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Responding to your post on the noticeboard edit

Hi Joseph, I've looked through the article Sunday Shalom and yes, most of the references provided have a close association with the topic. I've briefly tried to search for it in the regular news agencies but unfortunately, couldn't find any mentions since it's not that notable. Regarding improving the article, I would suggest you first remove all the external links within the article. As per wp:external links, they are excessive and the few important ones need to go in the external links section and, to prevent it from looking like an {{advert}}. You could also format the references properly, by looking at other articles, or by seeing WP:Citing sources. By removing the excess information and putting it in a clear and concise way respecting wp:NPOV, you can remove the current tag placed on it since there are a few decent references. Tell me if you need any help. -Ugog Nizdast (talk) 10:06, 24 July 2013 (UTC)Reply

I have browsed through the article, I thought it would be better if you made the edits yourself.
These Church vs Govt battle now taken to sex education and Weekly Newspaper-Planning An Edition of A Weekly Newspaper links, I couldn't access, and the last 2 are in Malayalam.
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Fut.Perf. I still don't know why it failed under fair use. I used the above image because the image that was previously included in the article was of no use as you could see. It was blurry and doesn't have quality as an image. Thus I replaced it with with the image in question. Do you think if I could find a free image, will I not use it? I couldn't find one.--Joseph 04:13, 18 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

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Media coverage of the Bengal famine of 1943 edit

hey, Media coverage of the Bengal famine of 1943 could use a dedicated hand. i have sources, etc. Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 14:23, 5 March 2018 (UTC)Reply

??--Joseph 14:27, 5 March 2018 (UTC)Reply
  • I just looked around for people interested in "India" and "journalism". If that's not you, then sorry, and good luck in all things! Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 14:38, 5 March 2018 (UTC)Reply
OK--Joseph 15:21, 5 March 2018 (UTC)Reply

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Waggie, is there any particular criteria for YouTube-related articles? Yesterday on IRC, Dragonfly told me sources are good and reliable!--Joseph 03:42, 4 February 2019 (UTC)Reply
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