Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1291

asking this question again, it appears that it's actually gone this time ~2026-51002-1 (talk) 01:55, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

It was removed from the codebase.^[1] TheGreatEditor024 (talk) 02:30, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

@~2026-51002-1 Baby globe's surprise visits to the sidebar were always meant to be a short stay, but you might be interested in this proposal to keep them around in some form as an opt-in feature. Note that if it is approved, this option might require a real user account. ClaudineChionh (she/her · talk · email · global) 06:39, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

There are so many unreliable sources and so much of junk written in this article. Who created this article? Why can't some editor volunteer to clean this article? It's such a mess! ITVStoryWeaver (talk) 15:35, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

As to who created it, you can look at the edit history. In terms of cleaning it up, see WP:SOFIXIT. 331dot (talk) 15:38, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

Here https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Reliable_sources&action=history Samisingh9889 (talk) 15:39, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

Frankly speaking, I don't know much about Ayesha Singh. I just came across her article because I was trying to gain experience by editing ITV actors' pages. So today, I was editing Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin actors pages like Neil Bhatt, Aishwarya Sharma, and will be editing Bhavika Sharma, Hitesh Bharadwaj etc. So how can I fix the article when I don't know much about her? ITVStoryWeaver (talk) 15:44, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

Well, that depends what the problems with the article are. Apparently the problems are so severe and obvious that you thought to come here and make a post about them, so what are they? If you tell us specifically what the problems are, we might be able to give you some pointers on how to fix it.

Most Wikipedia editors are not experts in the subjects that they edit, and you normally don't have to be a subject matter expert in order to create a good article or maintain an article in a good state. Athanelar (talk) 16:19, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

I can see a lot of unreliable sources like Tellychakkar TVGuide and few others. Then there is so much weird statements. I don't know if they are true or not ITVStoryWeaver (talk) 16:28, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

Dubiously-sourced statements in biographies of living people should always be removed without question until a better source is found. We're very protective about those sorts of articles, see WP:BLP. If you believe certain information comes from an unreliable source, or if it isn't sourced at all, remove it. Athanelar (talk) 16:40, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

Okay I will try my best to improve the article. ITVStoryWeaver (talk) 02:03, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

@Athanelar@331dot I have tried and improved as much as I can in the article of Ayesha Singh. I have removed the templates too. Can you both check if I did something wrong? ITVStoryWeaver (talk) 06:46, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

Here look at this https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Reliable_sources&action=history Samisingh9889 (talk) 15:38, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

My bad! Samisingh9889 (talk) 15:39, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

Sent it 2 times Samisingh9889 (talk) 15:40, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi, I recently created Lyadh, a word/concept in Bengali that roughly translates to the act of lazing around and doing nothing. According to WP:ITALICTITLE, non-English words and phrases should be italicized both in ordinary text and in article titles. However, I'm unable to italicize the title of my article. How should I do it? Any help would be appreciated! Thanks, Dissoxciate (talk) 20:22, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

Template:Italic title :) 🏳️‍🌈JohnLaurens333 (Ping me!) 20:27, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

That helped, thank you so much! Dissoxciate (talk) 21:02, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

Dissoxciate, the title may be okay, but the WP:LEADSENTENCE and the whole focus of the article may not be. Generally speaking, Wikipedia is not a dictionary and does not have articles about words, although there are some exceptions for words that actually become objects of intense news coverage and other secondary coverage outside of dictionaries to the point where the word itself becomes a subject suitable for an encyclopedia. An example is TERF (acronym). The essence of the problem can be seen in the part in strikeout type from the lead sentence:

Lyadh (Bengali: ল্যাদ) is a word in [[Bengali language|Bengali]] that describes the act of doing nothing, being relaxed, and lazing around.

Very, very few words are notable enough to have an article about them at Wikipedia (much less Bengali words), and it is not at all clear that Lyadh is one of them. This would lead to this article being nominated for deletion. On the other hand, if you refocused the entire article away from the word itself and towards the concept, then most likely the article will be okay, assuming the sources demonstrate WP:Notability of the concept. What if you started out the article this way (assuming this is accurate):

Lyadh (Bengali: ল্যাদ) is the [[Bengali culture|Bengali]] art or pastime of doing nothing, being relaxed, and lazing around.

and drop everything about the term (see MOS:REFERS), drop details about related expressions, synonyms, anything that is about *words* (lexical gaps, untranslatable words and the like), and stick to the *thing itself*, describing it as a matter of Bengali culture. Once you have completely refocused the article on the concept, you may add back (just a few of) the most important details about the word, perhaps in a section on ==Terminology==, or in small, explanatory notes inline. Make sense? I think you risk deletion keeping it about the word. Mathglot (talk) 01:59, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Moved to Draft:Lyadh for further development. Mathglot (talk) 07:33, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

Review Dil Sher Brohi a new article Page thank you. Kashif123m (talk) 10:48, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

Articles are automatically placed in the NPP queue when the article is created. There is a extremely large backlog of up to 7 years at the moment. That doesn't mean your article will take 7 years to be reviewed, but it might take a few months. Mikeycdiamond (talk) 11:02, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

@Mikeycdiamond Thank you, okay, I thought you had to apply, you've added to my knowledge that you automatically get added to the queue list. Come on, it doesn't matter how long it takes. Kashif123m (talk) 11:36, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

I've cleaned up a couple of little issues; the rest is mostly just grammar. There's no egregious flaws; the standards for articles about settlements are quite low, the criteria for inclusion basically just require that the settlement be both populated and legally recognised, which certainly seems to be the case here. Athanelar (talk) 16:22, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

Grammar errors have been cleared and population has also been included as a reference. Kashif123m (talk) 07:18, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

@‪‪Kudpung‬ dear sir Review This page Dil Sher Brohi. thank you sir. Kashif123m (talk) 11:39, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

idk Bencefo (talk) 12:33, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

See WP:Your first article, but we strongly; recommend that you get experience by making smaller edits to existing articles first. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:39, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

Additionally, you can create a draft page. Versions111 (talk • contribs) 13:55, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

"WP:Your first article" includes a section on "Writing your draft". Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:00, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

I was working through the list of CS1 errors and found, in reference 107, on the Robbie Williams discography page an error caused by the {{Cite certification}} template. As far as I can tell it's implemented correctly, please could someone tell me how to fix this. Thanks Freddieh9 (talk) 15:31, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

The current markup is {{cite web | certification|region=Australia|certyear=2009|type=single|access-date=2 June 2013}}

That is not {{Cite certification}}. As the error message says, {{cite web}} requires a URL parameter-value pair.

The string certification in that context is junk. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:42, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, my brain must have just skipped over it Freddieh9 (talk) 15:46, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

Nature's way of telling you to go outside and smell the roses. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:01, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

I want to add an image of Robert A. Wood to March 2009 Yemen bombings because of his mention in the response section. Generally I understand that images of a certain thing or person in an article should correspond with the timeframe. However, I'm not sure if a line should be drawn when one image from 2009 (here) is timeframe-appropriate but low quality, while another image from 2022 (here) is essentially the opposite. Which would be better for the article? Hsnkn (talk) 16:32, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

I'm interested in joining WikiProject Psychology, and wanted to place my name as a participant. I saw that there's a way to put your name and talk page there, but I noticed there was timestamps associated with each entry. When I placed my name with my signature involved, I realised there was no timestamp. Is the timestamp automatically added? Yeowoobi (talk) 14:53, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

You have to type ~~~~ for your signature and the timestamp. If you type 3 tildes (~), it generates your signature. If you type 5 tildes, it generates the timestamp. Versions111 (talk • contribs) 15:09, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

4 tildes actually generates your sig and the timestamp

Starlet! (Need to talk?) (Library) (Sandbox) (3 tildes)

Starlet! (Need to talk?) (Library) (Sandbox) 17:57, 18 April 2026 (UTC)(4 tildes)

17:57, 18 April 2026 (UTC)(5 tildes)

Starlet! (Need to talk?) (Library) (Sandbox) 17:57, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

Userpage:GotBM i think GotBM (talk) 20:27, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi GotBM. You used VisualEditor which has its own way of doing things instead of the user writing code. See Help:VisualEditor#Editing templates. Most of our documentation is written for the source editor. See Help:VisualEditor#Opening VisualEditor for a way to switch. I fixed it in the source editor by removing code added by VisualEditor. If you try to write code in VisualEditor then it may try to display the code instead of making it active. PrimeHunter (talk)

Hi everyone! I have recently been working on the Scottish Folklore page and added a significant amount. My primary purpose for working on this page was for a class. I was wondering if there were any suggested improvements that could be made to the article regarding tone, information, or if anything needs to be added to it. Thank you! Matheson.emma (talk) 17:12, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Hello, and thank you for your edit! I hope you find improving our encyclopedia enjoyable, whether it is for a class or not. A majority of your additions to the Scottish Folklore article were great, but I noticed you added a small amount of original research, which is disallowed on Wikipedia and should be avoided whenever possible. I added a citation needed tag to the sentences that need citations; please add citations to them. Happy editing! Mikeycdiamond (talk) 21:51, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Thank you so much for your help! I've added the needed citations! Matheson.emma (talk) 20:59, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

I came across the Guild of Copy Editors where I've been helping out quite a bit lately with the backlogged/tagged articles. I was wondering how people typically join or get involved. Is there anything I should do first, or any requirements I should be aware of? Thanks! Tioaeu8943 (talk) 17:29, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

@Tioaeu8943 Welcome to the Teahouse. All your questions should be answered by reading WP:GOCE. If not, come back here with specifics or post on one of their Talk Pages. Mike Turnbull (talk) 17:48, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

On a second look, I found the “Participants” tab on the page, and it answered my question about joining. Thanks for pointing me there. Tioaeu8943 (talk) 19:23, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

Copy editing can be a little daunting at first, so if you want a break or to try something easier, you can take a peek at the Wikipedia:Typo Team too. They do a lot of work with weasel/promotional wording, typos (obvs) and other quick & easy fixes. They don't get enough love for the work they do TBH, especially since it's a task group that's good for newer editors to try out. Blue Sonnet (talk) 00:51, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

I'm looking into the Typo Team page now, and I appreciate the suggestion. It looks like a helpful way to mix things up a bit. Thank you, @Blue-Sonnet. Tioaeu8943 (talk) 19:20, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

Glad to help! Blue Sonnet (talk) 21:11, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

So whilst I was trying to find the page for the Victorian Railways, I accidentally came across the page for History of rail transport in Great Britain 1830–1922. Not what I was looking for, but I noticed the redirect flag. Turns out I forgot one capital letter in Victorian Railways, causing me to be redirected to that article.

For those wondering, this here is the redirect.

I don't know what to do, as I couldn't find any information useful to this issue. What should I do? TheEpicEgg56, Good day. ^{Us Ta Co} 07:32, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

@TheEpicEgg56, there's two options. One is to leave it as-is, assuming that people searching for Victorian railways mean 'railways in the Victorian era'; the other is to boldly change the redirect, assuming that they are actually looking for 'the company Victorian Railways' like you were. I'm going to take a leap of faith and suggest that the latter is more likely, and so I'll go ahead and change the redirect. It may be changed back, in which case I'll talk to the reverting editor and we'll decide on a solution that sounds correct to us both (and you and everyone else will be welcome to join in, of course!). Meadowlark (talk) 08:56, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

I've also added the History page as part of the hatnote, just in case that is in fact what someone was looking for. We'll see if anyone disagrees with that as well! Meadowlark (talk) 08:59, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

for some reason on the article 1991 Bangladesh cyclone, the infobox seems to only be inside one section, and because of this all the other sections get pushed way down to the bottom. When i first saw this page i thought it was only 1 section long. Nextrin (talk) 05:18, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Somebody added a {{clear}} tag to make the next section not push up against the infobox. I assume they did this so that the image in the next section wouldn't create a very thin text section if next to the infobox - I don't have an opinion on if that's the best way to do it, myself. ScalarFactor (talk) 05:32, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Why cant we just move the picture to the right and fix the infobox? Nextrin (talk) 06:11, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Done. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:50, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi everyone, I could really use some independent advice. I am an editor on the West-Flemish Wikipedia, but I completely messed up regarding the strict COI rules here on the English wiki. I directly published an article about myself: Quinten Delaere (its a translation). The page has now been PROD'ed for Conflict of Interest. The NPP reviewer (Boynamedsue) who reviewed it kindly noted on my talk page that the article itself isn't bad and that the sources (like Kotaku, Diario AS, and my Guinness World Record) do establish notability. However, because of my COI, it shouldn't have been published directly by me. I want to 100% respect the rules and I will not edit the article or touch the PROD tag myself. Could an independent editor take a look at it? If it needs improvements, cleanup, or if it should be handled differently, I would be very grateful for your neutral eyes and advice. Thank you! Kannotlogin (talk) 08:45, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

I can't recall seeing "COI" as a reason to delete an article even via PROD; I'm going to move it to draft space so it can be worked on by you, you may then submit it for a review. Please know that the English Wikipedia has stricter policies than most other Wikipedias; please review the autobiography policy. In short, while it is not absolutely forbidden for someone to write about themselves, it is highly discouraged. It is permitted for people to submit drafts about themselves- if they can focus less on what they want to say about themselves and more on what independent reliable sources choose on their own to say about them. That's usually very challenging, and few succeed, but it is possible. 331dot (talk) 09:10, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

Looks like it's already there. Draft:Quinten Delaere. I will delete the article as duplicating the draft. 331dot (talk) 09:12, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi! So yea I did use the Draft but the user Boynamedsue said the article itself was good. What problems are there? Because Boynamedsue said "Undid revision 1349146511 by MailJail (talk)The Spanish and Flemish sources establish notability". Could you help me out? Kannotlogin (talk) 09:14, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

If Boynamedsue is willing to accept the draft, please ask them to move the draft into article space(instead of just copy and pasting it). You shouldn't be the one to do so. 331dot (talk) 09:20, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

So I just need to ask Boynamedsue to bring it back? Why am I not allowed to move it? Is it because of the COI? Kannotlogin (talk) 09:23, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

That is correct. You shouldn't directly edit about or create articles about yourself, but you may indirectly do so by using the review processes that we have(the draft submission process, or the edit request process once the article is in the encyclopedia). This may be different from other Wikipedias like the West Flemish Wikipedia. 331dot (talk) 09:28, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

Ah okey. Thank you for the information. I went ahead and asked Boynamedsue. Thanks for your time. Kannotlogin (talk) 09:34, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

@Kannotlogin, a number of AfC reviewers have declined the draft at this point, including one reviewing your most recent update. If Boynamedsue does agree to move it into mainspace, you should probably be ready for it to be sent to Articles for Deletion. Should it be deleted there, recreating it will be much harder. In your shoes I would probably tell Boynamedsue I'd changed my mind, improve it based on reviewer comments, and resubmit through AfC again. It is, however, entirely your choice.

I also think no one has linked you to WP:ABOUTME yet, and I'd urge you to read that before doing anything further. Meadowlark (talk) 08:45, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Meadowlark, I'm stuck at "improving" it. There is an issue on Wikipedia with articles that get accepted (I have seen some which also have WP:BLP1E but they don't get deleted). I've just red the WP:ABOUTME and I don't mind. I think it's fair that people know who you really are. If someone writes something bad about me, that's ok. I was in the wrong and its my fault. And why would people still nominate it for Deletion? The article is neutral, is notable because of WP:GNG. Kannotlogin (talk) 08:58, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Please see other stuff exists. We judge each article or draft individually on their own merits and not based on the presence of other articles that themselves may or may not be inapporpriate. There are many ways inappropriate content can exist, this cannot justify adding more inappropriate content. That other articles exist does not mean that they have been accepted by anyone, maybe they need to be removed too and no one has done so yet.

If you want people to "know who you really are", you should tell the world about yourself on social media, not here. Wikipedia is interested in what others who don't know you say about you, not what you say about yourself. 331dot (talk) 09:01, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

I know about the other stuff exists. And I don't think some of those articles will get deleted because they are old.

Also, if you have done something bad, you won't go a post it on social media. Social media is so fake. And everything in the text is created using sources. I could say a lot more about myself but there aren't sources to confirm that. So how can I improve it. There are people who would say that the article should be accepted and there are people who would disagree. That's always going to happen. So I don't get it... Kannotlogin (talk) 09:08, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

An article being old is not a reason to keep it, if it does not meet current standards, it should be nominated for deletion if it is incapable of being improved. You are free to nominate articles for deletion if you feel they do not meet standards and cannot be improved. We rely on volunteers, doing what they can, when they can, to carry out all functions here. This means that we only get things done when people choose to do them- but that cannot justify keeping additional content that does not meet standards.

I don't see anyone who says they would accept the article. One said it's not bad, but they aren't willing to accept it because it's an autobiography. If you have someone that would accept the draft, you should ask them to do so. However, as has been pointed out to you, it could be nominated for a deletion discussion and deleted, which would make it harder to recreate later. This is why the review process is highly recommended, so you can solve any problems first. 331dot (talk) 09:12, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

How can I solve the problems? Make the article super long to make it sound notable cuz I could prob do that but its kinda stupid... And Boynamedsue said it's good for WP:GNG so it should be accepted. And no, he didn't say he wouldn't accept it because it is an "autobiography" he wouldn't accept it because of the COI which isn't a 100% correct. And why would keep nominate it? Because the WP:GNG counts... Editors keep finding ways to like "bypass" that rule... I think it should get a change. In my opinion it can be edited a lot. The article can be long, short, saying bad things about me, etc... I just want the truth to be out there. And I want this to be fair. Kannotlogin (talk) 09:20, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

The COI is that you are writing about yourself- that is what is called an autobiography.

As for solving the problems- would you expect someone in the future to read about someone who detected people cheating at a video game in a global encyclopedia? If so, you need more sources than what you have presently, like news reports or other critical analysis written without any involvement from you like being interviewed.

I am wondering why you are focusing on the English Wikipedia; if your content is deemed acceptable on the Flemish Wikipedia, that's where you should focus your efforts. 331dot (talk) 09:26, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

The article isn't just about the cheating. The EN wiki doesn't have that many articles about Belgian people, I do more than "speedrunning" and I haven't added those to the article because I think I shouldn't add those things. Also note that I mostly wasn't involved in the news reports. I say mostly because I was involved in KW.be

Also I'm focusing on the English Wikipedia because most of the sources are English. Guinness and Roblox are best know in English. And I've seen Belgian actors on here. Kannotlogin (talk) 09:36, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Sources do not need to be in English, or more generally the language of the sources does not need to match the language of the Wikipedia you are writing for.

Topics are not limited by language either. The issue is not that you are Belgian. Different language Wikipedias have different policies, and if your content is deemed by those that edit the Flemish Wikipedia to be acceptable for the Flemish Wikipedia, that's where you should focus instead of here, where you are struggling to have your content accepted. 331dot (talk) 09:46, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

I get it. But how can I get it accepted? There has been said that it meets WP:GNG so I don’t get it why there is a problem? I thought I would get help with my article. Instead, it got moved to the Draft because of “duplicate” and an issue with COI which wasn’t a 100% correct. Like the article has been declined for WP:BLP1E which I don’t get because the article talks about the roblox event and the acting. Then WP:NACTOR has aslo been used but the article is about the combination so WP:GNG so I don’t get those arguments. Kannotlogin (talk) 09:51, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Notability does not work that way- a little notability as a gamer plus a little notability as an actor does not equal full notability. You do not seem to meet our definition of a notable actor; you have not had multiple significant roles, either as a lead/star or significant supporting roles, nor have you been recognized for your contributions to acting as an art form or any field of entertainment. That leaves your gaming aspect- which is just a single occurrence. If you build a history as some sort of game cheater detector or investigator across multiple games, then maybe. 331dot (talk) 09:58, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

But WP:GNG is that (if I’m correct because it reads like it and has been told that way to me (to this article)). But ok so there is a casting call for a role in Belgians soap series Familie the role is for a new person (Not sure for how many episodes but important for the story) let’s say I get that role. Would the article then get accepted? Kannotlogin (talk) 10:36, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

You would need to have had multiple significant roles, and independent sources would need to have critically analyzed your acting work, ideally by professional critics. 331dot (talk) 11:22, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

@Kannotlogin, it would be nominated for deletion by one of the people who believe it's BLP1E - the deletion discussion would probably focus on that, and as you can see the general agreement among the reviewers is that BLP1E applies. It's possible that the draft cannot currently be improved further, and honestly that's the case with most drafts. Very few become articles.

Unless I've missed something, all your sources are about the Roblox situation - could you tell me what you believe makes BLP1E not apply? We look at the sources more than anything. Were there more sources that you removed? Meadowlark (talk) 09:59, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Ok so, WP:BLP1E is for one event and that event would be the Roblox Guinness World Record. But I say that my acting is a second event. I also have a Roblox extension that has +300 users and got the featured badge (there is one source mentioning the extension). So the acting has been in multiple projects and 2 of Belgians largest soap series. And I do have more sources but they are mostly about Roblox (except the KW.be one which also talks about me and my projects (this is a paid source)). So I think this falls under WP:GNG. Also these sources are from all over the world: Belgian, Spain, France, UK, VS, etc… but I removed those sources because I thought it would be to many. So I have around 8 more sources. Kannotlogin (talk) 10:33, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Well, you could try adding your acting roles - but if you do that, I'd suggest removing all the Roblox stuff, because it's better to have a solid draft that clearly shows notability (by Wikipedia standards) rather than cluttering it up with sources that won't help you. It sounds like we are in agreement that the Roblox stuff is BLP1E. So now your goal is to show notability according to WP:NACTOR. 331dot has laid out what you need, and I'll mention here that 331dot is an administrator and extremely knowledgable about our notability policies so I personally would trust their opinion and follow their guidance.

It could just be that the draft is WP:TOOSOON. Like I said, most drafts are never accepted, and probably 99.5% of people are not notable to Wikipedia standards even if they're very notable to a particular community. If you're likely to pick up some more prominent acting roles, maybe it's worthwhile waiting until those have been released and reviews have been written. I know that's not what you want to hear right now, but I don't want you to go through the pain of a deletion discussion. Editors don't hold back on their opinions in those and in fact are required to analyse articles and compare them to our policies and guidelines, which can be very disheartening and distressing for new editors. I would really recommend either waiting for more acting roles, or doing other gaming-related things that might give you more notability in that space. It's up to you though, and I wish you luck whatever you choose to do next. Meadowlark (talk) 11:58, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Hello, this is my first time asking something here, but is there a way to add a photo to both Paul Fusco and Paul Fusco (photographer)? Currently these pages don't have a photo to represent either men and I'm worried that the photos I want to use a copyrighted. Can someone go through the process with me and see if any of their photos are under a non copyrighted domain? Thank you and have a good day/night. ~2026-23849-89 (talk) 02:46, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi @~2026-23849-89, it might be easiest to go onto our sister project, Wikimedia Commons, to see if anyone has uploaded photos there.

Their front page also has a link to a page where you can request files from their editors, if you can't find one yourself. A lot of the photos you see on here are linked from Commons.

Just go to commons.wikimedia.org. Blue Sonnet (talk) 03:31, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for the reply, @Blue-Sonnet. I checked on Wikimedia Commons before asking my question on here. Sadly the site currently doesn't have a portrait photo of Paul Fusco and Paul Fusco (photographer) and the ones I found online are from sites like Getty Image and Fandom. Is there a way to add my own images without breaking Wikipedia's guidelines like a temporary photo or one that's allowed on the site? ~2026-23849-89 (talk) 00:15, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

The image would have to be free use, or you'd have to be the copyright holder (e.g. taken the photo yourself) - images on Wikipedia need to be released under the Creative Commons license if they're not already free-use. Copyright law is really strict, so we have to be careful in order to avoid being sued. Blue Sonnet (talk) 05:09, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

That is not necessarily the case, as I explained below. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:49, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Wikimedia Commons has a great number of photographs by Fusco. Promisingly, it also has a category titled "Paul Fusco", for material related to the non-photographer -- but this category is empty. ¶ Assume that any photograph you find is conventionally copyright ("all rights reserved"), whether or not there is a declaration saying this (or similar, in any language). Now look for clear evidence to the contrary. If there is no such evidence, then the file is conventionally copyright ("all rights reserved"): Wikipedia may not use it, and you may not upload it. If the evidence is ambiguous, ask about it at c:Commons:Village pump/Copyright. (I believe that you'll need to be logged in in order to do this.) If the person or organization that owned the copyright has explicitly waived this copyright, then the photograph is "in the public domain" and you can upload it to Commons. If the file is described as "Creative Commons" something-something, then check the acceptability of the specific Creative Commons license at c:Commons:Copyright tags/Free Creative Commons licenses. If it's something else, or if there's some other problem, ask at c:Commons:Village pump/Copyright. Make a note of the evidence on which you're basing your decision, and precisely where you found it. -- Hoary (talk) 04:28, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

There is no mention in Paul Fusco (photographer) of him having worked for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, for whom the 90 images now in c:Category:Photographs by Paul Fusco (USDA photographer) were taken, mostly in 2011.

Are they the same person? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:58, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

Your photographer is dead, so WP:NFCC probably applies. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:22, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

I have been trying to ensure the content for my draft loveholidays page is written in an encyclopedic style that matches Wikipedia's guidelines, and have redrafted it a couple of times but it is still being flagged as being too promotional.

Please could someone help me, perhaps with some specific examples of how I'm falling foul of these guidelines in the latest version of my draft?

I have also tried to stick to summarising what is included in the cited sources - so if there are any examples where I am not following the right approach here please could you let me know.

I added coverage of the criticism loveholidays received for leaving ABTA, disputes over Covid refunds and the issues experienced by loveholidays customers following the collapse of the FTI Group (all of which received quite widespread media coverage) - when I had similar feedback on a previous draft - do these not provide sufficient balance? Or is the issue here that I'm not meeting the notability threshold for each citation?

Finally, it has also been flagged for a COI, but I have added this notice re COI:

In accordance with the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use, I disclose that I have been paid by my employer for my contributions to this article.

I appreciate there are a few different issues here, but I would really appreciate any help with this. Thank you.

Martinlane86 (talk) 15:33, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

@Theroadislong left a pretty comprehensive comment earlier today which states this tells us everything the company would like us to know about them. A Wikipedia article about a company must summarize what independent reliable sources with significant coverage have chosen on their own to say about them, showing how it meets Wikipedia's special definition of a notable company. Essentially their contention is you don't have enough golden rule-compliant sources to demonstrate notability. Athanelar (talk) 16:40, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Well, I read your draft. I can clearly say that I felt like reading about why I should book loveholidays for a tour rather than what loveholidays is. The draft is written in an non-encyclopedic tone. TheGreatEditor024 (talk) 16:46, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

You might feel that your draft is neutral because you wrote about the criticisms faced by the company during the pandemic, but that does not make the whole draft neutral.

The statement i felt like promotional was

• loveholidays operates as an online travel agency, which allows customers to combine flights and accommodation into a single booking.

TheGreatEditor024 (talk) 16:58, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Martinlane86, we sometimes suggest that new editors who've been asked to create an article for their employer take a moment to read an essay was written by some of our experienced editors - you can find it at WP:BOSS.

It's an essay rather than policy, but it will give you valuable information, tips and links to other pages that you might find useful. Blue Sonnet (talk) 23:25, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

The above comments are super helpful, and I agree with @Blue-Sonnet that reading the essay might help you gain a better understanding of what we mean when we say the tone of your article is not encyclopedic yet. When I read your article, I noticed in certain areas it reads as if it were just a string of headlines put together. And quite a few times, what was written matched the headline of the source you used. If you can avoid this it may help with the tone of your article. I hope this helps! FiddleheadLady (talk) 01:05, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

@Martinlane86 (1) The page is full of WP:CORPTRIV and (2) Wikipedia is not a directory. Mme Maigret (talk) 12:56, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Several "executive order" articles I created were redirected in bulk by one editor, without prior discussion or consistent use of AfD. Some articles were nominated for deletion, while others were simply blanked and redirected. All articles have independent coverage (Reuters, Bloomberg, WSJ), so notability is at least arguable and usually handled through discussion. Almost all articles had been reviewed and accepted via AfC.

I’m raising this to ask whether this kind of mass redirection without talk page consensus is appropriate, and how best to proceed.

Thanks, Sam (Lion(n)) 𝓛𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓣𝓗𝓔 (talk) 13:12, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Have a look at WP:BRD, and WP:BLAR. In short, yes; anybody doing anything one time is usually appropriate, that's the 'being bold' part of the cycle. If you take issue with what they've done, then revert them, and then if they still want to go ahead and do what they did, then they should start a discussion with you about it.

It certainly would've been better for them to do some due diligence beforehand, but they aren't necessarily breaking any rules by doing what they did. Athanelar (talk) 13:29, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi! Can someone please help remove the redirect? I do not edit in English wikipedia, and just came here to translate the page. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=R%C4%83c%C4%83ria_(commune)&redirect=no

It is for - Răcăria. I wanted to rename this page to Răcăria (commune). There is a village with the same name, that the commune is named after. I could not do it because of the redirect. It says that I need to delete the redirect first.

Here is the page of the village- Răcăria, Rîșcani. Please, see page that explains what a "commune" is, and provides full list of all communes in the country. There are 913 in total and all of them have separate pages: https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comunele_Republicii_Moldova

Similar example, commune Recea, located nearby the topic in question: Comuna Recea, Rîșcani (wiki ro) & Recea, Rîșcani (wiki en).

It contains 3 different villages, such as: Recea (reședința), Slobozia-Recea and Sverdiac.

Thank you. Willywilly1111 (talk) 22:30, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

There's no need to rename Răcăria to Răcăria (commune). We use parentheses to disambiguate on English Wikipedia only if there are multiple topics with the same name. Since the commune is the only article which has the name Răcăria, it can keep the name. Athanelar (talk) 13:37, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

watching vintage antiques roadshow. The had 18th Century bat and trap made of oak show is in Nottingham. Wikipedia you say bat and trap invented in 1922 which cant be right? ~2026-23685-88 (talk) 16:03, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

As it turns out, the Wikipedia article is in fact wrong. Its supposed source (EB) says that it was much older as well. I have added a Factual Accuracy Disputed tag but you are more than welcome to help fix the article yourself. After all, Wikipedia is a community endeavour! Thanks, Chorchapu (talk | edits) 17:02, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

 Courtesy link: Bat and trap

@~2026-23685-88 and @Chorchapu

"1922" is still in the intro of the article, what is the best way to fix it? Maresa63 ^Talk 11:36, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Well, by changing it. I've done so now but sports are not in my interests so it would be better for others to continue on the article further. Chorchapu (talk | edits) 14:47, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

I would like to specify that the flag used in the infobox of Yorubaland is not an official flag by changing the text beneath the image to read "unofficial flag of the Yoruba people" instead of simply "Flag". I know that this is possible in Infobox-country, but the page uses the Infobox-settlement type instead. Is there any way to easily alter the text or would I have to change the entire infobox type and copy over everything in it? VeryGoodMint (talk) 14:13, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi VeryGoodMint, welcome to the Teahouse. I have achieved the wanted result by changing the used parameter from image_flag to image_skyline. If somebody later wants to use the parameter for something else then they will have to deal with it. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:04, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

I saw a image of the encyclopedia on the English page that has been protected by the copyright. Does that mean there are no copyright restrictions on English site of Wikipedia?

I don't have good English, I'm Taiwanese. I had to translate. 空嗎洞本龍 (嗨) 07:14, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Could you provide which article? Usually, copyrighted images are not supposed to be here. Most rules apply for all languages of Wikipedia. TheEpicEgg56, Good day. ^{Us Ta Co} 07:35, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

I exited out of it, so I don't remember, Sorry. 空嗎洞本龍 (嗨) 07:44, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Also, if your English is so bad that you need to translate in order to understand a page, then you should be editing on the Chinese Wikipedia, not here. ozmoozmo@enwiki (talk:contribs) 07:37, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Thank. I have been editing on the Chinese Encyclopaedia so I'll do that now. 空嗎洞本龍 (嗨) 07:41, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

@OzmoOzmo There's nothing wrong with this editor pointing out a potential copyright issue to us; in fact, that's a great thing for them to do. Athanelar (talk) 13:33, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

The OP has not edited articles here (though they are not prohibited from doing so); only commented on discussion pages, including this one, which is supposed to be welcoming. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:27, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

@空嗎洞本龍: All Wikipedia languages must have copyright restrictions and the English Wikipedia has many. Non-free content is sometimes allowed with a fair use claim for a specific article. We have to see the page and image to evaluate it. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:11, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

{{disambiguation cleanup|surname|geo}} works! Bencefo (talk) 16:12, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

I want a Header that looks like ERchecks Header Bencefo (talk) 15:39, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

If you use source editor on their userpage, you can see how they did it. 🏳️‍🌈JohnLaurens333 (Ping me!) 15:52, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

He created a template for his page which isn't customizable and I don't know how to make a template Bencefo (talk) 15:55, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

You don’t necessarily need to create a template... You can copy the header code from their user page and adapt it directly into your own user page.. If its too complex, you can also start with basic elements like a colored box or table using wikitext (for example, using <div> or {| class="wikitable") and then customize it step by step. If you want, share what kind of header youre trying to create and I can help you build one 👍 Dinesh Soi (talk) 15:58, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

😵‍💫 I am not a coder/wikitexter Bencefo (talk) 17:25, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

No worries you dont need to be a coder for this 🙂 If you tell me what kind of header you want (colors, text, style) I can create a ready-to-use code for you. You’ll just need to copy and paste it into your user page. Alternatively, you can also start very simple like using a basic colored box and improve it later step by step. Dinesh Soi (talk) 17:28, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

I have noticed that all of the information on the list of Chief Rabbis of Poland is contained in the article for Chief Rabbis making the Chief Rabbis of Poland article completely redundant. I'm wondering if this would make the article qualify for deletion Ljfshdalsdhf (talk) 17:54, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Yup..Wikipedia does address redundant pages. However they are usually not deleted immediately. In such cases the usual approach is to propose a merge rather than deletion especially if all the content can be integrated into another article. You can use the {{merge}} tag on both articles and start a discussion on the talk page. If the page is clearly unnecessary after merging it may later be redirected or considered for deletion. Dinesh Soi (talk) 17:57, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Hello, I am planning to directly edit the article about my hometown. I am not sure if this is under WP:COI, but I will only be using reliable sources and writing in a neutral tone.

Since I want to edit the article myself rather than only suggest changes, because there is a lot to change and add. I would appreciate any advice on how to avoid introducing bias accidently. TheGreatEditor024 (talk) 17:57, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Editing an article about your hometown is generally not considered a conflict of interest as long as you are not closely connected (e.g., promoting yourself, your family, or a business).

If you stick to reliable sources and maintain a neutral tone you should be fine. To avoid bias, make sure everything you add is verifiable and avoid promotional or overly positive language.

If you're unsure about major changes you can always discuss them on the talk page first Dinesh Soi (talk) 17:59, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Well, I do have to add major changes such as politics( i just added it earlier), places of worship, demography( more citations),etc. TheGreatEditor024 (talk) 18:02, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

That’s fine 👍 since you’ve already worked on similar articles.Just make sure everything is well-sourced and balanced especially for politics and religion. You can add those sections directly—no issue. If anything is sensitive you can mention it briefly on the talk page. Dinesh Soi (talk) 18:25, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Sure, Thanks TheGreatEditor024 (talk) 18:26, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Me and @GenealogyFan70 have been debating on if an edit has too much detail at Talk:Traci Lords, and would like more opinions. I believe we can remove the quotations without impacting the information, while they believe summarizing the quotations constitutes as original research (to my interpretation at least, sorry if misunderstood). What do other users think? Realtent (talk) 19:25, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

If you're just looking for outside perspectives to solve a dispute, you might get a faster response for that at the WP:Dispute resolution noticeboard or WP:3O Athanelar (talk) 19:28, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Good point, thank you! Realtent (talk) 19:36, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

@Realtent Summarizing a quotation is not original research as long as it's summarized accurately. Much of what appears in Wikipedia is summarized content. ~2026-20856-07 (talk) 19:38, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

So you might know I'm an experienced editor, but I have to.

So I was attempting to improve a page when I noticed some spice was missing, so I wanted to figure out this myself by finding the reliable sources. The second I opened the Google tab, the official Mastercard website showed up first, and without the "-wikipedia", better reliable, self-published sources showed up, and I was only able to find two. Mastercard is not a secondary source, so I was wondering how Wikipedia could mess this up so bad. - SimpleObjects-9ei 🌸/🌻/🌞 02:54, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

three secondary sources for a short article isnt terrible. -- D'n'B-📞 -- 03:41, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

the answer to "how could Wikipedia mess this up so bad" is usually "Wikipedia is the result of millions of volunteers who do it as a hobby". DS (talk) 05:22, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

You seem to assume that only freely-available, online sources are acceptable. That is false.

See WP:LIBRARY for places where you can find, or get help finding, sources. You may also get help at your local public library (or your school or college library, if you are a student). Help:Find sources also has some good tips. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:53, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Yeah, I get it. However, I cannot use The Wikipedia Library until early June 2026 (because I created this account on December 31, 2025) and have not engaged in an edit war. This is why I'm using Google as a reliable source searcher. It works... huh? - SimpleObjects-9ei 🌸/🌻/🌞 15:55, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

@SimpleObjects-9ei You might find it interesting to look at the custom search engines and other tips/tools at Help:Advanced source searching, if you haven't seen that page yet. Dreamyshade (talk) 20:23, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

I want to contribute to Wikipedia but I’m not sure which topics to work on. I mostly know government-related subjects, but I don’t find daily updates or enough book sources to add information.Can someone suggest easy ways for to contribute? Dinesh Soi (talk) 17:42, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

There's WP:COPYEDITing like the WP:GOCE and WP:Typo team do, you can do WP:RCPATROL, or you can look at the to-do lists of any WikiProject which takes your fancy; WP:SPORT, WP:ART, WP:WOMRED etc. Athanelar (talk) 19:30, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Thanks! I think I will start with copyediting and fixing typos and then explore WikiProjects. Dinesh Soi (talk) 19:48, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

How to use Twinkle? Dinesh Soi (talk) 19:49, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Take a look at WP:TWINKLE. Athanelar (talk) 20:42, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi! So this is the first time I have asked here. I am not a new user but I have a question. Lowercase sigma bot stopped archiving my user talk in mid-March. It left 2-3 discussions there. Those discussions sat there for 2 weeks until I manually archived. Any tips? Robloxguest3 (talk) 16:06, 16 April 2026 (UTC)

@Robloxguest3 Check User:MiszaBot/config#Causes of no archiving to see if any of the possible causes mentioned there apply to your talk page. Nthep (talk) 19:22, 16 April 2026 (UTC)

thanks! Robloxguest3 (talk) 19:37, 16 April 2026 (UTC)

I don't use archiving, but how is your archiving set? From the Page history the bot was archiving 2 or three discussions at intervals of only a few days, but since its last one only one unarchived discussion has been made (you also made a manual one). Perhaps the rate of new discussions has recently slowed and didn't reach the 'trigger value', whatever that is.

I notice also that your archives are not (or no longer) accessible from the usual panel at top right. Is this deliberate, or a new problem? {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} ~2026-76101-8 (talk) 19:27, 16 April 2026 (UTC)

Robloxguest3, the reason is because your Miszabot/config lacks param |minthreadsleft=, and the bot is using the default value, which I believe is four. If you want the bot to clean out your talk page entirely, you have to set it to zero, thus:

|minthreadsleft = 0

I have edited your Miszabot config and set it to 4 between <!-- hidden text delimiters --> so you can see where it is. Just remove the delimiters, and set the value to 0 or whatever value you like, as described at § Parameters explained. Mathglot (talk) 22:49, 16 April 2026 (UTC)

thank you. Robloxguest3 (talk) 14:56, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

@Robloxguest3, @Mathglot The talk page still doesn't have any archives that are accessible... David10244 (talk) 22:55, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

There are. User talk:Robloxguest3/Archives/2026/March is an example. Robloxguest3 (talk) 21:32, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

I am a little bit stressed out. On the page for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooh_Afza I reverted the removal of content about a lawsuit against the company, since then there has been a series of other editors trying to change information on the page that differs from the sources. I have been accused of harassment, and now more. I want to step away from this, but at the same time I don't want to allow this vandalism to win. Chattenoir (talk) 17:23, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Chattenoir, you might find the Wikipedia:Dispute resolution page helpful for this situation. Blue Sonnet (talk) 22:48, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Hello! I''m trying to update this article about Markdown by adding a paragraph on how Markdown has now become very much used for AI prompting, with secondary sources. Where should I put this edit? I'm not sure it makes sense to include in the current sections (history, rise and divergence, versions) and I don't know how I can create a new section? Thank you! CathEsther (talk) 19:54, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

@CathEsther Assuming you are using the visual editor, place your cursor where you want the new section to appear (presumably at the end, before the "See also" section) and use keys Ctrl-2 which will insert a level one subheading. Give it a title like "Use in Ai prompting" and then move down to add your paragraph(s). That article could do with more secondary sources, so I hope what you have are good ones. Mike Turnbull (talk) 21:22, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

Thanks a lot Michael, this is very helpful and I'll cite only secondary sources. CathEsther (talk) 22:31, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi @CathEsther! Whenever you have time, try out Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Adventure or our Help:Tutorial pages, they're really good places for you to start learning the basics of editing & understand where to go next. Blue Sonnet (talk) 00:48, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

Thanks a lot @Blue-Sonnet! CathEsther (talk) 19:47, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Thanks a lot @Michael D. Turnbull, I've added the new paragraph to the Markdown article and tried to use many secondary sources as you advised. Thank you for your help! CathEsther (talk) 00:46, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

I am a new editor working on a draft article about ethnomusicologist Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje, currently located at User:OndineNotes/sandbox. I have disclosed my COI on the sandbox Talk page. I would like to move the draft to Draft:Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje for AfC submission, but received an automated filter error when I tried. Could someone please help me with this move? Thank you! OndineNotes (talk) 23:49, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

I have placed the draft in Draft space at Draft:Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje and added the information needed to submit it for a review. Drafts are best created via the Article Wizard. 331dot (talk) 01:02, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

Hey guys, so I made my account 2 days ago and have made 18 edits to Wikipedia (I'm really good at spotting typos and lengthening articles with information I know). I was wondering about auto-confirmation; do fully-protected pages get released too or is it only semi-protected pages that get released? And if only semi-protected pages get released, what do I have to do to be able to edit fully-protected pages? Entity-7 (talk) 21:59, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Entity-7, protected pages are often restricted to experienced editors - see Wikipedia:Extended confirmed restriction for details. Both Extended confirmed and Auto confirmed statuses happen automatically as soon as your account qualifies.

The level and length of protection depends on the reason why it was protected in the first place - you can often find out the specifics by selecting the "Page information" option for that particular article. Blue Sonnet (talk) 22:33, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

BTW Re: I'm really good at spotting typos and lengthening articles with information I know, we can't add information that we ourselves know to articles, that would be original research and isn't allowed in articles.

All statements and claims should be backed up by a citation - a reliable source that confirms what we've written and where the reader can check the claim and find out more if they want. Blue Sonnet (talk) 22:40, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Entity-7, this edit of yours wasn't a matter of either "spotting typos" or "lengthening articles". ¶ You ask what you must do to be able to edit fully-protected pages. You must make a concise, explicit edit request on the article's talk page. But before you do so, you'd be wise to check if the same (or a very similar) request has already been made and rejected. -- Hoary (talk) 22:47, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

I was just reviewing their contributions and saw that edit too, which wasn't great. @Entity-7 Please be careful not to insult other editors, edit summaries are for telling people exactly what you did and why, so everyone can easily see a timeline of what's happened when looking at the overall history of a page.

If you want to make edit requests, you can use the Edit request wizard to do it easily. You will need to explain what you want to change, why it needs changing and (almost always) provide a citation to back it up. Blue Sonnet (talk) 22:58, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Entity-7, I just wanted to underline what BlueSonnet said about lengthening articles with information I know. This might seem like a great idea, but is a quick path to getting in trouble as a new editor, possibly even losing your ability to edit through an administrative block, so you don't want to go there. Instead, read up on WP:Verifiability, and make sure all content you add can be cited to a reliable source. Good luck! Mathglot (talk) 03:05, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

I found this source which I think could greatly add to this article, which is very short, almost a stub, with the See Also section making up half of it. It's in French though and while I can speak French a bit I don't feel like I can comfortably translate the parts of the source that I need. I've tried to find a translator here but most of the users listed are no longer active and I don't want to have to go through all 485 users. Is there anyone specific who could translate specific parts of it for me? Nibnab43637 (talk) 20:53, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Well, in about a minute of perusing that category I found User:EmDashUser002, who is still active. ~Anachronist (who / me) (talk) 21:50, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

I personally recommend WP:TRLA—in this case, at #French.

EmDashUser002 (Talk | Contribs) @ 22:41, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

And you're listed there as the only currently-active editor who can translate French. I'm amazed that I happened to find you on Category:Translators fr-en in less than a minute, just looking at random.

Too bad that source isn't digitally transcribed. Then a machine translation might be a possible starting point. ~Anachronist (who / me) (talk) 23:45, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

What do you mean? I just select-copy-pasted the first few paragraphs of the Introduction into DeepL, and even though there are unwanted line-breaks in the copy (easy to remove in one operation with regex if needed) it did a fine job, even getting the right translation in context for météore, that is, storm (not *meteor). Can you not select it? Mathglot (talk) 02:04, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

Hm. When I clicked on it, it behaved like a bitmap image. I just looked at it again, and I guess I tried only page 2. The other pages work fine for selecting text. ~Anachronist (who / me) (talk) 03:09, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

Hmm, I see User:Mathglot is also listed there, but not as active, although he has edited just today. ~Anachronist (who / me) (talk) 23:47, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

@Nibnab43637 and Anachronist:, This Petscan will find users active since March 19 who are categorized as French translators. Mathglot (talk) 01:10, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

Hello,

I am actively overwhelmed—filling out a request for Jo-Jo Eumerus while also studying for the M26. Otherwise, in June, I will have time for more long-term contributions, including requests.

Regarding that source, I am thankful you specified “specific parts”, as I do not consider translating 155 pages to be reasonable.

Cordially – EmDashUser002 (Talk | Contribs) @ 22:35, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Good evening, Since I just published a book in English (“Zeitenwende. A Reluctant Farewell to the Old Order.”) I thought it would be a useful for any future readers to find my German Wiki page (Ekkehard Brose) translated into English and show up on the English Wiki. The translation is currently saved as a draft but Wiki barred me from publishing the text as I am indeed a new user. Could anybody more experienced possibly have a look at my draft and help? Would be much appreciated. Ekkehard Brose Ekkehard Brose (talk) 17:41, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Hello, @Ekkehard Brose, and welcome to the Teahouse and to English Wikipedia.

I'm afraid that, like many people, you have a fundamental misunderstanding of Wikipedia (or at least of English Wikipedia).

What you are trying to do is regarded here as promotion, and forbidden.

If at some point English Wikipedia has an article about you, it will not in any sense be a "personal page", because it will not belong to you, will not be controlled by you, will not necessarily say what you would like it to say, and should be based almost entirely on what people wholly unconnected with you have chosen to publish about you (in reliable sources), and hardly at all on what you or your associates have said or published.

Since your draft has only one citation, and that is explicitly to a press-release, it is nothing like an acceptable draft.

Writing about yourself is strongly discouraged here, because almost nobody is able to do so successfully, and we don't want people wasting their own and other editors' time.

Given that de:Ekkehard Brose also has no independent sources either, it would be a waste of time trying to use it as the basis for an English article: an English article about you would need to begin from scratch, with finding the sources which would establish that you meet the criteria for notability.

If several such sources exist (and only then), the next step would be for the writer to set aside everything that they know about Brose, and write a summary of what those independent sources said.

Do you see why writing about yourself is difficult?

My advice is to forget about this. If and when you meet English Wikipedia's criteria for notability, somebody will write an article about you.

(On a side note, I'm surprised that German Wikipedia has de:Ekkehard Brose, but I'm not familiar with de-wiki's policies. But then, we have thousands and thousands of seriously inadequate articles in English Wikipedia that nobody has gone back and improved or deleted, mostly from a former age when we were not so careful about notability and verification) ColinFine (talk) 18:56, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Thank you, Colin,

I understand the policy you describe and the aim to avoid vanity articles. I am convinced English Wiki knows best who and what is “notable” anywhere in the world and in particular in Germany. Ekkehard Brose (talk) 19:10, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

I sense that you mean this somewhat sarcastically; and it is important to clarify that we do not at all claim to know best what is "notable" to all audiences. The word "notability" means notable according to us; and after all, who else's definition of notability would we care about when it comes to including things in our encyclopedia except our own definition?

To say that you do not meet the specific English Wikipedia definition of the word 'notable' necessary to have an article here is not at all to imply that you are not, in the colloquial sense, 'notable.' Athanelar (talk) 19:32, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

I have absolutely no problem with your policy of being selective. What I do object to is the tonality of some of the replies. Your attempt to soften the edges is appreciated. Ekkehard Brose (talk) 20:08, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

I hope you'll be somewhat forgiving of that. Those of us who choose to spend our time here helping on question boards like the Teahouse go through dozens and dozens of upstart authors, musicians, CEOs of tech startups and what-have-you coming here and subjecting us all to endless attempts at getting publicity-focused articles about themselves published to boost their profile, so there's a certain "oh, great, this again" reflex for these sorts of questions. The well-meaning, innocent enquiry can get very easily caught up and grouped in with the kinds of people who have zero care or regard for Wikipedia's standards and practices and will stop at nothing to try to publish their CV here. Athanelar (talk) 20:41, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Thanks 😅 Ekkehard Brose (talk) 03:36, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

@Ekkehard Brose To qualify for a Wikipedia article, a subject needs to meet one of two criteria. Either presumed notability, refer WP:NAUTHOR or there needs to be significant coverage in at least two or more reliable sources, refer WP:42. We discourage people from writing about themselves and people they know because it requires objectivity and if you're already chaffing at direct feedback, that's another reason to reconsider. Mme Maigret (talk) 03:12, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Ekkehard Brose - just a quick warning. You may already be aware, but there are scam artists who look out for and target people who want an article written about themselves. Please take a moment to read Wikipedia:Scam warning so you're familiar with the grift before you do anything else. Blue Sonnet (talk) 04:02, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

I added more information to the NK-9 page at Draft:NK-9 by cribbing info from the French Wikipedia page on it. Is it worth resubmitting for review yet? AZenit3 (talk) 07:31, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

No, I still needs more information and references. TheGreatEditor024 (talk) 07:43, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

Information doesn’t matter (it might be a stub page) Versions111 (talk • contribs) 13:34, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

I know but, I asked him to add more information so he might find more sources. TheGreatEditor024 (talk) 13:38, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

The NK-9 draft on the English Wikipedia is nearly twice as long as the one on the French Wikipedia, yet there, it's not marked as a stub. AZenit3 (talk) 07:32, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Actually, The draft mainly needs more reliable, independent sources. The length of the article isn’t very important. I just said that it needs more information after reading the French and Russian articles.

Secondly, The English draft does not appear to be nearly twice as long as the French article. The French article contains 2858 bytes while the English draft has 2,461 bytes (including the afc template). TheGreatEditor024 (talk) 07:42, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Note: It is 2,629 bytes.

Without the AfC templates, it is 2,422 bytes. Versions111 (talk • contribs) 11:17, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Thanks TheGreatEditor024 (talk) 11:56, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Does anybody know Russian, and if so, could you please add the information to the NK-9 draft’s page? AZenit3 (talk) 09:06, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

From the Russian article? AZenit3 (talk) 09:07, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

Also, I fixed wikitext and moved one reference to the External links section. Versions111 (talk • contribs) 13:35, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

Hey. i added some links into the automatic citation tool. It cuts the path behind the domain name.

• https://www.wizzair.com/en-gb/information-and-services/investor-relations/general-information -> https://www.wizzair.com/
• https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/CM.MKT.LCAP.CD -> https://data.worldbank.org/

Where can I escalate this bug? WikiPate (talk) 09:43, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

I don't know why those webpages are being cut but I'm not convinced it's a bug. The work around is to open the citation after it's created and replace the URL. Mme Maigret (talk) 12:42, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

You can report this issue at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical), which is the right place for bugs related to tools and templates. Alternatively, if the problem is specifically with the citation tool or gadget, you can also check MediaWiki:Gadget-Citoid.js or report it on Phabricator (https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/⁠�) under the Citoid tool. It looks like the tool is stripping the URL path and only keeping the domain, which may be a parsing issue. Providing a few example links (like you did) will help developers reproduce and fix it. Dinesh Soi (talk) 15:47, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Replied at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#automatic citation. Those websites have bad code essentially asking visitors to only use the domain name instead of the longer url's, and the citation tool does as asked. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:10, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

the citation tool should ignore that request :)

Should only cut this and whats behind this:?ref= and #. WikiPate (talk) 09:24, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

Like how exactly do you get a barnstar, i know you have to be nominated or given one but i dont know how. GotBM (talk) 08:53, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

There isn't really a nomination process- you get one when someone decides to give you one. Barnstars are more of a thank you than a form of recognition or an award. 331dot (talk) 09:27, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi GotBM,

Any editor can give a barnstar to any other editor using the WikiLove feature. There isn't any sort of nomination process; if an experienced editor sees that you've been doing good work, and wants to congratulate you for it, they'll give you a barnstar. The best way to increase the chance of that happening is to make good contributions. MEN KISSING (she/they) Talk to me, I don't bite! - See my edits 09:28, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

See: WP:Barnstars. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:40, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

How do I make Draft:FlameFrags redirect to Draft:Flame Frags ??? Note: Draft:FlameFrags doesn't exist yet GotBM (talk) 07:56, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi GotBM,

Check out Wikipedia:Redirect_maker. MEN KISSING (she/they) Talk to me, I don't bite! - See my edits 08:39, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

Hello, @GotBM, and welcome to the Teahouse.

Why on earth would you want to make a redirect in draft space? The purpose of a redirect is so that readers who look for an article under a different but plausible name can find it. It's very unlikely anybody would be looking for a draft and not know its name.

If you did make a redirect in draft space, then when the target draft is accepted into main space, or deleted for any reason, the redirect would need somebody to deal with it as well. ColinFine (talk) 10:24, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

Oh! ColinFine, redirects in draft space do actually have a use!

If you navigate to a red link, and there's a corresponding draft at the same title, then the edit notice tells you that the corresponding draft exists.

If the corresponding draft page is a redirect, then it also indicates where it redirects to. See Henry stickmin, for example. MEN KISSING (she/they) Talk to me, I don't bite! - See my edits 10:35, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

Oh, I see, @MEN KISSING. I'm not convinced that's desirable: we don't really want innocent readers to be directed to Draft space at all. Though I guess most innocent readers will be frightened off by the edit window appearing at all, and will not stop to look at or understand the edit notice. ColinFine (talk) 12:10, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

pageviews.wmcloud.org It has been unable to capture page view statistics for the past few days and appears to be broken. Is the service being terminated? Coperacchio (talk) 04:32, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

I think Village pump (technical) might be a better place to ask this. Sarsenet•he/they•(talk) 04:48, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

Thank you :) Coperacchio (talk) 06:12, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

I asked a similar question on the Discord yesterday. The answer I got was, "Yeah, pageviews breaks intromittently." Mikeycdiamond (talk) 10:58, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi Coperacchio. Missing data isn't usually called a crash. It's reported at meta:Talk:Pageviews Analysis#Topviews bug report. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:17, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

Hello, I recently created my first article '''Maharashtra Cyber Department''' Could anyone experienced please review it and suggest improvements especially regarding sources and structure? Thanks! EditorTimes (talk) 13:25, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

I'm not sure if you've matched the requirement of WP:NCORP. Your strongest sources seem to be the Springer Nature sources, which are about anti-cybercrime measures in India more broadly and not about Maharashtra Cyber specifically. The rest of the sources which are specifically about Maharashtra Cyber are WP:CORPTRIV.

For now I'll move this to draftspace. If you can't find stronger indication of notability, it might be worth just including this information on the article for Maharashtra Police instead of trying to create a standalone article. Athanelar (talk) 13:45, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

 Courtesy link: Draft:Maharashtra Cyber Department Athanelar (talk) 13:46, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

It seems like the <style> html tag is not available in Wikitext, and I can't use <templatestyles> on there either, it says it has to be accepted by an interface admin for that. So is there any good way to organize css for my userpage instead of just copy-pasting the same inline style="..." attributes over and over? 🍅 fx (talk) 14:43, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi Flexagoon. Last I checked you could create a .css page in the template namespace and move it to your user space to avoid the need for an interface admin. You can edit it after the move. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:41, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi guys. I have edited tables before but I don't know what I have done wrong with this one. Edited the film table okay but the columns have shrunk in the tv when I added her Blue Murder Motel Director role. I can't see how to fix it. And would really like know what I did wrong. Help. Lucy Lawless. Lakelady2282 (talk) 12:23, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

It seems like a non-issue. The table expands based on the size of the largest piece of text. In the case of the film table, the title "Hercules and Xena – The Animated Movie: The Battle for Mount Olympus" expanded the table to fit it. With the television table, the shorter titles made the table smaller. You don't need to do anything to fix it. Mikeycdiamond (talk) 12:57, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi Lakelady2282. The table end code |} was broken in . It has been fixed. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:00, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

Thank you so much for fixing.

Debbie Lakelady2282 (talk) 16:12, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

I would like to insert a still frame from the 1920 public domain film The Golem (which is hosted in full on Wikipedia) to illustrate a paragraph on another page, which is connected to this film. Is this possible directly or would it require uploading the still frame to Commons? Thanks. Redacwiki (talk) 15:51, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi Redacwiki. See Help:Extended image syntax#Initial still image. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:18, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

I was reading a wikipedia page about an author and I noticed that the bibliography category of their page featured a book dated to “2027.” The book was on the list and did not include any notation that it was an upcoming project.

Can future books be included on a bibliography, or do they have to be actually released to be listed? Random IP User (talk) 16:47, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

Can you tell us the name of the article so that we can also sneak to the future world for a moment.––KEmel49(📝,📋) 17:39, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

The article is on Jason F. Brennan. Random IP User (talk) 17:53, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

Only @Rooves 13 can tell us why does they added this futiristic book. The closest search result of that book title led to an url which would form following citation:
Lester, J.C. (2016), "Libertarianism: An Extremely Short Introduction", Arguments for Liberty: A Libertarian Miscellany, Buckingham: The University of Buckingham Press: 1-6, SSRN 3475122
Which is published in 2016, not in '27.––KEmel49(📝,📋) 18:07, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

As stated in the edit comments, this book is listed on Brennan's Georgetown faculty page, in the bibliography section. That citation can be found here: https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/faculty-publications?id=00336000014RXIUAA4. If @KEmel49 or another editor would like to add some sort of "forthcoming" or wait until Oxford University Press releases something regarding the book's publication, go ahead. I would advise @KEmel49 to ensure future replies contain slightly less snark, and slightly more usage of spellcheck. Rooves 13 (talk | edits) 18:42, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

In this case, the publisher is so reputable (and the scheduled publication therefore reasonably secure) that I think it fair to include the work: however, I would procede 2027 with "forthcoming", if only to reassure that it's not a typo: I would also like to see it cited to an Oxford University Press notice of some kind. Others may differ.

It does not seem to me remarkable that Brennan has re-used the title of his short piece in a work edited by Lester (a reputable philosopher although we don't have an article on him) for a new full length study. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} ~2026-76101-8 (talk) 18:09, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

Thank you! Random IP User (talk) 18:16, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

Random IP User, you can't use 'forthcoming' because that is a WP:RELTIME problem. (I.e., that word itself will become the confusing word seen as a possible typo in 2027 or 2028, and so is no better). You could put an expression that will never go stale, such as 'publication scheduled for' or similar; or you can just add '[sic]'. Note that citations templates may throw an error, if you try to add a non-date word like 'scheduled' or 'sic' to a CS1 |date= parameter, and may thrown an error on a future year as well, but you can add it in hidden text, like this: |date=<!--2027[sic]-->. Good luck. (Adding Rooves 13.) Mathglot (talk) 19:12, 20 April 2026 (UTC)