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Invitation to Organize Feminism and Folklore 2026

Dear Wiki Community,

We are pleased to invite Wikimedia communities, affiliates, and independent contributors to organize the Feminism and Folklore 2026 writing competition on your local Wikipedia.

The international campaign will run from 1 February to 31 March 2026 and aims to improve coverage of feminism, women’s histories, gender-related topics, and folk culture across Wikipedia projects.

About the Campaign

Feminism and Folklore is a global writing initiative that complements the Wiki Loves Folklore photography competition. While Wiki Loves Folklore focuses on visual documentation, this writing campaign addresses the gender gap on Wikipedia by improving encyclopedic content related to folk culture and marginalized voices.

What Can Participants Write About?

Communities can contribute by creating, expanding, or translating articles related to:

• Folk festivals, rituals, and celebrations
• Folk dances, music, and traditional performances
• Women and queer figures in folklore
• Women in mythology and oral traditions
• Women warriors, witches, and witch-hunting narratives
• Fairy tales, folk stories, and legends
• Folk games, sports, and cultural practices

Participants may work from curated article lists or generate new article suggestions using campaign tools.

How to Sign Up as an Organizer

Organizers are requested to complete the following steps to register their community:

1. Create a local project page on your wiki (see sample)
2. Set up the campaign using the CampWiz tool
3. Prepare a local article list and clearly mention:
   • Campaign timeline
   • Local and international prizes
4. Request a site notice from local administrators (see sample)
5. Add your local project page and CampWiz link to the Meta project page

Campaign Tools

The Wiki Loves Folklore Tech Team has introduced tools to support organizers and participants:

• Article List Generator by Topic – Helps identify articles available on English Wikipedia but missing in your local language Wikipedia. The tool allows customized filters and provides downloadable article lists in CSV and wikitable formats.
• CampWiz – Enables communities to manage writing campaigns effectively, including jury-based evaluation. This will be the third year CampWiz is officially used for Feminism and Folklore.

Both tools are now available for use in the campaign. Click here to access the tools

Learn More & Get Support

For detailed information about rules, timelines, and prizes, please visit the Feminism and Folklore 2026 project page.

If you have any questions or need assistance, feel free to reach out via:

• Meta talk page
• Email us using details on the contact page.

Join Us

We look forward to your collaboration and coordination in making Feminism and Folklore 2026 a meaningful and impactful campaign for closing gender gaps and enriching folk culture content on Wikipedia.

Thank you and best wishes,

Feminism and Folklore 2026 International Team

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where is save to save the wikipedia content that i wrote --Smanjmicro1982 (talk) 16:56, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Smanjmicro1982, and welcome to Wikipedia! The "publish changes" button saves the content that you wrote. I would highly recommend you check out our guideline on writing autobiographies before proceeding. Best, HouseBlaster (he/they) 18:52, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. How to Create an Article. --DevQS (talk) 04:10, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi DevQS, and welcome to Wikipedia! You can check out Help:Your first article. Let me know if you need any help along the way :) HouseBlaster (he/they) 04:27, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thanks for being here to help! I’ve been working on my editing and creation skills and could use some help. A recent submission for a new page – Herbert Lust, the author and art collector – was declined because a reviewer felt it showed signs of having used an LLM. I did not use an LLM to write the entry but I did ask one after I was done to check the citations for accurate construction. I’ve been reading the work of the subject for 30 years and most of what is publicly available as sources is narrowly focused. But I did construct the entry. Do you have any suggestions?

Thank you again! --PtrWrd (talk) 12:44, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi PtrWrd! @Pythoncoder, would you be able to clarify what AI signs you saw in the submission? I confess that I don't see them myself, but I am not a frequent new page reviewer. That being said, PtrWrd, my general advice about LLMs on Wikipedia is avoid them like the plague; they are really bad at improving Wikipedia content. Best, HouseBlaster (he/they) 20:46, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@HouseBlaster Sure thing. The first LLM-type issue I saw with the article was the error on reference #6, which was seemingly named and invoked but never actually defined in the article. This is something I've been seeing less often with LLMs lately, but it still comes up from time to time. If you're having trouble creating references, the source editor's "Cite" tab has a tool to help you fill them out, or you can use the Visual Editor, which has a different tool that can automatically generate properly formatted references. There were also a couple sentences in the draft that jumped out at me, like this one:

One common error found in LLM-generated Wikipedia articles is excessive mention of media sources in the body text (though "major publications" isn't as much of an AI-ism as, say, "national outlets"). @PtrWrd Are you sure the LLM didn't change the body text of the draft at the same time it was messing up the references? —pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 21:00, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you and @HouseBlaster very much. I appreciate your insight and advice to never touch these LLMs even for checking the links. I’ve written another full entry without it and added content to other pages without it, so I should have had more confidence in this. I will go through it again and clean it up, from scratch. When I do that is there anything I should do other than his resubmit? Thank you again. PtrWrd (talk) 21:26, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Pythoncoder for clarifying! The big thing you should check is whether Lust qualifies for an article. The official rules are at Wikipedia:Notability (people)—you want the sections Wikipedia:Notability (people) § Basic criteria and Wikipedia:Notability (people) § Creative professionals. You only need to demonstrate that Lust meets either the basic criteria or the creative professional criteria, not both at the same time. Help:Your first article § Notability – should this topic have an article? walks you through assessing whether Lust meets the basic criteria. Best, HouseBlaster (he/they) 00:56, 9 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you again. I believe he does qualify for an article based on his contributions to art and literature. I have reworked the entry and resubmitted it. I appreciate all of your comments and assistance! PtrWrd (talk) 17:23, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, how do i use Wikipedia --Apostle Dickson Aropu (talk) 19:23, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Apostle Dickson Aropu! The page you were just on, Help:Getting started, is a great introduction to editing. You can also try Help:Introduction. Let me know if you have any other questions :) HouseBlaster (he/they) 20:47, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi I'm quandorondo can I make my own page about Henrico delegate Terrel Hughes --Qundorondo (talk) 18:05, 9 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Qundorondo, and welcome to Wikipedia! It depends on whether Terrel Hughes meets our criteria for an article. Check out Help:Your first article § Notability – should this topic have an article? for our criteria. Best, HouseBlaster (he/they) 18:11, 9 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, I was wondering how to create a wiki page for a person. --WVHistory15 (talk) 22:34, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@WVHistory15: Welcome! Creating a new article from scratch is extremely challenging, and new editors are strongly recommended to spend a few months learning how Wikipedia works, by making improvements to some of our existing seven million articles before trying it. When you do decide to have a go at a new article, you are highly encouraged to read Help:Your first article. If you haven't already also check out the tutorial; it's a lot of fun! Happy editing! HouseBlaster (he/they) 23:02, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

A new page that I created called, "Draft:Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Irving" received a "Speedy deletion" by "Dianna." Part of the reason provided was that it sounded like it was created by AI, but I created the page myself based on publicly available information, so I'm not sure what the issue is. --DataUpdates01 (talk) 15:51, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I deleted the page for violations of our copyright policy. You were notified on your talk page of the reason for the deletion. See User talk:DataUpdates01#Speedy deletion of Draft:Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Irving. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 16:16, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

DataUpdates01, thank you for reaching out! I agree with Dianna's comment above. Best, HouseBlaster (he/they) 18:11, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

MediaWiki message delivery 19:15, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hey HB,

Thought I should let you know I'm back. Thanks for your message or two over the past year, and for keeping an eye on my talk page. Looking forward to chatting again. Snowmanonahoe (talk · contribs · typos) 20:00, 18 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

So glad to hear you are back!! Let me know if you need anything :) HouseBlaster (he/they) 20:22, 18 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, when I tried editing an article it wouldn't let me publish it. I am also very mad because Wikipedia thinks that I'm vandalizing the platform when I'm not. --Coolgreg1234 (talk) 19:55, 20 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Coolgreg1234, and welcome to Wikipedia! Unfortunately, Wikipedia is not the place to talk about your micronation. We need significant coverage in reliable sources which are independent of the subject. That means sources must go into detail, the sources must be reliable (think The New York Times–caliber), and you sources you solicit do not count. I would highly recommend finding a new topic to write about. I know this is disappointing, and I am sorry that I have to be the bearer of bad news. Best, HouseBlaster (he/they) 20:04, 20 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I blocked this editor. voorts (talk/contributions) 21:43, 20 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]