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CCR v. Bush needs updating

Hello. I just stumbled across CCR v. Bush, of which you are the original author. The case is now closed, and it would be appropriate for you to update the article, if you have the time and inclination. J. D. Crutchfield | Talk 20:07, 3 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Amanda Rosenberg

After your comments at WP:REFUND, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Amanda Rosenberg has popped up. There really seems to be a cadre of editors that don't like anything remotely negative about google glass being here. Glasshole didn't survive either. The Dissident Aggressor 18:08, 9 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Replaceable fair use File:My muse Amanda looking great in the frames I designed for her.jpg

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Discussion

Would you like to comment here as there is a discussion going on. Its Wp:Own case. Pls, help.—Prashant 07:07, 11 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Your contributed article, Abdul Rauf (Taliban governor)

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Hello, I noticed that you recently created a new page, Abdul Rauf (Taliban governor). First, thank you for your contribution; Wikipedia relies solely on the efforts of volunteers such as you. Unfortunately, the page you created covers a topic on which we already have a page – Abdul Rauf Aliza. Because of the duplication, your article has been tagged for speedy deletion. Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will continue helping to improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at Abdul Rauf Aliza – you might like to discuss new information at the article's talk page.

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@MelanieN: Thanks for your interest in Afghanistan. Sorry, but I believe you are mistaken to believe these two articles are about the same individual, for the reasons I stated on Talk:Abdul Rauf (Taliban governor). Geo Swan (talk) 16:42, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Geo, we've been waiting for your input at Talk:Abdul Rauf Aliza. Maybe the ping didn't work. We have been trying to sort out who was who. You argued strongly, based on chronology, that the former governor was a different person from the Guantanamo detainee recently killed by a drone strike, and that normally reliable sources have conflated them in error. So the current debate is whether there is enough biographical information about the former governor to base an article on, or whether it should be deleted. Based on the discussion at that page so far, I have deleted "governor" from the Abdul Rauf Aliza page, and I have redirected the "Isis recruiter' and "militant commander" pages to Abdul Rauf Aliza. If you believe we can clearly distinguish these as different people, and that we either have enough material to make a sourced article about each of them, or insufficient material so that they should be deleted rather than redirected, please chime in at that page. At this point we have four articles with massive overlap and probable conflation, and IMO that can't continue. Thanks. --MelanieN (talk) 20:14, 15 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Anita Alvarez

Thank you for your contributions. Are your new sentences careful to distinguish between the actions of Alverez and the actions of her office? Thanks. Hugh (talk) 22:09, 23 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Nothing is obvious

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Basically you can't create articles on Wikipedia that are designed to take encyclopedia readers to your user essays. MicroPaLeo (talk)|

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