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Campus124

Joined 13 March 2017
Latest comment: 7 years ago by ChamithN in topic 3 Questions

Hi guys, it is my pleasure to be here. I loved the whole structure and the concept of Wikipedia. I believe one day Wikipedia will be so reliable that student will not hesitate to mention it as a footnote in their thesis. Campus124 (talk) 15:44, 14 March 2017 (UTC) BECaMPuSReply

Campus124, you are invited to the Teahouse!

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16:03, 15 March 2017 (UTC)

Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!

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Hi Campus124! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission. I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.

-- 09:23, Friday, March 17, 2017 (UTC)

Mission 1 Mission 2 Mission 3 Mission 4 Mission 5 Mission 6 Mission 7
Say Hello to the World An Invitation to Earth Small Changes, Big Impact The Neutral Point of View The Veil of Verifiability The Civility Code Looking Good Together

Welcome to The Wikipedia Adventure!

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Hi Campus124! We're so happy you wanted to play to learn, as a friendly and fun way to get into our community and mission. I think these links might be helpful to you as you get started.

-- 09:27, Friday, March 17, 2017 (UTC)

Mission 1 Mission 2 Mission 3 Mission 4 Mission 5 Mission 6 Mission 7
Say Hello to the World An Invitation to Earth Small Changes, Big Impact The Neutral Point of View The Veil of Verifiability The Civility Code Looking Good Together


Regarding your E-mail

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Latest comment: 7 years ago3 comments1 person in discussion

Hi Campus124, thank you for your edits so far. In regard to your questions, protecting of pages is usually done to prevent repeated vandalism, disruptive editing, and edit warring. Pages can be protected by only those who have administrative privileges, and as Wikipedia is based on the concept of "can be edited by anyone", admins are reluctant to protect pages unless there's a good reason, and rightfully so. By looking at your contributions, I can see that you already know how to request page protection; however, if the article in question is not vandalized repeatedly, or if there's no edit warring going on, requesting page protection is pointless as the request will most likely be rejected. If a page is being vandalized repeatedly by a single user, the most sensible way to prevent that is to report the user at WP:AIV. There are several types of page protection as described here. Also, on most articles, page protection will automatically expire after the time period specified by the protecting admin. But, some pages are protected indefinitely due to being targeted by vandals frequently, and therefore the protection will be permanent unless you gain consensus to change that. Finally, could you please clarify further about these edits you made in "russian language"? Are you referring to the Russian language Wikipedia? If so, I'm not knowledgable on the matter as other Wikipedia projects have their own set of policies and guidelines. -- ChamithN (talk) 15:17, 29 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

I think the following template message provides a good deal of useful links that may come in handy when dealing with images on Wikipedia:
Did you know that ...
And, if you don't know how to feature already uploaded images in articles, take a look at WP:PIC#Adding_the_first_picture.
If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{Help me}} on your user page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few other good links for newcomers:
If you have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Questions, Wikipedia:Teahouse, or ask me on my talk page. -- ChamithN (talk) 13:05, 30 March 2017 (UTC)Reply
Also, you don't have to worry about deleting the copyrighted images you uploaded earlier, as they will be deleted by an admin. You can't delete those images yourself. -- ChamithN (talk) 13:07, 30 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

3 Questions

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Latest comment: 7 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Hi Campus 124, to answer your questions:

1) Firstly, for example I have read an article and saw that facts in one part are not wellstated, biased and not neutral. Can I delete this part immediately? Yes, you can; however, it'd be better if you could change the wording to make it neutral, and cite sources yourself. If it's obvious that the content in question is original research, you can delete it straightforwardly. Otherwise, you could simply tag it with appropriate template(s).

2) As far as I know, Wikipedia does not have official representatives for each countries, but some Wikipedians have organized into groups to make collaborative editing easier; most of these groups are normally formed by the participants of Wikiprojects of each country. Wikipedians from all over the world gather at Wikimania once year, and this is usually the best way to meet editors from other countries. In the end, Wikimedia Foundation has the ultimate authority over all Wikipedia projects.

3) While I do believe that creating a "single manual of all rules" would be easier for newbies, that would be next to impossible to create as Wikipedia operates on the principle of "No firm rules". If, however, someone would like to create one, (s)he has to first gain consensus at the Village pump.

I hope I answered your questions. If you need anything else, feel free to ping/E-mail me. Cheers -- ChamithN (talk) 18:01, 14 April 2017 (UTC)Reply
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