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April 2023

Hello, I'm Theroadislong. I wanted to let you know that one or more external links you added to Church of Christ in Nations have been removed because they seemed to be inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. Thank you. Theroadislong (talk) 18:45, 6 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much for the correction,you were right. I have made the correction. I'm Ezra Ezra Cricket (talk) 19:03, 6 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Coach Henry E.V.K for deletion

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SuperMarioMan (Talk) 21:12, 6 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Patrick Dakum moved to draftspace

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Noted with thanks. Ezra Cricket (talk) 12:38, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Coach Henry E.V.K

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A tag has been placed on Coach Henry E.V.K requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G4 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be a repost of material that was previously deleted following a deletion discussion, at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Coach Henry E.V.K. When a page has substantially identical content to that of a page deleted after a discussion, and any changes in the content do not address the reasons for which the material was previously deleted, it may be deleted at any time.

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This is an improved version of the deleted page. It has more reliable sources than the previous one, so I think it should not be deleted. Thanks. Ezra Cricket (talk) 05:22, 21 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Coach Henry E.V.K for deletion

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49ersBelongInSanFrancisco (talk) 05:59, 21 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The article is being improved. So it should not be deleted based on Wikipedia policy. The article can be modified instead of deleting it. Ezra Cricket (talk) 10:13, 21 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The article is still currently not showing notability via independent, reliable sources. That is why I put it in the draft space, so that you could work on it and improve it. ... discospinster _talk 14:26, 21 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Coach Henry E.V.K

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A tag has been placed on Coach Henry E.V.K requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G4 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be a repost of material that was previously deleted following a deletion discussion, at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Coach Henry E.V.K. When a page has substantially identical content to that of a page deleted after a discussion, and any changes in the content do not address the reasons for which the material was previously deleted, it may be deleted at any time.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Josephine Piyo

Hello Ezra Cricket,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Josephine Piyo for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly indicate why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.

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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~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 14:31, 22 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion discussion about Josephine Piyo

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May 2023

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Girth Summit _(blether) 11:54, 8 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Ezra Cricket (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

I was blocked from editing for using multiple accounts without disclosing them. I plead to be unblocked because I was ignorant of the guidelines of Wikipedia and I promise not to do that again. The other accounts I have are User:KVE Studio and User:Nandom Senior. I'll prefer this one to be my major account.Ezra Cricket (talk) 22:57, 21 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Decline reason:

Even without knowing we specifically had a policy about it, it's not clear to me why you thought it was appropriate to have three accounts editing the same articles. Yamla (talk) 10:35, 24 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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It looks to me like you set up multiple accounts to attempt to deceive us so as to allow yourself to create an article which does not belong here. --Yamla (talk) 10:36, 24 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

Ezra Cricket (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

I created multiple accounts to promote an article about myself and have misused and abused the accounts by so doing. I now know better and will not repeat such again. I have reviewed Wikipedia guidelines and I promise to follow them if given a second chance. I agree I made an attempt to deceive and I'm deeply sorry about that. I have listed other accounts I opened in my previous unblock request. Ezra Cricket (talk) 15:59, 25 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Accept reason:

I'm going to assume good faith and unblock. --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇} 05:35, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ezra Cricket (talk) 15:59, 25 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Girth Summit: What say ye. Noting check user block.-- Deepfriedokra (talk) 02:51, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the slow response, Deepfriedokra, I've been taking a few days away. As far as I can tell from a quick check, this user has not been evading their block since it was imposed. The sockpuppetry has been admitted, and they have undertaken not to repeat that, which is good; I guess my question would be what they intend to do if unblocked. Most of their editing to date with the three accounts, aside from the disruptive self-promotion, has been the addition of superfluous links in contravention of MOS:SOB and MOS:OL. I wonder whether they intend to start editing constructively, or just to continue trying to promote themselves and/or their acquaintances. Girth Summit _(blether) 12:14, 29 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. A fair and germane question. @Ezra Cricket: Please describe what constructive edits you would make that would not involve a WP:conflict of interest. Best -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 12:34, 29 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Orrrr noting Yamla's comment from May 24 above, it might be better to defer unblocking and see how appellant fairs with the WP:standard offer. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 12:38, 29 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your responses user:Girth Summit and user:Deepfriedokra. If unblocked, I promise to start editing constructively. I'll involve in copyediting, create articles that are notable, and articles that meet the required guidelines of Wikipedia. However, I'll not promote myself or anybody and I will put in my best behaviour and not repeat my past mistakes.

Thanks in anticipation. Ezra Cricket (talk) 15:19, 29 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No objection to unblocking, but this is a checkuser block. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 15:42, 29 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Patrick Dakum (July 10)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Jamiebuba was:

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

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Jamiebuba (talk) 20:25, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Ezra Cricket! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Jamiebuba (talk) 20:25, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Overlinking

Per MOS:OVERLINK Please do not link everyday words that everyone knows, like "musical instrument" Miner Editor (talk) 08:00, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Noted with thanks, User: Miner Editor. Ezra Cricket (talk) 12:11, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Bizuum Yadok for deletion

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Alexandermcnabb (talk) 09:28, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ok. Thank you, User: Alexandermcnabb, for notifying me. Ezra Cricket (talk) 12:31, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Helen Caleb Mutfwang

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It appears to be about a person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), individual animal, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. (See section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

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Hello, User: DoubleGrazing, the article meets wp:basic because the office of the first lady is worthy of notice and she's performing some functions which shows her relevance. The article would have been improved rather than being deleted. Thanks Ezra Cricket (talk) Ezra Cricket (talk) 06:40, 3 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

That is beside the point. This article was a copyright violation, and had to be deleted. You are welcome to try again, but you have to write in your own words.

That said, 'first lady' is not an inherently notable position, certainly not at sub-national level, therefore she would have to meet the WP:GNG standard of notability, which this article did not demonstrate.

Until you are confident that you understand core principles such as notability and copyright, I suggest you use the WP:AFC process rather than publishing directly yourself. -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 07:01, 3 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia: check out the Teahouse!

Hello! Ezra Cricket, you are invited to the Teahouse, a forum on Wikipedia for new editors to ask questions about editing Wikipedia, and get support from peers and experienced editors. Please join us! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:41, 3 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for this invitation, User:Liz, you are so kind. Ezra Cricket (talk) Ezra Cricket (talk) 06:54, 3 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

August 2023

Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. Constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, but a recent edit of yours has an edit summary that appears to be inadequate, inaccurate, or inappropriate. The summaries are helpful to people browsing an article's history, so it is important that you use edit summaries that accurately tell other editors what you did. Feel free to use the sandbox to make test edits. Thank you. DoubleGrazing (talk) 06:59, 25 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Dunsin Oyekan

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It appears to be about a person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), individual animal, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. (See section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion.) Such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Boys' Secondary School, Gindiri

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Speedy deletion nomination of Girls' High School, Gindiri

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Thank you for drawing my attention. Ezra Cricket (talk) 00:31, 11 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Solomon Akpulonu moved to draftspace

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Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. CycloneYoris ^talk! 04:52, 8 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much. Cheers! Ezra Cricket (talk) 19:22, 8 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Solomon Akpulonu has been accepted

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Jamiebuba (talk) 07:31, 8 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm grateful, Ezra Cricket (talk) 19:24, 8 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Request for IP address block exemption

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Ezra Cricket (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

Caught by an open proxy block but this host or IP is not an open proxy. My IP address is 197.211.63.113 .

I however, request that, I should be granted IP address block exemption to help me edit Wikipedia without difficulties. Thanks in anticipation, Ezra Cricket (talk) 01:51, 9 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Decline reason:

I'd be delighted to grant that request, but while I can, it's preferred that I refer you to WP:IPECPROXY so you can make it via email. — Daniel Case (talk) 07:44, 15 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Ezra Cricket (talk) 01:51, 9 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yomi Awoniyi moved to draftspace

Thanks for your contributions to Yomi Awoniyi. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it needs more sources to establish notability. I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. CycloneYoris ^talk! 09:37, 9 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Noted. But I think the office of the deputy governor is a recognized one. Been a former deputy governor makes him notable already, couple with the fact that secondary and reliable sources were provided.

Cheers! Ezra Cricket (talk) 19:29, 9 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Yomi Awoniyi (November 9)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by Timtrent were:

This submission is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Reliable sources are required so that information can be verified. If you need help with referencing, please see Referencing for beginners and Citing sources.

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

The comment the reviewer left was:

References are PR and churnalism

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

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🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 19:48, 9 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'll check and work on it, User:Timtrent. Thanks, Ezra Cricket (talk) 21:46, 9 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

WP:DEFAULTSORT for biograpies

Hello, I hope you are doing well. I just noticed your autopatrolled request at WP:PERM and observed that you are not using DEFAULTSORT for biographies. I wanted to inform you that DEFAULTSORT is essential for biographies so you should start using it in your articles. I chose not to add this as a comment on your permission request because I didn't want to disappoint you. Thanks! – DreamRimmer (talk) 17:07, 13 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your kind approach. I'm overwhelmed with joy for drawing my attention to this. Ezra Cricket (talk) 18:30, 13 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Noted. Ezra Cricket (talk) 23:25, 10 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Concern regarding Draft:Patrick Dakum

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 21:06, 10 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sama'ila Dahuwa moved to draftspace

Thanks for your contributions to Sama'ila Dahuwa. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it needs more sources to establish notability. I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. Mattdaviesfsic (talk) 01:39, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Noted, Ezra Cricket (talk) 10:24, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Patrick Dakum

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In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 20:57, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Noted, Ezra Cricket (talk) 23:10, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion discussion about Marie Wiseborn

Hello Ezra Cricket, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia.

While your contributions are appreciated, I wanted to let you know that I've started a discussion about whether an article that you created, Marie Wiseborn, should be deleted, as I am not sure that it is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia in its current form. Your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marie Wiseborn.

Deletion discussions usually run for seven days and are not votes. Our guide about effectively contributing to such discussions is worth a read. The most common issue in these discussions is notability, but it's not the only aspect that may be discussed; read the nomination and any other comments carefully before you contribute to the discussion. Last but not least, you are highly encouraged to continue improving the article; just be sure not to remove the tag about the deletion nomination from the top.

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✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 11:57, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Noted, Ezra Cricket (talk) 16:05, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

BDC Script

Hey, just to let you know about the BDC script for easier wish postings. Ignore if you are already aware. Thanks and happy editing :) — The Herald (Benison) (talk) 05:10, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much, The Herald. Ezra Cricket (talk) 09:36, 25 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Sama'ila Dahuwa

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In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. ✗plicit 14:00, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]