Here is where you can Converse with me. Speak through the portal to transcend dimensions. Or just type in this box idfc. DollarStoreBaal44 (talk) 05:04, 9 May 2025 (UTC)
HI DollarStoreBaal44. Thank you for you feedback on the edits I've made. I wanted to publish copy then go back in the update the references (clearly wrong). I can't seem to get back to the page with my updates. Can you help? Jeff1140 (talk) 17:00, 20 March 2026 (UTC)
@Jeff1140 I recommend pasting your version of the page into your sandbox and adding the references there. When all the references have been added, then just copy-paste it back into the page. here's your revision. --DollarStoreBa'alConverse 17:03, 20 March 2026 (UTC)
You have a very charming user page. Thank you for editing Wikipedia! Also, the bit about the universe being made out of cycles, an incomprehensible unit of time that causes everything to repeat reminds me a lot of my favorite video game, Rain World. I don't know if you're a video game type of person, but if you are, you should really try it! Tarlby(t) (c) 21:50, 20 November 2025 (UTC)
Draft:RentalReady
Thanks for your help! Axcont (talk) 14:34, 21 November 2025 (UTC)
You're very welcome. In this state, I could see this being published. Thanks for reaching out on the Teahouse and being open to help (most aren't) --DollarStoreBa'alConverseMy life choices 14:38, 21 November 2025 (UTC)
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Last week, the Wikimedia Search Team recreated the "DWIM" (Do What I Mean) gadget functionality server-side, for Russian and Hebrew Wikipedias. This feature adds cross-keyboard suggestions to the standard search-box suggestions. For example, searching for cxfcnmt on Russian Wikipedia will now add suggestions for счастье ("happiness") that the user probably intended. They plan to enable this feature for other Russian and Hebrew wikis this week.
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View all 34 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, the issue where search boxes on some Commons pages showed no results due to switch from SpecialSearch to MediaSearch, has now been fixed.
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Anybody who wishes to secure their user account can now use two-factor authentication (2FA). This is available to all registered users of all Wikimedia projects. This is part of the Account Security initiative. Later, 2FA will be required for all users who can take security- or privacy-sensitive actions.
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Following last week's deployments, the Add a link feature, which allows editors to add suggested links during editing, will be available to an additional 33 Wikipedias starting on 9 December. This expansion is possible thanks to the new prediction model that now supports all languages, including those that were previously not covered. While the feature has been available on most Wikipedias for some time, this rollout brings us closer to using the improved model everywhere. If you have any questions or would like more details please contact Trizek (WMF).
Last week, the Search Platform team added transliterated as-you-type search suggestions to Georgian wikis. If there are only a few regular search suggestions, then queries in Latin or Cyrillic script are now rewritten into Georgian script to look for more matches. For example, searching for either bedniereba or бедниереба will now suggest the existing article about ბედნიერება ("happiness"). You can recommend other languages where transliterated suggestions would be useful on Phabricator for future development.
Later this week, a controlled experiment will begin for editors on the 100 largest Wikipedias who are editing a section in the mobile web visual editor. 50% of these editors will notice a new "Edit full page" button that will enable them to expand their editing session to the whole page. This feature is intended to make it easier for people on mobile web to edit any article section, regardless of which section-edit icon they tapped to begin. The experiment will last ~4 weeks. You can find more details about the project.
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The Wikipedia Year in Review 2025, a feature in the Wikipedia mobile apps (iOS and Android) that provides users with a personalised summary of their engagement with Wikipedia over the year, is now available on the iOS and Android apps. This edition includes expanded personalised insights, improved reading highlights, new donor messaging, and updated designs. Open the app to view your Year in Review and explore your reading journey from 2025.
A recent software bug caused edits made with VisualEditor to make unintended changes to wikitext, including removing whitespace and replacing spaces with underscores in wikilinks inside citations. This was partially fixed last week, and further fixes are in progress. Editors who used VisualEditor between November 28 and December 2 should review their edits for unexpected modifications.
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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices. Persistent failure to comply may result in being blocked from editing. If you have any questions or need further clarification, please ask them here on this page, or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. Whpq (talk) 03:06, 9 December 2025 (UTC)
Note - I have removed the copyrighted sing lyrics. -- Whpq (talk) 03:07, 9 December 2025 (UTC)
My fault! Didn't know that this rule applied to userspace pages as well. Thanks for the info! --DollarStoreBa'alConverse 03:08, 9 December 2025 (UTC)
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The comment the reviewer left was:
Sources do not demonstrate that the subject meets WP:NEVENTS. The only secondary source (1) is from the day of the crash, and no WP:CONTINUEDCOVERAGE is shown. Source 2 is from the NTSB (WP:PRIMARY investigation report), source 3 is a database (doesn't count towards notability), and source 4 is from WP:BLOGGER which is unreliable.
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Why. The. Hell. Is. This. Not. Shown. More? I never knew these guidelines even existed! --DollarStoreBa'alConverse 19:20, 15 January 2026 (UTC)
That being said, thank you! This is useful advice! --DollarStoreBa'alConverse 19:21, 15 January 2026 (UTC)
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Fyi, typing in FULL CAPS to imitate shouting appears immature. What you actually want to do is to italicize what you want to emphasize. toby(t)(c)(rw)(omo) 22:08, 24 January 2026 (UTC)
Thanks for the advice. --DollarStoreBa'alConverse 14:02, 26 January 2026 (UTC)
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Hi -- I replaced the AI tag on George Wayne Anderson with a more generic cleanup tag. The article definitely has problems, but the text is largely the same as the 2021 version, which is well before widespread LLM availability, and the only edits since then have been trivial. Gnomingstuff (talk) 14:46, 27 February 2026 (UTC)
A small typo
Hi! Thought i'd inform you of a typo. In your userpage it says, "OH, SPEAKING OF COMANIES..." I believe there is a "P" missing from "COMPANIES". (Nice user page btw) 🐟sea cat :3 (talk) 21:17, 4 March 2026 (UTC)
1) Thank you for the compliment!
2) I will definitely fix that. Thanks for letting me know! --DollarStoreBa'alConverse 22:45, 4 March 2026 (UTC)
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Talk page deletions
Regarding your edit summary here, editors are indeed able to remove anything they want from their talk page except the exceptions mentioned at WP:BLANKING.-- Ponyobons mots 17:32, 20 March 2026 (UTC)
Whoops! My bad. I thought that warnings such as those on their talk page could not be deleted. It seems like they could just constantly blank their talk page and get away with far more vandalism than normal because they would be getting repeated first/second warnings. --DollarStoreBa'alConverse 17:35, 20 March 2026 (UTC) --DollarStoreBa'alConverse 17:35, 20 March 2026 (UTC)
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Hi, I've noticed that you've copied warnings I've left on talk pages when warning another user as you seem to have accidentally a link to my user page (like here: User_talk:~2026-19693-41).
DANGIT! I'm assuming that's why you need to SUBST it. sigh. welp, thanks for letting me know!--DollarStoreBa'alConverse 13:54, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
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Hey there, thanks for signing my guestbook! With regards to your comment left here, may you link to the relevant diff(s) of my warning? Thank you, randomdude121 16:09, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
Oh, that was my mistake. I assumed that you used the vandalism2 template for the disallowed edit here, and that the offending temp had made only one saved edit. In reality, they made two. In that case, you didn't make a mistake, I made a mistake for not inserting {{subst:Uw-attempt3|Tricycle}}. Whoops! --DollarStoreBa'alConverse 16:37, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
Happy wiki birthday!
I've seen you around the Teahouse; thanks for helping out there! 🏳️🌈JohnLaurens333 (Ping me!) 16:07, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
Thank you! I like helping people there. It feels good making people's days better. --DollarStoreBa'alConverse 16:42, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
Happy first edit day!!
A Dollar Store for you!
Wow! A whole year! That's pretty amazing. Happy first edit day, and I appreciate the mention on your user page, haha! 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he|talk to me, maybe? ) 17:55, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
Awww. Thanks! I put you on my page because you've genuinely been helpful. You're the reason I was finally able to get my name changed, and your page was the one that I finally learned how to use topicons and displaytitles. --DollarStoreBa'alConverse 17:58, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
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Your user page
The divs are blue, so links are unreadable there, especially those already clicked. Also, I thought the real name has backslashes (i. e. \\\\\\\\\\\…). Alfa-ketosav (talk) 14:51, 25 May 2026 (UTC)
Two very good points! I'll be sure to fix both of those. --DollarStoreBa'alConverse 16:56, 25 May 2026 (UTC)
Userbox request: KPop Demon Hunters
Hi! I noticed you replied to the Userboxes/Ideas talk page so I thought I'd follow up on the KPDH request, if you can. Thanks! KSEnceCade (talk) 02:40, 5 June 2026 (UTC)
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