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Latest comment: 5 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion
Hi there, I'm writing on behalf of management for Tavi Castro. To our surprise his wikipedia article was deleted. Can we please work towards reinstating his page and updating it. He is involved in Warner brothers new movie Aquaman 2 and the lost chambers and we would like the page to be updated and live as soon as possible for major updates.
Notability is not a problem here, a simple google search or his 16 million followers on social media should more than suffice , thank you very much . Bodyengineerswiki (talk) 19:50, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
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Latest comment: 4 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion
hi,
on the below page i added a new section and even gave citation to the official tourism boards website from where the text is taken, but its not being reflected there even though i clicked publish, did i do something wrong. please advise.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuttichira_Beach --Karakdict (talk) 13:07, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello Karakdict. Your edit was published successfully, but another user undid it because you copied the tourism board's website word-for-word, which is considered a copyright violation. You're welcome to try adding the content again—just make sure to rewrite the material using your own words. Let me know if you have any other questions. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 06:31, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
Regarding removal of tag
Latest comment: 4 months ago6 comments4 people in discussion
Hi @Extraordinary Writ sir, hope you are good.
I want to tell you that a few days ago I created a page on which an editor has put COI tag, although I am not directly associated with that topic. Despite this, this tag is placed on that page. We have talked to that editor( CNMall41 ) on his talk page. I gave him answers to his questions but he disagrees with them. Due to my interest in the film world, I like to write about it and like to edit only on the pages related to it.
Please help me to remove this tag. Worldiswide (talk) 08:37, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
Latest comment: 4 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion
Hello,, how do I edit here? --Moses Wanjala Jnr (talk) 23:12, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello, Moses Wanjala Jnr, and welcome to Wikipedia! On mobile phones, the edit button looks like a pencil and should be in the upper right-hand corner of each article you want to edit. See the picture to the right. Once you push that button, you'll be able to make whatever changes you think would be helpful, from fixing typos to adding new content. You might want to read this page for more information, and feel free to ask me any other questions you might have. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 00:11, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
New pages patrol January 2024 Backlog drive
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Hello Extraordinary Writ: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Jerium (talk) 17:06, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
Latest comment: 4 months ago3 comments3 people in discussion
Hello Extraordinary Writ, you mentioned that "once a PROD has been removed, it cannot be restored." However, the edit summary for the removal is not related to this article.–Owais Al Qarni (talk) 11:33, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
Owais Al Qarni, if you think the rationale was incorrect, the best thing to do is to start an AfD discussion about it. I suppose A. B. could revert the dePROD if they thought it was a mistake, but that's not very common: all a dePROD means is that someone thinks the article deserves to go through the full deletion process. I suspect A. B. was just saying that a "research magazine" is close enough to a "research journal" that further discussion is warranted. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 19:49, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
The article said it was a "research magazine". For that reason, I removed the PROD leaving the edit summary that I did. Just take it to AfD and let others validate your assessment.
I don't want to tie up Extraordinary Writ's talk page, so I'm signing out here. —A. B.(talk • contribs • global count) 19:59, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
Question from ChunkyBubbles (18:57, 30 December 2023)
Latest comment: 4 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion
An edit I made was deleted about a month and a half ago. Can I change settings so I am notified when this sort of thing happens? --ChunkyBubbles (talk) 18:57, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
ChunkyBubbles, there unfortunately isn't a foolproof way to do this. If you go to the "notifications" tab of Special:Preferences, there's an "edit revert" box you can check, but the system isn't smart enough to recognize all reverts (and it wouldn't have noticed the one you're here about). By the way, if you haven't yet, I'd encourage you to take a look at our policy on writing about living people: it's very important that we write these articles carefully and use only reliable sources. Let me know if you have any other questions. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 08:25, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – January 2024
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Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee rescinded the restrictions on the page name move discussions for the two Ireland pages that were enacted in June 2009.
Latest comment: 3 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion
Hello, Extraordinary Writ,
Thank you for relisting this AFD discussion. I've found that every so often, XFDcloser messes up relisting options. Either it doesn't remove the discussion from the old daily log or it doesn't post it to the new daily log or, even worse, it removes the AFD from the old log page and doesn't repost it to the new daily log and the discussion just falls through the cracks like it did here. But since XFDcloser works correctly 99% of the time, I guess it's an unpredictable bug to fix. But I appreciate you taking care of a problem that I didn't notice had occurred. Thanks! LizRead!Talk! 01:35, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
Latest comment: 3 months ago3 comments2 people in discussion
Hello, Other Writ! Just out of curiosity--did you try to delete this page yourself and were prevented? My understanding is that regular admins have the ability to delete interface pages; they just can't undelete or edit them; just wanted to check if that's accurate. Writ Keeper⚇♔ 06:06, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi Writ Keeper. Yep, it did indeed give me an error message (like Template:Protected interface, except with "Only interface administrators and interface editors can delete it"). I know I can delete non-.js MediaWiki pages as well as .js pages in userspace, but .js MediaWiki pages seem to follow their own rules. Oh well, gives you guys something to do. Thanks for taking care of this! Extraordinary Writ (talk) 06:27, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
Of course, no problem! It makes sense that Mediawiki JS files have their own rules, I suppose, but it's interesting that the chart in Wikipedia:Interface_administrators#Technical_access doesn't draw any distinctions between the two. Writ Keeper⚇♔ 06:31, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi Kitography. I wouldn't worry too much about whether the system recognizes it as reverted or not: it's pretty finicky (especially when there have been intervening edits by others), so as long as you've gotten rid of all the problem additions, that's all that matters. For warnings: when you're looking through an article's history (pages like this one), there's a blue or red button that says "talk" next to each username or IP address. If you click this button, you can leave that person a message or warning; if they continue making unhelpful edits after being warned, you can go to a page like this one to ask an admin to block them. In this case, though, the user has been already been warned several times and even blocked once previously, so I've now blocked them again, this time for a longer period. Thanks for helping clean this up! This is a part of Wikipedia where our processes can be kind of complicated, so if you run into any other similar issues, let me know and I'd be happy to take a look. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 20:52, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
Thank you! This is much appreciated. Kitography (talk) 18:49, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
Question from HalloKurdish (17:22, 17 January 2024)
Latest comment: 3 months ago4 comments2 people in discussion
Hey! I have a question, how can I use pictures as references? --HalloKurdish (talk) 17:23, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello, HalloKurdish, and welcome to Wikipedia! Generally pictures don't make the best references because it's often unclear how to interpret them, resulting in various problems. I'd recommend finding a more conventional source like a book, newspaper, or trustworthy website to support your claim. If you have any questions about doing that or if you still want to cite an image, let me know the specifics and I'd be happy to provide additional help. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 09:50, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
But for example sources for peshmerga having M1117 Guardian or BMP-2 are only by pictures and there is no article which talks about them, that’s why I’m asking HalloKurdish (talk) 15:52, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
Latest comment: 3 months ago3 comments2 people in discussion
Heya!
I'm excited to be here on Wikipedia and I am keen to get stuck in. I tried out a couple of edits and then thought I should really read the Getting Started page and learn more of the basics. I found editting tricky, in a philosophical way? Like, what is an improvement, really... Who am I to decide the 'right' way something should be written...
Anyway, I got completely overwhelmed by everything that there is to read and learn about the Wikipedia project and community and how to take part. I'm easily overwhelmed at the best of times, if I'm honest, and there is so much here. For years I've loved getting lost traversing a subject, leaving trails of tabs open in the browser to be forgotten and then my laptop gets grouchy.
Sorry I'm rambling. I think I'm messaging to ask - What are all the different ways that people get into Wikipedia? How do people find their way? Any tips for combining open minded exploration with productive focus? --Slaking Hermit (talk) 18:35, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi Slaking Hermit! There are lots of ways, but I think the best one is just to look for ways to improve articles you're already reading. Even if you just notice a typo or an error or a poorly worded sentence every few weeks, that's still an improvement, and you'll slowly find yourself getting more involved. If you're looking for something more active than that, you could try finding an interesting page (maybe something from Wikipedia:Unusual articles, the ultimate rabbit hole) and trying to improve either that page or a lesser-known page linked from it. Or you could look at the lists of articles needing various forms of help, like Wikipedia:Community portal (scroll down to "Help out") or Wikipedia:Task Center. Just find something that you find interesting to work on, and don't let it turn into an obligation.
Don't second-guess yourself too much or worry about understanding all the rules: one of those rules is to be bold, and if you think something's an improvement, chances are you're right (and if not, someone will probably let you know). The two edits you made both look good to me, so you're off to a great start. The more you edit, the more familiar you'll get with the rules, norms, formatting, etc., and I promise it'll get much less intimidating even if you make a mistake or two along the way. Feel free to let me know if you have any questions! Extraordinary Writ (talk) 09:40, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
Thank you Extraordinary Writ, that's really good advice and I appreciate the reassurance. Slaking Hermit (talk) 20:54, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
FreeMediaKid!
Latest comment: 3 months ago5 comments2 people in discussion
A few weeks ago, I had a request seeking private discussion about my relations onsite. I did not want to discuss it openly, because I calculated that the contents would be too disturbing and the conversation would get redacted and revisions deleted anyway, but seeing that you were the first to grasp what I needed, are you in the mood to trade emails? Remember, this is about me and my current state of mind. The aim is to address what has been bothering me as of late. FreeMediaKid$ 04:03, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
I have been busy uploading material to the Internet Archive much of the time since the original post, so I apologize for responding this late. Still, I want to better equip myself with how to handle what is still bothering me and not need to raise the issue again in the future. There is nothing about the conversation that requires oversight, and the ArbCom seems like the wrong place to go about it either. I have just sent the email. FreeMediaKid$ 18:50, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
Email received; I'll try to respond sometime in the next few days. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 21:11, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
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Community feedback is requested for a draft to replace the "Information for administrators processing requests" section at WP:AE.
A vote to ratify the charter for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is open till 2 February 2024, 23:59:59 (UTC) via Secure Poll. All eligible voters within the Wikimedia community have the opportunity to either support or oppose the adoption of the U4C Charter and share their reasons. The details of the voting process and voter eligibility can be found here.
Community Tech has made some preliminary decisions about the future of the Community Wishlist Survey. In summary, they aim to develop a new, continuous intake system for community technical requests that improves prioritization, resource allocation, and communication regarding wishes. Read more
Nevermind. Doug Weller cu blocked the user. O3000, Ret. (talk) 12:19, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
Question from STANDPROFILE (19:27, 7 February 2024)
Latest comment: 2 months ago4 comments2 people in discussion
Hi, I am new here. I would like to edits an entry (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_diplomacy) by including a "history" section. It looks like this page would benefit from some revision as there is the statement that it is "written like a personal reflection, personal essay, or argumentative essay", so to begin, I have two questions: 1) how should I process to add a "history" part (my suggestion would be to change "background" in "history" and revise parts. Does that work, or what would you suggest? 2) how can I translate the page in more languages? THANK YOU. --STANDPROFILE (talk) 19:27, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
Hello STANDPROFILE, and welcome to Wikipedia! Yes, changing the "background" section to "history" would probably be an improvement. It looks like there's a fair amount of historical information under the heading "Implementing science diplomacy", so you could consider moving some of that up into the new history section. Let me know if you run into any issues with the actual mechanics of editing the page or if you have any other questions. Regarding translation: is there a particular language that you're fluent in and want to translate the article into? If so, let me know and I can help you figure out how the process for translations works on that language's Wikipedia. If not, I'd suggest just focusing on the English-language version for now. Again, let me know if you have any questions. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 08:11, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
Sorry for my late reply but THANKS A LOT, these are good suggestions. I will try making these changes soon, while I also will add some sentences more later. I get in touch if I have more questions in the revision process. Re. language, I could do German? STANDPROFILE (talk) 12:39, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
Sounds good, STANDPROFILE. You can read about how the German Wikipedia handles translations on this page. It looks like you can use the content translation tool, which may make the process easier. But I'm not an expert on how things work on the German Wikipedia, so if you have any questions specific to editing in that language, you may want to ask using one of their help pages (like this one or this one). Hope this helps! Extraordinary Writ (talk) 08:49, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
Question from Kindteenager (16:52, 13 February 2024)
Latest comment: 2 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion
Hello, what is your best editing tip? --Kindteenager (talk) 16:52, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
Sorry for the delayed response, Kindteenager. I guess my best editing tip would just be to find an article that interests you and try your best to improve it. Even if that improvement is just fixing a typo or rewording a sentence, it still makes the article better, and if you're working on things that interest you, you're more likely to want to keep doing it. I'll answer your question about citations below in just a moment. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 08:59, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
Question from Kindteenager (18:31, 14 February 2024)
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Hi, is it possible for you to teach me how to create a citation? --Kindteenager (talk) 18:31, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
Sure. When you click the button to edit an article, do you see a button that looks like this: ? This is the citation button, and if you click it, it will open up a form that'll automatically create a citation for any website you enter in. You can also choose the "manual" option and select "basic" if you want to write the citation yourself. If you're not seeing that button, let me know what you're seeing instead and I can try to help. You can also take a look at this page for more information about citations, although some of it may not be very helpful if you're editing on a mobile phone. If you have any other questions (either about this or something else), feel free to ask! Extraordinary Writ (talk) 09:03, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
Chapter requests
Latest comment: 2 months ago4 comments2 people in discussion
Hi Extraordinary Writ! A while ago you had mentioned to me over at WP:RX that you would be willing to provide chapters for the book The Words and Music of Bruce Springsteen by Rob Kirkpatrick and I was wondering if I could take you up on that? I'm specifically requesting the chapters on Nebraska and Born in the U.S.A.. Thanks! – zmbro(talk) (cont) 20:19, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
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Moses Okotchi Oluochi is a Kenyan born on 16th Jan,1998 at Port Victoria -Budalangi in Busia County.
He attended Lunyofu Primary School Moses Wanjala Jnr (talk) 08:32, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
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How do I create a Wikipedia page ? --Dr.Sajeev Nair (talk) 10:08, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
Hello Dr.Sajeev Nair. You can read this help page for information about how to create a new article. As it explains, topics are only notable enough for a Wikipedia article if they've been written about in detail by multiple trustworthy sources (books, magazines, newspapers, etc.), so make sure you're writing about something that meets that requirement. Let me know if you have any questions. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 09:05, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – March 2024
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Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery categories
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Hello, Extraordinary Writ,
I see you restored these categories. However, they are still empty. I will hold off tagging them again for a few hours but another editor or admin might very well tag them CSD C1. Of course, they then have another week to get things sorted out, I just hope that the editor who request their restoration realizes that if the categories remain empty for 7 days, they will be deleted again. Thanks for all of your work. LizRead!Talk! 01:13, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
Pinging Frostly: you may want to either run the bot now or add a page to each category to keep it from being tagged as empty. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 01:19, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
Thanks @Extraordinary Writ and @Liz. All of the categories should have at least one page in them now. I am currently running the bot. Best, — Frostly (talk) 01:56, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
Rankin
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Just out of curiosity, what brought that little mystery to your attention? DS (talk) 14:49, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
Oh, I just stumbled across the message you left at WT:WPWA. Quite a story. That reminds me, I was going to check Newspapers.com now that it's working again...I'll go do that now. (If my meager assortment of talk-page stalkers has anything to add, feel free!) Extraordinary Writ (talk) 20:00, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
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Hey there. Could you help take a look on this issue? There appears to be persistent inexplicable edits coming from said IP address with zero response to discussions. Appreciate your help on this. Thanks. hundenvonPG (talk) 08:39, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
Sorry, I can't help with this at the moment. ANI is watchlisted by a very large number of people, so you generally don't need to alert individual admins if you've already made a post there. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 09:00, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
Request to restore the redirects
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If you want me to provide full context, here it is in quotation marks:
"This article had sources for citations, but only 60% of the article has citations, which means that 40% of the article has no citations. This article also fails WP:GNG for a stand-alone list."
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Hey there! I'm new to how Wikipedia actually works and was wondering what the guidelines are for editing character descriptions in the cast section of a movie/tv show. Sometimes it'll just say "Susan Sarandon as Janet Weiss" and sometimes there will be added information, e.g. "Susan Sarandon as Janet Weiss, Brad's fiancée." Is there any rules as to when information like this should be added to a page? And if there are pages that still have the first option, can they be changed by people such as myself to have more info? Sorry if this makes no sense, I can try and explain better if needed :) --Funkcunk (talk) 17:52, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
Hi Funkcunk! Yes, it's fine to add a brief description if you think it'd be helpful. You can see this page (for films) and this page (for TV shows) for more detailed guidance, but generally speaking you can just use your judgment: if you think it's an improvement, you're probably right (and if someone disagrees, they'll let you know). For films, usually we keep the description to a handful of words; for TV shows, longer descriptions are a bit more common. (Not sure why...) But again, just use common sense and you'll be fine. Hope this helps—let me know if you have any other questions! Extraordinary Writ (talk) 09:30, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
Thanks so much! I'll let you know if I have any more questions :) Funkcunk (talk) 16:59, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
Dang well I added some character descriptions to The Faculty (1998) and they got removed 😭
Wikipedia confuses me lol Funkcunk (talk) 21:30, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
Sorry to hear that, Funkcunk. It sounds like the concern was that the descriptions repeated too much from the plot summary section. You could try making the descriptions shorter (maybe just a few words each) and/or focusing on characters who weren't mentioned in the plot summary. You can also leave a message for the user who undid your edit at User talk:MikeAllen—he has more experience writing about films than I do and might be able to give you some better advice. Don't be discouraged! Extraordinary Writ (talk) 08:19, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
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Hello?
How do I create a profile page for myself on Wikipedia --Oriyomi Esther Eriwayo (talk) 10:33, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
Hello Oriyomi Esther Eriwayo. Unless you've been written about in detail by multiple trustworthy sources (books, news websites, etc.), you are probably not eligible to have a Wikipedia article created about you. We do allow people to provide a little information about themselves on their their user pages (click here to create yours), but promotional user pages will be deleted. Ultimately the goal of Wikipedia is to create a high-quality encyclopedia, and if you're just trying to create a profile page, I'd encourage you to use one of the many other websites designed for that purpose. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 08:02, 13 March 2024 (UTC)
RFA2024 update: no longer accepting new proposals in phase I
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Hey there! This is to let you know that phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship (RfA) review is now no longer accepting new proposals. Lots of proposals remain open for discussion, and the current round of review looks to be on a good track towards making significant progress towards improving RfA's structure and environment. I'd like to give my heartfelt thanks to everyone who has given us their idea for change to make RfA better, and the same to everyone who has given the necessary feedback to improve those ideas. The following proposals remain open for discussion:
Proposals 3 and 3b, initiated by Barkeep49 and Usedtobecool, respectively, provide for trials of discussion-only periods at RfA. The first would add three extra discussion-only days to the beginning, while the second would convert the first two days to discussion-only.
Proposal 5, initiated by SilkTork, provides for a trial of RfAs without threaded discussion in the voting sections.
Proposals 6c and 6d, initiated by BilledMammal, provide for allowing users to be selected as provisional admins for a limited time through various concrete selection criteria and smaller-scale vetting.
Proposal 7, initiated by Lee Vilenski, provides for the "General discussion" section being broken up with section headings.
Proposal 9b, initiated by Reaper Eternal, provides for the requirement that allegations of policy violation be substantiated with appropriate links to where the alleged misconduct occured.
Proposals 12c, 21, and 21b, initiated by City of Silver, Ritchie333, and HouseBlaster, respectively, provide for reducing the discretionary zone, which currently extends from 65% to 75%. The first would reduce it 65%–70%, the second would reduce it to 50%–66%, and the third would reduce it to 60%–70%.
Proposal 13, initiated by Novem Lingaue, provides for periodic, privately balloted admin elections.
Proposal 14, initiated by Kusma, provides for the creation of some minimum suffrage requirements to cast a vote.
Proposals 16 and 16c, initiated by Thebiguglyalien and Soni, respectively, provide for community-based admin desysop procedures. 16 would desysop where consensus is established in favor at the administrators' noticeboard; 16c would allow a petition to force reconfirmation.
Proposal 16e, initiated by BilledMammal, would extend the recall procedures of 16 to bureaucrats.
Proposal 17, initiated by SchroCat, provides for "on-call" admins and 'crats to monitor RfAs for decorum.
Proposal 25, initiated by Femke, provides for the requirement that nominees be extended-confirmed in addition to their nominators.
Proposal 27, initiated by WereSpielChequers, provides for the creation of a training course for admin hopefuls, as well as periodic retraining to keep admins from drifting out of sync with community norms.
To read proposals that were closed as unsuccessful, please see Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/2024 review/Phase I/Closed proposals. You are cordially invited once again to participate in the open discussions; when phase I ends, phase II will review the outcomes of trial proposals and refine the implementation details of other proposals. Another notification will be sent out when this phase begins, likely with the first successful close of a major proposal. Happy editing! theleekycauldron (talk • she/her), via:
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Hi, Am a artist, i wanna write my own biography --Jizams (talk) 10:12, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
Hello Jizams. Unless you've been written about in detail by multiple trustworthy sources (books, news websites, etc.), you're probably not eligible to be the subject of a Wikipedia article. We do allow people to provide a little information about themselves on their their user pages (click here to create yours), but promotional user pages will be deleted. Ultimately the goal of Wikipedia is to create a high-quality encyclopedia, and if you're just trying to create a webpage for yourself, I'd encourage you to use one of the many other websites designed for that purpose. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 06:10, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
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hi, how to add an institution (like college or hospital) profile on Wikipedia? --Ar.S.Anand Kumar (talk) 03:01, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
Hello Ar.S.Anand Kumar. I see you've been trying to create an article about the Papni School of Architecture. In order for the school to be eligible for an article, it needs to have been written about in detail by multiple reliable sources (like books, newspapers, trustworthy websites, etc.). Has the Papni School of Architecture been written about by any of those kinds of sources? If not, it is unfortunately not eligible for an article at this time. Let me know if you have any questions. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 07:07, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
Request
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Hey, Extraordinary Writ,
I see you are active right now so I'm hoping you can take care of deleting the files in Category:Proposed deletion as of 23 March 2024. I tagged them for PROD'd deletion so I can't delete them myself. Thanks for any help you can provide. Hope you are having a good weekend! LizRead!Talk! 22:28, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
Done. I don't normally do much with files, so let me know if there's something I've missed. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 22:37, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article William Burnham Woods you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Irruptive Creditor -- Irruptive Creditor (talk) 23:04, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
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? This is the citation button, and if you click it, it will open up a form that'll automatically create a citation for any website you enter in. You can also choose the "manual" option and select "basic" if you want to write the citation yourself. If you're not seeing that button, let me know what you're seeing instead and I can try to help. You can also take a look at this page for more information about citations, although some of it may not be very helpful if you're editing on a mobile phone. If you have any other questions (either about this or something else), feel free to ask! Extraordinary Writ (talk) 09:03, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Irruptive Creditor -- Irruptive Creditor (talk) 23:04, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
; see Talk:William Burnham Woods for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Irruptive Creditor -- Irruptive Creditor (talk) 23:44, 30 March 2024 (UTC)