23:30, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

Thanks!JQ (talk) 18:12, 9 November 2022 (UTC)

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Nadav Lapid edit reversal discussion.

Hi Bro,

I have two veteran bullies TrangaBallam and Flower&flower misusing WP:VNOTSUFF when they have clearly demonstrated WP:JDLI. Your opinion will be valued. Thank you!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Nadav_Lapid Fayninja (talk) 16:41, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

Draft page: Path of 100 Towers

GoodMorning, I'm Chiara, an Italian student of the LIUC University of Italy. I'm doing a project that consists in creating a wikipedia page, and me and my group decided to choose as a topic the Path of 100 Towers of Sardinia. We noticed that you made some changes to improve our page, for this reason I wanted to say thank you for everything, by me and my group. We also wanted to ask you, since you are an expert, if you want to have a look at our page now and see if something is missing or is looking okay. Thank you in advance for everything. Have a good day! sincerely LIUCchiara1 (talk) 14:06, 6 December 2022 (UTC)

Draft:Syed Falak

Hi Kuru, I hope you are doing well. Can we move this draft Draft:Syed Falak to the article space? Or do we still need to improve it before doing this.

Thank you GKP Team (talk) 17:17, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

Significant improvement would be needed. Significant and reliable sourcing would be a start. Given the sheer number of SEO/PR sources I've removed, this just looks like promotion of a non-notable person. Sam Kuru (talk) 17:23, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for your response. Where do I need to add sources? If you could please add "citation needed" to the exact place, it would be greatly appreciated. RocksGavin (talk) 22:51, 23 December 2022 (UTC)

There are two more sources that need to be improved - they're more weak PR blog posts. Basically everything needs to be sourced by WP:RS. There needs to be some claim of notability. Given the history of the draft, you may want to read through WP:COI and ensure that you've complied with the requirements there. Sam Kuru (talk) 00:14, 24 December 2022 (UTC)

9 drafts cleaning

Hello Kuru, Hope you're fine, first of all thank you very much for helping me out on removing the scrapped links on the drafts I submitted on AFC...I'm currently working on developing swahili-related entertainment articles which are hard to obtain en-lang references. I submitted some of the drafts for review with dozens of links which I'm not sure of, can you help me clean them out even cut off the articles themselves if they don't qualify, any time you're free?....(I've listed all the drafts on my userpage(user:afyaniuhai)...Thanks..Afyaniuhai (talk) 17:16, 26 December 2022 (UTC)

Regarding KnowTechie

I recently came across a note you had given to one of your contributors regarding KnowTechie.com. You paint us badly and say we're not a legitimate news source. My name is Kevin, and I'm the founder and EIC. Yes, I work for a PR agency, but under no circumstances do we ever write about our clients. That would be an extreme breach of ethics. You mention something about us being on guest posts lists as if we have any control over that. Look around, you can find the very same thing happening to publishers all over; it's just not us.

You clearly did some research, but somehow you were blinded by the fact that I work in PR, as if that's a bad thing. I work in communications, I have a degree for it, I'm putting it to use.

Labeling us as SEO/PR firm blog masked as a news site is extremely unfair and insulting to the 7-10 journalists (these are folks who also work at SlashGear, The Guardian, Business Insider and countless other places) who work here.

I'm not asking you to reverse any submissions placed on Wikipedia, but I can't just sit around and let someone slander our hard work. Sure, there are bad actors from time to time, but for the most part, we try to keep a tight ship here.

Again, this isn't an attempt to reverse any of your decisions, but mainly hoping to change your perspective. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User%3AKuru%2Farchive-64#Question_about_using_KnowTechie_as_a_source

Kevin 17:36, 28 December 2022 DosileTakeover (talk) 17:44, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

Your tight ship is leaky. Most, if not all, of your publicly disclosed clients appear in promotional articles on your "news site". Your blog is not a reliable source for the purposes of Wikipedia in the best case. There have been dozens of utterly non-notable "serial entrepreneurs" that have popped up on your site in the middle of a campaign, alongside other known SEO sinks. Since you've decided not to disclose conflicts of interest or labeled press releases/paid placement your side is even less usable. I'm sure there are other avenues for placing your work, but it will be removed here. Sam Kuru (talk) 18:28, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

I appreciate the feedback and will be conducting a thorough content audit to address the issues raised. My goal is to improve the site and provide a better experience for our readers, not to seek favor with Wiki. Appreciate your input. If there's anything that jumps out at you, feel free to reach out. DosileTakeover (talk) 21:14, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

Understanding the WikiProject Spam

Hi Kuru, I have recently joined Wikipedia, and a friend of mine sent me your "fakesources" page, which is very useful. Thank you. Currently, I am in the process of increasing my understanding of policies and norms on Wikipedia. In this regard, I was checking sources and their usability/credibility on Wikipedia. Some of which appeared in multiple Wikipedia: WikiProject Spam/linkReports. However, they were not mentioned in your list. I want to understand, what's the purpose of WikiProject Spam and how they help us. Should we consider sources appearing in Wikipedia: WikiProject Spam/linkReports, as non-credible, or the specific article would be considered non-credible? Please, help.

Thanks in advance. 1OA9 (talk) 20:34, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Kuru!

Happy New Year!

Kuru,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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Thank you! Always appreciate a good Seinfeld reference as well. :) Sam Kuru (talk) 00:36, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Vitaliy_Khutoryanskiy

Hi Kuru, thanks very much for helping me to edit this article. You removed a couple of lines about his education and your comment was “this is not a WP:RS”. If I replace this unreliable reference with more reliable source can these information be retained in the article? I believe this information is important for the article Nikizai (talk) 21:20, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

Of course. We just need something that meets our definition for reliable sources. The one you added is an editable scraper site. Sam Kuru (talk) 00:03, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for this clarification. If I follow this guideline “ Never use self-published books, zines, websites, webforums, blogs and tweets as a source for material about a living person, unless written or published by the subject of the biographical material” then LinkedIn or ResearchGate profiles of Prof Khutoryanskiy will be a suitable source for the information about his education. Right? Nikizai (talk) 06:33, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

You can, but it's not preferred. The guidelines are at WP:SELFSOURCE: It cannot support promotional or third-party claims and it can't be controversial or doubtful. Sam Kuru (talk) 12:02, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! I will leave the reference to ResearchGate at the moment but will replace it with more suitable once it will become available Nikizai (talk) 13:06, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

Is there anything else I need to address in this article? Thanks very much for your help! Nikizai (talk) 13:07, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

Happy Seventeenth First Edit Day!

Hey, Kuru. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Chris Troutman (talk) 00:12, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

Scott Foster (basketball)

Hi Kuru, I noticed that you recently edited my draft on Scott Foster (basketball) and I appreciate your edits. I was wondering if you believe that if submitted, that it would get approved. If so, then I won't submit it and I will just directly move it to the mainspace. Thanks! MasterMatt12(talk) 00:36, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

I don't think there's any question that he's notable. There's a ton of news sources (more than the normal "ref blew a call" type coverage). He's also covered in several books, notably Personal Foul (book), written by Tim Donaghy. Probably just move it to mainspace and see if anyone is upset. Be very careful with the sourcing, especially if it's negative; pejorative material needs top quality sourcing and objective handling. Sam Kuru (talk) 00:50, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

Alright, I added a lot of sources just now and some more info, so could you review it and see if there are any issues? Anyways, I'm going to move it to mainspace now so you can also rate it and put its importance as well. MasterMatt12(talk) 01:01, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

Request for assistance with moving Wikipedia draft Draft:Mutahir Showkat to main space

Hello Kuru !

I hope you're doing great. I noticed that you recently made some edits to the Wikipedia draft I was working on Draft:Mutahir Showkat.

As I did some research on this person, I have come to the conclusion that he is notable for one or more reasons. I was wondering if you could help me move it from the draft space to the main space. Your help would be greatly appreciated.

Alexandar Garcia (talk) 20:09, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

You should find better sources. A reviewer will eventually look at it eventually, but you will need much stronger references - blogs, searches, and paid placement are not helpful and will not be enough to overturn the multiple formal decision results led to the article being salted. Sam Kuru (talk) 00:29, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

Please do not remove "bad sources" from my drafts.

I am well aware of which sources are usable or not. Sources like Prabook are noted in my state supreme court justice drafts to provide hints potentially leading to better sources. They will be removed before the draft is moved to mainspace, and are permissible where they are. BD2412 T 05:28, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

Need help with an editor

@Kuru could you help me out with this situation over on my talk page if you are available? You also a promotional edit by this editor. I don't think they understand how what they are adding is promotional and they have also made several claims of material being stolen from their website but haven't pointed it out to me clearly. Philipnelson99 (talk) 19:01, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

I commented there. Some of the "copyrighted" material was donated by him, other parts seem to pre-exist his company. Regardless, I've removed a lot of the unsourced material from that page and advised how it can be sourced in the future. Sam Kuru (talk) 00:29, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

@Kuru I sincerely appreciate your help, thank you! Philipnelson99 (talk) 00:32, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

Can you let me know which source you removed?

Can you let me know which source you removed for future reference to avoid. That article was a test-run to get the hang of things around here and clearly I wasn't as up-to-speed as I had assumed.

Thanks,

--- Officialangrydub Officialangrydub (talk) 04:05, 22 January 2023 (UTC)

I think you're talking about my edit here. Tripmondo is a poorly constructed scraper that copies materials from other sites (including Wikipedia) based on keywords. It's just not a WP:RS for anything. Sam Kuru (talk) 15:49, 22 January 2023 (UTC)

My apologies for the confusion, I was speaking on the music distribution service "Too Lost". After reading deeper and comparing it similar articles I came to the conclusion that the subject wasn't eligible for an article yet so I requested deletion. Officialangrydub (talk) 15:59, 22 January 2023 (UTC)

Ah. That was pretty rough. Almost every source was PR/SEO. "disruptmagazine", "newsbreak", "musicindustyweekly" and so on. Note this article has been deleted multiple times recently at Too Lost and also was deleted at AFD Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Too Lost. There's going to be a high bar for that mess, and junk sources are not the bests approach. Sam Kuru (talk) 16:22, 22 January 2023 (UTC)

Correct?

Hi, is my edit correct? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/1134988471 5.91.22.71 (talk) 15:09, 22 January 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	I appreciate your help with this WP:COI editor I've been dealing with! Philipnelson99 (talk) 00:55, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

Some help at ANI?

Hello! I have a complaint open at ANI that I was hoping you could take a look at. The user is causing a fair bit of damage quite quickly so thought I'd ask. Many thanks! Cpotisch (talk) 13:23, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

Apologies - I'm right at the end of my morning run and my day-job beckons. Sam Kuru (talk) 13:26, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

Editing Wikipedia page on Strategy Maps.

Hi,

I note an edit of this page by you: 'rmv promotional addition; not clear who that is or why it is notable - a link to a you tube video is not a source'

I have had a read about sources, and possibly the link to YouTube is not a source as per the definition. However, you have removed other material which is perfectly factual and helpful to those visiting the page. What right do you have to make a judgement on that?

For example:

"A strategy map is a diagram that documents a theory of cause and effect."

Is true. Unless you have expertise that allows you to make an argument that it is not, you should leave the material as it is.

'not clear who that is or why it is notable' is not relevant. If you don't know who Tony M Robinson is, or know why the particular strategy map system I use is relevant, maybe you should not be editing articles that deal with it.

I'm happy to remove the link, but otherwise I believe what you have done is unreasonable. Managersbrane (talk) 01:47, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

It feels fairly obvious that your next step would be to supply reliable sources for your material. It may be a good idea to limit yourself to the article's talk page until you've worked out your thoughts. Thanks! Sam Kuru (talk) 02:11, 4 February 2023 (UTC)

Fergus McDonell

You keep removing the reference from Prabook. It is not a deprecated source. And it is used in numerous places elsewhere in Wikipedia. Even if it were deprecated, the Wikipedia guidelines say: "Deprecation is not a blanket retroactive "ban" on using the source in absolutely every situation, contrary to what has been reported in media headlines.[2] In particular, reliability always depends on the specific content being cited, and all sources are reliable in at least some circumstances and unreliable in at least some others. Citations to deprecated sources should not be removed indiscriminately, and each case should be reviewed separately. While some deprecated sources have been completely eliminated as references, others have not."

In addition, this fellow's middle name is 'Murdoch' because his paternal grandmother's name was Murdoch. The reference is correct and permitted.LJA123 (talk) 19:41, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

@LJA123: You're confusing "depreciated source" with "a clearly non-reliable source", of which there are billions. It's an open editing platform that has seeded many of the articles by copying them from various biographical databases or Wikipedia itself; in almost every case, it's a straight up copyright violation farm. The site itself posts disclaimers of the material it has scraped and the user-generated material. If you'd like, you can start a new discussion at WP:RSN if you feel something has changed, just be sure to link the prior discussion: [1], [2], [3], [4].

I'm not aware of it being used in numerous other places, and I regularly scan for it: point me to those and I'd be happy to remove them. As it stands, it's just in the notes of one active article that I can see. I take no position on the accuracy of your material, but it would be advisable to find an actual source. Sam Kuru (talk) 20:25, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

I see it used over the place--it's like IMDB. In this case though, it's in the goofy ancestry/heritage/grave sites. Plus, in his own bio, Robin says that he went to school in Ottawa until 1961, which is when his father left Ottawa and moved back to England. I found another note where Fergus' wife mentioned that they "had to stay in Ottawa until 'Robin' finished school", and that they were staying with her father, Howard Murdoch, in Sussex (not worth putting into the article). So the source may be dodgy, but the information is definitely correct. LJA123 (talk) 20:42, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

Oh, you mean numerous places on the internet. Unfortunately, Prabook does not credit where they stole the material from, so it's hard to track it back to a usable source. Sam Kuru (talk) 20:50, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Such a Great works you have done, Really appreciated. But I'm a beginner and want to learn some interesting about Wikipedia. Let's talk about that!!!!!! Kartikguide (talk) 06:40, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

Block evasion by Andrewbf from Mexico

Quite a few years ago at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Andrewbf/Archive, you invited me to drop you a note if I see more block evasion from User:Andrewbf.

The newest case is Special:Contributions/189.172.83.67/ which is part of the range Special:Contributions/189.172.64.0/19, showing disruption as far back as September 2019. Another IP is Special:Contributions/189.174.17.193, part of the range Special:Contributions/189.174.0.0/19 going back to June 2020. A third IP is Special:Contributions/187.147.251.244 which looks like another Andrewbf range Special:Contributions/187.147.224.0/19 going back to January 2019.

Special:Contributions/189.180.73.227 got blocked two weeks ago as a proxy. Before that, Special:Contributions/189.234.60.52 was active. Binksternet (talk) 04:55, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Some years indeed. Let me dig through this tonight when I have a little more time to refamiliarize myself with him.Sam Kuru (talk) 12:22, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Certainly. The person targeted articles about female musicians who became famous in the 1980s and 1990s, and articles about their music. A frequent target was Lindsay Lohan; the articles Over (Lindsay Lohan song) and Speak (Lindsay Lohan album) show Mexico IP activity back to 2012 at least. The person almost always makes a series of edits in a row, saving the page after each small change. Some of their edits at Personal life of Lindsay Lohan were hidden by administrators.

The Mexico IP range Special:Contributions/2806:2F0:8000:0:0:0:0:0/40 was used by Andrewbf from June 2021 through 2022. This range performed a bunch of edits to Olivia Newton-John articles after she died. Binksternet (talk) 13:44, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

@Binksternet: Okay, sorry for the delay. I'm 100% convinced that's them, so I've put up range blocks on 189.172.80.0/20, 189.172.64.0/20, 189.174.0.0/20, and 187.147.240.0/20. All are very low traffic except for him/her. I'm not sure on 2806:2F0:8000:0:0:0:0:0/40 - there's a lot of other traffic in there that doesn't seem to fit the pattern. As per the offer a decade ago, let me know if you see them again or if they pop back up on those ranges when the blocks expire. Now that I've reoriented I should be faster. Sam Kuru (talk) 01:30, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

You rock! Binksternet (talk) 01:51, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

Draft:Jonathan Daniel Ross

Hello, you deleted Draft:Jonathan Daniel Ross, I was looking for an experienced editor to help me look into the page which I reached out to the original creator, and I was hoping to get a reply, but it has been deleted. What I wanted to ask is that can I create the page again in accordance to Wikipedia policy and guideline? Kyle Theodore (talk) 02:04, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

Sure. Please avoid any silly puffery and avoid some of those SEO paid sources like 'usawire'. Sam Kuru (talk) 02:21, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

Okay, thanks

Is there anything else for me to take note of? Kyle Theodore (talk) 02:26, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

Hello, can you please check the draft i just edited? Kyle Theodore (talk) 17:50, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

After looking in to this more, this seems to just be the same behavior as in here. Sam Kuru (talk) 02:24, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

On the subject of your maps

I'm interested in how you make them, which program do you use etc? I'm interested in the subject of mapping too but have no idea where to start, and seeing your gallery I'd like to know how you make yours. Thanks. commemorative (talk) 10:10, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

Your work on Andrew Fox

Hi, I am interested in knowing more about this page, I have been in some conferences where Andrew has spoken and looks pretty notable to me. I am new editor and would be interested in working on this article to make it better. I see you cleared up a lot bad refs and put in citations needed tags. I am interested to know more about this activity and contribute. What needs to be done to improve this article and moved to main space? Simonriley1994 (talk) 17:51, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

Also, I have found this https://techbullion.com/interview-with-andrew-fox-ceo-of-charge-enterprises/

This can cite the non-cited information on the page.

I am just learning here. Thanks! Simonriley1994 (talk) 18:14, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

What an amazing coincidence. I had to step away before cleaning up the rest of the sources - will take a look at it again later. I'm not really seeing the notability, but maybe there's more out there that's not garbage. Since the article was created for pay, it's not a good idea for a brand new editor to pop out of nowhere and advocate for it - especially when the first source you suggested above is a paid placement SEO sink. Sam Kuru (talk) 20:25, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

Umm? I just asked a question, and did nothing wrong. I did search some stuff up and asked about what came up the first on google search. I thought it was right thing to do, no? I thought the talk pages were to discuss and I doing just that. Simonriley1994 (talk) 22:39, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

Also, I never knew this is was paid placement, so I would be vigilant from now on. Simonriley1994 (talk) 22:41, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

iNat as mirror

Yes, iNaturalist mirrors Wikipedia articles, but their use of the common name Keever's onion predates my creation of the stub on Allium keeverae. Abductive (reasoning) 18:09, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

@Abductive: Man, that is a fast mirror - I had not noticed you had created the article same day. The rest of the material is still WP:UGC, no? I was working from this conversation from last year, but happy to stop if something has changed since then. Sam Kuru (talk) 18:35, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

Sometimes an article I create appears on iNat in seconds. And they do a dump from Wikipedia at least weekly to round up any strays. As for its reliablity, I feel that its raw observation data is unusable, and other sources are available for taxonomy, but common names appear to be controlled editorially and other sources are hard to find. Abductive (reasoning) 18:45, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

I see your point, the prior discussion linked from last year did not agree with that, but this is not my area of expertise. I'm slowly going through the links for that site, but will defer on common name claims vs. material sourced to mirrors or user-generated content. Sam Kuru (talk) 20:14, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

Cool. I will try to avoid using iNat as a source going forward. I found a more authoritative source on the common name for this one. Abductive (reasoning) 21:23, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

Page deletion Albert Aretz (Flamingo famous youtuber)

Hello, Kuru. I would like to know why my page about (Flamingo) https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Albert_Aretz&action=edit&redlink=1 was deleted. Flamingo is a widely known youtuber who has over 11 million subscribers on YouTube. I’ve seen Minecraft YouTubers like TommyInnit have their page on Wikipedia, but why not (Flamingo)? People would love to know more about their favorite youtuber and (Flamingo) is widely regarded as most people’s favorite youtuber. Please redo this deletion if you can. Thanks, Angelzaed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Angelzaed (talk • contribs) 21:31, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

It was a completely unsourced biography, laden with vague, informal puffery like "Outside of recording, he's a good guy" and "Albert can be seen rocking the shaggy haircut in real life". Frankly, the entire thing read like a fan page; that's just not what this site is. Some of the negative unsourced content also falls afoul of our policy on biographies of living persons. You can start again in the draft space (here), just make sure every part of it is sourced to reliable sources, and avoid the gossip and fan page material. Sam Kuru (talk) 22:23, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

Thank you

Hi Kuru, I saw the changes you made to the draft. Thank you for the help. Afimaame (talk) 01:35, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

Kindly look at my article.

Hello Kuru could kindly look at my article and give constructive review. I would very much appreciate that thanks

My article is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CW8hkx2AZY&ab_channel=AhmedFitness 119.73.117.196 (talk) 06:14, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

sorry the above post was not the link to the article, but this one is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Raimond_Magomedaliev

Apologies for the dumb mistake i made. Anyways plz review my article 119.73.117.196 (talk) 06:16, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

I'm not really in to the topic, but you've tagged the article for review correctly, and a reviewer will be along shortly to assess. Sam Kuru (talk) 11:17, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

Edit reverted on Disneyfication page

Hi Kuru, I'm withdrawing my question. I figured it out.Ghamilton5000 (talk) 18:49, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

Taken note on self published citation

Thank you for revising the unreliable source on last paragraph on marriage for "Family" in the Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu entry. I have now added three reliable sources for that information. Encomium Magazine, Business Hallmark, and The Free Library. Obinnanduka (talk) 05:07, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

Erdoğanism

Hi Kuru,

I reverted a contribution that I did, and you deleted. It is not self publish material, I thought that it is a good overview for 'erdoganism' in a larger context. Thank you for your supervisions. You do a great job! Ashmole1652 (talk) 08:39, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

@Asmole1652: As noted, it's an open blogging platform that accepts any submission with no editorial control. The blogger is labeled as a "self media writer" and there is a massive disclaimer at the bottom of the article which outlines that this is user-generated material. Of course, you could just read the article, which is littered with grammatical errors and written like a high school term paper. I've removed the "reference" for you again. Sam Kuru (talk) 21:58, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

Dedert

Good day @Kuru. Thank you for making some notes on the page Dedert Corporation which I submitted. I have made suggested improvements, and with the contribution of other editors, the advertising content of the article have been toned down. Could you spare a moment to to take a second look? RazaqDesigner (talk) 14:40, 20 May 2023 (UTC)

Need much better sourcing. I commented at the AFD. Sam Kuru (talk) 19:54, 20 May 2023 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Thanks for helping and pointing out errors from other contributors in a respectful way.

Connor W (talk) 18:13, 22 May 2023 (UTC)