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Question from Feiton Arries on Talk:Paltas Canton (10:28, 30 August 2022)
hello mentor can i please ask for your help ? --Feiton Arries (talk) 10:28, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

Question from Feiton Arries (10:32, 30 August 2022)
hello mentor how can i add my personal information about myself ? --Feiton Arries (talk) 10:32, 30 August 2022 (UTC)


 * hi, I'm not quite sure what you'd like to do? You can add some info about yourself to your userpage, which is at User:Feiton Arries, but in general Wikipedia isn't meant to be a site to share information about oneself. Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 13:46, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

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Question from Ulysses 981-93.09 (02:09, 7 September 2022)
Hello, why is Ruby so hot? --Ulysses 981-93.09 (talk) 02:09, 7 September 2022 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure what this question has to do with Wikipedia... Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 02:25, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:2026 United States elections


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Question from Sa6h9hheje (07:32, 10 September 2022)
If you want some marve a page --Sa6h9hheje (talk) 07:32, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

I mean merge Sa6h9hheje (talk) 07:33, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

Question from Faiz writz (14:23, 14 September 2022)
how do I edit an article --Faiz writz (talk) 14:23, 14 September 2022 (UTC)


 * you should be able to find an edit button, depending on the platform you're on. Click that, make your changes, and then save them. Help:Editing explains more in detail. Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 14:30, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

Recent edit to Kiwi Farms
Posted a discussion request in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Kiwi_Farms#Relevance_of_nationality, thank you. Lizthegrey (talk) 20:09, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

October 2022 New Pages Patrol backlog drive
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Mohammad Qasim
Thanks for closing Talk:Mohammad Qasim (Balochistan politician). It looks like there was a bit of confusion over which Qasim is the one from Balochistan: the one you moved to Mohammad Qasim (Balochistan politician) is actually from Mardan District in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, not Balochistan. (The one from Balochistan is Muhammad Qasim (senator).) Perhaps you'd consider moving Mohammad Qasim (Balochistan politician) to either "Mardan politician" or "Khyber Pakhtunkhwa politician" instead? Cheers, Extraordinary Writ (talk) 05:40, 28 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Oh, my apologies. Thanks for the note, I'll go ahead and move the article now. Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 05:51, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

There is a mop reserved in your name
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Question from NewYorkFan212 (17:57, 8 October 2022)
Hi, I just submitted an article for review but someone commented that I needed to disambiguate the title. Can I do this by putting Robbie Simpson (actor) ? --NewYorkFan212 (talk) 17:57, 8 October 2022 (UTC)


 * that would be a good choice for the title, yes. The person who accepts the draft should do that when they publish it. Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 22:04, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

Hello
umm... hi Elli, so here in Wikipedia are we allowed to make pages, from scratch Idulton 123 (talk) 21:59, 9 October 2022 (UTC)


 * yes, but you need to be autoconfirmed to do so (your account needs to be 3 days old and have 10 edits). Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 22:05, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
 * @Elli thank you Idulton 123 (talk) 22:16, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

I'm impressed
You thanked me for editing your own input. Reflects well upon you as someone whose concern is for the best result, not personal credit. Thumb's up to you. Matza Pizza (talk) 06:57, 13 October 2022 (UTC)


 * thanks! Definitely don't think my writing is flawless or anything so I appreciate anyone who puts in effort to improve it :) Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 15:26, 13 October 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Hurricane Shark
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DisamAssist on 2022 UK government crisis
Hey Elli. I noticed that you've got a semi-automated run going fixing the disambiguation links after the creation of the 2022 United Kingdom government crisis DAB page. I was processing these slowly by hand after I noticed no-one else had started onto em. Out of curiosity, does your script keep a track of which wikilinks also had piped text? I noticed on David Mundell, and a couple of other pages, that because of the successive crises the piped text also needed updating to make it clearer which crisis was being referred to. Or is that something you'll verify manually at the end? Sideswipe9th (talk) 00:42, 20 October 2022 (UTC)


 * I was going through these with DisamAssist. In general this doesn't keep track of that, but I'm happy to manually verify which ones need to be updated if you'd like me to. Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 00:45, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Ah cool. If it's not too much trouble that'd be awesome. Even if you can't fix em all yourself and leave a list for me that'll help a lot :) Sideswipe9th (talk) 00:48, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
 * alright, think I got them all now. Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 01:04, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Amazing, thanks Elli! Sideswipe9th (talk) 01:13, 20 October 2022 (UTC)

Have a cuppa on me!

 * Thanks! Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 01:31, 20 October 2022 (UTC)

Hope you are well
Hope all is well.

I just posted an appeal to my topic ban at the administrators noticeboard. You were supportive in my last appeal, and I would appreciate if you could share your rationale for having done so to the discussion of my current appeal (the last saw no consensus in its closure). Perhaps even review my latest appeal and consider sharing whether or not you would again support lifting my topic ban.

Best wishes. SecretName101 (talk) 18:09, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

Question from DGNewt (03:29, 30 October 2022)
Entry for Phillies player Brandon Marsh. The personal section doesn't seem appropriate as it all pertains to a relative's accomplishments. Should I remove it? --DGNewt (talk) 03:29, 30 October 2022 (UTC)


 * yeah, it would be reasonable to remove or at least trim it down a bit, given that she doesn't have her own article. Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 05:28, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

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DYK for 1990 Arkansas Amendment 3
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:03, 8 November 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks! Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 19:42, 8 November 2022 (UTC)

Question from ColdSphinx (22:38, 9 November 2022)
Hello! --ColdSphinx (talk) 22:38, 9 November 2022 (UTC)

Hi Elli! I see that your edit to copyvio-revdel was attempting to hide the banner from logged-out users. It could just be on my end somehow, but I don't seem to be able to see the template even when I'm logged in. Do you have the same issue? Graham (talk) 05:11, 12 November 2022 (UTC)


 * No, it shows up for me just fine. Try using safemode and see if it's still an issue? Might be a userscript/userstyles thing. Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 05:31, 12 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Huh, yep, safe mode seems to fix it. You wouldn't happen to have any idea what script might be causing it, would you? (I think these would be all the relevant pages: common.css, common.js, vector.js.) No worries if not. Graham (talk) 05:39, 12 November 2022 (UTC)
 * No idea, sorry. Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 05:47, 12 November 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Citizens for Sanity
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Citizen Ballot measures
Hi, i am just wondering i saw you made the page of 2020 Alabama Amendment 1 (Thanks for doing it) and becouse of that i was wondering when you have time can you make a page On similar Citizen Ballot measures such as Ohio Issue 2, Citizenship Voting Requirement Amendment (2022), Florida Amendment 1, Citizen Requirement for Voting Initiative , Louisiana Amendment 1, Citizen Requirement for Voting Measure (December 2022) , Colorado Amendment 76, Citizen Requirement for Voting Initiative and North Dakota Measure 2, Citizen Requirement for Voting Initiative. Thanks. La lopi (talk) 10:39, 14 November 2022 (UTC)


 * I've made articles on many ballot measures. Not particularly interested in writing these, but you can if you'd like. Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 11:19, 14 November 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:2028 Pennsylvania elections


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Question from Bg Mic (00:37, 1 December 2022)
I want to create a musical biography page on Wikipedia how can I do that --Bg Mic (talk) 00:37, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

County Borders in Election Maps
Hi Elli, I just wanted to ask you about the broader changes made to the standard maps used on wikipedia. Namely the decrease in the size of county borders as compared to the previous versions. Older maps are being updated with the new style guide as well. I don't have a problem with any of this, I was just curious if there was a concensus reached on these changes or if it's just indiviudal users aligning their edits. Gordfather69 (talk) 04:36, 8 December 2022 (UTC)


 * There have been a couple discussions had about this, but I don't recall one being conducted in a centralized location on-wiki. There isn't really a clear place to seek consensus, nor a clear need to do so (there was a inconsistent mess of maps used previously, and no one had really established consensus for any of them). I intended to have a centralized discussion before mass-replacing many of the old maps, but some editors are a bit more enthusiastic about this than I am. Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 06:53, 8 December 2022 (UTC)

Question from Ro Dereemr (00:54, 10 December 2022)
Hello Elli, Thank you being a mentor here on Wikipedia! I am actually really behind in editing my article and I literally cannot retain knowledge on how to edit things on here very well (I have dyslexia) My main question was to ask how to put in a category for an existing article, it pertains to adding a section about architectural style of a particular city. I tried to add a portion within the article but It isn't showing me where I made the edit, I wanted to include different styles of homes and interesting facts from style aesthetics from a few historic documents I was able to find from the 1800s. If you can help that would be most appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ro Dereemer (talk • contribs) 08:12, 10 December 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi! According to your edit history, you haven't made edits to any articles yet.
 * Categories are near the bottom of the page's source text. Given what else you've said it seems like you should be focusing on editing the page's prose vs details like the categories, at least for now. Do you have an issue figuring out how to do that? Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 09:13, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

Question from Cerulean Depths (17:11, 7 December 2022)
Hi Elli, thanks for participating in the mentor program. I have been making minor edits to random articles as an IP for a couple of months from the community portal, etc. Eventually I would like to greatly expand a couple of articles that I found very interesting and may need some additional guidance at that point. But for now, I just wanted to say hi! --Cerulean Depths (talk) 17:11, 7 December 2022 (UTC)


 * Hi! Glad you've been contributing; feel free to ask me if you have any questions. Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 19:24, 7 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi there, are you able to help with this? I was too shy to ask for the article to be deleted in the first place but now it seems like a better choice than merging. Thanks! Cerulean Depths (talk) 16:20, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Sure. The easiest solution here would be to blank and redirect the page to MAN SE, which is basically merging but without copying any of the contents. If that gets disputed, you could nominate it for deletion at articles for deletion -- let me know if you need help with doing either of these. Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 18:10, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Done, I think that worked okay. Cerulean Depths (talk) 19:10, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
 * yep, looks good! Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 20:05, 12 December 2022 (UTC)

Please review my page when you get a chance?
Hi Elli, I hope you're having a good day. You have reviewed three of my pages in the past, Midnight Blue (Love Streaming), Waterfall and  Cosmos. I was wondering if you could please review my new page Love or Loved when you get a chance? Thank you so much. —Bostonite01310  talk ''' 02:30, 12 December 2022 (UTC)


 * looks like it's already been reviewed. Just curious, have you considered nominating these for did you know? It's a good way to get more eyes on your page and to get some recognition for your effort. Since your article was moved to mainspace within the past seven days, it still qualifies, and it's more than long enough. Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 18:12, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh thank you for informing me! How do I nominate the page? Thanks —Bostonite01310   talk ''' 01:05, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
 * the info at WP:DYKNOM should explain it; let me know if you have any questions. Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 01:21, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Do I need to review an existing nomination to be eligible to nominate my own article? —Bostonite01310  talk ''' 01:52, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
 * not yet, since you haven't nominated any articles yet. You only need to do that after you've made a few nominations. Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 02:05, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Ah I see. Thanks! I have submitted my nomination now. —Bostonite01310  talk ''' 02:08, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
 * awesome! Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 02:34, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

Question from Cerulean Depths (16:29, 15 December 2022)
Hi Elli, I have a question about a way to contribute. Is it okay to go to other language wikis, use an online translator (I don't speak anything but English) and then create new Enwiki pages with clear grammar? I think there are rules about attribution when copying from other articles. Does that apply to copying across wikis? Is it discouraged? Let me know if I should ask at Teahouse/Help Desk instead. Thanks! --Cerulean Depths (talk) 16:29, 15 December 2022 (UTC)


 * yes, you need to attribute the article. I would suggest you not do this, if you cannot verify the sources yourself. There isn't necessarily a policy against this but there have been cases where low-quality translations cause a significant amount of disruption. Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 19:38, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks, that makes sense! That was something I was worried about - that I could access and read the sources but not be able to properly assess them due to lack of understanding of the background and culture associated with them. Cerulean Depths (talk) 19:41, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Yeah! It's best to start somewhat cautious and stick to topics you're comfortable with and branch out later as you get more editing experience, imo. Editing out-of-your-depth can be quite frustrating. I don't work much on medical articles for this reason for example (we also have stricter guidelines surrounding them). Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 19:55, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

Happy Holidays

 * @Bruxton thank you! Best wishes to you as well. Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 19:30, 25 December 2022 (UTC)

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Question from Finnboi11 (18:51, 1 January 2023)
Hello! I made a draft today and I signed up after I had written it and I don't know how to publish the draft. --Finnboi11 (talk) 18:51, 1 January 2023 (UTC)


 * are you referring to Draft:Sleepy's in a Box? Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 22:33, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

Help with moving a draft to the main space
Hi Elli, I have reviewed this draft page Draft:Flashback (iKon EP) and want move it to an article, but a title with the same name already exists Flashback (iKon EP), which only has redirect information to another page. I was wondering how do I proceed here. Thanks and looking forward to your inputs —Bostonite01310  talk &#124; contribs 03:17, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

UPDATE: I have now found a way to move it. The article is now published Flashback (iKon EP). Please review it when you get a chance. Thank you so much. —Bostonite01310 talk &#124; contribs 16:50, 3 January 2023 (UTC)


 * sorry I didn't get back to you earlier! Looks good to me but I don't know much about the reliability of some of the sources you cited, so I'll leave it up to someone else to review. Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 17:54, 3 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Sounds good, thank you.  —Bostonite01310  talk &#124; contribs 18:01, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

Question from Cerulean Depths (19:39, 3 January 2023)
Hi Elli, there is an editor whose work isn't necessarily disruptive, but they tend to put nonsequitor alt-right troll catch phrases in their edit summaries (antisemitism, etc). How should this be approached? Thanks! --Cerulean Depths (talk) 19:39, 3 January 2023 (UTC)


 * I would warn them about it first and if they continue report them to WP:ANI as that sort of thing is disruptive. Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 19:49, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I warned them using a template. Thanks! Cerulean Depths (talk) 19:54, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

Template:Automatic redirect categories
I've created a subtemplate for applying rcats except when they are present in the page, Template:Automatic redirect categories/applyRcat. Can you see any problems that this might cause?Also, how do you think this template should handle printworthiness, by default and when a printworthy template is applied? — Qwerfjkl  talk  05:23, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I don't see any immediate concerns but I'd recommend testing it on a few pages before using it widely. Also, not sure. Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 21:24, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I've tested it with and, might it should probably be tested more, as you say. —  Qwerfjkl  talk  03:26, 6 January 2023 (UTC)
 * @Qwerfjkl yeah. I last seriously worked on this over a year ago so I don't remember the details of how everything worked (and have been focusing on other areas now). Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 04:55, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

Question from Rehana Tabassam on User:Rehana Tabassan (23:47, 7 January 2023)
Hello How can publish changes permanently in an article in prominent people of Kasur --Rehana Tabassam (talk) 23:47, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

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Succession boxes
WikiProject Succession Box Standardization/Guidelines lists the appropriate successions. These are all definitive successions, i.e. a specific title, honour, award ect. It does not include subjective lists such oldest people which are open to interpretation. DerbyCountyinNZ (Talk Contribs) 02:54, 20 January 2023 (UTC)


 * I don't see how this is "open to interpretation"; there is only one oldest living person at any time. The succession box is clearly a useful navigational tool vs having to search around in the article's prose for the previous oldest living person and the next oldest living person. However, this isn't something I care deeply about so I'm not going to continue pushing for this. Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 02:57, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
 * It's open because no-one can be absolutely sure who the oldest person is. Shigechyo Izumi was thought to be the oldest ever for over 20 years until that was found to be incorrect. These are also claimants to being the oldest person who have not (yet) been verified who might be verified later. DerbyCountyinNZ  (Talk Contribs) 03:02, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Sure, but our articles are confident enough to say that these people were the oldest living people and who came before and after them, so adding a navigation box is justified based on the article content. Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 03:03, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

Question from Japormsz23 (13:24, 23 January 2023)
Hello, how can I move my sandbox to article? Thank you so much. --Japormsz23 (talk) 13:24, 23 January 2023 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Leadcite comment
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CO2 Coalition
That article could do with some improvement, including some basic and properly verified facts (about the history, the founding, the role of people like Patrick Moore)--but really all I find is critical information (in reliable sources!), "balanced" only by PR pieces from the lobby... Drmies (talk) 15:53, 13 February 2023 (UTC)


 * for sure. Been meaning to rewrite/expand that article for a while but been procrastinating on it (it feels like the kinda article where I could spend a lot of time researching and not particularly fun to do so). Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 16:10, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I can see that. All that fighting, all the propaganda (that's well-documented, of course, so I'm not making any POV statements here) for a club that's actually barely notable. I wonder if they'd be noteworthy at all if it weren't for the Facebook stink, and if that is actually enough to make them notable. Drmies (talk) 16:12, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
 * The way I found out about them myself was from a particular billboard from the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Certainly seems like they do a bit of advertisement in the real world, though not so much to have a whole ton written about them. Kinda annoying place for an organization to be. Elli (talk &#124; contribs) 16:14, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2023 March newsletter
So ends the first round of the 2023 WikiCup. Everyone with a positive score moved on to Round 2, with 54 contestants qualifying. The top scorers in Round 1 were:


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These contestants, like all the others, now have to start again from scratch. The first round finished on February 26. Remember that any content promoted after that date but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. Some contestants made claims before the new submissions pages were set up, and they will need to resubmit them. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews Needed.

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