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March 2022

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You have added a 4Kb edit on 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and its sister page, which looks a little redundant. It looks better on the sister page rather than on the invasion page. Is it possible to try to avoid duplication of material since the Invasion page is already approaching 400Kb in size. ErnestKrause (talk) 17:22, 23 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

User:ErnestKrause I think that since the main article talks about the opinion of the ordinary people in the world and in Russia (such as protests and boycotts) whereas the sister article talks about the international community (governments), it's better to keep it in the main article as it is important to show the opinion of ordinary people and every points view. Thank you! Shorouq★The★Super★ninja2 (talk) 17:40, 23 March 2022 (UTC)Reply
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Revert for a better image?

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Hello Super ninja2 Why did you revert this image? https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Massacre_at_Chios&diff=cur&oldid=1074340628 The painting was restored and now it's obviously with more sharp colour than the previous version which was too much brown and yellow because of the old varnish and where the blue had become grey. I understand that we can find the former version, with a less morbid atmosphere, a "better image" but it's not as it looks now. Imho the choosen image should correspond to the current version, which is also more close from the original painted. Best regards --Shonagon (talk) 23:38, 7 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

Shonagon, I think you're right. I restored the previous image. Thank you for drawing my attention to this mistake. Shorouq★The★Super★ninja2 (talk) 04:08, 8 April 2022 (UTC)Reply
Thanks Super ninja2 ! --Shonagon (talk) 19:49, 9 April 2022 (UTC)Reply
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Edit warring

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Please stop edit-warring at Template:Islam. If you continue I will have to block you from editing the page. -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (she/they) 05:43, 9 May 2022 (UTC)Reply

FYI, User:Tamzin, Edit War block policy = 3 reverts in 1 day. Please, check your information before sending random warnings. Good luck. Shorouq★The★Super★ninja2 (talk) 07:16, 9 May 2022 (UTC)Reply
No, that's the three-revert rule, which is part of the edit-warring policy. Reverting two different users who revert your initial edit, when you have already in the past proposed that change and been unable to get a consensus, is absolutely edit-warring. -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (she/they) 07:20, 9 May 2022 (UTC)Reply
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Bureaucracy in United States

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Is Bureaucracy in United States a duplicate of United States federal civil service? Ruбlov (talkcontribs) 17:08, 13 May 2022 (UTC)Reply

Ruбlov No, as I'm planning to expand it to make it more comprehensive of the bureaucratic system in the US in general, not on specific sector of the government like the United States federal civil service. I'm gonna explain the role of bureaucracy in the US and how it controls the American politics and its foreign policy. Thank you! Shorouq★The★Super★ninja2 (talk) 04:47, 14 May 2022 (UTC)Reply
Okay, best of luck with that. You might want to move it to Bureaucracy in the United States as that is how most other such articles are titled, Education in the United States, Religion in the United States, etc. Ruбlov (talkcontribs) 11:15, 14 May 2022 (UTC)Reply
User:Rublov   Done thank you! Shorouq★The★Super★ninja2 (talk) 16:25, 14 May 2022 (UTC)Reply

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A barnstar for you!

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For your contributions... Keep it going! Volten001 09:40, 15 July 2022 (UTC)Reply
@Volten001, thank you so much! I really appreciate it! Shorouq★The★Super★ninja2 (talk) 09:46, 15 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

Most welcome....and glad you liked it. Happy editing! Volten001 12:50, 15 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

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Caught by an open proxy block but this host or IP is not an open proxy. My IP address is 46.32.121.234. Shorouq★The★Super★ninja2 (talk) 15:02, 16 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

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This issue appears to have been addressed below. SQLQuery Me! 05:41, 17 August 2022 (UTC)Reply


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Shorouq★The★Super★ninja2 (talk) 15:02, 16 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

Hi there. I'm sorry you've been caught by a 6 day IP block applied by ST47's bot, designed to stop vandalism coming from User:46.32.121.234. I don't believe I am able to unblock you myself, as this requires special permissions, and is an unblock request I've not encountered before. The advice for you to follow to request an IP block exemption via UTRS can be found at WP:IPEXEMPTCONDITIONS. Hope this helps. Nick Moyes (talk) 21:32, 16 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
@Nick Moyes I unplugged the router to fix the issue. Hope this is not against the rules? Shorouq★The★Super★ninja2 (talk) 21:46, 16 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
If by doing so it means that you were then dynamically allocated a different IP address, and that you're no longer blocked from the original IP address, then "No". I see nothing wrong in that whatsoever! Sounds like problem solved, which is great. It could return, of course, should you ever get allocated a blocked address in future. But you'll know what to do then, I guess.   Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 21:54, 16 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
@Nick Moyes, thank you! :) Shorouq★The★Super★ninja2 (talk) 21:57, 16 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

Talk page discussion at 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

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Your edits today at 2022 Russian invasion were undone today because the previous editor had already opened Talk page discussion under the Wikipedia policy for BRD. All editors are invited to participate in the discussion on the Talk page there in order to determine consensus for the section you edited. ErnestKrause (talk) 23:38, 6 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

Both of the sections on Peace negotiations which you have added were undone because there were active discussions about these additions on the Talk page in two different sections of the Talk page. Yesterday I removed one of them and today I have removed the second one which I've just noticed you had also added while Talk page was still in progress. All editors are invited to participate in the Talk page discussion until consensus is established. This is in order to follow Wikipedia policy for WP:BRD. ErnestKrause (talk) 11:56, 7 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

Can you please stop editing your talk page comments after they have been replied to? Slatersteven (talk) 13:15, 9 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

It's hard to change this habit. Shorouq★The★Super★ninja2 (talk) 13:18, 9 September 2022 (UTC)Reply
Its also against the rules. Slatersteven (talk) 13:27, 9 September 2022 (UTC)Reply
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