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Adding ship class overview on individual ship pages

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Please stop, it's not required and confusing. See WP:SHIPS guidelines. Also please note ship names should be italicised Lyndaship (talk) 08:08, 12 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Tagging pages for speedy deletion

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Hello, Vitaium,

Please review Criteria for Speedy Deletion. A G13 tag can only be applied six months after the last human edit and it is too soon for Draft:"Sacrifice". You need to check the page history with every draft. Liz Read! Talk! 02:11, 13 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

September 2021

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Oceanic-class ocean liner

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Hi @Vitaium: I had to revert your new article. It was unsourced and I had to revert it. If you create a new article, it might be worth creating it is an sandbox first. Thanks. scope_creepTalk 08:04, 14 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

But Oceanic-class ocean liner represents 6 ships, not a redirect to individual ship. Vitaium (talk) 11:10, 14 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Image tagging for File:Player choosing their house in Brookhaven RP.jpg

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I've been added where the image come from and who is the copyright holder. Vitaium (talk) 12:57, 21 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image File:Player choosing their house in Brookhaven RP.jpg

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Brookhaven RP article

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Hello! You created the Brookhaven RP article, however you didn't establish that it was notable at all as all the sources are self-published sources which do not establish notability. ― Blaze The WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#0001 00:25, 22 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Why now is a redirect? Vitaium (talk) 00:29, 22 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It provides the all information about Brookhaven RP Vitaium (talk) 00:30, 22 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The main reason the article was redirected was due to the game not having individual notability. The article you created relied upon entirely on one primary source; to prove individual notability (WP:GNG), articles requires reliable, third-party sources. Panini!🥪 01:15, 22 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Nomination of Abyssinia-class ocean liner for deletion

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Lyndaship (talk) 07:31, 24 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Can you help me with publishing?

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Hello, I have just submitted an article, it is showing it is in review, I am new here and don't know anything, I read somewhere, I should contact admin and tell him to review my article, so if you are an admin, can you please check my article: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:Mayank_Vikash# Regards, Saurav D2325292 (talk) 11:42, 29 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft submission was declined because articles about BLPs must be veriable and notable, not unsourced. For more information, see WP:BLP or contacting the admin. Vitaium (talk) 15:00, 29 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Miraheze

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Hello, Vitaium

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Miraheze for deletion, because it seems to be inappropriate for a variety of reasons. For more details please see the notice on the article.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks!

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JW 1961 Talk 14:01, 4 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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The article Britannic-class ocean liner has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

No sources I can find refer to these ships as a class. This nomenclature appears to be a piece of original designation by the article creator.

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Britannic-class ocean liner

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Hi I’ve reviewed your article and I can’t see a single source that uses the term “Britannic-class ocean liner” or anything similar. Where does it come from please? Mccapra (talk) 04:21, 7 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The source is from plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/31/31b0176.pdf and Harnack 1949 Vitaium (talk) 04:24, 7 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The plimsoll link does not make any mention of a “britannic class.” Mccapra (talk) 04:59, 7 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
And what is Harnack 1949? Lyndaship (talk) 06:22, 7 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Nomination of Britannic-class ocean liner for deletion

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Mccapra (talk) 11:25, 9 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Airbus A330neo

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Your GA nomination of Airbus A330neo

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Non-free rationale for File:Newest Brookhaven RP thumbnail.png

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Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!

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Tagging pages for speedy deletion

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Hello, Vitaium,

If you are going to tag pages for speedy deletion, please be sure you are not only familiar but that you know CSD criteria very well. Review this policy page. Know what name space each criteria applies to and when it is appropriate to use them and when it would be better to use WP:PROD or nominate an article for WP:AFD. Above all, if you can understand the sentences in an article, if they are written in English or another language, they are not "nonsense" or "gibberish". Gibberish would be a page that has "dkjlWIJ#($)NNKKK!!!!L)+ku$" typed on it. That would be considered nonsense.

If you have questions about the CSD criteria or tagging pages for deletion, please bring them to the Teahouse. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 22:25, 30 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

UAA

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Thanks for the report at WP:UAA but please note that some wikis allow organisation accounts - see Commons policy for an example, the German wiki is another. Please don't report users at WP:UAA if they haven't edited on this wiki. Cabayi (talk) 19:28, 3 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop

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Hello, Vitaium,

Please stop tagging pages for speedy deletion. You have clearly not reviewed Criteria for Speedy Deletion as I asked you to because you are tagging pages for reasons that are not approved. Having a draft in a foreign language is not grounds for deletion. You continually misunderstand what is meant by "nonsense and gibberish". Do not tag any more pages for speedy deletion until you have more editing experience because you are not doing it correctly. Spend your time improving existing articles and other tasks. Liz Read! Talk! 02:56, 4 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

November 2021

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Warning icon Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Draft:James A. Shorter, you may be blocked from editing. Theroadislong (talk) 14:48, 11 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Stop icon You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Bryophyta. Theroadislong (talk) 14:50, 11 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

CSD: Final warning

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Hello Vitaium, I hope you are well. I see that Liz has approached you a few times to caution you about speedy deletion tagging ([1][2][3]). Unfortunately, it seems that you have not taken her advice to heart:

  • This was clearly not an A1 (the subject is clearly identifiable) or an A7 (the subject is not a person, animal, organization, web content, or event).
  • This was neither a test page, vandalism, an attack page, or unambiguous advertising (and the last two of these contradict each other)
  • The same goes for this.

I also see that Theroadislong left you some other deletion-related warnings a few days ago ([4][5]); I share their concerns as well.

Since you have not responded to any of those concerns (or to most other messages people have left for you), I feel forced to be blunt: Your current conduct in deletion-related areas is highly disruptive. If I see more issues like this arise, I will block you. Please slow down, focus on making meaningful content contributions to existing articles, and only return to deletion tagging once you are certain you are sufficiently familiar with the applicable policies and guidelines, particularly WP:CSD.

I'm sorry that it has come to this. I appreciate that you are here with the best of intentions, and I hope this can be resolved without sanctions. Please let me know if you have any questions. --Blablubbs (talk) 11:41, 15 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Talkback

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Pasadena, Texas (talk) 07:35, 9 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

We need to have a talk

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You have frivolously accused me of being a vandal, and operating a vandal-only account. And your reasons as to why you are accusing me of this are very insufficient. Pasadena, Texas (talk) 07:44, 9 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A Barnstar for You...

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The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
For requesting that revdel on my talk page! MerelyPumpkin (talk) 21:15, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion and a page title I refuse to repeat

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As the deletion discussion proposer, you can not close a deletion discussion. You can withdraw your proposal but that's it, even if it looks like a speedy keep or speedy deletion. I hope that's clear now. Liz Read! Talk! 22:15, 24 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Discussion at Talk:Sarah Azhari

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File:YouTube Poop logo.png listed for discussion

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Feedback Unclear,

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It is completely unclear to me why you think that removal of the label propagandist on Laura Ingraham page, is vandalism.

The issue with the propagandist on the "Laura Ingraham page" only shows up on my android Wikipedia app. On a PC it does not show up.

But either way, how do we get rid of it on the android version? It is clearly not in the spirit of Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gaither (talkcontribs) 05:56, 20 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Vitaium,

Most active editors do not appreciate other editors tagging their User pages for deletion. I'm sure you wouldn't like it if I went through your User pages and randomly deleted some. Besides, this page wasn't eligible for a CSD G13 so the tagging was doubly inappropriate. But I advise you to spend your time in article, talk, draft and project space and not busy yourself with other editor's User pages. I can't think of a good reason why you would even wander through another editor's User space so please find other activities to keep yourself busy. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 02:58, 1 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Avoiding cut-and-paste moves

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Information icon Hi, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you tried to give Poaceae a different title by copying its content and pasting either the same content, or an edited version of it, into Grass. This is known as a "cut-and-paste move", and it is undesirable because it splits the page history, which is legally required for attribution. Instead, the software used by Wikipedia has a feature that allows pages to be moved to a new title together with their edit history.

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@DanCherek  Thanks But I actually wanted to copy and paste all of its content to grass in order to comply with WP:COMMONNAME Vitaium (talk) 03:50, 24 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I know. But that has been previously rejected, for example at Talk:Poaceae#Requested move 28 May 2020, so another RM is needed prior to such a move. Even if there is consensus for a move, you shouldn't do so by copying and pasting. DanCherek (talk) 03:51, 24 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Please provide the content in a seperate page for me to substitute and also add a message delivery list using a shell on the MMS talk page. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 04:34, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

August 2023 Good Article Nominations backlog drive

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Good article nominations | August 2023 Backlog Drive
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Hello, thank you for your contribution on CSS. However, the image is quite large (especially for phone users). I think using just one or two selectors, perhaps one with multiple rules, will convey the same information but take up much less space. Lightbloom (talk) 18:57, 10 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Lightbloom When I switch to desktop view, the image is not that big. Vitaium (talk) 22:09, 10 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It's because the image is much longer than it is wider, so for phones and other devices that display in portrait it will take up much more of the screen's proportions. Lightbloom (talk) 22:24, 10 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

September 2023

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Information icon Hello, I'm Anaxial. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Swan, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Anaxial (talk) 15:32, 16 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Anaxial But whooper swan is in the subgenus Cygnus while mute swan is in the subgenus Olor, how is it possible then the type species is mute swan? Vitaium (talk) 23:59, 16 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
If you have a better source, then by all means provide it. Although I will note that for the correct type species designation to be Cygnus cygnus you'd have to demonstrate that the genus name Cygnus was in use before it was first coined, which seems unlikely - but that's a matter of the correct name, not the identity of the species. Either way, we need a reliable source, and, if you have one, that's absolutely fine. Anaxial (talk) 06:08, 17 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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