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Proposed deletion of Kikkerspuug

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The article Kikkerspuug has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

No evidence found that this is a notable band

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Nomination of Kikkerspuug for deletion

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Fram (talk) 09:24, 16 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

A barnstar for you!

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  The Original Barnstar
Male (band) is a very good page. Well done! BoyTheKingCanDance (talk) 03:09, 21 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

CS1 error on Wizo

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CS1 error on Bambix

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Razzia (band) (July 2)

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Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Karnataka was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.
Karnataka (talk) 20:40, 2 July 2023 (UTC)Reply
 
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Your submission at Articles for creation: Razzia (band) has been accepted

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Re: Schleim-Keim

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Re your message: Sorry about the extremely long delay in getting back to you. I had deleted the article back in 2008 for notability reasons. When the article was created, all it said was "Schleim Keim is a German punk group from East Germany."

I think your draft looks fine. I would move it over to article space. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:23, 16 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

Many thanks for having a look at this! Snowflakedivertor (talk) 17:41, 16 September 2023 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: Schleim-Keim has been accepted

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Johannes (Talk) (Contribs) (Articles) 19:52, 6 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

Your submission at Articles for creation: EA80 has been accepted

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February 2024 WikiProject Unreferenced articles backlog drive – award

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Citation Barnstar

This award is given in recognition to Snowflakedivertor for collecting more than 1 point during the WikiProject Unreferenced articles's FEB24 backlog drive. Your contributions played a crucial role in sourcing 14,300 unsourced articles during the drive. Thank you so much for participating and helping to reduce the backlog! – – DreamRimmer (talk) 17:37, 8 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

I have sent you a note about a page you started

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Nice work

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