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Question from JG qwerty (03:02, 11 November 2025)
Hi I am unsure if my idea for a split of articles in the Lorenz System page is worth it and how it would be done, i would love some help, thanks,
JG JG qwerty (talk) 03:02, 11 November 2025 (UTC)
- Hi! I'm Snuggle, for article splitting a few things need to occur (for more controversial splits). First, start the topic on the talk page Talk:Lorenz system § Proposal for Split and New Page, which you did. Next, tag the article with {{split}} (I used
{{split|Lorenz system|Lorenz attractor|discuss=Talk:Lorenz_system#Proposal_for_Split_and_New_Page}}so that the banner shows what the article would be split into and where the discussion is occurring). Then, post it to relevant WikiProjects, WP:WPM is listed in a project banner on the talk page of the Lorenz system so I went to the main talk page for the project and posted Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mathematics § Proposed split of Lorenz system. And finally, post to WP:PROPSPLIT to get even more eyes on it. Info for the whole process can be found at Wikipedia:Splitting § Procedure. Grumpylawnchair will most likely be along later to provide more assistance as needed but this way we can go ahead and start getting more eyes on it and get the discussion started! Snuggle 🖤 (they/them/it) (talk) 11:06, 11 November 2025 (UTC)
DYK question
Hey, when you have some time could you take a look at this Template:Did you know nominations/Charlie Mitchell (chef), I'm honestly not sure how to reword the hook without completely removing the focus off of the subject. I'd like to change it if it will help but also feel like it would be disingenuous to change the wording from what all the sources are using. Snuggle 🖤 (they/them/it) (talk) 12:19, 11 November 2025 (UTC)
- Yeah, I'll take a look later today or tomorrow, since my head hurts so I think I'll be editing in on-and-of spurts today. Regards, Grumpylawnchair (talk) 20:18, 11 November 2025 (UTC)
- All good! Take your time, thanks! Snuggle 🖤 (they/them/it) (talk) 20:22, 11 November 2025 (UTC)
Question from GhostWritterEditor (08:32, 12 November 2025)
Hello mentor,
I've created a page, I'm wondering if it has errors or could be approved.
Cheers and Thanks --GhostWritterEditor (talk) 08:32, 12 November 2025 (UTC)
- @GhostWritterEditor: Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. I cannot see your draft as it has been deleted, but guessing by the warnings on your user page, it was an autobiography (which is heavily discouraged) or advertising (not allowed). Please see Help:your first article for how to make your first article. Grumpylawnchair (talk) 20:38, 12 November 2025 (UTC)
Question from GhostWritterEditor (05:35, 14 November 2025)
Hello my mentor, I have already a draft created, let me know if it is encyclopedic please, thanks --GhostWritterEditor (talk) 05:35, 14 November 2025 (UTC)
- @GhostWritterEditor: Please see our notability policy, since the draft does not currently demonstrate that the subject is notable. Grumpylawnchair (talk) 22:04, 14 November 2025 (UTC)
ITN recognition for 2025 Islamabad suicide bombing
On 15 November 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article 2025 Islamabad suicide bombing, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. – robertsky (talk) 04:21, 15 November 2025 (UTC)
Question from Sehansa Fernando (10:36, 16 November 2025)
Music Artist --Sehansa Fernando (talk) 10:36, 16 November 2025 (UTC)
Question from GhostWritterEditor (06:57, 15 November 2025)
Here's the reception to get notability in the article my mentor; - Reception; Nühn’s 2015 EP The Fighter received coverage in specialized music media. Mondo Sonoro published a full review highlighting the cinematic atmospheres and electronic textures of the tracks, emphasizing the artist’s production and style. The EP was released on August 21, 2015, by Hush Hush Records, which lists the track titles and production credits. Additionally, the artist was featured in a multi-page interview in DJ Mag España (Issue ES 061), providing insight into the creative process and the context of the release. --GhostWritterEditor (talk) 06:57, 15 November 2025 (UTC)
- Hi, as Grumpylawnchair has explained, the article that you are trying to write doesn't currently meet our notability guidelines. The 5 main guidelines for notability can be broken down as:
- Presumed - means that significant coverage in reliable sources creates an assumption, not a guarantee, that a subject merits its own article. - You haven't provided the reliable sources to show that the subject of the article that you are trying to write should have a Wikipedia article. Not everyone should have Wikipedia articles, or sometimes it's a case of not yet.
- Significant coverage addresses the topic directly and in detail, so that no original research is needed to extract the content. Significant coverage is more than a trivial mention, but it does not need to be the main topic of the source material.
- Reliable means that sources need editorial integrity to allow verifiable evaluation of notability, per the reliable source guideline. Sources may encompass published works in all forms and media, and in any language. Availability of secondary sources covering the subject is a good test for notability.
- Sources should be secondary sources, as those provide the most objective evidence of notability. There is no fixed number of sources required since sources vary in quality and depth of coverage, but multiple sources are generally expected. Sources do not have to be available online or written in English. Multiple publications from the same author or organization are usually regarded as a single source for the purposes of establishing notability.
- Independent of the subject excludes works produced by the article's subject or someone affiliated with it. For example, advertising, press releases, autobiographies, and the subject's website are not considered independent.
- When doing a search for sources using
{{find sources|Nühn}}, nothing that any of the searches return are relevant to the subject that you are writing about. Now this isn't conclusive evidence that an article shouldn't be written but it typically means that there just hasn't been enough coverage, especially for contemporary topics. - Notability aside, we have very strict guidelines when it comes to biographies of living people. You have written a lot of information in the article that isn't available in any of the sources you have provided. I read through the DJ Mag España article,[1] the Resident Artist biography,[2] and the Mondo Sonoro review[3]. Two of the sources are written by the same person (so for notability they count as a single source) and none of those sources account for a significant amount of information that you have included in the draft, not to mention that information that is available in the listed sources isn't included in the article. The fourth source is a direct link to the bandcamp for a 2015 album. This leads me to believe that either original research is included or you are writing about yourself or you are closely tied to the subject.
- Take the time and read through each of the links that I have provided here, I understand that you want to create this article but as it stands right now it will continue to get deleted and doesn't belong on Wikipedia. Snuggle 🖤 (they/them/it) (talk) 13:59, 16 November 2025 (UTC)
References
- "Nühn · Biography · Artist ⟋ RA". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 2025-11-16.
- Fuentes, Fernando (December 2, 2015). "Nühn crítica disco The Fighter". MondoSonoro (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-11-16.
Concern regarding Draft:Russia is here forever
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Question from Couvjean (01:54, 17 November 2025)
How do I add my music duo? --Couvjean (talk) 01:54, 17 November 2025 (UTC)
- @Couvjean: Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! In short, no, you can't make a page about your music duo unless it meets our notability guideline or topic-specific notability guideline for musicians. It is strongly discouraged to write about yourself, and doing so constitutes a conflict of interest (COI). You must follow the instructions on that page to declare the COI, or you can be blocked from editing. Also, an article about yourself (if you are notable) is not necessarily a good thing, since it should cover the bad along with the good about you, to maintain neutrality. Everything in an article must be cited to reliable sources: see here for a simple guide on how to do this. If you have any further questions, feel free to ask here, or at the Teahouse. Grumpylawnchair (talk) 03:35, 17 November 2025 (UTC)
Question from Csegevitez (10:15, 17 November 2025)
Hi Grumpy, I drafted Axoflow page, and I edited it so it will be good for Wikipedia. Is there something I am missing, because it is still in draft? Best, Csegevitez --Csegevitez (talk) 10:15, 17 November 2025 (UTC)
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Question from Idkboutmyself the Oirat (09:55, 17 November 2025)
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Hello uhh am i getting banned if i hypothetically in accident deleted a whole page? --Idkboutmyself the Oirat (talk) 09:55, 17 November 2025 (UTC)
- @HorseBro the hemionus: Hello! Don't worry, you couldn't have deleted a page, as only administrators can do that. Assuming that you accidentally blanked a page, which means removing all content on it, that can be easily reverted. Banning is never supposed to be retributive, and is only meant to be used to halt immediate problems. As such, unless you make blanking pages a habit, which you really shouldn't, you will not be banned for that. Regards, Grumpylawnchair (talk) 21:43, 17 November 2025 (UTC)
Question from Blacey66 (21:06, 17 November 2025)
How do I change my user name --Blacey66 (talk) 21:06, 17 November 2025 (UTC)
- @Blacey66: Hello! On how to make a request get your current account renamed, please see WP:RENAME. Though since your account is really new, I would suggest simply abandoning it, and just making a new account with the username you want. Regards, Grumpylawnchair (talk) 21:45, 17 November 2025 (UTC)
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Question from Emperor Sheev Palpatine of Naboo (09:28, 22 November 2025)
Wie soll ich mit dem Bearbeiten beginnen? ( Englisch - Where should i start editing?) - Emperor Sheev Palpatine of Naboo (or just Sheev) --Emperor Sheev Palpatine of Naboo (talk) 09:28, 22 November 2025 (UTC)
- Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! I've left some helpful links on your talk page. Grumpylawnchair (talk) 01:06, 23 November 2025 (UTC)
Question from Av Saravanan vijayan on Quora (13:21, 22 November 2025)
உலகில் எந்த நாடுகள் ஆண்கள் செக்ஸில் உகந்த நாடுகள் --Av Saravanan vijayan (talk) 13:21, 22 November 2025 (UTC)
- @Av Saravanan vijayan: Hello, I'm only here to help you with questions about editing Wikipedia. Do you have a question about editing Wikipedia? Grumpylawnchair (talk) 23:06, 23 November 2025 (UTC)
Question from Petuniabaa (01:36, 24 November 2025)
Hello mentor GrumpyLawnChair! I just “published” this sandbox draft and will be adding additional references and sources ASAP. Please guide me through this process, as you are able, to have this article accepted. This theory holds the possibility for individuals, groups, and society to experience a way of being that opens the door to joy and happiness. I look forward to working with you. BTW, should I post in the TeaHouse as well? Thank You! --Petuniabaa (talk) 01:37, 24 November 2025 (UTC)
- @Petuniabaa: Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! I'll take a look shortly. You needn't post at the Teahouse, since that would be redundant since I intend to answer your question here. Grumpylawnchair (talk) 03:15, 24 November 2025 (UTC)
Question from Mithila.naren (04:21, 24 November 2025)
Hi, how do contribute by creating a new page about a person? --Mithila.naren (talk) 04:21, 24 November 2025 (UTC)
- @Mithila.naren: Hello, and welcome to WIkipedia! Please see Help:Your first article. Grumpylawnchair (talk) 04:22, 24 November 2025 (UTC)
Question from Emperor Sheev Palpatine of Naboo (04:48, 24 November 2025)
Help: So I nominated a rd/blurb, but it didnt go well, can you offer some tips for ITN? Also i was wondering if you could help me with copyediting, I am not too good at it - Sheev --Emperor Sheev Palpatine of Naboo (talk) 04:48, 24 November 2025 (UTC)
- To be honest, I've never actually interacted much with ITN, so any questions about that specifically would be best pointed at the Teahouse. But yes, I am an experienced copyeditor, what do you need help with? Grumpylawnchair (talk) 04:51, 24 November 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you Grumpylawnchair, I'd like to be trained on how to do copyediting, I've tried a couple of times and I just don't know where to start ±User:Emperor Sheev Palpatine of Naboo I've been quite interested in trying to upgrade an article from start-class to A-class, and I was wondering if you could perhaps help — Preceding undated comment added 08:21, 24 November 2025 (UTC)
Question from Joemackh on Wikipedia:Welcoming committee (09:43, 24 November 2025)
Hello, how do I create a citation? --Joemackh (talk) 09:43, 24 November 2025 (UTC)
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Question from Emperor Sheev Palpatine of Naboo (05:45, 25 November 2025)
Can you Wikipedia Adopt me? I think it would be nice. I think you are quite a good editor, and would love to collaborate with you. Thank you, Grumpylawnchair --Emperor Sheev Palpatine of Naboo (talk) 05:45, 25 November 2025 (UTC)
- @Emperor Sheev Palpatine of Naboo: Sure, I'd be happy to. Grumpylawnchair (talk) 15:50, 25 November 2025 (UTC)
- It has been done. Feel free to move that userbox I added wherever you'd like on your userpage. Grumpylawnchair (talk) 16:36, 25 November 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks Emperor Sheev Palpatine of Naboo (talk) 17:49, 25 November 2025 (UTC)
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Question from Quadrangle Steve on User:Quadrangle Steve (00:15, 2 December 2025)
Captcha? --Quadrangle Steve (talk) 00:15, 2 December 2025 (UTC)
- @Quadrangle Steve: Hi, and welcome to Wikipedia! Please see WP:CAPTCHA. Regards, Grumpylawnchair (talk) 00:57, 2 December 2025 (UTC)
Question from Akeem Dare (19:33, 2 December 2025)
hello, nice to meet you.
I'm actually new to Wikipedia and was hoping you could give me some editing tips. --Akeem Dare (talk) 19:33, 2 December 2025 (UTC)
- @Akeem Dare: Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. I've left some helpful links on your talk page. Happy editing! Grumpylawnchair (talk) 21:30, 2 December 2025 (UTC)
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Question from Florian.Çota (20:04, 9 December 2025)
hello I would like to pos one historical article. Could you assist please? --Florian.Çota (talk) 20:04, 9 December 2025 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) Hi @Florian.Çota:, and welcome to Wikipedia. Writing an article is a big step so it's recommended to start with smaller edits and improving articles that are already in the public space. Next, it looks like you're working on a draft that isn't in English. The good news is that Albanian Wikipedia has a lot of room for growth and it doesn't look like they have an article about the topic you have chosen. If you would like to work on the English Wikipedia, we would love to have you stick around! I highly recommend starting with the newcomer edit suggestions that are provided for you on your home page. This will give you a chance to learn how articles are structured and see the edits that others are doing. If you aren't ready to work on articles in the public space, The Wikipedia Adventure is an excellent tool to learn the basics. I have posted some other helpful links on your talk page. Again, welcome! Snuggle 📫 🖤 01:38, 12 December 2025 (UTC)
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- To improve database and site performance, external links to Wikimedia projects will no longer be stored in the database. This means they will not be searchable in Special:LinkSearch, will not be checked by the Spam Blacklist or AbuseFilter as new links, and will not be in the
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Question from Rman42 (17:26, 16 December 2025)
Hi Grumpy... thanks for being a mentor. I just made a update to fix a citation link. When I first edited the link, it seemed to change it but the link was in error (due to my error). Is there a way to undo a change you make? --Rman42 (talk) 17:26, 16 December 2025 (UTC)
- @Rman42: Yes, just follow the instructions at H:RV. Happy editing! Grumpylawnchair (talk) 19:58, 16 December 2025 (UTC)
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Question from SomeLoreDude (23:18, 17 December 2025)
Hiya, how do I add an image to a page? Is it possible to take it from an article and add a source to that article for the inage? Thanks :) --SomeLoreDude (talk) 23:18, 17 December 2025 (UTC)
- @SomeLoreDude: Hey! See H:IMAGE. Grumpylawnchair (talk) 23:50, 17 December 2025 (UTC)
- thanks! SomeLoreDude (talk) 06:48, 18 December 2025 (UTC)
Good Article Gazette, Issue 8
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Question from International Gaping Maw Press (21:57, 20 December 2025)
I am not trying to edit Wikipedia pages, I am trying to set up a Wiki page for International Gaping Maw Press, which designs and publishes books. Diana Hook --International Gaping Maw Press (talk) 21:57, 20 December 2025 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) Hi @International Gaping Maw Press:, welcome to Wikipedia! I appreciate your desire to create a page about your publishing entity but there are few policies and guidelines that you should be aware of. First in regards to your username, you will likely be blocked from editing if you attempt to create an article about your company while representing the company. Wikipedia is not a means of promotion. Next, writing about yourself or your own company is strongly discouraged. Very few companies are notable enough to warrant a Wikipeida article. Even if you were to get the article published into the article space, it would likely be deleted. What I can recommend is changing your username to be in line with our naming policies, make a request at the reward board if you genuinely believe that your company is notable enough to warrant an article so that an editor without a conflict of interest can create the article, and take a crash course in editing if you want to help out with articles that are unrelated to you and your company. We have millions of articles that can be improved, and plenty more that can be written, and we would love to have you stick around. If you have any other questions, feel free to reply to my message here and either myself or Grumpylawnchair will help you out. Snuggle 📫 🖤 14:24, 22 December 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks so much for the reply! It looks like Google Business Profile is a more appropriate place to put my publication business. ~2025-42311-06 (talk) 18:10, 22 December 2025 (UTC)
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- @Volten001: Long time, no see mate. Happy New Year! Grumpylawnchair (talk) 03:31, 27 December 2025 (UTC)
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Question from Tufajjul on Big Brother 25 (American season) (13:37, 30 December 2025)
Freefire proksi --Tufajjul (talk) 13:37, 30 December 2025 (UTC)
Question from SomeLoreDude (23:11, 29 December 2025)
Hiya, I recently made a new page called List of INKA Rolling Stock, I was wondering if the page is necessary, and what could be improved. It is basically a list but with more detail on the rollingstock classes. Thanks :) --SomeLoreDude (talk) 23:11, 29 December 2025 (UTC)
- @SomeLoreDude: Looks fine and notable to me, good work. Only thing is that there's no references for the first bit of the "Multiple units" section, but that's relatively minor in the grand scheme of things. Regards, Grumpylawnchair (talk) 16:58, 30 December 2025 (UTC)
- okayy, thanks! SomeLoreDude (talk) 18:08, 30 December 2025 (UTC)
Question from RosyApple (11:55, 31 December 2025)
I’m a newbie. Just saying Hullo. Congratulations on a fab and memorable name! --RosyApple (talk) 11:55, 31 December 2025 (UTC)
- @RosyApple: Hello! Grumpylawnchair (talk) 15:35, 31 December 2025 (UTC)
Good Article Gazette, Issue 9
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- Number of GAs: 43,101 (+20)
- Number of nominations: 877 (+63)
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Request on 01:00:00, 29 December 2025 for assistance on AfC submission by Quesarasara1
Hi there!
I’m hoping to get some clarification and guidance on why Draft:Crystal Yang keeps getting declined on notability grounds. I genuinely want to understand what’s still missing so I can fix it properly before resubmitting.
From my reading of the guidelines, I thought Crystal Yang met WP:GNG (and BLP standards) based on multiple independent, reliable, secondary sources with real coverage. This includes national outlets like Forbes (30 Under 30 profiles), NPR, Fox News, Yahoo News, and the Philadelphia Business Journal, plus third-party awards and recognitions and peer-reviewed research publications.
So I may be misunderstanding something, and I’d really appreciate help on things like: – Are certain sources being discounted (and why)? – Is this more about depth vs. quantity of coverage? – Or is the way the draft is structured making the notability less clear than it should be?
Thank you sm for taking a look!
Quesarasara1 (talk) 01:00, 29 December 2025 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) Hi @Quesarasara1:, Grumpy would have more information but I will break down what I see when I look at the sourcing for the article, since that is what it was denied for. To start, quite a few of the sources are improperly formatted (not a huge deal and I'd be happy to help more with that, but just wanted to bring it to your attention), next, I created a table of the sources that you currently have on the article to breakdown how we look at them. Some things to note:
- You have a few sources that are simply different pages of the same source (for example, all of the Forbes sources). While those do count as a reliable source, it is only counted as 1 when figuring out notability, WP:GNG, "Multiple publications from the same author or organization are usually regarded as a single source for the purposes of establishing notability."
- All of the news stories about Yang are relatively new and are ALL about Audemy and not really specifically her, I would be more inclined to say that Audemy is more likely to pass notability than Yang is, a few reasons for this:
- WP:SUSTAINED coverage of the subject helps to establish notability.
- WP:TOOSOON her big break and all of the coverage about her and her program are still very new, this doesn't mean that she doesn't deserve to have an article, just that it might not be time yet. It is completely ok to have a draft that you keep working on until it's time to move to mainspace, not only will this allow more time to get sources but it will also allow you to polish the article more or to receive help from other interested editors.
- WP:WITHIN Her entire article could be included as a section in an Audemy article.
- WP:ROTM there are a lot of AI things happening right now and waiting some time will ensure that Yang remains notable.
- A few helpful reads:
- These are just a few thoughts that might help, I'd be happy to help with any questions you have. And Grumpy will jump in if I'm off base or missed anything important. I love that you're working on an article that helps with Wikipedia:Systemic bias but it would be better all around if the article had more independent sources so that it doesn't risk getting deleted once it makes it into mainspace. Happy editing! Snuggle 📫 🖤 02:15, 30 December 2025 (UTC)More information Source, Independent? ...
Source assessment table prepared by User:Snugglebuns Source Independent? Reliable? Significant coverage? Count source toward GNG? 
~ WP:FOXNEWS is considered generally unreliable, but this isn't a political story. ~ Maybe Has editorial oversight, no glaring issues ✔ Yes Forbes under 30 is not chosen by staff writers so it would fall under WP:FORBES~ The profile page of the Forbes sources is the only one that provides any in depth information, and even then it's just a little blurb. ~ Maybe Houston Public Media - NPR WP:NPR would be most relevant~ 0:42:00-0:50:00, short interview with subject of the article ~ Maybe EV Houston
This is a translation of details from the Fox 26 source and not a new source✘ No KHOU 11 Editorial oversight, interview conducted on air with an anchor 5 minute interview, provides additional info beyond other shorter articles.✔ Yes Yang research studies, papers, google scholar citations Written by the subject✘ No Intel AI Global Impact award WP:COISOURCE Blurb about each winner✘ No This table may not be a final or consensus view; it may summarize developing consensus, or reflect assessments of a single editor. Created using {{source assess table}}. Close - @Quesarasara1: Basically what Snugglebuns said, also some of the sources (Google Scholar Citations, Yang's papers) are not sufficiently WP:INDEPENDENT of the subject. This, combined with the things Snugglebuns brought up, led me to decline the draft. Sorry for the late response, haven't been editing much these last few weeks. Regards, Grumpylawnchair (talk) 02:51, 31 December 2025 (UTC)
- thank you guys so much - this is super helpful! happy new year! Quesarasara1 (talk) 00:33, 2 January 2026 (UTC)
Question from CDMyow (11:32, 4 January 2026)
Hey GrumpyLawnChair,
My name is Craig McCaffrey. I’m a 67-year-old grandfather from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and I’m brand new to Wikipedia and the editing process. I would be very grateful for any guidance or insights you might be willing to share as I learn the ropes. Thank you so much in advance for your help!
Best regards, Craig 2.0 --CDMyow (talk) 11:32, 4 January 2026 (UTC)
- @CDMyow: Hi Craig, I left some helpful links on your talk page. If you have any questions after reading those, don't hesitate to ask me and I'll to my best to answer. Welcome to Wikipedia, and happy editing! Best regards, Grumpylawnchair (talk) 16:57, 4 January 2026 (UTC)
- Also, if you're interested in Canada-related topics, check out Wikiproject Canada, a subject area collaboration of Wikipedians on Canada-related articles. Grumpylawnchair (talk) 17:00, 4 January 2026 (UTC)
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Tech News: 2026-03
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- The Wikimedia Foundation has shared some guiding questions for the July 2026–June 2027 Annual Plan on Meta and Diff. These focus on global trends, faster and healthier experimentation, better support for newcomers, strengthening editors and advanced users, improving collaboration across projects, and growing and retaining readership. Feedback and ideas are welcome on the talk page.
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Question from Ghass674671 on Malta Football Association (19:21, 13 January 2026)
How do I get soccer logos like the Malta Football Association --Ghass674671 (talk) 19:21, 13 January 2026 (UTC)
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Ghass --Ghass674671 (talk) 19:22, 13 January 2026 (UTC)
The Signpost: 15 January 2026
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- WikiProject report: Time for a health check: the Vital Signs 2026 campaign
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Good Article Gazette, Issue 10
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Tech News: 2026-04
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- The tray shown on Special:Diff in mobile view has been redesigned. It is now collapsed by default, and incorporates a link to undo the edit being viewed, making it easier for mobile editors and reviewers to take action while keeping the interface uncluttered.
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- View all 32 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, the previously observed issue in Vector 2022, where anchor link targets were obscured by the sticky header, has now been addressed.
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- As mentioned in the October 2025 deprecation announcement, MediaWiki Interfaces team will begin sunsetting all transform endpoints containing a trailing slash from the MediaWiki REST API the week of January 26. Changes are expected to roll out to all wikis on or before January 30th. All API users currently calling them are encouraged to transition to the non-trailing slash versions. Both endpoint variations can be found, compared, and tested using the REST Sandbox. If you have questions or encounter any problems, please file a ticket in Phabricator to the #MW-Interfaces-Team board.
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Question from Thatonesamer (22:39, 25 January 2026)
Hey, I wanted to make an edit to the Legend of zelda breath of the Wild DLC on its gameplay, as there isn't much on it. How would I do that? I have a copy of the DLC, so I can just start and quote later? --Thatonesamer (talk) 22:39, 25 January 2026 (UTC)
- @Thatonesamer: Hello! You'd need to find reliable sources for that info. Wikiproject Video Games has a good list of reliable sources for video games here. Grumpylawnchair (talk) 22:52, 25 January 2026 (UTC)
- I looked through it and it doesn't have much on BOTW. What should I do? Thatonesamer (talk) 23:15, 25 January 2026 (UTC)
- @Thatonesamer: See if you can find interviews with the creators of the game, those are good resources a lot of the time. Grumpylawnchair (talk) 23:53, 25 January 2026 (UTC)
- I looked through it and it doesn't have much on BOTW. What should I do? Thatonesamer (talk) 23:15, 25 January 2026 (UTC)
Question from That one kid Wiki (17:06, 26 January 2026)
Hello, I just made a draft, and I can’t find it? Can you help? --That one kid Wiki (talk) 17:06, 26 January 2026 (UTC)
- @That one kid Wiki: You didn't, per your user contribution log. Grumpylawnchair (talk) 17:57, 26 January 2026 (UTC)
Tech News: 2026-05
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- Wikimedia Foundation invites comments on proposed future of the Product and Technology Advisory Council until 28 February.
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- Unregistered contributors on blocked IPs or blocked IP ranges can now interact on-wiki to appeal a block by creating a temporary account to appeal a block on the user talk page, unless the "prevent this user from editing their own talk page" is enabled. This solves the problem of logged-out users unable to use the default unblock process via user talk page.
- View all 20 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, the Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) methods description on the management page has been updated. It is now clearer and easier for users to understand and make use of.
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Benvenuto Betty Boop, arrivederci Italian Photos.
- News from Diff: Solving puzzles together
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Question from Tareqalsharif (19:36, 31 January 2026)
hi sir, what if i make a mistake while editing? --Tareqalsharif (talk) 19:36, 31 January 2026 (UTC)
- @Tareqalsharif: Hi, you can revert it in less than a minute from the page history. Please see H:RV. Grumpylawnchair (talk) 21:18, 31 January 2026 (UTC)
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Tech News: 2026-06
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- The "Page information" feature, which gives validating information about a page (example), now automatically includes a table of contents. If there is a local MediaWiki:Pageinfo-header page created by individual users, it can now be removed.
- View all 21 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, VisualEditor previously added bold or italic formatting inside link descriptions, making the wikicode complex. This has now been fixed.
Updates for technical contributors
- There was no XML dump on 20 January. Additionally, from now on, dumps will be generated once per month only.
- The MediaWiki Interfaces team removed support for all transform endpoints containing a trailing slash from the MediaWiki REST API. All API users currently calling those endpoints are encouraged to transition to the non-trailing slash versions. If you have questions or encounter any problems, please file a ticket in phabricator to the #MW-Interfaces-Team board.
- Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki
Weekly highlight
- Users are reminded that the Wikimedia Foundation has shared some guiding questions for the July 2026–June 2027 Annual Plan on Meta and Diff. These focus on global trends, faster and healthier experimentation, better support for newcomers, strengthening editors and advanced users, improving collaboration across projects, and growing and retaining readership. Feedback and ideas are welcome on the talk page.
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MediaWiki message delivery 17:41, 2 February 2026 (UTC)
Women in Green reviewing drive
Hello Grumpylawnchair:
This month, February 2026, WikiProject Women in Green is participating in the February 2026 GAN Backlog Drive, in which we're aiming to review as many outstanding Good Article (GA) nominations about women and women's works as possible. If you want to help out, you can check out the project talk page for a list of nominations in need of review (including some WiG originals). If you haven't reviewed a GA nomination before, be sure to check out the reviewing instructions and guidelines and feel free to ask for a mentor to check your work.
We are also working together with a wikithon hosted on 5 February by Wikimedia UK, which will focus on writing and improving articles about women involved in sustainable development. If you want to join the event, feel free to sign up at the eventbrite page; or if you would be interested in providing a 20-minute assessment and/or a full GA review of the submitted articles in the weeks following, put your name down on the project talk page for updates as the event progresses.
We hope to see you there!
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Question from LutikPodolan (18:15, 3 February 2026)
Well, Try Tetrations -1 to 10: 0+1i 0 1 1.5 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 And Try Using Complex And Defined Only. It's VERY VERY Important Than Wolfram Alpha Thinks Tetration. --LutikPodolan (talk) 18:15, 3 February 2026 (UTC)
Question from Jimenezryan7 (08:35, 4 February 2026)
Do you actively search out articles to edit? Or do you edit as you come across randomly? Or write complete articles? --Jimenezryan7 (talk) 08:35, 4 February 2026 (UTC)
- @Jimenezryan7: Hello! For me personally, I search through categories on topics I'm interested in, especially with stubs, and expand them from there. I also translate articles from other language Wikipedias from time-to-time. Very occasionally, I will write a full article from scratch.
- If you're looking for things to do to help out around here, the Task Center is a pretty good place to start. Many WikiProjects maintain lists of potential articles as well, for example, WikiProject Women in Red, which maintains an extensive redlink index. There's also SuggestBot, a bot that gives you customised editing recommendations based upon your past editing history.
- I hope this helps, and please do not hesitate to tell me if you have any more questions or need something clarified. Regards, Grumpylawnchair (talk) 00:47, 5 February 2026 (UTC)
Question from Hansolo555 (00:52, 5 February 2026)
Hello there, for a new editor like me, what should I start with first that will be most useful? --Hansolo555 (talk) 00:52, 5 February 2026 (UTC)
- @Hansolo555: Please see the Task Center for ideas. Grumpylawnchair (talk) 22:50, 5 February 2026 (UTC)
Question from Voodoo-Logic (15:23, 5 February 2026)
Hello Grumpy! Great name BTW. To say this is a little overwhelming is an understatement. If you could assist me in the preparation of this project I would be greatly appreciated. I have provided factual information but am not clear on what source material and how to provide it in order to get it published. Thank you in advance. Adam --Voodoo-Logic (talk) 15:23, 5 February 2026 (UTC)
- @Voodoo-Logic: Hello! If you're talking about Draft:Adam M. Stern, that was declined because it seems like a autobiography is, promotional in tone, and has no evidence of meeting our notability rules (specifically our topic-specific guideline on the notability of musicians). Please read this help page which explains why writing an article is one of the hardest things to do on Wikipedia. To break it down:
- Autobiographies are not explicitly banned, but are heavily discouraged, since it is difficult to be objective and neutral about yourself. Combined with the other issues, this was probably a factor in your draft being declined.
- Promotional tone: To put it bluntly, the draft reads like a CV. Phrases like known for his iconic, melodic stylings and the sentence starting with The go-to guy with years of sales, marketing and business experience violate Wikipedia's policy of neutral point of view. The draft is full of sentences like that. This is probably the most pressing issue with your draft.
- Notability: Article must show that the subject meets either the general notability guideline or the topic-specific notability guideline for musicians. Right now, the draft doesn't meet either of those.
- Formatting: Lesser concern than the others, but the draft does not comply with Wikipedia's formatting guidelines.
- Hope this helps, and please do tell me if you need anything else explained or elaborated upon. Regards, Grumpylawnchair (talk) 02:22, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- TBH. I wish this process was more intuitive. I want to make sure that I comply with all of the rules and am happy to change what is needed. The process is more than overwhelming for those starting out. I will do some research and find out if there is an easier way to post and comply. Thank you. Adam Voodoo-Logic (talk) 17:49, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
Question from LonelySpaceCadet (23:11, 4 February 2026)
hello Mentor, i am very new to editing and i was wondering how do you make sure you don't miss any details when it comes to editing a wikipedia article? --LonelySpaceCadet (talk) 23:11, 4 February 2026 (UTC)
- @LonelySpaceCadet: Hi! What do you mean by details? Grumpylawnchair (talk) 22:49, 5 February 2026 (UTC)
- ah, realizing now this was a little vague, my apologies ^^', what I mean is trying to edit an article or perhaps revisiting an article, are there moments of missing any details? I am just a little worried i could miss anything when it comes to editing, so if you have any pointers on how to avoid any mistakes when it comes to editing, i will take note, thanks for your time, Grumpy, also I sounded very awkward on my question, oof, my apologies there. LonelySpaceCadet (talk) 23:07, 5 February 2026 (UTC)
- @LonelySpaceCadet: Thanks for the clarification. I left some helpful links on your talk page to get you started on learning the varies policies and guidelines. With that in mind, don't fret about making mistakes, as they can be easily reverted in seconds: please see this help page on how to do this. Happy editing! Regards, Grumpylawnchair (talk) 02:30, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Ah, thank you ^_^ !! LonelySpaceCadet (talk) 00:59, 7 February 2026 (UTC)
- @LonelySpaceCadet: Thanks for the clarification. I left some helpful links on your talk page to get you started on learning the varies policies and guidelines. With that in mind, don't fret about making mistakes, as they can be easily reverted in seconds: please see this help page on how to do this. Happy editing! Regards, Grumpylawnchair (talk) 02:30, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- ah, realizing now this was a little vague, my apologies ^^', what I mean is trying to edit an article or perhaps revisiting an article, are there moments of missing any details? I am just a little worried i could miss anything when it comes to editing, so if you have any pointers on how to avoid any mistakes when it comes to editing, i will take note, thanks for your time, Grumpy, also I sounded very awkward on my question, oof, my apologies there. LonelySpaceCadet (talk) 23:07, 5 February 2026 (UTC)
Tech News: 2026-07
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Updates for editors
Logged-in contributors who manage large or complex watchlists can now organise and filter watched pages in ways that improve their workflows with the new Watchlist labels feature. By adding custom labels (for example: pages you created, pages being monitored for vandalism, or discussion pages) users can more quickly identify what needs attention, reduce cognitive load, and respond more efficiently. This improves watchlist usability, especially for highly active editors.- A new feature available on Special:Contributions shows temporary accounts that are likely operated by the same person, and so makes patrolling less time-consuming. Upon checking contributions of a temporary account, users with access to temporary account IP addresses can now see a view of contributions from the related temporary accounts. The feature looks up all the IPs associated with a given temporary account within the data retention period and shows all the contributions of all temporary accounts that have used these IPs. Learn more.
- When editors preview a wikitext edit, the reminder box that they are only seeing a preview (which is shown at the top), now has a grey/neutral background instead of a yellow/warning background. This makes it easier to distinguish preview notes from actual warnings (for example, edit conflicts or problematic redirect targets), which will now be shown in separate warning or error boxes.
- The Global Watchlist lets you view your watchlists from multiple wikis on one page. The extension continues to improve — it now properly supports more than one Wikibase site, for example both Wikidata and testwikidata. In addition, issues regarding text direction have been fixed for users who prefer Wikidata or other Wikibase sites in right-to-left (RTL) languages.
- The automatic "magic links" for ISBN, RFC, and PMID numbers have been deprecated in wikitext since 2021 due to inflexibility and difficulties with localization. Several wikis have successfully replaced RFC and PMID magic links with equivalent external links, but a template was often required to replace the functionality of the ISBN magic link. There is now a new built-in parser function
{{#isbn}}available to replace the basic functionality of the ISBN magic link. This makes it easier for wikis who wish to migrate off of the deprecated magic link functionality to do so. - Two new wikis have been created:
- View all 23 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.
Updates for technical contributors
- A new global user group has been created: Local bots. It will be used internally by the software to allow community bots to bypass rate limits that are applied to abusive web scrapers. Accounts that are approved as bots on at least one Wikimedia wiki will be automatically added to this group. It will not change what user permissions the bot has.
- Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki
Meetings and events
- The MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference, Spring 2026 will be held March 25–27 in Salt Lake City, USA. This event is organized by and for the third-party MediaWiki community. You can propose sessions and register to attend.
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MediaWiki message delivery 23:28, 9 February 2026 (UTC)
Question from Clarity CBT & DBT Center (17:08, 11 February 2026)
Hello,
I created a page for Clarity CBT & DBT. I only see it in the Sandbox. Is it still pending publication?
Thanks, Stephanie Long --Clarity CBT & DBT Center (talk) 17:08, 11 February 2026 (UTC)
Question from Rasel.patwary92 (18:05, 12 February 2026)
☺️🐈 --Rasel.patwary92 (talk) 18:05, 12 February 2026 (UTC)
Question from Reedandhimself (09:21, 13 February 2026)
HI, How do i create citations? what is considered a good sources ? is a YouTube video good? --Reedandhimself (talk) 09:21, 13 February 2026 (UTC)
Tech News: 2026-08
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Weekly highlight
- The SRE Team will be performing a cleanup of Wikimedia's Etherpad instance, the web-based editor for real-time collaborative document editing. All pads will be permanently deleted after 30 April, 2026 – if there are still migration projects in progress at that point the team can revisit the date on a case by case basis. Please create local backups of any content you wish to keep, as deleted data cannot be recovered. This cleanup helps reduce database size and minimize infrastructure footprint. Etherpad will continue to support real-time collaboration, but long-term storage should not be expected. Additional cleanups may occur in the future without prior notice.
Updates for editors
- The Information Retrieval team will be launching an Android mobile app experiment that tests hybrid search capabilities which can handle both semantic and keyword queries. The improvement of on-platform search will enable readers to find what they’re looking for directly on Wikipedia more easily. The experiment will first be launched on Greek Wikipedia in late February, followed by English, French, and Portuguese in March. Read more on Diff blog.
- The Reader Growth team will run an experiment for mobile web users, that adds a table of contents and automatically expands all article sections, to learn more about navigation issues they face. The test will be available on Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Indonesian, and Vietnamese Wikipedias.
- Previously, site notices (MediaWiki:Sitenotice and MediaWiki:Anonnotice) would only render on the desktop site. Now, they will render on all platforms. Users on mobile web will now see these notices and be informed. Site administrators should be prepared to test and fix notices on mobile devices to avoid interference with articles. To opt out, interface admins can add
#siteNotice { display: none; }to MediaWiki:Minerva.css. - View all 19 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, an issue on Special:RecentChanges has been fixed. Previously, clicking hide in the active filters caused the "view new changes since…" button to disappear, though it should have remained visible. The button now behaves as expected.
Updates for technical contributors
- New documentation is now available to help editors debug on-site search features. It supports troubleshooting when pages do not appear in results, when ranking seems unexpected, and when you need to inspect what content is being indexed, helping make search behavior easier to understand and analyze. Learn more.
- Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki
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MediaWiki message delivery 19:15, 16 February 2026 (UTC)
The Signpost: 17 February 2026
- In the media: Global powers see Wikipedia as fundamental target for manipulation
Attempted Wikipedia shenanigans apparent from Epstein, AI, various governments.
- News and notes: Discussions open for the next WMF Annual Plan
Plus, WikiFlix going places, steady progress on older FAs and other news from the Wikimedia world.
- Serendipity: Maintenance crews continue to slog through Wikipedia's oldest Featured Articles
Hundreds of old FAs have been triaged since project began, but thousands remain — and they need reviewers.
- Disinformation report: Epstein's obsessions
The sex offender's attempts to whitewash Wikipedia run deeper than we first thought.
- Technology report: Wikidata Graph Split and how we address major challenges
A personal perspective on a major update to the Wikimedia social machine.
- Traffic report: Deaths, killings, films, and the Olympics
I'll have the usual!
- Opinion: Incoming Incurables
A poem for Wikipedia Day 2026.
- Crossword: Pop quiz
Sharpen your pencil. How well do you really know Wikipedia?
- Comix: herculean
efforts.
Good Article Gazette, Issue 12
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Tech News: 2026-09
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Weekly highlight
- Reference Check has been deployed to English Wikipedia, completing its rollout across all Wikipedias. The feature prompts newcomers to add a citation before publishing new content, helping reduce common citation-related reverts and improve verifiability. In A/B testing, the impact was substantial: newcomers shown Reference Check were approximately 2.2 times more likely to include a reference on desktop and about 17.5 times more likely on mobile web.
Updates for editors
- The InterwikiSorting extension, which allowed for the sorting of interwiki links, has been undeployed from Wikipedia. As a result, editors who had enabled interwiki link sorting in non-compact mode (full list format) will now see links reordered. The links moving forward will be listed in the alphabetical order of language code.
- Later this week, people who are editing a page-section using the mobile visual editor, will notice a new "Edit full page" button. When tapped, you will be able to edit the entire article. This helps when the change you want to make is outside the section you initially opened.
- The Reader Experience team is inviting editors to assess whether dark mode should still be considered "beta" on their wiki, based on their experience of how well it functions on desktop and mobile. If the feature is deemed mature, editors can update the interface messages in
MediaWiki:skin-theme-descriptionandMediaWiki:Vector-night-mode-beta-tagto indicate that dark mode is ready and no longer considered beta. - The improved Activity tab which displays user-insights is now available to all users of the Wikipedia iOS app (version 7.9.0 and later). Following earlier A/B testing that showed higher account creation among users with access to the feature, it has been rolled out to 100% of users along with some updates. The Activity tab now shows your edited articles in the timeline, offers editing impact insights like contribution counts and article view trends, and customization options to improve in-app experience for users.
- View all 21 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, a bug that prevented DiscussionTools from working on mobile has now been fixed, restoring full functionality.
Updates for technical contributors
- The Global Watchlist lets you view your watchlists from multiple wikis on one page. The extension that makes this possible continues to improve. The latest upgrade is the inclusion of a new hook,
ext.globalwatchlist.rebuild, which fires after each watchlist rebuild. This allows you to run gadgets and user scripts for the Special page. - Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki
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MediaWiki message delivery 19:01, 23 February 2026 (UTC)
Women in Red - March 2026
Announcements from other communities: Tip of the month:
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Question from Information in an nutshell (12:35, 27 February 2026)
How to make my home page --Information in an nutshell (talk) 12:35, 27 February 2026 (UTC)
- @Information in an nutshell: See WP:USERPAGE. Grumpylawnchair (talk) 20:07, 27 February 2026 (UTC)