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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:10, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

ANI notice

Apologies, just a courtesy ping re HunsletMid. Blank if necessary, I did ping you but it didn't work! Thanks Nightfury 11:22, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.--Nightfury 11:22, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

Hailee Steinfeld height

Hello SK2242! she wanted to clarify a few things. The truth is that everything is quite clear, there is not much to discuss. Hailee Steinfeld is also a model and in this video she says that she is lying and says 5'7, when in reality she is 5'6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSfjCG4V2GM At 0.24 Obviously being a model she knows exactly what she measures. Therefore, I would suggest that you stop subtracting valuable information from the article, and thus, be able to end the constant disinformation campaigns, such as: the 5'8 that Google gives you and they usually give you ...

She is a model too, she has a template to insert height, she made the height of her (real) public domain, she clarified that she was lying when she said before 5'7. What is the problem? well none. The sources in Wikipedia have to be contrasted and verified, and this interview, where Hailee Steinfeld herself clarifies and claims to measure 5'6 of her own words, it turns out that it is the best that can be found, understand friend :)

Regards:)

Paul Polimero (talk) 15:12, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

Sounds good. Readd but leave out the twitter ref as you have demonstrated it is misleading. SK2242 (talk) 15:47, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

COI / Positive Grid

Hi, thanks so much for your advice and instructions for how to best declare my particular type of COI. I've inserted and updated the template suggestion you made for my user page. Let me know what you think next steps should be. Thanks again Guitarfan2172.69.133.246 (talk) 20:02, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

Hello again, Quick note to update you that in addition to my COI declaration above, I also had a chat with another editor (theroadislong) who had advised me of some style edits I should make before re-submitting my article for approval. I've now made those corrections and informed (theroadislong) and thought I should perhaps let you know as well, since I'm not sure of the the procedure for approval when multiple editors make corrections/declines/suggestions to an article. Many thanks for the help! Best, Guitarfan21Guitarfan21 (talk) 15:27, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

Request for draft review

Hi, Skittle. I created a draft and was asked to remove promotional phrases and words. I have done that and it's been ready for a while now. I would like to request that you re-review it at Draft:XSET. Thank you! Mondayudowong (talk) 07:33, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

What references do you believe are the three best for meeting WP:GNG? SK2242 (talk) 13:09, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

ANI-notice

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Ashleyyoursmile! 07:13, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

East Midlands Railway

Hello, today a Template:Update has appeard on East Midlands Railway. The user that posted the template is Nightfury with the reason "Update needed re contract end date - in current fleet some terms used need updating as refs that are provided are assumed to be obsolete". However I am confused as there is information on the contract end date. I have been adding some sources and also making information on the contract end date more visible. However I am unsure as to when to remove the template. I would appreciate it if you could review some of the edits I have made and let me know if it would be suitable to remove the template. Thanks E.Wright1852 (talk) 22:45, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

@E.Wright1852: Edits look good to me (although the section will need updating again in the summer). You can go ahead and remove the template. SK2242 (talk) 23:43, 15 February 2021 (UTC)

Thank you SK2242. I will need to update most of the services section as well as the Current fleet section in May as that is when the biggest change is expected to happen. Thanks E.Wright1852 (talk) 00:10, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

Your AfD Close of Courtney Buses

Just FYI, in future please remember that if you *withdraw* your AfD nomination, you should not close the AfD yourself. Best practice is to post a comment saying you withdraw the nomination and let an admin close it out. Also, in my opinion, your nomination was correct and none of the sources met NCORP (especially CORPDEPTH and ORGIND). References which are "mentions" fail CORPDEPTH. References which rely on company announcements fail ORGIND. Mentions-in-passing also fail CORPDEPTH. HighKing⁺⁺ 21:54, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

I believed NAC policy allows you to close your own AfD as Keep if all other viewpoints were for Keep as well. Point taken though. No prejudice against future renomination. SK2242 (talk) 06:55, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

Sure - if you "withdraw" your nomination first, then you can close it yourself as a Speedy Keep. But you just closed it as Keep. Perhaps you can edit the page and clarify that you, as the nominator, withdrew your nomination? Meh, maybe I'm being too picky - it just wasn't very clear to me what was going on. HighKing⁺⁺ 14:41, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

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00:16, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

Request for draft review

Just updated the entry of Marscoin. QS+ Yearnst (talk) 00:09, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

@Yearnst: Do you work for or are otherwise connected to Marscoin and/or the Mars Society in any way? SK2242 (talk) 00:10, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

@SK2242: No, I'm just interested in cryptocurrencies and space exploration. Just saw your hint of reliable sources. Will update it. Stay healthy. Yearnst (talk) 00:17, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

@SK2242: Saw it too with Express. Now added a reliable German finance website as source. Yearnst (talk) 00:34, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

Thank you Yearnst. I will wait for a reviewer who speaks German to check the source. Also, there should be at least 2 (3 preferred) third party sources that provide significant coverage (not a mention or one paragraph) to show its notable. SK2242 (talk) 00:38, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for your support SK2242. Not every Wikipedia mentor is so patiently. :D Yearnst (talk) 00:59, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

Block evading reversions.

Just interested on how do you know that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/211.228.140.220 is a sock of User:Yh00157? As far as I know only administrators are able to see which IPs are tied to accounts. Slender (talk) 15:16, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

@Slenderman7676: See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Yh00157. SK2242 (talk) 17:02, 28 February 2021 (UTC)