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Tagging pages for speedy deletion

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Stop incorrectly tagging pages for speedy deletion

Here, you have now been told three times that this page is ineligible for self-requested speedy deletion. Stop it with these kinds of tags, it's a waste of time. DanCherek (talk) 12:34, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

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Anton Muttukumaru

Hello there, Hamwal. I wanted to understand a little better what is going on with your most recent edits to Anton Muttukumaru, as I am not sure I quite understand and there might be an issue I am not seeing. It looks like you have twice now uploaded a non-free image, replaced the image on Anton Muttukumaru with that one, then requested your own image to be deleted, leaving the page with no image. Could you please help me understand? For now, I have restored the image from before your edits. IndigoManedWolf (talk) 16:20, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

@IndigoManedWolf:, I wanted to upload a good quality image, but in google good quality image is not available of Gen. Anton Muttukumaru, do you like Sri Lanka related articles? Please, improve List of Sri Lankan generals and brigadiers article. Hamwal (talk) 21:32, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

I will check it out. I am participating occasionally in WP:WikiProject Sri Lanka, so if you have not seen it before it is a good place to look at the various Sri Lanka-related articles. I also added the banner to my user page, you can too if you want. IndigoManedWolf (talk) 23:37, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

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Yahya Khan portrait

Please remove black outer line in his portrait, or I could send you a file to upload RevolutionaryPatriot (talk) 15:38, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

https://i.ibb.co/QJ7zhHM/Yahya-Khan.jpg RevolutionaryPatriot (talk) 15:40, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Separate articles

Do you always support separate articles because Unnaipol Oruvan (2009 film) was only partially dubbed and reshot as Eenadu. Many Tamil actors scenes lack lip sync in Telugu. DareshMohan (talk) 06:34, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

@DareshMohan:, I do not think that all films which are partially reshot and dubbed should have more than one articles, good publicity of the film and adequate references must be available regarding this. Hamwal (talk) 09:40, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

Also, are cast tables a bad thing? I guess you have to dismantle them when splitting articles. Ngl, I spent a lot of time making them. DareshMohan (talk) 21:17, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

@DareshMohan:, Cast tables are gaudy. Hamwal (talk) 03:19, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

David (2013; Tamil) has no mention that half of it is dubbed

See Talk:David_(2013_Tamil_film)#Dubbing. Did you remove it since it affected the flow? DareshMohan (talk) 19:52, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

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