DYK for Trunk-or-treating

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On 31 October 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Trunk-or-treating, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that trunk-or-treating was created as a safer alternative to regular trick-or-treating? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Trunk-or-treating. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Trunk-or-treating), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:03, 31 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

  Hook update
Your hook reached 15,738 views (655.8 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of November 2024 – nice work!

GalliumBot (talkcontribs) (he/it) 01:31, 8 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

I like this one! Good work. Panini! 🥪 18:42, 31 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
Thanks, @Panini!! :) ~ Tails Wx 01:27, 1 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Question from Globallycz (08:55, 1 November 2024)

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Hi Tails thank you. I finally found the undo button on desktop mode. --Globallycz (talk) 08:55, 1 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Welcome to the drive!

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Welcome, welcome, welcome Tails Wx! I'm glad that you are joining the November 2024 drive! Please, have a cup of WikiTea, and go cite some articles.

Cielquiparle (talk) 13:14, 1 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

WikiCup 2024 November newsletter

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The 2024 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round being a very tight race. Our new champion is   AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who scored 2,283 points mainly through 3 high-multiplier FAs and 3 GAs on military history topics. By a 1% margin, Airship beat out last year's champion,   BeanieFan11 (submissions), who scored second with 2,264 points, mainly from an impressive 58 GAs about athletes. In third place,   Generalissima (submissions) scored 1,528 points, primarily from two FAs on U.S. Librarians of Congress and 20 GAs about various historical topics. Our other finalists are:   Sammi Brie (submissions) with 879 points,   Hey man im josh (submissions) with 533 points,   BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 432 points,   Arconning (submissions) with 244 points, and   AryKun (submissions) with 15 points. Congratulations to our finalists and all who participated!

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Your GA nomination of Kevin Davis (police officer)

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2024

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

 

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  • 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

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Review

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Thanks for starting the GA review on Tornado outbreak and derecho of April 1-3, 2024! Due to some personal things, I'll address your comments by Monday, as today I'm a bit busy. :) MemeGod chat 18:33, 3 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Sir MemeGod: no problem! Those are my initial comments at first, so take your time in responding to those comments. ~ Tails Wx 18:56, 3 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

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Question from SpaceNerd13 (00:03, 7 November 2024)

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Hi, um how do I edit the title of a page? Anytime I create one, weather its in sandbox or not, it just says User: SpaceNerd13. Could you please give me some help?

-SpaceNerd13 --SpaceNerd13 (talk) 00:03, 7 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi there, @SpaceNerd13! If you're going to "edit" the title of a page, that would require moving the page to the requested name for the title to be changed. There should be your userspace sandbox User:SpaceNerd13/sandbox – you just haven't created that page yet. If you're asking on how to publish an article, you could create one by writing one under a specific name -- but since you're a newcomer, I highly suggest you go through a draft process first. Let me know if you have any further questions or if there's something I missed! ~ Tails Wx 05:18, 7 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

November music

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story · music · places

For a surprise, a Bach cantata is on the Main page today, where it was last year for the 300th anniversary, and they were too lazy to find something new ;) - Look at my story, and listen to the 3 whole-tone steps and the dialogues of Fear and Hope. - An open letter open to be signed (more info on the talk, and the Signpost above), - I haven't checked if you did, please ignore then. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:42, 7 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Madeleine Riffaud - remember. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:03, 11 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

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Question from RodFerOfficial (01:54, 20 November 2024)

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Hi Tails!

I'm just asking a small question: how can I find errors that barely any people miss? I like to keep things nice and tidy so I also gotta look for those small issues too.

Thanks! --RodFerOfficial (talk) 01:54, 20 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi there, @RodFerOfficial! There are errors can be fixed by resolving a tag in an article. Tags are essentially maintenance tags that are placed on an article for whatever reason related to cleanup of it. You can find some articles that have issues to be fixed by heading over to that link and finding articles that need fixing by clicking the "links" next to a respective tag there! ~ Tails Wx 22:31, 22 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Question from SpaceNerd13 (16:06, 20 November 2024)

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Hi Mr Tails,

How do I get media, such as images of videos, onto Wikipedia pages with a proper license? Because some of the pictures that I posted got deleted because of incorrect license (and by license, do they mean what the original owner has put, or what it compiles to on Wikipedia?)

Thanks, SpaceNerd13 --SpaceNerd13 (talk) 16:06, 20 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

@SpaceNerd13: Hi there, I'm a friend of Tails who asked me to answer this question due to them being busy. If I correctly understand your question, it's how to upload an image/video. Well, uploading is simple, just follow the steps described on commons:Special:UploadWizard. By uploading media to Wikimedia Commons you allow entirety of the Wikimedia projects to use your media on their sites. Only condition is a free license or expended copyright. If you own copyright to media you'd like to upload (which, I warn you, is not the same as only possessing the media), that usually means you're the author, then hooray, we're halfway there. Just choose one of the licenses Commons accept (CC-BY-SA) and they do wary to some degree. I'd like to warn you that with such actions you allow commercial usage as well - meaning companies can use your media for profit as long as they fulfil license pre-requirements. If media is in public domain, tag it with an appropriate license (usually starts as PD-something). If you don't own copyright, then you need to ask the copyright owner for a permission. Get them to sent that permission to VRT queue as is described on commons:COM:VRT, where an agent will review the permission.
I hope I have adressed all of your concerns, if not, please do not waste any more time and get in touch here. Best regards, A09|(talk) 21:57, 25 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

November thanks

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story · music · places

Thank you for improving articles in November! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:32, 20 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

I uploaded pics of a trip that was a 10-day celebration of a 16 November event, but the day was also when a dear friend died. We sang Hevenu shalom aleichem at his funeral yesterday, and it was good. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:42, 30 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Question from James J. Buckley (20:26, 21 November 2024)

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Tails,

I have an essay on a deceased 20th century philosopher of religion not yet included on Wikipedia. The essay is about 10 pages (single spaced) of a Word document, with half a dozen footnotes and a bibliography of about 30 items. I have considerable experience editing for journals. But I have no experience with editing for Wikipedia -- which I value enough to support financially every couple of years. I’ve read through the Wiki instructions on editing. They are understandably complex, and I am not sure where to begin. Perhaps I could start with learning to edit my footnotes? OR the bibliography? Thanks much for your advice. Jim --James J. Buckley (talk) 20:26, 21 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

I can’t see anything here. What’s happening? James J. Buckley (talk) 20:47, 25 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
@James J. Buckley: Hi, I am A09 and I've been asked to answer this question due to Tails' momentary absence. First, I'd like to point out that the Wikimedia Community has developed some tools to easen conversion from desktop text editors to wikimarkup, and as you have a Word file already prepared, Help:WordToWiki might come handy. While your concerns are much valuable, I believe the easiest path would be to follow Help:Your first article. Since your first article would be a biography (and assuming it would pass notability criteria for people), the best second read would be Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Biography which provides further insight on how to construct this type of page. My general advice to newcomers is to start simple because no one has written a complete article in a single edit. We learn new things with each edit we do no matter how experienced we are.
I hope I have addressed all of your concerns, if not, please do not hesitate to contact us with Tails again. Best regards, A09|(talk) 22:12, 25 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Counter-Vandalism Training Request

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Hi, Tails!! My name is Fludd, I've reached close to 200 edits, and I've been looking to potentially join the Counter-Vandalism Unit! I've been on Wikipedia for over a year now and plan on committing to it for the rest of my life, as I deeply value this site and its community. I would love to help fight the eternal battle against vandalism and become a proper member of the Unit, so if you're still taking on students, I would love to be taught by you! Thank you so much. -- FluddStop - Dirty's meaner than clean! 07:26, 25 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

@FluddStop: Hi and welcome. I'm A09 and I have been approached by Tails Wx to answer this question due to their circumstances. As far as I believe, and per current data on Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit/Academy/Instructors Tails sadly is not open to mentoring any new students. Whether this is true or if Tails Wx is planning on expanding his mentorship, it's up to him and not me. I'd like to praise your commitment to anti vandal working and if you have any further questions, please contact us and we'll try to answer your prompts. Best regards, A09|(talk) 22:01, 25 November 2024 (UTC)Reply
Ah, no worries then! I'll try to seek out a mentor with an available student slot, I completely missed that part! Thank you so much for letting me know.
-- FluddStop - Dirty's meaner than clean! 02:18, 26 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

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counter-vandalism

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does that include eliminating the far left bias that almost all wiki admins have ? 2601:589:4101:16F8:A563:6C26:FBDB:2269 (talk) 00:03, 26 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

You'll need to have some concrete evidence to support your claims, but no, counter-vandalism is not meant for this. A09|(talk) 17:41, 27 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

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