User talk:Panini!/Archive 7

Hey @Panini!: First of all, thanks for your advice on improving Bloons TD 6!

I was wondering if you have some kind of Citation: Simplified tutorial. There are several fields that show up when I click the Cite button, and its all a bit overwhelming. DO you have any advice? Thanks, Splatana (talk) 11:13, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

@Splatana, I sure do. So, all of those templates for citation all do different things; some of them are for citing books, some for old newspapers, among others. Since you're writing about video games, and seemingly recent ones, you'll be primarily using the "{{Cite web}}" template. If you ever plan to write about old video games then you might have to use the "{{Cite book}}" and "{{Cite magazine}}" templates, such as how Super Mario 64 uses a blend of all three. Here's how you format a cite web template, and I'll use this Paper Mario: Color Splash review which is an article I'm currently working on.

There are some other details, such as how to archive them and how to make citations for sources in other languages, but this got quite lengthy and I can tell you about those when you need them. Please let me know if you have any other questions. Panini! • 🥪 13:46, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

@Panini! Thanks! Splatana (talk) 16:28, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

So I was wondering if I could get some assistance on making a few school articles better. Primarily High Schools in Worcester County Public Schools. Let me know if you would be able to help me. SkyeWolf369 (talk) 14:20, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

Sounds interesting, but I've currently have three different projects on my list right now that I'm currently juggling. Well, it's more like throwing one ball up at a time and holding the other two close to my chest so I don't drop them. Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Schools seems to be active, so try leaving a message there and see if you get any bites. Panini! • 🥪 14:27, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

Can I help you with your projects? SkyeWolf369 (talk) 14:28, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

@Panini! Or well I could try my best to help you out if you want. SkyeWolf369 (talk) 14:34, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

If the topics spark your interest, sure! Wikipedia is open to everybody, after all. I'm cureently rewritng Mario & Luigi: Dream Team and a copyedit of Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, alongside an article draft I'm writing at User:Panini!/sandbox4. Panini! • 🥪 14:36, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

@Panini! If you need my assistance on this articles let me know :) PerryPerryD Talk To Me 14:42, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

@Panini! How would I be able to get some help from WP:WikiProject Schools I dont know how I would ask them. SkyeWolf369 (talk) 14:44, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

@SkyeWolf369, you can go to the WikiProject's talk page (Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Schools), and select New section in the top right corner. Then, it's a simple as asking if anyone is interested in helping with your project. Panini! • 🥪 14:46, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

@Panini! Is there anyway I could end up getting someone to assess an article for me? If so please let me know how. SkyTheWolf (Talk) 13:09, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

@SkyWolf369, technically, you can assess an article yourself in a pinch, but getting another user to is preferred. If you'd like, I can do the assessing; what article are you referring to? Panini! • 🥪 13:33, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

@Panini! Pocomoke City I assessed it myself but if you can reassess it that would be very helpful. SkyTheWolf (Talk) 13:35, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

@Panini! Could you also assist me in assessing the high schools that I contacted you about before? The ones in Worcester County Public Schools. SkyTheWolf (Talk) 13:38, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

The articles that Worcester County are at start levels, sans the stub level that Worcester Technical High School (Maryland) is currently at. They fall short of comprehensiveness and lack citation, and most citations that are present are duplicates, poorly format, or poor choice in general. Panini! • 🥪 13:45, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

@Panini! Do you have any tips on what to do then? SkyTheWolf (Talk) 13:47, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

@SkyWolf369, school articles aren't my forte, so while I can't give you specific advice, there's luckily this page, which documents how to write a good article about a school. If you have any questions from there, I can guide you from there! Panini! • 🥪 13:57, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

Any tips on the one for Pocomoke City? SkyTheWolf (Talk) 14:00, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

To begin, I believe your main issue is to find sources for the content that doesn't have one. I assume this content wasn't just made up, so it should be a simple look to find where the claims came from. You could also take the sources currently present, read through them, and include content that was previously left out. I see this happen often, so you're bound to find more nuggets of information within them to get started. Panini! • 🥪 14:05, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Year of Luigi you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of PerryPerryD -- PerryPerryD (talk) 20:01, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

How did you end up adopting your Adoptee's as I was wondering the story behind it. SkyTheWolf (Talk) 18:05, 28 March 2022 (UTC)

@SkyWolf369, I signed up to be an adopter just for the fun of it; I like helping folks out! I reached out to Bumpf because they had similar interests. Later on Perfect4th reached out to me, to which I also accepted. Bumpf has been up to minor content and grammar improvement, and Perfect4th has been de-orphaning and resolving other yellow tags. Good work from both of em', I must say! Panini! • 🥪 12:02, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Ah neato I am currently cleaning up the CAT:WSA removing expired requests. SkyTheWolf (Talk) 12:04, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Hi again, @Panini!: I have just tried to move a page, Danielle McKinney, because it was not originally capitalized correctly. I figured I'd better run it past someone else, since it's my first one and I don't know if I did all the after-move cleanup correctly (note that article is currently an orphan). I seemed to be prompted to check if it moved correctly on Meta, or something to that effect, but it was still listed under the old capitalization there and I'm not sure if I need to fix that. Perfect4th (talk) 14:36, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

It seemed to have worked the old page properly redirects and everything looks good. I think it should be good. SkyTheWolf (Talk) 14:43, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Hey, @Perfect4th, everything here looks good. You could also do a checklist look of WP:POSTMOVE to see if anything there applies, but due to its orphan stance there is probably little that needs to be changed on a large scale. Panini! • 🥪 14:53, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Okay, thanks! WP:POSTMOVE looks good as far as I can tell, though I'm not familiar with all the terms used. Perfect4th (talk) 18:09, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Wish I could have given you a Panini. They should add that if its there I couldn't find it. But this cookie is for you. SkyTheWolf (Talk) 17:22, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for the cookie, @SkyWolf369! Chocolate chip is my favorite. Guess that makes me basic. Panini! • 🥪 13:01, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

No it doesnt. Also do you mind helping me with cleaning up CAT:WSA? SkyTheWolf (Talk) 13:03, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

@SkyWolf369, I went through the As, Ts, Ss, and Rs; about a third of em' were inactive. I'd continue, but I'm currently working on some article rewrites (including the ones I listed above). Panini! • 🥪 13:16, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

Thanks! Someone really needs to use AWB for this or something. SkyTheWolf (Talk) 13:17, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

@SkyWolf369 Update, I found I had some extra time on my hands yesterday, so I went through and cleaned up the rest of the category. The remaining editors there are still active. Panini! • 🥪 12:46, 31 March 2022 (UTC)

Thanks! SkyTheWolf (Talk) 13:29, 31 March 2022 (UTC)

Hey Panini! I saw you gave a user advice on how to create a joke AFD nom (provided it's appropriate). I've tried reading through the steps, however I can't seem to figure out how to do it properly since the 2nd step which create the "nomination" relies on the user adding the AFD template to the page being deleted, which you shouldn't do for joke nominations. Would you mind helping me? ― Wolf Blaze^Awoo_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 14:25, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

@Blaze Wolf, follow step two as usual, but when you publish, immediately remove the "{{REMOVE THIS TEMPLATE WHEN CLOSING THIS AfD}}" template so the bot doesn't transclude it into the mainspace. Panini! • 🚢 14:41, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

That's the part that confuses me. I don't understand how to create the page as the ways to do so in step 2 require you to add the AFD template to the page. ― Wolf Blaze^Awoo_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 15:26, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

((Important Note: This is a part of April Fools 2022)

On 2 April 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that David Soliani, the creator of Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, became an Internet meme for crying on stage? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

Please don't change it. Thank you. Also, I like your editnotice. Minkai (boop that talk button!-contribs-ANI Hall of Fame) 19:12, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

The article Year of Luigi you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Year of Luigi for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of PerryPerryD -- PerryPerryD (talk) 18:41, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

Panini, Thank you for your great assistance on the wikipedia project. You have been an incredible editor, and a great trainer. I really appriciate your kindness, understanding, and willingness to help. I am greatful for your GA Reviews and advice. Thank you. I have decided to take a break on GA Reviewing until I am further experienced, as advised by ferret. once again, Thank you. PerryPerryD Talk To Me 14:24, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

@PerryPerryD, of course. Helping newcomers achieve greatness is important to me because I was once a newcomer too. I'm approaching my second year on this site and have written many articles, so it's easy for me to breeze through them. For newcomers, it's best to take things slow and really work through the process so you can get the core understanding on what needs to be done. Like ferret said, focus on the mainspace first, then after you've gotten the grasp on the ropes (usually users branch out after they've gotten bored of nonstop content writing) you can take steps into other background fields. You might find that when you fully understand how to make a good article you can expertly review one, too.

As per what to do in the meantime, my advice would be to pick an article and start cracking away at it. Take each part of the article and work on it one step at a time and learn the policies and effective skills as you go along. For me, I worked on Super Mario Bros. 35; I took about three months to get the article from this to this. Certainly not my best work in the slightest, but it gave me all the knowledge I know now to move on to other projects and I became a better writer with time. Over four months I brought Paper Mario: The Origami King to FA from this, and within five months wrote Paper Mario and brought that to FA too. They all took time, but things took less and less as time and experience went on.

But that's my spiel. Tomodachi Life could work as this first article though it may to too long and of high importance. It depends on what article "calls" you. Panini! • 🥪 14:52, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

Hiya, Panini! I don't know if we've formally met before, but I'm Gen. Quon, and I'm an editor who focuses mostly on TV and music articles. I'm currently working on a dissertation about the information behavior fan editors on Wikipedia, and as a result, I've been reaching out to people who I think might have some interesting insights. Given your interest in video game articles, I thought you might be a good person to reach out to. Would you be interested in chatting with me about your information experiences? The questions will be things like "where do you get info", "how do you determine if this or that info is what you need?, etc.? If you're curious about the project, I can also send you an email with more details. Just let me know!! Thanks!--Gen. Quon_[Talk]^{(I'm studying Wikipedia!)} 18:44, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

@Gen. Quon/auto, sure, I'm interested! Let me know what steps I need to take. Panini! • 🥪 23:33, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

Cool! Do you have the WP email feature enabled? If so, I can send over an email with more info.--15:24, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

Yes I do. I'll be waiting for it. Panini! • 🥪 17:39, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

Excellent; I just sent an email. Thanks!--Gen. Quon_[Talk]^{(I'm studying Wikipedia!)} 22:24, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

hello, I have wanted to make changes to the Kalagunon on the map to Kono to assist my business location-based. --Barok22 (talk) 02:19, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

Hello, @Barok22! By "assist my business location-based", do you mean to add information about your business to the Kalagunan article? If so, I strongly advise against doing so. If this is your business you are interested in writing about, it might fail WP:PROMO, meaning that Wikipedia is not to be used for advertising reasons. If this is your only intention as well, you must also declare a conflict of interest; more details can be found at WP:COI. If I've misinterpreted your question, please let me know. Panini! • 🥪 14:18, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

What are the main roles that author must know to contribute in page editing or formulating new articles? --StatsPlat (talk) 02:32, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia, @StatsPlat! I've placed a handful of links on your talk page that are the most crucial for you to begin your journey. There's a lot to unpack beyond that, and it could get overwhelming, so just remember that you are not expected to know everything at first and new knowledge will come in time. If you have any questions or are simply confused about something, don't hesitate to ask me about it! Panini! • 🥪 14:23, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

Hey Panini, long time no see. I see you have been keeping incredibly busy on Wikipedia, something I have been neglecting to do for the better half of a year. However, if you are not too busy atm, I come asking for advice. I have currently set up a peer review page for Chibi-Robo! Zip Lash as can be seen here. I created it in hopes of nominating the article for FA status. I was hoping you can give my advice for this process, as I know you are much more experienced at this than I am. All the best! (P.S. If you need any help for your projects, let me know). CaptainGalaxy 15:24, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

Welcome back, @Captain Galaxy! it looks like you've done everything right, so now all that's left is patience. Peer review is the slowest of the processes, and it may take about a month to get an adequate amount of eyes. To help moves things along, you could review some other ones open and request a QPQ. I would also request this article to be copyedited at WP:GOCE; I see some tensing issues among others and it could use a refreshing. Panini! • 🥪 16:16, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for the suggestion. Quick question: For the copy editor request, should I list it as a FA or PR? CaptainGalaxy 16:46, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

I would say FAC, because that's your long-term plan. Alternatively, you can say FAC but also mention it's currently in PR. Panini! • 🥪 16:52, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

👍 CaptainGalaxy 17:21, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

Seems you're getting a lot of PR questions today. The peer review I opened for Mario Gomez a while ago has gotten some pageviews but no comments yet. You suggested doing a quid pro quo when I originally asked you about peer review – if I do, what kind of things should I comment on/look for when reviewing other articles, and should/is it okay if I do more than one? Perfect4th (talk) 17:03, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

@Perfect4th, peer review is a pretty slow process so it may take a while before you get an adequate amount of reviews and comments (it may be worthwhile to work on other content in the meantime). You could reach out to respective WikiProjects, or you can personally request a review from some other editors who frequent themselves on soccer.

When you go to review other articles, some things you can do include:

• Looking for spelling, grammar, or WP:MOS mistakes
• Point out things that may be confusing to you or in general; it's important for an article to appeal to any audience and isn't too technical or complicated to understand
• Check some of the sources, and see if they adequately cite the claim they apply to or are independent and reliable

Most people do peer reviews for GA or FA preparations, so the stuff to be looking out for is similar to the GACs or FACs themselves. And, per "is it okay if I do more than one", yes. Absolutely. A lot of people just like you have been waiting for reviews for a long time! Panini! • 🥪 17:18, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

Thank you very much! I will look into doing that. Perfect4th (talk) 18:02, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

Just a note that I've just finished reviewing my first PR, in case you're interested in looking it over. Perfect4th (talk) 23:58, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Your review looks satisfactory. Good work! Panini! • 🥪 00:52, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

I wanted to give you a "Panini", but since none such exists. How about a "Pie" instead. Hey, at least there is alliteration then! ♥Th78blue (talk)♥ 20:48, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the pie! I'll assume it's chocolate. Panini! • 🥪 20:59, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

Congratulations, Panini!! The article you nominated, Paper Mario: Color Splash, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured article. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Gog the Mild (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:05, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Big congrats on getting this to FA! SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 00:08, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the congrats! This FAC was the smoothest one yet. Panini! • 🥪 02:13, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Excellent work. :) FrB.TG (talk) 02:42, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Congrats! You have helped raised two of my favourite games of all times to the best quality possible, thank you! CaptainGalaxy 15:42, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Joining in on the love train. Great work on this. Shooterwalker (talk) 18:05, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

On 15 April 2022, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Year of Luigi, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that during the Year of Luigi, Nintendo released a mockumentary depicting Luigi as a "legend of parkour"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Year of Luigi. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Year of Luigi), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 00:33, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

I noticed you were working on Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon and was wondering if you wanted some sources that I don't believe are mentioned in the article, despite having useful information? I will leave them underneath if you need them.

• NLife, Video Gamer, Wired, Polygon, Gradar, NLife (2), VG247, Eurogamer, Polygon (2), NLife (3), NLife (4), NWR, Kotaku AU

Found some more sources, including ones that talk about the arcade game and E. Gadd: (Also I realise the links I sent you last time weren't working originally, they are now fixed)

How start my article --Edwardbrin (talk) 21:15, 17 April 2022 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia, @Edwardbrin! For instructions of how to make an article, please read Help:Your first article. Be mindful that making a new article is a very difficult task, especially for a newcomer; please let me know if you have any questions about the process! Panini! • 🥪 05:07, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Dr. Luigi you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Eviolite -- Eviolite (talk) 04:20, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

Hi again, Panini! I have answered a couple of questions at the Teahouse recently (here and here). I wanted to check with you that it's okay to do so and if I've done it correctly. Thanks, Perfect4th (talk) 18:48, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

Those are good responses! I especially appreciate your tone; some people forget to be friendly sometimes. Panini! • 🥪 21:45, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

Thanks, Panini! I'm trying to be welcoming, so that's good. I probably ought to learn how to explain GNG better.

By the way, would you check my recent merger proposal to see if I did it right? Perfect4th (talk) 16:53, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

Seems like it; see if you can notify other users for more opinions, and don't forget to leave a "Support as nominator" vote as well. Panini! • 🥪 16:59, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

Okay! I have left a comment on the page creator's talkpage and the talkpage of WikiProject Football as well. Perfect4th (talk) 17:07, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

Hello Panini long time no see I have recently been inactive but am coming back I wanted to know if you have any projects you are working on I might be able to help with. SkyTheWolf (Talk) 12:26, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

Mornin', albeit a little late. I'm currently doing an overhaul of Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon and rewriting its development section here. However, it's getting pretty hefty and I might make Development of Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon its own article. Panini! • 🥪 12:26, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Heya Panini, I noticed that you have been rather inactive on the Wikipedia Discord, I just wanted to check in and make sure you are doing ok. It is never good to stress or overwork yourself. Stay cool, and dont be a stranger. PerryPerryD Talk To Me 14:40, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

Yes, everything is aright over here, when I get busy IRL I squeeze in a few sparse edits. Don't be concerned, I make these edits out of enjoyment nonetheless, just not as many as I would like to. As per Discord, that's merely because I'm not a phone addict like most folks nowadays. I usually don't touch it, and when do go on Discord I either catch up on #wpvg or read up on the current discussion at #enlish-wikipedia for the sake of cracking a joke. Panini! • 🥪 12:24, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

The article Dr. Luigi you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Dr. Luigi for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Eviolite -- Eviolite (talk) 17:21, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

The article Dr. Luigi you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Dr. Luigi for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Eviolite -- Eviolite (talk) 04:21, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

Quick facts

April songs

Close

congratulations! - dance and singing, peace doves and icecream --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:31, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the thanks! Just one step closer to another good topic under my belt. And thank you for your Ukrainian DYKs! It's good to see you spread awareness. Panini! • 🥪 12:29, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Panini!, I read through WP:MERGECLOSE and WP:PROMERGE to try to figure out what I should do. The merger proposal has run for six days, and two other people have voted to merge. Is that enough votes to close within a week? Should I be the one to close it, or should I let someone else? The instructions seem a bit confusing to me. (Also, congrats on your GA!) Perfect4th (talk) 18:05, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Good question. Technically, a proposal could close with one vote if properly justified; a proposal where both sides have due reasons should be discussed, but ones that are unanimous (and obvious, like yours) can be closed. Per MERGECLOSE, as long as its not a controversial discussion you can close it yourself. You can close the nomination as merge and follow the instructions. Panini! • 🥪 18:18, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

I've just finished the merge. I had to change the template for the player's team, because it's used on the articles of his teammates, but that doesn't seem to be reflected in the "What Links Here" link yet. Will that happen automatically, and does the rest of it look okay?

• Seiya Katakura
• Talk:Seiya Kitakura#Merger Proposal
• Special:WhatLinksHere/Seiya Katakura Perfect4th (talk) 22:12, 26 April 2022 (UTC)

Hi, I wanted to ask you something regarding an article I am working on. Recently I have been working on a large revision of the Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary article to get it to GA and maybe even FA. I have been using the Capcom Five as a good reference. I have also used the Year of Luigi article as a basis, which you had recently worked on and got to GA (Amazing work btw). Flattery aside, I wanted to make sure it was ok to use the article as a reference in improving the other article, as I've been feeling a bit weird about drawing influence from it. Sorry if this was a weird question to ask and have a good day! CaptainGalaxy 20:53, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Sure, it's a free country after all. Technically this GA kind of went through untread waters as no other articles are similar to this one (as in, aren't GA), so in a way this is all ya got. Panini! • 🥪 02:33, 26 April 2022 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article New Super Luigi U you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Steelkamp -- Steelkamp (talk) 06:01, 26 April 2022 (UTC)

𝕸𝖗 𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕿𝖚𝖗𝖙𝖑𝖊 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 (talk) has given you a Panini! Paninis promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day a little better. Bon appetit!

I've noticed you make Wikipedia much more fun so I've created this Panini for you! Wait a minute. Does this make you a cannibal? :) 𝕸𝖗 𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕿𝖚𝖗𝖙𝖑𝖊 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 (talk) 00:37, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

Yes. Panini! • 🥪 02:26, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

The article New Super Luigi U you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:New Super Luigi U for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Steelkamp -- Steelkamp (talk) 15:01, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

The article New Super Luigi U you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:New Super Luigi U for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Steelkamp -- Steelkamp (talk) 03:01, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

Well, I planned on returning to fix the rest, but I guess I will silently walk away. Panini! • 🥪 03:43, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

I hope you enjoyed your partial wikibreak :) PerryPerryD Talk To Me 14:25, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

It wasn't too much of a WikiBreak, as I was busy the whole time, but I'm nonetheless glad to be back. Panini! • 🥪 14:31, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

The second round of the 2022 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 115 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top seven contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 11 featured articles and the 79 good articles achieved in total by contestants.

Our top scorers in round 2 were:

1. Epicgenius, with 1264 points from 2 featured article, 4 good articles and 18 DYKs. Epicgenius was a finalist last year but has now withdrawn from the contest as he pursues a new career path.
2. AryKun, with 1172 points from two featured articles, one good article and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews.
3. Bloom6132, with 605 points from 44 in the news items and 4 DYKs.
4. Sammi Brie, with 573 points from 8 GAs and 21 DYKs.
5. Ealdgyth, with 567 points from 11 GAs and 34 good and featured article reviews.
6. Panini!, with 549 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and several other sources.
7. Lee Vilenski, with 545 points from 1 FA, 4 GAs and a number of reviews.

The rules for featured and good article reviews require the review to be of sufficient length; brief quick fails and very short reviews will generally not be awarded points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:39, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi again, Panini!, and congratulations on your impressive WikiCup work! That's a lot of GA/FA work. Anyway, I've answered several questions at the Teahouse and welcomed/talked with newcomers about various policies and edits and I was wondering what you would think if I became a mentor in the future? I don't know if I need more experience still, but I do enjoy helping newcomers get on their feet a bit better and I'm learning where to find the answers I don't know.
Entirely unrelated side note: I stole one of your talk page banners, World Cup-ified it, and learned how to make a template and it worked! Now if only I could figure out how to get the center = y parameter to work... Perfect4th (talk) 23:49, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

I certainly see you becoming a future mentor. It's a matter of personal commitment, really; once you truly feel that you grown to be able to help others (or in some cases, know how to find the answers and then help others) you have officially surpassed the newcomer level. I personally, think you have passed such standard, but it's up to you in the end. If you're ready to graduate, let me know, and I can also equip you with some other mentorship info and features. Panini! • 🥪 13:38, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

If you think I'm ready then I'd be willing. I might still drop by if I have a question sometimes though, if that's okay? Thank you so much for all your help! Perfect4th (talk) 14:02, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

I performed a bunch of edits to Tomodachi Life and have re-listed it for GAN. Would you be interested in performing the GAR? Thank You :) PerryPerryD Talk To Me 14:12, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

@PerryPerryD Much like how some don't review an FAC after they performed a peer review, I feel I should leave the second go-through to someone else. It should hopefully get some fresh eyes and help catch something that I missed. Panini! • 🥪 11:48, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

Thanks Panini for mentoring - a good system I wish to add a reference (London Gazette) as evidence of an entry of a person holding an official post in UK; plus a link to the related website. I will work on that shortly and see that this will come to you to review and approve. --Horneycommon (talk) 10:04, 10 May 2022 (UTC)

Hey, Panini. I’m going to be returning to do a little bit of editing so thought I’d say hi. Zindor (talk) 10:31, 10 May 2022 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Mario & Luigi: Dream Team you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of ShiriEdits -- ShiriEdits (talk) 03:01, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

You deserve a thank you! I thought that you deserved something a bit extra for all of the amazing work you've done for the project. I've nominated you for a gift from the Wikimedia Foundation!

-- PerryPerryD Talk To Me 16:22, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

wrong template :p PerryPerryD Talk To Me 16:22, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

I appreciate the nomination! I can't thank you enough. Panini! • 🥪 14:28, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

Hi Panini,

Hi, I see the directions to posting an article. How do I get my account authorized to post new articles?

Kind Regards, James --James Gonzales III (talk) 19:03, 14 May 2022 (UTC)

Hello, @James Gonzales III! In order to directly create and publish an article, your account needs to be autoconfirmed, meaning that you need to make at least 10 edits and have to have an account older than 4 days. In the meantime (I would certainly get impatient myself), you can submit a draft via the Article Wizard, and details are located at Help:Your first article. Please be sure to carefully follow the steps to ensure you don't accidentally waste time. Hope to see you around! Panini! • 🥪 21:36, 14 May 2022 (UTC)

You've done a lot of work for wikipedia this year, enjoy your wikibreak :) PerryPerryD Talk To Me 13:26, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

Hey Panini!,

You have been successfully nominated to receive a free t-shirt from the Wikimedia Foundation through our Merchandise Giveaway program. Congratulations and thank you for your hard work! Please email us at merchandisewikimedia.org and we will send you full details on how to accept your free shirt. Thanks!

On behalf of the Merchandise Giveaway program,

-- janbery (talk) 20:36, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

This is to let you know that the J. Robert Oppenheimer article has been scheduled as today's featured article for July 17, 2022. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/July 17, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1000 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so.

For Featured Articles promoted recently, there will be an existing blurb linked from the FAC talk page, which is likely to be transferred to the TFA page by a coordinator at some point.

We suggest that you watchlist Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors from the day before this appears on Main Page. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 12:28, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

Hi Panini! I was looking through the requests page at the GOCE and noticed that you had asked for a copyedit of Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle in March of this year in preparation for a DYK. Now that it's happened, are you still looking for a copyedit? —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 18:59, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

Hello, Panini!. This is a courtesy notice that the copy edit you requested for Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle at the Guild of Copy Editors requests page is now complete. All feedback welcome! —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 18:53, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

The article Mario & Luigi: Dream Team you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Mario & Luigi: Dream Team for comments about the article, and Talk:Mario_&_Luigi:_Dream_Team/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Spodle^Talk 09:41, 16 June 2022 (UTC)

Wahoo! Panini! • 🥪 23:40, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

The third round of the 2022 WikiCup has now come to an end. Each of the sixteen contestants who made it into the fourth round had at least 180 points, which is a lower figure than last year when 294 points were needed to progress to round 4. Our top scorers in round 3 were:

• BennyOnTheLoose, with 746 points, a tally built both on snooker and other sports topics, and on more general subjects.
• Bloom6132, with 683 points, garnered mostly from "In the news" items and related DYKs.
• Sammi Brie, with 527, from a variety of submissions related to radio and television stations.

Between them contestants achieved 5 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 51 good articles, 149 DYK entries, 68 ITN entries, and 109 good article reviews. As we enter the fourth round, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 3 but before the start of round 4 can be claimed in round 4. Please also remember that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met. Please also remember that all submissions must meet core Wikipedia policies, regardless of the review process.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is a good article nomination, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. WikiCup judges: Sturmvogel 66 (talk) and Cwmhiraeth (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:51, 3 July 2022 (UTC)

Hi, I appreciated your review on the Hannah Montana FAC back in January. If possible, I would greatly appreciate a comment on my Wizards of Waverly Place FAC if you have the time. I understand if you are unable to. Thanks in advance. SatDis (talk) 13:58, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

Quick message to let you know I'll get to this if and when I can. Panini! • 🥪 23:39, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

Welcome to the twenty-first newsletter from the Growth team!

New project: Positive reinforcement

• The Growth team started a new project: Positive reinforcement. We want newcomers to understand there is an interest in regularly editing Wikipedia, and we want to improve new editor retention.
• We asked users from Arabic, Bangla, Czech and French Wikipedia about their feedback. Some people participated at mediawiki.org as well.
• We summarized the initial feedback gathered from these community discussions, along with how we plan to iterate based on that feedback.
• The first Positive Reinforcement idea is a redesign of the impact module: incorporating stats, graphs, and other contribution information. This idea received the widest support, and we plan to start our work based on the design illustrated on the side.
• Please let us know what you think of this project, in any language.

For mentors

• We have worked on two new features, to inform them about the mentorship:
  • In the Mentor module, we now provide more information about the public nature of the mentors/newcomer relationship and the fact that talk pages are public.
  • We now allow newcomers to opt-in and opt-out of mentorship.

Scaling

• "Add a link" available at more wikis ― Add a link feature has been deployed to more wikis: Catalan Wikipedia, Hebrew Wikipedia, Hindi Wikipedia, Korean Wikipedia, Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia, Portuguese Wikipedia, Simple English Wikipedia, Swedish Wikipedia, Ukrainian Wikipedia, Abkhazian Wikipedia, Achinese Wikipedia, Adyghe Wikipedia, Afrikaans Wikipedia, Akan Wikipedia, Alemannisch Wikipedia, Amharic Wikipedia, Aragonese Wikipedia, Old English Wikipedia, Syriac Wikipedia, Egyptian Arabic Wikipedia, Asturian Wikipedia, Atikamekw Wikipedia, Avaric Wikipedia, Aymara Wikipedia, Azerbaijani Wikipedia, South Azerbaijani Wikipedia. This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure locally how this feature works.
• "Add an image" available at more wikis ― Add an image feature will be deployed to more wikis: Greek Wikipedia, Indonesian Wikipedia, Polish Wikipedia, Chinese Wikipedia. These communities will be able to configure locally how this feature works.

Suggested edits

• Selecting topics ― We have created an "AND" filter to the list of topics at Special:Homepage. This way, newcomers can decide to select very specific topics ("Transportation" AND "Asia") or to have a broader selection ("Transportation" OR "Asia"). At the moment this feature is tested at pilot wikis.
• Changes for Add a link ― We have built several improvements that came from community discussion and from data analysis. They will be available soon at the wikis.
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• Patrolling suggested edits ― Some users at Arabic Wikipedia, Spanish Wikipedia, and Russian Wikipedia told us that "Add a link" and "Add an image" edits can be challenging to patrol. We are now brainstorming improvements to help address this challenge. We have already some ideas and we started some work to address this challenge. If you have any thoughts to add about the challenges of reviewing these tasks or how we should improve these tasks further, please let us know, in any language.

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13:03, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

hello, Panini!! i hope your travels are going well. i just wanted to let you know that, since you are currently busy, i have taken the liberty of lengthening this blurb for this article so that it conforms with the minimum character limit for tfa blurbs. (a blurb's length should be between 925 and 1025 characters, with 975 being the target, so i have bumped this blurb's length up to 971.) the sentence i added covers the game's puzzles, comedy, and card-based combat, since those aspects of the game were repeatedly discussed in the article body, but do not appear to have been addressed in the previous version of the blurb. if you disagree with my edit, please feel free to revert my additions and add what you think is appropriate instead. thanks, Panini!. dying (talk) 05:30, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

Sounds good, @Dying! I hope you receive medical attention. Panini! • 🥪 23:39, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

Thak you today for the article "about a video game published by Nintendo back in 2016. It's a part of the Paper Mario series, which you may have seen my work on in the past. This is the part where I try to lure reviewers in by talking about its importance and interesting aspects, but not only are there little positives to say about it, I have never played this game. If you were to ask, "If you have never played this game, why did you work on its article" I would probably respond with, "I don't know"."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:24, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

Hello what is Teahouse? --Urang Depok (talk) 15:43, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

Hello, @Urang Depok! The Teahouse is one of our forum pages found in the community portal, where new users can ask a question and have it answered by one of our lovely experienced users. If you are looking for a quick answer, you can get one in minutes there. If you have multiple or large questions, you can also ask me here. Panini! • 🥪 17:57, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

I want to edit the English Wikipedia but don't know where to start. Can you suggest to me Panini? Urang Depok (talk) 01:32, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) hi @Urang Depok! you could start at taking a look at your homepage (which should be accessible from your userpage at User:Urang Depok, yes those are two different things), or just check out the easy tasks in the Task center. happy editing! 💜  melecie  talk - 02:27, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

Urang Depok, alternatively, you can also browse by subject: Our Wikiprojects (this link here is a list of them) are groups of people focused on editing specific subjects, each with their own set of goals. I'm a part of Wikiproject video games, and those people are a lovely bunch. I hope you find one of interest to you! Panini! • 🥪 14:31, 16 August 2022 (UTC)

Can I create Wikipedia:WikiProject Indonesia Basketball? Urang Depok (talk) 14:40, 16 August 2022 (UTC)

@Urang Depok The thing about Wikiprojects is that they need to have a reasonable scope of interest. In this case, I feel Indonesian Basketball may be too specific for its own Wikiproject. Luckily, both Wikiproject Indonesia and Wikiproject basketball both exist and there's no problem with being a part of both! Panini! • 🥪 16:36, 16 August 2022 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) you may've meant to link to WikiProject Indonesia, not International Development 💜  melecie  talk - 12:41, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

How to add my biography history ? --Peace boy realler (talk) 01:23, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) hi @Peace boy realler! short answer: you don't. long answer: making autobiographies are heavily discouraged as these tend to be not neutral (which is required), often have information that is not verifiable (also required), and other various problems and difficulties on top of the difficulty in making an article in the first place. if there already is an article about yourself that already exists, you can add edit requests to the talk page so others can see if what you want to add can be added in. happy editing! 💜  melecie  talk - 02:26, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

Hi, Mentor -- I've occasionally tinkered with the article on radio host Jean Shepherd, adding brief information on where the film "A Christmas Story" was filmed (at the Christmas Story House in Cleveland, of course!). A few years ago, Doniago took exception to my attempted changes, reverted them. And just now, Cmr08 did the same to my latest changes. His objection was to an external link I included -- which I thought was needed as citation. And he also said "it reads like an advertisement" though I'm not sure that referred to (the link was to info about what I'd mentioned, which I thought was required!). I'd like to better understand Doniago's and Cmr08's points but Doniago hasn't answered questions I've asked. I looked at WP:EL and see there are rules for external links. I'd appreciate your looking at the page's history and his comments and suggest an approach. If it's this tough getting a change this small past "supervision", it's hard to imagine successfully creating an article from scratch. It would be helpful if editors like Doniago and Cmr08 provided English suggestions, along with linking long Wikipedia rules pages. Thanks. --Usualtalk (talk) 05:32, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

I've looked through the situation now, @Usualtalk (and apologies for the wait! It's a long explanation but I should now get your questions within the day you ask them). For one, the source you have added has been incorrectly added to the article; you added an external link, which involves putting brackets around the link and then adding a title on top of it. External links have a different purpose, which is being used to link to external sites, usually for further info. See Paper Mario: The Origami King and scroll down to the section called "external links", where you can see an example of this. Instead of this, you would want to use our "cite web" template, and to learn how to incorporate one, see here. Make sure to take it step-by-step!

As for your addition, his statement "it reads like an advertisement" is pretty vague, so I will assume he is referring to both your wording choice and the source you chose, just to be safe. As for your choice of words, listing that the museum "offers" "tours with gift shop offering memorabilia and collectibles" sounds like it is trying to sell you on going there. There isn't an exact science to it, but in this case I would say it comes from your use of "offering" and a description of what is there. I would rephrase this to say "It was filmed at a house in Cleveland (side note: which Cleveland?), which was later repurposed into a tourist attraction. As for your source choice, the goal is to find reliable, third-party sources that descriptively talk about the subject without bias (see more here). This source, for example, is from This is Cleveland, which is affiliated with the house (as a tourist attraction) and the website's goal is to try and sell you on going there. Looking a tiny bit further this website is funded by other attractions (see the About section on their site), which therefore means its not the best source choice to fit the aforementioned criteria. After a quick look I think this source could do the trick.

I hope this helps! If you have any questions about the concepts or policies I threw around you can always leave me more messages. Panini! • 🥪 16:32, 16 August 2022 (UTC)

Thanks! That's exactly what I needed -- I'd really like to stay within boundaries/guidelines and it's been tough doing that when just receiving "That's bad" feedback without the sort of suggestions you provided. When I manage to make this one-sentence change stick, I'll proceed to creating a short article, after absorbing your points. I've been a technology writer for quite a while; Wikitalk is learning a new language style. Usualtalk (talk) 18:56, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

Something to balance your diet out from all those paninis. Just wanted to say that I've only just seen your current userpage, and I love File:Panini! Emblem.png. The whole userspace design is great: nice to see you're able to reflect on your edits but I hope you're not beating yourself up too hard over any of those things. — Bilorv (talk) 22:43, 22 August 2022 (UTC)

Much appreciated, Bilorv! I personally don't like strawberries but they're very nice strawberries, so I'll give them to... let's see... how bout' Nick Moyes? Enjoy, Nick. Panini! • 🥪 17:16, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

Thank. I love strawberries with cream and ice cream! Nick Moyes (talk) 21:10, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

I need to update the company logo for the gener8tor page. I am not sure how to do so, I have looked everywhere! --G8brendan (talk) 17:20, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

Hello! I have three separate policies for you to read. It may seem like a lot, so take it one step at a time to ensure you have everything covered:

• Wikipedia:Uploading images, to learn the general information on how to upload a photo to the website.
• Wikipedia:Logos, to learn about what logos apply for the public domain.
• Wikipedia:Conflict of interest, because depending on your username it seems like you are related to this subject. Read this policy to ensure you don't get in any trouble with our admins.

Please do reply here if you have any questions or concerns! Panini! • 🥪 17:38, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

Happy birthday! Hi Panini!! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy birthday! Enjoy this special day! CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 14:42, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

Thank you, CAPTAIN RAJU! I appreciate your thanks, and although I did sign myself up for this I do feel special. Panini! • 🥪 18:39, 3 September 2022 (UTC)g

Welcome thanks Dj Five Star2 (talk) 16:22, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

The fourth round of the WikiCup has now finished. 383 points were required to reach the final, and the new round has got off to a flying start with all finalists already scoring. In round 4, Bloom6132 with 939 points was the highest points-scorer, with a combination of DYKs and In the news items, followed by BennyOnTheLoose, Sammi Brie and Lee Vilenski. The points of all contestants are swept away as we start afresh for the final round.

At this stage, we say goodbye to the eight competitors who didn't quite make it; thank you for the useful contributions you have made to the Cup and Wikipedia, and we hope you will join us again next year. For the remaining competitors, remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them, and importantly, before the deadline on October 31st!

If you are concerned that your nomination, whether it be for a good article, a featured process, or anything else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to help keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. The judges are Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:44, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

. Video gaming has a component in interactive fiction and narrative gaming, which is all part of digital literature--a very under reported subject. I am starting a new project to edit women electronic writer information in wikipedia and wikidata. I just retired July 30 of this year, so I have not had much time. So far, we have a category electronic literature and a subtask (WP:WELW) and about 15 people who are interested in being editors with this subtask. "Yeah, I know. I bit off a LOT! I have been working with RosieStep, and some others as well! But as a complete newbie myself (200 edits in the last month), I really need someone in my corner to ask the stupid questions, etc. as I jumped off the diving board and I don't really know how to swim. At the very least, I would love to get your insights and experiences as we step up to the plate. What issues have you run into when corralling newbies to identify and update wikidata and wikipedia? I thought we would start with images as that is fun--any advice for our first meeting Sept 15, 2022?

Thank you! Deena Larsen, aka LoveElectronicLiterature. Full disclosure: I am a hypertext/elit writer from the 1990s and I love this field and I have wanted to do this for YEARS.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_writers/Women_electronic_literature_writers LoveElectronicLiterature (talk) 19:09, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

Hello, @LoveElectronicLiterature! I've taken some time to look into the stuff you are working on and it is quite intriguing to say the least. While I love to help out newcomers and especially take up some people to adopt, now may not be the best time for me to adopt you, especially considering your plans. I've taken up some other IRL hobbies over the summer and recently they have become quite time-demanding, so I expect my activity levels to be very low for the next couple of months. You can always stop by and ask me any small questions you might have, but I looked around for available adopters and I found that the user Vacant0 is a good match. They're currently active, and are both interested in tech and have written a fair share of good articles about living people (WP:BLPs). They should have the experience to answer the questions you might have!

I hate to send you off but at the very least I can answer the questions you have asked me. For the first question, the most similar experience I've had to the one you are having is gathering responses for a survey I conducted for Wikiproject Video games a little while back. I would say the only issues I had was getting traction; as in, some people weren't quick to respond to my question so I had to sell some people on the idea and why their responses would be beneficial. You have to have some reasoning behind starting a new Wikiproject subtask or else it might be slowly abandoned by the people you requested to join in on it. Why is it so important? Why should they dedicate their editing time to it? I doubt it shouldn't be too hard, considering that Women in Red, for example, is one of our most active Wikiprojects.

As for the second question, it looks like fun! I would say to just come up with a game plan. Do you aim to clear a backlog, such as find images for every person that doesn't have one for their infobox? Or do a more relaxed, "populate the articles with pictures" kind of venture? Either one shouldn't be too hard as long as you adhere to the image policies (they can get really picky, so really emphasize those rules). Panini! • 🥪 16:11, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

Thanks so much, and have fun with IRL hobbies! I think the images are going to be more--pick iconic images that showcase what electronic literature/IF/games can do. I aim to just do what we can and then if we get enough traction, get a real goal of adding the 400 women writers we have identified into wikidata and get their info. Then see who would be notable per wikipedia criteria and get folks to draft articles... later. Was the survey you did to get information or participation as editors?

thanks! LoveElectronicLiterature (talk) 20:59, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

How do I input my biography --Dj Five Star2 (talk) 15:51, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia! Unfortunately I would have to advise against making an article about yourself. For more information as to why, see Wikipedia:Autobiography. Let me know if you have any questions about this policy. Panini! • 🥪 16:14, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

Common mistakes men make in a relationship --Dj Five Star2 (talk) 16:20, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

I couldn't tell ya-I've never been in one! Haha...I'm so lonely.

I suggest asking our reference desk, but you may find a faster response just by looking up the question yourself. Panini! • 🥪 16:24, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

Smartest people where --Tiger of arabia (talk) 04:02, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

Hello, @Tiger of arabia! Interpreting your question, if you are looking for users who are knowledgeable on Star Wars, there may be some active ones over at Wikiproject Star Wars, a collaboration effort to improve Star Wars related content on Wikipedia. If you have any questions, they may have some answers. Panini! • 🥪 22:25, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

Welcome to the twenty-second newsletter from the Growth team!

Newcomers tasks reach the 500,000 edits milestone — more data publicly available

As of the last week of June 2022, the newcomers of the world have completed over 500,000 newcomer tasks. In other words, newcomers have made over half a million Wikipedia edits via Growth’s “Suggested Edits” module.

• About 30% of those edits were completed on mobile devices.
• Usage continues to increase; in June 2022 almost 50,000 newcomer tasks were completed.

We have added some new data to Grafana. You can now check the number of edits and reverts by task types, or the number of questions asked to mentors. You can filter the data by wiki.

If you have any questions, or there is more data you want access to, please let us know.

Ongoing projects and explorations

We are continuing our work on our new project, Positive Reinforcement. User testing of initial Positive Reinforcement designs was just completed. Interviews were conducted in Arabic, English, and Spanish. The outcome has been published on the Positive Reinforcement page. We are now utilizing user testing feedback along with prior community feedback to iterate and improve designs.

We are exploring the idea of a Copy Edit structured task. We have tested copy edits in Wikipedia articles for arwiki, bnwiki, cswiki, eswiki (Growth pilot-wikis) and enwiki with two different methods: LanguageTool and Hunspell. We will share more details here and on the associated Copy Edit page once the evaluation is complete.

Add an image was utilized at GLAM events in Argentina, Mexico, and Chile. For an overview of what was learned from these events, read: #1Pic1Article I: how Latin American heritage experts added images to Wikipedia (in English).

Experiments analysis

Add a Link Experiment Analysis has been published. The most important points are:

• Newcomers who get the Add a Link structured task are more likely to be activated (i.e. make a constructive first article edit).
• They are also more likely to be retained (i.e. come back and make another constructive article edit on a different day).
• The feature also increases edit volume (i.e. the number of constructive edits made across the first couple weeks), while at the same time improving edit quality (i.e. the likelihood that the newcomer's edits aren't reverted).

Newcomer task edit type analysis has been published.

• Communities had expressed concern that newcomers whose initial edits were structured tasks wouldn’t go on to learn how to complete more difficult tasks. The Growth team data scientist conducted a Newcomer task edit type analysis to see if this was indeed the case.
• Results from analysis indicate that this likely isn’t a significant concern. More than 70% of users who start with the easy task "Add a link" also make another task type. Read the full analysis and methodology here.

News for mentors

A new system for the mentors list

The configuration of the mentors list will change over the next weeks. In the future, mentors will sign up, edit their mentor description and quit using Special:MentorDashboard. This new system will make the development of new features for mentors much easier.

At the moment, the mentor list is a simple page anyone can edit, unless it’s protected. With the new page, mentors will be able to edit only their own description, while administrators will be able to edit the entire mentors' list if needed.

The deployment will happen first at the pilot wikis, then at all wikis. Existing lists of mentors will be automatically converted, no action will be needed from the mentors.

Mentors will be informed about the next steps soon, by a message posted on the talk page of existing Mentor lists.

Learn more about this new structured page on mediawiki.org.

A tip for mentors

Did you know that mentors can filter their mentees' changes at Special:MentorDashboard (and star the ones that require attention)? This feature helps to keep an eye on newcomers' edits, helping mentors to fix minor details, and encourage them if necessary.

And did you know that mentors have special filters to highlight their mentees' edits at Special:RecentChanges? Look for the following filters in RecentChanges: Your starred mentees, Your unstarred mentees.

Other improvements

Some improvements will be made to the mentor dashboard in the coming weeks:

• While we now offer some options for mentors to take a break, the option to quit mentoring was not easy to find. This will be improved.
• Mentors at wikis using FlaggedRevisions will have a way to discover their mentees' pending edits.
• Dashboard discovery for new mentors will be improved.

Recent changes and fixed bugs

• We moved to a new Image Suggestions API. This new API will allow us to deploy Add an Image to more wikis.
• Starting September 19, a few more wikis now offer Add an image to newcomers. These wikis are Greek Wikipedia, Polish Wikipedia, Chinese Wikipedia, Indonesian Wikipedia, Romanian Wikipedia.
• Add an image has been disabled for a few days due to technical issue. "Add an image" added a blank line instead of an image. This has been fixed.
• In order to know if Special:EditGrowthConfig is used by communities, we now instrument page loads and saves of configuration.

Have a question? A suggestion?

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17:18, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

Hello? Can you delete my userpage? Please. ^꧋ꦩꦣꦪ Fazoffic ( ʖ╎ᓵᔑ∷ᔑ) 11:55, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

I apologize for the late response, @Fazoffic!

While we can't delete an account entirely, because edits must be credited under something, the best way to have all of your tracks covered is to undergo a Courtesy vanishing. Click on this link and the follow the steps to do so.

But I would like to make sure if vanishing off the face of Wikipedia is the choice you want to pursue. Courtesy vanishing is for users who want to have their footprint completely removed from Wikipedia and who plan on never returning. Are you sure this fits your intentions? If you want your history to stay you could retire instead (click here), or if you believe you have gotten off on the wrong foot and simply want to start fresh, you can go at it with a clean start method (click here). If courtesy vanishing is truly the way you want to go, I will respect your wishes and you can continue forth with the aforementioned link. Panini! • 🥪 02:46, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

@Panini!: I don't want you to delete my account, I just want you to delete my user Page.

i just thinking i have a more better meta:User:Fazoffic . ~Thank you ^꧋ꦩꦣꦪ Fazoffic ( ʖ╎ᓵᔑ∷ᔑ) 06:15, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

@Fazoffic, Ooooh, okay! You can follow these instructions to do so. Panini! • 🥪 06:40, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

 Done, ~Thank you ^꧋ꦩꦣꦪ Fazoffic ( ʖ╎ᓵᔑ∷ᔑ) 06:48, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

Heya! How do I import files while editing an info box, specifically a geographical region? --StrawWord298944 (talk) 23:01, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Hello, @StrawWord298944! In your case, you would need to scroll down a bit until you find the "| ex image =" parameter, and replace the image with the one of your choice. Remember to remove "File:" from the image name or else it wont work.

Remember not to fix what isn't broken, too. Be sure that the image you intend to replace it with is better than the one currently there. Panini! • 🥪 04:20, 2 October 2022 (UTC)

Hi there mentor Panini ! If you may allow me to ask you the relevance of wikipedia to anyone else like me. 🤔 --Jesieton (talk) 11:47, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia, @Jesieton! I'm having some trouble understanding your question. Could you clarify or be more specific? Panini! • 🥪 13:49, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

Hello, I'm Sundaram, I wanted to know that can I create a Wikipedia page on any specific topic? --Sundaram0014 (talk) 16:26, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

@Sundaram0014, a Wikipedia article can be about anything at all! Just as long as it fits our general notability guidelines. I recommend reading Help:Your first article before continuing with your plan. Panini! • 🥪 16:56, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

Hello, mentor! I'd like to contribute to the wiki by translating pages into my mother tongue, but they require that I be an "Extended User" in order to publish that translation, so I'd like to ask you about that and how I can become one. The World is my goal (talk) 13:39, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

Good morning, @The World is my goal! You may need some patience for this one; extended-confirmed permissions (WP:XC for more info) is an automated process, and to achieve the status you need to make 500 edits and have an existing account for 30 days. There are some other small benefits that come with it that are to be given to trustworthy users, hence the big criteria.

In the meantime, I recommend seeing if you can fix some translation issues on already existing articles, or see if an article about your native language on the English Wikipedia interests you that you can also help improve. Be careful as well not to make random, speedy edits just to hit the criteria as well- this is usually frowned on by Wikipedians and it could get you in trouble. Hope this helps! Panini! • 🥪 13:49, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

Hey, mentor! Someone is trying to undo my edits every time I try to edit something following your advice. What should I do? --The World is my goal (talk) 13:13, 16 October 2022 (UTC)

Hmm, it might be because some of your edits were improperly formatted. These mainly involved hyperlinking incorrectly (which is okay, you aren't expected to know how to do everything right the first time). I recommend reading WP:Hyperlink to learn the basics on hyperlink etiquette. And don't forget to leave edit summaries on your changes! Panini! • 🥪 17:23, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

Hi Panni, I’d like to have a Wikipedia page for myself - how do I pay someone to do this please?

Thanks Karl --Karl.simons (talk) 09:50, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

Hello @Karl.simons! I'm busy at the moment but I can leave you with a policy in the meantime. I recommend you don't create an article about yourself; WP:Autobiography details why not. If you have any questions do ask them here and I should be able to answer them in the future. Panini! • 🥪 13:44, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

Hi, I found an edit on the page I was just looking at which had it's lead section removed from the article.

I am not sure how to respond to the editor. The first revision not containing the previous lead.

If you either point me to useful resources or deal with the issue yourself, that would be helpful. And thanks in advance. --JacksonChen666 (talk) 16:04, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

Hello @JacksonChen666! Looks like one of my talk page stalkers got to it first (thanks PerryPerryD!)

For a simple set of instructions on how to revert vandalism, you can follow the steps listed at Help:Simple guide to vandalism cleanup. This guide should cover most forms of vandalism for now. If you find a form of vandalism that isn't as easy and has more complicated steps, let me know! Panini! • 🥪 14:30, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

No problem PerryPerryD Talk To Me 14:34, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

How do I make a Wikipedia page about a music artist? --Wikiorgposts! (talk) 19:21, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

Hello @Wikiorgposts! First, it's important that you read and acknowledge everything on Help:Your first article. There's some general newcomer advice there as well that I hope you take to heart before you take on this tough task. There are a couple of other things to keep in mind when creating an article but the most important one is our notability criteria for musicians. This ensures that the musician is important enough to have a Wikipedia article in the first place. Let me know if you have any questions about either of these articles by asking them here! Panini! • 🥪 23:15, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

	The Editor's Barnstar
	I like your name and you've edited a lot of articles I like! You deserve this😇 RoseWaterSkies (talk) 14:12, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar! My username is my only redeeming quality. Panini! • 🥪 14:16, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

False, Pæper mario PerryPerryD Talk To Me 14:30, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

The 2022 WikiCup has drawn to a close with the final round going down to the wire. The 2022 champion is

• Lee Vilenski (1752 points), who won in 2020 and was runner up in both 2019 and last year. In the final round he achieved 3 FAs and 15 GAs, mostly on cue sports. He was closely followed by
• Bloom6132 (1732), who specialised in "In the news" items and DYKs, and who has reached the final round of the Cup for the past three years. Next was
• BennyOnTheLoose (1238), another cue sports enthusiast, also interested in songs, followed by
• Muboshgu (1082), an "In the news" contributor, a seasoned contestant who first took part in the Cup ten years ago. Other finalists were
• Sammi Brie (930), who scored with a featured article, good articles and DYKs on TV and radio stations,
• Kavyansh.Singh (370), who created various articles on famous Americans, including an FA on Louis H. Bean, famed for his prediction of election outcomes. Next was
• PCN02WPS (292), who scored with good articles and DYKs on sporting and other topics and
• Z1720 (25) who had DYKs on various topics including historic Canadians.

During the WikiCup, contestants achieved 37 featured articles, 349 good articles, 360 featured article reviews, 683 good article reviews and 480 In the news items, so Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors. Well done everyone! All those who reached the final round will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation and review. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or the overall leader in this field.

• Lee Vilenski wins the featured article prize, for a total of 6 FAs during the course of the competition and 3 in the final round.
• Kavyansh.Singh wins the featured list prize, for 3 FLs in round 2.
• Adam Cuerden wins the featured picture prize, for 39 FPs during the competition.
• Z1720 wins the featured article reviewer prize, for 35 FARs in round 4.
• Epicgenius wins the good article prize, for 32 GAs in round 1.
• SounderBruce wins the featured topic prize, for 4 FT articles in round 1.
• Lee Vilenski wins the good topic prize, for 34 GT articles in round 5.
• Sammi Brie wins the good article reviewer prize, for 71 GARs overall.
• Sammi Brie wins the Did you know prize, for 30 DYKs in round 3 and 106 overall.
• Bloom6132 wins the In the news prize, for 106 ITNs in round 5 and 289 overall.

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January and possible changes to the rules and scoring are being discussed on the discussion page. You are invited to sign up to take part in the contest; the WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to have a good turnout for the 2023 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners and finalists, and thank all participants for their involvement! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. Sturmvogel 66 and Cwmhiraeth. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 19:28, 6 November 2022 (UTC)

Hello what articles are most often vandalized --Thetimetravler12 (talk) 17:23, 12 November 2022 (UTC)

Interesting question, @Thetimetravler12! I looked around and found this outdated page that documented articles with high levels of vandalism. You may also be interested in the list of controversial issues, which get a lot of bickering outside of the article itself, but I ask you to proceed with caution id you plan on making any stake. I recommend reading Wikipedia:Controversial articles first and some of the guidelines and essays in the See also section. Panini! • 🥪 15:37, 13 November 2022 (UTC)

Heya. I was just wondering if there was a way to request the creation of a page? --StrawWord298944 (talk) 21:50, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

Hello, @StrawWord298944! You can leave your idea at Wikipedia:Requested articles. I feel bad for not saying more but it's as easy as that. Panini! • 🥪 13:29, 16 November 2022 (UTC)

ey bro i wanna post an article so i made it but i cant edit it i wanna make a reference --Maja Stankovic69420 (talk) 21:27, 23 November 2022 (UTC)

Hello, Thank you for your interest in editing wikipedia, However, please note that not everyone may have their own Wikipedia article. I took a look at your draft and it appears to be about yourself, and doesnt have any signs of notability at all. PerryPerryD Talk To Me 02:04, 24 November 2022 (UTC)

To elaborate on what Perry has said, our general notability guidelines are a must-read before you begin your article-creating endeavors. In addition, some wise folks spoke a long time ago about why creating an article about yourself is a bad thing, and you can find this article here. I hope this does not leave a bad taste in your mouth, as there is plenty of other pre-existing articles you can work on, including Šaban Šaulić, who has a few paragraphs that are entirely unsourced. Panini! • 🥪 04:09, 24 November 2022 (UTC)