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Your submission at Articles for creation: Jimmy Saville is a nonce (March 26)

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

This submission has been declined for one or more of the following reasons:

It is primarily designed to threaten, disparage or attack its subject.
It is a biography of a living person that is unreferenced and entirely negative in tone.
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Theroadislong (talk) 12:30, 26 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

First of all the term 'nonce' means "a person who commits a crime involving sex, especially sex with a child." which he did do over the course of 50 years.

Second of all, Jimmy Saville died in 2012. He is not alive anymore (thank God) GarethBaloney (talk) 12:48, 26 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Gary Formato (October 11)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by KylieTastic 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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KylieTastic (talk) 10:11, 11 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion discussion about The smiffs

Hello, GarethBaloney

Welcome to Wikipedia! I edit here too, under the username Significa liberdade and it's nice to meet you :-)

I wanted to let you know that I've asked for a discussion about the redirect The smiffs, created by you. Your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 October 28 § The smiffs.

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Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 02:27, 28 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Gary Formato has been accepted

Gary Formato, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

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WikiOriginal-9 (talk) 20:37, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Mommy kink" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Mommy kink has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 December 5 § Mommy kink until a consensus is reached. Utopes _{(talk / cont)} 06:24, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Human high-quality man" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Human high-quality man has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 December 5 § Human high-quality man until a consensus is reached. Utopes _{(talk / cont)} 07:09, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Qingen Xu

The article Qingen Xu has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

This is a BLP article about a very minimally notable person. It is unacceptably poorly sourced. The only part that even begins to suggest notability is the claim that he is banned from China but that is only sourced to his own website. The rest of the sourcing is bad too.

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"Esos son Reebok o son Nike?" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Esos son Reebok o son Nike? has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 December 6 § Esos son Reebok o son Nike? until a consensus is reached. Utopes _{(talk / cont)} 06:26, 6 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Mikke Van Hool

The article Mikke Van Hool has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Does not meet WP:GNG--coverage is limited to database entries and photographs, no secondary RS appear to be available. I found a mere-mention in an F1 memoir [1], but that's not enough coverage for a biography.

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A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Thanks for being such an awesome contributor! Maduka Jayalath (talk) 04:40, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

JT Tran

I agree with the sentiment, but I must deprod it, because it's been through AfD once. You must BVI back to WP:AfD and create a second nomination. Sorry. Bearian (talk) 02:20, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thankfully someone else appears to have redone it for me! GarethBaloney 15:10, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

CS1 error on Hilton Cowie

Hello, I'm Qwerfjkl (bot). I have automatically detected that this edit performed by you, on the page Hilton Cowie, may have introduced referencing errors. They are as follows:

A bare URL error. References show this error when one of the URL-containing parameters cannot be paired with an associated title. Please edit the article to add the appropriate title parameter to the reference. (Fix | Ask for help)

Please check this page and fix the errors highlighted. If you think this is a false positive, you can report it to my operator. Thanks, Qwerfjkl (bot) (talk) 14:35, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	Raph Williams65 Guestbook Barnstar
	Hello GarethBaloney, this barnstar is presented to you for signing my guestbook. Thanks – Raph ael 15:36, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]