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Question from Somethingidk123 (23:13, 26 December 2024)

How do I create a wiki article --Somethingidk123 (talk) 23:13, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

@Somethingidk123: Hey there! I'm actually going to point you toward my essay on why you shouldn't start an article just yet. Correctly creating articles on Wikipedia takes a decent amount of experience, and you should try to build up your skills before trying this. I know this isn't quite the answer you wanted to hear, but I hope it's one that helps you grow as a contributor to this great project. Happy editing, and reach out with whatever other questions you may have! Bsoyka (t • c • g) 03:44, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

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Question from Freelancermd (12:36, 2 January 2025)

Hi , I am new in Wikipedia.How can you help me ? --Freelancermd (talk) 12:36, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

@Freelancermd: Hey there! I'm here to help with any questions you may have along the way as you learn to contribute to Wikipedia. To start off, I recommend checking out our getting started page! Bsoyka (t • c • g) 02:54, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

Question from Artichokedance (06:25, 3 January 2025)

Hi Ben - I’m watching a television show starring Jennifer Wigmore and when I went to look her up, realized she didn’t have an entry.

Per IMDB, she has a pretty substantive career. Do you think she warrants an entry and, if so, how do you recommend getting started?

Thank you! --Artichokedance (talk) 06:25, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

@Artichokedance: Hey there! My typical advice is that newcomers shouldn't start an article immediately. Correctly creating articles on Wikipedia takes a decent amount of experience, and you should try to build up your skills before trying this.

If you're really set on this one, though, I'd love to help you do it right. First off, it's important to understand what exactly makes a subject notable for inclusion in Wikipedia. In most cases, you can follow our "general notability guideline" (GNG), which states:

A topic is presumed to be suitable for a stand-alone article or list when it has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject.

That one's the standard rule, but there are also topic-specific guidelines that can help determine notability. For example, our notability guidelines for entertainers can apply here, so I'd recommend looking at those.

Before you start trying to write the article at all, I'd recommend seeing if you can find 2–3 sources/articles that focus primarily on Wigmore and meet the criteria above. A few notes there:

1. We generally don't consider IMDb a reliable source because of its user-generated nature. For more info on that, see WP:IMDB.
2. As with most actors, many sources you'll come across are interviews. Those can be a weird point of contention here—see WP:IV for more details on whether it's appropriate to use them. If possible, I'd recommend trying to find multiple solid sources that aren't interviews first, so that notability is clearly established, then work on incorporating the appropriate content from the interviews later.
3. Don't get discouraged! It's tough to start a new article, even for more experienced contributors. Sometimes, subjects just aren't quite notable enough for an entry here, and that's okay.

Let me know if all that info made no sense—I know it's a lot to take in, but I'd love to help you through it. I'm here for you! Bsoyka (t • c • g) 18:12, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

Question from Leftie0 (18:57, 4 January 2025)

I'm a novel writer I would like to write something pls --Leftie0 (talk) 18:57, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

@Bsoyka Leftie0 (talk) 19:01, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

@Leftie0: Hey there! This is not the place to write a novel. Please see Wikipedia:About for more information on what our goals are here. Bsoyka (t • c • g) 04:36, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

Province BOTREQ

I haven't been able to provoke any discussion, and I don't think there are any reservations, re the suggested case fixes at Wikipedia:Bot requests#Province over-capitalization. Would you be willing to make an RFBA with your bot? Dicklyon (talk) 11:20, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

Hey! I'll add it to my to-do list and try to work on it sometime in the next few days. Sorry for the delay! Bsoyka (t • c • g) 04:38, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

Question from Mykola Denysenkov (17:18, 5 January 2025)

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Congratulations! I am Mykola Denysenkov, my article was removed. Please return my article to my page. --Mykola Denysenkov (talk) 17:18, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

I've replied on my talk page Jimfbleak - talk to me? 20:34, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

FWIW, he ignore all advice and kept posting the same junk to his user page, so now indeffed Jimfbleak - talk to me? 14:18, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

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Question from Issa Azeez Olamilekan (05:19, 6 January 2025)

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Hi , how can I create a page for a website, like of skysports, BBC,CNN and so on , here in wikipedia? --Issa Azeez Olamilekan (talk) 05:19, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

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Question from InfoSeeker19 (17:03, 6 January 2025)

I wanna ask you during editing how to add numbers in superscript --InfoSeeker19 (talk) 17:03, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

@InfoSeeker19: Hey there! See MOS:SUPERSCRIPT for the preferred methods of formatting superscripts. Hope that helps! Bsoyka (t • c • g) 04:49, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

Okay thanks InfoSeeker19 (talk) 16:31, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi I see that you're my wikipedia mentor.

Hey! I see that you're my wikipedia mentor. Any suggestions on things to edit? DMPenguinTheJewishPenguin (talk) 16:44, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

@DMPenguin: Hey! I'd recommend checking out the task center, which has some helpful lists of areas to contribute to. Bsoyka (t • c • g) 17:51, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

Question from Leftie0 (17:50, 7 January 2025)

I want to create my own article. How to write your own article?😲 --Leftie0 (talk) 17:50, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

Bsoyka tens Leftie0 (talk) 17:54, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

@Leftie0: Hey there! I'm actually going to point you toward my essay on why you shouldn't start an article just yet. Correctly creating articles on Wikipedia takes a decent amount of experience, and you should try to build up your skills before trying this. I know this isn't quite the answer you wanted to hear, but I hope it's one that helps you grow as a contributor to this great project. Happy editing, and reach out with whatever other questions you may have! Bsoyka (t • c • g) 17:52, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

Question from LionBenBenny on User:LionBenBenny (02:56, 9 January 2025)

How do I create my user page --LionBenBenny (talk) 02:56, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

@LionBenBenny: Hey there! I've left additional info on your talk page, but please see WP:UPYES for a list of ways to appropriately use your user page. Bsoyka (t • c • g) 17:54, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

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Question from ASRSECP (20:18, 10 January 2025)

Hello! I am having issues with edits that continue to be undone. The reasons provided include "advertisement/promotion" and COIs. I believe I've disclosed the COI and removed any unintentional advertisement/promotion, but I caution to publish the changes because I've been warned that my ability to edit will be taken away. --ASRSECP (talk) 20:18, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

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Question from C.J 01Taker (19:59, 18 January 2025)

Am trying to work on my Google knowledge panel --C.J 01Taker (talk) 19:59, 18 January 2025 (UTC)

@C.J 01Taker: Hey there! Wikipedia doesn't directly control Google's Knowledge Panels, so I can't really help you there. Bsoyka (t • c • g) 20:51, 18 January 2025 (UTC)

Question from Adanse Ebipade Adanse on User:Adanse Ebipade Adanse (20:13, 18 January 2025)

How do I create a citation --Adanse Ebipade Adanse (talk) 20:13, 18 January 2025 (UTC)

@Adanse Ebipade Adanse: Hey there! Take a look at WP:REFB—it's a good overview of our citation systems for beginners. Let me know if that helps! Bsoyka (t • c • g) 20:52, 18 January 2025 (UTC)

Picture Post Historical Archive, 1938-1957

Hello! Happy new year, and I hope all is well. Do you by any chance have access to the Gale Picture Post Historical Archive? I am trying to trace the provenance of a photo that has been lost due to the acquisition of the photo archives by multiple parties over just less than a century. You can review the first phase of my search here. Thank you! Viriditas (talk) 19:33, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

@Viriditas: Hey! Unfortunately I don't think I have that one—so sorry about that! Bsoyka (t • c • g) 20:50, 18 January 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for checking! Viriditas (talk) 22:47, 18 January 2025 (UTC)

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Question from Intotheweeds (21:50, 20 January 2025)

I have no idea what I am doing Ben! I am a disabled veteran trying to create a page for Military Broadcast Radio. can you please help me? --Intotheweeds (talk) 21:50, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

Question from Shah941 (11:42, 23 January 2025)

What is Sandbox? --Shah941 (talk) 11:42, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

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Question from Jalaniz1980 on Louis Claude Noisette (00:56, 26 January 2025)

Hello... Eh hem, so how do I make the first move? --Jalaniz1980 (talk) 00:56, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

@Jalaniz1980: Hey there! See our getting started page for a good introduction to how you can contribute here. Bsoyka (t • c • g) 03:32, 2 February 2025 (UTC)

Question from Alex the confused (18:53, 29 January 2025)

Hello, I was wondering how often I should contribute/edit. I feel if I don't do it for a couple days or weeks i'll forget about it completely. --Alex the confused (talk) 18:53, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

@Alex the confused: Hey there! See our getting started page for a good introduction to how you can contribute here. And it's okay not to contribute every day, or even consistently at all. We appreciate any and all help in building this project, no matter how much time you're able to dedicate. Bsoyka (t • c • g) 03:33, 2 February 2025 (UTC)

Question from RosarioGilson (15:36, 1 February 2025)

Hello. I have information regarding the passing of Robert Rummer home developer. I would like to add to his page. Please explain how to make this addition. --RosarioGilson (talk) 15:36, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

@RosarioGilson: Hey there! That really depends on what kind of information you "have." We don't accept original research—only verifiable information from reliable published sources. Bsoyka (t • c • g) 03:33, 2 February 2025 (UTC)

Question from 74mariosonic (00:28, 2 February 2025)

how do I edit?? --74mariosonic (talk) 00:28, 2 February 2025 (UTC)

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Question from SunrayG (03:13, 3 February 2025)

Hi can you help me --SunrayG (talk) 03:13, 3 February 2025 (UTC)

@SunrayG: Hey! That depends on what you need help with—can you elaborate? Bsoyka (t • c • g) 06:52, 3 February 2025 (UTC)

Question from Waterswine (06:20, 3 February 2025)

I want to add “Gulf of America” to the “Gulf of Mexico” site. I don’t want to replace the name, I just want to add it. I think it’s protected or something. What do I do? Also it’s not right that the Persian gulf gets to have “Arabian Gulf” in parentheses. --Waterswine (talk) 06:20, 3 February 2025 (UTC)

@Waterswine: Please see existing discussions on that article's talk page explaining why that won't happen, at least as of now. Wikipedia operates based on community consensus, and the consensus against that change is pretty clear. Bsoyka (t • c • g) 06:55, 3 February 2025 (UTC)

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Question from DomPowNow (13:16, 7 February 2025)

Hi, back in October last year I posted my first article around an "authenticated" internet, but at that time I hide it, because I need to consider that it is not obviously linked to the company I work for. Now I have taken the next step and last week posted on LinkedIn and it caught pretty much interest. What is novel, and where one possibly need a Wiki article, is that it is based on government provides Digital Identities. The thing, as described in the article, it is voluntary, and the use is decentralized, i.e. how it works with physical IDs. I now also posted an article related to the deadlock around CSMA and the not so good idea to legislate backdoors in WhatsApp etc. Protection of children has been the goal all the time, but I think we need an Wiki article on "authenticated" internet. And as I write in the article, one is free to use todays internet, be on darkweb, it is just that we should consider to carve out a place where children, but also others, can be more safe. Is this worth a Wiki article? Thanks in advance --DomPowNow (talk) 13:16, 7 February 2025 (UTC)

Question from البروفيسور رحيم محمد الساعدي (21:40, 7 February 2025)

مرحبا كيف يمكنني اضافة صورة لي او اضافة مقالاتي --البروفيسور رحيم محمد الساعدي (talk) 21:40, 7 February 2025 (UTC)

Question from General Wait-And-See (14:15, 8 February 2025)

Hello, Bsoyka I wanted to ask what I have found conflicting information in the article about St. John Bosco, I have studied in a school in his name and one year they gave us all Memorias regarding his history and the history of our school, in my school Memoria it is said that he had a dream or a 'vision' that made him pursue his future goal of helping and becoming a priest, but you can see that in the article it is not mentioned, and I also wanted to ask how do I cite this old tattered book as my source? I do not trust it for no source is given in the book hell it probably wasn't even registered it was just given. Currently scouring the internet for answers thank you very much for your help and uhm p.s English is my second language so please if you have the time try to correct if I said something wrong. --General Wait-And-See (talk) 14:15, 8 February 2025 (UTC)

Question from ILikeDrawing (01:07, 12 February 2025)

Hey my name is Gail and i have no clue of how to edit --ILikeDrawing (talk) 01:08, 12 February 2025 (UTC)

Question from Ajtallone (19:17, 14 February 2025)

Hi Ben! When should I use titles for individuals, such as Dr. for a research PhD or Sir for a knighted person?

Additionally, how and when can I add a [citation needed] comment on articles when there is a claim made?

Thanks for being my mentor? --Ajtallone (talk) 19:17, 14 February 2025 (UTC)

More "xxx in the NFL Draft" case errors in templates

I failed to notice that a lot of links to these moved articles were in templates. See this search. Can you apply your bot to downcasing "Draft" in those several hundred? Dicklyon (talk) 10:13, 15 February 2025 (UTC)

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Question from Rajakovuru (14:43, 16 February 2025)

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Question from Rajakovuru (16:02, 16 February 2025)

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Question from Rajakovuru (05:03, 17 February 2025)

ਰਾ ਸਮਾਲ ਫਰਾਈ റാ ചെറിയ ഫ്രൈ ରା ସ୍ମଲ୍ ଫ୍ରାଏRa tamai falai Ра кичик къавурма . रा चिग्वःगु पुकेगु Ra ᒥᑭᑦᑐᖅ ᐆᑦᑎᔪᖅ राजाकोवुरु २. രാജകോവുരു রাজাকোভুরু ராஜ்கோவுரு राजकोवूरू راجکوورو raja看哦vu如 ら雑魚ゔるರಾಜಕೋವೂರು --Rajakovuru (talk) 05:03, 17 February 2025 (UTC)

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രാജകോവുരുराजाकोवुरुراجکوورو ਰਾਜਾਕੋਵਰੁ. Има малих риба.ಸಣ್ಣ ಮೀನುಗಳಿವೆ. రాజకోవూరు 拉贾库鲁 --Rajakovuru (talk) 06:21, 17 February 2025 (UTC)

Question from Chibundu Eliyahu (13:31, 18 February 2025)

Hello how do i create a citation? --Chibundu Eliyahu (talk) 13:31, 18 February 2025 (UTC)

Question from Ravindrajoniboina on User:Ravindrajoniboina/Sample page (05:37, 19 February 2025)

How many days will it take if any content is added?. How can I make my wiki page public?. --Ravindrajoniboina (talk) 05:37, 19 February 2025 (UTC)

Question from Ravindrajoniboina (05:53, 19 February 2025)

Hi, How do I publish my article?. --Ravindrajoniboina (talk) 05:53, 19 February 2025 (UTC)

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Hey, not just editing but I want to create my page and publish it. You can check about me Sarang Gosavi Kashmir and you will see lot of news. How can I do that ? --SarangGosavi (talk) 05:17, 21 February 2025 (UTC)

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hello, how can i create a new page which i have to add in list of magazines ? --Advik105 (talk) 05:16, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

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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:

• Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1,168 round points, mainly from 4 featured articles and 4 good articles on old military history, in addition to an assortment of GA and FA reviews.
• Generalissima (submissions) with 1,095 round points, mainly from 2 FAs, 2 featured lists, 8 GAs, and 16 Did You Know articles mainly on historical topics.
• BeanieFan11 (submissions), with 866 round points from 20 GAs, 23 DYKs, and 2 In the News articles primarily about athletes.
• 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.

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Question from Hashim khan mayar on User talk:Hashim khan mayar (14:20, 28 February 2025)

Hello pls. Publish my article "talk page". I am not finding it in search bar --Hashim khan mayar (talk) 14:20, 28 February 2025 (UTC)

Question from Hashim khan mayar on User talk:Hashim khan mayar (14:21, 28 February 2025)

Plz publish my talk page. I am not finding it in search on Google and Wikipedia search. --Hashim khan mayar (talk) 14:21, 28 February 2025 (UTC)

Question from Karatedudette (02:09, 1 March 2025)

how can i create a page? --Karatedudette (talk) 02:09, 1 March 2025 (UTC)

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How can I publish a personal page here. Thanks --Almodwahi2 (talk) 00:01, 2 March 2025 (UTC)

Guild of Copy Editors 2024 Annual Report

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Administrators' newsletter – March 2025

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2025).

Administrator changes

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• 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.
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Technical news

• 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
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Miscellaneous

• The 2025 appointees for the Ombuds commission are だ＊ぜ, Arcticocean, Ameisenigel, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, Galahad, Nehaoua, Renvoy, Revi C., RoySmith, Teles and Zafer as members, with Vermont serving as steward-observer.
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Hello how can I upload my info --Cláx MÒG (talk) 15:45, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

Question from Shezu Creativity (07:32, 10 March 2025)

Hey How to create text to images --Shezu Creativity (talk) 07:32, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

Question from Nocturnaldesignz (23:03, 10 March 2025)

Hi, I have been trying to get my 10 edits to verify my page. how do i know when an edit has been completed/verified?

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Question from ClauseTechnology (18:33, 13 March 2025)

I hope this finds you well, I am new to editing and I am hoping to create a library of tone reference articles I can work from. Do you have any articles you would recommend that capture the exact tone Wikipedia hopes to provide for all articles? --ClauseTechnology (talk) 18:33, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

Question from Windell Mendoza Maranan (07:05, 17 March 2025)

how can I make a biographical entry about myself --Windell Mendoza Maranan (talk) 07:05, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

Question from Laolatu on User:Laolatu/sandbox (14:40, 17 March 2025)

hello, can you help me to submit an article don't really understand what's the problem --Laolatu (talk) 14:40, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

Question from Defritzed21211 (15:12, 17 March 2025)

Ben: Is there a way to edit an article related to my employer who is an international trade expert? I have examined the rules, but I am not sure of how to remove the stigma of a Wiki paid editing service which apparently did not declare that they received payment for the draft. Am I better off waiting until the draft is deleted, and resubmitting declaring my conflict of interest? Here is the draft. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:Shanker_A._Singham&oldid=1259093379 --Defritzed21211 (talk) 15:12, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

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Question from Zm8n (03:39, 20 March 2025)

Hello! I was wondering how to create a link from one wikipedia page to another via a mobile device. (hyper link) --Zm8n (talk) 03:39, 20 March 2025 (UTC)

Hello @Zm8n. Bsoyka appears to be inactive for a bit, so I'll be answering this. If you are editing with the source code directly, links should look like [[this]] which would appear visually as this. To make a link that directs to an article that's named differently from the text, it would be typed out like [[this|that]] which would appear visually like that. Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 16:29, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

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Gooe morning: I was reviewing a chart of total votes for the 2024 Presidential Election, and it does not "foot." The total on a State row is not the sum of the column entries. I have screen prints and a spreadsheet to show the error, but as it is a chart, do not think this is an easy edit. I created an account, but cannot find my way back to submit the item for consideration. Any thoughts? NumberVerifier (talk) 16:18, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

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Question from Helga62 (23:58, 10 April 2025)

Hi, and thank you in advance for your help. I'm trying to do a simple edit of Luke Hobson's page. I am named as his coach, which is correct, but Luke had Sharon Weiss and Nenad Rodic at Lakeridge Swim Team. The best citation for which there is no conflict whatsoever is our website https://fullcirclenv.com/LAKEWP/ This is the best and only citation available other than the fact that Mr Rodic has been coaching at Lakeridge for over 20 years and was also instrumental in Luke's development. Thank you. --Helga62 (talk) 23:58, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

Hey everyone!

Hello hello to all those who watch/view this page—sorry for leaving you hanging for some time. My first year of college has been quite the adventure, and Wikipedia went on the back burner for a little while. Hoping to jump back in more, although I can't promise a perfect streak of activity—finals are coming up soon-ish! Thank you so much to all those who helped me out, cc @Tarlby above and @Lectonar for changing my mentor settings. 🫶

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Welcome back, and you're welcome. Do want me to change the mentor settings? It seems only admins can do certain things over there. Lectonar (talk) 12:59, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

@Lectonar: All good, I was able to change it myself. Thank you though! Bsoyka (t • c • g) 06:40, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

Welcome back – RL always comes first, and best of luck with exams :) HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 01:09, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

Guild of Copy Editors April 2025 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors April 2025 Newsletter 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. Blitz: 14 editors signed up for our February Copy Editing Blitz. 10 claimed at least one copy-edit and copy-edited 46,749 words in 18 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. Drive: 47 editors signed up for our March Backlog Elimination Drive. 28 claimed at least one copy-edit and copy-edited 479,172 words in 207 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. Blitz: Sign up for our April Copy Editing Blitz, which runs from 13 to 19 April. Barnstars will be awarded here. Progress report: As of 9:45, 12 April 2024 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 89 requests since 1 January 2024, and the backlog stands at 2,264 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, IQR, Miniapolis, Mox Eden and WikiEditor5678910. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

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Question from Octavius899 (10:04, 25 April 2025)

Can you please correct my edit, please, Thank you.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_the_Girl_Who_Has_Everything_(Randall_and_Hopkirk_(Deceased)) --Octavius899 (talk) 10:04, 25 April 2025 (UTC)

WikiCup 2025 May newsletter

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:

• BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,233 round points from 24 good articles, 28 Did you know articles, and one In the news nomination, mainly about athletes and politicians
• Thebiguglyalien (submissions) with 1,127 round points, almost entirely from two high-multiplier featured articles on Black Widow (Natasha Romanova) and Grace Coolidge, in addition to two GAs and two reviews
• 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.

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2025 NFL Draft

Hi Bsoyka, hope you've been doing well. Was your bot still tracking "NFL Draft" overcapitalizations? I notice after the recent 2025 NFL draft that there's a number of links to 2025 NFL Draft. Does this portion of the bot run regularly, or on demand? Thanks in advance. —Bagumba (talk) 17:38, 3 May 2025 (UTC)

@Bagumba: Hey! Yes, that task should still be running daily, although it seems it hasn't made any edits in a while. Looking at a few of those links, I can't see from a quick glance where they actually link to the 2025 page, which is strange. It's also worth noting that the bot won't remove all links to that redirect page, as it avoids making cosmetic edits. For example, the bot won't change [[2025 NFL Draft|2025 NFL draft]] to [[2025 NFL draft]] because there's no real difference to the reader. Bsoyka (t • c • g) 21:45, 3 May 2025 (UTC)

Oops, here's a correct link (the other one was to lowercase). For example, see Mario Williams (wide receiver); it has been linked to "2025 NFL draft" since April 29.—Bagumba (talk) 01:28, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

@Bagumba: Ah, I see what you mean there. I'm not sure why it's not picking that one up! I'm swamped with exams right now, but I'll add it to my to-do list and try to figure it out soon. Bsoyka (t • c • g) 03:46, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

Good luck with your studies. —Bagumba (talk) 04:13, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

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Hi, I noticed your signature popping up again over at WP:RX! I'd been a bit worried when I had noticed you less and less, but it's great to see you back again (though I see I'm a bit late to the party). Hope exams went (or are going) well! ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 01:22, 7 May 2025 (UTC)

@ARandomName123: Really appreciate you saying hi! Exams are going okay, lots of studying going on. Thanks for checking in! Bsoyka (t • c • g) 19:56, 7 May 2025 (UTC)

Books & Bytes – Issue 68

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In this issue we highlight two resource renewals, #EveryBookItsReader, a note about Phabricator, and, as always, a roundup of news and community items related to libraries and digital knowledge.

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How can i start to do editing on wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chvido (talk • contribs) 13:25, 11 May 2025 (UTC)

@Chvido: Hey there, and welcome to Wikipedia! I've shared some standard resources and info on your talk page—let me know if those help! Bsoyka (t • c • g) 17:56, 13 May 2025 (UTC)

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Hi, Ben. We're talking about a change to your bot at Help talk:CS1 errors. I think it will be an easy change (when the bot fixes the URL, please add a little template, too), and it's not an emergency. This can wait until exams are over. Best of luck with your exams. WhatamIdoing (talk) 23:37, 11 May 2025 (UTC)

@WhatamIdoing: Hey! I'll let the discussion on this one play out a bit before looking into implementing this—I have a feeling it'll be a bit controversial as all things are on Wikipedia. I'm also not sure it would be as easy of a change as it may seem. As it is right now, the bot basically works by searching for the Wikipedia Library URLs in plain text (think about your typical find/replace in a text editor). This means it wouldn't know the difference between citation templates, external links, or even plain text URLs in articles, which is great for cleaning up TWL links but would make it a bit tricky to have the bot accurately place the icon by citations.

Also, exams went pretty well, and I'm now done with the school year—thanks for the encouragement! Bsoyka (t • c • g) 18:02, 13 May 2025 (UTC)

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Question from Monica Joyce (18:09, 12 May 2025)

Hi Ben, thank you for your kind interest to help me navigate Wikipedia. I quite don't understand the notability criteria for persons articles. What does the source being independent of the person imply? I need your assistance on this. And what can I do if I received a redirect message asking me to improve my article? --Monica Joyce (talk) 18:09, 12 May 2025 (UTC)

@Monica Joyce: Hey there! To share some general info, as mentioned in our notability criteria for people, 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. This means we only write about a subject when multiple other reliable sources have written about them first.

As for the independence part, that simply means if the subject (or someone close to them) writes about themself, that source doesn't count toward establishing notability. For example, if I were to publish an autobiography about myself and my mom wrote another book about me, neither of those would help establish notability for a Wikipedia article about me. Now, that's not to say such sources can't be used at all—they still hold great information in many cases, but they don't show a subject's notability according to our standards.

I hope this helps! If you can link to which draft you're asking about in particular, I might be able to provide more specific guidance. Bsoyka (t • c • g) 18:12, 13 May 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for the clearance. Here is the link to the page which was redirected. what can I do to remove this redirect message? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Nabunya_Nsaale_Kitayimbwa Monica Joyce (talk) 12:11, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

Question from Earth605 (15:02, 15 May 2025)

Hello, mentor! I have already advanced a lot without help, but now I must use some. I want to create a page for Ennea Lata, a species firsst described by E.A. Smith. I'm aware that the article is not an orphan, so I have that.

Let me wrap this up. I don't know how to create a Speciesbox. I tried using the template, but it didn't work.

Thanks! --Earth605 (talk) 15:02, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

Question from Hashim khan mayar (19:48, 29 May 2025)

Hello Ben. I have already submitted the article with a name ATTAULLAH KHAN TORU, and it still has not been published although I have already completed all the terms and conditions. Kindly l, let publish my article for public. Thanks and regards --Hashim khan mayar (talk) 19:48, 29 May 2025 (UTC)

Question from Zackious Maani (05:49, 2 June 2025)

Hello, How do i link my information to google? --Zackious Maani 05:49, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

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• A new feature called Multiblocks will be deployed on English Wikipedia on the week of June 2. See the relevant announcement on the administrators' noticeboard.
• History merges performed using the mergehistory special page are now logged at both the source and destination, rather than just the source as previously, after this RFC and the resolution of T118132.

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User:HouseBlaster submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:

Before one can even think about expanding content, you have to find your sources. User Bsoyka is a name you can find all over the archives of the resource request page, helping connect editors to the sources they need to improve content. (I count 131 "Bsoyka"s at /Archive 174 alone.) He also writes content, on topics as varied as a museum (WP:GLAM!), a gorgeous monument, and a World War II veteran. His bot fixes erroneous links to The Wikipedia Library, making it possible for readers to fact-check our sources for themselves. He helps answer questions from the next generation of Wikipedia editors through the Growth Team's mentorship program. We all know how tricky and demanding it is to get started as an editor, and I am sure his mentees sincerely appreciate his friendly, helpful and constructive demeanor. All in all, I'd say Ben is pretty deserving of a moment in the spotlight. AstonishingTunesAdmirer and TechnoSquirrel69 seconded this nomination.

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Bsoyka

Editor of the Week for the week beginning June 22, 2025

Bsoyka advocates finding sources before one can even think about expanding content. Bsoyka helps connect editors to the sources they need to improve their content at the the resource request page. Check out /Archive 174 for examples. He also writes content, on topics as varied as a museum (WP:GLAM!), a gorgeous monument, and a World War II veteran. His bot fixes erroneous links to The Wikipedia Library, making it possible for readers to fact-check our sources for themselves. He helps answer questions from the next generation of Wikipedia editors through the Growth Team's mentorship program. Getting started as an editor is tricky, and I am sure his mentees sincerely appreciate his friendly, helpful and constructive demeanor. Ben deserves his moment in the spotlight.

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Thanks again for your efforts! Buster7 ^Chat 15:32, 21 June 2025 (UTC)

@HouseBlaster, AstonishingTunesAdmirer, and TechnoSquirrel69:

What a pleasant surprise! I'm truly honored to see that I've been able to positively impact a handful of people around here. With seemingly small contributions like hunting down sources, it can be hard to remember the larger difference that we all make every day. Initiatives like this one help me remember that everything I've done here is all worth it. (So thanks for keeping EOTW running, @Buster7!)

I went back to read the supports on this nomination—thank you for the kind words there, too, however tucked away in the page history they may be!

I know my activity has been a little less consistent lately than I'd like it to be, but definitely consider this editor retained! (and incredibly appreciative!) (and totally only crying a little bit!) Bsoyka (t • c • g) 03:27, 22 June 2025 (UTC)

RL always comes first. But in the meantime, you absolutely deserve it, Ben :) HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 03:57, 22 June 2025 (UTC)

Agree with this, it's most definitely deserved. Sometimes it's seemingly little things that are most impactful. Thank you for your hard work! AstonishingTunesAdmirer ➜ 04:29, 22 June 2025 (UTC)

Two things I must share. 40 years ago my best friend ever passed away. He was a Yellow Lab/Weimaraner mix that my sons named Grover. I hope you can appreciate my pleasure when I saw the Image of Ghost on your talkpage. Also, I'm glad you took the initiative to go back and search for the seconds original entry. I do my best to integrate the seconds into the nomination, but space and duplication are considerations. Best to you. Buster7 ^Chat 17:47, 22 June 2025 (UTC)

Ooh! I just noticed this on my watchlist, huge congratulations! and absolutely deserved! Sohom (talk) 18:00, 22 June 2025 (UTC)

Congrats!

I know I'm a little late, but congrats on becoming Editor of the Week, and thank you again for greeting me all that time ago! I still think of you from time to time, lol. Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 00:03, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2025 July newsletter

The third round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 28 June. This round was again competitive, with three contestants scoring more than 1,000 round points:

• BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,314 round points, mostly from articles about athletes and politicians, including 20 good articles and 48 did you know articles
• Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1,197 round points, mostly from military history articles, including 9 featured topic articles, two featured articles, and four good articles
• Sammi Brie (submissions) with 1,055 round points, mostly from television station articles, including 27 good articles and 9 good topic articles

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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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Books & Bytes – Issue 69

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 69, May–June 2025

In this issue we highlight a new partnership, Citation Watchlist and, as always, a roundup of news and community items related to libraries and digital knowledge.

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Administrator changes

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• Following a talk page discussion, speedy deletion criterion G13 has been amended to remove "Userspace with no content except the article wizard placeholder text."
• WP:Manual of Style/Superscripts and subscripts was upgraded to a guideline following a RfC discussion.

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Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 27

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)

Got anything good? Tell us about your new, improved, old, or messed-up script here!

Featured script

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?
• My prayers have been... answered? DreamRimmer/Search sort is a fork of PrimeHunter/Search sort that makes the 11 portlet links much smaller and nicer to look at.
• 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.

Newly maintained scripts

• Cyberdog958/Superlinks finally fixes the famous Bradv/Superlinks to work with Vector 2022!

WikiTextExpander with a truncated list of default expansions

Scripts++ Newsletter

Improve a script

• Many of our favorite scripts such as Eizen/PageCreator, Eizen/LastEditor, Fred Gandt/userResourceManager and Guarapiranga/search-shortcuts haven't been updated for Vector 2022. You could be the one to change that!
• Elominius/media timer works, but has alien user interface design. Someone could improve it...
• 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.

Requested scripts

We need scripts that...

• 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
• automate starting merge discussions
• ...and many more, all available at Wikipedia:User scripts/Requests

Miscellaneous

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.
• Chaotic Enby/Recent Unblock Highlighter is the #1 WP:ROPE dispensary of the year. Admins exclusive, naturally.
• Chew/HighlightQuotes: Makes all text between double quotes have a yellow background. Shiny.
• Daniel Quinlan/RangeHelper allows you to treat IP ranges as users and calculate the smallest range that contains specific addresses IP.
• Dbeef/C+ allows CheckUsers to generate a {{sock list}} from the Special:CheckUser page. Its checkboxes make this task hassle-free.
• DreamRimmer has been working at it with the state-of-the-art Vue.js mw:Codex UI lately!
  • /CHUHelper and /EFFPRH reply to username-change and edit-filter requests, respectively.
  • /DraftNoCat deactivates the categories on a draft article. Dogs are better, really.

  • 

    EasySubpage

    /EasySubpage (pictured) creates subpages... easily!
  • TBanHelper warns you when your current page's title contains certain namespaces or keywords, sternly.
• DVRTed/multiContribs provides an aggregate view of the contributions of multiple users and a link at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations to automatically activate it with all users in a sockpuppet category.
• Edit7hesadparts/linkColorRandomizer turns your links rainbowy.
• Macaw*/noRefListAlert alerts you when the list of references is missing.
• Polygnotus
  • /DetectPromo is an interesting alternative to the classic Moonythedwarf/extra-unreliable, though of course the word list is somewhat different, you'll see.
  • /DiscussionToolsDrafts gives you a centralized page to see automatically-saved DiscussionTools reply drafts, just like EditRecovery.
  • 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.

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Question from Newinwiki8 (15:50, 2 August 2025)

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Hi i created Kocaeli Health and Technology University but after 6 month (after 3 month indexed in google) the page was not patrolled can you help for this ? --Newinwiki8 (talk) 15:50, 2 August 2025 (UTC)

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Question from Bluemule1 on User talk:Bluemule1 (02:52, 1 August 2025)

Im trying to get that the USNS Big Horn is to be deactivated. Wikipedia is cryptic in how to send info to an editor to get this added . Theres nothing easy about getting legitimate information added by a Wikipedia sanctioned editor to a topic. Im not looking for credit. Im looking for the page to b updated. --Bluemule1 (talk) 02:52, 1 August 2025 (UTC)

@Bluemule1: Hey there! We don't generally have a way to send info to a "Wikipedia-sanctioned editor" because those don't exist. Wikipedia is open for anyone to edit, including you! If you're uninterested or unsure of how to edit the article on your own, you could also bring up the change on its talk page. (Just be sure to share reliable sources to support the changes you propose!) Bsoyka (t • c • g) 17:32, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

Question from Jtttttt (15:46, 31 July 2025)

hey i do have a question about something, there is a important topic on a page that needs to be addressed and this has been discussed for maybe a year or two its about changing a political parties political position i think it is important to address the actually position of all parties on wikipedia and for some reason this has been addressed and agreed by many and its about reform uk political positioning.

i believe like many many others that it should be changed from "right wing" to "right - far right" because of multiple independent sources of major global media (e.g le monde, al jazeera, byline times, dw and the washington post) now consistently classifying the party as far right.

reform uk's policies on immigration, criminal justice, national identity and civil liberties - along with its anti-diversity stance and rhetoric around open borders and crime - are increasingly aligned with far right european populist movements like the AfD and PiS.

in contrast, the conservatives are already placed as centre right - right wing, so leaving reform uk in the same category no longer reflects the ideological gap between them.

id appreciate your advice or input on how to approach this change properly as me and many have been trying to discuss this but are being ignored. also in the archives you can see how many times this has been discussed. thank you --Jtttttt (talk) 15:46, 31 July 2025 (UTC)

@Jtttttt: Hey! Sorry for the late reply, but I think I'm going to let the discussion here continue and stand for itself, particularly as I'm not as knowledgable in this content area. Bsoyka (t • c • g) 17:44, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

Question from RileyRobbins (18:18, 21 July 2025)

Hi! I'm hoping to create two articles, but I have a conflict of interest. Could I ask you for some guidance before I proceed? I've outlined the COI on my user page. Thank you! --RileyRobbins (talk) 18:18, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

@RileyRobbins: Hey there! I apologize for the delayed response here. Thanks for reading up on our COI guidelines! My main advice is to go through the Articles for Creation process, which allows you to draft your articles outside of the main article space before submitting them for review from an experienced editor who can guide you through any issues and publish the article. Bsoyka (t • c • g) 17:48, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

Question from Earth605 (15:02, 22 July 2025)

Hello Bsoyka! I have in my hands a dilemma of great significance. Assuming that I closed the peer review, I need to decide if I nominate Outline of Spain for FL or if I decide to improve the article. I actually don't even know if I can, as I'm listed only as the third contributor of the article. Personally, I consider it does pass the FL criteria, but I am 0% sure of that. When the nomination comes, could you help me get it through? --Earth605 (talk) 15:02, 22 July 2025 (UTC)

@Earth605: Hey there! To be fully honest with you, I'm not intimately familiar with the FL criteria/process, so I probably can't help you much more than you can help yourself. (I'd be figuring it out as I go too!) If you have any more specific concerns you need help with as you're going through the review process though, let me know and I'd be happy to try to lend a hand! Bsoyka (t • c • g) 17:52, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

Question from Thereminwoo (11:27, 25 July 2025)

Hello - how do I remove superfluous entries in "References" - specifically in the Bruce Woolley Page - for example numbers 11-16 are irrelevant. Thank you. --Thereminwoo (talk) 11:27, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

@Thereminwoo: Hey there! On Wikipedia, references are generally defined in the source code of an article alongside the sentence they appear with. For example, when I add a citation here, the reference content appears at the bottom of the article for the viewer, but the actual code for the reference is next to the word here,.

However, I advise you to be careful in removing what you think are irrelevant references. 11-16 on that article, while they may appear generic at first, are actually providing valuable info. For example, reference 11 is used to support the sentence, In 1985, Woolley co-wrote Grace Jones' Slave to the Rhythm., which it does quite well. Bsoyka (t • c • g) 17:57, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

References

Question from Animationiscool (20:31, 4 August 2025)

Uh, sorry but I just created an account. However, my IP address has been doing many edits. --Animationiscool (talk) 20:31, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

Look at my talk page. I'm not new. --Animationiscool (talk) 20:57, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

@Animationiscool: Glad to have you around! I do advise you to read through Wikipedia:Guidance for younger editors when you have a spare moment. Let me know if you ever need any help around here! Bsoyka (t • c • g) 00:09, 5 August 2025 (UTC)