User talk:Encoded/Archive 5

Dear sir Lew

I apologize for bothering you, but I'm having trouble again with documentation of non-English sources. I ask you to provide me, as an example, with any properly designed source referring to a book, a journal or a newspaper (with the indication of the author/authors, the publisher, the place of publication, etc.) It is preferable if the source contains Cyrillic or hieroglyps. --Герман Немов (talk) 21:51, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Герман Немов, it's no bother at all, I'm happy to help! :) Here's some examples I found in Ukraine and Russia, there's a few more there too

PDF: ^[1]

Book: ^[2]

Journal: ^[3]

Web: ^[4][5]

Hope this helps, Encoded  Talk 💬 22:00, 18 February 2026 (UTC) Encoded  Talk 💬 22:00, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the provided examples. They helped me a lot. However, I ask for clarification of writing of some authors' names. For example, which is correct: Loné Éric or Lone Eric? Герман Немов (talk) 19:58, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Герман Немов, glad to hear they helped! I would use Loné Éric, presuming that is how they would write it themselves. Thanks, Encoded  Talk 💬 22:57, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for your help. Герман Немов (talk) 21:05, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

Hi Encoded, I'm excited to get started. --Jenkins2727 (talk) 18:43, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

Hey @Jenkins2727, welcome to Wikipedia - I'm glad to hear you're excited to start editing! If you need any help or guidance please let me know! Happy editing, Encoded  Talk 💬 21:35, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

Hi, can I submit an article for example? How to do it? For example, I searched for an upcoming series but nothing is showing --MistyJadestar (talk) 18:10, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

Hey @MistyJadestar, this page --> User:Encoded/Drafts <-- should help you! If you scroll down to the bottom of the page and enter the name of your proposed article it will create it for you and add all the submission templates automatically. If you need any more help please let me know! Thanks, Encoded  Talk 💬 21:33, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

Some more questions about AI...

A lot has happened in the last few months.

AI is advancing rapidly. It could be that we are already in the midst of an intelligence explosion, in that AI developers are using AI to improve AI. So, AI is, in a sense, already engaged in recursive self-improvement with the aid of humans.

Major software companies report that more than 25% of their code is AI-written, even higher for AI firms such as OpenAI and Anthropic. This of course, is driving the acceleration of AI, which is noticeably more capable each month.

Have you been using AI? Do you have a sense of the impact it will have on Wikipedia? What do you foresee?

Sincerely,    — The Transhumanist   14:56, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

Hey @The Transhumanist, hope you're well!

I don't use AI for anything Wikipedia-related as I still worry about the accuracy issues with factual texts and hallucinations, with the one exception of developing my Edit Requests Dashboard, I've used AI on one function there that was driving me crazy (although I found that was a battle to get it to do it right). I use AI sometimes at work, especially to help spot small issues in big texts and reword emails to make them sound more corporate which I find very helpful being new to that world.

As for Wikipedia I think it will be used here more, but I still think many people here are cautious of it (myself included). Mainly due to the issues it can have with accuracy, and I found that AI sometimes tells me what I want to hear, not what is correct which stops me from adopting it more. I think that if AI is to be used here, it MUST be proof-read and fact-checked first.

Hope that helps, Encoded  Talk 💬 21:00, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

I was thinking more along the lines of competition that AI could pose to Wikipedia over time: 1) Creation of AI-edited encyclopedias, with Grokipedia being an early example, and 2) the emergence of ability to produce treatments on any subject nearly instantaneously that rival Wikipedia articles in length, scope, articulation, and accuracy. The progression toward the latter is already costing Wikipedia significant traffic, as chatbots increasingly negate the need to consult Wikipedia for answers and topic-related information. Due to the resistance of the Wikipedia community to embrace AI, it does not look likely that Wikipedia the encyclopedia will be positioned to adapt to a rapidly approaching AI-powered society. I'm sure there are other factors I'm missing. In a nutshell, I guess the issue I'm groping for here is the "potential for Wikipedia to be leapfrogged", as it leapfrogged and obsoleted nearly all of the general encyclopedias that came before it. I'm trying to understand this issue and hone my articulation of it well enough to be able to start discussions at the Village Pump and Wikimedia forums. Any advice you can provide would be most appreciated, including ideas for titles to such threads. How's "How will Wikipedia be able to compete with AI-generated responses in the future?" It seems lacking. The main thing I want to avoid is starting discussions that devolve into debates on whether or not AI will ever be able to edit Wikipedia up to WP standards, as leapfrogging by external content generation apps competing with WP (and the loss of web traffic that that will cause) is the clearest existential threat to Wikipedia. That's the focus I'm shooting for. Suggestions?    — The Transhumanist   01:51, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

I think Wikipedia is such a big resource and a household name that it won't ever fade away in my opinion. I do think people will adapt which tools they use, but I don't think WP will disappear Encoded  Talk 💬 22:30, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

HOw do I create a Wiki page? --Brownite05 (talk) 01:56, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

Hey @Brownite05, please visit User:Encoded/Drafts for more information about creating Wiki pages. Hope this helps, Encoded  Talk 💬 22:25, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi Encoded . I edited two pages of Pokémon episodes on 28 February 2026 and edited the episodes which were removed or banned from broadcasting on English episode television but i got a message saying that i violated some terms of editing the page. These episodes are banned from all Pokémon season league and i edited them saying that they were banned episodes and this was the message - Media Mender‬ left a message on your talk page in "‪Welcome‬". Latest revision as of 17:54, 28 February 2026 Welcome Hello RakeshMGanesan and welcome to Wikipedia! We appreciate encyclopedic contributions, but some of your contributions do not conform to our policies. For more information on this, see Wikipedia's policies on acceptable additions. If you'd like to experiment with the wiki's syntax, please do so in the sandbox (but beware that the contents of the sandbox are deleted frequently) rather than in articles. If you still have questions, there is a Help desk, or you can click here to ask for help on your talk page, and a volunteer should respond shortly. You may also find the following pages useful for a general introduction to Wikipedia. The five pillars of Wikipedia Contributing to Wikipedia Help pages Tutorial Task Center – need some ideas of what kind of things need doing? I hope you enjoy editing and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (RakeshMGanesan (talk) 03:05, 1 March 2026 (UTC)); this will automatically produce your name Just advise me what does N/A mean in an episode list if it banned and what will people understand from it and if i edited it to banned episode. Just advise me on how to go about this editing thing because if you check it here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon:_Indigo_League there are some episodes missing and they are banned in English then it should be written as banned or N/A. it is available in Japanese with subtitles but people prefer it in English to hear so i am asking you this question. kindly suggest me on how to got about it.

Hi @RakeshMGanesan, I'd recommend reaching out to Media Mender directly as I'm not too familiar with the topic myself. From what I can remember I believe N/A stands for "Not Aired" on here. If the banned episode was never aired I think it would be appropriate to add N/A, otherwise if it was aired but later banned I'm not too sure what the correct way is, apologies! Encoded  Talk 💬 22:28, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi can you help me to edit my profile --Olaquestloaded (talk) 14:18, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Olaquestloaded, you can click here and an edit box should open up which will be editing your profile page, if there's anything in particular about your profile you'd like help with please let me know! Thanks, Encoded  Talk 💬 22:24, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi How to crate a citition --Nathi Abe (talk) 17:06, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Hey @Nathi Abe, this tutorial page (click here) will show you how to create citations. Hope this helps, Encoded  Talk 💬 22:25, 2 March 2026 (UTC)