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Peaceray (talk) 01:32, 7 February 2023 (UTC)
Please stop
I'm not sure if English is a language you are not familiar with, but your copyedits are not improvements. Please stop. Also, stop renaming photo files, because when you do, they don't work anymore. Please take a moment to read some of the links for new editors above. Thank you for your cooperation. Magnolia677 (talk) 00:19, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
- Please be respectful to my work to fix grammar mistakes. Please don't undo my edits without a specific reason written in the edit summary. Thank you for your cooperation. The person who loves reading (talk) 23:53, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
Sorry about the error. Please Forgive me.
 I thought this was my document and I just wanted to experiment something Abdullah Z Islam (talk) 16:38, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
- Please Abdullah Z Islam (talk) 16:39, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
- Welcome to Wikipedia! The person who loves reading (talk) 16:41, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
A kitten for you!

You like kittens.
Abdullah Z Islam (talk) 16:38, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you very much! The person who loves reading (talk) 16:39, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
- Ok Abdullah Z Islam (talk) 16:43, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
- Also I wanted to ask you if you can add a video about this  Abdullah Z Islam (talk) 16:49, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
- I'm sorry, but I'm not sure how to add a video about this. The person who loves reading (talk) 16:52, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
- i guess if you go to youtube you can copy paste the url and aclick insert and put it on there. it should work Abdullah Z Islam (talk) 16:54, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
- I'm sorry, but I can't post videos on Youtube. The person who loves reading (talk) 16:59, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
- Thats fine then Abdullah Z Islam (talk) 17:00, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
-  No not like that like just get one that is already made. Abdullah Z Islam (talk) 17:01, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
- Thats fine then Abdullah Z Islam (talk) 17:00, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
- I'm sorry, but I can't post videos on Youtube. The person who loves reading (talk) 16:59, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
- i guess if you go to youtube you can copy paste the url and aclick insert and put it on there. it should work Abdullah Z Islam (talk) 16:54, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
- I'm sorry, but I'm not sure how to add a video about this. The person who loves reading (talk) 16:52, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
- Also I wanted to ask you if you can add a video about this  Abdullah Z Islam (talk) 16:49, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
- Ok Abdullah Z Islam (talk) 16:43, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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- Thank you very much! Happy editing! The person who loves reading (talk) 22:21, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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| For your immense dedication to reducing the backlog of earliest-tagged articles needing copyedit in the March 2023 backlog elimination drive. Your tenacity has not gone unnoticed. Keep up the great work! - Cheers, KoolKidz112 (hit me up) 01:30, 21 March 2023 (UTC) |
My talk page ...
... if I want I will delete it all. Thank you. 81.101.239.132 (talk) 05:58, 21 March 2023 (UTC)
- OK. The person who loves reading (talk) 15:50, 21 March 2023 (UTC)
Self-trout The person who loves reading (talk) 00:39, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
Rollback granted

Hi The person who loves reading. After reviewing your request, I have enabled rollback on your account. Please keep the following things in mind while using rollback:
- Getting rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle or RedWarn.
- Rollback should be used to revert clear cases of vandalism only, and not good faith edits.
- Rollback should never be used to edit war.
- If abused, rollback rights can be revoked.
- Use common sense.
If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Rollback (even though you're not an admin). I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into trouble or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:13, 22 March 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you very much! I'll use rollback to revert only clear cases of vandalism. The person who loves reading (talk) 17:39, 22 March 2023 (UTC)
Pending changes reviewer granted

Hello. Your account has been granted the "pending changes reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on pages protected by pending changes. The list of articles awaiting review is located at Special:PendingChanges, while the list of articles that have pending changes protection turned on is located at Special:StablePages.
Being granted reviewer rights neither grants you status nor changes how you can edit articles. If you do not want this user right, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time.
See also:
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- Wikipedia:Protection policy#Pending changes protection, the policy determining which pages can be given pending changes protection by administrators.
Extraordinary Writ (talk) 05:49, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks! I will help review pending changes now! The person who loves reading (talk) 15:10, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
Don't restore my talk page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages#Removal_of_comments,_notices,_and_warnings
I Quote: "Policy does not prohibit users, whether registered or unregistered, from removing comments from their own talk pages, although archiving is preferred. If a user removes material from their talk page, it is normally taken to mean that the user has read and is aware of its contents. There is no need to keep them on display, and usually users should not be forced to do so."
Thank you.
58.106.204.79 (talk) 10:51, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
- Sorry about that. The person who loves reading (talk) 15:04, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
Self-trout The person who loves reading (talk) 00:39, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
Edits removed
Why did you remove my edits, the wrong numbers were written, check the citations they provided. And here are the real figures https://www.oocities.org/~dagmawi/History/Ethiopia-Egypt-War.html . Those things gets edited by Ethiopians to make it appear as if it was an equal fight 178.164.236.201 (talk) 15:37, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
- I revert your edits because there are already sources provided for the numbers. However, maybe you're right, but you may need to discuss on the talk page or cite reliable sources for your numbers. The person who loves reading (talk) 15:42, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
- Anyways, thanks for your edits! Happy editing! The person who loves reading (talk) 15:44, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
- Ok please check the citation they provided and tell me if they are the same figures written in the citations. I literally read the sources they provided and copied the figures provided there instead of the made up figure provided by Ethiopians 178.164.236.201 (talk) 15:47, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
- Can you read there own citations and if I’m correct please put back the edits I made because it took me time and I can’t do it again now 178.164.236.201 (talk) 15:54, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
- If you want to change it back, you can just undo my edit. I’ll double check. The person who loves reading (talk) 16:37, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
- You can also add an {{expert needed}} template on the article or the article’s talk page to gain attention from an expert that knows well about this topic. Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia! The person who loves reading (alt) (talk) 16:51, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
- Anyways, thanks for your edits! Happy editing! The person who loves reading (talk) 15:44, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
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Jonny Quest
I added a character to the Jonny Quest (television series) page under "Characters" which you removed without reason. The character appeared in but a single episode (which was named properly in the text). A footnote would not be necessary given the way in which the addition was made. Kindly restore it. Thank you. 159.250.239.206 (talk) 03:31, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
- Sorry about that. I often make mistakes. I'll look carefully next time. Thanks for telling me. By the way, I also help you fix some grammar mistakes that occurs in the paragraph. Happy editing! The person who loves reading (talk) 03:37, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
Self-trout The person who loves reading (talk) 00:39, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
Maud Hobson
I have never added to Wiki before but saw this ladies burial details were missing while researching her. I have just added her to Findagrave.com and Billiongraves.com and Familysearch with GPS photos and sources.
https://billiongraves.com/grave/Maud-Manson-Hobson/84513221 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/251218116/maud-hobson https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GKHF-DPN 51.182.111.192 (talk) 22:39, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
- Welcome contributing to Wikipedia! Thank you for finding sources. You can undo my edit and cite these sources. The person who loves reading (talk) 22:40, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
- Yeah I don't know how to do that. I don't know why you deleted it in the first place.
- Add it if you want leave it if you want. 51.182.111.192 (talk) 22:42, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
- This is because Wikipedia needs editors to cite sources for a statement. This ensures that things added to Wikipedia are true. You can get used to some of Wikipedia policies, such as WP:CITE or WP:RS or WP:V. The person who loves reading (talk) 22:44, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
- I add this to the article. Thanks for your effort! The person who loves reading (talk) 22:55, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
Russian language in Ukraine
Why did you delete my section in the Russian language in Ukraine article about the language after the invasion? I provided sources to all the information that I wrote. If I cited it wrong, then perhaps you can help me with that rather than deleting the entire section. I cited two articles from the Kyiv Post and a RATING poll. Both of these outlets are already used in the article P0tato112 (talk) 01:15, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
Self-whale... for when a trout just isn't enough The person who loves reading (talk) 01:17, 27 March 2023 (UTC)- I'm sorry. This might be the biggest mistake I've made. The person who loves reading (talk) 01:18, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
- Ok no problem but make sure to check next time P0tato112 (talk) 01:20, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
Mistaken reversion of my edit
Hey there!
You reverted an edit I made to the Mill page. I believe your reversion is in error. My source is *the same* as the existing cited source. It is fixing a basic mathematical error -- whose logic is immediately apparent in the very following sentence in the same article. You can also see the same criticism on the talk page by another reviewer in 2014 (!!!). It's pretty egregious that this fairly obvious mathematical mistake has been around for that long, imho. Opaldraggy (talk) 04:32, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
- One alternative solution is to simply delete the mistaken phrase: "The term is sometimes used as one-hundredth of a cent" as it is not supported by any evidence. Opaldraggy (talk) 04:33, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
Self-trout The person who loves reading (talk) 14:27, 27 March 2023 (UTC)- Thank you very much! This sentence isn't supported by any evidence. The person who loves reading (talk) 14:32, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
About the FEU-D edit.
I remove the 2 names from the page, because it's been vandalize. Those 2 names weren't played for the varsity team. I can't believe you restore those names again. 180.191.172.245 (talk) 16:12, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
Self-trout The person who loves reading (talk) 17:12, 27 March 2023 (UTC)- I’m sorry. Thank you for deleting vandalizing content. The person who loves reading (talk) 19:00, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
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- Thank you very much! The person who loves reading (talk) 00:03, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
About the edit I did in Walla!
I changed the world former to current since Benjamin Netanyahu was elected on November 1st, 2022 and was sworn to become prime minister in December 29th, 2022. Can I remove or change the word former in Walla!? 79.178.245.143 (talk) 17:45, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
- This is actually an interesting question. I check some articles, and they have the similar situation here. We don't need to change it because Benjamin Netanyahu was a former prime minister at that time. Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia! You can also put a {{help me}} template on your talk page and volunteers will come and help you. The person who loves reading (talk) 23:47, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
- @79.178.245.143 You can check the Prime Minister (1996-1999) section of Benjamin Netanyahu. Find the first sentence in the second paragraph of the "First term". In 1996, Ehud Olmert was a mayor, but he is actually a former prime minister now. The person who loves reading (talk) 23:52, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
Trouted
Whack!
You've been whacked with a wet trout.
Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.You have been trouted for: being a liberal 45.72.190.122 (talk) 23:15, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
- Oops! That hurts! The person who loves reading (talk) 23:21, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
April 2023
Quick question. What's "not appropriate" about using the American English variant on a Wikipedia.org bio page about an American radio personality? It all seems pretty consistent to me. Thanks. Kire1975 (talk) 07:28, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
Self-trout The person who loves reading (talk) 14:43, 1 April 2023 (UTC)- I'm sorry, but thank you very much for your edit. I undo my edit and place a {{use American English}} template at the top of the article. The person who loves reading (talk) 14:44, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
Revert question
Hi there! I was confused about why this edit was reverted. Thanks, Wikiexplorationandhelping (talk) 16:15, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
- Happy April Fool's Day! The person who loves reading (talk) 16:17, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
Martine Barrat
Hello, Im a personal assistant of Martine Barrat. I'm currently with her and we would like to edit some portions of the Wiki. I can't provide citation because she is the citation. Please let me know what i can do or if i need to talk to someone else. 2603:7000:4E3D:150C:8CAF:28B3:1392:B5E8 (talk) 19:03, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
- It's a hard question. If you're a personal assistant of Martine Barrat, you can't edit the page because of the Wikipedia policy WP:COI. Additionally, Wikipedia has policies and guidelines called Citing sources, Biographies of living persons, Verifiability. It restricts edits on the article Martine Barrat with no citations, because other people might insert wrong information to the article if edits with no citations are allowed. Wikipedia has a very strict rule on editing articles about biographies of living persons, because the impact of wrong information is huge and Wikipedia doesn't want to have a bad influence on people. The person who loves reading (talk) 19:14, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
- There are so many complex policies and guidelines on English Wikipedia, and there are also some global policies on meta-wiki. The person who loves reading (talk) 19:15, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
- You can look at WP:POLICYLIST for a full list of Wikipedia policies and guidelines. Happy editing! The person who loves reading (talk) 19:17, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
- You can also see WP:AUTOPROB. I think that it's helpful. The person who loves reading (talk) 19:19, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
- If you want other more experienced editor to help you, you can try putting a reward on the reward board. You can award editors if they improve your article to B-class, Good Article, A class, and Featured Article. The person who loves reading (talk) 19:24, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
Trouted
Whack!
You've been whacked with a wet trout.
Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.You have been trouted for: YOUR REASON HERE 90.247.101.169 (talk) 20:39, 1 April 2023 (UTC) Why are you such a boring person you could just let me do my aprils fools
- That hurts! The person who loves reading (talk) 20:42, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
- Today is April Fool's Day, but I can't stop reverting edits which aren't very good. Happy editing! The person who loves reading (talk) 20:43, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
U cannot read better than me!
I will have you know that i won a reading competition in my early secondary school days, eat your heart out!😝 BangGut (talk) 03:09, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
- I love reading. You can read faster and better than me because you won a reading competition. I will try to read better and faster, too! The person who loves reading (talk) 15:30, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
- As the old saying goes! "Practice make perfect!" You just continue doing that, and i promise you, you'd be an accomplished "READING CHAMP" like me, one of these fine days, ok buddy!
- P.S: Along with reading, you have to also master the art of writing, this includes knowing all, and knowing where to properly place your abbreviations within your paragraphs body. Having a wide extensive vocabulary, and being cognizant of how to eloquently enunciate with utter clarity, and conviction. In ending, mastering your diction, will leave your recipients yearning for more. The sound of your clear confident voice, would be as "milk & honey" to their naked ears! BangGut (talk) 20:16, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks for telling me! The person who loves reading (talk) 20:17, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
- Don't mention it, my niggums! BangGut (talk) 23:37, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks for telling me! The person who loves reading (talk) 20:17, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
Trouted
Whack!
You've been whacked with a wet trout.
Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.You have been trouted for: Undoing my edit on Mount Tai. As a descendant of that culture, I have a lot of knowledge on this area. It can be considered racism if you are to prevent me from writing bout my culture. Leg Lore (talk) 03:10, 3 April 2023 (UTC)
- I'm sorry to undo your edit on Mount Tai, but there's policies and guidelines on Wikipedia which prevent you from editing like this. The person who loves reading (talk) 03:16, 3 April 2023 (UTC)
- By the way, remember to sign your username using ~~~~. Happy editing! The person who loves reading (talk) 03:18, 3 April 2023 (UTC)
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Octobe Surprise 1980 is fact, not conspiracy theory.
There are plenty of reputable sources to back it up.
Thanks. 99.92.91.57 (talk) 23:06, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
- Your edit is a Wikipedia:Manual of Style violation and there's no source to support it. Even there are sources to back it up and you believe it's correct, you will need to request a move to the correct name and then change it. Happy editing! The person who loves reading (talk) 23:08, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
- Hello, why was I mentioned here? دانيالوه (talk) 11:23, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
- I don't know. The person who loves reading (talk) 14:01, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
- That's an interesting thing! How could it happen? The person who loves reading (talk) 14:04, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
- This is honestly so weird... Im noticing a couple of weird things on my YouTube account too (searches I hadn't done for example), I don't know what to do but I suspect I've been hacked.. دانيالوه (talk) 19:56, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
- My computer also automatically restarted after it was turned off, and said that it was opened unsuccessfully and let me to restart. I clicked restart and the computer just opened again. The person who loves reading (talk) 20:03, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
- I suspect I'm talking to the hacker because this is quite an ungrammatical paragraph of a grammar-maniac user.. دانيالوه (talk) 20:24, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
- You might be talking to the hacker (who knows?) The person who loves reading (talk) 20:29, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
- This is just..not the situation I'm in the mood for right now, look, I come from basically one of the poorest countries in the middle east so don't even bother. دانيالوه (talk) 20:31, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
- You might be talking to the hacker (who knows?) The person who loves reading (talk) 20:29, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
- I suspect I'm talking to the hacker because this is quite an ungrammatical paragraph of a grammar-maniac user.. دانيالوه (talk) 20:24, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
- My computer also automatically restarted after it was turned off, and said that it was opened unsuccessfully and let me to restart. I clicked restart and the computer just opened again. The person who loves reading (talk) 20:03, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
- This is honestly so weird... Im noticing a couple of weird things on my YouTube account too (searches I hadn't done for example), I don't know what to do but I suspect I've been hacked.. دانيالوه (talk) 19:56, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
- Hello, why was I mentioned here? دانيالوه (talk) 11:23, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
March 2023 GOCE drive awards
| The Order of the Superior Scribe of Wikipedia | ||
| This barnstar is awarded to The person who loves reading for copy edits totaling over 80,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE March 2023 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 03:16, 5 April 2023 (UTC) |
| Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Total Articles, 4th Place | ||
| This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to The person who loves reading for copyediting 21 articles during the GOCE March 2023 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 03:16, 5 April 2023 (UTC) |
| Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Total Words, 2nd Place | ||
| This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to The person who loves reading for copyediting 73,123 total words during the GOCE March 2023 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 03:16, 5 April 2023 (UTC) |
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| This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to The person who loves reading for copyediting 8 long articles during the GOCE March 2023 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 03:16, 5 April 2023 (UTC) |
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Hi.
Those ratchets are Calle& maltracas in Mexico. I lived there and experienced what I talked about 2601:1C0:CB01:A3F0:9C76:61EE:B202:9403 (talk) 22:51, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
- Hi! Thanks for trying to contributing to Wikipedia. It's a common mistake that a lot of new editors will make. Wikipedia needs editors to provide reliable sources to help verify the content. You can also see Citing sources for more details. Happy editing! The person who loves reading (talk) 22:55, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
Why?
Hello, I added a text to the Shahrdari Gorgan Basketball Club Wikipedia, why did you delete it? BigArho (talk) 23:14, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
- Hi! Welcome to contribute to Wikipedia! I revert your edit because it isn't back up by a reliable source. Reliable sources can help verify the content. See Citing sources for more details. Have a nice day! The person who loves reading (talk) 23:46, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
Hello
Thanks for your invitation to ‘The Guild of Copy editors’ I am fairly new to editing wikipedia articles and it will really help improve my copy edits. Kolorblind2010 (talk) 02:45, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
- You're welcome! Happy editing! The person who loves reading (talk) 02:48, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
Thank you!
Wow, thank you so much for reviewing several of the GOCE requests (and so quickly)! Your assistance is much appreciated.
By the way, I have another strange favor to ask. If you're interested, I'd love to see the Wikipedia entry about me translated for Chinese Wikipedia. I noticed you're a native speaker, but I don't know if you enjoy translating or editing Chinese Wikipedia. Figured I'd ask!
Either way, thanks again reviewing at GOCE! Take care for now, ---Another Believer (Talk) 03:31, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
- You're welcome! However, I'm sorry because I can't translate this article for now. I'm not familiar with Chinese Wikipedia. I'll first translate this article if I ever translate any articles. The person who loves reading (talk) 03:43, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
- I'll try to copyedit your articles as soon as I can. The person who loves reading (talk) 03:44, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
- No worries at all! ---Another Believer (Talk) 03:47, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
A brownie for you!
| Thanks for the copyedit on Holy Family Shrine! –DMartin 04:29, 6 April 2023 (UTC) |
- I made some improvements to this copy edit for consistency and for adherence with MOS. Please let me know if you have any questions. – Jonesey95 (talk) 13:42, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
- I have checked some of the other GOCE requested articles that you have marked as complete, and they still need more work. Even your responses on the GOCE Requests page are not grammatical. I do not want to discourage you, but I suggest that you slow down and work on quality over quantity. – Jonesey95 (talk) 13:56, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you for your suggestions! I need to slow down a bit to check more closely. The person who loves reading (talk) 14:07, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
- I think that I need to learn English more because I write awkward sentences (so it's hard to fix them). The person who loves reading (talk) 14:32, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
- If English is not your first language, you should probably be working on backlog articles instead of GANs until your command of the language improves. All the best, Miniapolis 13:12, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you for your suggestions! I will work on the backlog articles. The person who loves reading (talk) 16:06, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
- I have checked some of the other GOCE requested articles that you have marked as complete, and they still need more work. Even your responses on the GOCE Requests page are not grammatical. I do not want to discourage you, but I suggest that you slow down and work on quality over quantity. – Jonesey95 (talk) 13:56, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks for your brownie! The person who loves reading (talk) 14:35, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
Please slow down
Hi The person who loves reading, in addition to Jonesey's comments above, I'm concerned about the speed and quality of your copy-edits at the GOCE Requests page; basically you made hardly any changes to several articles that are being prepared for Good Article nominations. Most articles can be improved with in-depth copy-edits, which takes a while to complete. I've opened a discussion at the Requests talk page; you're welcome to discuss the issue there. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 05:35, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks! I won't work on the request page until I can do a lot better than what I can do now. The person who loves reading (talk) 16:05, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
- No problem, I'm glad you've acknowledged what's wrong here. Before you copy-edit any more articles, please read through our basic copy-editing guide. Copy-editing is more than just fixing grammar and spelling; it involves reading the article, understanding it and ensuring it follows our Manual of Style. Nobody wants to discourage you from copy-editing; we're just worried about the way you've been doing it. Making Wikipedia better is an important task; you're always welcome to ask questions and discuss things on the Guild's talk pages. Thanks again and good luck. Cheers, Baffle☿gab 05:09, 8 April 2023 (UTC)
Trouted
Whack!
You've been whacked with a wet trout.
Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.You have been trouted for: YOUR REASON HERE
YO HAVE MADE A MISTAKE>
2601:152:5080:4340:E074:6669:8587:F6D8 (talk) 19:04, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
- Ouch! The person who loves reading (talk) 19:06, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
- I revert your edit because you remove the two templates and these issues still exist. The person who loves reading (talk) 19:07, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
A Barnstar for you!
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The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | |
| Thanks for all your efforts in reverting vandalism, keep up the good work! 𝑭𝒊𝒍𝒎𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔 (talk) 20:24, 7 April 2023 (UTC) |
- Thank you very much! The person who loves reading (talk) 20:26, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
Slow down with AntiVandal
So, I happen to be editing while not logged in and making changes that I'd expect to be non-controversial. Instead I find my changes reverted by you within seconds and a quickly escalating series of threats posted to my talk page. This is exactly the sort of behavior that drives away new users. Have you forgotten to assume good faith? I reviewed the other reverts you've done with AV, most of them made within seconds of the edit, and many of those edits I wouldn't call vandalism. Some were accurate improvements to the articles. I don't think you are even taking time to read the edits in context or fact check them before reverting. For the good of the project, and to be welcoming to newcomers, I suggest you slow down. - 134.204.222.36 (talk) 20:36, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks for your suggestions! The person who loves reading (talk) 21:12, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you for your consideration. - 134.204.222.36 (talk) 21:28, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
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Whack!
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Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.You have been trouted for: Existing 2600:4040:937B:1B00:95EC:51E3:E544:A8D6 (talk) 16:40, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
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I DONT CARE
I WILL KEEP ON VANDALIZING AND COMING BACK FOR MORE IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO! Creamer1234 (talk) 20:28, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
- If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, you will be blocked indefinitely according to the blocking policy. Consider to edit Wikipedia constructively. The person who loves reading (talk) 20:29, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
Trouted
Whack!
You've been whacked with a wet trout.
Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.You have been trouted for: YOUR REASON HERE Creamer1234 (talk) 20:31, 10 April 2023 (UTC) BECAUSE YOU ARE A HUMAN!! YOU HEARD ME! A COMPLETE HUMANHOLE!
- Please follow the talk page guideline. All caps is not the correct way to communicate to other people. Shouting is an unacceptable way according to WP:SHOUT. Thank you very much! The person who loves reading (talk) 20:33, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
A Barnstar for you!
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| Hey, just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate your effort here fighting vandalism, keep up the good work! - 𝑭𝒊𝒍𝒎𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔 (talk) 02:47, 11 April 2023 (UTC) |
- Thank you very much! Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia by reverting vandalism, too! The person who loves reading (talk) 02:48, 11 April 2023 (UTC)
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Israr Ahmed
Some unknown IP is regularly editing and writing NO SECT there. I saw you have removed it so i am pinging you. Thanks अकबर अली फरहान (talk) 14:04, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
- Hi! It seems like their is a content dispute here. I search online and find that most sources say that his denomination isn't NO SECT. The person who loves reading (talk) 14:10, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
- He belonged to Sunni. People are making it wrong and making reels on Instagram with Wikipedia screenshots. I saw that and came here अकबर अली फरहान (talk) 14:12, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
- The user who welcomes you has already changed it to Sunni. Thank you very much! Keep an eye on it just in case that this IP changes it again. The person who loves reading (talk) 14:16, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
- However, sources also have some conflicts. I check the page history, and I'm not sure what is put there first. The person who loves reading (talk) 14:12, 20 April 2023 (UTC)
look
It doesnt matter how many edits i have. Ive had 800+ on accounts that i cant keep hold of. is this a contribution to the encyclopedia or do you not like my userpage. Even if i was lying or incorrect nobody cares how many edits you have. I like it there Riixvø (talk) 17:36, 23 April 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks for notifying me! The person who loves reading (talk) 17:41, 23 April 2023 (UTC)
Trouted
Whack!
You've been whacked with a wet trout.
Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.You have been trouted for: YOUR REASON HERE 129.0.125.16 (talk) 21:39, 23 April 2023 (UTC) Victoria united is current elite one champion 13 teams have been in the league this season, 202/23
- Hi! I have to revert your edit because you delete almost everything in this article without an explanation in the edit summary or the article talk page. The person who loves reading (talk) 21:40, 23 April 2023 (UTC)
Speedy deletion declined: User:Syedmusadiq954
Hello The person who loves reading, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of User:Syedmusadiq954, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Not a blatant misuse of Wikipedia as a webhost. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:27, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks! I will read this page again. The person who loves reading (talk) 15:31, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
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April blitz bling
| The (old school) League of Copy Editors Barnstar | ||
| This barnstar is awarded to The person who loves reading for copy edits totaling over 15,000 words (including rollover words) during the GOCE April 2023 Copy Editing Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Miniapolis 13:19, 25 April 2023 (UTC) |
Question from Farid mostofi (06:54, 26 April 2023)
hi I am new on wiki. I want to make a page for a guy. I should stay four day to have the ability to make a page? --Farid mostofi (talk) 06:54, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
- Hi! Thanks for asking me this question! You can create articles in the mainspace only if you're autoconfirmed, which means that your account is at least four days and has at least 10 edits. However, you can directly create an article in other namespaces, such as draft, user, user talk, and many others. Creating an article is a difficult task in Wikipedia because it relates to many policies and guidelines, such as Verifiability, No original research, Citing sources, Biographies of living persons, Neutral point of view, Autobiography, Notability, Article title, Copyrights, Copyright violation, Paid-contribution disclosure, Conflict of interest And Reliable sources. You can find a full list of policies and guidelines here. Read Help:Your first article as well to help you create an article. Check WP:CSD and WP:DP to make sure that your article won't likely be deleted through speedy deletion, proposed deletion, or Article for deletion.
- When you're not autoconfirmed (for now), you can create a draft article through Article wizard. When you're finished, you can submit the article for review through an Article for Creation (WP:AFC) process. If your draft is good enough to be in the article mainspace, a reviewer will accept your draft and move it to the mainspace. If the draft still needs improvement, your draft will be declined by a reviewer, and the reviewer will tell you the reason for declining your draft. Before you start to write an article, it's recommended to check whether there is an existing article in the article mainspace by searching the person's name (search for alternative names as well). If you can find it, then consider to improve this article. If not, you will need to make sure the subject is notable enough for an article. A subject should have multiple reliable, secondary, independent sources to be qualified for an article.
- Generally, creating an article is difficult, especially for biographies of living persons, and needs a lot of time. My suggestion is that you can do some easy tasks first to get familiar with Wikipedia, such as copyediting articles, and then do some difficult tasks, such as finding reliable, secondary, independent sources and expanding an article. After doing these, you will have a better understanding of Wikipedia articles, policies and guidelines, and you will find easier to create an article.
- If you have any more questions, feel free to ask me. If you want to know suggestions from more Wikipedians, ask questions on the Teahouse. The person who loves reading (talk) 01:09, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
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Pedals for Progress wikipedia page
Hello The Person Who Loves Reading,
Thanks for being my mentor.
I've been a huge fan of and a monthly $$ contributor to wikipedia for several years.
I finally opened an account because I wanted to create a page for a non-profit I volunteer for: p4p.org. We collect used bikes and sewing machines in the U.S. and send them to our partner organizations in developing countries.
P4P is a great organization that has done a ton of good around the world since 1991. We are chronically underfunded and always looking for ways to widen our appeal. Wikipedia seems like a great way to do that.
I noticed that some of our fellow bicycle non-profits have wikipedia pages so I created a page of our own, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedals_for_Progress. (Our page mentions three of those other groups.)
Ours is a bare-bones page but might help drive traffic to our website and generate donations. Our page now has a 'template message' about neutrality. In my mind, the message distracts from our credibility.
Though I understand the wikipedia rules about neutrality and self-promotion, I do not understand how an organization like mine can follow the rules and still avoid the template message. I've been as transparent as possible in the wikipedia page. We have a few third-party awards and stories that our page links to, but most of our supporters are (1) groups and individuals in the U.S. who help us collect bikes and sewing machines and (2) groups and individuals abroad who get our bikes and sewing machines. On our website, we have many dozens of messages and stories from these partners, but they are not neutral either! They love us!
Can you advise me on how we can get rid of the template message? Thanks.
- Michael Sabrio
p4p.org webmaster Rmsp4p (talk) 12:23, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
- Hi, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thanks for your contribution to create the article Pedals for Progress. It's hard to get rid of the message because the major contributor is you and you have a close connection to the subject. My suggestion is to add more reliable, independent sources to verify every sentence, and try to become neutral according to WP:NPOV. You can also contact the reviewer of this draft (now already an article) to give more suggestions about this.
- Sorry for the late response. I have a test taking me the whole day. The person who loves reading (talk) 16:36, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
- Additionally, you can also look at WP:CLASSES to see the content assessment. This article is a stub-class. To improve to Start-class, you can also add a useful picture or graphic, multiple links that help explain or illustrate the topic, a subheading that fully treats an element of a topic, or multiple subheadings that indicate material that could be added to complete the article. You only need to meet one of four above to improve the article to Start-class. The person who loves reading (talk) 16:44, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
Mainpage CSD
Did someone have access to your account who should not have had that access? diff Schwede66 03:49, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
- Sorry for tagging the Main Page for speedy deletion. I thought that I can't tag the Main Page for speedy deletion because it's cascade-protected, but Twinkle put CSD on the talk page of the Main Page instead. I revert the edit immediately. The person who loves reading (talk) 23:27, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
- Are you saying that you were doing an experiment with CSD? Schwede66 23:34, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
- Sorry for any inconvenience made because of this experiment. I thought that it will give an error message saying that I can't tag it for speedy deletion. I won't make an experiment like this on Wikipedia any more. The person who loves reading (talk) 00:55, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
- Good idea! Schwede66 01:17, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
- Sorry for any inconvenience made because of this experiment. I thought that it will give an error message saying that I can't tag it for speedy deletion. I won't make an experiment like this on Wikipedia any more. The person who loves reading (talk) 00:55, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
- Are you saying that you were doing an experiment with CSD? Schwede66 23:34, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
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Proposed Deletion Tag For Ajura By Digitalageohio
Good day hope you having a nice day the tag is no longer necessary because reliable sources has been Added to the article and the page has been reviewed that was why i deleted the tag you can look over the Citations or look over the article history and look over the citation changes.
Thanks for your contribution to the community helping me and many others and have a blessed day. Digitalageohio (talk) 18:15, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks for your contributions to this article! Have a nice day! The person who loves reading (talk) 18:22, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
| The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | ||
| Thanks for dealing with that vandal on Azerbaijani Language! Keep up the great work. -- Shadow of the Starlit Sock 18:29, 7 May 2023 (UTC) |
- Thanks, both for the barnstar and your contributions to Wikipedia! The person who loves reading (talk) 18:32, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
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Sincerely, --AugustusAudax (talk|contribs) P.S: Aliens exist 23:28, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks! You're also a nice editor who reverts vandalism! (AntiVandal is really fast sometimes.) The person who loves reading (talk) 23:31, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
stoppop
i gonna bye Abanateuau (talk) 23:36, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
- Please do not vandalize Wikipedia. I must revert any vandalizing edits to Wikipedia. If you can edit constructively, please do. The person who loves reading (talk) 00:25, 8 May 2023 (UTC)
Yooo stop bro
Jane loves cavetown amd thats it Abanateuau (talk) 23:46, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
- Please do not vandalize Wikipedia. I must revert any vandalizing edits to Wikipedia. If you can edit constructively, please do. The person who loves reading (talk) 00:25, 8 May 2023 (UTC)
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A barnstar for you!
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- Thanks for the barnstar and your hard work on this article! The person who loves reading (talk) 04:04, 9 May 2023 (UTC)
Improve a vital article (level 1-5) to Good Article
I noticed your announcement regarding elevating a level 1–5 vital article to good article status on the reward board. I successfully nominated an article for GA-status over the course of 9 days. Leopard is the in question article; for further information, visit its talk page. Dancing Dollar (let's talk) 18:54, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks for nominating this article, a level-4 vital article, to good article status! Barnstars will be on your talk page shortly. The person who loves reading (talk) 23:31, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
Trouted
Whack!
You've been whacked with a wet trout.
Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.You have been trouted for: YOUR REASON HERE JDW8646 (talk) 00:12, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
- Hi! I have to revert your edit because your edit appears to be a personal attack against the subject of the article. The person who loves reading (talk) 00:13, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
0812324795559
Mikael Mikael 2404:C0:60A0:0:0:7:75B2:4EA5 (talk) 17:31, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
- Hi, and welcome to Wikipedia! If you have any questions, you can ask me or at the Teahouse. The person who loves reading (talk) 18:23, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
GA review of Parliament railway station
Thank you for reviewing Parliament railway station and feel free to take your time. I am wondering when will you return to continue and finish reviewing the article. NotOrrio (talk) 02:00, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
- I'm busy this week, and the review may be slow. Sorry for any inconvenience! The person who loves reading (talk) 02:10, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
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- Thanks! Just a note that the page seems to be broken by an unknown reason. (I can't fix it) The person who loves reading (talk) 20:38, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
- If it's from the transclusion edit I made feel free to revert it, I was just attempting to make it easier to access the list itself from elsewhere! WhichUserAmI 20:58, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
- It seems like a code in the middle break the transclusion part (mistakenly create another parameter). I delete the lead section. I think that it looks like what you want on User:WhichUserAmI/Guidelines. Happy editing! The person who loves reading (talk) 21:01, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
- If it's from the transclusion edit I made feel free to revert it, I was just attempting to make it easier to access the list itself from elsewhere! WhichUserAmI 20:58, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
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Trouted
Whack!
You've been whacked with a wet trout.
Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.You have been trouted for: YOUR REASON HERE 81.101.239.132 (talk) 23:41, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
- I restore the block notice because another user other than you remove that. Since you remove this now, I won't restore it again. Thanks! The person who loves reading (talk) 23:55, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
Redirect creator testing
I'm seeing a bunch of redirects recently generated by you using redirect creator. Can you please CSD them, as they are not really helpful? Especially the variants of:
- Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials
- Capsizing of Halifax fireboat ...
- Muur van Mussert
- Tropical Cyclone wind signals
- 2023 Turkish presidential election
- 1973 Paris Air Show TU-144 crash
- 2023 Odisha train collision
- 2023 Indian Premier League
AngusW🐶🐶F (bark • sniff) 03:26, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks for notifying me! Probably these redirects are created because of this reason:
Likely alternative capitalizations (for example, Natural Selection redirects to Natural selection). This is not necessary for user searches made via Wikipedia's search engine, but may aid linking from other articles and external sites, as well as direct URL entry.
I create these redirects because the bot (DannyS712 bot III) automatically patrol these redirects and I think that the creation of these redirects are not controversial. I'm not sure whether these redirects should be deleted (I won't create any more until this issue resolves.) Sorry for any inconvenience caused. The person who loves reading (talk) 03:36, 3 June 2023 (UTC)- The sentence case ones are okay but the ones where they randomly capitalize a word in the middle are not. The hyphenated ones are no good either. AngusW🐶🐶F (bark • sniff) 03:43, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
- I will CSD G7 ones that randomly capitalize a word in the middle. Thanks! The person who loves reading (talk) 03:46, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
- I keep some redirects because readers have a reasonable chance to enter it into the URL. I'm still CSD redirects now. The person who loves reading (talk) 03:55, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
- The sentence case ones are okay but the ones where they randomly capitalize a word in the middle are not. The hyphenated ones are no good either. AngusW🐶🐶F (bark • sniff) 03:43, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
- I think that most redirects I created are eligible for Template:R from other capitalisation or Template:R from miscapitalisation. They are primarily used to aid linking from external sites and direct URL entry. The person who loves reading (talk) 03:44, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
- That sounds good. You can add the template on the ones that stand a good chance of staying. AngusW🐶🐶F (bark • sniff) 04:12, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks for pointing out the mistakes I've made. I will continue deleting redirects tomorrow after sleeping. The person who loves reading (talk) 04:19, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
- That sounds good. You can add the template on the ones that stand a good chance of staying. AngusW🐶🐶F (bark • sniff) 04:12, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
May 2023 GOCE drive awards
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| This barnstar is awarded to The person who loves reading for copy edits totaling over 60,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE May 2023 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 14:30, 3 June 2023 (UTC) |
| Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Total Words, 5th Place | ||
| This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to The person who loves reading for copyediting 39,353 total words during the GOCE May 2023 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 14:30, 3 June 2023 (UTC) |
| Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Long Articles, 2nd Place | ||
| This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to The person who loves reading for copyediting 6 long articles during the GOCE May 2023 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 14:30, 3 June 2023 (UTC) |
| Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Old Articles, 2nd Place | ||
| This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to The person who loves reading for copyediting 8 old articles during the GOCE May 2023 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 14:30, 3 June 2023 (UTC) |
| Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Longest Article, 1st Place | ||
| This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to The person who loves reading for copyediting one of the five longest articles – 27,464 words – during the GOCE May 2023 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 14:30, 3 June 2023 (UTC) |
Please help me Restoring deleted article!
I am writing to request the restoration of the Zwak News page, which was recently deleted while someone attempting to publish an article on Wikipedia. I would like to help me to restore the article and I'll be ensure and make it to meet all of Wikipedia's standards to republish it. Thank you for your assistance in this matter. DevPir (talk) 13:07, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- Also responded at RfU. Jay 💬 13:48, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- Now archived at WP:Requests for undeletion/Archive 386#Zwak News. Jay 💬 14:20, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
- Sorry, but I'm not an administrator, so I can't restore the draft for you. The person who loves reading (talk) 16:52, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
The Signpost: 5 June 2023
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Administrators' newsletter – June 2023
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- As a part of the Wikimedia Foundation's IP Masking project, a new policy has been created that governs the access to temporary account IP addresses. An associated FAQ has been created and individual communities can increase the requirements to view temporary account IP addresses.
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- The arbitration case World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been closed. The topic area of Polish history during World War II (1933-1945) and the history of Jews in Poland is subject to a "reliable source consensus-required" contentious topic restriction.
- Following a community referendum, the arbitration policy has been modified to remove the ability for users to appeal remedies to Jimbo Wales.
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Guild of Copy Editors June 2023 Newsletter
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Hello and welcome to the June 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since March. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Election news: Fancy helping out at the Guild? Nominations for our half-yearly Election of Coordinators are open until 23:59 on 15 June (UTC)*. Starting immediately after, the voting phase will run until 23:59 on 30 June. All Wikipedians in good standing are eligible and self-nominations are welcomed; it's your Guild and it doesn't organize itself! Blitz: Of the 17 editors who signed up for our April Copy Editing Blitz, nine editors completed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 24 articles totaling 53,393 words. Barnstars awarded are here. Drive: 51 editors signed up for the month-long May Backlog Elimination Drive, and 31 copy-edited at least one article. 180 articles were copy-edited. Barnstars awarded are posted here. Blitz: Sign up here for our week-long June Copy Editing Blitz, which runs from 11 to 17 June. Barnstars awarded will be posted here. Progress report: As of 03:09 on 6 June 2023, GOCE copyeditors have processed 91 requests since 1 January and the backlog stands at 1,887 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Baffle gab1978, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Zippybongo. *All times and dates in this newsletter are in UTC, and may significantly vary from your local time. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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@ Radene Renaldo powell (talk) 19:25, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
- Welcome to Wikipedia! The person who loves reading (talk) 21:43, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
Re. WP:Reward Board
Hi! I just saw that you put out a notice on the reward board for anyone to improve a vital article to GA status. I'm writing to let you know that I've already worked on and nominated Angela Merkel, a level-4 vital article, for GA consideration. That happened before I was aware of this reward, but I guess it still counts if the article passes GA review. Happy editing! Actualcpscm (talk) 13:40, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks for nominating a level-4 article, Angela Merkel, for GA consideration! It still counts if the article passes GA review. I hope it passes GA review. Happy editing! The person who loves reading (talk) 15:05, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
Edit numbers
Hello, thanks for copyediting List of Coronation Street characters (1996), I appreciate the work you've put in. However, is it possible to do copyedits like that in one go rather than section by section? It clogs up watchlists and the recent changes page and would surely be easier for yourself too. – Meena • 22:40, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks! I do this because my computer isn't stable (blue screen many times) and I'm afraid that my edits will be all gone after a blue screen. I will do copyedit in one go for this article. The person who loves reading (talk) 00:36, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
Your recent GOCE work
What did you think of that article? Do you think it could make it to a GA? Paradise Chronicle (talk) 22:49, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
- I'm not sure, but some pictures can be really helpful (not required for GA status). Kalākaua's 1874–75 state visit to the United States is a good example since its topic is related to this article. The person who loves reading (talk) 01:36, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
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AFDs
Hello, The person who loves reading,
If you are going to participate in AFD deletion discussion, please examine the article, evaluate the sources and offer more than a two word judgment on what should happen to the article. Your participation is very welcome, we need more editors to weigh in on deletion discussions just please take them seriously and don't post just "Fails GNG" or "per nom". Assessing an article takes time so it's not for every editor but your opinion is welcome. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 03:12, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks for your suggestions! I will take AFD discussion more seriously. The person who loves reading (talk) 03:14, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
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Reward Board - Vital Articles (1-5) to Good Articles
Hello @The person who loves reading, I am signing as a volunteer to upgrade vital articles on the above subject matter.Uncle Bash007 (talk) 09:59, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks for your help! I will give you barnstars once you upgrade a vital article (level 1-5) to GA status. The person who loves reading (talk) 14:04, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
The Signpost: 19 June 2023
- News and notes: WMF Terms of Use now in force, new Creative Commons licensing
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June blitz bling
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Question from Quitesage (02:02, 21 June 2023)
I have prepared an article and would like to submit. --Quitesage (talk) 02:02, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
- Hi, and welcome to Wikipedia! You may benefit from reading Help:Your first article to learn more about how to create a new article here. I can't see what article you have prepared, and you can put the article to your sandbox -- User:Quitesage/sandbox. Creating a new article on Wikipedia is a complicated thing, and the article needs to follow policies and guidelines listed -- WP:POLICYLIST. The person who loves reading (talk) 02:27, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
Your submission at Articles for creation: Okra Energy LLC (June 22)

- in-depth (not just brief mentions about the subject or routine announcements)
- reliable
- secondary
- strictly independent of the subject
- If you would like to continue working on the submission, go to Draft:Okra Energy LLC and click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
- If you do not edit your draft in the next 6 months, it will be considered abandoned and may be deleted.
- If you need any assistance, or have experienced any untoward behavior associated with this submission, you can ask for help at the Articles for creation help desk, on the or use Wikipedia's real-time chat help from experienced editors.
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Hello, The person who loves reading!
Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Fancy Refrigerator (talk) 01:36, 22 June 2023 (UTC)
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- Sorry, but I don't create the article. I just help the content creator to timestamp the submission. The person who loves reading (talk) 01:36, 22 June 2023 (UTC)
- Ah, apologies. Fancy Refrigerator (talk) 01:37, 22 June 2023 (UTC)
- You may need to manually add this notice to the creator's talk page to notify them. It seems like the script notifies the person who submitted the article instead. The person who loves reading (talk) 01:39, 22 June 2023 (UTC)
- Ah, apologies. Fancy Refrigerator (talk) 01:37, 22 June 2023 (UTC)
Page deletions
Hello, The person who loves reading,
Thanks for trying to help but it's important not to tag expiring drafts too early for CSD G13. Doing so can cause there to be another 6 month delay in their deletion. For the record, there is a bot, SDZeroBot, that lists all of the expiring drafts and it's very unlikely that you will come across one that the bot has missed. Also realize that the time of a last edit to a page six months ago, may be different than the time it can be deleted today due to changes in Daylight Savings Time in different countries. I'm not sure where you are located but there is an hour difference for me in NW U.S. so the last edit on a page for 6 pm six months ago means that the draft can be tagged for deletion or deleted at 7 pm today. It can be confusing but there are a handful of editors who work a lot with expiring drafts and we've learned how to keep things straight, mainly by working with Wikipedia's UTC clock which doesn't change throughout the year.
I also wanted to make a comment about your participation in AFD discussions. You seem to make a lot of similar, superficial comments in a lot of different AFD discussions. You should focus on quality of participation, not quantity. I can't tell by your comments if you have actually read the article being discussed and evaluated the sources. Just saying "Delete, doesn't meet GNG" is not helpful participation. You should make your argument based in Wikipedia policies. Participating thoughtfully and productively in deletion discussions requires time, effort and care, and if you are not interested in devoting time to assessing the quality of sources and even going to find more undiscovered sources that haven't been used, then AFD discussions are probably not where you should be participating until you gain more editing experience. AFDs are not a vote and you have to offer more than just a "Keep"/"Delete" opinion. I welcome your participation as long as you are taking the process seriously. Right now, I think most discussion closers ignore your comments because they don't indicate any relevant points to help decide what to do with an article.
Sorry this is such a long message but I think you could be a very good editor, there is just room for improvement (which is true for all of us!). Thank you for your contributions. Liz Read! Talk! 04:04, 22 June 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks for writing such a long message! I change my local time zone to UTC and find out I tagged the article early although it's not early if I set the local time zone to the actual one (it seems very tricky). I read the description of SDZeroBot and find that it can list G13-eligible drafts, so there's no need for me to tag pages for G13. Sorry for another 6 month delay in the deletion of the draft.
- In my past AFD discussions, I made many similar and short comments that were unhelpful to AFD since I didn't offer more information, and these comments didn't help discussion closers to decided whether the article should be keep or deleted (or other options). I will participate in AFD discussions again and focus on quality of my participation instead of the quanitity after I get more editing experience related to the evaluation of sources and articles creation. By looking at more AFD discussions, more detailed, well-reasoned, and policy-based arguments are clearly stronger, and even one strong argument can let the discussion closer to ignore many weak arguments.
- By thoroughly reading your comment, I noticed mistakes I have made. Thank you very much! The person who loves reading (talk) 04:28, 22 June 2023 (UTC)
Oldham Athletic Nickname
Hi, You seem to have mistaken my recent edits on Oldham Athletic as vandalism. I was simply correct an error another user made, who claims that a nickname for the club is 'Owls'. I explained why the source the user attached as evidence didn't show what he claimed. 82.17.214.126 (talk) 23:20, 22 June 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks for your edit! I revert my edit so that your change can be seen by others. The person who loves reading (talk) 23:35, 22 June 2023 (UTC)
Yōko Oginome
Oginome was born Yōko Tsujino per lede. So either infobox must be updated or lede corrected:
Yōko Oginome (荻野目 洋子, Oginome Yōko, born December 10, 1968 in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan), real name Yōko Tsujino (辻野 洋子, Tsujino Yōko), ... " 166.199.7.23 (talk) 01:32, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
Actually, her married name is Tsujino, per this link, and confirmed by Ryuso Tsujino's Wikipedia article. I will correct it.
Thanks. 166.199.7.23 (talk) 01:37, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you very much! The person who loves reading (talk) 01:38, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
Your GA review of Parliament railway station
Hello. I noticed that you needed someone else to review the rest of this article, as you said that you wouldn't be around, but I also noticed that you've been around recently. I can continue the review of the article if you can't. Cherrell410 (talk) 01:19, 25 June 2023 (UTC)
- Hi! I only have time to do some minor and easy edits on Wikipedia, and the GA review can take me a long time. You can continue the review if you would like to do so. Thanks! The person who loves reading (talk) 03:07, 25 June 2023 (UTC)
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Administrators' newsletter – July 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2023).

Novem Linguae
- Deckiller
- Electionworld
- MBisanz
- Penwhale
- Raul654
- Roadrunner
- Viridae
- Yannismarou
- Contributions to the English Wikipedia are now released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0) license instead of CC BY-SA 3.0. Contributions are still also released under the GFDL license.
- Discussion is open regarding a proposed global policy regarding third-party resources. Third-party resources are computer resources that reside outside of Wikimedia production websites.
- Two arbitration cases are currently open. Proposed decisions are expected 5 July 2023 for the Scottywong case and 9 July 2023 for the AlisonW case.
Thanks
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- Thanks for signing my guestbook, too! The person who loves reading (talk) 18:26, 2 July 2023 (UTC)
The Signpost: 3 July 2023
- News and notes: Online Safety Bill: Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia UK launch open letter
... and a new Elections Committee.
- Disinformation report: Imploded submersible outfit foiled trying to sing own praises on Wikipedia
A few editors who fought many times to keep advertisements out.
- In the media: Journo proposes mass Wiki dox, sponsored articles on Fandom, Section 230 discussed
Are you now, or have you ever been, a Wikipedia editor?
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- Humour: United Nations dispatches peacekeeping force to Wikipedia policy discussions
Mission to ensure stability in conflict-ridden area.
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Empty categories
Hello, The person who loves reading,
Please do not tag any of the empty categories created by User:KiranBOT for CSD C1 speedy deletion. They are part of a bot experiment involving categories about football players. They will eventually get filled. Thank you for all of your contributions. Liz Read! Talk! 01:13, 6 July 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks! I have already reverted all C1 tags of empty categories created by KiranBOT. I found Wikipedia:Database reports/Empty categories and would like to help with tagging of empty categories. The person who loves reading (talk) 01:21, 6 July 2023 (UTC)
- By the way, I found
This criterion applies to categories that have been unpopulated for at least seven days
a little confusing (WP:C1). Am I allowed to tag empty categories recently created (within 7 days)? The person who loves reading (talk) 01:25, 6 July 2023 (UTC)
Question from Quitesage on Draft:Dr. Zaverbhai H. Patel PhD. (05:11, 6 July 2023)
Hello, I have a full new article. The article is a short Bio, formatted like similar Wikipedia article, with photos. How do I submit it? --Quitesage (talk) 05:11, 6 July 2023 (UTC)
- Hi! I took a quick look at the draft, and there are some major problems that needs to be addressed before submitting the draft for review. This article doesn't have citations to justify the article's content, although there are [1], [2], and more similar things present. You may benefit from looking at WP:References for beginners to learn how to use citations. Additionally, there are some issues with syntax. Content needs reliable, secondary, independent sources, especially for quotes, materials which are likely to be challenged or already challenged, and all contentious matter about living and recently deceased persons. See WP:V for more details. This article appears to have promotional language, which is not allowed on Wikipedia. See WP:Spam for more details. Finally, the subject of the draft needs to be notable for inclusion on Wikipedia. See WP:N for more details. Generally, the subject of the article needs to pass WP:GNG or other subject-specific criteria. Thanks for your contributions! The person who loves reading (talk) 16:03, 6 July 2023 (UTC)
Speedy delete of WikiProject Brigham Young University/Assessment
I understood that according to Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia that pages that are copied need attribution, or are otherwise subject to g12, but you removed the speedy delete template. Could you give me some clarification on this? And at the very least, isn't the page a candidate for deletion as there is no need for duplication, and makes it subject to content forking? I would put it for speedy delete under A10, but it's not in the main namespace. N7fty (talk) 14:00, 8 July 2023 (UTC)
- Hi! I only know that this page does not satisfy speedy deletion criteria G12. See
This applies to text pages that contain copyrighted material with no credible assertion of public domain, fair use, or a compatible free license, where there is no non-infringing content on the page worth saving.
andPublic-domain and other free content, such as a Wikipedia mirror, do not fall under this criterion, nor is mere lack of attribution of such works a reason for speedy deletion.
Since WP:Content assessment is considered a "free content" because its license is compatible with Wikipedia. Additionally, I provide additional attribution in my edit summary later. I think this criteria mainly applies to non-free content entirely copied from another website, and there's clearly no possible "fair use" explanation. - I don't think there's another speedy deletion template that can be used on this page after reviewing all general speedy deletion criteria. Just like what you say, A10 can't be put on this page because this is not in the mainspace. I'm not experienced on WP:MFD, but you can nominate this page for deletion here if you want to delete this page for other reasons. I believe this page is not helpful, since it's an exact copy of WP:Content assessment. I find other Wikiprojects content assessment page, and although some parts are very similar to WP:Content assessment (such as the table), there are many additional details related to the Wikiproject itself. Example: Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Assessment, Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment, Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Assessment, and Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Grading scheme. Unless this page can be improved to contain more details and delete some unnecessary parts, Wikipedia:WikiProject Brigham Young University/Assessment should be deleted as an exact copy of WP:Content assessment with no substantial use.
- By the way, should the guideline template be removed? Because this is not a guideline and it is incorrectly placed in some categories. Thanks for your contribution! The person who loves reading (talk) 15:24, 8 July 2023 (UTC)
- I nominated it as MFD at at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Brigham Young University/Assessment (with a little trial and error lol), thanks for the clarification!
- With regards to the guideline template, I'm not sure, it's not a guideline but does show assessment standards, which are kind of guidelines? I'll mention it on the talk page, perhaps someone with more expertise can weigh in.
- Anywho, thanks again! N7fty (talk) 17:47, 8 July 2023 (UTC)
- Note: The relevant WikiProject is notified per
Notify the main WikiProject talk page when nominating any WikiProject subpage, in addition to standard notification of the page creator
: diff. The person who loves reading (talk) 23:25, 8 July 2023 (UTC)
- Note: The relevant WikiProject is notified per
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Question from Theirson (21:35, 13 July 2023)
How can I publish an article about a music --Theirson (talk) 21:35, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
- Hi, and welcome to Wikipedia! Writing an article on Wikipedia is a very difficult task that only very experienced editors can do a nice job. You can read Help:Your first article for more details about how to create an article. It is recommended to create an article in the draftspace, so that you can improve the draft and submit it for review when you think it is ready for the mainspace. After submitting the draft, a new page reviewer will review the draft in up to 4 months and give you feedback on how to improve. He/She will decline the draft because of various reasons, or accept the draft and publish it into the mainspace. Then, after the page is patrolled by a new page patroller, or after 90 days without being deleted, the page will be searchable by search engines.
- The subject of the article must meet notability guidelines or subject-specific notability guidelines listed. The draft must not be promotional because of this policy. If you have a conflict of interest, you must declare it on your user page. You also need to provide reliable sources to prove everything the article says, or it may be deleted because of policies and guidelines, such as WP:V, WP:RS, and WP:BIO.
- Related pages that may be useful to you: WP:New page reviewer, WP:New pages patrol, WP:INDEXING, and WP:POLICYLIST. The person who loves reading (talk) 21:45, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
The Signpost: 17 July 2023
- News and notes: Big bux hidden beneath wine-dark sea as we wait for the Tides to go out?
Gitz666 unglocked, Wikimania scholarships given and a new admin anointed.
- In the media: Tentacles of Emirates plot attempt to ensnare Wikipedia
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Philadelphians and Tanzanians say goodbye.
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Wikidata queries investigate nepo babies.
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A summary of various tools designed over the years.
- Recent research: Wikipedia-grounded chatbot "outperforms all baselines" on factual accuracy
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Books & Bytes – Issue 57
The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 57, May – June 2023
- Suggestion improvements
- Favorite collections tips
- Spotlight: Promoting Nigerian Books and Authors
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Question from Mr haker x (20:29, 20 July 2023)
Kya me instagram pe followers increase kar sakte hoo --Mr haker x (talk) 20:29, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
- Hi, and welcome to Wikipedia! Do you have any questions about using or editing Wikipedia? The person who loves reading (talk) 22:33, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
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The Signpost: 1 August 2023
- News and notes: City officials attempt to doxx Wikipedians, Ruwiki founder banned, WMF launches Mastodon server
And French gov't proposes legislation to slam Wikipedia, others.
- In the media: Truth, AI, bull from politicians, and climate change
Or just another brouhaha?
- Disinformation report: Hot climate, hot hit, hot money, hot news hot off the presses!
Hot damn, it's damned hot!
- Obituary: Donald Cram, Peter McCawley, and Eagleash
Three editors have departed.
- Tips and tricks: Citation tools for dummies!
You don't really want to do this stuff by yourself, do you?
- Humour: Does Wikipedia present neutral perspectives?
A serious visual investigation.
- In focus: Journals cited by Wikipedia
A compilation of over 3M citations.
- Opinion: Are global bans the last step?
Possible solutions after being re-harassed.
- Featured content: Featured Content, 1 to 15 July
Due to unfortunate events, this issue is published as is, in its unfinished state.
- Traffic report: Come on Oppie, let's go party
Oppenheimer, Barbie, and a couple other scandals.
July 2023 GOCE drive award
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The Minor Barnstar | |
| This barnstar is awarded to The person who loves reading for copy edits totaling between 1 and 3,999 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE July 2023 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 21:24, 3 August 2023 (UTC) |
Vital article GA pass
Hi! I hope you're well. I mentioned here that I'm nominating Angela Merkel for GA review, and after a long review, it has passed! :) Actualcpscm (talk) 11:30, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks! I will post barnstars on your talk page soon. The person who loves reading (talk) 17:07, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-32
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Administrators' newsletter – August 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2023).

Firefangledfeathers
- AlisonW
- Amberrock
- Closedmouth
- Scottywong
Interface administrator changes
- The tag filter on Special:NewPages and revision history pages can now be inverted. This allows hiding edits made by automated tools. (T334338)
- Special:BlockedExternalDomains is a new tool that allows easier blocking of plain domains (and their subdomains). This is more easily searchable and is faster for the software to use than the existing MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. It does not support regex (for complex cases), URL path-matching, or the MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist. (T337431)
- The arbitration cases named Scottywong and AlisonW closed 10 July and 16 July respectively.
- The SmallCat dispute arbitration case is in the workshop phase.
This Month in GLAM: July 2023
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Tech News: 2023-33
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The Signpost: 15 August 2023
- News and notes: Dude, Where's My Donations? Wikimedia Foundation announces another million in grants for non-Wikimedia-related projects
Jimbo promises more transparency, Wikimania in Singapore, move away from Tides still planned, and Wikifunctions rolls out.
- In the media: An accusation of bias from Brazil, a lawsuit from Portugal, plagiarism from Florida
Harsh words from problematic fave Glenn Greenwald.
- In focus: 2023 Good Article Nomination drive is underway: get your barnstars here!
Rigorous Review of Content for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Wikipedia.
- Special report: Thirteen years later, why are most administrators still from 2005?
Damn kids need to get off our lawn and onto RfA.
- Tips and tricks: How to find images for your articles, check their copyright, upload them, and restore them
Because one gets some secondary skills when one has 645 featured pictures.
- Cobwebs: Getting serious about writing
The innards of the Signpost received a major overhaul in March/April 2019. Here's how we reduced behind-the-scenes busywork and improved writers resources.
- Opinion: Copyright trolls, or the last beautiful free souls on this planet?
For whom does the Creative Commons enforcement clause toll?
- Serendipity: Why I stopped taking photographs almost altogether
An announcement of 335,000 new images on Wikimedia Commons.
- Featured content: Barbenheimer confirmed
Some improvement on last week.
- Humour: Arbitration Committee to accept case against Right Honorable Frimbley Cantingham, 15th Viscount Bellington-upon-Porkshire
Case request cited misuse of tools by administrator who last used tools in 1661.
- Traffic report: 'Cause today it just goes with the fashion
Barbenheimer, Pee-Wee Herman and the Women's World Cup.
Question from Cwechsler0803 (19:43, 16 August 2023)
Why is another user reverting all my edits. Including to the profiles (wrong) name --Cwechsler0803 (talk) 19:43, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
- Hi, and welcome to Wikipedia! It seems like other Wikipedians have explained it to you, and you can ask again if you believe that their explanation is not sufficient. The person who loves reading (talk) 16:35, 18 August 2023 (UTC)
Question from Rvafadouste (04:28, 18 August 2023)
Can you please tell me how to order a paper form of publication --Rvafadouste (talk) 04:28, 18 August 2023 (UTC)
- Hi, and welcome to Wikipedia! This question isn't directly related to Wikipedia, and I'm not sure how to order a paper form of publication, so I cannot answer this question for you. Sorry about that. The person who loves reading (talk) 16:37, 18 August 2023 (UTC)
Question from Quraishi 1372 on Medical certificate (15:21, 19 August 2023)
سلام برسد خدمت شما دوست عزیز بسیار زیاد ببخشید من یک مشکل دارم در قسمت خانه پری فورم قرارداد از من خواسته است معاینات صحی تایید شده
کشور های اروپایی را من کوشش کردم از طریق سایت خود شان دریافت کردم ولی او از من یک کد یا آی دی نمبر میخواهد اما نفهمیدم مطلب شان چیست --Quraishi 1372 (talk) 15:21, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-34
15:23, 21 August 2023 (UTC)
Improve a vital article (level 1-5) to Good Article
I've nominated Banded palm civet (level 5) for GA. Edward-Woodrow :) [talk] 21:10, 21 August 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks for your hard work! Your barnstars will be given once this article becomes a good article. The person who loves reading (talk) 00:43, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
philosophy promoted to GA
My co-nominator @Phlsph7 and I recently brought philosophy up to GA status. I only just learned about the Reward Board in this context, and I think it's a great initiative. I'm sure we would both be flattered by any Barnstars awarded!
Cheers, Patrick J. Welsh (talk) 18:41, 24 August 2023 (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-35
MediaWiki message delivery 13:58, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
The Signpost: 31 August 2023
- From the editor: Beta version of signpost.news now online
News for the editoriat. Stuff that matters.
- News and notes: You like RecentChanges?
Wikipedia really comes into its own, editorially and artistically.
- In the media: Taking it sleazy
"Poli", which means "many", and "tics", which means "under-the-table Wikipedia article whitewashing campaigns".
- Recent research: The five barriers that impede "stitching" collaboration between Commons and Wikipedia
And other recent research publications.
- Draftspace: Bad Jokes and Other Draftspace Novelties
The good, the bad, and the nonsense.
- Humour: The Dehumourification Plan
A message from the Counter-Fun Unit.
- Traffic report: Raise your drinking glass, here's to yesterday
I just poured HOT GRITS down my pants ohh yeah
Administrators' newsletter – September 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2023).
- Following an RfC, TFAs will be automatically semi-protected the day before it is on the main page and through the day after.
- A discussion at WP:VPP about revision deletion and oversight for dead names found that
[s]ysops can choose to use revdel if, in their view, it's the right tool for this situation, and they need not default to oversight. But oversight could well be right where there's a particularly high risk to the person. Use your judgment
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- Special:Contributions now shows the user's local edit count and the account's creation date. (T324166)
- The SmallCat dispute case has closed. As part of the final decision, editors participating in XfD have been reminded to be careful about forming
local consensus which may or may not reflect the broader community consensus
. Regular closers of XfD forums were also encouraged tonote when broader community discussion, or changes to policies and guidelines, would be helpful
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- Tech tip: The "Browse history interactively" banner shown at the top of Special:Diff can be used to easily look through a history, assemble composite diffs, or find out what archive something wound up in.
Tech News: 2023-36
MediaWiki message delivery 23:32, 4 September 2023 (UTC)
Septermber GOCE newsletter
| Guild of Copy Editors September 2023 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the September 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. David Thomsen: Prolific Wikipedian and Guild member David Thomsen (Dthomsen8) died in November 2022. He was a regular copy editor who took part in many of our Drives and Blitzes. An obituary was published in the mid-July issue of The Signpost. Tributes can be left on David's talk page. Election news: In our mid-year Election of Coordinators, Dhtwiki was chosen as lead coordinator, Miniapolis and Zippybonzo continue as assistant coordinators, and Baffle gab1978 stepped down from the role. If you're interested in helping out at the GOCE, please consider nominating yourself for our next election in December; it's your WikiProject and it doesn't organize itself! June Blitz: Of the 17 editors who signed up for our June Copy Editing Blitz, 12 copy-edited at least one article. 70,035 words comprising 26 articles were copy-edited. Barnstars awarded are here. July Drive: 34 of the 51 editors who took part in our July Backlog Elimination Drive copy-edited at least one article. They edited 276 articles and 683,633 words between them. Barnstars awarded are here. August Blitz: In our August Copy Editing Blitz, 13 of the 16 editors who signed up worked on at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 79,608 words comprising 57 articles. Barnstars awarded are available here. September Drive: Sign up here for our month-long September Backlog Elimination Drive, which is now underway. Barnstars awarded will be posted here. Progress report: As of 14:29, 9 September 2023 (UTC), GOCE copy editors have processed 245 requests since 1 January. The backlog of tagged articles stands at 2,066. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators, Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Zippybonzo. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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Tech News: 2023-37
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This Month in GLAM: August 2023
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Books & Bytes – Issue 58
The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 58, July – August 2023
- New partners - De Standaard and Duncker & Humblot
- Tech tip: Filters
- Wikimania presentation
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --14:27, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
Trouted
Whack!
You've been whacked with a wet trout.
Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.You have been trouted for: YOUR REASON HERE 71.174.239.247 (talk) 20:58, 12 September 2023 (UTC) I am a trout! Haha
Hi
Hi there, Person who loves reading. You are quite the role model who I look up to. I want to contribute to the community and the make sure the information it receives is true and trustable. You do just that, and so I admire you. Whenever people do research, it's always, "oh, don't use Wikipedia! It's not a trustable website!". Well, I want to change that. After all, students always look to Wikipedia for their everyday casual learning. I can't make a difference without your help. That is why I am writing to you, Person who loves reading. Thanks for taking the time to read. 71.174.239.247 (talk) 21:03, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
- Hi, and welcome to Wikipedia! Making sure the information on Wikipedia is true and trustable is always a primary goal for Wikipedia editors, since Wikipedia is intended to provide reliable and true knowledge to people. Contributing to Wikipedia is an easy task to do if you want to do copyedit and add links, but it is a little hard for new editors to directly edit information on Wikipedia, because you will need to provide reliable, secondary, independent sources for your changes. You can ask any questions about contributing to Wikipedia on Wikipedia: Teahouse or to experienced editors. The person who loves reading (talk) 23:02, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
The Signpost: 16 September 2023
- News and notes: Wikimedia power sharing – just an advisory role for the volunteer community?
Plus: Africa news, funding report, U4C draft, roads fork and another ChatGPT block.
- In the media: "Just flirting", going Dutch and Shapps for the defence?
Plus a new judge, an "unimportant" record, and staying in the swim!
- Obituary: Nosebagbear
A Wikipedian and a friend.
- Serendipity: Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no paywall, for thou, Wikipedia Library, art with me
Non-flammable, BPA-free, and really whips the llama's ass.
- Featured content: Catching up
Covering all of August. Pretty much.
- Concept: Strange portal opened by CERN researchers brings Wikipedia articles from "other worlds"
The Signpost brings you the latest from the source.
- Traffic report: Some of it's magic, some of it's tragic
Sports, film and singers. We've got it all!
Tech News: 2023-38
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Tech News: 2023-39
MediaWiki message delivery 16:49, 26 September 2023 (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-40
MediaWiki message delivery 01:25, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
The Signpost: 3 October 2023
- News and notes: Wikimedia Endowment financial statement published
Finances during Tides Foundation management of the endowment are shown for the first time.
- In the media: History is written by whoever can harness the most editors
Plus Harvard, Yale, Lords and Commons, partners and trolls!
- Recent research: Readers prefer ChatGPT over Wikipedia; concerns about limiting "anyone can edit" principle "may be overstated"
And other new research publications
- Featured content: By your logic,
The first issue to feature two poetry article
- Concept: Wikipedia policies from other worlds: WP:NOANTLERS
Material must be written with the greatest care and attention; the level of detail and commentary regarding the antlers of living persons is to be kept to a minimum.
- Poetry: "The Sight"
Tamzin reflects on the hunt.
- Traffic report: There shall be no slaves in the land of lands, it's a Bollywood jam
Taylor Swift with an NFL tight end and Lauren Boebert with a Democrat?
Administrators' newsletter – September 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2023).
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- An RfC is open regarding amending the paid-contribution disclosure policy to add the following text:
Any administrator soliciting clients for paid Wikipedia-related consulting or advising services not covered by other paid-contribution rules must disclose all clients on their userpage.
- Administrators can now choose to add the user's user page to their watchlist when changing the usergroups for a user. This works both via Special:UserRights and via the API. (T272294)
- Remedy 9 ("MarioProtIV topic ban") of the WikiProject Tropical Cyclones case has been rescinded.
- The 2023 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process has concluded with the appointment of one new CheckUser.
- Self-nominations for the electoral commission for the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections opens on 2 October and closes on 8 October.
Tech News: 2023-41
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This Month in GLAM: September 2023
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Tech News: 2023-42
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The Signpost: 23 October 2023
- News and notes: Where have all the administrators gone?
Long time passing
- In the media: Thirst traps, the fastest loading sites on the web, and the original collaborative writing
Also: High fives, Wikipedia as a guide for counterfeiters and crossword makers, and Iskander at the UN.
- Gallery: Before and After: Why you don't need to know how to restore images to make massive improvements
The benefits of research.
- Featured content: Yo, ho! Blow the man down!
These titles never make much sense even at the best of times, so why not be random?
- Traffic report: The calm and the storm
They are still fighting.
- News from Diff: Sawtpedia: Giving a Voice to Wikipedia Using QR Codes
Sounds good!
- Humour: New citation template introduced for divine revelations, drug use, and really thinking about it
"Cite altered state" to join the distinguished ranks of CS1 templates
Tech News: 2023-43
MediaWiki message delivery 23:15, 23 October 2023 (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-44
MediaWiki message delivery 23:20, 30 October 2023 (UTC)
The Signpost: 6 November 2023
- Arbitration report: Admin bewilderingly unmasks self as sockpuppet of other admin who was extremely banned in 2015
"Is this an ArbCom case request or an M. Night Shyamalan movie?"
- In the media: UK shadow chancellor accused of ripping off WP articles for book, Wikipedians accused of being dicks by a rich man
Plus Gaza bias, Speaker Johnson, Maher, the music of websites, and antisemitism.
- News and notes: Board candidacy process posted, editors protest WMF privacy measure, sweet meetups
And three new admins!
- Opinion: An open letter to Elon Musk
You should learn some of our rules!
- WikiCup report: The WikiCup 2023
The winner is...
- News from Wiki Ed: Equity lists on Wikipedia
Do you ever wonder where Wikipedia articles come from?
- Recent research: How English Wikipedia drove out fringe editors over two decades
And other new research findings.
- Featured content: Like putting a golf course in a historic site.
Only literally.
- Wikidata: Evaluating qualitative systemic bias in large article sets on Wikipedia
A systematic approach.
- Traffic report: Cricket jumpscare
Plus Kollywood, Killers of the Flower Moon, and ongoing war.
Tech News: 2023-45
MediaWiki message delivery 21:04, 6 November 2023 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – November 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2023).

0xDeadbeef
Tamzin
Dennis Brown
Interface administrator changes
- The WMF is working on making it possible for administrators to edit MediaWiki configuration directly. This is similar to previous work on Special:EditGrowthConfig. A technical RfC is running until November 08, where you can provide feedback.
- There is a proposed plan for re-enabling the Graph Extension. Feedback on this proposal is requested.
- Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 12 November 2023 until 21 November 2023 to stand in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections.
- Xaosflux, RoySmith and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2023 Arbitration Committee Elections. BusterD is the reserve commissioner.
- Following a motion, the contentious topic designation of Prem Rawat has been struck. Actions previously taken using this contentious topic designation are still in force.
- Following several motions, multiple topic areas are no longer designated as a contentious topic. These contentious topic designations were from the Editor conduct in e-cigs articles, Liancourt Rocks, Longevity, Medicine, September 11 conspiracy theories, and Shakespeare authorship question cases.
- Following a motion, remedies 3.1 (All related articles under 1RR whenever the dispute over naming is concerned), 6 (Stalemate resolution) and 30 (Administrative supervision) of the Macedonia 2 case have been rescinded.
- Following a motion, remedy 6 (One-revert rule) of the The Troubles case has been amended.
- An arbitration case named Industrial agriculture has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case close 8 November.
- The Articles for Creation backlog drive is happening in November 2023, with 700+ drafts pending reviews for in the last 4 months or so. In addition to the AfC participants, all administrators and New Page Patrollers can conduct reviews using the helper script, Yet Another AFC Helper Script, which can be enabled in the Gadgets settings. Sign up here to participate!
do love reading?
how do you feel about the reward? 105.112.112.156 (talk) 13:06, 8 November 2023 (UTC)
- great and am so happy 105.112.112.156 (talk) 13:07, 8 November 2023 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: October 2023
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Tech News: 2023-46
MediaWiki message delivery 23:50, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
The Signpost: 20 November 2023
- In the media: Propaganda and photos, lunatics and a lunar backup
Comic-con, Media summit, and a classic!
- News and notes: Update on Wikimedia's financial health
Plus: Sockpuppet investigators asking for help.
- Traffic report: If it bleeds, it leads
Or if it's Indian sport or cinema.
- Recent research: Canceling disputes as the real function of ArbCom
And other new research findings.
- Wikimania: Wikimania 2024 scholarships
Scholarship applications for Wikimania 2024 are now open!
Tech News: 2023-47
MediaWiki message delivery 00:53, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
Books & Bytes – Issue 59
The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 59, September – October 2023
- Spotlight: Introducing a repository of anti-disinformation projects
- Tech tip: Library access methods
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --16:16, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
Tech News: 2023-48
MediaWiki message delivery 23:07, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
ArbCom 2023 Elections voter message
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The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.
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The Signpost: 4 December 2023
- News and notes: Beeblebrox ejected from Arbitration Committee following posts on Wikipediocracy
Just as his term was ending!
- In the media: Turmoil on Hebrew Wikipedia, grave dancing, Olga's impact and inspiring Bhutanese nuns
Plus Apple Pay, fiction, registration, expulsion, and elimination!
- Disinformation report: "Wikipedia and the assault on history"
An analysis of a literary mystery.
- In focus: Tens of thousands of freely available sources flagged
Continuing years of efforts to improve free-to-read access.
- Comix: Bold comics for a new age
"I think we ought to read only the kind of comics that wound or stab us. If the comic we're reading doesn't wake us up with a blow to the head, what are we reading for?" — Franz Kafka
- Essay: I am going to die
And so are you.
- Featured content: Real gangsters move in silence
Quite literally, and other fascinating featured articles, pictures and lists
- Traffic report: And it's hard to watch some cricket, in the cold November Rain
If you don't fancy the sport that occupies over 25% of the slots in these lists, there's always movies, celebrities, and political follies to fall back on – or an unusual fired-for-the-weekend CEO.
- Humour: Mandy Rice-Davies Applies
This page in a nutshell: Whether or not someone has denied unsavory allegations — though such a denial may not merit being given equal weight in an article — a worthless shitpost should still be included.
Tech News: 2023-49
MediaWiki message delivery 23:48, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – December 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2023).
- Ajpolino
- Lourdes
- Mairi
- RockMFR
- Somno
- WilyD
Beeblebrox → Just Step Sideways
- Following a talk page discussion, the Administrators' accountability policy has been updated to note that while it is considered best practice for administrators to have notifications (pings) enabled, this is not mandatory. Administrators who do not use notifications are now strongly encouraged to indicate this on their user page.
- Following a motion, the Extended Confirmed Restriction has been amended, removing the allowance for non-extended-confirmed editors to post constructive comments on the "Talk:" namespace. Now, non-extended-confirmed editors may use the "Talk:" namespace solely to make edit requests related to articles within the topic area, provided that their actions are not disruptive.
- The Arbitration Committee has announced a call for Checkusers and Oversighters, stating that it will currently be accepting applications for CheckUser and/or Oversight permissions at any point in the year.
- Eligible users are invited to vote on candidates for the Arbitration Committee until 23:59 December 11, 2023 (UTC). Candidate statements can be seen here.
Guild of Copy Editors December 2023 Newsletter
| Guild of Copy Editors December 2023 Newsletter
Hello, and welcome to the December 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since September. Don't forget that you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Election news: The Guild needs coordinators! If you'd like to help out, you may nominate yourself or any suitable editor—with their permission—for the Election of Coordinators for the first half of 2024. Nominations will close at 23:59 on 15 December (UTC). Voting begins immediately after the close of nominations and closes at 23:59 on 31 December. All editors in good standing (not under current sanctions) are eligible, and self-nominations are welcome. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term that ends at 23:59 on 30 June. Drive: Of the 69 editors who signed up for the September Backlog Elimination Drive, 40 copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 661,214 words in 290 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed here. Blitz: Of the 22 editors who signed up for the October Copy Editing Blitz, 13 copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 109,327 words in 52 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed here. Drive: During the November Backlog Elimination Drive, 38 of the 58 editors who signed up copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 458,620 words in 234 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed here. Blitz: Our December Copy Editing Blitz will run from 10 to 16 December. Barnstars awarded will be posted here. Progress report: As of 20:33, 10 December 2023 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 344 requests since 1 January, and the backlog stands at 2,191 articles. Other news: Our Annual Report for 2023 is planned for release in the new year. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Zippybonzo. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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This Month in GLAM: November 2023
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Tech News: 2023-51
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The Signpost: 24 December 2023
- Special report: Did the Chinese Communist Party send astroturfers to sabotage a hacktivist's Wikipedia article?
Wikipedia article histories are public records that can be easily examined, so unlike other websites, we can answer this question thoroughly.
- News and notes: The Italian Public Domain wars continue, Wikimedia RU set to dissolve, and a recap of WLM 2023
Not the best of times for Wikipedians across the world, but there are still glimpses of hope...
- In the media: Consider the humble fork
Forky on forky on forky, plus a strange donation scheme and other interesting bits of news.
- Discussion report: Arabic Wikipedia blackout; Wikimedians discuss SpongeBob, copyrights, and AI
Wiki goes dark and adopts Palestine flag logo; intellectual property rumblings from the bowels of the law.
- In focus: Liquidation of Wikimedia RU
Wikimedia Russia closes after founder is declared a "foreign agent".
- Technology report: Dark mode is coming
No more must Wikipedia always be a lightbulb in the dark — except metaphorically of course.
- Recent research: "LLMs Know More, Hallucinate Less" with Wikidata
And other new research publications.
- Gallery: A feast of holidays and carols
Peace on earth, goodwill to all!
- Comix: Lollus lmaois 200C tincture
the dilution makes it stronger.
- Crossword: when the crossword is sus
The Signpost Crossword is a 2018 online multiplayer social deduction game that takes place in space-themed settings where players are colorful, armless cartoon astronauts.
- Traffic report: What's the big deal? I'm an animal!
Bollywood, Hollywood, and both kinds of football to close out December.
- From the editor: A piccy iz worth OVAR 9000!!!11oneone! wordz ^_^
The debugging will continue until performance improves.
- Apocrypha: Local editor discovered 1,380 lost subheadings in ancient Signpost scrolls. And what he found was shocking.
Heartwarming — MUST READ — You Won't BELIEVE #4!!!!!
- Humour: Guess the joke contest
Winner receives a special prize!
- BJAODN: Bad jokes and other deleted nonsense
Edit summary: "Only need this page for about 30 minutes to demonstrate to a friend how easy it is to create a Wikipedia page. Then it will be deleted."
Question from Chidile (22:38, 28 December 2023)
Hello How do I start an Article here on Wikipedia? --Chidile (talk) 22:38, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
- Writing an article on Wikipedia is a complicated process that requires thorough understanding of policies and guidelines in Wikipedia. My suggestion is that you can make some simple edits and then slowly progress through more difficult tasks. You can read Help:Getting started for more information on how to edit here.
- However, if you still want to write an article on Wikipedia, you are encouraged to read through Help:Your first article carefully to avoid any major mistakes. Here are some very important steps:
- Do you have a conflict of interest with the subject of the article? If so, choose another topic to write on. Disclose any paid editing on your user page if needed.
- Is your topic suitable for inclusion on Wikipedia? Read through Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not to see what should not be included on Wikipedia.
- Is the topic notable enough for inclusion on Wikipedia? You can read through Wikipedia:Notability for general article inclusion criteria on Wikipedia. The general notability criteria is very important because it is very often used in articles for deletion discussions that can determine whether a topic is notable enough for inclusion on Wikipedia. There are also many notability guidelines for specified topics.
- Do you have enough reliable sources? All content on Wikipedia should be supported by reliable sources (usually secondary sources). Make sure your content is verifiable.
- Is your article neutral? Make sure your article is unbiased and not promotional.
- Is your article about living people? If so, please read through Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons to see any additional restrictions.
- Does your article contain original research? No original research is allowed on Wikipedia.
- Does your article contain grammar errors? Fix them if possible.
- You are encouraged to create an article in the draft namespace through Wikipedia:Article wizard. Please note that draft articles are deleted after 6 months if no edits have been made.
- After you have many reliable sources to support your article, and you believe that it's suitable for inclusion on Wikipedia, submit your draft for review, and a reviewer will accept or decline the draft and give additional suggestions on how to make improvements.
- I hope that you will find editing on Wikipedia enjoyable. If you have any questions, you can post here again. The person who loves reading (talk) 23:43, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – January 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2023).
Clovermoss
Dennis Brown
- Julia W
- Marasmusine
- PBS
- Following the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Aoidh, Cabayi, Firefly, HJ Mitchell, Maxim, Sdrqaz, ToBeFree, Z1720.
- Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee rescinded the restrictions on the page name move discussions for the two Ireland pages that were enacted in June 2009.
- The arbitration case Industrial agriculture has been closed.
- The New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in January 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,000 unreviewed articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
Tech News: 2024-02
MediaWiki message delivery 01:18, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
The Signpost: 10 January 2024
- From the editor: NINETEEN MORE YEARS! NINETEEN MORE YEARS!
The Signpost can now drink beer and chant slogans in Canada. What slogans should we chant for the next nineteen years?
- Special report: Public Domain Day 2024
Mickey & You: What can you do?
- Technology report: Wikipedia: A Multigenerational Pursuit
A techie looks at the big questions.
- News and notes: In other news ... see ya in court!
Let the games begin! The 2024 WikiCup is off to a strong start. With copyright enforcement, AI training and freedom of expression, it's another typical week in the wiki-sphere!
- In focus: The long road of a featured article candidate
The first of two installments, regarding a process of many installments.
- In the media: What is plagiarism? Oklahoma Disneyland? Reaching a human being at Wikipedia?
Watch out for those space ships!
- WikiProject report: WikiProjects Israel and Palestine
What are the editorial processes behind covering some of the most politically polarizing and contentious topics on English Wikipedia?
- Obituary: Anthony Bradbury
Rest in peace.
- Traffic report: The most viewed articles of 2023
Around the world in 365 days (with many stops in India).
- Crossword: everybody gangsta till the style sheets start cascading
The good news is that I've perfected the templates that allow other people to make actually good crosswords.
- Comix: Conflict resolution
Getting down to brass tacks &c.
This Month in GLAM: December 2023
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Tech News: 2024-03
MediaWiki message delivery 00:11, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-04
MediaWiki message delivery 01:02, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
Books & Bytes – Issue 60
The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 60, November – December 2023
- Three new partners
- Google Scholar integration
- How to track partner suggestions
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --13:36, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
VA bonus
Talk:Campbell's Soup Cans/GA1 passed recently.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 19:12, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for notifying me! The person who loves reading (talk) 02:39, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
- So do I have some barnstars coming?-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:06, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
- Of course! The person who loves reading (talk) 17:31, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
- So do I have some barnstars coming?-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:06, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-05
MediaWiki message delivery 19:29, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
The Signpost: 31 January 2024
- News and notes: Wikipedian Osama Khalid celebrated his 30th birthday in jail
Plus WMF child rights impact assessment, Chinese Wikipedia changes admin rules
- Opinion: Until it happens to you
A stream of consciousness about plagiarism on Wikipedia from the perspective of a user who directly witnessed it.
- Disinformation report: How paid editors squeeze you dry
And how you can stop them!
- In the media: Katherine Maher new NPR CEO, go check Wikipedia, race in the race
Another wobble, more Ackman, our usual pathological optimist, and football in dirty pants!
- In focus: The long road of a featured article candidate, part 2
Everything you really wanted to know about writing featured articles.
- Recent research: Croatian takeover was enabled by "lack of bureaucratic openness and rules constraining [admins]"
And other new research publications.
- Comix: We've all got to start somewhere
Writing a good subheading for a one-sentence joke is basically like writing an entire second joke so I'm not going to do it.
- Traffic report: DJ, gonna burn this goddamn house right down
Job changes, death, sex, murder, suicide and a vacation!
Administrators' newsletter – February 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2024).
- Ameliorate!
- Ancheta Wis
- Anthony Bradbury (deceased)
- Cobi
- Ev
- Moondyne
- Worm That Turned
- An RfC about increasing the inactivity requirement for Interface administrators is open for feedback.
- Pages that use the JSON contentmodel will now use tabs instead of spaces for auto-indentation. This will significantly reduce the page size. (T326065)
- Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee adopted a new enforcement restriction on January 4, 2024, wherein the Committee may apply the 'Reliable source consensus-required restriction' to specified topic areas.
- Community feedback is requested for a draft to replace the "Information for administrators processing requests" section at WP:AE.
- Voting in the 2024 Steward elections will begin on 06 February 2024, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 27 February 2024, 14:00 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
- A vote to ratify the charter for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is open till 2 February 2024, 23:59:59 (UTC) via Secure Poll. All eligible voters within the Wikimedia community have the opportunity to either support or oppose the adoption of the U4C Charter and share their reasons. The details of the voting process and voter eligibility can be found here.
- Community Tech has made some preliminary decisions about the future of the Community Wishlist Survey. In summary, they aim to develop a new, continuous intake system for community technical requests that improves prioritization, resource allocation, and communication regarding wishes. Read more
- The Unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in February 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with {{Unreferenced}}. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. Sign up to participate!
Happy First Edit Day!
- Thanks for posting this! The person who loves reading (talk) 03:07, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
Happy First Edit Day!
- Thanks for posting this! The person who loves reading (talk) 03:07, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-06
MediaWiki message delivery 19:20, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
Society promoted to GA
Hi there. Along with @Alex26337, I promoted Society to GA. I know you're offering an award. Thanks, Of the universe (talk) 16:47, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
- Sorry for the late reply! Barnstars will be given. The person who loves reading (talk) 18:54, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: January 2024
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The Signpost: 13 February 2024
- News and notes: Wikimedia Russia director declared "foreign agent" by Russian gov; EU prepares to pile on the papers
"the exact extent of the obligations" unclear... many such cases!
- Disinformation report: How low can the scammers go?
Lower, trust me!
- Gallery: Before and After: Why you don't need to touch grass to dramatically improve images of flora and fauna
Finding the right bumblebee among all the bumblebees!
- In the media: Speaking in tongues, toeing the line, and dressing the part
The usual odd articles about Wikipedia.
- Serendipity: Is this guy the same as the one who was a Nazi?
The hunt for Bertil Ragnar Anzén.
- Traffic report: Griselda, Nikki, Carl, Jannik and two types of football
Plus films, Grammys and a rumble!
- Crossword: Our crossword to bear
&c.
- Comix: Strongly
That's more than weakly!
Tech News: 2024-07
MediaWiki message delivery 05:47, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-08
MediaWiki message delivery 15:35, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
March 2024 GAN backlog drive
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Tech News: 2024-09
MediaWiki message delivery 19:21, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – March 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2024).
- Phase I of the 2024 RfA review is now open for participation. Editors are invited to review, comment on, and propose improvements to the requests for adminship process.
- Following an RfC, the inactivity requirement for the removal of the interface administrator right increased from 6 months to 12 months.
- The mobile site history pages now use the same HTML as the desktop history pages. (T353388)
- The 2024 appointees for the Ombuds commission are だ*ぜ, AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Doǵu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, MdsShakil, Minorax, Nehaoua, Renvoy and RoySmith as members, with Vermont serving as steward-observer.
- Following the 2024 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Ajraddatz, Albertoleoncio, EPIC, JJMC89, Johannnes89, Melos and Yahya.
The Signpost: 2 March 2024
- News and notes: Wikimedia enters US Supreme court hearings as "the dolphin inadvertently caught in the net"
Plus, the U4C Charter keeps planting seeds, the RfA process is set to become more sustainable, and more news from the Wikimedia ecosystem.
- Recent research: Images on Wikipedia "amplify gender bias"
And other new findings
- In the media: The Scottish Parliament gets involved, a wikirace on live TV, and the Foundation's CTO goes on record
Plus, naughty politicians, Federal judge not a fan, UFOs and beavers.
- Obituary: Vami_IV
Rest in peace.
- Traffic report: Supervalentinefilmbowlday
If you say it loud enough the views will come your way!
- WikiCup report: High-scoring WikiCup first round comes to a close
135 battle it out; 67 advance
Tech News: 2024-10
MediaWiki message delivery 19:45, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
Books & Bytes – Issue 61
The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 61, January – February 2024
- Bristol University Press and British Online Archives now available
- 1Lib1Ref results
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --16:32, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: February 2024
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Tech News: 2024-11
MediaWiki message delivery 23:02, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors 2023 Annual Report
| Guild of Copy Editors 2023 Annual Report
Our 2023 Annual Report is now ready for review.
Highlights:
– Your Guild coordinators:
Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Wracking.
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Tech News: 2024-12
MediaWiki message delivery 17:38, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-13
MediaWiki message delivery 18:54, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
The Signpost: 29 March 2024
- Technology report: Millions of readers still seeing broken pages as "temporary" disabling of graph extension nears its second year
Much effort was spent drafting a movement charter about becoming "essential infrastructure of the ecosystem of free knowledge". How much is spent maintaining it?
- Interview: Interview on Wikimedia Foundation fundraising and finance strategy
Signpost interviews Wikimedia Foundation leadership on fundraising banners
- Special report: 19-page PDF accuses Wikipedia of bias against Israel, suggests editors be forced to reveal their real names, and demands a new feature allowing people to view the history of Wikipedia articles
And does it have anything to do with the unusual decision to let a zero-edit user open an arbitration request?
- Op-Ed: Wikipedia in the age of personality-driven knowledge
Can we compete with social media? Will aoomers forget Wikipedia?
- Recent research: "Newcomer Homepage" feature mostly fails to boost new editors
And several papers look at climate change on Wikipedia
- News and notes: Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee Charter ratified
WLM winners announced, Wikimania 2024, a new Wikimedia movement affiliate, and active enwp admins reach a record low.
- In the media: "For me it’s the autism": AARoad editors on the fork more traveled
Worldwide women turned blue and controversies on Serbian & French Wikipedia.
- Traffic report: He rules over everything, on the land called planet Dune
Let me take you to the movies.
- Humour: Letters from the editors
The only worthwhile grievance is the one that prompts satire.
- Comix: Layout issue
margin: 0 auto !important;
Administrators' newsletter – April 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2024).

- An RfC is open to convert all current and future community discretionary sanctions to (community designated) contentious topics procedure.
- The Toolforge Grid Engine services have been shut down after the final migration process from Grid Engine to Kubernetes. (T313405)
- An arbitration case has been opened to look into "the intersection of managing conflict of interest editing with the harassment (outing) policy".
- Editors are invited to sign up for The Core Contest, an initiative running from April 15 to May 31, which aims to improve vital and other core articles on Wikipedia.
Tech News: 2024-14
MediaWiki message delivery 03:34, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
Tech News: 2024-15
MediaWiki message delivery 23:35, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
This Month in GLAM: March 2024
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Guild of Copy Editors April 2024 Newsletter
| Guild of Copy Editors April 2024 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the April 2024 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since December. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. We extend a warm welcome to all of our new members. We wish you all happy copy-editing. Election results: In our December 2023 coordinator election, Zippybonzo stepped down as coordinator; we thank them for their service. Incumbents Dhtwiki and Miniapolis were reelected coordinators, and Wracking was newly elected coordinator, to serve through 30 June. Nominations for our mid-year Election of Coordinators will open on 1 June (UTC). Drive: 46 editors signed up for our January Backlog Elimination Drive, 32 of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 289 articles totaling 626,729 words. Barnstars awarded are here. Blitz: 23 editors signed up for our February Copy Editing Blitz. 18 claimed at least one copy-edit and between them, they copy-edited 100,293 words in 32 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. Drive: 53 editors signed up for our March Backlog Elimination Drive, 34 of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 300 articles totaling 587,828 words. Barnstars awarded are here. Blitz: Sign up for our April Copy Editing Blitz, which runs from 14 to 20 April. Barnstars will be awarded here. Progress report: As of 23:17, 11 April 2024 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 109 requests since 1 January 2024, and the backlog stands at 2,480 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from Baffle gab1978 and your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Wracking. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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