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BGerdemann (WMF) (talk) 19:26, 23 October 2024 (UTC) [reply]

Help on Johnny Partin

hello i was wondering if the edit i just made on the page im creating Johnny Partin is better for the copyright issue i had because i reworded everything that is now in the artical and i wanted to know if its better

Paytonisboss (talk) 19:35, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • @Paytonisboss: hi if you scroll down on this link you can see which pieces of text you still need to reword in order to remove that issue. Keeping quotes as they are is fine though. My issue when I reviewed the page wasn’t copyright however, it was whether the subject is notable enough to have a Wikipedia article. Mccapra (talk) 21:57, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Mccapra Thank you for explaining however its been a hot topic around where i live specifically in the Tri-Cities, Virginia area so thats why im making it many people at my workplace who arent wikipedia editors were asking me if i could make a page about it however i still view this as its not relivent to the majoraty of viewers so i get why you did what you did Paytonisboss (talk) 22:03, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Notability of Kurdistan Islamic Relations Movement

I don't really get what the problem is. Sure, it's not a big party, but neither are, for example Mieterpartei, Socialist Equality Party (Germany) or WiR2020. The page cites an article by Rûdaw, the largest news network in Iraqi Kurdistan, which has published numerous articles specifically about the party (proof). Most examples in Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies) are talking about companies, there aren't really specifications for what makes a party notable. But there clearly is significant coverage, the coverage is independent, there are multiple sources (even if not that many since it's a stub). So yeah, explain to me how I can convince you of the notability. - Ermanarich (talk) 11:33, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

hi thanks for your message. Generally, if a party is contesting elections, the benchmark for notability is whether it has succeeded in getting anyone elected. This party won <1% of the vote so is nowhere near that. Recycled press releases saying it was founded, held a congress or elevated a leader don’t make it notable. It is possible that much wider and more extensive press coverage could make it notable, but I don’t see that at the moment. All the best Mccapra (talk) 11:08, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
As I said, there are numerous articles on Wikipedia of parties that haven't got anyone elected. Furthermore, the project page on notability doesn't mention getting a candidate elected is a benchmark for notability.--Ermanarich (talk) 22:52, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Lekia and Lezgistan

Lezgistan is a state of one people (Lezgins). Lekia (also known as the Lakz, and this is a more correct name) is a state of 10 different peoples (Aghuls, Rutuls, Tsakhurs, Budukhs, Khinalughs, Tabasarans, etc.). Why did you delete my edit and redirect (Lekia -> Lezgistan)?

The state of Lekia (Lakz) was mainly located on the territories of modern Russia and Azerbaijan. Lezgistan (the conventional name of the Lezgin state) was located on the territory of modern Russia. In the Russian and Azerbaijani Wikipedias, there are two separate articles for these terms: ru-wikipedia: (ru-1) Лакз(=Лекия)/Lakz(=Lekia) and (ru-2) Лезгистан/Lezgistan; az-wikipedia: (az-1) Leq_çarlığı (Lakz) and (az-2) Ləzgistan)

hi thanks for your message. I redirected the article not because I thought the two subject were the same, but because the Lekia article wasn’t properly sourced. It needs inline citations throughout, relating the sources you’ve provided to the individual statements in the article. I’m afraid it is not ready for encyclopedia mainspace without that. If you wish I can move it to draftspace so you can add inline citations and when that’s done I can re-publish it. Mccapra (talk) 07:53, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi! OK, please move it to draftspace. DigitalSpace (talk) 07:58, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Done and there’s now a link to it from your talk page. Mccapra (talk) 08:03, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank You! DigitalSpace (talk) 08:05, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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BGerdemann (WMF) (talk) 00:41, 13 November 2024 (UTC) [reply]

Thanks I responded a while ago. Mccapra (talk) 03:31, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Proposed deletion of Pilgrimage centres in Ernakulam district

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Only 1 item in this list is notable. Unreferenced and unimproved almost 15 years. No decent target for redirection.

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Italo-Prussian Alliance

Hi! Not sure if it was OK to decline your speedy-deletion request there, but reasons given in my edit summary. Do please let me know if you want me to reverse that call (but sort of hoping you won't). Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 18:02, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • @Justlettersandnumbers: thanks for your message. I assumed that since the other article got into mainspace first it would have priority, but I agree mine is better written! I see you’ve redirected the other article and hopefully that will stick. Anyway it’s a lesson to me not to keep faffing around in user space for months on end when I’m translating. All the best Mccapra (talk) 18:06, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, good! The first-in-mainspace thing carries little weight for me – those OKA editors are paid, and should be creating new pages only in draft space, not sure why they think they don't need to. Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 18:15, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

NPP Awards for 2024

The New Page Reviewer's Silver Award

This award is given in recognition to Mccapra for conducting 2,858 article reviews in 2024. Thank you so much for all your excellent work. Keep it up! Hey man im josh (talk) 18:04, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]