Gowhk8

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Encyclop[a]edia spelling

Hi there and sorry to bother you. I noticed that at Persian language in the Indian subcontinent you'd omitted the second C in "Encyclopaedia Iranica" a couple of times. I normally wouldn't bother you with this over one instance but, seeing the second one, I did wonder if you were maybe using a template or cutting and pasting from somewhere else that contained the same error ... and if so, if you might want to correct it! Obviously very minor, no harm done etc etc – I just hoped that this might be helpful to you. Cheers DBaK (talk) 15:32, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing it! It was a mistake in typing, I somehow managed to miss the same letter multiple times. Gowhk8 (talk) 15:47, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

We've ALL been there! Glad to have helped. Cheers DBaK (talk) 21:45, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

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Sharqi dynasty

Hi there. Just writing to let you know I've undone your edit at Sharqi dynasty, which blanked the page and removed the redirect. I'm not sure if that was intentional, but it doesn't seem like the correct way to to. Thanks.--Gordonrox24 | ^Talk 03:37, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

Hey, I was thinking that the Sharqi dynasty should be a separate page and I wanted to insert a red link for it, but I couldn't since it already was a redirect. Blanking it was the only thing I could come up with, but I understand it's not the recommended thing to do. Gowhk8 (talk) 03:57, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for the reply. If you're interested in starting a separate page, I'd recommend starting it atUser:Gowhk8/Sharqi dynasty. That way you can work on the article,and it can be moved to the correct title when it is ready to be published.--Gordonrox24 | ^Talk 04:22, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

May 2021

Hi Gowhk8! I noticed that you recently marked an edit as minor that may not have been. "Minor edit" has a very specific definition on Wikipedia – it refers only to superficial edits that could never be the subject of a dispute, such as typo corrections or reverting obvious vandalism. Any edit that changes the meaning of an article is not a minor edit, even if it only concerns a single word. Please see Help:Minor edit for more information. Thank you. RegentsPark (comment) 22:40, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for the information!Gowhk8 (talk) 22:57, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

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