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2015 Dittingen Ikarus C42 collision

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Came across what is claimed to be a still picture from a video of the moment of the collision. [1]. Look like one plane ascended/descended right into the other.   - 220 of Borg 03:49, 24 August 2015 (UTC)Reply

August 2015

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Nomination of Aer Lingus Flight 110 for deletion

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Nomination of 2015 Coventry Stagecoach bus crash for deletion

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Proposed deletion of Aer Lingus Flight 485

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Proposed deletion of Adam Air Flight 782

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Phoenix Models

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The page is far from being complete.
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Paris attacks

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Hey, I removed the info you added about the firecracker caused an armed response by police, since it was not referenced and it is not notable. If you feel I have made the wrong decision, please propose adding it to the talk page first and find a reference. Regards, Jolly Ω Janner 08:18, 17 November 2015 (UTC)Reply

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Signpost exit poll

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Speedy deletion nomination of Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan

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Proposed deletion of Vincent Ryan (criminal)

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Your contributed article, Gavin Jennings (broadcaster)

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ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

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Speedy deletion nomination of 2016 Shots in Zurich Islamic Centre

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Nomination of Ballyjamesduff killings for deletion

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Proposed deletion of 2017 Italian hotel disaster

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March 2017 Paris attacks/March 2017 Grasse shooting

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Hello. I noticed you created March 2017 Paris attacks, and I was wondering if you wanted to create March 2017 Grasse shooting about this? Or, should we rename the article you created to add the Grasse event too?Zigzig20s (talk) 19:18, 18 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

Ways to improve Bronx Lebanon Hospital attack

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Hi, I'm Chris troutman. Lottolads, thanks for creating Bronx Lebanon Hospital attack!

I've just tagged the page, using our page curation tools, as having some issues to fix. I think this article violates WP:NOTNEWS.

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Blanking and copy/Paste moves

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Hello. You are not a newbie editor, so I am slightly loathe to make such obvious observations, but in:

  • this edit you completely blanked a section which was otherwise supported by reliable and verifiable references. You provided absolutely no explanation for this blanking. Please do not remove content from pages without giving a valid reason for the removal in an edit summary. Your content removal does not appear to have been constructive. And I have reverted it. If you have a reason for proposing the blanking, of cited content, then please raise it on the relevant talk page.
  • this edit you completely blanked an entire article. As above, you provided no explanation for this blanking. Either in an edit summary or otherwise. If the rationale for this action was to move the content to a different title (by copying its content and pasting either the same content, or an edited version of it, into another page with a different name), then this is against policy. This is known as a "cut-and-paste move", and it is undesirable because it splits the page history, which is legally required for attribution. If you have a reason for proposing a page move, then please raise it on the relevant talk pages.

Thanks. Guliolopez (talk) 10:31, 13 November 2018 (UTC)Reply

Speedy deletion nomination of File:GardaERU.jpg

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Proposed deletion of Hawe familicide

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March 2019

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  Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at County Londonderry. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Repeated vandalism may result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you. Declangi (talk) 19:42, 17 March 2019 (UTC)Reply

  Please do not add or change content, as you did at 2019 Utrecht shooting, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Gaia Octavia Agrippa Talk 14:01, 18 March 2019 (UTC)Reply

  Please stop adding unsourced content, as you did on 2019 Utrecht shooting. This violates Wikipedia's policy on verifiability. If you continue to do so, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Gaia Octavia Agrippa Talk 14:10, 18 March 2019 (UTC)Reply

  You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at 2019 Utrecht shooting. Stop adding a name to article (as per WP:BLPCRIME), and stop adding badly sourced information about a court case. This is your last warning. Your edits are not constructive. Gaia Octavia Agrippa Talk 14:22, 18 March 2019 (UTC)Reply

2019 Utrecht shooting

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Hello. I've noticed you have been repeatedly adding the name of the alleged perpetrator to the page 2019 Utrecht shooting. Please note that editors should not add names per WP:BLPCRIME. Thank you. Shuipzv3 (talk) 14:24, 18 March 2019 (UTC)Reply

April 2019

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Ireland as a middle power

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Hello. I reverted your addition of Ireland to middle power as you did not include a source. Whilst Ireland may belong on the list, all the other countries there have at least one reference. You're welcome to re-add Ireland provided you also include a reliable source for the information. Thanks. BlackcurrantTea (talk) 08:22, 23 June 2019 (UTC)Reply

Nomination for deletion of Template:Leo Varadkar sidebar

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 Template:Leo Varadkar sidebar has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 16:50, 2 July 2019 (UTC)Reply

Nomination of 2015–19 Irish gangland feud for deletion

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Sockpuppet investigation

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Please remember to login

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  Hello, I noticed that you may have recently made edits while logged out. Wikipedia's policy on multiple accounts usually does not allow the use of both an account and an IP address by the same person in the same setting and doing so may result in your account being blocked from editing. Additionally, making edits while logged out reveals your IP address, which may allow others to determine your location and identity. If this was not your intention, please remember to log in when editing. Thank you. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:44, 15 November 2019 (UTC)Reply

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Vandalism

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Pertaining to this edit.   Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Repeated vandalism may result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you. Canterbury Tail talk 13:09, 21 November 2019 (UTC)Reply

I think it unlikely that you don't know that the population of Limerick is arguable since a significant part of urban area is in County Clare and so not counted. So it won't be enough to find a quote in the Limerick Leader that claims fourth position, it needs supporting evidence from official national statistics. See also wp:RS.--Red King (talk) 11:55, 22 November 2019 (UTC)Reply
  Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at User:The C of E, you may be blocked from editing. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 22:21, 5 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

ANI Discussion

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  There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 11:24, 6 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

I apologise and ask I be unblocked.--Lottolads (talk) 18:10, 6 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

January 2020

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NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 13:47, 6 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

I ask that I be unblocked. I was simply expressing my political opinions which I feel strongly about. I am not a hijacked account. I will refrain from this manner in the future.--Lottolads (talk) 18:09, 6 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Lottolads: How do you explain what you did to the Paul Girvan page (and my userpage for that matter)? Surely you know that those sort of edits are untrue and not acceptable for expressing of an opinion. If you want to do that, you use the talk pages to constructively argue that, but turning a Unionist politician into a nationalist isn't appropriate. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 09:03, 7 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

Look I just did it for the craic, I changed your page and Paul Girvan’s page to make it look like you were nationalists, it won’t happen again.--Lottolads (talk) 15:56, 7 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

I didn't find it funny and I'm afraid that attitude is not going to endear yourself to getting unblocked. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 18:43, 8 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

I request I be I unblocked with immediate effect. My vandalism edits will not happen again.--Lottolads (talk) 23:39, 15 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

If you seriously want to be, you need to use the unblock request template in the block order so an admin can see it. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 06:05, 16 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

Unblock appeal

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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).

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Request reason:

I request I be unblocked with immediate effect. The vandalism that I committed on the account will not be repeated, of that you can be assured. I want to be unblocked so I can continue making positive contributions to Wikipedia. Lottolads (talk) 00:14, 19 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

Decline reason:

You've demonstrated conclusively that you haven't the slightest intention of following Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and not the slightest intention of editing appropriately. Your best best, though this would be a very slim chance given your history of abuse, would be to go six months with zero edits, then apply under WP:SO. At that point, you'll need to address your history of vandalism and of block evasion. You'll need to demonstrate you have substantially matured since this unblock request. Yamla (talk) 11:59, 19 January 2020 (UTC)Reply


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Unblock discussion

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That's all well and good, but you've hopelessly complicated matters. This is now a WP:checkuser block. Please read the pertinent section of the WP:GAB. I will ask @NinjaRobotPirate:. -- Deepfriedokra 06:12, 19 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

The logged-out vandalism was in the same style as the logged-in vandalism, but it's been going on longer. I would recommend the standard offer as a way to come back. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 15:08, 19 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

Article creation request

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I request that the following article be created:

Murder of Keane Mulready-Woods

This is a topic that is a top story in the Irish news at the moment and I believe there should be a page on it as with Murder of Ana Kriégel and Shooting of David Byrne, both of which are equally as notable. I am surprised a page on this hasn’t been created and had I not been blocked I would’ve created it myself.--Lottolads (talk) 16:22, 19 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

No. This is inappropriate, asking people to help you evade your block. --Yamla (talk) 19:12, 19 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

No, it should be created a sit is a notable subject.--Lottolads (talk) 19:59, 19 January 2020 (UTC)Reply

 
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