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How to change or edit the name of the Wiki page?[edit]
I submitted an article, and if published, I need the title or name of the wiki article to be edited. How do I edit this? It doesn't show anywhere on the source code.
Should I just delete and resubmit with the new name? TrevorGaeillan (talk) 01:27, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
- @TrevorGaeillan, thanks for your question! Once your account is autoconfirmed and the article is published under the mainspace, you will be able to move the article to a new title (provided a valid reason for the page move). Let me know if you have additional questions!Your mentor, Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 12:28, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks! TrevorGaeillan (talk) 01:06, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
Question from WatteryFire (10:28, 6 May 2024)[edit]
Are you a bot? --WatteryFire (talk) 10:28, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
- Hi @WatteryFire and thanks for your question! On Wikipedia, most users are humans. However, there are a couple bots that perform automated actions (they have "bot" in their username) that would be tedious to do by hand otherwise. These bots do not have a will of their own (nor is there artificial intelligence around here) and they act under a set of algorithms, supervised by their bot creators. If you want to learn more, you can check out this documentation.So, simply put, no I am not a bot, but your human mentor here to answer questions you have about editing Wikipedia!Cheers, Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 12:31, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
Question from WatteryFire (12:37, 6 May 2024)[edit]
Wow Thanks,this helps a lot. How do I prevent edit wars and keep my point(if it's correct)? --WatteryFire (talk) 12:37, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
- @WatteryFire, if you find yourself disagreeing with other users, the best course of action is to discuss it on the article's talk page (making sure you ping the involved parties). Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 12:39, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-19[edit]
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- The appearance of talk pages changed for all wikis, except for Commons, Wikidata and most Wikipedias (a few have already received this design change). You can read the detail of the changes on Diff. It is possible to opt-out these changes in user preferences ("Show discussion activity"). The deployment will happen at remaining wikis in the coming weeks. [1][2]
- Interface admins now have greater control over the styling of article components on mobile with the introduction of the
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Changes later this week
- The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 May. It will be on all wikis from 9 May (calendar). [5][6]
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- A new service will be built to replace Extension:Graph. Details can be found in the latest update regarding this extension.
- Starting May 21, English Wikipedia and German Wikipedia will get the possibility to activate "Add a link". This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to all Wikipedias. These communities can activate and configure the feature locally. [8]
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AfD closes[edit]
Hi Cocobb8, I was just wondering why you closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Craig Murray (disambiguation) and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gerhard Lomer as keep, given that they'd been open for less than 24 hours? I !voted keep in the Craig Murray (disambiguation) AfD, but I feel it would have been beneficial for the nomination to have remained open for longer than it was, especially as XfD discussions are usually only closed after seven days. All the best :) —a smart kitten[meow] 18:45, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
- Hey @A smart kitten! I realized that those had over 3 keep already with no delete (or even other) !votes, and didn't see this suddenly turning over to delete consensus, so I thought it was fair to quickKeep them both. I suppose in the future I'll make them wait for longer, but I wonder what others would think about this too. Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 19:46, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
- It might be helpful to start a discussion on the AfD project page to see if there can be some numbers decided, like "more than 3 keeps and no other votes" or something. Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 19:49, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
- Hi. I agree, let the AfD's run even if they are doomed to fail. Some users don't check on a regular basis and there could be valid points raised. And as someone who is committed to keeping Gerhard Lomer (and who is confident zero valid points were available) it hadn't even run 24 hours. Oblivy (talk) 00:02, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
- It might be helpful to start a discussion on the AfD project page to see if there can be some numbers decided, like "more than 3 keeps and no other votes" or something. Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 19:49, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
Timeline for publishing?[edit]
Hi there Cocobb8!! Thanks so much for always responding!
I recently submitted an original article of a actor/voice actor, but, the tags that were automatically attached was "deprecated (unreliable) source." That's unfortunate, because I worked pretty hard to ensure that all sources were valid.
First: Why was this tag auto-attached? Second: Will this tag cause a delay in publishing?
Thanks for your help! TrevorGaeillan (talk) 02:19, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
- Hello @TrevorGaeillan, thanks for your question. I believe you are talking about Draft:Ronan L. Summers? To me it looks like the article was declined for not being properly sourced. If someone mentioned a deprecated source, that's because some websites/publishers are essentially not used as Wikipedia sources. If you removed such sources, your draft has a good chance of being approved should you fix the issue mentioned below. You may also like to check out this help topic, which outlines which websites/publishers are generally considered reliable.There are a couple of unnecessary citations in your draft, however. For example, a Wikipedia article citing a Wikipedia source should not be done (you should remove them). Instead, focus on secondary and independent sources.You will also see that I've fixed the formatting of the reference list.Let me know if you have other questions, Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 10:02, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you for the reference list formatting and the response! :) TrevorGaeillan (talk) 23:15, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
G'day! I just want to add 1000 Schilling gold Olympic Movement : Zeus KM#3028 missing from the list "Commemorative Coins of Austria" - the two 200 schilling silver Olympic coins ARE there. Regards --Chuck380 (talk) 21:35, 9 May 2024 (UTC)