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Hello. I discovered Women in Red had made me a wikipedia page. While I am grateful to them for doing this, I would like to correct my entry, and also address the label that says citations are needed. I tried to edit the page but my edits do not appear to have been accepted. Please tell me how I can correct the information about me. For example, I am not an alumnus of the University of Exeter! Thank you Diana Kuh --DLKuh (talk) 16:51, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@DLKuh: Hey Diana, welcome to Wikipedia!

Regarding the question of your edit not being accepted, it is generally discouraged on Wikipedia for one to edit an article on a subject related to oneself.

There is still a way the edit can be made, however: you can submit an edit request. The edit request wizard may be helpful (select Conflict of Interest).

Important things to note:

• You must declare that you are the subject of the article. You can choose to do this on your "user page", but whether if you choose to do it on your user page or not, I'd still recommend a declaration in your edit request, e.g. beginning with "I am ..., the subject of this article"
• Remember to provide reliable sources, or your edit request may not be accepted.

More information is available at Wikipedia:FAQ/Article subjects and Wikipedia:Conflict of interest § How to disclose a COI.

Good luck, and feel free to ask me if you have any questions! ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 04:56, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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How do i upload my company logo on wikepedia? --Mride ng (talk) 13:04, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Mride ng: You could upload it on Wikimedia Commons, but I don't recommend that because we don't recommend creating articles about subjects you have a relationship or connection to (see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest). ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 15:47, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Suchismita_Chatterjee need to publish this page --Suchi5978 (talk) 22:35, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Suchi5978: Wikipedia is not for you to write about yourself. ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 00:54, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I need to add some indormation for a public figure --Zzenun123 (talk) 09:42, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Zzenun123: You can do this yourself, as long as you cite a reliable source! Do you require additional assistance? ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 16:06, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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I've made an edit and added a 'person of note' to the town I live in ... as an auto hyperlink over his name its directing people to the wrong Simon Topping. How do I correct and direct to a wiki page of my choice (already exists)? Thanks --Prmeylan (talk) 15:26, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Prmeylan: In the Visual Editor, you can click on the link, then "Edit" to change the link target. ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 15:57, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks - worked Prmeylan (talk) 12:09, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Glad to have helped! ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 18:44, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I actually wanted to know is there a possibility to include information in a page without a verified online published direct source? I know some information which is not available online? --Uvnarayan (talk) 20:21, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Uvnarayan: Yes, you definitely can! If you can find a source for your information, whether offline or online, it can be added. Just make sure you cite your source. ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 20:40, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

So for offline sources do I need to add the citations manually? Also, one more small doubt if I am using a person's name and suppose he/she has a page on Wikipedia how do I include that link when they click on it as there are many places where I see blue text which can be clicked? Pardon me for asking such a small doubt but it'd be great if you could tell me. Uvnarayan (talk) 20:45, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Uvnarayan: Yes to the first question. For the second question, you can click on the 'link' icon in the top toolbar (to the left of Cite). ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 00:26, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank Rusty sorry my English is not strong. I prefer to write in Spanish with you my mentor I am new to Wikipedia like swimming lessons for babies I am very interested in writing about those subjects. I appreciate your support I will appreciate a lot all your help. Have a nice weekend and keep in touch --Jaime Enrique Santisteban (talk) 01:53, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jaime Enrique Santisteban: Welcome to Wikipedia! Don't worry about English skills, we welcome all sorts of editors here.

Just so you know, there is a Wikipedia in Spanish at https://es.wikipedia.org if you want to create or edit articles in Spanish.

Happy editing! ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 02:06, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot Rusty, my firs question mi cuenta aparece como que no existe y ya hice mi primera publicación sobre el tema que me preocupa y ocupa. Como hacer para que aparezca página user? Jaime Enrique Santisteban (talk) 02:30, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jaime Enrique Santisteban:

Lo siento, no hablo mucho español, pero todavía puedo ayudarte. Aparece que usted no creó su página del usario, en realidad creó su página del discusión usario. Si usted quiere crear un artículo, es mejor que cree en su "sandbox" (se llama su "taller" en la Wikipedia en español). Puedo moverlo para ti si quieres, porque usted no tiene el permiso ahora.

Una cosa más es que el mayoría de los usarios en la Wikipedia en inglés probablemente no hablamos español, y por eso tienes que comunicar en inglés con ellos. ¿Puedes hacerlo? ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 05:20, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey,l don't even know what you are talking about --Preddiast Kirl (talk) 15:53, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Preddiast Kirl: What do you mean? Do you need assistance with something? ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 15:59, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Women in Red | March 2025, Vol 11, Issue 3, Nos. 326, 327, 332, 333, 334 Online events: New: Alphabet run E & F | Artists+Activists | Women of the Arab World Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music Announcements from other communities: March editathons around the world Celebrate Women 2025 office hour series Tip of the month: You can access the Wikipedia Library if you have made 500+ edits, and 6+ months editing, and 10+ edits in the last 30 days, and No active blocks Moving the needle:[1] 27 Jan 2025: 20.031% of biographies on EN-WP are about women (2,047,793 bios, 410,200 women) 23 Dec 2024: 20.009% (2,041,741 bios, 408,531 women) Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 1,669 articles during this period! Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter/X

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do you know words that begin with i before e except after c --Ethsun (talk) 11:32, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Ethsun: Sure! "Friend" has "i" before "e". However, "receive" has "i" after "e" since there is a "c" immediately preceding. You may also find our article I before E except after C helpful. ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 00:24, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The first round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 26 February. As a reminder, we are no longer disqualifying the lowest-scoring contestants; everyone who competed in round 1 will advance to round 2 unless they have withdrawn or been banned from Wikipedia. Instead, the contestants with the highest round-point totals now receive tournament points at the end of each round. Unlike the round points in the main WikiCup table, which are reset at the end of each round, tournament points are carried over between rounds and can only be earned if a competitor is among the top 16 round-point scorers. This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far.

Round 1 was very competitive compared with previous years; two contestants scored more than 1,000 round points, and the top 16 contestants all scored more than 500 round points. The following competitors scored more than 800 round points:

• Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1,168 round points, mainly from 4 featured articles and 4 good articles on old military history, in addition to an assortment of GA and FA reviews.
• Generalissima (submissions) with 1,095 round points, mainly from 2 FAs, 2 featured lists, 8 GAs, and 16 Did You Know articles mainly on historical topics.
• BeanieFan11 (submissions), with 866 round points from 20 GAs, 23 DYKs, and 2 In the News articles primarily about athletes.
• Sammi Brie (submissions), with 846 round points from 16 GAs about radio and TV stations, 45 GA reviews, and 3 DYKs.
• Hey man im josh (submissions), with 816 round points from 5 FLs about sports and Olympic topics, 46 FL reviews, 3 ITN articles, and a large number of bonus points.
• MaranoFan (submissions), with 815 round points primarily from 3 FAs and 1 GA about music, in addition to 9 article reviews.

The full scores for round 1 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 18 featured articles, 26 featured lists, 1 featured-topic article, 197 good articles, 38 good-topic articles and more than 100 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 23 In the News articles, and they have conducted nearly 550 reviews.

Remember that any content promoted after 26 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2, which begins on 1 March. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:13, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

hi, what is the process for researching? --SoftwareDinnerAd (talk) 22:38, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@SoftwareDinnerAd: Can you be more specific? ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 22:50, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

like what websites do you usually use if you have a select few --SoftwareDinnerAd (talk) 21:25, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@SoftwareDinnerAd: I don't have a select few. By the way, you can use the "[ reply ]" button to reply instead of asking another question. ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 23:06, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's blocked in Japanese 114.129.4.219 (talk) 01:28, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I see. ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 01:33, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Where can I start writing? --Fatto da Cattolici (talk) 15:12, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Fatto da Cattolici: If you want to start a new article, you may start a draft through the process Articles for Creation. ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 23:07, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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

Administrator changes

• Jarry1250
• Lethe

CheckUser changes

• AmandaNP
• Drmies

Oversighter changes

AmandaNP

Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment is open to discuss whether AI-generated images (meaning those wholly created by generative AI, not human-created images modified with AI tools) should be banned from use in articles.
• A series of 22 mini-RFCs that double-checked consensus on some aspects and improved certain parts of the administrator elections process has been closed (see the summary of the changes).
• A request for comment is open to gain consensus on whether future administrator elections should be held.

Technical news

• A new filter has been added to the Special:Nuke tool, which allows administrators to filter for pages in a range of page sizes (in bytes). This allows, for example, deleting pages only of a certain size or below. T378488
• Non-administrators can now check which pages are able to be deleted using the Special:Nuke tool. T376378

Miscellaneous

• The 2025 appointees for the Ombuds commission are だ＊ぜ, Arcticocean, Ameisenigel, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, Galahad, Nehaoua, Renvoy, Revi C., RoySmith, Teles and Zafer as members, with Vermont serving as steward-observer.
• Following the 2025 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: 1234qwer1234qwer4, AramilFeraxa, Daniuu, KonstantinaG07, MdsShakil and XXBlackburnXx.

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how can i write my own article --Nilsnils023 (talk) 08:35, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Nilsnils023: You can start a draft at Articles for Creation! ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 14:50, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've made a draft of a page in my sandbox, but I don't know how to publish it --Fly Yoshi 911 (talk) 18:19, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Fly Yoshi 911: You can add {{subst:submit}} to the top of the page. ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 23:05, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Rusty. Yeah, no I'm pretty well-versed when it comes to referencing, but I 100% expected this reversion! It's just that I saw the banner up top mentioned the entire page needed a bit of a cleanup, so I gave it a shot anyway. And unfortunately Know Your Meme apparently was deemed just as unreliable as Urban Dictionary. But KYM did have a bevy of its OWN sources, encyclopediesque (sic), so I might take a look through those later and see if any of them are Wayback Machine-archived. Google Search didn't seem to have anything major turn up other than forums and KYM/UD. Hopefully at least one of those substantiates it, because I've heard that slang in New Jersey (where I live) for nearly a decade now, haha. --Cinemaniac86^Talk_Stalk 17:20, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello How do i start writing an article? --Adityasharma0701 (talk) 07:23, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Adityasharma0701: Welcome to Wikipedia! There is an information page at Help:Your first article. Happy editing! ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 14:29, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]