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Question from KyleTheFox18 (18:09, 1 August 2025)
editHi SandDoctor, I am new to editing and made my first edit very recently. It was an addition to the page for "Da Coconut Nut" about the viral video, which I thought could be relevant. Is it okay to cite Reddit and YouTube in cases like these? (i looked up reddit as a source on Wikipedia and it said it was not to be used i think) these were some of the only sources I could find. also, I am worried I gave too much weight to the recent copyright strike on the video. that is major enough to warrant significant elaboration, or might i have given too much weight to it? I am a pretty big newbie alas lol --KyleTheFox18 (talk) 18:09, 1 August 2025 (UTC)
- The edit was reverted (and the reason seems valid) so I assume referencing Reddit or YouTube is unacceptable even when they are the only sources, unacceptable to the same level as original research? KyleTheFox18 (talk) 20:00, 1 August 2025 (UTC)
- @KyleTheFox18: I am sorry that I somehow missed this. I thought that I had responded. Generally they are not considered reliable sources as they are self-published. That page should help explain the caveats around their use. Again, apologies for not responding. I could've sworn I did so I am genuinely surprised... TheSandDoctor Talk 00:43, 3 August 2025 (UTC)
- sorry, I did not see this either! thank you for the response. I will read up on that article. KyleTheFox18 (talk) 19:15, 6 August 2025 (UTC)
- It's alright! I know the feeling haha. I could've sworn I typed out a response the day you messaged but came across this Saturday and didn't see my reply and was like "what?!". I guess I accidentally closed the tab rather than hitting "Reply" or something. Oh well. I hope that helps! If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. I do generally try to get back to folks within a day or two, sometimes sooner. I am rather busy offline these days and we do this in our free time anyway
. I used to have a lot more time like...5-8 years ago. That is when most of my contributions happened. How times change... TheSandDoctor Talk 04:12, 7 August 2025 (UTC)
- It's alright! I know the feeling haha. I could've sworn I typed out a response the day you messaged but came across this Saturday and didn't see my reply and was like "what?!". I guess I accidentally closed the tab rather than hitting "Reply" or something. Oh well. I hope that helps! If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. I do generally try to get back to folks within a day or two, sometimes sooner. I am rather busy offline these days and we do this in our free time anyway
- sorry, I did not see this either! thank you for the response. I will read up on that article. KyleTheFox18 (talk) 19:15, 6 August 2025 (UTC)
- @KyleTheFox18: I am sorry that I somehow missed this. I thought that I had responded. Generally they are not considered reliable sources as they are self-published. That page should help explain the caveats around their use. Again, apologies for not responding. I could've sworn I did so I am genuinely surprised... TheSandDoctor Talk 00:43, 3 August 2025 (UTC)
Tech News: 2025-32
editLatest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Updates for editors
- Editors can now enable the User Info card. This feature adds an icon next to usernames on history pages and similar user-contribution log pages. When you tap or click on the icon, it displays data related to that user account such as the number of edits, reverted edits, blocks, and more. It's part of a broader project to make it easier for moderators to evaluate account trustworthiness. The feature can be enabled in your global preferences, and later this week it will be available in local preferences. [1]
- Everybody is invited to share comments on Collaborative Contributions, a project recently launched by the Connection team. The project aims to create a new way to display the impact of collaborative editing activities (such as edit-a-thons, backlog drives, and WikiProjects) on the wikis. Post your comments on the project talk page. [2]
- Administrators can now define the default block duration for temporary accounts. To do that, they need to create a page named
MediaWiki:Ipb-default-expiry-temporary-accountand use a value defined inMediaWiki:Ipboptions. This allows administrators to easily block temporary accounts for 90 days, which is functionally equivalent to an indefinite block. The advantage of this solution is that it does not clutter Special:BlockList. More documentation is available. [3] 
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Updates for technical contributors
- Gadgets can now include
.vuefiles. This makes it easier to develop modern user interfaces using Vue.js, in particular using Codex, the official design system of Wikimedia. Codex icons can be loaded through the gadget definition. The documentation has examples. For user scripts that use Vue.js, an API module now exists to load Codex icons. [4][5] - Module developers can now use a Lua interface to simplify the preparation of Lua modules for translation on Meta-Wiki. This improvement makes it easier for translators to find and edit module strings without dealing with raw Lua code. It helps prevent mistakes that could break the module during translation. Module developers and translators are invited to watch the demo video, read more about translatable modules to understand how it works, refer to Meta-Wiki's Module:User Wikimedia project for example usage, and share their feedback on how well it addresses the challenges in their workflow. The interface still has some performance issues, so it should not be used in widely used modules yet. [6]
- Developers of external tools that connect to Wikimedia pages must set a user-agent that complies with the user-agent policy. This policy will start to be more strongly enforced in August because of external crawlers that are overusing Wikimedia's resources. Tools that are hosted on Wikimedia's Toolforge or Cloud VPS will not be affected by this for now, but should still set a user-agent. More technical details are available, and related questions are welcome in that task.
- Parsoid Read Views is going to be rolling out to some smaller Wikipedias over the next few weeks, following the successful transition of Wikivoyages and Wiktionaries to Parsoid Read Views. For more information, see the Parsoid/Parser Unification project page. [7]
- Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki
Meetings and events
- Wikimania 2025 will run from August 6–9. The program is available for you to plan which sessions you want to attend. Most sessions will be live-streamed, with exceptions for those that show the "no camera" icon. If you are joining online to watch live-streams and use the interactive features, please register for a free virtual ticket. For example, you may be interested in technical sessions such as:
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Deletion review for Black Menace
editAn editor has asked for a deletion review of Black Menace. 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. Nighfidelity (talk) 15:11, 7 August 2025 (UTC)
- @Nighfidelity: I see that this was closed before I had the chance to respond so replying here to remain accountable, but I just wanted to note that DRV isn't necessary for moving a draft years later to a previously deleted article title where a SALT doesn't apply. While DRV is a listed alternative if a title was salted, the best first choice of venue would probably be WP:RFUP or the salting admin's talk page asking for assistance to promote the draft. TheSandDoctor Talk 05:49, 8 August 2025 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – August 2025
editNews and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2025).
Administrator changes
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.
- South Asia (WP:CT/SA) is designated a contentious topic. The topic area is specifically defined as
- 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.
Question from TriadMagnetics (20:55, 11 August 2025)
editHi,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfbox
I'm not sure how to make this edit, but there is currently false information in this article which emplies that molydenum is no longer used in the manufacture of Triad's A-11J A-12J. Although the material is regulated, it is still very much used. We source our lamination material from Carpenter and you can see the alloy contains molydenum: www.carpentertechnology.com/alloy-finder/hymu-80. So the A-11J and A-12J that we manufacture today are every bit the same as they were pre-1974. Not sure how to correct the information and not appear to be self-promoting. I just want to correct the incorrect information. Thx! --TriadMagnetics (talk) 20:55, 11 August 2025 (UTC)
- @TriadMagnetics: I removed the year as it wasn't supported by the sources present, but I took it as meaning that the original Wolfboxes were what were only made until 1974. TheSandDoctor Talk 03:11, 12 August 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you. 66.173.120.139 (talk) 01:25, 13 August 2025 (UTC)
Tech News: 2025-33
editLatest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Updates for editors
- The WikiEditor toolbar now includes its keyboard shortcuts in the tooltips for its buttons. This will help to improve the discoverability of this feature. [8]
- The Product and Technology Advisory Council published a set of proposed experiments the Wikimedia Foundation can try to improve communication with community. Feedback on the proposals are welcomed until August 22 on this talk page.
- The search bar on the Minerva skin (mobile) has been updated to use the same type-ahead search component that is used on the Vector 2022 skin. There are no changes in search functionality but there are minor visual changes. Specifically, the close-search button has been changed from an "X" to a back arrow. This helps to distinguish it from the other "X" button that is used to clear any text. [9]
- Editors on some wikis will see a new toggle for "Group results by page" on watchlist, related changes, and recent changes pages. This is an A/B experiment that is planned to start on August 11, and will run for 3–6 weeks on the Bengali, Chinese, Czech, French, Greek, Portuguese, and Urdu Wikipedias. The experiment will examine how making this feature more discoverable might affect editors' ability to find the edits they are looking for. [10]
- View all 31 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.
Updates for technical contributors
- The multiwiki datasets of Unicode data have been moved to Category:Unicode Module Datasets on Wikimedia Commons, to follow the idea of "One common data source, multiple local wikis". Most wikis have been updated to use the Commons version. You can ask questions at the talkpage. [11]
- Lua code can add warnings when something is wrong, by using the
mw.addWarning()function. It is now possible to add more than one warning, instead of new warnings replacing old ones. If you maintain a Lua module that used warnings, you should check it still works as expected. [12] - Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki
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Question from WodenEmrys (00:09, 12 August 2025)
editThere is a lot of information, but I literally signed up to add "Acapella Metal" with Van Canto as an example to the genres of metal wiki page. It's missing genres. I wouldn't think adding ACapella Metal to the list would be difficult, but how exactly would I do it? --WodenEmrys (talk) 00:09, 12 August 2025 (UTC)
- @WodenEmrys: Are you talking about adding "Acapella metal" to the "infobox" at the top-right of the Van Canto article? If so, genres linked should have their own articles and, sadly, there is currently no Wikipedia article for "Apacapella metal". It is also preferential to aim for staying general in infobox genres as outlined under the documentation's "genre" heading. The example the documentation gives is to choose "hip hop" over, say, "East Coast hip hop". The fact that the infobox genres cover acapella and power metal probably renders this exercise moot. Are there any other genres that you believe missing? If so, are they already mentioned in the body of the article itself? If not, do you have any sources for them? TheSandDoctor Talk 03:26, 12 August 2025 (UTC)
Hello! I've modified the article on Ashmina Ranjit and believe that the message: 'This article contains wording that promotes the subject in a subjective manner without imparting real information' is no longer needed. Request your advice on whether it can be deleted now. Thank you! --Yennavo (talk) 13:10, 12 August 2025 (UTC)
- @Yennavo: I've looked and agree with you. Thank you for your contributions! I've removed the tag. There is only one tag left to deal with. It can be fixed by finding other articles on Wikipedia where it would be reasonable/suitable to link to the article on Ashmina so that it is no longer an orphaned article (meaning currently no articles link to it). TheSandDoctor Talk 16:08, 12 August 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you @TheSandDoctor! I just realised that I missed linking correctly to the Nepalese Civil War which you fixed. I’ll try to be more thorough next time! Yennavo (talk) 16:34, 12 August 2025 (UTC)
- @Yennavo: And with this edit you've made it no longer an orphaned article. I've removed the last tag on it. Thank you!! TheSandDoctor Talk 12:46, 13 August 2025 (UTC)
- @Yennavo: And with this edit you've made it no longer an orphaned article. I've removed the last tag on it. Thank you!!
- Thank you @TheSandDoctor! I just realised that I missed linking correctly to the Nepalese Civil War which you fixed. I’ll try to be more thorough next time! Yennavo (talk) 16:34, 12 August 2025 (UTC)
chef Patrick Jamon
editHi there,this is AriJamon I hope you have been well, I have the link to the social media page with a great picture of the Chef with the royalties release explained at bottom of page like explained.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DNboU6yRbKi/?igsh=NTUyaTVobTYzZ2kx
I can also send you a picture on email if you would like, thank you for your help and come visit in Costa Rica and try Chefs amazing food Arijamon (talk) 23:57, 16 August 2025 (UTC)
- Hi again Arijamon! It's good to hear from you. Would it be possible to have the photographer (Maria?) use the interactive release generator to email the image file to permissions-commons
wikimedia.org? TheSandDoctor Talk 23:39, 17 August 2025 (UTC)
- Awesome we did the email and waiting on answer for the Wikipedia commons and this is our ticket number [Ticket#2025081810007032] Chef Patrick jamon thank you Arijamon (talk) 00:36, 20 August 2025 (UTC)
How do I correct a statement in an article that I know to be incorrect? --SilverR15 (talk) 19:35, 17 August 2025 (UTC)
- @SilverR15: How do you know it to be incorrect? Do you have reliable sources that back this up? I would recommend completing this interactive tutorial to learn the basics of editing and then you can fix the error or outline it here and I will see if I can help. TheSandDoctor Talk 23:33, 17 August 2025 (UTC)
- The statement in question is in the Article about the film version of Something Wicked This Way Comes, which I worked on while at Disney. Specifically, the sentence in question refers to the substitution of Georges Delerue's film score being due to its being "too dark". It was the opposite. The score wasn't considered dark enough. How do I know this? I was contacted by Tom Wilhite's office about supplying darker choices from my record collection to help temp score the film. I got together with Tom, who brought some of his own recordings, and two people from the sound department, in a booth in their main screening room. Among the composers I had selected were Bela Bartok and Charles Ives. We played the selections intended for specific scenes. Tom. made the picks and after a few hours, we had the main parts of a temp score. So I was not only on the scene, but involved in the process.
- I'm credited with matte painting on that show, and uncredited (though acknowledged on IMDB) with doing production illustration, which consisted of idea sketches I made for Ray Bradbury to structure a new opening. It just so happened that someone knew of my musical background and next thing I knew, I was sitting next to Tom, helping with the temp score. So that's now I know that the information in the article has it backwards. 2600:6C55:7CF0:6740:4846:4F2C:A57A:E99 (talk) 23:52, 17 August 2025 (UTC)
- @SilverR15: Unfortunately personal experience and anecdotes not published elsewhere can't be used on Wikipedia as they are considered original research; we also have no way to verify what you're saying (and explicitly do not want any IDs for legal reasons) without said sources. Wikipedia is built on secondary, reliable sources that are independent of article subjects—with limited exceptions where subjects talk about themselves in ways that are noncontroversial. I went out to try and find sources relating to what you write as the one that was present in the article didn't actually cover that statement and, unfortunately, came across this article in Collider that more or less confirms the content as written, citing Ray Bradbury. ("...Bradbury blamed on Clayton’s editing, Mortimer’s ending, and an aggressively sinister score by Georges Delerue....James Horner furnished a new score on short notice.") I then tried looking in Newspapers.com for period sources in print and didn't find any mention. If you are aware of somewhere where this was published (a book even, for example) please do advise. But otherwise it will stay how it is given that there is now a published source directly backing it up and no other published sources immediately apparent saying otherwise. TheSandDoctor Talk 00:39, 18 August 2025 (UTC)
- Well, thank you for looking. The article says "aggressively sinister" which isn't the same thing as darker in tonal value, and having heard the Delerue, which I loved BTW, were you to compare it to what actually replaced it, I feel that Horner's, stitched together from my clips as well as Tom's, is even more sinister. But as you say, it comes down to published sources, which makes absolute sense.
- I have no way to document what I did with regard to the score. It was a complete surprise when I got that call.
- And Ray, bless him, wouldn't return my sketches for the new opening sequence because he loved the drawings and was concerned that Disney wouldn't return them if he lent them back. I did get xeroxes for the trip we made to Vermont, but those disappeared years ago.
- So I guess the backwards version of events stays in. But now you know...
- At least with TRON, I have documentation and my work on that show is documented in The Making Of TRON.
- Cheers, and thank you! 2600:6C55:7CF0:6740:65E6:2CD6:C67D:EB60 (talk) 01:02, 18 August 2025 (UTC)
- @SilverR15: You raise a good point. I've tweaked the wording. How does this sound? If you would word it differently, I am happy to work with you on refining it, we just need to stick with what's published as far as the underlying facts. "...but his score was removed and replaced on short notice with one by James Horner after concerns were raised about its "aggressively sinister" nature." TheSandDoctor Talk 05:01, 18 August 2025 (UTC)
- Works for me. My objection was with the darkness bit. A direct quote from Ray, since it represents his personal view, is more accurate.
- Thank You!!
- Jesse 2600:6C55:7CF0:6740:E449:9042:8E46:967 (talk) 16:38, 18 August 2025 (UTC)
- @SilverR15: I am glad that I could help. If you notice anything else like that in future that needs fixing or are aware of any others, please don't hesitate to drop by here and let me know. TheSandDoctor Talk 05:33, 19 August 2025 (UTC)
- I will!
- Thank you for your help!
- Jesse 2600:6C55:7CF0:6740:71E3:407E:C1F9:207F (talk) 22:11, 19 August 2025 (UTC)
- @SilverR15: I am glad that I could help. If you notice anything else like that in future that needs fixing or are aware of any others, please don't hesitate to drop by here and let me know. TheSandDoctor Talk 05:33, 19 August 2025 (UTC)
- @SilverR15: You raise a good point. I've tweaked the wording. How does this sound? If you would word it differently, I am happy to work with you on refining it, we just need to stick with what's published as far as the underlying facts. "...but his score was removed and replaced on short notice with one by James Horner after concerns were raised about its "aggressively sinister" nature." TheSandDoctor Talk 05:01, 18 August 2025 (UTC)
- @SilverR15: Unfortunately personal experience and anecdotes not published elsewhere can't be used on Wikipedia as they are considered original research; we also have no way to verify what you're saying (and explicitly do not want any IDs for legal reasons) without said sources. Wikipedia is built on secondary, reliable sources that are independent of article subjects—with limited exceptions where subjects talk about themselves in ways that are noncontroversial. I went out to try and find sources relating to what you write as the one that was present in the article didn't actually cover that statement and, unfortunately, came across this article in Collider that more or less confirms the content as written, citing Ray Bradbury. ("...Bradbury blamed on Clayton’s editing, Mortimer’s ending, and an aggressively sinister score by Georges Delerue....James Horner furnished a new score on short notice.") I then tried looking in Newspapers.com for period sources in print and didn't find any mention. If you are aware of somewhere where this was published (a book even, for example) please do advise. But otherwise it will stay how it is given that there is now a published source directly backing it up and no other published sources immediately apparent saying otherwise. TheSandDoctor Talk 00:39, 18 August 2025 (UTC)
Tech News: 2025-34
editLatest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Updates for editors
- Later this week, people who are logged-in and have the "Discussion tools" Beta Feature enabled will gain the ability to "Thank" individual comments directly from talk pages, rather than needing to navigate to page history. Learn more about this feature. [13]
- An A/B test comparing two versions of the desktop donate link launched on testwiki on 12 August and on English Wikipedia 14 August for 0.1% of logged out users on the desktop site. The experiment will run for three weeks, ending on 12 September. [14]
- An A/A test to measure the baseline for reader retention was launched 12 August using Experimentation Lab. This measures the percentage of users who revisit a wiki after their initial visit over a 14-day period. No visual changes are expected. The experiment will run through 31 August. [15]
- Five new wikis have been created:
- View all 46 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.
Updates for technical contributors
- Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki
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Priscilla Almodovar photo
editHi, TheSandDoctor. I just wanted to thank you for adding the image of Priscilla Almodovar to her Wikipedia article. I had a hard time getting the image approved so I was thrilled to see that it was moved from the Wikimedia Commons to the article so quickly. If you have time, it would be great if you could review a short request I posted on the Talk page about making a minor update to the infobox. If you're otherwise occupied, though, that's totally fine. Thank you again for your help with the image. DMfromFM (talk) 14:28, 21 August 2025 (UTC)
- @DMfromFM: You're most welcome! I've replied to you on that article's talk page. Please reply there and we'll figure this out. TheSandDoctor Talk 04:56, 22 August 2025 (UTC)
Question from Mikedawsonceo (18:48, 22 August 2025)
editHello when was ingen founded --Mikedawsonceo (talk) 18:48, 22 August 2025 (UTC)
- Hi Mikedawsonceo. This is where you can ask questions about editing Wikipedia, sourcing etc. Generally we can't help answer random trivia questions. I am not sure what ingen is as it doesn't appear you're talking of the historical figure. Are you talking about Ingen, Netherlands? If so, appears it's at least 999 years old. TheSandDoctor Talk 15:05, 23 August 2025 (UTC)
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Tech News: 2025-35
editLatest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Updates for editors
Template authors can now use additional CSS properties, since the CSS sanitizer used by TemplateStyles was updated. For example: width: fit-content;ruby-align; relative units such aslh; and custom strings inlist-style-type. These improvements are a Community Wishlist wish. [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]- On large wikis, the default time period to display edits from, within the Special:RecentChanges page, has been changed from 7 days to 1 day. This is part of a performance improvement project. This should have no user-facing impact due to the quantity of edits on these wikis. [31]
- Administrators can now access the Special:BlockedExternalDomains page from the Special:CommunityConfiguration list page. This makes it easier to find. [32]
- Wikimedia Commons videos were not shown in the Videos tab in Google Search. The problem was investigated and reported to Google who have now fixed the issue. [33][34]
- One new wiki has been created: a Wiktionary in Betawi (
wikt:bew:) [35] - View all 39 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.
Updates for technical contributors
- Two fields of the recentchanges database table are being removed.
rc_newandrc_typeare being removed in favor ofrc_source. Queries to these older fields will start to fail starting this week and developers should userc_sourceinstead. These older fields were deprecated over 10 years ago and should not be in use. This is part of work to improve the performance and stability of queries to the recentchanges table. [36] - Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki
In depth
- The latest quarterly Language and Internationalization Newsletter is now available. This edition includes: support for new languages in MediaWiki and translatewiki; the start of the Language Onboarding and Development project to help support the growth of new and small wikis; updates on research projects; and more.
Meetings and events
- The next Language Community Meeting is happening soon, August 29th at 15:00 UTC. This week's meeting will cover: the Avro keyboard developers from Wikimedia Bangladesh, who were recently awarded a national award for their contributions to this keyboard; and other topics.
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(trialing replacing Yapperbot) SodiumBot (botop|talk) 01:30, 26 August 2025 (UTC)
hello I created my first page 2 days ago...how long does it usually take to get published? --Jdinice (talk) 12:41, 27 August 2025 (UTC)
- @Jdinice: You didn't follow the steps to submit it for review, so it is a good thing that you mentioned it here as the answer otherwise would've been that it was probably never reviewed. I've submitted it for review on your behalf but don't have time to go through it in much depth myself at this time. Currently the backlog is around 6+ weeks. However, based on a cursory look I do have potential notability concerns. Merely serving on a school board would not seemingly satisfy WP:POLITICIAN as Mr. Dinice wasn't a state level politician. There also appears to be a lack of sourcing that covers him in-depth specifically that would satisfy WP:GNG or anything that falls under WP:ANYBIO. If you are aware of further sourcing that talks of Mr. Dinice in depth, the next 6-ish weeks would be a good time to find it and add it in, before the review. TheSandDoctor Talk 05:00, 28 August 2025 (UTC)
Question from Sajeda Emad 08 on Wikipedia:WikiProject Anime and manga/Assessment (12:42, 29 August 2025)
editمرحباً كيف حالكم ، كيف اكتب قصه انمي ناروتو عدلت فيها قليلاً --Sajeda Emad 08 (talk) 12:42, 29 August 2025 (UTC)
- Original anime isn't suitable for Wikipedia, Sajeda Emad 08. You additionally are probably looking for the Arabic Wikipedia as all content on the English Wikipedia should be in English, especially articles.
- من المحتمل أيضًا أنك تبحث عن ويكيبيديا العربية حيث أن كل المحتوى على ويكيبيديا الإنجليزية يجب أن يكون باللغة الإنجليزية، وخاصة المقالات. TheSandDoctor Talk 16:02, 30 August 2025 (UTC)
Question from JEISKING TOURS (19:53, 29 August 2025)
editHi, I am so interested in wildlife articles how do I get them to look through and edit types --JEISKING TOURS (talk) 19:53, 29 August 2025 (UTC)
- @JEISKING TOURS: That is a very good question. Perhaps try looking through categories like Category:Wildlife and its sub-categories? Or just pick an article and start clicking through to related ones linked within it. TheSandDoctor Talk 16:04, 30 August 2025 (UTC)
Question from 007Editor of History on Bhairodev Dakav Sonchuri (21:13, 30 August 2025)
editHello sir, I create my first page. Pls can you explain how do I add titles (for eg for page India titles are ETYMOLOGY, HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, REFERENCES) in the page. I want to add the title REFERENCES in my page. Thank you in advance. --007Editor of History (talk) 21:13, 30 August 2025 (UTC)