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Question from HomerHossa (07:30, 20 June 2024)

Hello yesterday I saw a film on Belgian tv by a director named Alireza Khatami cf. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3648488/

Remarkably, this director isn't on Wikipedia yet. So I thought I'd make a concise article based on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Van_Looy

Core content : - name - very succinct filmography - link to imdb

This as a platform "so there is something" which others can improve on.

Normal procedure would be, I assume ? (1) Doublecheck "behind the curtains" if there really is no article published or in the making. (How?) (2) Copy to draft the Van Looy article and do an overhaul, not forgetting to erase irrelevant data. (Don't know if this is possible. It is how it goes on Discogs.) (3) Preview, submit for review. (Since I'm a newbee.) (4) See it published, hopefully.

My ambition is not to make articles. My ambition is to quickly plug the hole. So if another person is already making a stub or has been doing so, I'll go back to my other work.

Thanks for your advice. --HomerHossa (talk) 07:30, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

@HomerHossa, I've done step 1 for you - we don't have an article on him, or a draft-in-progress, so you're good to go. You can start a new draft by using the WP:WIZARD. This will automatically submit your draft for review when you're done.

You will need to show that Khatami meets the notability guidelines set out at WP:GNG. These are complicated, and since your aim is just to start up a stub for this one director, I think it's probably not worth your time to read through all that to understand them. So here is some direct advice for getting this through review:

1. make sure you wikilink to Terrestrial Verses, which we have an article on already.
2. you can use IMDB as an external link at the end of the article (see the article on Terrestrial Verses for an example), but don't use it for any information about Khatami, since it's an unreliable source (see WP:RS and WP:IMDB if you want to read more)
3. cite this review on Oblivion Verses somewhere in the article; then, find at least one other review like that (by a newspaper/magazine, not a blog, rotten tomatoes, etc) and cite that as well
4. use at least one piece of information from this article and cite it somewhere

Any other references you want to add would be great! But if you follow these steps that should clearly meet the bare minimum that will get it through review. I can explain any of this further if you'd like to know more. Good luck! And thank you for contributing to Wikipedia. -- asilvering (talk) 04:28, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

GA July backlog drive

Hi, I remember you had intended to run a backlog drive in July. Is that still going ahead? ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 12:55, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

@AirshipJungleman29 Yes! June has been seriously hectic for me but I finally get to come up for air in the next week and will devote some time to scaring up some potential newbies for it and putting together the drive page and some rules. I'll post some info, calls for collaboration, etc very soon, on the GA talk page and on discord (I figure discord is a better place to get things moving quickly, organiztion-wise). -- asilvering (talk) 04:10, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

Question from UnsungHistory (16:52, 23 June 2024)

how to put a citation in an info box --UnsungHistory (talk) 16:52, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

@UnsungHistory, it's a bit finicky in visual editor I'm afraid, so the simplest way is to use the source editor, where you can add it just like you'd add any other reference. WP:REFB has instructions for that. -- asilvering (talk) 04:35, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Watchlist notice for backlog drive

Hey asilvering, I just wanted to remind you to request a watchlist notice at MediaWiki talk:Watchlist-messages for the upcoming GAN backlog drive that you're hosting. Simply make a request there with your requested text and state the duration for which you'd like the text to run, and an admin will process your request. Hey man im josh (talk) 12:27, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the reminder! I was holding off until I'd put up the extended guidelines. They're up now, so time to send out the message. -- asilvering (talk) 18:52, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

Question from Teddy gray on Talk:April 13 (15:59, 26 June 2024)

Great greetings to you, before I continue, I really wish you wellness, I have a question, why whenever there's a passing object that so strange to belong to earth- why such news are never recorded even if objects falls to earth and found, it scean is always cleaned quickly, people may shear incident on Media but such story's flys away so quickly with the wind????! Another question is why don't we change school teachings, sit down In a world meeting create new lessons for schools, cause we all agree that most things we were taught in school doesn't help the human conditions we lean numbers, letters and language but the rest is just a weast of our time and the generation to come, schools should teach the very important things of life kids should learn about individual trees and it works, all trees, flowers, herbs should be known at an early age, cause such things is life itself and we can imperfect the body and mind since all trees,herbs and so on helps the body to truly connect with the universe, people pass tress as if it statues not knowing it perporses it a shame, whenever I visit my granny from the farm, I'm always great full she knows everything about herbs, long time ago at a young age I asked her to make me strong and feared cause children at my school were sometimes pushing me around, and she said I should prepare to wake up early to search for such, we found it, not one but 3 individual herbs at least if can remember, I drank the 2letra warm water with herbs and throw up the dirt the other one I was supposed to steam with and I did, I felt at ease I felt like people were depending on me, I reserved major respect and love the only problem i had powerful hands e.g if we had to do high 5 you'll think I was really trying to hurt you,..it works doesn't last more then 4 months and you can't go to the ocean if using such herbs the ocean wash it away automatically, time passed another metter was the alcohol abuse and smoke addiction I revisted and told my granny..? --Teddy gray (talk) 15:59, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Teddy gray, I'm afraid I'm only here to answer questions about editing wikipedia. But you may be interested in our articles on Alternative education and Impact event. -- asilvering (talk) 18:51, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

Question from JustaFictionalGoogologist (18:16, 26 June 2024)

Hello, I'm a kid on Wikipedia that can write pretty good and loves fictional Numbers and notations, by the way how do I make a page? --JustaFictionalGoogologist (talk) 18:16, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

Welcome to wikipedia, @JustaFictionalGoogologist! You can find advice about writing articles at WP:FIRST. Since you call yourself a "kid", I'm also going to direct you to WP:YOUNG - please read that first, and if you're under 13, please also make sure your parents read it. Good luck! -- asilvering (talk) 18:44, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

Question from DavidV156 (20:30, 27 June 2024)

how do i create a artist page for myself? what are the steps > --DavidV156 (talk) 20:30, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

@DavidV156, I've left a welcome message on your talk page that has a bunch of helpful links in it on how to write wikipedia articles. Regarding writing one for yourself, though, I strongly suggest that you don't do that. Wikipedia takes conflicts of interest very seriously. What you can do, once you already have an article on yourself, is make edit requests for another, non-coi editor to perform. What name do you make your art under? -- asilvering (talk) 22:40, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

GAN stats you asked for

Here is a list of all editors who have a total of 1-4 GA reviews (over all time), and who have also completed at least one GA review in the last 24 months:

Active editors with 1-4 GA reviews

Reviewer Reviews 0xDeadbeef 1 222emilia222 1 2600:1700:23D0:79F0:D4EC:166C:280A:5F1C 1 2pou 3 3df 1 49p 3 A smart kitten 4 Abo Yemen 1 Adri-at-BYU 4 Adumbrativus 2 Afddiary 1 AideDésintéressée 2 Alan Islas 4 Alexcs114 1 AlH42 1 Amir Ghandi 1 Anand2202 1 AndrewPeterT 1 Annwfwn 1 AnonymousPurpose 3 Aoidh 2 Apaugasma 1 Aplucas0703 1 Apocheir 1 Arcahaeoindris 3 Aria1561 2 Arkansore 1 Arotparaarms 2 Arsonal 2 Ashish 1816 1 AskeeaeWiki 3 AstonishingTunesAdmirer 4 Asukite 3 Atavoidturk 1 AviationFreak 3 Axjuo 1 Ayakanaa 1 B3251 3 Baffle gab1978 2 Bagumba 4 BarntToust 1 Bart Terpstra 2 Bdonjc 1 Begocc 4 BeingObjective 4 Benmite 4 Bensci54 3 BetterCallSaulKripke 1 Billsmith60 2 BluePenguin18 1 Boghog 1 Brindille1 4 Broc 1 Bruce leverett 1 BusterD 3 Butlerblog 2 Buttons to Push Buttons 4 C.Fred 2 Ca 2 Caeciliusinhorto-public 4 CambridgeBayWeather 1 CaptainTeebs 1 Casualdejekyll 1 Cat's Tuxedo 2 Chaotic Enby 3 Chocmilk03 1 Cielquiparle 2 Cioriolio 1 CipherSleuth 2 CiphriusKane 1 Clayoquot 2 Closed Limelike Curves 3 Cloventt 2 ClydeFranklin 3 Coldupnorth 2 Commander Keane 1 CommunityNotesContributor 1 ConcurrentState 1 Cookie dough dingus 1 Cooljeanius 1 CosXZ 4 CPClegg 4 Cremastra 1 Cric Edits 1 CtasACT 1 Cyrius 1 Davidbena 2 DaxServer 2 DecafPotato 1 Deor 1 Desertarun 2 DFlhb 1 Dionysius Miller 2 DMacks 1 DocZach 2 Dolotta 2 Dontuseurrealname 1 Doomsdayer520 2 Dr Salvus 4 Dr vulpes 2 Dr.Swag Lord, Ph.d 1 Dream out loud 1 DrVogel 1 Duckmather 1 Dugan Murphy 4 Dumelow 1 Duonaut 3 DutchOff 1 Dxneo 2 Eagles247 3 Editør 2 Edward-Woodrow 1 Eejit43 1 Eiga-Kevin2 2 Electricmaster 2 Elephantranges 1 Emperor Ibrahim I 1 Equalwidth 1 Estar8806 2 FatCat96 1 Fayenatic london 2 Fehufanga 2 FishLoveHam 1 Flurrious 1 FooBarBaz 1 ForksForks 3 Found5dollar 3 Furrykef 1 Gained 1 Geethree 2 Gene93k 1 GimliDotNet 2 GMH Melbourne 4 GnocchiFan 4 Godtres 4 Goodreg3 1 Graearms 1 Graham11 3 Greenish Pickle! 4 Gusfriend 2 Hadal 4 HadesTTW 1 HallyTall 1 Hameltion 3 Happy-melon 2 Harushiga 1 Heavy Grasshopper 2 Heidi Pusey BYU 2 Helloheart 1 History6042 3 HistoryTheorist 4 HoHo3143 2 Hut 8.5 2 Hydrangeans 2 I clicked the 'help me choose' button and this is what it generated - strange, huh? 2 I.am.a.qwerty 1 Iamawesomeautomatic 1 IanTEB 4 Idmsdmsalescaleneiviq 1 Ifly6 1 Igordebraga 4 ImStevan 1 In actu 2 In ictu oculi 3 InformationToKnowledge 1 Ingenuity 3 InterstellarGamer12321 2 Irruptive Creditor 3 Iveagh Gardens 1 Iztwoz 2 Jack4576 4 Jacoblee628 1 JayTee32 3 JC Kotisow 4 JeBonSer 1 Jerome Frank Disciple 2 JimKillock 2 JIP 2 Jj1691 1 JMF 1 JML1148 3 Joereddington 1 Johnson524 3 Joseph Buell 2 Joseph2302 3 JTtheOG 1 Just Another Cringy Username 1 Just-a-can-of-beans 4 Justindhi 1 Juxlos 4 Kanguole 2 King kobra2 1 Kiwiz1338 1 KoA 1 Kting97 3 Ktkvtsh 2 Kwkintegrator 2 Lajmmoore 2 Lankyant 1 Larataguera 3 Ligaturama 2 Lijil 1 Liz 3 Ljleppan 2 Loafiewa 2 M4V3R1CK32 4 Maddy from Celeste 3 MAL MALDIVE 1 Marcelus 1 Marcostev88 1 MasterMatt12 2 MatthewDalhousie 1 Mauls 1 Mdewman6 1 Merytat3n 4 MFTP Dan 2 Michael Aurel 1 Miguelsa12 1 Minorax 1 Mintu Martin 1 Mir Novov 1 Mlaffs 3 Moazfargal 1 Moriwen 2 MPGuy2824 1 Mr Serjeant Buzfuz 1 Muhajireditor 1 Mushy Yank 1 Muttnick 3 Mychemicalromanceisrealemo 4 Nardog 3 Nathan Obral 1 NatwonTSG2 3 Ncchild 4 Nfutvol 2 NikosGouliaros 1 No such user 4 Nolabob 3 Non-pegasus 1 NoobThreePointOh 1 Novem Linguae 2 NowIsntItTime 3 Of the universe 3 OhHaiMark 1 Orson12345 3 Oxi2514 1 Paintspot 4 PARAKANYAA 2 Patrick Welsh 1 PearlyGigs 4 Pencilsforall 2 PerfectSoundWhatever 2 Peter Isotalo 3 Pharaoh Thutmose III 1 Pharaoh496 1 PhotoEditor123 2 PhotographyEdits 3 Pichemist 2 Polyamorph 2 Pppery 4 Pretzelles 1 Primium 1 Prinaki 1 Prodraxis 1 Prodrummer619 1 Proteus 2 PSA 2 Pseud 14 4 Queen of Hearts 4 Raydann 1 Raymond Kestis 1 Reading Beans 2 ReedyTurnip 2 Reppop 2 RetroCosmos 2 Rhododendrites 4 Richard Nevell 2 Robertus Pius 1 Robminchin 2 RonaldDuncan 3 Ruthgrace 3 S.A. Julio 4 SamBroGaming 2 Samoht27 2 Sangsangaplaz 3 Sarangem 1 Sawyer777 1 Schwede66 4 ScottishFinnishRadish 1 Seawolf35 3 SecretName101 1 SeeAlsoPolice 1 Seltaeb Eht 1 Sennecaster 1 Sewageboy 4 Sgubaldo 1 Shannon1 1 Shapeyness 1 Shawn Teller 3 Shibbolethink 1 Shshshsh 3 Sims2aholic8 3 SirDot 1 SirGallantThe4th 2 Skarmory 2 Smokefoot 1 Snoteleks 2 Someone who likes maps 1 Sparkl 3 Spellcast 4 Spodle 3 Spudlace 4 SpyridisioAnnis 2 Srnec 3 Ss112 1 Star Mississippi 1 STEMinfo 2 Styyx 1 Sunriseshore 1 SupremeLordBagel 1 SweaTheSerg 1 Synoman Barris 4 SyntaxZombie 1 Szmenderowiecki 4 Tagooty 1 Takipoint123 2 Tantomile 3 That Tired Tarantula 2 The Corvette ZR1 2 The Drover's Wife 2 The Morrison Man 4 The person who loves reading 4 The Sharpest Lives 3 Thecheeseistalking98 2 TheDoctorWho 4 Theepicosity 4 Thehistorianisaac 1 TheLonelyPather 1 TheTrueSauce 1 TheUzbek 1 Timothytyy 1 TLarish 1 Tokisaki Kurumi 1 ToNeverFindTheMets 1 Toobigtokale 3 Tosatur 1 Totalstgamer 1 TrademarkedTarantula 2 TwoScars 4 Unknown Temptation 1 UnknownVolin 1 UpdateWindows 1 Utcursch 2 V.B.Speranza 2 Vanderwaalforces 3 Vbbanaz05 1 VenusFeuerFalle 1 VernoWhitney 1 Vestigium Leonis 2 Vibrantzin 1 Victor Sanchez lll 1 Vifvuv 1 Vkwiki100 1 Vladimir.copic 1 WanderingMorpheme 2 Wingwatchers 1 WriterArtistDC 2 WritingAboutCreepypastas 1 Wuju Daisuki 1 X750 3 XTheBedrockX 1 Xx236 1 Yeeno 1 Yolo4A4Lo 1 Yoshiman6464 1 Youprayteas 1 Yue 1 Zanahary 1 Zekerocks11 2 Zippybonzo 3 ZombiUwU 4 ZyphorianNexus 1 Zzyzx11 3 আকাশ নাথ সরকার 1

I'll be back with the other stat in a while. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 22:16, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

Here it is.

Editors with a GA promoted in the last 24 months who have never reviewed a GA

Nominator Number of GAs 19Arham 1 4TheWynne 3 5225C 4 82.38.214.91 1 A Thousand Doors 8 A.D.Hope 2 A.WagnerC 2 Abacusada 2 AdmiralAckbar1977 1 AdoTang 2 Aeschylus 1 Alalch E. 1 Albertatiran 3 Aleksamil 1 Alexander Alejandro 4 Alexeyevitch 1 Alin2808 2 Alsoriano97 1 Amirani1746 4 AndersenAnders 1 André Ribeiro Cardoso 1 Another Believer 196 AntientNestor 1 Apaugasma 2 AppalachianCentrist 3 ARandomName123 1 Arawoke 1 ArkHyena 4 Arnhemcr 1 ArturSik 4 Ashmedai 119 1 Ashwin147 4 Askarion 1 Aszx5000 3 AverageEstoniaEnthusiast 1 Avilich 1 Bdhamilton 1 Bdushaw 4 BeanieFan11 85 BEN917 1 Beodizia 1 Bflx 11 1 Blaze Wolf 1 BlueSahelian 1 Bluesatellite 4 Bobulous 1 Bocanegra 2 BorgQueen 2 Bostonite01310 1 Brankestein 3 Breaktheicees 1 Bremps 1 Browhatwhyamihere 1 Buidhe paid 2 Caddyshack01 1 Carhles 1 Caro de Segeda 1 Cat's Tuxedo 40 Cdjp1 1 Cerebral726 1 Charcoal feather 1 Charlieridgley 1 Chchcheckit 4 Chess 1 ChessEric 4 ChrisWx 1 CJ-Moki 1 ClydeFranklin 1 Coconutyou3 1 CollectiveSolidarity 2 CommissarDoggo 1 CoronalMassAffection 1 CT55555 8 Curbon7 8 Curlymanjaro 13 Cyberlink420 1 D McParland 1 D-Flo27 2 Dabberoni15 20 Damian Vo 16 Dancing Dollar 3 Danilmay 3 Dantheanimator 1 DAP389 2 DareshMohan 1 Davest3r08 6 David notMD 19 Dcdiehardfan 3 Delabrede 2 Denis Barthel 2 Derpytoucan 1 DiaMali 1 DigitalIceAge 1 Dissident93 3 DPUH 1 DrOrinScrivello 1 DSXG Plays 1 Dtetta 1 Dudhhr 1 Dumelow 55 Dwkaminski 5 Eagowl 1 Elias Ziade 9 EN-Jungwon 13 EnigmaMcmxc 23 EnthusiastWorld37 6 Eóin 4 Épine 2 Erdabravest2001 1 Evrik 1 Facu-el Millo 1 Fanboyphilosopher 3 Feoffer 4 Fieryninja 10 Findingmoney100 1 Firvales73 1 FishandChipper 2 FlairTale 6 FlyingKangeroo 1 Fortunaa 1 Fossiladder13 3 FountofInterestingInfo 1 Fullmoon211 4 GenericWikiUser1 3 Georgeykiwi 1 Gerda Arendt 131 Gitz6666 2 GlatorNator 5 GloryRoad66 1 Gonzo_fan2007 14 Goszei 2 GraziePrego 4 GuardianH 4 GuineaPigC77 2 GustavoCza 1 HackerKnownAs 1 Hamza Ali Shah 1 HarryKernow 1 Helptottt 1 HenryTemplo 2 Hilst 2 Hjamesberglen 1 Hoopderscotch 1 Horserice 19 HundenvonPenang 1 Huntertur 1 Hybernator 3 Iaof2017 76 IceBergYYC 2 IgelRM 1 Impru20 5 Indignant Flamingo 1 InfiniteNexus 1 Infsai 10 Intforce 3 Isaksenk 2 IXCat 1 JackReynoldsADogOwner 1 Jaespinoza 19 Jake-jakubowski 3 JamJamSvn 1 JCMLuis 3 Jjhake 1 JJonahJackalope 62 JohnKent 1 JohnmgKing 1 JoleBruh 1 Jorahm 13 JRennocks 1 JuanGLP 2 JudeFawley 1 Karnataka 1 Keivan.f 5 Kentuckian 1 KGRAMR 31 KingEdinburgh 1 Kiran891 1 Kiril Simeonovski 4 Kittysaurusr 1 Kiwichris 1 Knightmare 3112 2 Knowledgegatherer23 2 Koopastar 2 KRKwrites 1 Ktin 13 L ke 1 Lallint 1 Lapadite 2 Launchballer 2 Lbal 1 LBWP 2 Leafy46 1 Lewolka 3 Liance 2 Lililolol 4 Lindsay658 1 Lindsey40186 1 Liu1126 1 Lotsw73 1 LouisAragon 14 LuK3 9 Luminous Person 1 LunaEclipse 4 M3ATH 1 MagicatthemovieS 33 Markhole 2 MaterialWorks 1 Mattximus 5 Mebigrouxboy 1 Michaeldble 4 MichaelMaggs 1 Mjroots 18 ModernDayTrilobite 1 Moloch Dhalgren 1 Moonlighttt 3 Mooonswimmer 2 Moxy 1 Mr.crabby 30 MrHyacinth 3 Muchness 1 Mucube 1 Mupper-san 1 MusicforthePeople 13 Mx. Granger 1 NAADAAN 2 Nascar9919 5 Neuroxic 1 Newbamboo 1 No Swan So Fine 12 Noorullah21 1 Norfolkbigfish 7 NotDragonius 1 NotOrrio 4 Nrco0e 19 Nunuxxx 2 Nyxaros 2 ObserveOwl 1 OfTheUsername 1 Olmagon 4 Omnis Scientia 1 Orchastrattor 1 OtharLuin 3 Otuọcha 1 OutlawRun 1 P-Makoto 3 PaleoNeolitic 1 Panamitsu 1 PantheonRadiance 2 PassedDown 2 Paul Vaurie 4 PaulWicks 1 PenangLion 1 Penitentes 5 Perception312 1 Peter Brew 1 Phil81194 1 PianoUpMyNose 2 PK-WIKI 2 PlanetJuice 2 PookiWooki 1 PopoDameron 1 Praemonitus 3 Qaqaamba 1 QuicksmartTortoise513 1 QuietHere 1 Rebestalic 1 Reego41 3 RegMonkey 2 Relayed 1 ResolutionsPerMinute 9 Revolution Saga 3 RoboCric 1 Rocfan275 1 Rockhead126 4 Ronherry 19 Rublamb 11 Ryan York 1 SatDis 10 Schnitzella 1 SelfieCity 1 Sennecaster 1 Shadowboxer2005 1 Silence of Järvenpää 2 SilverStar54 1 Sinopecynic 1 Skitash 1 SkywalkerEccleston 1 Smpad 1 Sodicadl 1 Soulbust 10 Spectrallights 1 Spiderone 17 Spilia4 4 Sportzeditz 24 Sricsi 7 Stephen Walch 7 StephenMacky1 1 StickeyWicket 1 Stikkyy 38 Strange Orange 1 Sub31k 2 Suntooooth 2 Surtsicna 15 TabooMatters94 3 TCMemoire 1 Tfhentz 2 ThatRandomGuy1 1 The Account 2 1 The Baudelaire Fortune 5 The Green Star Collector 1 The History Wizard of Cambridge 1 The Kip 2 TheBritinator 5 TheCartoonEditor 1 Theknine2 2 TheLonelyPather 8 Therealscorp1an 1 Thomas Meng 3 Thriley 2 TimothyBlue 1 Toadboy123 3 ToQ100gou 5 Trains13 3 Trainsfan1331 1 TriplePowered 1 Troubled.elias 1 Turini2 2 Turnagra 2 ULPS 3 Underclass King 3 Unnamelessness 5 Uriel1022 1 Vami_IV 13 Vini6305 1 VirreFriberg 13 Visioncurve 5 W9793 3 Wainuiomartian 4 WatkynBassett 2 WeatherWriter 4 WikiEditor1234567123 3 WikiFouf 1 Wikipediæ philosophia 1 Xkalponik 1 XR228 1 Y2hyaXM 2 Yokohama1989 1 Yoscotty 1 Your Friendly Neighborhood Sociologist 1 ZaniGiovanni 2 Zefr 1 Zeng8r 2 Zingo156 2 ZxxZxxZ 1 Зэгс ус 1 دانيالوه 1

Any questions, let me know. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 22:26, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

Brilliant, thanks for both! -- asilvering (talk) 22:36, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

Women in Red July 2024

Women in Red | July 2024, Volume 10, Issue 7, Numbers 293, 294, 311, 312, 313 Online events: New: Translation contest 2024 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | Women in Sports Continuing: #1day1woman | Education (year-long initiative) Announcements from other communities Wiki Loves Sport 2024 22 July - 22 September Tip of the month: A foreign language biography does not guarantee notability for English Wikipedia. Check the guidelines before you start. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter/X

--Lajmmoore (talk 14:26, 30 June 2024 (UTC) via MassMessaging

Alfred von Martin moved to draftspace

Thanks for your contributions to Alfred von Martin. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it needs more sources to establish notability and too many of the "references" are not references. Remove them or make them notes. I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. UtherSRG (talk) 19:54, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

@UtherSRG, I'm the AfC reviewer who accepted this article. I disagree that it is unready for mainspace and firmly believe it will survive AfD, but in any case this is an improper draftification. -- asilvering (talk) 19:59, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

Question from Holly Manthepa (19:55, 30 June 2024)

Hello, when was Wikipedia established and launched? --Holly Manthepa (talk) 19:55, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

@Holly Manthepa 2001. You might be interested in reading History of Wikipedia. -- asilvering (talk) 19:58, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

qustion

hi you made a change on a page i made and add this, Could you please explain why you think so?

Some of this article's listed sources may not be reliable. (June 2024)

The neutrality of this article is disputed. (June 2024)

Regarding the first issue, I included many sources; maybe it was too many, but they provided sufficient support. As for the second issue, could you clarify why you found the tone unneutral in this article? Privetjournalist (talk) 22:19, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

@Privetjournalist, there are phrases in here like "His mastery extends", "pioneering ability", and so on - these are really not very neutral terms. Please have a look at WP:WTW for some tips here. Regarding the sources, the tag says the sources are not reliable, not that there aren't enough of them. See WP:RS for info on what makes sources reliable. For example, I note that you have his biography on last.fm as a source. Last.fm isn't just an unreliable source, it's completely deprecated on wikipedia (using it actually should have triggered an edit filter for you, warning you not to use it). You can check sources against the list at WP:RSP if you have questions about any particular source. -- asilvering (talk) 04:34, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you so much for your assistance. As a relatively new contributor to Wikipedia, creating this article took a considerable amount of time and effort. I aimed to ensure it met all guidelines, so discovering it did not make the cut to the mainspace was quite disappointing. Regarding the neutrality issue, I often rephrased sentences from news articles, believing I was maintaining a neutral tone. I apologize if this was not the case. I will make the necessary corrections to ensure the content adheres to Wikipedia's neutrality standards. If you have any additional feedback or see other areas for improvement, I would greatly appreciate your input.

Thank you again for your help. Privetjournalist (talk) 08:07, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

I noticed a whole section was removed, which detailed important information about his tech work and research. I believe this content is true, so I plan to reinstate it. I will ask other users to review it to ensure it meets Wikipedia's standards or I would appreciate your guidance on how to write this section better. Privetjournalist (talk) 08:27, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

Regarding it did not make the cut to the mainspace, I want to reassure you that the article you wrote is still in mainspace. It will remain there unless a new page patroller draftifies it. The best way to avoid that happening is to improve the article as much as possible - the WP: links I gave you already should help you with that. If the article is draftified in the future, you can simply move it back to mainspace yourself, though of course you should try to fix whatever issue the new page patroller identified. (You can ask them whatever questions you have on their talk page, if the reasoning isn't clear to you.) -- asilvering (talk) 17:50, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

Question from Niomi derma (20:02, 1 July 2024)

How do I create citation? --Niomi derma (talk) 20:02, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

Question from Niomi derma (20:02, 1 July 2024) (2)

How do I create citation? --Niomi derma (talk) 20:02, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

@Niomi derma, WP:REFB should answer your questions. Let me know if you read that and are still stuck. -- asilvering (talk) 23:04, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

pl:Ubiory w Polsce

That draft is a translation of that article. The topic is 100% notable. Sources exist in Polish, although I don't see an in-deptnh monograph - but plenty of passing mentions: [1]. This academic source calls the work "pioneering". _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 14:55, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

I expect that the citations in the article are actually to secondary literature on the topic - the reference says Jan Matejko is the author, but judging by the sentences the footnotes are attached to, what we're actually looking at is the scholarly introduction to an edition of the work. My googling so far indicated it's probably by Edward Łepkowski, but I haven't managed to turn up a copy online yet, just used book sales. -- asilvering (talk) 19:40, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

A common error with such citations is when they actually quote a foreword or such by a reliable scholar, in an otherwise primary source book, but the person adding the cite did not bother to properly ID the chapter cited :( Can't be 100% sure without looking at the sources, of course. I do know a Polish Wikipedian who may be able to provide use with a scan of some pages or check contents inside, if you'd like, I can put you in touch with them. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 09:30, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

Question from Unsung history June 26 2024

is the saba islander (https://thesabaislander.com/)a reliable source for wikipedia standards? UnsungHistory (talk) 03:14, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

That's a tough one. WP:BLOG explains when you can use blog sources: in short, not often. However, his biography on that website shows that he has published books with major publishers (eg MacMillan), so you could track those down. His newspaper columns, maybe. But I expect they aren't online. -- asilvering (talk) 03:54, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

To be more specific,in the article Island council (Netherlands Antilles),the statement "The latter three were until 1 April 1983[citation needed] governed by a single island council:",so the saba islander (https://thesabaislander.com/2013/04/01/aprl-1st-1983-april-1st-2013/ and https://thesabaislander.com/)support this statement,but I am unsure if I can cite it or not. UnsungHistory (talk) 01:03, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

I'd expect that to be in some other source somewhere, but this is better than nothing, so what I would do here is add this source, remove the citation needed tag, but then add this one: Template:Better source needed. -- asilvering (talk) 01:10, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

ok thanks,by the way,how do i mark a conversation as "done"? UnsungHistory (talk) 19:19, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

Do you mean this: Template:Archive top? Or are you just looking for an icon? There's a list of those at Template:Close. -- asilvering (talk) 01:32, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

Maybe I saw something wrong,i could not find evidence it exists,or misunderstood Template:Unprod that is not what i meant UnsungHistory (talk) 19:17, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

Question from Obianuju MacMoses (06:05, 10 July 2024)

Hello, am new here in wikipedia I want to know how to get started adding my profile --Obianuju MacMoses (talk) 06:05, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

Welcome to wikipedia, @Obianuju MacMoses! If you mean your userpage, see WP:USER. You might also want to read WP:NOTFB. -- asilvering (talk) 11:52, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

Question from Aiza.za.za (16:40, 10 July 2024)

hi! i am new to editing. how large are the edits i can make as a new editor? can i add new sections, or reorder existing sections? thank you so so much --Aiza.za.za (talk) 16:40, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

Welcome to wikipedia, @Aiza.za.za! I'll drop some helpful links on your user talk page. There's no limit to the size or impact of your edits, technically speaking. However, if you're making a bunch of different changes, many editors prefer to make them in multiple steps. This way, if someone objects to one of the changes you made, but not the others, it's easier for them to revert just that change. Also, since there's no way to save your work other than by publishing it, if you're paranoid about losing what you've written, you'll want to publish in smaller chunks. Personally, if I'm rearranging sections on an article, I'll make an edit that is only that, and leave text changes for a subsequent edit. If I'm writing new text, I tend to stop and publish every paragraph or two. -- asilvering (talk) 17:11, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

thank you so much! this is super helpful. and thanks for the referrals to the wikiprojects! Aiza.za.za (talk) 18:55, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

Vaskino, Mezhdurechensky District, Vologda Oblast

I’m curious why you closed it as keep when there was not a single policy-based argument to do so. Each of the “keep” articles merely claimed notability, but notability only suggest coverage, not a dedicated article. Qwirkle (talk) 05:27, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

I explained why in the close notice: not a single editor was in favour of deletion, even after Liz vacated her previous keep close to give another week for people to chime in. If you think it should be merged into another article, try WP:RM. -- asilvering (talk) 06:30, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

er, WP:PM, that is. -- asilvering (talk) 06:30, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Yes, I read that. But this isn't supposed to be a vote, where "I like it" can be a valid reason, and that's pretty much what you saw there. Qwirkle (talk) 13:29, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Those were three separate editors finding your reasons for deletion unconvincing and/or unnecessary. Your argument here, and your attempt to overturn two separate keep closes, is more "I don't like it" than any of those were "I like it". -- asilvering (talk) 16:01, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Not at all. The WP:NOPAGE concerns were simple left unaddressed, and the emphasis on "three separate editors" doesnt exactly scream out "!vote." Qwirkle (talk) 16:57, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Qwirkle, this is an example of one editor (that's you) disagreeing with the broader consensus formed by everyone else in a discussion, who found your WP:NOPAGE counterargument irrelevant or unpersuasive. If I closed it any other way, the other three editors would rightly object to that close as a supervote. The fact is that we do have these stubs everywhere, and that we do accept that they ought to exist if they meet the criteria at WP:GEOLAND. AfD arguments on this kind of place hinge around whether the place meets WP:GEOLAND or not. If you want to change that much broader consensus, you'd have to go to RfC with a better proposal. For what it's worth, I'm with you - I think these geoland stubs are useless at best and misleading or even false at worst. But I don't believe any !votes to that effect were going to come through in that AfD if it were relisted, given my understanding of how WP:GEOLAND works at AfD.

Personally, I suspect no one feels so passionately about "if it meets geoland, it should have a standalone article" that they would go around reverting bold merge-and-redirects into a central article like you sort-of-proposed in your nomination statement. The next time you find a cluster of nothing-stubs like these you might try that instead of AfD and see if that ends up with a more useful outcome. -- asilvering (talk) 20:37, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Question from SonalSehgalghb (10:33, 22 July 2024)

Hello, I worked on a page of a Military general but the page has been declined. If you can guide me to help make the draft better to be included in the mainspace. Regards --SonalSehgalghb (talk) 10:33, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi @SonalSehgalghb, this draft is looking a lot better than it was before, but it's still missing the crucial thing we need to consider subjects notable for inclusion: in-depth, independent coverage in reliable sources. You don't need to remove the citations to the MoD, but we do need more independent sources. Right now I don't see a single source that qualifies as both independent and significant coverage. The sources that looked the most promising all appear to be press releases. What you're looking for is actual reporting - something with a byline (ie, a named reporter wrote the article). It will help if you remove items that are almost completely unrelated to him, like this one [2]. -- asilvering (talk) 14:42, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

Sure, @Asilvering thanks a ton for the quick response. Your response and guidance is quite insightful in understanding where was I missing out.

I will add the relevant information as suggested.

Thanks once again.

~~ SonalSehgalghb (talk) 15:55, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

How do i create a new wiki project?

so i noticed a strange lack of exact day information for some months (november bieng the most dramatic example) compared to others (april seems to be the with the most exact day information),i want to start a wiki project to DO something about it so there are more exact day info here on wikipedia,so how do i do that? UnsungHistory (talk) 03:40, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

There's probably already a wikiproject dedicated to what you want to work on. I'm not entirely sure if this is what you're talking about, but how's WP:DAYS? -- asilvering (talk) 03:51, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

so i checked WP:DAYS,they look to keep the dates in a consistent style,it could mean that they research and add exact dates to information such as in the article about Republic of suriname,"The official spelling of the country's English name was changed from "Surinam" to "Suriname" in January 1978",no exact day,it just says January,but it could not mean that,i dont know UnsungHistory (talk) 21:51, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

No, they're responsible for taking care of the individual days articles, like January 1 and so on. You can see what it is they do by following the link to the wikiproject and reading the page there. -- asilvering (talk) 23:03, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

Women in Red August 2024

Women in Red | August 2024, Volume 10, Issue 8, Numbers 293, 294, 311, 313, 314, 315 Online events: New: | Women in film and stage | Indigenous women Continuing: #1day1woman | Education (year-long initiative) | Translation contest 2024 (July, August, September) | Women in Sports (July, August) Announcements from other communities TBD Tip of the month: Check your athlete's notability before researching and creating her bio. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter/X

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Question from Wiki kyliekyliekylie (12:22, 26 July 2024)

hi im literally just starting out, i wanted to get into editing because i have sometimes found blatant misinfo on wikipedia and wanted to learn how to edit to correct any future misinfo i come across, is that normal? --Wiki kyliekyliekylie (talk) 12:22, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Wiki kyliekyliekylie, welcome to wikipedia! Yes actually, a common thread among experienced editors is that they joined because something was wrong on the internet. When you go to correct something, make sure you provide a reliable source for the new information. Have a look at WP:RSP to check if a source you're about to use is reliable for the purposes of wikipedia. If there is no source for the information in a current wikipedia article, and you think the information is wrong, you don't need a reliable source to replace it - just remove it. -- asilvering (talk) 00:27, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

thank you very much Wiki kyliekyliekylie (talk) 21:43, 28 July 2024 (UTC)

Question from Nurseriesandschools Ltd on Draft:Nurseriesandschools.org (11:59, 29 July 2024)

How to create my article? --Nurseriesandschools Ltd (talk) 11:59, 29 July 2024 (UTC)

@Nurseriesandschools Ltd, you'll want to read WP:COI (and maybe WP:BOSS) before you start. I'll leave you some more links on your talk page. -- asilvering (talk) 12:01, 29 July 2024 (UTC)

Question from DOrian29 (22:38, 29 July 2024)

Здравствуйте! Я хочу добавить перевод на одну статью. Как я могу это сделать? --DOrian29 (talk) 22:38, 29 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi @DOrian29, welcome to wikipedia! Have a look at WP:HOWTRANS for information on how to translate articles to English wikipedia. A similar guide for Russian wikipedia is at Википедия:Перевод статей. -- asilvering (talk) 00:08, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

Growth News, July 2024

Community Configuration

The Growth team released Community Configuration at all Wikipedias. You can access it at Special:CommunityConfiguration.

This new special page replaces Special:EditGrowthConfig. For now, all Growth features can be configured using Community Configuration. Configuration for AutoModerator (T365046) and other features will be available in the future.

You can help with translations. The interface translation is done at Translatewiki.net. You can also help translate the documentation.

If you attend Wikimania 2024, please join us for the session about Community configuration's future!

Current work

Newcomer Homepage Community Updates module

We will add a new Community Configurable module to the Newcomer Homepage that will allow communities to highlight specific events, projects, campaigns, and initiatives. We have released a simple version available to beta wikis. We will conduct an A/B test at our pilot wikis using the new Metrics Platform. We still welcome community feedback on initial designs and plans, in any language at our project talk page.

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Increase constructive activation on mobile

As part of the Growth team 2024/2025 Annual Plan, the Growth team will explore various ways to increase the percentage of newcomers who successfully start editing.

Editing a Wikipedia page requires too much context and patience. It means many trial and error for newcomers to contribute, meaning a steeper learning curve and potential discouraging reverts. To support a new generation of volunteers, we will increase the number and availability of smaller, structured, and more task-specific editing workflows (E.g. Edit Check and Structured Tasks). The Growth team will primarily focus on Structured Tasks, while working closely with the Editing team to ensure our work integrates well with Edit Check.

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Guidance Required

Please guide me if I have to do anything more to improve the article.  I find that some citations and text which were unnecessary have already been removed from below article.

Draft:Purshottam Lal

Thanks. Iqacpu (talk) 04:05, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

@Iqacpu, you're citing wire articles (like this one [3]) multiple times from various different news websites. Please just cite the story from one place. Otherwise, it is very obvious to reviewers that you're trying to game the system (see WP:REFBOMB). I suspect Lal is notable, but you need to show it with fully independent sources - not press releases and so on. -- asilvering (talk) 22:01, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

Question from RedPlanetBooks (12:55, 31 July 2024)

Hi, Why can't I be transparent as a book publisher and inform that Martn C Strong has a new book? I get the Wkipedia has decided that I should hide my interest so in the pursuit of transparency how do I change my username please --RedPlanetBooks (talk) 12:55, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi @RedPlanetBooks, the problem with your edit wasn't that you added new information, but that you removed a citation and changed the text without providing a new citation, by changing "2004" to "2024". Adding information about the new book is fine. You absolutely should not hide your interest; please see WP:COI for how to declare it. You've been given information on your talk page about requesting a rename. You can also simply abandon this account completely and start again with a new one that follows the username policy. -- asilvering (talk) 21:57, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for participating in the July 2024 GAN backlog drive

		The Minor Barnstar
		Your noteworthy contribution (5 points total) helped reduce the backlog by more than 160 articles! Here's a token of our appreciation. Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 12:10, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	Thank you for coordinating the July 2024 GAN Backlog Drive! Vacant0 (talk • contribs) 12:12, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! I was wondering which barnstar would be best to hand to co-ords but it looks like I didn't decide fast enough, haha. Thanks for all your help. -- asilvering (talk) 15:52, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Helping Hand Barnstar
		Thank you very much for patiently answering my many questions during the July 2024 GAN Backlog Drive!! Dr. Swag Lord (talk) 15:33, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Aw, thanks very much. :) -- asilvering (talk) 15:50, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Question from MercyNyou on Le glaive et la balance (16:06, 1 August 2024)

Hi. One of English titles for the movie is a literal translation from French and is incorrect. “Le glaive et la balance” is “The Sword and The Scale,” not the equivalent of “The Sword and The Balance.” I realize this is a common error. May I correct it? What proof do I need to present? --MercyNyou (talk) 16:06, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

@MercyNyou, thanks for spotting this. In this case, it's a common error and you can prove you're correct simply by referring someone to a dictionary if necessary - so there's really no need to add a source when you correct it. Write a clear edit summary so folks who don't read French can understand why you're making the change. If someone reverts or challenges you on it, you can discuss the issue on the talk page. -- asilvering (talk) 16:10, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi. I changed it. My reference is a French-English dictionary. Is this sufficient? When you have the opportunity, let me know. Thanks. MercyNyou (talk) 16:46, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

You're fine as-is, no reference required. I changed it to "scale" from "scales", though. I do have a question about the way this is formatted - right now it implies that "The Sword and the Scale" and "Two are Guilty" are both English-language titles for this film. That is, the implication is that the film is referred to in English equally by both of those titles. (I don't have a times subscription so I can't check the sole reference here.) I'm not sure this is correct - has the film ever been translated into English? Did it ever have an English title? If yes, the article shouldn't be at "Le glaive et la balance" at all, but at the English-language title it was released under. Can you clarify this for me? -- asilvering (talk) 17:00, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

So there is a dubbed English version. I believe it’s also edited and has a shorter runtime. I have never seen the English version. I’m not sure if the English version exists on home media and if the French title is used in the credits.

From what I can find it was originally called by the French title in the USA and at some point the English title “Two are Guilty” was added to posters late e.g. Le Glaive et la balance (Two are Guilty). I could probably check what it was called in the movie listing in the archives. I know this was released in New York City.

I’m not sure if I can find the original posters or how it was originally marketed. I can do further research, although I understand if you’d prefer the original translatio MercyNyou (talk) 17:34, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Okay, this is all very helpful. I've made another edit to the article to clarify this. Thank you! -- asilvering (talk) 17:41, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

To explain a bit further, we generally ought to avoid the implication that an English translation of a title "is" the English title when it is actually just a literal translation of the original-language title provided for readers who aren't familiar with the original language. When you use Template:Literal translation like I did in my recent edit, that makes this clearer. I also wanted to avoid the impression that "Two are Guilty" is the "official" English-language title of the film, not for readers' sake in this case but for future editors' sake. This is because typically we would want the article to be at the English title rather than the title in the original language. But since it looks like this was the title used for marketing purposes rather than intended as an actual "English name" for the film, it would be incorrect to move it there. -- asilvering (talk) 17:46, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for clarifying. MercyNyou (talk) 18:09, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Question from Marufanti (21:48, 1 August 2024)

Hello is my first time doing a page in wikipedia and I want to be sure I am doing right thank you --Marufanti (talk) 21:48, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

No, @Marufanti, I'm afraid you aren't, which is why your userpage has been deleted twice already. You need to stop trying to promote yourself through wikipedia. I've tried looking for evidence that you meet the guidelines at WP:N and haven't found anything, sorry. -- asilvering (talk) 00:37, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

I wrote again without promoting anything just writing facts is that ok? Would you be able to check? Please let me know thank you 2600:1700:234D:8C10:8014:F9BF:FB9A:C283 (talk) 05:11, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

No, it wouldn't, because you would still not meet the notability guidelines. -- asilvering (talk) 05:50, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

Things i saw on talk pages and do not understand

I saw some a user respond to me and the link to the user page was in green,not red (page does not exist),blue (page exists),or purple (exists and i visited it),what does green link mean (+i know about that stubs are greenlinks thing but it was defenetily not a stub) ?also i saw things i cannot reply to ,and sometimes that is annoying as i want to reply,so why cannot i reply sometimes? UnsungHistory (talk) 11:21, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

@UnsungHistory, it sounds like you just saw someone's custom signature. Editors can change their signature to whatever they like (within reason) in user preferences. This includes colours. You can't use "reply" unless you're looking at something that uses the Discussion Tools widget. That widget works basically everywhere on Talk pages, with some exceptions. One of the exceptions is that if someone writes something in the source editor and then doesn't put their signature on it correctly. Without a signature, the reply link won't show up. That might have been what you saw. If you don't think that's what happened and you can remember what specific page you had trouble with replying on, let me know which it was and I can have a look. -- asilvering (talk) 12:09, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

so in the topic "wrong" on Talk:House of Orange-Nassau user Winn3317 claims to be a member of the oosterbaan family,and claims the throne of the kingdom of the netherlands and is appalled wikipedia does not recognize what the person claims is legitimate claim,then user JMvanDijk replied that it is just plain silly,and that the claim is illegitimate through birth,sure,i get talk pages have arguments and debates and can get big but in this specific case it obviously violates NPOV,but user JMvanDijk's comment neither had the time the comment was posted neither had [ reply ],so i had to press the [ reply ] on Winn3317's comment to send the article about neutral point of view policy on wikipedia,now it looks like i sent my comment before JMvanDijk,even though i did it after.now the green link person was AntiDionysius,on Talk:Tibet (1912–1951) In topic what does de facto independence mean in this article? UnsungHistory (talk) 12:55, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

@UnsungHistory, if you look at the timestamps here, those comments are from more than a decade ago. The best move is to simply ignore the discussion. I'll archive it. -- asilvering (talk) 20:38, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

Question from Ambystomatidae macrodactylum (19:28, 26 July 2024)

Hello there,

I am trying to update the title of my organization's Wikipedia page however I am not the creator. I see instruction to 'Move Page' but I am not seeing that option anywhere.

How should I go about changing the title to the page if I am not the creator?

Thanks! --Ambystomatidae macrodactylum (talk) 19:28, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

@Ambystomatidae macrodactylum, you can't do this when you have a brand-new account. I can do it for you, or open a move discussion if that's necessary. What is your organization, and what is the correct name? Can you provide a URL to a source for the correct name? -- asilvering (talk) 00:29, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

Good morning,

Understood. Thank you for offering to move the name from its current 'Waterton Biosphere Reserve' to 'Waterton Biosphere Region'.

We have updated our operating name in recognition of the negative associations tied between the word reserve and the federal government's Indian Act and colonization. In addition, the word reserve can also be understood as an exclusive place where humans should not go.

URL sources:

Organization website URL: https://www.watertonbiosphere.com/

More information about our decision found on page 3 URL: https://www.watertonbiosphere.com/about-waterton-biosphere-region/wbr-cooperation-plan/

Please let me know if I can offer any additional information to support this move and thank you for your time. Ambystomatidae macrodactylum (talk) 20:44, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

CyberJoly Drim

Thanks, you motivated me to finish the translation. If you have time, perhaps you could give it a read to see if it reads well, since I am not a native speaker? _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 10:21, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

I gave it a go! Pulled some bits that were becoming too much like a blow-by-blow and tried to sum it up thematically a bit more. -- asilvering (talk) 00:34, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Question from ScottEugeneRoberts (15:32, 3 August 2024)

How do I create Something new to put on Wikipedia --ScottEugeneRoberts (talk) 15:32, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi there! I've left some links on your talk page. You might also want to read WP:FIRST. -- asilvering (talk) 16:23, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

Question from Gunnar Dittmar (16:21, 4 August 2024)

Hi, how do I add a reference to an article? --Gunnar Dittmar (talk) 16:21, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

@Gunnar Dittmar, welcome to wikipedia! Have a look at WP:REFB. -- asilvering (talk) 00:34, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Question from Crookz85 on Wikipedia:Sandbox (05:28, 5 August 2024)

I was about to publish my entry when I received a text message. When I opened my text message I lost the page I was editing. Is there a way I can get it back? Or is it gone for good? --Crookz85 (talk) 05:28, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

Asked and answered at Teahouse. David notMD (talk) 10:55, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

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Question from Officer X (06:58, 6 August 2024)

Hello Asilvering!

I am new here but I have a little bit experience as an IP. In the German Wikipedia, my CIDR-Range is blocked for „Non edit-Actions” (Translated for „Nicht-Bearbeitungsaktionen”) Can you do something to make it free so I can go to the wiki with my first Language. By the way, I am not this guy who is the reason that my IP Range was blocked.

Thanks --Officer X (talk) 06:58, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Officer X, welcome to (English) wikipedia! I can't do anything about that, since only admins on German Wikipedia can deal with blocks there. de:Wikipedia:Sperrprüfung has the information you need to appeal your block on that wiki. -- asilvering (talk) 22:09, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

I think I won't do anything because I don't want to risk a global block. I also think I have an LTA in my neighborhood, which is why the abuse filter hits me so often. Officer X (talk) 05:40, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

English wikipedia is also a good place. Officer X (talk) 05:42, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Question from Mahesh Vitthalrao Landge (03:38, 7 August 2024)

Dear Mentor, Can I Create a wikipedia Page --Mahesh Vitthalrao Landge (talk) 03:38, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Mahesh Vitthalrao Landge, sorry, I missed this earlier. You might want to read WP:FIRST. -- asilvering (talk) 05:38, 9 August 2024 (UTC)