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Greensboro Massacre ↗

Hello Totalibe. Thanks for your recent edit(s) to the above article. Participation by folks like yourself, and the active discourse that follows, makes for better articles. But your reasoning, in this case, is not supported by the facts nor by the consensus reached after lengthy discussions (which can find on the Talk page of the article). A judicial finding was rendered in which the named parties were found to be engaged in a form of mutual combat. Members of the Klan were found to be engaged in self defense, so that ALL parties were found to be assailants in a court of law. Those are the facts that you continue to try to revert, so I would kindly ask you to stop that activity. I hope this small set-back doesn't prevent you from continuing your contributions to Wikipedia. Gulbenk (talk) 00:03, 18 October 2021 (UTC)

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{{Vandal|Totalibe}} Despite repeated warnings, this user has threatened me for no reason with removing my webpage. They have repeatedly vandalized multiple webpages, including alt-right posts and propaganda. I am requesting an investigation into the user be conducted immediately. 2600:1700:D090:3250:19A9:B10:9DE1:5C2C ↗ (talk) 19:35, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

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Hello!

Hey there - I saw your edit on Viossa ↗, (thanks for that), and decided to check your out; your userpage gave me a good laugh! Unfortunately, we both share in the chronic condition of being British haha. I though I should send you a message for a couple of reasons: firstly, to welcome you to active editing (well done on the DYK), and also to invite you to WikiProject Constructed languages ↗, since you're also a clong-enthusiast :D

mute pona a, and have fun editing! {{bg|#e04| {{lnkc|#fff|User:Frzzl|Frzzl}} }}{{bg|#08e| {{lnkc|#fff|User:Frzzl/t|talk;}} {{lnkc|#fff|User:Frzzl/c|contribs}} }} 14:39, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

:@Frzzl Hi, thank you, I wasn't sure if I was aware there was a specific conland wikiproject although more often than not I just tend to browse and edit whatever, I might try working on some pages though Totalibe (talk) 19:20, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

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"To be blunt this comes across as a tit-for-tat nomination"

You said this in response to a remove of a British/Scottish politician I proposed, and I'm really bothered that you of all people would be assuming I act in bad faith. Why are people making such nefarious assumptions about me like that? pbp 00:45, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

:@Purplebackpack89 I probably shouldn't have phrased it like that but the nomination did come off as overly reactive. I didn't really mean to insinuate anything and I am sorry for phrasing it like that. Totalibe (talk) 10:29, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

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Anarchism

right|frameless|100px ↗ Hi Iostn,

I saw your work ↗ on articles related to anarchism and wanted to say hello, as I work in the topic area too. If you haven't already, you might want to {{watch|Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anarchism}} our noticeboard for Wikipedia's coverage of anarchism ↗, which is a great place to ask questions, collaborate, discuss style/structure precedent, and stay informed about content related to anarchism. Take a look for yourself! We also have a stub (short article) expansion drive ↗, if you'd like to participate.

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:Thank you, I intend on publishing Draft:Omar Aziz (anarchist) ↗ soon Iostn (talk) 17:52, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

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A beer for you!

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:🍻 Iostn (talk) 16:38, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

Misplacement of signature/vote

Hello Iostn, hope all is well. I noticed that you've placed a signature but no comment/vote on making Li Keqiang VA5 ↗ and a comment/vote but no signature for Hu Shih ↗, I assume you probably meant to vote for one or the other and misplaced the other component? Best Zinderboff (talk) 03:07, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

:Hi, I forgot to sign the latter but for the former not commenting normally just implies "per nom" Iostn (talk) 20:27, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
::I see. Thanks for the clarification! Zinderboff (talk) 21:25, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

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:Thank you, although it is pretty strange being thanked for that revert instead of GA/DYKing the same page haha Iostn (talk) 21:40, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

Deletion discussion about Trans Safety Network ↗

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Biography Wikiproject tagging

Hi there, thank you for all the good work you're doing! I just wanted to flag that for biograpical articles, ideally you should add {{para|blp|no}} or {{para|blp|yes}} to the banner shell for articles of people as appropriate, so they don't get added to maintenance categories like :Category:Biography articles without blp parameter ↗. Thank you. -Kj cheetham (talk) 09:43, 1 June 2025 (UTC)

The DCWC is open!

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About your DCWC submission

Hey Iostn! Thanks for taking part in the Developing Countries WikiContest ↗. I've unfortunately had to decline your submission of ''Woman of Steel''{{'s}} GAN review ↗ as it is too short to be eligible for points. Please see {{slinkno|Wikipedia:Developing_Countries_WikiContest/2025/Scoring#Good_article_nomination_reviews}} of the scoring rules for the criteria on these submissions. In particular, the review needs to have at least 1000 bytes of substantive comments (not including the criteria template) and {{em|must}} include text–source integrity ↗ spot checks, which is also required in the GAN review instructions ↗. If you're inclined to do so, you are welcome to reopen the review to address these points and resubmit it once complete. Please let me or one of the other coordinators know if you have any questions! —'''TechnoSquirrel69''' ('''sigh''') 06:37, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

DCWC August update

We're a month into the 2025 Developing Countries WikiContest ↗, with stiff competition at the top of the leaderboard already! Our current top five contestants are:

# {{DCWC participant/2025|Spookyaki}} – 256 points, mostly from a handful of GAs about women's history in Latin America as well as the 1991 Haitian coup d'état ↗.
# {{DCWC participant/2025|Vigilantcosmicpenguin}} – 229 points, back with a number of articles on abortion in various African countries.
# {{DCWC participant/2025|Simongraham}} – 213 points, mainly from GAs on species of jumping spiders in both Africa and Azerbaijan.
# {{DCWC participant/2025|PizzaKing13}} – 200 points, with five GAs on articles relating to Salvadoran politics, history, and griddle cakes ↗.
# {{DCWC participant/2025|BeanieFan11}} – 168 points from a few GAs, a few DYKs, and a few ITNs on athletes from a variety of countries.

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DCWC closing update

Two weeks ago, the 2025 Developing Countries WikiContest ↗ came to a close! After three months of stiff competition at the top of the leaderboard, we have our winners. 30px|Bronze Belt Buckle – 3rd place ↗ {{DCWC participant/2025|Vigilantcosmicpenguin}}, continuing his work on covering abortion in Africa ↗, comes in third with 692 points. 30px|Silver Belt Buckle – 2nd place ↗ {{DCWC participant/2025|Simongraham}} comes in second with 763 points, largely from a slew of good articles about jumping spider ↗s. And returning to the podium for the second year in a row, 30px|Gold Belt Buckle – 1st place ↗ {{DCWC participant/2025|BeanieFan11}} takes the Gold Belt Buckle with a mind-boggling 946 points from his series of articles on sportpersons. Congratulations to our winners!

Amazingly, the award for the most countries covered goes to both {{DCWC participant/2025|BeanieFan11}} and {{DCWC participant/2025|Simongraham}}, who each submitted articles under 30 flags! {{DCWC participant/2025|BeanieFan11}} also wins for writing the most quality articles (16 good articles). For submitting 16 articles related to El Salvador, {{DCWC participant/2025|PizzaKing13}} wins the award for most submissions under one country. The award for most submissions related to women goes to both {{DCWC participant/2025|Spookyaki}} (7 biographies about women) and {{DCWC participant/2025|Vigilantcosmicpenguin}} (21 related articles). And for the second year, {{DCWC participant/2025|Simongraham}} wins for the most reviews, having submitted 21!

Among the participants' contributions were 2 FAs, 5 FLs, 124 GAs, and an uncounted number of DYKs, ITNs, and reviews of every kind! Regardless of your level of participation, every contestant can be proud to have contributed towards a major step in countering the systemic bias on Wikipedia ↗. Every year, millions of readers and editors around the globe use Wikipedia to educate themselves and communicate with others about parts of the world that often receive less attention than they deserve. Thank you for participating with us in the contest and contributing to this effort. The DCWC will return next year, and we look forward to seeing you contribute again! However, before that...

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A fox for you!

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:@Chorl yw and thank you for starting the page! Iostn (talk) 16:15, 19 October 2025 (UTC)

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25px|alt=icon ↗ Please stop adding unreferenced or poorly referenced ↗ biographical content, especially if controversial, to articles or any other Wikipedia page. Content of this nature could be regarded as defamatory ↗ and is in violation of Wikipedia policy ↗. If you continue, you may be blocked ↗ from editing Wikipedia.  SmartSE (talk) 15:22, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

:There is clearly no source to support adding :Category:Anti-transgender activists ↗ to <s>Tim Allen ↗</s> Tim Allan ↗ so stop adding it. SmartSE (talk) 15:23, 24 November 2025 (UTC)
::@Smartse I literally linked it, on the talk page, at the beginning of my comment. Nice that you linked to the wrong article, though.
::For whatever its worth, I only returned to the article by chance and noted the edit warring/blocking as highly suspicious, which I notice ou have not addressed. Thanks for the condescension, though. Iostn (talk) 15:48, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

:::The reason I replied here as well as the talk page, is because this relates to your conduct, not the article content. BLP is rightfully taken very seriously, hence the warning. SmartSE (talk) 16:10, 24 November 2025 (UTC)
::::I was responding to what appeared to be sockpuppetry and COI editing, which, need I remind you, is also "rightfully taken very seriously". Please continue, I beg of you. Iostn (talk) 16:13, 24 November 2025 (UTC)
:::::FYI, I will leave it if needs be, but again, and to reiterate this, the entire activity on said article was highly suspicious so I attempted to respond in kind. But I do not appreciate your snideness, nor do I appreciate you attempting to talk about me behind my back. Iostn (talk) 16:20, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

DYK for James Mange

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I have sent you a note about a page you started

Hi Iostn. Thank you for your work on Peacehaven mosque arson ↗. Another editor, Klbrain, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol ↗ and left the following comment:

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2026 Gorton and Denton by-election

There is a discussion at :Talk:2026 Gorton and Denton by-election#Sex Matters ↗ about two edits you made to the article on the byelection.https://sigma.toolforge.org/usersearch.py?name=Iostn&page=2026+Gorton+and+Denton+by-election&server=enwiki&max= ↗ It would be helpful if you contributed to the discussion.-- Toddy1 (talk) 21:48, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

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Green and Yellow TV

Good work so far. Please feel free to keep expanding if you find anything else. An article should never be only one sentence long. '''Ten Pound Hammer''' • (What did I screw up now?) 16:49, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

:@TenPoundHammer thanks, I felt like diving into it a little more but I'm a little busy right now Iostn (talk) 16:59, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

Speedy deletion ↗ nomination of :Category:Lebanese anarchists ↗

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DCWC call for coordinators

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Hey Iostn, it's almost that time again! The Developing Countries WikiContest ↗ will be returning for its third year, and the coordinator team is looking for experienced content contributors willing to volunteer. The coordinators are responsible for keeping the contest running and its pages{{mdashb}}including participants' submissions, the points leaderboard, and the list of eligible articles{{mdashb}}updated.

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The DCWC is back!

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Hey Iostn, the Developing Countries WikiContest ↗ is back for a third year, and '''sign-ups are now open ↗'''! The contest will run from 1{{nbsp}}July to 30{{nbsp}}September, and the objective remains the same: improve as many articles relating to developing countries as you can to help fight systemic bias on Wikipedia ↗.

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