Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2025!

Hello Mwwv, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2025. Happy editing, Abishe (talk) 22:46, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply] Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

Abishe (talk) 22:46, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Merry Christmas to you too! mwwv ^converse∫_edits 23:05, 24 December 2024 (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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	The Original Barnstar
	Thank you for your edits to Wikipedia, minor or major. / RemoveRedSky [talk] 01:04, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much! mwwv ^converse∫_edits 02:51, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		Thanks for helping this newcomer Xiphoid Vigour ༈Duel༈ 17:22, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! mwwv ^converse∫_edits 17:32, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

mwwv,Well you should put your signature at examples in WP:SIGTUT. It's great. Xiphoid Vigour ༈Duel༈ 16:46, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

		The Minor Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Mwwv for copy edits totaling between 1 and 3,999 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE January 2025 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 11:05, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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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How do I create my Wikipedia page visible for public --سمية بونار (talk) 00:19, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! See Help:Your first article. In short, if you want to make an article, find a notable subject which has significant coverage in secondary reliable sources independent of the subject, and create the article in the draft namespace so it can be submitted for review. Hope this helps! mwwv ^converse∫_edits 00:26, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, nice to meet you. I edited Stephanie Comilangs page, now I can't see anything that I did anymore. Can you help me to understand the process? Did I did something wrong?

Thank you --Amanita.Amanita (talk) 12:50, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Amanita.Amanita Hello! The text you added was a copyright violation. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept content copied from elsewhere unless it has been released under a license allowed by Wikipedia, i.e. Creative Commons. Hope this helps! mwwv ^converse∫_edits 12:55, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please can you tell me How earn fast for money --Magfur biswas (talk) 19:13, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Magfur biswas I'm confused on what you're trying to ask. Could you try to rephrase it? Please note that I do not think I am qualified enough to give you any monetary advice. mwwv ^converse∫_edits 20:02, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

hello, I can't work out how to add the categories correctly on this page, many thanks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Joffe_Books_(publisher) --Editor128z (talk) 13:31, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Editor128z Hello! You can add categories to be added once the draft gets accepted by wrapping the current ones you have in {{Draft categories}}. Hope this helps! mwwv ^converse∫_edits 13:41, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

thank you! Editor128z (talk) 15:35, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello my article was rejected despite multiple reliable independent sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Joffe_Books_(publisher) --Editor128z (talk) 16:24, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi ☺️👋 I'm trying to talk 💬 to a specific editor (Entranced98)😺 to ask a question ⁉️ but I have noooo idea how to properly code yet🤔. I've been searching 🦜 for someone 💞🔥 and I think she may be able to provide insight. 🪝🌅

Any advice is much appreciated 💟 - Alltook --Alltook (talk) 01:40, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Alltook Hello! Apologies for the delay. You don't need to learn how to code to edit Wikipedia! Have you tried using the VisualEditor? Try it out on the main sandbox or your own sandbox. To send a message to someone, you can go to their user talk page and click on the "Add Topic" button at the top. Hope this helps! mwwv ^converse∫_edits 12:12, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I made an about to let editors know about since mismatched links in the article about Xhosa. In the notable Xhosa section, the links for Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu are reversed: Mandela takes you to Tutu and vice versa. I can only work off mobile so format is scary, but I wanted to let experienced editors know what was going on --Mukunio (talk) 02:10, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Mukunio Hello! I've reverted the edit that put those links in place. Have you tried out the introduction? It gives a lot of very useful information that can help you while editing Wikipedia. I've put a couple of links on your talk page that should aid you. If you want to notify editors about content issues, you can do so on the article's associated talk page. Hope this helps! mwwv ^converse∫_edits 02:22, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I am bekar. My part time job --Kazi Nasrulla (talk) 18:09, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! --Jabbow (talk) 02:43, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jabbow You're welcome! mwwv ^converse∫_edits 12:10, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I'm not sure how to reference my editing. I ( think I've added an author Peter Gibbons ) to notable people on Kildare Ireland page. He's written tons of books..they are on Amazon...do I put the library of Congress number for 1 of the books? Or? Thanks. --Elj2846 (talk) 09:41, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Elj2846 Hello! I would say at most you would need an ISBN for the books. However, I would advise you against adding them to the page since they don't have an article (Peter Gibbons seems to be a different person), and we only put people who already have articles about them on "Notable people" lists. If you think they meet notability, see Help:Your first article. Hope this helps! mwwv ^converse∫_edits 12:10, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Fair. Elj2846 (talk) 17:18, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. How to put references? --Star Knight0 (talk) 19:54, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Star Knight0 Hello! If you're using VisualEditor, then you can press the button that says "Cite" and a textbox will come up for you to cite websites, books, and other media. Hope this helps! mwwv ^converse∫_edits 20:11, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

thank you Star Knight0 (talk) 21:28, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, I wanted to make an article about images used in memes that seem edited, but are actually the original images, but I would first like to make some edits. How do I make edits and are there any articles that could use some edits that you can request to me? --John Matthew Dougherty (talk) 20:47, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@John Matthew Dougherty Hello! You can edit by clicking on the "Edit" or "Edit source" button on the top of any page. As for articles that could use edits, there's the category Category:All pages needing cleanup which should give you thousands of pages that need cleanup with certain things. Hope this helps! mwwv ^converse∫_edits 23:07, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How do i upload i draft to wikipidia --SKIBIDI SKIBIDI HAUK (talk) 01:35, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@SKIBIDI SKIBIDI HAUK Hello! You can upload your draft to wikipedia by simply copying and pasting the text into a draft so it can be submitted and reviewed for any issues. Hope this helps! mwwv ^converse∫_edits 12:31, 3 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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Hi Mwwv. Any tips on putting links in the references section? I'm working on updating the Sabin Vaccine Institute page. --Mgrobertson (talk) 14:11, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Mgrobertson Hello! If you're using VisualEditor, then you can press the button that says "Cite" and a textbox will come up for you to cite websites, books, and other media. Hope this helps! mwwv ^converse∫_edits 15:55, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Hey Mwww, thanks for the welcome on Wikipedia! I meant to ask, is there any doc on creating new entries you could point me to? Seyekanes (talk) 11:49, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Seyekanes Hello! See Help:Your first article. In short, find multiple reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject to prove that the topic is notable and information can be verified. Hope this helps! mwwv ^converse∫_edits 16:55, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello --Verify Danny (talk) 01:12, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Verify Danny Hi! If there's any questions you need answered, please let me know. mwwv ^converse∫_edits 01:13, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What is your advice i want to edit and write articles I also heard that moderators delete contributions that newcomers make is that true? Thank you in advance --Magicianko (talk) 17:48, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Magicianko Hello! As for writing articles, see Help:Your first article. As for editing them, click the "edit" button in the top right. As for the contribution deleting, in some cases, yes. Hope this helps! mwwv ^converse∫_edits 17:52, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Mwwv. My boss at work wants me to create an article for his company. His company is mentioned in 5 independent sources, so I think it passes notability, but I also recognize that this presents a conflict of interest. The "Your first article" article advises me to reach out to another editor regarding this.

Edit: Nevermind! I found this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:When_your_boss_tells_you_to_edit_Wikipedia --ChaddicusFinch (talk) 17:37, 12 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@ChaddicusFinch Glad to hear that! I'll still put the message I was going to write down just in case you need it.

Hello! Try pointing them to Wikipedia:When your boss tells you to edit Wikipedia. Alongside that, check if the sources you found definitely constitute significant coverage. Should you go ahead and write it, make sure to disclose your conflict of interest, and if you're being paid for it disclose that instead. Also, make sure to put it through WP:Articles for creation so it can be reviewed for any issues. Hope this helps! mwwv ^converse∫_edits 17:56, 12 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]