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     Courtesy link: Talk:Ryah Nixon § Outdated Page

    Hi! I submitted a conflict of interest request for a friend about a month ago. She's wondering when her page will be fixed as many people are now looking her up and the information currently on her wiki is incredibly out of date. It's Ryah Nixon. OneMoreFanBway (talk) 17:41, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @OneMoreFanBway We don't consider WP:IMDb as a reliable source because it is user generated, like Wikipedia. However, playbill.com should be fine for non-controversial facts. If you could add sources from newspapers or magazines, that would be even better. Mike Turnbull (talk) 18:26, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Okay! What if the information comes directly from the person who is the subject of the article? There's no real source for that. Thank you! @Michael D. Turnbull OneMoreFanBway (talk) 05:29, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    We allow certain information to come directly from article subjects provided it is published, for example via social media. See WP:ABOUTSELF. Mike Turnbull (talk) 11:22, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    okay great thanks! I added sources. what is the next step for me to do to get it approved and changed? OneMoreFanBway (talk) 15:05, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Asking to remove and replace the entire page is quite drastic and much more likely to be rejected. People have the ability to propose changes, not rewrites. If it was me looking at that request, I would be strongly inclined to just put "No" and refuse to change a thing. TooManyFingers (talk) 07:13, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Nationality parameter in infoboxes

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    What is the process to review a decision that may not have been fully thought out - removal of nationality parameter in infoboxes?

    Recently, a decision was made, quite quickly, with a small number of user comments, to remove the "nationality" parameter from infoboxes, see the discussion at Template:Infobox person#Remove and truly deprecate nationality. This parameter had been around for years, and appears in the infoboxes of hundreds of articles about people, using several different infoboxes. It basically repeats the country in the intro paragraph, which is basically what a person's infobox is intended to do, to provide a quick and accurate summary of the person. Prior to the removal of the "nationality" parameter, the guidance within Wikipedia was to only use the parameter when appropriate, not necessarily in every case. That guidance made sense and was generally followed.

    To be blunt, the decision to remove the "nationality" parameter did not fully anticipate its ramifications. The article Mark S. Smith is a perfect example where the "nationality" parameter is not only useful, it is necessary. The parameter still exists in the article's infobox text, but because it is deprecated, it is no longer shown to users. Smith was born in Paris, leading users to think that he is French, when in fact he is American. There are many other articles like that, where not displaying the nationality might lead users astray when a person from one country is born in another.

    It's been suggested by some to use the "citizenship" parameter instead, but that can be problematic, since it is rare to find a verifiable source identifying a person's citizenship, which is more specific than nationality.

    It is important to reconsider the decision to remove the "nationality" parameter and to restore it, with the previous guidance to only use it when appropriate.

    The question is: What is the process to review a decision and request its reversion? Thanks, Truthanado (talk) 00:28, 6 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    There was a great deal more discussion than that, and the discussion you mentioned actually links to an earlier one.
    But here's my impression of generally what the problem is: VERY large numbers of people misuse the "nationality", pretending it means race or ethnicity. Wikipedia is making a big effort to prevent and prohibit identifying anyone's race or ethnicity, and a recent part of that effort has been to physically take away a slot that has so often been misused for that purpose.
    If people in general weren't so keen to abuse the "nationality" slot in that way, then I'd agree with you. In any case, I get the feeling (from why it's been done) that it won't really be up for renegotiation. TooManyFingers (talk) 02:40, 6 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @TooManyFingers: "Wikipedia is making a big effort to prevent and prohibit identifying anyone's race or ethnicity"— I do not believe that to be the case. What makes you think it is? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:44, 6 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    As I understand it, the push is not to simply add race or ethnicity to a biography unless it is especially important to the reader's understanding. But people were becoming concerned that adding specific ethnicities to infoboxes and articles was being done for illegitimate reasons. On nationality in infoboxes, the main discussion happened in mid-2024 and there was some follow-through here. I also have seen an extensive discussion mentioning "tagging" ethnicities somewhere on Wikipedia but unfortunately I can't find it right now. --Edwin Herdman (talk) 19:15, 6 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    If that's a reply to me, thank you, but none of it constitutes "a big effort to prevent and prohibit identifying anyone's race or ethnicity". Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 19:26, 6 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Indeed, I agree. I'm trying to clarify what (I think) happened for @TooManyFingers. --Edwin Herdman (talk) 19:48, 6 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    And you are exactly correct - thank you. I misunderstood the scope of what they were trying to do, but did understand the concept. TooManyFingers (talk) 19:53, 6 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    There's not an ideal place to appeal community consensus - see Wikipedia:Consensus#FORUMSHOP. Things are different if you can propose a specific compromise or solution, but I don't think one is needed from examples you have given - Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Infoboxes#Nationality and citizenship in infoboxes seems to cover one of the possibilities you're interested in. Looking at the article Mark S. Smith, the article text makes it clear he is an American. Note that the infobox is different from article text - I think one concern was that the parameters could be more prone to misuse and lacked nuance which is sometimes appropriate. --Edwin Herdman (talk) 20:06, 6 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Truthanado That's one of the problems with "nationality" -- definitions. You said "Smith was born in Paris, leading users to think that he is French, when in fact he is American". If someone was born in France, why isn't French the correct nationality?
    I'm sure there is an explanation, but "nationality" can be vague, misunderstood, and misinterpreted. David10244 (talk) 05:12, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Jus soli#Europe. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:26, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Pigsonthewing I didn't know that; thanks. David10244 (talk) 04:27, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    How best to source old legislative documents - cite the act/journal, or the book?

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    This is "The Public Records of the State of Connecticut", labeled in book as "From October, 1776, to February, 1778, inclusive," and described by the website simply as "volume 1, 1776-1778". It's been edited by Charles J. Hoadly, state librarian.

    So: If I were to want to cite something to the page four of this, should I cite the legal document, or the physical book? That said, should the reference look like:

    • 1776 Conn. Pub. Acts 4
    • Charles J. Hoadly, ed. (1894). The Public Records of the State of Connecticut, from October 1776 to February 1778. Vol. 1. p. 4. Retrieved December 6, 2025.

    I took the format for the first bullet point from the APA Blue Book, so I'm assuming it's accurate for what I'm going for, I just don't know if it's proper to cite that or the specific book. Or both? Any advice would be great. Thanks. --Golbez (talk) 05:03, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @Golbez: Technically, Hoadly is not the editor but the publisher. I included the name of the act. Has it ever been repealed? The name of the firm of printers made me chuckle so I put that in as well, but it's probably out of place. You don't need to include the |access-date= parameter for a printed book or journal, it's mostly for {{cite web}}. As far as the specific style goes, I would say it depends on the type of article you are intending to use the cite in. If it's specifically legal, I would go for the APA one, but personally I think it's just a barrier to impress lawyers and keep the general public away. There's always {{Cite act}} but that seems a whole different minefield. I use the vertical layout for my cites, it makes it so much easier to spot mistakes, and there are many opportunities for making them. My attempt:
    HTH, MinorProphet (talk) 01:34, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you! I'm working on a new/final version of Territorial evolution of the United States, and I was using that act as a reference for the name of the state changing. Thanks for the tip on access-date, that makes sense, especially when dealing with a trusted site like archive.org. As for whether it's been repealed, no idea.
    If it were clean to combine the APA with a link to the book, ... that ... that could work, right? Would it be insane to set up a cite-book with the author being "Conn. Pub. Acts", the year being 1776, so I could use {{sfn|Conn. Pub. Acts.|1776|p=4}}... Then it should display as "Conn. Pub. Acts 1776, p. 4", and cleanly then link to the book? wanders off, pondering --Golbez (talk) 02:36, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Golbez: I've learned the hard way that you should only use cite params for their original and narrowly-defined purpose. The way round this is to use |ref= to create a custom CITEREF: |ref={{harvid|Conn. Pub. Acts|1776|}} and then treat it like an ordinary sfn: {{sfn|Conn. Pub. Acts|1776|p=4}}.
    Result: "This is a ref to the famous act."[1]  :> MinorProphet (talk) 07:08, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I also silently added |ref=none to your original cite, otherwise it complains with an orange warning that there's no associated CITEREF because it's a duplicate. MinorProphet (talk) 07:43, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    References

    1. ^ Conn. Pub. Acts 1776, p. 4.

    Abdul zahir batin

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    How to cite letters of reccomendation and concert flyers prior to the creation of the internet? Page denied due to resource issue? Help how to fix! Sarahroseromero (talk) 22:59, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Neither meet Wikipedia requirements for published independent reliable sources, and accordingly they are of no use at all in establishing notability. AndyTheGrump (talk) 23:04, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    See {{Cite letter}}.
    We need to know more about where you saw "Page denied due to resource issue?" and what you were doing, to help with that. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 09:35, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    "Page denied due to resource issue" appears to be a "lost in translation" version of "Draft declined for lack of sources", rather than an error message. TooManyFingers (talk) 21:45, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Check your pages

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    I'm directing this message to Wikipedia. Please re check all the history pages and the sports pages because they are inaccurate academically. It's a free bold tip! Thank you for listening!

    Check your pages. They are modified and inaccurate academically. They are written in codes but they are like published by canibals. ~2025-39247-85 (talk) 02:01, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Sorry @~2025-39247-85 but this is an extremely vague and borderline incomprehensible "tip". Can you give us some specific examples? ClaudineChionh (she/her · talk · email · global) 02:04, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Wikipedia is the encyclopaedia anyone, including you, an edit. If you see a mistake, fix it. But do make sure you have reliable sources for anything you add. HiLo48 (talk) 02:07, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Back when I was a first-year anthropology student, I can remember reading an academic work on allegations of cannibalism (sadly, the author escapes me), which noted just how often such claims concerned some disliked 'other', almost invariably unaccompanied by anything resembling evidence. Some things never change... AndyTheGrump (talk) 02:18, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    At least this adds to the pool of possible names for Wikipedia's house band. "Published by Canibals" is a bit long to fit nicely on a t-shirt though. TooManyFingers (talk) 02:36, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I found the work mentioned I above: William Arens' 1979 The Man-Eating Myth : Anthropology and Anthropophagy. Needless to say, Arens' claims regarding the rarity (or non-existence) of culturally-acceptable cannibalism have been disputed since, and by most accounts debunked, though I don't think anyone disagrees with his suggestion that allegations of cannibalism have often been made to simply project negativity. In the interests of good faith, I'm going to assume that the OP's intimation was just that, rather than an actual allegation of cannibalism by Wikipedia contributors. Quite how one might detect this particular gastronomic preference through writing style escapes me... AndyTheGrump (talk)
    OK. I call dibs on football. Category:WikiProject Football articles has 500,000+ pages but some of them aren't actually articles so this should be easy. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:32, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    How many of them cite academic sources? I know that academia tends to throw its nets wide when trawling for subjects (bad metaphor, since trawlers don't throw nets...) but is there actually published peer-reviewed work on Huddersfield Town's single-appearance Joseph Wigmore? I rather doubt it. Not unless he subsequently ate someone? AndyTheGrump (talk) 02:56, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I heard he was dating that woman who Daryl Hall and John Oates sang about. In fact, she probably wrote our article about him. TooManyFingers (talk) 03:20, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    TooManyFingers At least the OP made it easier to fit on a t-shirt by misspelling Canibals with only one n.Naraht (talk) 14:27, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I expect there's a market for books like The Canibal Codes: The Do's and Don'ts of Eating Your Relatives. MinorProphet (talk) 02:13, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @MinorProphet Was The Canibal Codes written by Dan Brown, by any chance? David10244 (talk) 05:34, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I believe that one is actually by S. Green. TooManyFingers (talk) 07:07, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @TooManyFingers They were fine young can[n]ibals. David10244 (talk) 00:28, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Nick J Fuentes

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    Your article on Nick Fuentes is bias and absurdly far left. If you're not going to write a neutral documentary, then don't cry for people to donate to your lame site. ~2025-39495-55 (talk) 02:26, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Thanks for your advice. Feel free not to donate. Or to read Wikipedia at all. Plenty of people do both, though whether the WMF (which actually solicits the donations, rather than Wikipedia) actually needs the humungous pile of dosh it is sitting on is a matter of debate. AndyTheGrump (talk) 02:59, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Which part of "Nicholas Joseph Fuentes (born August 18, 1998) is an American political commentator and a far-right white nationalist, activist, and live streamer. He hosts America First, a livestream promoting Christian nationalism, white supremacy, misogyny, anti-LGBTQ views, and antisemitism including Holocaust denial." do you feel is not supported by citations in the body of the article? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 09:29, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    One might indeed ask whether Fuentes would deny any of that. —Antonissimo (talk) 02:19, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I wonder what kind of person it takes to search for Nick Fuentes on Wikipedia, see the donation banner at the top of the page, and get so pissed off at the combination of those two things that they have to come and tell us about it. Athanelar (talk) 22:52, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Presumably, the kind of person who reads text like that I quoted, and thinks "This is someone whose reputation I must defend". Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:43, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Good point, Andy. David10244 (talk) 00:29, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Missing Photos Gillett, CO

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    I uploaded photos that I took about Gillett, CO but never saw them published after my submission a couple of months ago. I checked multiple times and did not see them published. I was wondering why they disappeared into a black hole and were never used. Thank you, Neno1815 (talk) 03:31, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Is this one of yours?
    Gillett Coal Bridge TooManyFingers (talk) 03:37, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Neno1815, You've uploaded several photos to Commons, but that doesn't in of itself amount to a submission to add them to the article. I suggest you raise this on the article talk page, or even consider adding one yourself (see Help:Pictures). The article is a bit short to justify a lot of images, but maybe adding one more might be justifiable - I'd go with the historical 'Coal bridge' one, rather than your own photos, which don't really illustrate the town. AndyTheGrump (talk) 03:44, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    If there are multiple images on Commons, Neno1815 can add {{Commons category}} at the foot of the Wikipedia article which will link to the category page on Commons (to which I have just added their images). Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 09:03, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    When a Commons category exists for an enwiki article, the cat is usually automatically linked in in the "Tools" menu. No need to add any tag manually. DMacks (talk) 08:28, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    The tools menu is not part of article content; {{Commons category}} is.
    That's why {{Commons category}} "is used on approximately 890,000 pages, or roughly 1% of all pages"; including many featured articles. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:55, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm guessing that this list shows when you contributed your photos. TooManyFingers (talk) 03:45, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    c:Special:ListFiles/Neno1815 may be more convenient. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 09:08, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks - I'd never seen that TooManyFingers (talk) 21:36, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Truth exposing corruption in the grading companies

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    That screed had absolutely nothing to do with editing Wikipedia and none of the editor's contributions improve the encyclopedia in any way. I have blocked them accordingly. Cullen328 (talk) 08:39, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @Cullen328 Even though it is collapsed by default, I actually tried to read that. I didn't get very far.
    I do feel sorry for him, though. David10244 (talk) 05:40, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Pro-Indian nationalism imposition

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    This not a matter the Help Desk can resolve. WP:DR and WP:ANI are both available (and the matter seems likely to be headed for the latter); remembering that WP:BOOMERANG may apply. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 18:40, 9 December 2025 (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 everyone, apparently I have come across an editor (u;Gotitbro) who has been promoting or advocating for pro-Indian nationalism on Portuguese citizens of Goan origin.

    One article in question is Bhau Daji, this person is a Goan and a portuguese citizen as far as Portuguese nationality law is concerned. This editor has used a source (i.e Britannica) which seems great but was written by an incompetent person. It notes that the place Bhau Daji was born was in British India during the time, which makes him a British subject.

    The case of Goa and Portuguese India has always been special and is special. If anyone is not aware unlike Non-Goans who were ruled by the British or French, the Portuguese gave citizenship to Goans who were born on their soil. Note this is not merely WP:OR, it is a fact as the same can be claimed to American nationality law denoting someone who is born on their soil an “American”.

    The source used in question is factually incorrect (see this [1]), we know that Pernem taluka where Mandrem is located was already under Portuguese around 1783 [2], the subject being born in early 1800s is impossible to denote him as a British subject. Which makes the editor in question completely incompetent about such nationality issues.

    Goa has had enough of forceful nationalism imposition and this needs a wake up call on Wikipedia from editors such as this one involved. A couple of years ago, many of the early Goan articles had their birthplace as born in India and not Portuguese India, which is factually incorrect.

    I want someone with a good knowledge of nationality policies on Wikipedia to help me with OUR PROBLEM, preferably not an Indian editor. I don’t know where else to take this to, but hoping I can get some answers. Rejoy2003(talk) 11:31, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    If you wanted do discuss Bhau Daji, you should start at Talk:Bhau Daji, and you can WP:APPNOTE such a discussion if you want. Courtesy ping to @Gotitbro. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 13:40, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Gråbergs Gråa Sång here the issue doesn’t lie only to one article, this editor has changed many Goans articles into imposing them as “Indians by force” (implication to the core). You can see this here [3], the article is of Vamona Navelcar, a portuguese citizen by birth. This editor is just changing everything. Imposing something which is untrue and Wikipedia shouldn’t be a place to express biased opinions. I had to literally fix this twice [4]
    What we need as as a fellow Goan myself to have factual representation of my people on Wikipedia. Rejoy2003(talk) 14:21, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    And have you WP:COMMUNICATEd with the editor you're disagreeing with? Edit summaries don't count. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:56, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Gråbergs Gråa Sång trust me on this one, this isn’t my first rodeo in dealing with such nationalists. Even if I did communicate with him it would be a complete waste of time and I am sure it would get sour. Hence I am here to get a better overview from opinions around the world, hopefully if I can get some opinions from editors of Portuguese Wikipedia would be great. Since this isn’t regarding just one article problem. Rejoy2003(talk) 18:07, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Then you know about WP:ASPERSIONS, WP:AGF etc. You'll do as you'll do. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 18:21, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I have started no less than three discussions across Talk pages for the user above to respond as to why they have added blatant OR and SYNTH across a number of bios against what sources say including the article linked here. No response whatsoever has come so forth beyond a revert of my message on their User Talk page. See further User talk:Gotitbro#CT_SA_and_Goa-related_pages, by a much more responsible editor inquiring about this.
    There is a serious lack of understanding of how OR/SYNTH works on the part of this user as can be seen from the above comment. They have disruptively added "Portuguese" from their own interpretation of how nationality law applied in colonial times in India to numerous bios against how sources actually describe the subjects in question, take again the case of Dharmananda Damodar Kosambi where not a single RS refers to the subject as Portuguese but the article had been disrupted as such.
    I have notified the editor that the articles and topics they edit fall under WP:CT/SA and WP:AE sanctions and OR should especially be nowhere near them.
    "Which makes the editor in question completely incompetent about such nationality issues. ... I want someone with a good knowledge of nationality policies on Wikipedia to help me with OUR PROBLEM, preferably not an Indian editor." This blatant personal attack should be struck outright.
    The comment above also betrays a stunning lack of understanding of the dispute resolution processes which is shown by the fact that this was brought here in the first place, claiming ethno-national exclusivity for editing against basic Wikipedia pillars.
    I am frankly surprised that an editor who has raked up 40,000 edits cannot distinguish OR and SYNTH or engage in any discussion whatsoever. If anything CT/SA sanctions need to be imposed here if this conduct of OR and SYNTH and non-responsiveness continues.
    For someone with a large cache of edits, one would expect them to be familiar with basic enwiki policies and guidelines and processes but of course that is nowhere here to be seen. Gotitbro (talk) 14:32, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    "preferably not an Indian editor". That's not how this works. Anyone behaving neutrally and in good faith may comment or act, we do not need to know, nor do we care, about their nationality, ethnicity, or place of origin. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:35, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Pigsonthewing Andy, the problem here is NATIONALITY itself which is being forced upon people which have nothing to do with India. I didn’t say this out of spite or to target a certain group. I only said it because of the conflict of interest. The editor in question is an Indian who is pushing for his biased views. How would you feel if someone from your soil is being forced upon a nationality from invaders?
    This is a persistent problem with Goan articles for long ago. And I can go all about this. It definitely needs to be addressed. And as far as my statement remains, I know for a fact that many Indians would support fellow Indians. Rejoy2003(talk) 18:18, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Again: we do not, ever, prohibit people from editing articles or engaging in discussions solely because of their nationality, ethnicity, or country of origin. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 18:31, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    First you assume the "nationality, ethnicity, or place of origin" of an editor and then continue your personal attacks on that basis. You have nothing to say about your P&G violations of course and are still unresponsive to any of those concerns raised.
    I will ask the ask sysops here to reign in the PAs (and policy violations) which is already getting out of hand [calling editors invaders good gosh] before this user gets in more more trouble than they are already in. Gotitbro (talk) 18:32, 9 December 2025 (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.

    Archiving messed up

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    Wikipedia_talk:Why_was_BFDI_not_on_Wikipedia?#Archiving_messed_up. If you can help, please do. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 13:34, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Fixed. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:23, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Edit Requests

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    Hello. I was wondering if I was allowed to assist with WP:Task_Center#Answer_an_Edit_Request and if so, do I use a tool for it or do I go through, review it, and manually make the edit if it fits/follows the guidelines and policies. Just want to make sure I am doing this right. Thanks, Elijah Wilder (talk) 14:47, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @Elijah Wilder You're allowed, but stick to what you know, you don't have that many edits. For one thing, I'd stay out of WP:PIA stuff and similar. As with everything else around here, if people have opinions on what you do, they will tell you. Take the time to read WP:ERREQ. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:32, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Question for the editors

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    I closed this discussion as it is clearly not about editing wikipedia Theknoledgeableperson (|have a chat) 16:53, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Article history and wikilinks

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    Example: [5] John Braham (MP) shows as a blue link on 31 December 2011 in the Suffolk article (first table, year 1417) even though the John Banham article was not created until September 2025. Am I correct to deduce that article history views reflect the current status of wikilinks not their prior status at the date of the article history? Rupples (talk) 17:27, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Rupples yes, you are correct. In my experience, the history uses the Wikicode of the article from a previous edit, so article links may change from red to blue or vice versa, and image files and templates may no longer exist. TSventon (talk) 18:19, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you for the additional explanation. I initially thought the history was an exact mirror of the article at one point in time, so I expected to see a red link up until the date the new article was created. I see now the links aren't frozen, as such. Rupples (talk) 18:50, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Rupples: Yes, an old revision of a page shows what the code of that page would produce today so you know what you get if you revert to that revision. Template:/meta/color was deleted in 2021 so the 1640-1832 section is messed up in the 2011 revision. Wikipedia does not have a way to see what a page actually looked like at the time (except Wikipedia:Main Page history). The Internet Archive at https://web.archive.org/ (not affiliated with us) has taken snapshots of many articles including this one which does show a red link before September 2025. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:39, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you @PrimeHunter. I regularly use Internet Archive for source finding/creating archive links and it just didn't cross my mind it holds past copies of Wikipedia articles, so that's useful to know. Also, it has clarified the difference between article history and a snapshot. Rupples (talk) 05:23, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Restoring and expanding the article about CEX.IO

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    After starting to research cryptocurrency topics, I found the CEX.io page, which is written in Russian and reveals the topic of that exchange. After that, I started writing the article itself, and at the stage when I wanted to publish it, I saw that this article existed before, but it was merged with GHash.io and redirected, which is wrong, because they are not the same. How to correctly carry out the separation procedure to restore the old address of the main article, and could I download and add content?

    CEX.io was previously at this address [6]. VollyM (talk) 18:53, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @VollyM: The redirect is not "wrong" just because it links to a different subject. CEX.io was deemed by editor David Gerard to fail Wikipedia's notability criteria, since there was minimal independent reporting of CEX.io in mainstream, non-crypto-focused sources that wasn't just discussing GHash.io, so CEX.io was redirected to the most closely related article. The Russian Wikipedia is a separate project with its own rules on what articles are acceptable. Helpful Raccoon (talk) 21:55, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Donation - need to change credit card used

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    I logged in but my donation does not appear connected to that login. I've had an ongoing monthly contribution for years. I am cancelling the credit card being used so need to figure out how to do that. \ Xenarosa (talk) 20:30, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi @Xenarosa. I am afraid us volunteer editors can not help with donation-related issues. Please contact the Wikimedia Foundation directly at donate@wikimedia.org. qcne (talk) 20:33, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Xenarosa: See also https://wikimediafoundation.org/give/manage-your-donation (which also gives that email address). You are right that accounts are not connected to donations. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:06, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    QRC

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    I would like to use QRC's in philatelic exhibits to link additional information about the subject matter of stamps being used in the display. Is there any copyright or other considerations that I need to be aware of? I'm just starting to play with the idea, so also wondering about the best way to do this. Thanks. Fred Danes (talk) 23:26, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @Fred Danes: This is a help desk for the encyclopedia Wikipedia. Your question appears unrelated to us. Wikipedia does not give legal opinions but see QR code#License. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:59, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    If you want to use QR Codes to link to Wikipedia articles; please feel free—there is nothing we require of you if you do. You may wish to do so by making use of QRpedia. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:39, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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    I have tried to vote to make pictures featured but I can only do it by replying to someone and than editing that reply can someone please help me. Gstaveeiffel314 (talk) 01:12, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Edit in foreign language

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    Hi - How can I help editing and reviewing articles in Arabic language to make edit suggestions? Since it is my native language.

    Thanks in advance. Hesham001 (talk) 01:25, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello, Hesham001. You will have to ask on the Arabic Wikipedia, which is its own project, with its own administrators and its own policies and guidelines. English Wikipedia Teahouse hosts have no special knowledge of that project. Good luck, though. Cullen328 (talk) 05:08, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks. Hesham001 (talk) 23:37, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Inintelligible Notification from Programmerbot

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    I have received a Notification in a foreign language from Programmerbot: (quote) Programmerbot sizning munozara sahifangizda xabar qoldirdi. [UZ] Foydalanuvchi munozarasi:~2025-33904-40 (endquote) What does it mean? Thanks, ~2025-39624-56 (talk) 01:27, 10 December 2025 (UTC) PS: From the preview it seems that my ID has changed from what it was only an hour ago.[reply]

    Google translates the message from Uzbek as "Programmerbot left a message on your talk page. [UZ] User talk". It probably means that you clicked on Uzbek Wikipedia for some reason, a temporary account was created there and a bot left a message on your talkpage there, see uz:Foydalanuvchi_munozarasi:~2025-33904-40. TSventon (talk) 02:27, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes. I assume these are your edits or were made on your device: Special:Contributions/~2025-33904-40. A temporary account is automatically created when you edit. If our software cannot recognize you when you edit again then a new temporary account is created. If you view any page at another Wikipedia language or Wikimedia wiki then your temporary account may be created there. Special:CentralAuth/~2025-33904-40 shows several such accounts. At the Uzbek Wikipedia you got a welcome message from a bot and were notified of this. Just ignore it. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:14, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    This username should be inappropriate to be tagged using Twinkle?

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    Is this username inappropriate User talk:AydenHoltonIsAGay. Should be added a tag? VitorFriboquen :] (Talk) 01:32, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    The account was blocked indefinitely, in part for that reason, less than 20 minutes after you posted your query, so you were not wrong, and may have prompted the block. Thanks for raising the issue. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} ~2025-31359-08 (talk) 04:52, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Most edited Wikipedia pages in the last 30 days

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    Hi, I was wondering if there is a page that lists the most edited pages in the last 30 days that is not exclusively articles. This can mean Talk pages, Wikipedia namespace pages and that kind of nature. I know there is a page for total amount of revisions for pages from all namespaces, but I’m looking for one that just does last the last 30 days. Interstellarity (talk) 01:50, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Here's the top 1000. Surprise, WP:AIV and WP:ANI still top the list. —Cryptic 02:21, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I hadn't heard of number 3, User:AmandaNP/UAA/Time, before. TSventon (talk) 03:30, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Seems that a bot is updating that page every 10 minutes. I can't see the point of that and maybe the admin User:AmandaNP can tell us why they need it. Mike Turnbull (talk) 18:25, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I got the impression that the time stamps are used by the software that determines when blocked users become unblocked again. But I have no idea how any of that really works. TooManyFingers (talk) 18:51, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    question

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    can i make wikipedia article about islamic/christian/any other religion scientific foreknowledge

    arabic wikipedia has islamic scientifc foreknowledge

    Stackper (talk) 06:30, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi there, the first article already has an English equivalent, I'jaz. I think Islamic attitudes towards science should be the only page to cover such a topic (in relation to Islam) as I don't see a major difference between the contents of this page and the contents of the Arabic page (second one) to warrant a different article. You can add to this article if you wish, just be sure that it is all sourced to a reliable source, and doesn't offer undue weight to certain beliefs. jolielover♥talk 06:42, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    The former pair are already linked as equivalent, via Wikidata, in their respective interlanguage-links menus (headed "Languages" on the English page). Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:03, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    what about bibical scintfic foreknowledge — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stackper (talk • contribs) 06:46, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Criticism_of_the_Bible#The_Bible_and_science. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:33, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    hmmm. That has potential for becoming an article. jolielover♥talk 11:09, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Christianity and science is it allowed to add scintific miracles in bible here Stackper (talk) 14:23, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Stackper Not without a reliable source. The Bible is not a reliable source. Shantavira|feed me 15:20, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Stackper I do not mean to be insulting: based on your replies here, I am not sure you have the English-language competence to edit the English Wikipedia. A complex and sensitive topic such as this would require a native or fluent level of written English ability, which you are not demonstrating.
    There are lots of other language Wikipedias, ones which you may be more comfortable contributing to. qcne (talk) 15:23, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Article Inquiry - Notability Checking

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    Hi,

    I would like to create an article, however upon checking there is something called "notability". Is there a tool or process I can use to check whether a business or individual is considered “notable enough” before I start creating a draft article? I want to make sure I’m following the rules correctly and not creating pages that won’t meet the standards. What’s the best way to evaluate notability ahead of time?

    Thanks for your guidance. ~2025-39760-98 (talk) 14:18, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Unfortunately, evaluating notability is one of those things you just have to learn with time, and that's precisely why we don't advise that new editors try to make a new article until they have some experience on Wikipedia.
    You can read the general notability guideline for an indication of what we're looking for, and the golden rule for what a good source of notability looks like. Athanelar (talk) 15:26, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Also, for people there's WP:NPERSON and for businesses WP:NCORP Athanelar (talk) 15:26, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Hi @~2025-39760-98. A good rule of thumb is to find three strong sources that each meet the criteria set out in WP:GOLDENRULE. If you can find three sources that each meet that criteria then the topic is potentially notable. If you cannot find three sources, then probably not.
    There are no tool, it is all judgement based. However, writing a new article is the hardest thing a new editor can do as you will not have experience assessing sources and understanding notability yet. I would recommend spending a few weeks improving existing articles first, in order to gain experience with our policies and guidelines. qcne (talk) 15:26, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    How to get rid of "new contribution" on my contributions page

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    I just started getting this "new contribution" section being inserted at the top of my user contributions page.

    There's NO WAY this is going to encourage me to use the translation tool to create a new page. Can we please revert this change? Fabrickator (talk) 16:37, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @Fabrickator: Disable "Content Translation" at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:43, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Putting Topic Categories in Set Categories

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    I've recently been editing a lot of categories. And am slightly confused by the guidelines around including topic categories as elements of set categories.

    WP:SUBCAT seems to indicate that elements of subcategories should obey an is-a relationship with the parent category. To me this implies that a set category like Category:Presidents of the United States should include the article George Bush but not the topic category Category:George Bush.

    Nonetheless, it seems this guidance is not widely followed. I topic categories being included in set categories all the time. For example check out Category:Counties of Guangxi. It includes several topic categories about the individual counties as subcategories.

    Is it okay to remove these topic categories that are erroneously included as part of set categories? Should I bring it up on category talk pages or should I just remove them? For example, was this edit appropriate?: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Qiannan_Buyei_and_Miao_Autonomous_Prefecture&diff=prev&oldid=1326608796 Benboy250 (talk) 17:24, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Basically, I'm asking if WP:SUBCAT's advice here is out of step with practice or if I'm misinterpreting it or if actually its just being incorrectly ignored by editors. Benboy250 (talk) 17:25, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm not seeing the specific guidance in WP:SUBCAT that you are discussing. Your example sounds like a case of WP:EPONYMOUS, which explicitly makes it up to each topic-area or other local-consensus how to handle it among several common options. DMacks (talk) 00:37, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Ok thank you for the info, that's really helpful! Benboy250 (talk) 16:31, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Register my account

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    i have an account.

    I need to register it so I can access semi-protection articles to improve them. Gabe1213 (talk) 18:04, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @Gabe1213 Your account will become autoconfirmed after you have made >10 edits and been registered for >4 days. There is no need to do anything else to expedite access but if you like you can suggest edits on the talk pages of articles in the meantime. Mike Turnbull (talk) 18:18, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    ohhhh, I thought it was one or the other. Gabe1213 (talk) 18:22, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Gabe1213 Please make sure that all improvements you make, to any article, are accompanied by in-line references to WP:Reliable sources. Semi-protected articles might also be marked as WP:Contentious topics, and for those articles, you need to be especially careful. David10244 (talk) 01:53, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    KOXO in Portland TV -low power station:

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    I noticed KOXO is in "Silent", please edit change from silent to "Weigel Broadcast Group" licensed last November 26, 2025 by FCC for Portland OR - Low Power TV station. Browncat88 (talk) 20:27, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Please see WP:Edit requests. If you're trying to request an edit to an article, you need to go there and say exactly which article you're requesting the change on, and what change you're requesting (in a simple "Change X to Y" format) Athanelar (talk) 20:41, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    ...and tell us where you found that information, so we can include a citation. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 22:15, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Here's a remix, Browncat88. If you're requesting an edit to an article, first go to that article. This will have a link labeled "Talk". Click on "Talk". At the foot of that Talk page, start a new discussion thread (just as you have done here), and say exactly what change you're requesting (in a simple "Change X to Y" format), and specify your reliable, published source for that information. -- Hoary (talk) 00:25, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    iNeeed Help

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    I need help ,and i need someonethats going to belieave shit that i cant even explian...Look Listen to me...Im a crimanal...im needing help ~2025-39841-71 (talk) 22:14, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @~2025-39841-71 This is a help desk for editing Wikipedia, nothing else. Please contact local law enforcement if you are a criminal: we cannot help. qcne (talk) 22:15, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    But contact a defense attorney first. —Antonissimo (talk) 02:23, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    If you are in the United States, call 988 or txt 988. This is the mental health emergency number, and they can help you or tell you how to get help. Do this now. Do not wait. If you are not in the US, try to search "emergency mental health help" in your browser. -Arch dude (talk) 22:33, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Delete Dr. Peter Lacker from Dominic Chianese

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    I ask to delete Dr. Peter Lacker from the filmography in the TV Show on L.A. Law, Episode I'm in Nude for Love. Dominic Chianese is not playing as Dr. Peter Lacker. Robert Ellenstein plays as Dr. Peter Lacker. I find it on IMDb. I got it right. ~2025-39997-74 (talk) 04:07, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    IMDb is not a reliable source on Wikipedia, because it can be edited by anybody. See WP:Citing IMDb Athanelar (talk) 04:15, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    That does not mean that IMDb is always wrong.
    We need to know which page(s) the first poster refers to, so that we can see what sources (if any!) are cited there, and check them. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:42, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    You've already deleted him from Dominic Chianese, so what's the problem? P.S. IMDb is pretty accurate as far as credits are concerned, and the episode entry agrees that Ellenstein (uncredited) played Lacker. Clarityfiend (talk) 03:31, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Requested move difficulties

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    Currently, Romance peoples is a redirect to Romance languages. I want to begin a move discussion about redirecting it instead to Latins#Latin peoples and regions.

    Since all discussion about Romance peoples redirect page has to go on the Romance languages talk page, I attempted to put in the move request using the following (from WP:RSPM#Single page move on a different talk page): 

    {{subst:requested move|reason=(the reason for the page move goes here).|current1=(present title of page to be renamed)|new1=(proposed title of page)}}

    But I keep getting this message in red letters: "Request to move a single page must be placed on that page's talk or the page its talk redirects to"

    I don't understand what's going on... Evaporation123 (talk) 06:26, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    It sounds like you're talking about changing where Romance peoples redirects to. That isn't a page move, but rather something you can bring up at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion. Sorry if I've misunderstood your concern! DonIago (talk) 07:29, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    That was it. Thank you for your help! Evaporation123 (talk) 07:58, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    You're welcome! Happy editing! DonIago (talk) 15:18, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Quote with image

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    Hi! For a few days, I am trying to test how an image looks like with the quote, but I am unable to format it properly. Please see Urain Ge and 141 Schools for Peace and suggest if someone has a better idea or template.

    A few external examples of how I want it to look like: [7] [8] Thank you! M. Billoo 09:15, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Before solving the technical problem of how, I think it's important to figure out whether it should be done at all. While those do grab reader's attention, I think they are not in keeping with Wikipedia's style-guides, such as MOS:PULLQUOTE and MOS:CAPTION. DMacks (talk) 12:54, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    {{Quote box}} is usually what editors use, but do make yourself aware of the guidelines linked above. – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:03, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    how do I know if my article is being reviewed for publication

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    I posted an article "Rousers" and can't tell if it was accepted or in review? Is it stuck in my "sandbox"? Any help would be greatly appreciated?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Jeridoconn/sandbox&oldid=1323769504 Jeridoconn (talk) 11:05, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi @Jeridoconn, and welcome to Wikipedia.
    I've added a template to the top of your draft, there should now be an option to submit it for review by clicking the blue button. Happy editing! Nil🥝 11:12, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    how to use wkipedia

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    could you please tell me how to use wikepedia Lockie148 (talk) 13:42, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi, @Lockie148. That is a very broad question. Wikipedia is an online encyclopaedia of topics that meet our criteria for inclusion: our articles are mostly free for anyone to edit, as long as the edits comply with our policies and guidelines. Check out Wikipedia:Everything you need to know, an easy way to understand our most important policies.
    Did you have any specific questions? qcne (talk) 14:20, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Lockie148: If you mean as a reader then there is a search box or search icon at top of pages. See more at Help:Searching. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:00, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Page taken down

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    Many years ago I created a page for Solatube International. I noticed it is no longer there. Can anyone tell me why? It had plenty of citations. Thanks! Bethmcrae (talk) 14:54, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello, if you are referring to the page previously deleted at Solatube it was procedurally deleted for the reason "the article is promotional, all non-promotional content is duplicated in the light tube article". You can request the article to be restored at WP:Requests for undeletion - I would advise requesting a copy be undeleted as a draft, and working on it through the Articles for Creation project as it is likely it would not survive in its current state. CoconutOctopus talk 14:59, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Bethmcrae: See Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure. You were notified at User talk:Bethmcrae#Proposed deletion of Solatube before it was deleted in 2017. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:10, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    4 Star Records

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    4 Star Records

    I have posted on the talk page for this article, but suspect from my lengthy experience of such matters, that my query will sit there for months/years without a response. I am not sure if a change to the title of a category needs an admin to effect it. Would some kind soul care to take a look. Many thanks. - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 15:20, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    I have just posted a request for this on Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Speedy, based on the simple mismatch between the category name and the main article name. They have nearly 300 such items to get through, but it should happen eventually. Thanks for pointing this out! TooManyFingers (talk) 19:13, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Many thanks for your prompt actions. Much appreciated. - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 19:22, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    On Wikipedia's fundraising email methodology

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    I'm sure this doesn't apply to all donors, but personally I am like a beautiful woman: the more I am hounded and urged to do something, the less likely I am to comply. I believe I donated once or twice when I had a bank account with money. I can tell you right now that I'm receiving too many emails asking for donations; and yes I understand that the holidays are likely when you guys do most of your fundraising. Thank you for all your hard work and services, but please reconsider email subject headers like "My 4th attempt to reach you, ___" opening to a face shot of Jimmy staring into my soul. Please by all means forward this to Jimmy if you can/want. There is a bridge and a disconnect between the physical and virtual world; if I were to see a person, some sort of volunteer, outside of a grocery store ringing a bell with a Wikipedia collection bucket, you bet I would put in a few dollars. However when it comes to virtual donations, debit, credit, etc.... I intentionally make it so that I am not tempted to purchase media, subscriptions, engage in micro-transactions, or the consumption of any other sorts of "non-tangible" goods. Thank you for hearing me out. -J ~2025-40057-63 (talk) 16:07, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Us volunteer editors have no control over the Wikimedia Foundation's donation drives. But I can say that a lot of us editors do agree with you. I would recommend feeding back your thoughts to the Foundation directly: donate@wikimedia.org qcne (talk) 16:26, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @~2025-40057-63 You can alternatively make your point at User talk:Jimbo and might even get a reply there. Mike Turnbull (talk) 18:28, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Rungis International Market

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    Hi!

    I have edited the article "Rungis International Market", as it is in no way "international", but "d'intéret national" which mean "Nation wide".

    But I don't know how to edit the entry name.

    Best SBOINSAR (talk) 20:16, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    The changes you made to the article are not supported by either the French or English web sites of the market organization, and have been reverted. Discuss on the article's Talk page with other editors at Talk:Rungis International Market. General Ization Talk 20:24, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @SBOINSAR: Your alleged name "Rungis Nation Wide Market" has no Google hits and no chance of being accepted when the Official website of the market is linked in the article and shows in the red bar at the bottom that Rungis International Market is the real name. Do not add made up names to Wikipedia. Our content is based on published reliable sources. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:46, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @PrimeHunter: In fairness to the OP, it appears (from a 2014 comment on the article Talk page) that the name of the market changed from the one the OP is proposing more than 10 years ago to the one currently reflected here (so the OP's proposal does not appear to be a "made up" name, but is no longer correct). General Ization Talk 22:34, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    The former page name was Marché d'Intérêt National de Rungis. The OP called it Rungis Nation Wide Market in the article [9] which was apparently an attempt to translate a former French name of what is called Marché International de Rungis today. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:18, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, the OP's proposed name was a literal translation of the former name (Intérêt National in this case being idiomatic). General Ization Talk 23:26, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Peer review

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    Hello all. I don't mean to sound too bothersome but the peer review for Dorfromantik (board game) has been dormant for over a month. Without any feedback it's very hard to improve the article so some input would be very much appreciated. Thanks, Chorchapu (talk | edits) 22:23, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @Chorchapu I'm not familiar with the mechanics of peer review but the request has now been moved to the archive (see Category:October 2025 peer reviews). I don't know whether you can put it back into the active stream or maybe contact the editors who made suggestions by pinging them to the article's talk page and taking it from there. Mike Turnbull (talk) 17:47, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I didn't realise that. Well, the advice given was not sufficient for my goal of FA-status so should I open a new peer review? Thanks, Chorchapu (talk | edits) 17:50, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Buonconte da Montefeltro

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    I'm a contributor to the Italian Wikipedia and would like to point out that the title of the entry for Bonconte I da Montefeltro is incorrect, as his name is Buonconte da Montefeltro (it:Buonconte da Montefeltro (conte)). Thank you to anyone who can help correct this and move the page. ~2025-40131-23 (talk) 23:19, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    I have responded on the article talk page. TSventon (talk) 00:23, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    K-popguardian

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    I need Help with Someone, I am not getting through to them ... User_talk:K-popguardian they deleted a Page (or redirected it) (Lucia Field) and they are not understanding why it's wrong to do it ... Jena (talk) 01:08, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @Jena Fi: what K-popguardian did was a common process called blank and redirect, see WP:BLAR. They didn't think that Lucia Field is WP:NOTABLE, so they redirected the page, you disagree, so you should explain why Field is suitable for an article on the talk page. TSventon (talk) 01:30, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    ok but I will wait... I don't think they will do it again ... and reading the talk page ... they are having some problems with Wikipedia Jena (talk) 01:34, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @Jena Fi: I absolutely will do it again, especially now that its been explained as a common practice by @TSventon:, unless you can professionally and properly explain to me WHY this page should stay, without making any personal attacks on my wikipedia record, JUST focusing on what's allowed and not allowed on Wikipedia. - K-popguardian (talk) 01:38, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    I tried to tell you before ... you have to discuss it with people before you do it, Lucia is the Blue Wiggle and she is Anthony's Daughter.. that is why she is notable Jena (talk) 01:41, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Not all members of a notable band are inherently notable, nor is being related to a notable person. I don't have an opinion on Field generally, however. CoffeeCrumbs (talk) 08:00, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @Jena Fi: An article has to be more than two pieces of trivia. As I mentioned in the redirect reasoning (which I'm starting to think you didn't even read), not only was her article ridiculously small but there's only TWO non-primary sources on the entire thing. There's a reason why Kelly Hamilton doesn't have a page but someone like Philip Wilcher does. The coverage of these individuals' careers is what ultimately matters most, and by extension, artices focused on said individual and not the group as a whole. Otherwise the entire article really is just "Lucia Field is the daughter of Anthony and the Blue Wiggle." And AGAIN, saying this for the third time now, I made it a REDIRECT to acknowledge that she might be more notable in the future but seeing as she's the wiggle with the least amount of information on wikipedia, she does not meet the criteria to have a page. And it's really bothering me that all you've done to justify this is tell me "don't do it again", complain about me to the help desk, take aim my wikipedia record, and doing everything but proving her notability. This feels more like something you're doing as a fan and not because you know this article meets criteria. - K-popguardian (talk) 01:54, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @TSventon: Just taking a quick glance at Lucia Field's page, do you think she's WP:NOTABLE enough to have a page right now? - K-popguardian (talk) 02:00, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Passer-by, but as someone active in reviewing new pages/drafts, this doesn't presently pass WP:GNG. No in-depth coverage from multiple independent sources. Do more exist? Not sure, but currently there's not enough to meet independent notability under WP:NBANDMEMBER. // hekatlys [talk] 02:14, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Is there a way to improve readability on images with white text and transparent background?

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    Specifically this image File:Sea Power game logo.png (fair-use image, can't display) Opecuted (talk) 03:50, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    perhaps this not copyrightable because it is simple text
    Piñanana (talk) 04:42, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    There's some texturing going on in the text, so I'm playing safe. —Opecuted (talk) 05:13, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    The texturing going on in the text is not in the image,
    it has to do with displaying an image with "transparency" Alpha compositing
    other images on commons that have "transparency" exhibit the same phenomenon
    Piñanana (talk) 05:40, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    They mean the pattern on the white text itself, not the alpha checkerboard pattern. It's much more visible against a dark background. —Cryptic 15:46, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Template:Infobox has a way of doing this (see, for example, Template talk:Infobox/Archive 19#Forcing a bg color on images with transparent bg), but {{infobox video game}} doesn't seem to pass the parameter through. —Cryptic 15:46, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I've opted to replace the logo with the cover art instead (File:Sea Power game cover art.jpg), thanks for trying to help. @Piñanana @Cryptic —Opecuted (talk) 03:48, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Just a small Question

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    Hi My little sister wants to make an account on Wikipedia but cant since the Wifi at her Starbucks is blocked due to maybe being vandalized by other people. She is in no way wanting to cause any issues, she wants to just have an account made and do whats right for Wikipedia. If there is anything or anyway you can please help this would be very helpful. I do have her email and name and info present if needed, Thanks for your time. P.S. I am new at trying to find the right area to post questions, please be patient. MacLego45 (talk) 04:43, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    does she have internet where she lives?
    Piñanana (talk) 04:48, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Hi Pinanna,
    Yes she lives in an apartment that produces internet just like her job. Both spots are blocked due to people not behaving im guessing. She is new to Wikipedia as well and just wants to join like I am as in account. MacLego45 (talk) 04:50, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Let her start an account on Wikipedia with your internet and device
    Piñanana (talk) 04:57, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    WP:SOCKPUPPET
    Piñanana (talk) 04:59, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    WP:SLEEPER
    Piñanana (talk) 05:01, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    we live in the same Apartment complex. I tried with my iPhone, but it says no account can be made due to being blocked by something called disrupted editing. I wouldn't even know where to start on editing. I just like reading and all. She likes to write and do history stuff. She lives next door to me. The Apartment is Hud Apartments so it free internet to all who live here or better way to say its added in the rent. Im just trying to get her an account made like I have done years ago. Sorry to be such a bother, it's just been really strange on how and where to fix an issue. thanks. MacLego45 (talk) 05:02, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    This above my expertise, wait for a more experienced user
    Piñanana (talk) 05:07, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    thank you for helping. sorry for any confusion or issues. also what does sockpuppet and sleeper mean. I saw WP: Sleeper and etc. thanks MacLego45 (talk) 05:08, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    if you read them, they might help
    Piñanana (talk) 05:11, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    thanks just figured out you can click in them like links. thanks for helping. MacLego45 (talk) 05:15, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Try Wikipedia:Request an account or making an account from other projects (i.e. commons:), since they can be used to login here too. —Opecuted (talk) 05:19, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    The latter not if the local block is set to disable account creation. Last time I checked local blocks with "account creation disabled" not only prevent manually creating new accounts via Special:CreateAccount but also the automatic account creations when you log into a new project for the first time. Victor Schmidt (talk) 12:13, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    I want to do a en.wikipedia.org and pl.wikipedia.org collaboration

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    en:Aly Khan and pl:Maciej Mielżyński (powstaniec śląski) have related content

    there is no pl:Aly Khan

    I need to find a en.wikipedian who speaks Polish, to find a pl.wikipedian who understands Polish nobility honorifics and culture and history to clarify pl:Maciej Mielżyński (powstaniec śląski), Sybilla Szczeniowska Sorondo (Sybilla Emilia hr. Mielżyńska h. Nowina), Marek Szczeniowski, and Aly Khan

    see: pl:Dyskusja:Maciej Mielżyński (powstaniec śląski)#Sybilla Emilia hr. Mielżyńska h. Nowina

    Piñanana (talk) 04:45, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @Piñanana If you want to improve Poland-related content on the English Wikipedia, you can ask at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Poland; you will need to be more clear about what you're asking. Any discussions about editing the Polish-language Wikipedia should be held at pl.wikipedia.org, although you should avoid editing or discussing on that project if you don't speak Polish. Helpful Raccoon (talk) 05:45, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    pl:Wikipedia:Ambasada is available on Polish Wikipedia, for non-Polish-speaking Wikipedians to use (just as we have WP:Embassy for non-English-speakers). Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:43, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Category:User pl-N

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    want to find Category:User pl-N users that have made contributions in the last month

    "needle in a haystack"

    Piñanana (talk) 05:33, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    I can immediately grab the attention of some of the Polish speakers. If I play some music by Chopin, they'll quickly agree I'm doing it wrong, but disagree among themselves on how best to improve it. (While they discuss that, I'll sneak out the side door.) :)
    Unfortunately, this trick might now only work on a small minority. TooManyFingers (talk) 09:29, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Piñanana: This searches the category by the most recent edit to the user page so it finds some of them but probably also has false positives where somebody else edited the page. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:15, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Sounds like an easy task for someone to do by a Wikipedia:Request a query. DMacks (talk) 13:17, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Question from ~2025-40142-91

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    How to create my own website? ~2025-40142-91 (talk) 06:45, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi @~2025-40142-91. This is the help desk for Wikipedia editing only. Please use an internet search engine to find information on how to create a website. qcne (talk) 09:09, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    See WP:Alternative outlets for some free tools and services. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:40, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    bot for archiving url

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    I know there is a bot for archiving URLs of an article, would you give me its address? Vastmajority20025 (talk) 07:18, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    To view its archive, click on the View History tab at the top of any article. No bot is involved. Shantavira|feed me 10:42, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thats not strictly true, you can set it a bunch of pages and it'll run as a bot. See User:IABot. Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 12:17, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Vastmajority20025 Which kind of archiving do you mean? Are you looking for an automated way to add archive.org links onto the external links in an article? TooManyFingers (talk) 11:13, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @TooManyFingers, I mean a tool that you request that I want to archive URLs of standard wikipedia citation templates of an article (by "standard wikipedia citation templates" I mean like the URL you put in Template:Cite web. My friend said it exists, but didn't know its address—maybe it existed but now it's gone.
    No @Shantavira, I don't mean I wanna see an article's history tab.
    @Lee Vilenski, I didn't find what I wanted in the bot you gave, but thanks though. Vastmajority20025 (talk) 14:39, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    [10] is the page we are talking about, which is the one you want. Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 14:42, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Help requested on Draft:Soil drainage

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    I did a move to draft by mistake, somebody help me to revert my edit? Sorry for the inconvenience AlphaCore talk 15:03, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    I concur with the move to draft, @AlphaCore. I don't think this needs to be reverted? qcne (talk) 15:06, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @User:Qcne The article was created years ago, so, per policy, it can't be draftified after 90 days, right? Awaiting response AlphaCore talk 15:10, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    its not really the same article that was created years ago. Could have just changed it back into a redirect, like it is now. Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 15:15, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you:) I think the draft got a redirect but not the main space one. AlphaCore talk 15:20, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Edit Requests

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    Hello! I was wondering if I did this | Edit Request correctly. If not, what could I have done differently? It is the most recent request on that Talk page.

    Thanks, Elijah Wilder (talk) 15:42, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Elijah Wilder, the edit request seems clear to me. It points out that in Necrodes, the taxobox states that genus is in family Staphylinidae, whereas the source cited states that it's in Silphidae. Correcting this (maybe after evaluating the source) would require a change in the taxobox template, something I'm not able to confidently do myself. Maproom (talk) 16:18, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Alright. I will undo what I have done so someone else can review it. Based on what I read and saw, I didn't see the part where they asked for X to be changed to Y. Thank you for replying. Elijah Wilder (talk) 16:23, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Seloam Lake

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    I recently made the article Seloam Lake, and want to list in on List of Lakes of Nova Scotia. The lake crosses both Halifax County and Guysborough County, so where do i put it? TIA, Versions111 (talk • contribs) 16:06, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Both? Athanelar (talk) 18:25, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, both Halifax County and Guysborough County[1] Versions111 (talk • contribs) 00:27, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    No, as in, you should put it in both. Athanelar (talk) 01:31, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    on spas

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    this is mostly for the sake of having the numbers, so don't worry too much. there's also probably a better place to ask this, but shh

    do y'all see the term "spa" being used more often to refer to sockpuppet or single-purpose accounts? consarn (talck) (contirbuton s) 16:18, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    SPA stands for single-purpose account. TooManyFingers (talk) 18:19, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    i know that, hence the question not being "what does 'spa' stand for"? consarn (talck) (contirbuton s) 19:20, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    WP:SPA goes to single-purpose account Athanelar (talk) 18:25, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I have never seen "spa" being used for sockpuppet accounts. Helpful Raccoon (talk) 20:03, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    SPA refers to a single purpose account, but it is both possible and commonplace for a disruptive account to be both a sockpuppet account and a single purpose account. Cullen328 (talk) 20:32, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    If sockpuppets have a short form, it's "sock".
    "Sockpuppet account" is a rare phrase anyway, because Wikipedia's definition of sockpuppet already includes the fact that it's an account. In that way, "sockpuppet account" is like "hammer tool" or "aphid bug" - the second word is pointless because it's part of the first word's definition. TooManyFingers (talk) 04:55, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    How do I request to delete a page I created

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    I crested a page and now want to delete it how do I do so. Motherwell6 (talk) 00:00, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi @Motherwell6. Simply add the code snippet {{Db-g7}} to the top, and an admin will come along to delete it in due course. qcne (talk) 00:04, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Uploading images to Wikipedia

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    How can I determine whether an image, such as a company logo, is copyrighted or otherwise restricted? I previously uploaded the AbsoluteDigital Pictures logo to Wikipedia, but it was removed due to a missing license. I believed it might be acceptable to upload because I searched the USPTO Trademark Search (TMSearch.USPTO.gov) and did not find any associated trademarks, or any indication of whether a trademark related to the logo was active or expired. I now understand that trademark status is separate from copyright, and I am unsure how to properly verify this before uploading images. WVWG9652 (talk) 00:02, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi @WVWG9652. By default you should assume every image you come across is copyrighted, unless it is very specifically released under a compatible licence.
    Logos can be uploaded to Wikipedia directly under fair use, but must meet specific requirements and can not be added to draft articles. qcne (talk) 00:06, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Hello, WVWG9652. Many company logos consist of letters in commonplace fonts and perhaps a few common shapes. These lack sufficient creativity to be copyrighted and are therefore in the public domain. We currently have 5,602 such images in Category:Public domain images ineligible for copyright (logo). Cullen328 (talk) 00:33, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Shouldn't these files be exported to Commons? Children Will Listen (🐄 talk, 🫘 contribs) 14:20, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    File:Aftonbladet TV7.svg has a tag saying not to. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:32, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    But some don't, e.g. File:141 Schools for Peace.png. I guess this depends on the threshold of originality laws for the origin country. Children Will Listen (🐄 talk, 🫘 contribs) 14:37, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Then I see no reason not exporting those. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:46, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @WVWG9652 If there is an org with a WP-article, you can generally add a logo as WP:LEADIMAGE.
    If it's a very simple logo, like File:Enhanced Games Logo.png, you can upload it on Commons, more at COM:TOO.
    If it's a more complex logo, like File:Superleggera 2024 logo.jpg you have to upload it on English Wikipedia: Go to WP:FUW, pick Upload a non-free file > This is a copyrighted, non-free work, but I believe it is Fair Use. > This is a logo of an organization, company, brand, etc.
    In neither case call yourself the author or mark it as your "own work." Unless, you know, you actually designed the logo. Hope this helps some. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:30, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    This was the image I added: https://mediaproxy.tvtropes.org/width/1200/https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/absolutedigital_pictures.png WVWG9652 (talk) 13:57, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Guessing by User_talk:WVWG9652#Copyright_status:_File:AbsoluteDigital_Pictures_(Horizon)_(Print_Black).svg you didn't have any/wrong copyright tags, like you can see under the Licensing heading at File:Enhanced_Games_Logo.png. If you check here, you'll see how they are written. But that's a guess, I can't see deleted file pages. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:22, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Ok WVWG9652 (talk) 14:23, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @WVWG9652 There is a pretty detailed guide to all this at WP:Logos. Mike Turnbull (talk) 12:13, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I know, I didn't even design the logo! It's just that I don't know if its simple or complex logo. WVWG9652 (talk) 14:22, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I'd go with simple, seems equivalent to File:Adobe Systems logo and wordmark.svg IMO. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:26, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Also, what should I choose in Release rights to get the image uploaded? WVWG9652 (talk) 14:30, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • This work was created by someone else and is free to share
    • This work is not protected by copyright law
    Then, in the add a specific public domain tag, if applicable field, add the tags I linked above, {{pd-textlogo}}{{trademarked}}.
    It gets easier after you've done it a few times. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:44, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Btw, if it's a complex logo, you have to wait with the upload until you have an actual WP-article to put it in, non-free isn't allowed in drafts. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:28, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    template problem

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    *{{cite book |last1=Wecter |first1=Dixon |title=The Hero in America: A Chronicle of Hero-Worship |date=1941 |publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons |location=New York |oclc=516153 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/heroinamericach00wect }} {{isbn|9780684129938 }}

    |isbn=9780684129938

    |isbn=0684129930

    causes an error

    {{cite book |last1=Wecter |first1=Dixon |author1-link=Dixon Wecter |title=Sam Clemens of Hannibal |date=1952 |publisher=[[Houghton Mifflin]] |location=[[Boston]] |via=[[archive.org]] |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.235563/ |language=en}} {{open access}}

    |url-access=free

    |url-access=open

    causes an error

    Piñanana (talk) 01:06, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @Piñanana: I'm not sure what you are trying to do or say. If you mean that those isbn parameters cause the error message "ISBN / Date incompatibility" if they are inserted in the template call then it's because the book with that isbn was apparently published in 1963 and not 1941. Dixon Wecter died in 1950 so maybe he wrote it in 1941 but the isbn number should match the publication year. The only valid values for |url-access= are subscription, registration, limited. Maybe you saw free at WP:URLACCESS but that is under access indicator for named identifiers. Click the link to see the meaning of named identifiers. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:40, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    The copy of The Hero in America that you link to, Piñanana, wasn't even published as early as 1963 (let alone 1941), as its copyright page tells us "Copyright © 1972 Robert Penn Warren". Providing an ISBN for a source whose description has the edition predate the introduction of ISBNs is a sure way of prompting an error message. Note that in addition to "date=" there's also "orig-date=" (ditto for "year=" and "orig-year="). -- Hoary (talk) 02:16, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Subject: Request for Assistance Locating Published Draft and Ensuring Fair Review

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    Dear Wikipedia Help Desk Team, My name is Dr. Marcello Maviglia (MD, MPH), and I am writing to request assistance regarding a biographical draft I published earlier today. The draft appeared on my screen after I clicked “Publish,” but I am now unable to locate it in my user space, Draft space, or contributions list. I am concerned that it may have been saved in an unexpected namespace or that a technical issue prevented it from being properly recorded. I want to express this respectfully: I have the perception that I may not be receiving a fair opportunity for my biography to be considered. I fully understand Wikipedia’s notability guidelines, and I believe my academic, clinical, and system-level contributions meet those standards. My intention is not to accuse anyone, but to ensure that my work is evaluated equitably and according to Wikipedia’s established criteria. To assist you in understanding the context, here is a summary of my professional background:

    Given the scope of my academic and professional contributions, I respectfully request assistance with: Locating the draft I published today, which is currently not visible in my user or draft space Determining whether a technical issue occurred during the publishing process Ensuring that my biography receives a fair and unbiased review according to Wikipedia’s notability and sourcing guidelines Thank you for your time and for any guidance you can provide. I am committed to following Wikipedia’s policies and contributing constructively to the platform. Sincerely, 

    Dr. Marcello Maviglia, MD, MPH  
Albuquerque, New Mexico Marcellomavi (talk) 03:31, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Hello, Dr. Maviglia. Unfortunately the material you placed there had to be deleted because it was advertising your services or your business. Wikipedia does not allow such material, even on users' pages. TooManyFingers (talk) 04:03, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    If there is a Wikipedia article about you at some time in the future, it will not include the kinds of things you wrote. Instead, it will be a simple restatement of what has been written about you by people who have no connection with you, such as reporters independently writing about you without an interview. TooManyFingers (talk) 04:15, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Also, please refrain from using an AI to communicate with us here. We have no interest in talking to a chatbot. All user-to-user communication should be carried out in your own words. Athanelar (talk) 12:24, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    notable Publications

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    notable Publications are archived at thefreelibrary.com but are not included in their article

    see:

    where would this large task go?

    Piñanana (talk) 03:39, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    "Notable" in what sense? In whose article are they "not included"? (And "included" in what sense?) Which "large task"? -- Hoary (talk) 04:33, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Content assessment scale

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    Can somebody rate Seventeen Mile Lake, Seloam Lake, and Gold Lake, Nova Scotia? I am bad at rating accesment scales Versions111 (talk • contribs) 04:31, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Versions111, I find it hard to decide between "start" and "C", or between "C" and "B", so I don't bother rating articles. If it's an article I've freshly promoted from draft status (as it usually is), some other editor quickly arrives and grades it. I've never got a comment about not grading, let alone a complaint. -- Hoary (talk) 04:38, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    As long as you have a fairly accurate idea of "decent article" and "no-good article" and know which side of that line you're on, you can and should just ignore all the rest of the ratings. I'm no good at ratings either. TooManyFingers (talk) 04:59, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Versions111  Done THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT WORK. Happy editing CONFUSED SPIRIT(Thilio).Talk 06:19, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Versions111, Hoary, TooManyFingers, and Thilio: you all (except Hoary) need WP:RATER. I think it does a good job of deciding if an article is a goodish stub or a poorish start. TSventon (talk) 14:29, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Ah TSventon, grading. If my article Jindřich Marco is a C-class numismatics article, then the FIFA Peace Prize is a peace prize. -- Hoary (talk) 21:44, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Hoary do you want to explain, I think you are saying something like Ceci n'est pas une pipe, but I could be wrong. TSventon (talk) 15:14, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    TSventon, I think that Jindřich Marco is a decent stab (if I may say it myself) at an article about somebody who definitely was a photographer of note. I'm pretty sure that the man was also a numismatist of note. But as my numismatic knowledge hardly extends beyond my possession of a couple of cans-full of coins that back in the coin-using era I found in my pockets on my return from travels, I don't even know where I should attempt to read up on a numismatist. (I did try the very obvious, e.g. Google Scholar, but got nowhere.) I am sure that the article is, numismatically, a mere stub. Years ago I might have said that if you believed that, numismatically, it was a "C", then I had a bridge to sell you; but there's no need to reach into the hazy past now that each day's news brings us politicians and their spokespersons shamelessly spouting obvious poppycock (e.g. that the "FIFA Peace Prize" is a prize for peacemaking). -- Hoary (talk) 23:18, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Heavily uncited Wikipedia page

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    This article (Chinese independent high school) is kind of heavily uncited. I don't know what to do with it since it has been marked since 2021, if anyone knows what to do with it please help. Thank you! N niyaz (talk) 09:17, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Google the term "chinese independent high school" (and the chinese language name) and see if you can find any sources with useful information evidencing notability, then add and cite the info from those sources. If you can't find anything, then it might be time to consider WP:Deletion. Athanelar (talk) 12:21, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    "chinese independent high school" is too generic a term (a search returns results about high schools in China that are independent). A search for "chinese independent high school" Malaysia (with quotes as shown) may be more successful. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:36, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    WP:STUBIFY it down. Stubs are better than deletion. // hekatlys [talk] 12:26, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Topic bans

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    Do topic bans apply to all Wikimedia projects, or just Wikipedia? Erika Dauði (she/her) (talk) 12:28, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Topic bans are applied by the admins or community of English Wikipedia only, so they apply to English Wikipedia only. Athanelar (talk) 12:31, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Ah. Thanks. Erika Dauði (she/her) (talk) 12:42, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Creating a new page

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    I want to make a new page for a public figure who doesn't have one yet. I tried putting two brackets around their name in an article in which they are mentioned but this did not create a red link I could use to create the new page. Do I currently have the username credentials to create a new page? Davestewart85 (talk) 15:34, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    presumably you are talking about setting up an article at Sophie Haydock?
    Bare in mind creating a page is one of the hardest things to do on Wikipedia. See WP:YFA for more details. Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 16:03, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Hello, @Davestewart85.
    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.
    One of the specific problems for new users is that the criteria for notability are complicated and rather unexpected when you first meet them; but if your chosen topic does not in fact meet them, then an article is impossible, and every second that you spend working on it (other than looking for suitable sources) is time wasted. ColinFine (talk) 22:16, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Bōde page

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    Hi there,

    Published a page the other day and just wanted to know what's the process to having it removed from draft? Draft:Bōde. NikMJ (talk) 17:39, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi NikMJ, I have re-added the AFC template, which you deleted on 9 December. This includes the big "Submit the draft for review" button, which you need to press when you think your draft is ready for review. Good luck. - Arjayay (talk) 17:46, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    One question - Do you work for, or have any business links whatsoever to Bōde? If so, you must declare that Conflict of Interest (Please see WP:COIEDIT), and, if you work for them, or receive any remuneration for creating the article, Wikipedia considers you a paid editor. Please see WP:PAID for the additional declaration you must make in such circumstances. - Arjayay (talk) 18:03, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Hello, @NikMJ.
    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) 22:17, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Xerxes I

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    Historical sources generally indicate that Xerxes I was born around 519 BCE rather than 518 BCE. Since 519 BCE is more commonly accepted among historians, his birth year should be revised accordingly. ~2025-40531-69 (talk) 17:55, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    You've also raised this at Talk:Xerxes I#Birth year, which is the appropriate place, and I've responded there. NebY (talk) 18:25, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    "In 2025 dollars"

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    I was just reading a page about someone being fined $500 in 1844. Do we have a template that will convert that to 2025 (or some other modern year) dollars in such a way that the page will always have a fairly recent equivalent dollar amount? Is there such a template for pounds, euros, etc? --Guy Macon (talk) 18:59, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Template:Inflation; for the USA this goes back to 1634.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 19:03, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    see {{inflation}} Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 19:04, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks! just what I was looking for. --Guy Macon (talk) 20:20, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Provide these 2 - complete $ to -gold/-crude oil per annum since 1973 to 2025. MichaelUP (talk) 22:53, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Who is Lee Smith

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    He or she stays in south africa Zolotoffk (talk) 19:27, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    This help desk is only for questions about using Wikipedia. We have several articles on people named Lee Smith, but unless you are referring to one of them, we cannot help you. AndyTheGrump (talk) 19:32, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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    Wikipedia is great... How do I link my bank card and account to my Wikipedia profile MichaelUP (talk) 22:14, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    You don't unless you are actually trying to creates some sort of entirely pointless security risk. There is no reason whatsoever why anyone on Wikipedia could possibly have a legitimate reason to access such information. If you want to donate, note that it is the Wikimedia Foundation, rather than Wikipedia that collects funds: see [here]. AndyTheGrump (talk) 22:20, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Hello, @MichaelUP
    Why on earth would you want to do that?
    If you are talking about making donations, they go to the Wikimedia Foundation, and there is (quite deliberately) no connection whatever between a donation or a donor, and a Wikipedia account. If you wish to say on your user page that you are a donor, that's fine, because it's your choice.
    If what you are trying to do is get Wikipedia to stop showing you the donation banner, then you can turn that off for your account - but there is still nothing anywhere in Wikipedia that knows that you have or haven't donated. See Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-centralnotice-banners. ColinFine (talk) 22:21, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Firefox sound player rendering error

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    On firefox, the sound player glyphs stop being rendered after I click it once. You can view a video here: (Apologies for my goofy cursor...)

    https://streamable.com/vldp24 Erikgobrrr (talk) 17:37, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    @Erikgobrrr: It works for me in Firefox 146.0 on WIndows 11. Does it also fail at commons:File:Near-close near-front rounded vowel.ogg? Does it help to reload the page with Ctrl+F5? PrimeHunter (talk) 20:19, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Works for me too, in 145.0.2.
    I notice that when I play the clip, it replaces the symbols there with new ones (replay, and sound), and your browser is presumably not displaying those symbols. That sounds as if you haven't got a font which shows them. ColinFine (talk) 20:41, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    That was my first thought but I looked up the hex values displayed instead of characters: F103/F101/F11B and F107. They also display as those hex values for me here in Firefox: . They are all in a Private Use Area so they are not supposed to display something on their own. I don't know how the audio player works but maybe it's supposed to load symbols to display for those values. That's why I asked for a Ctrl+F5 reload which should reload everything used to render the page. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:45, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Nevermind, it's because I have an extension that changes the font and I coincidentally chose a font which doesn't have those characters. Erikgobrrr (talk) 00:30, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    the extension has been disabled. Erikgobrrr (talk) 00:36, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Erikgobrrr, I realize your problem was solved, but if you wish to change the font for Wikipedia, you may copy and paste the following into this page:
     body {font-family: 'YOUR FONT OF CHOICE','Segoe UI','Segoe UI Emoji','Segoe UI Symbol','Lato','Liberation Sans','Noto Sans','Helvetica Neue','Helvetica',sans-serif; color: #000; font-size: 0.95em; line-height: 1.5}
    Changing "YOUR FONT OF CHOICE" with the name of a font on your computer. The other ones are backups. You can change the rest of the parameters too if you want. win8x (talk) 04:12, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    TV3

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    Good evening. I'm asking about an ident of the irish channel TV3 (Now Virgin Media One). The one mentioned on Kojii's page. There was also an infamous horror version. I think it's a good idea to add about it either on her or the network's page, because it's really unique due to the sheer amout of blood as well as it pretty much being a creepypasta that really exists. What about you people? What do you think? ~2025-40048-69 (talk) 20:28, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello, @~2025-40048-69. Having gone looking for something or somebody called Kojii, I have found Kojii Helnwein, so I know have at least a vague idea of what on earth you are talking about.
    If you have a suggestion for improving that article, please make it on Talk:Kojii Helnwein. But note that unless you can find a reliable source talking about the "infamous horror version", nothing about it should go into the article - and even if you can, it is an editorial judgment call whether it belongs in the article or not. ColinFine (talk) 20:45, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for the reply. Yes, Kojii Helnwein is exactly who i meant. Concerning reliable sources, it's complicated. Also, it seems like you don't know what i'm talking about. I'm talking about https://www.avid.wiki/Draft:Virgin_Media_One. Specifially the 2006-2008 section. The horror one is under a spoiler. Is that a good source? Even if it isn't, it's still noteworthy. ~2025-40048-69 (talk) 01:21, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Public Domain books with ISBN-13 = SPAM ?

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    Percival Wilde plays are Public Domain with ISBN-13

    an example: The Beautiful Story ISBN 978-1-4254-7780-6 $43 !!!!

    I have seen this for many authors whose works are Public Domain

    should they all be removed if free on archive.org or google books ?

    Piñanana (talk) 00:19, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    I don't know the actual places you're talking about removing something. But wouldn't it make more sense to not remove anything, in case someone wants it, but to also proclaim loud and clear that they are public domain works? TooManyFingers (talk) 02:21, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm unaware of any practice of declaring that works are in the public domain. It is considerate of editors to point out if a book that's on a website requires registration for the website or "subscription" (payment) to it. Template:Cite book provides for this. -- Hoary (talk) 06:05, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Also: Do you really mean these are inserted somewhere by spammers? Or do you mean this is widespread copyfraud ... or what? TooManyFingers (talk) 02:27, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Question about declined draft

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    My article was declined, and I’d like to understand which specific notability or sourcing issues I should improve before resubmitting. I want to make sure I fix it correctly.

    Thank you for your time. Dileepnnit (talk) 06:02, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Is this about Draft:Naren Shetty? -- Hoary (talk) 06:09, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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