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Slander against Alena Douhan

The information about bribes contained on only 1 Hong Kong news portal is not true. There is no such information on the websites of independent organizations. There is no link to the document. If this information were true, the independent expert would have already been stripped of his mandate. Check the information you publish and do not fabricate news. 79.170.109.64 (talk) 21:22, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

I'm not the publisher of this information nor did I contribute to it in any way, other then reverting your edit. I have no issue with your edit, assuming what you are saying is the truth, which I will check. The issue was the lack of an edit summary for a edit which removed content. For you to call this slander is a bit much and doesn't represent the meaning behind my edit, to inform you of your mistakes and guide you to better contributions. Remember to stay calm and ask questions. twisted. (user | talk | contribs) 21:30, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

Trouted

Whack!

You've been whacked with a wet trout.

Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

You have been trouted for: Mistaking an edit as nonconstructive (no worries though!) Shoverly (talk) 23:14, 3 April 2025 (UTC)

Deleting vs Citation needed

Hello! On this page, i've seen the previous change by the IP. I wanted to keep it like that, and insert at the end of the text: ^{[citation needed]} (I do the same thing on Romanian Wikipedia). When i wanted to do this, i've seen that you reverted it completely.

My question is: what is better? To keep the previous change and insert ^{[citation needed]} at the end of the text, or to revert it?

I would really appreciate if you answer to my question :)

Thanks in advance and Best regards, Dimitrie569 (talk) 19:03, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

It all depends on the context of the article.

Turtle is a Featured Article (FA) and a Level-4 Vital Article for a reason — it meets and exceeds the expectations of en-wiki. False or unsourced information can harm the credibility of such an article.

In my view, FAs are extremely important and should be held to a strict standard. They’re vital to the writing quality on Wikipedia and should be a place any editor can look to and say, “I want to write like this.” or “This is how my article should look.”

Of course, for Start-class articles, it’s more common to see fewer citations, and those can be handled with more leniency — unless BLP or libel is involved, where policy must be enforced strictly.

According to the Featured Article criteria, an FA should be:

c. well-researched: it is a thorough and representative survey of the relevant literature; claims are verifiable against high-quality reliable sources and are supported by inline citations where appropriate…

I interpret this as a discouragement of simply adding ^{[citation needed]} in place of either sourcing or removing unsupported material.

If you’d like, you’re welcome to revert my decision — I just wanted to explain my reasoning.

Thanks for the question — please continue asking, and happy editing! twisted. (user | talk | contribs) 19:35, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for your response! I will not revert it. I asked just for learning :)

Dimitrie569 (talk) 19:40, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:Chromakopia: The World Tour

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If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 00:08, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

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recent unvert on April Hutchinson

Hello! You revert a suspicious removal of the nomination for deletion on April Hutchinson, and then a minute later, undid your own revert without stating why. I wanted to ask if this was an error or not. If you have a substantive reason to oppose the nomination please let me know. Apologies for the hassle. Relm (talk) 23:38, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

Hey Relm!

I reverted the edit which removed the PROD, which was a mistake. I then later undid my error.

That said, there seems to be a problem with your revert. Per WP:DEPROD, once a PROD is removed, it should not be reinstated, even if the removal was in bad faith or lacked explanation.

…This is the case when the objection is from the article's creator or even if the tag was apparently removed in bad faith. If an editor's intent is unclear, an objection should be assumed.

Consequently, once the PROD was removed, it was automatically cancelled and again, should not be reinstated.

If you have any objections or questions, please ask and happy editing! twisted. (user | talk | contribs) 00:08, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

Thanks, just to be clear this means that I need to list it for a discussion, yes? Relm (talk) 00:15, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

Yep,

Since the PROD failed, if you still believe that the article should be deleted, you are welcome to start a discussion at the AfD page.

Good luck, twisted. (user | talk | contribs) 00:19, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

Jingan Young edit-request

The edit-request at Talk:Jingan Young was proper because the requester declared they have a COI. That means even if they can make the edits, they shouldn't without getting someone else to double-check them first. Please at least provide them some comment on the proposed edit. DMacks (talk) 14:45, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

I didn't see that, should this not be an COI Edit request so, at least editors are aware of it? I'll leave another comment.

Many thanks for notifying me of this <3 twisted. (user | talk | contribs) 14:49, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

@DMacks, sorry to bug you again but is there any chance you know where they state the COI? I can't seem to find it.

Thanks! twisted. (user | talk | contribs) 14:55, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

It looks like they used a non-standard way of identifying it. The edit has it in the source, but maybe the {{request edit}} template didn't know how to handle the "COI=yes" parameter. Maybe they should have used a different template. DMacks (talk) 15:06, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	A barnstar for you!
	Thank you for being part of the fight against vandalism on English Wikipedia, and being one of the top five most active pending changes reviewers in the last 30 days. Your hard work is very much appreciated, please keep it up. – DreamRimmer (talk) 14:14, 26 April 2025 (UTC)