Hi ARandomName123! I was just wondering what the reset schedule will be for the URAleaderboard you made that the bot updates? Is it going to be a monthly or annual thing where you archive the old version of the page? Silverseren^C 00:23, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Silver seren: Hi Silver! The leaderboard's going to be a monthly thing. That is, everything (should) reset back to an empty table once it hits February 1, 00:00 UTC, and update from there. I haven't considered manually keeping a monthly archive, mainly because it should all be accessible in the page history anyways. Cheers, ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 03:02, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Looking through the page history might get annoying after a while, considering how often the bot updates the page. Moving the content to a subpage after the end of the month (for example, as January 2025) would be more convenient and accessible for perusing past months. Just a suggestion though. Silverseren^C 03:45, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good point. I'll have it move to a subpage (User:ARandomBot321/URAleaderboard/JAN25) once the month is over. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 17:59, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Dunno what happened, but it looks like the leaderboard isn't actually being updated every hour. The bot has made a null update for the past four hours, despite new article edits having been made in the meantime (at least in my case, I can't speak for others). Is it maybe a page limit for diffs or just a bot issue itself? Either way, mission accomplished! :P Silverseren^C 01:36, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Silver seren: Thanks for telling me! Should be updating again normally. The bot itself is working fine, it's just the tracker the bot depends on stopped for some reason. There shouldn't be any loss of data, since it should start counting again from where it left off, but if you do notice it missing something, please let me know.

As for why this is happening, I honestly have no clue. It's actually happened quite a bit, so far. Toolforge shows the job as running normally, the occasional errors I get from the recent changes stream don't match up with the timeline, and there's nothing strange in the error logs. Luckily, all that needed to be done was restart it. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 02:12, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I've set up a health check so hopefully it should restart on its own should the issues pop up again. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 03:03, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi i want sale my kidney is there any option for me I'm in uk now thanks --Sam4u99 (talk) 15:12, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Sam4u99: Hi, Wikipedia is not a place to sell your kidney. I can help with any Wikipedia related questions, but medical questions should be directed towards a professional, not a random person on the internet. Cheers, ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 19:26, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. You participated in a discussion about the extensive use of a court ruling as a source on Gibson Dunn Talk:Gibson Dunn#February 2024 Requested Edits. I responded to your question with a suggested edit to the page that relied entirely on a secondary source instead of the primary. Would you mind taking another look? Thanks for your help. CaseyatLeicesterStreet (talk) 15:44, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@CaseyatLeicesterStreet: Hi, sure, I'll take a look in a bit. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 19:31, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Responded. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 00:58, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sun Jan 19: Toronto Wikipedia Day 2025 Reminder

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Is it ok if I vandalise the profile --Vvguui (talk) 14:57, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Vvguui: Hi, please don't vandalize people's profiles here. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 21:10, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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	Thank you for sending me a resource for an article! QuickQuokka [⁠talk • contribs] 16:12, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, happy to help! ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 16:27, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 16:15, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 16:41, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, how can i publish an article ? --Pamela kachy (talk) 22:42, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Pamela kachy: Hi, Wikipedia:Article_wizard will walk you through creating a draft for an article. Please see for Help:Your first article for guidance on writing it. Cheers, ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 22:54, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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This award is given in recognition to ARandomName123 for accumulating at least 10 points during the January 2025 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions helped play a part in the 16,000+ articles and 14,000+ redirects reviewed (for a total of 19,791.2 points) completed during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to help reduce the backlog! Hey man im josh (talk) 19:37, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like the bot stopped doing its hourly update 3 hours ago. Something break? Silverseren^C 22:31, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Silver seren: Fixed, thanks for letting me know! I was working on adding a yearly leaderboard as discussed at WT:URA, and I accidentally left part of my work-in-progress code in. Sorry about that! ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 23:27, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

hi, i do have wikipedia experience since the early 2010s, though i never had an account, but now i do! so i'm not rlly a "beginner" at this but i appreciate your offer and assistance! --LonelySea (talk) 04:25, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I am working on a separate page for Hitachi Astemo. Currently, there is only a reference to them on the Hitach Ltd page. My question is if there already is an Astemo page in Japanese with an English translation does Astemo need to create a third English page? --Steve Finlay (talk) 22:31, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Steve Finlay: Hi, what do you mean by a page in Japanese with an English translation? If there is no page on the English Wikipedia for Hitachi Astemo, you are welcome to create one, so long as you can prove it's notable. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 22:34, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies for not originally including the link. This is the Japanese page (link below). The North American page will be the same. Is it possible to convert this Japanese page to a page to a North American page? Or, do I have to start from scratch? Thank you again for your help. Trying to save some time and I am new to this.

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%97%A5%E7%AB%8BAstemo Steve Finlay (talk) 14:52, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Steve Finlay: Hi, you can just translate the Japanese page, if you can read it (Machine translation isn't the best). Just make sure to attribute it by putting something like this in the edit summary: Content in this edit is translated from the existing Japanese Wikipedia article at [[:ja:日立Astemo]]; see its history for attribution. See Help:Translation for more info on translating articles from other Wikipedias. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 22:20, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thank you for the information, this is very helpful. If I translate the Japanese page, do you know if it would be the same estimated two month approval time? Steve Finlay (talk) 16:42, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Steve Finlay: In my experience, the better the sources are at proving notability, the faster it will be reviewed. The fact that it was translated won't have a significant impact on review time. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 18:42, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much for the information. Can you provide some insight on how to convert word document tables to wikipedia page draft? Steve Finlay (talk) 16:55, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Steve Finlay: Hi, sorry for the late reply. I'm not aware of a way to convert word document tables to wikitext. Maybe take a screenshot, and ask ChatGPT to do it for you? ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 14:34, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I wanted to add names of few male kpop idols in the list. How can I do that? --Sunjaesyellowumbrella (talk) 18:18, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Sunjaesyellowumbrella: Hi, since the page is protected, you'll need to request an edit. Please go to Wikipedia:Edit Request Wizard/Protected, and follow the instructions there. Cheers, ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 05:52, 15 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hellow..? --Unknown 0411 (talk) 18:50, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Unknown 0411: Hi! ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 22:08, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The leaderboard appears to be duplicating certain diffs three separate times and thus is giving an inaccurate total number. It was only duplicating it twice yesterday, but now there appears to be third set. I should be at close to 200 diffs, but that jumped to 270 a couple days ago and now is at 330. Silverseren^C 23:04, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Looking into it, thanks for letting me know. I think this is only the second time this has happened? In any case, issues with the count can almost always be traced back to the tracker, which shows that edits onwards from February 11 have been repeating once or twice. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 00:38, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Silver seren: Fixed, sorry about that! Thanks for letting me know. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 01:01, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

	The Original Barnstar
	For your hard work tracking down resources for other users at WP:REX! Your efforts do not go un-noticed. Eddie891 Talk Work 18:43, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 20:33, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What exactly can I edit and what do they want edited? --Edits - User (talk) 00:28, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Edits - User: Hi, you should be able to edit nearly every page. As for what to edit, there should be some suggested edits at Special:Homepage and more tasks of varying difficulty at Wikipedia:Task Center. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 00:32, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ok thanks Edits - User (talk) 00:35, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, How are you doiing. How do i create a citation --Aymancoll (talk) 17:13, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Aymancoll: Hi, if you are using the Wikipedia:Visual Editor, just click the cite button on the toolbar at the top. If you are using the Wikipedia:Source editor, click on the dropdown menu that says cite, click template, choose whichever fits your needs, and fill in the necessary information. See Help:Referencing for beginners for more detailed instructions. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 22:09, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

como faço pra saber quantas calorias gasto --Stnguii (talk) 02:36, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I have submitted a draft post and I want to know how long it may get until someone will review it, and thank in advance --Alishherb (talk) 12:15, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Alishherb: Hi, there's currently 2,448 pending submissions, so unless your article is reviewed within the first day or so (I notice yours has already been reviewed), it might take up to two month or so. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 15:41, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

hello Team Can you please walk through of the use of this wiki and if i can add some knowledge, how i can do this ? --Kumaranuj112 (talk) 21:33, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Kumaranuj112: Hi, when you say use, do you mean how to read or edit? There's a pretty helpful guide at Help:Introduction. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 21:39, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

no way I need a mentor for wikipedia this is gayyyy --Hello world hehehehhe (talk) 18:44, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Hello world hehehehhe: I mean, it's up to you whether or not you want to engage with me. I'm just here to answer and Wikipedia-related questions you may have. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 19:49, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

your Grammer's too good are u a real person and if so speak like one Hello world hehehehhe (talk) 21:23, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I love parikud ❤️❤️❤️ --Pradhanchintu (talk) 11:26, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The past two updates to the leaderboard have involved the duplicating diffs issue again. Silverseren^C 00:34, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Silver seren: Thanks, fixed (again). Happened twice already today, will try to fix the code. Unfortunately I have a midterms tomorrow and throughout next week, so it might take until after then. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 00:52, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Cool. Good luck on your tests! Silverseren^C 01:10, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again, ARandomName123. We were in touch last year at Talk:Pershing Square Capital Management, in particular surrounding the Herbalife section at that article. With that context in mind, would you mind taking a look at Bill Ackman#Herbalife short? At it reads now, it is unbalanced and misleading in large part because it lacks information about the US Government's findings about the company which validated Ackman's thesis, but importantly the section is over-detailed and WP:UNDUE for a biography of Ackman, at 10 paragraphs. Could you help trim the section to an appropriate length, possibly similar to the two paragraphs we have at the Pershing Square article? Another option to consider is to WP:SPLIT the longer Herbalife story into its own article. I welcome your thoughts and would appreciate your involvement. Thank you, FMatPSCM (talk) 15:29, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@FMatPSCM: Hi, I'm quite busy with midterms currently, and throughout next week. Feel free to propose edit requests on the talk page, and if they are still unanswered when I'm done, I will take a look. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 03:48, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

hi if I edit an article about a false entry - credit to a discovery, that belong to somebody else, am I going to be targeted? I have publication to support my edit. best --Betaquiline (talk) 03:51, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Betaquiline: Hi, assuming you have a reliable source and you cite it properly, you should be fine to fix errors in an entry. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 03:53, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I am finding it little bit tricky to edit - but the facts are

Koen Andries and his team are credited with the discovery and development of bedaquiline (R207910). Their groundbreaking work was published in 2005, and bedaquiline was later approved by the FDA in 2012 for treating multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).

Dr. Anil Koul was also a part of Janssen Pharmaceutica and contributed to TB research, but he was not the primary scientist behind the discovery of bedaquiline. His work at Janssen and elsewhere has focused on advancing TB therapies and global health initiatives, but the specific credit for bedaquiline's discovery belongs to Koen Andries and his team.

Clarifying Roles:

Scientific discoveries, especially in drug development, often involve large teams and collaborations. While Dr. Anil Koul may have contributed to the broader TB research efforts at Janssen, he did not lead the discovery of bedaquiline.

Misattribution of credit can sometimes occur in public discussions or media reports, but the historical record clearly attributes the discovery of bedaquiline to Koen Andries and his team. Betaquiline (talk) 04:54, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Betaquiline: I'm assuming you're taking issue with the page Anil Koul? If the information is not supported by the sources, feel free to tag it with {{citation needed}} or {{failed verification}}, try to find a source, or just outright remove it. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 06:05, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'm the founder of a film production company. I want to create a wiki page for the company, could you please guide me? --Nikhil Kumawat116 (talk) 12:24, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Nikhil Kumawat116: Hi, your first step would be checking if your company is notable enough to qualify for an article. Are there independent news sources with significant coverage of your company? Alternatively, has your company had a major role in major films? ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 03:46, 12 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello And What is Wikipedia used for --Everycoolthing (talk) 00:45, 12 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Everycoolthing: Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia that is editable by anyone. It is used for knowledge on millions of topics, based on information from reliable sources. See Wikipedia:About for more information. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 03:48, 12 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What can I edit like help me out with things I should edit it would be really helpful so please tell me things I can edit --Everycoolthing (talk) 23:21, 12 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Everycoolthing: Hi, there should be some suggested edits at Special:Homepage and more tasks of varying difficulty at Wikipedia:Task Center. If you're unfamiliar with the editing interface, please check out Help:Introduction. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 23:34, 12 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Using websites like this can be very helpful I find it help that's why I use Wikipedia Everycoolthing (talk) 23:26, 12 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There once was a girl named Jadie and she was 13 she went school and at school she learned about the solar system. Jadie too the train home and it was kinda a weird ride because 2 people were fighting and 4 students were getting high

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