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Thanks very much for your help with changes to Dashun Wang's page. I really appreciate it. The article is much improved! I think I've tagged you on his talk page (Talk:Dashun Wang) in response to your question and in an additional request. Please let me know if you need any more information from me.
Hi sorry for taking so long to get back to you! I'm about to head off to work so it may take me a few hours to get round to it but I'll take a look later today! Thanks, EncodedTalk 💬09:55, 22 November 2024 (UTC)
Bybit
Hi, could you check the Bybit article? It was previously deleted through an AfD discussion that you initiated about a year ago. I'm wondering if the article's content has since been improved. Ckfasdf (talk) 23:20, 22 November 2024 (UTC)
Hey @RMLLx so sorry for taking so long to get back to you, is there a specific element of writing you need help with? The welcome message I've placed on your talk page should have some links you'll find useful. Thanks, EncodedTalk 💬00:38, 11 December 2024 (UTC)
Question from Dgonzal8nscc (12:40, 5 December 2024)
Good morning, I am wondering what I need to do to get some help on edits I am doing on an article for a college page. There is someone who continues to undo all my edits and the information that is currently there is not accurate. --Dgonzal8nscc (talk) 12:40, 5 December 2024 (UTC)
Hi @Dgonzal8nscc, welcome to Wikipedia! Since you're an employee of the college you have a conflict of interest, and I highly recommend reading Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. I noticed that you've started a conversation with another editor on the talk page, and I'd advise you continue to work with them there to resolve the issues, if you need an extra pair or eyes please ping me a message and I'll drop by!
Since you have a COI, you need to request edits to a page that you're connected to. You can do this at Wikipedia:Edit Request Wizard, this will then be reviewed by one of the edit request reviewers (I'm one too, so if you have trouble please feel free to message me!) who will decide if it should be added, or provide feedback to improve it.
The welcome message on your talk page may also be helpful in starting out as well!
You may think sticking such banners on articles is a useful thing, I do not. Essentially, it is just saying that something is incomplete, but I cannot be bothered to fix it. Instead I will stick a great big ugly banner on an article and some other schmuck can do the work. Try fixing problems, rather than just highlighting them. Then you will be doing something that is really useful. Urselius (talk) 17:34, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
Hello, please may I ask which articles you are referring to? It may be that I did not have time to complete the section but still wished to flag it for later, which is what these banners may be used for. Instead of posting messages like these on my talk page may I suggest that if you have a problem with the banner, you may decide to resolve the issue, or instead place a polite message reminding me to go back over it, then you will be doing something that is really useful. EncodedTalk 💬00:29, 11 December 2024 (UTC)
Hi there! I'm Alex and I've edited articles before but I recently created an account because I wish to provide a plot summary in the article for the film 'The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirriim' which I watched already. How can I request to be allowed to edit a semiprotected article? Many thanks in advance! --Alex Espejel Calderon (talk) 15:06, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
Question from Igordimension (12:49, 20 December 2024)
Hi, thanks for being around to help. I am completely new to this, so have a lot of questions, my first area of ignorance is what the correct protocol is for references.
Hello everyone, and welcome to the 26th issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter, covering all our favorite new and updated user scripts since 1 August 2024. At press time, over 94% of the world has legally fallen prey to the merry celebrations of "Christmas", and so shall you soon. It's been a quiet 4 months, and we hope to see you with way more new scripts next year. Happy holidays! Aaron Liu (talk) 05:06, 25 December 2024 (UTC)
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Very useful for changelist patrollers, DiffUndo, by Nardog, is this edition's featured script. Taking inspiration from WP:AutoWikiBrowser's double-click-to-undo feature, it adds an undo button to every line of every diff from "show changes", optimizing partial reverts with your favorite magic spell and nearly fulfilling m:Community Wishlist/Wishes/Partial revert undo.
Miscellaneous
Doğu/Adiutor, a recent WP:Twinkle/WP:RedWarn-like userscript that follows modern WMF UI design, is now an extension. However, its sole maintainer has left the project, which still awaits WMF mw:code stewardship (among some audits) to be installed on your favorite WMF wikis.
DannyS712, our former chief editor, has ascended to MediaWiki and the greener purpley pastures of PHP with commits creating Special:NamespaceInfo and the __EXPECTUNUSEDTEMPLATE__ magic word to exclude a template from Special:UnusedTemplates! I wonder if Wikipedia has a templaters' newsletter...
BilledMammal/Move+ needs updating to order list of pages handle lists of pages to move correctly regardless of the discussion's page, so that we may avoid repeating fiasco history.
Andrybak/Unsigned helper forks Anomie/unsignedhelper to add support for binary search, automatic edit summaries after generating the {{unsigned}} template, support for {{undated}}, and support for generating while syntax highlighting is on.
Polygnotus/Move+ updates BilledMammal's classic Move+ to add automattic watchlisting of all pages—except the target page(s)—changed while processing a move.
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Hey I'm brand new and have a question. Does being a fan of the thing I want to write an article about count as a conflict of interest?
I made this account when I found out a fairly popular band (BearGhost) did not have a Wikipedia article. I am a fan of their work and wanted to rectify this issue. Being a fan I am fairly knowable on their history and music. But as I was reading the rules of Wikipedia (nerd) I saw that they have a policy against conflicts of interest. I dont want to break the rules or make Wikipedia look bad thats not my goal. I have experience writing informational works and believe I could write a almost perfectly neutral article that would help show off a cool band.
I dont know what Im doing, what do you think? Can I write the article? It wont be my first thing mind you, I will start with Wikipedia's little check list of starter items first. After that though I do want to try and make the article.
Hi @YourFavoriteNPC:, welcome to Wikipedia! Being a fan of a band or something else wouldn't be a conflict of interest concern.
Our COI policy applies if you have a personal or working relationship with the band (see WP:EXTERNALREL) but your message you don't need to worry about it. I'd just make sure to keep a neutral point-of-view and follow Wikipedia's other policies as normal, and you're good to go!
publishing changes, you agree to the Terms of Use, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the CC BY-SA 4.0 License and the GFDL. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license --ChooserAccount (talk) 19:45, 9 February 2025 (UTC)
Question from Martinsirl (11:29, 25 February 2025)
Good morning. Could you tell me why I am unable to set my sandbox article live. I signed up with Wikipedia over a week ago and have made around 13 edits to the article in question. Thanks in advance. --Martinsirl (talk) 11:29, 25 February 2025 (UTC)
Hi @Martinsirl, welcome to Wikipedia! You should be able to move an article to mainspace, if you're still having issues could you link me to the page and I'll have a look at moving it for you if you're unable to. Thanks, EncodedTalk 💬13:50, 25 February 2025 (UTC)
Question from Fanblade81 (14:18, 28 February 2025)
Hi there,
I do have trouble editing the same citations or i get to use the long citation.
I do not know how to use the shorten version if I'm going to use the same citation. That's one thing i have been trouble whenever i add references. --Fanblade81 (talk) 14:18, 28 February 2025 (UTC)
Hi, sorry for taking so long to reply. Would you be able to send me some examples, I'm not sure I understand what you mean? Thanks, EncodedTalk 💬08:35, 15 March 2025 (UTC)
Hi, I upload a image to Wikimedia Commons, but always get message "An automated filter has identified this edit as potentially unconstructive, and it has been disallowed. If this edit is constructive, please report this error." --Roussan (talk) 15:13, 5 March 2025 (UTC)
Heya Encoded!, Inquiring about how to make those boxes with images and statistics, I am a noob on how to edit Wikipedia --Feeeshies (talk) 11:42, 7 March 2025 (UTC)
Hi, sorry for taking so long to reply. Are you referring to the boxes on the top right side of the page such as this one? If so, they're called infoboxes. There's loads of them to chose from, there's a full list here. You create them by typing {{Infobox automobile}} for example. Hope this helps, EncodedTalk 💬08:38, 15 March 2025 (UTC)
Editing
Hi Encoded,
A newbie here. I was thinking of editing a particular page. If I have citations and evidences on a PDF linked to old articles and news paper clippings, how would you recommend me on making these edits? TruthSeekerOX (talk) 06:13, 10 March 2025 (UTC)
@TruthSeekerOX As an editor with a WP:COI editing the article of the company you are hired by, you need to follow the COI editing instructions which Drm310 had linked to in your talkpage. Thanks. ~ JASWE (talk) 00:35, 11 March 2025 (UTC)
Hi @TruthSeekerOX, sorry for taking so long to reply. This page contains information on how to cite particular sources, for the newspaper clippings I believe you can reference the newspaper itself, as for PDFs I'm not too sure, but the help desk should have an answer for you on that one! As JAWSE said as well, please make sure to follow our COI editor policies, you're still welcome to contribute but they must go through the proper channels. Thanks! EncodedTalk 💬08:42, 15 March 2025 (UTC)
You can create a page here: WP:AFC, click the blue "Click here to start a new article" button. The info on the page may be useful too. Hope this helps, EncodedTalk 💬13:45, 27 March 2025 (UTC)
Hi @DavidSegunOloye, welcome to Wikipedia! Apologies for the delayed response. You don't need to reference every edit, the guidelines say:
sources are required for material that is challenged or likely to be challenged. If reliable sources cannot be found for challenged material, it is likely to be removed from the article.
Basically, if it's a common known fact typically it does not need a reference, but if you think someone might need to check if it's real it does. For example: you'll need to reference something like "Company X did this to Company Y" but not "Apples grow on trees". There's some more information here: WP:WHYCITE. Anything related to living people must be sourced.
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Unused image. Uploaded to support Chevereto which was moved to draft in May 2023 then deleted in Dec 2023 via WP:CSD#G7 (author request). No realistic encyclopedic purpose to retain this image.
You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated files}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the file's talk page.
Hello, I would like to add a name to the page titled Jewish Mathematicians. His name is my late husband Haskell Rosenthal. He was a professor at the University of Texas at Austin and his discoveries and papers are important in the field of Functional Analysis. Thank you, Gayle Rosenthal --GaelRos55 (talk) 12:32, 16 April 2025 (UTC)
To add your late husband to the list we'll need to create a page for him, this means he'll have information about him on the site similarly to other pages (for example Samson Abramsky). Since you've said he was a professor and has written important papers and made important discoveries then I believe that he is a great candidate for a page and addition to the list.
There's a few bits of information we'll need to gather to do this, and if you're OK with a page existing for him I'm happy to get the process started.
Hello, and many thanks for your encouragement and parameters. I was thinking this as well ... that it would be good to dedicate a page to him and his work. His unpapers were donated to the American Math Association, and I'm not quite sure how to obtain a list of his published work. I will consult another professor I know who is retired from UT and also I will consult my sons about this process. I will be in touch as I develop the information.
Greetings, and thanks for being my mentor. One initial question, please: I'd like to correct some information on my own biographical page on Wikipedia, and add some updated information. Is that something than I can do? Thank you, E. --Sapien20 (talk) 15:46, 16 April 2025 (UTC)
Hi @Sapien20, thanks for getting in touch! You are able to request changes to pages which I am able to help with, but you can not edit the page directly since you have a Conflict of Interest with being the subject of the article.
The typical way to go about this is by using this page.
Alternatively if you type your request in your page's talk page and let me know where to find it I'm happy to tag & process this for you.
Thanks for your swift response, Encoded. I will attempt to put the updated text in the talk page of my page! And I will be very grateful for your assistance. All best, Emily Sapien20 (talk) 17:10, 16 April 2025 (UTC)
Hey bro, it's nice to meet you. I've been trying to attach Pomme as a hyperlink thing on an article talking about the sampling disputes on Kanye's music and I can't figure out how to add her without it saying, "this title relates to more than one page" or saying, "(singer)" on the actual published versions. This is what I've been putting in the editing and it doesn't preview what I want it to preview. Sometimes I'm reading other articles and it says things like, "on their debut record" and "debut record" is a hyperlink to the record mentioned. Try to reach back and thank you! --Minatokiji (talk) 15:49, 25 April 2025 (UTC)
Hi @Minatokiji, apologies for taking a while to get back to you - glad you were able to find it! If you have any other questions please don't hesitate to ask! Thanks, EncodedTalk 💬10:09, 27 April 2025 (UTC)
Another question. Is deleting another person's writing and work allowed if they're not being descriptive or if they're incoherent? I don't want to look like i'm vandalizing.
Hi @Minatokiji, you can change or delete any content on the wiki if you believe it is incorrect, if it's not descriptive I'd recommend modifying it to be more descriptive if you can as opposed to deleting it outright, and if it's incoherent I'd recommend replacing it with something else if you can, but deleting it is allowed if you believe that the article would be better off without it or it's incorrect. EncodedTalk 💬07:58, 9 May 2025 (UTC)
Hello, Encoded. Thanks for the welcome. My question is on conflict of interest. I submitted a draft of a new article for review, and on the talk page of the draft and in the section where I noted editing changes, I pointed out that I am being paid an hourly rate to prepare this particular article for submission to Wikipedia. Another editor immediately responded with a warning about conflict of interest. I replied to that editor with another detailed explanation of what I had done and why. My question is on the official Conflict of Interest form. I did not file that because it seemed to me that filing it says that someone is employing me to be on Wikipedia, which is not the case. I am a freelance writer and editor, and the musical group that is the subject of my submission paid me an hourly rate to learn Wikipedia's requirements, prepare the material according to those requirements, hunt up the appropriate references, and submit it. Do I need to fill out the COI form and submit it? And does it brand me as someone's paid employee? Thanks for any help. --SreyebTruk (talk) 18:54, 5 May 2025 (UTC)
Hi @SreyebTruk, thanks for sending the question. Wikipedia views employees or freelancers being paid in the same category regarding COIs, so you'll need to disclose this. There's more information about this here: WP:DISCLOSEPAY You can use the template I've attached below, this should be placed on your user page and I would also recommend mentioning in any edit requests or drafts just so that everyone is aware and nobody tries to claim you haven't disclosed this.
{{paid|employer=CLIENT NAME|some=yes}}
This user, in accordance with the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use, discloses that he has been paid by CLIENT NAME for some of his contributions to Wikipedia.
You can also add any additional info alongside it:
This user, in accordance with the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use, discloses that he has been paid by CLIENT NAME for some of his contributions to Wikipedia. Any additional info.
You can also disclose it yourself with a small message instead explaining your situation if you'd prefer. Hope this helps, and if you have any other questions please do feel free to ask. EncodedTalk 💬21:25, 7 May 2025 (UTC)
Thanks, Encoded. I will take care of it.
I have a question on a different topic. I was reading Wikipedia's entry on the 17th Lancers of the British army (just happened there from an external link), and I found a passage that was horribly written and that had some misspellings and typos. When I see something like that, what is the procedure to correct it? SreyebTruk (talk) 23:27, 7 May 2025 (UTC)
If you're being paid to edit the article, you can create an edit request with the changes you'd like to make, otherwise if you're not being paid I believe you can edit the article yourself. As long as you follow WP:PAID you're all good. If you do edit articles that you're not paid for, I highly recommend keeping a list of articles that you are paid for on your user page so that others don't accuse you of COI editing. I've also known people to use a second account for non-COI editing, which you should also disclose on your user page if you decide to do this. Thanks, EncodedTalk 💬08:10, 9 May 2025 (UTC)
Can you make a wikipedia page for any real person or is there a minimum threshold of popularity, notoriety, etc? --Zachmanjr (talk) 21:15, 9 May 2025 (UTC)
Hi, there is a minimum threshold of notability, you can see it here: WP:BIO
In short: People are presumed notable if they have received significant coverage in multiple published secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject.
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The goal of this drive is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed drafts to less than 1 month of outstanding reviews from the current 3+ months. Bonus points will be given for reviewing drafts that have been waiting more than 30 days. The drive is running from 1 June 2025 through 30 June 2025.
Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.
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Hi, you can use https://web.archive.org to receive an archived version of the dead link (if available), then replace the deadlink with a link to the archived version. If it's a reference, there's an archived link option in the cite tool. Hope this helps, EncodedTalk 💬15:55, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Hi, Good eve, I am Limjran from Municipality of San Isidro now officially called as Municipality of Sawata I just would like to appeal on your kind heart to please move the title of the article San Isidro, Davao del Norte to its new name which is Sawata, Davao del Norte. Due to the fact that it could make some trouble in terms of travelling and in terms of economy as well. In accordance to R.A. 11814. Thus, as Sawateño's I am grateful if you would accept my request. Thank you po! --Limjran (talk) 13:15, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Hi, apologies for not replying sooner, there's currently a discussion underway to move the page so I unfortunately cannot move it until the results of this are available. I'd recommend joining the conversation there and provide some links to sources (e.g. any legislation, news stories, etc) to confirm. Thanks, EncodedTalk 💬10:20, 23 May 2025 (UTC)
Hello and greetings, Mentor Encoded.
Thank you for your time to help me learn and edit Wikipedia pages.
I am scheduled to participate in a 4-hour Wikipedia event in Dallas on Wednesday, May 14, 2025.
I wanted to create a page before I joined this session.
I look forward to your critique and suggestions on how I can continue editing my first Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:GrowthAlchemist/sandbox. Thank you so much. --GrowthAlchemist (talk) 02:07, 13 May 2025 (UTC)
Hi @GrowthAlchemist, sorry for the delay in responding to this message! The page is a good start and the concept is explained well. The pointers I have are mainly based on the style of articles used on Wikipedia. I'd recommend the following:
- Replace bold text designed to be headings with the 'Heading' style in the VisualEditor toolbar.
- External links are typically not in the body of the text, but instead at the end of the article in an 'external links' section, I've noticed your see more section contains external links so renaming that should do the trick. Using bullet points on the links also makes it look tidier. There's a policy around the use of external links available here: WP:EL
- For references, use the Cite tool. I've added the reference list module for you so once they're moved over to the cite tool the list will automatically generate in the correct format.
- Some sections of the article sound like it's promoting the framework, whereas Wikipedia is supposed to be a neutral source of information. For example: achieved a remarkable 16.4 percentage point increase in the accountability system could be changed to achieved a 16.4 percentage point increase in the accountability system. Simple changes like this make the article dramatically more likely to be approved.
I hope this helps, it's a great start and I hope you're able to continue working on it! If you'd like any further advice or feedback, or have any questions, please feel free to message me back! EncodedTalk 💬10:19, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
The Cite tool on the en-wiki toolbar.Hi, the cite tool looks like the attached picture (you might need to click on it to enlarge). When you edit the article it should be in the toolbar alongside the buttons for headings/bold/etc. There's also help page here that may be useful. I've added an example reference at the end of your first paragraph, if you still can't find the cite tool you should be able to edit that one and copy the code for it.
With regards to the links in your other message I'm not sure which ones you're referring to, but the external links are all inserted correctly.
I've moved the page to Draft:A–Z for Life and added the template, just click "Submit for review" button at the top of the page. For future reference, you move the page to the draftspace (Move button is in the right hand sidebar) and add the {{draft}} template. EncodedTalk 💬21:27, 27 May 2025 (UTC)
Thank you for volunteering to be my mentor. I feel like one of those people who call into talk shows saying "long time listener, first time caller", as I've used Wikipedia a zillion times, but have never even thought about editing it. However, due to several changed circumstances, I'm now interested in doing so. So, thank you in advance for your advice.
Some of the editing is related to my myriad interests in history, literature, sports, etc. Some is related to my work, for which I understand there are a distinct set of rules; i.e. I'll need to declare a "conflict of interest".
I think I can figure out the former fairly quickly, but we'll see if that's true! It's the latter about which I'm more uncertain.
Can you please point me to written guidelines for such editing? Beyond that, do you have any suggestions for how to proceed?
Hey @Wynott, welcome to Wikipedia! I've just placed a welcome message on your talk page with a bunch of links with information and tutorials on it.
The full conflict of interest policy can be found here: WP:COI. With regards to your work if you're editing an article about your work, research, or something else you directly contribute to outside of Wikipedia, or one of your competitors, that would trigger a COI. However, if it's something you work with you can still edit pages about the general idea (For example: A baker can't edit articles about their own bakery or a competitor without following the guidelines, but they can edit an article about bread). I'd recommend reading the above linked page to check!
On articles you do have a COI with I recommend using the edit request wizard to suggest changes to articles and articles for creation if you're making any new ones. You can absolutely still contribute to wikipedia with a conflict of interest, your edits will just need to be reviewed. If you're editing articles that you do not have a COI with, you can edit as normal. You'll need to disclose any conflicts (see WP:COI for info) I recommend keeping a list of pages/topics on your user page that you have a conflict with - this counts as the disclosure.
Other than that, I'd recommend starting off with the Introduction to Wikipedia which teaches you all you need to know about Wikipedia. You could edit an article that you're interested in, or visit the Task Center which contains a list of tasks that need to be done around the site.
Dear Encoded: As previously mentioned, I have a conflict of interest for the first site on which I want to make edits. So, I'm reliant on a Wikipedia volunteer to review and make any changes. In this case, the site is listed as Being of "low importance" and there haven't been any changes made in several years. I assume that means that I might have to wait for awhile until someone notices the Talk request and volunteers to engage. Are there things that can be done to speed up the process? Thanks! Wynott (talk) 21:21, 27 May 2025 (UTC)
Hi @Wynott, you can speed up the request process by adding the {{edit COI}} above your message which adds your request to the queue, I've added the template for you in your recent post. It may still take some time for the edit to be reviewed as we're somewhat short on reviewers at the moment and there's over 200 requests pending. However, without the tag it would likely take much longer! Thanks, EncodedTalk 💬21:34, 27 May 2025 (UTC)
A related question: For COI-requested edits, is it generally better to make several small separate requests or one request that includes each of the proposed changes? Wynott (talk) 19:15, 28 May 2025 (UTC)
It's usually because editors are more willing to complete many smaller requests as opposed to one big one, tends to get done faster. Especially some new reviewers may find larger requests somewhat daunting. I'm currently going through a 60+ changes mega request that's been sat in the queue completely untouched since January. EncodedTalk 💬23:12, 28 May 2025 (UTC)
I created a page for the artist K. Appukuttan Achary in my user sandbox and moved it to the main area yesterday. I had a couple of queries in this regard:
1) I want to include the artist in the "Painters from Kerala" category. I added the category box to the page but the artist's name does not appear in the list of persons within the category. How do I make it appear in the category box?
2) Once I moved the artist's page to the main area from my user sandbox, the sandbox has a message showing a redirect. If I wanted to use my user sandbox to create another article, how should I go about it?
Hi @KoshyTA, when you added the articles they were added like this:
<nowiki>[[Category:Indian male artists]]</nowiki> - if you're using VisualEditor you might not have seen it, but the tags around it make it not work. The way I recommend is as follows:
Adding categories
1. On the "Page options" menu, click the "Categories" item. If the tool is not visible, first search for three horizontal lines , that's where it is.
2. Enter categories into the top box. Make sure to apply settings, then save/publish the page. You might need to click on the category once you've finished typing it for it to be added, it should display below the text box.
Removing redirects
1. On the "Page options" menu, click the "Page Settings" item.
2. Uncheck the checkbox that says "redirect this page to". Make sure to apply settings, then save/publish the page.
You can click on any of these pictures to make them bigger if you need to.
An automated process has detected that when you recently edited University of Plymouth, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Cornwall College.
Hey, what are your guides or any links you can give to me to get started on creating wikipedia page? --Vaneven (talk) 08:01, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
Hey @Vaneven, there's a great guide over at Help:Introduction for a general "how-to" here, specifically for creating articles you're best over at WP:AFC, the "Creating an article" section on that page has a whole load of information. If there's anything more specific you need help with let me know, but these should help out for now! Hope this helps, EncodedTalk 💬08:06, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
Hey @Resignationoyun, there's a great guide over at Help:Introduction for a general "how-to" here, specifically for creating articles you're best over at WP:AFC, the "Creating an article" section on that page has a whole load of information. If there's anything more specific you need help with let me know, but these should help out for now! Hope this helps, EncodedTalk 💬07:55, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
Hello Mentor!
I work in the marketing department for a not-for-profit senior retirement community that is not represented on Wikipedia - I would like to create an article about our community. I've read the conflict of interest article. I'm not sure it that means that I shouldn't be the one to write about it? If not, then who?
Hey @Slidegirl62, welcome to Wikipedia! You can create the article yourself but it will have to be reviewed through our Articles for Creation (AfC) process.
There's some useful info here for you: User:Encoded/Drafts, as well as the information if you scroll down to the bottom of that page and enter the article name into the box it'll set up the draft with a menu for AfC within it so you can easily submit it for review. If you have any trouble with this let me know and I can give you a hand!
I'm also both an AfC and COI edit requests reviewer, so I'm happy to help if you have any questions, please feel free to let me know! Thanks, EncodedTalk 💬16:12, 12 June 2025 (UTC)
Hi! Thanks for participating in the Articles for Creation June Backlog Drive! We've done amazing work so far, dropping the backlog by more than 2000 drafts already. We have around 3000 drafts outstanding, and we need your help to get that down to zero in 5 days. We can do this, but we need all hands on deck to make this happen. A list of the pending drafts can be found at WP:AFCSORT, where you can select submissions in your area of interest. Thank you so much for your work so far, and happy reviewing! – DreamRimmer■01:31, 25 June 2025 (UTC)
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I searched on YouTube "How do get auto confirmed on Wikipedia" they said u must get edit 10 pages to become auto confirmed is that true??? Resignationoyun (talk) 03:39, 30 June 2025 (UTC)
Hi @Cduffymul, sorry for taking so long to reply to you. I'm currently working through the backlog of requests which is around ~130 long so it might take me a few days to get to this depending on where it is in the queue. Apologies for the delay, EncodedTalk 💬06:54, 10 July 2025 (UTC)
I've just found it in the queue - should be today or tomorrow, sorry for such a long wait! I think we've lost one or two reviewers EncodedTalk 💬07:09, 10 July 2025 (UTC)
hey i saw that my article got declined but i cant find other reliable recourse other than the mod's original page, what should i use then for it to be reliable? --Jeans BFD (talk) 13:03, 5 July 2025 (UTC)
Hey @Jeans BFD, I'm assuming this is regarding JEI? I'm quite familiar with the topic having used the mod myself, I'm not too sure it has enough significant coverage to qualify for it's own article but may be best having a section in Minecraft modding#Mod content. However, if you did want to try write an article news stories/blogs might be your best bet but I don't think that these enough would qualify it. Thanks, EncodedTalk 💬23:01, 5 July 2025 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For your work on the COI edit request backlog, which I, at least, managed to get pretty tired of. Nice to see the number going down and not up sometimes. Rusalkii (talk) 18:15, 6 July 2025 (UTC)
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I just created a new category in my sandbox entitled Chancellors of the AIA College of Fellows. And I need help publishing it so it live.
Can you help? --AIAEditor57 (talk) 22:14, 9 July 2025 (UTC)
Hi @AIAEditor57, I've created the category here: Category:Chancellors of the AIA College of Fellows. I'm unable to add pages that don't exist, the software won't allow it, so I've only been able to add the ones in your sandbox with links. One or two didn't have any mention of them being chancellor in the article with reliable sources so I've also left them out for now as policy dictates.
If you'd like to add any more pages, go to the page you'd like to add, click Edit -> menu -> Categories -> Enter into the text box, then click the category to add it -> Publish/save changes.
I started and (believe I) published a new page for a well known Architect "Sylvester Damianos" and it was under User:AIAEditor57 in my sandbox. Is it under review?
Hi @AIAEditor57, I've moved your draft to Draft:Sylvester Damianos and submitted it for review on your behalf so someone should be able to review it for you soon. To submit drafts for review, you can add the draft article template to the page and click 'submit' (I've done this for you for this article). Hope this helps, EncodedTalk 💬23:48, 12 July 2025 (UTC)
Hi, @IAN HIKE WOODY, you can be WP:BOLD and fix it by clicking the edit button at the top right of the page. You might need reliable sources to back up the new claim if the existing sources are unsuitable. If it’s an article you have a conflict of interest with you’ll need to open an edit request. Hope this helps, if you have any further questions or would like me to take a look at the specific issue please let me know. Thanks, EncodedTalk 💬08:19, 16 July 2025 (UTC)
Hello Encoded. Hope you are well and your studies are successful. Your recent (this June) and previous (October 2024) help on the Energy Capital Partners article is greatly appreciated. Recently, a different editor deleted some of the content you had added, and I'd be grateful if you took the time to review and consider reinserting it. Specifically, it was several portions of the Acquisitions section which had reliable sourcing to support inclusion. Thank you for your time and help, Californiabri19 (talk) 23:24, 22 July 2025 (UTC)
Hi @Californiabri19, thank you for your kind message! I'm currently taking a break from most tasks on Wikipedia as my workload at university has increased drastically. I had a quick look at the diffs in question and I understand why they were removed but personally I'm not sure if I would have done so myself since I think it's fine to remain. I'd recommend gaining consensus on the issue by asking some uninvolved editors to review it. You can contact another editor from this list may also help as many of them also do COI edit reviews. Sorry I'm not able to help more I haven't much time nowadays unfortunately! Hope this helps, EncodedTalk 💬23:13, 25 July 2025 (UTC)
Hi! Thanks for all your work on the edit request queue as of late. Just flagging I replied to some of your feedback on Talk:Kathy Warden. I see you're busy these days, so you'd probably prefer I open a new request, but wanted to give you a heads up just in case. Wishing you well with your studies! Mary Gaulke (talk) 12:33, 29 July 2025 (UTC)
Hello everyone, and welcome to the 27th issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter, covering all our favorite new and updated user scripts since 2025! Boy, does it feel good to kick off the year with an issue. Yep, it's been a year since we cleared out the 2022-2024 backlog with issues 23 and 24! Good times. Though in this case "a year" just means... 6 months? 😯 The salience of whatever joke I was planning to make here has vanished speedily. Aaron Liu (talk) 21:00, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
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WikiTextExpander by Polygnotus, is this edition's featured script. At the click of a configurable hotkey, this script will find and replace or link a configurable list of phrases within the selected text in all source editors (even in the comment/reply field!). Besides allowing the quick insertion of templated messages, this script greatly mitigates the WP:WTF? problem by providing both the legibility of familiar words and the convenience of shortcuts. And to those asking, the capitalization of "Wikitext" as "WikiText" was a necessary sacrifice for far-more-memorable acronymy.
Updated scripts
CanonNi: AlertAssistant has been fixed and rewritten using OOUI instead of Twinkle's Morebits. Such modern, very tool. (Do note that the maintainer has since become inactive.)
NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh/AjaxLoader has been updated to use modern JS APIs that replace the browser's URL bar with the link you clicked on to load in place. The "back" (and "forward") buttons also work now. Cool, innit?
andrybak: Unsigned helper no longer shows an error when the message to sign was added in the earliest 50 revisions of a page's history. This is especially relevant to pages with short histories.
BilledMammal/Move+ needs updating to order list of pages handle lists of pages to move correctly regardless of the discussion's page, so that we may avoid repeating fiasco history.
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allow sorting lists of citations such as by URI or other identifier
automatically convert the capitalization of citations' titles
collect a list of discussion participants and generate a ping list
In breaking m:Tech/News, Gadgets can now include .vue files. This makes it easier to develop modern user interfaces using Vue.js, in particular using Codex, the official design system of Wikimedia. Codex icons are now also available. The documentation has examples.
New scripts
Appo/Globstory integrates OpenHistoryMap, updating the map whenever hovering/clicking on a location or year, the latter of which changes the map to be (hopefully) accurate to the year selected. It's pretty interesting.
linkinfo Somewhat similar to WP:NavPops, Awesome Aasim/linkinfo(pictured) provides a collection of links to replace the right-click context menu, presented beautifully.
PreviousDiscussions provides a link to search for your username on subpages of another user's userpage and talkpage conveniently.
Twineeea/noRedLinks brings you to the "read" instead of the "create" tab when you visit a red link. Contemplate life's mysteries as you stare into the blank! Deeply.
No, this is not going to be the enduring tradition of S++ for the future. This was meant to be a joke for the special occasion on the first day of the fourth month but was delayed by four months because I'm lazy.
Hello! I attempted to make an edit on the Flag of Brunei article and provided a trustworthy source along with it but every time I press publish it just gives me another CAPTCHA. It’s given me about 40-50 so far. Is this normal and how do I fix this? --Cyberified (talk) 12:09, 5 August 2025 (UTC)
Hey @Cyberified, that doesn't sound normal to me. Unfortunately I don't have any way of seeing what's going on behind the scenes or how to help, so I'd recommend contacting Wikipedia. To do so you can email [email protected] and they'll be able to forward it to the right people or provide suggestions. In your email make sure to include the name of the article. Hope this helps, EncodedTalk 💬12:27, 5 August 2025 (UTC)
Hi @Encoded! I know you're on break (totally understandable - good luck with uni!), but if you have a moment sometime, I'd really appreciate a quick glance at a draft I'm working on. I'm trying to make sure it aligns with notability and neutrality guidelines before I consider submitting it.
No rush at all, and I completely understand if you're unable to assist right now. If you know of any other experienced editors or noticeboards where I might get feedback, I'd be grateful for any suggestions. Thanks so much, and all the best with your studies!
Hi @Azaadi 2801, I agree with the last reviewer that it seems somewhat promotional in tone. I'd recommend re-reading the content and seeing how it could be reworded if possible or remove promotional sections. For example, Under his stewardship, QCI engages with 50+ central and state government bodies across priority sectors - healthcare, education, energy, sanitation, trade, agriculture, e‑commerce, and infrastructure - with the overarching mission of enhancing quality of life for over 140 crore Indians. is quite promotional, think what you'd see on the news rather than the company's website. I'd also recommend removing the bold text in the article body, it's typically not used and can make the article appear to give the article undue weight towards certain sections. Hope this helps, EncodedTalk 💬08:25, 19 August 2025 (UTC)
Following up on BTCC (company)
Hi Encoded, I see that you are busy with courses (good luck!), but wanted to see if you were still interested in reviewing this request. No worries if not! I can reach out to others, but wanted to give you an opportunity because you said you were interested. Thanks, Danilo Two (talk) 15:39, 7 August 2025 (UTC)
Hi! Trying to make some edits to a few pages. Struggling a bit with adding endnotes and correct citations in keeping with the numbering and formatting in the existing article. I welcome help. --HistoryDrJP (talk) 15:59, 7 August 2025 (UTC)
Hey @HistoryDrJP, apologies for taking so long to get back to you. There's a great tutorial available at WP:REFVISUAL (or WP:INTREF3 if you're using the old source editor) which may be useful. It looks like your citation on List of candidates for the Man in the Iron Mask is correct. If you have any questions about specific cite styles/formats please let me know! EncodedTalk 💬08:30, 19 August 2025 (UTC)
Hola, ¡bienvenido a Wikipedia! Aquí tienes una excelente introducción: WP:INTRO que te ayudará a empezar. Puedes crear nuevas páginas aquí: WP:AW. Ten en cuenta que todas las páginas de este sitio deben estar en inglés. Puedes visitar Wikipedia en español para crear páginas en español si lo prefieres. ¡Espero que te sirva! EncodedTalk 💬08:32, 19 August 2025 (UTC)
hi! I need help writing a wikipedia article for school. I go to the University of Washington and I am majoring in informatics which is sort of like psychology meets Human computer interaction. The class that I am taking focuses on how to age successfully by prof. William Jones and my final project is to write an article on cognitive offloading. --Anikai22 (talk) 04:35, 19 August 2025 (UTC)
Hey @Anikai22, welcome to Wikipedia! There's a great introduction (click here) that can teach you how to get started editing. I noticed your draft was declined as there were signs it may have been written by a large language model, if this is the case I'd recommend rewriting the article's tone and checking the references are correct, then you'll have a greater chance of it being accepted. If you have anything in particular you'd like help with please let me know! Thanks, EncodedTalk 💬08:37, 19 August 2025 (UTC)
Question from Augnablik
Back on the 5th of the month when you wrote me a message on the Talk page for Ramendra Kumar (author) about having to take a break for studies, you said, "I've reopened the request so that another editor can assist you." But nothing's happened since. Questions that I had asked are still not answered, but I assumed a new editor would be picking up on them. Maybe a new editor is waiting for me to do something else first? Please advise. The COI edit request process is already so long and drawn out by design, so I really regret losing still more time. Augnablik (talk) 17:22, 19 August 2025 (UTC)
Hi @Augnablik, apologies for the delay. You have perfect timing sending me this message as I've got some time this week so will be popping by more often so will be back to help! I've left a message on the talk page for the article in response to your last message. Unfortunately the backlog appears to have grown quite large in my absence so that'll probably be why you've not yet received a response. However, I'm happy to help now. EncodedTalk 💬22:29, 19 August 2025 (UTC)
In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.
Hi Encoded, I’ve drafted an article on Noodle Factory in my Sandbox and submitted it for review. I believe it meets notability and neutrality guidelines with independent references. Would you be able to take a look or point me to someone who could review it? --Walter Winnie (talk) 06:43, 27 August 2025 (UTC)
Hi, I thought to just help out a bit since I done some stuff already. @Walter Winnie, you have not submitted it for review yet as what I can see, You can follow the instructions at WP:DRAFTMOVE to submit the article at your sandbox. ~ JASWE (talk) 07:52, 27 August 2025 (UTC)
Hey @Walter Winnie, glad you got it all sorted out! I unfortunately don't have much time at the moment to do full reviews myself however the draft is in the review queue now and one of the other AfC reviewers should pop along to review it soon! If you have any other questions feel free to reach out! Thanks for answering as well JASWE! EncodedTalk 💬12:36, 27 August 2025 (UTC)
Hi @Shabane Ntandoyenkosi, unfortunately Wikipedia is unable to help with university applications, I'd recommend checking the university's website or seeing if there's any groups on social media of people who currently study there that could give you some advice. EncodedTalk 💬12:29, 27 August 2025 (UTC)
Hey there :) a question. I’m trying to edit a page (EuroStack) based on credible external sources (ie, Bloomberg & Politico), to correct disinformation on the page. Other users keep on deleting my corrections, without justifying their deletion nor responding with any argument in the Talk page. The result is that that Wikipedia entry on EuroStack carries some misinfo and is incomplete. What can I do? --PrinceOfKennebunkport (talk) 17:23, 4 September 2025 (UTC)
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