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I wonder whether Guin's comments on Harry Potter Universe—good fare for its age group, but stylistically ordinary, imaginatively derivative, and ethically rather mean-spirited
—belong at J. K. Rowling since scholars agree that Harry Potter is heavily influenced by the children's fantasy of writers such as Ursula K. Le Guin.
TrangaBellam (talk) 08:55, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
Scholars agree that Harry Potter is heavily influenced by the children's fantasy of writers such as C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Elizabeth Goudge, Ursula K. Le Guin, Dianna Wynne Jones, and E. Nesbit.Admittedly Le Guin is the only one on the list that's still living, so the others can't be asked what they think of Harry Potter, but nevertheless. Bishonen | tålk 11:59, 21 February 2022 (UTC).
This confused me for a little while but this discretionary sanctions message was posted on my talk page while signed on your behalf by another editor. I'm not sure if it was intentional or accidental, but it is certainly misleading and confusing, and, I imagine, not really appropriate. I thought you should know. Iskandar323 (talk) 09:26, 18 February 2022 (UTC)
I demand you to cease your baseless slander against me. The edit ban was clearly in violation of my freedom of speech and rights on this platform. I'm willing to work with the community here but this disgusting vile atmosphere of slander and threatening will not deter me. The edits made on vikram sampath's page were outrageous crap. Krao212 (talk) 19:35, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
You sound a authoritarian neo-nazi. I know I shouldn't engage in such slanderous attacks but you are deliberately silencing me and that is wrong. I'm willing to work with you to positively contribute to editing but I have the right to express my opinion. I have seen all sorts of slanderous attacks on people who edit pages related to south asia, with phrases like "hindu right wing", "sanghi" and "Hindu supremacist" used. It's clear that there is a double standard here. If you really cared about the truth and doing what is morally right, you would try to help me rather than slander and silence me. I have no hatred towards any entity but I will not deny that I certainly have a tilt to pro-india and pro-hindu views. I'm allowed to have these views if I used sources to back up my claims. Krao212 (talk) 20:07, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi Vanamonde, just wanted to let you know that I'll be appealing the topic ban at AE. Thanks. Ypatch (talk) 05:11, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
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And so ends the first round of the WikiCup. Last year anyone who scored more than zero points moved on to Round 2, but this was not the case this year, and a score of 13 or more was required to proceed. The top scorers in Round 1 were:
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Hello, I noticed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mike Tinney you mentioned that your closing was " frustratingly erased by an edit-conflict". I have had that frustration and found a couple of solutions. 1)- copy the content before posting. If there is some issue the content can simply be pasted in a new edit, 2)- scroll to the bottom of the content (your edit) and copy it from there. Happy editing, -- Otr500 (talk) 13:12, 4 March 2022 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Sanjeev Sanyal § COI edit requests. TrangaBellam (talk) 07:49, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
Hi Vanamonde, hope you are doing fine. Sorry to bother you again, but this time we badly need your opinion/intervention in order to protect the article from two POV pushers refusing to accept consensus! This is regarding a particular source by Prof. Razia Akter Banu used in the article on Bengali Kayastha. The source has earlier been accepted by Sitush in a closely related article, you may check the difference (4 consecutive edits by Sitush after mine, here) long time back (this article didn't exist at that time and Kulin Kayastha article represented the Bengali Kayastha); the content has been there in the original article after being accepted by Sitush, and later, part of it was incorporated in this closely related article. Trangabellam had recently raised an objection, which has been sorted out as well. You may have a look at their recent statements towards consensus here where they clearly mention that out of two consecutive statements, the second one belongs to our article. Right after my latest edits, I dropped a message on talk page pinging both the trusted editors (on caste & ethnic groups) TrangaBellam & LukeEmily and the latter agreed to wait for TB, please check here. In fact, LukeEmily had in principle agreed as evident from the above conversation. In spite of all these, two comparatively new editors (Bengali editors whom I have fought with in order to prevent POV pushing, one on Baidya, the other editor on Mahishya) are constantly engaging in edit warring/disruptive edits! Since they are not only comparatively new, but Bengali editors, & may apparently have bias/COI, I have requested them to stop disruptive edits/edit warring and let neutral experienced editors like TrangaBellam & LukeEmily drive the consensus (in spite of having a prior consensus with Sitush); please see here, I even mentioned that, as a Bengali, I am taking a backseat and facilitating 2 other experienced editors (TB & LukeEmily) arrive at a consensus. But the problem is, TB or LukeEmily are no longer actively involved in the discussions after the last apparent consensus (recent though, diff provided above). Please have a look at the recent edit warring/disruptive edits along with misleading edit summaries in spite of me having consensus. These two comparatively new Bengali editors, Satnam2408 & Chanchaldm tried their best to convince TrangaBellam & LukeEmily (as evident from their repeated talk page messages), and when they failed, they are engaging in edit warring, clearly defying the existing consensus. I would request you to have a look at the content, it's sheer piece of history, nothing contentious at all, that too attributed to the author. Prof. Banu (as a source) and the cited part has earlier been accepted by Sitush, as mentioned earlier. Would also request you to kindly drop your opinion regarding the content. Thanks & Regards. Ekdalian (talk) 08:02, 12 March 2022 (UTC)
I have nominated Make Way for Ducklings for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. VM, hoping you might have a look and enter opinions. Regards, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:56, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
Hi Vanamonde93, please could you consider the consensus in the section https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:The_Kashmir_Files#Drama_Film_to_Historical_Drama and provide your feedback in the section? Webberbrad007 (talk) 11:59, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
Please see the footnote 7 added here. I don't know the history of this footnote, but I had never seen it before. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 02:14, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
[w]e are not using the film-reviews for drafting our article on the Exodus.TrangaBellam (talk) 15:16, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
Thank you for support in the RfC! Listening to the charity concert mentioned here. I created the articles of the composer and the soprano. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:49, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
Im not disagreeing with deletion, I just want to see the old article so I can use it to help build a similar page on pcgamingwiki, https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/List_of_games_that_support_ray_tracing, Im fairly new to wikipedia so I do not know the ins and outs, is this possible ? Or would I have to request a deletion review ? Psychosikh (talk) 02:27, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
I noticed you redacted personal information a few weeks back from the home page of a new user that I had just welcomed. There is another case that I suspect needs your TLC, I suspect? See user:Ztkirby. Regards --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 18:22, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at WP:THQ § Wikipedia deletion reversal. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:49, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
An IP that I blocked as a sock of Baxter329 in the beginning of March is now complaining about that block here. I'm not well-acquainted with the events leading to Baxter329's block, I think I intervened after seeing a request for protection of Patrisse_Cullors and blocking that IP per WP:DUCK. OhNoitsJamie Talk 00:50, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
Is there an option under Twinkle to issue DS Alert notices? Thanks in advance from a rusty Abecedare (talk) 04:14, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
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Any chance you'd be able to help on an FAC article review prior to submission for Texas A&M University. Buffs (talk) 19:38, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
The campus is part of Qatar's "massive venture to import elite higher education from the United States".TrangaBellam (talk) 20:16, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
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Hi, A while back you were involved in deleting the Patxi Xabier Lezama Perier page. I've tried to flag it but I'm not sure how this pans out because it has DRAFT in the name? You might want to take a shufty? [[] Cheers Akerbeltz (talk) 22:11, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
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I am looking for a mentor. I wanna go through a course under your tutelage for a period of time that you determine for a counter vandalism course and/or a course on proper page creation. After which I will be given rollback and new page reviewer privileges. I'm reaching out to you because I wanna do this the proper way. It will be a honor to learn. Cheers Amaekuma (talk) 07:33, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
@Vanamonde Okay. Thanks. Amaekuma (talk) 07:03, 14 May 2022 (UTC)
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