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Hello, BookishReader. Thank you for your work on Bristol Hotel, Karachi. North8000, while examining this page as a part of our page curation process, had the following comments:

Good start. Why past tense ("was") in the first sentence? Happy editing.

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Thank you for your work on this article. Please add more sources to establish notability as per WP:NBUILDING. Thanks and have a great day!

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Mariamnei (talk) 13:12, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for creating this article for a 19th century bridge that is still in operation; quite an achievement!

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✠ SunDawn ✠ Contact me! 06:21, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Great work on The AI Con! Have you ever nominated an article for Did You Know? This article has a number of potential hooks. Best, Thriley (talk) 04:08, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Thriley. I appreciate your work as well. No, I have never nominated an article for DYK. You may help if possible. BookishReader (talk) 18:40, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Came here to echo what Thriley said back in February. Just saw your article and wanted to thank you for doing a great job. You missed the deadline for DYK on the first pass, but you can reach it again by bringing this article to WP:GAN. I think more work is needed to get to that point. Viriditas (talk) 22:45, 14 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, I noticed this edit where you removed a category. The information is sourced in the article body. Is there something I'm missing here? Wracking ^talk! 00:20, 26 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Wait... just noticed Category:American artists of Pakistani descent is there. Sorry! Wracking ^talk! 00:21, 26 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know if some stray copy code somehow got in there, but you accidentally asked to speedy your own nom; removed because it ended up on the daily AfD log to suggest that should be speedied, and that someone doing that feels like it wasn't intended. Nathannah • 📮 03:59, 28 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I'd love to get in touch with you about the AfD discussion for Barry Schwartz and the overall dynamic between the SEO industry and Wikipedia. I don't know if you've seen the off-Wikipedia backlash about it, but it has created a real hubbub in the SEO space. I wrote something for my Substack that I think is well-balanced and reasonably accurate that I don't want to share here (that feels a little too promotional for a Talk page) but I'd send you a link to it if you're interested. I want to write a followup piece that goes deeper into people's reactions and motivations around the deletion, whether Keep or Delete. I also notice you've nominated a few other SEO- and marketing-related articles about companies and people for deletion (Conductor, Dotdigital, Thomas Borwick, etc). I think there's a really interesting story here and it's still ongoing. If you want to talk, reach out at DFrederickLovett at gmail dot com. Dflovett (talk) 02:40, 19 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. If you have any specific questions, I'd prefer to answer them here. BookishReader (talk) 13:19, 20 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good.

First question: I'm curious about the focus you've had on SEO-related articles, in terms of both deletion and editing. Is there a particular interest or concern you have with the current state of SEO-related articles? There are the ones I mentioned above (Barry Schwartz, Conductor, Dotdigital, Thomas Borwick) and I'm curious what's driving this. Do you have particular frustration with the SEO industry and its past and present actions on Wikipedia? Or is there a different reason that you have made an effort in this particular area? I did notice that you also started AfD discussions for other various startups, especially defunct startups, and technology companies, so I'm wondering if maybe this is just a broader effort to clean up articles in the tech and marketing space and SEO is just one piece of the puzzle.

Related: Are you philosophically a deletionist?

I noticed you edited the Search Engine Watch article but didn't nominate it for deletion, despite it only having 4 references. Is that an example of an SEO-related article that you think is good and how did you determine that?

For context, and so you know that I'm not attacking you, here is what I've written about this topic so far: https://edithistory.substack.com/p/the-animosity-between-seo-and-wikipedia

There is a lot of ill-informed (in my opinion) hubbub around Barry Schwartz's deletion in the SEO world, and so I thought your POV could be valuable. Dflovett (talk) 18:24, 20 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Backlog update

At the time of this message, there are 15,282 articles and 32,951 redirects awaiting review.

After the January–February drive the article backlog was reduced to 15,179 articles and the redirect backlog to 19,053 respectively. Great job! However, both queues are growing rapidly and any additional reviews are highly appreciated.

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Overall in 2024, one Platinum, two Gold, eight Silver, 12 Bronze and 45 Iron Barnstars were awarded. Additionally, 66 reviewers got the NPP barnstar for doing more than 100 reviews through the year. In 2025, one Platinum, ten Silver, 13 Bronze and 38 Iron Barnstars were awarded. Additionally, 38 reviewers got the NPP barnstar for doing more than 100 reviews through the year.

BoyTheKingCanDance, Rosiestep, SunDawn, and Vanderwaalforces were inducted into the NPP Hall of Fame for having two separate years of 2,000+ article reviews.

January–February backlog drive

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