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Nomination for deletion of Template:Packers1995DraftPicks

Template:Packers1995DraftPicks has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. ~ Rob^Talk 17:23, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

Windows 97 listed at Redirects for discussion

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Green Bay Packers WikiProject

Hi Merovingian! I just wanted to let you know that I have restarted the Green Bay Packers WikiProject. Come check out the page and if you are still interested, add yourself to the active member list! All of our articles have been assessed and there are a lot of new tools available to help us improve Green Bay Packers articles. Please feel free to post on the WikiProject's talk page or on my talk page if you have any questions! Thanks, « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 14:11, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

Good Will Hunting 2: Hunting Season listed at Redirects for discussion

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List of African territories and states by the date they succumbed to European imperialism listed at Redirects for discussion

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Nomination of Sheila Fougere for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Sheila Fougere 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/Sheila Fougere until a consensus is reached, and anyone 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.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Bearcat (talk) 22:49, 22 September 2016 (UTC)

Extended confirmed protection

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Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins

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Please note that TOTP based two-factor authentication is now available for all administrators. In light of the recent compromised accounts, you are encouraged to add this additional layer of security to your account. It may be enabled on your preferences page in the "User profile" tab under the "Basic information" section. For basic instructions on how to enable two-factor authentication, please see the developing help page for additional information. Important: Be sure to record the two-factor authentication key and the single use keys. If you lose your two factor authentication and do not have the keys, it's possible that your account will not be recoverable. Furthermore, you are encouraged to utilize a unique password and two-factor authentication for the email account associated with your Wikimedia account. This measure will assist in safeguarding your account from malicious password resets. Comments, questions, and concerns may be directed to the thread on the administrators' noticeboard. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:33, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

A new user right for New Page Patrollers

Hi Merovingian.

A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins).MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:47, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

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Tsistekeriia'kón:ke listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Tsistekeriia'kón:ke. Since you had some involvement with the Tsistekeriia'kón:ke redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. - CHAMPION ^{(talk) (contributions) (logs)} 06:50, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

Football club redirects

I see you're creating redirects for football clubs without articles. Is there a consensus on this? They're being redirected to league articles which contain no information about the clubs in question, and will have to be updated as and when the clubs are promoted or relegated, and now one can't tell at a glance which clubs have articles and which don't. I don't see that it's particularly helpful. Bretonbanquet (talk) 19:22, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

Vospers Oak Villa F.C. listed at Redirects for discussion

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Alphington A.F.C. listed at Redirects for discussion

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Nomination of Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo 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/Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo until a consensus is reached, and anyone 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.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. - TheMagnificentist 15:56, 3 April 2017 (UTC)

Traditional name for Epsilon Capriocorni

Hi, I have seen you created the article for Epsilon Capricorni. I have observed that since the first edit (yours) it states that the star bears the traditional name Kastra. However, I did not find any source for that. I will remove the name unless a reliable source is added. You can comment on its talk page if you have one. Thanks! Eynar Oxartum (talk) 06:59, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

Nomination of Atmail for deletion

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Touch Fuzzy, Get Dizzy listed at Redirects for discussion

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Nomination of Resistance force for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Resistance force is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

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Aëry listed at Redirects for discussion

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Proposed deletion of Wow! City!

The article Wow! City! has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

No coverage, fails WP:NBOOK.

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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. StraussInTheHouse (talk) 18:32, 18 June 2018 (UTC)

Nomination of List of breakfast cereals for deletion

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Speedy deletion nomination of Sing Along in Hebrew

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A tag has been placed on Sing Along in Hebrew requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A9 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a musical recording which does not indicate why its subject is important or significant, and where the artist's article does not exist or is eligible for deletion itself. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for music.

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15 years of editing!

Hey, Merovingian. 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) 16:54, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

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AquaRx™ Water listed at Redirects for discussion

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7440-34-8 listed at Redirects for discussion

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