Luk
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I will usually reply on your talk page if you sign your comments by typing ~~~~ at the end.
If you can, please undo my action (even if it's a deletion or a block) and notify me, I'll double check later.
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Your block of Prince John of Newmarket
editDo I see a duck? –Skywatcher68 (talk) 16:09, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
- Very possible! In any case they don't seem to be here constructively so I blocked. Thx for the notice! -- Luk contrib 17:33, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
2022–23 Liga Nacional de Guatemala
editHi, 2022–23 Liga Nacional de Guatemala has been moved to draft twice, once by me, once by another editor. This one was pasted verbatim from Draft:2022–23 Liga Nacional de Guatemala (2), complete with draft templates. Does that not come under CSD A10? Storchy (talk) 09:26, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
- I'd say that since it's the same person who did the draft and the article, it's more akin to a copy paste where they used the draft to start up and "graduated" the article themselves. My reading of A10 is for articles that duplicate another article (and are not a split). I can delete the draft to save the people of AfC some time though. -- Luk contrib 09:54, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
Given that this user who you blocked is also abusing their talk page access (including making a now-reverted unblock request using racist language), I'd personally recommend revoking it. JeffSpaceman (talk) 12:30, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
Done Thanks! -- Luk contrib 14:19, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
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