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No confirmation code

I never received a confirmation code and then it said you will send you an email when I said recover my account and I never got the email and it's the same email for years. What's going on. Then below this box it says Log in or create account whichever I've already done and that's not my problem. You weren't sending me any kind of email. How long does it take for you to send an email. ~2026-27747-39 (talk) 01:32, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Get rid of that automated account I don't want it. You didn't send me an email confirmation code you didn't say me in email to reactivate my account. You can't do that I don't want anything to do with it. ~2026-27747-39 (talk) 01:34, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Now suddenly the code is showing up. I thought things were automatic these days. ~2026-27747-39 (talk) 01:34, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Then after a long wait and trying to figure out what the hell was going on you finally send me a confirmation code and then you tell me it's an incorrect confirmation code. Wikipedia certainly isn't as good as it used to be apparently. No more donations from me. ~2026-27747-39 (talk) 01:43, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

@~2026-27747-39: I receive mails from Wikipedia within seconds but in general, not just at Wikipedia, sent emails can be delayed or disappear for the recipient for various reasons, often their own email provider. If you have a webmail then check if there is a spam folder. Wikipedia accounts and donations are not connected. You can donate without having an account. It's optional to store an email address in a Wikipedia account. If you have an account and know the password then you usually don't need email. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:59, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello, @~2026-27747-39. The "you" you are talking to here are the thousands of volunteers who choose to give their time working on the content of Wikipedia.

Hardly any of us have any knowledge or involvement with the software and systems that make Wikipedia work. If you have problems with the system, WP:VPT is a better place to ask for help - but still, please don't shout at them.

Your post is the equivalent of going into a bank that you have problems with and shouting at all the customers who happen to be there. It is likely to annoy people and make them unwilling to help you, without achieving much else. ColinFine (talk) 09:05, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Anyway, if you don't like email login verification (which isn't ideal), use two-factor authentication instead. This has been available to all users since December 2025.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 09:18, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Help archiving

The Internet Archive would not archive this page. Can someone help me archive it.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 11:53, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

@TonyTheTiger It took a while but is now here in the Archive. Mike Turnbull (talk) 16:02, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

User:Michael D. Turnbull, Thx. What was the trick.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 20:22, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

@TonyTheTiger None that I'm aware of. I have a link to the IA on my userpage as I use it quite regularly. I copied the URL exactly as you had it here and pasted it into their URL box. I got the expected message "this is available on the web" and checked that the saving had started. It finished after about 2 minutes elapsed. It may be relevant that I have a fast PC with Windows 11 and MS Edge browser. Mike Turnbull (talk) 09:19, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Andrew Depaz

I received an email from someone named Andrew Depaz who claims to be a Wikipedia editor. He asked if I would agree to have him set up a Wikipedia page about me. First he briefly summarized my academic contributions and then he wrote: "I wanted to ask if you would be interested in having a Wikipedia page summarizing your career and contributions. If you wish, I could help compile publicly available sources and draft an outline for your review." Is this a legitimate email request, or is it some sort of spam? Thank you, Daniel Burnstein Professor Emeritus of History, Seattle University ~2026-27832-11 (talk) 06:39, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

No, it's spam/scam. No legitimate Wikipedia editor will ever ask someone if they want an article written about them. They'll either write the article without consulting you, if you're notable, or they won't. In fact, you probably shouldn't be consulted to "review" an article about you as you have a WP:conflict of interest. - Purplewowies (talk) 06:51, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Whenever I write a BLP, I consider it courteous to contact the subject if possible, to let them know, ask if they have any concerns, and advise them not to edit it directly. I point them to WP:About you, and ask them to provide a recording of their spoken voice and, if needed, a photo. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:01, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

That's fair. I think I zeroed in on "for your review" as "you get to decide what goes on your 'profile'" (as in clear "don't do that with a COI") and decided to just closely stick to "remember you have a COI" advice. - Purplewowies (talk) 17:47, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

WP:SCAM may be of interest. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:38, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Higher quality image

I don't know how to upload files, can someone overwrite this low-res photo File:Michael Giacchino.jpg with the high res original https://i.imgur.com/rySpGK3.jpeg ~2026-27503-96 (talk) 15:53, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

This photo was uploaded in Wikimedia Commons as described in summary section where also says that this image source is flickr from where it was originally taken along with compatible licence. That Imgur image given by you can't override original image because it doesn't have any Compatible licence.––KEmel49(📝,📋) 17:12, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Its literally a crop of this https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/9/95/20161108015352%21Michael_Giacchino.jpg from Wiki Commons ~2026-27503-96 (talk) 17:46, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Yes, That's what it says on image history.––KEmel49(📝,📋) 18:24, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

I've reverted this image to uncropped version as another cropped version already exists.––KEmel49(📝,📋) 18:37, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Just for future reference, the cropping of the file was contrary to c:COM:OVERWRITE. It was most likely done in good faith, but it was a mistake nonetheless. Similarly, it would've been better to request a c:COM:SPLIT instead of reverting back to the full version just in case someone somewhere was using the cropped version: reverting will cause the cropped file to be replaced by the full version wherever it was being used. I've requested a split and hopefully things will be sorted out. -- Marchjuly (talk) 20:20, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

XCR info

Am I (a non-extended-confirmed editor) allowed to revert changes made by other non-XC editors in areas under extended confirmed restriction, for the purposes of enforcing the restriction? CheeseAndJamSamdwich (talk) 18:45, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

(I believe) Only administrators can actually "enforce" a restriction. Non-admins that are EC/XC can revert edits within the restrictions. You may remove blatant vandalism, but if the edit is not vandalism, just a violation of an EC restriction(like editing about the Arab-Israeli conflict), you can't revert that as a non-EC user because that's an edit in the topic area. 331dot (talk) 18:55, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

(Non-administrator comment) To my understanding, no. I believe I have seen arbitration enforcement requests declined because one user was not XC and thus not supposed to participate in the topic at all. ScalarFactor (talk) 19:40, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

WP:ECR has the relevant guidance, and as the others have said, there is no exception presented there which says that a non-XC user can revert another non-XC user in order to enforce the XC restriction. Athanelar (talk) 21:06, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Reference Desk archiving

Hallo. A technical question : After how long are topics on the Reference desk archived? ~2026-22534-68 (talk) 21:03, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

I'd probably ask at Wikipedia talk:Reference Desk. 331dot (talk) 21:06, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

It looks like after 14 days, e.g. in Wikipedia:Reference desk/Humanities April 21 was archived at 02:37 on 6 May 2026. TSventon (talk) 21:12, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Referencing errors on Mosque city of Mohammadabad

Diff/1353277772

Thanks, Messiaindarain (talk) 09:32, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Fixed in diff. Best, Sam Sailor 10:48, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Translated or source-language names?

Is there established consensus and/or WP policy or guidelines on whether to use translated names or source-language names?

As a frequent editor of Brazil-related topics, I often come across article titles that are translated versions of the source-language name (such as Unified Health System, Socialism and Liberty Party, etc. which seem to have been made by editors, and are not found in any sources (since most are in Portuguese). I personally am very much on the side of not translating names unless there is an established translation in English language sources, but was unsure on what the consensus is in this situation. CVDX (talk) 01:42, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

The general guideline is MOS:USEENGLISH, which says The title of an article should generally use the version of the name of the subject that is most common in the English language. This may or may not be an official name or translation. A WP:REQMOVE listed on Talk:Unified Health System suggests that that name is used by English-language sources (though I have not verified this myself). ScalarFactor (talk) 03:08, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for the guidance! Would it be appropriate for editors to make their own translation if there is none in English language sources? That was not clear to me in the MOS link you shared.

As for that specific article, only one source uses it as a proper noun, while the other one just describes it as an unified health system. Although I have found other scholarly publications using that name, there are also other names being used. CVDX (talk) 05:46, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

CVDX where there is no established name in English language sources, I think it is reasonable for editors to make their own translation if most articles in a category such as Category:Government agencies of Brazil use translated titles, which suggests that English language sources for similar organisations use translated titles. As you say MOS:USEENGLISH doesn't tell them what to do.

Unified Health System was moved on 15 October 2025, almost seven months ago. You could ask Jeffrey34555 about reversing the move, but it may be too late. I can't see a notice of the move at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Brazil. TSventon (talk) 11:01, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Secondary source nesting

If I am drafting with the help of secondary source A, and it references secondary source B, should I include a reference to A (more courteous, and more recent) or to B (closer to the primary source)? Masato.harada (talk) 16:05, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

@Masato.harada If you have checked both sources and they back up your summary, why not include both? Some readers may only be able to access one of them and having two is hardly WP:CITEBOMBing. Mike Turnbull (talk) 16:19, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Using Recent Changes

How do I get "next page" or "older" on Special:RecentChanges?

I was expecting something like this at the bottom, but I see nothing

(newest | oldest) View (newer 50 | older 50) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)

I looked for "recent" on the FAQ page Wikipedia:FAQ. I glanced at RecentChanges discussion page but it seemed hopeless to find something there, so I'm asking here. Also, how to filter out (hide) Talk pages from Page Creations? I don't see an option in the filters or the drop down filter check boxes. Firefox 150. Thanks. ~2026-28037-16 (talk) 05:55, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Near the top of the list of recent changes on the right side of the screen, underneath the "Namespaces" and "Tags" buttons, there's a dropdown menu that lets you select how many revisions and how many days back it will display. Not sure about filtering talk page creations. Squeakachu (talk) 06:32, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. I tried that. The limit there is 500 entries. If you modify the URL directly you can get up to 1000. With the majority of the entries being Talk creations, you can only see back about 3 hours 20 minutes. Clicking the Pages checkbox seems to have no effect. ~2026-28037-16 (talk) 07:08, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

To my second question: I found the Namespaces button, which allows me to select :Articles, which is seems to hide the Talk pages. Doing that with 1000 entries mod, I get about 14 hours, a definite improvement, but my main question remains. Thanks. ~2026-28037-16 (talk) 07:21, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

@~2026-28037-16: If you are looking for page creations then Special:NewPages or Special:NewPagesFeed is better. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:28, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Perfect! That does it all, exactly as I am seeking. Thank you. ~2026-28037-16 (talk) 16:53, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

About sources

I was wondering if someone could tell me about source that are good for wikipedia, like how do we identify if a source is good or bad or of high quality or low? 𝑾𝒊𝒌𝒊.𝒄𝒐𝒘𝒃𝒐𝒚. 09:18, 9 May 2026 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wiki.cowboy (talk • contribs)

See WP:RSP. You need to edit your signature to add talk page link, otherwise your signature won't be treated as a legit signature and a bot will continue to add that unsigned comment.––KEmel49(📝,📋) 12:09, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Actually I also want to fix that, I have seen your account many times before, your signature is pretty cool, how can I make mine like that to? I also want to add that clipboard icon like stuff. 𝑾𝒊𝒌𝒊.𝒄𝒐𝒘𝒃𝒐𝒚. 12:14, 9 May 2026 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wiki.cowboy (talk • contribs)

It's cool, isn't it? You can also make your custom signature and design it accordingly. There are various tutorial and example available at WP:SIGTUT. I used emojis (paper-pencil and clipboard) linking my talk and contribution page respectively. You have to add your signature to your preference menu and check the box Treat this as markup.––KEmel49(📝,📋) 12:24, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

how is my new signature looking? 𝙒𝙞𝙠𝙞.𝙘𝙤𝙬𝙗𝙤𝙮𝙮𝙮 🦬18:15, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Cool.––KEmel49(📝,📋) 18:20, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Help with deleted page

I am trying to figure out why Michael Shane McGuire was deleted so rapidly. It seems to meet the necessary criteria for a page, with many references to outside sources to confirm validity. Tish225 (talk) 08:11, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

@Tish225 It was deleted for being "Unambiguous advertising or promotion" which is simply not permitted on Wikipedia. Shantavira|^{feed me} 08:15, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

@Shantavira Thank you for the reply. I am not trying to make it an advertising page. I am trying to document some of the subject's affiliations and publications. As the lead attorney on some notable, controversial cases, he is prominent in this area. Do you have any advice on what I can exclude to help build out the page correctly? Tish225 (talk) 08:23, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

@Tish225: - biographies of legal professionals are not my area, although I have created one - Anthony Hidden. Just stick to facts and try not to embellish his achievements. Independent sources are a must. Mjroots (talk) 09:57, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

@331dot @Athanelar @ColinFine @Mjroots @Shantavira thank you all very much, this has been very helpful! I have reworked the page in a draft form to get it in better shape. Tish225 (talk) 17:10, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

@Tish225 Have a read through WP:PROMO, WP:Yes, it is promotion and MOS:PUFFERY.

Promotion is not usually a matter of a simple tone issue, but rather an evident philosophical issue with the way that the article is constructed.

A Wikipedia article should be a neutral summary of what the majority of people who are wholly unconnected with the subject have independently chosen to publish about the subject in reliable publications, (see Golden rule) and not much else. What you know (or anybody else knows) about the subject is not relevant except where it can be verified from a reliable published source.

Articles which get deleted under G11 unambiguous promotion are typically articles where it is self-evident from the article content that the purpose of the article is not to neutrally, encyclopedically document the subject, but rather to promote them; often one of the subtler forms of promotion outlined by WP:YESPROMO rather than a more obvious kind of advertisement we think of when we hear "promotion" Athanelar (talk) 10:25, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello, @Tish225.

Wikipedia has little interest in what the subject of an article says or wants to say about themselves, or what their associates say about them. Wikipedia is almost exclusively interested in what people who have no connection with the subject, and who have not been prompted or fed information on behalf of the subject, have chosen to publish about the subject in reliable sources. If enough material is cited from independent sources to establish notability, a limited amount of uncontroversial factual information may be added from non-independent sources.

If an article is, or reads as if it is, what the subject wants people to know about them, then it is promotional. ColinFine (talk) 15:06, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

There were tons of issues with this article. A great deal of the article was completely unsourced, and few of the cites, outside of database entries that don't provide commentary, were really about McGuire. None of the cases themselves appear to be notable, mostly reported local news stories with brief impact, and even if they were, notable court cases don't transmit notability by osmosis to the lawyers involved. I don't see anything in the article that suggests that McGuire actually notable by Wikipedia's standards, just a normal working personal injury attorney. CoffeeCrumbs (talk) 15:07, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

Tish225 Do you have an affiliation with Mr. McGuire? 331dot (talk) 12:59, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

01753139759 ~2026-28084-05 (talk) 01:32, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

Editing link in table

Hi. I've added an actor, Carlos Carrasco, to the Cast list of the page for the film The Fisher King. The link went automatically, without giving me a choice, to a disambiguation page, and I've been unable to replace that link with one to the actor's page. Can you tell me what to do to change the link? Thanks. Stevebal (talk) 20:07, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

@Stevebal: The cast list is in a template parameter so the normal way to make links in VisualEditor cannot be used. You have to use the source editor syntax which is [[Carlos Carrasco (actor)|Carlos Carrasco]] to produce Carlos Carrasco. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:15, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Excellent. Thanks. It was the syntax I didn't have right. Stevebal (talk) 02:47, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

Assyrian in New Zealand

hi there I just need help to correct some information on Wikipedia report about Assyrian in New Zealand. The Assyrian Association Inc New Zealand in Wellington supports integration and hosts cultural events like community picnics and New Year's Eve This Association no longer registered in New Zealand so hopefully someone can fix the report about Assyrian in New Zealand. Thanks Shlama 1 (talk) 08:25, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

Shlama 1, if you have a suggestion for the article titled "Assyrians in New Zealand", the place to present it is Talk:Assyrians in New Zealand. Please phrase it carefully, as I for one don't understand what you write above. (That in Wellington, the Assyrian Association Inc supports integration and hosts cultural events like community picnics and New Year's Eve events despite no longer being registered in New Zealand?) And for any assertion, please provide a reliable source. Please read, digest, and implement Wikipedia:Edit requests. -- Hoary (talk) 11:18, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

Newcomer task tag

Hello, can an edit filter manager remove the Newcomer task tags on this edit? Thanks, A Wondrous Raven (talk) 04:53, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

Why should someone remove that tag from that edit.––KEmel49(📝,📋) 10:12, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

@A Wondrous Raven: Is it because "Newcomer task: expand" sounds misleading? Don't worry about it. Many edits with that tag actually shortened the article. The tag just indicates how the edit was started. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:28, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

Yes, I didn't want that tag because the edit was not a newcomer task. I guess that's what I get for going to the article from the newcomer homepage :) A Wondrous Raven (talk) 13:26, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

An easy workaround is just see the article name in Homepage and then search that differently and edit.––KEmel49(📝,📋) 17:04, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

Section linking

Morning Folks!! I have this section link here here in the point of view definition in Glossary of narratology. It is near the bottom. The "I" as witness and "I" as protagonist. It worked when its 'I as protagonist' instead of ' "I" as protagonist'. Is there some reason that the quote marks stop it working and why is that? Thanks. scope_creep^Talk 08:57, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

Is it possible it needs escaped. scope_creep^Talk 08:58, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

@Scope creep: I have escaped it. Glossary of narratology#"I" as protagonist and Glossary of narratology#"I" as witness work now. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:12, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

@PrimeHunter: Nice one. scope_creep^Talk 17:39, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

Referencing errors on Iliad

Diff/1353411261

What am I supposed to do?

Thanks, Mevsherd (talk) 03:43, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

Fixed one of them; I'm not sure what was after the date in the field but it was not a date :) 🏳️‍🌈JohnLaurens333 (Ping me!) 05:18, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

In this edit by Michael Bednarek, A ref tag was added without any content: <ref name=Mukherjee />. This is causing reference error.––KEmel49(📝,📋) 10:00, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

That was not the issue; what you are referring to is named references. OutsideNormality (talk) 19:35, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

Fixed. Mukherjee tag can only goes to that citation via author name.––KEmel49(📝,📋) 10:06, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

Can't seen to write a good lead for this article

Hello there, I currently working on the article of Eaton Township Weis Markets shooting about well, s workplace shooting done by an employee with a known online presence. For a while, I have issues with writing the lead section of this article as it's about a shooting and many of the other shootings' articles I saw tend to have short lead section, often only including the events, "if it the deadliest," and arrest of preparator if alive. I wanted this to be eligible for WP:GAN so I'm coming over here for something about writing a shooting article. plantCOAL 01:02, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

You could look for similar articles in Wikipedia:WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography#Recognized content to get ideas. TSventon (talk) 01:13, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

What is Mathematics, Really?

WhatIsMathematicsReally was an ancient CamelCase page that later became What is Mathematics, Really?, judging by nost:WhatIsMathematicsReally. Any idea what happened to it? Neither title has any deletion log entries, so all I can think of is that they were deleted long, long ago, before the logs began working in their current manner. Nyttend (talk) 22:32, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

The oldest deletion logs are from 23 December 2004 so they were presumably deleted before that. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:58, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

@Nyttend and PrimeHunter: The article was deleted in July 2002 because of the brief discussion noted in this diff (found from the deleting admin's contributions around that time). Also see this discussion from 2024, which you were involved in PrimeHunter and had presumably forgotten about. Graham87 (talk) 04:48, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

Keep getting logged out

Hi, I'm new, and as much as I haven't done many articles or edits im trying to work, and sometimes i get logged out even after being online a day or two ago. I'm not signing out or anything, on wikipedia and my computer. I noticed that there was a box that says keep me logged in (for up to one year), and I was wondering if I should use that or just take the extra step to protect my account. R0dg3rR0dg3r (talk) 01:30, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

While I am not an expert on logout-related topics (I am sure users who are could chime in), I should ask: Does this randomly happen when loading pages, or do you find yourself logged-out when returning to any page after not having any tabs open of Wikipedia? If the former is true, than this may be related to #Logouts, again again at the Technical village pump, which seems to have been a re-occuring problem with various editors for the past 2 months or so.

Maybe that discussion is worth reading in regards to this issue, although it does contain a lot of very technical advice, which can be perplexing for less technically-savvy editors like me, and other new editors. - BlueEleephant (talk · contribs) 06:20, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you! R0dg3rR0dg3r (talk) 12:19, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

Title changeing

Hello! The name of the Bangladesh Bank Taka Museum has been changed to the Bangladesh Bank Currency Museum with an official order of Bangladesh Bank. How can I change the name in the title? Zaman47 (talk) 17:38, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

 Courtesy link: Bangladesh Bank Taka Museum

See WP:COMMONNAME: it depends on the case, but if the new name is being used in reliable sources, it can be changed. If it's not yet, you should wait a while. 🏳️‍🌈JohnLaurens333 (Ping me!) 17:43, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

You would need to use the move function to move the page. In order to do that your account must be at least 4 days old and you need to have made at least 10 edits. The link I provided gives instructions. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 17:50, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

My email is dead

How do I change my email address for my Wikipedia account when the email account it is currently connected to is dead? MultipleTom (talk) 16:41, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi MultipleTom. If you're asking about this "MultipleTom" account, then I believe you go to your WP:PREFERENCES and just change/update your email address. If you're asking about some other account (perhaps another account you once used), I believe you will need to log in to that account and update its preferences. I don't think there's a way to update the email address of an account you're unable to log in to, i.e., there's isn't a way for someone else to do it for you. -- Marchjuly (talk) 17:56, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

The problem is that when I go into preferences to change my email address, it asks me to enter a verification code from my email. But the email address I used to register was closed 18 years ago. So I cannot retrieve that code, so I cannot change the email address. MultipleTom (talk) 19:07, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

Since you are currently logged in as MultipleTom, it should be possible to change the email address in Preferences. Also, it would be a good idea to enable two-factor authentication, as this means that your account login will no longer be subject to the whims of the email system. If you can't log into an account due to email problems, you can contact cawikimedia.org, but they are not obliged to reset the account unless you can give some proof of ownership.-♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 18:18, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

The problem is that when I go into preferences to change my email address, it asks me to enter a verification code from my email. But the email address I used to register was closed 18 years ago. So I cannot retrieve that code, so I cannot change the email address. If I enabled two-factor authentication then I would never be able to log into this account again! MultipleTom (talk) 19:08, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

I have got 2FA enabled and tested this out. If you want to change the email address, you will have to log in with the password and 2FA method, but it will not ask for a code via email. This is because email verification is not needed when you set up 2FA. So you should be able to change the email address even if the old one doesn't work.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 19:39, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

challenge logging in!?!

i can not log in for some reason. after entering user name and password, i get message that you are sending a verification code to my email of record. but, after 10 times trying, and enabling the third party cookies in Chrome browser, NOTHING. and, i can see no links for feedback there. i feel quite frustrated, since i came here to donate today. ~2026-28641-65 (talk) 22:42, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

See Help:Extension:EmailAuth. You could try looking in the spam folder, but ultimately Wikipedia has no control over what the email system does. This is why it is a better option to set up two-factor authentication now that everyone can have it, as this removes the need for email verification.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 06:35, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

What is your game not played not install

please help your game not installing not playing ~2026-28564-78 (talk) 06:46, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

Our game is not intended to be installed or played. You're in the wrong place; this is an encyclopedia, not a game repository or publisher. Clarityfiend (talk) 06:50, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi @~2026-28564-78, are you asking about one of Wikipedia:Wikipedia games? nil ^nz 07:50, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia article about Fisetin

In the Wikipedia article about Fisetin under the subheading Research, the article states that

Although fisetin has been under laboratory research over several decades for its potential role in senescence or anticancer properties, among other possible effects, there is no clinical evidence that it provides any benefit to human health, as of 2018.

That may be so. But then the article references a journal article that states that "Fisetin is a senotherapeutic that extends health and lifespan". There seems to be a discrepancy there.

Can anyone help? ~2026-28554-07 (talk) 22:50, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

@~2026-28554-07: Questions about a specific article are usually best asked on the talk page for the article, which in this case is Talk:Fisetin. ClaudineChionh (she/her · talk · email · global) 22:55, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

After you've followed ClaudineChionh's good advice, I suggest that you post a brief note (cf this thread) at the foot of Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Medicine inviting editors to read the article "Fisetin" and to comment in Talk:Fisetin on how best to fix the contradiction. (Surely "discrepancy" is too delicate a characterization.) -- Hoary (talk) 02:36, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

@~2026-28554-07 I suspect that the article's text is correct. The cited study was done in mice and presented little evidence there would be an effect in humans. We have strict standards for human medical claims: see WP:MEDRS and that study does not meet them. Mike Turnbull (talk) 10:14, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

"Woman" or "female" as adjective?

I've searched a bit for information on a policy or consensus here on Wikipedia about whether to use the phrasing "first woman (noun)" or "first female (noun)" when relevant. (Yes I did read Wikipedia:Writing about women and did not find the answer to my question there, nor in Wikipedia:Manual of Style.) This is not in reference to the lede of an article about a subject, but instead about a milestone mentioned on another page (specifically here the 2026 Kentucky Derby and whether to refer to Cherie DeVaux as the first female trainer to win the Kentucky Derby or the first woman trainer to win. AP's Stylebook and The Guardian's style guide both support "female" when used in conjunction with a noun, as opposed to the compound-noun "woman (noun)". Does Wikipedia have a policy on this? Weelilbit (talk) 00:27, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Weelilbit you could ask at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women in Red if you don't get an answer here. Please add a link here rather than having two conversations at the same time. TSventon (talk) 00:52, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

I don't believe we have a standing MOS guidance on this. However, simple English convention should tell us that "female (noun)" is objectively correct. Saying something like "the first woman (noun)" I find tends to be an overcorrection from people who are (rightfully) icked out from the use of "female" as a noun, but wrongly think that applies to all uses of the word "female."

Purely on a grammatical level, "female president," "female CEO," "female firefighter" etc are correct. "woman president," "woman CEO," and "woman firefighter" are not, and make the writer sound like a caveman. Athanelar (talk) 01:40, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Athanelar, I think linguistic tastes differ, I searched for "first woman or first female" (without quotes) online and found articles like this. TSventon (talk) 02:13, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Even that article says; And yet it’s so easy to sound disrespectful when you point to a female anything. The term hails straight from biology, harsh with the smell of chloroform and oblivious to our human distinction between sex and gender.

The insistence on hammering the term "woman" into serving as an adjective (in cases where one would never say a "man doctor" or a "man lawyer") is, even as observed in that article, a matter of overcorrection. Which, to be fair, does happen all the time in linguistics. It's called hypercorrection, see hyperforeignism for one of my most hated examples (it's what causes people to pronounce the 'j' in 'beijing' like it's a French word). In this case, the perceived "clinical" tone of the word "female" (arising from its use as a noun in often misogynistic contexts) is causing people to hypercorrect and avoid using it even as an adjective. Athanelar (talk) 02:50, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

I think linguists generally prefer linguistic descriptivism to linguistic prescriptivism. Another example of people sometimes preferring "woman" as an adjective is the 2024 discussion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 February 9#Women foos. TSventon (talk) 03:33, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Generally speaking, the terms man/woman and male/female can be used as nouns, but the former is what you'd use to refer to humans outside of a clinical context. The terms male/female can also be used as adjectives. You'll sometimes find people using man/woman as adjectives, but that can be a flag that someone is over-correcting or trying to push a subtle POV in their writing. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 02:33, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

I recommend using the word that the preponderance of reliable sources use when writing about Cherie DeVaux. It is not the role of Wikipedia editors to impose their own linguistic preferences. There is no worldwide certified correct usage of the English language, as there may be within France for their language. Cullen328 (talk) 04:35, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

This discussion reminds me of Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard/Archive372 regarding categories, e.g. "female writers" vs "women writers". Maybe we need a wider discussion at the MOS page instead of the help desk? Some1 (talk) 11:22, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

Use (or not) of 'lang' template

I am writing an article about a French actress who appeared in several films and plays which are not well known in the anglosphere and do not have WP articles nor common English translations, so I would like to understand whether to use the 'lang' template for their titles, or to use simple italics. The instructions for Template:Lang explain the use of the template for a simple piece of foreign-language text or phrase, such as "Je suis française". However, should the template also be used for the original foreign language title of a work? For example, I see the articles for La Revue Nègre, Les Misérables and Les Liaisons dangereuses do not use it. Is this because they are all best known by their foreign-language names? The article for Children of Paradise uses the template in the opening sentence ("French: Les Enfants du Paradis"). Masato.harada (talk) 13:13, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

There are three parts of the MOS which say yes:

• MOS:FOREIGNITALIC: The {{lang}} template and its variants support all ISO 639 language codes, correctly identifying the language and automatically italicizing for you. Please use these templates rather than manually italicizing non-English material.
• MOS:FOREIGNTITLE: Non-English titles should be wrapped in the {{lang}} template with the proper ISO language code (the shortest available for the language or dialect in question), e.g.: {{lang|fr|Les Liaisons dangereuses}}. [...] Since 2017, the template automatically italicizes non-English material in a Latin script [...]
• MOS:OTHERLANG: Non-English text should be tagged as such, typically with a template like {{lang}}, except in headings. The templates mark the text language and script with an ISO 639-conformant IETF language tag, so that speech synthesizers can correctly read the text aloud. [...] It is usually unnecessary to specify italics in addition to the {{lang}} or {{langx}} templates, which italicize text using the Latin alphabet by default. If text should not be italicized, such as the names of places or people, the parameter |italic=unset may be added.

If editors aren't using the template, it's probably just due to lack of awareness of why/how. In your case it's ideal to use it.

(I don't know why Les Liaisons dangereuses doesn't use the template. It's even used as an example in the MOS.) Blepbob (talk) 16:13, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

Just noting for completeness that {{langr}} exists (unlike {{lang}}, it does not italicise). Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:35, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

In some cases {{gloss}} and MOS:SINGLE may also be relevant to this discussion. -- Cl3phact0 (talk) 11:46, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

Partial ban

I have been partially banned from editing but I am not able to make any edits. What does partially banned mean then?

Vincelord (talk) 15:40, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

A partial ban means you are banned from certain pages or areas but may edit other areas. Check the conditions of your ban to see where you are banned. Nononsense101 (talk) 15:42, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

Addendum: You appear to also be partially blocked. A partial block is a technical prohibition on editing certain pages(in your case, all articles), while a partial ban is a formal prohibition that does not literally prevent editing on the area in question, but you are expected to abide by the prohibition or face additional sanctions, usually a block. Nononsense101 (talk) 15:47, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

You made an edit here to post this comment; as it says in your block notice, you are pblocked from editing all articles in mainspace. Athanelar (talk) 15:53, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

Referencing errors on Ted Koppel

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My apologies, Qwerfjkl, but I am not sure I understand what I should do to fix it. Can you elaborate or show me an example, please? thank you.

Thanks, GGriffin3 (talk) 16:27, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

GGriffin3, there were two errors in the ABC reference you added.

The reference was added to the references section, rather than following the fact it supports, which meant that it appeared at the end of the article, rather than in the references section. I have now moved it.

The reference includes author details "|last=News |first=A. B. C.". These are unnecessary as they repeat the website name, so I removed them. Also first and last should be human first and last names. The software and the bot recognise that words like "News" are unlikely to be human names so an error message was displayed in red "{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name". TSventon (talk) 17:03, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

External links to IMDb

User:Keivan.f appears to be conducting a project to add IMDb links to the External links sections of WP articles about a long list of British aristocrats. I'm not sure if this is OK or not, since IMDb is not a trusted source, and the subjects of the articles are not primarily cinema figures. I'm not sure how to proceed. Is there a policy? Shold this be escalated to WP:Administrators' noticeboard? Masato.harada (talk) 11:03, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

@Masato.harada Nobody is "conducting a project" and I'm not even sure what you're complaining about here. Nobody is using IMDb as a source; any experienced user is aware that this is not allowed per WP:RSP. It's been added under the “External links” subsection of featured articles such as Elizabeth II, or Charles III, etc. for years so there's nothing that makes me believe it cannot be done for others, because it's not just a list of movie appearances for actors but general public figures as well. If you want to question its relevance in general, then open an WP:RfC and request its removal for all the similar articles. I don't see why it can be used on Elizabeth II's page, but it cannot be used on George VI's. Keivan.f^Talk 13:52, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

@Masato.harada See WP:IMDBTEMPLATE for the best practice. All these templates are valid as external links. Mike Turnbull (talk) 16:30, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

I found some relevant guideline pages:

• WP:EL: Some high-value external links are welcome (see § What can normally be linked). However, the External links section should not become a lengthy or comprehensive list of external links related to each topic. No page should be linked from a Wikipedia article unless its inclusion is justifiable according to this guideline and common sense. The burden of providing this justification is on the person who wants to include an external link.
• WP:ELBURDEN: Disputes about links can be addressed through the normal dispute-resolution process, particularly at the external links noticeboard.
• WP:ELN (Had no idea this existed, but I learn something new every day.)
• WP:IMDB-EL: As an external link: Generally yes, if the subject of the entire page is exactly the same as the subject of the IMDb page that you're linking.

I don't know why anyone would link IMDB in articles outside the film industry, though I suppose you could argue it's useful for historical figures frequently depicted in films and TV. Blepbob (talk) 20:32, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

That was exactly the purpose. Obviously we cannot create a filmography section covering every time Elizabeth II, George VI, Charles III, etc. have appeared as a a character (or themselves) in a movie, TV show or documentary. It would be trivial for an encyclopedia. Not so for a movie database. Keivan.f^Talk 03:40, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

Can you link a couple you strongly oppose? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 20:55, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

Sorry, could you rephrase that question? Masato.harada (talk) 11:22, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

Link a couple of articles where an IMDb link was added and you strongly oppose the addition. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:15, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

Right, from "Keivan.f's project." Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:45, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

If you mean "name a few", try (picked at random) Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, Princess Margaret of Connaught, Marie of Romania, Lord Frederick Windsor, Princess Patricia of Connaught, Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and what looks like a hundred-or-more others listed on User contributions for Keivan.f. I don't have a strong opposition to the additions, I'm just not sure that adding external links to IMDb (a non-reliable source) for non-cinematic people is an improvement, which is why I enquired here for guidance. Masato.harada (talk) 15:10, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

Ok. Looking at the first 2, , there's IMO very little there, so they are a bit meh. looks more "worthy" to me. Just that the imdb page exists isn't reason to include it. Pro/con arguments will be mostly WP:LIKECONTENT, I think. EL:s don't have to be RS, so that doesn't matter much. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:41, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

IMDb does not classify these individuals as actors or “cinematic people”. For non-actors it usually renders a list of movies and shows where they have been featured as a character, and the lists are fluid, meaning that they get updated if the said individual features as a character in a movie or TV production. And believe it or not, the British royal family and their relatives do feature in a huge number of films and series (The Crown, The Madness of King George, Victoria, The Queen, Diana, Mrs Brown, Victoria & Abdul, etc. to name a few; and apparently a Crown prequel is also coming). There are also the documentaries in which they appear themselves or are discussed, including Royal Family, Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of the Queen, Diana: In Her Own Words, Charles III: The Coronation Year, etc. Regardless, there is nothing in our guidelines that restricts linking to IMDb only to actors. Keivan.f^Talk 15:47, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

Thinking about Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Film#External links, which usually results in the same set of external links being added to all film articles, I think we should go back to Template talk:Authority control/Archive 17#IMDb and get IMDb added to a footer box, instead of being separately listed. WhatamIdoing (talk) 19:09, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

Is there a way to search for templates by param

Specifically I want to search for uses of {{PDCFlag}} with the 1 param set at a specific value (in this case Mickey Mansell) to update them, is there a tool or similar to get a list of all articles with that specifically, as an alternative to just checking all the pages with the template to see if they have him? OZOO (t) (c) 19:20, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

This search finds ~40 articles.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 19:25, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind as a way of searching. OZOO (t) (c) 20:20, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

@OZOO: You can also just try the simpler insource:"PDCFlag|Mickey Mansell". It finds the same articles and two false hits on {{#invoke:DartsRankings|PDCFlag|Mickey Mansell|avg=87.45}} and {{#invoke:DartsRankings|PDCFlag|Mickey Mansell|avg=87.45}}, but maybe you actually want those too. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:44, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

Use of "White"

Is there an official policy or guideline on using "White" (with a capital W) to refer to people of European descent? I'm sure this issue has come up before, but I can't immediately find the relevant discussion. Tevildo (talk) 21:49, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Tevildo, there is some manual of style guidance at MOS:BLACK. Perhaps there should be another shortcut at MOS:WHITE. TSventon (talk) 22:05, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. I would certainly support the creation of MOS:WHITE (and perhaps MOS:BROWN), which I probably would have found myself. The guideline currently says "[M]ixed use (Black, but white) is also acceptable if editors at a particular article find it appropriate", so it would appear this needs to be decided on individual article talk pages. Tevildo (talk) 23:27, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

In my experience, "Black" seems to have originated and been used as a kind of racial pride thing. "White" is therefore often used in contrast to that, by the kind of people who complain that there's no straight pride month or white history month.

I would personally capitalise neither (I think capitalising Black is performative); but if you must, certainly don't capitalise 'White'. Athanelar (talk) 11:12, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

@Athanelar: I can't see where MOS:BLACK says "certainly don't capitalise 'White'". In my jurisdiction, the word is capitalised in formal ethnic-classification definitions. Bazza 7 (talk) 12:25, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Which Wikipedia is not.

Anyway, you're right that MOS:BLACK identifies it as acceptable, I was speaking from opinion and perspective. Athanelar (talk) 14:11, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

I think we can agree that White is a politically-charged term to be treated with caution, and I was hoping the guideline would - well - provide guidance. Alas, it doesn't. Tevildo (talk) 22:39, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Honestly as a mixed race person I am it fond of the “Black” term either, same with white. Both are too general and don’t show the various “white” and “black” groups, I’d rather say Afro-Caribbean or European (frankly the actual ethnicity should be used as opposed to the colour) The Grenadian Historian (Aka. Mwen Sé Kéyòl Translator-a) (talk) 09:46, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

I have took it upon myself to create MOS:WHITE. Viva la horde, ~ GoatLordServant^(Talk) 14:16, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Shouldn't it be MOS:white? --GRuban (talk) 22:45, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

The informal rule seems to be that they’re all uppercased. MOS:BLACK is. Viva la horde, ~ GoatLordServant^(Talk) 18:18, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Educational AI Content in Financial Services

Hello Wikipedia Support Team,

I hope you are doing well.

I am Angira mitra reaching out to seek guidance regarding the eligibility and best practices for creating or improving a Wikipedia article related to Dailoqa, an agentic AI-native engineering company focused on Financial Services transformation through AI.

Promo

Dailoqa works at the intersection of Agentic AI, Financial Services expertise, and enterprise AI engineering. Our mission is to help organisations solve real operational and strategic problems using scalable AI systems rather than isolated experimental pilots.

What makes our work meaningful is our strong focus on creating educational and practical content around:

• Agentic AI in Financial Services
• AI governance and compliance
• AI-driven operations and workflows
• Responsible AI adoption
• AI transformation in banking, compliance, trading, and operations

Our goal is not simply commercial promotion. We actively aim to contribute valuable insights, thought leadership, and practical understanding that can help businesses, professionals, and the wider public better understand how AI can responsibly solve real-world financial and operational challenges.

We would also like to clarify that our intention is not purely company promotion.

Promo

Our primary objective is to educate people, businesses, and professionals about how AI and Agentic AI can responsibly help improve Financial Services through better compliance, automation, governance, operational efficiency, and decision-making. We believe there is still limited public understanding around practical and responsible AI adoption in Financial Services, and we aim to contribute useful educational content that helps bridge this gap.

Dailoqa’s team includes former global Financial Services leaders, AI engineers, and academic researchers with experience across Europe, Asia, Africa, and other international markets. We focus heavily on:

• Governance by design
• Explainable AI systems
• Secure enterprise AI infrastructure
• Human oversight and compliance
• Scalable AI adoption frameworks

At the centre of our approach is our Broccoli™ platform and use case library, designed to help organisations accelerate AI adoption while maintaining security, auditability, and regulatory alignment.

We also collaborate with strategic partners such as Inferenz, ExoBrain, Helius, and Athmick to support data engineering, AI transformation, staffing, and AI-powered operational innovation.

As we continue publishing educational and industry-focused content around Agentic AI and Financial Services,

we would appreciate guidance on:

• Wikipedia’s notability expectations for companies in emerging AI sectors
• Best practices for neutral and compliant article creation
• Types of independent reliable sources preferred for verification
• Any recommendations for avoiding conflicts of interest while contributing transparently

We respect Wikipedia’s standards around neutrality, verifiability, and reliable sourcing, and want to ensure that any future contribution follows community guidelines properly.

Thank you for your time and guidance. We genuinely appreciate the work the Wikipedia community does in maintaining high-quality and trustworthy information for the public.

Best regards,

Angira Mitra Angiramitra (talk) 07:53, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

See WP:BOSS. This type of article is usually rejected because it is incompatible with Wikipedia guidelines.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 07:57, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello, @Angiramitra.

It sounds as if you think (as many people do), that Wikipedia is a place where companies can promote (i.e., tell the world about) themselves. It is absolutely not that.

A Wikipedia article should be a neutral summary of what the majority of people who are wholly unconnected with the subject have independently chosen to publish about the subject in reliable publications, (see Golden rule) and not much else. What you know (or anybody else knows) about the subject is not relevant except where it can be verified from a reliable published source.

Essentially nothing that the company says or wants to say about itself belongs in an article about it.

And if there is not substantial wholly independent material published about it (that meets WP:CORPDEPTH) then there is literally nothing that can go into an article, and no article is possible. ColinFine (talk) 08:35, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for the clarification, @ColinFine

I understand Wikipedia is not a platform for company promotion, and I appreciate the guidance regarding notability and independent sourcing.

My intention is not to write promotional content about Dailoqa itself, but rather to understand the best way to contribute neutral, educational content related to Agentic AI in Financial Services, particularly around governance, compliance, operational workflows, and responsible AI adoption.

Would the better approach be contributing improvements to broader existing topics related to AI in Financial Services, Agentic AI, or enterprise AI systems using independent reliable sources, rather than attempting to create a company article?

Thank you again for the guidance. Angiramitra (talk) 09:14, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Perhaps you don't want to promote your company specifically, but you do want to promote its field; Wikipedia is not a how to guide to merely educate; Wikipedia articles summarize what published independent reliable sources have chosen on their own to say about a topic. 331dot (talk) 09:23, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you all for the clarification and guidance.

I now better understand that Wikipedia’s role is to summarize what independent reliable sources have already published, rather than serve as a platform for education, advocacy, or industry promotion.

With that understanding, I would like to ask: as someone genuinely interested in contributing value to Wikipedia in a neutral and policy-compliant way, what would be the best path to contribute constructively?

For example, would it be more appropriate to:

• Improve existing articles related to AI, Financial Services, governance, or compliance
• Add reliably sourced citations and references
• Help expand underdeveloped technical topics
• Contribute through copyediting and neutrality improvements
• Participate in topic discussions and maintenance tasks

I would genuinely appreciate recommendations on how a new contributor can add useful value to Wikipedia while fully respecting community policies and editorial standards.

Thank you again for your time and guidance. Angiramitra (talk) 11:08, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

@Angiramitra We are mainly volunteers here and we choose to do all of the things you (or your Chatbot) have listed. It is up to you to find your own niche. Whatever you choose to do, please contribute only in your own words. AI slop is irritating to everyone. Mike Turnbull (talk) 11:27, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

My actions in the last two years

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

---

Just today, a discussion about what everything I've done in the last two years is occurring at this time. All I was trying to do was keep a page up to date, but the problem was that the company associated with the page has failed to deliver any reliable sources. I'm already nervous and fearing that I'll be blocked indefinitely, never to be able to contribute again to Wikipedia. What should I do? Jonghyunchung (talk) 03:06, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Jonghyunchung, if you believe that a failure of "the company associated with the page [...] to deliver any reliable sources" was "the problem", you probably need to read and digest what's written in the page "Wikipedia:Independent sources". -- Hoary (talk) 03:53, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi Jonghyunchung. If the discussion about what everything I've done in the last two years is occuring at this time you mentioned above in your post is WP:ANI#User:Jonghyunchung, then the best thing you could done is limit your comments related to it to that particular page. Trying to start a new discussion about it here at the Help Desk or on any other page about it at the same time its still ongoing at ANI it not a good idea at all. --- Marchjuly (talk) 04:15, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Referencing errors on A. C. Wise

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No author for source except "Site Editor" found on the dateline. Not sure how to resolve. Thanks.

Thanks, Drfranzphd (talk) 15:12, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Drfranzphd you can just remove |last=Site Editor as it doesn't add any extra information. It is very common for web pages not to have a named author. TSventon (talk) 15:30, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

SFN

Hi, I know how can I use the sfn template, I use many times Template:Sfn

but I have a book with many editors and authors, and I do not want list all names, just the title of the book. How can I use the sfn in this way? OrionNimrod (talk) 16:42, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

OrionNimrod can you say what the book is? You could probably use "et al" as explained in "Large number of authors" at Template:Sfn. TSventon (talk) 17:00, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

User:OrionNimrod/Sources the "MKI Kings and Saints", finally I added the name of the institute as name OrionNimrod (talk) 17:05, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

possible fallacy in data re Hospital and Diagnostic Services Act

The current article indicates that the Act was assented to on May 1st, 1957. Parliament had been dissolved 2 weeks before that and was not in session. No act can be assented to when Parliament is not in session, so this date of Parliamentary "assenting" poses problems. ~2026-28951-93 (talk) 20:16, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

This is something that would be best raised on the talk page of the article. You can then post a pointer to that discussion, on the talk pages of any relevant projects. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:20, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

TA user page

I moved a warning that was accidentally placed on User:~2026-28924-41 to User talk:~2026-28924-41. My question is, what should I do with the blank TA userpage? CheeseAndJamSamdwich (talk) 16:57, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

I guess you could ask an admin to "restore" it, but I doubt it's worth the bother. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 18:31, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

@CheeseAndJamSamdwich As WP:TA says, temporary accounts can't create their own userpage but, as you have found, account holders can do so on their behalf. Hence that TA editor might be grateful you've created the page! Mike Turnbull (talk) 21:08, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

What's the procedure for requesting TAIV assistance in identifying TA-hopping editors?

I haven't done anti-vandalism editing in a while. One of the things that one used to come across before the temporary account system was IP-hoppers making similar disruptive edits to several articles from a range of IPs, which used to be simple enough to identify. Now that special permissions are needed, what's the procedure to request assistance in identifying such edits? I previously asked at WT:Temporary accounts but didn't get a response. --Paul_012 (talk) 09:14, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

@Paul 012: The TAIV user permission requires agreeing to the Access to Temporary Account IP Addresses Policy, and WP:TAIVDISCLOSE summarises what information can be disclosed to others. As you are a reasonably experienced user, you might want to consider requesting the permission for yourself. ClaudineChionh (she/her · talk · email · global) 11:44, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestion. I'm a bit surprised there isn't a process for those who don't have the permission themselves to request assistance, but that discussion probably belongs elsewhere. --Paul_012 (talk) 17:45, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

I guess, just speaking as one person with the permission, I don't feel confident of my legal standing to agree to "investigate" a temp account or IP range on someone else's behalf. For a permission that has privacy implications, it's better for the person who has suspicions to be able to take full responsibility and ownership of the process. ClaudineChionh (she/her · talk · email · global) 21:42, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Block Quotes

Reference help requested.

I can't get the "Indent" menu items to work. The last paragraph here should be a block quote:

Odyssey#Legacy

Thanks, Mevsherd (talk) 20:33, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

I can't identify the paragraph, Mevsherd. (Are you perhaps referring to a paragraph in the "Gender studies" section that's introduced with "Wilson in her forward [sic] said:"?) -- Hoary (talk) 02:42, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

Yes, beginning "I try to avoid importing contemporary types of sexism into this ancient poem..." That whole paragraph is a quote, so it should be indented. But the indent feature is greyed out. Mevsherd (talk) 04:52, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

I don't know what caused that problem, Mevsherd; but is Odyssey#Gender studies OK now? -- Hoary (talk) 05:29, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

I shouldn't have used the word "now", Mevsherd, and thereby built obsolescence into my question immediately above. Was that section OK then? It seems not: Cdjp1 has expressed disapproval. -- Hoary (talk) 00:24, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

I still can't use the "Indent" features. They are just permanently greyed out, no matter what I try to edit. The paragraph beginning "It wasn’t long, however, before children of Holocaust survivors were graced with a syndrome..." is more than 3 lines, so probably should be block quotes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mevsherd (talk • contribs) 23:49, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Article draft here:

Draft:Second-generation Holocaust Syndrome Mevsherd (talk) 23:50, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Referencing errors on Mandali, Iraq

Special:Diff/1353975356

Made my first citation, had some problems

Thanks, FatherMedico (talk) 17:58, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

FatherMedico, "archive-url" is intended for an archived copy of "url", not for reiterating the same address; therefore delete "|archive-url=https://orsam.org.tr/dosya/Analiz_7_eng.pdf". "2009-11" is not a permissible value for "date"; therefore make it "date=November 2009". You have three line breaks within what you specify as the "title"; there shouldn't be any. (If it would help, you may use a colon, thus: "title=The Forgotten Turkmen Land: Diyala: Report No: 7: November 2009".)

However, other problems remain. So instead, try this:

Erkmen, Serhat (November 2009). The Forgotten Turkmen Land: Diyala (PDF). Report no. 7. Ankara: ORSAM, Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies. p. 21.

-- Hoary (talk) 00:01, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Referencing errors on 2025–26 United States network television schedule

Reference help requested. How do I footnote a missing title and website? Thanks, Chrisipedi (talk) 22:36, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

All you provide, Chrisipedi, is a "bare URL". In effect you're asking somebody to do virtually all the work for you. First make a reasonable attempt to digest and implement Template:Cite web/doc, and then ask for help with lingering mysteries. Also, the page you link to is hosted by mcusercontent.com. Its top page is missing. I can't guess what this website is (who runs it, what degree of editorial oversight it provides, etc); if you don't know either, then you should instead cite a more reliable source. -- Hoary (talk) 00:17, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:TCMDb title

new TCMDB

http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/3822/More-Than-a-Secretary

now

https://www.tcm.com/watchtcm/titles/3822

find articles:

search: More-Than-a-Secretary site:www.tcm.com/articles

find: https://www.tcm.com/articles/150877/more-than-a-secretary

Xo4v (talk) 21:11, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

Xo4v, if this is a question, please reword it like a question; if a request, like a request. As it is, it's incomprehensible. -- Hoary (talk) 00:29, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

The g ~2026-27792-67 (talk) 02:42, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

• how to repair Template:TCMDb title
• for movies in TCMDb e.g.: More Than a Secretary
• http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/3822/More-Than-a-Secretary

now redirects to https://www.tcm.com/

• https://www.tcm.com/watchtcm/titles/3822 "Watch More Than a Secretary | TCM"

is the new metadata page from AFI Catalog data

• https://www.tcm.com/articles/150877/more-than-a-secretary is the content page
• More Than a Secretary at the TCM Movie Database (archived)

makes https://web.archive.org/web/1/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/3822/enwp

instead of https://www.tcm.com/watchtcm/titles/3822

• browsing https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/3822/*

yields https://www.tcm.com/articles/150877/more-than-a-secretary

Xo4v (talk) 03:03, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Error

Our servers are currently under maintenance or experiencing a technical issue

Xo4v (talk) 00:07, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Request served via cp4044 cp4044, Varnish XID 972544004

Error: 503, Backend fetch failed at Thu, 14 May 2026 00:06:26 GMT

Xo4v (talk) 00:08, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Is this a question, a request, or what, Xo4v? -- Hoary (talk) 00:17, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia has been crashing, this was BSOD

Xo4v (talk) 00:37, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

If you're asking a question, does this answer it? Wikimedia doesn't appear to use Windows, so its display of a BSoD would be surprising. If your computer displays its own BSoD when it should instead be displaying Wikipedia, try using a different browser. -- Hoary (talk) 04:06, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

PR hype and AI

which hatnotes should one use for PR hype on media performer articles with text like that of:

https://gptzero.me/ai-vocabulary

Xo4v (talk) 02:45, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Any of {{Peacock}}, {{Promotional}}, or {{AI-generated}} fit the bill? DMacks (talk) 02:57, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

It'd also be helpful if you could tell us which article you mean so we could see for ourselves. Athanelar (talk) 06:04, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Article Assistance

Good day,

My draft page is: Draft:Kubili

I just want to confirm that I am setting this up correctly. I would also like to check whether the article title is appropriate or if it should be changed—if so, how do I go about doing that?

I have submitted it for review. KubiliHouseInfo (talk) 11:56, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Unfortunately this article shows clear signs of problems with WP:BOSS. The article does not show why it is notable enough, see Your first article for more help here.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 12:04, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Nudes?

people who posted them without wearing clothes ~2026-27715-67 (talk) 20:06, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello, @~2026-27715-67.

What is your question about using or editing Wikipedia? That is the only kind of question which is in scope on this page. ColinFine (talk) 20:13, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

If this is about nudity on Wikipedia, know that Wikipedia is WP:NOTCENSORED, though something like a nude photo generally needs to be relevant to the topic. I imagine people who patrol recent changes do a pretty good job of catching when someone just adds a nude image to an article for fun. - Purplewowies (talk) 20:37, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Perhaps the OP refers to people who post to Wikipedia while themselves being nude. I confess I myself may occasionally have done this (from the privacy of my own home, prior to or immediately after a shower), but am typing this while fully clothed. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230l195} ~2026-27434-43 (talk) 22:05, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

How scandalous! I confess to having edited without pants on once, however mghackerlady (talk) (contribs) 18:58, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

Oh my God, that's very scandalous! I've done this in my underwear more times than I care to admit, but never naked. Gommeh ^{(talk! sign!)} 14:00, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Referencing errors on Eric Garcetti

Special:Diff/1354064414

Hi, I'm not sure how to clean up the citation I added (30)

Thanks, Shuaksky (talk) 04:35, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi Shuaksky. If you click on the blue "help" in Eric Garcetti#cite_note-30, it will take you to a page which explains that type of citation syntax error. You've made two errors in formatting that citation. The first error is the extra | you add to the template's syntax, and this is causing the software to assess it as an empty parameter; so, if you remove that |, the error will go away. The second error is because you only provided a url address for the citation, which is called a WP:BARELINK; you should try to fill in the rest of the {{Cite web}} template's parameters as much as possible. There's some examples on how to do this given at Template:Cite web. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:49, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks! I think I got it Shuaksky (talk) 17:11, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

crear perfil de artista plástico

Tengo un perfil de artista plástico para crear pero nose si cumple las normas porque es mi primer artículo donde puedo enviar para revision sin tener que incumplir , porfavor ,gracias Wenceslaopmg (talk) 18:06, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

This is the English-language Wikipedia. If you wish to contribute here, you will need to do so in the English language. Meanwhile, read Wikipedia:Notability, Wikipedia:Conflict of interest and Wikipedia:Autobiographies. AndyTheGrump (talk) 18:10, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Talk

Is there a way to chat with oth ers MooMooMoo27 (talk) 18:21, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

There are several, in what way do you mean? MetalBreaksAndBends (talk) 18:27, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Please see WP:NOTFORUM. The only communication that should happen on Wikipedia is about the encyclopedia itself; for instance, the page Talk:Spongebob (character) is not a page for talking about Spongebob (e.g. "He's so funny!"). It's a page for talking about the improvement of the article Spongebob (character) (e.g. "The reference about Gary is not formatted properly").

Not sure why Spongebob was my default example there. 🏳️‍🌈JohnLaurens333 (Ping me!) 18:34, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Referencing errors on Kathryn Dugdale

Special:Diff/1354096576

I have a CS1 error that I can't fix.

Thanks, Blackballnz (talk) 08:33, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

The code is objecting to the Wikipedia Library part of your link's URL.

I believe a bot will fix that in due course. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:22, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

@Blackballnz, Wikipedia library URLs can only be accessed by Wikipedia users (with certain user rights). Our readers cannot see or verify these Citations, thus Wikipedia library link are discouraged and marked as url error.––KEmel49(📝,📋) 18:37, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Referencing errors on Environmental justice

Reference help requested. Hi! I am trying to fix my citation errors but I am struggling to find what I need to change, and the instructions provided are confusing. Thanks, Hannahskelso (talk) 16:56, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

There are no Citation error in that page. However, some of them contain minor issues which doesn't fall under error. Let's say it says: Multiple name author list, that means |author= or |last=/|first= contains more than one author name. To resolve this you need to separate each author with different parameter. |author1= for first author and and so on, similarly if you are using last/first parameter: |last= should to be replaced by |last1= (contains first authors last name) and |first= by |first1= (contains first authors first name).––KEmel49(📝,📋) 18:26, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the help! ~2026-29156-01 (talk) 18:40, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

@Hannahskelso: there are some reference errors, it is easier to see the red messages at User:Hannahskelso/Environmental justice.

• Klompmaker et el. has a message {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help), I suggest replacing "date=2023-01" with "date=January 2023"
• Hartig et al. has a message {{cite journal}}: |issue= has extra text (help), I suggest removing "|issue=Volume 35, 2014" which is duplicate information
• et al. has a message {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help), I suggest replacing "date=2023-09" with "date=September 2023"
• You can find the date formats by looking at {{cite journal}} says For acceptable date formats, see Help:Citation Style 1 § Dates, which links to Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers#Dates, months and years (I agree that is confusing).

I think issue= is looking for a number. TSventon (talk) 19:47, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Correction, the errors have been fixed in the article. TSventon (talk) 20:22, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Checking other editors' edits

Hi. I'm a relatively newcomer, and on my dashboard I've been asked to check other editors' edits, which I'm happy to do 'cos other editors have checked my work. But what do I do after checking an article's edits? Do I have to formally approve it, or check a box, or send a message or anything? Also, is it possible to customise my dashboard to display my edit statistics? All the best. Dropbear2 (talk) 03:45, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

After you have checked (and, if appropriate, have reverted or amended) an edit or set of edits, you normally don't have to do anything. But if you think that what you've done could well be misinterpreted, it's a good idea to explain it in the article's talk page. Within your message there, ping the editors who might well be concerned. You could add this link to your user page if you'd like. -- Hoary (talk) 04:32, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks Hoary. Much appreciated. Dropbear2 (talk) 21:26, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Reading challege

How do I join the reading challenge and how do I get the icon for my phone how do I get the widget Barbmphillips (talk) 01:39, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

Barbmphillips, this is new to me. Are the first two FAQs at mw:Wikimedia Apps/Team/25th Birthday Reading Challenge#FAQ enough to get you started? TSventon (talk) 02:05, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

Murdered Vs. Executed?

In what contexts should murdered and executed be used, would a governor being executed by rebels qualify as execution or murder (and does it depend on how the demise is carried out). Thanks The Grenadian Historian (Aka. Mwen Sé Kéyòl Translator-a) (talk) 09:42, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

KeyolTranslater, murderer is I think better limited to someone who has murdered, unless there's a compelling reason to extend its reference. The article "Murder" starts Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse and committed with the necessary intent as defined by the law in a specific jurisdiction (bolstered with three good references). NB murder and execute aren't the only two options; there's also assassinate (I think that slay is now an archaism), as well as expressions of method (electrocute, fatally shoot, fatally stab, suffocate, et cetera). -- Hoary (talk) 11:20, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Well then wouldn’t some argue that the murder of an enemy governor is an “execution”, was Nicholas II executed or murdered? Sources differ depending on bias (however on Wikipedia it’s classed as a murder). The Grenadian Historian (Aka. Mwen Sé Kéyòl Translator-a) (talk) 13:52, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

As with most Wikipedia content decisions, we should be guided by what reliable sources say. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:01, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Use of the term murder requires a conviction by a court of law of someone for a charge of murder(even if sources inappropriately use the term "murder").

An execution is typically a legally authorized ending of a life as a punishment, though I have seen the term used for particularly brutal killings, or by groups without legal status. 331dot (talk) 12:13, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

We say Thomas Becket was murdered. None of his known killers was convicted by a court of law for a charge of murder for that.

We have an article called Murder of Evelyn Okubo, which states that the "killer was never found", let alone convicted. Likewise List of unsolved murders and its many child pages. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:44, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

@331dot Murder seems to indicate the unlawful killing of someone for no real valid reason, whilst executing seems more of a legal (or justifiable) way. For example a war criminal would usually be executed as opposed to “murdered” (although it depends on sources like Andy said and the circumstances). The Grenadian Historian (Aka. Mwen Sé Kéyòl Translator-a) (talk) 13:55, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Please see WP:MURDERS, the community guidance in this area. 331dot (talk) 13:59, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you The Grenadian Historian (Aka. Mwen Sé Kéyòl Translator-a) (talk) 14:07, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

I wouldn't put too much weight on that essay. It does not match the reality I described above.

It also makes clear it is intended to assist only in choosing articles titles, and then only "for articles where a commonly recognisable name is not apparent". Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:42, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

I do think that is more of a BLP concern, too. Historical events described as murders without someone convicted of murder are less problematic. Personally I do think the Evelyn Okubo case might be an issue, but I have little interest in changing it.331dot (talk) 14:51, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

The problem with the example I have is that it is mixed, some sources say he (article I’m referring to) was murdered whilst others say Executed. I’ll keep it as murdered for now as it technically was illegal (but it was by a rebel group) The Grenadian Historian (Aka. Mwen Sé Kéyòl Translator-a) (talk) 19:13, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

I see, yeah I read it and thought it wasn’t quite right The Grenadian Historian (Aka. Mwen Sé Kéyòl Translator-a) (talk) 19:12, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

If the person was murdered or executed, she's usually dead (last exception was 2,000 years ago I think), so WP:BLP doesn't apply.

Killed works in a lot of cased I think. If it doesn't seem right in a given case, I'm thinking that a reasonable rule of thumb might be:

• If the person was killed because of some position they hold, or for some political end, then assassinated works for me (except, look it up and spell it right).
• If the person was killed for other reasons (tower shooter, pissed-off neighbor, was a bank guard, etc.) then murdered seems right.
• If the person is killed by the state, or an impromptu firing squad with no trial, etc. then executed works I think.

There're lots of marginal cases of course... if ISIS lines you all up and beheads you, to my mind that'd be execution. If ISIS storms the American consulate and shoots the consul, that might be assassination... but if he's been a hostage for a while, execution might work better. If a right-wing senator is killed by her asshole husband, that's murder and not assassination despite his position. And so forth.

John Dillinger was ambushed and shot down in a hail of bullets. It wasn't an assassination, there was no politics or position involved; it wasn't murder, the cops were just doing their job (maybe a bit too enthusiastically, but still); I would't say execution, cos... ah, it just doesn't fit the situation to me. But you could use execution I guess. I would say killed works best here, and really in a lot of cases, especially debatable ones.

Generally (as you might expect from me), overall I would say: use your wits to do what seems best to you. You're intelligent, we trust you. An editor coming across it who doesn't like it should usually leave it alone and go do something else, but per WP:BRD it is her right to change it, it's another editor's right to revert it, it's the first editor's right to go to the talk page and make her case if she wants. This would usually be a waste of time, but if it's "was assassinated by a serial killer", that's worth changing. So would be "passed away on account of being run over", "bit the dust", "was assisted in joining the choir invisible", etc.

And, I wouldn't overly worry about what terms a source uses. Sources are for facts (was alive -> now isn't), not to tell us how to write our articles. Herostratus (talk)

BLP policy can certainly apply to killings in recent years or decades because people involved with the death may still be alive. For example, if the person responsible for the death claimed self defense or an unintentional accident without negligence, and was never prosecuted, using the term "murder" would clearly be a BLP policy violation. When it comes to the use of contentious terminology, of course we should take guidance from the words used by high quality reliable sources, especially those written later and taking a historical perspective. If the preponderance of reliable sources do not use the term "execution" when describing a specific killing, then neither should Wikipedia. Cullen328 (talk) 06:23, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you @Cullen328, that was a very humorous and informative message. Luckily for the article at hand, no one is alive to have been a member (unless someone is 231+ years old). Therefore I believe executed is the right term, as it was an impromptu execution by firing squad (well lined up and individually shot) by a rebel group for the individual’s “crimes”: Thank you for this message, I’ll save it and use it next time (perhaps you could even turn it into a MOS thing of some sort, which would be helpful. Have a nice rest of your day. The Grenadian Historian (Aka. Mwen Sé Kéyòl Translator-a) (talk) 07:42, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

Should redirects that fit this template appear themselves in the list article

This was originally asked here but I have since realized that this forum is a better place for an answer to this question.

I created a redirect for Green Mountain to its list entry in the newly revamped List of mountains in South Dakota because it is the third-tallest mountain in South Dakota and presumably worthy on an article some day. Regardless of whether it is notable, in principle, if a list entry has a wikilink that redirects to the page you just clicked on, (e.g. the entry on the Mountain List has Green Mountain, and when I click it now that it has the redirect, it will just return to the current list article). Does that mean the redirect should not exist, the entry on the list article should not have a wikilink, or that this is normal and fine, as in, if this redirect link is also a R with possibilities, it is okay for the time being to be a circular redirect link?

Thanks! I want to revamped more geographic lists and now I need to consider how to handle redirects. SamuelNelsonGISP (talk) 18:43, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

@SamuelNelsonGISP: You can say {{No self link|Green Mountain (South Dakota)|Green Mountain}}. This will automatically omit linking if the target redirects back where you came from. It produces "Green Mountain" here but would just produce "Green Mountain" in List of mountains in South Dakota. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:22, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, that's very helpful. I implemented that solution in the article. SamuelNelsonGISP (talk) 02:13, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

@SamuelNelsonGISP: 170 times! Wow, I made the template and have not seen it used so much before. For technical reasons each tested target is included in "Pages transcluded onto the current version of this page" at the bottom of the edit window. I guess that's OK. PrimeHunter (talk) 06:38, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

I used notepad++ to find and replace. The only downside I see is the confusion that blank looking text might be to another editing who thinks that the link which is no redirecting to itself is actually just plain text. SamuelNelsonGISP (talk) 13:40, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

NoIndex after Patrol and Review?

I completed the page for BokHee An, and it was reviewed (got the checkmark notification for it) over a day ago. However, the sourcecode still lists <meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow,max-image-preview:standard">. Is there something else I need to do to ensure that it can get indexed? I'm a little confused as this is the first time this has happened for me. Jishara (talk) 05:52, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

@Jishara: The page logs show CostalCal marked it as reviewed and then unreviewed the same minute. It is currently listed in Special:NewPagesFeed so somebody else may find and review it. PrimeHunter (talk) 06:25, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

Oh okay, makes sense! Sorry, I didn't notice that. Jishara (talk) 06:31, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

@Jishara: You are not expected to dig around in page logs on your own. Maybe the software should give notifications of both reviews and unreviews. I may suggest it, but maybe the developers are worried that the page creator will get angry at the unreviewer. Can you confirm you did not get a notification of the unreview? PrimeHunter (talk) 06:56, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

I did not get a notification for the unreview, which is why I was so confused. Thanks for checking! Jishara (talk) 13:51, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

Clarification templates

I noticed there was a list of clarification templates such as , , , etc. which are intended as inline markers that some part of an article needs clarification. I've seen several articles where terms are given without a definition, so I was considering making a "what?" template at {{what}} which would render as , intended to notify editors that a term needs explaining or defining. However, {{what}} currently redirects to {{clarify}} () and I'm not sure if a template like that would be used as I intended, so I thought I would ask here first. I'm not really sure that {{clarify}} satisfactorily gets the point across if it's used where a term may be confusing to some readers. Thoughts? Gommeh ^{(talk! sign!)} 13:58, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Gommeh, if a term "may be confusing to some readers", then I think {{clarify}} is the right tag. Maproom (talk) 14:08, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

I would also be open to simply changing the "clarification needed" text to "what?" instead, or adding an option to do so. Gommeh ^{(talk! sign!)} 14:15, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

@Gommeh: The message would also be seen by readers who don't click the link. I think "what?" is too vague about the problem. To me it easily gives the impression that somebody disagreed with whatever was just said. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:16, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Would "definition needed" be better then? Gommeh ^{(talk! sign!)} 14:19, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

@Gommeh: We already have {{definition needed}}. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:22, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Oh we do? I must not have seen that, thanks for letting me know. Guess we can consider this matter closed. To me "what?" gives more of an impression that someone wants to know what something means and is not necessarily always an indication of disagreement, so I may consider asking if we can redirect Template:what to that, but that's a discussion for another time. Gommeh ^{(talk! sign!)} 14:24, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

@Gommeh: Template:what currently redirects to Template:Clarify and the redirect is used in 1299 articles so a change would be problematic. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:35, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

Exactly. We'd need to figure out how best to navigate that, which is why I was a little hesitant to do something without discussion first. Gommeh ^{(talk! sign!)} 14:38, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

@Gommeh: It has redirected to Template:Clarify (or earlier names of it) since the redirect was created in 2006. Such an old and widely used redirect should be nominated at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion if you want it changed. I don't see a good reason. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:57, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

I have added Template:Definition needed to the "Not to be confused with" hatnote in Template:Clarify. That seems sufficient to me. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:44, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

@Gommeh Note also {{explain}} which may be useful in the cases you're describing Athanelar (talk) 14:51, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Maya Higa

hello, i already know a bit about DYK, but I wanted to ask more experienced editors whether the Maya Higa article currently meets the DYK requirements. Is it okay to submit a nomination even if I’ve never nominated an article before? Http iosue (talk) 16:04, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

Http iosue, have you read the introduction to DYK at WP:DYK? Maya Higa is not eligible for DYK as it has not been created or expanded 5 times or promoted to Good Article within the past 7 days. I see that you have written several articles, so you could consider nominating the next article you write for DYK. If you start with a draft you can write the article with the DYK rules (WP:DYKCRIT) in mind, think of a good hook or two and then nominate it immediately when you publish it. TSventon (talk) 16:32, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

Synonyms/aliases in Lua modules

When making an array of entries in a Lua data module, is there a way to make something synonymous to avoid duplication? For example, how would I rewrite the below so that example2 is just a synonym/alias of example1 without repeating everything redundantly as shown?

['example1'] = {
		['something'] = 'A thing',
		['something else'] = 'Another thing',
	},
['example2'] = {
		['something'] = 'A thing',
		['something else'] = 'Another thing',
	},

I've tried various things like ['example1'] = ['example2'] but these attempts just seemed to produce errors. The answer is probably simple, but I'm not much good with Lua. I'd appreciate some help with this. – Scyrme (talk) 22:45, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

This is about Module:Current leader/data? You might want to create a table of items that are used multiple times:

local multi = {
	charles = 'Charles III',
	}


local antigua_and_barbuda_data = {
	['head of state'] = multi.charles,
	['king'] = multi.charles,
	['head of government'] = 'Gaston Browne',
	['prime minister'] = 'Gaston Browne',
}

etc.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 00:05, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

It is, yes. I figured out how to achieve what I wanted independently, but your suggestion is also helpful. Thank! – Scyrme (talk) 00:08, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

"Allegations" in section titles.

I give a specific example below, but I am not asking what to do on that specific page -- I can do that on the article talk page. Instead I am looking for a policy or guideline I can apply to all similar situations.

At Scientology#Controversies we have the following section titles:

• Secrecy and deception
• Criminal behavior
• Organized harassment
• Allegations of coerced abortions
• Allegation of human trafficking and other crimes against women

What policy guides us as to when to add the "allegations of" to the title?

MOS:ALLEGED says "Words such as supposed, apparent, alleged, and purported can imply that a given point is inaccurate, although alleged and accused are appropriate when wrongdoing is asserted but undetermined, such as with people awaiting or undergoing a criminal trial".

"Criminal behavior" is easy: we have an actual conviction of the church. but I see no conviction in the "organized harassment" section. Why does coerced abortions get an "allegations of" but organized harassment doesn't? What policy tells us when to add it and when to leave it off? --Guy Macon (talk) 05:36, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

Italics

Why is the redirect East Los Colorados Archipelago showing up in Category:Marine protected areas in italics? Clarityfiend (talk) 21:57, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

Because it's a redirect. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^MUSHROOM 21:58, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

Pages which are redirects appear in categories in italics. East Los Colorados Archipelago is a redirect to Colorados Archipelago. – Scyrme (talk) 21:58, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

Yes, this is a general MediaWiki feature and not something we do here at the English Wikipedia. Redirects are also in italics at some other places like Special:AllPages (which I mentioned at the top). I like the feature and also find User:BrandonXLF/GreenRedirects useful. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:13, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

Must be a new feature, because I don't recall redirects being italicized before, just in green. Thanks. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:07, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

I don't think it's new. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 06:30, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

I am a LTA and I was wrongly caught by the edit filter

. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ~2026-29307-75 (talk) 06:15, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

Are you sure LTA is what you meant? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 06:26, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

There was a template or five that was hijacked to show a message like this (but posting to a noticeboard IIRC) a week or two ago; the person who did it was indeffed and nearly their entire edit history was revdel-ed. I heard it wasn't even supposed to be still possible to do what they did (as in, something like what they did was supposed to be put in an edit filter). @~2026-29307-75: Did you click a link from a page that said this? What page was it, if so? - Purplewowies (talk) 08:15, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

Blacklist (Milwaukee Band)

Hey, is there a reason this site has not been made public yet on Wikipedia? Thanks Blacklistband (talk) 01:01, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

Blacklistband, you seem to be asking about what's now at User:Blacklistband/sandbox. It's not an article. If you want it to be accepted as an article, you'll have to submit it for consideration as an article. But the consideration would take little time and would be damning. For a chance of success, you'll first have to give it a thoroughgoing reworking. (Randomly selected sample: They were known for many great unique covers and there growing surge of original songs that defined Blacklist’s style. They covered current Heavy Metal Bands during that period such as Judas Priest, Scorpions, Saxon, Accept, Dokken, AC/DC, Ozzy, and Motorhead, to name a few.) But before you attempt that, first check that you'd be able to demonstrate that the band is notable (as understood by and for Wikipedia). If you wouldn't be able to demonstrate this, you'd be wasting your time. -- Hoary (talk) 01:21, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

To add to the above, note that article content needs to be verifiable by citations to independent published reliable sources. Your article cites no sources whatsoever. AndyTheGrump (talk) 01:25, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

Its a band that I and others were in during the 80s. I am trying to have this on wiki so folks can see it. Call it what you will....When I google other said bands of the 80s, they come up on wikipedia. There you can read facts about them. I'm trying to add and do the same thing, thats all. Can you help?

Thank you Blacklistband (talk) 04:39, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

Sorry, Blacklistband, I'd intended to link notable (as understood by and for Wikipedia), but it seems that I forgot to do so. Please read and digest the intended link target, Wikipedia:Notability. Now ask yourself if you'd be able to demonstrate that the band was or is "notable" in that sense. If you're sure that you would, then you will have to do the bulk of the (hard) work of backing up every assertion with a reliable, published source that's independent of the band or its members. -- Hoary (talk) 05:51, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

See WP:BACKWARD. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 04:13, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

@Blacklistband: there is a specific page about the notability of bands - WP:NBAND. Mjroots (talk) 06:56, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

@Blacklistband:. I don't wish to cause offence, but honestly the sample quoted above reads like an extract from our humorous but sincerely meant essay Wikipedia:No one cares about your garage band.

I'm not suggesting yours was a garage band (and I'm sure I'd have enjoyed attending one of your performances if I'd lived on the right continent), but an article acceptable to this encyclopaedia has to meet standards of Verifiability by Citing all or most of its content to published Reliable sources written by people entirely Independent of the subject.

Existing articles about other bands contemporary with yours meet those standards, as well of course the criteria at the Project page already linked for you by Theroadislong and Mjroots (or if they don't, they are liable to be deleted if and when somebody notices).

It is extremely difficult for someone to write about themselves or something they are closely involved with while maintaining the necessary Neutral point of view which is one of Wikipedia's fundamental Principles. If you really want to give it a try, read WP:Golden Rule, collect Reliable sources (online or printed) that all fulfill all of its conditions, and write something summarising only their content (in your own words, to avoid plagiarism and breach of copyright). Good luck. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} ~2026-27434-43 (talk) 08:34, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

Userbox for Solomon Islands Pijin English?

See also Wikipedia talk:Userboxes/Language#Can a userbox be created for Solomon Islands Pijin English?

-- Vincent Mia Edie Verheyen (talk) 08:19, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

Your user page already looks like a (mostly Wikipedia-irrelevant) curriculum vitae. It shouldn't do so. Enough already? -- Hoary (talk) 09:04, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

Permanent Deletion today

I don’t want that Wikipedia not interest mistake click wrong Please remove email address also removed profile info account permanently deletion Thank You don’t want that account no more Yesparadiselove (talk) 11:18, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Yesparadiselove; this is the wrong place to request this. Whilst a full account deletion is not possible, you can have your account permanently deactivated and anonymised at WP:VANISH. CoconutOctopus talk 11:20, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

Yoginipadma

Dr. Padmavati Maharana is Director of Rangiora Yoga Yoginipadma (talk) 08:43, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

What is your purpose in telling us this, Yoginipadma? -- Hoary (talk) 08:58, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

Given the content of User:Yoginipadma, probably promotion. Mike Turnbull (talk) 12:04, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

Word count template?

I've just imposed a word limit per participant on a single discussion, and I'd like an easy way for participants in that discussion to check their word count. I think there's a template that can be used to count words by participants in a (section of an article talk?). Am I hallucinating this? Valereee (talk) 21:30, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

By participants? I've not seen anything like that (though that doesn't mean it doesn't exist; I just haven't seen it). I'm aware of {{section sizes}} which can give a count of how many words of prose are on a page per section. (See below)

There's also {{word count}}, but participants have to use it themselves to wrap their messages (or someone must add it manually on their behalf); it won't generate a word count per participant over the whole page or within a section. – Scyrme (talk) 22:55, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

Word count: 25/50
For example, edit this section to see how I used {{word count}} to wrap this message and generate a count the top. – Scyrme (talk) 22:58, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

Another workaround will be on developer's hand, just like below section name: Latest comment: (time) ago, Word count: (number) word.––KEmel49(📝,📋) 12:12, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, all. I think the thing I've seen before has something to do with arbcom cases...that's just a dim bell that's ringing. I'll see if I can figure out where. Valereee (talk) 12:49, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

How to add Userboxes to your user page?

I'm really poor in terms of computer science, and I'd like to know how to add a userbox to your user page. Thank you very much, because I'm a Boomer at heart lol PoliticalPrincess (talk) 15:25, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

@PoliticalPrincess: you simply copy the code of the relevant userbox onto your user page. Some editors (like me), have them on a subpage because they have a lot of userboxes. WP:UBG is your start point to find useboxes of interest to you. Mjroots (talk) 15:36, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

thank you very much!! PoliticalPrincess (talk) 16:07, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

Article moved to draftspace - improved - unsure of next steps

Hi there - I created a new index page that was, fairly, moved to draftspaces as it was underdeveloped. I have now improved it and think it could be moved out now. Draft:Index of war articles

As it was moved into draft by a reviewer, should I request a review of it to be moved out? The review does not seem to reply on their talkpage a lot, so would need to use the template I believe, however, am aware of the long wait for this process, so keen to get it live again soon.

I noticed that index articles do not have to have referencing, e.g. Index of sociology articles, and flagging this here in case this is a comment.

Appreciate any help on this. Jamzze (talk) 16:30, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

If you think your Draft is ready to be published in mainspace, it needs to be reviewed by Someone from AfC. You just need to add {{subst:Submit}} at top your draft, which will automatically submit the draft for Afc.––KEmel49(📝,📋) 18:19, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

Sfn references to a multi-part template not appearing

I’m using Visual Editor to add Sfn reference notes to a bibliography (multi-part template). When I create the Sfn reference, the superscript reference number “[1]” appears in the main text, but the corresponding citation text does not. The reference number is always 1, which is incorrect. I can create new bibliography items without problems.

I’ve checked Wikilink to citation does not work but no joy. Any suggestions? The page in question is Antònia Fontanillas. Thanks! ChristoRobin (talk) 19:09, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

Did you mean instead of ^[1] it should have shown you Acrata 2014, p. 3. or Acrata, Librepensador (2014). "Antonia Fontanillas Borrás (1917-2014)". KSL: Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library (80). Translated by Sharkey, Paul: 3. ISSN 1475-0309 Directly?––KEmel49(📝,📋) 19:16, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick reply. Instead of ^[1] it should have shown, for example, ^[21] after the main text with new line "21. John Doe 2026, p. 1" appearing in the Reference section below (corresponding to a new Bibliograpy "Cite Book" that I had previously created). another similar problem happens when I try to add a reference to an existing Reference. For example, if I create an Sfn for the already existing "Evans 2018 p196" it should create ^[8] but it creates ^[1] instead.

Just to clarify, I have created new Cite Book entries in the multi-part template, but I have not saved my work. ChristoRobin (talk) 19:35, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

Does this still remain as ^[1] after you save your edits. If you are editing one section only there is a preview method which shows the current top most reference as 1, not from the pages overall references.––KEmel49(📝,📋) 19:41, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

Bot restoring incorrect image

I uploaded a photo of Walter Richard Cassels without noticing a stray mouse-pointer burnt into the image. I then re-uploaded the image without the mouse pointer... but DatBot (file size reduction bot) automatically restored the version with the pointer rather than using my corrected upload. How to fix please? Muzilon (talk) 00:04, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

You could have written the same directly at User talk:DatBot or atleast mentioned the Bot operator which is DatGuy. But you came here directly, so wait until the operator says something.––KEmel49(📝,📋) 12:06, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

@Muzilon Given the age of the image, it will be public domain by now Hence you can just upload it to commons at as high a resolution as you like and speedily delete the "nonfree" version. Mike Turnbull (talk) 12:13, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

Even if the file is in public domain, We cannot spare bot for this thing.––KEmel49(📝,📋) 12:16, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

I've moved the file to commons along with it's history and revisions as the file was in public domain.––KEmel49(📝,📋) 19:50, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

how to remove entries from a category page when the page i want removed is locked

Hello. on the entry for pejorative terms for men there is an entry for the word “tranny”. as the page for tranny says, it is a term most commonly used for transgender women and thus its inclusion is improper and likely offensive. however the page for tranny is locked in order to prevent vandalism. is there any way to remove a page from a category page without editing that page? ~2026-29442-26 (talk) 05:39, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

That it's most often applied to transgender women doesn't mean it's only applied to transgender women, so I'm not sure that removing the category from that article is merited? DonIago (talk) 05:44, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

When I was a kid a tranny was a transistor radio (yeah, I'm old). In any case, Wikipedia is not censored. Mjroots (talk) 06:52, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

I would kind of like to see an answer to the question that was asked. --Guy Macon (talk) 19:52, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

The answer is pretty simple: make an edit request along those lines. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^MUSHROOM 19:55, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

Jelly

How do I reach the company of 'Jelly Burn'?  ~2026-29576-12 (talk) 18:58, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

What is 'Jelly Burn' in the first place, if you know the term you need to search on google or any other search engine, this place is for questions regarding wikipedia.––KEmel49(📝,📋) 19:12, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi 29576, I'm not sure what you're asking here.

This is the help desk for Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia written by volunteers. If you are looking for information about a product or organization called "JellyBurn", I'm afraid we don't have any articles on that topic.

It seems they're selling some sort of weight loss supplement; be aware that Wikipedia editors cannot offer you legal advice or medical advice.

Sorry we couldn't be of more help. Best of luck! MEN KISSING (she/they) Talk to me, I don't bite! - See my edits 23:25, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

Reference with no number in text

Dermot Chichester, 7th Marquess of Donegall

In this page, 1 in the References list, has no corresponding number 1 in the text. When I change from Read to Edit, then I see a 1 in the box on the right side of the page (and also additional text there), and then the rest of the numbers are shifted so they no longer match with the correct numbers in the References list. I don't see an obvious way to fix this (I am more or less at the beginner level of editor). Dwsirkin (talk) 23:40, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

Dwsirkin if you click on the blue wedge (∧) to the right of a reference number in the References list it takes you to the same number in the text. Reference 1 supports the motto "Invitum sequitur honor" in the blazon section of the infobox. That section is default hidden in mobile view. TSventon (talk) 23:53, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

I have not been looking at the page with a mobile device. I don't see the hidden section when I am using my laptop (Opera on MacBook Air) in Read mode. It should be visible, no? I think this infobox has been copied multiple times, with slight modifications, for all the generations of these Marquesses. Dwsirkin (talk) 18:55, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

Actually, I see now, that if I click on the blue wedge, then the box expands, and I can see everything (in Read mode). Thanks! Dwsirkin (talk) 19:01, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi Dwsirkin. Dermot Chichester, 7th Marquess of Donegall#cite_note-1 is cited in support of content regarding "Motto" located in main infobox of the article (you can see the footnote marker at Dermot Chichester, 7th Marquess of Donegall#cite_ref-1). Adding citations to content in an infobox is not all that unusual, but the ideal infobox should really only summarize the main content in the article's body and not really be the one and only place where something relevant to the subject is being mentioned. Content related to the motto and its supporting citation should probably moved to the body of the article; if this is done, the order footnote markers will be automatically renumbered depending on where you move the content. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:46, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

I see. Thanks. But I don't think I will try to improve this, along the line you suggest, for this page. I think this infobox has been copied multiple times, with slight modifications, for all the generations of these Marquesses. Dwsirkin (talk) 18:58, 11 May 2026 (UTC)

Bluefish (software) has:

https://bluefish.openoffice.nl/index.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

from https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q651027#P856

Xo4v (talk) 04:27, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

I need to undelete Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols to Draft:Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

How? Xo4v (talk) 04:21, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

By following the procedure described at (and carried out at) Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion, Xo4v. You might specify why it is that you need to undelete it. -- Hoary (talk) 07:13, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

The entire content was Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols is a prominent journalist who largely concentrates on the computing industry. He (co?-)founded the Internet Press Guild, first mentioned the Web in a popular publication, first published Samba vs. NT benchmarks, first commented on the Caldera buy-out of Santa Cruz Unix assets, and so on. In mid-2007, he's a Senior Editor and columnist for Ziff Davis. Nowhere close to being an acceptable draft article with no RS or evidence of notability Jimfbleak - talk to me? 10:45, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

Plainlist and Bulleted List are not publishing in the infobox

I tried to create a list of former organizations in the infobox for this article, but it will not publish:

Songwriters Guild of America Starlighsky (talk) 03:39, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

Despite the documentation listing "formerly" as an alias, it appears the parameter may need to be titled "former_name" instead. It was apparently deprecated and removed in this edit as an alias. This was discussed at Template talk:Infobox organization#Conflicting parameter cleanup in March and April of this year. - Purplewowies (talk) 05:15, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks Starlighsky (talk) 11:36, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

I want to change my bio

I am Carolina Rodríguez Ferrero, known professionally as Nina Rodríguez. I am updating my own biography to add accurate and current information, including recent album releases (Mis Santos 2023, Interludio 2025), my role as creative director, and my participation in Chanel Paris Fashion Week 2023. All information can be verified through published press sources. ~2026-29559-82 (talk) 17:26, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

 Courtesy link: Nina Rodríguez 🏳️‍🌈JohnLaurens333 (Ping me!) 17:33, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

Welcome to wikipedia! Due to our articles' need to stay neutral, persons with conflicts of interest are generally advised against directly editing. Instead, you are encouraged to use Conflict of intrest edit requests. Also, I'd advise making an account to keep your requests and disclosures together. MetalBreaksAndBends (talk) 18:01, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

In addition to WP:COI issues, your edits were reverted because they did not even come close to Wikipedia standards. The information you added, some of it quite blatantly promotional, was mostly not supported by either of the sources you cited, one of which was an interview with you, which is not an independent source for information about you. Every fact that is potentially disputable in a WP:BLP must be supported by a citation. That means that you don't need to source that water is wet, but you certainly have to source she is recognized as one of the pioneers of Latin soul in Colombia and Latin America. CoffeeCrumbs (talk) 13:16, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello, @~2026-29559-82.

Wikipedia has little interest in what the subject of an article says or wants to say about themselves, or what their associates say about them. Wikipedia is almost exclusively interested in what people who have no connection with the subject, and who have not been prompted or fed information on behalf of the subject, have chosen to publish about the subject in reliable sources. If enough material is cited from independent sources to establish notability, a limited amount of uncontroversial factual information may be added from non-independent sources.

If the article is, or looks as if it might be, what you want people to know about yourself, then it is almost certainly promotional. ColinFine (talk) 16:15, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

what info can be added to a wiki page?

My family and I donate to Wikipedia as we are grateful that it exists. In return, we noticed we could help a certain page, backing it up with the Imbd and the professional page. Can you please explain why was removed, so next time we will contribute, we will know what rules are in place.

Thank you

Kind regards Goddess of fire 2026 (talk) 10:37, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

Taking a look at your edits to Moulin Rouge!, you didn't use the citation feature correctly, so that is why they were removed.

IMDB and her own website are not considered reliable sources, the former for being user-created and prone to embellishment, and the latter for being obviously biased. GarethBaloney (talk) 11:09, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

@Goddess of fire 2026, welcome! Taking this edit for example, it gives that impression that you are here to sell Amanda Colliver based on her own website. This is not WP-good, see for example WP:ABOUTSELF and WP:PUFFERY. In short and simplified, WP is not interested in what Amanda Colliver has done, but it's interested in what the New York Times says she has done. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 11:19, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for your donation, but this has no bearing whatever on your editing. Apart from a few employees of the Wikimedia Foundation who may happen to edit, nobody editing Wikipedia has any way of finding out who has donated, or when, or how much. ColinFine (talk) 16:22, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

author-links in references

I am familiar with use and utility of "author-link" in references, using the Source Editor; I am now about to write a biographic article for the first time, and I will use author-links whenever available, but I am uncertain whether this should include the person the article is about as author (which will occur quite often). I found this to be the case in some biographies, but not in others. IMHO, an author-link linking to the entire article it is used in does not make a lot of sense (internal links with are a different case, of course!) What is the recommended practice here ? (Template:Cite Journal and Search FAQs didn't provide me with an answer) Thanks, easyloc Easyloc (talk) 08:39, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

@Easyloc As WP:SELFLINK implies, placing an author link to the biography of that author won't actually produce a clickable link but will just create bold text at that point, which seems pointless and would just clutter the references. Mike Turnbull (talk) 16:30, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

In cs1|2 templates, self-linked names do not link and are not rendered in bold.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 16:58, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

Sixth time this AfC draft has been declined...

I just declined the AfC draft for the sixth time. Issues were still not addressed since last decline. I feel like this draft should be completely rejected altogether and the author of the draft should be warned. Can someone please help me? --みんな空の下 (トーク) 15:27, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

If you feel that it should be rejected, why did you not reject it? 331dot (talk) 15:34, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

@331dot I'll give them one more chance. But how many times do you think is enough declines before I call a draft a full rejection? --みんな空の下 (トーク) 15:37, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

It depends. If it looks like progress is being made, and their is potential for acceptance, it should be kept active by another decline. If decline after decline shows no progress, and/or it doesn't seem likely it can be improved enough for acceptance, it should be rejected. 331dot (talk) 15:43, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

For most cases, if it's already had 4-5 declines and doesn't seem to be any closer to good standard than it was at the start, I usually reject it for sure.

If the primary concern of all the previous declines has been notability, and the draft creator hasn't added any good sources after 2-3 declines, I usually reject it then too; those kinds of drafts tend to get stuck in a loop of the creator adding one middling source then resubmitting it, rinse and repeat after each decline, so a somewhat earlier rejection saves editor hours in a chronically backlogged system.

If the primary concern is AI use and it still appears AI generated after 2-3 declines, that's also usually a rejection for me. Same thing as above; the author will usually trim one or two of the most obviously AI-sounding sentences at a time between resubmits, so it's better to just reject it and tell them to appeal once they've actually rewritten it from the ground up. Athanelar (talk) 16:34, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

P.S., the official guidance given at WP:AFC says that reviewers should reject drafts if they believe the draft, in its current state, would not survive an AfD discussion were it in mainspace, whereas they should decline drafts if the draft is otherwise not up to standard but otherwise probably would survive an AfD (since there's sufficient evidence of notability and what have you). I find that most AfC reviewers don't tend to be so strict and will usually lean towards declining even drafts that are in a very poor state; but once something's been declined 5 or 6 times already I think it makes sense to be a bit stricter and apply the rules a bit more literally. Athanelar (talk) 16:39, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

I'm curious. Could I, with absolutely no experience at all in assessing drafts just pop in and reject this abomination? I'd happily do it if it was appropriate, somebody should - Walter Still not in the Epstein Files Ego 16:45, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

Unfortunately not; to review drafts you have to be an approved reviewer; check out the requirements at WP:AFC/P if you want to apply. It's chronically backlogged so the more active reviewers we have, the better. Athanelar (talk) 17:04, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for this response. - Walter Still not in the Epstein Files Ego 17:23, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

It's hard to know where to start here, as it seems to be breaking every WP:YFA rule in the book.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 15:44, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

What an utter crock of ****. If it is submitted again without a complete rewrite, I'd say that would be ample grounds for an indefinite block for WP/NOTHERE timewasting. AndyTheGrump (talk) 16:53, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

Six declines within nine days. And it hasn't been improved at all – it still cites no sources. This is a waste of reviewers' time. I'd strongly support rejection. Maproom (talk) 21:21, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

Finding a list

Hello Teahouse peeps. A while back I found a page in the back end that had a list of all biographies that did not have images. I cannot find it again. Does it ring a bell for anyone? It may have been a category. Thanks! ~2026-20856-07 (talk) 05:12, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

There's Category:Wikipedia requested images of people; not a complete list, but fairly helpful. Is that what you were thinking of? I would link to it, but my device is being glitchy for some reason.🏳️‍🌈JohnLaurens333 (Ping me!) 06:10, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks @JohnLaurens333. I think the one I saw was for biographies that didn't have images, rather than where they had been requested, but it's hard to say without seeing it again. ~2026-20856-07 (talk) 06:18, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

There's Category:Books with missing cover, which is generated automatically by use of {{Infobox book}} without a set image parameter, but I'm not aware of one for biographies aside from Category:Wikipedia requested images of people, no. You may have been thinking of the former. Category:No local image but image on Wikidata is definitely not that but potentially worth checking, if you want to spend some time cleaning up biographies. ScalarFactor (talk) 22:58, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

Citing own work

I appear to have found an editor who is citing their own work. The work (a paper in a peer-reviewed journal) appears entirely suitable and relevant to the articles it is being added to. I can't immediately find any guidance on this. Do we have guidelines on this? Thanks. SamWilson989 (talk) 20:06, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

I imagine this would fall under WP:COI, since someone could cite their own papers in order to disseminate them, for example. The editor should probably be advised to submit their edits via an edit request so it can be reviewed by an independent editor to confirm that the addition is appropriate. The easiest way is to use Wikipedia:Edit Request Wizard. – Scyrme (talk) 20:23, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

Well the edits I've seen from them so far are appropriate. Is it worth putting something on their talk page? SamWilson989 (talk) 20:24, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

Yes, @SamWilson989 Politely explain that what they are doing is COI editing, and ask them to follow the guidelines in that link. ColinFine (talk) 20:57, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi SamWilson989,

WP:CITESELF, part of the WP:COI guideline, goes over this. As long as the citation seems appropriate, and they aren't spamming it en masse, then all is well. MEN KISSING (she/they) Talk to me, I don't bite! - See my edits 03:26, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

Nestor

In reading the article on Nestor, I discovered that in one instance, one of his son is given the name "Stratcihus" and in a later reference, he is named "Straticus." I am no expert on Greek history/mythology, but it would be helpful if the names provided in the article were consistent.

Thanks! ~2026-29787-62 (talk) 22:16, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

I suppose that you're writing about the article Nestor (mythology). This has no mention of either "Stratcihus" or "Straticus". It does mention "Stratichus" (and it links to "Stratichus"). Until a few minutes ago it also mentioned "Stratius", pretty obviously a typo for "Stratichus": I have corrected accordingly. (Incidentally, the notability [article-worthiness] of Stratichus is not obvious to me.) -- Hoary (talk) 23:39, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi 29787,

That was probably just a typo, and I see that Hoary has already fixed it. Next time you see something like that, don't be afraid to edit the article yourself to correct it! MEN KISSING (she/they) Talk to me, I don't bite! - See my edits 03:31, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

New Taxonomic Classification For The Genus Gymnopilus +

Good day to you!

Please see: Re-shaping the family-level classification of Agaricineae (Agaricales, Basidiomycota) using a phylogenomic approach

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13081892/

or

https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/wfbi/sim/2026/00000113/00000001/art00004;jsessionid=3v4ft2onh54l9.x-ic-live-02#expand/collapse

Gymnopilus has been placed into a family called the Galerinaceae.

These changes have already been adopted on both Index Fungorum and Mycobank.

1. https://www.indexfungorum.org/Names/NamesRecord.asp?RecordID=17702

Position in classification: Galerinaceae, Agaricales, Agaricomycetidae, Agaricomycetes, Agaricomycotina, Basidiomycota, Fungi

2. https://www.mycobank.org/page/Name%20details%20page/field/Mycobank%20%23/17702

Classification Fungi > Dikarya > Basidiomycota > Agaricomycotina > Agaricomycetes > Agaricomycetidae > Agaricales > Agaricineae > Galerinaceae > Gymnopilus

3. NCBI https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/taxonomy/86085/ "Gymnopilus is a genus of basidiomycete fungi in the family Galerinaceae."

Can someone please update Wikipedia?

Best Regards To You, Advin Lendpatin ~2026-29847-68 (talk) 23:54, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi Advin,

If you see something on Wikipedia that needs to be updated, the best thing you can do to fix it is to update the page yourself!

If you're not sure how, the second best thing you can do is to bring the matter to the attention of more skilled editors. I'm not an expert on fungi, but the folks over at WikiProject Fungi would probably be able to help you. Here's a link to the project's talk page: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Fungi MEN KISSING (she/they) Talk to me, I don't bite! - See my edits 03:45, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

How can i add my information in Wikipedia?

Hello, I would like to know how I can add my personal information to Wikipedia. I am new to editing Wikipedia and not sure about the correct process.

Could you please guide me on:

• Whether I am eligible to have a Wikipedia page
• What guidelines I need to follow
• How to create and publish an article about myself or my work
• I want to make sure I follow all Wikipedia rules and avoid any mistakes.

Thank you for your help. Fdfsd15 (talk) 10:11, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello. Please read the autobiography policy. Wikipedia is not social media where people tell about themselves. We want to know what others say about a topic, not what it says about itself.

You may edit your user page to tell about yourself as a Wikipedia editor or user, but it is not a social media style page for you to tell anything and everything about yourself. See WP:USERPAGE. 331dot (talk) 10:14, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

I've cocked up a move

I tried to move the draft of Savage House (film) to mainspace from its draft, but have cocked it up, and don't know how to put it right. Could someone help please? I seem to have created a project page for it instead ... The film has its world premiere on 3 June so it seemed time to put it into mainspace. Thanks Stronach (talk) 10:04, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

I have moved it back to draftspace and placed a template which will allow you to submit it for review by an AfC reviewer. Given that the article was draftified by an AfD discussion, I think it would be inappropriate to move this back to mainspace unilaterally without a review. Athanelar (talk) 10:15, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

ello, @Stronach. Please note that Wikipedia has zero concern about external deadlines. It is an encyclopaedia, not a news service, social media, or a publicity platform. ColinFine (talk) 16:20, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

@ColinFine: I know all that - people might be interested to read more about a film that is being premiered in two weeks or so. I've never known this sort of embargo on an article for an upcoming film and find it very odd. Having said that, I have no dog in this fight so will leave it for others to act on. 13:57, 18 May 2026 (UTC) Stronach (talk) 13:57, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

Is there anyway to add parameters to a set infobox

I’ve been editing various articles for governors, and a lot of them have military personnel info boxes, which don’t include the parameters as infobox office holder has. Is there anyway I can add the Office holder parameters to the military person infobox, or will I have to move all the information to the office holder infobox. The Grenadian Historian (Aka. Mwen Sé Kéyòl Translator-a) (talk) 13:03, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

See Template:Infobox military person#Embedding. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:59, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you very much The Grenadian Historian (Aka. Mwen Sé Kéyòl Translator-a) (talk) 14:07, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

My email address

when paying a donation I typed an error in my email address by mistake. Can that be corrected? ~2026-29879-19 (talk) 14:12, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

Contact donate (at) wikimedia.org for help with this. RudolfRed (talk) 14:36, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

Receiving verification code to log in

I wanted to make a small edit, which I've many times done before,but when told to use a verification for my log in sent to my email, it wasn't there and continued not to arrive after several attempts. ~2026-29556-76 (talk) 17:16, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

You don't necessarily need to log in with a username to make an edit(though it depends on what you want to do). Did you check your junk mail folder? 331dot (talk) 17:20, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

See Help:Extension:EmailAuth. If you have an existing account and cannot log in because of failed email verification, you can contact cawikimedia.org.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 15:42, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

Can't log in

I've been trying to log in over the last couple of days (I have a Wiki account) and am asked to enter a code sent to my email address. Unfortunately, these emails take so long to arrive that the code has expired by the time I get them. The same thing happens if I try to use the "recover my account" option. What can I do about this? ~2026-29592-08 (talk) 15:53, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

This is probably linked with this thread on Village Pump/Technical.––KEmel49(📝,📋) 18:12, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for your reply, I am indeed using Yahoo mail! So there isn't anything I can do about it, then? I just can't log in? ~2026-29592-08 (talk) 16:16, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

Page for Rayna Tours

 Courtesy link: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rayna Tours and Travels

Hello Wikipedia Team,

I hope you are doing well.

I represent Rayna Tours (raynatours.com). We recently attempted to create a Wikipedia page for our company, but the submission was not approved.

We would appreciate your guidance regarding:

• the correct process for creating a company article,
• the notability and sourcing requirements, and any improvements needed for future approval.

Our intention is to create a neutral and policy-compliant article similar to other established travel companies listed on Wikipedia.

Please let us know the best way to proceed or where we can request editorial guidance. Thank you for your time and support.

Best regards, aparna ~2026-29825-77 (talk) 11:40, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

WP:YFA and WP:BOSS are recommended reading here. This type of article, particularly if created in a conflict of interest situation, is almost invariably doomed to fail.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 11:45, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

Draft:Rayna Tours and Travels was deleted in September 2018 ("G13: Abandoned draft or AfC submission"). What was/is the title of the recent attempt? -- Hoary (talk) 12:29, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

The fundamental misunderstanding you have is that your goal is to "create a Wikipedia page for our company". Wikipedia articles are not for the benefit of the subject in any way. There may be benefits, but those are not our goal. In fact, there are good reasons to not want an article. 331dot (talk) 16:58, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

Just edited an article with an image for the first time. Confused.

Galactic Attack Is the image I added free/fair use or not? I completed the image tutorial but there was nothing about using 46-year-old screenshots like https://www.mobygames.com/game/29245/galactic-attack/screenshots/ to add to a wiki article. How do I know if a screenshot from an old artwork/game is fair use or not? Oathed (talk) 09:29, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

Oathed, no screenshot "is fair use". Use in a particular article of a low-resolution version of a screenshot may be "fair use" if various conditions are met. See also WP:Software screenshots#Non-free game. -- Hoary (talk) 12:21, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

Tyvm. Oathed (talk) 17:03, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

help with making an article

I'm helping making a draft on a darts player. How do i add that BLP warning thing? Merasmous (talk) 18:37, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

Merasmous, the BLP editnotice is automatically shown if the page is categorized with Category:Living people or Category:Possibly living people. Please do not add these categories to the draft however, as doing so is against policy. Just add the appropriate category if you move it to articlespace. 45dogs (they/them) (talk page) (contributions) 19:04, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello, @Merasmous.

My earnest advice to new editors is to not even think about trying to create an article until you have spent several weeks - at least - learning about how Wikipedia works by making improvements to existing articles. Once you have understood core policies such as verifiability, neutral point of view, reliable, independent sources, and notability, and experienced how we handle disagreements with other editors (the Bold, Revert, Discuss cycle), then you might be ready to read your first article carefully, and try creating a draft. If you don't follow this advice but try to create an article without this preparation, you are likely to have a frustrating and disappointing experience with Wikipedia. ColinFine (talk) 21:12, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

It isn't my article. I'm editing a draft as part of a wikiproject. But what you say is accurate. Merasmous (talk) 21:29, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

Role for illustrators/visual artists in Wikipedia

Is there a need for any particular type of illustration in Wikipedia or any related Wikimedia project? I am also a visual artist and am wondering how I can contribute my work to further the project. Maybe scientific illustration or maps or the like, though I suspect I would need to learn a lot more about those topics to contribute in those fields. Lucevium (talk) 01:26, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

@Lucevium: See Wikipedia:Graphics Lab. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:10, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

Selface

Can i--we-- just add www.linkedin.com/in/mark-cernicky-a093a95a my linked in profile to start making a personal page ? Or how do I , so I can link stories that already have me nae in them ? PLEASE ! Cernicky (talk) 18:59, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

Generally, you don't, per WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Editing other articles to include info about yourself would similarly be a conflict of interest, though you could ask other editors to do so at the Talk pages for those articles. DonIago (talk) 19:02, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello, @Cernicky.

Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia, not social media or a directory.

A Wikipedia article should be a neutral summary of what the majority of people who are wholly unconnected with the subject have independently chosen to publish about the subject in reliable publications, (see Golden rule) and not much else. What you know (or anybody else knows) about the subject is not relevant except where it can be verified from a reliable published source.

Since what's in your linked in profile is presumably what you want people to know about you, very little from there will belong in a Wikipedia article about you. Wikipedia isn't interested in what you want to say about yourself, only in what people unconnected with you have chosen to publish about you in reliable places.

For most people in the world, there simply isn't enough independent material published about them to base an article on, so there cannot be a Wikipedia article about them (the Wikipedia jargon is that they are not notable).

If you are one of those rare people who have been noted in published sources, so you do meet the criteria, then there could be an article about you. But you are very strongly advised not to try to write it yourself. Very few people have ever successfully done so. You would need to effectively forget everything you know about yourself, and write a summary just of what those people who don't know you have published about you. Even if they leave things out. Even if they are nasty about you. Even if they get things wrong. Do you see why that is insanely difficult?

I am named in at least one Wikipedia article, but I am not notable, and so there is no article about me. ColinFine (talk) 21:21, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank You for taking the time.

I thought it would be cool to have all the stories I wrote, bikes I tested for Cycle World Magazine, in one place, wasn't exactly looking for social media platform. I use Wikipedia like an encyclopedia, when I use to test bikes people in the industry would use my findings published in cycle world as truth, testing you could count on. Again, its been a while, but would be cool and useful to have as a reference. Cernicky (talk) 21:34, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

Cernicky, it's good that you're using Wikipedia like an encyclopedia. And it's good to hear that the content of Cycle World was reputed to be true. But Wikipedia doesn't summarize and refer to its sources because they're true; it does so because those sources aren't contradicted by better ones. (Wikipedia:Verifiability, not truth may be of interest.) -- Hoary (talk) 22:05, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

Published articles on bikes by reputable sources can be used on articles about bike related subjects, presumably including yours. Merasmous (talk) 22:10, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank You, now there's the thing about not posting my own articles in a landing page.

Seams like a waste to not have them readily available. And yes, I admit that it would be nice to see what a collection of what I wrote at my time at the magazine benefit

people looking for facts and good photos of those bikes I tested. Cernicky (talk) 22:31, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

You should look at WP:Alternative outlets for that. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 07:54, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

I had to look up Morris dance and watch a couple videos. Cernicky (talk) 22:32, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

Does this username imply that they're not here to build an encyclopedia?

EWURUM TENNISON IFECHUKWU, GOD, GOD of gods, All All, Rabbi (talk · contribs)

See also userpage --みんな空の下 (トーク) 09:10, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

It could, though they may have just been fooling around on their user page as a test. 331dot (talk) 09:18, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

someone on Wikipedia is impersonating Admins

there is a user name Mr Ringtail has threaten to blocked me from editing on Wikipedia when i was trying to fix typo on the List of programs broadcast by Fox when i try is fix it. it gets undone by a user name MR. Ringtail Brennan10029 (talk) 18:54, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

Courtesy ping: MrRingtail 🏳️‍🌈JohnLaurens333 (Ping me!) 19:22, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

No he didn't, he left you a copy of {{uw-disruptive3}}. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 19:38, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

The warning is correct, too, as you've been trying to edit war in inaccurate information. American Dad has aired 396 episodes. But when the subject is TV shows broadcast on Fox television, only the episodes of Fox television count in a tally, and you've been trying to force in the episodes broadcast on TBS. CoffeeCrumbs (talk) 09:44, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

Talk

Is there a way to chat with others? MooMooMoo27 (talk) 15:17, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi MooMooMoo27 - you asked this yesterday, and it was answered above. Please do not repeat questions. Thank you. - Arjayay (talk) 15:33, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

I didnt see I had already sent it. Im sincerly sorry. MooMooMoo27 (talk) 11:48, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

WP:BANREVERT

Does WP:BANREVERT apply to suspected sockpuppets, or just CU-confirmed? Cutlass^Ciera 01:11, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

It applies to proven sockpuppets, which is the middle ground. Typically they will be blocked as a sockpuppet (if not now then soon). In other words, it should be true and something more than a maybe. When it comes to the BANREVERT 3RR exception, it's usually unwise to edit-war with sockpuppets before they're blocked. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 12:04, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

I seem to have misunderstood when creating the account

Hi there, I seem to have misunderstood when creating the account, and my draft has been declined as an autobiography. I am not Rachel Pope, but I thought the username was supposed to be her name for the article. Can I change this?

Here is the article draft link: Draft:Rachel Pope (gynecologist) Dr. Rachel Pope (talk) 08:49, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

Go to Special:GlobalRenameRequest. Do you have any connection to Dr. Pope? You claim that you took a picture of her in an operating room, suggesting that you have close access to her. 331dot (talk) 08:55, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

Dr. Rachel Pope the article as it stands is a non-starter anyway, largely unsourced or referenced to sites that are not independent verifiable sources like her work profile and her own sites. If you are not her, you must clarify your obvious conflict of interest too Jimfbleak - talk to me? 10:25, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

In fact, I'm not sure that any of your supposed references are acceptable as genuine independent third-party sources Jimfbleak - talk to me? 10:29, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

I've nominated your images for deletion at Commons, since they appear to be violations of copyright claims by University Hospitals and What is Obstetric Fistula Jimfbleak - talk to me? 10:40, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

I have worked with her, yes, is this unaccepteble? Dr. Rachel Pope (talk) 10:49, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

Dr. Rachel Pope not unacceptable, but must be declared. If you work for her, that needs to be made clear too. Do you want me to post guidance on your talk page, since your draft is nowhere near being acceptable as it stands Jimfbleak - talk to me? 10:57, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

Yes please. Thank you! Dr. Rachel Pope (talk) 11:22, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello, @Dr. Rachel Pope (yes, I understand that that is not your name!)

The fact that you made this mistake (which you are far from the first to have made, by the way) suggests to me that you have an equally common but also wrong understanding of how Wikipedia works. I think you suppose that people typically write articles about themselves, or get their colleagues or friends to do it.

While that does happen, it is not the norm, and it is not often successful.

The problem is that if you are writing about somebody you know, you will be tempted to write what you know about them; and furthermore, to select the things that you (and they) would prefer people to know. But that is not what Wikipedia requires.

A Wikipedia article should be a neutral summary of what the majority of people who are wholly unconnected with the subject have independently chosen to publish about the subject in reliable publications, (see Golden rule) and not much else. What you know (or anybody else knows) about the subject is not relevant except where it can be verified from a reliable published source.

Irrespective of who writes the article, it should begin with finding independent reliable sources about the subject (see golden rule) and then if several such sources are found (and not otherwise) should proceed by summarising what those sources say. Even if they leave things out. Even if they concentrate on negative or dubious matters. Even if they get things wrong (Wikipedia works on verifiability, not truth). Do you see why, as a colleague, you are likely to find this hard to achieve? ColinFine (talk) 15:04, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

Talk page archives

I remember setting up ClueBot to archive these talk page one year ago. Since it does it's job archiving 20 years of discussion in one go I leave it as is. Now though I checked the talk pages one year latter, and realize that it's archiving was too aggressive. It created 3 new archives (1, 2, 3), each only have one to two threads.

Already edited the config to at least keep some threads before archiving. But now I second guess my decision to use years-month format as it didn't receive that many discussion. I'm considering whatever to leave it as it is or merged that 3 archives.

I also considering to move the archives page to use numbered format instead of years/months format since there isn't that many page + the automatic linking in {{Talk header}} and {{Archive}} header would work for free for numbered archives. - Ivan530 (Talk) 15:39, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

Ivan530 your last suggestion seems sensible. You could rename the first archive as archive 1 and move the latest three discussions back to the talk page. TSventon (talk) 16:05, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

The constitution

I dont know if they just fell asleep or what but is there a full page on the constitution? MooMooMoo27 (talk) 11:50, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

The constitution of what exactly? Shantavira|^{feed me} 14:30, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

America MooMooMoo27 (talk) 16:37, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

@MooMooMoo27: Your posts appear unrelated to the above section so I made a new section header. The bottom of the infobox and the box at the bottom right of Constitution of the United States has a link to wikisource:Constitution of the United States of America at our sister project Wikisource. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:45, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

Referencing errors on Nova Odessa

Reference help requested.

Thanks, Mateustognella (talk) 17:52, 19 May 2026 (UTC) Good afternoon.

I need help formatting the section listing the sister cities of Nova Odessa.

I've added the three sister cities of Nova Odessa, São Paulo State, Brazil.

However, I haven't been able to edit the sources. I'm asking someone from the Wikipedia community for help.

The sister cities are:

Jelgava - Latvia Odessa - Ukraine Agugliaro - Italy

The sources are below on the Nova Odessa page (in English):

"Sister city of Nova Odessa promotes photography contest" (in Portuguese). Nova Odessa. 2013-03-25. Retrieved 2020-06-16.

"Law No. 3,881, of December 17, 2025" (in Portuguese). 2026-01-05. Retrieved 2026-03-01.

(in Portuguese). 2026-05-19 https://novaodessa.sp.gov.br/nova-odessa-e-agugliaro-na-italia-formalizam-acordo-de-cidades-irmas-em-reuniao-virtual. Retrieved 2026-05-19. {{cite web}}: Empty citation (help): Missing or empty |title= (help); Text "Nova Odessa and Agugliaro, in Italy, formalize sister city agreement in virtual meeting" ignored (help)

Mateustognella, simply, you omitted "title=". But there also were other problems with this reference. How is this edit of mine? -- Hoary (talk) 22:56, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

how can i submit my biography for consideration as a page

how can i submit my biography for consideration as a page ~2026-30106-74 (talk) 18:00, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

Link to the draft? —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^MUSHROOM 18:01, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

Have you seen the WP:AUTOBIO guideline...? --CiaPan (talk) 19:28, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

Madagascan ~2026-30184-11 (talk) 02:36, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

cần tư vấn web spangoctrinh.com

tôi cần web chuẩn seo yêu cầu bạn nào hỗ trợ giúp tôi cảm ơn spangoctrinh.com ~2026-30336-65 (talk) 05:56, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

This help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. AndyTheGrump (talk) 06:06, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

Full italics in an article title?

Hi, I've created an article that's about a Canadian court case, and the article title should be in italics. However, part of the title is in parentheses, and it's not showing up as italics. Is there a way to fix that? The article is Sinclair-Desgagné v. Canada (Chief Electoral Officer). Thanks. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 13:21, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

@Mr Serjeant Buzfuz: Fixed by . {{Italic title|all=yes}} includes parentheses. {{Infobox SCC}} has an undocumented parameter to omit the automatic partial italics so a conflict is avoided. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:34, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. I tried to add that command but got a big red error message. I must have been doing something wrong. Appreciate it. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 03:15, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

@Mr Serjeant Buzfuz: The automatic italic title from the infobox must be disabled at the same time like my diff. Othwerwise there is a red warning about conflicting display titles. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:08, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks very much for the explanation. Very helpful. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 12:14, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

Looking for a certain template

I seem to recall there being a template to put on a page that said something along the lines of "this biographical article consists almost entirely of a list of their published works", but I'm not sure how to find the template. Thanks! Qualiesin (talk) 02:56, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

@Qualiesin Possibly Template:BLP self-published. There is a list of related templates at the foot of that page. Mike Turnbull (talk) 10:17, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

The only one there that I can think of is Template:Resume-like, but it's not quite the same thing. Thanks anyway. Qualiesin (talk) 13:52, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

Access to Wikipedia articles

I cannot find the place to type in the desccription of the information I am looking for (Suche in German); it has disappeared.

How do I get it back? ~2026-30293-87 (talk) 15:29, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

I believe you are talking about the search bar. It is available at the top of the screen, or by going to Special:Search. Nononsense101 (talk) 15:34, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

If you can't see the search bar, there should be an image of a magnifying glass, which you can click on to search. TSventon (talk) 15:36, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

Add book to List of vegan and plant-based media

I am not technically savvy so would appreciate someone adding my book to Wikipedia's great list of vegan and plant-based media under the category of ethics. My name is Jerry H Parisella and I am the author of the book Stop Eating The Animals, published in 2014, connecting ethics with health. Details below. Thanks in advance for your consideration.

Book Title: Stop Eating The Animals Copyright 2014 Jerry H. Parisella Published by Create Space, an Amazon company ISBN: 13-978-1499246803 ISBN: 10-1499246803 Library of Congress Control Number: 2014907978 Web Site: StopEatingTheAnimals.org ~2026-30400-23 (talk) 14:54, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

To do that, there would need to first be an article about your book, if it meets the definition of a notable book. 331dot (talk) 14:57, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

It appears in Kirkus Reviews, but otherwise isn't looking like it meets the definition as a book self-published through CreateSpace. -- Reconrabbit (talk) 17:17, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

Plankton the movie

Hello. Could the infobox for that movie be edited to show the Chinese theartical premiere. It's pretty significant, because China is the only country to get it in theartes. ~2026-22534-68 (talk) 15:56, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

Yeah, it can be added to the Release date field. Do you have any source for that? Tutwakhamoe (talk) 16:57, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

https://www.thatsmags.com/guangzhou/post/38681/amazing-international-movies-coming-to-china-this-march which the article already uses. ~2026-22534-68 (talk) 17:05, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

 Done. Although I’m not sure how to specify that it’s theatrical release in the infobox, so it might need to be mentioned separately in the content. Tutwakhamoe (talk) 17:40, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

Can't you just write it there? ~2026-22534-68 (talk) 19:26, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

No. Infobox are for brief facts with fixed format, longer text won't fit in there. Tutwakhamoe (talk) 22:25, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

References from OECD

Hi all

Is there a way of seeing which articles on Wikipedia use references from OECD and which sources they use as references?

I'm working on a project with the OECD in my role at Wikimedia Sverige to hopefully start sharing their graphics etc on Wikipedia. I'm doing some research for them to try and understand how much their content is currently used as references on Wikipedia and specifically which content.

I've managed to find an old query I did in massviews to see which articles use references from OECD.org https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/massviews/?platform=all-access&agent=user&source=search&range=latest-30&project=en.wikipedia.org&sort=views&direction=1&view=list&target=insource:oecd%20insource:/(oecd.org|publisher=OECD)/

However this doesn't tell me which content on their website it references and so which OECD resources are the most popular references.

Does anyone know if there is a way to do the same query in massviews (or another tool) but it lists the OECD URLs used in the articles? I'm not a very technical person so any help you can provide would be really appreciated :)

Thanks very much

John Cummings (talk) 15:50, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

John Cummings, as a start you could try searching for oecd.org at Special:LinkSearch. I got 6707 links, not all in article space. Presumably most but not all links are in references. TSventon (talk) 23:02, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks so much TSventon, this is really great, I guess I can download this list and exclude any rows for User pages and Talk pages and that should be a good estimate :) John Cummings (talk) 01:49, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

@John Cummings: It's awkward downloading from LinkSearch. I can get you a list from the API if wanted. Post some details on my talk of what you want (what URL? what namespaces? just articles?). Do you want a full list or a count of each unique URL? A list of articles with URLs? People at WP:QUARRY could provide another way to get a list. There has also been a bunch of work examining external links. I did some a few years ago but there are more efficient ways now that I have noticed but forgotten at the moment. There was someone or something that performed an analysis routinely. Johnuniq (talk) 02:17, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi Johnuniq thanks so much for your reply, tools like Quarry are way outside of my technical abilities. Basically I would like to find a way for partners like UN agencies, OECD etc which publish on their website to understand:

1. How many times their content is referenced on Wikipedia, the search seems to do this up to a point but includes things like talk pages and user pages which would need to be filtered, if there is a way to magically filter these out in the search that would be great.
2. A way of understanding which of their 'products' are most popular as source on Wikipedia. For example, I used to work at UNESCO, I assume that their information about World Heritage is cumulatively the most popularly referenced 'product' they publish on Wikipedia. I think the easiest way to do this is to provide a raw list of URLs in the references and they can work this out in a spreadsheet
3. The audience for the pages that reference their content, I can do this manually by getting a list of pages from Massviews, but obviously if we could have this as part of all this information together as one search that would be really great.

Do you think I should just post this request there?

Thanks again

John Cummings (talk) 05:46, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

I have done this before, example: January 2015—don't try to read that as it wouldn't help; I'm just saying that what you want is a well-trodden path. What I did was very crude and hard to access, and required a lot of mucking around by me. Fortunately, it was made obsolete by a new system that was mentioned in an August 2014 email to me. The tool was LinkyPedia (linkypedia.inkdroid.org which is very dead). I don't know if there is a current system. You might see if anyone at Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library knows whether data from external links is available. It was used to inform publishers about how many links to their resources were used in English Wikipedia articles. I don't think this is the right place for an extended discussion. You could post on my talk with what information you would like extracted from LinkSearch (see my earlier comment). I believe you have seen that it outputs page name and URL. I can sort that and count it, etc. However, it needs the precise domain name to search for. Johnuniq (talk) 07:00, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

Art sculpture s in raw wood

ben wilson British sculptor recentwork ~2026-30381-20 (talk) 13:13, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

This is a place to ask questions about Wikipedia. It's not a search engine. That said, were you looking for Ben Wilson (English artist)? 🏳️‍🌈JohnLaurens333 (They/them • Ping me!) 13:19, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

Possible Article on Lea Armstrong

I noticed a redlink to Lea Armstrong on NCAT which I have since fixed, but it does look like there is some info about her online. She's covered in some detail in several websites, but I'm not entirely sure if they are detailed enough or reliable/independent enough. So, for anyone with more experience with reliable sources than I am, is it worth the effort to make a draft on this? TheDowningStreetCat (talk) 06:34, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

I don't think New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal "counts" as WP:JUDGE, but don't take my word on that. I don't see obvious WP:GNG at . What are the three GNG-best sources you know? This one should count, I think: Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:26, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

I had seen ones like and but they looked borderline. There's some info at but no date or name, so unlikely to be a good source. I probably won't bother, since it seems unlikely that the draft won't encounter a WP:42 issue. TheDowningStreetCat (talk) 23:04, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

Equivalent to RP for websites?

If a wikipedia has 60 references from 60 different pages of a book, template:RP is suggested. Is there an equivalent for websites? Assume this is a relatively stable site with cite web rather than 60 different news articles.Naraht (talk) 21:14, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

No, because either (1) you're citing different URLs on the same domain and would need to cite each individually anyway or (2) you're re-using the same URL, in which case Help:Footnotes#Footnotes: using a source more than once is relevant. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^MUSHROOM 21:21, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

Fair, and I'm not sure I haven't asked this in the past (though I did search through the archives for my handle and template:RP).Naraht (talk) 23:17, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

Comedy drama

What is supposed to be a prose article has been turned into a compilation of whatever an editor interested in the subject thinks is a notable example, where two lists (one for film and one for television) are now overwhelming the page. In November 2025, I created a thread on the Talk page about the lists needing to be cut down, but no one has commented. Since then, there have been more additions to the lists.
MOS:LIST does not address how long a list within a prose article should be. Neither do MOS:EMBED, WP:NOT, and WP:LWA. So, how long can a list within a prose article be? Should the lists in the Comedy drama article be reduced? Pyxis Solitary (yak). ⚢ – not queer. 09:26, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

What an utterly absurd and obnoxiously biased list. No secondary sources to indicate why the specific examples are included, or even that they meet the subject description. I'll delete it, and explain why on the talk page. Feel free to chip in. AndyTheGrump (talk) 09:46, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

I'm glad you made the edit this article desperately needed. Because I have contributed to the article, I was concerned that if I removed the lists, it could have developed into a whac-a-mole reverse/delete situation spawned by editors who kept ignoring the issue. Pyxis Solitary (yak). ⚢ – not queer. 07:53, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

Batang Lupar 1 Bridge

Hello! I recently created a new mainspace article for the Batang Lupar 1 Bridge .

The article covers the construction, history and upcoming mid-May 2026 opening of the longest river-crossing bridge in Malaysia. I have formatted the page with an infobox, categories, and verified all details using reliable local news sources (including DayakDaily, TVS, and The Borneo Post).

Since it is a newly published page, it currently may has a "noindex" status according to Google search. Could an experienced editor or reviewer please patrol/review the article so it can be successfully indexed by search engines? Any feedback or formatting adjustments to improve the page are also highly appreciated. Thank you for your time! angys (Talk Talk) 04:33, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

Yes, *angys*, the HTML says: <meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow,max-image-preview:standard">. A "new page reviewer" will review it as part of "new page patrol", eventually. Meanwhile, (i) What are "JKR R5 Standards"? (ii) In what sense are the 87 river piers "featured"? (iii) It aims, or is aimed, "to stimulate sustainable socioeconomic growth and commercial activities in the coastal region". But do all political parties and news sources agree? (iv) Does "The project, which costs approximately RM848.7 million, reached a major milestone on 26 January 2026 when the main structure connection work was successfully completed" mean anything other than "The project costs approximately RM848.7 million; its main structure connection work was completed on 26 January 2026"? -- Hoary (talk) 06:57, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

What's your hurry to get the page indexed? Athanelar (talk) 10:10, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

Help with "IndianPremierLeagueProgression" Template

Could someone familiar with the "IndianPremierLeagueProgression" Template help me in editing the "2025 Delhi Capitals season" page. It has the wrong team name, but I have not been able to find a way to correct it that does not give a format error. Adry9509 (talk) 13:45, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

UI

Every time I come to wikipedia, I have to hide the Main Menu. Why does it not save my selection? Why change the interface at all? It's just straight up worse now. ~2026-28427-95 (talk) 04:37, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

The Vector skin has been in use since 2022. If you don't like it, with a logged in user account, you can select Vector legacy (2010) in the Preferences.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 07:02, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

Or MonoBook, which I've been using since I registered. (I detest Vector and its iterations.) —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^MUSHROOM 23:52, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

Draft process

If I fix all the problems on an abandoned rejected draft, abandoned by somebody else, can I then accept it myself?

I want to write something on the same topic, and I'd normally be allowed to make new pages.

There's not much worth keeping from the old draft, but I thought it would be a good idea to start there, mostly so the user who was interested before can get all the notifications etc. if they ever come back. But I don't know what the procedure is? Late Night Coffee (ping me) 14:31, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

@LateNightCoffee: Is it a rejected draft or a declined draft? 🏳️‍🌈JohnLaurens333 (They/them • Ping me!) 14:37, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

@JohnLaurens333 "Submission declined" is there a difference? Late Night Coffee (ping me) 17:53, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

@LateNightCoffee: Yes: Declined means it can be submitted again, but rejected means it cannot be resubmitted without an appeal. 🏳️‍🌈JohnLaurens333 (They/them • Ping me!) 18:01, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

It was just declined for inadequate sources and a few other "not ready yet" type issues. Late Night Coffee (ping me) 18:19, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

@JohnLaurens333, The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of just starting from scratch. Starting on a draft that has hardly anything worth keeping seems like it overcomplicates the process for not much benefit? Acknowledging that they had the article idea before me seemed like good etiquette, but maybe it's not very useful? Late Night Coffee (ping me) 18:27, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

This is a good question as there's lot of abandoned drafts on WP:WAD and a lot of them are older than a decade if not recently abandoned. I tried a submission myself for an abandoned draft which was rejected and later on discouraged as it was a lot older. I'm not sure what the abandoned drafts wikiproject insists by asking user to improve the drafts to be ready for submission. Sddarealone (talk) 16:35, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

@Sddarealone, It's only a few months old. Late Night Coffee (ping me) 18:04, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

But if it getting approved needs their input I'll do something separate. They didn't do much other editing, and they seem to have given up when it got rejected, so I don't want to wait till they come back.

They'll probably find the new version anyway if they ever come back, and there's hardly anything worth keeping, most of what they wrote was uncited or would need to be rewritten to update for recent events. Late Night Coffee (ping me) 18:11, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

In that case, I'd suggest you create a new draft and submit the article as AfC. What I was talking about is that usually the user of abandoned draft never comes back and when the article is re-edited for submission by the new user, the admin warns the new user for editing the userspace draft. Almost all of the abandoned drafts are userspace drafts and not mainspace drafts so I'm not sure why is it frowned then. Sddarealone (talk) 20:45, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello, @LateNightCoffee.

While it's customary not to interfere with a draft that somebody else is working on without asking, there's no rule against that, and an abandoned draft is certainly fair game.

If you have the user rights to create an article, then there can be no objection to you improving a draft and moving it to mainspace yourself; or if you're not sure, you could submit it for review. ColinFine (talk) 18:03, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

I customarily interfere (without asking) with drafts that their creators are working on; and complaints about this are so rare that offhand I can't think of any. (Or perhaps it's just that my memory is terrible.) -- Hoary (talk) 00:08, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

@Hoary, I thought drafts were intended to be collaborative and if someone didn't want that they'd work in their user space? Late Night Coffee (ping me) 18:12, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

LateNightCoffee, whether a draft is in "draft space" or "user space", in principle it's open to constructive editing by all. In practice, editing of drafts in user space by people other than that "user" is unusual. And such editing may irritate the user whose space it's in. Such irritation may or may not be justified, depending on the draft, the nature of the edit, etc. If I see something in user space that's really objectionable, I may move it towards deletion; if it merely raises some minor objections, I normally leave it alone. -- Hoary (talk) 22:02, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

Now had the abandoned draft been in draft space instead and edit made there later, would that be acceptable in practice? Sddarealone (talk) 22:08, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

If one person (let's call her Fiona) comes across a promising but abandoned draft in draft space, may she work on that draft and, if/when she thinks it's sound enough to be an article, may she submit it for review? Yes, Sddarealone, certainly! If the history of the draft shows that it was mostly or completely the work of one person (let's call him Nawruz), should Fiona ask Nawruz for his permission before she starts her resuscitation and improvement of the sleeping draft? She'd be under no obligation to do so, but doing so would be courteous. Normally I'd ask and wait a week for a reply; if after a week there were no reply, I'd start. -- Hoary (talk) 11:49, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

@ColinFine, This is what I was planning, then I noticed the "submission declined" header said "do not remove this line" as a comment viewable to editors but not readers. I wasn't sure who that instruction applies to? Late Night Coffee (ping me) 18:16, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

@LateNightCoffee: That instruction applies to everybody who works on the draft. It helps reviewers quickly see what other reviewers have said about previous verions of the draft, making it easier to see if the reasons for declining it have been resolved. —In solidarity with Wiki Workers United · ClaudineChionh (she/her · talk · email) 09:23, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

@ColinFine, It seemed like good etiquette to acknowledge they had the idea first, but not much of what they actually wrote is worth keeping, so maybe I should just start from scratch? Late Night Coffee (ping me) 18:30, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

Late Night Coffee, you can chose whether to use the draft or start your own article. If you use the draft, you can remove the AfC template, see the recent discussion at Template talk:AfC submission#Clarify about removing template as article creator?. TSventon (talk) 19:49, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

Template that auto-converts time zones

Is there a template that lets you enter a time and date in a set time zone, and then displays it in other time zones, like Template:Convert but for time? Helpful Cat🐈(talk) 07:48, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

No, such a template would be impossible to maintain as Daylight saving time varies so much from one locality to another (and frm one year to the next), even within the same time zone. Shantavira|^{feed me} 11:04, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

True, but I imagine it could be possible if time zones were expressed only numerically as UTC offsets, not based on location. Helpful Cat🐈(talk) 11:07, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

@Helpful Cat: It's a parser function and not a template but if you compute the difference between the time zones on your own then you can use mw:Help:Extension:ParserFunctions##time. For example, {{#time:H:i, j F Y|21:00, 31 May 2026 +5 hours}} produces 02:00, 1 June 2026. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:06, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks!! That's really useful, I'll check that out. Helpful Cat🐈(talk) 12:24, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

Removal of tag on my Wikipedia page Paul Struik

I recently noticed that my Wikipedia has been tagged. I have asked someone else to edit the paper in line with the comments in the tag. That has been completed and in my view all issues have been resolved. But the tag has not been removed. Could you indicate how this can be achieved? Thanking you in advance. Paul ~2026-30685-06 (talk) 12:56, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi there, Paul. You say you've asked someone else to edit the [article] [on your behalf]. If that's the case, I'm afraid you've inadvertently broken our guidelines on the proper way to handle conflict of interest editing. Not only that, but the edits which I presume were made on your behalf (~2026-30702-66) did not substantially rewrite the article in any way, and merely changed a few particular keywords which are suggestive of AI generated text, therefore the problem of the text being AI generated is still not solved and the tag cannot at this time be removed. Athanelar (talk) 13:01, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

Paul, please read the scam warning. 331dot (talk) 14:47, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

maintenance problems

Hello Help Desk editors. While making a minor edit (which I failed to flag as such) to New Albion the edit preview indicated maintenance problems with citations. I am utterly unable to determine how to correct the problems and would deeply appreciate assistance. Kind regards, Ah Ngo (talk) 15:09, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

Ah Ngo Maintenance message can be frustrating. The error message is twice Script warning: {{cite book}}: this reference has errors; messages may be hidden (help).

If you hover over "reference" you see

Heizer, Robert (1947). Francis Drake And The California Indians, 1579. California: University of California Press. ISBN 978-1-5005-93599.

Wagner, Henry R. (1926). Sir Francis Drake's Voyage Around the World: Its Aims and Achievements. Berkeley: J.J. Cillice and Co., Inc. ISBN 978-0548113684.

I have opted to see maintenance messages and can see {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) after both references in the books section

I clicked on "help" and the error is explained at Help:CS1 errors#ISBN / Date incompatibility, which says If the cited edition or reissue of the book was published after 1965, ensure that |date= or |year= has the correct publication year. The reissue date is typically available by querying WorldCat with the reissue's ISBN. Adding |orig-date= may be appropriate in such cases; e.g., |orig-date=1st Pub. 1929. TSventon (talk) 15:47, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you. I appreciate your response and I will see what I can do. Kind regards. Ah Ngo (talk) 15:19, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

Some mistakes on Wikipedia

The file features with small dimensions on any article on the site, are big images, which confuses me. Also, this "common mistake" has no total numbers of files, a "nerfed" illustration description, and now arrows on the image. an individual needs to fix this issue. UltraAtom (talk) 22:30, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

I"m not clear what you're asking, sorry. Could you point to a page where you're seeing this issue? SomeoneDreaming (talk) 01:35, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

All of them sadly. When I cleared my user preferences with the "Restore all default preferences" option, I had one alert and 25 notices. In my mind, i thought i was delusional for doing this, but I fully regret everything. UltraAtom (talk) 15:41, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

Page move problem

We have an article, created back in 2012 and then entitled 'Legitimacy of Chinese philosophy', which was moved to Historiography of Chinese philosophy last year. . While doing so, Talk:Legitimacy of Chinese philosophy should presumably have been moved at the same time, but wasn't. Instead, a new talk page under the 'Historiography' title was created in January this year, , and since this has been edited subsequently, I don't think I can simply replace it with the old talk page and it may need admin tools to sort out? AndyTheGrump (talk) 13:32, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

Their histories should be merged I think. Ruslik_Zero 15:23, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

I actually would just replace it with the old talk page since the new one contains only WikiProject banners which I generally regard as insignificant. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 15:26, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

That makes sense. It'll need admin tools to delete the existing talk page though, won't it? I don't have them, you do, I believe? AndyTheGrump (talk) 15:43, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

Done. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 15:45, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. AndyTheGrump (talk) 15:49, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

List of tallest buildings in Connecticut

I am not experienced in editing images, can someone who is please fix the ridiculously large images on this page? Electricmemory (talk) 11:43, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

The images don't seem particularly large to me, so we might be seeing something different. What kind of device are you using? SomeoneDreaming (talk) 16:35, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

Windows desktop running Firefox, before MKFI's fix the images were displaying at almost half the width of my monitor. Electricmemory (talk) 19:15, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

Fixed. The page was downloading full-size, multiple megapixel images in the table but forcing them to display at small size because the table column width had been set. I changed it show actual thumbnails and not full images squeezed into small column. MKFI (talk) 16:47, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks! Electricmemory (talk) 19:14, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

Page deleted - Want to know more

Hello, I recently noticed that the article “Netta Schreiber” was deleted following the AfD discussion. I wanted to respectfully ask whether the primary concern was insufficient independent sourcing/notability, and whether recreation would be possible in the future if stronger secondary sources are available. For context, the subject competed internationally for Israel and has ongoing professional work in coaching/choreography, so I’d appreciate guidance on whether a future draft in userspace would be appropriate. Thank you for your time. ~2026-30856-43 (talk) 20:36, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

The issue, reading the (poorly-attended) deletion debate, was a mix of lack of secondary sources and WP:YOUNGATH (we err towards not having articles on athletes only known for U## play for their privacy). —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^MUSHROOM 20:51, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you, I didn't make the page but I was confused as it has been up for years. Is there a way to get it back up with more proper sources even if it's smaller? Thank you for the quick response and just wanted to know if there were any alternatives. ~2026-30856-43 (talk) 22:25, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

The only way to restore the article for long is if the subject of the article passes notability guideline, WP:NSKATE in this case. Tutwakhamoe (talk) 23:34, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

Two questions

Hi. I have two questions: 1. Is it correct for Andrej Rublëv to redirect to the painter? There is also the very well-known tennis player Andrey Rublev. 2. Shouldn’t Lisa (Japanese musician, born 1987) be moved to “LiSA”? It is stylized as an acronym. Thanks in advance. ~2026-30794-03 (talk) 12:52, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

(1) This doesn't seem to be problematic. Or rather, I for one see no problem. (2) I notice no evidence that her name is pronounced like "ell eye ess ey" in English or eru ai esu ei in Japanese. Rather, it seems like leaser (for speakers of non-rhotic lects of English), and risa in Japanese. The odd choice of case seems likely to be a visual gimmick, and/or conceivably an attempt to make the result eligible for trademark registration. In its current state, the article on Lisa accords with MOS:TMCAPS. -- Hoary (talk) 05:26, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

File:Melbourne_tram_logo.svg

I am trying to put the symbol in other wikis but can't load it. Also go check the simple wikipedia page for "Trams in Melbourne" dtp wiki page for melbourne public transport also has ferry and skybus not on there... Why is Melbourne_tram_logo.svg not there? Is it not on commons or something?

Thanks in advance, I am still quite new to wikipedia. Rioooooooo9 (talk) 03:19, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

File:Melbourne tram logo.svg is on enwiki (English Wikipedia) only. It is not on Commons. The link has text including "subject to trademark laws" which suggests that some rule that I am not aware of might restrict its usage. If the image was on Commons it could be used from other projects. I don't know what "dtp" is. You might wait to see if anyone comments here regarding why the image is not on Commons. Or you might ask at commons:Commons:Village_pump whether en:File:Melbourne tram logo.svg can be exported to Commons. Johnuniq (talk) 08:17, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

Commons doesn't care about trademark restrictions and is only concerned with copyright among the types of intellectual property rights (see c:File:Microsoft logo (2012).svg for example). That being said, Commons already has this file as c:File:Melbourne Tram Logo.svg, so I marked the English Wikipedia file as {{Now Commons}}. HyperAnd [talk] 08:38, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. @Rioooooooo9: The above means that any Wikipedia or related project should be able to use the image. If you have a problem, please link to where the problem can be seen and briefly explain what goes wrong. Johnuniq (talk) 10:17, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

The file is on Commons, fortunately (thank you Johnuniq) but looks like you misspelt it as "Melbourne Tram Logo.svg" and not "Melbourne tram logo.svg". The T and L in Tram and Logo are capitalised and the file is still broken on Simple English and others.

Also I tried to get the admins on commons to move the file but it doesn't meet renaming guidelines unfortunately, Does anyone know how to move the file to the correct original name? Rioooooooo9 (talk) 06:04, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

The casing doesn't really matter and thus not a misspelling, since the file name isn't displayed on the article, only the file itself is. File:Melbourne tram logo.svg (the file on English Wikipedia) was deleted and all instances of File:Melbourne tram logo.svg on English Wikipedia are replaced with File:Melbourne Tram Logo.svg (the file on Wikimedia Commons). Wikimedia Commons has its own guidelines on renaming files, separate from English Wikipedia. I think you are conflating Wikipedia with Wikimedia Commons. Also, wasn't it always broken on Simple English Wikipedia? Files that are uploaded locally to English Wikipedia can't be used on other Wikipedias, only Wikimedia Commons files can. (Try for example add File:Wikipedia Alphabet Soup.jpg to Simple English Wikipedia, it doesn't work). HyperAnd [talk] 06:59, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

Sure but thank you so much it works now, you guys can close this discussion. Rioooooooo9 (talk) 07:02, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

Btw, what I did was replace instances of File:Melbourne tram logo.svg with File:Melbourne Tram Logo.svg on Simple English Wikipedia. Sometimes the file is hidden in a template, so look for it on the template page. HyperAnd [talk] 07:09, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

Dothistroma septosporum: transmitted illness inside the article or as a new one?

Hi all,

EnIRtpf09b responded to my reward board request for improving the D. septosporum article, but we're both unsure on how to proceed regarding the illness it causes. The fungus causes Dothistroma/red band needle blight (DNB) and that's its most relevant aspect (what one finds when searching for the fungus). As such, most of the D. septosporum article would be DNB. However, it's not the only agent of DNB - there's also the less reported/researched Dothistroma pini. That could be grounds for DNB to get an article of its own, but then D. septosporum (and D. pini, when it's created) would be very barebones. So should DNB get its own article or is it fine to discuss it under its most notorious agent?

We asked this at Wikiproject Fungi but haven't got an answer yet.

Cheers! Barbalalaika 🐌 08:15, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

Restore Draft: Geza Hosszu-Legocky

Please restore this page, so that I can add the verifiable, independent sources that I was attempting to do prior to it being deleted less than 24 hours after I had created it. I am disabled and needed the rest prior to completing the verifiable sources and I feel that I have been disadvantaged because I was not speedy enough for the persons taking down the page. Please help to restore the draft so I can work on it. Thenfactor (talk) 18:32, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

Neither Geza Hosszu-Legocky nor Draft:Geza Hosszu-Legocky has ever existed. Assuming you're asking for Geza Hosszu- Legocky to be restored, then no we don't restore copyright violations. * Pppery * _{in solidarity} 18:41, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

OP came onto IRC two-and-a-half hours before this thread and was told exactly the same thing as above. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^MUSHROOM 20:53, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

Now recreated at Draft:Geza Hosszu-Legocky but I have no way of seeing if it's substantially similar to the copyvio version; it is nevertheless inappropriate for mainspace and I'm about to decline it Athanelar (talk) 08:46, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

Why can't you click through pictures like before?

Why can't you click through pictures like before? Wmkillian (talk) 13:51, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

@Wmkillian: It's a recent bug reported at phab:T426960. You can use the arrow keys. If you resize the window then clickable arrows may appear. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:35, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

Pageviews tool not working

Just to make sure that this is not an isolated problem, I wanted to ask if the pageviews tool has stopped updating stats on Wiki pages since 22 May 2026 (UTC). If yes, when is the issue going to be resolved? Sddarealone (talk) 15:04, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

@Sddarealone: The bottom has a "Report an issue" link to meta:Talk:Pageviews Analysis where it was reported today with no reply yet. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:08, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the help. It seems other Wikipedians already took note of it. Sddarealone (talk) 15:16, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

Delete page

I would like to delete my profile. I don’t like my details public ~2026-30861-61 (talk) 17:37, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

You aren't logged in, and your identifying details are hidden. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^MUSHROOM 17:45, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello, @~2026-30861-61.

If what you mean is that there is a Wikipedia article about you, then it may be deleted only if one of Wikipedia's deletion policies applies.

Since all Wikipedia articles (and especially biographies of living persons should be cited to reliable published sources, there should not be any information in the article which is not already available in a published source.

If you are talking about an article about you, please see WP:ASFAQ ColinFine (talk) 19:21, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

Deleting userspace draft redirects

Hello, I was wondering if deleting userspace draft redirects (specifically: after you've published an article and moved it to mainspace) is recommended or not? I deleted a couple old userspace pages (which were now redirects), but now I'm wondering if there's any risk of messing up the article history. It doesn't seem to be the case? For example, when I look at my first revision for this article, which was saved as userspace draft (before moving to mainspace several edits later), nothing seems to be missing. But am I missing anything? Also, is it not recommended to have an ever-growing list of userspace pages just hanging out as redirects? Thank you for your help! Chao Garden (talk) 14:30, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

@Chao Garden: There is no recommendation. The bottom of your contributions has a "Subpages" link to Special:PrefixIndex/User:Chao Garden/ where redirects are in italics and deleted pages are not shown. That may be the most visible difference but other users are unlikely to care. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:17, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

Userboxes

How do I add userboxes to my user page? Maxikbsbk (talk) 20:46, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

Go to WP:Userboxes/Galleries and find the userbox you want. Then copy the code next to it. It'll start with curly brackets like these {{

Then just paste it to your user page. 🏳️‍🌈JohnLaurens333 (They/them • Ping me!) 20:57, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

Vandalism help request from ~2026-31072-63

I have noticed some vandalism at Rugal Bernstein. Namely, people are deleting official and sourced information, a filter has even been put in place to prevent the page from being corrected. Would an editor please assist me with fixing it? Thank you, ~2026-31072-63 (talk) 19:20, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

I see an unsourced claim that the character is German, a sourced claim that he is American (I have no idea whether it is a reliable source or not), and a load of edit warring.

Given that the first and some later attempts to change it to American actually cited a source, I find it difficult to see how that can be vandalism as Wikipedia uses the term.

What I mostly observe that not one of the seven accounts that have been fighting this edit war has attempted to discuss the matter on the talk page.

I do see that the accounts that have been making the change have all been blocked for sock-puppeting. But given that there is no source cited for the claim that the character is German, I find the vehement denial-by-edit-war hard to understand.

(I have absolutely no knowledge of the subject - I'm just going by what I see in the edit history). ColinFine (talk) 19:58, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

Yes, indeed, it's hard to argue otherwise; it's a video game character, and the source is the official website for the game in question, so why are they removing it? Some of those who keep the character as German have received messages on their talk page from people asking them to stop vandalizing other pages. It seems to be a habit of theirs to modify pages without knowing what they're doing.

Fans often assume he is German because Bernstein sounds like a German name, as did Kung Fu Man, the page's main contributor. If we go back far in the history, the infobox stops working, but it may have been him who added it first. ~2026-31072-63 (talk) 21:40, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

Wiki coding

I don't recall how I nested the coding of my user page and am unable to update by adding Category:Members of the Twenty Year Society of Wikipedia editors to my user page. Can anyone figure out what I did way back when.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 21:10, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

@TonyTheTiger: Change {{15 Year topicon}} to {{20 Year topicon}} in User:TonyTheTiger/Header template. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:50, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

Blocked from editing

Dear Sir/Madam, I have inadvertently discovered that I have been blocked from making any edits to pages.

I don’t think I have ever made any edits to anything on Wikipedia - at least not for maybe 10 years.

I’m a huge believer in Wikipedia and what it represents and when possible I make donations to it.

I would like to know why this has happened and to make sure that my identity isn’t being used by others - which is entirely possible.

It’s a matter of personal principle as I don’t want to have done anything that would cause harm or spread disinformation so would really appreciate finding out what’s happened.

Yours faithfully Tim Casey Learntofly52 (talk) 22:10, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello, are you currently on a VPN and are you sure you've never used another account? – LuniZunie_(talk) 22:11, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

If you can edit this page then you are not blocked from editing. Sometimes we block IP address ranges for unregistered users - these ranges can be shared by many thousands of people - and you experienced one of those blocks. Using an account is the correct solution. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 22:14, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

OK - thanks for getting back to me so quickly - much appreciated - so basically I was included in a general cleanup of unregistered users - I can cope with that - I just need to get back into the habit of opening the app before I search for something - I think I can manage that! Thanks again - Tim Learntofly52 (talk) 22:28, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

Supplemental Media Evidence: Paradox 2wx (Spike La Rock) Archive Update

Hello, I am updating my ongoing submission file with a critical piece of primary-source media evidence verifying my historical timeline and industry network.

• Video Title: paradox 2wx interviews Chuck D
• Channel Name: Paradox2wx
• Platform: YouTube (Searchable Archive)
• Direct Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkNtB4CepG4

Historical Verification Points for Reviewers: 1. Verifies historical recording sessions at Axiom Studios with Public Enemy co-founder Chuck D. 2. Documents the artist's regional transition from the Bronx hip-hop scene to the emerging Tampa, Florida community. 3. Provides primary-source documentation of industry longevity, including presence at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Please add this to the active draft file for Paradox 2wx / Spike La Rock. Thank you. RickD.Rosa (talk) 15:21, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

We don't generally use primary source documentation on Wikipedia. SomeoneDreaming (talk) 23:40, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

Personal page deleted

Hello — I’m Annie McGuire, the Scottish broadcaster/journalist. There previously appears to have been a biography article about me which may have been altered or removed after repeated false edits/vandalism. Could an editor help me locate the article history or deletion discussion, and advise on the appropriate route for restoring or improving the entry using reliable sources? Thank you. Anniemcguire67 (talk) 06:16, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

Per the relevant deletion log, it died to a proposed deletion which hadn't been contested within a week. The page was deleted 2025/Jun/10. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^MUSHROOM 06:48, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi Annie, as Jéské mentioned, the article was "WP:PRODded" last year. In terms of having it restored, you can make such a request at WP:REFUND, where an admin could undelete it and turn it into a draft that you can work on. As the subject of the article, it's recommended that you then submit the draft it to Articles for creation once it's ready for publishing. There's some further advice at WP:Auto that might be of use. nil ^nz 07:56, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

Bug with picture view

Hey I am struggling to find the arrow buttons you could see when you click on to zoom in pictures inside an article. Is this bug or they have been removed? ~2026-31183-22 (talk) 04:28, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

@~2026-31183-22: It's a recent bug reported at phab:T426960. It may be fixed tomorrow. You can use the arrow keys if you have a keyboard. If you resize the window then clickable arrows may appear. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:50, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

Sync account across different devices

I'm honestly not even sure this is a good place to ask this question but I literally cannot find any other way to reach out. So please accept my apologies if this is not the correct place to ask these questions and feel free to direct me to a more appropriate forum if necessary.

At the beginning of May I saw a promotion celebrating the anniversary of the creation of Wikipedia and the idea was to read an article a day for 25 days. who the possibility of "prizes". I have not been able to find reference to this event since. I'm not especially concerned with winning a prize, I just thought it was a reason to join the project and potentially contribute something to it. I read Wikipedia a lot, so the idea of reading one article a day seemed a simple task. HOWEVER - I use different devices and at least one day out of the week I only use one device, which seems to be causing breaks in my "streak". I have set up my account settings to "sync reading lists" but my android tablet is currently showing "1 Day" (I did not use my Tablet much over the weekend) on the streak counter widget, and my Android phone is displaying "14 Days" (There was one day when I didn't use my phone). Obviously both cannot be correct, I thought they'd sort themselves out eventually but they don't seem to have and I'm sure that I've kept my streak up for the last 25 days.

Have I set something up wrong?

Can I fix this issue?

Like I said, being included in a prize draw or whatever is a bonus but not the real reason for signing up. I'm mainly bothered that I can't figure out what's going on for myself, and finding help and advice seems really difficult.

Any advice is very gratefully received.

Voice Dragon (talk) 11:50, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Voice Dragon, the team that develops the mobile apps coordinate on mediawiki.org at mw:Wikimedia Apps/Team. The information about the birthday reading challenge is at mw:Wikimedia Apps/Team/25th Birthday Reading Challenge (it took me a while to find that page). You could ask about syncing your account/streak at the talk page for the reading challenge (and you can log in on mediawiki.org using your existing Wikipedia account). —In solidarity with Wiki Workers United · ClaudineChionh (she/her · talk · email) 12:16, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

How to create a new userbox for a language

In case this userbox does not exist yet. Vincent Mia Edie Verheyen (talk) 11:52, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

In case you were talking about natural languages, this is the babel list for the userboxes. For a general language list which includes programming, written, artificial languages etc. check here.

If you want to create your own userbox, read here. Sddarealone (talk) 14:54, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you! Which type of userbox would you think is most appropriate for the natural language Solomon Islands Pijin English? https://www.solomonencyclopaedia.net/biogs/E000299b.htm @Sddarealone Vincent Mia Edie Verheyen (talk) 18:19, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

Vincent Mia Edie Verheyen {{User pis}} exists for Pijin (Solomonese Pidgin), I have added it to the babel list. TSventon (talk) 19:39, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you. @TSventon I have now created {{User pis-2}} Vincent Mia Edie Verheyen (talk) 12:56, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

Vincent Mia Edie Verheyen I am not sure of the best format for the babel list, but I have added a colon and "Note:" as in the sign language entry. Hopefully a pagewatcher will adjust further as necessary. I am not sure whether Pijin or Pijin English is better. TSventon (talk) 14:22, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

@TSventon Dr. Clive Moore calls it Solomons Pijin English; or Pijin English, see https://www.solomonencyclopaedia.net/biogs/E000299b.htm Vincent Mia Edie Verheyen (talk) 14:25, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

Supplemental Media Evidence: Paradox 2wx (Spike La Rock) KRS-One Archive Update

[SOURCE ARCHIVE UPDATE]

• Video Title: K.R.S. One live in St. Petersburg
• Channel Name: Slick Worthington
• Platform: YouTube (Searchable Archive)
• Direct Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxb7oNamAS8
• Historical Data Proven: Verifies direct on-stage collaboration and peer validation with hip-hop pioneer KRS-One during a live performance in St. Petersburg, Florida. Documents the subject (Spike La Rock / Paradox 2wx) presenting custom, hand-airbrushed apparel utilized directly by KRS-One as part of the live stage production, substantiating the subject's active role within the culture's visual arts and performance history.

RickD.Rosa (talk) 15:29, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

If you gave us a clue what this was about, you might get a meaningful response. AndyTheGrump (talk) 16:21, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for the guidance. I am currently gathering and organizing my primary-source media links here first to ensure the timeline is fully verified before creating the official biography article draft page. I will be compiling these into a formal draft shortly under my username sandbox. RickD.Rosa (talk) 17:11, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

@RickD.Rosa Wikipedia articles need secondary sources, so if you are gathering primary sources, they will be useless to base a draft on. David10244 (talk) 15:57, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

@RickD.Rosa You've indicated above that this has something to do with the active draft file for Paradox 2wx / Spike La Rock but neither Draft:Paradox 2wx nor Draft:Spike La Rock exist. Athanelar (talk) 16:32, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for the guidance. I am currently gathering and organizing my primary-source media links here first to ensure the timeline is fully verified before creating the official biography article draft page. I will be compiling these into a formal draft shortly under my username sandbox. RickD.Rosa (talk) 17:09, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for the guidance. I am currently gathering and organizing my primary-source media links here first to ensure the timeline is fully verified before creating the official biography article draft page. I will be compiling these into a formal draft shortly under my username sandbox. RickD.Rosa (talk) 17:10, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello, @RickD.Rosa.

Insofar as I understand what you are saying, it doesn't sound as if what you are doing has much to do with a Wikipedia article.

A Wikipedia article should be a neutral summary of what the majority of people who are wholly unconnected with the subject have independently chosen to publish about the subject in reliable publications, (see Golden rule) and not much else. What you know (or anybody else knows) about the subject is not relevant except where it can be verified from a reliable published source.

Some Wikipedia articles have timelines, bibliographies, discographies, that sort of thing. But these are optional extras, like photos. The essential part of any article is the summarised content of what independent reliable sources has published about the subject, and until you have that, I recommend not spending time on anything else. ColinFine (talk) 17:17, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

To add to the above, there is no point whatsoever in posting such links here. This help page is not an 'archive'. It cannot be cited in articles. Articles need citations to published reliable sources, not 'evidence' you have compiled yourself. AndyTheGrump (talk) 17:27, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

New question about boxing career

(Split from above, unrelated question) David10244 (talk) 16:05, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

I would like to add my dad’s information about his boxing career Jonathan.S Hayward (talk) 12:58, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello, @Jonathan.S Hayward.

A lot depends on what you mean by "add some information".

If you are talking about adding some additional information to an existing Wikipedia article, then, provided you have a reliable published source which verifies the information you want to add, then you can ask for the information to be added. (Since you are his son, you have a conflict of interest, and so should not add it yourself - you can make an edit request)

But if you mean that you want to create an encyclopaedia article about him, then that is a very different matter.

My earnest advice to new editors is to not even think about trying to create an article until you have spent several weeks - at least - learning about how Wikipedia works by making improvements to existing articles. Once you have understood core policies such as verifiability, neutral point of view, reliable, independent sources, and notability, and experienced how we handle disagreements with other editors (the Bold, Revert, Discuss cycle), then you might be ready to read your first article carefully, and try creating a draft. If you don't follow this advice but try to create an article without this preparation, you are likely to have a frustrating and disappointing experience with Wikipedia.

When you felt ready to try creating the article, you would first research whether you can find the necessary sources to establish that your father meets Wikipedia's criteria for notability. If you cannot, then you should not spend any more time on it.

If you can find the sources, then you are welcome to use the article wizard to create a draft and develop it until you think it is ready to submit for review. ColinFine (talk) 16:33, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

Referencing errors on Schooley's Mountain

Reference help requested. I got alerted to a dates error but the template says ""As listed in the publication". The date is listed as "Winter 2007/2008" in the publication. I acknowledged it in my edit summary but I still got an automated message on my talk page. What to do?

Thanks, Kire1975 (talk) 04:44, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

@Kire1975 It has been fixed by another editor. I think that the problem was that date ranges like that need to use en-dashes. Mike Turnbull (talk) 17:28, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

Help with finding information and using Wikipedia easily

Hello, I need help understanding how to use Wikipedia more easily. I find it difficult to search and find information, and I want to know if there is a way to get information faster or more simply without searching many pages. Also, is there any tool or feature that can help organize information or make it easier to read? Thank you for your help. ~2026-31163-74 (talk) 10:45, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

As you don't say how you currently try to look up this or that, we don't know whether there's a more efficient way of doing so. Give an example of what you want to look up, and briefly describe how you attempt to look it up. -- Hoary (talk) 11:35, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

To search faster, just type your keyword into Wikipedia's search box and press Enter - use quotes around exact phrases to narrow results. For simpler reading, use the official Wikipedia mobile app or enable 'Reader View' in your browser (click the book icon in the address bar) to hide extra menus. To organize and save information, create a free account, then click the star on any page to add it to your personal 'Watchlist'—you can also click 'Download as PDF' on any page to save it offline for later reading. Thank you, Regards. VerdictByLogic - Let's Discuss 19:46, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

Historical transclusions of an image

Is there a way to check where a particular image file was previously transcluded (even though it is no longer transcluded anywhere)? Also let me know if there is a different forum to ask this question that works better. Katzrockso (talk) 02:13, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

Are you talking about transclusion via a template, or just ordinary image usage with code like [[File:Example.jpg|right]]? I don't think "transcluding" is technically the correct term for the latter. Nyttend (talk) 21:02, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

Image usage. Sorry if transcluding wasn't right word! @Nyttend Katzrockso (talk) 21:11, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

Connecting Donations to Acount

I am trying to connect this account to the donations I have made over the years. I added my email associated with my donations, but I do not see that these are connected. Where do I go from here? Justaguybdh (talk) 17:28, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello, @Justaguybdh. It is (intentionally) not possible to associate an editing account with donations. If you wish to donate, or don't wish to, thank you, but it is important that that choice have no bearing (for anybody) on your editing. ColinFine (talk) 17:43, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

The only way to connect your account to donations you've made is to list your donations on your user page yourself. Why anyone would want to do this is beyond me, because as ColinFine said, your donations have no relation to your activities on Wikipedia. I certainly see no need to list my donations, let alone remember them. What would be the point? ~Anachronist (who / me) (talk) 18:12, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

You can display one of these on your user page User:Justaguybdh: {{User:UBX/Donate}}, {{User:ShadowScott/donated}}, {{User Wikipedia/Donor}} {{User Wikipedia/Donor was}}, {{User Wikipedia/DonorWM}}. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:12, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

Underlined bits in Template:Rp

Jordan Lasker has this series of citations.

(Ignore this citation; it's here just to deal with the otherwise undefined first reference.)

Extended content

Why do some of the {{rp}} items have full underlines, whilst others are merely dashed? Is there a way to convert the full-underlined ones to dots, or the dashed ones to full underlines? It looks like they have the same meaning (the template documentation says that this indicates the presence of quotations from the sources), but that's less helpful when they're not formatted consistently. Nyttend (talk) 20:59, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

They all appear as dashed to me on my phone and my computer! Katzrockso (talk) 21:13, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

Viewing this in Firefox, I see series of short dashes of unequal length. Under any numeral, a dash is clearly a dash; under any space, it looks like a dot. Viewing it in Chromium, I see series of short dashes, each being of equal length. -- Hoary (talk) 23:07, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

On Internet Explorer, I see what Hoary sees on Chromium (i.e., it looks perfectly OK to me). Deor (talk) 23:28, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

Referencing errors on Yeshaq (Bahr Negus)

Reference help requested. I was told " Hello, I'm Qwerfjkl (bot). I have automatically detected that this edit performed by you, on the page Yeshaq (Bahr Negus), may have introduced referencing errors. They are as follows:"

Can I get some help please how to fix this it didn't tell me the specific line which was the issue Thanks, Habeshakira (talk) 08:30, 25 May 2026 (UTC)Habeshakira

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Diff/1356019139

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeshaq_(Bahr_Negus) Habeshakira (talk) 08:30, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

You have for example {{cite book |last1=Uhlig ⇐ |first1=Siegbert |title=Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: Volume ⇐2: D-Ha |publisher=Harrassowitz Verlag |year=2005 ⇐|pages=376}}, within which I've used "⇐" to show line breaks. You should, I believe, remove line breaks from within citation templates. -- Hoary (talk) 11:45, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

PS Habeshakira, your line breaks are creating other problems as well. -- Hoary (talk) 22:58, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

Like what Habeshakira (talk) 23:43, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

The reader of the article sees -- or anyway I see -- for example The Bahr Negasi also joined Emperor [[Gelawdewos of Ethiopia|Gelawdewos]] in the decisive [[Battle of Wayna Daga]]...., as you have (or some other editor has) broken each of "Gelawdewos" and "Battle of Wayna Daga" across lines. -- Hoary (talk) 00:08, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

Possible bad edit.

Hey! I was looking at flagged edit and saw this: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:Arnt_Obsidian_Gronbech&curid=83203804&diff=1355719279&oldid=1355718855, a new edit by DocArchitect26. It looks like they removed a lot of content and replace some with summaries. But they also just deleted a lot of content and did not add a new version. Like a lot of content. Is this means enough to reverse this edit? Pluralmath (talk) 14:32, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

@Pluralmath That Draft:Arnt Obsidian Gronbech was created and edited mostly by User:DocArchitect26. It would be polite to start a discussion on the Talk Page of the draft (which is currently non-existent) rather than impose your own view. Collaboration is better than confrontation everywhere on Wikipedia. Note that WP:BLP is the most relevant policy for the draft. If material was unsourced, that would justify removing it. Mike Turnbull (talk) 17:40, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

I appreciate any feedback. I have spent days researching, watching interviews, reviewing articles, following concert footage, and compiling linked sources throughout this draft. I am open to suggestions and corrections.

However, if you believe this edit is problematic, poorly sourced, or contains unsupported claims, I would appreciate specific clarification about which statements require improvement or additional sourcing so I can correct them properly.

Thank you in advance. DocArchitect26 (talk) 18:13, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

I’ve been working on this page for days, trying to organize and improve the information as carefully as possible. If there is something problematic with the edit, I would really appreciate it if you could point out specifically what the issue is or where the sourcing or wording fails, so I can fix it properly.

I originally created this page myself, so I believed it was fine for me to continue correcting and updating the information as long as everything is properly sourced and follows the guidelines.

Thanks in advance for the feedback. DocArchitect26 (talk) 18:21, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

Oh no! I'm so sorry! I didn't know! Thank you for correcting me! Sorry again! Pluralmath :) talk 02:27, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

Original year of publication versus year of edition cited

In the article on Roy Campbell, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Campbell_(poet) I want to add a citation to page 187 in the book The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell, in which Orwell accuses Campbell of fascist tendencies. I am adding the citation to an already-present statement: "His [Campbell's] subsequent conversion to Roman Catholicism in Spain and vocal support for Francisco Franco and the Nationalist faction during the Spanish Civil War caused him to be labelled a fascist by influential left-wing literati, further damaging his reputation as a poet." The book was originally published in 1937 but the edition I am referring to was published in 1983. What year of publication should I use? If I put 1937, the pagination may be different in that edition. If I put 1983, it suggests Orwell was making the comment in 1983. I tried putting both years, with the second in square brackets but I get an error message. I took a look in the Help page but I can't find this issue addressed. ----BillingsRoad (talk) 16:44, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

I don't think people would assume that Orwell was making the comment in 1983 just because that's when the book was published. You can use the edition parameter in the citation template, so that the reference will say "3rd e." for example.

Another option is to say when Orwell made the comment in the article text itself. InfernoHues (talk) 13:53, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

I'm not quite sure about the answer to your specific question, but I will note that as a last-ditch measure you can always include extra unformatted text in a reference, like so <ref>{{cite book| [...]}} Here is some additional text that didn't fit into the cite book format.</ref>. This is the same principle as (some versions of) an annotated bibliography, imo. Dingolover6969 (talk) 10:54, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

BillingsRoad you are using the template {{cite book}}, so you can look for an answer on that page. The section Template:Cite book#Date suggests |orig-date=First published 1859 as an example. TSventon (talk) 11:04, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

A newfound historical biography changes of a subject

My Name is Stephen Dalman...I have found through DNA and now through disclosures from family, and meeting a new my new family, I was unaware of, that I am the biological son of Coach Bill Yoast. (William Riley Yoast.) My original birth certificate has my name of Stephen Riley Yoast. I have not only researched but now have met My still living sisters Susan Gail, Angela (Angie), and Diedra (DeeDee)I actually delivered my Stepmom Betty's, Bill's wife of many years, Eulogy at her recent funeral celebration in Alexandria Va. My question is I would like this to reflect in my fathers Wiki. How ever you might do that as an addendum if you have any questions, I will gladly provide you anything you might need. I was Born actually between Bonnie Yoast who has since passed and Angie. I do know the reasons for the NOT acknowledging of me. ~2026-31251-84 (talk) 00:04, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

When you ask about "my fathers Wiki", what do you have in mind? There's no article titled "Stephen Riley Yoast", and "Bill Yoast" simply redirects to one section within the article "Alexandria City High School". And if there is indeed an article that I've somehow overlooked, then adding mention of a biological son to it would require citation of a reliable, independent, published source. -- Hoary (talk) 00:26, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

Further to what Hoary has said, Wikipedia is in any case WP:NOTGENEALOGY and articles about individuals should not necessarily contain exhaustive lists of their progeny or detailed family histories unless that happens to be otherwise relevant to them. Athanelar (talk) 07:56, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

I believe there was a former article. See: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bill Yoast. AndyJones (talk) 13:05, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

Need to update history by the owner and founder of Arcolctric Switch Company USA in 1966

Your artical only starts in 1976, but in fact theAGENT IN california was atrted by Larry Lewis that formed a company in 1966 by the aopted name Arcoletric Switch Company USA. I oewned the company 100% and incorporatedinm1976 to Arcoletric Corporation. If intertested in further details. My contact number [REDACTED] THANK YOU. ~2026-31354-00 (talk) 13:09, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

A Wikipedia article should be a neutral summary of what the majority of people who are wholly unconnected with the subject have independently chosen to publish about the subject in reliable publications, (see Golden rule) and not much else. What you know (or anybody else knows) about the subject is not relevant except where it can be verified from a reliable published source. Athanelar (talk) 13:42, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

When does a List become an Article?

 Courtesy link: Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates § Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (Japan) - Qualification

Raised this a week back on the Featured List page, but I figured it'd be best to bring this question to a wider audience.

I've been working on the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (Japan) article for a bit, and I'd like to get it to Featured status at some point over the next few months. Thing is, I'm not sure if it falls under a Featured List or Featured Article at this point. When starting the page it was fairly obviously a list entry (few sentences in the lede, and then the table of Crown winning horses), but the page has had some expansion since then. There is now a high amount of prose (1500 words) since there's five Crown types to cover. Each one of these invidividually doesn't make sense to split off since there isn't _that_ much to say about them as concepts (they're either fairly static or only recently established); the Spring and Autumn Crowns would struggle to ever be more than stubs. At the same time, the main reason I imagine people would visit this page is for either the list of 17 horses that have won a Crown or the list of individual race results included. Every FL I have seen has far less prose in it though...

I was wondering if someone could give some guidance on this; in cases like this, what's the line between list and article? When ready, should this be targetting the FL or FA route? Is there a better way to handle this page? I thought potentially the individual races could be split into a standalone article, but if so I'd be keen to get that to FL too and worry about potential issues with prose crossover in the lede.

Either way, any thoughts on this are greatly welcomed! :) RandomEditsForWhenIRemember (talk) 14:02, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

password

I would like to modify the password to my account - but don't see where I can do that ~2026-31442-20 (talk) 21:45, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

I'm assuming you logged out of your account either to ask this question or inadvertently; your password is changed in your account preferences, under the preference tab, see "account security". 331dot (talk) 21:47, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

@~2026-31442-20: Click the user icon at top right when you are logged in and then "Preferences". Or go directly to Special:ChangePassword. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:53, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Regarding user adding content dose not related to current fact to support a specific agenda. User:RickyCourtney

User:RickyCourtney this is related to spreading limited information or specific information regarding various topics related to hong kong figuers & hong kong history. as result mislead. missing facts that may support specific agenda. Biggiebeil (talk) 06:25, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

@Biggiebeil: You seem to be making more of a statement about a particular user (like you did at User talk:RickyCourtney) than asking a question about Wikipedia. The Help Desk is really a place for asking questions about things related to Wikipedia; it's not really a general forum for discussing specific users or your disagreements with them. I suggest you continue trying to resolve your issues with RickyCourtney on their user talk page and don't try to start multiple discussion about the same thing on other pages. You should also be careful when making accusations about others for the reasons given in WP:NPA. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:37, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

It might be misunderstood our end about the usagage of the helpdesk, regardless so we only highlighting an issue with the user and the user's input, not personal.

Best Biggiebeil (talk) 06:44, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

May I ask who "we" is? Asking largely because it's giving the implication of a WP:SHAREDACCOUNT. - Purplewowies (talk) 07:35, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Just a Figurative, this is individual account and not a group.

Thanks, Biggiebeil (talk) 07:44, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello, @Biggiebeil.

When you have a disagreement with another user, dispute resolution describes the steps you should be taking to resolve the disagreement. Wikipedia is a collaborative project, and collaboration is fundamental to its working. Starting from the assumption that you are right and somebody else is wrong does not easily lead to cooperation. ColinFine (talk) 10:00, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Is this possible?

Is it possible to block a specific word or phrase from being added to a specific page? preferably in a way that only shows if / when someone tries to add it? It's related to the biographies of living persons rules. Something similar to the error message that shows when I try to add Archive.today links, but only for a few specific pages. Late Night Coffee (ping me) 07:58, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

I'm not sure that it is. Is it just one editor doing this. We admins have tools to deal with that. What is the word and article please? Mjroots (talk) 08:39, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

It only seems possible with an edit filter which uses resources by running on all edits but only does something for certain page names. We want to limit the number of edit filters. Wikipedia:Edit filter/Requested says:

• Filters are applied to all edits on all pages. Problematic changes that apply to a single page are likely not suitable for an edit filter. Page protection may be more appropriate in such cases.

PrimeHunter (talk) 10:32, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Citations

Hi, I tried to update Sumayya Vally's page with better citations. However, when I update them, it came up with large red texts referring to these citations as bad. Can you confirm if my account has been flagged with something? This is my first time experiencing this and require an explanation. These are examples of the citations I used which are credible and back the information stated already:

https://www.azuremagazine.com/article/sumayya-vally/

https://www.family.style/articles/sumayva-vally-counterspace

I had around 7 new citations. Thanks. Lesanimas17 (talk) 00:35, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

You are blocked from moving files and pages, Lesanimas17, but not from editing articles. I clicked on the first of the two links you provide above. It's based on an interview with Vally. An interview with an article's subject of course isn't independent of that subject; but an article must be based on sources that are reliable and independent of the subject and published. -- Hoary (talk) 02:05, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

@Lesanimas17 What, exactly, does the large red texts referring to these citations as bad say? It sounds like you're describing the citation errors that show up if you, for example, include a nonexistent parameter in the citation template. If you let us know what error you were getting, we can help you better. Athanelar (talk) 05:03, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Can you confirm why I am blocked from moving pages and files? Can you confirm what 'files'? I haven't uploaded any files or do you mean 'articles '?There are a few articles that I created that I'm yet to hear anything about. One Wiki person started accusing me of accepting money or myself now not being reliable on the details I find. I actually find this offensive and very biased. I don't even know who this person is to start accusing me of things like this. I didn't realise Wikipedia was like this at all. This is not normal behaviour. I thought Wikipedia was about writing collaborative articles, not starting some kind of bullying tactic or smere campaign on an individual that is making factual edits and contributing.

Citation wise, I searched for specific documentation that backed some of the article. There's a notice confirming that the page is written like a CV. So I've started searching through details online to verify and make it more neutral. I am confirming some of the texts that past wikipeople have communicated. It just stated the code for reference with it stating it was bad in big bold letters. It then stated that this could only be corrected via source. This individual is a notable person. The page itself is flagged for requiring a high level of citations, which I find to be very odd since Vally's work is well documented in factual and neutral documentation. Can someone confirm why this article in particular requires only high-level citations? Gaining this understanding is important because only two citations were accepted. Past citations are all neutral and well researched, so I'm confused why they are referenced as bad automatically. Lesanimas17 (talk) 09:17, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

I think you are misunderstanding the message. The error you encountered seems to be a technical error, not a warning that your citations are somehow informationally insufficient. Please let me know exactly what the text of the warning that stat[ed] it was bad in big bold letters. was so I can help you better. Athanelar (talk) 09:38, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Can you confirm why I am blocked from moving pages and files? Please see User talk:Lesanimas17#May 2026. Can you confirm what 'files'? Any files: image files, sound files, video files. (See the notice near the top of Special:Contributions/Lesanimas17.) I haven't uploaded any files or do you mean 'articles '? "Articles" are included in "pages". "Moving" doesn't mean "uploading". (Instead, it's close to renaming.) ¶ It seems that you believe your (partial) block was and is unfair. Complaining about the block will be ineffective. Instead, please read Wikipedia:Appealing a block. -- Hoary (talk) 10:05, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you very much Lesanimas17 (talk) 10:40, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Is the red text you are seeing this: {{BLP editnotice}}? If so it is generic notice shown on Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons, not specific for any particular source. MKFI (talk) 10:33, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

I've now started adding more citations and none of the red alert text is coming through at the moment. If it happens again, I will flag this up. Lesanimas17 (talk) 10:47, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Report of continuous privatization and vandalism

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Hello, I'm a Ph.D. of Aviation Management, and I use the Wikipedia for searching and some minor assistant. Today, I relised the user named User:Danners430 is keep disrupting the pages related with aviation. He/She claims there's need a reliable sources, but I noticed he/she ignores the others suggestion, and opinions and keep trying to he/she's believed that he is arguing as if only his thoughts are the correct answer.

Please check the history, and I strongly recommend to take sanctions that permanently suspend accounts and activities are strongly recommended. Thank you. ~2026-31662-35 (talk) 23:28, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

I would like to make it known that another temporary account is currently engaged in an argument with Danners430 about unsourced content in airport articles as of writing this. Are you two having the same issues?

@Danners430 a courtesy ping for you GarethBaloney (talk) 23:47, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

The TAs share the same IP… so I think it’s safe to say they’re one and the same. Danners430 _{tweaks made} 23:51, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

I would also like to inquire as to what you mean by privatization? I don't think that term makes sense in the context you are using it in right now. GarethBaloney (talk) 00:03, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

@Danners430 is a reputable editor of good standing, and like me and many other editors he works to remove unsourced information from many (mainly) transport-related articles, and to prevent the addition of more unsourced information. He is not behaving badly, he is being a good Wikipedian. 10mmsocket (talk) 08:50, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Referencing errors on Quagga mussel

Reference help requested. Hello! What do I do when an older paper doesn't have a full date listed, only the month and year? i think that's why my citations was flagged. Thank you! Thanks, SapriaHimalayana (talk) 12:40, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Fixed See Help:Citation Style 1#Dates. CONFUSED SPIRIT(Thilio).Talk 12:50, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Just list the month and year, like this: October 2025, or in your case she'll be June 1996. ^[apples?]

Also, someone fixed it 5 minutes after this discussion was made.

Cheers! ★ Campssitie (msg) (contribs) 🧋🏖 12:51, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Article on Leon C. Roberts

I have an article on the church musician Leon C. Roberts. Roberts (1950 - 1999) introduced the Black gospel music into the traditional catholic liturgy in the U.S. Presently, there is no article on Leon Roberts in the Wikipedia. What do I have to do to have it accepted by Wikipedia? Wilhelm Otto Deutsch (talk) 13:36, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

If you are asking about Draft:Leon C. Roberts (1950 - 1999), you need to click the Submit the draft for review! button in the box near the top of the page. DMacks (talk) 13:41, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

See WP:NOTABLEPEOPLE and WP:GNG and check if Leon himself is notable. There's also the golden rule.

Also, I see there's already a Draft:Leon C. Roberts (1950 - 1999) as @DMacks said. ★ Campssitie (msg) (contribs) 🧋🏖 13:43, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Checking the draft, I have a strong suspicion this is LLM-generated per the first revision.

Some examples for reference:

Extended content

Please do not take this harshly, I mean this in a good-faithed manner.

Here are the key aspects of his life and work:

• Prompt remnant.

In summary: Leon C. Roberts was the musical architect of modern African American Catholic liturgy. He gave the Black Catholic community a voice that expressed its culture, struggles, and joy in worship.

• Out of general WP:MOS, WP:RO3.

Leon Roberts was not only a composer but also a sought-after conductor and choir director.

• WP:AIPARALLEL aka "Not X, but Y" format.

After his conversion to Catholicism Roberts was deeply rooted in the Catholic Church.

• WP:AITREND per "deeply rooted".

Pioneer of African American Catholic Liturgy

• WP:AITITLECASE.

Have a great day, or cheers. ★ Campssitie (msg) (contribs) 🧋🏖 14:08, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello, @Wilhelm Otto Deutsch. Draft:Leon C. Roberts (1950 - 1999) cites no sources at all, and is therefore nowhere near acceptable as a Wikipedia article.

A Wikipedia article should be a neutral summary of what the majority of people who are wholly unconnected with the subject have independently chosen to publish about the subject in reliable publications, (see Golden rule) and not much else. What you know (or anybody else knows) about the subject is not relevant except where it can be verified from a reliable published source.

The fact that it has been written citing no references suggests that it has probably been written backwards. If this is so, the task of adding suitable citations and editing the text to summarise what those cited sources say is probably greater than starting from scratch - like trying to make a house secure that has been built entirely without foundations.

My earnest advice to new editors is to not even think about trying to create an article until you have spent several weeks - at least - learning about how Wikipedia works by making improvements to existing articles. Once you have understood core policies such as verifiability, neutral point of view, reliable, independent sources, and notability, and experienced how we handle disagreements with other editors (the Bold, Revert, Discuss cycle), then you might be ready to read your first article carefully, and try creating a draft. If you don't follow this advice but try to create an article without this preparation, you are likely to have a frustrating and disappointing experience with Wikipedia. ColinFine (talk) 13:50, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi, as the General notability guideline goes, Your draft and/or potential article does not have enough notability, please make sure to read Your first Article throughly. If not:

Does the Article have Verifiability

Have you Submit the Draft for review

Is the article written on a Neutral point of view

enjoy editing. ✦ CatPencil ✦ (talk) 14:09, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Request to became an EC

Hello. My account has crossed 500 edits and is older than 30 days, but I have not yet received extended confirmed rights. Can I request to became an EC? 𝙒𝙞𝙠𝙞.𝙘𝙤𝙬𝙗𝙤𝙮𝙮𝙮 🦬 16:29, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Your account has extended confirmed rights. I am bad at usernames (talk · contribs) 16:30, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

You become extended-confirmed automatically, just as you became autoconfirmed automatically. So you already have extended-confirmed rights. 🏳️‍🌈JohnLaurens333 (They/them • Ping me!) 16:31, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

You can check here. ★ Campssitie (msg) (contribs) 🧋🏖 16:47, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Citing online article split across several webpages

Hi all, I'm working on an article right now and am having some trouble deciding how best to cite one of my sources. The source in question is this NPR article giving an overview of important Southern hip-hop songs/albums from different periods in the genre's history. The article is split across six different webpages covering different parts of the retrospective; however, all of the articles have the same metadata (title, authors, publication date), so there's not really a clear way to cite one page of the article in a way that's separate from the others.

The approach I've been taking thus far is to just treat the article as a single unit, link to its first page, and cite that whenever I add material sourced to any part of the article. This feels a little odd when citing material from other pages of the article, though, since the underlying claim isn't supported by anything in the specific URL that I'm pointing people to. I've also considered using Template:Reference page, but that has a few drawbacks that are making me hesitate (the source's pages aren't numbered, and I think the template would look ungainly when juxtaposed against my usage of shortened footnotes elsewhere in the article). Are there any specific standards for the best way to handle this type of situation? ModernDayTrilobite (talk • contribs) 14:36, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

@ModernDayTrilobite: By the six different pages, do you mean the year ranges? Why not distinguish them the same way the website does (by including the range of years in the title)? eg. |title=The South Got Something To Say: A Celebration Of Southern Rap (2000-2004), |title=The South Got Something To Say: A Celebration Of Southern Rap (2005-2009), etc.

For the {{sfn}} references, I would label the different sources by setting |date= in each citation to 2020a, 2020b, etc. using that to cite the specific page (eg. {{sfn|NPR|2020a}}). – Scyrme (talk) 14:48, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

If it's unclear what I mean, I can demonstrate if you link the article where you need to cite these articles. – Scyrme (talk) 14:53, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

I think I understand what you mean, thank you! The year ranges are indeed what I was referring to. I like the idea of appending the ranges to the title; I'd been hesitant about that since the source itself only includes that disambiguation in the URLs rather than its display titles, but it does seem like the cleanest way of separating the sections, so I probably will follow your suggestion. ModernDayTrilobite (talk • contribs) 14:57, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

@ModernDayTrilobite: Only in the URLs? On my end, the range is also included in the displayed title on the page itself for all the pages except 1989-1994. – Scyrme (talk) 04:17, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Huh, I just checked again and you're right – I must have only checked the displayed page title for 1989–1994 up until now lol. ModernDayTrilobite (talk • contribs) 17:15, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Verifying an editor's authenticity

I have been contacted by someone claiming to be an editor. He wants to do a page about me. How do I verify that he is real? ~2026-31652-47 (talk) 16:31, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

This is almost certainly not real. See WP:SCAM. 🏳️‍🌈JohnLaurens333 (They/them • Ping me!) 16:32, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

It's a scam, editors certainly don't go around asking to make pages of people. see WP:SCAM. If you're interested in what or whom can be a Wikipedia article, see General notability guideline & Golden rule of Wikipedia. Thank you. ✦ CatPencil ✦ (talk) 16:44, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Do not engage any further and follow the instructions on WP:SCAM. ★ Campssitie (msg) (contribs) 🧋🏖 16:46, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello, @~2026-31652-47.

If somebody determines that you meet Wikipedia's criteria for notability - which mostly means that enough material about you has been independently published - there is no reason for them to contact you: they will just go ahead and create the article.

From which you may deduce that this person is a scammer. ColinFine (talk) 17:12, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

~2026-31652-47, a skim-read of this "Help desk" shows that Wikipedia has plenty of editors who mean well but are rather clueless. It's imaginable (even if unlikely) that the person who contacted you is similar, honestly believing that it's a good idea (or even mandatory) to get somebody's permission before creating a draft or article about them. Thus the person contacting you might not be a scammer -- but even if they weren't, negotiating with them would still be a waste of your time. (And if they're trying to impress you with their proficiency, experience, "seniority", or similar, they certainly are a scammer.) -- Hoary (talk) 22:44, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

That's like.. I see where you're coming from but that seems a bit far-off, asking people to make a page about them is somewhat a common scam scenerio. But I'd like to believe that as well haha :D ✦ CatPencil ✦ (talk) 22:53, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

How do you remove notes on OSM?

Not as in someone resolving it, but revoking it due to either it being wrong or in the wrong spot. I can’t find a button that does it and I did make a mistake in a note. MarbleMax (talk) 23:48, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi MarbleMax. You seem to have asked the same thing on another Wikipedia talk page (Talk:Main page#How do you remove a note on OSM?) and were mistakenly directed to ask the same thing here. The Wikipedia Help Desk is really intended to only be a place for asking questions about Wikipedia; it's not a general help desk to ask about other things. If your having problems using something called "OSM", you might want to try contacting OSM's support. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:42, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

I assume OSM is OpenStreetMap, which is a Wiki, but not a Wikimedia project. Hopefully you can find a talk page on the OSM site to ask your question. TSventon (talk) 01:45, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

Ok, I understand. You need an account to comment on Open Street Map, which I don’t have. I assumed that since Open Street Map is a Wiki Project, people here could answer my question. And before you ask, yes I did try to make one, but it wouldn’t let me for some reason. Anyways, sorry for wasting your time. MarbleMax (talk) 02:22, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

I want to get my text approved, could you please check it?

Hello, could you please approve my page?

Draft:SUPERSONIC Food

Thanks in advance. If it's missing any points in the article, please let me know, so I can improve this text. Creativmind1 (talk) 06:18, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

Please see Your first article. This draft has a range of common problems and will not be accepted in its current form.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 06:41, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

What are the current problems? I read this page. This page is not promoting or advertising a company. External articles are added as sources. Creativmind1 (talk) 06:47, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

There needs to be a wider range of sourcing than what is currently there. Also, the text of the article is based on describing the products and services offered by the company, which leads to problems with WP:NCORP. There are many companies, but they are not all notable by Wikipedia's standards.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 06:57, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

I didn't describe products, only overall description about products, but this is something that you can find in this articles and other sources. So should I remove overall product description (which is just a description of what company is doing - what kind of products they have).

Wider range od sourcing - this is probably the maximum that I found. So it should be 2x 3x more what's currently there? Creativmind1 (talk) 07:09, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

What is your relationship to this company?

There needs to be sources summarized that offer critical analysis and commentary as to what is viewed as important/significant/influential about the company, not just a description of its activities and offerings.

Please see other stuff exists. There are likely many articles that should not exist, but do- we just haven't removed them yet. This is why we judge each article or draft individually on their own merits and not based on the presence of other articles that themselves may be inappropriate. 331dot (talk) 07:13, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

@Creativmind1

I have added a template to the article that will let you submit it for review when you feel it's ready: but indeed, it currently is not. A few things you should know;

If you are being paid by this company for your writing, you must disclose this immediately; read WP:PAID. If you are otherwise affiliated with them in any way, you must also disclose that; see WP:COI

Secondly, A Wikipedia article should be a neutral summary of what the majority of people who are wholly unconnected with the subject have independently chosen to publish about the subject in reliable publications, (see Golden rule) and not much else. What you know (or anybody else knows) about the subject is not relevant except where it can be verified from a reliable published source. When it comes to companies, you should also be aware that most coverage about companies is what we call routine coverage and does not show us that the company is notable (i.e., meets our requirements for articles). Athanelar (talk) 07:13, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

Creativmind1, f I'm right in guessing that the "super" in "SUPERSONIC" is pronounced like that in "Superman", and the "sonic" is pronounced like that in "Sonic the Hedgehog", then we'd write it "Supersonic". Although other problems (pointed out above) are greater. -- Hoary (talk) 07:59, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

Referencing errors on English Americans

Reference help requested.

Thanks, NorthBCSingh (talk) 05:34, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

NorthBCSingh, delete | last=Bureau | first=US Census, as "Bureau" and "US Census" are not, respectively, the surname and forename(s) of a person. -- Hoary (talk) 08:05, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

My wikipedia account unblock

hello team wikipedia my username is Kishor Salvi My account is 2017 block please unblock my ip and username Soon as possible thanks ~2026-31914-03 (talk) 11:00, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

@~2026-31914-03 Whether global (below) or local, posting here is WP:block evasion See WP:Guide to appealing blocks for the correct procedure, presumably for your account User:Kishor salvi. Mike Turnbull (talk) 11:05, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

My wikipedia account is globally block please unblock

hello team wikipedia my username is blocked please solve my problem soon as possible thanks my wikipedia account name kishor salvi ~2026-31914-03 (talk) 11:03, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

@~2026-31914-03 Posting here is WP:block evasion See WP:Guide to appealing blocks for the correct procedure, presumably for your account User:Kishor salvi. Mike Turnbull (talk) 11:05, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

Referencing errors on Kingston SE railway line

Reference help requested.

Hello, I'm new to contributing, can you tell me what I did wrong?

Thanks, Histrueandfalse1 (talk) 10:07, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

You didn't have a day in your date, fixed now Jimfbleak - talk to me? 10:59, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks so much! Histrueandfalse1 (talk) 12:01, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

Mohammed Odeh (Palestinian militant)

Mohammed Odeh (Palestinian militant)

Under death place, can the citation be properly converted into a reference? BradyBunchFan (talk) 02:35, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

@BradyBunchFan I'm not sure what you think is wrong, so please make an WP:edit request at Talk:Mohammed Odeh (Palestinian militant), with full details. Mike Turnbull (talk) 11:17, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

@Michael D. Turnbull, I will, thank you. BradyBunchFan (talk) 12:31, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

My page is incorrect, information is not correct.

Hello, I am Dušica Labović and I want to ask you if you can change the information about me and my work. You can delete me from Wikipedia (https://sr.wikipedia.org/sr-ec/Du%C5%A1ica_Labovi%C4%87) or use the correct inforamtion from my website: www.dusicalabovic.com ~2026-31655-56 (talk) 12:08, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

Sorry but we cannot help you here as Admins at English Wikipedia has no authority over at Russian Wikipedia.  Untamed1910 (talk) 12:13, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

@Untamed1910: The prefix ('sr') indicates Serbian language, nor Russian (that would be 'ru'). --CiaPan (talk) 12:32, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

Serbian Wikipedia has a policy on biographies of living people with a section for article subjects sr:Википедија:Биографије живих особа#Чланци који говоре о вама. I think Serbian: ВП:АТ means administrators' noticeboard sr:Википедија:Администраторска табла. TSventon (talk) 12:43, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

A similar query has now been posted at sr:Википедија:Трг/Помоћ so hopefully the poster will get help there. TSventon (talk) 13:33, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

Referencing errors on Forest (bicycle-sharing system)

Reference help requested. How do I properly cite a source? I tried to make an edit but apparently it's missing even though I pasted the link

Thanks, ~2026-31667-56 (talk) 14:02, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi User:~2026-31667-56. I see you gave a URL, which means it's easy for someone to follow the link to the source you are citing. What's missing is the title—what you see in the title-bar or top of the browser window when you go to that URL. DMacks (talk) 15:23, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

Proper url-access value for archive.org non-free book links.

I am trying to link to pages in https://archive.org/details/latinpunctuation0000wing/page/16/mode/1up using {{cite book}}. The thing about a non-free book link on archive.org is that it will let you see a page or two at a time, but there is no way to see the full text; you can't subscribe to be able to do this, unlike for some websites. Google books is often like this as well. I don't think any of the possible values for the url-access param express this source properly. The closest one is "limited", but it still says "subscription normally required". What param value should I use here? Or, should we make a new one? Dingolover6969 (talk) 10:44, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

What is the value of providing a URL that does not allow verification of the statement for which the cite is provided? DMacks (talk) 22:09, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

I would agree with DMacks; assuming this is for a ref, unless the info you're pointing to is specifically on one of the 'free' pages, I wouldn't include a URL. RandomEditsForWhenIRemember (talk) 22:25, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

Well assuming it is on the free page, what would you do? Dingolover6969 (talk) 18:28, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

I too would agree with DMacks. However.... I clicked on the link. The Internet Archive (IA) showed me page 16 of a book. (And page 17. I didn't venture beyond this.) I thus was shown a brief discussion of the interpunct. As you, Dingolover6969, have recently been editing the article "Interpunct", I suppose it's this discussion that you are citing (or want to cite). And so you are indeed pointing to "free" pages, and providing a link to the first of these rather than to the book's title page or front cover is helpful. However, I can't answer your question about the appropriate value for "url-access"; and therefore I'm hereby pinging Trappist the monk for comment. (Moreover, I'm not certain that pages made available to all within "Borrow unavailable" books remain available to all.) -- Hoary (talk) 01:38, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Yep, that's the situation. As I understand it, they'll show you the 2-page spread you directly link to, but no more. Dingolover6969 (talk) 06:27, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Burgundian State

• Burgundian State

Looks like someone has edited this page and inserted a load of Nazi crap ~2026-31823-93 (talk) 19:51, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

Vandalism already reverted. TSventon (talk) 19:59, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

Error to Killing of Austin Metcalf page

The photo on the Killing of Austin Metcalf page is not Austin. The photo is of his identical twin brother, Hunter Metcalf. Hunter's football number was 12. Austin's was #11. ~2026-32093-37 (talk) 13:18, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

Well, pic here seems to agree with you. Uncut pic at doesn't say clearly which is which. @R. G. Checkers, you uploaded File:Austin Metcalf.png, do you wish to comment? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:06, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

RE: account used to edit anonymous fellowship page

Hi,

a wiki account linked to an official team from Codependents Anonymous UK was blocked on the basis the 'account name inferred the amends were made by an official Codependents Anonymous team member.

Im advised I can request the account has been permantly blocked, but a request can be posted to as why / request it to be unblocked.

I cant find the mechanism to 'request unblocking' on Wikipedia. Can anyone help please?

I am now using an account linked to Codependents Anonymous in Oxford, UK.

Kate F Oxford CoDA meeting (talk) 10:14, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

Firstly, please read WP:ISU. We do not permit shared accounts, or usernames that imply shared accounts. Any account must be used by a single individual only. As for requesting blocking or unblocking, which account are you referring to? AndyTheGrump (talk) 10:28, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

I've soft-blocked this account, same reason Jimfbleak - talk to me? 15:23, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello, @Oxford CoDA meeting.

First, as explained, your user name is not acceptable. Every Wikipedia account must be personal (i.e. used by only one person), and may not have a name that suggests either that it might be used by several people, or that it represents an organisation. A name like "Kate from Oxford CoDA" would be acceptable, though perhaps a little unwieldy.

So first, you should rename your account (see CHU) - or, since you have only made two edits, it's probably easier to abandon it and create a new one.

Secondly, if another account has been blocked, it matters very much why. If it is simply a matter of the name, like your account, they can rename or abandon the account just as you can. But if they were blocked for other reasons (eg undeclared paid editing or promotion), then they must not edit from any account (or none) until the block has been lifted: they should read guide to appealing blocks.

Thirdly, any of you that are connected with CoDA should be aware of the restrictions on editing with a conflict of interest - basically, you should almost never directly edit the articles with which you are associated, but should make edit requests instead. Further, if any of you are employed by CoDA - including as interns or volunteers - Wikipedia regards you as paid editors, and you must make a formal declaration of your status. See that link for how to do so.

Finally, please note that Wikipedia has little interest in what the subject of an article says or wants to say about themselves, or what their associates say about them. Wikipedia is almost exclusively interested in what people who have no connection with the subject, and who have not been prompted or fed information on behalf of the subject, have chosen to publish about the subject in reliable sources. If enough material is cited from independent sources to establish notability, a limited amount of uncontroversial factual information may be added from non-independent sources. ColinFine (talk) 16:41, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

Hopewell Earthworks

• Links: Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks, Hopewell tradition

The Hopewell write up mentions “Hopewell traditions”, But Hopewell isn’t the name of the ancient tribes. It is the name of the owner of the property. ~2026-32066-45 (talk) 22:25, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

"Hopewell tradition" seems (from the lists of "Further reading" and "References" within the article Hopewell tradition) to be an established term. That doesn't mean that it's the only established term, or the best one. You are free to argue for renaming ("moving") the article; if you'd like to do this, then Talk:Hopewell tradition is where to do it. ¶ Incidentally, I notice at least one junk reference cited in the article: "Free Essays-Hopewell Indian Culture". Archived from the original on 2008-08-27. Retrieved 2008-09-11. -- Hoary (talk) 00:50, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

See WP:COMMONNAME. We refer to things by how the preponderance of sources refer to them, which is not always the same as the native name for things. That's why we have an article on Germany rather than Deutschland, for example. Athanelar (talk) 09:22, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

The name of the ancient tribes is "Hopewell"; they were named for the property owner. If you disagree, what other names have you heard? You can find the magazine Ohio archaeologist online for free (example issue); I don't think you'll find other names for them. Nyttend (talk) 20:30, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

Can this be confirmed?

Tech employees at the Wikimedia Foundation (paid staff behind Wikipedia and other projects) announced publicly their union drive Wiki Workers United back in February 2026. One week ago, the Wikimedia Foundation announced without any transition plan, the shuttering of the Community Tech team, which included publicly vocal union supporters. ~2026-32105-72 (talk) 21:50, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

This is already being discussed. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^MUSHROOM 21:56, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

Special:Search false negative

If you search for three tildes, the only result is the Double tilde disambiguation page. Why doesn't it find the Tilde Tilde Tilde article? MediaWiki limitations prevent the article from being at the correct title, Jimfbleak - talk to me?, but the three-tilde form is used ten times in the article; I can't imagine why the search can find another tilde page but not this one. Nyttend (talk) 20:48, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Nyttend! I am, in no way, an expert on this topic, but visiting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WalnutBloom (talk) comes up with an invalid magic tilde sequence with a link tohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NCTR#Three_or_more_consecutive_tildes, explaining that ~~~ generates an undated signature and therefore can't be used.

This might not be 100% accurate but this is my experience.

WalnutBloom (talk) 21:21, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

Oops, the 3 tildes where actually converted into my signature...

I guess that proves my point!

In the URL bar, replace my undated signature with 3 tildes and you should hopefully see the same Bad title error?

WalnutBloom (talk) 21:24, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

For further clarification, I think that the 3~ page can't be created (as a redirect) due to these limitations.

And, the instances of 3~ can be used in the article due to <nowiki> tags, preventing the undated signature, but likely can't be used in titles.

WalnutBloom (talk) 21:31, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

See phab:T371746 * Pppery * _{in solidarity} 21:36, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

Actually, I understand the title issue — I'd never heard of Tilde Tilde Tilde before noticing a link to it from Wikipedia:Naming conventions (technical restrictions). (I assumed that [[~~~]] would be treated as plaintext, like [[:]] and [[Talk:Special:Project]] and other impossible links, but actually it becomes links with superfluous brackets, [[Nyttend (talk)]].) But here I'm questioning the non-appearance in the search results. Pppery, thank you; a search for four tildes finds Tilde Tilde Tilde as expected, and ignores the disambiguation. Nyttend (talk) 23:24, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

Can I Link my user page to Discord?

Is there a way for me to add my wiki userpage on discord link connections as a domain? (If anybody knows how that works, let me know!) ✦ CatPencil ✦ (talk) 19:24, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

The domain connection on Discord is designed for domain names (e.g. example.com) and won't accept pages (e.g. example.com/profile). It's also only for domains that you own. Unfortunately the only options are to /auth in any Wikimedia servers, or add it the old fashioned way by adding it as a link in you profile description. In solidarity, nil ^nz 12:55, 30 May 2026 (UTC)

؟؟؟؟ ما سبب توقف حسابي

لماذا أوقفتم حسابي ~2026-32367-55 (talk) 12:35, 30 May 2026 (UTC)

translation

ما سبب توقف حسابي؟ What is the reason my account was suspended?

لماذا أوقفتم حسابي؟ Why did you suspend my account?

What is the name of your account on English-language wikipedia? Jimfbleak - talk to me? 13:31, 30 May 2026 (UTC)

How to create an entry

Hi I have created an entry - a biography but cannot see how to post it. I think that it is still in my sandbox. Help please. Wikipedia has become very confusing, even to post this! Noosagent (talk) 05:55, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

Are you referring to Draft:Art career of J Edward Smith? That's a WP:DRAFT, not an article in your sandbox. I highly suggest you take a look at Help:Your first article, which covers a lot of the prerequisites the biography you've created will need to satisfy before it can be published as a proper article. The first thing that jumped out at me is that your references are not formatted as proper citations. I'm not an expert at article creation, but I'll try to help out further if I can, if you have additional questions. DonIago (talk) 06:08, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

Moved to Draft:J Edward Smith Jimfbleak - talk to me? 07:55, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

@Noosagent A good start would probably be to read a couple of Wikipedia articles and familiarise yourself with the sort of style we hold to here. John Edward (Ted) Smith was a gentle and considerate man who was liked by all who knew him. is the sort of line that typically opens an obituary, not an article in an encyclopedia. Athanelar (talk) 09:19, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello, @Noosagent.

A Wikipedia article should be a neutral summary of what the majority of people who are wholly unconnected with the subject have independently chosen to publish about the subject in reliable publications, (see Golden rule) and not much else. What you know (or anybody else knows) about the subject is not relevant except where it can be verified from a reliable published source.

My earnest advice to new editors is to not even think about trying to create an article until you have spent several weeks - at least - learning about how Wikipedia works by making improvements to existing articles. Once you have understood core policies such as verifiability, neutral point of view, reliable, independent sources, and notability, and experienced how we handle disagreements with other editors (the Bold, Revert, Discuss cycle), then you might be ready to read your first article carefully, and try creating a draft. If you don't follow this advice but try to create an article without this preparation, you are likely to have a frustrating and disappointing experience with Wikipedia. ColinFine (talk) 09:37, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

@Noosagent: You said on the draft's talk page that you are the subject's son. This means you have a conflict of interest, which you are required to declare. Please see WP:COI. 🏳️‍🌈JohnLaurens333 (They/them • Ping me!) 16:15, 30 May 2026 (UTC)

Referencing errors on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Reference help requested. Hello, I do not understand what’s the problem — Preceding unsigned comment added by ~2026-31985-56 (talk) 04:30, 30 May 2026 (UTC)

Here is the problem:

|last=Wintour |first=Patrick |last2=editor |first2=Patrick Wintour Diplomatic

The first author's name is Patrick Wintour, which looks fine to me. But look at the second author. Is his last name "editor" and his first name "Patrick Wintour Diplomatic"? That looks like stray copy–paste or a mistake in some referencing tool. DMacks (talk) 09:04, 30 May 2026 (UTC)

I fixed it (and made a few other improvements too) with this edit. Your edit also added a duplicate cite to an existing one (the New York Times was already there, and then a second copy with bad formatting got inserted), so I removed it. DMacks (talk) 16:22, 30 May 2026 (UTC)

Need an editor with 'mad skilz' for fixing a problem with article rename and archive issues

The El Niño article was renamed some years back to El Niño Southern Oscillation. The Archive pages however were simply set up as redirects from the original name to the new name, so, archive page one for the El Niño Southern Oscillation talk page redirects to Talk:El_Niño/Archive 1 and likewise archive page two goes to Talk:El_Niño/Archive 2.

A problem occurred today when an editor used the One Click Archiver to move a bunch of old threads to the archives - and the text was appended to the redirect page itself, rather than to the redirect destination. I suppose this might be considered an error in the oneclick archiver, but it seems to me the true proximate issue is that instead of moving the archive pages to be coherent with the new article name/talk page name - which seems to me to be the right way to do it - they were set up as redirects, which the oneclick archive simply didn't 'understand'.

So, at the moment, we have El Niño Archive 1, El Niño Archive 2, and a 'new' El Niño Southern Oscillation Archive 1 at the redirect page.

At this point, my head is already spinning trying to clearly spell this out - imagine if I were to attempt to actually untangle the situation myself!

So, I'm hoping there's an editor out there who has 'mad skilz' when it comes to article/talk/archive page moves, undoing redirects, renaming archives, etc. - if the existing archives can be moved appropriately, and the redirect deleted, that may be all that's needed - the recent archiving can simply be redone after the fact (my preference would be to set up auto-archiving by date rather than manual archiving - simply less labor intensive).

Any help would be greatly appreciated. If this isn't the right venue to look for an expert willing to take this on, advice on the right place would be appreciated. cheers, anastrophe, an editor he is. 20:38, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

On it... DMacks (talk) 09:12, 30 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you! cheers, anastrophe, an editor he is. 18:31, 30 May 2026 (UTC)

I am on phone

and I converted to Desktop view on Wikipedia, not my browser, but now it is stuck and I don't know how to revert it back, come someone help? F1fan00 (talk) 14:01, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

Could you try going back to this link? If this doesn't work, try clearing the browser's cache.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 14:09, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

Down at the bottom of the screen should be a link to mobile mode, alongside all the links to the privacy policy and whatnot. Athanelar (talk) 17:34, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

it worked, thanks @Athanelar F1fan00 (talk) 17:43, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

Curious, F1fan00, what do you mean "not my browser"? How would you access Wikipedia without a browser? I almost never access Wikipedia on a phone — either my web-enabled flip phone or my wife's smartphone — but I've always done it through a browser, since the books process was shut down several years ago for technical reasons. Nyttend (talk) 20:34, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

I think what they meant is that they had switched from mobile view to desktop view on Wikipedia itself, rather than in their browser settings. In solidarity, nil ^nz 12:45, 30 May 2026 (UTC)

Exactly @Nil NZ F1fan00 (talk) 22:12, 30 May 2026 (UTC)

Article name change

Hi, I'd like to change the name of this article David Gordon Allen d'Aldecamb Lumsden to David Lumsden. Can I do this myself, or do I have to ask somewhere? Thanks. Blackballnz (talk) 01:45, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

What sources do you have to support the shorter name? Also, the name would need to be disambiguated to David Lumsden (businessman). —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^MUSHROOM 01:48, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

It looks like every source the article cites says David Lumsden. @Blackballnz: if you would like to, you can move it yourself. There should be a button near the top of the page that says "Move". 🏳️‍🌈JohnLaurens333 (They/them • Ping me!) 02:32, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks @JohnLaurens333 Uh ha! I have spotted the Move button (I thought it was something much more complicated). I'll do it myself. Blackballnz (talk) 02:58, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

No worries, I also thought it was a way more complicated process :) 🏳️‍🌈JohnLaurens333 (They/them • Ping me!) 03:00, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

Auto-archiving sections on Talk page marked as Resolved

I marked some sections as Resolved on Talk:Brüno Gehard, I assume I should also set up the archive? Not sure how to do it. It should only archive sections marked as resolved after 7 (or 30) days. TigerFromEarth (talk) 10:18, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

Resume-like pages to be edited

Hello, I want to edit Sumayya Vally and Harriet Harriss' page, so it's less like a resume and in support of what has been flagged on both pages. Could you provide guidance on what sticks out the most, that needs to be changed? Also on Harriet Harriss' page, it has '(ARB, RIBA, (Assoc.)AIA, PFHEA, FRSA, Ph.D.)', should I remove?

I've edited Harriet Harriss' first few paragraphs significantly, as it was a lot in the introduction.

Thank you. Lesanimas17 (talk) 16:55, 30 May 2026 (UTC)

I'm afraid that my internet is a bit spotty so I've had trouble taking a proper look at the pages - I noticed you haven't had a reply yet & figured I'd try to give you what little advice I can until it's sorted out.

Here are a few tips off the top of my head, they're pretty generic so you can apply them to any article:

• I find it helpful to start by thinking about the purpose of a resume (make the subject look good, promote them to the reader, list their achievements) vs. the purpose of Wikipedia (presenting neutral information about notable subjects, increase a reader's knowledge without promoting the subject) and cast a critical eye over parts that don't look like they belong on an encyclopedia.
• Look at articles about similar subjects (ideally look for GA's & FA's) for an idea of what your end result should look like. It isn't reasonable for you to match a GA or FA, but they will show you what the best Wikipedia articles look like and vastly reduce the risk of you accidentally picking a bad article as a baseline.
• Vet the article section-by-section and edit in relatively small, workable steps; this way you won't get overwhelmed and it'll be easier for you or another editor to find and correct any mistakes that may occur.
• Check each citation as you go, you will probably be able to re-use sources in other places (or find that out shouldn't be there in the first place).
• Don't be afraid to get rid of entire sections or even most of the article if you think it'll be easier to start from scratch - sometimes that will save a lot of time and effort in the long run (see WP:TNT).
• You will have an individual mentor assigned to you, so if you need one-on-one support make sure they're your first point of contact. See this page if you aren't sure how to find them.

Blue-Sonnet In solidarity 22:05, 30 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you, this is super helpful. Also thanks for flagging the assigned mentor, I didn't realise this. Lesanimas17 (talk) 15:14, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

My valid changes were reversed!

'Hello FantasticWikiUser! Everything i have adjusted in recent wikipedia pages is validly written to align with British language standards I have gotten rid of words which are viewed as 'Americanisms' and not to used in British English such the 'ize' suffix's and replaced with the British standee 'ise' for all British English used pages I have also gone ahead and removed double quotation marks due to them being used in improper ways as British English only ever establishes their usage when its within double quotes (a quote within a quote) the de facto style to be used for ordinary quotes is ' not " I have alsoused the correct British spelling for 'mediaeval' as well as it being the more historical accurate spelling used for the words the Wikipedia pages are about. Can you please explain why you have reversed valid changes not invalid changes but valid changes' I tried contacting him but nothing why is this? Kingdoms gg (talk) 15:39, 30 May 2026 (UTC)

Not all Wikipedia articles are written in British English. Some are, especially if they have a British lineage, but we don't have one defined setup of rules for language variables Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 15:48, 30 May 2026 (UTC)

I'll also say that mediaeval is a very old British term, it's certainly not the spelling used in modern Britain. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 15:50, 30 May 2026 (UTC)

Actually, it's the spelling I preferentially use when not accommodating myself to American readers, but I admit to being borderline elderly. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} ~2026-27434-43 (talk) 07:35, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

It is not acceptable to change the actual title of published works purely for ENGVAR of our article that cites them. DMacks (talk) 16:14, 30 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi, and sorry for not seeing your earlier attempts to contact me. If I recall correctly, I didn't think that the spelling mediaeval was ever used for English, and I wouldn't have reverted if I had known it was ever in use in English, meaning I thought it was some sort of accidental edit that added a typo, so that's my fault. In solidarity, FantasticWikiUser_{(Ts and Cs)} 16:16, 30 May 2026 (UTC)

The spelling is A Thing, but it is rather archaic. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^MUSHROOM 17:06, 30 May 2026 (UTC)

Jéské Couriano, here's The (Rather Archaic) Thing: ⟨mediæval⟩. -- Hoary (talk) 05:53, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

See MOS:ENGVAR. Wikipedia does not have "correct spellings" and articles can be written in different variants of national English.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 15:57, 30 May 2026 (UTC)

Courtesy ping: FantasticWikiUser 🏳️‍🌈JohnLaurens333 (They/them • Ping me!) 16:07, 30 May 2026 (UTC)

Kingdoms gg, if you are saying that ⟨recognize⟩, ⟨realize⟩, etc, are somehow unBritish, I suggest a reading of the article Oxford spelling. (To confirm what it says about The Oxford English Dictionary, take a look therein for ⟨euthanize⟩ or whatever: although the meat of the OED is behind a paywall, viewing the choices of headword spellings costs nothing.) See also Template:Use Oxford spelling. -- Hoary (talk) 05:45, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

Inserting links

In Safari on iPad: can't insert links in Visual Editor or in Source Editor. After the link choice is entered, the link button is red. What should I do? Hunzu (talk) 20:29, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

Normally the link button is red because the link is to a page that doesn't exist; see WP:redlink. Does that answer your question? SomeoneDreaming (talk) 00:00, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

@Hunzu: Can you link to the page you're talking about? 🏳️‍🌈JohnLaurens333 (They/them • Ping me!) 00:34, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

Hunzu, when I use the source editor (as I always do) and want to link the word "toe" to the English-language Wikipedia article about toes, I type [[toe]], and thereby get "toe". What happens when you try to do the same? (NB: Other-language Wikipedia articles (such as Orteil), Wikimedia but non-Wikipedia pages (such as toe) and non-Wikimedia pages (such as "Morton's neuroma") are linked to in other ways.) -- Hoary (talk) 07:39, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

Account

You will not allow me to log in to my account because I do not have access to the account email address. Since I cannot login and use the service. How can I stop my monthly donation of $52.00.

My username is jpprice47. ~2026-32492-24 (talk) 22:15, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

Donations are not tied to Wikipedia usernames. (The two systems are very much separate.) In any event, any questions about donations should be sent to donate[at]wikimedia.org. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^MUSHROOM 22:40, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

I will also note you don't have to donate one penny to operate an account. Donations are not required to operate an account. 331dot (talk) 15:17, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

jpprice47 shows that the account last edited in 2016, and had relatively few edits. The best thing to do would be to create a new account and to note that you previously edited under this name. If you really wanted to revive this account, you could write to cawikimedia.org to explain the problem.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 06:27, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

~2026-32492-24/jpprice47, losing access to an account this way is quite common, and a common expedient is to add a note to the original account's page (which you don't have to be logged into to do) saying that you lost access and are now using a new account named /whatever/, and to the new account's page that you previously used the old account (in this case jpprice47).

Note that most everyday editing can be done without an account at all (I have, in over 20 years of work here, deliberately never created one). It merely gives you some extra accesses to semi-protected article editing, and certain resources, and the possibility of applying for various specialist tasks, if those are what you want. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} ~2026-27434-43 (talk) 15:02, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

Photograph Copyright

https://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/bsb00000006/images/index.html?nativeno=336

I have a photograph I would like to use for Anna Zammert but I am not sure where to find information about the copyright. There is a link at the top saying that it is under copyright but that use cases are specified on the site. Can anyone help me figure out where the use cases are listed? Thank you! Mismeander (talk) 10:49, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

Okay, so, it looks like the work was created by "Deutsches Reich. Reichstag" in 1932. While it's marked as under copyright by the database, I think that just means it doesn't have a copyleft license on it, not that it can't fall under public domain. The first page of the book says it was "published by the Office of the Reichstag, printed and published by the Reich Printing Office." It does not list an author. That would indicate (I think) that this is a work "published in Germany before the Law on Copyrights and Neighboring Rights (UrhG) came into effect on January 1, 1966 [and] does not indicate its author and was published by a legal entity under public law." Per the documentation of Template:PD-Germany-§134-KUG on Commons, that means it would fall under public domain. So you should be able to upload the image to Commons using the linked template, and then link the image on Wikipedia. Does that make sense? SomeoneDreaming (talk) 12:07, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you! I have uploaded it and added that template to the file page on Wikimedia Commons. I hope I did it right. Mismeander (talk) 20:03, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

@Mismeander: Thanks for your work. I made a minor tweak to remove your assertion of "own work" and move the actual PD statement into the "licensing" section of the description. Please review my change. -Arch dude (talk) 15:27, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

Fantastic, yes I'll take care to do it that way if this ever comes up again. Looks great! Mismeander (talk) 15:56, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

Given its age, it might be now public domain, but in any case, since the subject has been dead since 1982, you may also be able to argue its use under the Non-Free Use Rationale as an upload directly to en.Wikipedia (not Wikimedia Commons) for use in this article only. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} ~2026-27434-43 (talk) 12:14, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for this idea as well, I went with the template idea from @SomeoneDreaming because it seemed the easiest and most clear. In the future I'll keep this in mind though! Mismeander (talk) 20:05, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

Article on talk page

Hi, I've written a contribution on the talk page of the "J/Psi meson", namely "Theoretical interpretation of the J/Psi meson" on Febr.20, 2026. No other contributions or comments on this argument have been added. My question is simply when this contribution will be moved to the main page of the article. Thanks a lot. Mario Mario Tom Greco (talk) 11:40, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

Mario Tom Greco, you could move it to the article yourself, but if you do so as it stands, it will be reverted since it's pretty non-compliant and looks LLM-written. You will need to write in coherent sentences with properly formatted in-line references. What looks like just notes won't be accepted without you making it compliant and consistent with the rest of the article Jimfbleak - talk to me? 12:53, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

I've noticed that you have a conflict of interest, so you shouldn't in fact move it yourself. Clean it up and ping me when you think it's compliant, and I'll take a look Jimfbleak - talk to me? 13:05, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi Jimfbleak, I've re-written my contribution to the "Theoretical interpretation of the J/psi meson" on the Talk page, following your suggestion. Please give a look and tell me if you could move it to the main page.

Best, Mario Mario Tom Greco (talk) 16:25, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for your answer, but what you mean by "looks LLM-written."? Mario Tom Greco (talk) 13:41, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

Mario Tom Greco, the style seems more chatbot than human, it's written as a series of notes using only primary sources, it has a promotional tone with all those "breakthroughs" and successes, and provides "interpretations" which are not that. Anyway, regardless of whether it's human- or bot-written, it needs a lot of work Jimfbleak - talk to me? 14:54, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi Jimfbleak, thanks for your suggestion. Actually I wrote my contribution in a very schematic style, as I tell this historical piece of science to my phD students, who like very concise statements, much easier to remember. Please notice that the three papers I mentioned led to the same interpretation of the experimental discovery, namely a bound state of charm-anticharm quarks. I will try to modify my text and I'll be back to you. Mario Tom Greco (talk) 17:42, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

@Mario Tom Greco You said "My question is simply when this contribution will be moved to the main page of the article". Things you add to the talk page of an article do not magically get moved to the article itself. I haven't checked, but unless you asked, at the talk page, for any interested editor to please add the info to the article for you -- for example, if you just added a bunch of info to the talk page -- then it will just stay only on the talk page. If you have properly sourced information that you think should be in the article, generally, you should add it to the article yourself. Plus, what Jimfbleak said. David10244 (talk) 07:15, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

@Mario Tom Greco Now that I checked the talk page, it is not at all clear from what you wrote there, that you expected the info to migrate into the article. David10244 (talk) 07:19, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

Gnu free images

Hi, what is the story with loading Gnu free images? This ancient computer image would be good to have. Ideas please. Thanks Yesterday, all my dreams... (talk) 03:58, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

If you don't get a good reply here, try Commons Help desk. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 05:18, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

It depends on the license status. That typically means knowing at a minimum what year the photo was taken (or sometimes what approximate range, based on certain cut-off ages) and who took the actual photo. But it also depends on the use-case. For a single photo of a unique object that no longer exists (and will not reasonably exist again), such as the BCC-500 computer, the rules of what is allowed are sometimes slightly relaxed, but the requirements for what details are known about the photo might be increased so proper credit can be given. DMacks (talk) 11:45, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for clarifying the general issues. But I am still not sure if I should load it. I am certain that the computer had been dismantled by 1981, because I met Wayne Lichtenberger that year in the bay area. He had been keeping the machine alive in Hawaii and felt sorry they had dismantled it after he left. But I have no source for that. So I guess I will have to move on unless another suggestion is made. Thanks Yesterday, all my dreams... (talk) 14:47, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

I googled around and see it in a few places but never with a credited photographer or other origination info. The computer was likely built around 1969–1971 and was one-of-a-kind, so we know the timeframe when the photo was taken. More importantly, I can't find the date of the first publication (or posting, etc.) of the photo. That means we can't really know whether it is free for use. But! I'm sure the image qualifies for non-free fair use because it is likely irreplaceable and it displays the topic of a substantive section of a WP article. Could you take a look around and see if you can find any site that has photographer or other original-publication details? That can help when filling out the form to allow its use here. DMacks (talk) 15:20, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

Your assessment is correct. It started in 1968-69 in Berkeley, then they left in 69 to start the company. But they relied on a single funding source and when that source suddenly had its own unrelated problems the funding stopped. It was a setback for the computer industry, because it was a clever design that would have had followers. Unfortunately Gio Wiederhold is no longer with us, so we can not ask. He was one of the group as well although the page does not say that. The photo I linked to was loaded in April 2022, but that may not help. I searched but can see no other one. If you want to load it please do. I do not know what else I can do. Yesterday, all my dreams... (talk) 16:10, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi, I thought I should mention to you in passing that I just realized that Project Genie had a much bigger long term impact than people know about, and those involved never guessed it. It resulted in the Sigma series computers. Now, what machine did Charley Kline use to send the first internet message in Oct 1969? A Sigma 7. Take look at the page if you like. Yesterday, all my dreams... (talk) 16:43, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

Access to the Organisation Page

Dear Wikipedia family,

My organisation page is available on the wikipedia website but I dont have access to my organisation page not in my company. please do suggest how can i change information on the page? ~2026-32581-69 (talk) 07:20, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

Please see WP:BOSS. Generally speaking, you should not edit the page if you are directly involved with it. If there is something obviously wrong, you can make an edit request on the relevant talk page. What is the page that you would like to edit?--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 07:24, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

Hello, @~2026-32581-69.

It sounds as if you have the common misunderstanding that a Wikipedia article about your organisation somehow belongs to, or is managed by, your organisation, so you need a special account to edit it.

This is entirely wrong. Wikipedia's article about your organisation does not belong to the organisation, is not controlled by the organisation, and will not necessarily say what the organisation would like it to say.

It may be edited by almost anybody in the world except people associated with the organisation, who should not edit it directly, but make edit requests instead.

Note also that if you are in any way employed by the organisation (including as a volunteer or intern) you are probably regarded by Wikipedia as a paid editor, and you must make the formal declaration described in that link. ColinFine (talk) 17:03, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

How to connect to German Wikipedia page

How to connect https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Deane_Berman on the US Wikipedia ~2026-32421-30 (talk) 16:42, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

Hello, @~2026-32421-30.

I'm not sure what you mean.

You can create a wikilink to an article in another language Wikipedia by putting the language code after a colon at the beginning, eg [[:de:Anne Deane Berman]] displays as de:Anne Deane Berman, and links to that article.

If you are talking about linking an article in the English Wikipedia (it is not the US Wikipedia, by the way: it serves all varieties of English) to a related article in the German Wikipedia, that is done nowadays by Wikidata: see interlanguage links.

If you want to insert a link in an English article to a subject that is in the German Wikipedia, but not at the moment in English Wikipedia, it is recommended to use the template {{ill}}. That is also described in the page I linked to above. ColinFine (talk) 17:09, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

Attempted Fraud!

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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I have received a highly suspicious email from a private company claiming to represent you and clean up or correct my Wikipedia entry. Needless to say, they are prepared to charge hundreds of GB pounds to do so.

I am treating this as a ransom demand and will report it to the police as such.

In the meantime, I am obliged to stop making contributions to Wikipedia.

Nigel G. Spencer ~2026-32720-81 (talk) 01:50, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

They're a scammer. They are not affiliated with us what-so-ever. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^MUSHROOM 02:19, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Birthdate

How do I remove a birthdate, or at least the birth year from my client’s Wikipedia profile? Robertprguy (talk) 23:51, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

What article are you referring to? The birthdate should not be removed if there's a reliable source supporting it. 🏳️‍🌈JohnLaurens333 (They/them • Ping me!) 23:54, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

You would need to make a WP:edit request due to your conflict of interest (editing on behalf of a client). But, as JohnLaurens333 said, there would need to be a good reason to have it removed. SomeoneDreaming (talk) 23:56, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

I don't think there is; the birth year is cited to a reference work that corroborates it. I'd be more sympathetic if it were unsourced, but anyone removing it would need to see a very compelling argument beyond "My client is being screwed out of roles." —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^MUSHROOM 01:17, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

@Robertprguy You were already told to disclose your COI earlier today which you still have failed to do. At this point you should be blocked from editing for that reason. Electricmemory (talk) In solidarity 01:18, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

I guess I am not understanding. I am certainly not attempting to do anything more than what my client has asked of me. Would it be better if she makes this request of you all?

And, I am making WP edit request now.

Thank you!

Robert Walker

(Redacted) Robertprguy (talk) 01:25, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

@Robertprguy you are required to adhere in full to Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure, before you make any edits relating to your client or anyone else who has paid or requested that you make edits for them. Electricmemory (talk) In solidarity 01:28, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

Admins around?- Robertprguy has been warned three times on his talk page to disclose his COI and still has failed to do so. Should at minimum be blocked until COI disclosure is completed. Electricmemory (talk) In solidarity 01:20, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

Additionally, his username suggests a single-purpose account who is only here for the purposes of writing for his paying clients and as such should be indeffed as WP:NOTHERE. Electricmemory (talk) In solidarity 01:29, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

Electricmemory,I've posted a final warning and I'll indef if any edits are made without declaring, or if any direct edits are made to Tonea Stewart, declared or not. Thanks for restoring the DoB Jimfbleak - talk to me? 07:52, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

Robertprguy your client also has an obvious COI, and would get the same response. There is no reason for removing publicly available verifiable data Jimfbleak - talk to me? 07:56, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

@Electricmemory I've gone down this line of questioning before; it is not the case (regrettably, in my opinion) that people who are here only to do PR are ipso facto WP:NOTHERE, at least by the community's current opinions. Athanelar (talk) 10:49, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

es.wp

why so much antagonism against Spanish Wikipedia. I understand you are notoriously hostile to: new accounts autobiographies women’s biographies Latin American academics people writing about themselves long, well‑documented careers It's sickening. I am reconsidering my donations to you. I have tried to put up the autobio in Spanish and in English, long, short, etc. and it gets rejected. Either your system is inefficient or you are discriminating. ~2026-32803-72 (talk) 03:31, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

Spanish Wikipedia is a separate project entirely from the English-language one, and the English-language Wikipedia has stricter standards and enforcement of same. That said, unless you link to the draft you're talking about (this temporary account only has one edit, and it's posting this rant) we can't help you with it. We aren't clairvoyant. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^MUSHROOM 04:06, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

Hello, @~2026-32803-72.

I can't speak for Spanish Wikipedia, but as regards English Wikipedia, Wikipedia has little interest in what the subject of an article says or wants to say about themselves, or what their associates say about them. Wikipedia is almost exclusively interested in what people who have no connection with the subject, and who have not been prompted or fed information on behalf of the subject, have chosen to publish about the subject in reliable sources. If enough material is cited from independent sources to establish notability, a limited amount of uncontroversial factual information may be added from non-independent sources.

Very few people are able to distance themselves enough to create an acceptable autobiography, so it is strongly discouraged to try.

It is true that some groups of people are less well covered in reliable independent sources, and so it may be much harder to create an acceptable Wikipedia article about them: if this is discrimination, it is not in Wikipedia, which does its best to apply its policies consistently. (Sources do not have to be online, or in English, but they do have to be reliable).

As for donations: it is entirely up to you whether you donate - there is nobody involved in editing Wikipedia who has any knowledge about who donates and who does not. But if you believe that whether or not you donate has or should have any bearing whatsoever on whether an article by you or about you is accepted, you have fundamentally misunderstood what Wikipedia is. ColinFine (talk) 10:50, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

Assistance needed at the World Congress for Biomechanics: July 11!

Hello Did you know that less than 20% of Wikipedia biographies are about women? In 2023, a search of 'Women in Biomechanics' on Wikipedia by Emeritus Professor Julie Steele returned NO results. The International Women in Biomechanics set out to change this in Dec 2024 when they coordinated a Wikipedia-Bomb (https://www.intwomenbiomech.org/abc_anzors_wikibomb) I am part of a group of researchers attending the World Congress for Biomechanics in early July in Vancouver. We are planning on continuing this fun tradition and would like to host a Wiki writing/editing event to promote Women in Biomechanics as well as other equity seeking groups (Black Biomechanists Association and Latinx in Biomechanix). We are requesting on site assistance from a Wiki editor to help us publish our text in the format required for Wikipedia. We are fun- and pretty good writers, for scientists! Please let me know if anyone is open to spending a Saturday with us as we aim to change the narrative and increase Equity and Diversity on Biomechanics related Wikipedia pages. Looking forward to hearing from you! Lori Vallis Lvallis (talk) 13:47, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

Hello, @Lvallis.

This sounds like a very good idea - but bear in mind that Wikipedia articles require the subject to meet the criteria for notability, which is mostly about whether enough independent material about the subject has been reliably published. Sadly, women scientists (as in other fields) are sometimes underrepresented in secondary sources, and where that is the case, no Wikipedia article can be written. Working to address that lack would also be worthwhile, though it would not immediately benefit Wikipedia.

I suggest you read WP:How to run an edit-a-thon, first.

Then go to WP:WikiProject Women in Red and ask for advice (and maybe participation) there. ColinFine (talk) 13:59, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

Hello ColinFine

Thank you for the reply and for the additional links. I am working with Colleagues in Australia who ran a similar session a few years back. I believe they worked with a Wiki editor there to create a list of Women Biomechanists who met the Wiki publishing criterion. We have set aside time in the conference proceedings to get to the writing/editing of these planned pages!

If you know of anyone in the Vancouver area who is interested in working with us on this Fun project please let me know - the group has lots of energy and are excited to contribute content about Women in Biomechanics who are making incredible contributions to the field.

Lvallis Lvallis (talk) 15:20, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Meetup/Vancouver? 2 years ago, the meetup Wikipedia:Meetup/Vancouver/ArtAndFeminism 2024 was organized. -- Reconrabbit (talk) 16:55, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

SandBox

Yesterday I wanted to create a Page for Bertram Sargeaunt", so was sens to "the SandBox" - but now, wanting to add to it, I can't find it ! ClayRobin (talk) 11:10, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

The edit immediately above is the only one that you, logged in as "ClayRobin", have made since March. But perhaps the history of the sandbox will show you an edit you made when not logged in. -- Hoary (talk) 11:32, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

Thank you SO much !

I have found it !

Alas ! Wikipedia has got SO complicated  :-(

And I can NEVER remember Passwords, so I had to open YET another account - PobClay !

This morning, when I tried to LogIn, the WebSite ONLY offered THIS name, and refused the other one !

Yesterday was vice versa !

And I can't remember THAT Password either !

"Too clever by half"  :-(

AND - I have not the SLIGHTEST idea HOW to Log Out, so I can (try to) LogIn under that other name !

Thanks again. ClayRobin (talk) 12:12, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

Thank you SO much !

I have found it !

Alas ! Wikipedia has got SO complicated  :-(

And I can NEVER remember Passwords, so I had to open YET another account - PobClay !

This morning, when I tried to LogIn, the WebSite ONLY offered THIS name, and refused the other one !

Yesterday was vice versa !

And I can't remember THAT Password either !

"Too clever by half"  :-(

AND - I have not the SLIGHTEST idea HOW to Log Out, so I can (try) to LogIn inder that other name. !

Thanks again. ClayRobin (talk) 12:40, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

ClayRobin (aka PobClay), if you can never remember passwords, you might consider writing them down somewhere. -- Hoary (talk) 22:53, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

NB "the sandbox" is not the only "sandbox". For example, User:ClayRobin/sandbox is the default address for ClayRobin's sandbox, but nobody has yet edited this. -- Hoary (talk) 11:43, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

@ClayRobin: I guess you are User:PobClay. Click "diff" at Special:Contributions/PobClay to see the edits, and see Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry if you want to use both accounts. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:14, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

@ClayRobin: I see you found out by yourself. Both accounts have stored an email address at Special:Preferences so you can use Special:PasswordReset. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:17, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

Thank you ! ClayRobin (talk) 12:46, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

Prime ??

My daughter married a "Mr. Prime" !

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Thanks again - I'll give it a go. ClayRobin (talk) 12:52, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

@ClayRobin: My username refers to searching for primes, not Prime (surname). Somebody was once offended by the name. I guess they thought it referred to something else. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:17, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

I assumed you were some method for determining of the first derivative. DMacks (talk) 13:47, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

...slope at a point on a curve...angle...slant...bias... AHAH! You help find WP:NPOV violations. DMacks (talk) 13:49, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

Lost temp user appearing to request help from a politician via Talk page

I genuinely have no idea what to do here. A temp user has posted what might be a request for help on a politician's page in what might be Hinglish. I posted a response saying that we have no connection to this person. Talk:V. D. Satheesan#c-~2026-32216-08-20260530143100-My name is Vipin i so one Amma in palakkad olavacode railway station she's situa.... Is there a standard protocol for handling posts like this? SenshiSun (talk) 02:18, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

Just reverting them off per WP:NOTFORUM is all that is needed. If they included personal details, you may also want to look into privately contacting an administrator or Suppressor depending on the nature of the information. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^MUSHROOM 02:20, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

Removed. Electricmemory (talk) In solidarity 02:40, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. SenshiSun (talk) 14:51, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

In the future, if WP:NOTFORUM or another similar policy applies you can BOLDly remove it. Electricmemory (talk) In solidarity 23:07, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia not honoring my Reduced Motion (prefers-reduced-motion)

I need Reduced Motion for accessibility, which includes gifs not autoplaying. So I have Firefox about:config set to ui.prefersReducedMotion = true. But Wikipedia's gifs in articles don't honor my request and instead disregard it and autoplay. Why? ~2026-32903-73 (talk) 15:15, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

@~2026-32903-73: It doesn't appear our software supports prefers-reduced-motion for animated gifs. I didn't know this feature. TheDJ suggested we consider it in phab:T85838#8667603. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:47, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

yeah this is a longstanding problem, but areas like these are pretty difficult to change. I'll note that Firefox has its own setting for auto playback of gifs that can be used. If this is really a problem for a person, I would definitely advise using that browser and setting that option. If anyone has a couple of weeks to spare of his life, then patches to implement the CSS trick are welcome as well of course. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 08:53, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

Putting two tables side-by-side

Is it possible to put two tables (e.g Lake Tauca#Alternative estimates) side-by-side? Unrelated: Does WP:MOS have anything about side-by-side tables? Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 15:42, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

@Jo-Jo Eumerus: See Help:Advanced table features#Side by side tables. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:32, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 12:51, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

K fee

Hallo. Is K-fee (the jumpscare coffee company) notable enough for an article? ~2026-22534-68 (talk) 15:01, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

That depends on if it meets the definition of a notable company, as shown with significant coverage in independent reliable sources. 331dot (talk) 15:04, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

Login Verification code

I am trying to login, password works and it sends a verification code....but not to my email, i recover the account and it sends the recovery info to the correct email, why would the verification code be sent to some other random email address? any help much appreciated ~2026-33029-43 (talk) 06:58, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

Not sure, but if you are logged in to the account, please set up meta:Help:Two-factor authentication. Email login verification is not entirely reliable and if you have 2FA enabled the email verification will be switched off as it is not needed.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 07:44, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

@~2026-33029-43: Mails are sent to the same address but some of them may be blocked as suspected spam. If you have a webmail with a spam folder then check it. If you have a way to set approved senders then set wikiwikimedia.org. If you know the password but can still not gain access then mail cawikimedia.org. Don't send the password. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:06, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

Article Request for Tracy Edwards (Trade Unionist & Campaigner)

Hello, I am trying to submit a biographical article for Tracy Edwards, a prominent Scottish and British trade unionist who recently passed away on 13 May 2026. Because my account is new, I am continuously hitting automated abuse filters and CAPTCHA errors preventing submission. The text is fully drafted and sourced below. Could an experienced editor please move this into the draft space or publish it? *** PROPOSED ARTICLE TEXT:

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Tracy Edwards (1977 – 13 May 2026) was a Scottish trade unionist, socialist activist, and campaigner. Over a career spanning more than two decades, she was a prominent figure in the British labour movement. She spent twenty years as a leading activist and full-time national and regional organiser for the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) before later serving as the National President of the Union Workers' Union (UWU). Edwards was a leading advocate for young workers' rights and a foundational voice in campaigns addressing youth unemployment, precarious cultural sector work, and institutional accountability regarding sexual violence within trade unions. Early life and activism: Edwards grew up in Scotland, spending a formative period of her life in Clydebank. While employed in the civil service in Glasgow, she became a union representative for the Electronic Data Systems (EDS) Glasgow branch of the PCS union. In 2003, she joined the International Socialists (the predecessor organisation to Socialist Party Scotland), beginning over twenty years of dedicated political activism within the socialist movement. Trade union career: - PCS Union (2006–2024): In 2006, Edwards relocated from Glasgow to London after being appointed as the full-time national organiser for the PCS young members network. She spent the next five years expanding the network, travelling across the UK to coordinate industrial campaigns. In 2009, Edwards became a key driving force behind the launch of the Youth Fight for Jobs (YFJ) campaign. Edwards later transitioned to regional organisational roles for the PCS in the South East of England and became the secretary for the PCS Culture Group. In 2017, as the PCS representative for the Tate Galleries staff, Edwards publicly led the union's pushback against the privatisation of cultural sector jobs and zero-hours contracts. - Union Workers' Union Presidency (2024–2026): Following her two-decade tenure at the PCS, Edwards joined the Union Workers' Union (UWU). In April 2024, she was elected as the National President of the UWU. Campaigning and meTU: Edwards was a foundational steering committee member of the meTU campaign, a grassroots initiative launched to expose and systematically challenge sexual violence, harassment, and institutional cover-ups inside British trade unions. Working alongside the Sisters to the Front network, she campaigned heavily for the establishment of an independent regulatory standards agency to police employment practices within the movement. Personal life and culture: Outside of her political organising, Edwards was known within the labour movement for her deep love of music and was an occasional DJ at movement events. After stepping down from full-time trade union employment in 2024, she shifted her focus toward nature, training and working as a professional gardener. Death: Edwards died on 13 May 2026, at the age of 48. Her death was marked by extensive tributes and memorial walks organised across the UK trade union, socialist, and cultural movements. SOURCES FOR VERIFICATION: 1. Obituary: Tracy Edwards – a fearless fighter. The Socialist. 2026-05-26. 2. Socialist Party Congress 2013. The Socialist. 2013-03-07. 3. Youth Fight for Jobs Launch conference. The Socialist. 2009-05-13. 4. Anger as Tate asks staff to contribute towards boat for Nicholas Serota. The Guardian. 2017-04-27. 5. GOV.UK Trade Union AR21 Return Record 2024. 6. Remembering Tracy Edwards. Union Workers' Union News. 2026. 7. News from the Executive - June 2024. Union Workers' Union. 2024-06-01. 8. Conference 2024 Programme. Troublemakers At Work. 2024.

CrankyAntiX (talk) 11:30, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

Please see Your first article. If you are new to Wikipedia, it is best to create a WP:DRAFT so that other users can check it out before it goes live in the article mainspace. This would need a lot of work before going live.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 11:37, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

If you re having problems starting a draft, could you use your sandbox at User:CrankyAntiX/sandbox? TSventon (talk) 11:44, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

I'll post guidance to your talk page Jimfbleak - talk to me? 13:58, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

Hello, @CrankyAntiX.

My earnest advice to new editors is to not even think about trying to create an article until you have spent several weeks - at least - learning about how Wikipedia works by making improvements to existing articles. Once you have understood core policies such as verifiability, neutral point of view, reliable, independent sources, and notability, and experienced how we handle disagreements with other editors (the Bold, Revert, Discuss cycle), then you might be ready to read your first article carefully, and try creating a draft. If you don't follow this advice but try to create an article without this preparation, you are likely to have a frustrating and disappointing experience with Wikipedia. ColinFine (talk) 16:22, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

I would also read WP:Biographies of living persons, as that policy also applies to recent decedents. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^MUSHROOM 18:50, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

privacy & safety concerns - need birthdate removal on wikipedia page started about me

Hello, A page was just started about me and my birthdate was included with my birthplace. Because of multiple identity theft situations that I have experienced, I am very uncomfortable with this information being out there like this.

This information isn't on a reputable website elsewhere out there - I checked out the wikipedia requirements and it's being pulled from imdb, which I'm also currently in the process of getting it down with because of terrible circumstances.

Please advise me on what to do. I'm honored that someone would even think to include me on this site, but my birthday information is really scary information for me to have out there. Tuesdayandwednesday (talk) 01:35, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Tuesdayandwednesday, the quickest and easiest way to have non-public personal information removed from both the article and its edit history is to contact the Oversight team by email, with details about the article in question, and the information you need removed from it. In solidarity, nil ^nz 01:46, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

Seconding Nil. IMDb isn't an acceptable source full stop, let alone for birthdate (which generally requires a source). —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^MUSHROOM 02:34, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

@Jéské Couriano Which page is this about? Electricmemory (talk) In solidarity 14:36, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

The OP hasn't said, but as a rule IMDb isn't a suitable source, and ageism is enough of an issue that birthdate counts as controversial for WP:BLP purposes. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^MUSHROOM 18:53, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

Thank you, I'll reach out asap. Tuesdayandwednesday (talk) 02:58, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

@Tuesdayandwednesday Per the rules at WP:COI, if there is a Wikipedia article with which you have a conflict of interest, you are required to disclose that on your user page. Electricmemory (talk) In solidarity 14:38, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

@Electricmemory: No – they're only required to if they're editing the page involved. Given the circumstances, it seems very reasonable for them not to want to draw attention to the article after posting on one of enwiki's most-watched pages. In solidarity, nil ^nz 18:53, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

Swap menus between the left and right sidebars (Vector 2022)

Is there a way (eg. via common.css, or common.js) to swap which sidebar a particular menu appears in? eg. Moving the main links menu to the right sidebar or moving the appearance menu to the left sidebar. By default, the only option seems to be a button to "move to sidebar" or "hide" but no option choose which of the two sidebars a menu ends up in. I was wondering if there was a way to override where the menu ends up with custom CSS or a script. – Scyrme (talk/solidarity) 18:09, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

@Scyrme There are no such options at this time. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 08:54, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

Unfortunate. Thanks for the reply. – Scyrme (talk/solidarity) 19:27, 3 June 2026 (UTC)