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UTRS appeal #60004

Hello Kuru, Deepfriedokra has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

--Deepfriedokra (talk) 20:20, 26 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Unsourced material

Hi Kuru, I was about citing my content manually but as I was about publishing,the content has been deleted.May I know the reason please?

Best regards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ebubechukwu1 (talk • contribs) 21:42, 24 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Presuming this is Obi Cubana. You added personal material about a living person that lacked any sourcing. These are live articles: if you're going to add that material in the future, please include the source at the same time or very quickly thereafter. You can find the edit summaries of other contributors at the article's history. Kuru (talk) 22:38, 24 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I am giving you my congratulations for dealing with a block evader on my talk page from a sock puppet account created by Jinnifer. This wasn't the only time that person has took advantage of me. Good thing you caught that sock puppet before it can use me for it's own purposes. --Rtkat3 (talk) 01:12, 25 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Additions to your scraper list?

Hi Kuru, your list of content scrapers with handy links to check if they are used in articles is extremely useful – and so is your mirrors list. Thank you! I suggest adding liverampup.com, hollywoodmask.com, and biographyhost.com to the list of scrapers; they are "niche brand websites" of sbwebtechnology per https://sbwebtechnology.com/faqs, and there are already two sbwebtechnology sites (marriedddivorce.com and wikinetworth.com) in your list. Right now there are 68 links to liverampup, 26 links to hollywoodmask, and 9 links to biographyhost in articlespace. From what I can tell they are junk (I mean, seriously!) – there's just something about companies who describe information in terms of "content"... Anyway, I could of course be wrong about the quality of those three sites, but I don't think I am. Best, --bonadea contributions talk 13:52, 15 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Bonadea: Ugh. Apologies for the slow response - was just taking a bit of a break from just this kind of thing. These "branded content" sites are just endless and they all seem to copy from each other. I'm still getting caught up, but would be happy to look into it when I finish up mirrors and the completely fake ones. Thanks for digging in to the mess - it's good to know there's a few others around. Sam Kuru (talk) 01:39, 26 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Julio Herrera Velutini

Hi Kuru, As you have previously, could you please protect Julio Herrera Velutini’s page from vandalism. It continues to be falsely edited, providing false information. 134.56.162.118 (talk) 05:22, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your sig

Heya, I came across a post you made on a talk page, and noticed that your signature is almost impossible to read on my screen; it's way too light! Please consider changing the colour scheme (see here for more information about that). Thanks! Primefac (talk) 19:07, 28 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Certainly; time for a 15 year makeover. Sam Kuru (talk) 12:25, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

British colonial era texts and records

Dear Kuru,

Can British colonial era texts and records be used as sources? How to find if wiki community has a concencus or not on a topic?I hope you would answer 😃 MrHyperForEver (talk) 10:46, 29 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have any insights on the topic. The Reliable Sources Noticeboard may be a good place to open a discussion. Sam Kuru (talk) 11:32, 29 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ishaq Sidi Ishaq Edit Reversal

Hello Kuru, Regarding the page you reversed, Ishaq Sidi Ishaq, that is not a personal edit. I made the edit and I have no connection with him. I don't know him and have nothing to do with him. Instead of reversing, kindly update it if you have more acurate data, please. Safercontent (talk) 08:05, 14 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

AS noted, the source is a self-published blog post. By 'self', I mean the author published it himself without any oversight. You are free to restore the material with a reliable source. Sam Kuru (talk) 11:13, 14 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Anselm Adodo

Hello Kuru, I edited the Anselm Adodo page (Anselm Adodo - Wikipedia) to make it neutral and also added citations where possible. However, you reverted my edits and I have also gone through your remark and read through the Wikipedia:Reliable sources - Wikipedia page. I want to attempt to edit the page section by section. However, I would like to ask if you can point me in the right direction of which sections on the article is being disputed. Thank you. Projumble (talk) 20:59, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]