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A kitten for you!

You are most welcome sir.

Fylindfotberserk (talk) 10:28, 27 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Did you know nominations/Ehud Arye Laniado

Edwardx, it's been a month since this DYK nomination was made, and a QPQ review has still not been provided. Please consider this your last call to submit one. I hope to see it soon. Thanks! BlueMoonset (talk) 14:26, 27 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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The Beacon, Hemel Hempstead

Hi. An article you wrote a while ago is now quite dated, and the location is very vague. Would you care to update it before I tag it? Thanks.--Shantavira|feed me 15:20, 29 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of C. W. Stephens

Hello! Your submission of C. W. Stephens at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BlueMoonset (talk) 15:21, 27 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It's been over a month since this one. Please reply here the next time you're on. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 15:21, 27 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Quite right, BlueMoonset. Thank you. I am hanging my head in shame. Have replied on the nom page. Edwardx (talk) 19:06, 29 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2019-18

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Facto Post – Issue 23 – 30 April 2019

Facto Post – Issue 23 – 30 April 2019
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Completely clouded?
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Talk of cloud computing draws a veil over hardware, but also, less obviously but more importantly, obscures such intellectual distinction as matters most in its use. Wikidata begins to allow tasks to be undertaken that were out of easy reach. The facility should not be taken as the real point.

Coming in from another angle, the "executive decision" is more glamorous; but the "administrative decision" should be admired for its command of facts. Think of the attitudes ad fontes, so prevalent here on Wikipedia as "can you give me a source for that?", and being prepared to deal with complicated analyses into specified subcases. Impatience expressed as a disdain for such pedantry is quite understandable, but neither dirty data nor false dichotomies are at all good to have around.

Issue 13 and Issue 21, respectively on WP:MEDRS and systematic reviews, talk about biomedical literature and computing tasks that would be of higher quality if they could be made more "administrative". For example, it is desirable that the decisions involved be consistent, explicable, and reproducible by non-experts from specified inputs.

What gets clouded out is not impossibly hard to understand. You do need to put together the insights of functional programming, which is a doctrinaire and purist but clearcut approach, with the practicality of office software. Loopless computation can be conceived of as a seamless forward march of spreadsheet columns, each determined by the content of previous ones. Very well: to do a backward audit, when now we are talking about Wikidata, we rely on integrity of data and its scrupulous sourcing: and clearcut case analyses. The MEDRS example forces attention on purge attempts such as Beall's list.

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A kitten for you!

You are most welcome sir.

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Edward W. Stack

Hello! I know not all editors receive "ping" notifications, so I wanted to make sure you knew I posted a request at Talk:Edward W. Stack about your most recent edit to the article. Thanks. Inkian Jason (talk) 16:18, 2 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Steve Sarowitz

Notice

The article Steve Sarowitz has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Delete per WP:NBUSINESSPEOPLE. Company he founded is not in the Fortune 500.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

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Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. MrClog (talk) 12:17, 3 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Strong and stable

On 4 May 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Strong and stable, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Theresa May described her leadership as "strong and stable" but her critics called it "weak and wobbly"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Strong and stable. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Strong and stable), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 00:02, 4 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Request to remove the advert template

HelloEdwardx , I have been asked on behalf of Mr. Sanjiv Mehta to correct his article- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanjiv_Mehta_(Indian_businessman) wherein you had originally assigned the Advert template. The edit request template got declined and was suggested on the talk page to ask you to remove the template. An earnest request to remove the Advert and COI template. Thanks. --Faizanmqs (talk) 07:29, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Faizanmqs The article is too promotional, hence the advert tag. For example, the phrase, "he navigated the disruptions arising out of the Arab Spring". Surely that would apply to any businessman in such a role. And you need to declare your own conflict of interest. Please read Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. Edwardx (talk) 11:45, 6 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2019-19

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Problems

  • Special:Watchlist can show the wrong information. It does not always show which edits are read and which are unread. The developers are working on solving the problem. [8]

Changes later this week

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DYK for Tim Morgan

On 11 May 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Tim Morgan, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Tim Morgan's Veins are made of steel and glass? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tim Morgan. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Tim Morgan), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 11 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion declined: Portia Clark

Hello Edwardx. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Portia Clark, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: There is at least a claim of notability. More of an AFD candidate than CSD, and there may be more sources available. Some of the sources are at least marginal now, so speedy ti not appropriate. Thank you. Dennis Brown - 2¢ 14:39, 11 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion declined: Hugues Gentillon

Hello Edwardx, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Hugues Gentillon, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Horribly written, but nothing that 20 minutes of fluff cutting can't fix. He appears to be notable, at least at first glance. This is more of an article needing fixing rather than pure advertising. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. Dennis Brown - 2¢ 14:44, 11 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Did you know nominations/William Marshall Cazalet

Edwardx, this nomination still doesn't have a QPQ after over a month, and it's been over two weeks since you were going to return after considering the proposed hooks but never did. Please put this near the top of your "to do" list so that progress can finally be made on the nomination. Many thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 04:56, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, BlueMoonset, QPQ now done. Will do a Tiny the Wonder QPQ shortly. Edwardx (talk) 11:10, 12 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Template:Did you know nominations/Tiny the Wonder is also over a month old and without a QPQ; please return to this one as well. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 05:01, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you again, BlueMoonset, QPQ now done. Edwardx (talk) 11:50, 12 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of Ehud Arye Laniado

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DYK nomination of Florence Fang

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Tech News: 2019-20

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Facto Post – Issue 24 – 17 May 2019

Facto Post – Issue 24 – 17 May 2019
Text mining display of noun phrases from the US Presidential Election 2012
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Two dozen issues, and this may be the last, a valediction at least for a while.

It's time for a two-year summation of ContentMine projects involving TDM (text and data mining).

Wikidata and now Structured Data on Commons represent the overlap of Wikimedia with the Semantic Web. This common ground is helping to convert an engineering concept into a movement. TDM generally has little enough connection with the Semantic Web, being instead in the orbit of machine learning which is no respecter of the semantic. Don't break a taboo by asking bots "and what do you mean by that?"

The ScienceSource project innovates in TDM, by storing its text mining results in a Wikibase site. It strives for compliance of its fact mining, on drug treatments of diseases, with an automated form of the relevant Wikipedia referencing guideline MEDRS. Where WikiFactMine set up an API for reuse of its results, ScienceSource has a SPARQL query service, with look-and-feel exactly that of Wikidata's at query.wikidata.org. It also now has a custom front end, and its content can be federated, in other words used in data mashups: it is one of over 50 sites that can federate with Wikidata.

The human factor comes to bear through the front end, which combines a link to the HTML version of a paper, text mining results organised in drug and disease columns, and a SPARQL display of nearby drug and disease terms. Much software to develop and explain, so little time! Rather than telling the tale, Facto Post brings you ScienceSource links, starting from the how-to video, lower right.

ScienceSourceReview, introductory video: but you need run it from the original upload file on Commons
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The review tool requires a log in on sciencesource.wmflabs.org, and an OAuth permission (bottom of a review page) to operate. It can be used in simple and more advanced workflows. Examples of queries for the latter are at d:Wikidata_talk:ScienceSource project/Queries#SS_disease_list and d:Wikidata_talk:ScienceSource_project/Queries#NDF-RT issue.

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WMF at work on NPP Improvements

Niharika Kohli, a product manager for the growth team, announced that work is underway in implementing improvements to New Page Patrol as part of the 2019 Community Wishlist and suggests all who are interested watch the project page on meta. Two requested improvements have already been completed. These are:

  • Allow filtering by no citations in page curation
  • Not having CSD and PRODs automatically marked as reviewed, reflecting current consensus among reviewers and current Twinkle functionality.
Reliable Sources for NPP

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DYK nomination of Tiny the Wonder

Hello! Your submission of Tiny the Wonder at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Yoninah (talk) 22:51, 18 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It was put in by Aquataste. Philafrenzy (talk) 07:42, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you Yoninah and Philafrenzy. Answered on the nomination page - should all be okay now. Edwardx (talk) 10:09, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Incomplete DYK nomination

Hello! Your submission of Template:Did you know nominations/Tiny the Wonder at the Did You Know nominations page is not complete; if you would like to continue, please link the nomination to the nominations page as described in step 3 of the nomination procedure. If you do not want to continue with the nomination, tag the nomination page with {{db-g7}}, or ask a DYK admin. Thank you. DYKHousekeepingBot (talk) 07:27, 20 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2019-21

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Problems

  • File descriptions for files from Commons were not shown properly on other Wikimedia wikis for a few days. For example the image descriptions and license information were missing. This has now been fixed. [9][10]
  • Some diffs show an error message when you try to see them. The developers are working on fixing it. It could be because of some edit comments. [11][12]

Changes later this week

  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 21 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 22 May. It will be on all wikis from 23 May (calendar).

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  • The content translation tool on Wikipedia can use machine translations. There is a system to stop translations where the editors do not fix machine translation mistakes. This warns or stops them if they seem to just copy what the machine translation gives them. If this system is too strict or not strict enough you can tell the language team. [13]
  • Advanced item The Wikidata wbeditentity API endpoint will remove all aliases if the request includes an empty alias. This is how it supposed to work. It has not been working this way because of a bug. This will start on 12 June. [14]


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Books & Bytes, Issue 33

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Ryszard Jurkowski

Good morning,

Could you please add the 20th-century architects category to the Ryszard Jurkowski article?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_architects#20th-century_architects https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryszard_Jurkowski

--Pysiatko (talk) 07:31, 23 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Pysiatko. I see you have added it already! I have just added "Category:21st-century architects" as Ryszard Jurkowski has been active in both centuries. Edwardx (talk) 12:38, 23 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hallam FM

I took a knife to the Notable presenters section - Wondered if you'd take a look to see If I have been too harsh or not. no worries if you are too busy etc. -Thanks Roxy, the dog. wooF 12:51, 23 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Looks fine by me. Over the years, I have come to the view that every name in such lists should have an inline citation. However, I think you may have meant to contact EdwardUK, as they are the one who has been editing Hallam FM, not me, even if I am an Edward and live in the UK. Thanks for bringing a smile to my face. Edwardx (talk) 13:44, 23 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Damm. Sorry about that, and thanks for taking a look. I see your name regularly, and didn't pay attention. Nothing new there I suppose. -Roxy, the dog. wooF 13:51, 23 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
It is nice to have one's editing noticed. Unless it is someone starting a thread about you at ANI, I suppose. Seen you about too, so there is likely some overlap in our interests. Edwardx (talk) 14:10, 23 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for C. W. Stephens

On 24 May 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article C. W. Stephens, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that C. W. Stephens was the architect of Claridge's (drawing pictured), Harrods, and Harvey Nichols? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/C. W. Stephens. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, C. W. Stephens), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:03, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ryoichi Hirano moved to draftspace

This article, Ryoichi Hirano, created on 16 August 2016, does not have enough content as written to remain published. It needs more content from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved this article to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the title) where you can incubate the draft article with minimal disruption. When you feel this draft 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. JoeHebda (talk) 19:31, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for William Marshall Cazalet

On 25 May 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article William Marshall Cazalet, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that in 2007, a painting (shown) of British socialite and real tennis player William Marshall Cazalet was sold at auction for US$1.8 million? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/William Marshall Cazalet. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, William Marshall Cazalet), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:01, 25 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Kaylee Davidson-Olley

On 27 May 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kaylee Davidson-Olley, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Kaylee Davidson-Olley survived an infant heart transplant to win gold in a 4 × 100 metres relay? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kaylee Davidson-Olley. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Kaylee Davidson-Olley), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:01, 27 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2019-22

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  • Advanced item Big changes to the replica database will happen on 3 June. Some tools on Cloud Services will stop working if the maintainers do not update them to use the new schema. This probably affects tools that query for revisions or log entries made by a user. [15][16]
  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 May. It will be on all wikis from 30 May (calendar).

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15:33, 27 May 2019 (UTC)

Re: Bryna Kra

In your opinion, is this notice of the American Mathematical Society a reliable source for the full date of birth and place of birth? And if so, could you please edit the article accordingly? I won't touch that biography anymore. --bender235 (talk) 16:03, 27 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure why you're ignoring this issue now after you got involved on BLP/N. There you wrote: "If the full date of birth is used in reliable secondary sources, then it is generally okay for us to use it." Is that the case now? If not, why? --bender235 (talk) 15:08, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Bender235 I am sympathetic to your frustration on this matter, but was putting off reading the whole long discussion. Have now posted a detailed reply on the BLP talkpage. Edwardx (talk) 00:34, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. And I want to apologize if I appeared to badger you with this minor issue. In the end, we are all working to improve Wikipedia. --bender235 (talk) 00:51, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
That's fine, Bender235. It may be minor for just one article, but the whole date of birth issue is a big one bearing in mind how many BLP articles we have. Edwardx (talk) 02:14, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed. That's why I tried to suggest an improvement to the vague wording of WP:DOB (terms like "widely published", "borderline-notable" are not used in any other Wikipedia policy, let alone defined anywhere). But my proposal was met with a backlash, to say the least. It appears there is a certain missionary zeal on one side of this debate, to a point where it doesn't matter whether the means (censoring information that is readily available elsewhere) actually achieve the goal (prevent identity theft). It's a hopeless case trying to change this policy now as it was in 2006. I merely intended to clarify our policies, and people are reacting as if I propose to turn Wikipedia into a bulletin board for social security numbers. --bender235 (talk) 02:30, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Bender235, have you considered Wikipedia:Requests for comment? There is always going to be a tension between transparency and privacy, not just on Wikipedia. How we balance these often competing concepts will continue to evolve in democracies. You should find this current AfD debate interesting, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of celebrities who have had an abortion (of course, the list should be "women" or "people", not "celebrities"). Edwardx (talk) 11:20, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
As a matter of fact, I started a RfC. The reaction, so far, was pretty much an outrage. --bender235 (talk) 14:50, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]
See, it got to a point were I'm being templated to caution my "controversial behavior," as the notion now seems to be that somehow over 15 years and 450,000 edits on Wikipedia I failed to acknowledge our policies. This is insane. --bender235 (talk) 15:07, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Article: Ryszard Jurkowski

Good morning, I have a general question about the copyrights of the photos to this article. We do have them, but every now and again someone designates them for deleting. It already happened, even though there was a clear message they were awaiting the approval of the OTRS team. Many of these photos have previously been published, but Ryszard Jurkowski is the main copyright holder, as it was him who commissioned and paid the photographers to take these photos and it was him who authorised the magazine and journal publishers to use them. In the article there isn't a single photo of Jurkowski's most important project (the Home Army Museum) because they all have been deleted and, although his practice (AiR Jurkowscy Architekci) contacted the OTRS team a couple of times about this issue, 6 months on and no one responded to these emails. What is the best thing to do in this situation? Because if it continues we'll soon be rid of all the photos, and it's actually quite upsetting.   --Pysiatko (talk) 03:15, 31 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Micree Zhan for deletion

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  • You can now write all special letters in all African Wikipedia languages. This works in the desktop version. [17]
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  • Some tools on Toolforge may break on or after 3 June because of database changes. Maintainers should update their tools to use the new schema. [19][20]

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  • Recurrent item The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 4 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 5 May. It will be on all wikis from 6 May (calendar).

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Nomination of Fred Luddy for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Fred Luddy 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/Fred Luddy (2nd nomination) 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.

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DYK for Raffaele Contigiani

On 8 June 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Raffaele Contigiani, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Raffaele Contigiani's brutalist Hotel du Lac (pictured) has been seen as symbolic of the modernisation of Tunisia in the 1970s? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Raffaele Contigiani. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Raffaele Contigiani), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:01, 8 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Nomination of Ehud Arye Laniado for deletion

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