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Question from Dr.Yaslam (16:31, 31 December 2023)
Hi mentor, How are you on this fine day?

I want to ask you what am I supposed to do first. I am confused. Today is the day I signed up to make the Wikipedia family better and stronger with our strongly written and sourced articles.

Thank you, Dr. Yaslam --Dr.Yaslam (talk) 16:31, 31 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Welcome @Dr.Yaslam! I'd suggest getting started here: Help:Introduction_to_Wikipedia. This will help you get familiar with Wikipedia policies and editing with Wiki Markup. After that, you can find ways to help out at: Task Center. You can find WikiProjects that you are interested in here: WikiProject_Council/Directory.  94rain  Talk  21:39, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you! 2601:2C6:5000:56E0:4820:DE5A:29EE:730 (talk) 22:33, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Happy New Year, 94rain!


Happy New Year! 94rain, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.

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 * Thanks! Happy New Year! -- 94rain  Talk  17:32, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from Rishikaa Tiwari (16:51, 1 January 2024)
Hello, I wish to write a page about a person what should I do to start with --Rishikaa Tiwari (talk) 16:51, 1 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi Rishikaa Tiwari. You might want to take a look at Notability (people) first. If you think the person you want to write about meets one of the requirements, you can go to WP:AFC to create a draft. Let me know if you have any questions. 94rain  Talk  17:36, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Edited : Draft:Mustata Hawash
Hello, I’ve edited the sources which shows the news for the person itself not his books , kindly check and change name of draft from “ Mustata “ to “Mustafa” as it was a mistake. with pleasure Akram AkramHosny22 (talk) 04:10, 3 January 2024 (UTC)


 * @AkramHosny22 Great, but you don't need to delete sources about the book. Please also see Help:Referencing_for_beginners about how to properly add footnotes. If you are writing about someone that you have relationships with, please read WP:COI for declaring a conflict of interest. Just wanted to double check on that. Thanks. 94rain  Talk  04:15, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your respond, however I want to add the previous sources about the books he wrote , could you add them fot me or allow me to edit it so I can provide all links?
 * with pleasure AkramHosny22 (talk) 04:31, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello, kindly delete the previous article as there was a mistake in the name , however I created a professional draft “ Mustafa Hawash “
 * kindly check it for a review and tell me if there is and edits needed
 * also, I read thr articles you sent and I am not subjected to that author
 * thanks . AkramHosny22 (talk) 05:18, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks for confirming that. As I said earlier, please read Help:Referencing_for_beginners about how to properly add footnotes. You can use citer to generate footnotes. Thanks. 94rain  Talk  08:43, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Alright so if I added the footnotes will it get approved ? Is this was the problem? AkramHosny22 (talk) 08:54, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I cannot promise that. But with added footnotes, it'd be easier for us to see if the person meets Wikipedia's notability criteria. 94rain  Talk  08:56, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Sure, but I will add the footnotes to the other draft " Mustafa Hawash " because this one called " Mustata " by a mistake ok ?
 * and I Will mention you after finishing this
 * Thank you so much AkramHosny22 (talk) 09:03, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello, I have added the footnotes and made it detailed biography for the current work
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Mustafa_Hawash
 * kindly check the changes AkramHosny22 (talk) 09:44, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello, I am sorry for reaching you more than one time , I also added the changes to our previous draft “ Mustata Hawash “ which we are talking about but kindly edit the sympol t to f from your side
 * thanks and sorry for disturbing AkramHosny22 (talk) 10:12, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
 * You might want add a translated_title (See Template:Cite_web). I can take a look when I'm more free. 94rain  Talk  10:34, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello, is this the true code I should add ?
 * AkramHosny22 (talk) 10:48, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Re: Charles Jonasen
You mention that there is an issue because the page is a "biography of a living person," but this person has been dead for over 30 years, so it's not clear why this standard has been applied. NorseLord (talk) 19:41, 3 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi NorseLord. Looks like it was a mistake. I just removed that comment. Thanks for adding another source. We can probably user more sources though. Also the draft is still a bit short for me to accept at the moment. 94rain  Talk  19:52, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from Tricks3281 (04:58, 5 January 2024)
How do you create those text boxes that can be seen on various pages that give quick facts about somebody or something(the one usually below the first paragraph of a page)? --Tricks3281 (talk) 04:58, 5 January 2024 (UTC)


 * @Tricks3281 I suppose you are talking about WP:Infobox? You can find other relevant links here: Template:WikiProject_Infoboxes_sidebar. 94rain  Talk  05:01, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Yep, that’s what I was asking about. Thanks. Tricks3281 (talk) 05:03, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from ImperialSaponification (03:25, 9 January 2024)
I want to edit the talk page for an article (I want to bring up an issue the article has) but it only gives me the option to edit source, which I don't really know how to do. --ImperialSaponification (talk) 03:25, 9 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi ImperialSaponification. There should be a "new section" button. If you can only see "view source", it's likely that the page has been protected. 94rain  Talk  00:07, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

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Question from Vincesblt (14:46, 16 January 2024)
Hi 94rain ! I just saw a wiki page of a violonist that i really appreciate. The page appears in several languages but not in my french (my native language). How is the best way to create the french version of the page ? Thank you for your help ! :) By the way, the violonist is "Yury Revich" --Vincesblt (talk) 14:46, 16 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi Vincesblt. I think the best way is to start at fr:Special:ContentTranslation on French Wikipedia. You can input the title of page in other languages. WP:CXT may provide some helpful information. 94rain  Talk  02:27, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from Minhalzaidi on Sayyid (13:58, 17 January 2024)
Image insert --Minhalzaidi (talk) 13:58, 17 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi Minhalzaidi. Uploading images may provide some helpful information about uploading images. Let me know if you have any specific questions. 94rain  Talk  02:28, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from Ke Morizky
How do put up a picture? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ke Morizky (talk • contribs) 10:40, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi Ke Morizky. Uploading images may provide some helpful information about uploading images. Let me know if you have any specific questions. -- 94rain  Talk  02:29, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from Drtn.2020 (11:22, 19 January 2024)
Hello, dear Mentor! I would like to ask you for guidance on how to create a page about a company an it's patents? --Drtn.2020 (talk) 11:22, 19 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi. You can start at Help:Your first article. Note that some strict requirement (Notability) has to be evaluated based on Notability for a standalone article to exist. FAQ/Organizations may be helpful too. 94rain  Talk  17:44, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from BoardWorld (23:19, 26 January 2024)
Hi! I would like to make a Wiki page for a skateboarder. Ive never made a wiki page before and was wondering if their is a guide?

Thanks! -Morgan --BoardWorld (talk) 23:19, 26 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi @BoardWorld. Welcome to Wikipedia! You can start by reading Help:Your first article. There are also some high-quality articles about Skateboarding that you can refer to: Category:Skateboarding articles by quality 94rain  <sup style="color:gold">Talk  23:50, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from Vincifer015 (03:48, 27 January 2024)
Hey good day may i ask what yout gender is and what nationality are you ? And i ask where can i put a new article or page --Vincifer015 (talk) 03:48, 27 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi @Vincifer015. Welcome to Wikipedia! I’m sorry I won’t answer your first question. Regarding creating articles, you can start by reading Help:Your first article. Let me know if you have any questions! 94rain  <sup style="color:gold">Talk  03:57, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

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Question from Kambal03 (04:26, 4 February 2024)
Hello --Kambal03 (talk) 04:26, 4 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi Kambal03. Welcome to Wikipedia! Feel free to let me know if you have any questions! 94rain  <sup style="color:gold">Talk  04:29, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from Jkatpgh (15:25, 4 February 2024)
I want to create a new page for a movie, UNSINKABLE: Titanic Untold

Can you help --Jkatpgh (talk) 15:25, 4 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi @Jkatpgh. Welcome to Wikipedia! You can start by reading Help:Your first article. There are also some high-quality articles about films ( featured, good, then A, B, C) that you can refer to: Category:Film articles by quality 94rain  <sup style="color:gold">Talk  00:04, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

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Question from Inyor4mr (12:14, 15 February 2024)
How can I create a list of article that need edits on a campaign meta Page --Inyor4mr (talk) 12:14, 15 February 2024 (UTC)


 * @Inyor4mr Hi. If you want to get a list of articles in a category / tagged with some templates, you can use PetScan. For more complicated search, you can also use Quarry to query the Wikipedia database, you can use Request_a_query to request queries for that. I hope this answers your question! 94rain  <sup style="color:gold">Talk  16:47, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from R.Sameer on Emile Smith Rowe (21:08, 15 February 2024)
How do I add a photo --R.Sameer (talk) 21:08, 15 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi R.Sameer. You can learn about how to upload images here: Help:Introduction to images with Wiki Markup or Help:Introduction to images with VisualEditor 94rain  <sup style="color:gold">Talk  06:40, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from Ta 0003 on Contact us (20:18, 19 February 2024)
Hello, I am an artist that was advised to make a Wikipedia page. I see there is a pop up that says it is "unconstructive." Most of the Bio is informational to be optimized online so that my identity corresponds with me as an artist. May I know where is the template or link to copy and paste https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ta_0003/sandbox

so that the title and page shows the username removed from the top and the page published correctly in the proper format? --Ta 0003 (talk) 20:18, 19 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi @Ta 0003. Welcome to Wikipedia! I suggest taking a look at Autobiography and FAQ/Article_subjects. 94rain  <sup style="color:gold">Talk  03:20, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from KnittressKnitsAndRuns on List of people killed while running (03:18, 24 February 2024)
Hi! I tried adding the following info to this chart using the formatting of the ones above and now the references are IN the chart. Can you help me figure out what I did wrong? Thanks! Elle


 * Laken Riley
 * February 2024
 * Athens, Georgia
 * --KnittressKnitsAndRuns (talk) 03:18, 24 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi @KnittressKnitsAndRuns. Welcome to Wikipedia! The last line of the table should contain . I have helped you add it back. I suggest using Help:VisualEditor for table editing next time :)  94rain  <sup style="color:gold">Talk  04:45, 24 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much! KnittressKnitsAndRuns (talk) 05:13, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from Lopamudra lopa on Lopamudra R. (13:49, 25 February 2024)
Hello... I have found some errors in the data included about myself... So I want to correct the name --Lopamudra lopa (talk) 13:49, 25 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi @Lopamudra lopa. Welcome to Wikipedia! Sorry for the late response. Please take a look at FAQ/Article_subjects 94rain  <sup style="color:gold">Talk  20:17, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from Roshni naz (15:07, 26 February 2024)
what is microecomics --Roshni naz (talk) 15:07, 26 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi @Roshni naz. Welcome to Wikipedia! Are you referring to Microchip (comics), Microbe (comics), or Microeconomics. I suggest using WP:Reference Desk for questions that are not directly related to editing Wikipedia articles. Thanks! 94rain  <sup style="color:gold">Talk  20:19, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from Cephalosporin (03:38, 27 February 2024)
My Ip is shared like its been used by my cousin. How to say it. They also use Wikipedia. --Cephalosporin (talk) 03:38, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi . Welcome to Wikipedia! You can use Template:User_shared_IP_address. See the Usage section. Let me know if you have any other questions! -- 94rain  <sup style="color:gold">Talk  20:21, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from BP131527 (02:38, 28 February 2024)
i need help with citations --BP131527 (talk) 02:38, 28 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi @BP131527. Welcome to Wikipedia! You can start by looking at Help:REF. If you have any specific questions, I'd happy to help with that further! 94rain  <sup style="color:gold">Talk  08:19, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from Wranlo (23:29, 28 February 2024)
Hello, you’re apparently my mentor, so I have a quick question. First some background, I found a source about a seemingly notable beach patrol, Long Beach Township Beach Patrol, and I expanded the article on it, but it got reverted. If the patrol was noted as, “one of the biggest and oldest beach patrols in America” by the Philadelphia Inquirer, should the article be added back? --Wranlo (talk) 23:29, 28 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi @Wranlo. Claims like “one of the biggest and oldest beach patrols in America” do not directly imply notability. Please take a look at WP:N and find sources to support notability. Feel free to ask me any questions again using your original account once it gets unblocked. 94rain  <sup style="color:gold">Talk  03:41, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 24
<div style="border-style:solid; border-color:#606060; background-color:#f8f8f8; border-width:2px; text-align:left; padding:7px; border-radius:1em; box-shadow:0.1em 0.1em 0.5em rgba(0,0,0,0.75);" class="plainlinks"> Hello everyone, and welcome to the 24th issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter, covering all our favorite new and updated user scripts since. Uh-huh, we're finally covering the good ones among the rest! Aren't you excited? Remember to include a link in double brackets to the script's .js page when you install the script, so that we can see who uses the script in WhatLinksHere! The ScriptInstaller gadget automatically does this. Aaron Liu (talk) 01:00, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

Got anything good? Tell us about your new, improved, old, or messed-up script here!

Cscr-featured.svg Featured script

 * Making user scripts load faster by SD0001 is this month's featured script, which caches userscripts every day to eliminate the overhead caused by force-downloading the newest version of scripts every time you open a Wikipedia page. Despite being released in April 2021, our best script scouters have failed to locate it due to its omission from the US of L. For security reasons, the script only supports loading JavaScript pages.

Farm-Fresh error go.png Newly maintained scripts
After earthly attempts at improving the original have failed...
 * Aaron Liu has created What redirects here from Guarapiranga/WhatRedirectsHere; their fork includes support for every MediaWiki wiki, corrected link positions, an access key, and some rudimentary translation.
 * Ahecht has created a fork of SiBr4/TemplateSearch, which adds the "TP:" shortcut for "Template:" in the search box, and updated it to be compatible with Vector 2022.
 * AquilaFasciata/goToTopFast is a much faster fork of the classic goToTop script that also adds compatibility for Minerva and Vector 2022.
 * Mesidast/Tidy citations is a fork of Meteor sandwich yum/Tidy citations is a fork of Waldyrious/formatcitations. It configurably harmonizes whitespace and cleans up parameters in citation templates, descriptive edit summary included.



Ambox important.svg Improve a script
Unfortunately, this section has remained nearly identical. Help us out here!
 * Many of our favorite scripts such as Fred Gandt/userResourceManager, Guarapiranga/search-shortcuts and Bradv/Superlinks haven't been updated for Vector 2022. You could be the one to change that!
 * Elominius/media timer works, but its UI looks alien. Someone could improve it...
 * To a lesser extent, the same goes for PrimeHunter/Search sort. I wish someone would integrate the sorts into the sort menu instead of adding 11 portlet links.
 * We want...
 * ...a mark-as-read button and watchlist notices support for Aaron Liu/Watchlyst Greybar Unsin
 * ...a tool to automatically fix CAT:BROKENREFs, preferably a fork/addition to TheJJJunk/ARA
 * ...a fix/fork of DannyS712/SectionRemover to make it work

Ambox clock yellow.svg Requested scripts

 * A simple script to second or archive proposed deletions
 * A script to auto-expand V22 ToC sections like this demo
 * A WP:3O response tool that can automatically remove the relevant request from the 3O dashboard
 * A byte filter to be split from Nux/LongTableFilters
 * ...and many more, all available at User scripts/Requests

Gnome-colors-list-add.svg New scripts

 * DannyS712/AbuseFilterMessageLinks add links to the "warn" and "disallow" messages in edit filters.
 * Diegodlh/Web2Cit/script adds an option to use Web2Cit (which WP:ProveIt also uses) instead of Citoid to generate citations in the Visual Editor.
 * Dragoniez/SuppressEnterInForm stops you from accidentally submitting anything due to pressing enter while in the smaller box, and works on almost anything... except the InputBox element itself, used in subscription lists and the Signpost Crossword! Oh, the humanity!
 * CopyVio detector, Adiutor.pngǵu/Adiutor (pictured) provides a nice, integrated interface to do some twinkley tasks such as copyvio detection, CSD tagging, and viewing the most recent diff.
 * Eejit43's redirect-helper script demo.png43 has quite the aesthetically pleasing scripts, all made in TypeScript.
 * /afcrc-helper is a replacement for the unmaintained Enterprisey/AFCRHS and processes Redirects for Creation and Categories for Creation requests.
 * /ajax-undo stops the "undo" button from taking you to another page while providing a text box to provide a reason for the revert.
 * /redirect-helper (pictured) adds a much better interface for editing and redirects, including categorization, for which valid categories are dictated by /redirect-helper.json.
 * /rmtr-helper helps process technical requested moves without being able to actually move them.
 * User Info Popup screenshot 1.jpg2/UserInfoPopup (pictured) adds a flyout after the watchlist star on userspace pages that displays the common information you might use about a user.
 * Jeeputer/editCounter, under userspace, adds a portlet link to count your edits by namespace, put them in a table, and put that table in a hardcoded subpage, all in the background.
 * Hilst/Scripts/sectionLinks converts all section links to use the § sign, which are known to be preferred over the ugly # by 99% of the devils I've met.
 * Moonythedwarf/extra-unreliable highlights phrases commonly used in spammed and POV'd paragraphs.
 * FormattedEditRequest-in-work.pngDungKhongDinhDanh/FormattedEditRequest (pictured) generates a wikitext-formatted diff view of any changes you've made that you can copy and paste anywhere.
 * PrimeHunter/Category source.js adds portlet links to tell you where a category for an article comes from and supports those from template transclusions.
 * Qwerfjkl/massCFD creates mass WP:CfD nominations.
 * Rublov/refspace highlights footnote spacing errors in red.
 * Sophivorus's MiniEdit adds some nice, li'l buttons next to paragraphs to edit their wikitext with a minimal interface.

Edit-listings

 * Dragoniez/ToollinkTweaks adds more and customizable links next to users in page history, logs, watchlist, recent changes, etc.
 * Firefly/more-block-info optimizes the display of rangeblocks in contribution pages. Doesn't work outside the English locale of any wiki, unfortunately.
 * Ingenuity/AbuseFilterContribs adds the edit filters that an edit tripped (if any) to a user's contributions page.
 * Nardog/ExamineMore makes it so the paging at Special:AbuseFilter/examine actually works, pending a fix to.
 * NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh/AjaxLoader makes paging links (e.g. older 50, 500, newest) load without refreshing and makes you realize how slow your internet actually is.

Appearance-ricing

 * Ahecht/RedirectID adds the redirect target to all redirects. For all the WP:NAVPOPS haters. (Do these exist?)
 * Dragoniez/MarkBLockedGlobal: Remember the "strike blocked usernames" gadget? Now you can use a red, dotted line to highlight rangeblocks and global locks!
 * GhostInTheMachine/GraphicReplyLink replaces the [ ] link with 💬, which is some sort of rainy cloud I guess?
 * En.WP VPP Screen Shot 2024-01-13 with custom CSS.pngey/common (pictured) has some styles to overhaul your Vector 2022 experience. It reduces padding everywhere, and makes the top bar animation faster.
 * Aaron Liu/V22 is a fork that narrows the sidebars instead of upheaving them, reverts the January 2024 dropdown changes, and restores the old page-link color for links that don't go outside the current wiki.
 * Nardog: SmartDiff is a spiritual successor to Enterprisey/fancy-diffs. It makes the page title part of links in diffs clickable, along with template and parser function calls. Unnamed parameters can be configured per template to also be linked. All links are styled based on the normal CSS classes of rendered links.
 * Phlsph7/ClassicalTOC (Vector 2022) reinserts the inline table of contents to pages under Vector 2022.
 * For the paranoid: Rublov/anonymize replaces your username at the top of the screen with the generic "User page" text. Remember, it is your duty to persuade everyone that editing is an honor.
 * Sideswipe9th/Vector 2022 Floating Tools Menu moves the Page Tools menu to the left and makes it float along with the table of contents.
 * Sm8ps/SectionEditing makes pressing Tab toggle the visibility of the tiny [ ] links next to section headings.. Not a great name, eh?
 * The wub/tocExpandAll adds a button on top of the floating ToC to expand or collapse subheadings.

Permissions required!

 * Ahecht/potd-helper: A script to post the picture of the day. A powerful upgrade for your mop.
 * Selective Rollback dialog.pngniez
 * /AjaxBlock provides a dialog box for easy input of reasons while blocking users.
 * /Selective Rollback (pictured) provides a dialog box to customize rollback edit summaries and does them without reloading the page. Seriously, why doesn't MediaWiki already do this?
 * Theleekycauldron/DYK promoter automates (nearly) all the work needed to post a DYK hook.

QOL shortcuts

 * BrandonXLF/SVGEditor lets you edit any file that is an SVG, straight from the file page.
 * DanCherek/UAABotRemover adds a portlet link to enable a removal shortcut of faulty reports from Usernames for administrator attention.
 * DreamRimmer/BlankUserPage helps you destroy webhost-ers' hopes and dreams with a user-friendly dialog box.
 * ESanders (WMF)/commentlinks.js adds a "link" button right after the "reply" button while the WMF struggles to reach feature parity with Convenient Discussions.
 * Isaacl/copy-comment-link-to-clipboard does exactly what you'd think it does, but in Wikitext.
 * FenrisAureus/SimpleStatus adds a shortcut at the top to edit your /Status subpage while providing a pre-made template.
 * Fred Gandt/addCloneClearButtonAboveScributoConsole: What a mouthful! Yet all it does (no offense) is add another button on top of the Lua module debug console.
 * Guarapiranga/GlobalWatchlistLink adds a link to metawiki:Special:GlobalWatchlist next to the normal watchlist.
 * Nardog
 * PasteToCommons adds a paste handler to upload the pasted image to Wikimedia Commons.
 * Unpipe tries to detect violations of WP:NOPIPE and fix them as much as possible.
 * Ohconfucius/tometricunits automatically adds unit conversions of imperial units in brackets after their uses per MOS:UNITS.
 * Suntooooth
 * /flickrsearch adds a portlet link to search for uploadable flickr images about the subject.
 * /randomincategory adds a portlet link when on Category pages to go to a random page in the current category.
 * Vghfr/EasyTemplates adds a portlet link to automatically insert some of the most common inline fix templates.

Yes, we're just doing 'em as we go now. Thanks for reading through this looong issue, if you did! I'm sure this'll send a record for the longest issue ev-ah. You may need to wait even longer for the last issue, as our reserve of old-y and goodie scripts have ran out... We encourage you to try and do some of the requests or improvement tasks. See you in Summer, hopefully!

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Question from DWC252525 on Nathalie Kelley (21:54, 7 March 2024)
Wondering why Nathia Kelley is not credited with her lone female appearance in the Robert Plant video "If I Were A Carpenter" from his Fate Of Nations album which came out in 1993? --DWC252525 (talk) 21:54, 7 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi DWC252525. I'm sorry I don't have an answer to this question. Can you try asking in WP:Reference Desk instead? Thanks! 94rain  <sup style="color:gold">Talk  04:27, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from Ducktones on Val Johnson incident (22:58, 9 March 2024)
How do I add a link --Ducktones (talk) 22:58, 9 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi @Ducktones. Welcome to Wikipedia! You can take a look at Help:Link if you mean external links, or Help:Link for wikilinks. 94rain  <sup style="color:gold">Talk  05:00, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from Duncan McKellar (20:42, 12 March 2024)
Hello. I am wondering if Wikipedia supports bullet points or numeric lists for a more easy-to-read layout concerning anything using a list or three or more descriptions, objects, subjects or 'things'? --Duncan McKellar (talk) 20:42, 12 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi @Duncan McKellar! Welcome to Wikipedia! You can take a look at Help:List to learn about how to create lists in different styles. I hope this answers your question! 94rain  <sup style="color:gold">Talk  00:25, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from Jidon34 (05:46, 15 March 2024)
Hello, I'm facing a problem. There is no option available for me of MOVE for Moving a Page. Can you guide me how to get this Option? --Jidon34 (talk) 05:46, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Replied above -- 94rain  <sup style="color:gold">Talk  22:31, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from Kentucky Rain24 (13:05, 11 March 2024)
Hi 94Rain(interesting coincide to have been assigned a mentor with a similar name!) My question is- why can I not edit some pages- they have no 'edit' button? --Kentucky Rain24 (talk) 13:05, 11 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi @Kentucky Rain24! Welcome to Wikipedia. You can take a look at WP:Protection. You should be able to edit most pages after 4 days of registration and 10 edits. Let me know if you have any questions! 94rain  <sup style="color:gold">Talk  00:22, 13 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks. It looks like the page I wanted to edit but could not (Likud) requires something called 'Extended confirmed protection" which needs more edits. So it will take soem time, but I will get there :) Kentucky Rain24 (talk) 03:39, 13 March 2024 (UTC)
 * @Kentucky Rain24. You can also try using WP:Edit request before you reach the requirement. 94rain  <sup style="color:gold">Talk  22:27, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you, that's helpful Kentucky Rain24 (talk) 00:56, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from Jidon34 (18:50, 14 March 2024)
Hello, Hope you well today! I want to ask you that there is no option available for moving a page for me. Can you help me out to solve this problem? --Jidon34 (talk) 18:50, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi . Welcome to Wikipedia! You can use Template:Requested_move for that. There are detailed instructions below on that page. Let me know if you have any questions! -- 94rain  <sup style="color:gold">Talk  22:31, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I want to Manually move to pages. Jidon34 (talk) 23:48, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
 * What's the page that you want to move? I think the move options disappear usually due to some page moving protections. 94rain  <sup style="color:gold">Talk  13:58, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Move Pages like Long Article titles or my user sandbox to Draft. Jidon34 (talk) 19:42, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Have you installed any gadgets or switched a different skin? Maybe try Special:MovePage/<Replace this with the page you want to move>? -- 94rain  <sup style="color:gold">Talk  05:06, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I recently received a notification and i was tagged in a Sockpuppet investigation Page. But I'm not a Sockpuppet user or I do not have any other account except this (User:Jidon34). Do you think I'm a sock user? Jidon34 (talk) 06:55, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
 * If this is the only account that you have, then no worries! You can also comment on that page directly to explain this. 94rain  <sup style="color:gold">Talk  07:01, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
 * How can i defend myself on that page ? Jidon34 (talk) 07:08, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
 * See Defending yourself against claims. Well, if you didn’t use any other account, you don’t have to worry too much about it: otherwise they will still be able to find out with technical evidence 94rain  <sup style="color:gold">Talk  07:14, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
 * If i blocked due to Some misunderstanding from the administrators ?? Jidon34 (talk) 07:17, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from Lalisa Gadisa Lebeta on Sheger City (19:30, 28 March 2024)
This information is not true --Lalisa Gadisa Lebeta (talk) 19:30, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from Lalisa Gadisa Lebeta on Sheger City (19:28, 28 March 2024)
This information is not true --Lalisa Gadisa Lebeta (talk) 19:28, 28 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi @Lalisa Gadisa Lebeta. You can remove any incorrect information if there are no sources provided. Otherwise, you can correct them with reliable sources. Let me know if you have any questions! 94rain  <sup style="color:gold">Talk  20:31, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

For the shegar city
Shegar town is a great hope for Ethiopia and the Ethiopian ethnic groups, said LALISA GADISA LEBETA Shegar town, Gefersa Guje township, Gefersa district Lalisa Gadisa Lebeta (talk) 04:54, 29 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi @Lalisa Gadisa Lebeta. Please be bold to make the changes with reliable sources. Or discuss it on the talk page. 94rain  <sup style="color:gold">Talk  08:21, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

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Question from CaptainTavish (14:40, 30 March 2024)
Hi, I understand that you are my mentor. I've made a first attempt at my user page and then I saw yours. Your page looks very different. I'm wondering if I've got the wrong idea of what the user page is supposed to be. Could you take a quick look and let me know if it is ok. It is only short so shouldn't take very long. Thanks. --CaptainTavish (talk) 14:40, 30 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi @CaptainTavish. Welcome to Wikipedia! Sure, user pages are for communication and collaboration to make Wikipedia better, and your user page is definitely acceptable. If you want to improve it a bit further, you can take a look at User page design guide. Happy editing! 94rain  <sup style="color:gold">Talk  06:27, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

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Question from Meridianmaple (22:31, 2 April 2024)
hello I would like to create my company page on wikipedia. can you help me? --Meridianmaple (talk) 22:31, 2 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi @Meridianmaple. You can take a look at WP:FAQ/Organization. Let me know if you have any specific questions! 94rain  <sup style="color:gold">Talk  15:35, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Wonderbosss (09:43, 26 March 2024)
Is it possible for a page that has too many sockpuppet to it to get published and how? --W0NDERBO$$ (talk) 09:43, 26 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi @Wonderbosss. If others had sockpuppets and you wanted to recreate that page, yes it's possible. But if you have abused socketpuppets, please be aware that you need to appeal your block from your original account. 94rain  <sup style="color:gold">Talk  20:32, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
 * How do you recreate that page if others had sockpuppets? W0NDERBO$$ (talk) 08:51, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
 * If you have good reasons, you can request at WP:REFUND. If you are unsure whether your reasons can be possibly accepted or not, I can help you take a look. Let me know the article name and your reasons. 94rain  <sup style="color:gold">Talk  04:57, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
 * The article name is Kourage Beatz NSI and was first created by Tochi Clement and deleted and created too many times and protected. When I first tried to create the page, it was protected, so I contacted the admin on there talk page and explain everything, I was allowed to create the draft. While I summited the page for review, my account was banned for sockpuppet. I tried requesting for unban but I was asked to request from my original account for the standard offer. The reason I'm still trying to recreate the page is because he is a popular producer in Nigeria and has awards to his name and I believe it will be ok to add his article to Wikipedia. Here's the sandbox I've been working on User:Wonderbosss/sandbox and if it can be approved. W 0 N D E R B O $ $ $ (talk) 08:11, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi 94rain. W 0 N D E R B O $ $ $ (talk) 14:47, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
 * "While I summited the page for review, my account was banned for sockpuppet" What's that account? For whatever reasons that you have been blocked, even unfair blocks, you still need to appeal from the original account. Otherwise, it'd be considered as WP:Block evasion. 94rain  <sup style="color:gold">Talk  06:10, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I did, I appealed from the original account, which was the account I used to summit my draft for review and I was replied to "request appeal from the original account" but the account I used to summit the draft was my original account. W 0 N D E R B O $ $ $ (talk) 07:45, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
 * ??? 94rain. W 0 N D E R B O $ $ $ (talk) 05:49, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Edittlealittle (22:29, 4 April 2024)
Hi 94rain,

When creating an article in the user sandbox and then going to submit it as a draft via the link in the user sandbox infobox, the draft title is listed as "User:Edittlealittle/sandbox"

Should I keep this as is or should I be using a different page instead to submit a draft so that the page title matches the content of the article?

Thanks:) --Edittlealittle (talk) 22:29, 4 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi @Edittlealittle. Welcome to Wikipedia! Yes, it's fine to just keep it under the sandbox title for now. When the draft gets accepted, it will be moved to the correct title. If you have questions about writing the draft, feel free to let me know! 94rain  <sup style="color:gold">Talk  09:03, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from EhudMarciano (02:22, 7 April 2024)
Hi I wanted to add an information about myself and my family on here, can you help ? Thank you in advance --EhudMarciano (talk) 02:22, 7 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi @EhudMarciano. Welcome to Wikipedia. The following two links may be helpful. Let me know if you have any other questions!
 * The information in your article about me is wrong. How can I get it fixed?
 * Can I start an article about myself or my company?
 * 94rain <sup style="color:gold">Talk  04:18, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Mikalvt (18:57, 10 April 2024)
Do you offer any coupons for creon --Mikalvt (talk) 18:57, 10 April 2024 (UTC)