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I got your welcome message, checked out your page, opened up the citation hunt tool, and the very first source was something I could help with! I just started on Wikipedia, inspired to contribute by noticing a lot of lack in WikiSpeedRuns. I appreciate the tip about citation hunt and would love to know of any other tools you've found! NovusPax (talk) 04:59, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I'm so glad that you found something to do on Wikipedia! Something else I really enjoy is monitoring the recent changes log to help revert vandalism, and, as soon as you become 'autoconfirmed', you can learn how to do so here. Other thing I like to do is to take a look at this list of uncategorized pages and find categories for them, and a final thing I like is to fix grammar on articles in this list and add Wikilinks to articles in this list. You can find more odd little things like these at the Task Centre.

Thanks for helping Wikipedia, and if you ever need anything else, please don't hesitate to ask me here! MolecularPilot 22:01, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@MolecularPilot:Hello. I saw you thanked me for my recent edit on Salmon as food. Would like to know any specific reason for this. I am a beginner and would like to know everything that pleases other Wikipedians, so I can understand what is good to do at Wikipedia. One curious question though. As I was finalizing my edit, the page was saying that the infobox had a error regarding Cholesterol. I went to the template source [Template:Infobox nutritional value]. I realized, that cholesterol begins with a small "c" rather than the big "C". I changed that, and apparently the error got fixed. Does it happen with infoboxes - i.e. even capitalization matters? Kindly advise. Thanks. Neotaruntius (talk) 00:34, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I thanked you for adding an interesting new section to the article and referencing it really well, it's always great to see editors add new perspectives to the article and back them app with sources.

It can depend on the individual infobox, but generally parameters are case sensitive (and almost always lowercase). Thanks for spotting that mistake with the box & fixing it.

If you have any other questions please feel free to reach out to me!

Have a great day! :) MolecularPilot 00:49, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @MolecularPilot for the kind comments. I sure will ask a question as and when it arises. It is so nice to see helpful Wikipedians like you around, who encourage beginners so nicely. Thanks very much for appreciation. I feel encouraged. Neotaruntius (talk) 11:34, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

	The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
	For helping a confused editor to earn their unblock. Thanks for your kindness. -- asilvering (talk) 04:07, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much for your kindness as well - this is my first ever barnstar and it's very exciting to get one! Have a great day! :) MolecularPilot ^{🧪️✈️} 07:34, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:53, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the initial reversal on this page. No objection to the new, just had an objection to how it was transcluded to Wikipedia:Database reports. My newer edit with adjustment appears to have corrected that issue. When this report is updated again, the bot should ideally update the date between the onlyincludes so that it displays the updated time on the Database reports page as well. Sorry for any confusion, happy new year. Zinnober9 (talk) 15:18, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your help, it's the first time I've worked with a Database report so thank you for explaining how to correctly show the date and time! Happy new year to you too! :) MolecularPilot ^{🧪️✈️} 03:54, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Invalid number of status templates in section '03 January 2025'. Needed 1, got 2.
Invalid number of '====Suspected sockpuppets====' in section '03 January 2025'. Needed 1, got 2.
Invalid number of '====<big>Comments by other users</big>====' in section '03 January 2025'. Needed 1, got 2.
Invalid number of '====<big>Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments</big>====' in section '03 January 2025'. Needed 1, got 2.

Is a false positive. Some days routinely have multiple cases filed. Currently seen at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Truthfindervert. Izno (talk) 21:05, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Separately, I would recommend not checking for <big></big> tags. I have it in mind to remove that at some point. Izno (talk) 21:06, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Izno, thank you very much for this! I didn't realize some days could have multiple cases listed. I am resolving this issue now (as well as removing the big tags from the check). :) MolecularPilot ^{🧪️✈️} 23:31, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done, with regards to both accepting multiple cases on the same day and not requiring <big></big> tags. Thanks again! :) MolecularPilot ^{🧪️✈️} 23:38, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Another. [1] is a valid state for the template. I suspect your regex is just looking for the bar and the end of the template, it should probably just look for the end of the template. Izno (talk) 20:32, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, you would be correct, because it tries to extract the status (with "" being a valid status), and from what I saw spa-helper.js always left it as {{SPI case status|}}, with the bar intact. I've resolved this now to permit not having a bar, thanks again for your report Izno, I tried to test everything but there's always edge cases you never suspect. Thank you also for your edit to the template, I was trying to figure out how to get it to hide but it always left some big gap that didn't look nice. :) MolecularPilot ^{🧪️✈️} 02:55, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/151.230.148.34 was deleted but was showing up on the report after. Izno (talk) 21:40, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done, I had it not to scan deleted pages for being malformed (that page seemed to be poorly formed before it was deleted), but now it watches for deletion events and will remove any deleted pages from the list. Thanks again for the report!

Interestingly the bot has actually caught valid malformations in cases like at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Icewhiz (where it has live for 40 minutes and then a helpful user who rarely edits must have noticed my template and fixed it themselves, [2])! MolecularPilot ^{🧪️✈️} 00:32, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently needs some more work detecting deletions. Izno (talk) 23:34, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Now Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Abdullah099$55 which was a page move. Izno (talk) 02:39, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That wasn't related to the move, it was just missing {{SPIpriorcases}} which I've added now! Re deletions TNT cleaned them up (thank you!) but I'll see if I can fix the script to get rid of them itself (I thought I did that but there must be a bug). :) MolecularPilot ^{🧪️✈️} 02:49, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

spaces are fine Izno (talk) 04:55, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

fixed, thanks! :) MolecularPilot ^{🧪️✈️} 07:03, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There are some drafts at User:MolecularBot/AfCResubmissions.json that are no longer submitted. Could you please remove the ones that are not currently submitted? I doubt any admin has time to remove processed drafts from this list. – DreamRimmer (talk) 11:14, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have written code to remove these. If you want to run it, feel free to email me for the source code. – DreamRimmer (talk) 11:23, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh sorry, I just saw that you already wrote some code! If you'd like, you can Special:EmailUser me so we can compare code if you like, thank you! :) MolecularPilot ^{🧪️✈️} 02:09, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have sent you an email. – DreamRimmer (talk) 03:15, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I just replied lol, almost at the exact time I got this TP message hahaha! Thank you :) MolecularPilot ^{🧪️✈️} 03:17, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done, I've updated the code to remove a submission from the list if it's accepted/declined. Thanks for the suggestion! :) MolecularPilot ^{🧪️✈️} 02:09, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Free play you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Pokelego999 -- Pokelego999 (talk) 14:24, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How do I edit my photo apps --Sadiq Ray step (talk) 11:54, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Sadiq Ray step, I'm not quite sure what you mean... could you please clarify? Thanks! :) MolecularPilot ^{🧪️✈️} 04:26, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @MolecularPilot and thanks for your comment on my new page: Krone Engineered Biosystems Building. I left a comment on its Talk page about removing the issues message, could you have a look? I'd like to work on this page more but want some help knowing if I've addressed the issues enough that it's going to stick around... Thanks boingit. Boingit (talk) 07:33, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Boingit! I didn't add the tags, that was someone else, but I've gone ahead and removed all the tags up the top because you added references demonstrating independent, secondary sources talking about the building in detail, which is perfect (and the reason I marked it as patrolled when I saw the article!), and also made it not an orphan anymore. The final thing is categories - even I struggle with this one! A good thing to do is start by looking on the page of a broad category, like Category:Buildings and structures and then look at a subcategory that's relevant to the building, and then the relevant subcategories of that subcategory etc. until you find a couple perfect and specific categories. I hope this helps, and thanks for making your really cool article! :) MolecularPilot ^{🧪️✈️} 07:44, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Great stuff and thanks for the help! I'll look after the categories stuff. Boingit (talk) 07:49, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I just found a couple relevant ones so I added them to the article and have removed the {{uncat}} template. I'm happy to help anytime, please don't hesitate to reach out to me in future if you need help with ANYTHING. :) MolecularPilot ^{🧪️✈️} 07:50, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

	The Original Barnstar
	Thanks for your friendly help! Boingit (talk) 07:58, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much! I'm always happy to help! ;) MolecularPilot ^{🧪️✈️} 23:26, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ap Ke Mushkel Waqth Ka Dosth --Ajmal Khan Mechanic 1 (talk) 11:21, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ajmal Khan Mechanic 1, aapke in shabdon ke liye bahut dhanyavaad! Mujhe khushi hai ki main aapke mushkil samay mein aapke saath hoon. Agar kabhi aapko margdarshan ya sahayta ki zarurat ho, to bejhijhak mujhse sampark karein. MolecularPilot ^{🧪️✈️} 01:02, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi , i wanted to know how long does it take for new articles to be publish as well as small edits --Aritetsoma (talk) 17:16, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi!

Small edits you make to any article are immediately published and viewable to anyone around the world, unless the article is under pending changes protection, where they will usually be reviewed and published by an experienced Wikipedia editor within 7 hours.

With regards to AfC submissions, they are usually reviewed within a few hours however currently there are pages in the backlog as old as 2 months, so it depends on whether someone picks your submission from the queue.

I hope this helps! :) MolecularPilot ^{🧪️✈️} 04:06, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

	The Barnstar of Diplomacy
	Thanks for adding back my edits so that it didn't look like an edit war and for helping me on the Discord! I don't know if this is the right barnstar but it seems the most suitable. AngelenoCrow (talk) 05:50, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That's so fine - thank you so much for the barnstar! Some of the RC patrollers can be a bit aggressive and I'm sorry all of your 11 edits got rolled back because 1 of them didn't explain the sourcing. I reviewed the sourcing and added the content back with an explanation that the existing reference demonstrates the content you added. Thank you for your work on these often underappriecated regions, and I'm happy to help whenever you're a bit confused about what's happened here or anything really! :) MolecularPilot ^{🧪️✈️} 06:56, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

thank u Gamakoplayzeryone (talk) 04:39, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Neither of the malformed cases listed currently make sense. The first is a deleted page, and the second, as far as I can tell, has 1 sock listed properly. Also, you say admins can remove a false positive from the list. How?--Bbb23 (talk) 16:18, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I fixed the glitch that was preventing it from removing deleted pages from the list, and with the 2nd it was because there were spaces between "===" and and the heading name (which isn't how it's usually formatted), which I've now taught the bot to accept. Admins can remove a false positive by deleting the object with the case's name in it from the JSON array at User:MolecularBot/MalformedSPIs.json. Thank you for the report! :) MolecularPilot ^{🧪️✈️} 07:03, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mr. MolecularPilot it's not about a quarrel... on the wiki you need to work with official data. If each user would try to impose his wishes and what exactly he would like to be displayed on the wiki... then the article's essence will decrease in importance. If a user goes on the premise... that's what I think, the authorities are not right, what I say is more important than the authorities, or official data doesn't matter anyway... then you as an editor start losing your motivation. In the article's case about the population, other editors seeing that opinion can be impose regardless of official statistics, probably will also want to increase the population of their own country, or to double it would be ideal, that why not ?. After all, everyone is free to put what he wants, but omitting the official data in favor of personal beliefs, the wiki spirit is gradually lost.

Have a good day ahead!.MIHAIL (talk) 00:12, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi MIHAL! You have a good day too! Even if you think you are correct and that your source is more accurate than that of Thelittlefaery's (because they did provide a source, and estimates of the population, even between top tier WP:RS like the UN and CIA differ widely due to limited national statistical capability), being right is not enough. Just because you may be correct, it does not give you the right to throw personal attacks against other users in the dispute like suggesting they are only here to "vandalize" - and it takes 2 to edit war. Once the talk discussion is open, you shouldn't be reverting and editing the section under discussion untill a consensus is reached. The other user has already apologised for their personal attacks and behaviour, and I strongly suggest that you do the same and join them on the talk page to reach a compromise. Currently, another user has very kindly proposed a great solution I suggest you consider. Btw, I am a Miss, not a Mr. Thank you. :) MolecularPilot ^{🧪️✈️} 00:42, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello can i movie my draft to main space --Elborthoodcybersec (talk) 15:14, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi unfortunately your draft has been deleted under WP:G11 because I was too promotional. I suggest you re-write it in a more WP:NEUTRAL manner and then submit it for WP:AFC review! Let me know if you need help with this :) MolecularPilot ^{🧪️✈️} 09:18, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar

This award is given in recognition to MolecularPilot for accumulating at least 10 points during the January 2025 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions helped play a part in the 16,000+ articles and 14,000+ redirects reviewed (for a total of 19,791.2 points) completed during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to help reduce the backlog! Hey man im josh (talk) 19:38, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Molecular Pilot, how're you doing?

I'm mostly interested in tech, business an mentorship, are there like hashtags to see that? --Ajayi Raphael (talk) 10:01, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ajayi Raphael, I am very sorry that I didn't see this until now - it seems that a glitch prevented me from seeing the notice that I had new talk page messages. I'm doing well, how about you? I'm so excited that you've decided to join us here at Wikipedia! If you'd like you can have a look at Wikipedia:WikiProject Computing to find some things to work on. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to reach out to me again! Happy editing! :) MolecularPilot ^{🧪️✈️} 09:59, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi and thanks for your Mentorship - I'm hoping to create some articles about the Executive Chairman of a mid-size Sydney law firm but am curious to know if it would be helpful to build some credibility with other article edits where we can add value before I create? --KoffelMatty (talk) 03:06, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi KoffelMatty, I am very sorry that I didn't see this until now - it seems that a glitch prevented me from seeing the notice that I had new talk page messages. I'm more than happy to be your mentor! It is often said here that making an article is one of the hardest tasks, so making a few edits before starting your own article is probably a good idea to get a hang of how things work here like the different formatting methods etc. Once you think you're ready, you can start your new article in Draftspace and submit it to WP:AFC if they lawyer meets our NOTABILITY requirements (if this all sounds so confusing I'm here to help you through it, once you'd like to start the article just let me know). Have a great day and thanks for your interest in expanding our coverage of law! :) MolecularPilot ^{🧪️✈️} 10:01, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello MolecularPilot! 👋

My name is Sarai Sanchez, and I'm a member of the Product Design team at the Wikimedia Foundation. We're conducting a round of online interviews to gather feedback from Toolforge users on the prototype of a new Toolforge web platform. We believe that you recently created a Toolforge account, and that makes you a great candidate for the exploration. Would you be interested in taking part? If so, please fill out this short survey. Participants will receive a thank-you gift as a token of our appreciation.

Thank you for your time and consideration! SSanchez-WMF (talk) 18:11, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Thank you so much for your willingness to participate in the upcoming feedback interviews about Toolforge 😄 We evaluated your answers to the survey, and we'd like to go ahead and schedule a session with you. In order to proceed, there's information and documentation that it would be safest to send via email: Sorry for not clarifying this in the survey 😓. Could you please share your address with me, writing to ssanchez@wikimedia.org? I'll reply to you with more information and next steps. Thank you again and looking forward to our chat! ~ 2A0C:5A87:3609:8800:409C:6117:8B5A:2864 (talk) 13:52, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

👆🏻 That's me! Now logged in :) SSanchez-WMF (talk) 13:53, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've just emailed you! Thanks again for your effort in running this project! :) MolecularPilot ^{🧪️✈️} 03:02, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

idk Gamakoplayzeryone (talk) 04:20, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, you're free to edit anything here, including this page! Welcome to Wikipedia, Gamakoplayzeryone, if you'd like to learn some things you can do to help us or have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to me! :) MolecularPilot ^{🧪️✈️} 04:25, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

oh yeah for a sec I thought I was adding a new article Gamakoplayzeryone (talk) 04:32, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I mean just look it up! that dog looks so like a sheepdog. or a normal white dog but with string attached to it. I'm now calling them shydog cause the fur hides their face like a Shy Guy from Mario but its a mask and they are not doggo also in one pert the Shy Guy speaks English in a thirsty voice.

Gamakoplayzeryone (talk) 04:32, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ha, I see what you mean! Those hairs definitely give off a ‘Shy Guy’ vibe. I guess you could say they're a bit of a mystery, hiding their faces like they’re in disguise and they do look like sheep dogs! I'm so excited that you've decided to join at Wikipedia! :) MolecularPilot ^{🧪️✈️} 04:46, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I actually created my account to fix a mistake that I thought was there but was just something I misread, OOPS. Though it did lead me to an occurrence that prompted me to want to ask about something, so I've got two things:

1) If a source is locked behind a paywall and an editor wants to check to make sure the information is correct, what is the best course of action to try and get that information? I think the page that inspired me to ask this was Upton Sinclair's, one of the sources was an archived TIME page that got cut off telling you to subscribe or whatever. I imagine the best course of action is just to pay for it, but I figure it's worth asking.

2) How do you know when to link another wiki page is? Sometimes articles are full of links to other Wikipedia pages, and I am curious if there is a specific set of rules or general principle to follow.

Thank you for the ask prompt on the user page, I feel much more welcomed and encouraged than I thought I would be! Hopefully I get to make some worthwhile contributions :] --Natertotgameing (talk) 05:31, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Natertotgameing, welcome to Wikipedia - I'm so excited that you've decided to join us here! Regarding your questions:

1. We actually have a program called the Wikipedia Library (TWL) that allows editors to access paywalled sources for free to verify it or use them to help with building articles! If TWL doesn't have it, or you don't meet the activity requirements for TWL yet, you can also ask at Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange/Resource Request.
2. Yes, there is! See MOS:LINK, but all the rules can be a bit confusing so I'd recommend to just be WP:BOLD - one of the foundational priciples of Wikipedia - and add links where you think it makes sense, if it's wrong another editor can help explain to you the rules (but remember that there's no hard rules, and sometimes it might make more sense to include a link in a place that isn't explicitly covered by the rules).

I'd love for you to make some useful contributions, it's very exciting that you'd like to! If you want some suggestions based on your interests for ways you can help (even if you only have a small amount of time to give), I'd love to help.

Have a great day! :) MolecularPilot ^{🧪️✈️} 21:57, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]