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Please stop over-linking
Articles do not benefit from being a sea of blue, especially for common words that English speaking people will understand (horse, dog, United States...). Also, do not link the same word over and over again. One mosque is enough. And do not create a sea of red wikilinks for names of people for whom it is unlikely there will ever be an article written. David notMD (talk) 03:08, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

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Overtone (musical group)
As I pointed out already, I did a search for the band's name and members' names on Newspapers.com, Google Books, World Radio History (which archives music magazines such as Billboard), and I found nothing at all. Not a single hit. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 01:18, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

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Hi! Thanks for helping out at the Teahouse. I noticed this edit of yours and thought I should point you to Talk page guidelines. I doubt that particular IP will be showing back up to complain, but I wanted to head off any misunderstandings in the future. Please do keep correcting typos elsewhere on Wikipedia, they bug me too. 199.208.172.35 (talk) 21:27, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

Sewing Genie moved to draftspace
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Hello! Is it possible if you can grade Harrowgate, County Durham for me please? Thanks!

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 * Alright, It has been graded! 𝙷𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 👋❤️ (𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚔🤔) 17:28, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
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Proposed deletion of (viii)


The article (viii) has been proposed for deletion&#32;because of the following concern: "Not sure how a single Roman Numeral is notable for a standalone article. This is a dictionary definition, which Wikipedia is not, supplemented with a piece of trivia from a predatory journal."

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Adopting request
Hi Helloheart ! I saw that you were willing to adopt in the Wikipedia program Adopt-A-User and I thought that you could "adopt me" ! I am interested in pretty much everything but I have a bit of trouble with code and expanding articles and I thought that you might be helpful. Anyway, if you think this could be interesting, contact me on my talk page ! Craffael.09 (talk) 10:13, 21 August 2022 (UTC)

Helloheart?
Hello. You wrote in your user page regarding your name, " Well, not in real life of course, but you know what I mean." Let me introduce you to Reality Winner. Cheers! Thinker78 (talk) 03:48, 22 August 2022 (UTC)

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Hi! I apologize for not responding to your offer of adoption sooner. If you're still available, I would still like to be adopted. Thank you!

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 * I am still available. Sure, I will adopt you! I'll change the template on your user page. Feel free to ask me any questions at any time!
 * 𝙷𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 👋❤️ (𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚔🤔) 03:17, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

Technology
Alright, I'm interested with your plans at pushing the article to B-Class. What should we do first? CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 07:01, 2 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Hello! We probably should improve references and cite the sources. I've already cited the lead section but we will still need more references. Thanks for your interest! 𝙷𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝  ⋅𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚔⋅ 00:49, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

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Question
I came to tell you about your signature, but stayed because I looked on your user page and saw that you've adopted a user. It's very kind of you to take up this responsibility, but unfortunately I may have some reservations about you doing so. It's a job that requires knowing all the essentials of Wikipedia, and there's a baseline of experience required that I just don't think is obtainable after 600 edits. Please let me know your thoughts. — VersaceSpace  🌃 11:19, 14 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Hello @VersaceSpace, I think that I will maybe finish out with my adoptee and that will be it. Thanks! Helloheart   (talk)  22:27, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

Your sig
Hi, I was going to request you make the pink a bit darker or use something other than white for the text, it's a cute signature but hard to read; then I noticed the talk link doesn't work because the cloud with three dots is included as part of the page name. That does need fixing. Yngvadottir (talk) 07:19, 14 September 2022 (UTC)


 * I came to say the same thing. — VersaceSpace  🌃 11:04, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Hello @Yngvadottir and @VersaceSpace! Thanks for telling me. How's this? Helloheart   (talk)  22:24, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Way better — VersaceSpace  🌃 23:51, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
 * 👍 Yngvadottir (talk) 02:48, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

I have sent you a note about a page you started
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Your draft article, Draft:Moustache Guard


Hello, Helloheart. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Moustache Guard".

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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. ✗ plicit  11:18, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

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Playing footie
I understand (or think I understand) the main point you're trying to make at what's currently the foot of this discussion, but I'm confused by your example. Perhaps: However, as long as the ??? isn't specified, this is meaningless. And I'd rather not guess what it might be. Anyway, you may wish to tweak your example a little. -- Hoary (talk) 04:22, 5 November 2022 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:44, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

Wikiproject User Rehab
Hi! There are a few questions I wanna ask regarding the Wikiproject. How many people are in the Wikiproject as of now ? And by the term "editors who have made serious mistakes", what do you mean ? If a hypothetical editor was being mentored, do they graduate or is the mentor always going to stick by their side? I am not really in joining but wanna help revive it. Not-so Wikiwow (talk) 04:06, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Sewing Genie


Hello, Helloheart. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Sewing Genie".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. ✗ plicit  23:35, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

Requests for adminship/ComplexRational
Hi, you can ask up to two questions at Requests for adminship/ComplexRational, one of which is question 8 ("Do you plan to be doing any work at Articles for Deletion, and if so, what?"), and the other of which could be one of the scenarios of question 9. Please choose one. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 23:51, 14 December 2022 (UTC)


 * Hello @ToBeFree. Should I go ahead and remove the others myself, except for the one that I chose? Thanks, Helloheart   (talk)  23:54, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Never mind, I'll just go ahead and do it. Helloheart   (talk)  00:21, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the late reply, and thank you very much. :) ~ ToBeFree (talk) 05:45, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – January 2023
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Incomplete DYK nomination
Hello! Your submission of Template:Did you know nominations/Oise amber at the Did You Know nominations page is not complete; if you would like to continue, please link the nomination to the nominations page as described in step III of the nomination procedure. If you do not want to continue with the nomination, tag the nomination page with db-g7, or ask a DYK admin. Thank you. DYKHousekeepingBot (talk) 05:09, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

DYK reviews
Hi, following my questions at Oise amber, I had a look at your QPQ review for Cathedral of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows, Suzhou. I am a relative novice at DYK reviews so I thought I would share some advice. I would suggest starting off with fairly straightforward nominations, ideally fairly short without images and without references in foreign languages (unless you understand them). If you start a review and it gets difficult, I would suggest leaving a comment rather than a review. Alternatively, you can ask for help at Wikipedia talk:Did you know as I have just done. TSventon (talk) 14:57, 28 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Hello @TSventon, and thanks for the advice. Next time I do a QPQ for DYK, I'll do that. ‍ ‍ Helloheart ‍  ‍  19:42, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – February 2023
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:37, 2 February 2023 (UTC)


 * m 168.121.86.150 (talk) 18:54, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Oise amber
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Question from Helloheart (20:34, 19 February 2023)
Testing --‍ ‍ Helloheart ‍ </b> ‍ <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 20:34, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

Question from Md Rejanul Islam on Intelligence agency (16:56, 27 February 2023)
Ami amr desher jonno nijeke bolidan dite chai, amr soto bela theke shopno but amr shopno ta purno holo na, amr ai desher jono kisu korte parsi na, maje maje onek koto hoy, issa thaka sortew desher seba korar sujog pelam na, --Md Rejanul Islam (talk) 16:56, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2023
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Guideline and policy news
 * Following a request for comment, F10 (useless non-media files) has been deprecated.
 * Following a request for comment, the Portal CSD criteria (P1 (portal subject to CSD as an article) and P2 (underpopulated portal)) have been deprecated.
 * A request for comment is open to discuss making the closing instructions for the requested moves process a guideline.

Technical news
 * The results of the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey have been posted.

Arbitration
 * Remedy 11 ("Request for Comment") of the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been rescinded.
 * The proposed decision for the Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 case is expected 7 March 2023.
 * A case related to the Holocaust in Poland is expected to be opened soon.

Miscellaneous
 * The 2023 appointees for the Ombuds commission are AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, JJMC89, MdsShakil, Minorax and Renvoy as regular members and Zabe as advisory members.
 * Following the 2023 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Mykola7, Superpes15, and Xaosflux.
 * The Terms of Use update cycle has started, which includes a [p]roposal for better addressing undisclosed paid editing. Feedback is being accepted until 24 April 2023.

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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:


 * Unlimitedlead with 1205 points, a WikiCup newcomer, led the field with two featured articles on historical figures and several featured article candidate reviews.
 * Epicgenius was in second place with 789 points; a seasoned WikiCup competitor he specialises in buildings and locations in New York.
 * 🇩🇪 FrB.TG was in third place with 625 points, garnered from a featured article on a filmmaker which qualified for an impressive number of bonus points.
 * 🇺🇸 TheJoebro64, another WikiCup newcomer, came next with 600 points gained from two featured articles on video games.
 * Iazyges was in fifth place with 532 points, from two featured articles on classical history.

The top sixteen contestants at the end of Round 1 had all scored over 300 points; these included LunaEatsTuna,  Thebiguglyalien,  Sammi Brie,  Trainsandotherthings,  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski, 🇮🇩 Juxlos,  Unexpectedlydian,  SounderBruce, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Kosack,  BennyOnTheLoose and  PCN02WPS. It was a high-scoring start to the competition.

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.

If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:36, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Question from Dennis my brother 1 on Administrators' noticeboard/Archive84 (09:47, 7 March 2023)
Hello. How are you ? .. I sold a lot of tools to Google and wikipedia. I need my rewards for it --Dennis my brother 1 (talk) 09:47, 7 March 2023 (UTC)


 * @Dennis my brother 1 ok 168.121.86.175 (talk) 18:29, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Hello @Dennis my brother 1. I am fine, and do you have any questions pertaining to Wikipedia? If so, I will be happy to answer them. <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:4px;background:#FF67CF;color:white;">‍ ‍ Helloheart ‍ </b> ‍ <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 18:19, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
 * my question is how do I get paid Dennis my brother 1 (talk) 19:10, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
 * @Dennis my brother 1, we aren't paid on Wikipedia, and we shouldn't be paid. (See WP:Paid Editing for info). Thanks, <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:4px;background:#FF67CF;color:white;">‍ ‍ Helloheart ‍ </b> ‍ <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 19:35, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

Question from Celestine-C-Enebechi (19:44, 13 March 2023)
Hello, does it have to be in coding programs like, Scratch. It is shared and it exists. It's called Scratch's got talent (SGT) --Celestine-C-Enebechi (talk) 19:44, 13 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Hello @Celestine-C-Enebechi, and I do know how to program in Scratch fluently, but this is Wikipedia. If you have any questions about Scratch, please see Scratch and if that doesn't help I suggest going to scratch.mit.edu. Happy editing! <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:4px;background:#FF67CF;color:white;">‍ ‍ Helloheart ‍ </b> ‍ <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 17:49, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

Question from Celestine-C-Enebechi (19:12, 15 March 2023)
Hello, okay i've got 2 questions for you. 1. I have got a scratch account and I want to share the updates by writing an article. How do i do it? 2. How do I search for my profile on the searchbar. --Celestine-C-Enebechi (talk) 19:12, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

Question from MinnesotaMethods (04:41, 16 March 2023)
Hello! How do you properly cite edits using references? I have had difficulty following the instructions. --MinnesotaMethods (talk) 04:41, 16 March 2023 (UTC)

Question from Mahler ngcolosi (04:41, 2 April 2023)
I need novels --Mahler ngcolosi (talk) 04:41, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

Question from Monarques on Identifying reliable sources (medicine) (12:47, 3 April 2023)
Olá,como saber se vai chover hoje? --Monarques (talk) 12:47, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Question from Marry Jane Watson on Help:Introduction to policies and guidelines/1 (22:08, 3 April 2023)
Hi i am marry jane watson --Marry Jane Watson (talk) 22:08, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2023).

Administrator changes
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CheckUser changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * A community RfC is open to discuss whether reports primarily involving gender-related disputes or controversies should be referred to the Arbitration enforcement noticeboard.

Technical news
 * Some older web browsers will not be able to use JavaScript on Wikimedia wikis starting this week. This mainly affects users of Internet Explorer 11.
 * The rollback of Vector 2022 RfC has found no consensus to rollback to Vector legacy, but has found rough consensus to disable "limited width" mode by default.
 * A link to the user's page will now appear in the subtitle links shown on . This was voted #17 in the Community Wishlist Survey 2023.

Arbitration
 * The Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 case has been closed.
 * A case about World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been opened, with the first evidence phase closing 6 April 2023.

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Question from Penomaniacc (08:21, 25 April 2023)
Hi. How do I appeal a block? It happened in the middle of editing an article :( I need help to complete a new page I just started working on. --Penomaniacc (talk) 08:21, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

WikiCup 2023 May newsletter
The second round of the 2023 WikiCup has now finished. Contestants needed to have scored 60 points to advance into round 3. Our top five scorers in round 2 all included a featured article among their submissions and each scored over 500 points. They were:


 * Iazyges (1040) with three FAs on Byzantine emperors, and lots of bonus points.
 * Unlimitedlead (847), with three FAs on ancient history, one GA and nine reviews.
 * Epicgenius (636), a WikiCup veteran, with one FA on the New Amsterdam Theatre, four GAs and eleven DYKs
 * BennyOnTheLoose (553), a seasoned competitor, with one FA on snooker, six GAs and seven reviews.
 * 🇩🇪 FrB.TG (525), with one FA, a Lady Gaga song and a mass of bonus points.

Other notable performances were put in by Sammi Brie,  Thebiguglyalien,  MyCatIsAChonk,  PCN02WPS, and  AirshipJungleman29.

So far contestants have achieved thirteen featured articles between them, one being a joint effort, and forty-nine good articles. The judges are pleased with the thorough reviews that are being performed, and have hardly had to reject any. As we enter the third round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed in round 3. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:14, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2023).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Spicy
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ale jrb · Dbachmann · DGG (deceased) · Jimbo Wales



CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Jimbo Wales

Oversighter changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Jimbo Wales

Guideline and policy news
 * A request for comment about removing administrative privileges in specified situations is open for feedback.

Technical news
 * Progress has started on the Page Triage improvement project. This is to address the concerns raised by the community in their 2022 WMF letter that requested improvements be made to the tool.

Arbitration
 * The proposed decision in the World War II and the history of Jews in Poland case is expected 11 May 2023.

Miscellaneous
 * The Wikimedia Foundation annual plan 2023-2024 draft is open for comment and input through May 19. The final plan will be published in July 2023.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:22, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

Request for Adoption
Hi! I've been recommended to look into adoption. I'm relatively new, having mostly focused on minor copyediting for the month I've been here, though I'd like to move towards improving article quality more broadly. I figured that, as you have a background in grading article quality, you may be able to help me develop these skills. I will be fairly busy until 25th (of May), but after this I should have a fair bit of free time to commit to the adoption process. Let me know if you think adoption is right for me & if you think you'd be the right adoptee!

Kind regards, Designated Management (talk) 11:52, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

Question from Jhonsmith19961 (09:08, 25 May 2023)
hi, i want to edit a bomber jacket article kindly suggest me a best article they can be edit easily as per wikipedia rules and regulation --Jhonsmith19961 (talk) 09:08, 25 May 2023 (UTC)

Adoption Request
Hello Helloheart,

I saw that you were currently accepting adoptees. Is that still accurate? If so, how may I apply to be adopted by you? I look forward to learning more! Ike8omb (talk) 11:01, 26 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi @Ike8omb. Unfortunately, I am currently at the stage where I cannot accept adoptees, at the very least not until I become un-busy (Is that a word?). However, I'll be glad to answer any questions you have about Wikipedia! <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#008080;color:white;">‍ ‍ Helloheart ‍ </b> ‍ <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 20:50, 26 May 2023 (UTC)

Question from Dougallions101 (23:40, 23 May 2023)
what is setting up my profile page? --Dougallions101 (talk) 23:40, 23 May 2023 (UTC)


 * @Dougallions101 Your user page is a page of your own where you can describe yourself, your hobbies, etc. Just make sure not to strive too off-topic from Wikipedia. <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#008080;color:white;">‍ ‍ Helloheart ‍ </b> ‍ <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 20:51, 26 May 2023 (UTC)

Question from Fgcom1 (13:23, 5 June 2023)
Can I use this for digitstem --Fgcom1 (talk) 13:23, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – June 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2023).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Ingenuity
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ddstretch · Prodego · Resolute



CheckUser changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * Following an RfC, editors indefinitely site-banned by community consensus will now have all rights, including sysop, removed.
 * As a part of the Wikimedia Foundation's IP Masking project, a new policy has been created that governs the access to temporary account IP addresses. An associated FAQ has been created and individual communities can increase the requirements to view temporary account IP addresses.

Technical news
 * Bot operators and tool maintainers should schedule time in the coming months to test and update their tools for the effects of IP masking. IP masking will not be deployed to any content wiki until at least October 2023 and is unlikely to be deployed to the English Wikipedia until some time in 2024.

Arbitration
 * The arbitration case World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been closed. The topic area of Polish history during World War II (1933-1945) and the history of Jews in Poland is subject to a "reliable source consensus-required" contentious topic restriction.

Miscellaneous
 * Following a community referendum, the arbitration policy has been modified to remove the ability for users to appeal remedies to.

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Concern regarding Draft:Untrihexium
Hello, Helloheart. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Untrihexium, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again&#32;or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 23:01, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:Untrihexium
Hello, Relativity. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Untrihexium, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again&#32;or request that it be moved to your userspace.

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Question from Mary Neigel (16:28, 24 June 2023)
Hello! I didn't really want to edit, just ask a question regarding the 1940 (US) film 'The Letter'. Why is Cecil Kellaway listed as part of the cast when he's never seen on screen? Was his performance edited out and landed on the cutting room floor? I'm a fan of the guy - and Ms. Davis, of course! --Mary Neigel (talk) 16:28, 24 June 2023 (UTC)


 * @Mary Neigel, you said you didn't want to edit, but if you wanted, if you found a reliable source showing that Cecil Kellaway isn't really part of the cast, you could remove him and cite the source if needed, or include it in an edit summary. Or, if you don't want to edit, you could ask at Wikiproject Film and see if anyone knows anything about the movie. I've never seen it, so I wouldn't be able to really make a judgement here, but happy editing! <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#17a8ad;color:white;">‍ ‍ Relativity ‍ </b> ‍ <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 00:03, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – July 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2023).



Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Deckiller · Electionworld · MBisanz · Penwhale · Raul654 · Roadrunner · Viridae · Yannismarou

Bureaucrat changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg MBisanz

Guideline and policy news
 * Contributions to the English Wikipedia are now released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0) license instead of CC BY-SA 3.0. Contributions are still also released under the GFDL license.

Technical news
 * Discussion is open regarding a proposed global policy regarding third-party resources. Third-party resources are computer resources that reside outside of Wikimedia production websites.

Arbitration
 * Two arbitration cases are currently open. Proposed decisions are expected 5 July 2023 for the Scottywong case and 9 July 2023 for the AlisonW case.

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Your draft article, Draft:Untrihexium


Hello, Relativity. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Untrihexium".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">Read! Talk! 22:14, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

WikiCup 2023 July newsletter
The third round of the 2023 WikiCup has come to an end. The 16 users who made it to the fourth round had at least 175 points. Our top scorers in round 3 were:


 * Thebiguglyalien, with 919 points from a featured article on Frances Cleveland as well as five good articles and many reviews,
 * Unlimitedlead, with 862 points from a high-scoring featured articles on Henry II of England and numerous reviews,
 * Iazyges, with 560 points from a high-scoring featured article on Tiberius III.

Contestants achieved 11 featured articles, 2 featured lists, 47 good articles, 72 featured or good article reviews, over 100 DYKs and 40 ITN appearances. As always, any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk). MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:18, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

Question from Eric Matibu (21:16, 9 July 2023)
Hello --Eric Matibu (talk) 21:16, 9 July 2023 (UTC)


 * @Eric Matibu Hello <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#17a8ad;color:white;">‍ ‍ Relativity ‍ </b> ‍ <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 03:34, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

Question from Ravindra211986 on Questacon (18:30, 11 July 2023)
Hello, how may I assist ? --Ravindra211986 (talk) 18:30, 11 July 2023 (UTC)


 * @Ravindra211986, Hello. I do not need assisting, but I can assist you in any way for Wikipedia. Cheers, <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#17a8ad;color:white;">‍ ‍ Relativity ‍ </b> ‍ <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 02:37, 12 July 2023 (UTC)
 * thank you certainly I will ask you Ravindra211986 (talk) 03:33, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

Are you still accepting adoptees?
Hi! I'm a relatively new user who is looking for an adapter, and it says here that you are available. Thank you so much in advance! Luna &#60;3 (She/Her) (talk) 05:27, 14 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi @LunaTheMoon2! Unfortunately, I am not currently accepting adoptees at the moment, mostly because I am busy in real life and I couldn't properly mentor anyone. However, if you have any questions about Wikipedia, I'll be happy to answer them if I'm available! Cheers! <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#17a8ad;color:white;">‍ ‍ Relativity ‍ </b> ‍ <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 21:28, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
 * It's ok, I found someone else. Thanks! Luna &#60;3 (She/Her) (talk) 22:40, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

Question from Hedgehog 1420 (05:18, 17 July 2023)
Hello! Do you know how to get to the periodic table in wikipedia? Thanks! Hedgehog 1420 --Hedgehog 1420 (talk) 05:18, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

Question from I walk the earth (20:39, 18 July 2023)
So I finally got my User page created.

My goal is to create a page about myself and accurate representation of the history of my career in the industry.

With the user page set up what is the next step of setting up this page. --I walk the earth (talk) 20:39, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

Question from Ronald 209 on Ark II (17:10, 22 July 2023)
I have a saved image of the ArkII to add in the article. How do I submit images for editing the page --Ronald 209 (talk) 17:10, 22 July 2023 (UTC)

A message from 2601:249:F00:D420:20:5AA5:E9B7:312A
The first tenet of relativity is that the rules governing the way things move and interact are the same for two observers moving at constant velocity with respect to one another.

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Question from Mr.Wonderfool (05:41, 29 July 2023)
hey! do you have any page to look me into.. --Mr.Wonderfool (talk) 05:41, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – August 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2023).



Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg AlisonW · Amberrock · Closedmouth · Scottywong

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Novem Linguae

Technical news
 * The tag filter on Special:NewPages and revision history pages can now be inverted. This allows hiding edits made by automated tools.
 * Special:BlockedExternalDomains is a new tool that allows easier blocking of plain domains (and their subdomains). This is more easily searchable and is faster for the software to use than the existing MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. It does not support regex (for complex cases), URL path-matching, or the MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist.

Arbitration
 * The arbitration cases named Scottywong and AlisonW closed 10 July and 16 July respectively.
 * The SmallCat dispute arbitration case is in the workshop phase.

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2023).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Pppery · Theleekycauldron
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Dwheeler · G.A.S · Royalbroil · Ssd



CheckUser changes
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Oversighter changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Bradv

Guideline and policy news
 * Following an RfC, TFAs will be automatically semi-protected the day before it is on the main page and through the day after.
 * A discussion at WP:VPP about revision deletion and oversight for dead names found that [s]ysops can choose to use revdel if, in their view, it's the right tool for this situation, and they need not default to oversight. But oversight could well be right where there's a particularly high risk to the person. Use your judgment.

Technical news
 * Special:Contributions now shows the user's local edit count and the account's creation date.

Arbitration
 * The SmallCat dispute case has closed. As part of the final decision, editors participating in XfD have been reminded to be careful about forming local consensus which may or may not reflect the broader community consensus. Regular closers of XfD forums were also encouraged to note when broader community discussion, or changes to policies and guidelines, would be helpful.

Miscellaneous
 * Tech tip: The "Browse history interactively" banner shown at the top of Special:Diff can be used to easily look through a history, assemble composite diffs, or find out what archive something wound up in.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:22, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open
Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election have opened. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting will commence on 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:05, 2 September 2023 (UTC)

Question from Munnasuresh (07:51, 2 September 2023)
Hello, May I hope to have your continued help and good wishes. Regards, Munnasuresh --Munnasuresh (talk) 07:51, 2 September 2023 (UTC)

Question from Gerald Shrimp (18:13, 6 September 2023)
I am in the UK. I have a deep interest in mental health as I personally suffer correction am gifted with bipolar. Yes I view it as a gift that many genius minds had. You have a brain for thinking which at present seperates us from machines.I fear the prospect of AI as they could develop to do what at present only the human brain can do IMAGINE. If you can imagine you can create. I like to think the great composers thought as I do without bounds.They did not simply write noes on paper. No before all that they imagined in their minds and sometimes were deemed unbalanced. Not at all just free thinking and imagination. Tell me if you think I'm wy in my thoughts. --Gerald Shrimp (talk) 18:13, 6 September 2023 (UTC)


 * @Gerald Shrimp I don't think you're wry in your thoughts, but this is Wikipedia, so if you have any questions about editing or using it, I'll be happy to answer them. <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#17a8ad;color:white;">‍ ‍ Relativity ‍ </b> ‍ <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 00:04, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

Question from Dritani 1980 on Talk:Illyrians (12:48, 11 September 2023)
How I scream --Dritani 1980 (talk) 12:48, 11 September 2023 (UTC)


 * @Dritani 1980 I believe you say "aaaahhhhh" really, really, loudly. See screaming <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#17a8ad;color:white;">‍ ‍ Relativity ‍ </b> ‍ <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 03:20, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Question from Uwulammajkjk on Domain-to-range ratio (11:55, 13 September 2023)
How can i find some typos --Uwulammajkjk (talk) 11:55, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

Question from Bray Editz (17:38, 13 September 2023)
whats editing --Bray Editz (talk) 17:38, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

Question from Knobby1234 (18:32, 13 September 2023)
You have Me as deceased. I did not die in oct 2023. I am alive. My cousin Bert H Bonanno passed away on this date Pleas correct my bio to reflect that I am still alive Dr --Knobby1234 (talk) 18:32, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

Question from Knobby1234 (18:42, 13 September 2023)
How do I correct the fact that you have me as deceased. I am not dead. I did not die in oct 2022. That is a different Bert H Bonanno. How do I correct this? --Knobby1234 (talk) 18:42, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

Question from Patrusho (23:18, 17 September 2023)
Hello! I'm in an "assisted living" home and would like to get out and know more about the world. --Patrusho (talk) 23:18, 17 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Hey, looks like we have some things in common already: We want to know more about the world, and we have made more than 0 edits to Wikipedia :) Do you have any questions about editing? I'd love to talk more about adventuring beyond our closed environments, but apparently we're not supposed to get too off-topic here. <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#17a8ad;color:white;">‍ ‍ Relativity ‍ </b> ‍ <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 04:39, 24 September 2023 (UTC)

Question from Sultan Salahuddin -chemist (06:28, 29 September 2023)
I want to publish my biography --Sultan Salahuddin -chemist (talk) 06:28, 29 September 2023 (UTC)


 * @Sultan Salahuddin -chemist I don't think that's the best idea... see WP:AUTOBIO. <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#17a8ad;color:white;">‍ ‍ Relativity ‍ </b> ‍ <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 23:30, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

Question from Sultan Salahuddin -chemist (06:31, 29 September 2023)
How to publish my biography on Wikipedia? --Sultan Salahuddin -chemist (talk) 06:31, 29 September 2023 (UTC)


 * @Sultan Salahuddin -chemist I don't think that's the best idea... see WP:AUTOBIO. <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#17a8ad;color:white;">‍ ‍ Relativity ‍ </b> ‍ <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 23:30, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2023).

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oof Celestine-C-Enebechi (talk) 14:46, 6 October 2023 (UTC)


 * @Celestine-C-Enebechi Do you have a question about editing Wikipedia? <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#17a8ad;color:white;">‍ ‍ Relativity ‍ </b> ‍ <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 22:28, 9 October 2023 (UTC)

Question from Heyitseliza (12:40, 10 October 2023)
Dear ‪Relativity‬, I have revised the article for Bettina Lange I made and hope it now meets the requirements (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Bettina_Lange). I am interested in making women in legal research more visible. Here is a similar accepted article by one of her male colleagues: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Eidenm%C3%BCller. I would appreciate any help you can give me. --Heyitseliza (talk) 12:40, 10 October 2023 (UTC)


 * , the first problem I see with your draft is that the citations are done a bit incorrectly. your first citation, for example, says "https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/author/bettina-lange/; https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/person/bettina-lange; https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/people/bettina-lange". This should actually be made into three separate citations, one per link. I'm also taking a look at the notability criteria for people in academics, where if any one of these is true, then she warrants her own article:
 * The person's research has had a significant impact in their scholarly discipline, broadly construed, as demonstrated by independent reliable sources.
 * I would say, not really.
 * The person has received a highly prestigious academic award or honor at a national or international level.
 * She's won awards, but none of them are really prestigious.
 * The person has been an elected member of a highly selective and prestigious scholarly society or association (e.g., a National Academy of Sciences or the Royal Society) or a fellow of a major scholarly society which reserves fellow status as a highly selective honor (e.g., Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Physics).
 * No...
 * The person's academic work has made a significant impact in the area of higher education, affecting a substantial number of academic institutions.
 * Not really. That collaboration that you mentioned is something to consider, but it didn't make a really significant impact on higher education.
 * The person has held a named chair appointment or distinguished professor appointment at a major institution of higher education and research, or an equivalent position in countries where named chairs are uncommon.
 * She doesn't seem to hold any other higher position other than being a professor.
 * The person has held a highest-level elected or appointed administrative post at a major academic institution or major academic society.
 * She doesn't seem to hold any other higher position other than being a professor.
 * The person has had a substantial impact outside academia in their academic capacity.
 * Not really.
 * The person has been the head or chief editor of a major, well-established academic journal in their subject area.
 * No...
 * Overall, I would say that maybe Dr. Lange is probably not notable enough for her own article, although I was just going off of what you wrote in the article, and there could be other reliable sources that show otherwise. Writing an article is the trickiest thing to do on Wikipedia, so you should start small and make edits to already preexisting articles first.
 * Also, after you learn a little about editing you might be interested in WP:WikiProject Women and/or WP:WikiProject Women scientists
 * Happy editing! <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#17a8ad;color:white;">‍ ‍ Relativity ‍ </b> ‍ <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 23:46, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

Question from Ciscolicense (07:32, 15 October 2023)
Hello and respect I have a company that has a lot of traffic and a lot of credibility on Google Many articles and reports have been published on different sites than mine I want to register a dedicated page for my company what should I do? --Ciscolicense (talk) 07:32, 15 October 2023 (UTC)


 * @Ciscolicense, if your company is truly notable then someone else is better suited to making the page because you would have a WP:COI. Therefore, I advise you to read both of the things I linked in this response, and you probably should not create the page. <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#17a8ad;color:white;">‍ ‍ Relativity ‍ </b> ‍ <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 23:53, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

Question from Vbbanaz05 (09:11, 21 October 2023)
Hello, Sir! --Vbbanaz05 (talk) 09:11, 21 October 2023 (UTC)


 * @Vbbanaz05, hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! I am not a "sir," but I'll be happy to answer any questions you have about editing. <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#17a8ad;color:white;">‍ ‍ Relativity ‍ </b> ‍ <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 01:32, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

Question from MugiwaraAhad (05:22, 23 October 2023)
Hello, can you help me to correct the false data of many articles in the surface web? --MugiwaraAhad (talk) 05:22, 23 October 2023 (UTC)


 * If you find any incorrect information in a Wikipedia article, you can find reliable sources and change the information to the correct information. Cheers! <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#17a8ad;color:white;">‍ ‍ Relativity ‍ </b> ‍ <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 01:40, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

Question from Muhammadbaloch991 (18:04, 24 October 2023)
instagram --Muhammadbaloch991 (talk) 18:04, 24 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Yup. Now, do you have any questions about editing Wikipedia? <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#17a8ad;color:white;">‍ ‍ Relativity ‍ </b> ‍ <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 23:54, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

Question from Ministry editor (15:27, 27 October 2023)
Can I create my own article --Ministry editor (talk) 15:27, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I have posted a message about this at User talk:Ministry editor. JBW (talk) 16:02, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

Question from PAADC (09:04, 27 October 2023)
Hi, I want to create an article for an innovation competition. What key points do you think need to be in the article? --PAADC (talk) 09:04, 27 October 2023 (UTC)


 * You have to make sure that the innovation competition that you're writing about is truly notable by finding reliable sources about it. Then once you do that, you can create a draft about it. Also, I'd read WP:Your first article. Cheers! <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#17a8ad;color:white;">‍ ‍ Relativity ‍ </b> ‍ <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 03:20, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

WikiCup 2023 November newsletter
The WikiCup is a marathon rather than a sprint and all those reaching the final round have been involved in the competition for the last ten months, improving Wikipedia vastly during the process. After all this hard work, BeanieFan11 has emerged as the 2023 winner and the WikiCup Champion. The finalists this year were:-


 * BeanieFan11 with 2582 points
 * Thebiguglyalien with 1615 points
 * Epicgenius with 1518 points
 * MyCatIsAChonk with 1012 points
 * BennyOnTheLoose with 974 points
 * AirshipJungleman29 with 673 points
 * Sammi Brie with 520 points
 * Unlimitedlead with 5 points

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year's WikiCup, whether they made it to the final round or not, and particular congratulations to the newcomers to the competition, some of whom did very well. Wikipedia has benefitted greatly from the quality creations, expansions and improvements made, and the numerous reviews performed. All those who reached the final round will win awards. The following special awards will be made based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. Awards will be handed out in the next few days.


 * Unlimitedlead wins the featured article prize, for 7 FAs in total including 3 in round 2.
 * MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured list prize, for 5 FLs in total.
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Vilenski wins the featured topic prize, for a 6-article featured topic in round 4.
 * MyCatIsAChonk wins the featured picture prize, for 6 FPs in total.
 * BeanieFan11 wins the good article prize, for 75 GAs in total, including 61 in the final round.
 * Epicgenius wins the good topic prize, for a 41-article good topic in the final round.
 * LunaEatsTuna wins the GA reviewer prize, for 70 GA reviews in round 1.
 * MyCatIsAChonk wins the FA reviewer prize, for 66 FA reviews in the final round.
 * Epicgenius wins the DYK prize, for 49 did you know articles in total.
 * 🇺🇦 Muboshgu wins the ITN prize, for 46 in the news articles in total.

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Question from Rd1204 (00:17, 6 November 2023)
Hello Relativity, One of my favorite theories. My main experience is in Finance so as I come across articles related to Private Equity and Project Finance I may edit or add to those articles if needed. --Rd1204 (talk) 00:17, 6 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Alright, just make sure you're adding reliable sources, following the five pillars, and have fun. You can contact me on this page if you have any questions. I'll send a list of helpful links to your talk page. Cheers! <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#17a8ad;color:white;">‍ ‍ Relativity ‍ </b> ‍ <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 02:27, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – November 2023
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 * Following a motion, the contentious topic designation of Prem Rawat has been struck. Actions previously taken using this contentious topic designation are still in force.
 * Following several motions, multiple topic areas are no longer designated as a contentious topic. These contentious topic designations were from the Editor conduct in e-cigs articles, Liancourt Rocks, Longevity, Medicine, September 11 conspiracy theories, and Shakespeare authorship question cases.
 * Following a motion, remedies 3.1 (All related articles under 1RR whenever the dispute over naming is concerned), 6 (Stalemate resolution) and 30 (Administrative supervision) of the Macedonia 2 case have been rescinded.
 * Following a motion, remedy 6 (One-revert rule) of the The Troubles case has been amended.
 * An arbitration case named Industrial agriculture has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case close 8 November.

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Question from Zapster13 (10:33, 9 November 2023)
Hi my edit for Executive dysfunction has disappeared without myself being notified about it. May I ask why it is not visible? --Zapster13 (talk) 10:33, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

Question from Vuyiseka Mduzana on Username policy (21:00, 9 November 2023)
How --Vuyiseka Mduzana (talk) 21:00, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

Question from Esenemagic (22:42, 9 November 2023)
i need to create a wikepedia page for someone --Esenemagic (talk) 22:42, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

Question from Smile4Christine (15:13, 10 November 2023)
How do I properly hyperlink an article to an edit? --Smile4Christine (talk) 15:13, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

Question from IKunjalo Projects Enterprise (02:06, 16 November 2023)
Hello 👋 How do I write and edit on my page, it won't allow me to do anything 😔 Please assist Thank you --IKunjalo Projects Enterprise (talk) 02:06, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

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Question from Spacetechchik (18:54, 12 December 2023)
I've created one article. I've made 10 edits. Is my post approved? --Spacetechchik (talk) 18:54, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Question from ZAEBMDR on Norma-Jean Wofford (18:06, 19 December 2023)
Please explain relaxation to me --ZAEBMDR (talk) 18:06, 19 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Perhaps the page on relaxation will help. Do you have any questions about editing or using Wikipedia? Cheers~ <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#17a8ad;color:white;">‍ ‍ Relativity ‍ </b> ‍ <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 20:07, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
 * good the kitesurfing Kitesurfing to mombasa Kenya (talk) 23:30, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Do you have any relevant questions about the notice I placed on your talk page? <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#17a8ad;color:white;">‍ ‍ Relativity ‍ </b> ‍ <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 23:32, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Question from Banksfan47 (03:38, 20 December 2023)
How do I create a page? --Banksfan47 (talk) 03:38, 20 December 2023 (UTC)


 * See Your first article. Let me know if you have any further questions <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#17a8ad;color:white;">‍ ‍ Relativity ‍ </b> ‍ <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 03:39, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes Kitesurfing to mombasa Kenya (talk) 23:34, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
 * What is your question then? <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#17a8ad;color:white;">‍ ‍ Relativity ‍ </b> ‍ <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 23:37, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Question from 2077PP (00:13, 20 December 2023)
Hello! I actually would like to creat a Wikipedia page for my work. Not sure what do to next… --2077PP (talk) 00:13, 20 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Please read Plain and simple conflict of interest guide. Creating an article about yourself or a company you work for would mean that you have a conflict of interest, and therefore is strongly discouraged. If you have any further questions about using or editing Wikipedia, you can ping me here. Cheers ~ <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#17a8ad;color:white;">‍ ‍ Relativity ‍ </b> ‍ <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 03:32, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
 * thank you for your reply. The thing is my name is mentioned in several articles on wikipedia (but not clickable) so in that sense it would be logically for it to be listed as a page. It would also be more about past projects and not to support any current company, therefore would not be any form of advertising. it would just complete all these existing articles that partly use incorrect countries mentioned etc. etc. 2077PP (talk) 04:20, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
 * If you are truly notable, then someone who is not you will likely create your article someday. An article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing, and there are big problems when editors who have a conflict of interest create an article about the things that they have a conflict of interest in. I would strongly recommend reading everything I linked in blue here. Let me know if you have any further questions. Cheers ~ <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#17a8ad;color:white;">‍ ‍ Relativity ‍ </b> ‍ <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 04:29, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I understand, thank you for taking the time replying! 2077PP (talk) 04:31, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you for taking the time to ask the questions. Many editors will just rush in and create articles for things they have a conflict of interest in and end up messing up in that regard. :) <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#17a8ad;color:white;">‍ ‍ Relativity ‍ </b> ‍ <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 04:33, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Can I ask you, are you a Wikipedia voluntary editor/writer? I don’t actually fully understand how the whole system of Wikipedia works… Or are you actually working “in house” at Wikipedia? 2077PP (talk) 08:16, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes, I'm completely a volunteer here, just doing this as a hobby. I'm not paid to do this. <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#17a8ad;color:white;">‍ ‍ Relativity ‍ </b> ‍ <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 19:21, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
 * that's so great, makes me appreciate the time you take explaining this to me even more ;) Could I bother you with one more question... Would you consider checking out my projects to see if you think my profile would meet Wikipedia's notability criteria? 2077PP (talk) 19:38, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Which projects? I'm not seeing any new pages or anything that mentions your projects in your contributions. I will add, though, another point which I brought up earlier in which I said that if your project is truly notable, sometime or later someone will create a Wikipedia article on it. <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#17a8ad;color:white;">‍ ‍ Relativity ‍ </b> ‍ <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 21:21, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

Question from Musicmother (02:14, 22 December 2023)
hi! it's nice to meet you. i'm happy to have a mentor. i don't want to impose too much on your time, but if you have any advice on translating articles from another language, i'd like to translate an interesting page from german to english and expand upon it. --Musicmother (talk) 02:14, 22 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Hello, it's nice to meet you too. I'm glad that you're my mentee. You should read Help:Translation and Translate. Happy translating ~ <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#17a8ad;color:white;">‍ ‍ Relativity ‍ </b> ‍ <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 04:12, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Question from Jamrach on January 6 United States Capitol attack (07:22, 22 December 2023)
You need to edit the cPtion for pic to (before the breech the police fired tear gas into the crowd --Jamrach (talk) 07:22, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

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Question from Acadwiz1 (13:05, 26 December 2023)
I am not understanding why my recent edit was revised into the previous version, even when I have given more citations and showing what the person (Whose page I am editing) has delivered me the info to put up on it? --Acadwiz1 (talk) 13:05, 26 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Your edits to Mala Rao have been reverted because you have a conflict of interest with her. Since you are employed by Rao, making any further edits to the article is strongly discouraged. Please read Plain and simple conflict of interest guide. We'd like to have you as a constructive contributor here, but you should stay away from that article, or make edit request(s) on the article's talk page. Cheers <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#17a8ad;color:white;">‍ ‍ Relativity ‍ </b> ‍ <span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 20:07, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

Question from Mashedpotatoesinmyhair (01:09, 30 December 2023)
Hello;

I've been trying to improve the article on Lini Evans; i am at an impasse on Ms. Evans Language abilities. For me, the claim to be able to sing in more languages then she speaks comes across as more promotional than informational.

I've been looking for more sources for these claims and came across 2 that stuck out to me, the article from the Vancouver Sun (Tuesday April 20, 1999) Multiligual Evans to Sing for Zhu " ( from linievans.com/reviews) It describes how she learns songs by listening to them over and over until she gets the words and inflections right then on her linkedin she talks about how she learned a few phrases and 3 songs in Vietnamese for a client.

Where i am having an issue is, for example, I can sing 99 Luftballons but i wouldn't say i was able to sing German, just that i can sing a German song.

At what point do you go from learning/ memorizing a song in another language to being able to sing in another language? Is there a better way to indicate that she learned songs by memorizing in the languages rather then just say she can sing in those languages? --Mashedpotatoesinmyhair (talk) 01:09, 30 December 2023 (UTC)


 * This question might be better suited to the WP:Reference desk. Cheers <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#17a8ad;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 01:12, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

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Hi! I notice I need to add a reference for the entry I made regarding Caissa (the mythical goddess) and the children’s book that continues her story. It is a currently published book. What do I need to do? There is also some issue with the tone the entry is written in. Can you help me fix these things? Thank you so much. --TheGoodFairy (talk) 17:42, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

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Hi, how do I add information/content to the Artwork Flow page? --Artworkflow (talk) 07:09, 3 January 2024 (UTC)


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How do I cancel /close my account --Colingonefishing (talk) 07:10, 3 January 2024 (UTC)


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Greetings. I've created an entire page and published it. What's the next step to get it to show up as an internet search and site/link? I've searched for it to no avail. What am I missing? --SMUDGE RECORDS (talk) 03:04, 7 January 2024 (UTC)


 * The reason that it's not indexed by search engines is because it's not actually published yet. You should submit it by using the WP:ARTICLEWIZARD. Cheers <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#17a8ad;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 03:08, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Is there a way to copy it onto the articlewizard? SMUDGE RECORDS (talk) 03:20, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes. You should click the "edit" button on your sandbox, change it to "edit source", and make a draft using the wizard and copy the source code there. <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#17a8ad;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 03:23, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

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I did explain it
It is uncited. OR. It cannot be restored without RS refs. Per wp:burden. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:2603:7000:2101:AA00:D5AE:2D16:B03B:9C46&diff=cur 2603:7000:2101:AA00:D5AE:2D16:B03B:9C46 (talk) 00:53, 8 January 2024 (UTC)


 * In addition, not only was your note to me untrue. So was your edit summary here. I added nothing. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Irrigation_in_Iran&diff=prev&oldid=1194248373 --2603:7000:2101:AA00:D5AE:2D16:B03B:9C46 (talk) 00:55, 8 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Kindly self-revert or supply RS refs, so as to no longer be in non-compliance with wp:burden. --2603:7000:2101:AA00:D5AE:2D16:B03B:9C46 (talk) 00:56, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes, the content was uncited, and some of your contributions are constructive, when you removed information with an old "citation needed" tag, but in this case WP:BURDEN applies to you too since BURDEN states that "If you think the material is verifiable, you are encouraged to provide an inline citation yourself before considering whether to remove or tag it." You added more uncited material, so I reverted it. I will not revert any of your changes further so another uninvolved editor can take a look at them, but please bear this in mind. Happy editing <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#17a8ad;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 00:58, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * No - I don't think it is verifiable. And I did not - as I said above - add more uncited material. You are wrong. Again. Kindly self-revert. Because you are now in direct conflict with wp:burden. Which states -- as you know, "The burden to demonstrate verifiability lies with the editor who adds or restores material, and it is satisfied by providing an inline citation to a reliable source that directly supports[b] the contribution.[c]".2603:7000:2101:AA00:D5AE:2D16:B03B:9C46 (talk) 01:08, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * But at least the content is there, and it's not violating BLP. Since you've also added uncited content, you also have to add citations to your content. <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#17a8ad;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 01:12, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * 1. BLP is not a reason for you to restore uncited material, without complying with wp:burden. It has nothing to do with this conversation. 2. How many times do I have to say I did not add uncited content - only to have you ignore that. You are mistaken. I can't understand - as a good faith editor - why you keep on insisting on a blanket falsehood. That did not happen. --2603:7000:2101:AA00:D5AE:2D16:B03B:9C46 (talk) 01:15, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Okay, I was mentioning BLP because if the content was uncited then yes you should have— sigh, just forget I mentioned BLP. But why then do I not see a citation with the content you're adding? Am I missing anything? <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#17a8ad;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 01:18, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Apparently you are not missing something, but imagining something that is not the case. What content do you imagine I added? 2603:7000:2101:AA00:D5AE:2D16:B03B:9C46 (talk) 01:19, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * How about On the island orchards of date palm are found on tidal irrigation in the desert climate, although many date palms were destroyed during the Iran–Iraq War., which you added? I didn't see a citation attached to that. <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#17a8ad;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 01:20, 8 January 2024 (UTC)


 * That's in the original. Look at the left column of the diff. All that was done was a single-sentence para was not left dangling as such. Nothing was added. If you look at the diff, it is obvious. And so minor it by itself would not even call for an edit summary. 2603:7000:2101:AA00:D5AE:2D16:B03B:9C46 (talk) 01:26, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes, I did miss that, but then why did you keep it if you're removing uncited content? Look, I'm going to go to WP:ANI, but only because I really don't know what to do here. <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#17a8ad;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 01:29, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * 1. Because I did not remove content that I thought may be verifiable. 2. ANI is not a help desk if you do not understand the clearly written wp:burden, and how you are not abiding by it. ANI is - as also clearly stated - for urgent incidents and chronic, unmanageable behavioral problems. Why would you go there? 2603:7000:2101:AA00:D5AE:2D16:B03B:9C46 (talk) 01:56, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Well, the other content that you removed could have been verifiable as well. <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#17a8ad;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 01:58, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Your signature
I noticed that you have changed your signature to one which is virtually unreadable because it has poor MOS:CONTRAST. Any chance of a tweak to conform with WP:SIGAPP? Bazza (talk) 13:50, 9 January 2024 (UTC)


 * @Bazza 7 Yes, thank you. I was a bit worried about it as well, but decided to keep it to see if there would be a problem with it. I've tweaked it. <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#dc143c;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 02:01, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from Alulutho.M (21:53, 12 January 2024)
Hello, how can I said a feed back when the article doesn't  answer  my question --Alulutho.M (talk) 21:53, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from Spacetechchik (21:39, 8 January 2024)
Hello, mentor. I sent a question a number of weeks ago and have not had a response that I can see. I've created an article on the International Space Elevator Consortium -- this is an organization and not the space elevator page. And wondering the process for getting it viewable by anyone on Wikipedia. Thanks, Kathe Jackson --Spacetechchik (talk) 21:39, 8 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Sorry for the wait! First, make sure that the organization is truly notable, and if you're connected to the subject in any way and have a WP:COI, I would strongly discourage creating the article yourself. If you don't have a conflict of interest and you think that the organization is notable, you should follow the steps written out at WP:AFC. Happy editing and let me know if you have any questions <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#17a8ad;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 01:18, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I do not have any conflict of interest. In fact, I am a retired communications professional who is interested in this topic and did the research into the organization, which is respected, has had international affiliations and conferences, and is very much in agreement that a wiki page be created for their group and not just lumped into the "space elevator" category. I've already created the draft page following the directions, did my 10 edits (and more), and submitted. My question is about the process that follows. I've heard nothing back, except possibly it can take 6 months. Does it take that long? How will I know if it is accepted or requires additional editing? Here is a link to the pdf in the sandbox: file:///C:/Users/krjac/Downloads/User_2603_9001_2002_2BB2_0_0_0_1006_sandbox_International_Space_Elevator_Consortium%20(1).pdf. Thanks again! Spacetechchik (talk) 21:12, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
 * As a reviewer at AfC, I know that it shouldn't take 6 months right now, but expect it take at least a few weeks. Just be patient. <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#e82c52;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 02:43, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

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Question from EnterTheInfoSaviour (16:24, 14 January 2024)
Hey! How do I change the tone of an in-universe page, or write a page from and out-of-universe perspective? Also, how do I cite sources for food items? Are recipes allowed? Thanks for the information. --EnterTheInfoSaviour (talk) 16:24, 14 January 2024 (UTC)


 * I'm glad that you're interested in improving Wikipedia. I would read WP:TONE for your first question. For your second question, I would take a look at WP:CITE and as far as recipes are concerned, I would say probably not (with exceptions.) because let's say that you want to say that a cake includes flour and you cite a recipe. Well, there could be all kinds of recipes for cakes that don't use flour. I could see you citing a recipe if you were saying "Chef so-and-so writes in his recipe book that twelve eggs are needed for his cake." and cited the recipe book. Anyway, I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any more questions <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#e82c52;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 04:04, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I didn't really understand the part about the second question. Could you elaborate?
 * Also, in the first question, I was asking about Wiki articles written on fictional characters, and how to write those.
 * Thanks for the help! EnterTheInfoSaviour (talk) 14:42, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from Nolansfood (22:56, 16 January 2024)
Hello, I'd like to privately ask you a question. How can I send you an email? --Nolansfood (talk) 22:56, 16 January 2024 (UTC)


 * I don't have email currently enabled, so you can't. Is the question something that can be answered by someone else? I can point you to some trustworthy users. Cheers <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#e82c52;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 02:08, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes please, and I would like the discussion to remain private. Thank you Nolansfood (talk) 03:00, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Don't worry, only the user you're sending the email to will see it.
 * Do you need something WP:Oversighted? I would take a look at WP:OVERSIGHT and email one of these users.
 * If you don't need something oversighted, I would take a look here and email one of the admins recently active there.
 * Let me know if you need help finding someone who would help with something specific <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#e82c52;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 03:09, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Oh, and also, if you need to contact the Arbitration Committee, take a look here. <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#e82c52;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 03:13, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
 * But just in case the oversighter that you pick isn't available, I would go here first. Cheers <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#e82c52;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 03:15, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Just general questions for now. Doesn't seem like I will need that. Thank you though. Nolansfood (talk) 03:19, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from IbrahimDawod (11:02, 19 January 2024)
Hi, I am a youth football player in the 3rd division of Jordan Football (youth). I want to know how to make a page for me and be sure to get it approved. --IbrahimDawod (talk) 11:02, 19 January 2024 (UTC)


 * @IbrahimDawod If you are truly notable then someone else will make a Wikipedia page for you at some point. You have a conflict of interest and therefore are strongly discouraged from creating a Wikipedia article about yourself. <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#e82c52;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 00:47, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from Caribbeangospeltv (15:23, 20 January 2024)
Hi, I'm trying to add my business here --Caribbeangospeltv (talk) 15:23, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from Pedroh001 (17:20, 21 January 2024)
Como traduzir um artigo? --Pedroh001 (talk) 17:20, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from Beaniemtrx (21:27, 22 January 2024)
what is your opinion on me getting rejected from an art school in austria --Beaniemtrx (talk) 21:27, 22 January 2024 (UTC)


 * @Beaniemtrx I have no idea. Do you have any questions about improving Wikipedia? <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#e82c52;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 20:28, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from Waseem magsi110 (18:08, 28 January 2024)
How can I add a new article?\ --Waseem magsi110 (talk) 18:08, 28 January 2024 (UTC)


 * @Waseem magsi110 Here are the steps:
 * 1. Figure out the subject you want to write an article on, and make sure it isn't in Bad Article Ideas.
 * 2. Make sure your topic is truly notable, that you can write about it from a neutral point of view, and that you don't have a conflict of interest.
 * 3. You may want to take a look at the WP:MOS (or, alternately, a simplified version of it)
 * 4. Follow the instructions at WP:AfC
 * 5. Wait until someone reviews the article. This could take up to a few months. They may accept it, which means that your article is now in the mainspace— hooray!— or they could decline it, meaning that you would have to make improvement before it's accepted.
 * Hope this helps <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#e82c52;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 20:35, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

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Question from Nolansfood (22:23, 31 January 2024)
I have a question regarding editing this map. It is only showing 16 out of the 46 coordinates, and when I open the "full interactive map" in the hyperlink it then says there are 62 coordinates. When you click on the map it shows 16 coordinates. The hyperlink then shows 62, which is confusing:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_Bourbon_Trail#Trail_stops --Nolansfood (talk) 22:23, 31 January 2024 (UTC)


 * @Nolansfood, you are right. Perhaps the editors could not find the exact coordinates for everything they wanted to put on the map? Have you thought about discussing this on the article's talk page? <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#e82c52;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 22:29, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
 * The coordinates are exact, I checked. The problem is the full list of 46 coordinates don't show up unless you click on the hyperlink "full interactive map". The next issue is that when you go there the numbering is off. It shows there are 62 coordinates.
 * Do you have any guide or editor you know that is good with this? Nolansfood (talk) 22:34, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
 * @Nolansfood The Wikipedians at Reference desk/Miscellaneous will probably be more helpful in this topic than I can be due to my limited knowledge of maps on Wikipedia. You also might be interested in asking here at Wikivoyage, since they might be more experienced in working with digital maps than the editors at the Misc ref desk, although they aren't on Wikipedia, so there may be some technical limitations, I don't know. Hope this helps <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#e82c52;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 22:48, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

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Question from Nolansfood (08:09, 6 February 2024)
How do userpages get protection? I researched it and did not get the answer I wanted. I noticed some user pages cannot be edited. --Nolansfood (talk) 08:09, 6 February 2024 (UTC)


 * @Nolansfood Take a look at WP:RFPP. Let me know if you have any questions <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#e82c52;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 03:32, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

A message from SYNTHWAVER MAN
Hi. ForDraft:Downtown Binary i cannot find other sources. please tell me what to do. Thanks!

SYNTHWAVER MAN (talk) 19:07, 6 February 2024 (UTC)


 * @SYNTHWAVER MAN For your draft, if you can't find any more sources, then the artist is not notable and therefore doesn't deserve their own Wikipedia article. I would suggest helping out in other aspects of Wikipedia so you can get a feel for notability before you attempt to write an article. Writing articles is one of the hardest things that a Wikipedian can do. <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#e82c52;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 03:34, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Ok thanks! SYNTHWAVER MAN (talk) 23:42, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 February newsletter
The 2024 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with 135 participants. This is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2017.

Our current leader is newcomer, who has one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher) and 10 GAs and 12 DYKs mostly on New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:


 * , with one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, and two DYKs;
 * , with one FA on Doom (2016 video game), one GA on Boundary Fire (2017), and 11 reviews;
 * , with one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and two DYKs;
 * , with one FA on OneShot and one DYK;
 * , with five GAs and five DYKs on television and radio stations;
 * and, both with one FA and one DYK each.

As a reminder, competitors may submit work for the first round until 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February, and the second round starts 1 March. Remember that only the top 64 scoring competitors will make it through to the second round; currently, competitors need at least 15 points to progress. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (,, and ) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:58, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * @GeogSage, wow, thank you! <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#e82c52;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 05:13, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from Naterator8 (19:19, 12 February 2024)
Hello, :)

I am wondering how you guys like your sources. I know that you want a source for pretty much all articles or information written, but what about if I am a family member? For example, there is an article written about the Anderson Rd. in Calgary, Canada. I am a family member on the people who made the road and I see a lot of misinformation in the article. However, how can I make my edits get approved if the only sources I have are from my family? --Naterator8 (talk) 19:19, 12 February 2024 (UTC)


 * @Naterator8, you can't. There is one main reason why you can't, and another burden:
 * 1. (The main reason) That's still considered original research. Wikipedia's information is required to be published by reliable, independent, published sources. Since the only place you can get your information from is from yourself or interviewing your family member, you can't add that on Wikipedia.
 * 2. (A burden) You have a conflict of interest. This means that it's not wise for you to edit the article. If you have reliable sources to back up any claims you make, you can make an edit request on the article's talk page.
 * Let me know if you have any further questions, and for answers from a more general amount of people, you should go to the Teahouse. I'll send you a list of helpful links on your talk page. <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#e82c52;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 01:19, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from MuzamilJamali (13:01, 13 February 2024)
Hello, how are you? --MuzamilJamali (talk) 13:01, 13 February 2024 (UTC)


 * @MuzamilJamali Pretty good, how are you? Do you have any questions about editing Wikipedia? <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#e82c52;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 04:21, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm good,
 * I appreciate your response. I'm already familiar with Wikipedia editing. MuzamilJamali (talk) 19:25, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from Nolansfood (23:49, 14 February 2024)
How long does a deletion request last? Does an admin get assigned or does an admin need to be contacted? I noticed a picture on the Wikimedia commons up for over 1 week and I think it is WP:ZEALOUS. Consensus is keep. Here is the link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Authentication_certificate.png --Nolansfood (talk) 23:49, 14 February 2024 (UTC)


 * @Nolansfood Since it's on Commons, I can't really help you here. If it's like Wikipedia's deletion system, seven days, or sometimes less if an admin spots it and it's an overwhelming keep or delete. Looking at the discussion, if it's like Wikipedia's deletion system, I would guess you have to wait seven days. You should ask at the Commons help desk; they'll know way more about the deletion process than I will. <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#e82c52;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 01:52, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

A message from Arnavgochuswami
you rejected this article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Balkishan_Agrawal

please tell me reasons and solutions so that i can be live on wikipedia. please tell corrections that should be made

Arnavgochuswami (talk) 09:03, 15 February 2024 (UTC)


 * @Arnavgochuswami I didn't reject it— I declined it, which means that you can still submit and make improvements. I declined it because it wasn't supported by reliable sources. Please read the link I provided and WP:YOURFIRSTARTICLE before you resubmit. <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#e82c52;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 02:07, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Pending changes reviewer granted
Hello. Your account has been granted the "pending changes reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on pages protected by pending changes. The list of articles awaiting review is located at Special:PendingChanges, while the list of articles that have pending changes protection turned on is located at Special:StablePages.

Being granted reviewer rights neither grants you status nor changes how you can edit articles. If you do not want this user right, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time.

See also: — Ingenuity (talk • contribs) 01:18, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Reviewing pending changes, the guideline on reviewing
 * Reviewing pending changes, when to accept an edit

Question from Dr Sunil Gupta Nagpur (07:38, 19 February 2024)
Hello, How to create new Wikipedia page --Dr Sunil Gupta Nagpur (talk) 07:38, 19 February 2024 (UTC)


 * @Dr Sunil Gupta Nagpur Please read WP:Your first article. Let me know if you have any further questions <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#e82c52;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 23:11, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

MOS:ERA
Please read the page you cited: "Use either the BC–AD or the BCE–CE notation consistently within the same article. Exception: do not change direct quotations, titles, etc." Your statement of "Per MOS:BCE we use BCE instead of BC." is wrong. The article inconsistently used BCE and AD, so I imposed consistency, and you turned it back to inconsistency. 123.51.107.94 (talk) 05:45, 20 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Hello IP editor. Thank you for noting that. Feel free to restore to your version. <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#e82c52;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 20:57, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

hello!
hello to you, user! I was looking at the adopt me page on Wikipedia and thought I could be adopted by you (if you want too)! I like editing articles on Taiwanese articles because their english articles could be a lot better and more organised (and until a few hours ago, I've been obsessively adding userboxes to my user page haha). I've edited with IPs before, but understood all the WP:(insert something) language and I hope if you adopt me (or if you choose not to), I could learn a couple of things from you too! Thank you for considering and reading my application, please ask me more questions should you want/need to! Cheers to you! Joséthewikier (talk) 09:33, 19 February 2024 (UTC)


 * @Joséthewikier It's great to know that you're interested! I see that you've also posted on User talk:SkyWolf369, User talk:Frostly, User talk:EchidnaLives, User talk: TheTechnician27, and User talk:Blaze Wolf asking if they can adopt you. I don't think there's anything wrong with that, but I don't know if it's preferable for you to be adopted by many users at once. However, I would be interested in adopting you if you are! I honestly don't have much experience editing Taiwanese articles, but I can help you in some other places such as countering vandalism, learning a bit more about content creation such as improving (and maybe even creating) an article, and working in some internal project spaces. Just let me know if you want to start with me (and if so, what you want to learn about) and let me know if you need anything. <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#e82c52;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 23:22, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
 * hello! I'm sorry I thought this would be like a college application process! Well, I'm really not sure how to go about having sent requests to 6 users, though anyway I'm extremely appreciative that you're willing to assist me in editing! Now my question is really wondering who should adopt me haha. Joséthewikier (talk) 05:20, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
 * oh yea. one question I have is really what I am needed here in Wikipedia. I'm not sure how I could be a better user here, and I want to be a good user here on Wikipedia! Joséthewikier (talk) 05:27, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @Relativity i'm sorry i forgot to tag! Joséthewikier (talk) 02:47, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @Joséthewikier Hey, sorry for the late response. You can choose who should adopt you, or I think you could go with multiple people adopting you. I think you could be a good user. What are you interested in? Also, to get some ideas of what you might enjoy doing on Wikipedia, I would visit the WP:Task Center. Cheers, and let me know if you need anything <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#e82c52;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 05:04, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from Joeworgan (09:27, 22 February 2024)
How do i get my Axelent article live? --Joeworgan (talk) 09:27, 22 February 2024 (UTC)


 * @Joeworgan You need to make sure that your draft meets the criteria outlined in the template in the beginning of it. Once you do that, click "Submit the draft for review!" and an Articles for Creation reviewer will come and choose whether or not it's suitable for the article mainspace. Cheers <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#e82c52;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 00:01, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

Study Of Diabetes In India
The Research Society for Study Of Diabetes In India (RSSDI) will test random blood sugar levels of one million people on World Heart Day (September 29) to raise awareness about diabetes and officially attempt to create a world record. Officially called “One Nation, One Day, One Million Blood Sugar Testing” will be a first-of-its-kind event. In Nagpur, free blood sugar testing will be available at more than 50 sites, including at leading medical shops. Dr Sunil Gupta Nagpur (talk) 10:12, 24 February 2024 (UTC)


 * @Dr Sunil Gupta Nagpur That sounds cool. Now, do you have any questions about improving and/or editing Wikipedia? That's what I'm here for. <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#e82c52;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 22:19, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from KAIGIL (09:05, 27 February 2024)
helo how do i creat a virtual machine --KAIGIL (talk) 09:05, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 March newsletter
The first round of the 2024 WikiCup ended at 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February. Everyone with at least 30 points moved on to Round 2, the highest number of points required to advance to the second round since 2014. Due to a six-way tie for the 64th-place spot, 67 contestants have qualified for Round 2.

The following scorers in Round 1 all scored more than 300 points:


 * , who has 916 points mostly from one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher), 15 GAs, and 16 DYKs on a variety of topics including New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures, in addition to seven reviews
 * , who has 790 points from two FAs on Felix M. Warburg House and Doom (2016 video game), two GAs, one DYK, and 11 reviews
 * , who has 580 points from one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, two DYKs, and five reviews
 * , who has 420 points mostly from nine GAs and seven DYKs on television and radio stations
 * , who has 351 points from one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and three DYKs
 * , who has 345 points from one FA on OneShot, one DYK and two reviews

In this newsletter, the judges would like to pay a special tribute to, who unfortunately passed away this February. At the time of his death, he was the second-highest-scoring competitor. Outside the WikiCup, he had eight other featured articles, five A-class articles, eight other good articles, and two Four Awards. Vami also wrote an essay on completionism, a philosophy in which he deeply believed. If you can, please join us in honoring his memory by improving one of the articles on his to-do list.

Remember that any content promoted after 27 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. 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. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:41, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from সফিউল ইসলাম (11:08, 27 February 2024)
Hello Sir, I want to change my Wiki username, can you please help me in this regard --সফিউল ইসলাম (talk) 11:08, 27 February 2024 (UTC)


 * @সফিউল ইসলাম, see WP:Username change. Cheers <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#e82c52;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 02:17, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

hello! (continued)
Hello User Relativity! I want to officially request that you review me as your potential adoptee! I don't know how that would work, but I'm more than happy to answer any questions you might ask me! Have a great day ahead! Joséthewikier (talk) 19:49, 27 February 2024 (UTC)


 * @Joséthewikier, that's great! There's no actual "formal" process, but basically I'll be helping you with things you need help with and teaching you things that you want to be taught. What are you interested in learning about around Wikipedia? I can help with that. Happy editing and let me know if you have any questions <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#e82c52;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 02:19, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

FRRHHEd
I added a citation for this to the page, hopefully did that correctly, Cheers. 213.226.67.38 (talk) 14:03, 28 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Hello IP user, and I checked the citation you added in there. Yes, that does seem to be correct. Thank you <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#e82c52;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 01:56, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

Question from Joséthewikier (06:54, 28 February 2024)
Hey! I want to translate some Chinese articles into English. Maybe a good example to start would be https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9B%9B%E9%80%9A%E6%A1%A5. I hope you can give me some tips on how I could do that! Thank you! --Joséthewikier (talk) 06:54, 28 February 2024 (UTC)


 * @Joséthewikier The basics are described at Help:Translation and WP:Translation. Another thing that you may like to know about is that when you are at the extended-confirmed user access level (which means that you have to have been here for thirty days and made 500 edits) you gain access to the Content translation tool which should aid you more in translating if that's something that you're more interested in. But you don't actually have to be extended-confirmed to translate articles; you just have to be to use that tool. Anyway, happy editing and let me know if you have any further questions <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#e82c52;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 01:54, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Joséthewikier (talk) 08:23, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

A message from Shonyx
Happy Leap Day tommorow! greeted by Shalomie 👩🏿‍🦱 (she/her/hers)   •~Talk~•   •Contribs•  12:11, 29 February 2024 (UTC)


 * @Shonyx Thank you, and you too! <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#e82c52;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 03:49, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2024).

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:22, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

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Question from OTIKA ISAAC (11:45, 3 March 2024)
what are the ways through which negative effects imprisonment can be avoided --OTIKA ISAAC (talk) 11:45, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

A message from Tomlovesfar
Custom signatures should link to your user page, your user talk page, or your contributions. Currently your signature points to only your user talk page.

I've noticed that you like the color pink, so here is a signature Idea for you

<b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#e82c52;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b> <b style="color:#e82c52;">‍ Talk! </b>

btw you really have a nice looking talk page and userpage.

<b style="border-radius:3em;padding:5px 0px 5px 5px;background:#2c21ff;">‍<b style="color:white;">‍ TomLovesFar </b><b style="border-radius:3em;padding:8px;background:yellow;color:white;">‍💬</b></b> 08:31, 4 March 2024 (UTC)


 * @Tomlovesfar Thanks for the notification, and thank you for the compliment. According to, it's okay if my signature only links to my talk page. Plus, there's nothing in WP:SIGNATURE that says I have to link to both my user page and talk page. I would have linked to both except I ran out of character room in my preferences and I'm not interested in adding anything to Special:MyPage/common.css. Anyway this works fine and anyone looking to read my user page can do so by clicking on it once they get to my talk page. I like your idea for the style though! <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#e82c52;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 23:00, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from Jotham Mapenhure Zvinongoza on User:Jotham Mapenhure Zvinongoza/sandbox (14:43, 12 March 2024)
Hello, may you help me to edit my new write up about Kefas who is deceased on my sand box. --Jotham Mapenhure Zvinongoza (talk) 14:43, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

A message from Spacetechchik
Good afternoon. It has been several months, and I have still not heard back on status from Wiki. My correspondence with you has been archived and is below for your reference. Is there anything I should know or do?

From you: Sorry for the wait! First, make sure that the organization is truly notable, and if you're connected to the subject in any way and have a WP:COI, I would strongly discourage creating the article yourself. If you don't have a conflict of interest and you think that the organization is notable, you should follow the steps written out at WP:AFC. Happy editing and let me know if you have any questions ‍ Relativity 01:18, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

From me: I do not have any conflict of interest. In fact, I am a retired communications professional who is interested in this topic and did the research into the organization, which is respected, has had international affiliations and conferences, and is very much in agreement that a wiki page be created for their group and not just lumped into the "space elevator" category. I've already created the draft page following the directions, did my 10 edits (and more), and submitted. My question is about the process that follows. I've heard nothing back, except possibly it can take 6 months. Does it take that long? How will I know if it is accepted or requires additional editing? Here is a link to the pdf in the sandbox: file:///C:/Users/krjac/Downloads/User_2603_9001_2002_2BB2_0_0_0_1006_sandbox_International_Space_Elevator_Consortium%20(1).pdf. Thanks again! Spacetechchik (talk) 21:12, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

From you: As a reviewer at AfC, I know that it shouldn't take 6 months right now, but expect it take at least a few weeks. Just be patient. ‍ Relativity 02:43, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks again,

Kathe Jackson Spacetechchik (talk) 16:20, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

Spacetechchik (talk) 16:22, 12 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Thanks for checking in. I have gone ahead and moved your draft from User:2603:9001:2002:2BB2:0:0:0:1006/sandbox/International Space Elevator Consortium to Draft:International Space Elevator Consortium and submitted it so it is in the WP:AFC queue, and therefore should be reviewed in a reasonable amount of time. For your question on whether it will take six months or not, I would say probably not since the oldest draft that is in the queue right now is just over two months old, and usually the drafts that take six months are ones where it's hard to figure out if the subject meets the general notability guideline. If it is accepted or declined, you will receive a notification about it on your talk page, and if it is declined, you will receive reasoning on why it was declined.
 * Looking at your draft currently, there are a few problems. The first one is its language. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and therefore needs to be written in a neutral tone. In your draft, there are sentences like ISEC is a leading voice in the space elevator community and plays a key role in advancing the development of this revolutionary new transportation system and promote a revolutionary and efficient way for humans to access space using these technologies, to name a few. This type of language is not acceptable on a Wikipedia article. Please read WP:IMPARTIAL for guidance on this.
 * Your second problem is that there are many external links within the article. The only place where external links outside of Wikipedia should go is in an "External links" section. For your draft, the only external link (in my opinion) that should be in that section is the official website. In your draft, there are links to LinkedIn and too many to the company's website. Please read External links for some guidance on what to do there.
 * Your fourth problem is that the topic is already covered at Space elevator. While this is not a major problem, it may also mean that editors feel that the topic should not be covered any more. If that was the only problem however, I would tell you to go along and keep editing your draft.
 * Your last and most major problem is your lack of adequate sourcing. There is no citation for the "Origins" section of your history section, and for the "Activities" section. Your three citations are not going to be enough to make your topic qualify for WP:ORG. Why don't you take a look at Space elevator? There are some citations there that would help. Please read WP:N and WP:ORG.
 * It is not the end of the road for your draft if it is declined. If it is declined, you can still make edits to your draft and resubmit it. If it is rejected, then you can't resubmit your draft. If it's accepted, congratulations! But writing an article is one of the hardest things you can do on Wikipedia. My suggestion is to start small and gain experience on other parts of Wikipedia before you write an article. Some things you can do are outlined at WP:Task Center. One last link I would encourage you to read is WP:Your first article. It has many tips to help you out with writing your article.
 * Sorry for the not-so-detailed response last time. I'm not going to review your article since I think that there should be some fresh eyes on it, but I will make a comment that links to this discussion. I'll also link some helpful links on your talk page. Let me know if you have any further questions. <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#e82c52;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 19:27, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

RFA2024 update: no longer accepting new proposals in phase I
Hey there! This is to let you know that phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship (RfA) review is now no longer accepting new proposals. Lots of proposals remain open for discussion, and the current round of review looks to be on a good track towards making significant progress towards improving RfA's structure and environment. I'd like to give my heartfelt thanks to everyone who has given us their idea for change to make RfA better, and the same to everyone who has given the necessary feedback to improve those ideas. The following proposals remain open for discussion:


 * Proposal 2, initiated by, provides for the addition of a text box at Requests for adminship reminding all editors of our policies and enforcement mechanisms around decorum.
 * Proposals 3 and 3b, initiated by and, respectively, provide for trials of discussion-only periods at RfA. The first would add three extra discussion-only days to the beginning, while the second would convert the first two days to discussion-only.
 * Proposal 5, initiated by, provides for a trial of RfAs without threaded discussion in the voting sections.
 * Proposals 6c and 6d, initiated by, provide for allowing users to be selected as provisional admins for a limited time through various concrete selection criteria and smaller-scale vetting.
 * Proposal 7, initiated by, provides for the "General discussion" section being broken up with section headings.
 * Proposal 9b, initiated by, provides for the requirement that allegations of policy violation be substantiated with appropriate links to where the alleged misconduct occured.
 * Proposals 12c, 21, and 21b, initiated by, , and , respectively, provide for reducing the discretionary zone, which currently extends from 65% to 75%. The first would reduce it 65%–70%, the second would reduce it to 50%–66%, and the third would reduce it to 60%–70%.
 * Proposal 13, initiated by, provides for periodic, privately balloted admin elections.
 * Proposal 14, initiated by, provides for the creation of some minimum suffrage requirements to cast a vote.
 * Proposals 16 and 16c, initiated by and, respectively, provide for community-based admin desysop procedures. 16 would desysop where consensus is established in favor at the administrators' noticeboard; 16c would allow a petition to force reconfirmation.
 * Proposal 16e, initiated by, would extend the recall procedures of 16 to bureaucrats.
 * Proposal 17, initiated by, provides for "on-call" admins and 'crats to monitor RfAs for decorum.
 * Proposal 18, initiated by, provides for lowering the RfB target from 85% to 75%.
 * Proposal 24, initiated by, provides for a more robust alternate version of the optional candidate poll.
 * Proposal 25, initiated by, provides for the requirement that nominees be extended-confirmed in addition to their nominators.
 * Proposal 27, initiated by, provides for the creation of a training course for admin hopefuls, as well as periodic retraining to keep admins from drifting out of sync with community norms.
 * Proposal 28, initiated by, tightens restrictions on multi-part questions.

To read proposals that were closed as unsuccessful, please see Requests for adminship/2024 review/Phase I/Closed proposals. You are cordially invited once again to participate in the open discussions; when phase I ends, phase II will review the outcomes of trial proposals and refine the implementation details of other proposals. Another notification will be sent out when this phase begins, likely with the first successful close of a major proposal. Happy editing! theleekycauldron (talk • she/her), via:

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Question from BowWowowwowwow on Harrison Nichols (19:37, 23 March 2024)
Ive made a mistake in the code because idk what I'm doing. Can you fix it --BowWowowwowwow (talk) 19:37, 23 March 2024 (UTC)


 * @BowWowowwowwow I saw your edits on Harrison Nichols. They do seem to be causing some issues with the infobox. I can fix it quickly by reverting your edits, or you can specify what you want to be added and I can do my best to make it look how you want it to. It's great that you want to help improve Wikipedia. One thing that you should do is, if you don't know Wikimarkup (and I didn't before I started contributing to Wikipedia and just gradually learned), you probably should not start out doing more technical edits involving infoboxes and templates, and perhaps start on some of the easier things outlined in the task center. Using WP:VisualEditor is also a great tool. See Help:Getting Started. Let me know if you have any further questions <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#e82c52;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 21:48, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from Sonam Infinite (21:22, 22 March 2024)
hi, how are you? i want to add my work into Wikipedia. how do I do that? can u advice pls? --Sonam Infinite (talk) 21:22, 22 March 2024 (UTC)


 * @Sonam Infinite Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Since you have a conflict of interest, it is not a good idea for you to create your own article about yourself. Please read WP:An article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing. If you are truly notable, then someone else will create an article about you. Let me know if you need clarifications or have any further questions. <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#e82c52;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 21:30, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
 * thank you so much! appreciate it. take care. 2607:FEA8:58E0:2900:F55D:4CC7:D5A5:65A5 (talk) 15:24, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from Gejmonker on User talk:Gejmonker (11:15, 25 March 2024)
how to create a page --Gejmonker (talk) 11:15, 25 March 2024 (UTC)


 * @Gejmonker, a Wikipedia article is one of the hardest things to do on Wikipedia. Before you do that, you might be interested in gaining a bit more experience in areas of Wikipedia. Some of those areas are outlined in the Task Center. If you feel that you are ready to create your own article, please read Help:Your first article. Let me know if you have any further questions <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#e82c52;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 23:25, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from Nana waffles on Talk:Uncle Waffles (07:33, 28 March 2024)
Hey how can I tell uncle waffles that I love her and she's my role model? --Nana waffles (talk) 07:33, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

== Siyal and chamar two different caste but the writer wrote siyal and chamar in one caste.Her source was talk to siyal and chamar two different caste but the writer wrote wrong theory and he was protect this page. Source are provided siyal and chamar are two different there are :- *(1) The Constitution (Scheduled caste) Order of 1950 Book, Page number 167 and 168 castes serial list 18 chamar and 86 siyal caste. *(2)Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Research and Training Institute (SCSTRTI), Odisha, (3)Singh, K.S.; Anthropological Survey of India (1992): People of India: Odisha (2 pts.) Page number 323 and 214 provide siyal and Chamar different caste (4)The Scheduled Caste Population in Odisha book 03:05, 30 March 2024 (UTC) ==

Siyal and chamar two different caste but the writer wrote siyal and chamar in one caste.Her source was talk to siyal and chamar two different caste but the writer wrote wrong theory and he was protect this page. Source are provided siyal and chamar are two different there are :- *(1) The Constitution (Scheduled caste) Order of 1950 Book, Page number 167 and 168 castes serial list 18 chamar and 86 siyal caste. *(2)Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Research and Training Institute (SCSTRTI), Odisha, (3)Singh, K.S.; Anthropological Survey of India (1992): People of India: Odisha (2 pts.) Page number 323 and 214 provide siyal and Chamar different caste (4)The Scheduled Caste Population in Odisha book 03:05, 30 March 2024 (UTC) Ramachbehera1 (talk) 03:11, 30 March 2024 (UTC)


 * @Ramachbehera1 Hello, and I assume this is about Siyal (caste)? If so, please follow what the reviewer told you on the talk page of the article: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. It's not clear what you're trying to tell me and the editors at the Teahouse what you're trying to say. <b style="border-radius:3em;padding:6px;background:#e82c52;color:white;">‍ Relativity </b><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"> 03:23, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Only delete Chamar name and Chamar releted theory in thi article Ramachbehera1 (talk) 03:38, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Only delete chamar on heading and chamar releted theory in this article. Ramachbehera1 (talk) 03:39, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2024).



Administrator changes
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 * An arbitration case has been opened to look into "the intersection of managing conflict of interest editing with the harassment (outing) policy".
 * Editors are invited to sign up for The Core Contest, an initiative running from April 15 to May 31, which aims to improve vital and other core articles on Wikipedia.

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Hello, I'm new here. In theory can I create articles about anything in the real world if they haven't been made yet? --Silaz218 (talk) 03:16, 10 April 2024 (UTC)


 * @Silaz218, yes, but please read Your first article. Wikipedia requires things to be covered by independent, reliable sources with significant coverage of the subject. Also, see WP:GNG. Plus, creating articles from scratch is a hard thing to do when you're starting out. (Some good recommendations for what you can do to improve Wikipedia are available at the task center.) Anyway, welcome! Let me know if you need anything or have any further questions ‍ Rela  tivity ⚡️ 03:25, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from JohanTheMagician (06:04, 10 April 2024)
Hi! Wow, 500k edits? Crazy impressive! My name is Johan, I love Wikipedia, but realised there is way to little written about communication and advertisning, especially the history of it. Many of the most important agencies through history are not even mentioned, especially the ones from the early days. But I thought I'd start by adding some tiny information about some of the "founding fathers" like Ogilvy. Some questions if you have time: Do you have any tips on where to start? Is it considered most valuable to add footnotes from books or from Internet sources? --JohanTheMagician (talk) 06:04, 10 April 2024 (UTC)


 * @JohanTheMagician Hello! I'm pretty sure I don't have 500k edits... I thought I had almost 3k... wait... do I sleep-edit??? Anyway, about your question about books vs. internet sources, the answer is, it depends. What we're looking for are reliable sources, whether they are from a book or from an internet source. From my experience, books usually tend to be more reliable than internet sources, but not necessarily. There are some books that cite or are mirrors or forks of Wikipedia and therefore are not reliable. Similarly, there are internet sources that are not reliable. For example, a Reddit post would not be considered reliable. What you would need to do is find reliable sources (You should also read what I just linked there.) Anyway, happy editing! Let me know if you have any further questions. ‍ Rela  tivity ⚡️ 23:43, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Ha ha. Thanks @Relativity for a swift answer. I understand your point of books referring to each other. This will be super interesting. JohanTheMagician (talk) 05:12, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
 * When it comes to advertising, there's a special issue with so many of the "sources" being authored by the agencies themselves. For instance, Ogilvy, which played a significant role in Advertising history, is one example. On the Ogilvy wikipedia page the agency's own 50-year jubilee book is quoted as a "source" for their successes. Even though it is a published book from Random House this seems a little swampy. Well, well, I'm looking forward to this, and to learn more! JohanTheMagician (talk) 05:17, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

WikiCup 2024 April newsletter
We are approaching the end of the 2024 WikiCup's second round, with a little over two weeks remaining. Currently, contestants must score at least 105 points to progress to the third round.

Our current top scorers are as follows:


 * with 642 points, mostly from 11 GAs about radio and television;
 * with 530 points, mostly from two FAs (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three GAs;
 * with 523 points, mostly from 11 GAs about coinage and history;
 * with 497 points, mostly from a FA about the 2020 season of the soccer club Seattle Sounders FC and two GAs;
 * with 410 points, mostly from a FA about the drink Capri-Sun and three GAs;
 * with 330 points, mostly from a FA about the English botanist Anna Blackburne and a GA.

Competitors may submit work for the second round until the end of 28 April, and the third round starts 1 May. Remember that only competitors with the top 32 scores will make it through to the third round. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. Please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs. As a reminder, competitors are strictly prohibited from gaming Wikipedia policies or processes to receive more points.

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please read WikiCup/Scoring. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (,, and ) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:06, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

Djong (ship) has an RfC
Djong (ship) has an RfC for possible consensus. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. Talk:Djong (ship) on a "History and geography" request for comment-- your comment would be greatly appreciated Merzostin (talk) 14:20, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Boot Monument
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Your GA nomination of Boot Monument
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WikiCup 2024 May newsletter
The second round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 April. This round was particularly competitive: each of the 32 contestants who advanced to Round 3 scored at least 141 points. This is the highest number of points required to advance to Round 3 since 2014.

The following scorers in Round 2 all scored more than 500 points:
 * with 707 points, mostly from 45 good article nomination reviews and 12 good articless about radio and television;
 * with 600 points, mostly from 12 good articles and 12 did you know nominations about coinage and history;
 * with 552 points, mostly from a featured article about the 2020 Seattle Sounders FC season, three featured lists, and two good articles;
 * with 548 points, mostly from a featured article about the snooker player John Pulman, two featured lists, and one good article;
 * with 530 points, mostly from two featured articles (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three good articles.

The full scores for Round 2 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 18 featured articles, 22 featured lists, and 186 good articles, 76 in the news credits and at least 200 did you know credits. They have conducted 165 featured article reviews, as well as 399 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 21 articles to featured topics and good topics.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed during Round 3, which starts on 1 May at 00:00 (UTC). 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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Editor experience invitation
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Hi! My name is Starsplitterfanfare, and I might have one (or two) questions to ask. Ok 1. How do you edit semi protected articles? because I tried to edit one and it said that there was an error. 2. Does my name violate the username policy, because my username is pretty lengthy, If it does, I will request to change it. thank you for listening, bye! Starsplitterfanfare~enwiki (talk) 17:04, 1 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! For your first question, semi-protected articles can only be edited once a user has been on Wikipedia for four days and made ten edits— also being called confirmed. See Rough guide to semi-protection. You have made more than ten edits, but you haven't been here for four days, which is the problem. For your second question, no, it does not. Having a long username is not preferable since it can be confusing to other editors (see WP:UNCONF), but your username is fine. Cheers, and let me know if you have any further questions ‍ Rela  tivity ⚡️ 17:17, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2024).

Administrator changes
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Oversight changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * Phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship review has concluded. Several proposals have passed outright and will proceed to implementation, including creating a discussion-only period (3b) and administrator elections (13) on a trial basis. Other successful proposals, such as creating a reminder of civility norms (2), will undergo further refinement in Phase II. Proposals passed on a trial basis will be discussed in Phase II, after their trials conclude. Further details on specific proposals can be found in the full report.

Technical news
 * Partial action blocks are now in effect on the English Wikipedia. This means that administrators have the ability to restrict users from certain actions, including uploading files, moving pages and files, creating new pages, and sending thanks. T280531

Arbitration
 * The arbitration case Conflict of interest management has been closed.

Miscellaneous
 * This may be a good time to reach out to potential nominees to ask if they would consider an RfA.
 * A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in May 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 15,000 articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
 * Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election is open until 9 May 2024. Read the voting page on Meta-Wiki and cast your vote here!

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Question from Thulaninalaofficial (14:57, 3 May 2024)
How to add a template please --Thulaninalaofficial (talk) 14:57, 3 May 2024 (UTC)


 * See Help:Template, or Help:A quick guide to templates. On that note, your username may violate the username policy. Usernames can't be promotional, as yours seems to be. They also can't imply shared use. We definitely want you to help edit Wikipedia constructively, and so you probably should change your username. See WP:CHU. If you're planning to edit articles relating to your company, you must follow the paid contribution disclosure. Anyways, cheers, and let me know if you have any further questions. ‍ Rela  tivity ⚡️ 17:50, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Question from Gift Brian on User:Gift Brian (00:04, 4 May 2024)
How can I upload photos to my account? --Gift Brian (talk) 00:04, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

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RFA2024 update: phase I concluded, phase II begins
Hi there! Phase I of the Requests for adminship/2024 review has concluded, with several impactful changes gaining community consensus and proceeding to various stages of implementation. Some proposals will be implemented in full outright; others will be discussed at phase II before being implemented; and still others will proceed on a trial basis before being brought to phase II. The following proposals have gained consensus:

See the project page for a full list of proposals and their outcomes. A huge thank-you to everyone who has participated so far :) looking forward to seeing lots of hard work become a reality in phase II. theleekycauldron (talk), via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:09, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Proposals 2 and 9b (phase II discussion): Add a reminder of civility norms at RfA and Require links for claims of specific policy violations
 * Proposal 3b (in trial): Make the first two days discussion-only
 * Proposal 13 (in trial): Admin elections
 * Proposal 14 (implemented): Suffrage requirements
 * Proposals 16 and 16c (phase II discussion): Allow the community to initiate recall RfAs and Community recall process based on dewiki
 * Proposal 17 (phase II discussion): Have named Admins/crats to monitor infractions
 * Proposal 24 (phase II discussion): Provide better mentoring for becoming an admin and the RfA process
 * Proposal 25 (implemented): Require nominees to be extended confirmed

Question from Corpusmorpus (22:27, 4 May 2024)
Hiya Relativity,

I recently came across an image on a videogame page that purports to be a screenshot but appears to be fanart. Should I rectify the description or remove the image entirely?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ValleyofAvalar.jpg --Corpusmorpus (talk) 22:27, 4 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Hey, and sorry for the late response. I don't think you can really do anything about it unless you are absolutely sure that the image is fanart, and not a screenshot. You could take it up with the original uploader, User:StevenBjerke97, who hasn't been very active lately but might see a talk page message. Cheers, and let me know if you have any further questions ‍ Rela  tivity ⚡️ 03:07, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Adoption
Hello! Are you willing to adopt me through the Adopt-A-User program? I would like to learn about counter-vandalism and maybe NPP. I'm also interested in just learning how to edit Wikipedia better in general, too. I hope you're having a nice day!

GoldRomean (talk) 02:53, 3 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Hey, sorry for the slow response. Unfortunately, I am very busy in real life right now, and am unable to commit to adopting anyone. I also am not a new pages patroller, although I do help out at AfC. I'd like to create a more extensive training course, similar to User:WormTT/Adopt, but I just don't think that that's feasible for me right now. If you have any questions, though, don't be afraid to ask me! Cheers ‍ Rela  tivity ⚡️ 03:02, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
 * That's fine (and very understandable). I won't hesitate to ask you any questions I may have. Thanks, and I hope to see you around! GoldRomean (talk) 03:15, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Question from Francisco Josè Sepùlveda y Campos on Liberalism and the Limits of Justice (16:01, 6 May 2024)
Hello.- A.- ¿ How can I write my articles and /or edits outside Wikipedia app ? B.- May you suggest, please, an easy editor for Headings and Links. And where to unload. C. If I write ii another language, ¿ is there a means to translate into antherton tongue?. Mostly from Spanish to Enlish. Than ks in advance. --Francisco Josè Sepùlveda y Campos (talk) 16:01, 6 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Although we'd love to have you contribute to the English Wikipedia, perhaps you'll be better suited to contributing to a Wikipedia in a language you're more comfortable in. Maybe the Spanish Wikipedia? Thank you, ‍ Rela  tivity ⚡️ 03:05, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I think I can handle English as well as Spanish. As merely human presumption and proof I`m forwarding copy of some sonnets through which my English Teacher in 1961 at Loyola High School, Los Angeles congratulated me and swore, before he died, he`d out whom I had copied it from. He died 20 years ago.
 * The Dire Desire of Lady Macbeth
 * Old age in Eleusis
 * Also currently a fact founded energetic reply to Stanford University`s School of Law recent apology (02, May, 2024) of Mexican federal judicial "honesty" which probes its absolute lack and urgency of developing methods and procedures, excluding rare exceptions, firing them all. And or stopping their profitable last word on won controversies before local jurisdicción Francisco Josè Sepùlveda y Campos (talk) 17:38, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
 * @Francisco Josè Sepùlveda y Campos Unfortunately, it is difficult for me to understand what you are trying to say. One common thing that people think is that the English Wikipedia is the "best" or "leader" Wikipedia, when, really, it's not. We need people to help out at the Wikipedia where they're strongest in. Cheers ‍ Rela  tivity ⚡️ 20:48, 7 May 2024 (UTC)