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Okay, I thought while I was creating the page that it would be deleted. But John Kiwatkowski is notable enough for a page if enough information on him could be found. TomUSA My talk page 21:08, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

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It seems that other editors found sources for the page. I don't think it should be deleted at this point. He seems to be a notable person because of the fact that there is a book written about his life and 2 references already on the article. If we find other sources, then it will be considered a notable page, no? TomUSA My talk page 21:26, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

Re: Wikia

Hey, sorry for the late reply. :) Nifky^{^} 08:36, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

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I'm not sure, although I know what you're talking about; the people at the help desk would probably know better than I. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 22:28, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

Hi thar.

Hi, Tom. It's Wikipedian Penguin. Because I know you are a fan of Eminem and you have been contributing to Eminem lately, could you do me a kind favor, just skim through this draft of "Love the Way You Lie" that I'm currently working on and give me an opinion on what you think? If there is any way I can improve it let me know as well. Feel free to edit the draft if you want to correct any typos and minor faults. (Don't touch the infobox cover and the music video screenshot, as using them in userspace violates WP:NFCC.) If you are too busy to, just let me know.

You can leave comments of the draft as a reply to this message here or on my talk page. Thanks. —WP:PENGUIN · ^{[ TALK ]} 22:14, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

A possible WikiProject Eminem

Hi again. I'm proposing a WikiProject Eminem at WikiProject Council/Proposals/Eminem. Would you mind taking the time to vote there? Put your name in the Support section if you think he deserves one. —WP:PENGUIN · ^{[ TALK ]} 14:14, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

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Grand Theft Wiki

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Thanks for your quick reply. It is an annoyingly-complicated situation, which is sort of why I didn't want this page (even as a draft) to add to the confusion! I'll just edit it to be factual and leave it be. Thanks for your assistance - Gerard^talk 02:11, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

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The image was uploaded with fair use given by the author. TomUSA 19:53, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

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I was going to a site a source about his act and style in the first sentence. Its fine if it got removed, though. TomUSA 22:49, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

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From where are you getting the information about Crips and Bloods sets? You should include the sources, or [1] will happen. Gimmetoo (talk) 01:52, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

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Race in hip hop

Restored to User:TomUSA/Race in hip hop. Although as I wrote on my AfD closing statement, you'll probably end up writing a fresh article from scratch with nothing drawn from the old one! Have fun with the article. Deryck C. 10:44, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

May 2012

Welcome to Wikipedia. I have noticed that some of your recent genre changes, such as the one you made to Tobacco (musician), have conflicted with our neutral point of view and verifiability policies. While we invite all users to contribute constructively to Wikipedia, we urge all editors to provide reliable sources for edits made. When others disagree, we recommend you to seek consensus for certain edits. Thank you. Ridernyc (talk) 15:32, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks Ridernyc, I got my information to the edit made on the page for Tobacco (musician) on this page. The page was not sourced however, so my mistake. TomUSA 01:27, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

Please refrain from changing genres, as you did to Nostalgia, Ultra, without providing a source and without establishing a consensus on the article's talk page first. Genre changes to suit your own point of view are considered disruptive. Thank you. Dan56 (talk) 04:33, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

Eminem

I have recently requested a Good Article Reassessment on this Good Article. If a Community Reassessment is created, feel free to join in. --George Ho (talk) 15:07, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

entry on hip hop artist Paradox

Tom, This is Matt, also known as the hip hop artist Paradox, and, first of all, I wanted to thank you for creating the article found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:TomUSA/Paradox Second, I wanted to see how to go about having it actually live and available in search results for people who search for "Paradox." If there's anything I can do to help get it published as a Wikipedia entry, please let me know. Also, drop me a quick e-mail, as I'd like to send you some free music to thank you for your work in creating the entry: paradox@paradoxhiphop.com God bless. 174.29.82.65 (talk) 03:27, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

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Happy new year!

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	May 2013 bring lots of happiness and perhaps a change for the better here on Wikipedia. Your work and support on Eminem articles has been much appreciated. —WP:PENGUIN · [ TALK ] 03:30, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

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Hi Bongwarrior, I'm actually not responsible for the creation of the actual article in question. I originally saved the page as a draft, but someone else I guess created the actual article. If it does not meet the standards of Wikipedia, then it is okay to be deleted, and that is understandable. However, I would like to keep the page saved on my draft. Thank you, TomUSA 04:23, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Well, the article that I've proposed for deletion is the same one that you created. A third party moved it from User:TomUSA/Paradox to mainspace at some point. If it does end up being deleted, I will make sure it gets restored to your userspace. Take care. --Bongwarrior (talk) 06:54, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Yes, I didn't know about its transtition to the mainspace. Thanks for restoring it to my usuerspace though, and take care as well. TomUSA 21:29, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

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Veil of Maya

Hi, you had added Lost Origins as an associated act to Veil of Maya's infobox. Can I ask what the association is?--MASHAUNIX 19:18, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

Not sure how reliable these are, but my sources: MetalSucks.net Metalinjection.net [2]

TomUSA 19:27, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

They seem reliable, but I don't think this meets Template:Infobox musical artist#associated_acts for Veil of Maya ("The following uses of this field should be avoided: ... Groups with only one member in common"). Adding it to I Declare War though.--MASHAUNIX 15:41, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Ahmed Mohamed

Hi there. I was wondering if you could help me out in expanding Ahmed Mohamed (student). --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 06:11, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

Of course, I've been paying close attention to the situation. TomUSA 06:15, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

Thank you. :) --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 06:21, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

The article is up deletion now. As I expected. Would be great if you could weigh in your opinion. --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 10:35, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

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Can you please take a look at these Wikipedia articles: Ahmed Mohamad clock, Ahmed Mohamad? Manishdhuria (talk · contribs) is apparently spelling the boy's last name wrong to make his/her own (duplicate-type) article. There is already an article with the correct spelling: Ahmed Mohamed (student). (Also Talk:Ahmed_Mohamad_clock) Thanks! 12.180.133.18 (talk) 07:34, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

 Done --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 10:34, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

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If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have provided evidence that their copyright owners have agreed to license their works under the tags you supplied, too. You can find a list of files you have created in your upload log. Files lacking evidence of permission may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described in section F11 of the criteria for speedy deletion. You may wish to read Wikipedia's image use policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 22:38, 27 September 2021 (UTC)