User talk:PolishHamster

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Happy editing! Cutlass^Ciera 19:04, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

I used CheckUser and the connection is  Possible. PhilKnight (talk) 01:29, 22 May 2025 (UTC)

I was also reading Chris Murphy, looking for any useful edits, then in the infobox, Murphy had a prefix saying "Senator" and Dafendlynotnoob exactly did the same thing- but to Dave McCormick. And his username was Crhis Mruphy or something like that, and that means he could also be a sockpuppet of Dafendlynotnoob. Have a great day! Jetwindy (talk) 22:17, 22 May 2025 (UTC)

And also talking about the sockpuppetry, I think Howard Lutnick and Chris Murphy articles should be protected so that autoconfirmed users+ can edit it because they have been vandalized by socks of Dafendlynotnoob. Feel free to reply to any of these replies! Jetwindy (talk) 22:20, 22 May 2025 (UTC)

Hi Jetwindy,

I think we can still come to some understanding or at least take our conversation to the talk page for Richard Blumenthal to try to discuss the disagreement we are current having in the edits to his infobox image. I decided to try about 6 months ago to update senator photos after reading the discussion on the talk page about Bernie Sanders.

I think the test for photos is:

1. 1. Is it current (from their current elected term)
2. 2. Is it sufficiently legible as the politician (it's not unclear)
3. 3. Is it high enough resolution

I understand that you are most focused on issue #3, while I'm giving equal weight to all three. In any case, we should try to reach consensus on the talk page rather than edit warring over the infobox image. If we can get a lot of input I'm happy to go with the consensus decision. CompleteAnonymity (talk) 09:45, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

I think a move that could neutral this is just putting up the regular official portrait. Although old, it'll prevent arguments against most people. Then when consensus in reached, we can edit the lead image to the ones wanted by Wikipedians. Jetwindy (talk) 01:26, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

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Sorry! I don't know if that was me or my vision was too bad to find a link to the United States. PolishHamster (talk) 16:05, 24 January 2026 (UTC)

Hi. Are you sure that a description of a former AD senator's range of portfolios is "unnecessary"--especially when the subheading is "Range of portfolios"? You may not be aware that the Democrats covered the full spread of ministerial actions and policies, and each Democrat senator was committed to a number of those portfolios. Regards, Bjenks (talk) 17:24, 3 February 2026 (UTC)

Sorry about that, if Wikipedia says that it should be deleted, we can try to remove any extra stuff that possibly makes the paragraph too large. I guess AI isn't always right? ♠★thanks!♠♠ PolishHamster (talk) 21:20, 3 February 2026 (UTC)

After release, it is clear that Yogi Babu isn't in the film, hence removing it from his article. DareshMohan (talk) 18:32, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

Okay- but what do you want me to do?   ~ Polski Chomik  19:08, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

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Hello, just wanted to know, any edits go thru approval first? If yes, how long does it take to approve? And same rules are applied for creating a pages? Thank you --Nafeletik (talk) 18:35, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

Most people under 10 edits and under 4 days of experience need to solve a CAPTCHA when they are editing.

IF you want to make an article, I suggest using your sandbox. Please reply when you have created your sandbox and started to draft an article. I will send you a welcoming too, which has all the useful tips for you.

Best, _{IT'S THE} PolishHamster ^,YEAH 18:49, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

Great, thank you! Nafeletik (talk) 19:28, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

Hi PolishHamster, I've created the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1940s_color_films category, and it's now as comprehensive as I can make it. Three films are missing however, as my edit rights aren't high enough:

Dumbo Song of the South Fantasia

Are you able to add them please? There are links to them on the category talk page.... --Popeadam (talk) 14:43, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

I think you can't add them because you haven't made them yet. Please make an article about the film and add it to the category. Then I think it'll work.

Best, ~~PolishHamster^yeah 14:51, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

The articles about the films are here:

Song of the South

Dumbo

Fantasia (1940 film)

The reason I can't edit them is because I'm a noob. Popeadam (talk) 14:53, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

Yes. The article for Dumbo Song of the South Fantasia does not exist yet.

Use your sandbox to draft articles.

On your welcome on your talk page, there should be some extra guides for creating articles.

Best, ~~PolishHamster^yeah 14:53, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

Don't worry, someone else was able to add the category to the articles @PolishHamster.... Popeadam (talk) 17:44, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

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Thank you. I'd like to ask, if I find block evasions and sockpuppetry, do I report it to users with CheckUser rights?

Best, ~~PolishHamster^yeah 12:33, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

You may report block evasion and sockpuppetry at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations. Mz7 (talk) 07:31, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

Hello, PolishHamster. I have noticed that you have been removing a lot of red links (like this one) from articles with the edit summary "dead" (e.g. ). Please be aware that red links can be useful—they're not necessarily "dead" links; rather, they're potential new articles. Red links help encourage editors to create more articles about notable topics by indicating where they would be useful. We shouldn't remove red links just because they are red. The next time you remove a red link, it would be helpful if you could explain in the edit summary why the red link would not be useful in that case (e.g. if the target of the link is a non-notable topic). For more information, see our guideline at Wikipedia:Red link. Please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions. Thanks, Mz7 (talk) 07:29, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for the info. Pages like this one have WAY too many dead links, mainly actors in the movie and links for characters. Thank you for the advice.

Best, ~~PolishHamster^yeah 21:41, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

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* Pppery * _{it has begun...} 04:46, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

Good --TestDeMomnom (talk) 08:59, 7 March 2026 (UTC)

??? ~~PolishHamster^yeah 15:15, 7 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for your contributions to Empire Clash (Roblox game). Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing as a live article at this time because it needs more sources to establish notability. I have converted it to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit the draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. ~ A412 ^talk! 07:10, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for the info. Unfortunately I could not find too many reliable sources, so I'll try my best there.

Thank you, ~~PolishHamster^yeah 20:12, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons left by I am bad at usernames were:

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I am bad at usernames (talk · contribs) 22:13, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

Hello, PolishHamster! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! I am bad at usernames (talk · contribs) 22:13, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. There weren't too many refs and good sources though.

Best, ~~PolishHamster^yeah 23:06, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

please ignore ~~PolishHamster^yeah 19:13, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi, PolishHamster. Thanks for patrolling new pages. I've declined your deletion request for a page that you tagged for speedy deletion, because the criterion you used or the reason you gave does not cover this kind of page. Please take a moment to read the new tutorial for patrollers, criteria for speedy deletion, and particularly, the section covering non-criteria. Such pages are best tagged with proposed deletion or proposed deletion for biographies of living persons, or sent to the appropriate deletion discussion. Thanks! ~2026-14944-70 (talk) 21:53, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

I was looking for ones without reliable/no refs.

Best, ~~PolishHamster^yeah 22:58, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

Having no references is quite explicitly not a WP:CSD, see WP:NOTCSD. Please remember to WP:PROD articles or list them at WP:AFD unless they meet one of the very specific and narrow criteria for speedy deletion. Remember the only advantage of speedy deletion over other forms of deletion is volume management; it is inferior in every other way. ~2026-14944-70 (talk) 23:22, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. Regarding your recent edits to Paget Henry when you modified the page, you introduced unknown parameters. Just because you specify |some_param=some_variable does not always mean that variable will display. The |some_param= must be defined in the template. You can look at the documentation for the template you are using but it is also helpful to use the preview button before you save your edit; this helps you find any errors you have made and ensure that the values you have added are displaying correctly. Below the edit box is a Show preview button. Pressing this will show you what the page will look like without actually saving it. It is strongly recommended that you use this before saving. Note I have likely fixed the error by now so check the history of the page to see how it was fixed. If you have any questions, contact the help desk for assistance. Thank you. Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 02:57, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

Oops. I commonly forget to add a underscore lol.

Will try not to make that happen. ~~PolishHamster^yeah 20:20, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi how the hell do I make a Wikipedia article? Me and some friends want to make one about our maths teacher --Randomguy404 (talk) 23:21, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

Before making an article, you need to go through basic editing practices, until you understand Wikipedia's quality and notability guidelines.

A note is that a person like your math teacher may not be notable, which doesn't fit for an article.

A good way to start developing articles is in your sandbox, where you can develop your article step by step.

Please see WP:YFA for a good run-though of Wikipedia's policies.

Since you want to write about a person, please look at Biography of Living Persons (BLP) policy.

Please respond to me when you have your article finished and you are ready to publish. ~~PolishHamster^yeah 23:53, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

The thing is: we have a religion around him so it was sort of going to be about that ~2026-16791-37 (talk) 15:28, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

tbhank u for being my mentor man --ArtArrows (talk) 17:36, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

No problem lol. ~~PolishHamster^yeah 20:16, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

hi. I wanna make a wiki about this lego gameboy color game but wikipedia is too complicated..is there a button i can press? --Awesomeairlock (talk) 18:54, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

You want to make an article?

For newcomers, please look at WP:YFA to get a basic guide of Wikipedia's quality and notability policies.

Please respond for more info or specific questions.

Best, ~~PolishHamster^yeah 20:18, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for providing help to Wikipedia participants as a mentor. For a newcomer, what types of edits would be good early-stage contributions to the ecosystem? --Improveditor (talk) 19:43, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

For basic tasks that include cleaning up grammar and expanding articles, please see WP:JOB. ~~PolishHamster^yeah 20:19, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

Hello PolishHamster, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Distal interphalangeal joint, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: There is sufficient context to identify the subject of the article. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. Whpq (talk) 21:04, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

hello, how do I write a new article? --BaneleT (talk) 05:30, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

To start a new article, please go to your sandbox (not created) and start your article.

For a quick overview of making a good article as a beginner, please go to WP:YFA.

For a overview of Wikipedia's quality guidelines, please see WP:MOS.

Once ready for your article to be published, please reply.

Best,   ~ polski chomik (chat)  20:03, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

Hey, just wanted to let you know that users are perfectly fine to blank their own talk pages. When they blank warnings, you can take it as an indicator they've read the warning. Just thought I'd let you know! Tessaract2 (hello) 21:17, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

Sorry about that. I just thought that they were trying to avoid a warning.   ~ polski chomik (chat)  21:18, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

Who knows, you could be right. If it's true, it's just extra evidence to take to ANI or whatever. Tessaract2 (hello) 21:20, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

Hello! Very happy to help out here. Wanted to get some pointers on how best to find sources for this article --JamesEghan2026 (talk) 21:53, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

Hello! Very happy to help out here. Wanted to get some pointers on how best to find sources for this article --JamesEghan2026 (talk) 21:54, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

• User:JamesEghan2026, sources for what existing or new content? Drmies (talk) 21:55, 23 March 2026 (UTC)
  • existing content. Its a task to find sources but all the sources check out after I checked them one after the other so not sure what is needed JamesEghan2026 (talk) 21:57, 23 March 2026 (UTC)
    • If the sources verify, why look for more? Anyway, Google is your friend; Google News more than Google, and Google Books more than Google News. Drmies (talk) 22:55, 23 March 2026 (UTC)
      • Got it. Thank you! JamesEghan2026 (talk) 22:58, 23 March 2026 (UTC)
      • @Drmies, you a WikiTiger?   ~ polski chomik (chat)  22:59, 23 March 2026 (UTC)
        • I think so, PolishHamster--I see things on Recent changes that tickle my curiosity (in this case, Demopolis, an hour or so west of me) and then I go mess with nice people's pages. Hope you don't mind! Drmies (talk) 13:03, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
        • I am indeed! First day volunteering JamesEghan2026 (talk) 23:02, 23 March 2026 (UTC)
          • Talking to the other user though. I'm glad to be your mentor as always!   ~ polski chomik (chat)  23:03, 23 March 2026 (UTC)
            • Haha my bad! And thank you! JamesEghan2026 (talk) 23:04, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

Yo, hi, editor of the above page here, could I get some details on what I did wrong exactly? Saying it's not "constructive" is confusing enough, but the history then has it listed as "Vandalism" which is just... what?

Is it simply a matter of not sourcing every individual event? Because that's an easy enough fix. The page IS severely lacking & inaccurate.

EDIT (11:30 UTC): nevermind they've clarified it is indeed just the sourcing, I'll get right on it.

~2026-13094-87 (talk) 09:36, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

Sorry about that. I quickly filled in the edit summary using Ultraviolet.

The reason I reverted your edit was it lacked sources and failed to comply with Wikipedia's verifiability policy.

Best,   ~ polski chomik (chat)  20:04, 24 March 2026 (UTC)