User talk:Melvindillinger

December 2019

Hello, I'm S0091. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Chad, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Source you added is a blog is generally not considered reliable. S0091 (talk) 21:35, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

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Great charts

Good job...but can we get you to add charts bellow "See also" section links {{main| language of...}} templates. While making sure to avoid WP:Sandwich problems.--Moxy 🍁 17:42, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

Mancha article

Hi Melivin, I redirected your article to Mankanya people, it's the most common name for that group. I added a note with the alternate name to the main article, please feel free to add any updates on the main article, it could use some help! Please remember to add references for anything you put in. Thanks for editing! JamesG5 (talk) 22:42, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

For the same reasons, I redirected Beafada to the existing Biafada people article and Balanta Mane to the existing Balanta people article. It's really important to check for alternate spellings to avoid creating duplicate articles, and unless you have substantial material to add notes like the one about the Balanta Mane should go in the main article. If there's sufficient material, there should be a short entry in the main article with a link to your separate article. JamesG5 (talk) 23:00, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

Stubs articles & references

Melvin, it's great that you're eager to add so much material, but besides what I mentioned above about duplicate entries and alternate spellings it's really important not to create large batches of unreferenced stub articles. Creating an article with one line saying "this exists and is x%" with no sources will either get an article deleted, or create an article that's basically never seen. It's much better to use the Articles for Creation process or create drafts until you can add sources and flesh them out. See WP:REF for how to add sources, that's vital to articles here. Same thing when you're adding material to existing articles, as you've done elsewhere. You're saying "x is y% on the census" but providing no sources. JamesG5 (talk) 23:03, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

Per the above, I moved two of your articles to Draft space until they can be fleshed out & have references added. Draft:Sapo people and Draft:Saracule people. JamesG5 (talk) 02:49, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

Sources

You updated the ethnic groups at Cook Islands, but you didn't update the source, so the reference didn't match your edit. I was able to find the correct source and fixed this. However, you made similar edits to several other countries. Since you obviously found the sources to make your updates, please add these sources.-gadfium 07:07, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

Please stop creating new articles without checking for existing ones.

I redirected your new page Mang'anja people to the existing article Mang'anja. As noted above, PLEASE check for existing pages, including variations of names, before creating new pages. JamesG5 (talk) 21:35, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

Afro-Mestizo moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Afro-Mestizo, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Jalen Folf (talk) 22:13, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

Are you here

Need you to reply to concerns raised.....no need to be blocked just because of WP:Not here.--Moxy 🍁 15:35, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

MOS:SANDWICHING

... can create a distasteful text sandwich (depending on platform and window size).

Wide images opposite one another ...

Mul­ti­ple im­ages can be stag­gered right and left. How­ever, a­void sand­wich­ing text be­tween two im­ages or cha­rts that face each oth­er; or be­tween an im­age and in­fo­box, nav­i­ga­tion tem­plate, or sim­i­lar. If mul­ti­ple re­lat­ed im­ages are be­ing placed on the rig­ht,--Moxy 🍁 01:11, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

Copyright problem on 2018 Census of Malawi

Content you added to the above article appears to have been copied from http://populationmalawi.org/wp1/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2018-Malawi-Population-and-Housing-Census-Main-Report-1.pdf, which is not released under a compatible license. Government works in Malawi are protected by copyright for 50 years from publication date. Unfortunately, for copyright reasons, the content had to be removed. Please leave a message on my talk page if you have any questions. — Diannaa (talk) 13:07, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

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Tacana people moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Tacana people, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Sam-2727 (talk) 22:16, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Update in Provinces of Italy

Hello, thank you for updating information in Provinces of Italy. I noticed you did not cite any source for the updated population figures. Can you please report the source you used for the numbers? Thanks again! --Ita140188 (talk) 02:22, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

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Dukes County, Massachusetts

At Dukes County, Massachusetts, you added 2019 demographic data, but the source cited was not changed from the 2018 data. What source did you cite for this edit? Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 21:39, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

Nomination of 2023 South Bend, Indiana mayoral election for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article 2023 South Bend, Indiana mayoral election is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2023 South Bend, Indiana mayoral election until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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Data Sources

Hi, I have just reverted your updating editions in the page Hispanic. The reason is that you didn't update the sources already provided. If you have reliable data for a page, you surely have a source for that too, so it shouldn't be a problem to state the source in a reference tag. A mismatch between what a page says and what the sources in the page say renders that page useless. Best regards. --Jotamar (talk) 23:35, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

This is also a problem with your edits to South Dakota's at-large congressional district and to Wyoming's at-large congressional district. The numbers you added don't match the sources. This is not the way to do things. Information in Wikipedia articles must be verifiable. BlackcurrantTea (talk) 11:36, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

City populations

Please do not repeat full citations multiple times in a single article. Use proper ref tags with named footnotes instead. Your Census citations should omit the Population Division and include the date of the data release, especially in articles that are GA/FA rated. SounderBruce 00:51, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

Changing information without changing the source

Hello Melvindillinger. With regards to these edits, you should never change sourced information (in this case the results of the elections) without changing the source. In both cases, the results in the tables were those given in the source (the Nohlen book and the IEC website respectively). If you want to update election results, you must provide a new source. If you don't and someone double checks the figures at a later date, your edits give the impression of inserting false information. Cheers, Number 57 22:06, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

I see from reading your talk page that the same issue has been raised with you four times in the last six months. I'm afraid that this is a very serious matter, so please consider this a final warning that any further such edits will result in you being blocked. Number 57 22:09, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

Draft:Afro-Mestizo concern

Hi there, I'm HasteurBot. I just wanted to let you know that Draft:Afro-Mestizo, a page you created, has not been edited in 5 months. The Articles for Creation space is not an indefinite storage location for content that is not appropriate for articlespace.

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Charlotte, North Carolina

Hi, Melvindillinger. I noted that in this series of edits you removed a reference that was cited elsewhere in the article by the name given it (<ref name="Bureau">). This means that you broke a citation, leaving information that may or may not have been verified but certainly was not in the form it need to be. When you remove or adjust references, please ensure that if they are cited elsewhere the citation is still accurate. Thank you, happy days, Lindsay^Hello 10:40, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Sorry, addendum: I forgot to say, i repaired it, so no harm, happy days, Lindsay^Hello 10:41, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Future months

Please stop creating Portal:Current events subpages for future months. Portal:Current events/July 2020, Portal:Current events/August 2020, Portal:Current events/September 2020, Portal:Current events/October 2020, Portal:Current events/November 2020, and Portal:Current events/December 2020, which you have created, have all been tagged for speedy deletion as housekeeping (WP:G6). Just a description of what days of the week the months will begin and end on without any events is too short to be useful. GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 19:11, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Infoboxes

Thanks for adding infoboxes to numerous election articles. When you do so, please ensure the images are the same size. You can do it by using the code | image_size = 150x150px

If an image doesn't fit because it is landscape, or it is much more zoomed out than the other, you can use {{CSS crop}} to make it display in the correct dimensions and at a different perspective. See an example of its use here. Let me know if you have any questions about using it. Number 57 20:23, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

You are still adding infoboxes with inconsistent picture sizes like this. Please add the code suggested above to equalise picture sizes. Thanks, Number 57 08:39, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Blocked

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Graham87 14:55, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

I've blocked you because of your continuing population changes without sources in the light of Number 57's warning above. I've made the block indefinite because you've never edited in the user talk namespace, so you haven't acknowledged the messages sent to you here. Graham87 14:55, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

I used the same sources to change the populations because they have more recent estimates available. Melvindillinger (talk) 17:53, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Melvindillinger (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

I will add sources when I edit

Decline reason:

Active socking with Greatcreature2020 (talk · contribs) -- Amanda (aka DQ) 05:17, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

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I would like to get unblocked and be able to edit Wikipedia again. I will only edit Wikipedia with accurate sources and add new sources when needed. Melvindillinger (talk) 21:40, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

It would appear that you are continuing to edit from a different account (Mdillinger2004 (talk · contribs)) to circumvent your blocking. This is a serious violation of community standards. Number 57 21:03, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

@Graham87: It appears that since being blocked, Melvin is continuing this behaviour (updating populations without a source) on Commons. Number 57 12:08, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

@Number 57: Ta for letting me know ... just wow ... I don't know much about Commons's processes though! Graham87 12:40, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Sapo people

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In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! JMHamo (talk) 08:17, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Saracule people

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! JMHamo (talk) 08:17, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Afro-Mestizo

Hello, Melvindillinger. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Afro-Mestizo".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! DannyS712 (talk) 08:30, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

More sockpuppetry

Hello Melvin. I see you are now editing through 199.250.32.40 (talk · contribs) If you continue to edit via sockpuppets or IPs, eventually you will be completely banned from Wikipedia. If you wish to be able to continue editing legitimately, you must request an unblock on your main account (i.e. this one). Number 57 09:37, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Tacana people has been accepted

Tacana people, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

The article has been assessed as Stub-Class, which is recorded on its talk page. It is commonplace for new articles to start out as stubs and then attain higher grades as they develop over time. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

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Thanks again, and happy editing!

DGG ( talk ) 23:52, 29 September 2020 (UTC)