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how to fight edit wars --Zaptain United (talk) 18:28, 13 August 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Zaptain United and welcome to Wikipedia! You should not edit war with other editors. Doing so will result in a block. Instead, you should start a discussion on the article's talk page if you disagree with an edit or revert. ‍Relativity ⚡️ 17:24, 14 August 2025 (UTC)

Can you change a photo to watercolor --Danna.lee.walker (talk) 17:35, 13 August 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Danna.lee.walker! I'm assuming you mean adding a watercolor filter to an image used on a Wikipedia article, correct me if I'm wrong. Usually the best practice is to keep the image as-is, especially in this case, but you can start a discussion on the article's talk page if you think this would be an improvement. ‍Relativity ⚡️ 17:27, 14 August 2025 (UTC) ‍Relativity ⚡️ 17:27, 14 August 2025 (UTC)

How is the first sing here in South Africa --Thulizzy (talk) 18:01, 14 August 2025 (UTC)

Hello, I’m new here, though I’ve had my account for some months now but I want to start editing. Any tips or guide for me? That would be great. --Qtracy (talk) 08:06, 16 August 2025 (UTC)

@Qtracy: Hello and welcome to Wikipedia! There's a good guide at Help:Getting started to help you, well, get started. There are also some tasks that need doing at the Task center. If you're interested in anything specific, you can ask me and I can recommend something to you. Happy editing! ‍Relativity ⚡️ 17:14, 17 August 2025 (UTC)

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Hi how will I edit my page --Anas naskid (talk) 19:37, 22 August 2025 (UTC)

@Anas naskid: Hello! You already have started to edit various pages, but please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia. We're not here to promote a person or product. If you'd like, I could suggest some edits you could make that would help improve our encyclopedia, and some of those suggestions are available here. Let me know if you have any further questions ‍Relativity ⚡️ 17:24, 23 August 2025 (UTC)

how to create Eazy maker id for internet search --EAZY MOTHOA (talk) 17:17, 24 August 2025 (UTC)

Yesterday I spent 4 hours editing the article 'Brazil, Indiana'. I saved after each group of edits, which were extensive. Then, after 4 hours, the article reverted to its original form, and I received a message from the wikibot. This was extremely discouraging Can you tell me why my work was undone? --BAPitts (talk) 19:54, 23 August 2025 (UTC)

@BAPitts: Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! That bot tries to revert obvious vandalism, but sometimes it catches edits that aren't actually vandalism. It probably reverted you because you removed large chunks of text and replaced it with something else. You are free to restore your edit, but I suggest chunking the edits up a bit to make your edits a bit easier to review. Sorry about the wait. Let me know if you have any further questions! ‍Relativity ⚡️ 00:52, 27 August 2025 (UTC)

Hello. I work for a media company that owns several magazine brands. Some of them have Wikipedia pages and some don't. One of my tasks is to update the existing brand pages and create new ones for others. How do I go about doing that? --Mmackenzie17 (talk) 17:43, 26 August 2025 (UTC)

@Mmackenzie17: Hello and welcome to Wikipedia! You should read this essay—it's going to go into more detail and might explain what I'm about to say better than I will here. You are being paid for your work, so you are a paid editor. This means you are going to have to follow stringent policies to be able to edit about your company. First, you must disclose your paid editing. To do this, use this link to create your userpage, then add {{paid|employer=your employer here}} to it (filling out the "your employer here") field. Then, if you plan to edit an existing article about your company, follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Edit requests. To create an article, read Your First Article very carefully and create a draft at the WP:Article Wizard. If you need any more specific information, feel free to let me know, or you might get a faster response at our forum for newer users. Happy editing! ‍Relativity ⚡️ 02:01, 27 August 2025 (UTC)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952_Dallas_mid-air_collision --Zaptain United (talk) 02:48, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

Could anyone please comment om my draft please.

Draft:Quantum computing formulations with time, density, and velocity

Thanks!

Harold Foppele (talk) 15:43, 25 August 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Harold Foppele, welcome to Wikipedia. I haven't read through the article very thoroughly, but there are two major problems that stand out to me: a) it's very confusing to a non-expert and b) you haven't shown us why this subject is suitable for a Wikipedia article. I'm sure you know what the "standard time-evolution operator" and "unitary evolution with environment-dependent contributions" is, but I don't, and I doubt most people would know either. Try to explain the concept in simple terms and use [[double brackets around a word or a term]] to link a relevant Wikipedia article, like this, to clarify more specific terms.

The bigger problem, though, is that you haven't given us multiple independent, reliable, and published sources with significant coverage of the subject that show us that quantum computing formulations with time, density, and velocity is notable. Right now, I don't think your sources are going to be enough to prove this is a notable subject. Wikipedia is not a reliable source because it relies on user-generated content. The source from the Journal of Statistical Physics might be okay (I can't tell if it talks a lot about your topic; again I am not an expert at physics or its terminology), but I don't think the other article is going to work. Anyone can publish an article on that website you got it from, and the article is not associated with a reputable journal, so we have no idea if proper peer review was performed. To prove that the topic is notable, you'll have to find some sources that meet the criteria I listed above. I suggest asking for help with this at WikiProject Physics, since the members there will know more about physics than I do. I hope this helps, and happy editing ‍Relativity ⚡️ 01:10, 27 August 2025 (UTC)

Dear Relativity, Since your name sounds like you know E=MC² i thought you might be interested in this field. Sorry if i was mistaken. Thank you so much for taking the time to comment in extent to my draft. I will work it over in my sandbox and hopefully you may find time to look at it when its improved. Thanks again and have a great day :) Harold Foppele (talk) 08:53, 27 August 2025 (UTC)

Dear Relativity, I re-wrote the draft in my sandbox, so that it is possible to compare the 2 versions, Do you think i'm on the right path?@Relativity: Greetings, Harold Foppele (talk) 09:43, 27 August 2025 (UTC)

Dear Relativity, I made a draft and submitted it for review :) Draft:Open-system formulations in quantum computing.Greetings, Harold Foppele (talk) 01:26, 29 August 2025 (UTC)

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Hi Matrix, i have a page i edited today and its still in draft. How can i move it from draft to mainsapce? --Armenkocharian (talk) 16:52, 30 August 2025 (UTC)

The number of 26-27- 28 got nothing to do with gangs it's by law that they are not affiliated to them at all. JulianJullies (talk) 23:15, 30 August 2025 (UTC)

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so like, let's say there's a quote ending with an inside punctuation mark, and an outside comma, i.e. blah blah, "Blah, Blah!", blah blah. do I remove the punctuation and add a comma, or is it fine? --MamaAnarkhia (talk) 03:31, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

@MamaAnarkhia: Hello and welcome to Wikipedia! It depends. Usually, if the punctuation inside of the quotation marks is a period, you change it into a comma. For example, if the original quote is "He was running down the street." then you'd change it to After Bob encountered the monster, Bob was spotted by a bystander. "He was running down the street," said the witness.

But if your quote uses punctuation that is not a period, then you should keep the original punctuation mark. Example: After Bob encountered the monster, Bob was spotted by a bystander. "I think he was running down the street?" said the witness. or After Bob encountered the monster, Bob was spotted by a bystander. "He was running as fast as he could down the street!" said the witness.

Good question, and you may be interested in MOS:CONFORM and our language reference desk. Let me know if you have any further questions and sorry for the delay! ‍Relativity ⚡️ 23:24, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

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Dear Relativity I am new to wikipeida so I wouild like some tips on how should I edit articles professionally and look for good sources to back up the wording? --Teatimenew (talk) 18:31, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

@Teatimenew: Hello and welcome to Wikipedia! When you're trying to add information to an article, the best practice is to start by finding sources first—and then using the information from the sources you found to add to the article. To find out what kind of sources we like to use for our articles, you can look here.

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re: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Rome_escalator_accident this page is way out of date, there have been successful prosecutions see https://www.lagazzettadelmezzogiorno.it/news/english/1171988/four-held-in-rome-metro-escalator-breakdowns-case.amp and https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ8ehplVFp4 --Webthord (talk) 15:48, 11 September 2025 (UTC)

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Hi Relativity, I am here learn somthing new. could you help me ? --Wrena D'Souza (talk) 03:56, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

1. 🌍 Mohammad Al Amin 🇧🇩

1. 1. 🔹 One-Line Data

• • Mohammad Al Amin | Social Organizer | Human Rights Activist | Youth Leader | Teacher | Entrepreneur | General Secretary, Titas Upazila Chhatra Dal | Former Joint Secretary, North District Chhatra Dal | Voice of the Poor & Marginalized | Inspiring Thousands of Youth | Bangladesh 🇧🇩**

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1. 1. 🔹 Biography Data

Mohammad Al Amin is a **social organizer and human rights activist**, who from a very young age has dedicated himself to serving people. A **successful student leader**, he grew up on the streets of political movements, becoming a courageous and inspiring idol for thousands of youths.

At the same time, he is a **teacher and entrepreneur**. Despite many struggles, he continues to move forward with **honesty, courage, and sacrifice**.

Currently, he serves as the **General Secretary of Titas Upazila Chhatra Dal**, where he plays a vital role in organizing students at the grassroots level. Earlier, he worked as the **Former Joint Secretary of North District Chhatra Dal**.

Alongside politics, he actively contributes to different **social and humanitarian institutions**, always raising his voice for **equality, justice, and human rights**.

His lifelong dream is to **represent Bangladesh on the global stage as a voice of the new generation**.

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1. 1. 🔹 Philosophy of Life

💡 I believe every being has dignity and deserves respect. 🕊️ When life encounters me, it responds with **loyalty, kindness, and trust**. 🌱 I live with **honesty, compassion, simplicity, and peace**, carrying positive energy for the well-being of people. 🤝 I act as an **advisor, analyst, and problem solver**, always working for society’s benefit. 🇧🇩 My mission: **Serve the people, build welfare for the nation, and spread love across generations**.

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1. 1. 📰 Media Coverage & Public Activities

1. 1. 1. 📰 News Features

- **The Daily Bhorer Shomoy** highlighted Mohammad Al Amin’s leadership, describing him --Mohammadalaminorg469haquebabu (talk) 04:07, 25 September 2025 (UTC)

Hello, do you pay anything in return after editing? --Elvoster Boy (talk) 18:23, 25 September 2025 (UTC)

(stalking) Hello! No, Wikipedia is a volunteer project, essentially; so nobody gets paid. Babysharkb☩ss2 ^(DEADMAU5) 18:25, 25 September 2025 (UTC)

11redharry (talk) 00:14, 26 September 2025 (UTC) Hi I see you are listed as my mentor and I had a question. I posted to the Arcadia, CA page this source code: ==Politics==

Arcadia has voted Democrat by narrow to solid margins from 2008-2024. There was a large shift to the Democrats from 2008-2016, which had partially rebounded by 2024. ^[1]

I noticed I would publish it and then when I'd check later it would disappear. I reposted it twice because I thought maybe I had forgotten to publish it or it was taken down by mistake. After the second repost it was taken down again and a user wrote on like my page that I didn't have a reliable source. I was confused what he meant. The source is .gov and is where I got the data in the results chart and the text is also just a written summary of what I saw in the data. I think he thought that I had no source for the data in the chart, but I just put it below the text since it was for both of them.

I'm not sure what I have to do to get it published. I asked him but I thought it was kind of rude that he just posted that on my page with no warning and doesn't explain what he means by unreliable. Sorry I am new and worried he is going to gate keep the page and I suck at code haha. It also made me kind of ticked because it took me a long time to get the data together and I double checked every number as I wrote them into a sheet and then into a template. I feel like I can just use the same source template but add it too the chart too? Or maybe I need to do a sperate source for each document, as the url I cited is a page with links to each respective document.

Thanks for your time.

• @11redharry: Hello and welcome to Wikipedia!

In this case, the issue with your edit was that you linked to a website that contains a long list of documents, but didn't link to the specific document where the information came from. In the future, make sure to link to the specific document, not just the broader website.

Also, be careful when drawing conclusions from multiple sources. From what you wrote on your user talk page, it sounds like (correct me if I’m wrong) you took information from several of those documents to draw a conclusion on how the people of Arcadia voted. That might be considered synthesis, which isn't allowed on Wikipedia. Synthesis is when you combine facts from different sources to make a conclusion that none of the sources make explicitly. We just want to know what the sources explicitly say.

If you ever get a warning and don’t understand why (which is frustrating), you can ask the person who left it by replying to the warning and starting your message with {{ping|USERNAME}} to notify them. You can also ask questions at our forum for new users, or contact me here (though the forum might get you a faster response since there are people there pretty much all the time).

If you're having trouble editing in the source editor (what you called "code"), you might find the Visual Editor easier. You don’t need to know wiki markup to use it.

I tried to explain everything as clearly as I could, but let me know if anything’s still confusing. Happy editing! ‍Relativity ⚡️ 22:37, 27 September 2025 (UTC)

Awesome thank you. I'll leave out the text as it sounds like I was synthesizing which is not allowed. I'm going to put it back up with a ref citation to each source, eg 2024= ^[2]. Only thing I'm not sure of is where is the best place to put them. Anyway, appreciate your answer and I will ping the mod who removed my content and let them know what I am doing. 11redharry (talk) 22:58, 27 September 2025 (UTC)

Pinged them as you mentioned, thanks for that. Seems like it is just as you said and now my references to each document I made will be fine to use for the chart. I still think I'll leave my text summary off and just let people figure out for themselves what trends there have been, because of the synthesis issue. 11redharry (talk) 03:39, 28 September 2025 (UTC)

Hello. Thanks for being my mentor! I've decide to start off by finding and correcting obvious typos and grammatical errors in articles about American Women Photographers. Cheers. --Classic Photographers (talk) 10:24, 28 September 2025 (UTC)

@Classic Photographers: Sounds like a great plan! Let me know if you ever need anything :) ‍Relativity ⚡️ 18:03, 28 September 2025 (UTC)

I want to bold heading, and also Use H2, H3, Reference Website And Wikipedia Link. Can you explain In short words. I want to publish Pakistan Government Schemes Information --Shahbazshariefpm (talk) 19:19, 28 September 2025 (UTC)

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Hello, I was browsing here and I saw that I can attribute this experience as knowledge, do you like translation? --Luizael.anna (talk) 23:58, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

@Luizael.anna: Hello and welcome to Wikipedia! I personally don't translate because I am not fluent enough in another language to translate articles, and un-edited machine translation is frowned upon. But you might be interested in reading Help:Translation if that's something you want to do. Cheers, ‍Relativity ⚡️ 00:15, 1 October 2025 (UTC)

How do I save my Drafts? Or do they auto save? --MeloOpti (talk) 20:26, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

@MeloOpti: Hello and welcome to Wikipedia! When you edit your drafts, you have to click "Publish changes" for your changes to save. Edits don't auto-save. If you're worried about losing your hard work, you might want to create a draft on a document on your computer that will save automatically for you and not immediately publish. Hope that answers your question! ‍Relativity ⚡️ 21:06, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

thanks for your help! MeloOpti (talk) 00:29, 1 October 2025 (UTC)

You're welcome! Let me know if you need anything else :) ‍Relativity ⚡️ 00:32, 1 October 2025 (UTC)

Hello again... I've written a whole article, including 17 citations, including a photo and it won't publish.... I get a box that says this:

"No stashed content found for 0/a4c404c4-9b03-11f0-9117-89b994afc46f. This is most likely because your edit session has expired. Try to copy your changes, reload the page, and try again. See more details on how to resolve this error at WP:FAQ/Problems#My edit won't publish due to "no stashed content"?"

Does this mean I have to redo all the citations again ? --MeloOpti (talk) 01:00, 1 October 2025 (UTC)

@MeloOpti: Hopefully not, there are some instructions here that might let you save your edit. If that doesn't work, then yes, you might have to re-do it again. This occurred because you kept the edit tab open for too long and the page's cache cleared during that time. Try the instructions above to see if they work, if not, try publishing your work in smaller chunks? Sorry about that, I'm sure it's frustrating, so hopefully you're able to recover your changes. ‍Relativity ⚡️ 01:08, 1 October 2025 (UTC)

Hi! Why did the number of views of my articles reduce from 800K down to 54 views? --Dragons4Life67 (talk) 01:18, 2 October 2025 (UTC)

Sorry you can ignore my previous question. I just saw it update to my real view numbers. I think this might be a bug in Wikipedia --Dragons4Life67 (talk) 01:21, 2 October 2025 (UTC)

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Hi! How to edit or use this canva to create a meaningful and effective lesson plan? --Jengayomale (talk) 06:59, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

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The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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ReyHahn (talk) 18:45, 14 October 2025 (UTC)

Hi Relativity, first article for me. I just wondered how I’ll know when it has been reviewed and (if appropriate), published?

Thanks, Claire --ScienceMUAClaire (talk) 05:54, 12 October 2025 (UTC)

Hi @ScienceMUAClaire: welcome to Wikipedia. You haven't submitted User:ScienceMUAClaire/sandbox yet for review, which you can do by adding {{subst:submit}} to the top of your draft. That being said, I think it is highly unlikely that your article will be accepted in its current state. Wikipedia is not a place to host original research, so this topic falls under what Wikipedia is not. You also have a conflict-of-interest regarding this subject, which you need to disclose. Before you try to write an article, I suggest finding some other things you are unaffiliated with to edit, such as some of the things at our Task Center, to get more knowledge on how editing here works before trying to create an article. Cheers! ‍Relativity ⚡️ 01:32, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

Hi. I made an edite on the Ultimate Warrior page without joining, and my IP adress is showing. Could you please help from or hide it please. --Hordek (talk) 19:35, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

No worries. It's been taken care off. --Hordek (talk) 21:53, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

@Hordek: Glad to hear that! In the future if this occurs again (and you might have already done this), follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Requests for oversight. Since I don't have the permissions to hide edits, I'm not the one to ask for this. But I can also help you with many other things here if you need! ‍Relativity ⚡️ 22:37, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

كيف اصنع صفحتي --Yousif202 (talk) 01:45, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

How can i write article --Kainaa41 (talk) 10:28, 18 October 2025 (UTC)

Hello @Kainaa41 and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for being willing to jump into creating a Wikipedia article. It may be tricky for you to start editing by creating an article, because creating articles on Wikipedia are very difficult. There are many technical aspects to Wikipedia that take a lot of learning, but some of the tasks at the Task Center can help you learn those things. For example, all subjects of Wikipedia articles must pass our notability guideline. If you're still interested in creating an article on something, the instructions at Help:Your first article are very informative; if you're confused with something specific there, I'd be happy to explain if you point it out to me. Cheers and happy editing! ‍Relativity ⚡️ 22:54, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

i am a representative of a certain page but my edits are not happening --Amna Zahid Khan (talk) 07:00, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

@Amna Zahid Khan: Hello, this is because you kept adding overly promotional and improperly sourced content to Amana Contracting and Steel Buildings, so your ability to edit the article has been revoked. Please read the warnings that were left for you on your talk page for more information. If you're confused about a specific part of it, let me know what that part is and I'll try to help you understand it. ‍Relativity ⚡️ 22:58, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

Hey there!

Quick question, basically, I am a bit fed up of looking up information on ChatGPT and other AIs and seeing incorrect information. I have noticed a lot of the sources cited are from Wikipedia, soI want to have an account that basically corrects info when it looks to be incorrect or doesn't quite ring true. Any advice? --AICorrector1997 (talk) 08:44, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

Hi @AICorrector1997, great question! We don't directly control what LLMs output, so there's nothing we can do from that side of things. However, you can fix incorrect information on Wikipedia, and since lots of LLMs draw their information from us, you can find incorrect information here and correct it. To find out how to do that, look at the first item at Wikipedia:Task Center. Thanks for volunteering, and if you have any further questions, let me know :) ‍Relativity ⚡️ 23:04, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

hey I have written an article on a school near me but it is not showing up in any search engine...like I want to write more articles that's why is there any issue that I can fix so it wont happen next-time? --VeganBiryani (talk) 14:38, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

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Hello in Teams category I want for the Homenetmen Club to link to Mezher the city in Lebanon but idk how,when i do it it link to a page where there's another links to multiple "Mezher" pages. Can you help me? Thanks --CarlJäger (talk) 11:41, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

Good morning, I joined Wikipedia to add my art school to the site. It’s 15 years old so I thought I’m passed due to add it. The information I’m reading is more about editing already submitted information. --Dylan0819 (talk) 13:45, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

Hi Relativity, thanks for the support in advance. Happy to work with you in the future! --SnazzyColbert (talk) 15:21, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

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Starting 4 November, logged-out editors will no longer have their IP address publicly displayed. Instead, they will have a temporary account (TA) associated with their edits. Users with some extended rights like administrators and CheckUsers, as well as users with the temporary account IP viewer (TAIV) user right will still be able to reveal temporary users' IP addresses and all contributions made by temporary accounts from a specific IP address or range.

How do temporary accounts work?

• When a logged-out user completes an edit or a logged action for the first time, a cookie will be set in this user's browser and a temporary account tied with this cookie will be automatically created for them. This account's name will follow the pattern: ~2025-12345-67 (a tilde, year of creation, a number split into units of 5).
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Temporary account IP viewer user right

• Administrators may grant the temporary account IP viewer (TAIV) user right to non-administrators who meet the criteria for granting. Importantly, an editor must make an explicit request for the permission (e.g. at WP:PERM/TAIV)—administrators are not permitted to assign the right without a request.
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Impact for administrators

• It will be possible to block many abusers by just blocking their temporary accounts. A blocked person won't be able to create new temporary accounts quickly if the admin selects the autoblock option.
• It will still be possible to block an IP address or IP range.
• Temporary accounts will not be retroactively applied to contributions made before the deployment. On Special:Contributions, you will be able to see existing IP user contributions, but not new contributions made by temporary accounts on that IP address. Instead, you should use Special:IPContributions for this (see a video about IPContributions in a gallery below).

Rules about IP information disclosure

• Publicizing an IP address gained through TAIV access is generally not allowed (e.g. ~2025-12345-67 previously edited as 192.0.2.1 or ~2025-12345-67's IP address is 192.0.2.1).
• Publicly linking a TA to another TA is allowed if "reasonably believed to be necessary". (e.g. ~2025-12345-67 and ~2025-12345-68 are likely the same person, so I am counting their reverts together toward 3RR, but not Hey ~2025-12345-68, you did some good editing as ~2025-12345-67)
• See Wikipedia:Temporary account IP viewer § What can and can't be said for more detailed guidelines.

Useful tools for patrollers

• It is possible to view if a user has opted-in to view temporary account IPs via the User Info card, available in Preferences → Appearance → Advanced options → Enable the user info card
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• The auto-reveal feature (see video below) allows users with the right permissions to automatically reveal all IP addresses for a limited time window.

Videos

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• How to use IP Info
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Further information and discussion

• For more information and discussion regarding this change, please see the announcement from the Wikimedia Foundation at Wikipedia:Village pump (WMF) § Temporary accounts rollout.

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Starting on 1 November, the month-long 2025 Article Improvement Drive will target a number of content improvement areas and backlogs. Participating editors will be in line for barnstars and other awards; articles from all aspects of the project will be eligible so there will be something for everybody. Interested editors are encouraged to sign up now! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:18, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

The 2025 WikiCup has come to an end. Our top scorers, based on the tournament point rankings (which can be seen here), are:

1. BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,604 tournament points, will receive the 1st place award.
2. Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1,075 tournament points, will receive the 2nd place award.
3. Arconning (submissions) with 860 tournament points, will receive the 3rd place award.
4. History6042 (submissions) with 804 tournament points
5. Sammi Brie (submissions) with 635 tournament points
6. TheDoctorWho (submissions) with 386 tournament points
7. AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) with 373 tournament points
8. Thebiguglyalien (submissions) with 362 tournament points

Our high scorers in the final round were:

• BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,035 round points, mostly from 19 good articles and 21 did you know articles about athletes
• vigilantcosmicpenguin (submissions) with 819 round points, mostly from 13 good articles and 11 did you know articles about a wide range of topics from abortion topics to African cities
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The final round was very productive, and contestants had 2 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 106 good articles, 5 good topic articles, 178 article reviews, 76 did you know articles, and 9 in the news articles. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!

The top eight scorers will receive awards shortly. The following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. These prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field during the competition.

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• Hey man im josh (submissions) wins the featured list prize, with 10 featured lists total
• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) wins the featured picture prize, submitting the only featured picture in the entire contest during round 3
• History6042 (submissions) wins the featured content reviewer prize, with 127 featured content reviews. He will also share the ITN prize, with 20 in the news articles in total.
• BeanieFan11 (submissions) wins the good article prize, with 100 good articles total, and the DYK prize, with 147 did you know articles in total. He will also share the ITN prize, with 20 in the news articles in total.
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• Arconning (submissions) wins the good article reviewer prize, with 68 good article reviews in total

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Add my bio on wikimedia --Definiterana (talk) 20:29, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

Hello,

I hope you are all well.

How can I submit articles to wikipedia?

Thankyou --Habib552 (talk) 12:58, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

Hello @Habib552 and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for being willing to jump into creating a Wikipedia article. It may be tricky for you to start editing by creating an article, because creating articles on Wikipedia are very difficult. There are many technical aspects to Wikipedia that take a lot of learning, but some of the tasks at the Task Center can help you learn those things. For example, all subjects of Wikipedia articles must pass our notability guideline. If you're still interested in creating an article on something, the instructions at Help:Your first article are very informative; if you're confused with something specific there, I'd be happy to explain if you point it out to me. Cheers and happy editing! ‍Relativity ⚡️ 02:01, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

Why Wikipedia is don't allow copyright pictures --Jaredryandloneria (talk) 14:57, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

@Jaredryandloneria: Hello and welcome to Wikipedia! The short answer is that it can cause legal issues if we take work that isn't our own. There might be some answers to your questions at Wikipedia:FAQ/Copyright. If there's anything specific in there that you need more information on, let me know and I'd be happy to clarify! ‍Relativity ⚡️ 02:04, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2025).

Administrator changes

Toadspike

• Elahrairah
• Juliancolton
• Magnus Manske

CheckUser changes

asilvering

Guideline and policy news

• The speedy deletion criteria U5 has been repealed, with U6 and U7 replacing it. See the FAQ for more clarifications.
• Community-designated contentious topics may now be enforced and appealed at the arbitration enforcement noticeboard (AE) as a result of an RfC.

Technical news

• You can enable a handy user info card next to usernames, which when clicked displays edit count, blocks, thanks, and other information. To enable this feature, visit Preferences → Appearance → Advanced options → Enable the user info card

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Transgender healthcare and people has been closed
  • Uninvolved administrators may impose an AE participation restriction on any thread at the Arbitration Enforcement noticeboard.

Miscellaneous

• An unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in November 2025 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with {{Unreferenced}}. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. Sign up to participate!

Hello I'm an artist and I want to know how to edit my account so that anyone that search my name will see me and my picture with more information about me --Awaludinvibez (talk) 21:55, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

I would like to update 3 pages: the first is the List_of_Taft_School_alumni page. adding 2 entries to people who already have Wikipedia pages. This involves creating links in each of the new entries. One is just adding an American educator and author to the Academics section. Alfred Randall Collins ’59, Professor of Sociology, author linking to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randall_Collins

The second could go in the Government officials section but all existing entries are "American" Government officials. This person (now deceased) was the vice president of the Dominican Republic.

Jacinto Peynado Garrigosa ’59, Vice President of the Dominican Republic linking to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacinto_Peynado_Garrigosa

Each of the target pages should have an edit to identify Taft as their prep school. Collins' page just vaguely says "New England prep school" and Peynado's is silent about his education.

Before I undertake these edits, can you assist me in the link creation process? --Rafe Rackstraw (talk) 23:47, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

@Rafe Rackstraw: Hello and welcome to Wikipedia! Before you add any links, are there any reliable, published sources that say specifically that both of these people went to Taft? If you find a reliable source for that, you should add the information (with the source) that they went to Taft to their articles before adding them to the list. If there is no published, reliable source that exists for that information, you shouldn't add it because it would be difficult to verify that it's true.

Creating the links shouldn't be too hard. Just put each person's name inside of double brackets ([[ ]]) For example, to link to Randall Collins, you would write [[Randall Collins]] to get Randall Collins. Hope that helps. ‍Relativity ⚡️ 00:08, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

As to "published" sources, the 1959 Taft School yearbook has a short biography on each - Collins on page 47 and Peynado on page 83. Peynado did not use his mother's appended surname (Garrigosa) while at Taft. He was "Jacinto Bienvenido Peynado".

You did not address the implied "American" nature of the Government officials section. Rafe Rackstraw (talk) 00:17, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

Ok I’m very new to my account i used to have an old acc called conquest man and i still don’t know how to make web pages on wiki pedia --D2omr (talk) 03:14, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

Hello relativity, I try to add images on articles but I can't reach the site. I don't know if it's because where I live or if there is some other problem. --Faizan Asghar58 (talk) 08:28, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

@Faizan Asghar58: Welcome to Wikipedia! I'm not quite sure what you're asking; what's the "site" you're referring to? ‍Relativity ⚡️ 02:04, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia Commons is the "site". Faizan Asghar58 (talk) 08:11, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

Hey there, you're apparently my assigned mentor. Question, how do I find articles I can easily make corrections on? --Sanemero the Robot Prince (not really, it's a Gloryhammer reference) 15:09, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Hi! I’m new to Wikipedia and I just wanted to edit my dad’s Wikipedia page (Devon McDonald) because they don’t mention my name. I’m his daughter, and they mention my older sister and even my cousin since they played D1 sports. It used to show my name but it doesn’t anymore. I don’t know if this kind of edit is even allowed or how I would cite it if it is doable. Do you have any information you can give me? --Rachellove07 (talk) 15:41, 9 November 2025 (UTC)

Hello I would like to write an article about the ancient Dhofari script. Can you please advise? thank you! --Xenia2024 (talk) 20:49, 9 November 2025 (UTC)

Since I'm new to Wikipedia and keen to learn how to edit and upload new articles quickly, could you tell me how I might contact you through a different messaging app? --AltruisticAhqiang (talk) 21:21, 9 November 2025 (UTC)

@AltruisticAhqiang: Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! The best way to contact me is how you just did so—by leaving me a message here. If you need to contact me about something private, you can click this link to send an email to me, but if the matter isn't private, I'll be able to reach you faster on this talk page. Let me know if you have any questions about editing :) ‍Relativity ⚡️ 21:30, 9 November 2025 (UTC)

Honestly, is there any Burmese [speaker/editor]? I'm passionate about learning and exploring on Wikipedia, but my main problem is that I'm not very good at English. (I'm continuing to learn). What I want is a Burmese person who is an expert on Wikipedia to explain every detail in Burmese so that I can familiarize myself with Wikipedia and can start editing and uploading new articles AltruisticAhqiang (talk) 18:25, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

Hello, Relativity

I am interested in becoming your adoptee. I have pondered through the Teahouse and am interested in having greater proficiency in the discourse that happens there, and hopefully bring topics of conversation there at some point.

Ryankgabbard (talk) 02:32, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

@Ryankgabbard: Hello! Unfortunately, I am not taking on any adoptees right now due to time constraints. I will let you know if that changes. However, if you need anything, don't be afraid to ask me anything! ‍Relativity ⚡️ 20:32, 15 November 2025 (UTC)

Note: AR Robert's mentor Aaron Liu is away.

Hi. I have created a page about our local, nonprofit newspaper in Belmont, MA. How do I publish? --AR Robert (talk) 16:54, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

Hello @AR Robert and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for being willing to jump into creating a Wikipedia article. It may be tricky for you to start editing by creating an article, because creating articles on Wikipedia are very difficult. There are many technical aspects to Wikipedia that take a lot of learning, but some of the tasks at the Task Center can help you learn those things. For example, all subjects of Wikipedia articles must pass our notability guideline, and if you are personally involved with the subject, you'll need to follow our policy on conflict-of-interest editing. If you're still interested in creating an article on something, the instructions at Help:Your first article are very informative; if you're confused with something specific there, I'd be happy to explain if you point it out to me. Cheers and happy editing! ‍Relativity ⚡️ 20:34, 15 November 2025 (UTC)

what is the style guide for this site? --CatherinMY (talk) 15:44, 21 November 2025 (UTC)

Hello! You can find our style guide at our Manual of Style. You may also find the following helpful:

Writing Better Articles

Neutral Point of View

Language Reference Desk

The Reference Desk

Good luck and rock on!

⚠︎ ArkadenBoden ⚠︎ (talk) 16:21, 21 November 2025 (UTC)

Hi Relativity!

I am an expert in ecology (primarily oceanography) and climate change accounting (especially related to the food sector). I've been trying to get started by making edits in that space, especially in updating outdated sources. I have a few etiquette questions: (1) Is it okay for a newbie to engage on a locked page (e.g., deforestation) through the discussion pages? Or should I hold off until I have more experience? (2) I would love to figure out which pages might be most helpful to edit with my expertise; any tips? I tried the "easy/moderate/hard" suggestion bot and also searching for topics and clicking on links, but wasn't having much luck! (3) I saw there was a place to make a user page. Is this something I should curate / put my real name on?

Thanks! I'm really excited to contribute! --Capriciouscapybara (talk) 16:50, 21 November 2025 (UTC)

A few years back I started editing a page here. Where can I find it in the last state that I left it? --I walk the earth (talk) 19:09, 21 November 2025 (UTC)

Nominations now open for the WikiProject Military History newcomer of the year and military historian of the year awards for 2025! The top editors will be awarded the coveted Gold Wiki. Nominations are open here and here respectively. The nomination period closes at 23:59 on 30 November 2025 when voting begins. On behalf of the coordinators, wishing you the very best for the festive season and the new year. MediaWiki message delivery via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:43, 30 November 2025 (UTC)

I'm more creative and spirituality who loves God's. --Emmanuelbalogun56563 (talk) 17:44, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

Hi. I just created an account and am trying to edit information about the AM radio station WAUD that is located in Auburn, Alabama. My father, Bob Sanders, worked there from 1955 to 2016 - 61 years, however, the article says he worked there just 53 years. He did work there part time, however, during his last 5 or so years there. I tried to edit this number myself, but the history section where this information is located wasn’t shown. How do I edit this information? Thanks, Alan Sanders. --Alanjsanders (talk) 00:51, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

Correction: nominations are open until 23:59 (UTC) on 14 December 2025. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:21, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

Hello! I was wondering about wikiprojects. Some of them sound interesting, but I'm not entirely sure where to get started with them and how to officially join. Orphanage sounds like one that I'd like to start with. Thank you! --KVGWOfficialEditor (talk) 22:39, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

Hello! Since our last draft submission, we received a review/bio in AllMusic and Americaan Hiways. Do you know if that helps credibility for acceptance? We can edit our draft to only feature things mentioned/supported in the AllMusic bio if that helps. Thanks all you do! --A Jay Dylan (talk) 23:20, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

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change my title? --George Stoops (talk) 03:23, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

Je cherche un job en ligne --Iliabc (talk) 14:56, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

How do I create an article? --Slime Dawg (talk) 15:32, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

Hello @Slime Dawg and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for being willing to jump into creating a Wikipedia article. It may be tricky for you to start editing by creating an article, because creating articles on Wikipedia are very difficult. There are many technical aspects to Wikipedia that take a lot of learning, but some of the tasks at the Task Center can help you learn those things. For example, all subjects of Wikipedia articles must pass our notability guideline. If you're still interested in creating an article on something, the instructions at Help:Your first article are very informative; if you're confused with something specific there, I'd be happy to explain if you point it out to me. Cheers and happy editing! ‍Relativity ⚡️ 23:50, 5 December 2025 (UTC)

Hello! I've been wanting to write a new article about some heavy equipment that i've noticed doesn't have a page. How can i get started with a bit of experience formatting and creating links? Thanks --ForrestM99 (talk) 16:45, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

Welcome @ForrestM99! For help creating links, this page should be able to help. The Manual of Style (you can click that blue link there to find it) is our guide for formatting our articles, but overall the best way to learn how to edit Wikipedia is to, well, edit it! Some things you can do here can be found at this Task Center. You might notice that on that list creating an article is listed as one of the hardest tasks to do, and this is because it's difficult knowing all the parts that make up a Wikipedia article. I highly recommended getting experience editing existing articles beforehand. If you have any other questions, feel free to let me know and I will try to help you out. Cheers! ‍Relativity ⚡️ 01:29, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

Hi --Fhfhgh (talk) 17:58, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

How I do edit content --Siraj Kahil Kasangirwa (talk) 04:28, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2025).

Administrator changes

• Chaotic Enby
• Rjjiii

Valereee

• Fathoms Below
• Tamzin

CheckUser changes

Spicy

Technical news

• Starting on November 4, the IP addresses of logged-out editors are no longer being publicly displayed. Instead, they will have a temporary account associated with their edits.
• Administrators will now find that Special:MergeHistory is now significantly more flexible about what it can merge. It can now merge sections taken from the middle of the history of the source (rather than only the start) and insert revisions anywhere in the history of the destination page (rather than only the start). T382958

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• The December 2025 administrator elections are scheduled from Nov 25 – Dec 15.
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Would like to submit a new article --Mupal2 (talk) 15:32, 8 December 2025 (UTC)

Hello @Mupal2 and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for being willing to jump into creating a Wikipedia article. It may be tricky for you to start editing by creating an article, because creating articles on Wikipedia are very difficult. There are many technical aspects to Wikipedia that take a lot of learning, but some of the tasks at the Task Center can help you learn those things. For example, all subjects of Wikipedia articles must pass our notability guideline. If you're still interested in creating an article on something, the instructions at Help:Your first article are very informative; if you're confused with something specific there, I'd be happy to explain if you point it out to me. Cheers and happy editing! ‍Relativity ⚡️ 03:22, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

how do I add a logo? --Mahadeeran CV (talk) 13:05, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

@Mahadeeran CV: Hello and welcome to Wikipedia! Honestly, I don't know a lot about uploading logos to Wikipedia, but this page might be able to help you out. If you have any other questions about it, I suggest asking at the Teahouse, a helpful forum for new users. You should be able to reach someone there who's familiar with that process. Happy editing! ‍Relativity ⚡️ 03:24, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

Would like to make a contribution- how do I submit for publication --Mupal2 (talk) 15:24, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

Hello. I just created a citation, and there is a {{cite web}}: Empty citation (help) citation error that states some first and last thing. How can I fix it? --Globemess (talk) 15:33, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

Hey! I wanted to add both a citation and to make the text for "Strawberry fields forever" redirect you to its page. Im new at this, how do i do that? --FRosatti (talk) 01:43, 11 December 2025 (UTC)

Hello how do I find sources that are neutral and valid? --Vivs7878 (talk) 17:03, 13 December 2025 (UTC)

@Vivs7878: Welcome to Wikipedia! There is a great guide to finding reliable sources, which can be found Help:Find sources. What topic are you trying to find sources for? Also, if you have any specific sources you want to run by me to check if they're reliable or not, I can let you know what I think. If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to let me know. ‍Relativity ⚡️ 18:52, 13 December 2025 (UTC)

Im looking sources which are reliable for milatry conflicts Vivs7878 (talk) 18:58, 13 December 2025 (UTC)

I am the daughter of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kogan_(radio_writer).

I would like to correct some factual errors in his entry. Because I have a conflict of interest, I am not editing the article directly.

"David Philip Kogan (né Rothman)" : David Philip Kogan was the son of Eli Kogan and Yetta Kogan (nee Rothman). His mother, not he, was a Rothman.

Kogan and Arthur were responsible for far more than the two shows cited. Their first project—in tandem with WOR producer Jack Johnstone—was a short-lived program entitled Dark Destiny, heard from August 26, 1942 to March 11, 1943. They had two other proprietary series: Murder by Experts premiered on Mutual Broadcasting on June 18, 1949 and left the airwaves on December 17, 1951. The Strange Dr. Weird was a weekly quarter-hour heard over Mutual (for Adam Hats) from November 1944 to May 1945. They were also responsible for The Sealed Book, a syndicated half-hour produced by Mutual/WOR that had a twenty-six episode run from May to September of 1945. Other Mutual shows that relied on scripts by the Kogan-Arthur team include Adventure Into Fear, Nick Carter, Master Detective, The Shadow, and A Voice in the Night. In addition they also wrote other well-known shows on contract including The Shadow, The Thin Man, Lights Out, The Clock and Bulldog Drummond, among others. They also adapted The Mysterious Traveler to a comic book format in 1948 and a magazine of collected stories in 1952-53.

Kogan authored several scripts for post-war U.S. Army shows for the benefit of wounded veterans. These are part of the David Kogan Papers Collection at the Library of Congress.

SOURCES https://tangentonline.com/oldtimeradio/the-mysterious-traveler-the-big-brain/ and http://www.radioclassics.com/happy-birthday-david-kogan/ http://www.radioclassics.com/happy-birthday-david-kogan/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mysterious_Traveler https://findingaids.loc.gov/db/search/xq/searchMferDsc04.xq?_id=loc.mbrsrs.eadmbrs. --Miriamktucker (talk) 18:52, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

@Miriamktucker: Hello! The best step is for you to create a request to add that change to the article due to your conflict-of-interest. To do so, you should go to the David Kogan article talk page, which can be found at Talk:David Kogan (radio writer), and follow the instructions on this page to add a new edit request on the talk page. Basically, click "Add topic" (which can be found at the top right corner of the talk page), write a title for the subject/header of the post, type {{edit COI}} into the text box that appears, describe what you want to be changed, and sign off with four tildes (~~~~). For the part where you describe what you want to be changed, your description you just wrote above should suffice (I have not checked the reliability of the sources, though, so I can't promise anything will happen). My only suggestion is to "connect" the information above to what source you're specifically getting each point of information from instead of listing all the sources at the bottom. This way, the reviewer doesn't have to dig through each source to find out what to cite for what, and you might get a faster response. I hope this makes sense, and if you need any further help, you can contact me again, or you can check out our forum for new users. Happy editing! ‍Relativity ⚡️ 03:39, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

Thank you! Miriamktucker (talk) 20:26, 14 December 2025 (UTC)

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What constitutes a reputable source? A website has a lot of articles and has existed since 2003, but isn't a major name brand news source, and the article in question lists no author. --Harry B Jackson (talk) 04:06, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

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Please rereview the page Donald G. Davis, Jr. which you made a speedy delete. I did use material from our tribute but thought I could not use a webpage as a citation--it appeared at our Library History Round Table blog and I had added citations to published sources. I thought it was inappropriate to cite a blog. I cited everything that I included but did copy some of our sentences. I have deleted them. Don was a very important library historian. Also, the only free image I could find was when he was honored at the Library of Congress so I uploaded that image to Commons and government sites are generally free to use. If still a problem please delete right away and I will rewrite it. Thank you very much.Kmccook (talk) 14:03, 10 January 2026 (UTC) Kmccook (talk) 14:03, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

@Kmccook: Hello, sorry to keep you waiting for a response. I'd like to echo Justlettersandnumbers' worry, as it is concerning that you don't seem to understand what the issue with the article was while contesting the speedy deletion, and even after the message was delivered to you on your talk page, your response still didn't show an understanding of the issue. The problem was not the citations for the article, it was that it was a copyright violation. You took the text from the obituary and pasted it verbatim into the article, and that obituary did not use a copyright license that allowed us to freely re-use the text. I didn't even check the sources for notability; I had to address the copyvio immediately because leaving copyright violations can present legal problems. Please read the two pages I linked in this message and thoroughly read the message about the speedy deletion, as you could potentially be blocked from editing if you make any further copyright violations. If you're confused about anything, let me know, and I'll try my best to clarify. ‍Relativity ⚡️ 20:06, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

It has been deleted. Thank you.Kmccook (talk) 20:23, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

@Kmccook: I am aware, but you need to understand what the actual problem is so you don't get into any future copyright issues. ‍Relativity ⚡️ 20:28, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

I’m highkey struggling with all sorts of templates 😭 like those scroll boxes, the table thing (I figured I could just copy paste the previous info but they’re not in alphabetical order and I’m quite confused) and such , I’d appreciate if u can help me, thanks in advance and have a nice day!! --TheLastRevolver (talk) 16:34, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

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I hope you are doing well. I was hoping to get your guidance on the best approach for Ryder Scott Company, L.P.’s presence on Wikipedia. The current page was created many years ago, before I joined the company, and as the Marketing Manager, I would like to ensure that our information is accurate, complete, and aligned with Wikipedia’s standards.

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how do i make an article --Enderdragonscary (talk) 07:48, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

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Hi Im Martha and I wanna know what's Good evidence and what's bad evidence I have tried in the past to get a death date added but the Person monitoring the Wiki says that it needed more concrete evidence!!!! Help please!!!! --StaroftheStrand (talk) 22:32, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

@StaroftheStrand: Hello and welcome to Wikipedia! By "evidence", I assume you mean a reliable source? We have a great guide to finding reliable sources, which can be found Help:Find sources. What topic are you trying to find sources for? Also, if you have any specific sources you want to run by me to check if they're reliable or not, I can let you know what I think. If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to let me know. ‍Relativity ⚡️ 22:13, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

How do I edit --Ebogu (talk) 20:32, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

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Looking higher up on this talk page and in your archives, it seems many mentee questions aren't being answered.. If you still want to be a mentor, please attempt to respond to questions more actively, otherwise you can resign or mark yourself as away via Special:MentorDashboard. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 05:55, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

@Pppery: Thanks for letting me know. I've been busy lately and have marked myself as away until my schedule clears up. ‍Relativity ⚡️ 22:19, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

Unitemikes (talk) 15:46, 28 January 2026 (UTC) for "Cat Dreams", there are two wiki pages: Cat Dreams (a book) and Cat Dreams (a music album). How do I create a disambiguity page for those?

@Unitemikes: Hello! The best way to figure out how to create a disambiguation page is to look at an existing one. For example, I created the disambiguation page Here Be Monsters. You can look at it when it's being edited in the source editor (available at this link) to get an idea of how to format a disambiguation page. So you would have the text '''Cat Dreams'' may refer to: on the top of the disambiguation page, followed by a bulleted list (done with asterisks * ) of all the Cat Dreams pages, and at the end of the page, you would put {{Disambiguation}}. Hope that helps. ‍Relativity ⚡️ 02:02, 31 January 2026 (UTC)

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The first round of the 2026 WikiCup ended on 26 February. As some of you may have noticed, good article nomination reviews now receive 10 points, an increase from 5 points in the previous year, as per a consensus at WT:CUP. This point increase has been retroactively applied to all good article reviews for which competitors have claimed points in this round. Peer reviews, which continue to be worth 5 points, are now listed in the same section as featured article candidate reviews, rather than with good article reviews. Everyone who competed in round 1 will advance to round 2 unless they have withdrawn or been banned. No other changes to the round-point system have been made for this year.

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