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How can I help make Wikipedia better?

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How can I help make Wikipedia better like fighting vandalism, joining WikiProjects, editing articles, taking part in discussions etc? I want to be a trusted editor! Hamimh2 (talk) 21:26, 3 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

You seem to have answered your own question. odd! - Walter Still not in the Epstein Files Ego 21:28, 3 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Fight vandalism, join WikiProjects, edit articles, take part in discussions etc.
Lol 𝓛𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓣𝓗𝓔 (talk) 00:08, 4 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
how do you find and fight vandalism? Goetia [She/they/any] (talk) 03:00, 5 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
See Wikipedia:Vandalism & consider Recent Changes patrol or start by watching your own Watchlist. Focus on IP edits and New users for the beginning. 𝓛𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓣𝓗𝓔 (talk) 03:55, 5 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! Goetia [She/they/any] (talk) 17:18, 5 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
How do you find and fight vandalism or any bad edit in general? I want to use Twinkle and Ultraviolet to help fight bad edits and use them carefully! Hamimh2 (talk) 23:00, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @Hamimh2, the blue links in everyone's posts will take you to an explanation of each one and further details if you need it. Blue-Sonnet 06:06, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
As everyone said here; To be a better Wikipedian, you have to fight vandalism, join WikiProjects, edit articles, and take part in discussions. ★ Campssitie (msg) (contribs) 🧋🏖 00:31, 4 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
You don't have to do all of these, though it is recommended. For example, I haven't quite gotten around to joining wikiprojects, but I do regularly edit articles, partake in discussions, and especially fight vandalism. --DollarStoreBa'alConverse 01:14, 4 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Questions on Listing Tours

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I am drafting an article of all Sleep Token tours and other shows. I’m not finished yet, but I’m noticing that for one tour (not really promoting a specific album), it seems like the majority of the stops are festivals. Do I list each festival in the table for festivals? Or do I list it as a regular concert tour with a note?

I’m trying to model the article after Taylor Swift’s list of live performances.

Does setlist.fm count as a source? I’d venture to say no, but I’m not sure where else I would get song lists. Most traditional articles don’t list them.

Thank you! - Xx rapunzel xx (talk) 21:43, 4 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Xx rapunzel xx As you are not getting any answer here, I suggest you look at WP:CONCERT TOUR and then ask again on its Talk Page, where the experts should be. Mike Turnbull (talk) 11:21, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! Will do. Xx rapunzel xx (talk) 23:25, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Draft resubmit

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Hello, Treehouse-- I have submitted a new draft Draft:Frances McCormack (American artist) after 2 denials. I feel strongly that the subject Frances McCormack is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia and as a new editor, I have concern that I have not mastered encyclopedic style and all the eye blurring citation formats. I have reviewed a good number of articles on artists in Wikipedia over the past years and hope that this resubmit is successful in terms of relaying content and citation. Thank you in advance for your consideration. SMSCFM Smscfm24 (talk) 03:15, 5 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Smscfm24. As an experienced Wikipedia editor and art lover, I am confident that McCormack is notable and eligible for a Wikipedia biography. The biggest problem that I see is that many sections of your draft are unreferenced and therefore fail the core content policy Verifiability. You must either provide references to reliable sources that verify all the assertions in the draft, or remove the unreferenced content. The standards are very strict for biographies of living people. Cullen328 (talk) 03:42, 5 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I appreciate your input, Cullen328. Do I understand correctly that I should not reference a large book or link to an artist's lecture on you tube? May I edit the draft while it is still under consideration? Do you feel that the style is not neutral? Smscfm24 (talk) 14:28, 5 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you Smscfm24 (talk) 18:22, 5 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, you can edit the draft while it is under consideration. Be sure to do any given edit "in one bit" so the reviewers don't see something in a broken condition. M kuhner (talk) 22:24, 5 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Great difficulties in adding some last sources. Some footnote numbers not in sequence. I would like to repair these before resubmitting. Smscfm24 (talk) 01:30, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
When you cite the same source twice, it will have the same number. So it is normal and correct for "footnote" (really citation) numbers to appear out of order.
You could consider putting basic biographic information in an infobox. When I made my first biography article I was advised to do that even if the amount of information is small. See Help:infobox.
The Honors and Residencies section and Collections sections need references. Either a reference for every single claim, or a reference to something that lists multiple ones. Links to other Wikipedia pages can never substitute for actual sources. Check if one of the collections has a bio of her--that might have what you need.
I am not giving any opinion about notability, because I don't understand the art world well enough. Just technical advice. M kuhner (talk) 04:40, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, M kuhner
Looks like more research! Smscfm24 (talk) 04:45, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, M. Kuhner - References were available for Residencies. One recent acquisition should soon be added to a Museum Collection that will then have a link.
Complete lists appear in bios in galleries in external links. Do I assume correctly that they would not be verifiable as artist's representations? Smscfm24 (talk) 15:19, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry, I don't think I understand "not be verifiable as artist's representations".
I would like to stress that EVERY SINGLE thing you say about a living person has to be sourced. Right now it's maybe 50%. So every single residency, and every single museum collection. If you can't find a source it has to come out. M kuhner (talk) 03:50, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the clarification Smscfm24 (talk) 22:42, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Smscfm24 The draft isn't encyclopedic. It's written in literary prose rather than matter of fact, neutral language. If the subject is an emerita professor, she might meet the criteria for notability but the source that is cited doesn't support that fact. Your sources also need cleaning up. Mme Maigret (talk) 07:30, 5 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
This is a helpful response, Mme Maigret
Thank you! Smscfm24 (talk) 13:43, 5 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
A newspaper is now cited as the viable source to designate McCormack as an 'emerita professor.' Smscfm24 (talk) 17:20, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Citing Spanish surnames

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Hello, How can I use the citation template to cite a Spanish name that has both a paternal and maternal name? QueueSevenM (talk) 22:43, 5 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@QueueSevenM Put both names in the last field, separated with a hyphen. Mme Maigret (talk) 00:10, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
This is wrong, we don't use a hyphen for this, just a space. See Spanish naming customs. GA-RT-22 (talk) 13:09, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@GA-RT-22 Hello, I am aware of this. However, I am wondering what parameter in citation template I should use. QueueSevenM (talk) 05:15, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Put both names in the last field, separated with a space. GA-RT-22 (talk) 06:44, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Untitled

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Is it true if you sell your main residence in Canada do you have to report it to CRA ~2026-27317-50 (talk) 00:09, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

CONTACT A LAWYER. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v MUSHROOM 00:13, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Please don't shout. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:42, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
The intent is less shouting and more "This is well out of our wheelhouse and requires assistance Wikipedia cannot give or even hint at." —Jéské Couriano v^_^v MUSHROOM 16:52, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
What does this have to do with Wikipedia again? Hi, I'm Max!|Talk to me here.|See what I've done here. 14:12, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Hi! For questions related to research on encyclopedic topics, you can visit the Reference Desk. The username filter bot is way too sensitive (talk) 01:35, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Except they can't give legal or medical advice, so you could just look it up? The username filter bot is way too sensitive (talk) 01:36, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Conflict over industry-verified airplay records and songwriting credits (APRA/Billboard)

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Unnamed Sources

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In the discussion I opened Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Automobiles/Conventions#Unannounced vehicles - too restrictive? there’s a few editors equating the use of unnamed sources with “rumor” and inherently unverifiable. Is there a good venue to get a second or more experienced opinion “in the chat” or particular archives to search for if unnamed sources has been discussed before? Dw31415 (talk) 01:23, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

WP:RSN? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 05:12, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I mean, they are. Media can use unnamed sources because the journalist typically knows who the source is and whether they're reputable, and can utilize professional discretion to not divulge that information - especially when their reputation is on the line in terms of both whether the information is accurate and for protecting their source. Wikipedia is a very different story, because information here DOES need to be independently verifiable. ChompyTheGogoat (talk) 10:57, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Consensus reached?

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There's been a discussion (Talk:Peter II of Portugal#lead image) open since January, and it looks like consensus has been reached, although I don't know what to do now. OliviaRigby (talk) 05:57, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

You could request a closure at closure requests. ~2026-27467-39 (talk) 06:02, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks a lot! OliviaRigby (talk) 02:29, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Review request for Rombit sandbox draft

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Hello, I have drafted an article about Rombit in my sandbox: User:Thibo Wellens/sandbox.

I work professionally on communications for Rombit and have disclosed this conflict of interest on my user page. I would appreciate feedback on whether the draft is neutral, properly sourced, and suitable for submission through Articles for Creation. Thibo Wellens (talk) 10:20, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

None of your citations include URL links or other details sufficient to check them easily. Given the IoT focus of your company, I find this surprising! Without such source details, it is difficult to help you. Use of {{cite web}} and {{cite news}}, with authorship etc would be best. Mike Turnbull (talk) 10:54, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the feedback. I understand that the citations need to include full source details and URLs. I will update the references using {{cite web}}: Empty citation (help) and {{cite news}}: Empty citation (help), including titles, URLs, publication names, dates, authors where available, and access dates. Once I have corrected the sourcing, I will ask for feedback again before submitting through Articles for Creation. Thibo Wellens (talk) 11:54, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the feedback. I have updated the references in the draft using citation templates such as {{cite web}} and {{cite news}}, including URLs, publication names, dates where available, and access dates.

The updated draft is here: User:Thibo Wellens/sandbox.

I would appreciate any further feedback on the draft’s neutrality, sourcing, and suitability for submission through Articles for Creation.

Thibo Wellens (talk) 12:11, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Thibo, can I ask whether you're currently using AI or LLM's? If you are, I'd like to ask you to please read Wikipedia:Writing articles with large language models. If your draft was written using AI then it will probably be rejected.
Beyond this, your company needs to meet the Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies) guideline. It's also important to understand that Wikipedia is not a business directory, very few businesses qualify for an encyclopedia article.
Finally, I'd like you to read this essay, which will give you important background information and context.
If, after reading the links I've given and following the guidelines I've suggested, you still feel that your company qualifies for an article and the draft meets Wikipedia standards, please submit it for review using the Wikipedia:Articles for creation process. Blue-Sonnet 20:34, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

what was ru-sib wikipedia

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Draft:Siberian Wikipedia was my draft but I don't know about ru-sib wikipedia. what was it? Arenghtqru888 (talk) 12:20, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft pretty much says what it was, and it has sources you can read to get more info what it was about. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:37, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
ru-sib would been Russia (ru)-Siberia(sib), basically Russia-Siberia (or Siberian? Idk :P) F1fan00 (talk) 12:41, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
hello! that is called russian-siberian it was a area for russians to connect with siberian articles AutumnHornet (talk) 13:43, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Arenghtqru888: "Ru-sib Wikipedia" was another name for "Siberian Wikipedia". Wikipedia language editions have a language code and somebody made up the code "ru-sib" for the fictious language. The code followed a real pattern. For example, en is the language code for English and en-ca is Canadian English. We don't have an en-ca Wikipedia but en-ca is a real language code. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:38, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Any other information other than my draft? Arenghtqru888 (talk) 20:16, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not quite sure what you mean, but the reference to ru-sib and the link should be removed - inline citations should only be used for reliable sources that verify that specific statement - we can't use Wikipedias as reliable sources since that would be circular. Blue-Sonnet 22:11, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

how do i respond to pepole on the teahouse

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hi im trying to help pepole by asking questions how do i respond to pepole in the teahouse?? AutumnHornet (talk) 12:24, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Just hit the reply button? If you mean becoming a Teahouse host, you'll need 500 mainspace edits and your account needs to be 30 days old. 🏳️‍🌈JohnLaurens333 (Ping me!) 12:29, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
just 101 off from that milestone, as of sending this message, I am on 399 edits :P F1fan00 (talk) 12:40, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
keep in mind you do not need to be a Teahouse host to reply on occasion. I do not consider myself a host but I do linger here and sometimes reply. PharaohCrab speak𓀁 works𓀨 12:40, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
You don't need to be a host at all, it's a largely deprecated system; I'm probably one of the more prolific Teahouse-repliers and I've never formally signed up to 'be a host' (Although, I think somebody else put my name into the rotating host highlight thing in the banner) Athanelar (talk) 06:17, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
You can also edit source if you want, but it's not recommended because, among other things, you have to sign your comments manually with ~~~~. You can create a new topic by pressing the big button at the top of this page, or the "Add topic" button on the toolbar. Hi, I'm Max!|Talk to me here.|See what I've done here. 13:36, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@AutumnHornet: Feel free to answer questions you know the answers to, but you might want to get more experience; it seems that the vast majority of your edits are to your own user page. 🏳️‍🌈JohnLaurens333 (Ping me!) 14:44, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @AutumnHornet, it's best to leave answering Teahouse questions until you've got a bit more experience - if you get the answer wrong you're going to confuse the other editor.
I'd say you should ideally wait until you're Extended confirmed, then you've got the best chance of being able to give the right answer and help other people.
Happy editing! Blue-Sonnet 20:24, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

what is the automatici chat bot that sends a picture of cookies? when you first join

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idk 2henrydong (talk) 14:36, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

it is used by using Template:Welcome cookie fortanley we are trying to fight back and delete it AutumnHornet (talk) 14:38, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Nobody is "trying to delete it", as there is currently not a deletion discussion concerning that template. I'm concerned why you think it would be "fortunate" to delete a template like that. Electricmemory (talk) 06:22, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
There is no bot that automatically welcomes new users, that is a fellow Wikipedia user who (presumably) saw your contributions and decided to say hello and give advice. Pyrrhic victor (talk) 14:39, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@2henrydong: The post at User talk:2henrydong is signed by User:The username filter bot is way too sensitive who chose that confusing username but is not a bot. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:01, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Birthday Userbox

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I was just wondering, when I put this userbox on my user page, someone removed it because it contained personal information. I get that, not mad about it, but why is that userbox a thing? Should it be deleted?

This editor's birthday is January 23.



(not my real birthday) Wikitext: {{User Birthday|January 23}} Hi, I'm Max!|Talk to me here.|See what I've done here. 16:28, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi max! i will add that userbox for you and talk to wikipedia about it! AutumnHornet (talk) 16:35, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
i added a userbox feel free to remove it :) AutumnHornet (talk) 16:38, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
It was added along with many other boxes, it may be that the other infobox you added together contained too much information and the birthday one was simply caught in the crossfire. if you are a minor that may also be the reason as children are encouraged to share less personal Information PharaohCrab speak𓀁 works𓀨 16:54, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed, @Mxwllhe, and indeed @AutumnHornet, as a general rule of thumb Wikipedia is like anywhere else on the internet, and the less you share about yourself the better for your privacy (something people seem to care less about in today's internet than in the past)
And, perhaps on a harsher note, Wikipedia isn't social media and people generally don't (and shouldn't!) care about knowing anything about you beyond the stuff which is relevant to your activity here. Note there the guidance to include A small and proportionate amount of suitable unrelated material. Athanelar (talk) 06:13, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question about the scope of "List of heroes in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang"

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Hi everyone! I am currently working on a Draft:List of heroes in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. I am aware that large character lists for MOBAs can often fall into the trap of being "indiscriminate collections of information" or "game guides". I want to avoid this by ensuring the article focuses on Real-World Perspective (?)

My current draft structure for each entry discusses

  • Development or design (if supported) - discussing the lore in a summarized way and the origins of the characters, especially those with cultural or historical basis (e.g. Lapu-Lapu or heroes inspired by Southeast Asian myths like Minsitthar and Kadita).
  • Revamps (if supproted also by a reliable sources) - technical overhauls. Not just minor patch notes.
  • The Reception and impact of the heroes: also include technical issues or bugs which has a big impact
  • Collaborations for the heroes
  • Gameplay summary: A very brief, non-technical overview of their role and primary mechanic to provide context, also skills without listing specific damage stats or growth rates. I want to avoid the Fandom-style.

For the article, I am using secondary, independent reliable sources like ONE Esports, The Jakarta Post, and others to establish Notability (?).

My questions are: Given there are over 120 heroes, is it permissible to maintain a standalone list if the focus is as I discussed above? Should I continue working for the article or abandoned it if it does not meet, being an article. Should I limit the list only to heroes that have significant secondary coverage to prevent the article from becoming too long? Are there specific formatting suggestions to ensure this doesn't look like a "Fandom" wiki? Is there a problem on the sections?

I would appreciate any guidance before I invest more time in the remaining heroes. Thanks! Eegnetwork (talk) 18:39, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I think that some pages that might help you are Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists and Wikipedia:Stand-alone lists. I hope this helps! BSH (talk) - (she/her) 18:43, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not convinced based on your current references that this article meets WP:NLIST. Generally, for NLIST to be satisfied, we need to see that some WP:42-compliant sources have discussed your list topic as a list (i.e., you need some good, independent, reliable sources talking about all of the game's heroes as a distinct category). Your references right now seem to be primarily build guides for individual heroes which you are then synthesising in order to create a list; which is explicitly not how list articles should be created. (Otherwise, editors could create list articles out of anything they could sensibly order into a list, right?)
Also, some of your comment here looks to be AI generated, which is a strong indicator that some of the text in your draft may be AI generated, too. You should be aware that AI generated text is not allowed in Wikipedia articles. Athanelar (talk) 05:53, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Gary Jeshel Forrester

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Hi Teahouse. I'm looking at Gary Jeshel Forrester and thinking it needs some work to get it conforming to Wiki policies - but I'm not sure if I'm being too harsh. It looks to me as if some of the references verify things that are not connected to the subject of the article. So for instance, current reference 51 verifies the statement that Bluegrass Unlimited is the oldest and most influential journal of bluegrass music - but we don't need to know that in order to give weight to the quote from it, as there is a linked article on the publication. Current reference 122 is a statement about the importance of someone mentioned in passing. I think the article is too long, and have tagged as such, and don't think it needs multiple references for some statements; but a number of them are offline sources, so it's difficult to unpick which are less significant. Several of the contributors to the article have been IP editors who are not now active under those IPs, so it's difficult to engage with them about improving the article. Any advice or help appreciated. Thanks, Tacyarg (talk) 20:31, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Ooh yep, that needs work, you're not being too harsh at all! There are some non-NPOV edits from related TA's recently as well, so this seems to be a long-term issue. This [1] makes me worry that's a COI involved so I'm going to leave a warning on their current TA's Talk.
There's a decent article in there somewhere, it just needs (a lot of) digging out. Blue-Sonnet 20:47, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Half the article is made up of quotes (often multiple paragraphs) and they're exclusively glowing. It feels like this is someone's biography and they've been adding more and more bits to it throughout the years. Notice the username of the original creator.
I've done a bit of work but now needs to be done - e.g culling excessive quotations & reducing citations to the ones that are most likely to be correct, then we should take another look at what's left. I'm tempted to suggest Wikipedia:TNT because of the amount of work this would involve: "Sometimes, the damage is fixable but the effort in doing so dwarfs the effort involved in merely starting over". Blue-Sonnet 21:32, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Blue-Sonnet, you're a hero (or heroine). The most recent IP editor has now left me a message, so we may be able to engage them to improve their editing, or to make edit requests if they do have a CoI. They've referred to themselves as "we", which worries me slightly that several people may be editing using one account. Tacyarg (talk) 22:08, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Yep, that threw me a little! There might have been a little LLM use in there so perhaps that might explain it? It seems they're perceptive to improvement so hopefully this will have a happy ending - apologies but I couldn't face working on the lead and first section, I went from the bottom up and I got a little overwhelmed by that point since I'm on mobile! Blue-Sonnet 00:13, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
The lead informs the reader that this person is a poet and provides nine, count 'em, nine references to verify that fairly mundane fact. Certainly one or two references are adequate for that unless there exists some major controversy about whether or not this person actually is a poet. On the other hand, the lead includes ten, count 'em, ten occupational descriptors, many of which could be summarized as "writer". The effect on this reader (me) is bafflement. Yes, a dramatic rewrite is called for, perhaps with use of a machete. Cullen328 (talk) 01:09, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Not explosives then? Aw...
It does need a much more drastic culling than what I've done so far, which was more of a bonsai pruning. I've got the page open for whenever I have the time (and willpower) to revisit it, but IMO it should be a quarter of it's original size at most. This is a massive guess on my part, but it looks like one person has been gradually adding to it over many years whenever something new happens or they feel like adding to it, so it's grown into a bit of a behemoth. The fact that a lot of the sources are offline doesn't help matters either. Blue-Sonnet 05:23, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
That's common for rarely unremarkable BLPs; the subject steadily adds to it over the years like a CV, and it goes unnoticed until someone uncovers it all at once like a literal skeleton in the closet.
When in doubt; stubify it down to the bare minimum information that seems to be relevant to the person's notability, then see what you're left with and try to determine based on that whether the person is actually notable. If not, then it can go to AfD. Athanelar (talk) 05:46, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Is it possible for one to edit their revision summary?

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I edited the page SS Wisła last night and I put down that I would "add more information and references tomorrow" in the summary, but I've decided not to. Not really sure if I should have put that there in the first place, and I'm also wondering if this is more of a question to ask of someone with the ability to do such a thing, should that ability exist. Aidan J. Hafer (talk) 21:59, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

dont worry about it for a minute. Walter Still not in the Epstein Files Ego 22:02, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
It is not possible to edit a revision summary -- as everything on Wikipedia is transparent, we would then need edit summaries for those edits, and summaries all the way down... A dummy edit can be made to clarify that you will not add more information, but I don't think anyone will hold it against you. 💫ΩmegaMantis💫(she/her) ❦blather | ☞spy on me 22:02, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Aidan J. Hafer, you cannot edit an edit summary at Wikipedia. However, you can follow up a previous edit with another one called a dummy edit, which gets its own edit summary, without changing the article. In that edit you can say something like:

[[WP:DUMMY|Comment:]] Despite the previous summary at 12:34, 32 Octember 2525, no further info and references are needed here.

and then save it. That way, you can link the new edit summary to the old one, even if there are some intervening edits in between. Hope this helps, Mathglot (talk) 04:45, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Just to clarify: You need to make some change to the article, or the edit (and summary) won't be saved. I usually just add a single word space in an unobtrusive place, like at the end of a paragraph. Deor (talk) 13:47, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Draft Feedback

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Hello, I’ve been working on my first draft article and would appreciate feedback before submission, particularly if I should remove the "Reception and Cultural Citations" and "Academic Recognition" sections.

Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Luc_Jorgart

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Fkuji (talk) 23:09, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I would advise that you remove those sections. If the person is notable as a writer, it seems perfectly normal that they would be quoted or cited, so amplifying that reads somewhat like an attempt to resume-boost the subject. 💫ΩmegaMantis💫(she/her) ❦blather | ☞spy on me 23:30, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
what i think is that you should use ISBN instead of the Amazon links SillG (talk ) 23:57, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @Fkuji, welcome to the Teahouse! A great essay that explains what you need to do next is Wikipedia:The answer to life, the universe, and everything.
You need to work on sourcing first, since you've got a significant amount of Amazon listings and user generated websites like IMDB.
Look for reliable, third party sources since this is important for verifiability.
Every article about a person on Wikipedia needs to meet the Wikipedia:Notability (people) guideline, so your sources will need to prove that they fulfil this criteria - if you have trouble with this, it might be a sign that the subject isn't currently notable by Wikipedia standards (even if they're notable/famous elsewhere).
Be prepared for this possibility and don't try to brute force things if it happens; you can't fit a square peg into a round hole. Blue-Sonnet 00:24, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
The issue moreso is that those sections seem to be AI-generated, which leads one to suspect there is more AI generated text in the draft; which isn't allowed in articles. Athanelar (talk) 05:40, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Tapjeong Reservoir

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The article about Tapjeong Reservoir has a map that shows the location of a different, smaller Tapjeong. The map is linked to a photograph. When I try to remove the map, the photo also gets removed. How can this map be removed or replaced? The help pages are no help. (Or somebody else please do this.)Kdammers (talk) 23:50, 6 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

That sort of thing is usually because the info is all being imported from the relevant page on Wikidata, which is the page you'd have to modify; i.e., wikidata:Q12620929. Unfortunately that's where my helpfulness on the matter ends, as I have no idea how editing Wikidata works. Athanelar (talk) 05:38, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Kdammers: I've emended the coordinates both in the article and on Wikidata, since all three of the WPs that have articles about the waterbody (Korean, English, and Simple) are about the reservoir near Nonsan, not about the small one in North Gyeongsang. Deor (talk) 13:41, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

!vote meaning on AfD pages.

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Hi! I'm currently learning my best on how to contribute to AfD pages, and I see a lot of people bringing up !vote in discussions. Is there some kind of template I'm missing for AfD, or some kind of easier method to making your AfD votes that they are referring to? When I am voting on AfD as of right now, I am just clicking the edit source button text to the article I'm voting on. Is there an easier way, or am I just tripping myself up? 「NuggFrog」 (talk) 02:34, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

WP:!VOTE is used to emphasize that this AfD is a discussion process, not just head counting.
Most people do just use the source editor or sometimes the reply tool to participate in AfDs. I believe there are a few tools people use to comment outside of those, but I never found them particularly helpful myself. ScalarFactor (talk) 02:58, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Review Request: Translating Ottoman Empire into Simple English

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Hi, everyone! I am new here, and I've been trying my hand at different tasks, such as copyediting, wikfying articles, adding references, etc. I was looking more into Simple English Wikipedia and saw some articles needed to be simplified. I started on the oldest article in the list, which was the Ottoman Empire. I have simplified the language and grammar in the lead, Rise, Capital, and Vassal states sections, and I was hoping someone could review my work and tell me if I'm off to a good start or if I need to simplify more. Thanks in advance! Arixayo (talk) 03:43, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Arixyo, this is the wrong place to ask for that kind of help. Try posting your question at simple:Wikipedia:Simple talk. Good luck! Mathglot (talk) 04:16, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the redirection, and sorry for the confusion with the piped link! I was having trouble finding the proper place for my request, so you were very helpful in regard. :) Arixayo (talk) 05:06, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
User:Arixayo (re-ping). Mathglot (talk) 04:17, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, it appears I misunderstood. You appear to be simplifying the lead of the local (not Simple) article to be more like that of Simple Wikipedia. I just undid your four edits here at en:Ottoman Empire, because there was nothing wrong with the lead, and it did not need to be simplified. That type of edit might be very welcome at Simple Wikipedia, however. Again, if you have questions about Simple Wikipedia, simple:Wikipedia:Simple talk is a good starting point. Mathglot (talk) 04:25, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Well, this isn't my day, is it? I undid my reversion of your edits. It seems that in your 03:43 OP above, you used a piped link (nowiki'd to expose the link):

I started on the oldest article in the list, which was the [[:simple:Ottoman_Empire|Ottoman Empire]].

I followed your piped link, not realizing it took me to Simple, and reverted because I thought I was on en-wiki. By piping the link, it is very easy to mistake where you are, as both articles are in English, and both are called 'Ottoman Empire'. So, please don't pipe links like that. Everything is back to the way it was when you first asked your question, and rather than make another try and confuse matters further, I will bow out now, and let someone else have a go at helping you. All the best, and sorry I wasn't any help. Mathglot (talk) 04:35, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Removing sections?

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I want to remove some of the international exchanges and sports sections of the John McGlashan College page, specifically those surrounding the French exchange and the exchange with the Whitgift school. As for the Whitgift school that was from a 2014 article, and the French one was unsourced, and I do not think there are any French programmes at the school and have been unable to find a source for it. CharlesReid8 (talk) 05:34, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, @CharlesReid8, and welcome to the Teahouse.
If you think that part of an article is inappropriate (especially if it is unsourced), be BOLD and remove it - but I advise you to write an informative edit summary, so that people won't see an unexplained deletion and think it is vandalism.
If somebody disagrees with your removal, they can start a discussion and ping you; or they can undo your removal, in which case you can start a discussion and ping them. (see the "BOLD" link above).
Alternatively, if you are not confident about the removal, open a discussion first on the article's talk page. ColinFine (talk) 18:18, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Formal Update Regarding the Career and Professional Credits of David Franj

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Greetings, I wonder if it would be appropriate to add a template containing the links of either https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mental_health_resources/en or https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Threats_of_harm on pages regarding self-harm or suicide, especially in pages regarding such methods, WITHOUT removing any content from the pages as per WP:NOTCENSORED, but may be helpful for individuals who might possess such idealations and using Wikipedia as a starting source. Also, it appears that although there IS the existence of the above two links it is rather not accessible through normal means and perhaps this will improve this situation (currently apparently no page links to https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mental_health_resources/en). Pygos (talk) 07:45, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. This is something that has been discussed before; please see Wikipedia:Perennial proposals#Proposals related to suicide and self-harm. In short, the community is reluctant to engage in advocacy of any issue within article content, and that research shows such warnings in general are ineffective at deterring suicide. 331dot (talk) 08:38, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I see, thank you for your reply. Would there be any reason that no page links to https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mental_health_resources/en? Pygos (talk) 08:50, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I think most of that is discussed at WP:EMERGENCY. You can make suggestions for improvements in this area at the Village Pump. 331dot (talk) 08:57, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

A Request for Formal Amendment of Professional Records and Industry Recognition for David Franj

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Career Milestones for David Franj

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Rodolphe Haykal

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Rodolphe Haykal is the Lebanese Chief of staff. Since appointed, he has become notable and mentioned many times in the Lebanese and global media, due to his role and part in the ongoing internal and external situation in Lebanon. Is he notable enough to create an article about him? Fadi.Yammine (talk) 08:30, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

What would you say are the three best sources that provide significant coverage of Rodolphe Haykal that are both independent and reliable? Note that just being mentioned is not sufficient. CoffeeCrumbs (talk) 08:37, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, @Fadi.Yammine, and welcome to the Teahouse. You used the phrase "mentioned many times", and it's important to point out that mere passing mentions of someone aren't generally sufficient to meet our [[WP:|Notability Criteria]], no matter how many times their name has been printed. (If that were the case, I would have an article about me on Wikipedia!).
However, I suspect someone doing such important liaison work may well have had detailed biographical articles written about them by independent mainstream media (whether positive or negative is not actually relevant!).
So, you would need to find three or more mainstream nmedia articles that "talk about him" in some detail, not just mention his name. and that should suffice to meet those criteria.
You would probably be best to start work on a draft and then submit it to Article for Creation, where smeone can give you feedback and help if it's not quite good enough at that point. You can then work on it and resubmit when you're happy with it. Hoping this helps, Nick Moyes (talk) 08:39, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Nick and @CoffeeCrumbs,
I'll answer both of you here, if it's ok. The most notable source i have is this one:
https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1451613/rodolphe-haykal-a-familiar-face-in-south-lebanon-takes-charge-of-the-army.html
i don't know about these two Lebanese sources:
https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/311607
https://www.lebarmy.gov.lb/en/content/rodolphe-haykal
In L'Orient Today, there are many articles covering Lebanon and his his role to try and stabilize the situation in the country. The same goes for AP news and Reuters that since he was appointed, cover his role in Lebanon's affairs. He is also the one behind the Lebanese - “Shield of the Homeland,” plan, which was also covered by the sources i mentioned and others like:
https://www.inss.org.il/publication/lebanese-armed-forces/
https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-868224
So i don't know if it gives a 100% answer to the questions you presented, but they do give a high percentage of information about him and his role in Lebanon today.
Awaiting your response and thank you for yuor time. Fadi.Yammine (talk) 09:12, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
So the first source seems to be a good one. The first Lebanese source is just a shorter article that covers the same material as the first source. The Lebanese Army is not an independent source and it's just his basic biographical information in a database, so that's not really helpful. The last two are just passing mentions, with the second also an opinion piece.
I can't say how anyone else feels, but right now, you have one good source. Two more like the first one that independently discusses Haykal as significantly, and aren't simply reports contemporary with the first one about his assignment as army head, and cover substantially different ground, and then I think you probably have the start of an article. CoffeeCrumbs (talk) 09:42, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
OK, thank you for your help. Fadi.Yammine (talk) 11:15, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Advice on what to do about badly translated article that's in the works

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I feel like that title is not descriptive, I apologize.

I have an article that is horribly machine translated that I've been working on retranslating (Ōharae no Kotoba). It's a very niche subject that has taken me months to do the research to even come close to retranslating it, and I've had to reach out to an editor on the Japanese Wikipedia for help in some places. When I did, they said the Japanese article itself was pretty bad (very poorly sourced) which I agreed, and they've offered to rework the Japanese article so that I can then translate that and have a decent base rather than the mess I have currently. Which I imagine could take a while, and then I have to translate that (so we're looking at several more months).

The problem I'm seeing is, for some reason, this article seems to get a lot of attention from newbie editors coming in to "polish" it, but it's not possible to just polish this article. It needs to be fully retranslated/reworked, because the information itself is incorrect (and nonsensical in many places). I've posted something to that effect on the talk page, but I'm still seeing copyedits, which there's nothing inherently wrong with, I suppose, it just feels like a waste of time particularly when I'm going to be eventually replacing most of what's there at the moment (and just a bad article for newbie editors to practice on).

My question is, do I just let this keep happening or do I do something like delete the horribly translated/poorly sourced sections until I can replace them with something better?

(a ping is appreciated!) Erynamrod (talk) 10:23, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I think the tool that recommends articles for newbie editors to improve needs to be reworked itself. Not only is there no way to narrow down the categories to specific interests, but I ran into similar issues when I checked it out - I'd open an "easy - copyedit" task to find an article that needed a major rewrite, to the extent that I couldn't even begin to guess what minor typo they thought I could fix in <5 minutes. Unfortunately newbies may also not read talk pages before making edits, so you could leave a note there letting them know you're working on the rewrite but it might not make a difference. Best you can probably do is patrol it to revert anything that manages to make it worse. ChompyTheGogoat (talk) 10:47, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
That does sound like the same problem. The newbies not only have a hard time telling what article needs a major rewrite, but don't know to check the talk page. Oh well. It's not the biggest issue in the world. It's hard for them to make it too much worse considering the poor state it's already in. Erynamrod (talk) 11:41, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Erynamrod Part of the problem is that the Special:Homepage for newcomers relies on tags in the article. Yours has {{spelling?}} in a couple of places, which the bot may think are easy to fix. I suggest you address these first and remove this relatively unusual tag. Mike Turnbull (talk) 11:10, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
You could list it at WP:PNT, or ask an available translator directly (Wikipedia:Translators_available). Lectonar (talk) 11:13, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I am the translator working on it! The problem is a lot of people "polishing" it before I've fixed the translation. Erynamrod (talk) 11:35, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the suggestion, I can maybe get some of those out to help prevent so many people being sent there. Those have been there for a while, but the problem isn't even spelling really, it's that it was just translated as nonsense...but if it helps keep people from wasting time, I can fix those few words. Erynamrod (talk) 11:37, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Images not loading?

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Anyone else having trouble with images? All articles affected; tried a different platform and it's the same. My connection is otherwise fine. ChompyTheGogoat (talk) 10:39, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Two of us on the community discord were also having the issue. 10:46, 7 May 2026 (UTC) Pietrus1 (talk) 10:46, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
yes i fixed it so it should work now AutumnHornet (talk) 12:03, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
What did you do to fix it? 🏳️‍🌈JohnLaurens333 (Ping me!) 12:33, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
THE images are no load ~2026-27687-43 (talk) 12:42, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I'm also experiencing the same issue. I suspect it might be a server problem. Alexeyevitch(talk) 12:52, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
i've created a bug report at phabricator: T425670. it seems to only affect users on the us west coast. ltbdl (watch) 13:14, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Hi! I was experiencing this issue earlier, but I believe it's resolved now. Can anyone else chime in? ~2026-10138-81 (talk) 15:28, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I noticed that the images are loading again, too. I'm in the West Coast by the way. Inactive000 (talk) | Political and geographical. 15:36, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
It also affected at least two other users in New Zealand (where I live). Anyway, they're loading now. Alexeyevitch(talk) 22:02, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

New article on American painter

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Dear all, I am new to Wikipedia as an editor. As a first essay I am planning to write a entry on an American-European painter who died in 2020; preferably before mid-June when an exhibition of a selection of his oeuvre is planned. Problem is that he didn't have many exhibitions during his life, and did not sell very much, and he lived rather secluded, reason why up till now he is not present on the internet. Of course there are some small catalogus and interviews in newspapers and art magazines; I need to get hold of these. Is that sufficient as source material? Thanks for your help! AlteraStrada (talk) 10:48, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@AlteraStrada I'm afraid the answer is "probably not". You have to show how your artist meets Wikipedia's inclusion criteria, specifically WP:NARTIST. To do so, interviews will not help, as they are not independent. See this description of the sources you need. We may be able to give more advice if you tell us the name of the person. The best sources are likely to be reviews in newspapers, preferably national ones. Mike Turnbull (talk) 11:04, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I might be stating the obvious, but if the exhibition gets enough coverage (national like Mike wrote) just before and even more after it, you will then have enough sources to create the essay you wanted. Fadi.Yammine (talk) 11:22, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, @AlteraStrada, and welcome to the Teahouse.
In addition to the other replies you've received, I'd like to point out that Wikipedia has no deadline.
My earnest advice to new editors is to not even think about trying to create an article until you have spent several weeks - at least - learning about how Wikipedia works by making improvements to existing articles. Once you have understood core policies such as verifiability, neutral point of view, reliable, independent sources, and notability, and experienced how we handle disagreements with other editors (the Bold, Revert, Discuss cycle), then you might be ready to read your first article carefully, and try creating a draft. If you don't follow this advice but try to create an article without this preparation, you are likely to have a frustrating and disappointing experience with Wikipedia.
And your chances of successfully creating an article by June, I'm afraid, are remote. ColinFine (talk) 18:28, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

why are not my new article is sufficiently notable?

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 Courtesy link: Draft:HealthHub Clinics

hi im new here, i want to submit the article and make it live, i have gone through the guidelines of wiki which i followed still got the declines. Anyone could help me to find the right path... i would be happy thank you Nayaz.Ahmed (talk) 12:14, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Have you read WP:42 and WP:NCORP? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:51, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

how do i sign a guestbook

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hi how do i sign a guestbook AutumnHornet (talk) 13:32, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi AutumnHornet. Please link the guestbook you would like to sign. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:10, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Here you go! User:JohnLaurens333/guestbook AutumnHornet (talk) 14:13, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
You have to type:
# {{Done}} (optional text) ~~~~,
which generates:
  1.  Done (optional text) (signature).
The number 1. will update when you add a comment. Versions111 (talk • contribs) 14:57, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@AutumnHornet: Click the edit tab. If it starts VisualEditor then switch to the source editor. There you can see how something was done and emulate it. Type # on a new line, write something and end with ~~~~ to make a signature. I don't know why so many signers wrote {{done}}. There is no reason for that. Maybe most of them just saw others had done it and thought it was a thing to do. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:03, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to edit my own page

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Dear All,

my wikipedia page : Arkadij Naiditsch contains wrong information which I would like to edit or remove.

1) I am divorced since 2019. Is it possible to remove my personal status completely ? Or at least edit it.

2) I am not living in Baku since 2015.

Thank you in advance

Best regards, Arkadij Arkadij Naiditsch (talk) 13:49, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

We would need new reliable sources to support this, otherwise the information would need to stay even if it was false. Toast1454TC 13:51, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Toast1454, no, we do not deliberately include false information and that is not the case here. The article says he married someone in 2014. That does not mean that they are still married in 2026. It says he lived in a certain city in 2015. That does not mean that he still lives in the same city. Everyone knows that people sometimes get divorced and sometimes move from one city to somewhere else. The article would be false if it said he is currently married to that person and currently lives in that city. It does not say that. If we have access to reliable sources with more current information, we can then update the article. Cullen328 (talk) 20:06, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
You can make your own research, it is easy to find out that Yuliya Shvayger ( ex wife) is married for the 2nd time. I think logic would suggest-marriage to 2 husbands is not possible:).
Regarding my current residency : It is the UAE.
If you would like me to confirm my identity, we can have a zoom call or similar.
I would once again ask you kindly to correct my wikipedia page.
Thank you Arkadij Naiditsch (talk) 06:57, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
you may want to see WP:FAQ/Article subjects PharaohCrab speak𓀁 works𓀨 14:09, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Google-translated article

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how do i get someone else to fix a article i created using google translate Ejiij3333 (talk) 14:54, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Ejiij3333, welcome to the Teahouse! So, just as a general rule, you should not create articles with Google translate. Translation is challenging enough as it is for a human with fluency in both languages, and machine translation software like Google translate are not accurate enough to be useful on their own. And the best person to fix articles created with Google translate is yourself; you're responsible for all the content you put into the encyclopedia, so if you can't review and fix issues yourself, you shouldn't put it in to start.
I assume this is about Porchefontaine_station? If you would like, I can help you delete the article to make way for a non-machine-translated article. Thanks, Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 15:02, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
can you help me delete this article for me Ejiij3333 (talk) 15:04, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, Ejiij3333, no problem; I've deleted the article for you. Thank you for working on a new article! Your effort and intent is absolutely appreciated. Good luck with your future editing! Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 15:07, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

UpTheOctave, please listen

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OP blocked. ClaudineChionh (she/her · talk · email · global) 05:20, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

I’m your man, ~2026-27532-81 speaking. How can I make articles? ~2026-27532-81 (talk) 15:47, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Courtesy ping: UpTheOctave! 🏳️‍🌈JohnLaurens333 (Ping me!) 15:50, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Special:Contributions/~2026-27532-81 ~2026-27663-69 (talk) 16:00, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @~2026-27532-81. I thought I said I left advice on your talk page? To reiterate, the relevant information can be found at "Your first article". UpTheOctave! • 8va? 16:01, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I read it already. Ellie, what’s your nationality? ~2026-27532-81 (talk) 16:58, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not going to answer that for my privacy, as it is not relevant to my work on Wikipedia. UpTheOctave! • 8va? 17:01, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry ~2026-27532-81 (talk) 17:03, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
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Subject of article seeking help implementing cited BLP corrections

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Already being discussed on article talk page. Please don't post multiple copies of the same request; and especially not in multiple venues. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 18:19, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Hello. I am Charles Casper Peyton (User:Charlescpeyton), the subject of the Jeff Stryker Wikipedia article and registered trademark holder of Jeff Stryker™ since 1986.

I have been advised by User:DonIago to follow WP:COIEDIT and use the Talk page rather than direct editing. I am doing so but need assistance from a neutral editor to implement properly cited corrections to my biography.

The article currently:

  • Describes me as a "pornographic actor" — I am an actor, director, producer, and entertainer with mainstream film, theatre, fashion, and international credits
  • Contains the Kulak's Woodshed section which I dispute as inaccurate under WP:BLP
  • Contains a negative quote from Traci Lords' autobiography given undue weight
  • Has an incorrect John Waters quote

I have a complete revised article with citations from the National Portrait Gallery London, Getty Images, Women's Wear Daily, Out magazine, and Artforum ready for review.

Could any experienced editor assist me in implementing these corrections through the proper Talk page process?

Thank you. Charles Casper Peyton (User:Charlescpeyton) Charlescpeyton (talk) 16:41, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

how can I help my mentor?

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l Rgarci7267 (talk) 17:00, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Help them in what way?
Note: your mentor is @Coolgurl5555: 🏳️‍🌈JohnLaurens333 (Ping me!) 17:36, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

how do i make a guestbook

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hi how do i make a guestbook so pepole can sign my soon to be guestbook and talk to pepople AutumnHornet (talk) 17:52, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@AutumnHornet Wikipedia is not a social networking site. Please focus on editing content in draft space and ignore project space for the time being. You're edging closer to a block. Star Mississippi 18:05, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I DINT SAY THAT I WAS A SOCIAL NETWORKER!! AutumnHornet (talk) 12:54, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Please don't shout, it's important that everyone remains civil on Wikipedia - it's one of the foundational pillars that the site is built on.
We don't usually have guestbooks because Talk pages are for discussing how to improve Wikipedia, they're not for saying Hi to each other or chatting about general stuff.
Please read Wikipedia:NOTSOCIAL and Wikipedia:USERTALK if you want to find out more.
You've only made three edits to articles out of 134 edits, which is very unusual. If it looks like you're only here to chat administrators might become concerned that you're only here to talk to other people and not to work on this encyclopedia. If that goes on for too long, your account might even be blocked. Blue-Sonnet 03:38, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Seeking help for understanding what are reliable citations vs non-reliable

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Hi,

I have created account on Wikipedia in February and am learning how to use it. I want to contribute positively to the platform, but while making changes, I still am not able to bifurcate between reliable citations vs non-reliable citations. I seek guidance in simple words so that I can get to know the difference between these and I don't add any unreliable citation knowingly to any article/ biography/ page. Decemberbaby0612 (talk) 19:59, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, @Decemberbaby0612, and welcome to the Teahouse.
Unfortunately, that is one of the questions that it is hard to give a simple answer to.
Does reliable sources help? ColinFine (talk) 20:04, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, @Decemberbaby0612, I can say a bit more.
It sounds as if you're terrified of making a mistake (eg, citing a source that turns out not to be reliable).
Don't worry about making mistakes, especially when you're new: we all make mistakes. Normally the worst that can happen is that somebody reverts our edit - and we can learn from that. (If they don't give a clear enough explanation, we can ask them politely to explain). See WP:BRD. ColinFine (talk) 20:07, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @ColinFine,
Thank you for your response. Actually I made a few edits in one of the pages (for a Pakistani actress - Hania Aamir) and my edits were reverted. I am sure that I didn't add any incorrect details, though the links might not be reliable. Not only these were reverted, but my name was given as Sockpuppet - another thing that I wasn't aware about. I don't wish to end up in the same situation again and this is why I am being cautious. Decemberbaby0612 (talk) 09:35, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Hello again, @Decemberbaby0612
Being correct is not enough: the problem is that if you add information without a reliable source, then a reader next week or next month or next year cannot check it (and somebody might have changed it in the meantime, by mistake, or because they thought it wasn't correct, or because they were vandals). Wikipedia works on verifiability, not truth.
I don't quite understand what @CNMall41 meant by "a SOCK approved two of your drafts", but they evidently think that you may be using more than one account in a way that is not permitted. If you were doing that, you need to stop (see WP:SOCK); if you were not, there's no problem.
I suggest that you make your edits again, making sure that all information you add is supported by a reliable source (I know you asked how you can identify a reliable source, but CNMall evidently thinks you know, and I pointed you at the policy page that explains) and that the text you add represents what the source says, as opposed to what Aamir or her fans would want to say (which is how to avoid "promotional" text. I don't mean quoting the text - you need to summarise it in your own words, but you need not to go beyond it). ColinFine (talk) 17:59, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you @ColinFine.
Though I responded previously in the SOCK investigation that I am using only one account, and I am not sure why the other person feels that I approved my own draft. I don't even know how drafts are approved. One of the drafts that I have added, there COI tag is added by CNMall and I still don't understand the reason for this.
I am grateful to you for being kind and responding, because I am still learning about the guidelines and trying not to make mistakes. If possible, I request you to check the Draft:Kaisi Hai Ye Ruswai, as you are experienced and verify if it really is COI or not.
If you can't check, still I am thankful to you for guidance. Decemberbaby0612 (talk) 18:54, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Regardless of what you say, your editing pattern gives the impression that you have used other accounts in the past OR are editing with a conflict of interest. This was spelled out in the SPI report. You were not found to be connected through CU but your behavior is still matching previous SOCKS and UPE. Maybe the appropriate forum would be COIN. --CNMall41 (talk) 03:12, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Being very honest with you @CNMall41, I am not sure what behaviours do SOCKS follow because I am not as experienced as you are. It is true that I don't know many things that you are well aware about given your experience. I didn't even knew Teahouse could be used for getting answers unless this was mentioned to me in one of the responses.
FYI - You may please refer the talk page of Bonadea, the user who rejected my draft for Kaisi Hai Ye Ruswai. I asked the question there as well that how should I re-submit the draft, because I wasn't getting the re-submit button after making changes. According to me, only talk pages were used for discussion, conversation, getting answers and clearing doubts.
You suggested that I should add the points that I am changing in Hania Aamir's page in the talk section, and I did it, because I understand there will be experienced users who will find the relevant sources and add the necessary details. Now, whatever you may feel, all I know about me is I am not lying, whether you believe it or not. If I would have had experience/knowledge, I wouldn't have been asking questions like this on the talk pages or here. Decemberbaby0612 (talk) 18:54, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry to bother you again, but am adding a few more details, because I missed it out earlier @CNMall41, Wikipedia gives a temporary account number when you make edits the first time. But to create a draft, a permanent account is needed. For creating my first draft for Kaisi Hai Ye Ruswai, I created a permanent account and I have been using the same account since then to make any changes. You may view my edits history, and can please check about the edits I made, nothing was added from my side. There have been posts, stories, news on the internet if you Google it. I completely understand that the links might not be reliable, but the information I added wasn't false. I am a keen viewer and am making changes only after completely watching the dramas, series, movies, Awards. I am also a fan of Hania Aamir and this is why my most edits have been around her dramas, because I have seen them all (and have seen my favourite stories more than once). Decemberbaby0612 (talk) 19:12, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

How to correct spelling error in a category?

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I came across [Category:Members of the 1925 Chilean Consultative Comission], and it seems to have a spelling error in it ("Comission" rather than "Commission"). I tried to move it to the correct spelling, but couldn't figure out how to do it. Any guidance on that? Thank you. Marquardtika (talk) 20:15, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Marquardtika, you can't do this yourself - please read and follow Wikipedia:Categories for discussion which covers "proposals to delete, merge, rename, or split categories" - Arjayay (talk) 20:20, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
This commission doesn't have an article and isn't even mentioned anywhere in the English Wikipedia as far as I can tell. It's not in Chilean Constitution of 1925 or 1925 Chilean constitutional referendum. I think the category should just be deleted. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:48, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Usually spelling mistakes in categories are handled through Categories for Discussion (CFD) since normal editors can’t directly move categories like articles. In this case though the category itself also seems questionable because there doesn’t appear to be an article or much coverage about the commission on English Wikipedia so deletion may indeed be the better option. ɴᴅᴀʜɪʀᴏ ᴅᴇʀʀɪᴄᴋ 🐎 (talk) 22:44, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks everyone for the feedback and info. I went ahead and nominated the category for deletion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2026 May 8. Marquardtika (talk) 16:29, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Closing requested mass move

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Hi. I proposed a move of multiple articles (of the same category) all at once at their relevant WikiProject talk page. See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Poland#Moving Poland rail operators. Because this is different from a normal move, do the same rules still apply? The move is starting to approach seven days of age, and as there so far isn't any opposition, it should be closed on 9 May. My question is, can I close the move myself, or do I need someone else to close it that hasn't participated in the consensus? Same thing with moving the articles after, can I do this myself? If I can't, can someone do this please when the move should be closed? Thank you, Fortek67 (talk) 20:29, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Fortek67 formally speaking, you don't need permission to move a title if there is no previous RM discussion or recent moves. The process you did it with at a WikiProject is efficient way to collectively discuss multiple moves. That said, you alerted the individual talk pages later, so I would wait 7-days after the talk pages notice was placed. Consensus within the project discussion is clear, so I don't see an issue with you closing the discussion. If it was disputed or more complicated, then it would be better for someone uninvolved to close the discussion. ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 07:00, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you @Shushugah. I did want to previously use the page move notice template for all pages, but it said to only be used by the bot. Fortek67 (talk) 15:15, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Disclosed COI Edit Request

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Hello. I posted a disclosed COI edit request on the Gilead Sciences Talk page a couple of weeks ago and saw that the editor is away due to a significant loss. In her absence, I'm posting here to see if anyone else can assist me. Thank you. GileadJeff (talk) 21:08, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Your edit request is open and pending; as noted in the request template there are around 470 requests awaiting review, please be patient. 331dot (talk) 21:18, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Error in rendering of sources in table

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I've been working on sorting pages with broken references and a few times now I've come across an error in tables where the sources section doesn't render, causing all sources defined in the table to be undefined. The most recent one is in the mayor section of 2004 New Zealand local elections. I've never worked with tables before, so I don't know what is causing this. Any advise would be appreciated Freddieh9 (talk) 22:22, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Freddieh9. The table in 2004 New Zealand local elections#Mayors uses {{New Zealand mayoral election table row}} which claims to have a source parameter but it was removed from the code [2] two months ago by TheLoyalOrder so all |source= are now ignored. I don't know why the parameter was removed. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:09, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks PrimeHunter, I'll message about getting it back and running Freddieh9 (talk) 23:18, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed bad draft is it enough?

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I fixed a bad draft (Draft:Salt Lake Arts Academy) that had problems with notability because almost all of the links were bad sources. I already made a page for a school (Salt Lake Center for Science Education) but that page was more of a stub than this one, can someone check my work and see if it meets notability/think it will be approved

(also i don't know if this changes anything but after I take a photo of the school I'll add a photo to the page) Goetia [She/They/Any] (talk) 22:40, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The draft looks cleaner now but you should remove these categories since they’re unrelated to the school article:
  • Actresses from Salt Lake City
  • Actresses from Utah
  • Male actors from Salt Lake City
  • Male actors from Utah
Those categories were probably added accidentally. ɴᴅᴀʜɪʀᴏ ᴅᴇʀʀɪᴄᴋ 🐎 (talk) 22:49, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you I'll remove those Goetia [She/They/Any] (talk) 23:35, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, @The Ars Goetia, and welcome to the Teahouse.
Not a full review, but it doesn't look to me as if any of the sources will help establish notability. The first and third are almost certainly primary sources, and the other two look from their titles to be about Wadsworth, not about the school. (It is possible that they contain significant coverage of the school - I say, I haven't looked at them).
An image won't help the review process. (It won't hinder it either, but until you have found sufficient sources that meet WP:42 to establish that the school is notable, there is no point in putting any other effort into the draft. ColinFine (talk) 22:52, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
The Wadsworth link is from the person who made the previous draft some years ago which then got deleted before I picked it back up.
I added another source and I have a few more if need be, however I have seen many stub school articles with the same few sources (mostly 1 and 3) and 1 or 2 far disconnected links so i did similar. If we need slarts in the news I think an 8th grader won national spelling bee once Goetia [She/They/Any] (talk) 23:44, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@The Ars Goetia If other elementary school related articles exist out there, with no established Wikipedia:Notability, you can nominate them for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. The relevant notability guidelines for schools are at WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES. ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 06:53, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

What happens if an administrator abuses their power?

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This question has always been on my mind, but I wonder... Will they get their powers removed? Will they only get a warning and still have their powers? Will they be blocked after? Or will they still not have their powers revoked, having the risk of the same exact admin to abuse their powers to others? ~2026-25032-90 (talk) 23:02, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators are still accountable to Wikipedia policies and community consensus. If an admin abuses their tools it can be discussed at places like ANI or ArbCom depending on the severity. Outcomes can range from warnings and restrictions to desysopping (removal of admin rights) and in serious cases even blocks or bans. ɴᴅᴀʜɪʀᴏ ᴅᴇʀʀɪᴄᴋ 🐎 (talk) 23:04, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
There are a couple of ways administrators are kept "in check", so to speak. Similar to all other users there's an amount of good faith that goes around to administrators since everyone makes mistakes. But if a reminder on their talk page doesn't do it, they can be brought to fora like WP:ANI just like any other user; if they are repeatedly unable to account for their mistakes then, there's a process called recall that can lead to their "powers revoked". Alternatively the Arbitration Committee can also do so, under the procedures as outlined here. Best, Staraction (talk · contribs) (please ping on reply) 23:06, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Glad to see that there are actual punishments for admin abusing.. ~2026-25032-90 (talk) 02:43, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Please see Wikipedia:Former administrators/reason/for cause for a list of adminstrators removed for misconduct. Some are blocked and some still edit but without having access to administrator's tools, and some are retired. Cullen328 (talk) 05:09, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
There are no punishments; just measures to prevent abuse. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 07:54, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Feedback on my (almost) finished table

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Hello everyone. I'm here to ask fellow editors for feedback on a table I'm working on (User:Vicccqh7/sandbox). This table is gonna be added to the Soviet space dogs article. I've been working on it for a long time, it's my first time doing such a huge edit, and I really want the table to be readable, clear, and for the citations placement to be understandable. Could anyone check it out and let me know if there's anything I could improve upon? Or if there's anything that is not "good" enough? OR if the citations make it clear which sources support which parts of it (or at least if it's not misleading), anything really - I tried my best to do it well but I'm still a beginner, so I'd appreciate any advice. This is also not the 100000% final version, I am still gonna double check all the info and pages, add some more translations and possibly do some other tweaks, but this is a state I am comfortable with asking for feedback on. Feel free to drop your thoughts! Vicccqh7 (talk) 23:18, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Not an expert in the topic but it looks like a pretty good table to me, the only change I recommend is making it Sortable. PharaohCrab speak𓀁 works𓀨 23:51, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you!
I was thinking about that option and ultimately decided not to include it because I thought it wasn't necessary and wouldn't really change much, but maybe you're right and it could be helpful to readers. It's not a big deal to change that so I will take your advice. Vicccqh7 (talk) 23:58, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Vicccqh7: I dunno if either of these factored into your concern, but if you don't want the sorting arrows to make the "No." and "Ref" columns wider, you can {{sort under}}. That template adds CSS to the page that will move the sorting arrow below the text. And if you want the dates to be chronologically sortable, there are explanations on how to get that under Help:Sortable tables § Date sorting problems. Rjjiii (talk) 00:37, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I'm gonna be honest, I didn't factor it into my concern cause I didn't even know that this could be a concern, I'm still learning wikitext and I don't know much about it yet lol, but thank you for the heads up, I'll look into it! Vicccqh7 (talk) 01:00, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Vicccqh7, you're welcome. And wikitext is especially complicated for tables. I think a lot of editors who do source editing switch to the visual editor for tables. Rjjiii (talk) 01:04, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
When I started making my table, I used visual edit only. Silly me back then thought I could get away with editing wikipedia without ever using source... but then came citations, and I wanted them to look neat, so here I am learning it. It looks scary but It's not that bad. Vicccqh7 (talk) 01:10, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Ah gotcha. VE has a lot of limitations still. You can get adequate citations from it, but there are some edge cases that it handles really poorly and if you're doing shortened footnotes inline, you really have to intentionally format them for VE. Rjjiii (talk) 01:15, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah that's true, I noticed it when I wanted to experiment with adding colored cells, before even thinking about citations. I already somewhat managed to place sfn into my table since it uses a source with different pages, but there are still things I don't really get. I'm sure it'll come with time and practice though, and I can always count on people here to guide me! Vicccqh7 (talk) 01:22, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Vicccqh7, for a technical reason, VE can't render {{sfn|Doe|1999|p=13}}, but it handles <ref>{{harvnb|Doe|1999|p=13}}.</ref> just fine. Good luck, and feel free to ask questions as they pop up, Rjjiii (talk) 01:27, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Feedback is still welcome, if anyone else wants to give some advice! Vicccqh7 (talk) 23:05, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

In relation to article Chinese people in the New York metropolitan area

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In this article here, I’m not too sure how exactly to copy edit properly.

I understand it’s asking me to fix up any repetitive/circular details and basically just straighten it up a bit but several parts of the article require me to rearrange the sources in such I way that I am admittedly not good enough to do.

Quite plainly, I’m afraid I’ll screw up the article somehow.

I wouldn’t mind an example or some sort of pointer in which I could do this properly, I’ve been thrashing away a few days attempting to figure out how to make this fit the MOS.

Awaiting any response, please and thanks in advance. “Damn you all to hell!” Mistermisterwhosthemister? 23:52, 7 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

So, mister, you're simultaneously thanking us and damning us? An unusual combination. "Unique demographics of New York City Chinese enclaves" (one of its sections) is a very odd title; I'd remove "Unique", as the section would be better about demographics in general (the unique, if any, included) than limited to the exotic (or exoticizing what in reality is unexotic). It starts: "In Queens, the Chinese communities consists...", whose subject/verb disagreement should be obvious. In the first three paragraphs, it wobbles between calling Mandarin, Cantonese, etc "dialects" and "languages". (It shouldn't contradict the previous section, "Languages", which shouldn't contradict either itself or what Wikipedia's relevant articles say about the status of these languages/dialects.) The fourth paragraph says quite a lot and closes with six references, failing to indicate which part of what's said comes from which of the six. Sorting out "Unique Demographics of New York City Chinese enclaves" alone should keep you happily occupied for hours. -- Hoary (talk) 00:19, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Mister, in order to decide whether to call Mandarin, Cantonese, etc "dialects" or "languages", you might instead ask at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Language. But if you do, wait three days or so for worthwhile responses -- both to you, and to previous responses. (In my experience, that "reference desk" gets responses from a curious mixture of people who know what they're talking about and people who don't.) -- Hoary (talk) 00:34, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Mistermisterwhosthemister?, the above advice sounds good to me. For copy editing in general you might also ask at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors. It's a very active WikiProject where there are many editors who focus mainly on copy editing. Editors active there have probably gone through the majority of Featured Articles you see appear on the Main Page. Good luck! Rjjiii (talk) 00:24, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

OpenStreetMap example

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Hello, I'm looking for an example of the OpenStreetMap template being used in the body of an article (not in an infobox). Hopefully alongside an image as well. Do any examples come to mind? I don't see a quick link for "pages using this template" on the template page: Template:OpenStreetMap

For context, I want to include a map showing the location of Perrine Dugué's memorial chapel. Thank you for your help! Chao Garden 🌱 (hi) 01:04, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Chao Garden I am not sure if {{OpenStreetMap}} is the right template. Perhaps you meant to link to {{OpenStreetMap link}}, for which there are 400 transclusions, mostly infoboxes, but you can sort through them by going down Tools and what links here. You can also ask at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical) for more knowledgeable people. Happy mapping! ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 06:44, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Chao Garden: Yesterday I happened on Green Bicycle Case, an article that uses {{OSM Location map}}. I don't know whether that's any help for you. Deor (talk) 13:16, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Deor & @Shushugah - thank you both for the advice!
I experimented with the template in my sandbox: User:Chao_Garden/sandbox. Would either of you mind taking a quick look & letting me know what you think? I added a photobox and a ref, which would be essential if I'm going to use this in the article... if the photobox + ref don't work for any reason, I'll need to scrap this idea. I think it looks great in my mobile browser too (except, there's no light-gray border around the whole template). Chao Garden 🌱 (hi) 18:21, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Looks OK to me. Since the communes are labeled on the OS map itself, you might just delete the stuff for the 2, 3, and 4 markers from the template, remove the 1's in the fields for the chapel itself, and delete the shape parameters to use the default red dot to mark the chapel. Deor (talk) 18:42, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Free Images

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Hello, I'm here because I want to ask if I could use free images online as images in articles. The only images related to my article are very old and is from a government database. Welovecontributors! [talk] [contribs] 01:43, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

For example, Pixabay Welovecontributors! [talk] [contribs] 01:47, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

We, precisely what do you mean by "free images"? (Free of copyright? Copyleft for noncommercial use? Copyleft for any use? Costing nothing to view online? Lacking any information related to copyright? Something else?) -- Hoary (talk) 02:12, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I meant royalty-free Welovecontributors! [talk] [contribs] 02:15, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
No, We, if the copyright-holder permits reuse for no royalties, that's not sufficient. You'd upload a file to Wikimedia Commons, which says: One of Wikimedia Commons' basic principles is: "Only free content is allowed." As for the meaning (for Wikimedia's/Wikipedia's purposes) of "free content", it links the term to "Freedom Defined". -- Hoary (talk) 03:36, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Pixabay's "Content license summary" says, among other things: "You cannot use any of the Content as part of a trade-mark, design-mark, trade-name, business name or service mark." That by itself rules out reuse here of Pixabay's content. -- Hoary (talk) 03:42, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! Welovecontributors! [talk] [contribs] 04:21, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
If it's for Draft:Eliot K-8 Innovation School, could you perhaps go there with a camera (or phone) and take photos yourself? -- Hoary (talk) 04:52, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Welovecontributors!, "very old" is imprecise and copyright law is complex. But in general, if an image was first published over 95 years ago in the United States, it is almost certainly in the public domain and free of copyright restrictions. This happens each January 1. See Public Domain Day for details of the annual observance. Cullen328 (talk) 05:18, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Really is a great idea. It's great I'm not writing about a military base. Welovecontributors! [talk] [contribs] 11:33, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Note that Pixabay used to use CC0, which is a free license, but they changed to a non-free license on 9 January 2019. Therefore, any media published on Pixabay before that date is free content. See c:Template:Pixabay for details. HyperAnd [talk] 10:02, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
In my (perhaps unusual) opinion, there's another problem -- this one not related to copyright -- with Pixabay and similar websites. Pixabay advertises its supplies of "stock photographs". Literally, these are just photographs kept in stock, ready for use. But in practice they're photographs that follow certain conventions. These are the conventions of advertising photography. The images are slick. If they aren't the fruits of "AI", they often look as if they are. But Wikipedia articles, unlike promotional web pages, can be illustrated with photographs showing warts and all. -- Hoary (talk) 08:49, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Where to get userboxes?

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idk Bencefo (talk) 09:48, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Copy off other people's user pages, paste onto your own. -- Hoary (talk) 10:54, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
You might also want to see the bottom of Wikipedia:Userboxes, they have a whole template of available userboxes. MrActiniuMtalk 11:25, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia:Userboxes/Galleries. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:21, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
You may talk to Nerd-in-history from #who have the most userboxes.––KEmel49(📝,📋) 19:57, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Authority control

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In using the authority control template and specifically mentioning a QID, I'm still getting unrelated links to David C. Ford. Any idea how to fix this? I originally tried to suppress the other QID, but that didn't seem to work. --Engineerchange (talk) 11:39, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Engineerchange. The article is connected to the wrong Wikidata item. Template:Authority control#Specifying the Wikidata item says: "As soon as the page is connected to a Wikidata item, this parameter will be ignored". You have to remove the article under "Wikipedia" at David C. Ford (Q136491234) and afterwards add it at David Clayton Ford (Q139710876). PrimeHunter (talk) 14:13, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I moved the sitelink to the right item. It's worth noting that this particular David C. Ford will not have any authority control records, he hasn't written any books. MediaKyle (talk) 14:33, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
So... what I'm hearing. Do not add authority control to biographical articles unless the author wrote a book? Or do you generally add them to all? --Engineerchange (talk) 20:30, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
The template should be on all biographies. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:35, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
That had been my take, thanks for clarifying. Been doing it for years and got scared. Cheers all, --Engineerchange (talk) 00:32, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

English translation of an existing French article

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Hello, who can help or who is an experienced contributor to translate from French to English this article: fr:Famille Barbara de Labelotterie de Boisséson

thank you, Catherine Catherine 1 (talk) 12:25, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

You're not likely to find someone willing to undertake the laborious process of article creation for you. Maybe leave a request at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject France and someone may eventually be interested in taking on the project. Athanelar (talk) 17:12, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Stalled Files for Upload request — Ghich Pich film poster.jpg

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Hello, I filed a Files for Upload request at Wikipedia:Files for upload#Ghich Pich film poster.jpg on 1 May 2026 with a complete {{Non-free use rationale poster}} template, source URL, and a paid-contribution disclosure on my user page per WP:PAID. It has been about a week with no reviewer activity, and looking at the FFU page edit history I notice very few accept/decline actions in recent weeks. Is FFU currently active, or would another route be more appropriate? I'm not autoconfirmed yet so I cannot use Special:Upload directly. Happy to address any concerns about the rationale or formatting. Thank you. Shivayu28Gupta (talk) 13:36, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

(Edit: fixing accidental template invocation in the original post — I meant the template name as literal text, not as a transclusion. Shivayu28Gupta (talk) 13:42, 8 May 2026 (UTC))[reply]

Hey Shivayu,
I'm not familiar with the files for upload process at this time, but I looked at your submission. It appears that there is already a poster uploaded as non-free in the article. Why does it need to be replaced?
Personally, I think the poster that has actors on them is better used on the article, but that's just my opinion.
Best, PolarClimates (talk) 16:24, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

how do I get my article to be published/featured?

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just wondering since I had written one and its just sittin in sandbox Pwnt13 (talk) 17:39, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

It's also at Draft:SocGholish; you may submit it for a review by clicking "Submit your draft for review!" However, it's not likely to be accepted, because it does not summarize what independent reliable sources with significant coverage say about the topic. 331dot (talk) 17:45, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
ah, okay this is my first time making a article on here I didn't know thank u for the feedback! Pwnt13 (talk) 18:03, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, @Pwnt13, and welcome to the Teahouse.
My earnest advice to new editors is to not even think about trying to create an article until you have spent several weeks - at least - learning about how Wikipedia works by making improvements to existing articles. Once you have understood core policies such as verifiability, neutral point of view, reliable, independent sources, and notability, and experienced how we handle disagreements with other editors (the Bold, Revert, Discuss cycle), then you might be ready to read your first article carefully, and try creating a draft. If you don't follow this advice but try to create an article without this preparation, you are likely to have a frustrating and disappointing experience with Wikipedia. ColinFine (talk) 18:41, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Writing a new article is the most difficult task to perform on Wikipedia, especially as a new user without much prior editing experience. There are many things to learn. Writing a new article is not the only or even best way one can contribute to Wikipedia. We have millions of articles, most of which need help in some way. 331dot (talk) 18:42, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

User:TechnoSquirrel69

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User:TechnoSquirrel69

I am very surprised to see that such a senior editor has been locked globally and that too without any notification and clear reason ~2026-28008-82 (talk) 18:05, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

That account was locked as compromised. Special:CentralAuth/TechnoSquirrel69. 331dot (talk) 18:07, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Need help with a revised draft - am I on the right track?

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Hi everyone,

I recently submitted an article for review and it was declined. The main feedback was that the draft's references do not show that the subject meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion for organizations and companies and that sources need to be reliable, independent, and provide significant coverage. I've been very careful to apply this feedback, and I've created a revised version here: User:Illaswart/sandbox

I still feel a bit new to the process (it's a lot to take in), and I want to make sure that I submit a factual, compliant article. I'd appreciate it if anyone could take a look and let me know if I'm on the right track. Illaswart (talk) 18:27, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Illaswart: The references are reliable. Catfurball (talk) 18:32, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, @Illaswart, and welcome to the Teahouse.
The references may be reliable, but it looks to me as if they are all WP:CORPTRIV.
Most companies in the world do not meet Wikipedia's criteria for notability. If you want to write an article about one, it is your responsibility to find non-trivial independent articles about the company (note that CORPTRIV sources are almost always based on press releases, and so are not independent).
My earnest advice to new editors is to not even think about trying to create an article until you have spent several weeks - at least - learning about how Wikipedia works by making improvements to existing articles. Once you have understood core policies such as verifiability, neutral point of view, reliable, independent sources, and notability, and experienced how we handle disagreements with other editors (the Bold, Revert, Discuss cycle), then you might be ready to read your first article carefully, and try creating a draft. If you don't follow this advice but try to create an article without this preparation, you are likely to have a frustrating and disappointing experience with Wikipedia. ColinFine (talk) 18:48, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
For a general tip, there's no need to make a separate revised version at another location. You're free to make edits to Draft:Fivetran as much as you like before you resubmit it; just don't remove the decline notices at the top. Athanelar (talk) 20:58, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

who have the most userboxes

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i really love user boxes so i just want to ask if anyone know someone who have more userboxes than me Nerd-in-history (talk) 19:30, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, Lot's of these userboxes. Sorry to say but there are many editors have more userboxes than you. Honorary mention: Ira Leviton.––KEmel49(📝,📋) 19:54, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Ha! Thank you for the mention. But there are many editors with many more userboxes than me! Ira Leviton (talk) 21:08, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
It shall be my life duty to defeat them Nerd-in-history (talk) 08:17, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Putting user warning templates on partially blocked user talk pages?

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Hiya! I was wondering if a user has been partially blocked but is using the sandbox to increase their edit count, would this be considered gaming the system and if so, would it be reasonable to post the appropriate warning template on their talk page? I have seen situations like this before and would like to know the appropriate course of action that I should take, if there is any. Thank you!!! Rooney!chatter 20:57, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I would say that if they were trying to use their edit count to gain leverage or as a meaningful statistic, yes, that would be gaming the system. BSH (talk) - (she/her) 21:15, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Alright, thank you! :) Rooney!chatter 21:28, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
What would you use as clear evidence about the intent of this suspect? Augnablik (talk) 05:18, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Oh God, were they just counting? Replacing one number with another? If so, that is a large-scale pattern and most all of them will be banned. --DollarStoreBa'alConverse 15:46, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Reverting

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how do you revert edits on mobile? Need it just incase DSISCO07 (talk) 22:35, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

You have to go to the history of the page, and click the (undo) button. Versions111 (talk • contribs) 03:25, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
You can see more details on WP:UNDO. Versions111 (talk • contribs) 03:30, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
You have to open > Settings > Turn on "Advanced mode". This will make the undo button appear in the edit history of an article. It won't show up if "Advanced mode" is turned off. HyperAnd [talk] 08:09, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

How to remove maintanance template

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how to remoce maintanance template Karthik Mallur (talk) 05:43, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Karthik Mallur. I assume that this is about Girideva Raaj. The problem is that all of the references in that article are to coverage in the Times of India. As described there and in Paid news in India and WP:TIMESOFINDIA, that newspaper has a very poor reputation for reliability, especially when it comes to coverage of show business and entertainment topics. Therefore, I think that the maintenance tag should remain until references to higher quality sources are added to the article. Cullen328 (talk) 06:28, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Times of India is one of the popular and reputed newspaper in India. Whenever a movie gets announced or released in India, Times of India is one of important media to appear in press meet. If the newspaper has reputation or not, here we are talking about a film director, Girideva, entire film Industry knows him. His recent movie was in theatres for 82 days, and many reviews about the film online thats a big achievement. He deserves a wikipedia page. Karthik Mallur (talk) 12:05, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
If the entire film industry knows him, then it shouldn't be an issue. If he's that famous, he's surely been reported on in at least a few other sources. Go find those and replace the current Times of India articles with those new sources. --DollarStoreBa'alConverse 15:45, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Potential vandalism(?)

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Hello! While watching the Recent edits I noticed user @~2026-28112-09 making edits to M (1951 film) and Nero-Film that seem mildly dubious. They have changed instances of "Nazism" to "National-socialism", and given the reason "Censored by the German Penal Code of the Federal Government of Germany for unconstitutional references" in both cases. I wanted to post a message to their talk page to avoid a potential edit war, but I am unsure how to proceed. Both edits are still current. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you! InRRainbows (talk) 11:22, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I looked up “Censored by the German Penal Code of the Federal Government of Germany for unconstitutional references” and it says it doesn't apply to educational comtext Strafgesetzbuch section 86a is the Penal code this editor is talking about SillG (talk ) 11:49, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I also reverted the edits btw hope there is no edit war SillG (talk ) 11:50, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Okay thank you! If you haven't already it would be good to leave a note on their talk page explaining :) Thanks again xx InRRainbows (talk) 12:04, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
This is actually quite a common thing. In my view, 'nazism' is the proper term as it is the most well-known name. Also, I don't believe the Federal Government of Germany has any influence on Wikipedia, since it's run by the Wikimedia Foundation which is based in the US. But don't quote me on that, I could be wrong. --DollarStoreBa'alConverse 15:42, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
We've had this same debate over the Indian courts who wanted some information removing - it got rather messy and I don't have a link to hand since it affected dozens of noticeboards and pages (there will probably be an article on it!).
Long story short, HQ is in California so Californian/US law takes precedence. German law does not. Blue-Sonnet 18:07, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
ack that’s a headache! but thank you for this and for leaving them a very lovely message :) i’ll use this to thank everyone else who has replied as well as i suppose the matter is resolved for now. have a good one :* InRRainbows (talk) 22:12, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
You might find Wikipedia:No legal threats and Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not censored useful to read for background information. If the other poster goes as far as making actual legal threats (not just vague warnings) you should report them, as this is not allowed. M kuhner (talk) 21:55, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Newly created article needed for reviewing

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Hello, i just made an article about the 158th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, and i need an editor to review on that article, Thanks. SomeRandomGuy3523 (talk) 12:13, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

It's in the WP:NPP queue and will be reviewed in due course. If not reviewed, it will appear in search engines in 90 days. Do you have a particular need for a speedy review ahead of the thousands of other articles/pages awaiting review? 331dot (talk) 12:32, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
My advice: If you're worried about whether the article conforms to standards, I'd recommend creating a draft next time. At this point, draftifying the article will just slow the process down, but if you want to create another article you should put it through WP:AFC. Submitting the draft will give you some feedback from someone who is very familiar with the guidelines and let you improve the article further. Even though I have the ability to directly create articles, I always put them through AFC. --DollarStoreBa'alConverse 15:39, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Issues with CSS customization on Infobox Wikipedia user

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I've been working to upgrade my user page (see My sandbox), and I'm wanting to change the background color and add round corners to it. However, no matter what, I can't seem to be able to actually get the colors or shape to change at all. Is there any way to do this? Also, while I'm here, how do you change the background and font colors for image captions? --DollarStoreBa'alConverse 15:35, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

By looking at your colourful sandbox it's obvious that you are experimenting a lot, which is Good. You may try adding these manually with css. use background-color for background and border-radius for rounded corners. However, You need to add border property to see effects from border-radius.––KEmel49(📝,📋) 18:42, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Use CSS with span tag in image caption:
[[File:Example.svg|50px|thumb|<span style="color: #fff; background-color: #000;">Caption text</span>]]
––KEmel49(📝,📋) 18:52, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, both for the advice and the compliments. I will certainly try those. --DollarStoreBa'alConverse 21:16, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Welp, after a LOT of trial and error, turns out I wasn't the problem. For whatever reason, Infobox styling is completely hidden, but ONLY if you are using dark mode AND you are using the Vector 2022 skin. --DollarStoreBa'alConverse 22:42, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

shape

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so basically the article for list of mathematical 2d shapes or smth like that has a few non-existent articles and i wanna fix that, so i basically started work on the 49-gon and when i tried to make a draft its forcing me to go to sandbox even tho i did already so yeah NPCtwo (talk) 16:02, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I moved the content in your sandbox to Draft:Tetracontakaienneagon. Make sure to check out WP:YFA and WP:42.🏳️‍🌈JohnLaurens333 (Ping me!) 16:11, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
thanks! NPCtwo (talk) 16:19, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@NPCtwo: Many such articles have been deleted or redirected: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Enneadecagon, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Icosihenagon, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Icosidigon., Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tetracontaoctagon. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:44, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Avoiding Redirects

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Hello there, I recently had my edit on RRS Sir David Attenborough reverted to avoid redirects. The link to the revision is here.
My question is, where in the WP:MOS does is state that avoiding redirects in this specific case (where there's no piped link) is preferred? I looked through both WP:LINK and WP:R and didn't find anything but I may have missed it. Tiny Toast (talk) 16:21, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Tiny Toast As far as I know, we just attempt to avoid WP:Double redirects. In that particular article's lead, I think that bit is unhelpful tautology and it would be better to leave out the "Sir" altogether. Mike Turnbull (talk) 16:34, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Need Help with My Improved Article

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I need help with my article Draft:Competency Demonstration Report. I published it before. It was declined. The editors mentioned that there were not enough trustworthy references. Now I have edited the article and have provided very strong and extremely trustworthy references (maximum government websites). Now, I think it is a good Wikipedia article. Yet I want someone to check it and guide me if any issue. JyotiTheLightHouse (talk) 17:23, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @JyotiTheLightHouse, can I ask whether you used AI or LLM to create/edit the draft? Please read Wikipedia:NEWLLM for an explanation.
Pretty much all of the sources you've provided are primary sources, Wikipedia articles need reliable, secondary sources for verification. Wikipedia:42 gives a good overview of this.
It still reads like a dictionary definition as well, this has been an issue that this draft has had from the beginning and it's not been fixed. Several parts also have very long sentences that are difficult to read and understand. Overall, this draft isn't ready for publication and still needs a lot of work to get it ready. Blue-Sonnet 18:20, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Social media not being a reliable source

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User blocked as vandalism only/sock Realtent (talk) 00:01, 10 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Error in sources from excerpt template

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A few times I have come across broken references from the {{excerpt}} and :pagename (im not sure what this template is actually called) templates, whereby references defined earlier in the original page become undefined when as a reference. Most recently it was on 2016 Botafogo FR season, which I have now fixed. I have fixed these by defining the reference in the {{reflist}} section, however, I was wondering if there is a better way of doing this, so as to avoid the error occurring again if the reference name changes. Thanks Freddieh9 (talk) 23:24, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

What does Score mean?

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Hello, while i was looking through Wikipedia:WikiProject United States/New articles National, i saw that i got the score of 69 on my article about the 158th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, and im wondering what is the meaning and purpose of the score, thanks. SomeRandomGuy3523 (talk) 23:33, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The score indicates how many of search terms (these ones in this case) are found by the bot. When the score meets a certain threshold, it gets added to the list. It doesn't really mean anything. MediaKyle (talk) 23:39, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Can editors use LLMs to Summarize their sources?

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Hello, i was reading the guidelines regarding about the use of Large-Language Models, and i was wondering if an editor could use LLMs to summarize the sources they're gonna use for creating or rewriting an article?, Thanks. ~2026-28131-64 (talk) 03:09, 10 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@~2026-28131-64: You must read the sources yourself and summarise them in your own words. There is no taking shortcuts around this. ClaudineChionh (she/her · talk · email · global) 03:18, 10 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewing on the 165th Pennsylvania

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Hello, i would like an experienced editor to check on my newly created article about the 165th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, and i would like some feedback if i got anything wrong, thanks! SomeRandomGuy3523 (talk) 06:19, 10 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

3523, it starts: The 165th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that.... I don't think that we need to be told that what's named an "Infantry Regiment" was an infantry regiment. (Readers are unlikely to suspect that it was a cavalry regiment, or a model of can-opener.) A little further on: Organized at Chambersburg and Gettysburg, they would take part in battles in Virginia.... A certain number of Wikipedia editors (myself not among them) seem to get their knickers in a twist over this use of would. Keep as is, and guess how long it will take for somebody to change "would take" to "took" and what reason they'll give for doing so: this may range from the reasonable ("It's one word shorter") to the nutty. (If this has you starting to wonder, relax: This use of would is Standard English, discussed on pp. 197–198 of The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language.) -- Hoary (talk) 07:07, 10 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

no response

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Hello - I sent this in December and keep checking for a response but not sure what to do as no-one has replied to me.

Hi there, Thanks you for your helpful advice about improving the proposed page. I have gone back and edited it, adding loads more citations plus an external links section, but now the blue 'Resubmit draft' button won't work for me – I get a message saying that whole box is a template? Can you advise on how I can resubmit the re-edited article please? Thanks Patricia Patricia Jane Anderson (talk) 15:30, 29 December 2025 (UTC) ~2026-28288-12 (talk) 07:32, 10 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

What is the draft called? You made this post with a temporary account (TA), and you have not made any other edits from this TA (or the underlying /64 IP). Meters (talk) 07:40, 10 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Searching via the username given above (Patricia Jane Anderson), it should be about Draft:Michael Davies (writer), while the message above was written on Patricia's own talk page as a reply to the declined submission. Jolly1253 (talk) 08:02, 10 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed: and it didn't work as a reply, because its writer omitted to ping the intended recipient. Anyway, PJA did indeed improve the draft considerably in the short time after it was declined and before she wrote the message that Jolly1253 unearthed. This left it with some technical errors but I fixed these a few minutes ago. (I haven't read the draft.) -- Hoary (talk) 08:20, 10 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Does the blue "Resubmit" button still not work? -- Hoary (talk) 08:22, 10 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
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