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Harald Malmgren

Greetings: My wording was perhaps inartfully worded, but I would like to send you validated primary documents in which (1) Harald Malmgren himself signed and certified that he was at Harvard only from Sept. 1958 to January 1959 (one semester), then at Oxford until July 1961; and (2) his official vita provided to U.S. Senate in 1976, showing that his Wilson fellowship, whenever it may have initially been awarded, was effectuated many years later. Verbatim from his vita: "In the period March 1975 to April 1976 he was a Fellow of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars at the Smithsonian Institute." I am rusty on the mechanics here so I hope I am following correct procedures to communicate with you. The documents are PDF. I have many other validated government documents that recite Malmgren's educational history and academic credentials, and they are consistent both regarding his brief association with Harvard and on the Wilson matter, I think. FedDoc (talk) 11:57, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

Hi @FedDoc, Thanks for reaching out. We can primarily communicate here if that works. Here's my thoughts:

1. re himself signed and certified that he was at Harvard only from Sept. 1958 to January 1959 (one semester) - we can't use primary sources as reliable ones on Wikipedia. And I think we'd better not use anything Malmgren said about what he did - isn't that what got us into this mess in the first place? That being said, he may well have only been at Harvard for a semester (indeed, I suspect that he probably was), but can we find a published source which supports this? The article currently carefully avoids dating how long Malmgren was at Harvard, and only states the years in which he was awarded a Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship (also, see my point #3).
2. I'm quite confident that the cited Oxford University Gazette states he got his DPhil in Feb 1962, and can send you a screenshot confirming this if you want.
3. In the period March 1975 to April 1976 he was a Fellow of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars at the Smithsonian Institute - This is true, but is different from his Wilson Fellowship (which he held from 1957-9, and allowed him to go to Harvard (source). The fellowship he had in the 70s was from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; the one he had in the 50s was from the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Two different orgs. Indeed, we mention the second fellowship in our article already (Malmgren was a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Spring 1975 and 1976)

Does that clarify things, somewhat? Are there any specific changes you would like to propose? Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 14:04, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

There is an explanation where the oxford DPhil conferral date does not necessarily contradict what Malmgren says. He published at least four papers by August 1961, and may have been hired by Cornell on the strength of those papers. "Information, expectations, and the theory of the firm," which contained the main ideas he later wrote up as a thesis, was published in August 1961. This DPhil thesis, in part about Malmgren's own, states that Harald Malmgren submitted his D.Phil. Thesis in Trinity Term [April-June] 1961, and left Oxford for good soon after that (p. 226). So, even though he maybe didn't get his DPhil until 1962, it could have been submitted well before. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 15:12, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

OK, so I found another gazette entry that says he submitted his thesis by July 1961. Then in Michaelmas 1961 he was given leave to supplicate for his degree, basically meaning that he got permission to graduate. It's just that his DPhil wasn't actually conferred until Feb 1962. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 15:24, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

This is very helpful. Clearly, I was confusing the two Wilson organizations. But let me start with the question of documentation. I do believe that the documents the Malmgren signed and certified, under penalty of law, in the early 60s to early 70s, to which I will refer here, are reliable. For example, for starters: Last month I obtained declassification, by expedited procedures, of FBI security-clearance background check reports on Malmgren from 1970 and 1971. These include two SR86 "Security Investigation Data for Sensitive position," completed, signed, and certified under penalty warnings by Malmgren. The FBI uses these in its background-check process. It would have been imprudent in the extreme for Malmgren to lie on these, and I have found nothing on them that flatly conflicts with other verified information from various institutions, although there are a few small anomalies. So I'd like to send you the declassified FBI packet for starters. They are useful in clarifying both his education history and his employment history (although many of the erroneous statements that appears on the Malmgren page, based on his 21st century inventions, have already been cleared out. These are already technically in the public domain since they are embedded in the 20,000-word article published May 20 and linked in Footnote 57, but it takes a drill-down to get to them. FedDoc (talk) 22:20, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

Correction-- the form is SF 57 (Standard Form 57), not "SR57." FedDoc (talk) 22:21, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

The "Security Investigation Data" forms are actually designated SF86, as I said originally. The SF57 is the federal job application of that era, which I will get to later. But I think the SF86s, recently declassified, are the most authoritative, and I would like to send those first. FedDoc (talk) 23:14, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

Here is the entire portion of Harald Malmgren FBI files as declassified last month at my instigation, 33 pages, with only SSN and a small amount of family information redacted.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HZ1fuTFXHZKe6lV7yLjhEMTNWineHYOs/view?usp=sharing FedDoc (talk) 03:54, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

I think the most problematic statement that remains is in the first paragraph, "He was recruited into the federal government by the John F. Kennedy administration." No contemporary evidence has yet surfaced to support this claim. In July 1962 Malmgren went to work for the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA), a defense contractor, headed by Richard Bissell, whom President Kennedy pushed out of the CIA not too long before. Malmgren worked full-time for IDA for 27 months. In the last month of the Kennedy Administration he got a paid-by-hour side gig as an economist-consultant for the State Dept., but he was still a full-time employee of the IDA. So Malmgren was part of the Executive Branch during the Kennedy Administration only for about four weeks and in a very minimal sense.

No evidence has yet surfaced linking Malmgren to Robert McNamara, McGeorge Bundy, or other high-level officials during the Kennedy years. His connection even to Bissell seems to have been pretty marginal. Not until Oct. 1964 did Malmgren become a regular federal employee, as a GS-16 in the trade office.

There is a 1990 monograph by the Center for Public Integrity that contains a short bio of Malmgren that refers to Malmgren in passing as a "whiz kid," but it's pretty clear they just took the bio Malmgren sent in-- the real reporting was the interview that Charles Lewis conducted with Malmgren, which was not about 1962-1963 but about the "revolving door" from the trade-representative office to lucrative lobbying practice.

So I would propose just saying that he came to Washington and soon went to work for IDA. There was a brief association with the RAND Corporation but I don't have any details; perhaps a resting place while an investigation was completed to get him a top-secret clearance for the IDA work. FedDoc (talk) 04:22, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

Yeah, fair enough. I removed the mention of JFK. Better?

Re: the documents, I should be clearer. They aren't suitable for Wikipedia, though I agree they are probably reliable sources for certain information. Wikipedia has a very clear policy that no original research is permissible ("Wikipedia does not publish original thought. All material in Wikipedia must be attributable to a reliable, published source.") The thought here is that if we can't find it in a published source, it probably isn't worth mentioning. But we could use it to help in a search for published sources.

Anyways, do you have other outstanding concerns with the content of the page? Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 05:43, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

I think all of those recent edits are improvements. On a quick scan, there are a couple little things. The education chronology is still not quite right. The most detailed chronology that I have seen of Malmgren's movements between Harvard and two components of Oxford appears on the second page of the declassified 1971 security-clearance questionnaire, and that document actually has been published in full, as visible images, in Appendix A of the article that is already linked as Footnote 55.

The Wikipedia article says "In 1983 he was director of the Atlantic Council of the United States." Many would read to mean that he was "the" director, i.e., the executive director or such. But I have a December 15, 1983 letter on The Atlantic Council of the United States letterhead: Harald Malmgren was listed on the left margin as one of the 103 "directors" listed (not counting 23 additional "honorary directors"). He was not among the 14 names denoting as having some form of executive authority within the organization. Therefore, I think "a director" would more accurately convey his 1983 status with that organization. FedDoc (talk) 13:29, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

Yes, @FedDoc, I think that makes sense and agree with your making that change, thanks. What is wrong with the education chronology? Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 08:36, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

As shown in the documents embedded in the article linked in Footnote 55, his actual trajectory was as follows: Rensselaer from 9/53 to 6/54. Yale, 9/54 to 6/57 (BA awarded). Harvard, 9/58 to 1/59 ("years completed: 1/2"). Oxford, 9/57 to 6/58 and 1/59 to 7/61. The Standard Form 86 certified by Malmgren under penalty of law on August 25, 1971 (displayed in total as images in the article linked as Footnote 55) further refines the Oxford involvements: Queen's College 1957-58; Harvard 1958-59; Queen's College 1959-1959 [that's what it says]; Nuffield College 1959-1961. Whatever the relationship with Harvard, it did not involve doing research at Harvard except perhaps during the period 9/58 to 1/59. FedDoc (talk) 12:05, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

For some reason, every time I look at the article the numbering of the footnotes is different. The material that I am citing about Malmgren's educational chronology is the footnote I currently see as no. 17, Douglas Dean Johnson's article titled "Harald Malmgren: real-world history vs. grandiose fantasy" (May 20, 2025). This is also the source for my most recent edit regarding Malmgren moving the prestigious Galen Stone chair in international trade from Harvard to Cornell and placing himself in it (in 2024 interview; this claim is also found in his local obituary). FedDoc (talk) 13:01, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

So, is there anything about his educational career in our wiki article that is wrong? It seems to me that nothing we say contradicts with this timeline. Maybe there's a few dates missing, to be fair.

I agree that he never held the (nonexistant) Galen Stone chair (I actually emailed Cornell's historian before you published the article to confirm this haha), but do we really need to take the space to disprove this claim? I feel like outside of the 'Claims of knowledge of UFOs, intervention in the Cuban Missile Crisis' section, we should not give any space to Malmgren's inventions. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 13:10, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

Why Galen Stone matters: There are hundreds of thousands of people out there who believe that Harald Malmgren became a JFK White House insider, and in 2024-2025 revealed the truth about a UFO knocked down by a U.S. nuclear test on Oct. 26, 1962. The Cuban Missile Crisis story falls within the same week and is essentially part of the same narrative. All attempts to challenge those fictional claims--for example by making the Malmgren article historically accurate--are viewed by this audience as the work of "censors" and "gatekeepers" who are trying to protect UFO secrets. In contrast, the Galen Stone Chair lie is important precisely because it implicates no purported UFO secrets or any other big conspiracy theory themes. It is a simple lie but a big lie that clearly reveals Malmgren's proclivity for glorifying fabrications on matters that pertain purely to his personal status, in this case in his actual field of economics. The Galen Stone chair at Harvard has existed for a century; it is prestigious in what turned out to be Malmgren's actual career specialty, trade economics. Malmgren's Galen Stone lie is like a third-tier competitive runner who didn't make the Olympic team, but later claimed to have made the team and also won the Silver Medal. Anybody can look it up. Anybody can understand it, and grasp its implications for Malmgren's overall credibility. It is difficult for even a creative conspiracy theorist to invent some elaborate fiction about how there were really two Galen Stone chairs but the all-powerful gatekeepers erased all evidence of the one at Cornell, etc.

The current Harald Malmgren article makes it sound like Malmgren started at Oxford in 1959 and was doing research at Harvard from 1957-59. In reality he started at Oxford in Sept. 1957, and was there continuously until July 1961, except for the period 9/58 to 1/59 (one semester). FedDoc (talk) 17:12, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

I will take a look at the Oxford University Gazette's when I get a chance, and see if we can get a secondary source confirming the dates. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 10:54, 17 June 2025 (UTC)

OK, I think I fixed the oxford dates, thanks. Not sure how to handle Harvard, since I can't find a secondary source beyond the Wilson Fellowship one (which states that he held the fellowship from 1957-9, which could be true even if he was only at Harvard for a semester). Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 14:54, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

Young association footballers

Hi Eddie. Can I bother you for a guideline? You draftified Draft:Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny but there are other articles where the young player has achieved even less, such as Luca Williams-Barnett and Han Willhoft-King. Indeed, I proposed the latter for deletion but the decision was to keep. I am now far from certain what makes a young footballer worthy of a wikipedia page if he/she has not made a first-team appearance, and the sport guidelines don't cover football. Help would be appreciated. Thanks. LenF54 (talk) 15:54, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

I draftified as per the clear consensus at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny. As for a overarching 'rule', I'm not sure. Perhaps Govvy or GiantSnowman (or someone else active in the area) could advise? Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 21:40, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

@LenF54: When we had the NFootball policy it was pretty clear a player had to actually play football to have an article. Regardless of that being gone, it's still evident that a player needs to play top level professional football for an article. The Notability football argument was suppose add strength to GNG on what can be created, but with that out of the way, editors feel its right to add youth and trial players who have never played onto the database? Luca Williams-Barnett and Han Willhoft-King should be in draft space, not in main space. Govvy (talk) 07:46, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

I agree entirely, Govvy, which is why it rankles me so much that the decision was to keep Willhoft-King. There is a particular problem with development squad players representing a club's U21 side in the EFL trophy and having an article created. This is an anomalous situation - the appearance is for the U21s but the competition is also for seniors from League One and Two and someone making their debut for the EFL side in the same match qualifies for an article. I guess I'm being naive in looking for all-encompassing guidelines. LenF54 (talk) 15:44, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

The rule is WP:GNG. GiantSnowman 18:03, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

Closing AfD

I dispute your closure of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Backyard History, it had only three votes - one Keep, and two Delete, even after two re-listings. Two votes (and the nominator) does not seem like a robust discussion or consensus. Fundy Isles Historian - J (talk) 12:28, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

Actually, it was three-one delete (nominator counts as a !vote), and I think the delete !voters had a strong arguments that notability is not established here. You're welcome to take it to WP:DELREV if you disagree. Best, Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 14:38, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

Listed it though I'm not hopeful. Fundy Isles Historian - J (talk) 02:49, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

AfD to Draft Space

Hello, I believe the closure of Kindie Derseh Kassie was incorrect. The subject received significant coverage, but there were clear signs of bias both in the discussion and in the closure itself. For now, could it be userfied to my draft space? I would like to work on it further and add additional sources. Wieditor25 (talk) 15:44, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

Sure, now at User:Wieditor25/Kindie Derseh Kassie. Could you expand on what you feel the " clear signs of bias... in the closure itself" are? I dispute that assertion. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 22:09, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

Review of Atlanta Compromise article?

Hi, I'm the nominator of Silent Parade for FA. The input you provided there was so valuable, I thought I'd ask if you could spend a few minutes glancing at Atlanta Compromise. This is an article I created & got to GA status, and I'm going to nominate it for FA status soon. If you could scan it and let me know what you think, maybe I can address the issues before the FA nomination this time :-) If you want me to create a Peer Review page for it, I can. If you don't have time, no worries, you already did plenty for me on Silent Parade. Noleander (talk) 15:50, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

I would be happy to, yes! It might be a few days before I have the time to sit down and look, but I can have a read through for sure. I'd like to finish my review of Silent Parade first, and have some RL work to deal with as well. Thanks for your work on these important articles :) Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 16:47, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

Hi, @Noleander, I'll have a look at this in the next few days. Sorry about the delay! Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 16:21, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

Thank you so much ... no worries about the delay, we are all volunteers, and any help is appreciated.

I got the Atlanta Compromise article to GA a couple of months ago, and was boldly thinking it was ready for FA. But after you suggested additional sources for the Silent Parade article, I realized that the Atlanta Compromise article might have a similar problem ... and so a week ago, I did a deep search for journal articles related to the Atlanta Compromise, and found several excellent sources, and incorporated them into the article (19 June to 22 June) ... all thanks to you. Noleander (talk) 16:42, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

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DVDA (band)

Hello!

In 2020, there was a deletion discussion on DVDA (band) - here it is. I checked before writing the article in my sandbox, and i think the subject is quite notable. It also has wikipedia pages in 7 languages, i believe. I would be really glad if you could take a look at what i wrote here. Hoping for your fair criticism, it' my first time writing something like this, thank you in advance!

Slavoj22538 (talk) 22:03, 29 June 2025 (UTC)

It’s fine by me to recreate, the other discussion was soft delete, not a strong consensus by any means. I haven’t really taken a close look at the sources but no strong opinion against it. Good luck! Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 01:03, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

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Question from Michael0800 (17:10, 29 June 2025)

At the moment I can only say hello.

I registered to correct some information about a computer game I support since 2001/2002.

We will see what I can do on Wikipedia.

Michael --Michael0800 (talk) 17:10, 29 June 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Michael0800, and Welcome to Wikipedia! Hope you enjoy it around here, and feel free to reach out if any questions crop up. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 13:24, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

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Question from The IG official (07:07, 8 July 2025)

How do I make my music and artist profile visible on Google --The IG official (talk) 07:07, 8 July 2025 (UTC)

Hi, @The IG official, I can't help you with search engine optimization, which is what I think you are really asking about here. If you have any questions about editing Wikipedia, I am happy to help. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 10:58, 8 July 2025 (UTC)

Arab English World Journal

Hi Eddie, hope you're doing alright. Wondering if you've ever heard of the Arab English World Journal. Found a source that I want a single sentence from, but no idea if it's any use. — ImaginesTigers (talk) 15:09, 10 July 2025 (UTC)

Hi @ImaginesTigers, I'm pretty well, thanks, hope you are too. I haven't heard of it but am generally pretty skeptical of these new 'international' journals with seemingly no affiliation. They charge authors $400 to publish, which for me is a red flag. It also seems to be hardly cited by others, further indicative of a lack of quality. I would say this is not a HQRS. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 15:14, 10 July 2025 (UTC)

A classic tell of these journals is that there's only one usable sentence in a given piece, honestly. Thank you! — ImaginesTigers (talk) 15:26, 10 July 2025 (UTC)

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এটি ব্যাবহারের নিয়ম --Atiqulsheikh1 (talk) 15:58, 19 July 2025 (UTC)

Sorry, I only speak English. And only know enough about that language to be of any use. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 19:05, 19 July 2025 (UTC)

Question from Hurleydan13 (18:39, 23 July 2025)

Hi Eddie. Someone created a Wikipedia page about me years ago. Here it is: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Hurley_(author). It's full of wrong information, and doesn't include a lot of information I'd like to add. I also would like to include a photo. I began by changing my birthday and correcting information about my education. But when I tried to replace the information about my career, I couldn't figure out exactly how to use the brackets and parentheses. I also wasn't sure how to create footnotes in order to have supporting documentation. Help! :o) --Hurleydan13 (talk) 18:39, 23 July 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Hurleydan13! I fixed a link for you, and added a citation about the school you went to. Basically, to link to another article, you use two bracket characters (so the text: [[Earth]] would link to the article Earth). To make a reference, use < ref > tags: So <ref>text of the citation</ref> would be a citation: . It is even easier to edit using the Visual Editor, which is just a 'what you see is what you get' interface. You should be able to navigate to that by clicking a button in the top right corner when you are editing.

If you want to upload a photo, it is important that you own the copyright (so a selfie, for instance), not someone else. To do this, click on the following link: commons:Special:UploadWizard.

Finally, while I think it's fine to make edits that fix factual errors, it might be better to propose them on the article talk page, as you have a conflict of interest. Editors are strongly discouraged from editing articles about themselves; see the conflict of interest guideline for more information.

Hopefully this helps, let me know if you need more clarification!

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Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 18:16, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

Soft deletion of Ryushin Handa

Hi Eddie891. You redirected Ryushin Handa when closing Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ryushin Handa. It appears to be have been recreated as Ryushin Handa (artist). I'm not sure of the procedure in these cases, I'm assuming it can't be speedied as {{db-repost}}? Thanks. Tassedethe (talk) 00:27, 14 July 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Tassedethe, missed this! Yeah, G4 wouldn't apply since there wasn't a clear consensus to delete in the first place. It will have to go back to AfD Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 18:17, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

Question from Mattiwikip (15:24, 25 July 2025)

how can i make a page --Mattiwikip (talk) 15:24, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

Hi, @Mattiwikip! I'd recommend using Article wizard, and following the interactive steps there. It's quite easy! Best of luck, Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 15:27, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

July thanks

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Thank you for improving article quality in July! - Three Ukrainian topics were on the main page today, at least at the beginning, RD and DYK, - see my talk. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:02, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

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Women in Red | August 2025, Vol 11, Issue 8, Nos. 326, 327, 344, 345, 346 Online events: New: Alphabet run O & P | Indigenous women | Film and stage Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music Announcements: Wikipedia:Developing Countries WikiContest runs 1 July 2025 until 30 September 2025 Tip of the month: Read the essay Determining Native American and Indigenous Canadian identities to understand the criteria for status as Native American or Indigenous Canadian Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest

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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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Thanks Eddie for the support would definitely ping you if i face any difficulty --Lancegoa (talk) 19:57, 6 August 2025 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – August 2025

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

Administrator changes

• CoconutOctopus
• Curbon7
• Hinnk
• Jlwoodwa
• Kj cheetham
• KylieTastic
• Ser!
• Smasongarrison
• UndercoverClassicist

• Bbb23
• Beeblebrox
• David Gerard
• Oleg Alexandrov
• Satori Son

CheckUser changes

• Alison
• Bradv
• Joe Roe
• RickinBaltimore
• ST47

Oversight changes

• Bradv
• RickinBaltimore

Guideline and policy news

• Following a request for comment, a new speedy deletion criterion, G15, has been enacted. It applies to pages generated by a large language model (LLM) without human review.
• Following a request for comment, there is a new policy outlining the granting of permissions to view the IP addresses of temporary accounts. Temporary account deployment on the English Wikipedia is currently scheduled for September 2025, and editors can request access to the permission ahead of time. Admins are encouraged to keep an eye on the request page; there will likely be a flood of editors requesting the permission when they realize they can no longer see IP addresses.

Technical news

• Administrators can now restrict the "Add a Link" feature to newcomers. The "Add a Link" Structured Task helps new account holders get started with editing. Administrators can configure this setting in the Community Configuration page.

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Indian military history has been closed.
  • 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.
  • The contentious topic designations for Sri Lanka (SL) and India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan (IPA) are folded into this new contentious topic.
  • The community-authorized general sanctions regarding South Asian social groups (GS/CASTE) are rescinded and folded into this new contentious topic.
• The arbitration case Article titles and capitalisation 2 has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case closed on 31 July.
• The arbitration case Transgender healthcare and people has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case will close on 11 August.

Miscellaneous

• Wikimania 2025 is happening in Nairobi, Kenya, and online from August 6 to August 9. This year marks 20 years of Wikimania. Interested users can join the online event. Registration for the virtual event is free and will remain open throughout Wikimania. You can register here now.

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Deletion review for Swiss Democracy (Czech Republic)

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Swiss Democracy (Czech Republic). Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Kroulacek (talk) 18:52, 12 August 2025 (UTC)

Question from Kletland11 (00:20, 25 July 2025)

Hello, please suggest some articles for me to edit. --Kletland11 (talk) 00:20, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Kletland11! What are you interested in? I am sure I can find something in your wheelhouse :). But there are so many articles in need of work that it would help to get a sense of this so we can narrow the field a bit! Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 12:11, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

Computers Kletland11 (talk) 22:03, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

You might be interested in picking some issues from this list of articles related to Computing that are tagged as needing cleanup then! Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 11:43, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

Thanks Kletland11 (talk) 00:44, 13 August 2025 (UTC)

Question from ChueneB (22:22, 10 August 2025)

Hi how do I create a profile and citation? --ChueneB (talk) 22:22, 10 August 2025 (UTC)

Hi @ChueneB, you can follow the WP:ArticleWizard to create an article! To add a citation, use < ref > tags like this: <ref>text of the citation</ref> would be a citation: . It is even easier to edit using the Visual Editor, which is just a 'what you see is what you get' interface. You should be able to navigate to that by clicking a button in the top right corner when you are editing.

References

Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 20:20, 13 August 2025 (UTC)

Question from Icantthinkofaname12312 (16:21, 15 August 2025)

What is the status quo for statements in an article that are uncited? I found one example, and after some searching, couldn't find any supporting reference. Since it was already flagged as "citation needed," should we leave it? Or is it apt to be removed? --Icantthinkofaname12312 (talk) 16:21, 15 August 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Icantthinkofaname12312, if you have looked for a citation and cannot find one, you can probably go ahead and remove it. It's generally worth looking for a citation first, but after, you can just axe the text. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 16:27, 15 August 2025 (UTC)

Question from Joermie30 on St. John's Cathedral (Chiayi) (03:11, 17 August 2025)

Good day sir they have Filipino or English mass and what time ? --Joermie30 (talk) 03:11, 17 August 2025 (UTC)

Question about edits to Harald Malmgren

hello, I'm posting a question in regard to the recent edits to Harald Malmgren's Wikipedia Biography you made. The edits appear to be vindictive and defamatory in nature against the subject individual. The family has been IP blocked from editing the page as well as reporting the edits, I would ask you to please explain your actions in making the recent edits and rectify the changes before we bring it up to the Administrative incidents board. PDCB97 (talk) 00:27, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

I'd be happy to respond to specific concerns you have about changes that I made that you feel to be "vindictive and defamatory", if you could list them for me here. I'm not sure what specific content you have a problem with otherwise. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 01:18, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

Question about editing

Hello I just edited Caroline Kennedy's page. I'm new to Wikipedia and I don't want trouble here. After fixing some links and publishing my edit. On the tag next to the summary it say possible unreferenced addition to BLP, I have no idea what this means. I'm just trying to help that is all. Ienjoyroadtrips (talk) 23:46, 18 August 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Ienjoyroadtrips, you should make sure that you include a reliable source that cites any information you add or change! Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 01:19, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

Thanks very much for your help Eddie891. I really appreciate it, I did put fixed links for the summary/what I fixed. I can continue to do this. It's not a problem at all. I'm used to adding in the summaries section, what I fixed/updated. Ienjoyroadtrips (talk) 01:28, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

Sounds good, let me know if you need any other help! Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 01:29, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

Thanks very much for your help and time today Eddie891. If I have anymore questions I will message you. Ienjoyroadtrips (talk) 01:34, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

Question from ThinkInfluence (03:26, 20 August 2025)

Hi Eddie I want to create a page. Where do I start? --ThinkInfluence (talk) 03:26, 20 August 2025 (UTC)

Hi @ThinkInfluence! It's pretty easy! You can just follow the buttons at WP:Article Wizard, and it will create a draft article that you can work on :) Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 11:48, 23 August 2025 (UTC)

Question from AlfredAvio (09:42, 22 August 2025)

Hello Eddy, Happy to join the club. My interest is primarily aviation history and I have come across some citations and so on that need editing. I would like to begin with adding a picture to the DH89 Tiger Moth file and would like to get a few pointers how to do this. Could you help me? Alfred --AlfredAvio (talk) 09:42, 22 August 2025 (UTC)

Hey @AlfredAvio, great to meet you! You can definitely upload an image, but because of the copyright requirements of Wikimedia (that the images have to be freely usable), you can only upload an image that you hold the copyright to. Probably that means an image you took. If you have one of those that you want to upload here, it's pretty easy: I would follow the buttons at COMMONS:Special:UploadWizard Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 11:50, 23 August 2025 (UTC)

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New pages patrol September 2025 Backlog drive

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The Bugle: Issue 232, August 2025

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 looks at four works spanning ancient to modern times Timeline: This month in military history

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WikiCup 2025 September newsletter

The fourth round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 29 August. The penultimate round saw three contestants score more than 800 points:

• BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,175 round points, mainly from sports-related articles, including 17 good articles, 27 did you know articles, and 9 in the news articles
• Arconning (submissions) with 1,090 round points, mainly from articles about athletes and politicians, including a featured article on Philippines at the 1924 Summer Olympics, 9 good articles, 28 did you know articles, and a wide assortment of featured and good article reviews
• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) with 854 round points, mostly from a high-scoring featured article on the Indian leader Rani of Jhansi and two good articles, in addition to 13 featured and good article reviews

Everyone who competed in Round 4 will advance to Round 5 unless they have withdrawn. This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far, while the full scores for Round 4 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 9 featured articles, 12 featured lists, 98 good articles, 9 good topic articles, more than 150 reviews, nearly 100 did you know articles, and 18 in the news articles.

In advance of the fifth and final round, the judges would like to thank every contestant for their hard work. As a reminder, any content promoted after 29 August but before the start of Round 5 can be claimed in Round 5. In addition, note that Round 5 will end on 31 October at 23:59 UTC. Awards at the end of Round 5 will be distributed based on who has the most tournament points over all five rounds, and special awards will be distributed based on high performance in particular areas of content creation (e.g., most featured articles in a single round).

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 – Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), Frostly (talk · contribs), Guerillero (talk · contribs) and Lee Vilenski (talk · contribs) – are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck!

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August thanks

story · music · places

Thank you for improving article quality in August, with a story about a children's writer - check out video of book introduction ;) -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:20, 20 August 2025 (UTC)

Check out my talk for an Independence day, or: the pic of Oksana Lyniv was taken on 24 August. There's listening and reading in today's story, and I like both. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:06, 24 August 2025 (UTC)

On top of my talk: birthday of a great violinist and Requiem for a great friend. We sang Paradisi gloria from the Stabat Mater in the end. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:36, 31 August 2025 (UTC)

Women in Red September 2025

Women in Red | September 2025, Vol 11, Issue 9, Nos. 326, 327, 347, 348, 349 Recognized as the most successful topic-based WikiProject by human changes. Online events: New: Alphabet run Q & R | Women writers & their works | Microstates Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music Announcements: Wikipedia:Developing Countries WikiContest runs 1 July 2025 until 30 September 2025 Tip of the Month: Researching historical women writers who used pseudonyms requires careful investigation across multiple sources, as many women adopted pen names to avoid gender bias and judgment (e.g., being labeled a bluestocking) and, ultimately, to get published. Progress ("moving the needle"): The WikiProject Women in Red homepage is usually updated weekly, using the Humaniki tool. Sadly, Humaniki has been out of action since 23 June. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest

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Nomination for WikiProject Military history coordinators is now open!

Nominations for the upcoming Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history coordinator election have opened. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting will commence on 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:02, 1 September 2025 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2025

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

Administrator changes

Euryalus

• Admrboltz
• FloNight
• Floquenbeam
• Ganeshk
• JesseW
• Night Gyr
• Nixdorf

Interface administrator changes

Ragesoss

CheckUser changes

AmandaNP

SQL

Oversight changes

AmandaNP

Guideline and policy news

• An RfC is open on whether use of emojis with no encyclopedic value in mainspace and draftspace (e.g., at the start of paragraphs or in place of bullet points) should be added as a criterion under G15.

Technical news

• Administrators can now access the Special:BlockedExternalDomains page from the Special:CommunityConfiguration list page. This makes it easier to find. T393240

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Article titles and capitalisation 2 has been closed.
• An RfC is in progress to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the Arbitration Committee election and resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.

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Question from Shazzam61 (05:09, 3 September 2025)

Hi Eddy I was wanting to know how ‘big things’ get added to the Big Things Australia’ page. I started a talk but now I cannot find that talk. Apologies for being quite ignorant in this area. I’m not particular techno savvy. Anyhow I did add some links for big things but didn’t know the process. If you could advise what is required hopefully I can locate this page again and add whatever is needed unless the links are still in the talk I initiated. The Big Things were: Big Teapot - https://3556magazine.com.au/2019/08/28/teapot-cottage-garden/ Big Lotus Flower - Bendigo https://www.brownsigns.net.au/place/big-things/big-lotus-flower-bendigo/ Big Emus - https://landofthebigs.com/the-big-emus-strathfieldsaye-vic/ Big Kingfisher https://landofthebigs.com/the-big-emus-strathfieldsaye-vic/ Big Murray cod https://sheppandgv.com.au/listing/arcadia-native-fish-hatchery-visitor-centre--giant-murray-cod-1215 Thankyou in advance --Shazzam61 (talk) 05:09, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Shazzam61, that's a great question! It looks to me like you can just go ahead and add the items yourself as long as you have a source with them. Do you need help figuring out how to format the additions? The message you sent to a talk page was Wikipedia_talk:Edit_Request_Wizard#Big_Things_Australia. Do let me know if you have any other questions. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 16:49, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

Is this something you could do for me? I really have no idea what I’m doing and would rather someone with experience do it properly as I have no idea of requirements, processes, rules etc. (I got lost just adding the original talk and then couldn’t locate it)!!!! Hoping you may be able to assist. Thankyou Shazzam61 (talk) 06:46, 6 September 2025 (UTC)

Unfortunately I just don't have the time to do this right now, but I pasted the list on the article talk page. I would recommend not being afraid of making a mistake- the best way to learn is by trying yourself! Cheers, Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 22:55, 6 September 2025 (UTC)

Ok thanks Ill give it a go and contact you if I get stuck. Cheers 61.68.246.133 (talk) 04:37, 7 September 2025 (UTC)

Question from Halluinium (21:47, 7 September 2025)

Hello, nice to meet you. I was interested in learning how to make edits. I was taking the introduction module to learn this process with difficulty valued "Easy" & "Medium" edit tasks, & got edit banned from user XXBlackburnXx for 2 years. Im unsure what promted this ban. If usage of a VPN while making an edit promted this, it will be deactivated before making edits in the future. I would like to be be able to practice make edits to topics i am informed about regarding nature & geography. Is there a way I can appeal? Thank you, -Hal-Halluinium (talk) 21:47, 7 September 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Halluinium, you can definitely request an unblock. I'm trying to figure out what account you were talking about. What is the name of the account which was banned? Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 14:03, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

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Question from The way approach on User talk:The way approach (22:24, 10 September 2025)

Hi I want to publish an article. I have edit the text and now i want to publis it. How?

The Way Approach

The Sätt Approach --The way approach (talk) 22:24, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

Cite Unseen September 2025 updates

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Question from The way approach (14:03, 11 September 2025)

Hi Which steps should I take to publish an article? I have checked that there is no one else. Best regards/B --The way approach (talk) 14:03, 11 September 2025 (UTC)

Hi @The way approach, if you want to publish an article, I would recommend creating it as a draft (through the ArticleWizard), and then you can submit it for review. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 18:16, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

Women in Green's 9th Edit-a-thon

Hello Eddie891:

WikiProject Women in Green is holding a month-long Good Article Editathon event in October 2025!

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Question from Xor19nemr16 (18:25, 22 September 2025)

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Hi! How do I change an image on a Wikipedia page? I believe my account has been up for more than 4 days and I've made more than 10 edits, but when I try to upload an image, it's saying I'm not a confirmed or autoconfirmed user, so don't have the correct permissions. --Xor19nemr16 (talk) 18:25, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Xor19nemr16, I would suggest waiting several more hours, as the system may not have automatically updated it yet. You created your account four days ago, but the hour may not have struck yet. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 19:35, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

Gotcha - thank you! Xor19nemr16 (talk) 20:17, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

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Question from Gar Hugo (19:53, 26 September 2025)

I’m trying to publish an article on myself I need help finding the visual editor which is the article wizard --Gar Hugo (talk) 19:53, 26 September 2025 (UTC)

Hi, @Gar Hugo, I would advise against writing a autobiography of yourself, for all of the reasons which are outlined in the earlier-linked article. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 16:00, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

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where do i go to start my new article --Scarletpuppy2000 (talk) 02:33, 6 October 2025 (UTC)

Question from Wisdomedia (21:25, 3 October 2025)

Hello, I just published a draft. Kindly assist with the review. Thank you --Wisdomedia (talk) 21:25, 3 October 2025 (UTC)

Hi, I tend not to review articles upon request. It will have to go through the normal review process. I am happy to answer any questions you may have about editing, however! Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 14:07, 6 October 2025 (UTC)

Question from Scarletpuppy2000 (02:48, 6 October 2025)

nevermind i found it --Scarletpuppy2000 (talk) 02:48, 6 October 2025 (UTC)

Glad to hear it! Let me know if there is anything else I can help you with, @Scarletpuppy2000! Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 14:07, 6 October 2025 (UTC)

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Question from Movsum.Mirzazada (06:21, 27 October 2025)

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Hello,

I would like to create a biographical Wikipedia article about myself, Movsum Mirzazada (Mimo) — actor, award winner, and founder of Mimo’s Collective.

I already have reliable third-party sources, including press coverage, film festival awards, IMDb credits, and verified social profiles.

I understand Wikipedia requires neutral tone and notability. Could you please guide me:

What exactly should I prepare from my side (e.g., sources list, draft format)?

Where and how should I submit the draft?

Can this article be created under my name (Movsum.Mirzazada), or do I need someone else to post it?

Also, if you could escalate this to someone experienced with biographies of living persons, I’d appreciate it. Thanks in advance for your help.

— Movsum.Mirzazada --Movsum.Mirzazada (talk) 06:21, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

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Dear Eddie Kindly Review updates and i would appreciate it if you can have a look on my changes and give some advices. As an improvement:

I. Festival Programmes & Awards This section includes official festival pages confirming the actor's participation and any awards won.

1. Cannes Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Cinéastes) 2014

Type: Festival Programme

Citation: "Torn". Quinzaine des Cinéastes, 2014, https://www.quinzaine-cineastes.fr/fr/film/torn. Accessed 28 October 2025.

Summary: The official page for the short film Torn from the 2014 Cannes Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Cinéastes). It explicitly lists the cast ("Avec") and includes "Mir Movsum Mirzazade".

Reliability: High. This is the official primary source from the festival organization, confirming the film's selection and his role in it.

{{cite web}}: Empty citation (help): "Torn". Quinzaine des Cinéastes (in French). 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2025.

2. International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2019

Type: Festival Programme

Citation: "End of Season". International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), 2019, https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2019/films/end-of-season. Accessed 28 October 2025.

Summary: The official IFFR 2019 page for the film End of Season, which won the FIPRESCI Prize at the festival. The page lists the "Principal cast" as "Rasim Jafarov, Zulfiyye Qurbanova, Mir-Mövsüm Mirzazade".

Reliability: High. This is the official primary source from a major international film festival, confirming his principal role in an award-winning feature.

{{cite web}}: Empty citation (help): "End of Season". International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2025.

3. Moscow Premiere International Film Festival (2019) - Best Actor Award

Type: Award Listing (News Report)

Citation: "Азербайджанец признан лучшим на Фестивале кино стран Содружества - ФОТО" Movsum.Mirzazada (talk) 09:32, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Movsum.Mirzazada, sorry for the delay in getting back to you! I would not recommend writing an article on yourself, but if you want to I would recommend using WP:SECONDARY sources with significant coverage. Things like social media profiles or IMDB credits would not count as these. Are there any more signficiant articles, such as reviews in newspapers? If you would like to continue, I would suggest having a read through of WP:AUTOBIO, our policy regarding writing an autobiography.

To create a draft article, you can just follow the steps at the WP:Article Wizard. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 20:55, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

Question from Amayah masud (12:04, 23 October 2025)

PLEASE HOW DO I EDIT ARTICLES --Amayah masud (talk) 12:04, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Amayah masud, anyone can edit articles! You should be able to do so simply by hitting the 'edit' tab in the corner of most articles. Some high visibility articles will be protected, but you can still suggest edits to be made! Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 20:57, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

Question from Rymiya on Draft:Salish Musa Miya (Gashios/Sardaunan GRA) (20:36, 10 October 2025)

Hello, how do I publish an article with images embedded? --Rymiya (talk) 20:36, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Rymiya, super sorry about the delay in responding! To submit a draft for review, simply hit the blue '(re)submit' button! Please let me know if you have any further questions. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 20:58, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

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Hi Eddie891, I am new to Wikipedia but have enjoyed learning how to create content, using wikitext. I have just attempted to publish a new page, which is now in review. Is it ok if I mention you in the talk section of the draft? --CJG247 (talk) 15:10, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Hi @CJG247, I assume that your draft is Draft:Le Boat. It seems to me like you might want to make it read less like a travel brochure. Phrases like "a line designed to offer modern and spacious interiors, large sun decks, and easier handling via new control systems" don't really have encyclopedic relevance. If you think about it, of course a new line would be intended to have better things like this, so why do we need to mention it- what does it really tell us? Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 16:04, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Thank you @Eddie891 I will take your feedback on board and have another look. CJG247 (talk) 04:36, 9 November 2025 (UTC)

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Hello How do I get to do my edit --Bigsmokenation (talk) 16:44, 12 November 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Bigsmokenation, sorry for the delay! You should be able to submit an edit request on the article talk page if the page that you are trying to edit is protected. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 19:26, 27 November 2025 (UTC)

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Hi @Ghy98, you can upload images using the WP:Upload Wizard! Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 19:27, 27 November 2025 (UTC)

Question from Jkcraig51 on Talaiasi Labalaba (03:13, 18 November 2025)

I just looked up Talaiasi Labalaba and the piece ended with this paragraph: "Sergeant Tommy Goodyear, was awarded the Distinguished Service Award for this battle, he was awarded this on his return to Hereford where he is a highly decorated soldier within 22 SAS Regiment." This sounds like bad AI. Why are you using it? --Jkcraig51 (talk) 03:13, 18 November 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Jkcraig51, I guess you are right that some of the wording on WIkipedia leaves something to be desired. But the good news is that you're always welcome to fix poor phrasing yourself! We're always working to improve. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 19:28, 27 November 2025 (UTC)

Question from Heinrich-Emanuel (09:30, 25 November 2025)

Hi Eddie, nice to e-meet you! I am working for Merck KGaA in Darmstadt, and this is the reason for creating this account, because I see that some information about my company is outdated. I want to be very transparent about my background and I am also somewhat familiar with the game rules on Wikipedia (source citations, neutral language). I would be happy if you could support me with questions and guide me through the Wikipedia jungle. I am looking forward to it! --Heinrich-Emanuel (talk) 09:30, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Heinrich-Emanuel, Thanks for reaching out. Happy to try and answer any questions you may have. Thanks for being upfront about your conflict of interest. I will leave a template message on your talk page with some advice. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 19:29, 27 November 2025 (UTC)

Question from Iara95 (12:51, 13 November 2025)

Hello Eddie, pleasure to meet you! I would be very grateful if you could help me with the editing, it's my first Wikipedia article, so I am very enthusiastic to contribute, but also not really experienced. I have some trouble in making evident the link between Art Events and the Venice Biennale. I have various photos of National pavilion stands and publications where they are mentioned as partners or cooperators. Also, I need to underline that the Biennale rules are extremely strict so no-one can mention national pavilions or collateral events as partners, If there is no explicit approval of the national pavilions' committees and the collateral events' managers and curators. So all of the numerous Biennale projects mentioned on the company's website are a part of their real work portfolio (https://art-events.it/en/clients/). I don't how how to attach other materials, like photos, but I would be glad to learn, since after this first article, I would like to proceed with writing about other cultural realities of Italy, like the Glass week, so it would be helpful for me to obtain good publishing skills :) Thank you very much in advance for your help and guidance. Iara --Iara95 (talk) 12:51, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Iara95, sorry about the delay in getting back to you. Could you be a bit more specific about what you would like help with? Adding images to an article? Writing an article? Researching? In general, to make a connection explicit, the best thing to do is to find a source that draws the connection for you. Happy to help answer any questions that I can. Best, Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 19:32, 27 November 2025 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue 235, November 2025

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Women in Red | November 2025, Vol 11, Issue 12, Nos. 326, 327, 355, 356, 357 Recognized as the most active topic-based WikiProject by human changes. Online events: New: Alphabet run X, Y, Z | Food and drink | Women who died in 2025 Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music Announcements: Global Translat-a-thon 2025 06 December 2025 Tip of the Month: Lists of deaths by year is a good resource for the December / January meet-up Women who died in 2025 Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help wanted! Want to apply your skills or learn new ones? Help us plan monthly events, design event logos, come up with a tip-of-the-month, and/or provide any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest

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Voting is now open for military historian of the year and newcomer of the year awards for 2025!

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Women in Red | January 2026, Vol 12, Issue 1, Nos 357, 358, 359, 360 Online events: New: Sports (year-long initiative) | Alphabet run - countries starting with A Continuing: #1day1woman ( year-long initiative) | Women who died in 2025 Announcements from other communities Wikipedia turns 25! Celebrate Wikipedia Day on Jan 15, 2026. Tip of the month: Consider becoming a new page reviewer to help reduce the huge backlog of women's biographies. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest

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The Bugle: Issue 236, December 2025

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hog Farm and Hawkeye7 review five recent releases Timeline: This month in military history

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Welcome to the 2026 WikiCup!

Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2026 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor, we hope the WikiCup will give you a chance to improve your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here, and a bot will set up your submissions page within one day, ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page.

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Question from Rabka49 (07:17, 27 December 2025)

How do I change the spelling on the main title of a profile. I am having a hard time figuring this out. Please advise --Rabka49 (talk) 07:17, 27 December 2025 (UTC)

Hi, @Rabka49, You should be able tojust edit the article by hitting the 'edit' tab in the top right-hand corner. Maybe if you tell me the name you are trying to change I can offer somewhat more specific advice! Best, Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 20:47, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

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Nomination for discussion of Template:COVID-19 pandemic data/Wales medical cases chart

Template:COVID-19 pandemic data/Wales medical cases chart has been nominated for discussion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. WikiCleanerMan (talk) 19:38, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

Question from Hidden9146 (12:56, 14 January 2026)

I m writing true information of actress rashami desai with sources and that Ravensfire account keep deleting all my edits what should i do? Should I delete my account because all my hardwork going waste.. --Hidden9146 (talk) 12:56, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Hidden9146, I’m sorry that can be frustrating! It seems like you might have a connection with the actress? If that’s the case, you probably should let other people update the article instead. To put it another way, if you are connected to the articles subject, how can you ensure that you are writing content in a neutral way? It’s the same reason we wouldn’t want an editor who really doesn’t like someone to write their article. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 16:14, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue 237, January 2026

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 and Peacemaker67 review four books Op-ed: Nick-D on the Stanley Military Cemetery in Hong Kong Timeline: This month in military history

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Women in Red February 2026

Women in Red | February 2026, Vol 12, Issue 2, Nos 358, 359, 361, 362, 363 Online events: New: Alphabet run: countries starting with B | Black Women | Works by women: theatre, opera, music Continuing: #1day1woman ( year-long initiative) | Sports (year-long initiative) Announcements from other communities Join Wikipedia:26 for '26 and create or substantially improve twenty-six Wikipedia articles during the year 2026, at least one for each letter of the English alphabet. Tip of the month: Our redlists are a great resource, but not every redlinked subject is notable. Be sure to research before starting a new article. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest

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Women in Green reviewing drive

Hello Eddie891:

This month, February 2026, WikiProject Women in Green is participating in the February 2026 GAN Backlog Drive, in which we're aiming to review as many outstanding Good Article (GA) nominations about women and women's works as possible. If you want to help out, you can check out the project talk page for a list of nominations in need of review (including some WiG originals). If you haven't reviewed a GA nomination before, be sure to check out the reviewing instructions and guidelines and feel free to ask for a mentor to check your work.

We are also working together with a wikithon hosted on 5 February by Wikimedia UK, which will focus on writing and improving articles about women involved in sustainable development. If you want to join the event, feel free to sign up at the eventbrite page; or if you would be interested in providing a 20-minute assessment and/or a full GA review of the submitted articles in the weeks following, put your name down on the project talk page for updates as the event progresses.

We hope to see you there!

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February music

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Thank you for improving article quality in February! - My story today is again about Percy Grainger (FA by Brian Boulton), this time with a video that surprised me. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:38, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

Today's main page features four biographies I helped to bring there, two women and two men, three opera singers (one pictured) and an actor, - a record for me, I believe ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:49, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

Women in Red - March 2026

Women in Red | March 2026, Vol 12, Issue 3, Nos 358, 359, 364, 365, 366 Online events: March 1-31: Artists & Activists | Artworks by women | Alphabet run: countries starting with C Continuing (year-long initiatives): #1day1woman | Sports Announcements from other communities: Celebrate Women Unreferenced articles backlog drive Wiki Loves Ramadan Tip of the month: Those experiencing difficulties with new articles can follow the guidance in our essays, perhaps starting with our Ten Simple Rules. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest

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The Bugle: Issue 238, February 2026

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7, Hog Farm and Nick-D review four works Op-ed: GGOTCC discusses the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Timeline: This month in military history

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WikiCup 2026 March newsletter

The first round of the 2026 WikiCup ended on 26 February. As some of you may have noticed, good article nomination reviews now receive 10 points, an increase from 5 points in the previous year, as per a consensus at WT:CUP. This point increase has been retroactively applied to all good article reviews for which competitors have claimed points in this round. Peer reviews, which continue to be worth 5 points, are now listed in the same section as featured article candidate reviews, rather than with good article reviews. Everyone who competed in round 1 will advance to round 2 unless they have withdrawn or been banned. No other changes to the round-point system have been made for this year.

Round 1 was competitive. Three contestants scored more than 1,000 round points, and the top 16 contestants all scored more than 300 round points. The following competitors scored more than 800 round points:

• Bgsu98 (submissions) with 1,467 round points, largely gained from 1 featured article, 5 featured lists, 15 good articles, and 42 FAC and GAN reviews;
• Olliefant (submissions) with 1,246 round points, largely from 4 featured lists, 9 good articles, 2 featured topic articles, 4 did you know articles, and 75 FAC and GAN reviews;
• Generalissima (submissions) with 1,095 round points, largely from 3 featured articles, 6 good articles, and 5 did you know articles;
• MCE89 (submissions) with 848 round points, largely from 1 featured article, 8 good articles, 1 did you know article, and 32 FAC and GAN reviews; and
• Rollinginhisgrave (submissions) with 838 round points, largely from 1 featured article, 8 good articles, 1 did you know article, and 14 FAC, GAN, and peer reviews.

The full scores for round 1 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 7 featured articles, 16 featured lists, 2 featured-topic articles, 168 good articles, 13 good-topic articles and more than 50 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 14 In the News articles, and they have conducted nearly 700 reviews. The tournament points table will be updated within the next few days.

Remember that any content promoted after 26 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2. 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) 14:56, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2026

News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2026).

Administrator changes

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• Following an RfC, the web archival service archive.today has been deprecated; links to the site should be removed.
• A request for comment is open to discuss retiring CSD criterion R3 in favour of handling such redirects through RfD.

Arbitration

• Following a motion, remedy 9.1 of the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been amended to limit TenPoundHammer to one XfD nomination or PROD per 24-hour period.
• Following a motion, the Iskandar323 further POV pushing motion has been rescinded.
• The Arbitration Committee has passed a housekeeping motion rescinding a number of outdated remedies and enforcement provisions across multiple legacy cases. In most instances, existing sanctions remain in force and continue to be appealable through the usual processes, while some case-specific remedies were amended or clarified.

Miscellaneous

• Following the 2026 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: A09, AmandaNP, Barras, Count Count, M7, SHB2000, Teles and VIGNERON.
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The Signpost: 10 March 2026

• Interview: Bernadette Meehan, new Wikimedia Foundation CEO
  Part 2.

• News and notes: Security testing unleashes computer worm on Meta-wiki
  Dormant worm awakes; a sketchy archiving site struck; ether burns.

• Special report: What actually happened during the Wikimedia security incident?
  A horrifying exploit took place, which could have had catastrophic and far-reaching consequences if used maliciously; instead, it seems to have happened by accident and was used for childish vandalism. How did this happen, and what did the script actually do?

• In the media: Indonesian government blocks Wikimedia logins; archive site scoured from Wikipedia after owner runs malware
  As well as controversy over LLM translations.

• Recent research: To wiki, perchance to groki
  Comparisons continue.

• Obituary: Madhav Gadgil, Fredrick Brennan, Mark Miller, Chip Berlet
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• Opinion: Interface administrators and trusting trust
  Potential attacks are the logical consequence of giving a group of users unlimited control over JavaScript.

• Technology report: English Wikipedia deprecates archive.today after DDoS against blog, altered content
  After the archive site launched a DDoS campaign against a small blog in January 2026, a request for comment was started, with consensus to deprecate the site used almost 700 thousand times.

• Op-ed: Why is "Trypsin-sensitive photosynthetic activities in chloroplast membranes" cited in "List of tallest buildings in Chicago"?
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• Essay: The pursuit of a button click
  Volunteering for Wikipedia has its rewards. The thank-button, for example.

• In focus: Short descriptions: One year later
  A discussion of the challenge set forth to the Wikipedia community one year ago!

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• Community view: Speaking of planning ...
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• Traffic report: Over the mountain, kissing silver inlaid clouds
  Death and the Winter Olympics.

• Crossword: "It will never happen"
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• Comix: BRIEn't
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Hello, how can I confirm that an article has not been edited with a resent citation --Joshdejosh (talk) 06:08, 21 March 2026 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue 239, March 2026

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 looks at three recent works Timeline: This month in military history

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March thanks

story · music · places

Thank you for improving article quality in March! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:26, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

on Bach's birthday, a story about my joy --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:37, 21 March 2026 (UTC)

Question from Joshdejosh (13:23, 22 March 2026)

Hello, how can I write an article --Joshdejosh (talk) 13:23, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

The Core Contest returns

The Core Contest—Wikipedia's most exciting contest—returns again this year from April 15 to May 31. The goal: to improve vital or other core articles, with a focus on those in the worst state of disrepair. Editing can be done individually, but in the past groups have also successfully competed. There is £300 of prize money divided among editors who provide the "best additive encyclopedic value". Signups are open now. Cheers from the judges, Femke, Casliber, Aza24.

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Women in Red – April 2026

Women in Red | April 2026, Vol 12, Issue 4, Nos 358, 359, 367, 368, 369 Online events: New: Countries starting with D, E and F | Women's Works: Written works | Cascading Women Continuing (year-long initiatives): #1day1woman | Sports Announcements from other communities: CEE women Tip of the month: When creating a new article, take a moment to ensure any notable woman is redlinked. Someone might be inspired to create an article for her. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest

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The Signpost: 31 March 2026

• News and notes: Entirety of Wikinews to be shut down
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• In the media: AI ban, newspapers disrupt archiving; and antisemitism complaints
  Perennial challenges with AI, demographic representation, and attacks from people buying media influence.

• Community view: Videos from WikiConference North America 2025 in NYC
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• Disinformation report: Cleaning up after Jeffrey Epstein, Peter Nygard, and Mohamed Al-Fayed
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• WikiConference report: WikiConference North America 2025 in NYC review
  About the conference series, and this conference particularly.

• Obituary: Dr. Subas Chandra Rout
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• Traffic report: Call in the dogs of war, soldier of fortune
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• Gallery: Canadian Rangers participate in Operation Enduring Encyclopedia
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Administrators' newsletter – April 2026

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2026).

Administrator changes

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• Espresso Addict
• Fenix down
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• GeneralNotability
• NawlinWiki
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Checkuser changes

Giraffer

Oversight changes

Kj cheetham

Giraffer

Guideline and policy news

• The content of Wikipedia:Writing articles with large language models has been updated following a request for comment. It now prohibits using LLMs to generate content, with exceptions for translation and copy-editing.

Arbitration

• Following a motion, the GSCASTE extended-confirmed restriction in the Indian military history case has been narrowed. It now applies to caste-related topics in South Asia, and the preemptive protection remedy has been amended accordingly.
• The arbitration case Pbsouthwood has been closed.
• The arbitration case Maghreb has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case will close on 7 April.

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Request that J. J. McCullough be un-create protected

Hello! I believe that Draft:J. J. McCullough is ready to be moved to mainspace, but cannot move it at the moment as the relevant page was create-protected by you due to repeated recreation in 2020. It would be great to have that lifted so it can be moved to mainspace. Devonian Wombat (talk) 04:09, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Devonian Wombat, that sounds good to me. Without commenting on the subjects notability, I agree that 6 years has been long enough to render repeated recreation concerns moot. I have gone ahead and unprotected. Best, Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 10:56, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue 240, April 2026

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Hawkeye7 and Nick-D look at four works Timeline: This month in military history

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The Signpost: 21 April 2026

• News and notes: Six Serbian Wikipedia editors banned following controversy about political bias
  Plus, new bans for AI-generated content in place, a new drop in active admins, pranks on pranks, May admin election, and other news from the Wikimedia world.

• In the media: Could Wikipedia be involved in Massachusetts' proposed social media ban for minors?
  Another regulate-the-internet attempt casts a wide net.

• Gallery: March equinox
  The progression of seasons in March.

• Traffic report: Time to change my galaxy in case, we outta space!
  What catches the reader's eye? Death and film, per usual, and a loop around the moon per unusual.

• Comix: Of skirts and articles
  When significant coverage is only skin deep.

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April 29: WikiWednesday NYC Salon

April 29: WikiWednesday @ Prime Produce

Prime Produce on W 54th St You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our WikiWednesday Salon at Prime Produce in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, with an online-based participation option also available. No experience of anything at all is required. All are welcome! Featuring this salon, a facilitated discussion on Wikidata, notability, and GLAM! All attendees are subject to Wikimedia NYC's Code of Conduct and Photography Policy. Meeting info: Wednesday, April 29 WikiWednesday @ Prime Produce (optional RSVP on-wiki). 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm (Open Hour) 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (Wiki Salon) (Prime Produce, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan) Also online via Zoom

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New pages patrol May 2026 Backlog drive

May 2026 Backlog Drive | New pages patrol
On 1 May 2026, a one-month backlog drive for New Page Patrol will begin. Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles patrolled. Barnstars will also be granted for re-reviewing articles previously reviewed by other patrollers during the drive. Each review will earn 1 point. Interested in taking part? Sign up here.
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WikiCup 2026 May newsletter

The second round of the 2026 WikiCup ended on 28 April. As a reminder for contestants who just joined or are unaware of recent changes to our round-points system, good article nomination reviews now receive 10 points, an increase from 5 points in the previous year, as per a consensus at WT:CUP. Peer reviews, which continue to be worth 5 points, are now listed in the same section as featured article candidate reviews, rather than with good article reviews. Everyone who competed in round 2 will advance to round 3 unless they have withdrawn or been banned. No other changes to the round-point system have been made for this year.

Round 2 was competitive. Three contestants scored more than 1,000 round points; nine scored over 500; and fourteen scored over 300. The top seven contestants had at least one featured article (two of them with two apiece). The following competitors scored more than 800 round points:

• MCE89 (submissions) with 1,333 points, mainly from good and featured articles about Australian people and geography
• Generalissima (submissions) with 1,169 points, mainly from good and featured articles related to shipping ethics controversy in fanfiction, waterways, and Gu Yanwu
• Bgsu98 (submissions) with 1,149 points, mainly from good articles, featured articles, and featured lists about figure skating, along with many article reviews and two good topics
• Olliefant (submissions) with 830 points, mainly from good and featured articles about television shows, episodes and media, along with nearly four dozen good and featured article reviews
• Gommeh (submissions) with 827 points, mainly from good and featured articles related to Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail

The full scores for round 2 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 12 featured articles, 13 featured lists, 2 featured-topic articles, 106 good articles, 22 good-topic articles and more than 40 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 3 In the News articles, and they have conducted over 200 reviews. The tournament points table has been updated.

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) 14:49, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

Women in Red – May 2026

Women in Red | May 2026, Vol 12, Issue 5, Nos 358, 359, 370, 371, 372 Online events: New: Countries starting with G and H | Women's scientific works | Religion and Spirituality Continuing (year-long initiatives): #1day1woman | Sports Announcements from other communities: Contest: Destubathon of the Americas Tip of the month: Struggling to find scientific works to write about? Start with review articles or textbooks, which may highlight influential studies, theories or methods by women. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest

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April thanks

story · music · places

Thank you for improving article quality in April! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:01, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

Today's story is about one of three bios I brought to today's main page: look and listen, an extraordinary woman in many respects. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:40, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2026

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2026).

Administrator changes

• Deepfriedokra

• EvanProdromou
• Wouterstomp

Interface administrator changes

L235

Chaotic Enby

CheckUser changes

• TheresNoTime
• Versageek

Oversight changes

Moneytrees

Guideline and policy news

Technical news

• Changes to user permissions made from Meta are now included in the local user permissions log (T6055).
• The autoconfirmed user group will soon be modified such that the four-day account age requirement begins when an account makes its first edit (T418484).

Arbitration

• The arbitration case SchroCat has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case closed on 15 April.
• Per a recent motion, appeals of blocks from the conflict-of-interest VRT queue are, by default, appealed on-wiki through the normal unblock process. However, they may be heard by the Committee if COIVRTers disagree on the interpretation of the evidence or believe ArbCom would be better suited to hear the appeal. Administrators are also advised that loosening or lifting such blocks without the consent of someone with access to the queue or ArbCom can be grounds for desysopping.
• Per a recent motion, restrictions issued directly by the Committee may now be enforced with blocks which work exactly like contentious topic blocks.
• The arbitration case Maghreb has been closed.

Miscellaneous

• The May 2026 administrator elections are scheduled to run from April 29 to May 19. The call for candidates ends May 5.
• The 2026 Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election is scheduled to run from April 25 to June 1. Candidacy submissions close on May 10.
• A new noticeboard for non-urgent, batch page protection requests has been created, primarily for the enforcement of contentious topic restrictions.

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