User talk:Usernamekiran/Archive 9

Bot request

Sorry, my time is very limited now so I won't be able to help. I'm curious though, what's the goal?   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  11:58, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

@Tom.Reding: Hi, thanks for the response. The end goal is to create an automated/unsupervised bot for mrwiki. If only I could get this following code converted in C#, I think I can handle the rest. There are sample codes in PHP, and python as well, and API details at mediawiki:API:Edit. Could you please do that? If I can get only that code converted to C#, then I can do the rest.Also pinging Primefac, Novem Linguae, and SD0001. —usernamekiran • sign the guestbook • (talk) 18:32, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

/*  
    edit.js
 
    MediaWiki API Demos
    Demo of `Edit` module: POST request to edit a page

    MIT license
*/

var request = require('request').defaults({jar: true}),
    url = "https://test.wikipedia.org/w/api.php";

// Step 1: GET request to fetch login token
function getLoginToken() {
    var params_0 = {
        action: "query",
        meta: "tokens",
        type: "login",
        format: "json"
    };

    request.get({ url: url, qs: params_0 }, function (error, res, body) {
        if (error) {
            return;
        }
        var data = JSON.parse(body);
        loginRequest(data.query.tokens.logintoken);
    });
}

// Step 2: POST request to log in. 
// Use of main account for login is not
// supported. Obtain credentials via Special:BotPasswords
// (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:BotPasswords) for lgname & lgpassword
function loginRequest(login_token) {
    var params_1 = {
        action: "login",
        lgname: "bot_username",
        lgpassword: "bot_password",
        lgtoken: login_token,
        format: "json"
    };

    request.post({ url: url, form: params_1 }, function (error, res, body) {
        if (error) {
            return;
        }
        getCsrfToken();
    });
}

// Step 3: GET request to fetch CSRF token
function getCsrfToken() {
    var params_2 = {
        action: "query",
        meta: "tokens",
        format: "json"
    };

    request.get({ url: url, qs: params_2 }, function(error, res, body) {
        if (error) {
            return;
        }
        var data = JSON.parse(body);
        editRequest(data.query.tokens.csrftoken);
    });
}

// Step 4: POST request to edit a page
function editRequest(csrf_token) {
    var params_3 = {
        action: "edit",
        title: "Project:Sandbox",
        appendtext: "test edit",
        token: csrf_token,
        format: "json"
    };

    request.post({ url: url, form: params_3 }, function (error, res, body) {
        if (error) {
            return;
        }
        console.log(body);
    });
}

// Start From Step 1
getLoginToken();

—usernamekiran • sign the guestbook • (talk) 18:32, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

Hey Kiran. Sorry, I don't know C# well enough to translate this. Before you go to the trouble, did you get a hello world program working with C# and Toolforge? If not, I think switching to a more common Toolforge language (e.g. Python & pywikibot) might be worth thinking about. It would make it easier to get help from bot operators. –Novem Linguae (talk) 18:48, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

I got the code successfully ported from java to C#, but it is still not working. There is no point in consuming mine, and others' time on this. I will get back to this after 7-8 months from now. Thanks everybody for their input. —usernamekiran • sign the guestbook • (talk) 17:17, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

On the leeky RfA

In case you hadn't seen, see Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Optional_RfA_candidate_poll/Archive_15#Theleekycauldron:_October_15,_2021. It's a few months ago but it might answer your recent question. A. C. Santacruz ⁂ Please ping me! 18:46, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

Please stop trying to manually archive the noticeboard

There's a bot that does that, you should not be trying to do it manually. MrOllie (talk) 01:55, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

@MrOllie: Hi. Sorry for the delayed reply. I was aware that the archiving process by me was failing. In the later edits, I had decreased the number of threads/conversations. When it hadn't been archived, I had reverted my edits. See you around :-) —usernamekiran • sign the guestbook • (talk) 16:31, 5 February 2022 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Uw-vandal3-usernamekiran

Template:Uw-vandal3-usernamekiran has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. eviolite (talk) 02:01, 20 February 2022 (UTC)

Reply

I don't have a good answer for you, but you could try asking at WP:VPM. — xaosflux ^Talk 16:27, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Thanks Xaos —usernamekiran (talk) 16:30, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Happy April 1

Don't open this!
What the?! Happy April Fool's Day! Thanks for your contributions to improve the dissemination of free knowledge to humanity! North America1000 16:11, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

Check it!

"Jet Bropulsion Laboratory"

Ha, that's a new one! :) Happy editing, JBL (talk) 01:54, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

@JayBeeEll: hehe. Your use of word "doofus" gave me achuckle, so I felt comfortable to use some humour too. I have used "Jet Propulsion Laboratory" for Johnpacklambert in the past, people abbreviate Johnpacklambert as JPL a lot. For some unknown reason, Johnpacklambert reminds me the name Arnold Schwarzenegger. Strange. See you around :-) —usernamekiran (talk) 02:05, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

Yes, JPL and I are confused [1]. --JBL (talk) 02:24, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

lol —usernamekiran (talk) 02:31, 18 April 2022 (UTC)

Recent page moved

Hi, according to this move discussion, the pages should have been moved according to option 2, not option 1. Nehme₁₄₉₉ 10:02, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

@Nehme1499: Hi. My bad. Will fix soon. Thanks for pointing out :-) —usernamekiran (talk) 10:03, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

@Nehme1499: done. thanks again for pointing it out. —usernamekiran (talk) 10:10, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for your work :) Nehme₁₄₉₉ 10:11, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

Please don't...

1. Close deletion discussions because the pages had been vandalised and the nominator had not noticed prior to the nomination
2. Even more specifically, don't do no. 1 if the nominator noticed after the nomination and left a comment which specifically addressed why they think the AfD is still valid
3. Speedy keep articles which do not meet the criteria for doing so
4. Leave your own personal opinion about the nomination in the closing statement, as this can be seen (and often is) as a WP:SUPERVOTE, which is not what people closing discussions should be doing. In such a case, it is almost universally better to leave a comment in the discussion instead of closing it.

Thanks, RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 19:26, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

@RandomCanadian: Hello. Proper closing statement doesnt mean supervote, there is a big difference. My close was justified, I am not asking for reinstating it though. Also see: WP:SK#NOT, and WP:SNOW. —usernamekiran (talk) 19:38, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Mentioning Also, according to WP:GEOLAND, legally recognised census places are notable, regardless their population. The pre-hijacked article fulfils the requirements with reliable source. is not a closing statement. It is a !vote which should be in the discussion (and one which is effectively countered by the fact that notability actually requires verifiable evidence). This was also certainly not eligible for WP:SNOW - nobody beyond the nominator had even commented on it. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 19:45, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

@RandomCanadian: erm... You are being kind of bureaucratic here, as well as self contradictory. While reverting the close, you said WP:GEOLAND is countered by both WP:NRVE and WP:5P5 The latter states Wikipedia has policies and guidelines, but they are not carved in stone; their content and interpretation can evolve over time. The principles and spirit matter more than literal wording, and sometimes improving Wikipedia requires making exceptions. That means WP:NRVE is also countered by 5P5. And the article does contain one reliable source. Anyways, per WP:SNOW: Use common sense and don't follow a process for the sake of it, but do allow discussions to take place if in doubt. The snowball clause is one way that editors are encouraged to exercise common sense and avoid pointy, bureaucratic behavior. The snowball clause states: If an issue has a snowball's chance in hell of being accepted by a certain process, there's no need to run it through the entire process. The grand takeaway of everything her is: 1. nothing is set in stones 2. All the policies/guidelines are created for the benefit of wikipedia, sometimes we have to avoid taking everything to the letter, and ignore a rule for the greater good. 3. SNOW close doesnt really need participation from others if it is clearly/obviously going to happen/not happen. 4. The article is obviously going to be kept per GEOLAND, no need to go through the process for that. —usernamekiran (talk) 20:22, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

3. SNOW close doesnt really need participation from others if it is clearly/obviously going to happen/not happen. 4. The article is obviously going to be kept per GEOLAND, no need to go through the process for that. That's where I disagree very much. The article is not "obviously going to be kept per GEOLAND" - in fact, given the lack of WP:SIGCOV about it, I would not at all be surprised if this did get redirected. You closing it per this seems very much a WP:SUPERVOTE, one which is not in line with broader policy. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 20:32, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

2023 Nigerian general election

How can this page be moved? A few weeks ago, you closed discussion on the move and while your reasoning was sound, it is not sustainable for one side to refuse discussion because the status quo will be kept no matter what. Watercheetah99 (talk) 20:55, 7 August 2022 (UTC)

At this point the page should just be moved. If a side is unwilling to argue their case for four entire months, then they have conceded. A half dozen chances and nothing. Please move the page. Watercheetah99 (talk) 06:44, 11 August 2022 (UTC)

Again, I ask for the page to be moved. They have been given so many chances to make their case, I even went to Number 57's talk page and they just said "I am not going to change my mind and agree with you" without responding to anything. Panam2014 just threatened to report me. Both have clearly dropped any pretense of good faith discussion. As you have noted, the page's stable title is 2023 Nigerian elections which is an appropriate title for the article in addition to the name now being practically uncontested. Please change the name. Watercheetah99 (talk) 21:29, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

I've set out very clearly why I believe the article should not be moved at the WP:Politics talk page; the fact that you disagree with me does not mean I have not made my case. I have responded several times over many months but Watercheetah is unable to stop flogging this dead horse. Number 57 21:50, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

As you are well aware, you have not argued in good faith against the page move; in fact, you have not argued against the page move in months. You rightly abandoned the illogical Panam2014 anti-page move argument because it makes no sense, instead bringing in an understandable but needless page split discussion that's clearly separate. Considering the fact that you have not even attempted to argue against the page move, it should be moved then you can open a page split discussion. I would disagree with the split but at the very least, I will engage in the discussion. Watercheetah99 (talk) 23:57, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

And yet again, Number 57 is gone. The only way that this can be resolved is with a page move, only then will Number 57 grace us with an explanation for anything because otherwise we don't get to know why only one opinion matters. Please change the name so that Number 57 can finally argue for the page split they want and the uncontested name change can finally go through. Watercheetah99 (talk) 04:29, 21 August 2022 (UTC)

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Darya Dugina move RM closure

Hi Usernamekiran! You closed (here) the RM of Darya Dugina, which makes sense because the whole thing was a bit messy, first having a requested move and then the article splitting in two, part of it at the destination.
There is a thing though. As we have a merge in process right now, the simplest thing would be to have the merge either on the bio or the killing depending on whether the move is or isn't successful. I tried to clarify it here on the talkpage. The only thing is that you have closed the move as "procedural close", so that complicates things a bit. If you don't mind and it isn't to much work, it would be nice to know if the move is or isn't successful. Thank you. — AdrianHObradors (talk) 06:59, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:2023 Nigerian general election § Requested move 13 September 2022

 You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:2023 Nigerian general election § Requested move 13 September 2022. Watercheetah99 (talk) 19:07, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

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Incorrect link changes

This and other edits like it was a bad mistake. Spectral radiance was still the correct link. Changing links (and text!) to "radiance" made the sentence incorrect. "Radiance" and "spectral radiance" are not interchangeable terms. Srleffler (talk) 20:55, 5 November 2022 (UTC)

@Srleffler: Hi. Apologies for the delayed reply. and inconvenience caused by incorrect link changes. I would have corrected the link changes myself, but I am not sure which links need to be changed, and which ones need to be kept the same. Fortunately there were only around 25 changes made. Would you kindly look at it? (Special:Contributions/Usernamekiran_(AWB)) I apologise for my blunder again. —usernamekiran (talk) 09:51, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

I think I got them all. None of the links needed to be changed. This was not a disambiguation problem, but rather a case where the same topic was being covered in two articles under different names. The right solution was to consolidate the coverage in one place, which renaming the article accomplished.--Srleffler (talk) 04:27, 8 November 2022 (UTC)

@Srleffler: Thanks a lot. You keeping me in the loop/updated is also very much appreciated. I am good with AWB, and similar stuff so please feel free to let me know if you need any assistance in the future. —usernamekiran (talk) 06:13, 8 November 2022 (UTC)

TNT?

You just marked User:TheresNoTime as unreviewed? Was that intentional or? CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 08:28, 8 November 2022 (UTC)

@CaptainEek: thats odd. The curation toolbar showed it to me as unreviewed, so I marked it as reviewed. A glitch maybe? I have reviewed it again. —usernamekiran (talk) 08:45, 8 November 2022 (UTC)

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@Jonesey95: Hi. The signature of "Usernamekiran (AWB)" account has a link to this talkpage. But I will update the signature accordingly soon (before I use the the account to comment/sign at somewhere). —usernamekiran (talk) 16:48, 21 November 2022 (UTC)

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Maharashtra mla list is wrong

There is SHS instead of BJP 182.69.223.180 (talk) 15:47, 8 December 2022 (UTC)

Hello. I am not sure which article you are referring to. I will try to find it tomorrow. —usernamekiran (talk) 15:54, 8 December 2022 (UTC)

Tagging pages for speedy deletion

Hello, Usernamekiran,

When you are patrolling, could you consider moving incomplete articles to Draft space rather than tagging them for CSD A7 deletion? Especially if they are newly created articles, page creators can work on improving the sourcing and content, unlike articles that are overly promotional. It also gives article creators some time to work on their pages. It's just a suggestion and I've found this works for A7 criteria in particular. Thanks for your contributions! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:37, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

@Liz: Hi. Yes, I had doubts about that A7, and just a few minutes I had also created this page. But I thought, the person lacked the notability, so I preferred A7 over draftification. But from now on, I will use A7 only for promotional or super non-notable articles. See you around :-) —usernamekiran (talk) 03:51, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

Wild Carrot move discussion

Greetings. I would urge you to re-evaluate this RM close. The users handwaving WP:DIFFCAPS away as "controversial" are effectively using WP:LOCALCONSENSUS to override established guidelines. As Necrothesp themselves stated, there's no logical reason to consider "Iron Maiden" unambiguous but not "Wild Carrot". The NGram cited by BD2412 doesn't necessarily show independent use of "Wild Carrot" apart from the band name. The title case form is/was used in titles, which I guess is what is showing up on the graph, see this example from 1921. —Sangdeboeuf (talk) 01:46, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

The Red Meat example cited by a couple of users is a red herring; the examples of Iron maiden / Iron Maiden and Ice cube / Ice Cube currently given under WP:DIFFCAPS are a perfect analogue for the use of title case in this scenario. —Sangdeboeuf (talk) 02:02, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

• Well let's remove all doubt. Here is an NGram showing usage from 1800 to 1990, the entire range being long before the band came into existence, showing a substantial proportion of uses of capitalized "Wild Carrot". BD2412 T 01:51, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
  • Those are almost certainly titles of works, chapters, sections, etc. This seems obvious from the way usage of "Wild Carrot" nearly parallels "wild carrot", and is always less than "wild carrot", because a term will be repeated in any given text far more than in headings. We can't infer from this graph that anyone ever used "Wild Carrot" on its own was ever commonly used for the plant. —Sangdeboeuf (talk) 01:58, 21 December 2022 (UTC) edited 02:37, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
    • Doug Elliott, Wild Roots: A Forager's Guide... (1995), p. 75: "Wild Carrot is found in meadows, fields, and roadsides throughout most of this country, though it was naturalized after importation from Europe. ... These hairs are a very important identification mark because poison hemlock, which is very similar to Wild Carrot in general appearance and habitat, has no hairs. Confusion between Wild Carrot and poison hemlock has been the last mistake of many enthusiastic wild food foragers".
    • Illinois. Dept. of Agriculture, Annual Report - Illinois Department of Agriculture (1922), p. 76: "KANKAKEE COUNTY had 72 salable samples and 7 unsalable because of Wild Carrot and Buckhorn in 5 and Buckhorn in 2. Forty-nine samples were analyzed for germination.
      KENDALL COUNTY had 121 salable samples and 10 unsalable because of Wild Carrot in 5, Buckhorn and Dock in 2, Wild Carrot and Buckhorn in 1, Wild Carrot and Dock in 1 and Buckhorn in 1. Ninety-seven samples were analyzed for germination".
    • Merritt Lyndon Fernald, ‎Alfred Charles Kinsey, ‎Reed Clark Rollins, Edible Wild Plants of Eastern North America (p. 301): "The WILD CARROT, which is such a pest in many old fields, belongs to the same species as the garden carrot but its root is small and tough... Mrs. Morrell, who writes from a large experience with edible wild plants in Maine, states that the roots raised from the seeds of the Wild Carrot are remarkably sweet".
    • Roger Tory Peterson, Peterson First Guide to Wildflowers of Northeastern and North-central North America (1998), p. 26: "This huge, woolly relative of the Wild Carrot (below) stands 4 to 8 or even 10 feet tall".
    • Anne Pratt, Wild Flowers, Volume 2 (1853), p. 187-88: "The Wild Carrot is a very frequent plant on pastures and the borders of fields, and is the only British species, the kind called the Sea-side Carrot being most probably but a variety of it. ... The Wild Carrot is generally found throughout Europe, and Sir T. L. Mitchell, when in Australia, saw a very similar species in abundance there".
    • Not going to bother fully formatting this one, but here's a 1935 regular newspaper article from the Kemptville, Ontario Weekly Advance using the capitalized "Wild Carrot" about a half dozen times. BD2412 T 02:08, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

• @Sangdeboeuf: Hello. Thank you for bringing your doubt/concerns with the closer (me). When I closed the RM, I considered rationales provided by everybody. If we assume Necrothesp's argument/rationale is not policy based, and even if we discard it, we still have three other sound/well reasoned rationales. That's the most I can say as an uninvolved closer, if I go any further (or had gone during the closing), by close would become biased, and it wouldn't remain impartial. I will say that the close was appropriate. —usernamekiran (talk) 03:10, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
  • Amakuru's argument was essentially the same as Necrothesp's, and similarly lacks a basis in policy. My rebuttals of the other arguments were just as sound and well reasoned. Therefore the close was not appropriate. —Sangdeboeuf (talk) 03:26, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
    • @Sangdeboeuf: I wouldn't say that. Even though Amakuru did not refer to any policy, their rationale was well reasoned. At most, it can be said the result was "no consensus", instead of "consensus against move". —usernamekiran (talk) 04:06, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
• WP:LOCALCONSENSUS: Consensus among a limited group of editors, at one place and time, cannot override community consensus on a wider scale. Italics mine to highlight things that are simply not true here. Consensus at many RMs has been that DIFFCAPS is not a great method of disambiguation and it has frequently not been applied. LOCALCONSENSUS also says In article title discussions, in the event of a lack of consensus, the applicable policy preserves the most recent prior stable title. As here, except there was a very clear consensus against the proposed move. -- Necrothesp (talk) 11:08, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

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@MBlaze Lightning: Same to you! Thanks, it is appreciated a lot. —usernamekiran (talk) 13:54, 25 December 2022 (UTC)

I don't celebrate christmas, or new year, but it is appreciated a lot, thank you. —usernamekiran (talk) 14:36, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

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@CAPTAIN RAJU: Thank you! And same to you, it is appreciated a lot. —usernamekiran (talk) 07:44, 26 December 2022 (UTC)

I don't celebrate christmas, or new year, but it is appreciated a lot, thank you. —usernamekiran (talk) 14:36, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

Mistake

I made mistakes of using ]] in place of }} because i edit by a phone. So i hope you understand. --- Misterrrrr (talk) 00:55, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

@Misterrrrr: It happens, don't worry about it. I can understand. —usernamekiran (talk) 01:21, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

Voice of America Jazz hour

I saw you made some cleanup edits on the above page. Did you notice that at least three of the external links were dead (404 error)? Janke | Talk 15:00, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

@Janke: Hi. No, I did these edits through AWB, so I couldn't notice the status of these links. —usernamekiran (talk) 15:42, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

WRC

Hi! I noticed you forgot to respond here. Pelmeen10 (talk) 18:42, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

@Pelmeen10: wow. That still open? I will respond in 12 to 20 hours, I'm on mobile again. —usernamekiran (talk) 18:56, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

Will you really? :) -Pelmeen10 (talk) 09:11, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

Guru Nanak Mission High School

Hi there! I noticed that you reviewed Guru Nanak Mission High School previously and it got deleted through AfD. The same article creator has created the article again today. Does the new article address the reasons and is it a substantial improvement on the previous article or is it just a repost? Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 18:58, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

@Spiderone: Hi. The article seems a little different, but not an improvement on the previous one. —usernamekiran (talk) 20:43, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

Thank you. I've requested its deletion as I believe that it meets the spirit of WP:G4. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 22:13, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

@Spiderone: Yes, I think it qualifies for G4. —usernamekiran (talk) 22:23, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

Imagemaps

Hi, please note that removing wikilinks from an imagemap breaks the entire template. It'd therefore be appreciated if you'd leave these templates alone. Many thanks, Chiswick Chap (talk) 08:33, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

@Chiswick Chap: Hi. I manually experimented with the imagemap in Balrog#Real-world origins, and you are correct, it breaks. But that was not visible in AWB. Thanks for letting me know, it is appreciated a lot. I will skip such pages from now on. —usernamekiran (talk) 10:06, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

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Please review Douglas Cumming

You added "Orphan" to this page, but I already found and linked pages to Douglas Cumming. Please review again. Thank you. Bmjc98 (talk) 21:24, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

@Bmjc98: Hi. I removed the orphan tag. It is type of "maintenance tag". Once the issue pointed by the tag has been resolved, then the tag can be removed by anyone as long as it is not something controversial. See also: WP:Be bold. Feel free to ask me if you have any questions or doubts. See you around :-) —usernamekiran (talk) 23:35, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

Oh, thank you! Does it mean I can also remove it once I resolve the issue? By the way, I am quite a beginner here with only 10 successful Wikipedia pages done. I wonder if you can help me with my other pages. One of these two have multiple issues and would be nice to have an expert to help me out. This will also help me learn the ins and outs of Wikipedia, too. Thank you. By the way, sorry if I sounded like rude in my first message. I was on mobile and in a hurry to type that because I was also working at that time. Bmjc98 (talk) 01:14, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

@Bmjc98: Hi. Apologies for such a delayed reply, I thought I had already replied. Yes, you are right, for non-controversial/technical maintenance tags, anyone can remove it including the article creator. Sure, I would love to help you with other pages. Also, if you are interested learning more about wikipedia editing, but are not sure how, or where to begin, then I suggest you to visit WP:Teahouse every three-four days. New editors ask all sorts of questions there. Even if you don't participate there, visiting it twice a week would certainly give you a lot of information. —usernamekiran (talk) 10:26, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

Ashish Dixit

An article you nominated for deletion Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ashish Dixit is re-created by a new user. I can't check the deleted version but I saw that the article was deleted in soft-deletion and there was only comment by a blocked sock. --- Misterrrrr (talk) 09:17, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

@Misterrrrr: Thanks. It has now been deleted. —usernamekiran (talk) 17:28, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

@Usernamekiran: Okay, i just thought to ping you. --- Misterrrrr (talk) 17:40, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

@Misterrrrr: Thank you, it is appreciated. —usernamekiran (talk) 17:42, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

Charges?

Hey Kiran what charges you take for opening new article? 123.201.215.226 (talk) 10:38, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

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Hello. Thanks for your great work in WP:MOSTREFS bot. My only suggestion is to add a table of contents for User:KiranBOT/MOSTREFS as it is tedious to scroll to find the List section. Thanks. Sanglahi86 (talk) 09:41, 10 March 2023 (UTC)

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User:Usernamekiran/Toolforge pywikibot tutorial

Planning on finishing this? I'm happy to help write it. — Qwerfjkltalk 20:11, 6 April 2023 (UTC)

@Qwerfjkl: Hi. I had started working on that tutorial almost an year ago. At that time, the pywikibot tutorial at wikitech was a little contradictory/had a few issues. This was the main reason why I started working on the tutorial. But now that tutorial is fine, and Novem Linguae's tutorial is very helpful as well. So instead of a pywikibot tutorial, now I am thinking of creating a tutorial for replace.py (replace bot) and customised general fixes. Even though very slow, I am still working on it. Please feel free edit the User:Usernamekiran/Toolforge pywikibot tutorial, or its talkpage, but I am instead of being about pywikibot, I am going to make it mostly about customised general fixes. Please let me know if you have any suggestions regarding anything. —usernamekiran (talk) 08:32, 8 April 2023 (UTC)

Continuous bot task

Re your comment here, if you're interested, Qwerfjkl (bot) 17 is a continuous task. The code (which I'm currently running on PAWS) can be found here. Hopefully (I haven't actually tested it) this can just be run with --continuous on toolforge. — Qwerfjkltalk 10:56, 15 April 2023 (UTC)

Peshawa

Who was the first peshawa? Krishna0224 (talk) 14:30, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

@Krishna0224: Hi. It was Moropant Trimbak Pingle. —usernamekiran (talk) 15:25, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

Question from LotusElanS1 (18:06, 30 May 2023)

Hi There, I would like to add a photo onto the page for Lotus Elan. I see there are no images of an early Series 1 car on the page and thought people would like to see one. I have uploaded a picture, but am not sure how to add it to the page. Can you help please? --LotusElanS1 (talk) 18:06, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

Question from Grandupdate (09:18, 18 June 2023)

Hi I actually want to create a wiki page as opposed to only editing. How do I do that? --Grandupdate (talk) 09:18, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

(by talk reader) @Grandupdate: Please read WP:FIRST. I don't think new editors should make pages, so I strongly caution you against it. Chris Troutman (talk) 14:12, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

@Grandupdate: Hi. I agree with Chris troutman. I recommend adding to watchlist, and editing pre-existing articles to gain more experience before creating new articles. —usernamekiran (talk) 17:25, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

Question from Liberatoryeberhardt2 (08:58, 20 June 2023)

Can i become a fact checker of conspiracytheories? --Liberatoryeberhardt2 (talk) 08:58, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

@Liberatoryeberhardt2: Hi. I'm not sure what exactly you mean by a "fact checker" of conspiracy theories. In regards to Wikipedia, we do check facts of (Wikipedia's) article contents with the sources provided in the article itself. This is related to Wikipedia's core policy of WP:Verifiability. There are some categories where articles are added which need "exact page from source book", "fact not present in the source", and similar issues. But if you are talking about something like FactCheck.org, or snopes, then I can't help you there. But if it's related to Wikipedia, then feel free to ask me anything. —usernamekiran (talk) 19:55, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

open proxy block

Hello. I am caught in an open proxy block. I restarted my modem a few times, but each IP address was blocked too. If my IP address is needed, I am happy to email it. Requesting an IP block exemption for this, and KiranBOT account. Thanks a lot in advance. —usernamekiran (talk) 05:33, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

@Liz: Hello. I saw you in recently active admins tool, so I have emailed you with my current IP address, and the block message. Would it be okay to get an IPBE for a few days? —usernamekiran (talk) 05:39, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

pinging Mjroots, Liz seems to have gone offline. —usernamekiran (talk) 06:10, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

pinging Cabayi now —usernamekiran (talk) 06:20, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

I don't know how to do these unblocks. It might help if you posted the IP address that you want unblocking here. Mjroots (talk) 06:22, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

@Mjroots: Thanks for the reply :-) Instead of unblocking, if you add me to user group of IPBE (IP block exemptions), that will do the trick as well. —usernamekiran (talk) 06:24, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

@Mjroots: Cabayi did it —usernamekiran (talk) 06:26, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

I did. I'd have been even quicker if your sig linked to your username. Cabayi (talk) 06:28, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

@Cabayi: oh, I didn't realise that could be an issue. But not thinking about changing my signature for now hehe. Thanks for the IPBE :-) —usernamekiran (talk) 06:30, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

See WP:SIG. Mjroots (talk) 06:31, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

KiranBOT done too. The sig isn't so bad elsewhere but on this page the talk link is dead too. Cabayi (talk) 06:33, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

Indonesian football

As a project tagger of Indonesian topics, I am a little concerned by the arrival of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Men%27s_footballers_in_Indonesia_by_club and friends, so to speak, as it appears not to have content, and there is already a vast ocean (hard to know an appropriate collective noun for the phenomenon) of football articles in the Indonesian project already, hope your answer reflects good humour in the face of the vastness of football articles in the project... JarrahTree 08:31, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

Category:Indonesian expatriate men's footballers (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by KiranBOT (talk · contribs · new pages (1103)) started on 2023-07-03, score: 64

Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by KiranBOT (talk · contribs · new pages (1103)) started on 2023-07-03, score: 64

Category:Men's footballers in Indonesia (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by KiranBOT (talk · contribs · new pages (1103)) started on 2023-07-03, score: 64

Category:Men's footballers in Indonesia by club (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by KiranBOT (talk · contribs · new pages (1103)) started on 2023-07-03, score: 64

Category:Indonesian men's footballers (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by KiranBOT (talk · contribs · new pages (1103)) started on 2023-07-03, score: 64

just in case there is a need to know on the need to know basis of what to know, or something like that... JarrahTree 08:35, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

Hey JarrahTree! I'm actually very pleased to see your message! (not saying for small talk/formalities) It's always nice to hear from old colleagues. Sorry for a delayed response, but I was having some emergency (it's still going on currently), so unfortunately I'm low on humour as well. Regarding the empty categories, there is this bot task to update categories like "Footballers in <country>", "<nationality> footballers" to "Men's footballers in <country>", and "Men's <nationality> footballers". Apparently, there was an RfC which cleared these naming conventions like an year ago, but I missed that piece of intel. The bot already created all the categories that need to be updated. Like you said, there are whopping 1,138 categories, and around 190k articles that need to be updated. The bot is populating the categories as we speak, with around 2 edits per 3 seconds (I think/guess), but it will still take a while to finish the entire task. Courtesy ping to Liz. —usernamekiran (talk) 16:19, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

@JarrahTree and Liz: PS: in 3 hours (since the bot started its run), there have been around 7000 edits. —usernamekiran (talk) 16:22, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

Nothing yet - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Indonesian_expatriate_men%27s_footballers. 08:28, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

@JarrahTree: I had to turn off the bot after my last comment here, I just restarted it. Not it will not stop until it finishes the task. Based on my estimation/guess, the Indonesian expatriate men's footballers should be populated around 1130H UTC. —usernamekiran (talk) 08:33, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

no big rush - hey someone has even ventured into the espionage project today, we live in very strange times... JarrahTree 08:44, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

@JarrahTree: who/what is it? If I may ask. —usernamekiran (talk) 08:47, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

ahah - the pudding in the proof, or yet another malapropism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Espionage JarrahTree 08:52, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

@JarrahTree: lol. that was interesting. the wikiproject is on my watchlist, yet somehow I always miss the posts. Fortunately enough, I was able to catch some weirdass actions by a user with weirdass name. That reminded me, I should do some cleaning up of their moves of wikiprojects. —usernamekiran (talk) 09:05, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

yeah the more inneresting characters who inhabited milhist and ships in the olds days have gone, but the legacy still smells all the years after... JarrahTree 09:09, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

User:KiranBOT

Hello, Usernamekiran,

For some reason your bot made this edit that added a lot of red link categories to this article. Maybe those categories should exist but according to WP:REDNO, red link categories have to be removed or the category created. Since I assume that your bot doesn't have the functionality to intelligently create new categories, it should stay away from adding nonexisting categories to articles or, really, any page on the project because doing this will require another editor to come and remove them. Bots are supposed to save editor time, not create work for them to fix. I haven't really looked into your bot and whether this was an isolated incident but I thought I'd bring it to your attention in case its programming needs to be tweaked. Thank you! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:09, 2 July 2023 (UTC)

Hello Liz. The edits were expected. It was a 50 edit trial per the BRFA. Another trial of 2000 edits has been approved, but I'll get to my computer in 2-3 hours from now, currently on mobile. In the next run (after 2-3 hours), the bot will create non-existent categories, and it will also populate a lot of these categories. Once the bot is fully approved, it will update around 190k articles with around 1500 categories. I apologise for the inconvenience. —usernamekiran (talk) 23:03, 2 July 2023 (UTC)

Now your bot has created hundreds of empty categories! These categories will be tagged CSD C1 if they aren't filled. I really don't recommend the mass-creation of categories in order to avoid this problem. I won't tag them right now but can you assure me that they will be populated presently? It's really unclear to me exactly what tasks your bot has been authorized to do regarding categories. Is it just handling categories for football players? Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:07, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

@Liz: Hi. As mentioned in my earlier response, the bot is supposed to create around 1500 empty categories. Then it will populate these categories by updating the articles (the original reason why you had contacted me first). If the bot first updates the articles, then categories will be red links, if it creates the categories first, then the categories will be empty. But the bot is supposed to create the categories, and then update the articles soon after that. Kindly be assured that the newly created empty categories will be populated soon. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any doubts, concerns, or if you find some error with the bot. —usernamekiran (talk) 06:20, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

PS: you can find the detailed information at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/KiranBOT 7, it has been linked in each edit summary by the bot. —usernamekiran (talk) 06:21, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

Okay. I just tag empty categories for deletion on a daily basis so this is all new to me. It will be confusing to see 600+ new empty categories on the Empty Categories list tonight. How long will it take for them to be populated? Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 20:30, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

@Liz: Hi. The bot task has been fully approved, and my program is ready. But unfortunately, there was an emergency, and I had to go out of town. I think I will get home in 48 hours from now, I will do it then. All the categories should be populated at least with one article in 3 or 4 hours (after the bot stars working). Would you kindly skip tagging any football related categories for three days? I apologise for the inconvenience. —usernamekiran (talk) 20:50, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

Please see this link. See, it takes 10 minutes to create hundreds of categories and a great many more hours to populate them. I will hold off tagging them primarily because I don't want to untag 600 categories in 2 or 3 days. But please keep this situation in mind as you continue to refine how your bot handles categories.

Sorry to hear about your emergency, I hope it gets resolved safely. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 06:34, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

How is the progress with the bot? I had to tell another editor to stop tagging these categories for speedy deletion as they were tagging them CSD C1 today. Just checking in to see what is happening. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:15, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

@Liz: Hi. Its going on well. In a 7 hour run, it updated around 23k articles. In a couple of hours from now, I will start the final run, and it will update all the pages non-stop, resulting population of all the categories. —usernamekiran (talk) 03:25, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

Well, according to Wikipedia:Database reports/Empty categories, we've gone from 600+ empty football/soccer categories to about 225 empty categories. So, that's some improvement and I appreciate it. It looks like what's left is categories that categorize football players by club. I'm not sure how the bot can make those judgments but I'm not a technical editor. But since I did my share of "Argh! What's happening!" comments on your talk page, I just wanted to thank you and your bot for making a significant step of progress in populating all of these categories.

I meant to ask, is this process a one-time deal, involving football players of different nationalities and clubs? Or are you going to take on other branches of our Wikipedia category tree? Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:09, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

@Liz: Hi. I apologise, but I had forgotten that I had created two different programs. The second one was to populate to "football players by club" categories. I test ran it again, and I have asked for confirmation from an experienced editor from football wikiproject. Once I get the confirmation, I will run the second program. It will populate the empty categories fairly sooner than the older program. Regarding your second question: no, this is just one-time thing. Even if I get a bot request for similar work, I will update the program so that it will create the categories as they are being populated, so there would be no red-links nor empty ones. :-) —usernamekiran (talk) 13:45, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

@JarrahTree and Liz: All the categories have been populated appropriately, except three categories: Category:Expatriate men's footballers in the United Kingdom, Category:Korean men's footballers, and Category:British expatriate men's footballers. Their counterparts, Category:Expatriate footballers in the United Kingdom, Category:Korean footballers, and Category:British expatriate footballers do not have any articles either (they are containers). I have told the concerned person to take a look at them, and they will move the appropriate categories and/or articles to the blank ones. Let me know if you find something out of the ordinary. —usernamekiran (talk) 17:07, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

Question from Harry James Books (23:49, 12 July 2023)

Hi UsernameKiran How do I create the link to a named person please? I have set up the name using brackets - eg, Churchill's - what do I have to do next please? Best regards Harry --Harry James Books (talk) 23:49, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

@Harry James Books: Hi. That's basically how you do it. I have posted a welcome note on your talkpage, you can find helpful tips in that note. Regarding linking, you can find information on Help:Introduction to editing with Wiki Markup/3, and detailed information on the links provided on that page. If you have further queries, feel free to ask. —usernamekiran (talk) 11:43, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

Marc Astur

Hi man, need help to create a Wikipedia page for this guy: Marc Astur, 23 years old (13/06/2000) born in Sant Cugat del Vallés (Barcelona, Spain): Profesional football player in Inter Miami CF and ambassador of Hard Rock Café with Leo Messi, business man living in Porsche Design Tower based in Miami, Florida (IG: @marcastur). He played in FCBarça Youth and then in second division with CESabadell. If you need more information i can provide it to you. Sources of information: • https://amp.marca.com/futbol/estados-unidos/2023/06/14/648984af268e3ebe728b4570.html • https://www.ccma.cat/tv3/alacarta/tot-es-mou/marc-astur-un-catala-a-linter-de-miami-de-messi/video/6225780/ • https://www.ccma.cat/tv3/alacarta/esport-club/marc-astur-la-final-de-lacb-ludovic-fabregas-i-tertulia-a-lesport-club/video/6226171/ • https://www.ccma.cat/catradio/alacarta/tot-costa/marc-astur-messi-quan-vaig-ser-a-paris-es-va-interessar-per-com-es-vivia-a-miami/audio-amp/1174886/ • https://euro.eseuro.com/local/amp/462389 • IG: @marcastur 79.155.206.24 (talk) 16:41, 16 July 2023 (UTC)

Question from Anonymous man34 (15:30, 26 July 2023)

Hi I want to write an article which would be a good topic to write --Anonymous man34 (talk) 15:30, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

(by talk reader) @Anonymous man34: Generally, new editors should not write new articles. There is a learning curve on Wikipedia and you would be better off improving an existing Wikipedia article you've already read and have references to add. If you must, see Wikipedia:Requested articles and select a field of study to find a list of articles which have been requested for creation. Chris Troutman (talk) 18:11, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

Question from Tornadoboy2345 (14:08, 28 July 2023)

Hello. How do you put a picture on Wiki? --Tornadoboy2345 (talk) 14:08, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

@Tornadoboy2345: Hello. If the picture you want insert in the article is already on English Wikipedia, or Wikimedia commons, then kindly follow Help:Pictures. If you want to upload a picture, then in short, it needs to be in public domain. To simplify things, if you have photographed the picture then it is considered as "own work", and you can release it in public domain. Generally speaking 95% of the images available on internet are copyrighted, and can not be uploaded on commons. Regarding the second scenario, you can find relevant information on Wikipedia:Image use policy. I have also posted some useful links on your talkpage. Regards, —usernamekiran (talk) 18:06, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

Hi sir

I’m sorry! I need your help for doing my Wikipedia page im a beginner.

https://www.transfermarkt.com/soheng-rim/profil/spieler/1116979

this link if some of my information profile for football player page. Rim soheng (talk) 06:07, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

Notification

I will initiate a move review due to my disagreement with your closure decision. Dl.thinker (talk) 12:43, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

@Dl.thinker: no issues :-) —usernamekiran (talk) 14:11, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

@Dl.thinker: Hi. Even though I do not have any issue, I would recommend against a move review, as there was no support at all for the proposed title. First two arguments suggested the title "Royal Charleroi S.C.", and the next two opposed based on different reasoning. But what I mistyped was "three months", instead of "two-three months". I also think a new RM after around two months with proposed title "Royal Charleroi S.C." would get positive response, as you as well, supported that title in the RM on August 2. —usernamekiran (talk) 17:49, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

Skin walker ranch

there are a few of your questions that can be answered finally but the bring scary results Travis please reach this Diago McCuan (talk) 02:57, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

@Diago McCuan: Hello. I think I am not the person you wanted to contact. —usernamekiran (talk) 04:31, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Question from Mikorobot (12:12, 9 August 2023)

I need your help to create a Page --Mikorobot (talk) 12:12, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Question from Mukanenterprise (16:25, 16 August 2023)

Hello Sir

I'm beginner in editing, i have a website about camping & relevant accessories. I would like to tag my website with Wikipedia with relevant articles. would you please guide me how to do that? --Mukanenterprise (talk) 16:25, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

• User now blocked for a promotional username, promotional edits. Drmies (talk) 16:27, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

Move review for R. Charleroi S.C.

An editor has asked for a Move review of R. Charleroi S.C.. Because you closed the move discussion for this page, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the move review. Dl.thinker (talk) 14:56, 20 August 2023 (UTC)

Question from Inginio de leon on Eh (23:01, 21 August 2023)

Porque wiki es tan popular y como lo lograron --Inginio de leon (talk) 23:01, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

Question from Inginio de leon on Eh (23:15, 21 August 2023)

Los estudiantes ya están cansado de no tener las mejores comodidades en las aulas y que tiene muchas falta de cósase para el estudio y Que los sentro están muy deteriorados --Inginio de leon (talk) 23:15, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

@Inginio de leon: English? —usernamekiran (talk) 23:23, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

Question from Tousiftanim1 (15:25, 17 August 2023)

how can I write a new article about a person --Tousiftanim1 (talk) 15:25, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

@Tousiftanim1: Hello. I have posted relevant information on your talkpage. —usernamekiran (talk) 16:57, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

Talk:William Maclay (Pennsylvania representative, born 1765)

In the discussion at Talk:William Maclay (Pennsylvania representative, born 1765)#Requested move 9 August 2023, I thought we were converging on the refinements suggested by Necrothesp rather than the original proposal. Could you please take a closer look at that? —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 22:28, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

@BarrelProof: Thanks for pointing out, that's what I wanted to do, but apparently I copied the wrong titles. Will fix it shortly. Thanks again. —usernamekiran (talk) 22:32, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

Question from Ellafila98 (19:58, 31 August 2023)

I want to create a Wikipedia page for an artists. How do I do that? --Ellafila98 (talk) 19:58, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

responded on talk-page. —usernamekiran (talk) 22:28, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

Question from EberbachCorporation (16:24, 6 September 2023)

I just made my 10th edit. After my account is open for 4 days, I can post articles, right? I want to make one for my company, Eberbach Corporation --EberbachCorporation (talk) 16:24, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

@EberbachCorporation: Hi. There are a couple of things wrong here. First of all, and editor (like you, and me), should not write about the things that they are involved with - for example, the company you work for. You will find more details at WP:COI. Second, your username is not acceptable because it violates the usename policy. I will leave a message regarding both these issues on your talkpage. —usernamekiran (talk) 00:36, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

Question from Dream7392 (21:33, 10 September 2023)

Hello! I am a big, huge, fan of Dream! --Dream7392 (talk) 21:33, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

Question from Pinnacaca (04:08, 18 September 2023)

Can you help me to know if the article is wiki-friendly now or if we need to edit more areas you help me to know if your article is perfect for Wikipedia --Pinnacaca (talk) 04:08, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

KiranBOT/MOSTREFS shows duplicate entries

Hello. User:KiranBOT/MOSTREFS shows duplicate entries. Can you please fix it? Thanks. Sanglahi86 (talk) 09:20, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

@Sanglahi86: Hi. I had fixed it soon after the report was generated. The next report should be normal. —usernamekiran (talk) 16:00, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

TERF redirect

Hi, I believe you were the closer on a series of changes that took place which renamed the article on TERF to TERF_(acronym) and then redirected TERF to "gender critical feminism". The discussion for this move took place entirely on the page for "TERF" and not "gender critical feminism", which was the page actually affected most by it. As such, anybody who contests this (and given there are ongoing discussions about even the mention of "TERF" in the lede on that page, there are several) was not notified of this highly contentious move. I am considering opening a move review. Void if removed (talk) 10:03, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

@Void if removed: Hi. I just went through the discussion at Talk:TERF (acronym)#Requested move 31 August 2023. I also moved another conversation to the subsection of that move: Talk:TERF (acronym)#TERF move. To summarise: there were no clear opposes, and four supports to the move. Later (after the discussion was closed), Slatersteven expressed that they had/meant to oppose. Still, that would be consensus for the move. I am not opposing the move review, but the move review will most probably be in favour of the current close. My suggestion is to start a fresh move discussion, and notify appropriate wikiproject/venues after initiating the discussion. Let me know if you have any more questions/doubts. Regards, —usernamekiran (talk) 13:18, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

It is less about the renaming of TERF to TERF (Acronym) which is not contentious, than the redirection of TERF to Gender critical feminism, which is contentious, and was not discussed on that page at all.Void if removed (talk) 13:24, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

@Usernamekiran: Having reviewed the move discussion, it is clear that the intention of the rename was specifically to redirect the term "TERF" to the page "gender critical feminism", but that page was never notified in advance. Per one comment in the discussion: "The primary meaning of TERF is the ideology or movement itself, which is covered by the article Gender-critical feminism". This is by no means clear and some editors who have been active on that page such as myself would have objected in the strongest terms to this move - it is highly contentious, and not a move that should be taken lightly.Void if removed (talk) 15:04, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

User talk pages are not for move discussions. Slatersteven (talk) 13:21, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

Question from Hsin Yu Chou (08:50, 25 September 2023)

Hello! To create a Wiki page, do I have to edit other pages first?

Thanks --Hsin Yu Chou (talk) 08:50, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

Question from Clydepuniwai on List of jazz contrafacts (01:29, 27 September 2023)

Hello. I would like one tune to be added to your contradicts list: OVERTIME performed by The Metronome Allstars, 1949, composed and arranged by Pete Rugolo, based on "Love Me or Leave Me" Thank you very much. Clyde --Clydepuniwai (talk) 01:29, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

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Question from Mentla10 (20:15, 4 October 2023)

Hi hi I glad to be here and getting you as a mentor my questions is this I'm allowed to bring political articles --Mentla10 (talk) 20:15, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

@Mentla10: Hello. If by "bringing articles" you mean creating new articles, then yes, one is allowed to create political, or any type of articles as long as the article follows Wikipedia's general notability guidelines, and other guidelines. I will post a detailed message on your talkpage shortly. —usernamekiran (talk) 15:23, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

Question from Fakhironb (04:54, 8 October 2023)

Helo can i ad my personal articles there --Fakhironb (talk) 04:54, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

Greetings

I just got a message that you're my new mentor. I did a short article on a South African actor a few months ago. Does it make sense to contribute to other articles while I wait for this standalone one to be approved? Griffinbridge (talk) 06:18, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

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Move review for TERF (acronym)

An editor has asked for a Move review of TERF (acronym). Because you closed the move discussion for this page, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the move review. Void if removed (talk) 13:58, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

Question from IxwiloMask (04:06, 14 October 2023)

Does wiki need scripting to post edits? --IxwiloMask (talk) 04:06, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

Question from Brad watson from miami (15:05, 14 October 2023)

Hi mentor --Brad watson from miami (talk) 15:05, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

Question from Oliversomething (16:17, 16 October 2023)

Hello! I'd like to create a Wiki page for the company I work for, a computer chipmaker called FuriosaAI. I understand that the text needs to be accurate, sourced, and free of marketingspeak. Is there anything else I need to keep in mind?

I'd also like to contribute edits in other ways, if that's helpful. I'm a longtime fan of (and donor to!) the project.

Thank you,

Oliver --Oliversomething (talk) 16:17, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

(by talk reader) @Oliversomething: I'm sorry to hear that you've given money to the Wikimedia Foundation. They waste the money for their own whims and have never given the editors a dime. They routinely ignore our community requests. Regarding your conflict of interest, you should not write about your employer because we doubt that you could do a fair job. In fact, new editors should not attempt to create articles, at all. It seldom works out. Instead, post at WP:Requested articles. We do welcome other contributions from you. If you need help getting started, please ask. Chris Troutman (talk) 16:56, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

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Marathi wikipedia

Hi usernamekiran, I saw what you said elsewhere about stopping image uploads there—can you elaborate? Sounds interesting, but only if you're comfortable doing so of course. Hope all's well. Serial 18:26, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

@Serial Number 54129: Hi. All is well here, well almost. I hope you are doing well. On a lot wikipedia sites, unlike enwiki, uploading non-free images is not allowed. Like we on enwiki use free images from commons, these wikipedias have commons as the only option. I am aware of the mrwiki discussion where it was decided to not to host non-free images on mrwiki, but I don't know when they disabled image uploading completely. If you go to upload page on mrwiki, it basically says: You are not allowed to upload this file, for the following reason: Action you requested is limited to the following group: Administrators. for a little trivia: Marathi language ranks 13th in world by number of native speakers, and third in India. —usernamekiran (talk) 18:37, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

Interesting, thanks very much! It seems a bit over the top to ban all images. Something political, do you think? Serial 16:04, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

@Serial Number 54129: no, on the contrary, in the past there was an admin who was trying to make mrwiki as much independent as possible, which included "no interference from meta" policy. some editors wanted mrwiki to be completely autonomous. That included meta policies not being applicable to mrwiki, this also included the idea of hosting non-free images. Regarding banning upload of all the images, it seems productive. mrwiki lacks regulars/active users. also, the copyright laws are not well known to non-editors within Marathi community. if non-free images are banned, then there is no point to allow other types of images on mrwiki as they will get transferred to commons. also, technically it would be impossible to restrict only non-free images (although maximum size parameter could be set). I see this as a feasible option, as it automatically directs the images to commons, and no need to patrol images on local wiki. —usernamekiran (talk) 19:57, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

William Paterson

William Paterson was born in Dunfermline on 17 January 1901 and died on 30 July 1967 aged 66 My source of information is arabarchive.co.uk. 194.105.178.218 (talk) 08:15, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

Question from Scholarfate (18:50, 20 October 2023)

Hi Kiran, I want to make a page for a movie. How do i start researching --Scholarfate (talk) 18:50, 20 October 2023 (UTC)

Question from Sir Draceus (07:10, 21 October 2023)

Sir, I might have done this all wrong. I'm trying to create my own page on Wikipedia. --Sir Draceus (talk) 07:10, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

(by talk reader) @Sir Draceus: You don't get to have your own page on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia which has articles on many subjects. Everything we add to Wikipedia is given away; it ceases belonging to us. Chris Troutman (talk) 13:19, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

@Sir Draceus: Hi. I posted some notes on your talkpage. Like Chris said, you dont get to have your own page on Wikipedia, but you can create a brief page at User:Sir Draceus regarding your activities related to Wikipedia. Also, your only edit is on this page, did you have any previous account? —usernamekiran (talk) 13:51, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

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Question from Farqengruven (04:30, 25 October 2023)

What is this for? --Farqengruven (talk) 04:30, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

@Farqengruven: Hello. If you are referring to the mentor programme, then it is for getting help regarding Wikipedia, and learning about it. —usernamekiran (talk) 04:40, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Category:Articles with many references

Hi usernamekiran. Back in February, you created Category:Articles with many references "as an experiment" (that was your edit summary). It currently contains two pages and its purpose is unclear, to me at least. I'm tempted to nominate it for deletion, but before I do, I'd like to check with you that you don't have meaningful plans for the category. Cheers, Pichpich (talk) 16:33, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

@Pichpich: Hi. The guys from Wikipedia:Articles with the most references had asked for a bot to automate the process. Currently, a bot updates User:KiranBOT/MOSTREFS every three months. I'm planning to integrate that category with the task. But that will need couple of discussions, first at Wikipedia:Articles with the most references, and then at village pump. I think we should keep the category till then. I will initiate the first discussion in a couple of days. Thanks for approaching me first, that was very thoughtful of you, and very much appreciated. —usernamekiran (talk) 19:43, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

Ok, I'll leave the category alone for the moment. You can always CSD it yourself if you see it's not being used. I do have one request though: it's a maintenance category, so it should probably contain talk pages, rather than mainspace articles. I've made that change manually for the two pages currently in the cat but if it's populated by a bot, the operator should be told to include talk pages, not articles. Cheers, Pichpich (talk) 21:36, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. —usernamekiran (talk) 22:04, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

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• Listings on category pages are sorted on each wiki for that language using a library. For a brief period on 2 November, changes to categories will not be sorted correctly for many languages. This is because the developers are upgrading to a new version of the library. They will then use a script to fix the existing categories. This will take a few hours or a few days depending on how big the wiki is. You can read more. [29][30]
• Starting November 1, the impact module (Special:Impact) will be upgraded by the Growth team. The new impact module shows newcomers more data regarding their impact on the wiki. It was tested by a few wikis during the last few months. [31]

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• There is a proposed plan for re-enabling the Graph Extension. You can help by reviewing this proposal and sharing what you think about it.
• The WMF is working on making it possible for administrators to edit MediaWiki configuration directly. This is similar to previous work on Special:EditGrowthConfig. A technical RfC is running until November 08, where you can provide feedback.

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November Articles for creation backlog drive

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WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive!
The goal of this drive is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed drafts to less than 2 months outstanding reviews from the current 4+ months. Bonus points will be given for reviewing drafts that have been waiting more than 30 days. The drive is running from 1 November 2023 through 30 November 2023.

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Question from ZMWP1 (10:23, 1 November 2023)

please how to create this website --ZMWP1 (talk) 10:23, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

Question from Ramesh Chattrerjee1998 (09:18, 2 November 2023)

Hello sir! i need to create a new article for a real estate company, your tips for that? is there any wiki norms that i have to follow on creation of the new article? i've completed my 10 edits! --Ramesh Chattrerjee1998 (talk) 09:18, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

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Hello. I'm really not interested in editing—I'm just trying to get into the Wikipedia Choral Public Domain Library to obtain printed music, particularly that which us usable for hammered dulcimer. What what do I need to do in order to do this? Help! --SaginawBVkid (talk) 19:06, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

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Recent changes

• In the Vector 2022 skin, the default font-size of a number of navigational elements (tagline, tools menu, navigational links, and more) has been increased slightly to match the font size used in page content. [32]

Problems

• Last week, there was a problem displaying some recent edits on a few wikis, for 1-6 hours. The edits were saved but not immediately shown. This was due to a database problem. [33]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 7 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 8 November. It will be on all wikis from 9 November (calendar).
• The Growth team will reassign newcomers from former mentors to the currently active mentors. They have also changed the notification language to be more user-friendly. [34][35]

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2023

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2023).

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• The WMF is working on making it possible for administrators to edit MediaWiki configuration directly. This is similar to previous work on Special:EditGrowthConfig. A technical RfC is running until November 08, where you can provide feedback.
• There is a proposed plan for re-enabling the Graph Extension. Feedback on this proposal is requested.

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• Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 12 November 2023 until 21 November 2023 to stand in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections.
• Xaosflux, RoySmith and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2023 Arbitration Committee Elections. BusterD is the reserve commissioner.
• Following a motion, the contentious topic designation of Prem Rawat has been struck. Actions previously taken using this contentious topic designation are still in force.
• Following several motions, multiple topic areas are no longer designated as a contentious topic. These contentious topic designations were from the Editor conduct in e-cigs articles, Liancourt Rocks, Longevity, Medicine, September 11 conspiracy theories, and Shakespeare authorship question cases.
• Following a motion, remedies 3.1 (All related articles under 1RR whenever the dispute over naming is concerned), 6 (Stalemate resolution) and 30 (Administrative supervision) of the Macedonia 2 case have been rescinded.
• Following a motion, remedy 6 (One-revert rule) of the The Troubles case has been amended.
• An arbitration case named Industrial agriculture has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case close 8 November.

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• The Articles for Creation backlog drive is happening in November 2023, with 700+ drafts pending reviews for in the last 4 months or so. In addition to the AfC participants, all administrators and New Page Patrollers can conduct reviews using the helper script, Yet Another AFC Helper Script, which can be enabled in the Gadgets settings. Sign up here to participate!

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Question from Atk-Lib (13:38, 13 November 2023)

Hi! I'm trying to link my talk page (which is presently empty) with talk but it says the page hasn't been created. Does that mean I did the link wrong, or just that my talk page doesn't exist yet? --Atk-Lib (talk) 13:38, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

Edit: I just received a message on my talk page and now everything seems to be working fine. Atk-Lib (talk) 14:54, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

@Atk-Lib: Hi. you were correct. You properly created the link to you user-talk page, but as it was not created/did not exist, you saw that message. Happy editing! —usernamekiran (talk) 15:10, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-46

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Recent changes

• Four new wikis have been created:
  • a Wikipedia in Moroccan Amazigh (w:zgh:) [36]
  • a Wikipedia in Dagaare (w:dga:) [37]
  • a Wikipedia in Toba Batak (w:bbc:) [38]
  • a Wikiquote in Banjar (q:bjn:) [39]

Problems

• Last week, users who previously visited Meta-Wiki or Wikimedia Commons and then became logged out on those wikis could not log in again. The problem is now resolved. [40]
• Last week, some pop-up dialogs and menus were shown with the wrong font size. The problem is now resolved. [41]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 14 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 15 November. It will be on all wikis from 16 November (calendar).

Future changes

• Reference Previews are coming to many wikis as a default feature. They are popups for references, similar to the PagePreviews feature. You can opt out of seeing them. If you are using the gadgets Reference Tooltips or Navigation Popups, you won’t see Reference Previews. Deployment is planned for November 22, 2023.
• Canary (also known as heartbeat) events will be produced into Wikimedia event streams from December 11. Streams users are advised to filter out these events, by discarding all events where meta.domain == "canary". Updates to Pywikibot or wikimedia-streams will discard these events by default. [42]

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Question from Pkelly2.0 (10:22, 16 November 2023)

Tell me a fun fact about BMW i8 --Pkelly2.0 (talk) 10:22, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

Question from SaultOnline (03:09, 17 November 2023)

I want to get into editing more pages but I can't find that many to edit. Do you got anything that could assist me with finding pages? --SaultOnline (talk) 03:09, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

Question from Karlsweighoffer (19:35, 18 November 2023)

hello.

wasent the bombing of london initially done by mistake by the lufwaffe? --Karlsweighoffer (talk) 19:35, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

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Question from WillSwed (22:32, 20 November 2023)

Hi, how are you. I am new here and I have no idea where to start. I would like to create an article about one book that I read about it in many languages but not in english yet. Can you guide me how and where to start, please? --WillSwed (talk) 22:32, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-47

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Changes later this week

• There is no new MediaWiki version this week. [43][44]
• Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Quechua Wikipedia, Romansh Wikipedia, Romani Wikipedia, Rundi Wikipedia, Aromanian Wikipedia, Tarandíne Wikipedia, Rusyn Wikipedia, Kinyarwanda Wikipedia, Sanskrit Wikipedia, Sakha Wikipedia, Santali Wikipedia, Sardinian Wikipedia, Sicilian Wikipedia, Scots Wikipedia, Sindhi Wikipedia, Northern Sami Wikipedia, Sango Wikipedia, Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia, Sinhala Wikipedia, Slovak Wikipedia, Slovenian Wikipedia, Samoan Wikipedia, Somali Wikipedia, Albanian Wikipedia, Serbian Wikipedia, Sranan Tongo Wikipedia, Swati Wikipedia, Southern Sotho Wikipedia, Saterland Frisian Wikipedia, Sundanese Wikipedia, Silesian Wikipedia, Tamil Wikipedia, Tulu Wikipedia, Telugu Wikipedia, Tetum Wikipedia, Tajik Wikipedia, Thai Wikipedia, Turkmen Wikipedia, Tagalog Wikipedia, Tswana Wikipedia, Tongan Wikipedia, Tok Pisin Wikipedia, Turkish Wikipedia, Tsonga Wikipedia, Tatar Wikipedia, Twi Wikipedia, Tahitian Wikipedia, Tuvinian Wikipedia, Udmurt Wikipedia, Uyghur Wikipedia, Uzbek Wikipedia, Venda Wikipedia, Venetian Wikipedia, Veps Wikipedia, West Flemish Wikipedia, Volapük Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [45][46][47]
• The Vector 2022 skin will have some minor visual changes to drop-down menus, column widths, and more. These changes were added to four Wikipedias last week. If no issues are found, these changes will proceed to all wikis this week. These changes will make it possible to add new menus for readability and dark mode. Learn more. [48]

Future changes

• There is an update on re-enabling the Graph Extension. To speed up the process, Vega 2 will not be supported and only some protocols will be available at launch. You can help by sharing what you think about the plan.

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Question from Atk-Lib (14:50, 21 November 2023)

Hi! In the guidelines for creating article descriptions, it says to avoid starting with a capital unless it's a proper noun, but the example image on the same page has the first word of the article description capitalised. Also, the mobile app specifically reminds me to not start with a lowercase letter. Which should I do? --Atk-Lib (talk) 14:50, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

@Atk-Lib: Hi. I'm not sure if I understood your question correctly, I think you are asking about the "short description" of the articles, not sure. It would be better to ask the question at WP:Teahouse where you will get input from multiple experienced editors. —usernamekiran (talk) 16:27, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

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Question from UNKNOWN234345 (15:06, 26 November 2023)

how can i add a new page on wikipedia? --UNKNOWN234345 (talk) 15:06, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

Question from Tributebass (18:34, 26 November 2023)

Hi,

So I was part of a group that is listed here in Wikipedia. There is missing information about me and the awards that were nominated, several years worth. I do not know enough about how to edit the information without messing up the page for that entity, Tribute Quartet. I need help inputting that I was nominated in the Singing News Fan Awards in the category of "Favorite Bass" 2011-2020. Thanks --Tributebass (talk) 18:34, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

(by talk reader) @Tributebass: Wikipedia relies on significant coverage in reliable sources. Can you point to books, newspapers, or periodicals to verify your claims? While I can understand you want the article to reflect points you find important, we can only reflect what reliable sources say. Also, since you have a conflict of interest it would be better for you to list your citations at the talk page so a dis-interested editor can do it. Chris Troutman (talk) 18:57, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

Yes, of course the information can be listed, but the information you have on there now is no different than that of which I am pointing out. And the information can be added to a talk page, though I really don't know myself how to do that, but if I had not said that it's information from my own life, none of you would be any the wiser. So, sure, someone else can list the information or if you're willing to point me in a direction of instruction, I'll do it myself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tributebass (talk • contribs) 02:21, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-48

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• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 28 November. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 29 November. It will be on all wikis from 30 November (calendar). There is no new MediaWiki version next week. [49][50]
• MediaWiki's JavaScript system will now allow async/await syntax in gadgets and user scripts. Gadget authors should remember that users' browsers may not support it, so it should be used appropriately. [51]
• The deployment of "Add a link" announced last week was postponed. It will resume this week.

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Tech News: 2023-49

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Recent changes

• The spacing between paragraphs on Vector 2022 has been changed from 7px to 14px to match the size of the text. This will make it easier to distinguish paragraphs from sentences. [52]
• The "Sort this page by default as" feature in VisualEditor is working again. You no longer need to switch to source editing to edit {{DEFAULTSORT:...}} keywords. [53]

Changes later this week

• There is no new MediaWiki version this week. [54][55]
• On 6 December, people who have the enabled the preference for "Show discussion activity" will notice the talk page usability improvements appear on pages that include the __NEWSECTIONLINK__ magic word. If you notice any issues, please share them with the team on Phabricator.

Future changes

• The Toolforge Grid Engine shutdown process will start on December 14. Maintainers of tools that still use this old system should plan to migrate to Kubernetes, or tell the team your plans on Phabricator in the task about your tool, before that date. [56]
• Communities using Structured Discussions are being contacted regarding the upcoming deprecation of Structured Discussions. You can read more about this project, and share your comments, on the project's page.

Events

• Registration & Scholarship applications are now open for the Wikimedia Hackathon 2024 that will take place from 3–5 May in Tallinn, Estonia. Scholarship applications are open until 5 January 2024.

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Question from Arvelynalmeda15 (00:16, 8 December 2023)

how can i add about me... myself information --Arvelynalmeda15 (talk) 00:16, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Question from Sujan the search engineer (10:01, 8 December 2023)

I've added a company's details with references. Could you please review it --Sujan the search engineer (talk) 10:01, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – December 2023

News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2023).

Administrator changes

• Ganesha811
• JPxG

• Ajpolino
• Lourdes
• Mairi
• RockMFR
• Somno
• WilyD

Beeblebrox → Just Step Sideways

CheckUser changes

• Beeblebrox
• Opabinia regalis

Oversight changes

• Beeblebrox
• Opabinia regalis

Guideline and policy news

• Following a talk page discussion, the Administrators' accountability policy has been updated to note that while it is considered best practice for administrators to have notifications (pings) enabled, this is not mandatory. Administrators who do not use notifications are now strongly encouraged to indicate this on their user page.

Arbitration

• Following a motion, the Extended Confirmed Restriction has been amended, removing the allowance for non-extended-confirmed editors to post constructive comments on the "Talk:" namespace. Now, non-extended-confirmed editors may use the "Talk:" namespace solely to make edit requests related to articles within the topic area, provided that their actions are not disruptive.
• The Arbitration Committee has announced a call for Checkusers and Oversighters, stating that it will currently be accepting applications for CheckUser and/or Oversight permissions at any point in the year.
• Eligible users are invited to vote on candidates for the Arbitration Committee until 23:59 December 11, 2023 (UTC). Candidate statements can be seen here.

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Guild of Copy Editors December 2023 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2023 Newsletter Hello, and welcome to the December 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since September. Don't forget that you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Election news: The Guild needs coordinators! If you'd like to help out, you may nominate yourself or any suitable editor—with their permission—for the Election of Coordinators for the first half of 2024. Nominations will close at 23:59 on 15 December (UTC). Voting begins immediately after the close of nominations and closes at 23:59 on 31 December. All editors in good standing (not under current sanctions) are eligible, and self-nominations are welcome. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term that ends at 23:59 on 30 June. Drive: Of the 69 editors who signed up for the September Backlog Elimination Drive, 40 copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 661,214 words in 290 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed here. Blitz: Of the 22 editors who signed up for the October Copy Editing Blitz, 13 copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 109,327 words in 52 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed here. Drive: During the November Backlog Elimination Drive, 38 of the 58 editors who signed up copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 458,620 words in 234 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed here. Blitz: Our December Copy Editing Blitz will run from 10 to 16 December. Barnstars awarded will be posted here. Progress report: As of 20:33, 10 December 2023 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 344 requests since 1 January, and the backlog stands at 2,191 articles. Other news: Our Annual Report for 2023 is planned for release in the new year. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Zippybonzo. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Tech News: 2023-50

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

• On Wikimedia Commons, there are some minor user-interface improvements for the "choosing own vs not own work" step in the UploadWizard. This is part of the Structured Content team's project of improving UploadWizard on Commons. [57][58]

Problems

• There was a problem showing the Newcomer homepage feature with the "impact module" and their page-view graphs, for a few days in early December. This has now been fixed. [59][60]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 December. It will be on all wikis from 14 December (calendar). [61][62]

Future changes

• The 2023 Developer Satisfaction Survey is seeking the opinions of the Wikimedia developer community. Please take the survey if you have any role in developing software for the Wikimedia ecosystem. The survey is open until 5 January 2024, and has an associated privacy statement.

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Question from Jeymstuncer (09:11, 13 December 2023)

Hello, I am a series music composer. I have TV series published. these series have accounts on wikipedia. how do I tag my name there. --Jeymstuncer (talk) 09:11, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

@Jeymstuncer: Hello. If there is a reliable source mentioning your name as composer, then you should add something like "XYZ is the composer of this TV series <ref>link to relibale source</ref>" to the article of that TV series. The link to source should be inside the ref tags. You will find more information about reliable sources at WP:RS, but most importantly, kindly read WP:COI first of all things. —usernamekiran (talk) 10:23, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

Question from Amigopet (06:47, 16 December 2023)

Hello “Houseblaster” and ‘Userrnamekiran’, thank you for offering to help me.

How do you link part of the edited text to a name that is already on Wikipedia? --Amigopet (talk) 06:47, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

@Amigopet: Hello. You have to put that particular text in two square brackets. You will be able to see that type of brackets whenever you are editing text with links. You will be able to find more information at Help:Wikitext#Wikilinks. —usernamekiran (talk) 10:13, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

Question from Amigopet (20:36, 17 December 2023)

I am a member of the Royal Queensland Art Society (Brisbane Branch) which is a 137 year old non for profit organisation. Although we have 3 part-time paid staff, most of the work for the Society is done by volunteers such as me. I have noticed many Wikipedia articles about well-known deceased artists who were active members, and often office bearers of the Society, have little or no reference to the Society. My question is: is there a conflict of interest if I edit such articles to reflect the connection of these artists to the Society? I will only use published books as reference sources.

Thank you for your guidance. --Amigopet (talk) 20:36, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

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• The next issue of Tech News will be sent out on 8 January 2024 because of the holidays.

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 December. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 December. It will be on all wikis from 21 December (calendar). There is no new MediaWiki version next week. [63][64]
• Starting December 18, it won't be possible to activate Structured Discussions on a user's own talk page using the Beta feature. The Beta feature option remains available for users who want to deactivate Structured Discussions. This is part of Structured Discussions' deprecation work. [65]
• There will be full support for redirects in the Module namespace. The "Move Page" feature will leave an appropriate redirect behind, and such redirects will be appropriately recognized by the software (e.g. hidden from Special:UnconnectedPages). There will also be support for manual redirects. [66]

Future changes

• The MediaWiki JavaScript documentation is moving to a new format. During the move, you can read the old docs using version 1.41. Feedback about the new site is welcome on the project talk page.
• The Wishathon is a new initiative that encourages collaboration across the Wikimedia community to develop solutions for wishes collected through the Community Wishlist Survey. The first community Wishathon will take place from 15–17 March. If you are interested in a project proposal as a user, developer, designer, or product lead, you can register for the event and read more.

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