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@MPGuy2824: It's a rather rare name for that molecule but it's definitely a valid one (see this and this as examples); the issue is that it's the strict systemic name and not the preferred name, so it's rather hard to find it around. For some reason, though, the WikiData item for this molecule doesn't have any alternative names listed, while similar molecules have more than a dozen names at their WD item, including the systemic name. Anyway, I've went ahead and added the alternative name to that article. Regards, Nythar (💬-🍀) 14:36, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
Welcome to Wikipedia @Ckingori. It is totally possible to write an article about an organization. First, though, you should start with a draft, where you can take your time building your article and making sure it has all the right parts that would make it good enough to be published. Visit the Article Wizard to start your draft. As you're adding information to your draft, make sure you're also adding reliable sources that are independent of the organization you're writing about. For the structure of the article, you can visit similar articles about organizations, and if you need something more detailed, visit Manual of Style/Layout. Regards, Nythar (💬-🍀) 14:45, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
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Question from Lionking334 (13:35, 6 December 2024)
Hello Nythar! Thank you for the warm welcome and for offering your guidance. I am currently working on creating a Wikipedia biography for one of the artists I manage. If you could please help me with that I would be most grateful. --Lionking334 (talk) 13:35, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
Hello @Lionking334. I've reviewed the draft Theo Lucas. Overall it appears to be in good condition, but I do have a few recommendations. Firstly, there's language that appears to be somewhat praising, which should be toned down per WP:NPOV. "The track amassed" — "received" is usually a better alternative; "Pursuing his talents further" — "talents" isn't a very neutral term so if I were you I'd remove that part of the sentence. "which has produced notable alumni such as Ed Sheeran and Matty Healy." — this associates Theo Lucas with big names in the music industry but is not relevant to his life or career, so it also should be removed. "Style and influences" describes his musical style as "a fusion of electronic dance pop and elements of his Cypriot heritage" — I would recommend attributing this description to the person/organization that provided the description; for example, something like this: "Lucas's musical style has been described by [insert person/organization name] as a fusion of". Once you've taken care of the issues I pointed out (and other issues, make sure to review the entire article) I'll go over the article again to make sure that it's ready to be published. I should note that the references seem okay but they're not the most solid of sources since they consist mostly of articles focused on very specific updates, so you may encounter some issues while trying to get the draft published, although I don't have much experience with articles about musicians so I'm not too sure. Regards, Nythar (💬-🍀) 18:27, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
Hi Nythar, thank you very much for your detailed feedback. I’ve just made the changes you suggested to the bio. Regarding the phrase "the track amassed," I noticed that I had already used "received" in the same sentence ("The track amassed over 123,000 streams and received strong support from radio stations"). Do you have any suggestions on how I could improve or rephrase this to keep the tone neutral? Many thanks Lionking334 (talk) 21:52, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
Hi Nythar, one more question if that's okay. Could you please advise me how I could delete the current draft completely? I would like to create a new one if that's okay. Lionking334 (talk) 00:58, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
I noticed that and I'm not sure what to replace it with either; I'd probably reword the entire sentence and see if something else works to eliminate any POV concerns. Nythar (💬-🍀) 05:30, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
@Select Films Assistant: To set up a new page, create a draft through the Article Wizard. You can either practice creating a draft in your sandbox, or you can click on "Next" and follow the steps to create a draft in the "draftspace". Once you've chosen the draft's name, proceed to insert the article's contents, splitting them into different sections using headings: ==Heading name here==. Regards, Nythar (💬-🍀) 21:49, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
Hi,
thanks your response
i first time on wikipedia use as writing
I wanna learn how to write on Wikipedia and how know about wikipedia
thanks
abubakar --Abubakarinfinkey (talk) 07:03, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
Hello @Abubakarinfinkey. Here are some helpful links for new editors when getting started: Help:Getting started and Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia. You could start off by making simple edits. For example, adding information to articles supported by good sources, with the URL of a source placed between <ref></ref> tags. You could also copyedit articles to make their English sound better. Let me know if you need more specific info. Regards, Nythar (💬-🍀) 22:03, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
hello, I've started writing article on science and food production you can check on it if there is any mistake, though I'm not done with the article. thanks --Danstickz (talk) 10:36, 11 December 2024 (UTC)
Hello and welcome to Wikipedia @Danstickz. Firstly, your draft is unsourced except for a single source. You're going to need more sources. Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, the draft doesn't seem to actually be focused on "food production", and for the most part it appears to be defining and discussing things that are outside the topic's scope. For example, "DEFINITION OF FOOD" and "SCIENCE" appear to be discussing things that are not related to food production. Thirdly, I'm not sure if it's appropriate to include this kind of article in an encyclopedia in the first place, at least in its current state. "SCIENCE AND FOOD PRODUCTION", as a concept, is simply too broad and undefined. If we're dealing with specific types of food production, like Fermentation in winemaking, relevant scientific facts on fermentation's role in winemaking can be found in the #Process section. If you want this draft to be published, you'll need to work on adding general information on how science is used in different types of food production. And you'll need to be specific: "Science helps to produce healthy food so as to avoid malnutrition, diseases, organ disorder" -- what branch of science? If it's GM foods, add something about that. Regards, Nythar (💬-🍀) 22:44, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
Hello
I have been looking at the graphs on a page that interest me, however they have not been updated for over 8 months, the previous editor ( according to talk page) is no longer able to maintain them. My question is, are there any templates or models for graphs that are available on Wikipeadia that I might use to refresh this data. Article in Question is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_on_Scottish_independence --Pugpa2 (talk) 12:42, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
Hello @Pugpa2. If you're referring to the line graph, unfortunately there are no templates at Wikipedia that can be used to update it. You'll need to do that using a graph creator, although there might be a way to update it manually, but the graph is a .pdf being used as an image (which is not something I would normally do) so I'm a bit confused myself to be honest. Regards Nythar (💬-🍀) 16:45, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
@Danstickz, if you're referring to Draft:THE PLACE RESTAURANT, you should know that there's no chance that draft's getting published. It isn't even obvious if the article is about a restaurant called "The Place" or simply a general article about restaurants (which we have here: Restaurant). Please take my advice from this comment before creating more drafts. Regards, Nythar (💬-🍀) 08:46, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
How much editing, and time spent on Wikipedia do you advise before you start writing articles? For example, how long did you spend editing before you began producing articles? I definitely would like to eventually start writing articles but I'd like to get a good foundation. Thank you very much in advance. --Tristan-Hopewell (talk) 18:12, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
Hello @Tristan-Hopewell. I would say at least a month of making edits to random pages and figuring out how Wikipedia works, although there's no specific minimum amount of time that I am confident would allow an editor to gain enough experience to create high quality articles. For me personally, it took about 5 months to create my first article, but by that time I had a lot of experience from almost daily editing (and I would have created an article sooner if I had a notable subject in mind). In my opinion, the simplest route is to learn how to create a draft (see the Article Wizard) and then learn how to determine whether the subject of the draft passes the general notability guideline and is notable enough to have an entire article dedicated to it. Once you have these two things figured out, I'd recommend learning how to structure an article and add references. If you need to, visit the pages of similar subjects to figure this out; that's what I did when I started creating articles. Regards, Nythar (💬-🍀) 09:58, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
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@Mizta keyz Gh, to add a citation for a source, you could do something as simple as wrapping the URL of, say, a website, between <ref></ref> tags. If you need to read more on this topic, I'd recommend visiting the page Wikipedia:Citing sources, because creating a citation can become a complicated issue depending on the type of source. Regards, Nythar (💬-🍀) 11:23, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
@Samppy, here is a list of speedy deletion templates: Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion/Deletion templates. Add a template to the top of a page and an admin will review it to see if it's eligible for deletion. For instance, if you want to delete a page you created, add the template {{db-g7}} to the top of the page. If your page isn't eligible for deletion under any of the speedy deletion criteria, let me know and I'll explain your other options. Regards, Nythar (💬-🍀) 08:11, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
@Asimshahani, to edit an article, click on the "Edit" button next to the "Read" and "View history" buttons. If you're using the mobile app, the icon should appear as a pen. To create an article, go through the process of draft creation using the Article Wizard. Let me know if you have other questions. Regards, Nythar (💬-🍀) 08:16, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
@Onilexy, correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe this extension is part of installing MediaWiki locally? See mw:Extension:TemplateData for information on how to use TemplateData; I'm not too familiar with it so I don't know exactly how it's done. You can ask for help at MediaWiki's support desk if you need it. Regards, Nythar (💬-🍀) 08:24, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
A request for comment is open to discuss whether admins should be advised to warn users rather than issue no-warning blocks to those who have posted promotional content outside of article space.
Technical news
The Nuke feature also now provides links to the userpage of the user whose pages were deleted, and to the pages which were not selected for deletion, after page deletions are queued. This enables easier follow-up admin-actions.
Hello. I'd like to keep working on this draft and make it good enough to submit. Which references do I need to improve? Can you help me understand what sources some common sources are that will meet an acceptable standard? --Domeneco738 (talk) 10:29, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
@Domeneco738, sorry about the late response. It seems that the reviewer who declined your draft noted that it was "not adequately supported by reliable sources." I'll go through the sources in order (draft archived for future reference). The first source is a primary source directly from the UK government. This kind of source is unlikely to contribute to the notability of the subject too well. The second source is from "SkedGo", and the page states that "Tim co-founded SkedGo," making the source non-independent. The third source is a duplicate of the first source. The fourth source doesn't mention Cooper, so it doesn't contribute to his notability. The fifth source doesn't mention the name "Tim Cooper." Neither does the sixth source. The seventh source is a duplicate of the fourth source. The eighth source is paywalled so I don't know what it contains (not very good for demonstrating notability to Wikipedia's draft reviewers). The ninth source doesn't mention Cooper. The tenth source is a corporate news article published by Tes, which acquired a company founded by Cooper (making the source non-independent), and it reads like a promo piece. The eleventh source doesn't mention Cooper. The twelfth source mentions "Tim Cooper" once as the husband of the subject of that article. You should work on improving the sourcing before resubmitting the draft for review. Let me know if you need any help during that process. Regards, Nythar (💬-🍀) 10:10, 15 January 2025 (UTC)
@Samppy, I recommend that you focus on improving the quality of your edits before you decide to create a page about yourself. Visit the Task Center and find something that interests you, and spend some time doing that to improve your skills. Regards, Nythar (💬-🍀) 09:38, 15 January 2025 (UTC)
@Random editor 32165, you can find a list of reliable/unreliable sources at WP:RSP. Sources that aren't included in this list aren't considered officially reliable or unreliable on Wikipedia, so you'll have to evaluate those as you go along. Let me know if you need help analyzing sources. Regards, Nythar (💬-🍀) 09:35, 15 January 2025 (UTC)
@Metalcupcake5, spreading out what could be a few trivial changes to an article that likely only take a minute or so to make, into several edits, could flood a page's history and could be seen as gaming the system in an attempt to illegitimately gain higher permissions (which are granted when a user makes a certain minimum number of edits). My advice is if the edits are very minor, try combining them together, but if they're more significant, feel free to save them as multiple edits. Regards, Nythar (💬-🍀) 09:21, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
@Mumber Glump, I'd say an undo might have been a good idea because the snowfall at the New Orleans airport likely isn't related enough to the death toll of 9 (meaning two separate sentences were probably a good idea). Regards, Nythar (💬-🍀) 23:52, 22 January 2025 (UTC)
Question from SugandhaAgg (00:11, 26 January 2025)
Hi , Can you please answer some of my questions :
1. How can I change my name I want to use a different name fro my writing
2. How to have a template for creating a page --SugandhaAgg (talk) 00:11, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
I’d like to encourage you to take a moment to review my argument regarding the "F" proposal. For years, the current structure has been thoughtfully considered and has served readers well. My concern isn’t about preference but about preserving a phrasing that provides clarity and fulfills its purpose effectively. So far, I haven’t seen a strong explanation for why this change is necessary, and I think it’s worth reflecting on whether it truly adds value.
If you haven’t already, I’d also recommend checking out what User:Gluonz has added in the comments about previous discussions under Joe Biden’s page regarding this same topic. I think their input provides valuable context that’s worth considering.
I’d appreciate your thoughts on my argument. I’m confident we all share the goal of serving readers in the best way possible, and I hope my perspective helps inform the discussion. TimeToFixThis (talk) 03:42, 27 January 2025 (UTC)
@Mbarthelson, to create an article, you first need to create a draft. To do so, visit the Article Wizard. After you've created the draft and improved it to an encyclopedically acceptable state, you can then submit it for review so that it can be published. Regards, Nythar (💬-🍀) 22:20, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
Administrators can now nuke pages created by a user or IP address from the last 90 days, up from the initial 30 days. T380846
A 'Recreated' tag will now be added to pages that were created with the same title as a page which was previously deleted and it can be used as a filter in Special:RecentChanges and Special:NewPages. T56145
@Danstickz, that depends on what kind of article you want to work on. Do you want to add sources to undersourced articles, or perhaps copyedit some poor grammar? Let me know so I can offer more specific suggestions and advice. Regards, Nythar (💬-🍀) 03:44, 26 February 2025 (UTC)
WikiCup 2025 March newsletter
The first round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 26 February. As a reminder, we are no longer disqualifying the lowest-scoring contestants; everyone who competed in round 1 will advance to round 2 unless they have withdrawn or been banned from Wikipedia. Instead, the contestants with the highest round-point totals now receive tournament points at the end of each round. Unlike the round points in the main WikiCup table, which are reset at the end of each round, tournament points are carried over between rounds and can only be earned if a competitor is among the top 16 round-point scorers. This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far.
Round 1 was very competitive compared with previous years; two contestants scored more than 1,000 round points, and the top 16 contestants all scored more than 500 round points. The following competitors scored more than 800 round points:
Sammi Brie (submissions), with 846 round points from 16 GAs about radio and TV stations, 45 GA reviews, and 3 DYKs.
Hey man im josh (submissions), with 816 round points from 5 FLs about sports and Olympic topics, 46 FL reviews, 3 ITN articles, and a large number of bonus points.
MaranoFan (submissions), with 815 round points primarily from 3 FAs and 1 GA about music, in addition to 9 article reviews.
The full scores for round 1 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 18 featured articles, 26 featured lists, 1 featured-topic article, 197 good articles, 38 good-topic articles and more than 100 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 23 In the News articles, and they have conducted nearly 550 reviews.
Remember that any content promoted after 26 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2, which begins on 1 March. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:12, 27 February 2025 (UTC)
A request for comment is open to discuss whether AI-generated images (meaning those wholly created by generative AI, not human-created images modified with AI tools) should be banned from use in articles.
A new filter has been added to the Special:Nuke tool, which allows administrators to filter for pages in a range of page sizes (in bytes). This allows, for example, deleting pages only of a certain size or below. T378488
Non-administrators can now check which pages are able to be deleted using the Special:Nuke tool. T376378
@Stevenscreek1987, to submit your draft for review, place this template at the very top: {{AfC submission}}. However, your submission will very likely be declined, at least while the article is in its current state. I'll explain the issues. One major problem with this draft is the fact that it reads like a list of accomplishments of Stevens Creek Church, and a lot of the language used in the draft lacks neutrality. For example, "has a strong focus on small group discipleship", "has built a powerful and influential music and arts ministry", "volunteers who sacrifice their time and talents", "Stevens Creek Church continues to be a leader in modern church engagement", "gained national and global attention for pioneering digital giving technologies" -- this language is not suitable for entries at Wikipedia. Another issue is that the draft's structure is not ideal. Generally, prose is favored over lists. I would recommend visiting the articles of similar churches and using their structures to rewrite your draft. The third issue involves the sources used in the article. YouTube is not considered to be a good source, and sources that are not independent of the subject (i.e., publications on the church's website and publications on websites belonging to associated organizations) are not likely to strengthen any argument that Stevens Creek Church is notable according to Wikipedia's general notability guideline. Sources should also display significant coverage of Stevens Creek Church; elsewise, they do not contribute to the subject's notability. If you want to get the draft published, I recommend that you spend some time improving the draft by restructuring it, removing unnecessary fluff, and using independent, high-quality sources, then I'll update my analysis. Regards, Nythar (💬-🍀) 03:17, 8 March 2025 (UTC)
Good morning
If you have the time I could do with some advice. Recently created and published a draft article, which has been declined for lack of citations, I am confused as it is stuffed full of links to independent and reliable sources. Granted they are not in the 'reference' format but changing these links to that format would IMHO make the article less engaging and less user friendly, it is also consistent with other polling in uk articles. --Pugpa2 (talk) 05:47, 27 February 2025 (UTC)
@Scott d Stewart, before a page or draft is published into the mainspace, where it becomes an "article", it first has to be reviewed to ensure that it would be an encyclopedically acceptable entry. When you place that template at the top of your page, it gets added to a category of pages that need reviewing. To place the template on your page, you'll have to use the source editor view, instead of the normal visual editor view. Let me know if you need help doing this. Nythar (💬-🍀) 13:59, 25 March 2025 (UTC)
I think I am going to give up trying to learn how this site works. I am not really tech like this site requires. This was my first attempt....but man...seems like everything I did was wrong Scott d Stewart (talk) 21:33, 25 March 2025 (UTC)
Normally it shouldn't take more than a few months, although now it looks like someone is getting the page deleted as a "promotional article" (archived). That's related to the WP:PROMO policy on promotional articles. Nythar (💬-🍀) 22:04, 25 March 2025 (UTC)
I don't intend it to be promotional, I thought it was done properly and I do not know how to rewrite it, Can someone redo it so it passes, or is it a lost cause? Please give me your honest answer...if it is hopeless, tell me Thanks.. Scott d Stewart (talk) 22:08, 25 March 2025 (UTC)
@Scott d Stewart, the sourcing isn't strong since the two sources used (besides Ellianos' website) are regular news articles that don't contain a significant amount of coverage of Ellianos Coffee Company. From my experience with these kinds of articles, I don't think it would be accepted by Wikipedia reviewers, so my honest answer is that it probably won't get published into an article. Nythar (💬-🍀) 23:15, 25 March 2025 (UTC)
Hi Nythar, nice to meet you!
I would be happy to learn from your experience. Could you please give some tips/suggestions on adding the reliable sources. How do you normally look for those? --Square Spiral (talk) 09:36, 28 March 2025 (UTC)
@Square Spiral, sorry about the delay. Firstly, generally speaking, when searching for sources, look for secondary sources instead of primary sources. E.g., a Reuters article instead of a tweet. Secondly, self-published sources, such as a company discussing itself, are best avoided. Lastly, to identify these characteristics from a list of sources (possibly obtained from a Google search), I suggest analyzing a source using the CRAAP test. Let me know if you have other questions. Regards, Nythar (💬-🍀) 01:22, 1 April 2025 (UTC)
@Third Payne Jakob, you could simply add information to your userpage, located at User:Third Payne Jakob. I see you've done that already and it has since gotten deleted. Per the userpage guideline WP:UPYES, your userpage may contain only a limited amount of autobiographical content. So, no excessive autobiographical information or anything promotional. Regards, Nythar (💬-🍀) 09:29, 2 April 2025 (UTC)
Hello and welcome to the April 2025 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since December. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. We extend a warm welcome to all of our new members. We wish you all happy copy-editing.
Election results: In our December 2025 coordinator election, Wracking stepped down as coordinator; we thank them for their service. Incumbents Dhtwiki, Miniapolis, and Mox Eden were reelected coordinators, and IQR and WikiEditor5678910 were newly elected coordinator, to serve through 30 June. Nominations for our mid-year Election of Coordinators will open on 1 June (UTC).
Drive: 55 editors signed up for our January Backlog Elimination Drive 33 claimed at least one copy-edit and copy-edited 611,404 words in 237 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.
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The second round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 28 April at 23:59 UTC. To reiterate what we said in the previous newsletter, we are no longer disqualifying contestants based on how many points (now known as round points) they received. Instead, the contestants with the highest round-point totals now receive tournament points at the end of each round. These tournament points are carried over between rounds, and can only be earned if a competitor is among the top 16 round-point scorers at the end of each round. This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far. Everyone who competed in round 2 will advance to round 3 unless they have withdrawn or been banned.
Round 2 was quite competitive. Four contestants scored more than 1,000 round points, and eight scored more than 500 points (including one who has withdrawn). The following competitors scored at least 800 points:
History6042 (submissions) with 1,088 round points from four featured lists about Michelin-starred restaurants, nine good articles and a good topic mostly on Olympic-related subjects, seven ITN articles, and dozens of reviews
Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1,085 round points from three FAs, one GA, and four DYKs on military history, as well as 18 reviews
Arconning (submissions) with 887 round points, mostly from four FLs, six GAs, and seven DYKs on Olympic topics, along with more than two dozen reviews
In addition, we would like to recognize Generalissima (submissions) for her efforts; she scored 801 round points but withdrew before the end of the round.
The full scores for round 2 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 13 featured articles, 20 featured lists, 4 featured-topic articles, 138 good articles, 7 good-topic articles, and more than 100 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 19 In the News articles, and they have conducted nearly 300 reviews.
Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed in Round 3. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:03, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
An RfC was closed with consensus to allow editors to opt-out of seeing "sticky decorative elements". Such elements should now be wrapped in {{sticky decoration wrapper}}. Editors who wish to opt out can follow the instructions at WP:STICKYDECO.
An RfC has resulted in a broad prohibition on the use of AI-generated images in articles. A few common-sense exceptions are recognized.
An Articles for Creation backlog drive is happening in June 2025, with over 1,600 drafts awaiting review from the past two months. In addition to AfC participants, all administrators and new page patrollers can help review using the Yet Another AFC Helper Script, which can be enabled in the Gadgets settings. Sign up here to participate!
This is controversial. Would removing the word here change the meaning significantly? I'd argue not. "Material that could be considered vulgar, obscene, or offensive should not be included unless it is treated in an encyclopedic manner. Offensive material should be used only if its omission would cause the article to be less informative, relevant, or accurate, and no equally suitable alternative is available." Therefore I argue that the content shouldn't be included. 108.160.120.113 (talk) 00:54, 25 June 2025 (UTC)
This isn't controversial from my experience. Unnecessarily placing an image of someone's genitals on the main page is one thing (see WP:F***). But we can't just replace the letters of the word "fuck" with asterisks because some people would be offended by it, especially since we're quoting it. If we're going to include the quote, we have to include the whole thing, uncensored. Nythar (💬-🍀) 00:59, 25 June 2025 (UTC)
Sammi Brie (submissions) with 1,055 round points, mostly from television station articles, including 27 good articles and 9 good topic articles
Everyone who competed in round 3 will advance to round 4 unless they have withdrawn. This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far, while the full scores for round 3 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 4 featured articles, 16 featured lists, 1 featured picture, 9 featured-topic articles, 149 good articles, 27 good-topic articles, and more than 90 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 18 In the News articles, and they have conducted more than 200 reviews.
Remember that any content promoted after 28 June but before the start of Round 4 can be claimed in Round 4. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:49, 29 June 2025 (UTC)
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South Asia (WP:CT/SA) is designated a contentious topic. The topic area is specifically defined as All pages related to the region of South Asia (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal), broadly construed, including but not limited to history, politics, ethnicity, and social groups.
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Hello..I'm having issues with knowing how to move my articles in sandbox to drafts..to create a space for other articles i want to create on sandbox for review...or can i just create them as draft on article wizard..? I am not that bad for a beginner --Blackgirlmighty (talk) 17:33, 9 August 2025 (UTC)
@Blackgirlmighty: You can submit your drafts for review directly from your sandbox; just paste this template at the very top of the page: {{AfC submission}}. If you want to free up your sandbox to use it for other drafts, simply move your current sandbox from User:Blackgirlmighty/sandbox to User:Blackgirlmighty/Koleka_Mlisana and then recreate your sandbox as a new page. Regards, Nythar (💬-🍀) 22:07, 9 August 2025 (UTC)
It is giving me troubles..when I add the template a whole lot of information comes out..and when i click on it..the whole template highlights Blackgirlmighty (talk) 23:15, 9 August 2025 (UTC)
It's supposed to show up as a large rectangle filled with information for the person submitting the article. You have to paste the template at the top and save the page if you want your draft to be added to a category of articles for review. Let me know if you need help with that. Nythar (💬-🍀) 23:19, 9 August 2025 (UTC)
Hi @Lthomp99:, it seems the main (English) article is located at ifm group, all lower. I don't see any reason you can't add it to IFM, and use all lowers in your link. As for the German disambig page and the separate section for caps vs. non-caps (IFM/ifm), that would be a question for the Wikipedians there. - Adolphus79 (talk) 16:42, 13 August 2025 (UTC)
