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Happy editing! Peaceray (talk) 15:01, 28 April 2024 (UTC)<!--Template:WelcomeMenu-->

Alcoa article



Thank you for your recent edit to Alcoa ↗, which I do appreciate, even though I reverted it :)

My impression is that the lead section of the article (the paragraphs before the first heading) is not written in an encyclopedic style. A second example is the use of "brainchild" in the first sentence of the second paragraph, which does not appear to me to be appropriate for an encyclopaedical article.

I might be wrong, and maybe just improving a few sentences in the first few paragraphs will be sufficient to convey a neutral point of of view (see Wikipedia:Neutral point of view ↗). I would be happy to collaborate in such an effort. My Gussie (talk) 16:58, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

Sounds like you are right, and also sounds like you are the right person to fix it!--Simxaraba (talk) 15:40, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

Ibrahim al-Arjani ↗ moved to draftspace



Thanks for your contributions to Ibrahim al-Arjani ↗. 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.

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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. Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 11:08, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

I did more work as you suggested (Actually, I wasn't finished, I was just too tired to continue) and moved the page back. Hope you find it better now.--Simxaraba (talk) 15:42, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

Welcome to the DCWC!



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DCWC August update



The 2024 Developing Countries WikiContest ↗ has now been running for a month, and we've already seen some momentous improvement in the quality of many articles about underrepresented subjects! So far, our top-scoring participants are:

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The Developing Countries WikiContest ↗ has now been running for two months, and we've seen tremendous improvement in the encyclopedic coverage of several underrepresented areas from a wide range of editors! The coordinators would like to highlght some of the newer faces who have been making notable contributions in the contest, including but by no means limited to:


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The 2024 Developing Countries WikiContest ↗ has come to a close! After a thrilling finish to the event with a slew of submissions on the final day, we have our winners. With 608 points, <span class="nowrap">30px|Bronze Belt Buckle – 3rd place ↗ </span>{{DCWC participant|Thebiguglyalien}} comes in third with his series of Kiribati and Botswanan submissions; <span class="nowrap">30px|Silver Belt Buckle – 2nd place ↗ </span>{{DCWC participant|BeanieFan11}} flies into second place at the last second with 771 points after a string of good articles about sportspersons; and after leading for much of contest's three months, <span class="nowrap">30px|Gold Belt Buckle – 1st place ↗ </span>{{DCWC participant|Generalissima}} finishes with a whopping 798 points to take home the Gold Belt Buckle ↗. Congratulations to our winners!

In addition to his spot in the top three, {{DCWC participant|BeanieFan11}} also wins the special awards for submitting under the most countries (44 countries) and for writing the most articles about women (15 Did you know? nominations)! {{DCWC participant|Magentic Manifestations}}, after making 16 submissions under the Indian flag—15 of them good articles—receives the awards for most submissions for a single country and most featured or good articles promoted. For their submission of one FAC review, five FLC reviews, and 20 GAN reviews, {{DCWC participant|Simongraham}} wins for most article reviews.

The results of the contest have far exceeded any expectations the coordinators had for it at the beginning: among the submissions to the event were 3 FAs, 10 FLs, 88 GAs, dozens of article reviews of every kind, and more Did you know? submissions than we can count! 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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Re: Hawaii series by Georgia O’Keeffe



:''No need for all this detail''

I agree that concerns have been expressed by other editors about the excessive detail and I acknowledge that I have personally asked for examples that I can fix. However, it is somewhat ironic that you decided to remove, perhaps, one of the most significant details about Georgia O’Keeffe, namely the origin story of how she developed her signature style, the close-up focus on large, zoomed-in images of flowers and other objects. The fact that you deleted one of the most significant aspects of her entire artistic approach tells me that you didn’t really understand the material you removed. I will probably add that bit back and try to cut other material that isn’t as important, but I would invite you to perhaps think twice about what you consider important in the future. Viriditas (talk) 08:34, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

:Update: I've restored the 361 byte detail you removed, as it was essential to understanding the origin of her style. However, as a necessary compromise, I've trimmed 778 bytes of text compared to the 361 bytes you initially removed. Viriditas (talk) 00:32, 23 January 2025 (UTC)
::Good job. The article could use more of this type of editing. At the moment, it sounds more like a unedited book than an encyclopedia article.--Simxaraba (talk) 07:16, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

University of Jerusalem



Hi, regarding these edits https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hebrew_University_of_Jerusalem&diff=prev&oldid=1278066799 ↗ and https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hebrew_University_of_Jerusalem&diff=prev&oldid=1278066835 ↗, the issue isn’t just the number of citations, but how they are used. Many sources are primary or not well integrated, which affects the article's reliability and neutrality. Having 50 citations doesn’t necessarily mean the article meets Wikipedia’s quality standards. If you think the sourcing is sufficient, I recommend comparing this article to those of other well-known universities like Harvard or Oxford. They rely on high-quality secondary sources, with all parameters properly cited, instead of just gathering citations.
Alos the tags are meant to highlight these issues for readers and editors who want to address them, not to question the university's notability. Lililolol (talk) 21:59, 11 March 2025 (UTC)
: About Mount Scopus Hospital, its mention feels out of place here, and much of the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare section falls under WP:DETAIL ↗ and WP:INDISCRIMINATE ↗. It could be better written, and most paragraphs lack sources. That is why I added the "more citations needed" template. Lililolol (talk) 22:05, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

Nomination of :Canopy (app) ↗ for deletion


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Please don't remove deletion tags. Drmies (talk) 15:51, 28 April 2025 (UTC)
:Sorry if I did something wrong. I don't understand why this tag was placed here. I just began to create this article a few hours ago. Obviously there is plenty of more work to do. How can you say this article should be deleted when you haven't given anybody a chance to work on it?

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The DCWC is back!



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Hey Simxaraba, the Developing Countries WikiContest ↗ will be returning for a second 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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The DCWC is open!



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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. <span class="nowrap">30px|Bronze Belt Buckle – 3rd place ↗ </span>{{DCWC participant/2025|Vigilantcosmicpenguin}}, continuing his work on covering abortion in Africa ↗, comes in third with 692 points. <span class="nowrap">30px|Silver Belt Buckle – 2nd place ↗ </span>{{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, <span class="nowrap">30px|Gold Belt Buckle – 1st place ↗ </span>{{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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Hey Simxaraba, 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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Shimon Slavin ↗



I'll be blunt here, and no offense: do you have a conflict of interest with the subject of the article? The page has a long history of being edited by UPEditors ↗, in fact the entirety of the article is basically a result of UPE, with barely any organic editing from uninvolved editors. Most of the references going either to commercial websites or original research papers by the subject.

I am curious of your removal of almost all the maintenance templates from the article, even including the ''too technical'' one. Do you think the article is actually just fine? 海盐沙冰 <sub> / aka irisChronomia / Talk</sub> 16:37, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

:@IrisChronomia I Actually I think there is still room for improvement but I have done some editing to make it more organized and comprehensible. I have edited many articles about scientists, professors, authors and business people, and don't understand why their biographies should be defaced with all kinds of negative tags. if you think improvement is necessary, you should go and do some research to fix it, which is what I have done and will continue to do. Isn't that what Wikipedia is all about? Aniyahol (talk) 17:04, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
::Oops. Sorry, I've just come back from defacing that article.
::My sincere apologies for stepping on your hard work... and thank you, for being one of the organic contributors to that article. 海盐沙冰 <sub> / aka irisChronomia / Talk</sub> 17:15, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
::I'm being extremely aggressive on that ''specific'' article because I think the content covered inside it is inherently medical, and should since be held to WP:MEDRS ↗ standards. I'm concerned with the possibility of people coming to Wikipedia looking for information on a leader of some commercial cancer treatment clinic, and getting mostly shiny praises and (lay people-incomprehensible) technical jargons. That possibility horrifies me in the sense that I've always perceived Wikipedia as public service and for the public's wellbeing. I think while BLPs are in general focusing on ''individual'', some commercial healthcare companies are advertising Slavin as their star physician; this makes it plausible that, I worry, that readers may come into this article for the MEDRS-related information, and thinking that the content is held up to the stringent quality standard of Wikipedia medicine-related articles, while in fact the text is benchmarked against BLP standards. 海盐沙冰 <sub> / aka irisChronomia / Talk</sub> 17:19, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
::Sorry, what I meant to say is that I often copyedit biography articles like this (not this specific one) and wonder at all the excessive tagging. I agree that many of these articles need work but my approach is to do the reorganizing and copyediting myself, if I see there is a need for it, rather than add tags and leave the job to someone else. Tagging is the easy way out... Aniyahol (talk) 20:35, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
:::Yeah... I get your point, and I agree with you.
:::I don't tend to use excessive tagging normally, either; most often I'll just put my thoughts down in the article's talk page. In this specific article's instance, I used tag-bombing as a way to tell the reader, "please take contents from this page with a huge grain of salt." 海盐沙冰 <sub> / aka irisChronomia / Talk</sub> 21:47, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

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Managing a conflict of interest



25px|alt=Information icon ↗ Hello, Simxaraba. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about ↗ on the page :Shimon Slavin ↗, you may have a conflict of interest ↗ (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. We ask that you:


In addition, you are '''required''' by the Wikimedia Foundation ↗'s terms of use ↗ to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation for any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive compensation. See Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure ↗.

See the '''FAQ for article subjects ↗''' for more information.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicizing, or promoting ↗ anyone or anything is not permitted. ''Do you have a conflict of interest in relation to the subject?''<!-- THE FOLLOWING CATEGORY SHOULD BE REMOVED IF THE USER IS BLOCKED, OR IT IS DECIDED THAT THIS USER DOES NOT HAVE A COI, OR THIS TEMPLATE HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR A WHILE WITH NO ACTION. -->{{#ifexpr: ({{#time: U | now}} - 1781780008) < 13150000 | {{PAGENAME}} ↗ | }}<!-- Template:uw-coi --> 海盐沙冰 <sub> / aka irisChronomia / Talk</sub> 10:53, 18 June 2026 (UTC)

:Also, before you edit the article again, please provide your rationale for this ↗ edit; specifically, why did you remove the only reference that is critical to the subject? 海盐沙冰 <sub> / aka irisChronomia / Talk</sub> 16:56, 18 June 2026 (UTC)
:Please take a pause before you remove more maintenance tags from BLPs and NCORPs again, as you did in these articles:
:Pavilions ↗, Yael Markovich ↗, Shimon Slavin ↗, Dovi Frances ↗, Adoptive cell transfer ↗, Iovance Biothera- ↗, Organica ↗, Burkinab ↗, Insilicos ↗, and whatever templates these ↗ contributions are removing. Please do use the article talk page, and make your suggestions there, or respond with your rationale behind any of these edits here. Thank you. 海盐沙冰 <sub> / aka irisChronomia / Talk</sub> 13:15, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

The DCWC is back!



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Hey Simxaraba, 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 ↗.

Thanks to everyone who answered the call for coordinators, and please welcome the new faces on the coordinator team: the 2024 Gold Belt Buckle winner {{user|Generalissima}}; and the record-holder for most India-related submissions in 2024, {{user|Magentic Manifestations}}! Following feedback from last year, adjustments have been made to the scoring rules ↗; discussion can be found on the contest talk page ↗.

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The DCWC is open!



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Hey Simxaraba, the third annual Developing Countries WikiContest ↗ is now '''open for submissions'''. The coordinators have addressed some of the queries at the last contest and we are hopeful that it'll turn out great! If you haven't done so already, please review the following:


On behalf of the coordinators, we hope you enjoy participating and wish you the best of luck! If you have any questions, please leave a message on the contest talk page ↗ or ask one of the coordinators: {{noping2|Arconning}}, {{noping2|Generalissima}}, {{noping2|Magentic Manifestations}}, {{noping2|sawyer777}}, or {{noping2|TechnoSquirrel69}}. <small>(To unsubscribe from these updates, remove yourself from this list ↗. Sent via MediaWiki message delivery.)</small> <span class="nowrap">—<span style="color: #0b541f;">'''TechnoSquirrel69'''</span></span> <small>(<span style="color: #0b541f;">'''talk'''</span>)</small> 00:00, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
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