20:25, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

15:48, 21 June 2021 (UTC)

Greetings! Per WP:IMDB, IMDB has been deprecated as a reliable source. This is insufficient evidence to support changing the birthdate for this person. What I am seeing online is conflicting, and the vast majority of websites indicate 1974 as the birth year. Given the lack of sources that definitively indicate 1974 or 1973, I am removing the birthdate per WP:DOB. If you want to discuss this, let's do that. Let's not continue reverting each other. Thanks, --Hammersoft (talk) 15:57, 27 June 2021 (UTC)

16:31, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

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17:31, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

15:30, 19 July 2021 (UTC)

Hey, Meno, thanks for reaching out to me. Although I'm not sure why you did it at the Arabic Wiktionary. Nonetheless, I want to add the article I'm trying to delete on the Arabic Wikipedia since it no longer exists on this Wikipedia. I've tried to PROD the Chris Carlin article for deletion since it fails GNG. But I've been unsuccessful since it's a language I'm not fluent in and the writing is hard to navigate with. Could you PROD the article on my behalf or would I have to request it myself? --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 21:13, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

Hi, @WikiCleanerMan: I have deleted the article on your behalf. Thank you for your message. --Meno25 (talk) 21:40, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

Thank you very much. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 21:46, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

21:10, 26 July 2021 (UTC)

Do you know anyone or yourself who edit the Farsi Wikipedia? There is an orphan article that was deleted from this Wikipedia. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 15:27, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

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• An RfC is open to add a delay of one week from nomination to deletion for G13 speedy deletions.

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• Last week all wikis were very slow or not accessible for 30 minutes. This was due to server lag caused by regenerating dynamic lists on the Russian Wikinews after a large bulk import. (T287380)

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• Following an amendment request, the committee has clarified that the Talk page exception to the 500/30 rule in remedy 5 of the Palestine-Israel articles 4 case does not apply to requested move discussions.

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