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Could you take a look at Secunderabad Mumbai Duronto Express. I have just revamped the article but i do know that one way or another there will still be short comings there but i am more troubled by another user's actions which i believe are working towards reducing the information available on the article. I am not at all convinced by the reasoning (but the user seems to be an expert at quoting one policy or another but being unable to see things right in front of the nose).

I could really use your help there. Sorry to bother you.

Superfast1111 (talk) 17:17, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

A brownie to you for reviewing at least 15 submissions during the WikiProject Articles for creation June 2014 Backlog Elimination Drive. Thanks for contributing to the backlog elimination drive!
Posted by (t) Josve05a (c) on 23:17, 31 July 2014 (UTC), on behalf of WikiProject Articles for creation.

By your statement and rule that you provided of not to use Flags in infobox, I started work to work on it, small villages which I'm working on saw some of them and removed. Thanks.--Vin09 (talk) 14:39, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

Hey Balablitz, thanks for your numerous contributions and keen eyes. About the article that you reviewed at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Sieben_Linden_Ecovillage . As far as I understand, you do not find the sources verifiable/trustable. The ecovillage Sieben Linden is one of the biggest showcase of its kind in Germany and I found the author did pay attention to the sources (although content-wise there are improvements possible, see e.g. the Ecovillage Findhorn page). What could I do to improve the situation? Note that I AM biased (living in that very village) and find there should be information about Sieben Linden, as we try to inspire people worldwide to make this planet a better place to live at. Thanks, Felix — Preceding unsigned comment added by Felix.wolfsteller (talk • contribs) 06:47, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

Hello Balablitz. This message is part of a mass mailing to people who appear active in reviewing articles for creation submissions. First of all, thank you for taking part in this important work! I'm sorry this message is a form letter – it really was the only way I could think of to covey the issue economically. Of course, this also means that I have not looked to see whether the matter is applicable to you in particular.

The issue is in rather large numbers of copyright violations ("copyvios") making their way through AfC reviews without being detected (even when easy to check, and even when hallmarks of copyvios in the text that should have invited a check, were glaring). A second issue is the correct method of dealing with them when discovered.

If you don't do so already, I'd like to ask for your to help with this problem by taking on the practice of performing a copyvio check as the first step in any AfC review. The most basic method is to simply copy a unique but small portion of text from the draft body and run it through a search engine in quotation marks. Trying this from two different paragraphs is recommended. (If you have any question about whether the text was copied from the draft, rather than the other way around (a "backwards copyvio"), the Wayback Machine is very useful for sussing that out.)

If you do find a copyright violation, please do not decline the draft on that basis. Copyright violations need to be dealt with immediately as they may harm those whose content is being used and expose Wikipedia to potential legal liability. If the draft is substantially a copyvio, and there's no non-infringing version to revert to, please mark the page for speedy deletion right away using {{db-g12|url=URL of source}}. If there is an assertion of permission, please replace the draft article's content with {{subst:copyvio|url=URL of source}}.

Some of the more obvious indicia of a copyvio are use of the first person ("we/our/us..."), phrases like "this site", or apparent artifacts of content written for somewhere else ("top", "go to top", "next page", "click here", use of smartquotes, etc.); inappropriate tone of voice, such as an overly informal tone or a very slanted marketing voice with weasel words; including intellectual property symbols (™,®); and blocks of text being added all at once in a finished form with no misspellings or other errors.

I hope this message finds you well and thanks again you for your efforts in this area. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 02:20, 18 November 2014 (UTC).

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hello balablitz, june last year, you reviewed an article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Peter_d%27Entremont) that i have been trying to create. i recently came across two newspaper clippings and i am wondering if uploading such files will make a difference. please advise. thank you! --Mittgenstein (talk) 13:45, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

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All the best! "Carry me down, carry me down; carry me down into the wiki!" (talk) 21:21, 5 April 2015 (UTC)