User talk:Rusty Cat/Archive 17

Hello, I am new to Wikipedia and yesterday was my first day contributing. I tried to translate an article into Urdu, but it was not published. I am still learning how to translate properly and follow Wikipedia guidelines. I can work continuously for many hours and want to contribute sincerely to serve my community through Urdu translations.

I would like to know where my translated draft is saved so that I can continue working on it. Also, I want to ask whether my translated articles will be published once they meet the required standards.

Thank you for your guidance. --Muhammad Ishtiaq ishii (talk) 11:01, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

Greetings. I don't see any other edits from your account, so unfortunately it might have been lost. The recommended process is to save it as a Draft article, for example, if the article Cat was not ready for publishing it would be at Draft:Cat.

The blue button might say "Publish changes", but you'll use it whenever you want to just save any kind of changes, such as on a draft.

Additionally, you have to manually request review of your draft once you feel it is ready; it will not be automatically published.

Thank you, ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 15:38, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

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I don't have a particular area I want to start assisting in yet, but is there an area of Wikipedia that needs particular attention now?

I am currently a recently out of work editor for a national media org, so I'm pretty strict with my verification work. I just wanted to help out Wikipedia, because I've been donating for a little while and feel like I should also donate my time. --Leeminhotep (talk) 13:33, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

@Leeminhotep: Welcome to Wikipedia!

Wikipedia is always in need of attention. You can check the Task Center for some more beginner-friendly tasks to do. You might also want to read up on guidelines such as Reliable sources, verifiability, and neutral point of view, should those differ from what you're used to.

Happy editing! ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 17:24, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

Happy New Year!

Rusty Cat,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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   Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

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@Volten001: Thank you!! ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 22:21, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

Hello! Do you know where I can start? I've edited some other wikis in the past, but I would like to get familiarised with the rules, etc. Please and thank you. :) --BrokenBuilder (talk) 20:14, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

@BrokenBuilder: Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! Our introduction page would be a great place to start. Happy editing! ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 22:21, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

Aw that's perfect! That really helps a lot! Also, I hope you don't mind, but I took your Header and edited it on my own pages. I can remove it or credit you if you wish.

Also, how can I get a unique username in the four ~ like yours? Thank for your help! I really appreciate it! BrokenBuilder (talk) 15:20, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

@BrokenBuilder:

You're welcome! It's called a signature, and you can change it in your preferences- make sure to check the "Treat as wiki markup" box and include a link to your user page!

For reference, here's mine:

~ [[User:Rusty Cat|Rusty]]&nbsp;<sup>[[User talk:Rusty Cat|''meow'']]</sup> ~

Oh, and by the way, you're free to use the header however you like :)

~ Rusty ^meow ~ 16:42, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

Oh! It uses HTML! Awesome! Thank you so much for your help Mr. Cat. :) BrokenBuilder (talk) 19:10, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

@BrokenBuilder: No problem! And please, call me Rusty. ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 01:14, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

Hey, Rusty Cat. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 02:36, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

@DaniloDaysOfOurLives: Thank you! ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 15:02, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

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Hi Rusty, good to meet you.

I was trying to submit a new topic about Alan Sparrow of The UK Picture Editors Guild. Can you help?

Cheers

Bret --Thebinliner (talk) 15:29, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

I recently updated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bokurano_episodes to use {{Episode table}} and removed {{Convert to Episode table}}. A few hours later RustyBot 4 re-added {{Convert to Episode table}} despite the article having one.

The bot uses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Alex_21/sandbox/No_episode_table to decide which articles to check. This seems to be a manually maintained list. Might it be possible to use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Articles_lacking_Episode_table_templates instead? This at least is automatically updated based on the presence of {{Convert to Episode table}}, though it may lag the article changes a bit.

From reading the bot source at https://github.com/rustykitty/rustybot-mw/blob/master/task_3/bot.py I don't see any checking if the article has {{Episode table}} before adding {{Convert to Episode table}}. Adding such a check seems like a good idea. I suspect it can't be done in a 100% reliable way (there may be multiple lists in an article) but most articles could be handled automatically and the remainder flagged for manual checking.

Also, and purely my opinion on a cosmetic issue, adding an end-of-line to the '{{Convert to Episode table}}' string would make it clearer that any following tags are unrelated. I accidentally removed {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}} from the Bokurano article, though that's more to do with my inexperience than the bot.

Regards, ~2026-22963-2 (talk) 00:04, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

@~2026-22963-2:

The thing with Category:Articles lacking Episode table templates is that it's placed by {{Convert to Episode table}} itself.

Regarding checking if there's an episode table on the page already, I could check if it already has {{Episode table}}-I'll post this on the BRFA page though, not sure if it's significant enough a change to warrant consensus

I did just push out a change though, making sure to add a newline after the template.

Thanks! ~ rusty ^meow ~ 01:19, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

MediaWiki message delivery 19:31, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

How do i start? --Metalurgen (talk) 19:50, 16 January 2026 (UTC)

@Metalurgen: Hello! Welcome to Wikipedia! See the page Help:Introduction for an introduction to editing Wikipedia. Don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions! ~ rusty ^meow ~ 00:15, 17 January 2026 (UTC)

بدي كوينز في بياس --RAYANMANAS (talk) 19:31, 17 January 2026 (UTC)

@RAYANMANAS: Sorry, I don't understand you. Could you try to ask your question again in English? ~ rusty ^meow ~ 23:08, 17 January 2026 (UTC)

Hi! I added a question to the teahouse before I realized that wiki assigns mentors. I thought I might just ask if you had any input for me on the question I asked there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Teahouse#Combining_pages_and_adding_sources --ScrubbedFalcon (talk) 16:24, 17 January 2026 (UTC)

@ScrubbedFalcon: Merging all three articles is definitely a good idea! If you're not sure about whether there will be consensus to perform the merge, you can start a discussion, as @DMacks also suggested in your Teahouse post. On preserving the edit history, one way to do it would be to just blank and redirect the other pages (e.g. if you merge the articles for the double and triple knot into the Fisherman's knot article, you could redirect the former two into the latter).

Happy editing, ~ rusty ^meow ~ 23:12, 17 January 2026 (UTC)

I put the draft here: Draft:Fisherman's Knot Merge Page any feedback would be appreciated! ScrubbedFalcon (talk) 00:30, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

@ScrubbedFalcon: I honestly don't have much experience with writing articles (I focus more on maintenance tasks) but I like how it's coming along! ~ rusty ^meow ~ 23:02, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

MediaWiki message delivery 20:28, 19 January 2026 (UTC)

Hey, Rusty Cat, just visiting about Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/RustyBot 3, saw the latest edits performed by the bot via Special:Contributions/RustyBot. Just noticed a false positive in the bot's edits here, in which the bot added {{Convert to Episode table}} despite the article already using the correct episode table (albeit via using the module directly with {{#invoke:Episode table|main}} rather than {{Episode table}}). Perhaps just an additional case to add to the bot's checking? -- Alex_21 _TALK 22:52, 19 January 2026 (UTC)

@Alex 21: Hello! Per this reason the bot does not check whether {{Episode table}} is already being used on the page. Thanks! ~ rusty ^meow ~ 01:31, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

Hi Rusty Cat, I work for an arts orgnisation and someone has pointed out that their wikipedia page has an old logo. I'd like to upload a recent logo to their page, and have the permission of the Gallery, but I can only do it by relinquishing the copyright. This is a non-free file / the gallery would like to keep the copyright. How can I do this? Thanks --Ivorymimosa (talk) 13:03, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

@Ivorymimosa:

On the File upload wizard you can choose the option to upload a non-free image. Then be sure to choose "This is a copyrighted, non-free work, but I believe it is Fair Use." and fill in the boxes that appear.

Happy editing! ~ rusty ^meow ~ 15:14, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

I can't really see what the problem is with this page besides the underlined names, does Wikipedia usually tell you what is misspelled or should I keep more of an eye out? --V1gilL (talk) 17:44, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

@V1gilL:

Not sure what you mean by underlined names, but on Riverside Health there is a banner at the top of the page saying "this article has multiple issues". If you're not in edit mode you can click the links (e.g. in the phrase "too closely associated with the subject") to get more info about how to fix that issue.

Happy editing, ~ rusty ^meow ~ 03:09, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

I'd like to claim credit for a contribution made before I created a Wikipedia account. The temporary account username is ~2026-47733-0, and the contribution was made at 11:53, 22 January 2026 to the Admissions section of the page for Colgate University (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colgate_University#Admissions). How would I go about claiming credit for this contribution? --Goatmint (talk) 12:00, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

@Goatmint: Unfortunately, for technical reasons there is no way to reattribute edits to another user.

As such, there really isn't a formal process to "claim" an edit; I edited several times before creating this account. If you want to link to it on your user page, that's alright.

Happy editing! ~ rusty ^meow ~ 15:59, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

Hello, I am new here. I tried to post at Talk, but did not see it. I did before confirming my email. Is that a reason? --MedSourcesCheck (talk) 00:45, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

@MedSourcesCheck: Hello and welcome to Wikipedia!

I don't think that having an unconfirmed email should be a reason that you're having an issue with Talk pages.

Also, I don't know which talk page you were trying to post on, so you could try posting it again on your own.

Happy editing! ~ rusty ^meow ~ 03:11, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

Do I have to select one of the check boxes, This is a minor edit or Watch this page? MedSourcesCheck (talk) 04:35, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

It's on this page, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Liafensine MedSourcesCheck (talk) 04:38, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

Is the post showing up immediately or it takes while? MedSourcesCheck (talk) 04:39, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

I figured out and posted in Talk. MedSourcesCheck (talk) 06:05, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

@MedSourcesCheck: Sorry, I was asleep then. Glad you got it working! ~ rusty ^meow ~ 15:59, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

My post is to ask other editors to correct the article. If no one does it, what should I do. The article has error and outdated legal status. MedSourcesCheck (talk) 18:13, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

@MedSourcesCheck: This may be because it is a less-known page. To gain more visibility or feedback you could post it at the WikiProjects listed at the top of the Talk page, Wikipedia:WikiProject Pharmacology and Wikipedia:WikiProject Chemicals. If you still don't get a response and know how to do so, you can also edit the page yourself. ~ rusty ^meow ~ 22:36, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

Both Wikipedia:WikiProject Pharmacology and Wikipedia:WikiProject Chemicals are labled Low Importance. Will that impact visability? MedSourcesCheck (talk) 23:03, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

@MedSourcesCheck: That shouldn't impact visbility. The importance label does refer to the priority the WikiProject gives the article, but by posting it on the Talk page of the WikiProject itself, someone is bound to see it. ~ rusty ^meow ~ 15:52, 24 January 2026 (UTC)

hello how can i create an info about me free? --Safer roblox (talk) 07:59, 24 January 2026 (UTC)

@Safer roblox: Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. I'm not really sure what you mean by an "about me free", but if you want to create an article on yourself, this is the wrong place. We require all articles to meet the "notability" guidelines before they are accepted.

On an unrelated note, your username "Safer roblox" may violate the Wikipedia:Username policy. It gives the impression that you are either associated with Roblox or you are trying to promote safety on the Roblox platform. You can change your username at Special:GlobalRenameRequest.

Happy editing, ~ rusty ^meow ~ 15:59, 24 January 2026 (UTC)

MediaWiki message delivery 21:15, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

Hello, on the Walt Disney Studios (division) page, I want to add 20th Century Animation to the studios listed on the main paragraph of the article, but Mediafan200 keeps removing it because be believes "it's not prominent enough". https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Walt_Disney_Studios_(division)&action=history --CallahanKieranKiki420 (talk) 00:27, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

@CallahanKieranKiki420: Alright, you guys need to discuss it on the Talk page and reach a consensus instead of reverting. Do not make any further reversions, even if Mediafan200 reverts your edits, doing so can lead to you being blocked (restricted) from editing.

I've sent a notice to both of your talk pages with dispute resolution information, including what to do if you can't agree on something.

Feel free to ask if you need more help, or have additional questions!

~ rusty ^meow ~ 01:34, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

How to find the sources listed are reliable or not --Princy eliza (talk) 05:44, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

@Princy eliza: Hello! You can take a look at Wikipedia:Reliable sources to find what we define a reliable sources are. Too intimidating? You might want to take a look at Help:Referencing for beginners#Reliable sources instead.

Happy editing, ~ rusty ^meow ~ 00:43, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

Thankyou. @Rusty Cat Princy eliza (talk) 08:39, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

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Hello, I was wondering if changing the sentence "Sewell's parents arrived in the United Kingdom from Jamaica in the 1950s." would be better as "Sewell's parents immigrated to the United Kingdom from Jamaica in the 1950s." in Early life and education, or if that could come off as an attempt to highlight this person's parental immigrant status unfairly. Thank you --Pjones5683 (talk) 18:04, 29 January 2026 (UTC)

@Pjones5683: I don't see a problem with it; the wording "immigrated to" is used in many articles.

Besides, if you're not sure of something, you should always be bold and try it anyways! ~ rusty ^meow ~ 23:46, 29 January 2026 (UTC)

Can you create a wiki page for me? --Singapore54321 (talk) 15:23, 31 January 2026 (UTC)

@Singapore54321:

Sorry, I can't create pages for you; I'm only here to help you with editing Wikipedia. You'll have to create an article yourself, and submit it through the Articles for Creation process.

Happy editing, ~ rusty ^meow ~ 16:22, 31 January 2026 (UTC)

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This draft has been substantially revised following prior feedback. The article has been manually rewritten to reduce scope, remove essay-style sections, and ensure neutral encyclopedic tone. Content has been trimmed to focus on verifiable career information supported by independent sources. Theenergyman (talk) 18:23, 1 February 2026 (UTC)

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What is the proper way to point out what I believe to be either an error or conflicting sentences in an article? --TechEditor9903 (talk) 17:27, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

@TechEditor9903: You can post it on the "Talk" page for the article. When you're viewing an article, there will be tabs "Article" and "Talk" on the top left. Clicking the "Talk" tab will lead you to the talk page of the article. You can then click on the "Add topic" tab at the top right to start a new discussion.

Happy editing, ~ rusty ^meow ~ 00:18, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

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(talk page stalker) See Help:Your first article, and for the specific notablity guidelines for bands see WP:NBAND. Thanks, Kora ^^ (she/her) ^{say hi!}/_{what I've done} 03:24, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

Tegene Kunbi

​Tegene Kunbi (born 1980) is an Ethiopian contemporary artist based in Berlin, Germany. He is best known for his abstract paintings that incorporate a "material archive" of traditional Ethiopian textiles and heavy oil paint. In 2022, he was awarded the Grand Prix Léopold Sédar Senghor at the Dakar Biennale, and he is the official representative for the Ethiopian Pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale in 2026.

​Early Life and Education

​Kunbi was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He attended the Alle School of Fine Arts and Design at Addis Ababa University, where he earned a degree in Painting and Art Education in 2004. In 2008, he received the prestigious DAAD scholarship, allowing him to move to Germany to study at the Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK). He completed his Master of Fine Arts in 2011.

​Artistic Style and Philosophy

​Kunbi’s work is characterized by a "dialogue of substances," blending geometric abstraction with the physical textures of textiles. His practice is deeply rooted in his Ethiopian heritage, specifically the "Wax and Gold" (Sem-enna-Warq) philosophy and the use of religious and utilitarian fabrics. His project for the 2026 Venice Biennale, titled "Shapes of Silence," explores silence as a political and spiritual condition within the Ethiopian psyche.

​Major Awards and Recognition

​2022: Grand Prix Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar Biennale (Dak'Art)

​2026: Solo Representative, Ethiopian Pavilion, 61st Venice Biennale

​2008: DAAD Scholarship for Fine Arts

​Selected Solo Exhibitions

​Dripping Time, Fading Memory, Primo Marella Gallery, Milan (2025)

​Bending Back, Standing Pine, Tokyo (2024)

​Tessellations Through Time, Galerie Dutko, Paris (2023)

​Patchwork Freedoms, Primo Marella Gallery, Milan (2023)

​Warp and Weft, Primo Marella Gallery, Lugano (2022)

​References

​[Citation 1: Contemporary And (C&), "Tegene Kunbi Receives Dak'Art Main Prize", May 2022]

​[Citation 2: Primo Marella Gallery, "Tegene Kunbi: Patchwork Fr --Tegene Kunbi senbeto (talk) 23:55, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

Tegene Kunbi

Tegene Kunbi (born 1980) is an Ethiopian contemporary artist based in Berlin, Germany. He is best known for his abstract paintings that incorporate a "material archive" of traditional Ethiopian textiles and heavy oil paint. In 2022, he was awarded the Grand Prix Léopold Sédar Senghor at the Dakar Biennale, and he is the official representative for the Ethiopian Pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale in 2026.

Early Life and Education

Kunbi was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He attended the Alle School of Fine Arts and Design at Addis Ababa University, where he earned a degree in Painting and Art Education in 2004. In 2008, he received the prestigious DAAD scholarship, allowing him to move to Germany to study at the Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK). He completed his Master of Fine Arts in 2011.

Artistic Style and Philosophy

Kunbi’s work is characterized by a "dialogue of substances," blending geometric abstraction with the physical textures of textiles. His practice is deeply rooted in his Ethiopian heritage, specifically the "Wax and Gold" (Sem-enna-Warq) philosophy and the use of religious and utilitarian fabrics. His project for the 2026 Venice Biennale, titled "Shapes of Silence," explores silence as a political and spiritual condition within the Ethiopian psyche.

Major Awards and Recognition

2022: Grand Prix Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar Biennale (Dak'Art)

2026: Solo Representative, Ethiopian Pavilion, 61st Venice Biennale

2008: DAAD Scholarship for Fine Arts

Selected Solo Exhibitions

Dripping Time, Fading Memory, Primo Marella Gallery, Milan (2025)

Bending Back, Standing Pine, Tokyo (2024)

Tessellations Through Time, Galerie Dutko, Paris (2023)

Patchwork Freedoms, Primo Marella Gallery, Milan (2023)

Warp and Weft, Primo Marella Gallery, Lugano (2022)

References

[Citation 1: Contemporary And (C&), "Tegene Kunbi Receives Dak'Art Main Prize", May 2022]

[Citation 2: Primo Marella Gallery, "Tegene Kunbi: Patchwork Freedoms Catalog", 2023]

[Citation 3: Official Filing, Venice Biennale Technical Report, February 2026]

Why this draft works for Wikipedia:

Neutral Tone: It avoids "peacock" words like brilliant or legendary.

Verifiable Facts: It lists specific years, degrees, and awards that can be checked by editors.

Notability: It focuses on your Dakar Grand Prix and Venice Pavilion, which are the two "golden keys" to Wikipedia notability. Tegene Kunbi senbeto (talk) 00:00, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

@Tegene Kunbi senbeto: Hey, welcome to Wikipedia.

If you want to create an article, please go to Articles for Creation. Please note that the use of AI/LLM (e.g. ChatGPT) is prohibited. Thanks and happy editing! ~ rusty ^meow ~ 16:49, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

How do i add an image to an article i made? --Swiftiesgoldrush2215 (talk) 13:14, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

@Swiftiesgoldrush2215: Hello and welcome to Wikipedia.

If the image is a copyrighted image (such as a poster or album cover) then you must upload it directly to Wikipedia. Otherwise, if the image is not copyrighted, it can be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons.

Follow the instructions File upload wizard to upload the file.

Feel free to ask if you have any questions? ~ rusty ^meow ~ 17:00, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

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How do I change a page title --NoahDanielB (talk) 19:07, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

@NoahDanielB: Hello and welcome to Wikipedia! Once your account is at least 4 days old, with 10 edits, you will be able to move pages using the "Tools" dropdown on the top-right. ~ rusty ^meow ~ 23:41, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

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MediaWiki message delivery 19:15, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

Don't know if you missed this, but Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/RustyBot 4 was approved. Gonnym (talk) 11:05, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

@Gonnym: THanks! I saw it, then later forgot about it. ~ rusty ^meow ~ 16:47, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

@Rusty Cat any chance you can run the bot? Gonnym (talk) 06:34, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

@Gonnym: Sorry, lately I've been busy and am currently out of town- I'll try to remember when I get back ~ rusty ^meow ~ 03:12, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

Just to let you know, your bot has been tagging quite a few pages with the {{Convert to Episode table}} template even though they have already been fixed. I believe it was requested you use User:Alex 21/sandbox/No episode table, but this list is not necessarily always up to date, I believe Alex_21 updates it with some script every few months. I have been going through fixing templates in the category, but if his list has not been updated, then they will all be retagged. I tried to remove a few today that were in my watchlist, but they got tagged again already. You might want to wait until Alex_21 updates his list, otherwise the ~500 articles that I have fixed will all be tagged again. Ajheindel (talk) 01:37, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

@Ajheindel: Thanks for letting me know! I'm not planning to run the bot again anytime soon unless a run is re-requested. As a side note, I'm compiling a list of pages that have both a tag and the table at User:RustyBot/Pages using Episode table tagged with Convert to Episode table, though note this page does take a while to generate.

Thanks! ~ rusty ^meow ~ 06:18, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

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hello rusty cat! so whenever i make a edit on something, does it have to be cited or at least noatable enough? like being covered by a news site? --67mangoboituffmustard (talk) 16:16, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

@67mangoboituffmustard: Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia!

Yes, everything has to be cited and verifiable (except for well-known facts like "the sky is blue"), but you don't necesarily have to go as far as making sure every sentence is notable. Another way of thinking about that second part is that stuff is mentioned in an article that doesn't have it's own article because it's not notable enough it's own article.

As a side note, I read your userpage, and if you want to change your username, you can! Use either Special:GlobalRenameRequest or WP:CHU/S.

Happy editing, and feel free to ask again if you need more help/have more questions! ~ rusty ^meow ~ 23:55, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

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.

Round 1 was competitive. Three contestants scored more than 1,000 round points, and the top 16 contestants all scored more than 300 round points. The following competitors scored more than 800 round points:

• Bgsu98 (submissions) with 1,467 round points, largely gained from 1 featured article, 5 featured lists, 15 good articles, and 42 FAC and GAN reviews;
• Olliefant (submissions) with 1,246 round points, largely from 4 featured lists, 9 good articles, 2 featured topic articles, 4 did you know articles, and 75 FAC and GAN reviews;
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Pasya chiya --Anilamohsin (talk) 10:24, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

@Anilamohsin: Sorry, I don't understand you. Can you speak English? ~ rusty ^meow ~ 03:34, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

Hi Rusty, thanks for being my mentor. I just published my first two articles: Toen Shōsetsu and Yodotaki. Looking forward to learning more about editing! --ZXY002 (talk) 15:58, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

@ZXY002: Welcome to Wikipedia! We're glad to have you here!

Feel free to ask if you have any questions, and happy editing! ~ rusty ^meow ~ 03:35, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2026).

Administrator changes

• Brendanconway
• Calmer Waters
• Hut 8.5
• Joe Roe
• VersedFenrir

CheckUser changes

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Oversight changes

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Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, the web archival service archive.today has been deprecated; links to the site should be removed.
• A request for comment is open to discuss retiring CSD criterion R3 in favour of handling such redirects through RfD.

Arbitration

• Following a motion, remedy 9.1 of the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been amended to limit TenPoundHammer to one XfD nomination or PROD per 24-hour period.
• Following a motion, the Iskandar323 further POV pushing motion has been rescinded.
• The Arbitration Committee has passed a housekeeping motion rescinding a number of outdated remedies and enforcement provisions across multiple legacy cases. In most instances, existing sanctions remain in force and continue to be appealable through the usual processes, while some case-specific remedies were amended or clarified.

Miscellaneous

• Following the 2026 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: A09, AmandaNP, Barras, Count Count, M7, SHB2000, Teles and VIGNERON.
• An Unreferenced articles backlog drive is taking place in March 2026 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!

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@Buford Cricket: Do you have a question about using or editing Wikipedia? ~ rusty ^meow ~ 00:22, 2 March 2026 (UTC)