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News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2024).

Administrator changes

• Ahecht
• DoubleGrazing
• Dr vulpes
• FOARP
• Peaceray
• Queen of Hearts
• Rsjaffe
• SD0001
• SilverLocust
• Sohom Datta
• ThadeusOfNazereth
• Voorts

• Ajpolino
• Fathoms Below
• Pppery
• Tamzin
• Worm That Turned

• Aervanath
• Christopher Sundita
• Dank
• Dennis Brown
• Dragons flight
• Fastily
• Graham87
• JaGa
• Kbh3rd
• Marine 69-71
• Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington
• Yamamoto Ichiro

Interface administrator changes

• SD0001
• Sohom Datta

Pppery

CheckUser changes

• Spicy
• TheresNoTime

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RFC, the policy on restoration of adminship has been updated. All former administrators may now only regain the tools following a request at the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard within 5 years of their most recent admin action. Previously this applied only to administrators deysopped for inactivity.
• Following a request for comment, a new speedy deletion criterion, T5, has been enacted. This applies to template subpages that are no longer used.

Technical news

• Technical volunteers can now register for the 2025 Wikimedia Hackathon, which will take place in Istanbul, Turkey. Application for travel and accommodation scholarships is open from November 12 to December 10, 2024.

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Yasuke (formerly titled Backlash to diversity and inclusion) has been closed.
• An arbitration case titled Palestine-Israel articles 5 has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case will close on 14 December.

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MediaWiki message delivery 22:13, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

MediaWiki message delivery 22:21, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, do you know what are the rules for making an article? --BELOROISHERE (talk) 13:12, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @BELOROISHERE, and welcome to Wikipedia! Creating a new article is a complicated process. Before creating your first article, you should learn editing and rules of Wikipedia and complete smaller tasks at the Task Center.

First, is the subject you are editing closely related to yourself, family, friends, clients, employers, financial or other relationships (having a conflict of interest or COI)?

Before creating a new article, you must make sure that the subject is notable enough for inclusion. Text on Wikipedia must be cited by reliable sources so that information is verifiable. Also, an article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing, as you don't "own" what you write on Wikipedia.

When you're ready to create a new article, go to Help:Your first article, which will guide you through creating a new article. You should go through the entire page before proceeding to the Article Wizard. After creating a new article draft, it will be reviewed by an Articles for creation volunteer. Be patient; there are currently 2,449 pending submissions, and they are not reviewed in any specific order. In the meantime, you might want to do some basic copyediting so that the article is more likely to be approved. If you have more questions, don't hesitate to ask me using your Homepage or at the Teahouse and learn about editing Wikipedia through our introduction. Happy editing! ~~2NumForIce (^speak|_edits) 13:15, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

how to start writing for the first time and then publish --Brigadier (Dr) Vijay Sagar Dheman (talk) 08:11, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @, welcome to Wikipedia! First, is the subject you are editing closely related to yourself, family, friends, clients, employers, financial or other relationships (having a conflict of interest or COI)?

A guide to editing Wikipedia is available at Help:Introduction. For student editing as part of a course, go to Wiki Education student training. There is also a single-page guide to contributing, and even an interactive training game, The Wikipedia Adventure.

When you're ready to edit articles, you can find some to edit on your Homepage and Citation Hunt to get rid of the ^{[citation needed]} tags. ~~2NumForIce (^speak|_edits) 09:21, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ping: @Brigadier (Dr) Vijay Sagar Dheman ~~2NumForIce (^speak|_edits) 09:22, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello i would like to set up a page, can you explain how I can do that? --Sophieb12345678 (talk) 16:27, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @, creating a new article is a complicated process. Before creating your first article, you should learn editing and rules of Wikipedia and complete smaller tasks at the Task Center.

First, is the subject you are editing closely related to yourself, family, friends, clients, employers, financial or other relationships (having a conflict of interest or COI)?

Before creating a new article, you must make sure that the subject is notable enough for inclusion. Text on Wikipedia must be cited by reliable sources so that information is verifiable. Also, an article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing, as you don't "own" what you write on Wikipedia.

When you're ready to create a new article, go to Help:Your first article, which will guide you through creating a new article. You should go through the entire page before proceeding to the Article Wizard. After creating a new article draft, it will be reviewed by an Articles for creation volunteer. Be patient; there are currently 2,449 pending submissions, and they are not reviewed in any specific order. In the meantime, you might want to do some basic copyediting so that the article is more likely to be approved. Happy editing! ~~2NumForIce (^speak|_edits) 04:35, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ping: @Sophieb12345678 ~~2NumForIce (^speak|_edits) 04:36, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I would love to ask you a question so currently I'm trying to make a wiki article about my grandfather Mr. Mahmoud Abdel-Rahman Hamdi may god rest his soul. He was an influential egyptian diplomat and a prominent figure in Arab Economic. I would love to get tips from you on how to possibly make this even readable 🤣. I've never really liked writing so if you have any tips for me. That will be more then incredible. Thanks --Ahmedabuelwafa567 (talk) 17:07, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Ahmedabuelwafa567, and welcome to Wikipedia. It's generally not a good idea to edit with a conflict of interest (editing about yourself, friends, family, employees/ers, or other relationships). From my usual advice:

There are important rules when it comes to conflict of interest editing (COI). Wikipedia strongly discourages COI editing as it could backfire as we're in the real world, especially if not written in a neutral point of view.

Editors with a COI are strongly encouraged to disclose the COI, and you must if you are being paid per the Terms of Use, in which case, there is a separate (but similar) process for disclosing paid editing.

COI editors are strongly discouraged to edit affected articles directly and to write autobiographies. Instead, use edit requests to propose changes to an existing article and Articles for creation for creating a new article (see Help:Your first article first if you're writing an article.

Unless your edits and articles are well-written, following Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, COI editing can cause many problems, and there are even legal consequences for hidden advertising mimicking a content format such as a Wikipedia article. If your company tells you to write or edit a Wikipedia article about them, tell them it can't be done.

Creating a new article is a complicated process. Before creating your first article, you should learn editing and rules of Wikipedia and complete smaller tasks at the Task Center.

Before creating a new article, you must make sure that the subject is notable enough for inclusion. Text on Wikipedia must be cited by reliable sources so that information is verifiable. Also, an article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing, as you don't "own" what you write on Wikipedia.

When you're ready to create a new article, go to Help:Your first article, which will guide you through creating a new article. You should go through the entire page before proceeding to the Article Wizard. After creating a new article draft, it will be reviewed by an Articles for creation volunteer. Be patient; there are currently 2,449 pending submissions, and they are not reviewed in any specific order. In the meantime, you might want to do some basic copyediting so that the article is more likely to be approved. ~~2NumForIce (^speak|_edits) 06:00, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2024).

Guideline and policy news

• Following an RFC, Wikipedia:Notability (species) was adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.
• A request for comment is open to discuss whether admins should be advised to warn users rather than issue no-warning blocks to those who have posted promotional content outside of article space.

Technical news

• The Nuke feature also now provides links to the userpage of the user whose pages were deleted, and to the pages which were not selected for deletion, after page deletions are queued. This enables easier follow-up admin-actions.

Arbitration

• Following the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been elected to the Arbitration Committee: CaptainEek, Daniel, Elli, KrakatoaKatie, Liz, Primefac, ScottishFinnishRadish, Theleekycauldron, Worm That Turned.

Miscellaneous

• A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in January 2025 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the new pages feed. Sign up here to participate!

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Hi 2NumForIce! I think this is a vandal and the IP user is a sock puppet here. I don't have any experience dealing with this, I've reverted the edits and put user warning templates on the talk page. How should I proceed from here? Thanks very much Itsziggyp (talk) 02:37, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also on my own talk page here

Many thanks! Itsziggyp (talk) 02:49, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Itsziggyp: as I don't really know about this sock, I can't tell who is behind the account, but I can tell you where to report it. If the vandalism is obvious, active and persistent, you should report it at WP:AIV. Sockpuppet accounts should usually be reported at WP:SPI unless the connection is obvious, in which case, you should report it at AIV. There is a list of long-term abusers at WP:LTA; check if the sock matches an LTA. Other incidents can be reported on another page. ~~2NumForIce (^speak|_edits) 03:13, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Itsziggyp (talk) 11:42, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello I want to create my user page Please help me --Bharatiya1177 (talk) 08:30, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Bharatiya1177, it seems that you already created your user page at User:Bharatiya1177. Please take a look at Wikipedia:User pages for things that you can, and can't, put on your user page. If you want to create an article, simply ask me a new question on your Homepage. ~~2NumForIce (^speak|_edits) 05:21, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Sir/Madam,

I was just wondering do you know when you reference something and click the click the link of the reference, how do you get it to direct you and highlight the text you want. So for example, Reference 4 -URL:https://www.gaa.ie/article/gaa-master-fixtures-for-2025-published; I would like when you click the link, it would direct you to page 6 of the GAA Master Booklet and highlight 'All-Ireland Final 20.07.2025 (Sun) – (Replay 02.08.2025 (Sat)) Semi-Final Winner v Semi-Final Winner' I was just wondering if you knew how to do that. Many thanks, Eoghan. --Eoghanol2 (talk) 12:30, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Eoghanol2, and welcome to Wikipedia! (Sorry for the wait; busy with real-life stuff.) The guideline Citing sources recommends linking specific pages in PDFs by appending #link=n to the URL, where n is the actual page number. For example, https://www.example.com/file.pdf#page=6 takes you to page 6 of that PDF.

The site appears to be using an HTML page with an embed to the actual PDF file. To get the URL of the actual PDF, right-click the document embed. If you are using Chrome or another Chromium-based browser, click Inspect, then copy the original-url="..." for the highlighted element. If you are using Firefox, click This Frame > Open Frame in New Tab, then copy the URL of the new tab.

For the URL that you provided, https://www.gaa.ie/api/images/image/upload/t_q-best/prd/lckxextuznmtdnnvapnc.pdf#page=6 should work. ~~2NumForIce (^speak|_edits) 04:23, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How do I insert an image? --Alexandermonto (talk) 20:17, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Alexandermonto, and welcome to Wikipedia! (Sorry for the wait; busy with real-life stuff.)

To add an image, click . Try to an existing image on Wikimedia Commons, Wikimedia's free media repository. Once you've found the image, simply enter its file name and select the image.

With the wikitext markup editor, you can also use wikitext:

[[File:FILENAME.EXT|thumb|Caption to be displayed at the bottom|alt=Alternative text for screen reader users and if image can't be loaded]]

To upload an existing image to Wikimedia Commons, ensure that either you created it and you want to release under a free license or it is under a free license. (Although fair use images can be uploaded locally to Wikipedia, the process is more complicated than uploading free media to Commons.)

Uploading a free image

Check if the file is free (as in freedom) If you made the file yourself, you'll need to license it under a free license. For example: CC BY—Permits use and modification (including commercially) as long as the author is credited CC BY-SA—Permits use and modification (including commercially) as long as the author is credited and modifications are under the same license CC0—Public domain (no rights reserved); permits any use and modification (including commercially), even without credit Most files found on the Internet are not considered free. Files that you didn't create must be licensed under a free license or in the public domain, either expired, too simple to be copyrighted, or the auther released it to the public domain. If in doubt, don't use it. Be mindful of freedom of panorama laws. If you are a copyright holder, published your work elseware, and would like to confirm permission, please contact the Volunteer Response Team instead of proceeding with the next step here. Upload the image to Wikimedia Commons : Wikimedia Commons (or simply Commons) is a central repository of free media files that can be used on Wikipedia, other Wikimedia projects, and anyone worldwide (like in a presentation). Use the Upload Wizard to upload files. You'll need to log in. Use the same username and password as your Wikipedia account. Please fill the information accurately. If you add incorrect information, the file will be deleted. Use the file : After you upload the file to Commons, you can now use it. Click in the toolbar (you may need to click Insert first), and enter the file name you entered in Upload Wizard, enter a descriptive caption, then click Insert. You just added a file to Wikimedia Commons! Now that the file is under a free license, anyone in the world can benefit from your file.

For a more in-depth guide, see Help:Pictures. ~~2NumForIce (^speak|_edits) 03:59, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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

Administrator changes

• Arcticocean
• Wugapodes

Euryalus

CheckUser changes

• Firefly
• L235

Oversighter changes

• Firefly
• Guerillero
• L235
• Moneytrees

Technical news

• Administrators can now nuke pages created by a user or IP address from the last 90 days, up from the initial 30 days. T380846
• A 'Recreated' tag will now be added to pages that were created with the same title as a page which was previously deleted and it can be used as a filter in Special:RecentChanges and Special:NewPages. T56145

Arbitration

• The arbitration case Palestine-Israel articles 5 has been closed.

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MediaWiki message delivery 00:09, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can we get paid by editing? --Zahra 6645 (talk) 19:47, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Zahra 6645 and welcome to Wikipedia. Wikipedia editors are volunteers contributing in their free time, and as a result, Wikipedia editors don't get paid.

There is the Wikimedia Foundation, but that is mainly about hosting the wikis, not content; the volunteer community takes care of that.

There is also conflict of interest editing and paid editing, but it's a bad idea; see the linked pages and my standard advice. ~~2NumForIce (^speak|_edits) 20:34, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

MediaWiki message delivery 21:18, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

hi, am I able to create a new page? --Ellis7125 (talk) 21:21, 17 February 2025 (UTC) Hello @Ellis7125, creating a new article is a complicated process. Before creating your first article, you should learn editing and rules of Wikipedia and complete smaller tasks at the Task Center.[reply]

First, is the subject you are editing closely related to yourself, family, friends, clients, employers, financial or other relationships (having a conflict of interest or COI)? If so, see my standard COI advice.

Before creating a new article, you must make sure that the subject is notable enough for inclusion. Text on Wikipedia must be cited by reliable sources so that information is verifiable. Also, an article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing, as you don't "own" what you write on Wikipedia.

When you're ready to create a new article, go to Help:Your first article, which will guide you through creating a new article. You should go through the entire page before proceeding to the Article Wizard. After creating a new article draft, it will be reviewed by an Articles for creation volunteer. Be patient; there are currently 2,449 pending submissions, and they are not reviewed in any specific order. In the meantime, you might want to do some basic copyediting so that the article is more likely to be approved. ~~2NumForIce (^speak|_edits) 03:14, 18 February 2025 (UTC) (edited 03:20, 18 February 2025 (UTC): link to standard advice; transclusion is weird)[reply]

Hello, I believe that an article stating the facts of a specific landmark ruling made by the European Court of Human rights (ECHR) has been deleted from Wikipedia . The article is purely factual and covers the details of a landmark ruling by the European court of human rights. Is there any way that we can undelete it or recreate it? Thanks. --WildRabbitOnField (talk) 00:19, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @WildRabbitOnField and welcome to Wikipedia! First, I recommend you to follow the Wikipedia tutorial.

Do you have the article's title? I need that to check the article's deletion log. ~~2NumForIce (^speak|_edits) 00:36, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

hello and thanks for your fast reply. The name of the article and also of the ruling is:

Demopoulos & others v Turkey

I'm fairly sure it did exist on Wikipedia many years ago. I seem to recall the article said it was a landmark ruling and quoted the court as saying "effective domestic remedy" when describing an entity called the 'immovable property commission' within the article. WildRabbitOnField (talk) 00:53, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WildRabbitOnField (talk) 01:29, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WildRabbitOnField (talk) 01:30, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @WildRabbitOnField: Not an admin, so can't look at the page. I couldn't find the article using the Wikipedia search page, so I'll give some general advice: Articles are deleted per the deletion policy. There are many reasons why an article could be deleted (PROD, notability) that I don't have time to explain here. There are undeletion processes (refund and deletion review), but are only used for procedural errors, not merely because you disagree with the deletion, but they can only be used if you have the exact title. ~~2NumForIce (^speak|_edits) 02:09, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, which page couldn't you look at and which one couldn't you find? WildRabbitOnField (talk) 13:11, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'll ask someone else to help me WildRabbitOnField (talk) 13:15, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@WildRabbitOnField: That would be the article that you mentioned. Not really an expert at finding old deleted articles; only thing found on wiki was an old ANI discussion (collapsed), so it was probably (not definitely; no definite logs found for the pages) a speedy deletion or an expired PROD.

As for Xenides-Arestis v. Turkey that you mentioned on User talk:Expatkiwi, I found Judiciary of Northern Cyprus containing the name of the case. Other than that, there's nothing else I could find (including logs). @Expatkiwi will likely not be able to help, considering they have not edited in over 10 years. ~~2NumForIce (^speak|_edits) 17:22, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the info. WildRabbitOnField (talk) 17:48, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! On this article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chega_(political_party), I spotted that the link on a name was created for some minor far-right 21st century politician leading to the 18th Century Architect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Antunes. It was done through the double square brackets João Antunes. I removed the square brackets. Is this correct way of removing links to wrong places on Wikipedia? Or shall I do it something else?

I don't know how this works. Should I maybe leave the link and mention in the description that this person is a namesake of a famous 18th century architect? - but this does not feel to be relevant at all. At least if these are not equally significant people from the general historical perspective or somehow related. I would understand creation of some link, if both people would be famous, but I'm not sure. A hint on the best practice in this area would help. I have seen few of these types of links in the past. Thank you. --Qrzydlo (talk) 21:08, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

MediaWiki message delivery 00:38, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

hello Help me with editing an article about trees and plants.do i go straight on the article and edit it or there is some other way? --Rajni Nathawat (talk) 09:45, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]