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Question from Moteitbe333 (16:41, 20 February 2024)

Hello. How do I create a wiki page on a local artist? --Moteitbe333 (talk) 16:41, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

Moteitbe333, Welcome! Creating a new article from scratch is extremely challenging, and new editors are strongly recommended to spend a few months learning how Wikipedia works, by making improvements to some of our existing six million articles before trying it. When you do decide to have a go at a new article, you are highly encouraged to read WP:Your first article. If you haven't already also check out WP:TUTORIAL; it's a lot of fun! Happy editing! — Qwerfjkltalk 16:46, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from Praise Joseph on Rebag (10:31, 21 February 2024)

Hello can you help me edited an article --Praise Joseph (talk) 10:31, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

Praise Joseph, what exactly do you need help with? — Qwerfjkltalk 19:23, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

Hello, Qwerfjkl,

I hope you are well. I came across some of the categories mentioned in this nomination on an Empty Category list and I'm hoping you can adjust your CFD closure here. Could you please state what categories these nominated categories are supposed to be MERGED to? It's not clear to me. There are dozens of categories listed and I'm not proposing you go through each one on that long list and state what the merge target article is, but could you just include a statement in the closure stating what category tree they are being merged to? I'd appreciate it and I think if future editors want to know what happened to these cultural infrastructure categories, it's better to note this in the closure statement than try other ways to track down that answer should someone try to recreate these categories. Many thanks! Liz Read! Talk! 21:23, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

Liz, I thought it was straightforward because it's mentioned directly below the nominator's statement, Merge all to the buildings and structures category of the same year. I can modify the list of categories to add the merge targets if that'd help (it's a simple regex pattern), or I could just add "to buildings and structures tree" to the closing statement? — Qwerfjkltalk 21:28, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

Qwerfjkl (bot) – Joy

Page: Sofronije_Podgoričanin

Diff: Special:Diff/1210202786

Comment/question: The bot is notifying me about a syntax issue, but the real issue is semantic: the previous content was formatted with nominally working syntax but was useless from the point of view of verifiability. I added some more cleanup tags in subsequent edits, please advise on ways to stop the bot from telling me water is wet in the future. TIA.

Joy (talk) 14:31, 25 February 2024 (UTC)

Joy, well, you can stop the bot notifying you about reference errors. Not much more that can be done. — Qwerfjkltalk 17:39, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
@Qwerfjkl could we make it not trigger if we add {{title missing}} or {{author missing}} in the same commit or something? --Joy (talk) 18:56, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
Joy, I'm not sure how easy that would be to do (I'd have check both versions of the wikitext for the templates and all of their redirects). I could do it, but it seems like an edge case that's not worth it. You can always just ignore the notifications. — Qwerfjkltalk 21:24, 25 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from Samvitgaragetools (16:54, 26 February 2024)

Why is wheel alignment essential for maintaining optimal performance and safety in our four-wheeler vehicles? --Samvitgaragetools (talk) 16:54, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

Samvitgaragetools, is this question related to Wikipedia? If not, try WP:Reference desk. — Qwerfjkltalk 16:55, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

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Question from TSECorporation (18:39, 26 February 2024)

How do I create a Wikipedia business page for the company I work for with a focus on SEO best practices?

Business Name: Triple Shift Entertainment --TSECorporation (talk) 18:39, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

TSECorporation, first of all, you need to review Wikipedia:Conflict of interest and disclose your conflict of interest (COI). You should also make sure that the company meets Wikipedia's notability guidelines for companies, and you should note that you don't own Wikipedia pages - it can contain negative portrayals of the company.
You may also wish to review WP:SEO. — Qwerfjkltalk 20:28, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
TSECorporation, there's one very important thing I forgot to mention in my earlier comment: you are not allowed to have the username you currently have (per WP:CORPNAME). The easiest way to do this is simply to create a new account (making sure that the name is in line with the policy I linked above, WP:CORPNAME). — Qwerfjkltalk 20:31, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

Qwerfjkl (bot) – Truthanado

Page: Culver_Field

Diff: Special:Diff/1209637785

My edits were just to change the way info was referenced to be consistent with Wikipedia guidelines. so that the reference shows up in the References section of the article. The info in the article did not contain a title, and I was unable to determine the title, though the source and date were available.

Truthanado (talk) 14:02, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

Truthanado, that's fine, if you can't find the title, you can leave it without one. (Though you do seem to have put the newspaper as part of author.) — Qwerfjkltalk 16:10, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from Justforfun483 (18:27, 28 February 2024)

how to become a contributor --Justforfun483 (talk) 18:28, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

Justforfun483, see Wikipedia:Task centre. — Qwerfjkltalk 18:31, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

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

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Question from Exotic1861 (10:15, 1 March 2024)

Hello, I already have 16 edits and 5 days of editing, is there a reason that I have not been autoconfirmed yet? Thank you Exotic --Exotic1861 (talk) 10:16, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

Exotic1861, you will be autoconfirmed in around 2 hours. — Qwerfjkltalk 15:15, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
Thank you very much. Exotic1861 (talk) 20:00, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

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Question from Sonwuchuks (11:01, 3 March 2024)

Hello sir/ma. Do I get paid for editing Wikipedia? Thanks. --Sonwuchuks (talk) 11:01, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Sonwuchuks, no. We are all volunteers here. If you are being paid for editing, you must disclose it. — Qwerfjkltalk 11:04, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
ok thanks. Sonwuchuks (talk) 11:11, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from Dr Hasan Murad School of Management (09:21, 4 March 2024)

I want to create a wikipedia page for a business school so that the details of the school are shown on google search, please help. --Dr Hasan Murad School of Management (talk) 09:21, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

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Question from 18ibrahim (06:50, 7 March 2024)

hello i created an article about an Non profit NGO that spread awareness and educates paretns who has children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder so i volunteered in that NGO it was really good and they help the parents for free and they have alot of free information related to ASD so thats why i created any article for them and i am not being paid or compensated i just wanted to spread awareness too

please guide me how can i do that --18ibrahim (talk) 06:50, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

18ibrahim, Welcome! Creating a new article from scratch is extremely challenging, and new editors are strongly recommended to spend a few months learning how Wikipedia works, by making improvements to some of our existing six million articles before trying it. When you do decide to have a go at a new article, you are highly encouraged to read WP:Your first article. If you haven't already also check out WP:TUTORIAL; it's a lot of fun! Happy editing! — Qwerfjkltalk 07:26, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

WP:CANVAS

Hello. Just wanted to respond to your comment here and to say sorry. I was just hoping for a consensus; I didn't realize it could be considered canvasing. Just wanted to let you know that it wasn't my intention and I promise to avoid it in the future. Omnis Scientia (talk) 21:55, 7 March 2024 (UTC)