User talk:Asilvering/Archive 23

Even though the result in this SPI was Likely, the user was not blocked. Could you take a look? Maybe they forgot to block they. Kajmer05 (talk) 17:23, 8 August 2025 (UTC)

Perhaps they don't like CU-blocking likelies. I've blocked. -- asilvering (talk) 00:02, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

its a old toy co. it was founded in London in 1903 by Henry Samuel Dean. TheLegenda3 (talk) 22:57, 8 August 2025 (UTC)

No, sorry - not a lot of time for content work these days. -- asilvering (talk) 00:05, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

plz TheLegenda3 (talk) 20:16, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Asilvering,

There was the issue earlier on this week about a content disagreement at Socialist Party (Ireland) that resulted in the IP user being blocked after refusing to drop accusations regarding my behaviour being vandalism and malicious before then losing access to their talk page after arguing with admins over unblock requests as well.

Unfortunately the user appears to have returned under a new IP (217.75.5.71) at the WP:BLPN, leaving a long statement about how they would unilaterally re-insert the content and that anyone re-removing it would be reported for "the malicious removal of encyclopedic content."

Myself and another editor (AndyTheGrump) at the board have spent the last few hours trying to explain why this is inappropriate and instead find consensus on the disputed material, but it's now gotten to the point where they're once again bringing up my "malicious" removal of articles which the refusal to drop was why they were blocked in the first place, while also now progressing onto claims that I'm "targeting" articles for said reasons.

They've tried to claim they're not the same person, but I find it unlikely to be chance given the overlap in tone and editing locations.

I'm raising it here because I think this requires intervention from an admin at this point, and you're aware of the greater context of this issue. Rambling Rambler (talk) 15:32, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

I've also tagged you at ANI, as the IP has since made a harassing report there. Rambling Rambler (talk) 16:28, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

This has been superseded, blocked for two weeks. Rambling Rambler (talk) 18:05, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

Sorry I wasn't around to grab it earlier. In the end, whether they're the same person or not is immaterial; your removal of the content is obviously not malicious, they were told to stop saying so, and they persisted. Easy block. But if you'll take some advice: I see there was a LOT of back-and-forth in that BLPN thread. Don't let yourself get drawn into that kind of thing. It makes it much harder for uninvolved editors to join in, which presents real problems for attaining a good consensus. I'm not a fan of WP:COAL, but consider limiting the number of responses you make in any thread, especially responses to the same person, and especially when that same person is simply continuing to bang the same drum. -- asilvering (talk) 18:56, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

19 years? *checks* Damn, thanks for making me feel old... lol - Adolphus79 (talk) 20:59, 11 August 2025 (UTC)

Time comes for us all. But maybe you first. :P -- asilvering (talk) 00:53, 12 August 2025 (UTC)

Per the newer recent investigations in Indonesian Wikipedia and in Meta Wiki , I am confirmed as not related to any sockpuppet. You've already closed the SPI page, so there is no need for me to respond there. Cheers. Pineapplethen (talk) 05:09, 12 August 2025 (UTC)

There was never any need for you to respond there. Thank you for not editing a closed SPI. -- asilvering (talk) 06:03, 12 August 2025 (UTC)

 You are invited to join the discussion at User talk:Edit17467 § August 2025. Fancy Refrigerator ^(talk) 11:54, 12 August 2025 (UTC)

I've responded there, thanks. -- asilvering (talk) 17:59, 12 August 2025 (UTC)

Hope you're well. The above article Rani of Jhansi is due to appear as TFA on August 15th. It falls under both the Indian military history and GSCASTE decisions of WP:CT/SA. Can I thus request preemptive ECP protection of the article for around a week from now? Thanks, ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 13:17, 13 August 2025 (UTC)

I ECP'd for two weeks, which gives us some extra time on the end to remember to re-apply the previous protection once it's not in the main-page spotlight anymore. And, congrats. -- asilvering (talk) 13:37, 13 August 2025 (UTC)

How to add reference --Niazi 5565 (talk) 04:14, 15 August 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Niazi 5565, welcome to Wikipedia! First, you have to find a source that contains the information you want to add (you can't just add things that you know to be true, you need to be able to prove it to others). Then, just hit the "cite" button and paste in the URL, ISBN, or similar identifier of the source, and the software will take care of the rest of the work. See WP:REFB for more information. -- asilvering (talk) 18:35, 15 August 2025 (UTC)

Hey @Asilvering, I hope everything’s alright. I came here to seek your guidance on finding article topics. I found a topic on the Alaska Triangle, and during my research, I gathered quite a few sources, maybe even more than enough, so I created a draft here: Draft:Alaska Triangle. However, I later discovered that an article with a similar title had been deleted three times, which makes me unsure how to proceed. I have collected multiple sources that I consider reliable and in-depth, but I wanted to get your advice before moving forward. Thanks! Jesus isGreat7 ☾⋆ | Ping Me 07:47, 15 August 2025 (UTC)

@JesusisGreat7, I see you've asked the same question of Newslinger and there's an ongoing conversation on their user talk page, so I'll leave the question about the state of the draft you've created to them. But can you give me the exact title that was deleted before? -- asilvering (talk) 18:38, 15 August 2025 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) I believe it's the one deleted by community consensus at WP:Articles for deletion/Alaska Triangle (2nd nomination). My hunch is that WP:DRV may be the best path forward, given the recency and strength of that consensus. Left guide (talk) 23:13, 15 August 2025 (UTC)

Hah, I didn't even bother to look there, since that would be an identical title, not a similar one. @JesusisGreat7, your draft is a significant improvement over the old one, and I disagree with some of Newslinger's conclusions - that is, I don't think it's hopeless. But you'd need to find some sources that have a better reputation for fact-checking. We can have articles on conspiracy theories and rumours, but they can't be entirely sourced to outlets that report on conspiracy theories and rumours as though they are fact. -- asilvering (talk) 23:41, 15 August 2025 (UTC)

The page Giampaolo Pasquile was created before Tiffany Toy and Sophia2017 were blocked, so WP:G5 does not apply. Please undelete the article and its talk page so that the AfD could continue. GTrang (talk) 04:46, 16 August 2025 (UTC)

You're correct; it's restored. -- asilvering (talk) 04:52, 16 August 2025 (UTC)

Talk pages of misspellings don't need to be redirected, right? I noticed that the IP user 131.150.163.32 (talk · contribs) has been creating redirects for talk pages of misspelling redirects. These pages: . I reported the pages under CSD R3. I just want to know if I did the right thing, or if misspelling talk page redirects are necessary/not to be deleted. TurboSuperA+_[talk] 04:28, 17 August 2025 (UTC)

There's no reason to create them, but now that they've been created, no reason to delete them either. Unimportant busywork for everyone involved, as far as I can tell. Maybe there's something I'm missing, but I'd just ignore them. -- asilvering (talk) 07:46, 17 August 2025 (UTC)

Alright. Thanks for the reply. TurboSuperA+_[talk] 08:21, 17 August 2025 (UTC)

Hello! I was just wondering a few things. 1) Does Wikipedia accept citations created by the Harvard Citation generator? 2) If I edit something and I accidentally put in incorrect info, will I get banded or in trouble? Have a good day! --Ruby Wasp (talk) 03:44, 18 August 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Ruby Wasp, welcome to wikipedia! For #1, I'm not sure which Harvard generator you mean, but the answer is probably "yes, but you probably don't want to use it anyway". When you use the default "cite" button in the editor, you can automatically generate citations from most ISBNs and URLs, and that tends to be the simplest and easiest way to add citations here. For #2, if it's an accident, the worst thing that will happen is someone will revert you and maybe say something irritated on your talk page. If you repeatedly put in incorrect info, yes, we'll eventually conclude that you're doing that on purpose, and you'll probably be blocked from editing. -- asilvering (talk) 05:16, 18 August 2025 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) @Ruby Wasp: For #1, Harvard citation redirects to parenthetical referencing, so assuming that's what's being referred to, technically no (see WP:PAREN), but if you have content to contribute, being able to cite it to a reliable source in some format is far more important than conforming to an in-house style. As for #2, if you make a good-faith mistake while getting accustomed to the ins and outs of this place, people won't (or least shouldn't) bite you for it. That said, a willingness to listen, learn, and adjust according to community feedback goes a long way. Left guide (talk) 06:11, 18 August 2025 (UTC)

I presume they're talking about a citation generator that generates the bibliography, not the parenthetical citations, since it's pretty easy to type (Smith 2010) or whatever without using a generator. -- asilvering (talk) 06:15, 18 August 2025 (UTC)

Thank you so much! Ruby Wasp (talk) 02:22, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

Hello Asilvering. I was right to suspect the user. After the CU results, I am completely sure. Can you look at the SPI again? Kajmer05 (talk) 19:33, 14 August 2025 (UTC)

Sorry @Kajmer05, I haven't had a chance to look much deeper at it yet, but it's in the queue, so someone (probably me) will get to it eventually. If it becomes really urgent (editor comes back and starts disrupting consensus discussions somewhere, for eg), feel free to ping. -- asilvering (talk) 20:08, 14 August 2025 (UTC)

Okay, thank you so much. Kajmer05 (talk) 20:24, 14 August 2025 (UTC)

Hello asilvering, sorry to ping you again, something very unusual is happening right now, first of all I left a CTOP report on the user's talk page, then they said they knew me, then they accused me of being one sided, i.e. biased, as I suspected, I filed an SPI, but unfortunately all the accounts are stale, but you can check the SPI file. Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Alrman They seem to be one of those special users (off-wiki) that me and other bunch of Wikipedia users, with your help and assistance, blocked them. They claim to know me from the Social media app ''TikTok'', They are likely to be a sockpuppet/meatpuppet. Kajmer05 (talk) 18:29, 18 August 2025 (UTC)

Mm, if they're coming from TikTok, chances are they're actually not a sockpuppet, and what we have here is a case of multiple different editors having the same POV. In any case this is pretty easy to solve without digging into an SPI since GS/KURD is ECR. I've deleted the draft they were working on and left them a message. We'll see where that goes. In the meantime, that article they tried to delete looks pretty thin - probably not actually notable? You might consider WP:BLARing it to a parent article instead. -- asilvering (talk) 02:24, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

@Asilvering Hi, I was confused when they said TikTok because I get threatened a lot from TikTok, but anyway, this must definitely be Alrman's socks. Especially since their grammar is the same and they edit the same topics, Alrman was already busy with PKK articles, but unfortunately, Alrman and the confirmed socks were stale, so the SPI file was declined, but the behavioral evidence shows it's them. I think this is worth considering because they actually know me. If they wasn't a new user, they wouldn't have immediately said they knew me or improve a draft article. I think you should check the behavioral evidence because this definitely seems like a trick by a stale sock master to avoid being blocked. Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Alrman Kajmer05 (talk) 08:38, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

JohnAdam1800 appears to be back. TFD (talk) 18:35, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

Interesting. Can you file this one at SPI actually, since this is a new location? If it were the usual Chicago/UIUC I wouldn't bat an eye but I'd have to spend a moment double-checking this one (and it would be good to leave the paper trail for the future). -- asilvering (talk) 19:48, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

Okay TFD (talk) 20:15, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

Now blocked for one week by jpgordon. TFD (talk) 03:22, 20 August 2025 (UTC)

A new account was created with name DerHext fick your mother. Do you find this name to be an issue? — ERcheck (talk) 21:03, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) @ERcheck: yes. Harassment/attack username. And obscene. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 22:15, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

On the other hand and more likely, "The witch fucks your mother." (german) Has not yet edited. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 22:48, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

Indeed. Those "go fuck yourself" type usernames (usually directed at admins, sometimes at some other patrollers that have a habit of reporting vandals/socks) are all basically block-on-sight types. -- asilvering (talk) 22:48, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

Can't find the username that came to mind, so probaly not an attack/harassment. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 22:51, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

I'd forgotten your German is stronger than mine. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 22:53, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

I rate the chances that this is an actual German speaker making some weird off-colour joke vs someone trying to harass DerHexer at less than 1%. -- asilvering (talk) 22:57, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

That's the one! -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 23:02, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

More like an English speaker trying to be clever. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 23:05, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

Based on above, I take it that both of you agree that it is an unacceptable user name meriting a block. I've blocked with {{uw-uhblock}}. — ERcheck (talk) 00:37, 20 August 2025 (UTC)

In my Buggs Bunny voice, "Nyah. It's a possibility".😃 -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 00:44, 20 August 2025 (UTC)

Any chance of unblocking me? I believe, due to the SPI outcome, I'm not entirely guilty. But no worries if the answer is no. It's only one day ;). Regards, MattSucci (talk) 15:47, 21 August 2025 (UTC)

It always takes two to edit-war, so I'll leave it. But feel free to tidy up after them elsewhere and get back to that article in 22.5 hours. -- asilvering (talk) 15:50, 21 August 2025 (UTC)

😆😆😆 MattSucci (talk) 15:51, 21 August 2025 (UTC)

Seeing as it turns out the other party here is now blocked as a CU confirmed sockpuppet, whose talkpage I just revoked for potty-mouthed rants in response to the block, would you be good with lifting this or having me lift it? In a way it almost feels like rewarding a sock with getting a legit editor pblocked, but I won't take any action on my own. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 17:58, 21 August 2025 (UTC)

@The Blade of the Northern Lights, I already answered that question in my previous reply. -- asilvering (talk) 18:59, 21 August 2025 (UTC)

I came across the latest Srimonbanik2007 sock rather late at night and ham-handedly filed the SPI absolutely backwards. I appreciate you resolving my moderate dumbassery. CoffeeCrumbs (talk) 19:46, 21 August 2025 (UTC)

No worries, easy enough to fix with the SPI script. Thanks for the report. -- asilvering (talk) 19:49, 21 August 2025 (UTC)

I saw that User:FaviFake has a Wikipedia news article on his talk page. It says it's a subscription. How do I get that? ----DollarStoreBa'al^ConverseMy life choices 16:00, 22 August 2025 (UTC)

@DollarStoreBaal44, it's hidden in the fine print at the bottom. Go here: and add yourself to the list. But you can also get this "delivered" on en-wiki just by watchlisting WP:VPWMF. -- asilvering (talk) 17:31, 22 August 2025 (UTC)

SLman Hamdan1 (talk · contribs) Emk9 (talk) 06:34, 23 August 2025 (UTC)

Resolved, Mfield got it. Emk9 (talk) 06:36, 23 August 2025 (UTC)

Thanks all the same, since it appears Mfield had yet to meet salebot1's acquaintance and only handed out a time-out. -- asilvering (talk) 06:52, 23 August 2025 (UTC)

You're welcome! (Hugo Frankema (talk · contribs) is also only blocked for 31 hours, but there's discussion on the talk page about upping that to indef. I've also already added these accounts to my lock request from yesterday, so they will hopefully be locked before long anyway.) Emk9 (talk) 06:55, 23 August 2025 (UTC)

I can't see how he can upload a photo of Paulraj as his own work and claim no connection. User talk:Curiouszain#Conflict of interest editing. I'm considering unblocking Prwiki and partially blocking him from his article, but I'm not sure what to do about this guy. I don't think he should be editing anything to do with Paulraj. Doug Weller talk 07:53, 23 August 2025 (UTC)

Well, they've definitely claimed "own work" incorrectly, since the description metadata on the file itself says the photo was given to them: . -- asilvering (talk) 08:12, 23 August 2025 (UTC)

They are clearly either working together or the same person. Doug Weller talk 08:35, 23 August 2025 (UTC)

https://ticket.wikimedia.org/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentTicketZoom&TicketNumber=2025082310000869# "'

I hereby affirm that I, Prof. Arogyaswami J Paulraj, the sole owner of the exclusive copyright of the media work depicted in the photograph of myself, as shown here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arogyaswami_Paulraj#/media/File:Prof_A_Paulraj.png,

have legal authority in my capacity to release the copyright of that work.

I agree to publish the above-mentioned content under the following free license: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0).

I acknowledge that by doing so I grant anyone the right to use the work, even in a commercial product or otherwise, and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws.

I am aware that this agreement is not limited to Wikipedia or related sites.

I am aware that the copyright holder always retains ownership of the copyright as well as the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be claimed to have been made by the copyright holder.

I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project.

Arogyaswami J Paulraj

Copyright holder " Doug Weller talk 10:25, 23 August 2025 (UTC)

Sorry, I don't have OTRS access, so I can't tell what account that's coming from. But if you want to block for "obvious COI and lying about it", I certainly have no objections. I was going to wait for their answer to the question they were asked about the photo, since it's going to be the first thing they get asked if they get blocked and submit an unblock request anyway, but I can't say I think blocking now would be jumping the gun. -- asilvering (talk) 12:03, 23 August 2025 (UTC)

Are we talking about a full block of CuriousZain? The message at OTRS was via email by PaulRaj. Doug Weller talk 12:54, 23 August 2025 (UTC)

Sorry, of course we are. In any case, Meatpuppet at worst. Doug Weller talk 12:55, 23 August 2025 (UTC)

The AI block appeal doesn't exactly fill me with hope. -- asilvering (talk) 16:27, 23 August 2025 (UTC)

Not a surprise. Doug Weller talk 17:28, 23 August 2025 (UTC)

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Hi, I made a UTRS related to my blocked IP and you declined it and answered: You can, however, still edit while logged in with an account. I have no way to answer there so I'm answering here: as you can see I have an account and I'm still blocked (not now as I'm at another location). I made another request (because I didn't get an email for the above one so I thought for whatever reason it didn't go through) and @Yamla also declined it saying: Multiple sources confirm the specific IP address you are using is a proxy. You'll need to use a different IP address range if you wish to edit.. How am I supposed to do that? Sorry if that's a weird request but I've never had this issue in 19 years here... a455bcd9 (Antoine) (talk) 08:20, 21 August 2025 (UTC)

@A455bcd9, can you tell me the IP address you're unable to edit from? If you don't want to reveal it publicly, feel free to email it to me and I'll look into it. -- asilvering (talk) 10:25, 21 August 2025 (UTC)

Ok, that's a checkuser block, so I can't touch it, but I've asked the blocking admin to have a look. Seems to me that we don't need that block at all anymore, but if we do, we might be able to grant you WP:IPBE. -- asilvering (talk) 17:39, 21 August 2025 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! a455bcd9 (Antoine) (talk) 09:21, 22 August 2025 (UTC)

@A455bcd9, you should be sorted out now. If you're still having trouble, try logging out, clearing your browser data, and logging back in - should fix anything lingering. -- asilvering (talk) 21:05, 24 August 2025 (UTC)

Thanks a lot, it works! a455bcd9 (Antoine) (talk) 07:05, 25 August 2025 (UTC)

How do I know that my article have been either submitted and publish or submitted in general? Also please how can I add a picture on my article? --Simi David (talk) 13:26, 22 August 2025 (UTC)

Your article should immediately be published or submitted once you publish the page. To add a picture to your article, find which one you want, make sure it's within Wikipedia's file guidelines, and then upload the file using the 'Upload File' button on the right side of the homepage. This should upload that file to wikipedia. From there, find where you want the file and type [[File:YourFileName]] where you want it to go. --DollarStoreBa'al^ConverseMy life choices 16:38, 22 August 2025 (UTC)

@DollarStoreBaal44, Your article should immediately be published or submitted once you publish the page isn't quite right. @Simi David, you submitted it and it was declined, so you got a notice on your talk page about that. To resubmit it, you'll have to press the blue "resubmit" button. But I wouldn't do that just yet, because you haven't added new reliable sources, so it will just be declined again. If you need help finding more sources, you can try asking at WP:TEA. But I think you might be out of luck there, and your topic doesn't meet the guidelines at WP:GNG. Sorry. -- asilvering (talk) 17:27, 22 August 2025 (UTC)

I no longer understand the article Upload features

Please I need help

I want to submit an article about someone's biography with the person's picture,

the article reference is on my website and I have generated a link that can be used as reference

Please I need help on how to submit an article🙏 Simi David (talk) 15:04, 29 August 2025 (UTC)

@Simi David, to resubmit your draft, you have to press the blue "resubmit" button. If you wish to create a wholly new article, WP:WIZARD will walk you through it. -- asilvering (talk) 15:11, 29 August 2025 (UTC)

Thank you

Let me give it a try Simi David (talk) 04:50, 1 September 2025 (UTC)

	The Admin's Barnstar
	You are everywhere on Wikipedia!!! ~Rafael! (He, him) • talk • guestbook • projects 14:32, 23 August 2025 (UTC)

Hah, thanks. -- asilvering (talk) 16:27, 23 August 2025 (UTC)

Wanna have a look? Perhaps you can see your way through to an unblock? Thanks. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 13:02, 24 August 2025 (UTC)

gone -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 17:40, 24 August 2025 (UTC)

I've responded on their talk page all the same. -- asilvering (talk) 20:11, 24 August 2025 (UTC)

Excellent -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 20:48, 24 August 2025 (UTC)

Hi, a recent Wikipedia bio page was published about me.It is a basic page with some errors, no photo, etc. I am not allowed to edit the page, but can suggest edits. What is the most efficient way to offer up suggested edits (with references of course)? Thanks. --PRGSGB (talk) 02:32, 25 August 2025 (UTC)

Hi @PRGSGB, welcome to wikipedia! Sorry your article has errors in it. Please have a look at WP:EDITCOI for general instructions. If you don't want to mess around with the template yourself, WP:ERW can format an edit request for you. The most efficient way to do this is to keep individual requests simple, and make sure every one has a clear source (you can provide a URL as a reference, for example). So rather than making one request that includes several major differences, I would suggest making one request that's just to add the photo, another request to add a brand new paragraph, a different request to make some minor changes to what already exists, etc. The clearer your requests are, the more likely someone will get to them quickly. -- asilvering (talk) 02:57, 25 August 2025 (UTC)

Hi Asilvering, could you please tell me what WP:ACAS is? DavidKaf (talk) 08:44, 25 August 2025 (UTC)

@DavidKaf, I assume you mean WP:GS/ACAS? Does that link help? If you've got specific questions, I'm happy to answer. Actually, you should also have gotten an alert, so, one moment, I'll be by your talk page. -- asilvering (talk) 01:53, 26 August 2025 (UTC)

Hello Pls check my edit on Larry Reed (puppeteer) what's mistake I have done in that page pls explain and how can I solve this --Alex78695 (talk) 04:11, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) @Alex78695: Hello, at the article Larry Reed (puppeteer), you removed large amounts of content without explaining why. Going forward, please use edit summaries when removing content so other community members know why you believe the changes improve the article. Left guide (talk) 04:19, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

So my only mistake was that I didn’t write an edit summary? Alex78695 (talk) 04:28, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

The most obvious mistake. I haven't inspected the content in-depth enough (or have enough knowledge and familiarity with the subject) to judge its merits. Left guide (talk) 04:38, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

It looks like you also removed a bunch of things from the filmography table, and added instead a link to an article that doesn't exist? -- asilvering (talk) 04:51, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

Because there is a lack of references, sir. But, I think I made a mistake. Could you please clarify which link I added that does not exist? Alex78695 (talk) 05:56, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

@Alex78695, see this version: . You clipped the list, and it looks like you intended for it to be documented in full at ShadowLight Productions. But there's no article there.

If you're going to remove stuff from an article because there is a lack of references, make sure you only remove unsourced info in that edit (so there's nothing else anyone can object to) and say "removing unsourced info" or something similar in your edit summary. Then everyone will understand what you're doing. They might revert you anyway, because they disagree, and then you can talk it out with them on the article talk page. But if you just remove content without saying why, most editors will just revert without thinking twice. I see you're using edit summaries now, which should really help. Happy editing! -- asilvering (talk) 13:41, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

But I'm really confused by this edit, where you say "copyedit only", but add several paragraphs of text. What's going on here? -- asilvering (talk) 13:42, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

@Alex78695, could you please answer the above question? Thank you. -- asilvering (talk) 13:37, 29 August 2025 (UTC)

I wrote “copyedit only” since my focus was grammar, phrasing, italics/punctuation, and chronology, but I also added a small, sourced clarification. That was a slip in wording; “copyedit + minor expansion (research/career)” would’ve been clearer. The additions were neutral and cited, just for readability. If any part seems undue, I’ll trim or adjust right away. Alex78695 (talk) 14:11, 29 August 2025 (UTC)

Oh, I see what happened - you didn't actually add that whole section, you duplicated it by mistake! Have a look at Jala Makhzoumi - you'll want to remove one of those two "Research, career, and activism" sections. So in that case your edit summary is mostly fine, yes. Though, my advice is, keep copyediting and similar edits separate from any additions, even minor additions. The reason for this is that copyedits are usually things that editors don't object to, but additions can often be something contentious. You want to make it easy for other editors to review and maybe revert your additions. For the same reason, it's good to keep major formatting/structure changes separate from other edits (ie, don't change anything except the order of the paragraphs or whatever other formatting thing you're changing). -- asilvering (talk) 14:30, 29 August 2025 (UTC)

Can we make a page about someone know personality --Tejendrasinghgurjar (talk) 05:55, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) @Tejendrasinghgurjar: Yes, but you would need to declare the conflict of interest and work on it as a draft for independent editors to review before publishing. Left guide (talk) 06:55, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

How can I remove warning from my talk page --Alex78695 (talk) 12:07, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Alex78695, welcome to wikipedia! You can remove a warning the same way you remove anything else - just edit the page, highlight the text you want to remove, delete it, then publish. But I really strongly suggest not removing warnings from your talk page. We'll all just assume you're up to no good. -- asilvering (talk) 13:37, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

Are Userpages required to be named 'User:WikipediaName' or can they be moved to a custom page title? (e.g. moving your Userpage to a page called 'WikiNameUser'. Is this against Wikipedia policies? Thanks in advance, --DollarStoreBa'al^ConverseMy life choices 12:58, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

Asking for a friend. --DollarStoreBa'al^ConverseMy life choices 13:00, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

@DollarStoreBaal44, there's no way to move your userpage to another title. You can move the page itself, but the page that is "your userpage" will always be User:Yourusernamehere. So if you move User:WikipediaName to User:WikiNameUser, unless you leave a redirect, no one will find that userpage anyway. And an admin will just come around and delete User:WikiNameUser an obvious mistake, or move it back to User:WikipediaName.

If you want a different userpage location you'll have to get a rename. See WP:RENAME. -- asilvering (talk) 13:35, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

Huh. I work on a small, independent wiki, where this is possible. I guess I have two questions then:

1: Do WP policies apply to small, independent wikis? (not on fandom, it's got its own domain.)

2: On this wiki, you can. User:Lettherebedarklight has a user page called 'raeb'. Would this violate WP Policies? --DollarStoreBa'al^ConverseMy life choices 13:48, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

Btw, it's powered by MediaWiki and has a CC BY-SA 3.0 license, in case you need that. --DollarStoreBa'al^ConverseMy life choices 13:49, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

@DollarStoreBaal44, maybe I'm misunderstanding your question entirely. User:Lettherebedarklight is their userpage, and they don't have any subpages named "raeb" either. Can you clarify?

As for your first question, no, they don't apply to any other wikis. In fact, English Wikipedia policies only apply to English Wikipedia. Other language editions all have their own policies, though of course most of them are pretty similar. -- asilvering (talk) 13:53, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

Yes, I think you are misunderstanding it, but you answered my question at the same time. Thanks, I'll let him know. --DollarStoreBa'al^ConverseMy life choices 13:57, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

Wwew345t/Steven547 has popped up again on this AFD. Should any action be taken? MattSucci (talk) 04:39, 29 August 2025 (UTC)

Thanks @MattSucci, blocked again. This really is a very funny combination of editing interests. -- asilvering (talk) 12:31, 29 August 2025 (UTC)

Open Foundation West Africa is having a training for new Wikipedia editors,

At this event, we are eligible creating several accounts for new users and this activity has lead to we having some IP block issues and user account creation restriction.

Is there a way you can assist us to ensure this issue is solved? Znyadzi (OFWA) (talk) 10:51, 29 August 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Znyadzi (OFWA), you're looking for WP:EVC. I don't have any experience granting this perm so I'd rather not do it myself - once you've had a read of that page and confirmed that it's what you need, can you ask for it at WP:PERM? Cheers. -- asilvering (talk) 12:36, 29 August 2025 (UTC)

I should add: that perm also allows you to autoconfirm accounts so they can evade captcha challenges and create articles directly in mainspace. I don't think there's any problem with you autoconfirming the accounts you create, but if your trainees are going to be creating new articles, I strongly suggest that they use WP:WIZARD and submit their articles for review at WP:AFC (wizard makes this as easy as pushing a couple buttons) rather than creating articles right in the mainspace. Getting in a fight with WP:NPP on your first day of editing is not a fun new user experience. -- asilvering (talk) 12:39, 29 August 2025 (UTC)

Thank you very much @Asilvering

all the best Znyadzi (OFWA) (talk) 14:52, 29 August 2025 (UTC)

Hello, Asilvering. You have new messages at Stifle's talk page.
Message added 20:52, 30 August 2025 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Stifle (talk) 20:52, 30 August 2025 (UTC)

Hello Asilvering, WP:G5 clearly applies to these articles. I tried to edit the articles to improve readability, not knowing the 'background' of the principal author. But I certainly did not check the details purported to come from the 'references' and have no great interest in the subject matter. Consequently, both articles should probably be deleted – do whatever you believe is the best way forward. Another concern is how such poorly written content ends up as articles on Wikipedia? I suppose that when there are more than 7 million articles, it becomes increasingly difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff. Regards. Woodlot (talk) 13:52, 31 August 2025 (UTC)

@Woodlot they end up on Wikipedia because we are the encyclopedia anyone can edit. If you see any more borderline incomprehensible articles about Indonesian history topics, swing by Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Gilberatalessandro054. The sooner we nab them the sooner we can G5 the lot. -- asilvering (talk) 17:13, 31 August 2025 (UTC)

As a follow-up Asilvering, you might want to take a look at Draft:Operation Naga before it goes to main space. Woodlot (talk) 18:43, 31 August 2025 (UTC)

I've left the drafts on purpose, as a honeypot. :) -- asilvering (talk) 19:19, 31 August 2025 (UTC)

how do I post an article --Valentinapappas (talk) 16:40, 31 August 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Valentinapappas, welcome to wikipedia! I've left you some helpful links on your talk page. I don't recommend posting an article just yet, as it will be much easier to do once you've learned your way about this place. You'll want to read WP:FIRST and WP:BACKWARDS before you try, in any case. -- asilvering (talk) 17:14, 31 August 2025 (UTC)

Hi, I have a few comments that you can help clarify, please.

I noticed you recently deleted the /AdityaJha page, which I believe was the right decision given the various policy violations.

I had stubified it (just before deletion), but during that process I discovered that the only two news sources that might have established notability couldn’t actually be trusted. I had summarized in the second-to-last bullet point posted at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aditya Jha (2nd nomination). Some of the “keep” votes were based on this source, or other sources that simply repeated the same information. Everything else is/was riff-raff as almost all votes noted.

My limited understanding of WP:TNT is that it applies when notability is already established but there are discussion about content within; please correct me tho. In this case, notability is highly doubtful. As another admin (OwenX) pointed out: “the Order of Canada honour does not confer automatic notability, the question is whether independent, reliable sources provide SIGCOV about him.” I don't think that kind of coverage exists.

I have also noticed a recurring pattern of this page being created and then deleted, either by an admin independently or through AfD discussions. Does it really make sense to leave the door open for yet another recreation, when notability isn’t established enough to warrant encyclopedic entry?

• 01:23, 31 August 2025 Asilvering talk contribs deleted page Aditya Jha (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aditya Jha (2nd nomination) (XFDcloser)) (thank)
• 17:47, 14 October 2008 Thingg talk contribs deleted page Aditya Jha (A7 (bio): Doesn't indicate importance or significance of a real person) (thank)
• 04:21, 23 December 2007 Kurykh talk contribs deleted page Aditya Jha (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aditya Jha) (thank)
• 14:21, 14 October 2006 UtherSRG talk contribs deleted page Aditya Jha ({{prod}} > 5 days) (thank)
• 20:51, 15 August 2006 Gurch talk contribs deleted page Aditya Jha (CSD A8 (copyright violation)) (thank)

MelisaaArcadia (talk) 11:18, 1 September 2025 (UTC)

@MelisaaArcadia, those deletions are all from ages ago, so I wouldn't put any stock by them at all. Anyone who does try recreating it will have to contend with the arguments you made in that AfD. -- asilvering (talk) 17:00, 1 September 2025 (UTC)

Uche barna born on september 29 2005 --Uche barnabas (talk) 13:49, 1 September 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Uche barnabas, welcome to wikipedia! I've left some links on your talk page to help you get started. -- asilvering (talk) 16:54, 1 September 2025 (UTC)

Flu773r (talk · contribs). Blocked, but Salebot1 has been creating a whole lot of new accounts like User:성정현1, User:성정현2, etc. (I'm intentionally not linking to the user pages because I don't want to grow any beans.) I went to Meta to request locks but the accounts need to be blocked in the meantime; if you can help at all, please do. I listed the accounts I found at SPI. Thanks! (I posted the same message on Zzuuzz's talk page.) SuperPianoMan9167 (talk) 05:47, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

The SPI has been closed and the accounts are all off to Meta to be locked thanks to the handiwork of Zzuuzz. SuperPianoMan9167 (talk) 07:38, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

For noticing small details and responding speedily to matters, despite, likely and in spite of being a busy admin. MelisaaArcadia (talk) 19:04, 1 September 2025 (UTC)

Thanks. :) -- asilvering (talk) 05:27, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

Hi, since I see you're online and helping with the situation, can you please add protection to WP:Articles for deletion/WNS Global Services in response to WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Sunaita? Thanks. Left guide (talk) 05:18, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

I'll leave it, so far just the one sock IP. If things get worse, maybe we reconsider. -- asilvering (talk) 05:26, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

Understandable, thanks for responding. Left guide (talk) 05:29, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

Can you also block User:BraindotBot, since you indeffed User:Braindot Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 10:51, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

No apparent need, since they're not trying to evade their block by using it. -- asilvering (talk) 17:04, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

Hello asilvering, @Xan747 mentioned you on my talk page because the other user reverted to an old version again, potentially causing another edit war. How can he/you handle this? SdHb (talk) 07:34, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

Sorry @SdHb, been somewhat out of sorts recently and left this hanging, will try to get to it today, feel free to ping again if I don't. -- asilvering (talk) 17:06, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

Sorry to hear that and hope you feel better soon. Having slept on this, I was thinking about asking the problem editor to self-revert and select one of the dispute resolution options I suggested on their talk page within some reasonable time frame--48 hours feels about right--and announce my intention to take the issue to ANEW if that ultimatum offer isn't accepted or time expires. @SdHb, open to other ideas if you have them. Xan747 (talk) 17:51, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

Belatedly, I realize that since the other editor has indicated that administrator intervention is the better option, in a way that suggests I not further interact with them, perhaps SdHb and I can craft an offer that you deliver on our behalf. Less work for you, while honoring the other editor's implied non-interaction request. Xan747 (talk) 17:59, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

Hello @Xan747 I thank you for your commitment in this case. I think argumenting by myself against him would make it that much harder since he has neither been very cooperative when it came to sources he deemed as not reliable with no apparent reason (many „arguments“ seemed to be AI generated nonsense but I delibaretely tried to argument against it without mentioning it) nor very consistent in his argumentation. I‘m glad that you saw my efforts for finding common ground, and I appreciate your involvement that much more. I‘m sure your first intention hasn‘t been a deep dive into ethnic politics in Afghanistan when you offered your help, yet you‘re here. At least you‘re learning something along the way 😅. That being said I‘m open to all solutions in this case. Trying to get the other user to revert back himself may be the best idea, offering the first solution that you gave him on his discussion board. Let me know if I can help! I moved our last consensus to my draft page User:SdHb/Ethnic groups in Afghanistan (working). That can be the starting point of our suggestion of our solution. SdHb (talk) 19:58, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

I don't regret my involvement at all. I've learned a lot about the Afghan people, Wikipedia policy, and mediating disputes. Plus you've been pleasant to work with, and a good and hard-working collaborator. I intend to see this through. Xan747 (talk) 02:13, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

Perfect. @Asilvering I take the freedom to ping you again on this matter. I hope you're feeling better by now. SdHb (talk) 13:31, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

@SdHb It appears our friendly admin is busy mopping up sockpuppets and other important admin tasks. I'll swing by your talk page in a minute to discuss options for handling this ourselves. Xan747 (talk) 16:54, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

Only a little bit better, I'm afraid, but better enough that I can look into some more complicated edit-warring without biting someone's head off by mistake (I hope). Sorry for leaving you both hanging. I'm sad to see all this since it really did seem to be going very well, given the circumstances! -- asilvering (talk) 18:09, 6 September 2025 (UTC)

Very sorry to hear that and completely understand. You're heroic for doing as much work right now as you are. If you do have the energy to look in, I posted this on the dissenting editor's talk page, and there are 28 hours on the clock for them to respond before I escalate to ANEW. Feel better. Also, if there's anything you think I can do to help you out as a vanilla editor, please don't hesitate to ask. Xan747 (talk) 18:19, 6 September 2025 (UTC)

Hey Asilvering, I'm having a bit of trouble getting admin attention at ANI on a user I reported. Would you be willing to take a look? It can be found here WP:ANI#User Kironshikder NOTHERE; its been up for 4 days at this point with no response from admins. I'm hoping this isn't canvassing since as it stands there's no ongoing discussion to speak of, and I'm not sure where else to post notice if I can't get a response at ANI. 🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs) 18:57, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

Sorry @Wasianpower, I've been pretty out of it. I can probably look into this in a little bit - if I don't get back to it in the next 24 hours, ping me. -- asilvering (talk) 18:11, 6 September 2025 (UTC)

Ah, looks like GorillaWarfare is on it actually, so I'll let her handle it. -- asilvering (talk) 23:23, 6 September 2025 (UTC)

1. I'm not an SPI regular by any stretch, and I read your note that CU can't establish that their old account was definitively connected to their new account, but can a CU reveal if they also used IPs at any point during their socking spree? I know IPs can't be revealed to the community for privacy reasons, but the CU can at least note the behavior if there's further disruption later.
2. As far as Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Edit_warring_with_personal_attacks_in_edit_summaries is concerned, there was !voting underway for an indef block. I know WP:THREESTRIKES is a thing, but should that discussion be noted as a successful WP:CBAN, or does the community need to explicitly !vote for a CBAN vs. indef block?
3. And this question will relate to your answers to 1 and 2; if a CU can confirm IPs were also abused, would those uses count as separate "strikes" for THREESTRIKES? (again, this may or may not matter depending on your thoughts on those first two questions)

Thanks! —Locke Cole • t • c 20:22, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

It seems @Tryptofish closed the AN/I discussion while I was writing this, so pinging them here just so there's no surprise if anything changes or they have any thoughts. —Locke Cole • t • c 20:24, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

@Locke Cole, a CU could reveal that they were WP:LOUTSOCKing while they were using this sock account, but it wouldn't do us any good for the purposes of establishing WP:3X since we can't tie it back to the master anyway. In practical terms, I don't think it matters much either way - no admin is going to unilaterally unblock someone who was blocked like this without some pretty good assurances anyway. -- asilvering (talk) 18:06, 6 September 2025 (UTC)

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@Asilvering: I see that my SPI case on Rakibul Hasan Chowdhury is malformed. Not sure what I did wrong? Can you please assist and let me know what I missed. — ERcheck (talk) 05:20, 7 September 2025 (UTC)

@ERcheck, Oshwah beat me to it, but did you create it using the username field on WP:SPI? It sure looks like you did, so I'm not sure why it broke like that. -- asilvering (talk) 06:19, 7 September 2025 (UTC)

Hello, Weitz & Luxenberg (Law Firm) was just created by a new editor, whose edit history suggests UPE. How close is the new article to Weitz & Luxenberg P.C., deleted and redirected by you in May following AFD, three weeks before their account creation? Thanks, Wikishovel (talk) 05:35, 7 September 2025 (UTC)

Completely different. The new one is clearly LLM generated, and the old one was a genuine article, built up over the course of some years. -- asilvering (talk) 06:20, 7 September 2025 (UTC)

Hi, could you please restore Tewai Village? I know it was created by a sockpuppet, but I also edited it maybe half a year ago and I want to keep working on it now. — VORTEX³⁴²⁷ (Talk!) 10:29, 7 September 2025 (UTC)

Yikes, sorry about that @Vortex3427, that shouldn't have been G5'd. Back up now. -- asilvering (talk) 17:12, 7 September 2025 (UTC)

	The Admin's Barnstar
	Thank you for your efforts as a Wikimedia admin. I truly appreciate your work:) Baqi:) (talk) 22:06, 27 July 2025 (UTC)

Thanks. :) -- asilvering (talk) 22:30, 27 July 2025 (UTC)

Congratulations! VegetableReverend (talk) 05:24, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

how? TheLegenda3 (talk) 23:14, 30 July 2025 (UTC)

Clarification on what? VegetableReverend (talk) 08:37, 31 July 2025 (UTC)

This user is pushing an agenda, privs should be removed 2602:FDFC:122:F400:F5EC:54A1:BBA1:BEC8 (talk) 17:15, 9 September 2025 (UTC)

This user is pushing an agenda, privs should be removed 2602:FDFC:122:F400:F5EC:54A1:BBA1:BEC8 (talk) 17:15, 9 September 2025 (UTC)

... I've sent you one. JBW (talk) 20:49, 7 September 2025 (UTC)

Greatly appreciated, as always. -- asilvering (talk) 21:21, 7 September 2025 (UTC)

Hi, I have just started editing and wondered if I am going in the right direction. My skills are primarily in the simple grammar edits and I am happy to keep to that for now if that is acceptable. I have two concerns though.

How will I know if I have made mistakes or over corrected?

Are there many differences between English grammar and American grammar that I should be aware of and be taking in to account.

I am really enjoying it so far and hope that what I have done is okay. --HummingBee3 (talk) 12:53, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

@HummingBee3: If Asilvering will allow me to offer a few comments in answer to a question addressed to them, here are a few comments which I hope you may find helpful...

My short answer to what you have asked is yes, I think you are going in the right direction. I'll give you some more detailed comments.

Doing minor things such as those you are doing is a good way to start. Editors who rush straight into bigger things, such as creating whole new articles, very often have a frustrating time, because they keep doing things which they have no reason to realise would not be considered acceptable, with the result that they keep seeing hours of work deleted. If you just make small changes, then when you make mistakes (which you will, because we all do) they will be small ones, and not much will be lost. Over the course of time you will gradually build up experience of how Wikipedia works, and will be able to do bigger things. (If you choose to; there's nothing wrong with sticking to the little things if you prefer.)

In my opinion a good sign is that you have asked this question: some of the worst editors are the ones who rush in, convinced that they know best, and won't listen to advice from more experienced editors.

There are lists of differences between British and American grammar, but I can't tell you where. You may like to do a Google search for one. Unfortunately, while most of us probably know some obvious ones, such as colour/color, tap/faucet, there are much less obvious ones waiting to catch us out. For example, many years ago I did what I thought was a minor correction, but got shouted down angrily, because I had never realised that standard in British English is "a hundred and seven", but in American English "a hundred seven". The best advice I can offer is be aware of the possibility of such problems, watch out for them, and if in doubt don't change anything. Even then, you may well make mistakes sometimes.

I've looked at your edits so far, and most of them were, in my opinion, good. However, there's one thing which I think is worth mentioning. Several of your edits have removed Oxford commas, also known as serial commas. (If you know what that means, fine, but if you don't, it's a comma before the last item in a list. For example, "Tom, Dick, and Harry" has an Oxford comma, but "Tom, Dick and Harry" doesn't.) Despite the name with "Oxford" in it, the Oxford comma is actually significantly less common in British English than American, but in both those versions of English, and in others, it is sometimes used and sometimes not: there is no firm rule. Wikipedia's stance on matters such as this, where usage varies and there is no universal standard, is generally: (1) either can be used; (2) it is best to be consistent within one article; (3) one should leave things as they are unless there is a specific reason for making a change; changing just because of one's personal preference is not acceptable. I therefore advise you to lay off Oxford commas, unless, as I say, there is a specific reason for killing one. JBW (talk) 19:57, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

@JBW, thanks so much for this extended response - it's much better than the one I half-finished before I realized I needed to make a bunch of phone calls and forgot about it. To add to what JBW's said about commas, @HummingBee3, I'd advise avoiding messing with commas at all unless you're really, really sure they're incorrect - for example, if you see a comma splice. You've removed more commas than just the Oxford comma JBW mentions, and judging by your original post here, you use an unusually low number of commas in your own writing. So I think you're more likely to annoy people than not, if you mess with commas, and it's better to just leave them.

In general, there's not a lot of grammar fixes that need doing around here, because we're pretty chill about grammar that is "good enough", and there are lots of people who specifically search for common grammar errors in order to fix them. If you're not finding enough of this kind of thing to do, but you don't feel ready to do "bigger" edits, let me (or us) know, and we can help you find some other small and helpful task to get into. Welcome to Wikipedia! -- asilvering (talk) 20:44, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

After reading your reply I have decided Wikipedia editing is not for someone with my very modest abilities. HummingBee3 (talk) 22:50, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

Sorry to hear it, @HummingBee3, and I'm not sure how I gave that impression. Not only do you obviously have the ability to edit Wikipedia, there are plenty of "modest" edits to be done. I was simply suggesting that, if you find yourself unable to find as much grammar-fixing to do as you'd like, there are plenty of other similarly approachable tasks that need doing, and we can help you find one of those. -- asilvering (talk) 23:14, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

Thank you JBW for your thoughtful and very encouraging reply. Everything you said made sense and you seemed to understand exactly where I was coming from. Unfortunately, after reading asilvering's longer reply which came next, I decided Wikipedia editing was not for me.

All the best to you and yours! HummingBee3 (talk) 22:37, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) @HummingBee3: If you're keen (and competent) on cleaning up grammar, consider dabbling in topics related to areas where English isn't the main/native language, like India, other parts of Asia, and the Arab world. Anecdotally from my own past copy-editing stints, such articles often really need grammar help, even among busy/popular topics. One thought that comes to mind is that people who have a native language that's not Latin-based sometimes mix up the order of verbs and subjects when writing in English as a second language since it's different; there are other nuances too. Articles pertaining to topics from areas like the United States, UK, and Australia are usually well-trafficked from folks with a good command of the English language, and thus rarely need copy-editing help. I must beg to differ from Asilvering that In general, there's not a lot of grammar fixes that need doing around here, as there's actually a lot of grammar cleanup that needs to be done if one knows where to look. Left guide (talk) 22:51, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

Thank you so much Left guide for taking the trouble to send such a positive reply. Unfortunately the moment has passed. All the best to you and yours. HummingBee3 (talk) 23:08, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

@Left guide, I'm of the opinion that most of the articles you describe need rather more than just simple grammar improvements, so someone looking for something small and helpful to do is more likely to feel overwhelmed or despondent than energized when running into those ones. That was my own experience as a new editor - I told the newcomer homepage module that I was after some "easy" edits, like minor copy editing assignments, and it sent me to articles that basically needed a top-to-bottom rewrite. It was so discouraging I went to WP:GTF to complain about it. -- asilvering (talk) 23:19, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

Incidentally, on the subject of starting with small things, my first edit after creating my account was removing an apostrophe that shouldn't have been there. JBW (talk) 20:00, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

I thought your comment re multiple AFDs was well-taken. I just nominated to merge an article that I unsuccessfully sought to delete ten years ago. Time passes fast. Coretheapple (talk) 23:42, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

I certainly hope it hasn't been bothering you that whole time! -- asilvering (talk) 23:50, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

Ha! Actually I had totally forgotten about it, which is what happens to newsy articles. Lots of interest initially and then forgotten by pretty much everybody involved, and of course a lot of the accounts that were initially involved are no longer active. It popped up on my watchlist because of bot edit or something. I posted a merger notice on the two pages involved a week ago and have gotten zero interest of any kind. Coretheapple (talk) 14:23, 9 September 2025 (UTC)

Buen dia solicito información si se puede reparar una arma qué se quebró de la parte interior donde ba la tolva y proteje el reten de la tolva es de polimero? --Walter Herrera Sosa (talk) 16:39, 9 September 2025 (UTC)

no tok Spanish. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 17:10, 9 September 2025 (UTC)

@Walter Herrera Sosa, sorry, I'm only here to answer questions about Wikipedia editing. If you have a nerdy historical question about guns, maybe I'll bite, but I'm not going to answer questions about gun repair. -- asilvering (talk) 00:02, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

Meh -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 17:06, 9 September 2025 (UTC)

I already used up this spell slot but I've thrown it back at Giraffer. -- asilvering (talk) 00:29, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

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Hello, I have submitted the sandbox for reviewing. But Why i cannot type the title. Cus i wanna create "Jian Lu" Bio in wiki. --Jianluchengda (talk) 05:21, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Jianluchengda, welcome to Wikipedia! You can change a page's title only by moving the page. This has already been done for you, so there's nothing you need to do in this case. Cheers. -- asilvering (talk) 17:26, 10 September 2025 (UTC)