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Please post all new discussions at the END of the page, to allow for easier chronological tracking! Thank you! WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! ↗ 21:28, 16 May 2022 (UTC)

sorry for the delay

I was offline when you sent this ↗. Thanks too to @Firefangledfeathers for handling. @WikiDan61, if you think the ANI thread should be reopened, I have no issue with that. Star Mississippi 19:02, 7 August 2025 (UTC)
: No problem. There was never really any point in reopening the discussion since the unblock request was so blatantly pointless. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! ↗ 19:38, 7 August 2025 (UTC)

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Help.

Hello Dan, how are you?
I need help to unblock my account.
Usuário(a) Discussão:Cristian C. M. – Wikipédia, a enciclopédia livre ↗

Look. When i created this account i was a kid. Today i try to create my first english page, with your help and considerations i want create some pages here to improve our encyclopedia. Maybe do you can help me?

Thank you for your support. Have a nice day. Cristian C. M. (talk) 18:43, 3 September 2025 (UTC)
: {{reply|Cristian C. M.}} I cannot help you for several reasons:
:# you are not currently blocked from editing at the English Wikipedia;
:# you ARE blocked from editing at the Portuguese Wikipedia, but I am not a regular editor at pt.wiki (I think I ''may'' have made 1 or 2 edits there);
:# I am not an administrator at pt.wiki, and only such an administrator could help you.
I recommend you follow the directions for appealing your block at pt.wiki. You were blocked for persistent spamming (attempting to advertise your own business and artwork). As you appeal your block at pt.wiki, I recommend that you indicate that you have learned that you should not use Wikipedia to advertise anything, and that you will proceed with better editing in the future. Good luck. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! ↗ 19:23, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

:Thank You! Cristian C. M. (talk) 19:32, 3 September 2025 (UTC)
:Hi! I know you have a lot of expertise here, so I was wondering if you could help me improve the draft I'm working on: User:Cristian C. M./sandbox – Wikipedia. I'm planning to create a Wikipedia page for this project, as well as another Brazilian initiative called AgnerDNS — a free DNS service currently used by many users across Brazil.
:I understand that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and not a place for advertising or promotion. My intention is solely to create neutral, informative articles about existing projects, just as I did previously with the page about Xlibre.
:One more question: how can I create articles related to Xlibre, considering that a redirect to it already exists? I'm unsure how to proceed in cases like this and would appreciate any guidance. Cristian C. M. (talk) 19:40, 3 September 2025 (UTC)
:: {{reply|Cristian C. M.}} I recommend that you read Wikipedia is not about you ↗. Self-promotion is highly discouraged across the Wikipedia universe. I also note that you have included no citations ↗. Citations to reliable ↗ third party sources are needed to verify ↗ the content of your article, and the existence of such sources help other editors assess whether your topic is notable ↗ enough to be included at Wikipedia. As the article stands now, said notability is not demonstrated. It seems that you've developed some interesting tools, but that no significant interest has yet been given to your project by any outside party. Until then, Wikipedia will not be likely to allow your draft to be published. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! ↗ 20:13, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

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National Registry of Exonerations Wikipedia Page Edit

Thanks for taking a look at the National Registry of Exonerations page. I saw you restored an earlier version and mentioned the loss of citations and wikilinks. Could you let me know which parts you found most concerning or what specific changes caused the rollback?
I’m part of the Registry’s research team, and I want to make sure our updates follow Wikipedia’s sourcing and linking standards. I’d really appreciate any advice or examples of how to fix what went wrong so the edits can stay up next time. Chiararignot (talk) 21:26, 8 October 2025 (UTC)
: {{reply|Chiarignot}} A side by side comparison might be useful:
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| The '''National Registry of Exonerations''' is a project of the University of Michigan Law School ↗, Michigan State University College of Law ↗ and the University of California Irvine ↗ Newkirk Center for Science and Society. The Registry was co-founded in 2012 with the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law ↗ to provide detailed information about known exonerations in the United States ↗ since 1989. As of June 28, 2025, the Registry lists 3,698 known exonerations in the United States since 1989, 463 pre-1989, and 46 cases in a separate database, The Groups Registry, which contains cases involving mass vacations of convictions tied to the official misconduct of a government actor.<ref>The National Registry of Exonerations ↗</ref> The National Registry does not include more than 1,800 defendants cleared in 15 large-scale police scandals ↗ that came to light between 1989 and March 7, 2017, in which officers systematically framed innocent defendants.<ref name=race2017>{{Citation
| last = Gross | first = Samuel R.
| last2 = Possley | first2 = Maurice
| last3 = Stephens | first3 = Klara
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: You'll note that the text is essentially identical (apart from some minor wording changes) but that all the wikilinks as well as the citations have been lost. That is why I reverted those edits. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! ↗ 13:10, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

reverting one of your 2019 edits

Dear @User:Wikidan61
I thought i might send a message regarding the your 2019 change of Radio Azerbaijan to radio in Azerbaijan ↗. In my opinion the article describes a singular state company and not reflect the (repressive) radio landscape. Im a newer editor so I thought i might reach out before requesting anything. The page currently linked in the azerbaijan articles template as (radio). Possibly replacing the template link with a link tomedia freedom in Azerbaijan ↗ would be an improvement? I'd be curious to hear your thoughts.
Kind regards SarahSmithLay (talk) 17:21, 18 October 2025 (UTC)

Zihai Li New Scientific Contribution

Hi WikiDan61,

Thank you for your feedback — much appreciated. Since I have a potential conflict of interest, would you be willing to consider adding the edit yourself? The contribution is based on a peer-reviewed publication (PMID: 41034580 ↗) and is supported by verifiable evidence, so ensuring it’s accurately reflected helps maintain the integrity of the scientific record and the research group’s reputation. JamesFant75 (talk) 01:54, 29 October 2025 (UTC)
: {{reply|JamesFant75}} As I've mentioned, Proteotoxic stress response drives T cell exhaustion and immune evasion ↗ is not a reliable source for medical related information ↗ because a) it is primary research (meaning that these findings have not yet been reproduced by other researchers) and b) Dr Li has declared a conflict of interest regarding this research. Because of this, I will not add the material to his page. You are free to make a request at Talk:Zihai Li ↗ and see if other editors have a different opinion. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! ↗ 11:06, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

Edit on the null coalesce page

Hi, thank you for your work. I saw you undid my contribution on the Null coalescing operator ↗ page. i was in doubt if adding the Julia part, then i saw that in Rust there is the same problem: there's no coalesce operator, but there are functions in the standard library that do that. Do you think it would make sense to delete both subsections, or to keep both? Thanks. Alessandro Bertulli (talk) 14:18, 31 October 2025 (UTC)
: {{reply|Alessandro Bertulli}} Yes, I do agree that the section on Rust doesn't belong either. If we go down that path, we'll end up describing how to implement a function that looks like a native null coalesce operator in every conceivable language. I believe only languages that implement this construct natively should be described. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! ↗ 16:42, 31 October 2025 (UTC)
:: {{reply|Alessandro Bertulli}} On second thought (having read the page's description of Rust's <code>unwrap_or()</code> operator, this does appear to be a native construct that functions quite similarly to the coalescing null operator, so I would not remove that. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! ↗ 16:44, 31 October 2025 (UTC)
:::@WikiDan61 thank you. in Julia, this is not as idiomatic as `unwrap_or()`, but the functions `coalesce` and `something` are part of the standard library, so technically the two are closer? i agree we can cut off the example with the closure Alessandro Bertulli (talk) 14:47, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
:::: {{reply|Alessandro Bertulli}} I'm not versed enough in this esoteric comp. sci. field. I recommend you take the discussion to Talk:Null coalescing operator ↗ and see if the rest of the community agrees with your reasoning. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! ↗ 15:35, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

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2026 New Year

Hello @WikiDan61. Happy New Year!
Wishing you a year filled with knowledge, collaboration, and meaningful contributions.
Thank you for your dedication to building free, reliable, and accessible knowledge for everyone around the world.
May the new year bring you inspiration, successful edits, respectful discussions, and strong community spirit.
Here’s to another year of improving Wikipedia together!
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Thanks! Happy editing! New Years 🥳🎄 (Iluziya7 (talk) 04:50, 28 December 2025 (UTC))

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Cody Park

I notice that you have declined my submission. I need you to understand that this is more than just an article. Cody is the spirit of the small town of Howard, Pennsylvania, and we are so proud of him and his accomplishments. Unfortunately, Cody is very very sick right now, and I really want people to hear the legend of Cody Park. Also, what's the harm in more knowledge in the world. Badger2678 (talk) 17:42, 21 January 2026 (UTC)
: {{reply|Badger2678}} I appreciate your dedication to this task, but Wikipedia is not a memorial site ↗; we don't create articles about people just because they're going through a hard time right now. Have you considered other places where you might write about your friend ↗? WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! ↗ 18:39, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

This article is about a very large topic, Belly Fat. Belly Fat is a small component of

This article is about a very large topic, Belly Fat. Belly Fat is a small component of Ballyfat (talk) 19:07, 21 January 2026 (UTC)
: {{reply|Ballyfat}} Your draft does not add anything useful to the content already written at abdominal fat ↗. More to the point, your article reads like a how-to ↗ article, and contains a fair number of spammy links as citations. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! ↗ 19:10, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

Concern regarding Negative Information on this college.

Hi, I am part of the brand team at this university. I would like to know how a scenario will be dealt with wiki. We had a concern that, someone purposefully spread negativity on our college and did PR for it. Since it is considered an independant article, they added it to our college wiki using that PR source as proof. But it is intentional and we also have other articles which take a positive tone about the same issue. However, since this is already added to wiki and it has a link source as proof for it, we are unable to change it and it is damaging our brand reputation.

How do we address such false information and intentional student's negative reviews to not affect our wiki page.

It will be of great help if you can comment on this. Thank you in advance. ~2026-74371-1 ↗ (talk) 07:13, 3 February 2026 (UTC)
: {{reply|~2026-74371-1}} Reviews of your college that have been entered in various college review sites are not considered reliable sources ↗ and should not be used as citations at Wikipedia. But if negative articles have been published in legitimate news sources that are subject to editorial review, then presumably someone took the effort to verify that the negative information is correct. If that is the case, there is little you can do about that. Cleaning up the Wikipedia article will not erase the fact that the negative information exists in the world. The only thing to do about that is to have the college work to improve their reputation. If you could specify which Wikipedia article you are referencing, I could check to see if the writing there is truly neutral and based on reliable sources. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! ↗ 13:04, 3 February 2026 (UTC)
::Thank you for your response — I appreciate it.
::For the same issue, there are also positive articles from legitimate news sources that clearly contradict the negative claims. In such a case, Will the Wikipedia article retain the negative aspects too, or can it be removed if later we submit reliable coverage disputes and outweighs it?
::Given that the negative PR is temporary but Wikipedia content is long-lasting, I’d like to understand how Wikipedia evaluates in this scenario... Do you consider that such information still deserves inclusion?? ~2026-74371-1 ↗ (talk) 11:23, 4 February 2026 (UTC)
::: {{reply|~2026-74371-1}} If there are articles available in reliable sources that contradict information in the article, your best plan of action is to open a discussion on the article's talk page and present the refuting article to see if you can gain consensus ↗ to change or remove the negative information. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! ↗ 12:35, 4 February 2026 (UTC)
::::Thanks a lot for taking out time and helping me with the queries :) ~2026-74371-1 ↗ (talk) 05:50, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

Why Deleted my Post

can you tell me reason why you deleted my post Pratik1122 (talk) 18:55, 4 February 2026 (UTC)
: {{reply|Pratik1122}} I did not delete your draft ↗; {{u|Deb}} did that. And she explained why ↗ on your user talk page. Perhaps you should read her comment there. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! ↗ 19:20, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

Antoine Guisan

I have spent some time over the last two days editing the page of Antoine Guisan, following Wikipedia guidelines, because the current page was not only misleading and incomplete, but absolutely appalling for a researcher of that standing. You deleted all my work. May I ask who you are to have that authority? If you are an employee of Wikipedia, what was the reason for deleting my edits? Vincentsavolainen (talk) 07:22, 27 February 2026 (UTC)
: {{reply|Vincentsavolainen}} You already have a response ↗ from {{u|Snugglebuns}}. That answer is as good as any I could give you. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! ↗ 16:00, 27 February 2026 (UTC)
::I am fully aware of Wikipedia’s policies regarding sourcing and citations, and I intended to add the appropriate references. However, my edits were reverted by WikiDan61 within minutes of being completed, before I had the opportunity to finalize the citations.
::I find it discouraging that while I am frequently approached by bad-faith actors offering questionable editing services through fake accounts, a genuine contributor acting in good faith has their work reverted so quickly. This experience does not reflect the collaborative and constructive spirit that Wikipedia strives to uphold as a global, community-driven resource.
::I respectfully request that my changes be restored so that I may properly add the necessary references and ensure the content meets Wikipedia’s standards.
::Thank you Vincentsavolainen (talk) 09:11, 3 March 2026 (UTC)
::: {{reply|Vincentsavolainen}} You are free to restore the changes yourself, but understand that you made eight edits to Antoine Guisan ↗ without adding a single citation. This gave the impression that you were not, in fact, aware of Wikipedia's policies. In general, it is better to add your citations as you edit the article rather than after, so that this type of confusion does not occur. I would recommend that you a) use the revert ↗ feature to restore your version, with the edit summary ''reverting with plan to add citations'', and then ''immediately'' edit the article to add your citations. Wikipedia's Biographies of Living Persons ↗ policy is quite strict about requiring citations to verify ↗ facts about living people. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! ↗ 13:03, 3 March 2026 (UTC)
::::Thanks, that's very helpful Vincentsavolainen (talk) 14:25, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
:::::i've just done first edits, i hope that's what we're looking for? thanks Vincentsavolainen (talk) 08:34, 7 March 2026 (UTC)
::::: {{reply|Vincentsavolainen}} You've based your edits almost entirely on Guisan's university profile, which is not considered an independent source. Better sourcing would be desirable. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! ↗ 10:55, 9 March 2026 (UTC)
::::::Ok, I've added the ORCID reference that say the same Vincentsavolainen (talk) 11:02, 9 March 2026 (UTC)
::::::: {{reply|Vincentsavolainen}} ORCID data is largely generated by the researchers themselves, and so is still not an independent source. I really recommend you read Wikipedia's guidelines on reliable sources ↗. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! ↗ 12:59, 9 March 2026 (UTC)
::::::::Thanks I have Vincentsavolainen (talk) 15:33, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

Nomination of :Jeppiaar Institute of Technology ↗ for deletion

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WikiDan61 Ref Edit reversal on Underground zero page

Hi Dan, as you may gather I'm all new to this and learning as i go, regarding the Underground zero page, yes we are all still together as a band and still recording ( i guess that was the important bit that i left out of the statement ) we are active of facebook on a regular basis, i have reverted the edit but with the statement that we are still a recording band, unfortunately we are all in our 60s and 70s gigging is physically tough for us now. wishing you all the best ... Karl Dawson ( underground Zero) DitchburnJukeboxMuseum (talk) 16:04, 19 March 2026 (UTC)
: {{reply|DitchburnJukeboxMuseum}} As you have identified yourself as a member of Underground Zerø ↗, I should warn you about Wikipedia's conflict of interest ↗ policy. Basically, you should not be editing articles about topics in which you are personally involved. Read the guideline to understand further. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! ↗ 16:32, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

March 2026

25px|alt=Information icon ↗ Hello, I'm Trailblazer101. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, :Flowervale Street ↗, but you didn't provide a reliable source ↗. On Wikipedia, it's important that article content be verifiable ↗. If you'd like to resubmit your change with a citation ↗, your edit is archived in the page history ↗. If you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. ''Please see WP:FRUIT ↗ for why sources regurgitating what an unreliable source says cannot be used. ''World of Reel'' is a self-published blog, and cannot be used per WP:SPS ↗. MSN is an aggregator and does not count as its own source, per WP:NEWSAGG ↗.''  — ''Trailblazer'''''101'''🔥 (discuss · contribs ↗) 20:35, 19 March 2026 (UTC)
: {{reply|Trailblazer101}} We don't consider MSN ↗<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/flowervale-street-plot-revealed-for-j-j-abrams-dinosaur-survival-movie/ar-AA1MXXzz|title=J J Abrams’ dinosaur survival movie, Flowervale Street, gets a new title|work=MSN|first=Jarrod|last=Saunders|date=2 March 2026}}</ref> a reliable source? Since when? WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! ↗ 10:40, 20 March 2026 (UTC)
::MSN is just reporting an article from Fortress of Solitude, which is not reliable, so WP:FRUIT ↗ applies there also. MSN itself is not reporting anything here. — ''Trailblazer'''''101'''🔥 (discuss · contribs ↗) 14:11, 20 March 2026 (UTC)
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rejected edits

Foor the second time my edits to First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto have been rejected, and I still have no idea why. Is there any way for you to tell me specifically what is wrong? Naciap (talk) 20:26, 5 April 2026 (UTC)
: {{reply|Naciap}} Your most recent edit ↗ at First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto ↗ (at least the last one that I reverted) added the following statements to the lead of the article. Here I provide my rationale for reverting them.
:: {{tq|The congregation is a diverse, intergenerational community of people from across Toronto who come together seeking answers to their questions about life, healing for their hurts, and inspiration to live into their best selves within a complicated world.}}
::: This language is inherently promotional and has no place at Wikipedia.
:: {{tq|Founded in 1845, First Unitarian is governed by a nine -member volunteer Board of Directors who are charged with focusing on the “Big Picture”, i.e., policies relating to the overall vision, goals and health of the congregation.}}
::: This information is found elsewhere in the article; including it in the lead is redundant.
:: {{tq|There are five part-time staff members and a large roster of volunteers. A religious education program for children, youth and adults is led by the Director of Lifespan Religious Education.}}
::: This information is not supported by any reliable sources ↗, and also does not belong in the article lead.
: -- WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! ↗ 12:07, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

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Ivan Desyatov suspension

Ivan Desyatov suspension end on October 2027, this has been verified with SafeSport, permanent ineligibility status has been removed. US figure skating has not updated their page yet. You can verify this for yourself with SafeSport. Kpasd (talk) 13:57, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
: {{reply|Kpasd}} According to the website ↗ of U.S. Figure Skating ↗, you are incorrect. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! ↗ 10:57, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

The Pulse (SiriusXM) ↗ article removal

Personally, I already uploaded the 2019-2025 and 2025-present logos and created a draft in my sandbox.

Can I please re-make the article for The Pulse? I don’t listen to it often but I feel like it has a very notable history.

This time I added citations and logos.

If there’s any other radio station articles you need help on, let me know. (Also I planning a major WKCI-FM article revamp after the January 2019 purge. Should I do it?) Central Place (talk) 20:02, 3 July 2026 (UTC)
: {{reply|Central Place}} When the The Pulse (Sirius) ↗ went through a deletion discussion ↗, the consensus reached there was not based on a lack of sources in the article at the time, but on the belief by the editors involved that no sufficient sources could be found. Your recent edits (and new user sandbox page) do not change this assessment. Your sources do not show sufficient in-depth coverage of this station to merit a stand-alone article. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! ↗ 13:54, 4 July 2026 (UTC)
::Oh okay, I am very sorry. I did not know at first. Unfortunately there are not enough sources in the internet to support a full article for The Pulse anymore. Still my version had very few citations. Central Place (talk) 13:57, 4 July 2026 (UTC)
::@WikiDan61, again I didn’t know at first. I am very sorry but the logos I could keep up, right? Central Place (talk) 13:57, 4 July 2026 (UTC)
::: {{reply|Central Place}} If there is not article about The Pulse, where would you intend to use its logo? WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! ↗ 14:07, 4 July 2026 (UTC)
::::@WikiDan61 First of all I was going to make another article for it—so I uploaded the logos immediately to Wikimedia Commons. I had the draft in my sandbox. To be honest I don’t listen much to the station anyway. Central Place (talk) 14:45, 4 July 2026 (UTC)