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	The Admin's Barnstar
	For being someone I've always looked up to and continue to hope to emulate. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 00:30, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Clovermoss Thank you. Your news caught me unawares -I've been extremely busy IRL recently, and hadn't even seen your RFA (though I did have words about recommending you quite some while ago). I am so, so pleased to see you've 'got the mop'. You've been amazing to watch over the years, and I know you're going to put that mop to good use. I still feel I've an awful lot to learn about being an admin, and find it much harder now to ask simple questions (as I feel I should somehow already know the answers). I hope you feel really proud - you certainly should be! Happy New Year! Nick Moyes (talk) 01:04, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

May I ask? What if, I don't have resources in the article that I am planning to publish? --Bosren (talk) 11:09, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Bosren. If by that you mean "what if I don't have any references to cite as sources for what I want to publish?", then the answer is your draft article will not be published. It's as simple as that. Everything you add to Wikipedia must be based upon what published sources say, albeit written in your own words. You cannot simply add content based upon either your personal knowledge or your imagination, nor what the topic says about itself. See THIS PAGE to understand what Reliable Sources mean. Those sources must be sufficient to demonstrate that the topic is NOTABLE.

As you seem to be writing a string of rapidly-deleted articles about businesses, I must ask you once again to state categorically whether or not you are being paid to create them? If so, please see WP:PAID to understand your obligations to declare that you are receiving money or have some other Conflict of Interest.

I am at the point of removing your editing rights if you fail to answer this question, either here on my talk page, or on your own.

We require clarity, one way or another, and you should stop editing until you have answered this question. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 17:56, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nick, you made a reply to a TH message of mine (" Quick question…") and I was responding to it on my phone when something happened — not sure what— and now I can't get back into it to finish the reply, or start again on it.

I see a downward-facing arrow on the message title (in the list of titles) that won't turn upward no matter what I do.

Interestingly, I can read other messages … but as I recall, I can't reply to them, either.

I seem to be running into some weird Wiki situations recently!

Augnablik (talk) 18:29, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Augnablik I've also lost phone edits when my phone has been inactive for a while and has shut down. It doesn't seem to cache content like a desktop does.

The downwards/upwards-pointing arrows are "expand this thread" or "collapse this thread" button. I'm not sure why you're unable to activate them. As suggested before, switch to "Desktop mode" and life on a mobile gets easier. (Tiny link at the very, very bottom of each page). Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 21:02, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I will switch from now on, but meanwhile what do I do to get out of this frozen situation? Augnablik (talk) 02:01, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Augnablik All I can suggest is turning your device off and starting from a fresh reboot. Sorry. Nick Moyes (talk) 10:43, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, can you help with editing this Wikipedia page by adding sources ? --UV Rose (talk) 20:40, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@UV Rose Can you link to both the article and the source you'd like to add? I might then be able to guide you better.

We have guidance on adding citations at WP:REFBEGIN if you're using our 'Source Editor' and at WP:REFBEGINVE if you're using Visual Editor. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 20:57, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

MediaWiki message delivery 23:02, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, how do I create an article on a biography including a template. --Pottervilles (talk) 15:01, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Pottervilles. Welcome to Wikipedia. Firstly, the person must be notable, as defined by Wikipedia. i.e. the world at large has taken notice of them. Our criteria for notable people can be read at WP:NBIO. Without independent published sources that talk about that person, there can be no article about them. Templates are not essential items, but {{Infobox person}} would provide a suitable summary template.

Everything must be written in your own words (not copy pasted), and must be neutral in tone. This is an encyclopedia, after all, not a promotional website for people's CVs.

If you know the person in some way, you must declare any CONFLICT OF INTEREST on your userpage. You are also advised to learn the basics of editing existing articles before rushing in with the incredibly difficult task of creating a brand new article as a complete newcomer.

Then, once you're ready, and know how to add citations to the sources you base your article on, you can read more at YOUR FIRST ARTICLE. It's best to start a draft at ARTICLES FOR CREATION and submit the draft for review and feedback. See WP:REFBEGIN or WP:REFBEGINVE for guidance on how to use either of out two editing tools to add references to support any article text.

Let me know how you get on. (I've left a welcome message with some useful links on your user talk page). Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 16:03, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, how do I create a citation? --Bala Mohammed Idris (talk) 09:27, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Bala Mohammed Idris You can choose either of our two editing tools to add citations. Each works slightly differently. So here are two shortcut links to instructions for adding references:

Visual Editing: WP:REFBEGINVE

Source Editing: WP:REFBEGIN

Hope this helps. Regards Nick Moyes (talk) 16:45, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

MediaWiki message delivery 17:37, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings! So I was confused about there situation, and I edited the page a bit, but I removed my edits so as not to seem as causing an edit war or a disruptive edit. However, another user suggested that I could make a common names sections for the names that aren’t on the header. Would that be alright?

The only issue is significant backlash and hostility from one user. Anyway, please let me know what options I can take, I feel that I should have a voice in this case at the very least. Firekong1 (talk) 19:09, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I just want to check with you because another wikipedian suggested that I could name a common name section in the article, if you get this please let me know. Firekong1 (talk) 15:35, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Firekong1 Sorry - I overlooked replying to this post from you. In general, and providing you can demonstrate that a 'common English name' is genuinely in common use by being able to show a number of high quality sources that haven't simply misinterpreted a name, then I don't have a problem with that. In the end, it's down to any consensus being determined on an article's talk page. I wouldn't want to see such a section added just to get around a consensus view that one extra, obscure name isn't needed. Such a section might look at etymology - and Grigson's 'Dictionary of English plant Names' - would be a brilliant source for a section on non-scientific names. Maybe there's something equivalent in the animal world, I don't know?

However, Wikipedia, because of its popularity, does have the ability to promulgate false information if what's added is taken from poor sources. So, it's a case of being sensible, and not trying to disrupt a page to make a point because one happens to have found an unusual name used in a single publication if it's not actually used anywhere else. (I think, from memory, the example of "Eurasian marten" might be one such) Equally, we don't want unnecessary sections listing non-English names, either. Hope this helps a bit. Nick Moyes (talk) 21:21, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, I just wanted to make sure you got the message.

I will keep that in mind. But I was told by Chidgk1 that I could make a binomial name section as an alternative. Firekong1 (talk) 22:18, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Firekong1 What do you mean a "binomial name section"? Are you referring to synonyms of scientific names? If so, these are best included in the species infobox. Any reason why they shouldn't be? Nick Moyes (talk) 22:30, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My apologies, I meant to say vernacular name. I believe that both scientific names and common names should be mentioned in the articles since some names (Iranian leopard, Turkish leopard) are occasionally used by some sources (such sources are even listed in the article).

Also, I used the name "European marten", not "Eurasian marten". But I understand that the European pine marten page will not have its common name changed for now. Firekong1 (talk) 01:14, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Nick, I'm pretty new to Wikipedia. I want to create a page for our company, which has been in business for 8 years now. It gets over 6M visitors each year asking about plants and to purchase plants. Our site is called plantaddicts.com and we've been featured in Better Homes and Gardens, Martha Stewart, Parada, HGTV, & Bob Vila. We're one of the largest plant websites in the United States now. In the past I know Wikipedia didn't want to create pages just for any website out there. But I think our website has grown large enough to warrant it's own page on Wikipedia now.

I was wondering what your thoughts are on this? And if you could provide any guidance on what I should do?

Thanks so much!

Chris --Chrisdlink85 (talk) 18:10, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Chrisdlink85 I'm just about to head out to listen to a talk about using insects to determine the time of death of murder suspects (!). I'll probably have to answer you tomorrow, now. Cheers, Nick Moyes (talk) 18:38, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Chrisdlink85 As you are intimately connected with the company, you have what we call a [[WP{:COI|CONFLICT OF INTEREST]], so should not really be the person trying to create this article. If you were to try, you would need to make an obligatory declaration on your userpage. Instructions at WP:PAID.

But, most important, is the need for every topic to meet Wikipedia's NOTABILITY critieria. In this instance, it would be WP:NCORP that you should read. There would need to be detailed, in-depth, and independent coverage of the business/website - not advertising copy. Perhaps you could supply me with links to the best three sources that you would consider using. I can give you feedback on them if they're online.

Any attempt to make an article must be encyclopedic in nature, and not done for PROMOTION (we block editors who abuse Wikipedia for their own interests!), and should be prepared as a DRAFT, and submitted for review and feedback when it's ready. You can find details of how a draft is started at WP:AFC, but you should read THIS first. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 00:04, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Precious

Five years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:18, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

hi how do i create a citetation --Cyambao (talk) 20:56, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Cyambao. It's important to support any factual statement with a citation to a Reliable Source. You can choose either of our two editing tools to add citations. Each works slightly differently, and you can easily switch back and forth between them. So here are two shortcut links to instructions for adding references:

Visual Editor: WP:REFBEGINVE

Source Editor: WP:REFBEGIN

I hope this helps. Do let me know if you need any further support! I will also leave a welcome message on your talk page with a useful link to follow to getting started with editing. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 22:28, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ok thank you Cyambao (talk) 17:50, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2024).

Administrator changes

• Kbdank71
• Kosack
• NrDg
• TLSuda

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC is open to convert all current and future community discretionary sanctions to (community designated) contentious topics procedure.

Technical news

• The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes. (T313405)

Arbitration

• An arbitration case has been opened to look into "the intersection of managing conflict of interest editing with the harassment (outing) policy".

Miscellaneous

• Editors are invited to sign up for The Core Contest, an initiative running from April 15 to May 31, which aims to improve vital and other core articles on Wikipedia.

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MediaWiki message delivery 03:34, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:26, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello How to I edit the information box on wikipedia page which has summary of details. I am able to edit current categories but not able to add a new detail. --Trulyvedic (talk) 17:59, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Trulyvedic Providing you base added content on RELIABLE SOURCES and add them as a CITATION, you may find it easiest to use our Source Editor, rather than Visual Editor. You can switch between them using the sloping grey pencil icon - usually on the upper right of the editing screen. Hope this helps. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 09:28, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Nick. Just wanted to check up on one of my favorite editors on Wikipedia. How have things been going for you? I have been creating a lot of new articles on Wikipedia, expanding existing articles, and correcting grammar and spelling errors that I see on articles. Hope to hear from you soon! Kind regards from Aloha, Oregon, United States, Colman2000 (talk) 18:43, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

MediaWiki message delivery 23:35, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I wrote an article about a Neurologist Hans O. Lüders. Could you review the page so that it can be published? Thank you, Caroline --Crosenow (talk) 15:50, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Crosenow Thank you for your question. I see your draft is currently in the review process for a second time, so there is nothing I need to do in that regard other than let our volunteers do their work in reviewing articles. This can take 2 or 3 months.

The content appears to be factually correct, though written as if it were more of a CV or LinkedIn profile, than a biographical encyclopaedia article based on sources unrelated to the subject. I sense you may well have a connection to the subject. This is not an issue in itself, unless you fail to disclose it on your userpage. If you do know, or are related to this person, please read how to make clear your connection by reading guidance at WP:DISCLOSE.

Our notability criteria for academics can be found at WP:NPROF. Clearly, he is an eminent physician, but there may be some uncertainty about whether he meets Wikipedia's notability. I would advise (after declaring any WP:COI you may have) that you focus on showing, in simple terms, the contribution he has made to medical science. Maybe as author of key textbooks used in teaching; media coverage of his medical achievements; biographies written by other people in prestigious magazines etc; winner of notable awards (i.e. those which already have coverage here on Wikipedia.)

If you read WP:LEAD, you will see that it should simply summarise the reasons for notability without getting too technical. If you could simplify the lead, whilst emphasising reasons for notability, I think you may stand a chance of seeing this through into the main encyclopaedia. I hope this helps. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 19:59, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your advice! I will make the proper changes and disclosures.

Regards from Germany, Crosenow Crosenow (talk) 16:03, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I saw on User Talk:Harishsk2022, you instructed them not to remove the block notice. I was under the impression that, per WP:NOTWALLOFSHAME, removing the block notice is allowed, just not declined unblock requests (for active blocks). In this particular case, the user removed both, and doesn't seem inclined to listen, so I doubt it makes a difference, but for my use in the future, is removing the notice also prohibited? I don't want to give out bad advice to other users, after all! Thanks in advance for your time. EducatedRedneck (talk) 16:16, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@EducatedRedneck You are right. But the user appears to have a very rudimentary command of English. It should really only be the Review Decline notice that needs to be left in place for the duration of the block. But I wanted to keep it extremely simple for them to understand, as they ignored 331dot's more detailed - and correct - advice. The link you provided above is certainly correct, and a useful reminder for me, too. I appreciate you taking the time and trouble to question my notice. Cheers, Nick Moyes (talk) 16:29, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, whew, thank you! I was worried I'd gotten mixed up. Agreed that keeping it simple in that case is better, and thank you for helping me check my assumptions; I really appreciate it! EducatedRedneck (talk) 17:10, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:14, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello!

I've come across the editor Repertoire18, and am concerned their edits seem to me to consistently promote an anti-West, pro-China POV. I was wondering if you had any advice for determining when editors are acting in good faith or not with regards to POV— I hope to follow WP:AGF, and acknowledge that biased editors can improve the balance of articles. Would it be proper for me to politely ask them about it on their talk page, or to just not worry about it except on pages I follow? I also acknowledge that I first came across this editor on a subject that I feel strongly about, which may color my judgement. Thanks for your help! Placeholderer (talk) 16:27, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Placeholderer Interesting question! People always bring their own biases and interests when editing. That's why it's important that a balance of good, reliable sources is found on which to base content on.

I see the user has deleted previous warnings about adding commentary or non-neutral content. That makes no difference, so any future warning can be given at the next level up, even though they've curiously just left one low-level warning notice on their page. Crafty! I always look through a user's talk page for blanking, and take a look at any past warnings. Although that's permitted, it does indicate to me the level of problems they might be causing, and my response to them. I use WP:Twinkle to automate the templating of other users.

Asking a user politely on their talk page is a good, non-inflammatory way of engaging with concerns. Asking them to leave better edit summaries may also be worthwhile, as this helps others to understand the reasoning behind a content change.

It's your choice whether you concern yourself only with articles you're directly interested in, or whether you worry more about ensuring an editor follow Wikipedia's norms across all their editing. I tend to find poor editing comes to my attention in one place that I especially care about, but that I when I investigate their other edits I often then find a pattern of edits that are (shall we say...) not as good as they ought to be!

It's acceptable to have your attention drawn to an editor's activities by one problem and for you to then look into other edits. But be aware of not WP:HOUNDING them by checking and criticising every they then make for no good reason.

Always try to base any discussion over your concerns by including a link on their talk page to a WP:DIFF or two, as this helps you and them understand what you're concerned about, and why. Add their userpage to your Watchlist for a month or two and keep half an eye open for other warnings they may have been left. You can simply revert uncited additions if they're contentious (and say 'citations are needed'); revert and warn them about leaving commentaries in articles; warn and report for vandalism, or collate evidence of bad edits and eventually you could report them to WP:ANI for others to look into their editing. But engaging in a friendly way first is always a very mature approach. I hope this waffly answer is of some use. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 10:55, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

MediaWiki message delivery 20:25, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello there, On my sandbox article page, I've made this YouTube "girly" series about "The Great Eight Girls" and I know it's only on YouTube, but I was just wondering to leave this article here to make this go popular as possible? --Timparty12 (talk) 04:11, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Timparty12 Hi Tim, and thanks for your question. Unfortunately, that's not how Wikipedia operates. It isn't here to help things get well-known; it's only interested in covering subjects that are already well-known. This is called NOTABILITY, and means that we can only have articles on Wikiepdia about topics already described and written about in detail and in depth by RELIABLE SOURCES. Simply 'existing' isn't sufficient. Everything written here must be based upon properly published sources that are not user-generated. i.e. we don't accept IMDB, blogs, personal websites etc. Unless you can find this series has been covered in mainstream media, then I'm afraid you would be wasting your time trying to promote it here. Do please read this guidance about creating your first article. It is always best to spend time learning how Wikipedia works by making many smaller edits to existing articles than rushing in trying to create a new page straight away. I hope this helps. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 08:50, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I find everything to be struggling at this point, and if you wanna know this source, It's ONLY on YouTube. I know It may be some kind of un-scorce, but this little, big franchise could work someday. :) Timparty12 (talk) 09:00, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Timparty12 With a paltry 300 views per episode in a year, you're simply wasting your time here. Maybe it's TOOSOON.

Put simply: Wikipedia is not here for advertising or PROMOTION. There are plenty of places where that can happen, but not here. (Please read the links). Nick Moyes (talk) 09:07, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's okay at least I've tried having fun with the page I've used. :) but Thanks for telling me for some information. Timparty12 (talk) 09:10, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I also took pictures and video just in case it's removed, but please DON'T Remove the articles. Timparty12 (talk) 09:11, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Timparty12 As far as I'm concerned, you can keep what's in your sandbox as I would simply regard it as a place where you can learn and experiment with editing techniques. It's not an article, and is not indexed by Google. However, abandoned drafts are deleted after 6 months, and my firm advice is not to attempt to develop it as it would be liable for deletion per WP:NOTWEBHOST.

I assume you created these little videos yourself as a bit of fun? Be aware that whenever an editor tries to write about something they are connected with, they need to declare a 'conflict of interest' before proceeding. See WP:COI for more details. But, in this instance, simply do not attempt to develop this any further, as it will then be liable for deletion as we're not a free hosting service, and editors who try to use Wikipedia for their own purposes (rather than helping to build an encyclopaedia of notable things) tend to have their editing privileges revoked, per WP:NOTHERE. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 11:02, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. How do I create a citation? Thank you. --LeonaLeeSykes (talk) 16:47, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, @LeonaLeeSykes. It's important to support any factual statement with a citation to a Reliable Source. You can choose either of our two editing tools to add citations. Each works slightly differently, and you can easily switch back and forth between them. So here are two shortcut links to instructions for adding references:

Visual Editor: WP:REFBEGINVE

Source Editor: WP:REFBEGIN

Whichever way you do it, the important thing to appreciate is that you add each citation within the article text (immediately after the statement you want to support), but a special template in the 'References' section then displays all the citations together within that section, and with just a number appearing inline within the article text. Both of our editing tools also let you reuse the same citation more than once within an article, yet the entry for that citation is only shown once in the Reference section. Clever stuff! See WP:REFNAME for naming and reusing a citation with Source Editor.

I hope this helps. Do let me know if you need any further support! Regards from the UK.

Nick Moyes (talk) 18:29, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Nick. I would like to use the official Coroner's Report and one of the online newspapers which has a picture of most of the first page of the report so I should be able to use the citation on both.

Regards from Cape Town, South Africa. LeonaLeeSykes (talk) 01:47, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Burj Khalifa page is semi-protected. Would I be able to make these additions? LeonaLeeSykes (talk) 01:57, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@LeonaLeeSykes You're nearly able to. Your account is old enough, but needs to have made 10 or more edits. You've made nine so far! (See HERE).

Do remember to preview any edits you make before you publish them, or maybe even try adding a citation on a less well-monitored page, or perhaps even in your sandbox. But it sounds like you may have a good source for whatever you want to add. Good luck. Nick Moyes (talk) 08:14, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for all your assistance Nick. It is much appreciated. LeonaLeeSykes (talk) 13:05, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

...and that's your tenth edit. You are now 'autoconfirmed'! Nick Moyes (talk) 13:49, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Nick. You're a great mentor. LeonaLeeSykes (talk) 10:59, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Nick. I'm battling to add the Coroner's Report and news article to the Burj Khalifa page but hopefully by the end of the day it will be done.

On another matter, on the WikiAlpha page there is something on my daughter's death, but the title is Laura Vanessa Sykes. How can I change it to her correct name which is Laura Vanessa Nunes? LeonaLeeSykes (talk) 14:01, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

18:55, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

I have collected a number of sources. Usually, Wikipedia puts these below the article and numbers them in the article with hyperlinks. How do you do that? Or does an editor look at it later and 'sort it out'? --LizC1 (talk) 14:13, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@LizC1 As you know, it's important to support any factual statement with a citation to a Reliable Source. Now that you’ve found some, you can choose to use either of our two editing tools to add citations. Each works slightly differently, butvyou can easily switch back and forth between them. So here are two shortcut links to instructions for adding references:

Visual Editor: WP:REFBEGINVE

Source Editor: WP:REFBEGIN

Whichever way you do it, the important thing to appreciate is that you add each citation ‘’within’’ the article text (immediately after the statement you want to support), but a special template in the 'References' section then displays all the citations together within that section, and with just a number appearing inline within the article text.

Both of our editing tools also let you reuse the same citation more than once within an article, yet the entry for that citation is only shown once in the Reference section. Clever stuff! See WP:REFNAME for naming and reusing a citation with Source Editor.

I hope this helps. Do let me know if you need any further support! Regards from the UK.

Nick Moyes (talk) 17:30, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How i can add photo on new page/ information about hukam gora --Hukam Gora (talk) 02:37, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, @Hukam Gora. Welcome to Wikipedia. It's not appropriate to add a photo of yourself to Wikipedia. As a new user, please focus instead on improving this encyclopaedia of notable subjects, rather than trying to create a 'profile page' about yourself. It would probably be deleted if you were to try, as your userpage is there just for you to say a little about yourself, your experience and interests in editing Wikipedia. Anything else is not appropriate. You may use LinkedIn to promote yourself, but not Wikipedia. More information can be found at WP:USERPAGE.

I have left you a welcome message on your talk page with useful links to help you learn the basics of editing. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 09:44, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2024).

Guideline and policy news

• Phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship review has concluded. Several proposals have passed outright and will proceed to implementation, including creating a discussion-only period (3b) and administrator elections (13) on a trial basis. Other successful proposals, such as creating a reminder of civility norms (2), will undergo further refinement in Phase II. Proposals passed on a trial basis will be discussed in Phase II, after their trials conclude. Further details on specific proposals can be found in the full report.

Technical news

• Partial action blocks are now in effect on the English Wikipedia. This means that administrators have the ability to restrict users from certain actions, including uploading files, moving pages and files, creating new pages, and sending thanks. T280531

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Conflict of interest management has been closed.

Miscellaneous

• This may be a good time to reach out to potential nominees to ask if they would consider an RfA.
• A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in May 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 15,000 articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
• Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election is open until 9 May 2024. Read the voting page on Meta-Wiki and cast your vote here!

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Hello! I've been trying to engage an editor about problems with an article they mostly wrote themselves that seems explicitly POV and reliant on sources affiliated with the subject. The user has shown a complete lack of interest in responding to concerns from myself and another editor, in particular having nominated and accepted their own article for a GA review. Despite the communicated concerns about the article, they took it upon themself to remove a CN flag. I can't help but suspect the user has a COI— their user page reads like a promotion of their services. Is this an appropriate situation to report someone to WP:ANI? Thanks! Placeholderer (talk) 14:04, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I recognize that the last several questions I've asked you are variants of the same thing— I just don't feel experienced enough to escalate an issue without checking with someone else first Placeholderer (talk) 15:07, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Placeholderer I’m really sorry, I’m away on holiday all week and am unable to look at this in enough detail to be helpful. You could either seek input at the Teahouse, or ask at WP:COIN. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 21:31, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello Mentor my names elizabeth but u can call me eli need help how do i create a artical --ElizbethAftonFnafEdits (talk) 17:05, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Eli. Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia of 'Notable Topics'. Not everything in this world is regarded by Wikipedia as WP:NOTABLE (that's why there isn't a page here about me. LOL!)

If people unconnected with the topic have not written about it in detail and in depth, then there can never be an article about it here. So, your creation of Draft:Elizabeth Afton (Fnaf) falls way outside what's acceptable for an encyclopaedia, so please don't try that again as that's not what Wikipedia is for. I think someone has already explained that article talk pages are about discussing ways of improving an article, not just random observations or unrelated posts.

Everything added here must be based on published books, magazines, newspapers, scientific journals or reliably published online websites or mainstream news outlets. There is no place for content based on personal blogs, private websites, self-published vanity books or social media, nor are we interested in what any subject says about themselves. People should look to other social media platforms if they simply want to write about themselves.

So, having said that, could I ask you what sort of article you might hope to publish in this Encyclopaedia? And can you link to any RELIABLE SOURCES that talk about it? You might wish to read this page for guidance on creating your first article. Come back if you need further help. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 10:23, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Nick, I made a change on the french wikipedia page about “mathématicien” (removed a paragraph that is factually false and whose grammar is wrong too) but the paragraph was put back (and I got kind of accused of degrading wikipedia). What should I do (apart from sticking to the English side which seems much better)? --DocLara (talk) 20:22, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@DocLara Whilst I don't frequent fr.wiki, nor understand its processes, I would tend to agree with you that your edit did attempt to resolve poor grammar and possibly an incorrect statement. But my French (and use of Google Translate) may not give me the best view of the subject, and I did think the message left for you sounded rather harsh. (We get similar complaints about our templated messages here too, of course!)

It is, however, very common for new editors to have the 'good faith' edits reverted if they didn't go about things as well as they might - especially when made to very popular pages with high visitor numbers. But don't be dismayed. What I would advise here on en.wiki (and also for you on fr.wiki) is to raise your concerns on the article's Talk Page. Here you can expand your concerns about the statement, suggest better wording, and suggest alternative or additional citations especially if they provide a counter view of the statement.

We see a lot of removal of cited paragrpahs when someone believes it is incorreect. That can esaily be interpreted as WP:VANDALISM even when it's not. A far better way is to attempt to reword and improve upon the cited statement, plus offering a counter interpretation if there is one. Bear in mind that, whilst we really welcome experts in their field, Wikipedias of all language don't want edits based on what individuals know, but instead want to see edits based on reliably published sources. See WP:RS here on en.wiki for what that means to us.

My concerns over the original statement you removed would have been that there was statement taken as a direct quote from the source, and little understanding imparted by the numbers at the end of the sentence. There were how many qualified mathematicians when exactly? Without knowing that, the sentence is quite meaningless. So it's ripe for improvement.

Now, when I see any sentence that begins "According to person X...", I would expect to see an exact quote from person X and a citation to let me verify that statement. It needs to be letter perfect, including any typos in the original source. Of course, it might not be a mainstream view (which is why it's OK to say "according to". But that would enable you to then add, "However, other academics believe that xxxx is the case", and to offer appropriate citations (one citation if one person published their disagreement, or multiple citations if you can show the original quoted source may well be viewed as incorrect by multiple experts. That then gives two different interpretations of which mathematicians were the last to have a full grasp of the entire branch of mathematics (which I assume was the intended meaning of the statement.

Now, you can go about addressing this on fr.wiki in one or more ways. Firstly, it's quite possible that the editor {{User:Ariel Provost]] leaving you the warning did not see your response as you did not directly 'ping' them. I assume French wiki has the equivalent of WP:PING which would send them an alert notification. However, they were not the reverting editor User:Kikuyu3 was. So you could, if you wished, go first to their talk page and apologise for causing apparent harm to the page, but then explain your intentions were well-meaning and expand upon your concerns and recommendations for improved wording and additions. Support everything with recommended wording and citations to support it, and ask them what they feel is best. If you feel the cited author is actually an unreliable and discredited source in that particular field, we would need to see links to good sources which demonstrate they've publish nonsense in a discredited work. You personal opinions of that author are not relevant of of interest to Wikipedia (good published sources are) even if you are the world's expert in that field. There is no rush on Wikipedia, so wait some while for a reply (days not hours!).

If you still believe this important article contains an error, I would advise posting your concerns on the article talk page and letting a discussion ensue. We work by reasoned arguments and consensus here, so I am confident you will be able to win over editors if you explain your concerns and offer well-written alternative text. Gaining consensus can take a few weeks. On en.wiki it might be OK if your concerns gained no response to then make the edit your proposed after about 10 days per WP:BEBOLD, ensuring your edit summary clearly referred to the talk page discussion you had earlier posted. Something like "Rewording paragraph per tlak page discussion which elicited no response (or per consensus)"

Please bear in mind that the approach outlined above is based on my experience as an administrator here on English Wikipedia. And the policies and pages I have linked to relate to en.wiki. Ways of doing things could be different on French Wikipedia - but somehow I doubt it. We all care about making improvements to articles - so go for it, and don't be down-heartened. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 09:46, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Bonjour bonjour Nick Moyes, user:DocLara and user:Ariel Provost. First, many thanks to you, Nick, for your ping, and very clear and wise comments. @DocLara, I assume you are complaining about my revert of your removal on the page fr:Mathématicien. So now, DocLara, you know which are the many appropriate places where to discuss this matter. In fact, this complain placed here seems to me very unusual. So I'd rather not comment any more. See you on french pages, with appropriate pings. Cordialement, et Hop ! Kikuyu3 (talk) 17:21, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Kikuyu3 Merci beaucoup! Nick Moyes (talk) 17:54, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, @Kikuyu3, I should add that the question came about as a result of our Mentorship program, in which every editor on en.wiki is assigned an experienced editor to whom they can directly ask questions and seek advice. That was the reason.

Oh, and @DocLara, please could I ask you to convert the text on your Userpage from French into English? Because this is English Wikipedia we do really expect all content to be in English. I assume it would be fine to have what your wrote about your first experience of an Editathon on your user page on French Wikipedia, too, though. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 18:07, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 13:09, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Clovermoss. I'm very happy to hear from you, but it will be a while before I can reply. I have easily a week's worth of messages and commitments I need to catch up on right now. Please bear with me. Best wishes, Nick Moyes (talk) 08:46, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I can easily bear with the wait. :) Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 12:59, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How do I create a page --Nkambule3 (talk) 15:03, 19 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Nkambule3 Thank you for your question. Could you tell me what sort of page you want to create? This is an encyclopaedia of notable topics (see HERE). It is not a place for you to promote your views or campaign on issues dear to your heart (see WP:NOTSOAPBOX). For that reason, your second post to may talk page called "Why men abuse women" is way outside the realms of what we do here.

There will be many pages here already about abuse of women, such as Violence against women, and you are free to contribute to these. But you must NOT add your personal opinions to any article. That is not how we work. All factual statements liable to be challenged must be supported with citations to reliably published sources such as books, research journals and mainstream news websites. Blogs and privately published websites are not accepted here as sources.

Please read THIS GUIDANCE for creating your first article. Be aware that making a new page is extremely challenging - especially for a new editor with no experience. So my advice is to gain a fair bit of editing experience by working to improve existing articles first. I will leave you a welcome message with some useful links on your talk page to help you. Good luck! Nick Moyes (talk) 08:55, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

== Why men abuse woman ==

This thing is really painful seeing other men abusing other women.women are people who make the world a better place, as a woman writing this l say enough is enough we can't sit and do nothing while men's abuse woman, every woman who is in a abusive relationship l say you don't need a men to be happy what you need to do is to walk away and go to police station and report that men who is abusing you, No men has a right to lay hands on a woman

Enough is enough The struggle must end Women needs to live a happy life We can't stand and watch men killing our mothers and sisters. Police officers must do their work We're tired seeing woman die like fleas.

Enough is enough Made by Nkambule3. Nkambule3 (talk) 15:22, 19 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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do you think it would be ok to put the overly technical template on this article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_modem --Editor2150 (talk) 21:00, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Editor2150 Good question. A quick skim made me feel you could be justified in doing that. I feel the lead is too short and could be written in plain English before getting technical later on. I suggest you also leave a note on the talk page explaining your reasons and making suitable suggestions for improvement that you, or other editors, can act upon. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 23:20, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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About the common names, do I have permission to add them later?

I do require some assistance though, as one user (Bhagya Mani) constantly undoes my edits, and the user was even called out by another user in a talk page. Firekong1 (talk) 19:51, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Firekong1 Any answer must depend entirely upon the quality of your source(s). I’m away on holiday at the moment; did I not answer your question earlier at User talk:Nick Moyes#Hello?

Try and engage with other editors if they revert you and see if you can justify your proposed edit to them. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 20:16, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Of course, thank you. Firekong1 (talk) 20:59, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Nick, I was making edits to our office page today, and someone reverted everything back to extremely outdated and old information. How do I undo this? I was just about to start adding the sources to my edits when all this happened. --OKOHS-1 (talk) 17:50, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Nick. Just wanted to check up on one of my favorite editors on Wikipedia. How have things been going for you? I have been creating a lot of new articles on Wikipedia, expanding existing articles, and correcting grammar and spelling errors that I see on articles. Hope to hear from you soon! Kind regards from Aloha, Oregon, United States, Colman2000 (talk) 06:09, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Colman2000 Hello, my old friend. Good to hear from you. I've just checked your contributions and, boy, you have been busy! Likewise, I'm keeping good and active. Lots of mountain hiking and building work in the garden. One kid is about to head off to Japan for a year doing TEFL work; another is teaching in a junior school. Went on national TV news the other week, being interviewed about a peregrine falcon conservation and webcam project I've been involved with for the last 15 years. And recently ran an online Wikipedia training session of international astronomers involved in education, but haven't had much time for any other Wikipedia activities or admin work. So, keeping busy and trying to keep fit! There's never enough time in the day! Cheers, Nick Moyes (talk) 09:01, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I was assigned to you if I'm not mistaken and I wish to know more about Wikipedia writing --Obi K Chijioke (talk) 23:39, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Obi K Chijioke, and welcome to Wikipedia! The most important thing to un=derstand is that this is an encyclopaedia. The topics must meet our Notability Critieria, and everything said here must be based on already published, high quality sources. So no personal opinions, personal blogs or social media acocunts, or stuff that you simply happen to know. Everything here that could be challenged must be Verifiable, and you will learn how to add citations to support new content. Writing new articles is very very hard, especially for a new editor. So start slowly and learn the basics of editing and improving articles. You have a 'Homepage' tab which offers you an opportunity to make small improvements in one of several different areas to get you off to a good start.

We may point users to various guidance, help or policy pages, and we expect they will take the time to read and understand these. So, I'll leave leave you a welcome message on your talk page with a number of important links. But you may also like to visit this help page: Help:Getting started. Good luck! Nick Moyes (talk) 10:23, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I found the Pythagorean Theorem "Proof using similar triangles" on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_theorem needlessly complicated and suggest it be replaced by something like the version I have taught for years. It is accessible on my web page: https://www2.math.upenn.edu/~kazdan/Pythagoras/pyth-similar.pdf Before I submit this, it seems prudent to get your feedback. --JLKazdan (talk) 21:16, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, JLKazdan. Thanks for your question, and welcome to Wikipedia. Oh dear: I fear I'm the very worst mentor to ask on this topic, as I've not done that sort of maths for 50 years! I simply can't comment on what makes most sense.

Now, the article Pythagorean theorem is rated a GOOD ARTICLE, meaning it has been reviewed, refined and regarded as pretty high quality for our encyclopaedia. That doesn't mean we don't welcome ways to improve it further. But making suggestions for changes are best discussed first on the talk page of the article (i.e. at Talk:Pythagorean theorem). It looks like you're a maths lecturer, so I suggest you introduce yourself as that. (Indeed, I've just spotted that we even have an article about you at Jerry Kazdan.)

We would prefer not to use what appears as an online university course note as a source, preferring instead a WP:CITATION to a properly published book, if at all possible. But you might like to look at the 'Simple English' language version of this article (see https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_theorem) and see how they compare.

The best approach to make any suggestion for change is to clearly identify the text and equally clearly offer an alternative wording. I appreciate that it's much harder to do that when equations are involved, as it takes some understanding of our wikimarkup for maths symbols (something I'm not familiar with myself, despite 13 years of editing experience here!).

So, I must apologise for not being able to give you a better answer, but do welcome your desire to see an improvement to an article. Let me know if I can be of further help. Oh, and I've left a welcome message on your user talk page with some helpful links about editing and getting started here. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 21:48, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your speedy reply.

This procedure is now way too cumbersome for me. If others want to follow-up with this suggestion however they wish, that's fine with me. They certainly do not need to mention my name.

I am bowing out.

-- Jerry JLKazdan (talk) 22:18, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@JLKazdan I'm sorry - I hope I haven't put you off. But, yes, I do appreciate that Wikipedia can take some getting used to. I mentored an Emeritus Professor in marine geophysics a couple of years ago, helping him understand the difference in approach between academic publishing and Wikipedia editing so that he could contribute effectively to a suite of article on oceanic and Antarctic topics. But it does take commitment, and I'm not the person ever to guide anyone on mathematics topics. Best wishes, Nick Moyes (talk) 22:26, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Obi K Chijioke (talk) 10:30, 14 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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When editing (a person) how do I compose the introduction or the beginning of the wiki? --Exuperantia (talk) 01:58, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, Exuperantia. Thanks for your question. I think you should find all the answers to your question in these three links:

1) WP:Lead section TT first sentence content

2) WP:Manual of Style/Lead section

3) Wikipedia:Lead dos and don'ts

I hope these help. Let mw know if you need anything further. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 09:48, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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milkipur --Premyadavresearch assistant (talk) 16:44, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What a warm welcome, much appreciated, even if it's a template! I'm much more active on the Polish Wikipedia, but I edit here too sometimes ;) Hope it's not too much trouble posting on such an active talk page. R2D2Poland (talk) 20:21, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@R2D2Poland No, not a problem. We aim to make the Teahouse a warm and welcoming place for everyone. Nick Moyes (talk) 22:21, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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How to change my user name? --Mohammad Sajjad Ahmed (talk) 02:43, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Mohammad Sajjad Ahmed Because you have not yet edited from this account, there is no point asking an administrator to change your account name. So, simply abandon this account, don’t use it again, and just create a new one with the name you want. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 12:41, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Yo ngl I'm about to publish my first book. I kinda want to create an article about myself. --KellyMilly (talk) 08:06, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@KellyMilly Hi there. I published my first book ten years ago! That doesn't make me WP:Notable in the eyes of Wikipedia. Only when two or three major, independent and reliable sources write about you or me in detail and in depth, are either of us are ever going qualify for having an article about us here on Wikipedia. See these criteria for notability of individuals

Nor are either of our books ever going to have Wikipedia articles written about them until the same criteria are met. i.e. when the world at large, via mainstream sources, takes notice of them (and not just a short entry on GoodReads, like this one). See these criteria about book notability.

So, simply doing something (such as writing a book, producing a music album, staging an art exhibition, building an office block, or becoming filthy rich) is never going to justify that person trying to create a Wikipedia article about themselves - sorry. Wikipedia is not to be used for self-promotion. Nor is it ever a good idea to try to crate one about yourself. See WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY to learn more.

Sorry to sound negative. But only when the world at large has taken notice of something - by publishing major mainstream media articles about them (and I don't mean via personal blogs or social media posts) - does Wikipedia generally have any interest in seeing an article about them. If and when you do get mainstream cover in the media, do pop back and ask again as we might then be able to guide you further. In the meantime, you might want to think about building your own website about yourself on another platform. Kind regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 18:26, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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15:08, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

How to a post about my artist here on wiki? --Jerrystch (talk) 00:34, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jerrystch Only people who meet Wikipedia’s definition of ‘Notable’ can have an article about them here. Please read these carefully at either WP:NBIO or WP:NMUSIC. If you meet these criteria then please leave it to someone else to write about you. See WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

You draft about yourself was deleted because it was not based on any independent, published sources, and was pure WP:PROMOTION.

You may also wish to read THIS GUIDANCE. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 06:42, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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I want to publish an article about me now. --Anaisseldon (talk) 14:34, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Anaisseldon This platform if not intended for you to create an article about yourself!

Unless you clearly meet our Notability Criteria, you stand no chance here. In that case, please go and use a social media platform to promote yourself. See WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY to understand why we discourage even notable people from writing articles about themselves - they are rarely ever likely to be neutral in what they choose to present, even if there are independent mainstream sources available (books, news media, journals etc) which do talk about them in detail and in depth.

In future, please avoid asking the same question in two venues in the space of a couple of hours. This wastes volunteer time. I have deleted your userpage as it is not intended to be a place for you to promote your CV, and your sandbox has also been removed for the same reason. Should you ever prove to be truly notable by Wikipedia's standards, someone will inevitably wish to write about you. Please leave that task to them, and not try to do it yourself. Kind regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 14:57, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, How are you? BloxyColaSweet (talk) 21:20, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there BloxyColaSweet. I'm fine, thank you very much. Just spent a glorious day with my family down at Kew Gardens in London, and am enjoying my retirement. However, I do seem to have less and less time for Wikipedia at the moment. But I see you've been very busy working on the Fescues. Keep up the good work! Cheers, Nick Moyes (talk) 13:42, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Completely understandable, I didn't expect you to reply right away. I too haven't been on Wikipedia in months. I just came back, and I just recollected all the nostalgic (and rather humourous for me in present day) times I contributed here. I encourage users to reply only at their most leisure. Cheers! BloxyColaSweet (talk) 22:58, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you Nick you will defiantly be hearing from me. I’m new to this. Just gathering my sources still waiting on a SLAM wrestling article to be published so I can reference the info --Ecwcorrections (talk) 03:44, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello sir,

I am utpol, My website url Global wikipedia Block. I dont Understand. Please Help me UnBlock My website URL: https://betterauds.com/ Please Unblock this URL

Best Reagard Utpol.

Thank you. 59.152.97.195 (talk) 05:26, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No, sorry. That domain is a website with no value as a RELIABLE SOURCE. All attempts to link to it from within Wikipedia would be regarded as spam. It should remain Blacklisted in my opinion. Nick Moyes (talk) 17:40, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I thought you might like to know that I was awarded Wikimedian of the Year. Thank you for being an awesome mentor back when I was a newbie. :) Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 20:09, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Girth Summit: I should thank you too. I appreciate you taking me through CVUA even if I haven't actually done that much countervandalism since then. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 21:05, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Clovermoss Hey - that's absolutely brilliant news. Congratulations. You've come such a long way. (Oh, and btw I never acknowledged the link you sent me about your employment. I won't mention it here, but that sounds awesome, too. Nick Moyes (talk) 13:51, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well there's still a few classes I need to take first but hopefully I'll have a seafaring job within the next few months. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 17:56, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Clovermoss Well, good luck with that. It sounds like the start of a great adventure.

my own daughter starts her year of teaching English in Tokyo today. All very exciting times for you youngsters! Looking forward to hearing how things are going once you hit the high seas. Best wishes, Nick Moyes (talk) 05:38, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello. I would like to get guidelines on how to add articles for the first time --Godfredasibufranklyn (talk) 18:01, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Godfredasibufranklyn. Sorry for the delay in replying to you-I’ve been away for a couple of days.

Can I ask what topic you would like to write about? It will need to meet our NOTABILITY CRITERIA if it is to be accepted. Wikipedia can take a while to master, with lots of policies and guidelines to follow. So, we always suggest users gain general editing experience for a few weeks or months before embarking on the hardest of all tasks here - creating a new article from the beginning.

That said,the best overall advice I can give you for creating your first article can be found HERE. Good luck! Nick Moyes (talk) 05:34, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi!

I started to edit a wiki page for the darts game KILLER. I added the inventors name and refered to my website www.routing.se But now I can not find these pages(Swedish and English). So now I have created an account - but cant find the page or the previous version of that page. The page should have my name as inventor/author of the darts type game called KILLER. There should be a reference to my site www.routing.se... Can You find the page for me so I can edit again please? Regards, Kari Skogberg --Kari Skogberg (talk) 08:53, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Kari Skogberg. I can find no Wikipedia article that has been deleted after a deletion discussion that contains the word 'Killer' and that is linked to darts. (Only Killer the card game which was deleted as non-notable back in 2011)

Do you remember the article title; whether you submitted it as a draft for Articles for Creation, or do you know the IP address that you were using at the time? If you're prepared to let me know that, I can check for all contributions made by it, whether or not they've subsequently been deleted, and why.

To be honest, this doesn't sound like a Notable topic, so it could well have been deleted under one of our processes (either a WP:AFD|Deletion Discussion]] or a Speedy Deletion process.

If it doesn't exist on two language wikipedia, it does suggest to me that it was not regarded as notable as a stand alone article by Wikipedia's definition of the word. Do you have any independent sources that talk about it in detail and in depth - not just a set of rules on a website? There is of course a brief section about the game at Darts#Killer.

What more would you be hoping to add, and what sources would you expect to be using? Your own website would NOT be acceptable as a source for your claim of having invented it - or for anything else. It would need to be sourced to a book or professional website or magazine which has independent editorial control of its content. We never accept personal websites as sources, because people are free to make whatever unsubstantiated claims they like and present them as fact. It's not personal - just a way of ensuring accuracy in everything we present here. Best wishes, Nick Moyes (talk) 18:37, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

PS: Sorry for the delay in replying - I've been away from my computer rather a lot recently. in this fine weather. Nick Moyes (talk) 18:38, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

hi! Thanks for feed back. What I did was to add my website URL as reference. So no surprise its gone. BUt why is the prev. version page gone?

My IP address was 78.68.39.103 (only a few days ago I edited the apge- not a new article

Can You find it?

Regards, Kari 2001:2042:5E2F:7A00:9803:4A1D:5A1D:463B (talk) 21:58, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again, @Kari. I've looked at the contributions for that IPv4 address, and it has never edited Wikipedia (see here). But IP addresses are dynamic, and can change over time, so maybe that wasn't it.

I am unclear on which existing article you now say you were editing. Was it Darts? If so, you can view all past edits (even deleted or reverted ones) by clicking the View History tab (see here). I've searched the edit history of the Darts article for any sign of the addition of your personal website, and could find nothing. So, I'm at a loss to identify the particular edit.

I did find this edit you made from your current IPv6 address. Not only was it reverted because it linked to a private website (which is unacceptable, as explained above), but it was also wholly unencyclopaedic in its tone. We don't ever ask chatty questions and answer them in articles: we present facts in a neutral tone of voice suitable for an encyclopaedia, and all based upon {{WP:RS|Reliable Sources]].

So, I think by now you appreciate your edits weren't acceptable to this encyclopaedia. But, if you were the inventor of these games, simply take pleasure in knowing that others enjoy them, too. But I'm afraid without independent sources to verify your claim, it simply can't go in - no matter how true it may be. Kind regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 22:38, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You for your time. I guess You are right- my comment on ref list did not have the form or tone it supposed to have : " Who invented Killer? Read more: www.routing.se I seems I need some other source to quote me...

Regards,

Kari 2001:2042:5E2F:7A00:8559:9D40:350B:AE40 (talk) 12:10, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. I'm afraid that's absolutely correct. Nick Moyes (talk) 12:31, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi --Dily Osama (talk) 10:07, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Dily Osama. Welcome to Wikipedia. Do you need help with editing something? Let me know if you need support. Regards from the Uk, Nick Moyes (talk) 10:41, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I would like to create a page about a company, is it allowed? --Hastamev (talk) 14:42, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, @Hastamev. What is the company, and are you connected with it in any way? All businesses must be ‘Notable’ by Wikipedia’s definition. You can read the notability criteria for companies HERE. In essence, you will need to be able to base any new article on at least THREE, detailed, independent sources.

We are not here to help people promote their business, so meeting notability criteria is absolutely essential, or you will be wasting your time and ours if you try.

If you are connected to the business or its owner in any way, you should declare your ‘conflict of interest’ by following instructions at WP:COI. And if you are accepting payment to do so, you are obliged to declare who is paying you, per our rules at WP:PAID.

Finally, it is not easy to create an encyclopaedia article here with no previous editing experience. So we advise new editors spend time learning how to edit and improve existing articles first.

Further advice on creating your first article can be found HERE. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 17:55, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

hi, is there anything related to bollywood, which required edit? --Newsflashbharat (talk) 17:46, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Newsflashbharat See Wikipedia:WikiProject Film/Indian cinema task force for ideas on improving articles related to this topic.

I have given you a 'soft block' and a chance to create a new account which does not advertise your website or organisation. Note that if you are here purely to promote your website, you will be permanently blocked from editing. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 23:40, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2024).

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, there is a new criterion for speedy deletion: C4, which applies to unused maintenance categories, such as empty dated maintenance categories for dates in the past.
• A request for comment is open to discuss whether Notability (species) should be adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.

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• Following a motion, remedies 5.1 and 5.2 of World War II and the history of Jews in Poland (the topic and interaction bans on My very best wishes, respectively) were repealed.
• Remedy 3C of the German war effort case ("Cinderella157 German history topic ban") was suspended for a period of six months.
• The arbitration case Historical Elections is currently open. Proposed decision is expected by 3 September 2024 for this case.

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• Editors can now enter into good article review circles, an alternative for informal quid pro quo arrangements, to have a GAN reviewed in return for reviewing a different editor's nomination.
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Hi, I'm Gary Collins II, I am a TV fan, can I add the characters in a TV show, like Dixie in "Emergency!," or Tess in "Touched By An Angel," please?! Thank you! --Televisionbuff831G (talk) 04:01, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Televisionbuff831G. I don't know either series. But looking at Tess in the article Touched by an Angel, I can see she was a main character. But I think you're asking whether you could create a whole new article about that fictional character? If so, it would only really be OK to do that if that character had been written about in detail and in depth by numerous independent sources analysing the character, its cultural impact and so on. Somehow I doubt this applies to your examples, but you could ask on the talk page of each article and suggest the content and sources you would wish to use. What we don't accept here (ever) is people's person opinions of observations of what a character did in a programme. The only exception is when summarising Plot elements of a programme.

I think [en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Emergency%21_episodes&diff=1243741581&oldid=1241607743 these edits] you made were acceptable, but beware not falling into the trap of extending or expanding plot summaries into long-winded, rambling accounts full of trivial detail. I hope this helps. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 11:43, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I'd like to be adopted! Our main interests are history & geography! कङञ (talk) 12:09, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, @कङञ. Thanks you for asking for support. Unfortunately, I don't really take on very new users like yourself, as I prefer to see evidence of a long-term commitment to editing before I invest the time to support people on a one to one basis, and you've only made 34 edits to articles so far. But don't let that put you off - we all have to start somewhere!

For instant help with a particular problem, you will find it a lot more helpful to ask single questions at The Teahouse. But, as you've made the effort to approach me, I'd be happy to answer a batch of questions that you might have if you care to post them below. Or give me some idea of the areas of interest or concern that you might have in which you'd seek support. It may take me a few days to reply as I'm about to go on a trip for a week. Other editors do take on very new users, but I prefer to see and support editors who seek a better understanding of policies and procedures, having already invested the effort in gaining the basics for themselves. Sorry if this isn't quite what you wanted, but do feel free to ask away! Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 15:30, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay! Thanks for the conformation! कङञ 09:10, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I have a simple question regarding creating new pages being translations of existing WikiPedia pages - in such a case, wherever I'd like to approach creating such a page, especially in cases where information in the specific language into which I'm translating about the subject is scarce, is it acceptable to use sources in English, considering its position as a lingua franca?

Thanks for any help! --Dronozjad (talk) 08:24, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Dronozjad Yes. You can use sources such as books, journals, newspapers, etc in ‘‘any’’ language. In all cases they must be regarded as RELIABLE SOURCES. More help may be found at WP:TRANSLATION. Hope this is of help. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 01:04, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This was of great help. Thanks! Dronozjad (talk) 15:33, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

MediaWiki message delivery 18:49, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I guess your now my mentor.

My name on wikipedia was Wolfquack, if you want to know why I am using this account instead of my Main you can read my talk page.

Just thought I’d give you a greeting to your late unannounced student 😉. Wolfquack2 (talk) 22:02, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

MediaWiki message delivery 23:59, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey can i plz be a ediotor of alexander hamiltion ty -me --ElizbethAftonFnafEdits (talk) 20:05, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ElizbethAftonFnafEdits The article about Alexander Hamilton is regarded as a Good Article. That means it's up there amongst the very top quality articles in this encyclopaedia. The page is popular and prone to vandalism and bad edits, so is SemiProtected. This means that, providing a user has already made 10 edits and their account is over 4 days old, they may edit it, providing what is added genuinely improves the article, and is based on Reliable Sources which you must include as a reference (=citation).

TBH: Your nine edits here so far don't lead me to feel totally confident in your ability to write in good English and spelling, or that you don't yet fully understand how Wikipedia works. But, providing you can meet these requirements, you are permitted to edit it once you have 10 edits under your belt. Be prepared to have any nonsense or poor quality edit reverted, as we take this encyclopaedia and its content very seriously.

You might therefore prefer first to use the article's 'Talk Page' to first suggest the edit you propose to make and to wait for a few days to get feedback from other editors. Or you could let me know exactly what text you want to add or remove and I can advise you whether it looks ok, or not (that's what I'm here for!). Or, of course, you can simply BE BOLD and be prepared to justify your edit if challenged or reverted. Good luck! Nick Moyes (talk) 23:51, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How does 12% of our population get to show 95% bodies and faces on our tv screens? --ANDROID KNOX (talk) 00:46, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ANDROID KNOX Hello. Sorry, but your question is not appropriate to Wikipedia or related to the support mentors can give new editors. If you need to know about the practicalities of editing Wikipedia articles, ask away! Nick Moyes (talk) 08:55, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A or simple question, sir. Would your answer be the came if the 95% referred to Chinese or Aleutions in Alaska or a pygmy tribe in South America or a couple of hundred Albinos from all over the world? I see it as an anomaly of one distinct race monopolizing the advertising world. My question is really who is behind this agenda. It must be super powerful to stand up to such a strange occurance. If there is no identifiable source, how about your personable opinion. Do you as an individual not find this entire scene questionable? Are you allowed to have a personal opinion? Inquiring minds want to know. Is there an inimitable danger of life or death for asking. 2600:8800:31F:4600:C075:7FA8:4EF:9ED3 (talk) 03:19, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I really don’t have a clue what you’re getting at, nor do I have the time or inclination to seek clarification. Talk pages are for matters relating to improving Wikipedia. End of. See WP:NOTFORUM. Sorry. Nick Moyes (talk) 07:27, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

MediaWiki message delivery 23:33, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I was trying to edit Sharon Gless, where the source was under (ex. https://jeffisfunny.com/2022/08/154-sharon-gless-is-making-house-calls-with-cagney-and-lacey/). I was supposed to write that, however, I couldn't do that, because if I would, then, it indicated I didn't provide enough evidence for that, to the point, where I'd be given a warning about this, before I get blocked? What do I do? Please write back. --Televisionbuff831G (talk) 02:18, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Televisionbuff831G I don't see any warning on your talk page. Were you using a different account to make your edit? If so, which one?

I'm also unclear what it was that you wished to add to the Sharon Gless article. Your source appears to be an interview with Sharon Gless herself. We don't accept interviews with the subject as sources because they may be 'blowing their own trumpet' and making untrue claims about themselves. Sources that have supposedly had some editorial scrutiny such as media magazines and books are fine on that score - but not autobiographical books, of course.

Your solution is probably to go to the article's Talk Page and post a new thread, stating precisely what you would like to add, plus the source it comes from. (If it's a podcast, specify the time within the broadcast). Just ask for comments on how appropriate it is to make. If, within a week, you don't get any reply, you could go ahead and WP:BEBOLD and make that edit, noting in your edit summary that you had previously raised this on the talk page. Even if a really poor edit, it would clearly not have been done in 'bad faith', so you'll have done nothing wrong. I hope this helps. Nick Moyes (talk) 09:05, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

how do I make a article about myself? --SB Locca (talk) 14:43, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@SB Locca Put bluntly - you don't! Your userpage as it stands is quite inappropriate and, unless you change it, will inevitably be deleted as you've written far too much about yourself, in a style of an article. See THIS GUIDANCE So, please some other form of social media to write about yourself, and don't try to use Wikipedia.

Now, the only circumstance where you could have an article about you is if you very clearly meet Wikipedia's NOTABILITY criteria, which requires at least three, independent sources to have written about you in detail and in depth. The specific notability criteria for musicians to have an article about them can be found at WP:NMUSIC. If you know you don't meet either of these sets of criteria, then simply forget it. The fact that you make music is irrelevant to whether or not you are seen as 'notable' by our criteria.

Finally, even if you are likely to be seen as 'ntable' we very heavily discourage anyone from tring to write about themselves. Leave it for someone unconnected with you to undertake that task. See WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY and WP:TOOSOON to appreciate the issues here. Kind regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 16:09, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi there! A user posted their WhatsApp number on my talk page. I replied to their comment and then redacted their number so no one looking at my page can find it. However, it's still in the history, of course. Is this a candidate for RevDel? I don't use WhatsApp so I'm not sure how personal the information is. Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 05:00, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@GoingBatty Done. To avoid the Streissand Effect, you can always email an admin privately, if you wish. Nick Moyes (talk) 08:06, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Baklava is a staple of Assyrian cuisine, and I wanted to send my thanks for helping WikiProject Assyria's article assessments! Baseema raba gabareh! Surayeproject3 (talk) 15:08, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

MediaWiki message delivery 22:16, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2024).

Administrator changes

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• Administrator elections are a proposed new process for selecting administrators, offering an alternative to requests for adminship (RfA). The first trial election will take place in October 2024, with candidate sign-up from October 8 to 14, a discussion phase from October 22 to 24, and SecurePoll voting from October 25 to 31. For questions or to help out, please visit the talk page at Wikipedia talk:Administrator elections.
• Following a discussion, the speedy deletion reason "File pages without a corresponding file" has been moved from criterion G8 to F2. This does not change what can be speedily deleted.
• A request for comment is open to discuss whether there is a consensus to have an administrator recall process.

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Historical elections has been closed.
• An arbitration case regarding Backlash to diversity and inclusion has been opened.
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Hi Nick, I don't remember the last time that we talked on Wikipedia, it's been so long since I caught up with you. I hope you are doing well online and offline. I'm 23 years old now and have a full-time job and edit Wikipedia whenever I can and see if anything can be improved. Everything is going well in my life. As a Wikipedia user, I've watched Wikipedia grow into the encyclopedia it is today. Like everything, it obviously has some setbacks, but overall, it's gotten better overtime, especially with its high standards for reliability. I started with my journey on Wikipedia fighting vandalism. I've come to a point where most of the vandalism that ends up on Wikipedia gets reverted quickly that I don't have to revert it since it will eventually get reverted. It will always be a problem, but Wikipedia has things in place to prevent these from happening. In my experience, almost all vandalism I found nowadays is reverted within an hour with human and automated tools. In the past, with the public able to edit Wikipedia, it was a lot easier to say whatever you wanted in an article and create hoaxes. Nowadays, the hoaxes that are deleted are from the early days of Wikipedia. During my time on Wikipedia, I have learned a lot about how Wikipedia got its start and the importance of working with others to make sure discussions are held in a peaceful manner. I feel like I have reached a point where if I hold advanced permissions, the workload seems to be endless, but I have learned that taking a step back from Wikipedia and doing things that are enjoyable for me is more important. I went through a brutal RFA earlier this year. At first, I thought I had the confidence that I could succeed, but unfortunately, the time wasn't right for me. I don't know about you, but I have heard that becoming an administrator is not as fun as it sounds, so I felt like I should enjoy the things that are good in life like friends, family, enjoying the outdoors, as well as learning something new on Wikipedia. I now know that going through an RFA can be stressful, and I just had to back down because I knew how it was going to end up. I love reading Wikipedia because there is so much to learn on there. Since Wikipedia is just about facts, I enjoy using Reddit to get opinions on certain topics I like reading about. I don't know if you know much about the website, but it is definitely worth checking out. You've been around on Wikipedia longer than I have, so I'd be curious to know what you think about Wikipedia improvement or decline over time. Has it gotten better or worse? What has your life been up to lately? Hope to talk to you soon. Interstellarity (talk) 00:15, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'm surprised you overlooked my message. I am hoping to reach out to me to see how you are doing and catch up with you on life. Interstellarity (talk) 00:41, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

MediaWiki message delivery 23:39, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I Just created a Draft:Shehzad Poonawalla, and will be working more on it but the short summary is coming below the info box which I want to be at the top. --AstuteFlicker (talk) 04:38, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@AstuteFlicker I’m not able to reproduce your issue. Having enabled the Short Description Helper in Preferences>Gadgets, I see it in the right place in desktop view. To be honest I’m sure where the default position should be for Mobile view users. In fact, in Mobile view, I’m not seeing one at all. Further information at WP:Short description. If you’re still stuck, please seek further help HERE. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 07:58, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

MediaWiki message delivery 21:18, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

Just trying to add an addition to notable members of the college. The additional member would be Bobby Seagull. He has his own wiki profile page. Easy enough to find as there aren’t many blokes with said name in question.

Regards

Iain (W41) --Witchcraft Four One (talk) 20:10, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Witchcraft Four One  Done Nick Moyes (talk) 23:26, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

how do you make your own Wikipedia page --Light090 (talk) 23:19, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, Light090. Welcome to Wikipedia. What topic would you want to add to this encyclopaedia, may I ask? If by "your own Wikipedia page" you mean how to create a Wikipedia article all about yourself, then the simple answer is that you cannot do that. Article have to be about subjects that are deemed Notable, and meet certain criteria.

That said, you do have a Userpage and a User Talk page. I have just left you a 'Welcome' message on your talk page. It contains a very useful link to learning about how to start editing. This Talk page is where we interact with one another over issues around editing articles (though it's not a general chit-chat page for off-topic matters).

You are permitted to use your Userpage to say a few words about yourself and your interests in joining Wikipedia. Don't give out any personal information there, and don't try to use it to create a profile that sums up your life or promotes your music business, or whatever it might be. The 'do's and dont's' of what's permitted there can be read at WP:USERPAGE.

Finally, if you are asking about how to create a new Wikipedia article about something, I should point out that article creation is best left until you've learned the basics of editing existing pages and making improvements there first. When you feel ready to write about a Notable topic, do then read THIS. Best wishes from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 08:43, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

how do I write about me? I am a writer, who goes by the pen name AJ CASTRO, but so does someone else. I'm just trying to make it so that when the name is googled, it at least links to me and my photo also --Adalberto Castro (talk) 17:08, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Adalberto Castro. Firstly, I'm afraid Wikipedia has no control whatsoever on how Google indexes any internet content, or how it serves up that information on its results page.

I can see that Wikipedia has an article about the deceased soldier, Andrew Castro, and that is probably where you find search results about you getting mixed with your own.

Now, we are allowed to add a WP:HATNOTE to an article page where Wikipedia has two or more pages that are liable to cause confusion in its own search results so as to distinguish between them. However, unless there is already a Wikipedia article about you and your life, we cannot simply add a note to an article to distinguish it from every other person in the world of the same name. We even have special pages to help users find the right article. (See Martin Moran or Ulysses for examples of these 'disambiguation pages'.

So, I can see fully appreciate why you might hope that you might merit a Wikipedia page of your own. If you do, and it were created by someone, then a hatnote to distinguish the two A J Castros would be perfectly acceptable. However, Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia of notable topics (meaning that the world at large must have already taken note of it and written about it in independently-published sources, whether that be a species of plant, a geographical feature, a musician, writer or mountaineer.

You may which to read our general notability requirements for any type of individual, as well as check out our notability criteria for Creative Professionals, using the shortcut link, WP:AUTHOR. So, if there are a number of independent sources that have written about you (ignoring blogs, social media, YouTube and self-published works) then you may well merit an article here, just as you would if you instead meet the notability criteria at WP:AUTHOR. But if neither can be met, I'm afraid you cannot have a Wikipedia article about you, sorry.

But, even if you can demonstrate that you do meet one of our 'notability criteria', as described above, we very strongly discourage anyone ever to try to write about themselves. They would have a serious Conflict of Interest, and be unlikely to ever be able to write about themselves, based on published sources alone, in a neutral and encyclopaedic manner. Just leave it to an unconnected editor to rise to the challenge of creating an article about you. If, having read the above, you earnestly believe you can provide a number of independent sources that have written about you, then you might wish to create an entry that lists them at WP:REQUESTED ARTICLES or, more specifically, here.

I hope this helps you understand the situation a little better. Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 21:38, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can i change my user name ? --HiDefRePlay (talk) 23:04, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@HiDefRePlay You have only made three edits with this account, so it is really not worth going through the complicated process of requesting a name change. Please simply abandon this account (i.e. forget the password and never use it again) Just create a new account with your preferred name and only use that one from now on. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 23:30, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

MediaWiki message delivery 20:49, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Trizek_(WMF), 15:43, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In which way i can earn money — Preceding unsigned comment added by TYLLER GOLD (talk • contribs) 09:04, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@TYLLER GOLD Look for a real job! There's absolutely no money to be made through Wikipedia. We are all volunteers here; we're simply keen to see a world-class encyclopaedia made freely available to all. Sorry. Nick Moyes (talk) 09:09, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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BGerdemann (WMF) (talk) 19:23, 23 October 2024 (UTC) [reply]

I created this account yesterday because I was interested in editing, but I'm not sure where to begin. Should I start with adding minor details to articles about topics I'm interested in, or should I start with copyediting articles that have notices on them? Kirguy (talk) 21:14, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Kirguy Hi there. I love your question - it shows common sense and maturity. Most people rush in to wanting to create a new article, or make major changes, but then mess up. Rather like learning to drive a car, it is best to start off slowly and gently so that you don't crash.

I would suggest that one approach is to look at articles/topics you are interested in, reading them, then identifying the faults or gaps. (If you're worried about others identifying who you are, or where you live, avoid editing articles about your own school or your immediate community.) Most importantly, rather than adding things that you happen to know in your own mind, please look to find good sources that talk about these facts in properly published sources. You should add a 'citation' to allow other users of Wikipedia to Verify what you have added.

However, if you enjoy the English language, you may well get huge satisfaction from simple copyediting and improving the readability of an article. Not everyone can do this, and many articles are quite poorly written, despite being well sourced.

I will leave you a 'welcome' message on your talk page with links for you to work through, and to learn how to edit and add good content.

We do also have two other things that might interest you. One is our ideas centre of things we've identified that need improving. See Wikipedia:Task Center.

Then we have 'WikiProjects' which focus on specific topic areas and offer information about all the articles falling under that description. I would be happy to advise you further on this, should you wish. If you want to let me know how you get on, drop me a reply and I'd be happy to comment on your first few sets of edits. But don't panic - we all make honest mistakes in life, so if someone says "oy, that's not right", don't panic if they revert any edit you've made. I'm here to help, and can also be found at The Teahouse alongside other Hosts, 24 hours a day/7 days a week. It's our help desk for new editors, and we welcome your interest. For some like me, contributing to Wikipedia is a hugely rewarding hobby. If you can find the areas to contribute to that make you feel valued, you'll be a great Wikipedian in no time! Kind regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 22:54, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My mentor is my father --Studywithnazish (talk) 11:56, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Studywithnazish If you need assistance with learning how to edit Wikipedia, just ask. But otherwise please refrain from making pointless comments like this one. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 17:16, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

how do i add a image --Asifimransiddiqui (talk) 16:22, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Asifimransiddiqui I'm not sure why you are asking this question as you have already successfully uploaded and added an image of yourself at Draft:Asif Imran Siddiqui. What further help do you need on adding images? See HELP:PICTURES for further links and guidance.

Please note that, in its present state, your draft is not acceptable to Wikipedia. Please read THIS and WP:NACADEMIC to appreciate our notability standards for people and academics, respectively.

And please read WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY to understand why we very strongly discourage anyone trying to write an encyclopaedia article about themselves. (Everything stated here must be based upon independent, reliably published sources - not just what the person happens to know or want to say about themselves!). Kind regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 17:41, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

MediaWiki message delivery 20:53, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Nick

You very kindly gave me advice via the Teahouse on 21 October 2024, and as far as I can tell I've done what you suggested. I then re-submitted the article and it was rejected almost immediately by Theroadislong who declared there was no evidence of notability and that there was not significant coverage (not just passing mentions) of the subject. Given that all the newspaper citations I have used are articles actually about the subject, I fail to see how that qualifies as 'passing mentions'.

I removed a link to Who's Who as he said that conferred zero notablity. I don't know what else to do.

Any help would be gratefully appreciated. Jjarchivist (talk) 11:10, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jjarchivist I will take another look. It may take me a few days as I've been away, and need to catch up on things. Cheers, Nick Moyes (talk) 14:21, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Much appreciated 92.23.74.61 (talk) 14:24, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Just wondered if you'd had a chance to look at this for me.... appreciate you have a life to lead as well! Jjarchivist (talk) 09:52, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Nick

Don't want to hassle you, but have you had a chance to take another look at my article? Many thanks Jjarchivist (talk) 11:32, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Nick, I'm a new Editor and a bit of a perfectionnist. Could you please let me know if my recent edit on the Oracle BI page was acceptable? --TechBossBabe (talk) 16:04, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@TechBossBabe I will take another look. It may take me a few days as I've been away, and need to catch up on things. Cheers, Nick Moyes (talk) 14:22, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@TechBossBabe Firstly, my apologies for the delay in replying to you. Your edit was perfectly acceptable, but could have been a little better. You can see what we call 'the diff' HERE. I like perfectionists like you, so here are my perfectionist observations for you:

• Having acted on a 'template' to expand the acronym, the right thing to do would have been to remove it, as it is no longer relevant.
• Because DHTML is written in capitals, I think the expanded acronym should also have been written in Title Case (=capital first letter for each word)
• Because acronyms like HTML and DHTML are in more common usage than their expanded forms, I would probably have put the acronym first, followed by the expanded term in brackets.

Having said all this, there was nothing - absolutely nothing - wrong with your edit. Subsequent to it, another editor did fix things a bit further with THIS EDIT], which I think gives us the final, best version we all wanted.

In the same sprit of perfectionism, may I comment on your later edit to Hyram Yarbro, which I think was a Newcomer Task? I see you added a citation to a previously unsupported statement. Again, that was helpful, but could have been a bit better because it only added a WP:BAREURL. See YOUR DIFF. What we really like to see is a citation which clearly shows the source's title, author, publisher and date. You can learn more about adding fuller and better citations via the Visual Editor tool HERE, In essence, you find the 'Cite' button and type in the source url and he rest is done for us. I did it for you, and you can see the edit HERE I hope this all makes some sense! Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 23:49, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nick, this was extremely helpful. THANK YOU!!! TechBossBabe (talk) 15:14, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Nick.

I am looking to provide information about my company on Wikipedia. Is that something you can help me with? --Sharon.Vanderheiden (talk) 13:01, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Sharon.Vanderheiden (talk page watcher) please do not provide information about your company without first complying with WP:PAID in all respects. 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 13:11, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Sharon.Vanderheiden Wikipedia only has encyclopaedia articles about 'notable topics' - be advised that we are not here to help with WP:PROMOTION of people's businesses. That said, you can determine if your business meets our Notability Criteria for Companies and Businesses by reading THIS. If it doesn't meet these criteria, I'm afraid you would be wasting your time trying. Many do, and all fail if the world at large has not taken notice of that company or business, and independent sources have not written in detail and in depth about it. By 'independent sources', we exclude business and trade magazines, their own website, social media and press releases. We do accept mainstream news media, books, journals, etc. Mere passing mentions are not sufficient.

Three good articles written by independent journalists, and not based on press releases or other PR materials/newswire content might get a business over the line. Feel free to let me know its name (but, if it's Action Appliance, it will not meet WP:NCORP as far as I can ascertain.) Regards from the UK, Nick Moyes (talk) 17:41, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Is Al-mayadeen considered a reliable source? --Misinfofighter123 (talk) 09:00, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Misinfofighter123 Thanks for your question. The issue of unreliability of this source was discussed last year, and it is NOT deemed to be reliable, so should not be used as a source. See WP:ALMAYADEEN for more info. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 21:47, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2024).

Administrator changes

• Crisco 1492

• Babajobu
• Daniel
• Elf
• Jayron32
• Thue
• Wugapodes

CheckUser changes

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Oversighter changes

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Guideline and policy news

• Following a discussion, the discussion-only period proposal that went for a trial to refine the requests for adminship (RfA) process has been discontinued.
• Following a request for comment, Administrator recall is adopted as a policy.

Technical news

• Mass deletions done with the Nuke tool now have the 'Nuke' tag. This change will make reviewing and analyzing deletions performed with the tool easier. T366068

Arbitration

• RoySmith, Barkeep49 and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2024 Arbitration Committee Elections. ThadeusOfNazereth and Dr vulpes are reserve commissioners.
• Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate from 3 November 2024 until 12 November 2024 to stand in the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections.
• The Arbitration Committee is seeking volunteers for roles such as clerks, access to the COI queue, checkuser, and oversight.

Miscellaneous

• An unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in November 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with {{Unreferenced}}. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. Sign up to participate!

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MediaWiki message delivery 20:47, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My Facebook account no working --ملیارفخری سید (talk) 02:46, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ملیارفخری سید Oh dear. Sorry to hear that. But this is Wikipedia and has NOTHING to do with Facebook, so we cannot help you here! Nick Moyes (talk) 10:43, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I started an ANI thread about an editor I had concerns about, and it went unresolved and mostly uncommented— I think the thread just before it took up a lot of attention. My thread has since been archived. Should I let the issue go, ping the one person who replied, wait and see if the issue persists before starting a new thread, or something else? Thanks! Placeholderer (talk) 15:33, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, Placeholderer. Sorry for the long wait for a reply; I've been extremely busy IRL.

I think WP:SPA accounts tend to have a vested interest in editing in specific, narrow areas. I sense this editor is aiming for accuracy and clarity in how the area of 'Eritrea' is used. This edit, for example, seems quite valid. And this one at first looked to be updating data without updating the citation. Yet, the source link itself appears to have been updated, and is correct.

Assuming you're still concerned about over-zealous editing, my advice would be to continue monitoring their edits, and to attempt to communicate and question whey they made certain edits, and to try to come across as supportive as you can. They do seem willing to engage at times, so it would be their failure to address concerns and to continue editing in a way that requires continual reversion that would lead you to return to ANI. If you do so, feel free to link to your earlier post there. Be there to help them improve as an editor, and explain how they can do that more effectively. Only when that fails should you go back to ANI or some other COI noticeboard. Hoping this helps, Nick Moyes (talk) 21:17, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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BGerdemann (WMF) (talk) 00:18, 13 November 2024 (UTC) [reply]

how do I edit --Learn More177777 (talk) 20:44, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Learn More177777 Welcome to Wikipedia! I've left you a 'welcome message' on your own talk page with a useful link to learn more about editing. We have two different editing tools for you to choose to use, though you can easily switch between them. For a set of links to different types of help and guidance, please see THIS PAGE.

One key thing to appreciate is that nothing should be added to Wikipedia from your own personal knowledge or understanding - everything, yes, everything, should be sourced from reliable, independent sources. This excludes blogs, personal websites and most social media. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 21:03, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again! This is a low-urgency enquiry— I don't mean to bother you when you're busy, and am in no rush to hear back. However, I'd like to know if you have any particular guidance for dealing with situations like I discuss here. My problem is essentially that I feel like I've been treated unfairly. I don't mean to canvas— I'm just looking for your input since, to be frank, I trust what you have to say. Also it's possible that I'll hear more from that thread in the next few days, but I personally don't expect to. Thanks again! Placeholderer (talk) 21:26, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Update: I think things are probably fine. My plan in summary is to try in good faith to follow the rules, and to not necessarily follow instructions that I think clearly go against the rules. If I end up getting in trouble regardless I'll proceed from there! Placeholderer (talk) 02:46, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Placeholderer Sorry I didn’t reply. I’m currently away on holiday. The advice from Cullen was very valid, but you were right to politely raise the question and to follow the advice given. There’s nothing wrong in seeking clarification, though it’s never wise to fight against rules relating to editing contentious topics, as they’re designed to minimise back and forward fighting over the right kind of edits different users want to make. Nick Moyes (talk) 19:39, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How can I get to publish my biography. --Dayiem Gatwich Gai Dayiem (talk) 01:19, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Dayiem Gatwich Gai Dayiem Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia.

Unless you clearly meet our Wikipedia’s Notability Criteria for People, you cannot publish anything about yourself here. If you’d care to supply me with three independent, properly published, detailed sources which talk about you and your life in some depth, I’d be happy to advise whether or not a page here is justified.

Of course, if you’ve been awarded recognised national/international awards, had a chart-topping hit record or been in an Olympic sports team, you could be found notable under some of our more specialised notability criteria. We need to see books, newspaper articles or mainstream media reporting about you. Personal blogs, social media posts and self-published content are not relevant to demonstrating notability. In essence, Wikipedia is about Notable things, and is not here for WP:PROMOTION.

Should you meet our notability criteria, we very strongly discourage people from trying to write about thelmjhselves. Leave it to others without a conflict of interest, please. See WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY Nick Moyes (talk) 13:52, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

MediaWiki message delivery 01:58, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I hope you're doing well, before I begin my message I wanted to say thanks again for helping to bring back the WikiProject Assyria assessments, it's been extremely helpful and I've been able to add several articles to the WikiProject that'll help enhance the scope of editing in the future!

As you're an administrator, I could use your input if possible. On the article Chaldean Catholics, there's been a discussion to merge the article with Chaldean Catholic Church that has supposedly been in discussion since May, but most discussion has taken place for it this month. Most of the input suggests doing a merge, and since no editors have actively contributed to the discussion in a few days, I would love to know if you believe a final consensus has been reached and if you would be able to perform the merge if so. If you think there's someone else who's better suited to merge the articles, please let me know and I can request their assistance! Surayeproject3 (talk) 02:24, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Surayeproject3 Hi there. Nice to hear things are going ok. I’m away on holiday this week, so probably can’t do much to help.

Slightly worried that the discussion began on 2018 and was revived recently. So it’s possible that some visitors to the talk page might miss it entirely. I’d suggest you wait a bit longer, then make a new post, summarising that you feel there’s been a consensus reached, and giving people a final chance to comment. Even if it were a properly-formulatted RfC, it would not require an administrator to do the work of actually merging the articles- just summarising any consensus that was reached, and then leaving interested editors to make the changes. Hope this helps. Nick Moyes (talk) 19:33, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to issue #2 of the Moderator Tools newsletter! It's been about a year since the first one (sorry for the delay), but we're excited to tell you what our team has been working on since then, and where you can guide our ongoing and upcoming work.

Automoderator is now feature-complete for its initial release! Automoderator is a highly configurable automated anti-vandalism tool which reverts edits that a machine learning model determines to be vandalism. It can be enabled, disabled, and configured at any time by administrators via a Community Configuration form. Automoderator is now in use on Indonesian, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese Wikipedias, with other projects at various stages of discussion and setup. You can track data about Automoderator's activity so far via a Superset dashboard. To request Automoderator on your Wikimedia project, please refer to the deployment steps.

We are wrapping up our focused time developing Automoderator while we review data and feedback about its impact. We also still plan to provide support for small Wikimedia projects with few/no administrators (T372280), and integrate the multilingual revert risk model, which is an improved version of the model currently in use, with support for 47 language Wikipedias. We're looking for support testing the multilingual model to better understand its behaviour - please check out the testing process and review some edits!

During the 2024-2025 Wikimedia Foundation fiscal year, our team wants to make improvements to the software that moderators (patrollers, administrators, stewards, etc.) are using today, rather than focusing on building new tools. Although it's valuable to build new features, it's also important that we continue maintaining the important tools that are already being used to maintain and improve Wikipedia's quality.

One such project is to make usability and feature improvements to the Nuke extension (known as 'mass delete' on some projects). We have contracted a community developer, Chlod, who has worked on the extension in the past, to help us with this! With the Nuke project, we hope to make a number of improvements, including additional filters, increasing the deletion time range, automated deletion of related pages, and bug fixes. Read more about this project, and provide feedback, at Extension:Nuke/2024 Moderator Tools project.

As part of our efforts to improve existing impactful moderator tooling, we are working on a project for a few months to make improvements to Special:RecentChanges and related workflows. We will be prioritizing work for this project on an ongoing basis, but have some larger projects that we will solicit input for via our project page. We have a brief survey at Moderator Tools/Survey:Recent Changes to gather input for this project - please answer the questions if you're interested.

Finally, looking to the future, we plan to research and work on tasks identified as part of the Community Wishlist focus area titled 'task prioritization'. We'll be looking for opportunities to speak with editors about how they decide what needs their attention, and in particular will be investigating the Watchlist to see where we might be able to make usability and feature improvements. If you have thoughts about opportunities in this focus area please share them on the task prioritization talk page, or file a new wish!

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MediaWiki message delivery 22:39, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. So I've been sending this message to some other admins taking these requests in hope I get blocked very quickly since I feel like I've been editing too much. Anyways, please block me until 14:30 UTC. Thanks. MouseCursor (talk) 07:57, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@MouseCursorI’m willing to block users who request help so that they can focus on more important matters. But not on an hour by hour basis! That’s not practicable. I didn’t even see your message until after your desired deadline. A minimum of a week might be reasonable and acceptable. Otherwise you simply need to find your own means of short term self-control, such as putting your device out of reach for half a day, or going for a long walk. Sorry. Nick Moyes (talk) 22:56, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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MediaWiki message delivery 22:20, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2024).

Administrator changes

• Ahecht
• DoubleGrazing
• Dr vulpes
• FOARP
• Peaceray
• Queen of Hearts
• Rsjaffe
• SD0001
• SilverLocust
• Sohom Datta
• ThadeusOfNazereth
• Voorts

• Ajpolino
• Fathoms Below
• Pppery
• Tamzin
• Worm That Turned

• Aervanath
• Christopher Sundita
• Dank
• Dennis Brown
• Dragons flight
• Fastily
• Graham87
• JaGa
• Kbh3rd
• Marine 69-71
• Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington
• Yamamoto Ichiro

Interface administrator changes

• SD0001
• Sohom Datta

Pppery

CheckUser changes

• Spicy
• TheresNoTime

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RFC, the policy on restoration of adminship has been updated. All former administrators may now only regain the tools following a request at the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard within 5 years of their most recent admin action. Previously this applied only to administrators deysopped for inactivity.
• Following a request for comment, a new speedy deletion criterion, T5, has been enacted. This applies to template subpages that are no longer used.

Technical news

• Technical volunteers can now register for the 2025 Wikimedia Hackathon, which will take place in Istanbul, Turkey. Application for travel and accommodation scholarships is open from November 12 to December 10, 2024.

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Yasuke (formerly titled Backlash to diversity and inclusion) has been closed.
• An arbitration case titled Palestine-Israel articles 5 has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case will close on 14 December.

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women and men and youth Haan miller-stelzer (talk) 16:43, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

MediaWiki message delivery 22:13, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

slovakian tschechian sverige eastgermany-berlin and all teams from vfb stuttgart .de --Haan miller-stelzer (talk) 16:41, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Haan miller-stelzer Welcome to Wikipedia. I do not understand your question. Do you need help in some way? If so, please explain what you need. Thanks. Nick Moyes (talk) 06:21, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @Nick Moyes, I hope you are doing well. In the teahouse (Link)I had originally asked for some advice regarding the Quinte Health article. You had suggested I add a section on controversies and that has been done. Do you have any other suggestions on how to further the article? Best Regards CF-501 Falcon (talk) 21:44, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@CF-501 Falcon No, everything seems fine. I spotted one typo where there was a spurious “to” somewhere. And ref 7 could be tidied up. Have you created a WP:REDIRECT for each hospital name?

Other than that, it’s excellent! Nick Moyes (talk) 06:31, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Nick Moyes Thank you for the response. I have cleaned up ref 7 and I already had added redirects from each hospital's name. Any suggestions for me in general about editing, or content. Again, Thank you. Have a good day! CF-501 Falcon (talk) 15:11, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Colman2000 (talk) 21:20, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

		The Helping Hand Barnstar
		To Nick, a long-delayed special thank-you for your many replies to help requests I used to make in the Teahouse. Even though we haven't crossed paths in awhile, we did for quite some time when I first came to Wikipedia. You always guided me well ... which, as an educator, I appreciated all the more. :) Augnablik (talk) 16:14, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

MediaWiki message delivery 22:22, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Nick I just made an edit adding myself, Mary Celeste, to the list of women composers by birth date and the software has automatically linked the name Mary Celeste on this list to the (much more famous) ship Mary Celeste. How do I unlink the two items? Cheers Mary --Magenta Marigold (talk) 01:19, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Magenta Marigold Is there currently an article on Wikipedia about you? If so, what is its name? If not, then you need to understand that List articles are only there to summarise pages that already exist on Wikipedia, and so your addition was not appropriate. I have reverted it. See WP:COMPOSER for our notability criteria for composers of music. Let me know if you earnestly think you meet them. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 01:29, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Nick

Gosh that was a bit harsh!

I think that the point of the list of women classical composers is that we don't get mentioned in mainstream sources.

Do you not think that being listed on SOUNZ, the website of NZ composers, is an adequate criterion for being notable, important or significant? Their criteria is that we have to have had a number of performances of our work by professional musicians in noted music venues.

Cheers

Mary Magenta Marigold (talk) 02:01, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Magenta Marigold It's not harsh - it's the reality of how Wikipedia operates, I'm afraid. Wikipedia is, quite simply, an encyclopaedia of 'Notable Things'. Our criteria of notability are well laid out. If that topic has not been written about by independent sources, then it will fail our notability test. We are not here to help people promote themselves, though many do try - and most inevitably fail.

To answer your question: simply being named as a musician or composer in someone's list is generally not enough to merit inclusion on Wikipedia. The fact that someone makes nice music is no different from someone making nice biscuits or nice YouTube videos. Only when the world at large has taken notice of them and has written about them will Wikipedia take those sources and distill their contents down into an article about that topic. You said it yourself: you are not covered in mainstream sources, though it may simply be TOOSOON. I am sorry if my answer disappoints you. But, of course, if you genuinely feel there is a list of NZ composers that would merit being used as the basis of notability, then you are welcome to raise it for discussion at Wikipedia talk:Notability (music). But if other sources don't exist, there will simply be nothing upon which to base an article on, will there?

I should add that, if sources do exist which might demonstrate that a topic is notable, yet no article currently exists on it, we do permit their addition to List Articles, providing a good citation is given to support its inclusion. The name would appear as a ' red link' until such time as an article is created on it. Thus Marie Celeste (composer) might be accepted if accompanied by a citation showing more than the fact that that person simply exists, and that the citation is to an independent, detailed and reliable source, and is not directly serving the interests of that person. Kind regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 02:23, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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hundenvonPG (talk) 08:56, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I know that I need to be autoconfirmed to use some editing features such as uploading images but, I have not been made autoconfirmed even though my account is over 4 days and has more than 10 edits. Could you please explain why --Grootwillrise (talk) 14:30, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Grootwillrise Your account was not 4 days old and were not autoconfirmed when you posted this question at 14:30 UTC, but 3hrs and five minutes later, you were! Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 21:25, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ok thank you Grootwillrise (talk) 18:52, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Apologies for the radio silence. How much time do you devote to editing? --SherpaG (talk) 01:32, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, SherpaG. I spend very variable amounts of time on Wikipedia. Looking back over the last 14 years of my edits, it varied from 30 edits in one year when I had only just started, to a peak of ovre 14,000 edits a year using repetitive error-correcting tools.

I do less content creation/article editing nowadays, and there are two reasons for that. I became an administrator about 5 years ago, and more of my time was spent doing those backroom tasks that simply keep the project running. But, I have also had less spare time in recent years, and am currently quite busy and active in real life.

Because this is a volunteer project, it really doesn't matter how much - or how little - editing time you spend here. The only thing that matters is that whatever you do here, it is for the net benefit of the encyclopaedia.

If you're looking for idea of things to do or work on, because you fancy committing a bit more time in the future here, I'd be happy to give you a few pointers and suggestions. But for now I'll simply leave a 'welcome message' on your talk page with a link to a range of pages to help you understand about the editing process. Rather like learning to drive, it's often best to set off slowly and make short edits rather than working at high speed without much understanding of the 'rules of the road'.

Whatever you do - whether tons or not much at all - just do it as well as you can, and you'll feel good about helping to imporve the world's greatest encyclopaedia! Pop back any time with further questions, or ask anyone at The Teahouse. Seasons wishes to you. Nick Moyes (talk) 11:07, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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