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Citations needed
You seem to have a particular interest in adding "citations needed" to numerous statements across several articles. While I agree that more reliable citations are (nearly) always welcome. The need to request tham is probably limited to contentious statements that might othwise be false. However at Holyhead you requested citations for the statement that South Stack on the other side of Holyhead Mountain and is open to the public. and The Anglesey section was financed through a Private Finance Initiative scheme. and The Welsh name, Caergybi, derives from the fortification around which the town developed. I would suggest that none of these statements are contentious and all probably easily sourced by a quick on-line search. Adding CN tags without good cause just causes work for others when it it is often easier simply to sort out the issue yourself. I notice that you have taken a similar approach at Tourism in Uttar Pradesh. This is especially odd when your user page asserts your interests include citation hunt? Is there an easy explanation that I am missing? Velella Velella Talk 16:52, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
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I went to a local library in Islington, north London and tried to edit using the communal computers whilst logged into my account and it says the IP (I imagine a webhost) is blocked. I would both like to be able to to edit wikipedia here and also think it would be beneficial for other Wikimedians who may wish to edit at this location. I believe the IP address is 62.140.192.0/19
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...once again for adding citations to make improvements to visual art articles in the Cultural Diversity editathon. We had a very successful event last week at Oxford University and we are planning to do another editathon in London before the world festival of cultural diversity concludes in May. Glad to have benefitted from your expertise! MartinPoulter (talk) 15:16, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
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- Done! Reason and sources given now on talk page, I included on the edit summary, but hopefully clearer on the talk page too now. I edited consulting MOS:GIDINFO Rhagfyr (talk) 17:11, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
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- Thank you! Excited for these developments. Perhaps we could reignite Wikipedia:WikiProject Libraries ! Rhagfyr (talk) 18:00, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
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Women in Red February 2025
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The Signpost: 7 February 2025
- Recent research: GPT-4 writes better edit summaries than human Wikipedians
But an open language model is ready to help.
- News and notes: Let's talk!
The WMF executive team delivers a new update; plus, the latest EU policy report, good-bye to the German Wikipedia's Café, and other news from the Wikimedia world.
- Opinion: Fathoms Below, but over the moon
Editor Fathoms Below reminisces over their successful RfA from February 2024.
- In the media: Wikipedia is an extension of legacy media propaganda, says Elon Musk
Plus, reports on the ARBPIA5 case, new concerns over projects targeting Wikipedia editors, John Green gets his sponsor flowers, and other news.
- Community view: 24th Wikipedia Day in New York City
Wikimedians and newbies celebrate 24 years of Wikipedia in the Brooklyn Central Library. Special guests Stephen Harrison and Clay Shirky joined in conversation.
- Arbitration report: Palestine-Israel articles 5 has closed
Ending with some bans, and a new set of editing sanctions.
- Traffic report: A wild drive
The start of the year was filled with a few unfortunate losses, tragic disasters, emerging tech forces and A LOT of politics.
