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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:50, 31 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Hello, Finlay McWalter,
I submitted a technical request for a draft to be moved into the main space for a page that's currently a redirect. Thought it would be good if others could also be able to add on to article while its under construction. If you were able to do the move it would be highly appreciated! Thanks in advance. - DovahDuck (talk) 11:30, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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22:52, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
In response to your talk page postonPenang – I'd say just be WP:BOLD, after all you're a long-term seasoned editor. There seems to be a whole lot of exaggerated boosterism throughout the article that leads me to think there has been some sort of involvement by the state's tourism agency or something. Also note how most of the major contributors to the article, which are also the accounts that added most of the content you brought up, were sockpuppets – 1, 2, 3, and hence shouldn't really require much justification for removal. 203.234.189.103 (talk) 17:01, 16 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
There's been a string of vandalism over the last couple days. Do you think it's same person from multiple computers? —Confession0791 talk 18:39, 10 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]