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November 2025
Hello, I'm Killertrant. I noticed that you recently removed all content from a page. Please do not do this. Blank pages are harmful to Wikipedia because they have a tendency to confuse readers. As a rule, if you discover a duplicate article, please redirect it to an appropriate existing page. If a page has been vandalised, please revert it to the last legitimate version. If you feel that the content of a page is inappropriate, please edit the page and replace it with appropriate content. If you believe there is no hope for the page, please see the deletion policy for how to proceed. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you wish to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Killertrant (talk) 17:23, 22 November 2025 (UTC)
- The section was a word-by-word copy of the attributed source which doesn't seem to have licensed it.AlexBobCharles (talk) 17:46, 22 November 2025 (UTC)
- Sorry, feel free to revert my mistake! Killertrant (talk) 11:18, 23 November 2025 (UTC)
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January 2026: removal of sourced content
Hi, you made two edits to the 2026 Internet blackout in Iran article: 1 and 2, with your second edit removing multiple sourced content. You stated, Didn't materialize. How is Iran International being used as an indirect source of "independent research group" and "investigative watchdog", however, in the articles, Iran International is citing independent research groups and watchdogs, not being the watchdogs themselves. If you'd like to have the content deleted, I recommend taking it to the talk page, as Iran International is an example of WP:RS, as you've been told by another user here. Ronnnaldo7 (talk) 08:08, 31 January 2026 (UTC)
- Then put the direct source. If there is no direct source then you're taking a non-independent source's word for it being "independent". AlexBobCharles (talk) 13:28, 31 January 2026 (UTC)
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February 2026
Hi AlexBobCharles, in the edit summary of this diff, you claimed that there are no reasonable objections in the discussion found at Talk:2025–2026_Iranian_protests/Archive_3#Israeli involvement. This is clearly false. Disagreement with the objections of other editors does not mean that those editors are being unreasonable. DiodotusNicator (talk) 02:44, 21 February 2026 (UTC)
- Well no-one responded after i put some more sources except for the last comment by Arash PT which is a PA not an objection AlexBobCharles (talk) 13:47, 21 February 2026 (UTC)
- That does not excuse from attempting to obtain consensus when you want to introduce material that has been contested or objected to on the talk page. DiodotusNicator (talk) 23:29, 21 February 2026 (UTC)
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