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Question from Timothy Mncube2019 (12:55, 30 August 2024)

How do I upload an article --Timothy Mncube2019 (talk) 12:55, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi Timothy Mncube2019! Based on your user page it seems like you might be trying to publish an article about yourself. This is strongly discouraged – if you meet Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion somebody else will probably write about you eventually.

Even if you are not looking to write about yourself, new editors often find writing new articles from scratch difficult; I would recommend working on existing articles first to become more familiar with what is expected in Wikipedia articles. Once you are ready, there is a useful help page at Help:Your first article that will guide you through the process. Note especially the order of the steps in that help page: you should gather your sources first, then write the article by summarizing those sources. It is a common mistake to write the article first, then try to find sources to support it afterward; this is almost always far more difficult than writing the article from the sources to begin with.

If you need any help, please do ask and I'll do my best! Tollens (talk) 23:34, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

Help me Timothy Mncube2019 (talk) 07:03, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Question from DiarrhoeaDemon (11:25, 1 September 2024)

Hello, how do I create an article. When I tried, it turned into a draft. --DiarrhoeaDemon (talk) 11:25, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

@DiarrhoeaDemon: Submitting a draft for review is how you should publish an article – I see you did this already and have received some feedback. As I recommended earlier, I would strongly suggest finding your sources first, then writing the content by summarizing those sources. Right now, much of the content of your draft does not appear to be supported by any of the sources currently cited. Tollens (talk) 18:33, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

I'm still working on it. So it is incomplete. :) DiarrhoeaDemon (talk) 16:35, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-37

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Feature news

• Starting this week, the standard syntax highlighter will receive new colors that make them compatible in dark mode. This is the first of many changes to come as part of a major upgrade to syntax highlighting. You can learn more about what's to come on the help page. [1][2]
• Editors of wikis using Wikidata will now be notified of only relevant Wikidata changes in their watchlist. This is because the Lua functions entity:getSitelink() and mw.wikibase.getSitelink(qid) will have their logic unified for tracking different aspects of sitelinks to reduce junk notifications from inconsistent sitelinks tracking. [3]

Project updates

• Users of all Wikis will have access to Wikimedia sites as read-only for a few minutes on September 25, starting at 15:00 UTC. This is a planned datacenter switchover for maintenance purposes. More information will be published in Tech News and will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks. [4]
• Contributors of 11 Wikipedias, including English will have a new MOS namespace added to their Wikipedias. This improvement ensures that links beginning with MOS: (usually shortcuts to the Manual of Style) are not broken by Mooré Wikipedia (language code mos). [5]

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Question from Jjkboi4462389 on List of best-selling comic series (16:54, 7 September 2024)

How do I add a series to the list? I noticed My Hero Academia is missing, and it recently just reached the 100 million mark --Jjkboi4462389 (talk) 16:54, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

Hi Jjkboi4462389, and sorry for the very delayed response – if you need further help in the future I expect I'll be able to answer much sooner than I did here. It looks like there is a very similar table row at List of best-selling manga you might be able to simply copy over if you remove the "Demographic" column entry first. It will likely be easier in this case to use the source editor – you can switch to it by opening the pencil dropdown next to the "Publish changes" button while editing the article, and then you will be able to see the actual code that produces the article. From there you should be able to copy the row, and you can place it in the article in much the same way. If you still need help please do ask and I'll try to explain in more detail. Tollens (talk) 03:50, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

Question from SHWETASURBHI (06:21, 8 September 2024)

हेलो how to write an artical and how to uplod in wikipediya --SHWETASURBHI (talk) 06:21, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

Hi SHWETASURBHI, and sorry for the very delayed response – if you need further help in the future I expect I'll be able to answer much sooner than I did here. New editors often find writing new articles from scratch difficult; I would recommend working on existing articles first to become more familiar with what is expected in Wikipedia articles, including our rules about reliable sources, about when those sources are required, and notability, which deals with what topics should be written about on Wikipedia. Once you are ready, there is a useful help page at Help:Your first article that will guide you through the process. Note especially the order of the steps in that help page: you should gather your sources first, then write the article by summarizing those sources. It is a common mistake to write the article first, then try to find sources to support it afterward; this is almost always far more difficult than writing the article from the sources to begin with. Tollens (talk) 03:55, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

Question from DPF429 (00:20, 13 September 2024)

Hey in the morning papers and space by Prince in la times 85 prince singles ranked morning papers is noted as soul rock and space is noted as trip hop and if there’s other song with sourced genres add those too --DPF429 (talk) 00:20, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

Hi DPF429, and sorry for the very delayed response – if you need further help in the future I expect I'll be able to answer much sooner than I did here. I'm sorry but I cannot figure out what your question is – would you mind rewording it so I can help, if you still need assistance? Tollens (talk) 04:11, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-38

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Improvements and Maintenance

• Editors interested in templates can help by reading the latest Wishlist focus area, Template recall and discovery, and share your feedback on the talkpage. This input helps the Community Tech team to decide the right technical approach to build. Everyone is also encouraged to continue adding new wishes.
• The new automated Special:NamespaceInfo page helps editors understand which namespaces exist on each wiki, and some details about how they are configured. Thanks to DannyS712 for these improvements. [6]
• References Check is a feature that encourages editors to add a citation when they add a new paragraph to a Wikipedia article. For a short time, the corresponding tag "Edit Check (references) activated" was erroneously being applied to some edits outside of the main namespace. This has been fixed. [7]
• It is now possible for a wiki community to change the order in which a page’s categories are displayed on their wiki. By default, categories are displayed in the order they appear in the wikitext. Now, wikis with a consensus to do so can request a configuration change to display them in alphabetical order. [8]
• Tool authors can now access ToolsDB's public databases from both Quarry and Superset. Those databases have always been accessible to every Toolforge user, but they are now more broadly accessible, as Quarry can be accessed by anyone with a Wikimedia account. In addition, Quarry's internal database can now be queried from Quarry itself. This database contains information about all queries that are being run and starred by users in Quarry. This information was already public through the web interface, but you can now query it using SQL. You can read more about that, and 20 other community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.
• Any pages or tools that still use the very old CSS classes mw-message-box need to be updated. These old classes will be removed next week or soon afterwards. Editors can use a global-search to determine what needs to be changed. It is possible to use the newer cdx-message group of classes as a replacement (see the relevant Codex documentation, and an example update), but using locally defined onwiki classes would be best. [9]

Technical project updates

• Next week, all Wikimedia wikis will be read-only for a few minutes. This will start on September 25 at 15:00 UTC. This is a planned datacenter switchover for maintenance purposes. This maintenance process also targets other services. The previous switchover took 3 minutes, and the Site Reliability Engineering teams use many tools to make sure that this essential maintenance work happens as quickly as possible. [10]

Tech in depth

• The latest monthly MediaWiki Product Insights newsletter is available. This edition includes details about: research about hook handlers to help simplify development, research about performance improvements, work to improve the REST API for end-users, and more.
• To learn more about the technology behind the Wikimedia projects, you can now watch sessions from the technology track at Wikimania 2024 on Commons. This week, check out:
  • Hackathon Showcase (45 mins) - 19 short presentations by some of the Hackathon participants, describing some of the projects they worked on, such as automated testing of maintenance scripts, a video-cutting command line tool, and interface improvements for various tools. There are more details and links available in the Phabricator task.
  • Co-Creating a Sustainable Future for the Toolforge Ecosystem (40 mins) - a roundtable discussion for tool-maintainers, users, and supporters of Toolforge about how to make the platform sustainable and how to evaluate the tools available there.

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Question from Tecno93 on Richard Davenport (professor) (03:07, 23 September 2024)

Hello! ! !can u help me --Tecno93 (talk) 03:07, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

Hi Tecno93! Certainly I will try! What specifically do you need help with? Tollens (talk) 04:13, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-39

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Weekly highlight

• All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on Wednesday September 25 at 15:00 UTC. Reading the wikis will not be interrupted, but editing will be paused. These twice-yearly processes allow WMF's site reliability engineering teams to remain prepared to keep the wikis functioning even in the event of a major interruption to one of our data centers.

Updates for editors

A screenshot of the interface for the Alt Text suggested-edit feature

• Editors who use the iOS Wikipedia app in Spanish, Portuguese, French, or Chinese, may see the Alt Text suggested-edit experiment after editing an article, or completing a suggested edit using "Add an image". Alt-text helps people with visual impairments to read Wikipedia articles. The team aims to learn if adding alt-text to images is a task that editors can be successful with. Please share any feedback on the discussion page.
• The Codex color palette has been updated with new and revised colors for the MediaWiki user interfaces. The most noticeable changes for editors include updates for: dark mode colors for Links and for quiet Buttons (progressive and destructive), visited Link colors for both light and dark modes, and background colors for system-messages in both light and dark modes.
• It is now possible to include clickable wikilinks and external links inside code blocks. This includes links that are used within <syntaxhighlight> tags and on code pages (JavaScript, CSS, Scribunto and Sanitized CSS). Uses of template syntax {{…}} are also linked to the template page. Thanks to SD0001 for these improvements. [11]
• Two bugs were fixed in the GlobalVanishRequest system by improving the logging and by removing an incorrect placeholder message. [12][13]
• View all 25 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.

Updates for technical contributors

• From Wikimedia Enterprise:
  • The API now enables 5,000 on-demand API requests per month and twice-monthly HTML snapshots freely (gratis and libre). More information on the updates and also improvements to the software development kits (SDK) are explained on the project's blog post. While Wikimedia Enterprise APIs are designed for high-volume commercial reusers, this change enables many more community use-cases to be built on the service too.
  • The Snapshot API (html dumps) have added beta Structured Contents endpoints (blog post on that) as well as released two beta datasets (English and French Wikipedia) from that endpoint to Hugging Face for public use and feedback (blog post on that). These pre-parsed data sets enable new options for researchers, developers, and data scientists to use and study the content.

In depth

• The Wikidata Query Service (WDQS) is used to get answers to questions using the Wikidata data set. As Wikidata grows, we had to make a major architectural change so that WDQS could remain performant. As part of the WDQS Graph Split project, we have new SPARQL endpoints available for serving the "scholarly" and "main" subgraphs of Wikidata. The query.wikidata.org endpoint will continue to serve the full Wikidata graph until March 2025. After this date, it will only serve the main graph. For more information, please see the announcement on Wikidata.

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Question from I have a great knowledge (16:25, 10 September 2024)

Can you please check what i typed on my draft so far and what improvements must be made? --I have a great knowledge (talk) 16:25, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Btw its the new one called Draft: James Dokhuma I have a great knowledge (talk) 16:40, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

the link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:James_Dokhuma I have a great knowledge (talk) 16:41, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Hello I have a great knowledge – sorry for the very delayed response, especially given your email; I expect that I'll be able to help much faster if you need further help. Skimming through your draft, the biggest thing I notice is that there is a lot of content in the infobox but none of it is mentioned in the article's body. This is generally not how articles should be written; the infobox should only give a very simple overview of the information written about in the rest of the article, and shouldn't go into specifics very far if at all. Most of that information also looks entirely unsourced as of right now. It seems like there is a lot of information currently not written about – where did that criminal charge come from, for instance? Tollens (talk) 04:09, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

np. Btw, the draft still has a long way to go and I'm currently working on Dokhuma's works rn, so that is why there will be some confusion. However, I can tell you rn. During the Mautam period of 1958 and 1959 in Mizoram, the Mizo National Famine Front(which formed later into the Mizo National Front) wanted Mizoram to be separate from India. So it started a separatist struggle for 20 years. In here, Dr. James was a part of it, being one of the people to sign the Declaration of Independence of Mizoram from India, being an 'MP' and a 'Deputy Speaker' for the new 'Independent Mizoram'. So, one time when he was hiding in a forest, he got caught by soldiers from the Indian National Army by the method of ambushing. And he got sent to the Guwahati District Jail and the Nowgong Special Jail. I have a great knowledge (talk) 12:44, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

btw, the primary source of my draft is a book written by the publisher of Dokhuma's work, Ṭawng Un Hrilhfiahna. So it simply means that the book, Ṭawng Un Hrilhfiahna(which is about the Mizo Ṭawng Upa, roughly translated to elderly language), is written by Dr. James Dokhuma himself and the publisher of the book, R. Lalrawna, added a publisher's note which talks about Dokhuma's life. Can that be still used as a primary source because it's not an autobiography? I have a great knowledge (talk) 13:13, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

also, how to translate a page? I have a great knowledge (talk) 13:22, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

@I have a great knowledge: It sounds like what you're using as a source is just the publisher's note – that's perfectly fine. In some cases even autobiography is allowed; see WP:ABOUTSELF. For translating a page, there is a help page at WP:TRANSLATE that goes over the requirements. Tollens (talk) 15:06, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

I can't see Mizo language anywhere.💀 I have a great knowledge (talk) 15:18, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, it doesn't look like there is a Mizo Wikipedia from what I can tell. Tollens (talk) 16:14, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

Is there a way for it to be? I have a great knowledge (talk) 17:00, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

Yes, but it is a very significant process. See meta:Language proposal policy for the full details, but I would probably advise against this route. Tollens (talk) 03:37, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Question from Starboy666 on Help:Recent changes (23:20, 23 September 2024)

I need to change my user name to hostage --Starboy666 (talk) 23:20, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

@Starboy666: Unfortunately that username is taken. You can check if a username is available using Special:CentralAuth, it is taken unless it says there is no global account for that username. If you find a username you would like to change to, you can make a request WP:CHUS, or if you are able to link an email account in your preferences you can make a request more easily via Special:GlobalRenameRequest. Tollens (talk) 03:42, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Question from Nontombie on 2024-2025 INTO THE DEEP (12:20, 25 September 2024)

Afternoon, is it possible to create this article "2024-2025 INTO THE DEEP" for students who might want to know more on the theme? Thank you --Nontombie (talk) 12:20, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

@Nontombie: New editors often find writing new articles from scratch difficult; I would recommend working on existing articles first to become more familiar with what is expected in Wikipedia articles, including our rules about reliable sources, about when those sources are required, and notability, which deals with what topics should be written about on Wikipedia. Once you are ready, there is a useful help page at Help:Your first article that will guide you through the process. Note especially the order of the steps in that help page: you should gather your sources first, then write the article by summarizing those sources. It is a common mistake to write the article first, then try to find sources to support it afterward; this is almost always far more difficult than writing the article from the sources to begin with. Tollens (talk) 03:45, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. Nontombie (talk) 07:11, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Question from Nontombie on Wikipedia:TWA/7/Start (23:25, 24 September 2024)

Good evening im new to TWA,, and im kinda stuck on where to find the Earth article. Should I search for it then edit it or can I find it in the talk page.

Thank you. --Nontombie (talk) 23:25, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

Hi Nontombie! When I use this link, I see a button that says "Head to Earth*", and when I click it it creates a page that looks like the existing article Earth so you can experiment without affecting the published version of the article, and then pops up with a guide on what to do next. Is that what happens for you? Tollens (talk) 04:50, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Afternoon, no. When I click on "Head to Earth*" nothing happens.

Thank you. Nontombie (talk) 11:35, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I didn't see your reply! I am unfortunately not sure why it wouldn't be working for you. You might try using a different browser, or perhaps disabling your adblocker if you have one enabled, but other than that I'm not certain what's going on. You might alternatively be interested in Help:Introduction, which has much of the same information. Tollens (talk) 21:55, 2 October 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-40

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Updates for editors

• Readers of 42 more wikis can now use Dark Mode. If the option is not yet available for logged-out users of your wiki, this is likely because many templates do not yet display well in Dark Mode. Please use the night-mode-checker tool if you are interested in helping to reduce the number of issues. The recommendations page provides guidance on this. Dark Mode is enabled on additional wikis once per month.
• Editors using the 2010 wikitext editor as their default can access features from the 2017 wikitext editor by adding ?veaction=editsource to the URL. If you would like to enable the 2017 wikitext editor as your default, it can be set in your preferences. [14]
• For logged-out readers using the Vector 2022 skin, the "donate" link has been moved from a collapsible menu next to the content area into a more prominent top menu, next to "Create an account". This restores the link to the level of prominence it had in the Vector 2010 skin. Learn more about the changes related to donor experiences. [15]
• The CampaignEvents extension provides tools for organizers to more easily manage events, communicate with participants, and promote their events on the wikis. The extension has been enabled on Arabic Wikipedia, Igbo Wikipedia, Swahili Wikipedia, and Meta-Wiki. Chinese Wikipedia has decided to enable the extension, and discussions on the extension are in progress on Spanish Wikipedia and on Wikidata. To learn how to enable the extension on your wiki, you can visit the CampaignEvents page on Meta-Wiki.
• View all 22 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.

Updates for technical contributors

• Developers with an account on Wikitech-wiki should check if any action is required for their accounts. The wiki is being changed to use the single-user-login (SUL) system, and other configuration changes. This change will help reduce the overall complexity for the weekly software updates across all our wikis.

In depth

• The server switch was completed successfully last week with a read-only time of only 2 minutes 46 seconds. This periodic process makes sure that engineers can switch data centers and keep all of the wikis available for readers, even if there are major technical issues. It also gives engineers a chance to do maintenance and upgrades on systems that normally run 24 hours a day, and often helps to reveal weaknesses in the infrastructure. The process involves dozens of software services and hundreds of hardware servers, and requires multiple teams working together. Work over the past few years has reduced the time from 17 minutes down to 2–3 minutes. [16]

Meetings and events

• October 4–6: WikiIndaba Conference's Hackathon in Johannesburg, South Africa
• November 4–6: MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference Fall 2024 in Vienna, Austria

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