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Thank you for all your work atPortal:Current events so far.Rubbish computer (HALP!:I dropped the bass?)00:56, 17 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi.The Wall Street Journal is effectively subscriber-only. Get some 'free' articles but not for a month like other media, it's for a much longer time. Haven't been able to read WSJ since late August. Don't have idea when (or if, unlikely) they'll let me in again. Anyway, added second reference to Turkey story.RaqiwasSushi (talk)19:58, 28 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

		The Current Events Barnstar
		I had just finished writingMalheur incident and was heading over to nominate it for In the News and was pleasantly surprised to find you'd already handled that - thank you!LavaBaron (talk)11:47, 3 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Once a speedy deletion tag is placed on an article such as2016 Nevada wildfire, it should not be replaced. Instead,WP:PROD orWP:AFD may be used to discuss the article further. --Jax 0677 (talk)20:12, 7 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Heyo! Thanks for adding theBluecut Fire to the list. I made one change to your addition. I trimmed down the notes dramatically. While I do feel that what you added is of great significance, I feel strongly that it belongs on the article page for the fire itself, not in the notes field. At the moment a "unknown number of structures have been destroyed" according to InciWeb. Once they (or someone else) release good solid number, that should absolutely be included in the table. But specific structures I don't think should go in the list. Otherwise that table is going to blow up! Does that make sense? Let me know your thoughts. Keep up the great work! --Zackmann08 (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing})16:34, 17 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Your contributions are appreciated. You are very welcome here. However, I have encountered possible copyright violation(s). Some or all of the content you added in a recent edit to2016 clown sightings inthis edit(s) appears to have been copy pasted fromthis source and has been removed.

Please remember that you must write in your own words. We cannot copy and paste from other websites. If I have made an error, please accept my apologies.

For further information, please readWikipedia:Copyright violations. If you have questions, please ask. Best wishes,Anna Frodesiak (talk)02:17, 9 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I have encountered more copyright violations:

• Your addition to Wikipedia:[1]
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Please go through your past contributions and remove any other copy pasting, okay?Anna Frodesiak (talk)02:22, 9 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Looking through your contributions, I see you are quite an active member of the community. Could you please explain why you have been copy pasting? Surely you know about policies here. What can you say about all of this?Anna Frodesiak (talk)02:26, 9 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I have encountered more copyright violations:

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Anna Frodesiak (talk)02:29, 9 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I must say that I am disappointed that you just ignored my request for some sort of explanation and instead just carried on editing. I spent half an hour finding and removing your copy pasting. No "I'm sorry". No "Thanks for cleaning up my blatant copyvios". Nothing. Did you even review your own contribs to see if I missed anything?

I would appreciate at least some some assurance that none of your Reuters-sourced Portal:Current events additions were copy pasted.Anna Frodesiak (talk)17:28, 9 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, Anna. I apologize for the lack of response, I would of done this earlier but I had family things going.

As for my copyright violations. Yes, I can see how I definitely should of checked before hand before making those edits. Especially the one on2016 clown sightings. As you can see by my contribs, I went back and put up the same story, but this time without the violations. As for my edits in general, I believe my copyright violations are only on some particular articles I have created and edited on, such as the ones you highlighted. My edits onPortal:Current events (going back to 2014) are usually quite brief. I've checked through the last couple of months and I haven't seen any obvious copyright violations.

I'll try to be more careful in the future. Thanks Anna.GWA88 (talk)19:24, 9 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Alright. Are you sure there are no more?

Please, from now on, no more copy pasting. You know how seriously Wikipedia takes this sort of thing. It is really breaking the cardinal rule, and you must have known that.Anna Frodesiak (talk)00:18, 10 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I've now looked through more contribs and I can't see any. I honestly didn't realize I was doing it. I thought you were allowed to copy-paste the odd sentence from a news article. My bad. Again, I'll take this lesson into consideration when I make future edits.GWA88 (talk)00:27, 10 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for checking and thanks for your understanding. Best wishes and happy editing. Oh, and keep up the good work at current events. I know you do a lot there. Cheers,Anna Frodesiak (talk)01:08, 10 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

GWA88. Thanks for the information and for correcting thePortal:Current events/2016 October 14 entry. FixedPortal:Current events/2016 October 16 using Yemini Crisis. I picked up the insurgency head from the Current Events right sidebar listing,Ongoing conflicts, Middle East, Yemen. TheHouthi rebellion link leads to theHouthi insurgency in Yemen page. Perhaps that should be changed. Appreciate all your work and this constructive advice.RaqiwasSushi (talk)02:34, 17 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for taking care of sidebar link.RaqiwasSushi (talk)03:12, 19 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Can I ask why did you revert my edit on the Current Events box for the Haiti bus crash, it was obviously a double entry - best case would be moving it from disasters to crime, but you simply reverted?Skycycle (talk)16:14, 13 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it was clearly a case of double entry but you removed the former entry, not the latter made byCapitalistroadster, which included far less details of the incident than the previous entry made by myself. Clearly Capitalistroadster failed to notice it was already included, it happens, I've done it before a few times, and you didn't bother to look at the portal's history to see which one was included first. See:https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Current_events/2017_March_12&oldid=769962721

Apologies if my revert offended you in someway, I just want what's best for the reader.GWA88 (talk)20:37, 13 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi GWA88, I saw you translated my German Wikipedia article about the movie when it was in an early state. I wrote more about the plot. Feel free to translate the new sentences, to add them here. Greetings from Germany.The real Marcoman (talk)01:31, 18 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello GWA88. It isn't necessary to put every event under a subheader. Normally that is only done when the event is part of a larger event or current issue. There's no need to add subheaders for general topics (for exampleAnimal welfare and rights in Australia). Otherwise, thanks for your continued contributions to the page!Kaldari (talk)07:36, 9 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks to you Sir for paying attention to my eedit request, can I further ask that Argentina be included in the infobox as designating the military wing of Hezbollah as terror? Thanks to you Sir, --CoryGlee (talk)12:07, 11 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Elijahandskip. I would be happy to help out where I can. Editing this portal has pretty much become a daily hobby for me anyway.GWA88 (talk)05:46, 9 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Good evening, Alsoriano97. Firstly, I appreciate you leaving this message for me rather than just reverting me for another pointless edit war, so thanks for that. Regarding the confirmations of Biden's cabinet picks, I would say, and this is based on the fact most if not all of Trump's cabinet picks were covered on the portal, and the fact the confirmations often gain international coverage, for example the Lloyd Austin confirmation which you removed, was covered by theThe Guardian, it has also been covered by theFinancial Times and Al Jazeera. Again, clearly notable. I would of course draw the line at seniorcabinet members, lower level administration officials would be definitely pushing it in terms of notability.GWA88 (talk)22:20, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello GWA88. I reverted your edit because the satellite might not have crashed inKyiv at all. It is very unlikely that the green explosion observed over Kyiv was the satellite, and we should probably wait for more reliable reports. More evidence is needed before it can be determined if the satellite fell in Kyiv for sure. — Nythar (💬-🍀)22:28, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Don't worry, I know your revert was agood faith edit. However, The Guardian is now reporting it is the NASA spacecraft Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI).^[1]GWA88 (talk)22:38, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

True, The Guardian did report that; however, NASA has now denied that the object over Kyiv was its satellite.BBC NewsNythar (💬-🍀)02:21, 20 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I stand corrected.GWA88 (talk)13:06, 22 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Awesome! I look forward to contributing to help clear the backlog. I'll be sure to read over deletion policy and reviewer talk page. Thanks!GWA88 (talk)21:02, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Precious

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Re:this edit while I certainly agree that this is a goal of Israel, and they've conducted strikes in pursuit of that goal, I'm not aware of sufficient evidence that would suggest that they've successfully accomplished that goal at this time. There's not a comprehensiveBDA that I'm aware of that states conclusively that Syria's strategic weapons were actually destroyed. I'm sure we'll get there eventually, but it seems premature at the moment, and perhaps this needs to be reworded to account for the lack of certainty here?⇒SWATJester^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!}00:29, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I added it because the status section of the Infobox says "ongoing" and their is certainly an ongoing Israeli military campaign taking place to destroy Syria's so-called "strategic heavy weapons".GWA88 (talk)01:13, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I get that logic and don't disagree, but that isn't immediately apparent -- as written one could easily interpret it as suggesting that the destruction is completed or confirmed. I did certainly took it that way. Perhaps there's a better way to phrase it as "ongoing strikes against Syria's strategic weapons"? That way we're both more precise and not venturing into anyoriginal research with regards to whether weapons have actually been destroyed or not.⇒SWATJester^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!}03:27, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Ah, so you thank me about my edit about shooting down of SU-35 on Saturday in the current events... But then user XYZ1233212 deletes it an hour later. And he already had complaints about such behaviour on their talk page.IHaveBecauseOfLocks (talk)18:19, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hm after careful reading it was only the first shooting down of SU-35 with F-16 in particular... :P So my edit was in fact wrong, ah.IHaveBecauseOfLocks (talk)06:18, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'd stated my rationale in the initial edit summary:

No prejudice against re-addition with a better source, but seeWP:AAPOLITICS - they're also citing an Iranian state outlet (Fars) for the total, and whileWP:RSP hasn't listed Fars specifically, most Iranian-state-backed sources have been deprecated.

For reference, seeWP:TASNIMNEWSAGENCY,WP:HISPANTV, andWP:PRESSTV. The blurb's using a GUNREL source to repeat something that's being claimed by a deprecated source - RSes that've reported the death toll have specifically noted the numbers have not been independently verified. At thevery least, attribution is necessary.TheKip^(contribs)23:20, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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