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Political marriages in India's protection has been upgraded to indefinite extended confirmed level , would you consider removing pending changes protection since it's no longer necessary? Ratnahastin (talk) 03:39, 5 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

  Done Chetsford (talk) 03:52, 5 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Did you forget to actually do the unblock here? --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇} 20:18, 5 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

LOL, I did - thank you! Should be fixed now. Chetsford (talk) 20:52, 5 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi, any idea who RodeoReal76164 is?--Bbb23 (talk) 16:02, 25 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Bbb23: Possibly a stupid question, but isn't that Daronandon? Polygnotus (talk) 18:46, 25 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

No idea. I suppose I could request a CU. Honestly, I know nothing about the history of this whatever-it-is.--Bbb23 (talk) 19:25, 25 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Oh yes, that's a good point. Now that I read their comments on the Talk page more closely there does seem to be some similarity. Chetsford (talk) 00:42, 26 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

On further examination, Polygnotus, I think you're correct and have filed an SPI here. Chetsford (talk) 03:26, 26 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Some of the word and phrasing use might lead one to believe it is MartinPict or one of its affiliated accounts. Beyond that, I could only speculate. Chetsford (talk) 23:56, 25 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

All this drama on one of the most boring articles on Wikipedia! Polygnotus (talk) 08:05, 26 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hello Chetsford,what are the specific issues with my article and how can I address them? SheneganShaw (talk) 02:10, 28 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi SheneganShaw - you have four sources. Two of those appear to be your analysis of YouTube videos. This is problematic from the standpoint of both WP:OR and WP:RS. Your other two sources are offline -- which is totally fine -- but don't contain enough information (i.e. publisher, page number, etc.) by which we could determine, at a minimum, if they're RS, let alone WP:VERIFY their contents or existence. Please also read WP:SIGCOV. Chetsford (talk) 02:14, 28 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

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I don't think we need the bit between discussion pivoted and To get back. Polygnotus (talk) 03:33, 30 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Trouble not yourself with worry. Chetsford (talk) 05:58, 30 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

That's the kind of person I am. Polygnotus (talk) 08:43, 30 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Excuse me, but how do the warnings on my article make sense? No where do I promote the Christmas market, by that logic any article about any event like that should be considered promoting it. And also it, could you please explain why the sources are unreliable? Viceskeeni2 (talk) 20:07, 30 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

IMO, the first two sentences of the "Stands" section reads like a tourist brochure. Insofar as sources go, Radio Sputnik is on our list of deprecated sources. That said, if you disagree, just remove the tags - no problem. Chetsford (talk) 00:43, 1 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

So I can remove those two on the top of the article if I remove the Radiosputnik article? Viceskeeni2 (talk) 08:10, 1 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

Sure, or you can just remove them if you don't think they're valid or whatever. Our policy on deprecated sources is here -- WP:DEPS. You can review it and see if you feel it applies in this case. I'm not the sheriff of Wikipedia. Chetsford (talk) 08:33, 1 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

Alright, thanks 👍 Viceskeeni2 (talk) 09:22, 1 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

You declined my RPP request for the above. The offending editor is back with a revert (diff) plus a very childish response on the talkpage discussion. Would you be prepared to revert the page to a stable version then protect? 10mmsocket (talk) 20:21, 2 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

10mmsocket -- I just undid the editor's latest edit. If this happens again, please let me know and I'll address it at the user-level. Chetsford (talk) 20:28, 2 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

You are a fine person. Many thanks. 10mmsocket (talk) 20:29, 2 December 2024 (UTC)Reply