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Hello, I am writing to kindly request a reconsideration of the deleted Blooket Wiki article. The article included reliable sources for citation. Several references came from well-established and trusted wiki platforms, including major Fandom wikis that are commonly used as secondary sources for online game documentation. Because of the use of recognized wiki references and proper sourcing, I believe the article meets basic citation standards. I respectfully request that you review the article again and consider undeleting it. Hosterr (talk) 12:00, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
- @Hosterr: The deletion discussion resulted in a unanimous consensus for deletion. Sources such as Fandom are user-generated and not considered among reliable sources for demonstrating notability. Reliable sources must be published by organizations with a reputation for fact-checking and must not be affiliated with the subject; moreover, no number of unreliable sources can compensate for the absence of reliable ones. As such, I will not undelete the article, and I must advise you that a recreated version will very likely be deleted on the same grounds. Let me know if you have any other questions. Complex/Rational 21:21, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
- Every content about blooket on entire web is uses generated and fan created content. Is there any solution for this ? Hosterr (talk) 03:05, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
- In that case - if there is no significant coverage about Blooket in independent, reliable sources - Wikipedia is not the appropriate place for an article about it. Complex/Rational 22:38, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
- Every content about blooket on entire web is uses generated and fan created content. Is there any solution for this ? Hosterr (talk) 03:05, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
DG197 (talk) 16:26, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I am writing to you because you warned me for editing the Vanadium page without a neutral point of view.
I know that the NPOV is very important to the knowledge, but my edit consisted of adding information about the name of the element, specifically erythronium, which was its original name.
I have more prestigious sources for that name. I will add the information again with these additional sources.
I believe that Wikipedia has to be fair to history and to the person who deserves the credit.
EDIT: and you justified your change with "nobody uses that name today". That is totally irrelevant, you can find that name in english sources and I will probe it.
DG197 (talk) 16:26, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
- @DG197: The original name erythronium is not used in contemporary scientific literature or textbooks. Wikipedia articles reflect IUPAC recommendations for element names and must not give undue weight to historic or alternate names. Mentioning them in the opening sentence would give readers the wrong impression that they are still in widespread international use today; the opening sentence should be a very succinct definition or contextualization of the article subject. In the same vein, we do not call element 71 cassiopeium or element 105 hahnium; those are only mentioned in the body of the article, or at most later in the opening section. For vanadium, the name erythronium is already mentioned in the history section; feel free to add details or additional sources there, but it does not belong at the very beginning of the article.
- And as a side note, you don't need to reply on both your talk page and mine, so as not to fragment discussions. -a sock of ComplexRational (talk) 19:57, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Welcome to Phase 2 of the January-February 2026 NPP drive. During Phase 1, we reviewed 16,658 articles and 4,416 redirects, and there is currently a backlog of 16,475 articles and 23,782 redirects in the queue. Fantastic job! Completing 22,502 patrols in the first phase made a significant dent in the backlog. Let's keep our foot on the gas for Phase 2, and I hope we can achieve even more reviews than Phase 1. Best of luck!
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