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Hello to my mentor. Could you help? My (birth) name is Allan Pacho Garcia. I'm trying to add to the Philippine band The Dawn lists of songs. How does one go about it? THANKS in advance! --Allan Pacho Garcia (talk) 07:07, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Allan Pacho Garcia, so you want to edit The Dawn (band)#Discography? What specifically do you want to add, and where? — Qwerfjkltalk 14:48, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I want to edit and update the Philippine band The Dawn's DISCOGRAPHY. All of their albums, starting with the one they released in 1987, "The Dawn." Allan Pacho Garcia (talk) 05:27, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The songs are:

1. Enveloped Ideas

2. Dreams

3. Give Me the Night

4. The Living Seed

5. Sing Me (A New Song)

6. Mad Game

7. Behind Shadows

8. Susi Allan Pacho Garcia (talk) 05:30, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Allan Pacho Garcia, but The Dawn is already listed there. — Qwerfjkltalk 09:49, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Recently the bot seems to report some inconsequential errors to me rather than fix them. Can you stop the bot from doing this? (See my talk page). _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:28, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Piotrus, there's instructions on the bot's user page to opt out. You can't opt out of specific errors, but I can add that if you want. — Qwerfjkltalk 13:40, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I think I will just opt out for now; I am sure your bot is doing a lot of useful things, but what it reports to me is stuff I consider unimportant (as in - not worth fixing, at least, not by human). YMVV of course. Cheers, _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 00:32, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. The spamming of trivial errors means that I now ignore them. I suggest that you can retain valid attention by raising the bar of what is considered an error. I know there are editors who think that the formatting of dates is important. Good luck to them. Could they sign up to receive the trivial date formatting errors? Well done ... but less messaging please. Victuallers (talk) 08:59, 19 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Since I am still subscribed to this, I'll add that what made me really surprised is why is the bot not fixing what seems like a rather simple error. Again, this trivial date formatting issue that the bot was spamming me is something that the bot should be fixing, not wasting human time with. (Anyway, I've now opted out of the errors of this type, which, once again, I don't consider worth my time to fix with, no offence meant). _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 13:33, 19 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Piotrus, Victuallers, it was @GoingBatty who asked me to add the error categories, I don't particularly have an opinion on the matter.
Again, this trivial date formatting issue that the bot was spamming me is something that the bot should be fixing. Some of the errors are errors because they're ambiguous, e.g. Special:Diff/1333717338 (YYYY-MM without DD) could be converted to Month YYYY automatically, but it's also possible the editor missed off the day when typing the date. — Qwerfjkltalk 10:39, 20 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I see. However I agree, it is possible that they missed the accurate date by mistake, or I think more likely that is was recorded as "May" or "June". (More likely I've made a spelling or grammar error, but it would be counter productive to create a message for that too). I care enough to consider these things when I type them, but not to reconsider them every time I get a message. I suggest that you flag them and put them in a pile somewhere so that the date format enthusiasts can have a feast and leave messages to editors for more readable stuff. Good work, thank you. Victuallers (talk) 10:57, 20 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I agree all errors are possible. In my case, I am pretty sure this is related to my occasional magazine citations, where I specify month and year (for monthly magazines, where no day date is available). _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 11:12, 20 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Piotrus: Hi there! Yes, I asked Qwerfjkl to add more error categories to their bot, in the hopes that people will fix their own errors. You're correct that some of the notifications the bot sent you are for date formatting that a bot could easily fix, but we shouldn't count on bots to fix our mistakes. (Unfortunately, User:Citation bot is currently blocked.)

Also, even if a bot fixed the date format in your edits such as this one and this one, the citations would still need human intervention to change from {{cite book}} to {{cite magazine}}, enter the magazine article title in |title=, move the magazine name to |magazine= or |work=, and remove the date from the |title= field.

Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 15:20, 20 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@GoingBatty Fair point. Any script or such that adds cite magazine and others (cite encyclopedia, etc.) to Visual Editor interface? I'd use them if they were there, but usually I just forget about them because they are not in the menu :( _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 01:10, 21 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Piotrus: I don't know of a script that could look at a magazine in Google Books and NOT use {{cite book}}. GoingBatty (talk) 04:39, 21 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@GoingBatty Most magazines I use are not in google books (recently I link to IA a lot). I think the default VE script gives me cite web usually, although I also see cite book used; both are of course not ideal, sigh. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 12:04, 21 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Piotrus: The two edits I provided above were indeed "archive.org". I apologize for writing "Google Books" instead. GoingBatty (talk) 23:00, 21 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

A tag has been placed on APRT (disambiguation) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G14 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is:

• a disambiguation page with a title ending in "(disambiguation)" which lists only one extant Wikipedia page (i.e., there is a primary topic);
• a disambiguation page that lists zero extant Wikipedia pages, regardless of its title; or
• a redirect with a title ending in "(disambiguation)" whose target is neither a disambiguation page nor page that has a disambiguation-like function.

Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such pages may be deleted at any time. Please see the disambiguation page guidelines for more information.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 16:36, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

Is it appropriate to add a paragraph about how JMU Football made it to the college football playoffs for the first time in the James Madison University page under "Athletics?" I would link to the "2025 James Madison Dukes football team" page and the "College Football Playoff" page citing the ESPN Bracket announcement.

Thanks --YellowPerch5 (talk) 17:50, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

YellowPerch5, I'd suggest making a post at Talk:James Madison University, and if no one responds within a week, go ahead and make the edit. Note that you should copy the reference from 2025 James Madison Dukes football team, don't just link to it. — Qwerfjkltalk 21:49, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Page: Sultanate_of_Siak_Sri_Indrapura

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Comment/question: the isbn as printed in the book and also on this online reference I found seems to be correct

EmeraldRange (talk/contribs) 19:49, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

EmeraldRange, the correct isbn appears to be 9799985870 (note the 4th digit from the end is a 5, not a 6). — Qwerfjkltalk 21:43, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Could I make an interactive animation into a page without uploading a file and just copying the code into my selected page? --Aditi.Anand.Is.A.Bear (talk) 03:21, 9 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Aditi.Anand.Is.A.Bear, it depends, what animation do you want to make? But in all likelihood, no. — Qwerfjkltalk 11:36, 9 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

MediaWiki message delivery 23:28, 9 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Page: Latta,_South_Carolina

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Comment/question: The bot said I made a missing title error while editing the article for Latta, South Carolina but I don't see any problems

Jlvshistory (talk) 00:32, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Jlvshistory, You missed out |title= when you added

<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.dillonheraldonline.com/blog/marcus-mcgirt-sworn-in-as-lattas-first-african-american-mayor-in-emotional-ceremony-at-weston/article_d8fe0d1b-5cfc-4533-a208-c954e0faec0a.html}}</ref>

— Qwerfjkltalk 11:18, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, my apologies Jlvshistory (talk) 11:40, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Page: Let's_Go_Away_for_Awhile

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Comment/question: The bot said that my contributions to the page for "Let's Go Away for Awhile" apparently were an error with the URL. This doesn't really make sense as there's no error with it and I made sure to properly cite and explain everything. I believe this to be a false positive and I wish for this to be taken care of. Thank you for your time.

~2025-43626-91 (talk) 21:05, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

~2025-43626-91, you added

<ref>{{cite web |title=I'm Waiting for the Day |url=https://https://beachboyssessions.com/pet-sounds/lets-go-away-for-awhile/ |website=beachboyssessions.com |publisher=Austin Heller |access-date=February 10, 2026}}</ref>

The url has a doubled https://. — Qwerfjkltalk 21:28, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Page: HAUI

Diff: Special:Diff/1337725881

Comment/question:the issue has been addressed

Tat02948 (talk) 03:30, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent. — Qwerfjkltalk 21:50, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Page: Beatitudes

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Comment/question:

Alexantha (talk) 11:49, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Alexantha, you added

<ref>{{Citation |title=Patrick Cassidy - Calvary (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |date=2014-04 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/6929636-Patrick-Cassidy-Calvary-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack |access-date=2026-02-11 |language=en}}</ref>

|date= should be April 2014. That said, the date field is for the date of the reference, not the album, so it should actually be removed altogether. — Qwerfjkltalk 16:59, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The reference is correct and thus should not be removed. The date field was automatically completed by wikipedia itself. Alexantha (talk) 02:41, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Alexantha, you are responsible for any automatic referencing tools you use, even if they are built into the Wikipedia editor. The reference will not be removed regardless, though. — Qwerfjkltalk 21:49, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Do you know any editors that can help me submit this article? if you can, please tag them. thanks! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Aru_Shah_and_the_Nectar_of_Immortality --Aditi.Anand.Is.A.Bear (talk) 22:43, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Aditi.Anand.Is.A.Bear, you can submit it yourself. Just press the submit for review button near the top. — Qwerfjkltalk 21:51, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I published an objective, short article with a few informations about the artist Byzantium Matthi(me):The year i got my first song, the style, origins and the message of the song.It was rejected. In this "autobiography" i didn t even mention my real life events. It was strictly an informative(artistic) page for the listeners. I didn t even fathom to promote my music trough wikipedia, just to introduce some basic details about my project to my low viewership.The article didn’t highlight the project’s positive qualities; I only mentioned general statements. I am interested about solving this toghether. Thank you! --Byzantiummatthi (talk) 18:22, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Byzantiummatthi, Jimfbleak has told you on their talk page they will give you a response tomorrow; you should wait for them to respond. Note that Wikipedia requires articles to have "notability" to be suitable for Wikipedia. — Qwerfjkltalk 21:53, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Qwerfjkl. I was wondering if you could remove an edit summary on the Simple Wikipedia article of Tippecanoe and Tyler Too. It is this edit: https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tippecanoe_and_Tyler_Too&oldid=10531236. Thanks. The Twists and Turns talk|my edits 22:09, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The Twists and Turns, for what reason? (The answer is no in any case; I am not an admin on simple wikipedia, nor here, and I see nothing in the edit summary that would warrant revdeling or oversighting it. — Qwerfjkltalk 14:45, 14 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Send my story --1976 srihari (talk) 03:35, 14 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Page: Iranian_Government's_Reciprocal_and_Proportional_Action_in_Implementing_the_JCPOA_Act

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Comment/question: Comment: I believe the error cited (failure to follow Manual of Style on date, in this case a date from another calendar which needs to be explained ("21 July 1394" is a reference to the 21st day of the 7th month on the Persian calendar, and is not at all the same as "July" on the Christian calendar; going by context of the article in its references to the year 2015, the 7th month on the Solar Hijri calendar (September/October) would actually be October on the Common Era calendar.)

Mandsford 17:05, 15 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Mandsford, Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers#Julian and Gregorian calendars says A date can be given in any appropriate calendar, as long as it is (at the minimum) given in the Julian calendar or the Gregorian calendar or both... I therefore suggest converting the date to the Gregorian calendar. — Qwerfjkltalk 11:18, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Page: Petersburg,_Virginia

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Comment/question: I have gotten this notification five times. I had been adding Census data to some articles and citing the Census link for these estimates: https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html. I used the Wikipedia citing template to cite, because I did not want to mess up and that would be the logical way to get a citation correct. Apparently not.

Spixelic (talk) 22:06, 15 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Spixelic, don't worry, it's just a minor error. You used |last1=Bureau and |first1=US Census, which shows the author as US Census Bureau. That's not really a person's name, so you can just remove them. — Qwerfjkltalk 11:27, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Page: Max_Wolf

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The new data is correct (1901). The original brief mention of the Coma Cluster is memo from 1901. The image shown came in the full 1902 paper that detailed the observations. For that reason both references should be included.

Arobotham (talk) 06:08, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Arobotham, the issue is that you used |date=1901-04, when it should be "April 1901" instead. Just a minor formatting issue. — Qwerfjkltalk 11:28, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Page: Kayden_Jackson

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Comment/question:

He said I made a citation error, could you notify me what I did wrong so I can avoid this in the future? I am quite new to editing

~2025-43109-12 (talk) 13:53, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

~2025-43109-12, you forgot to add a title to your references. — Qwerfjkltalk 15:25, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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

Page: List_of_first_Olympic_gold_medalists_by_country Invalid URL Diff: Special:Diff/1338773509

Comment/question: It seems to be a perfectly valid URL to me Bkatcher (talk) 04:03, 17 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Bkatcher, you seem to have changed a different reference by adding a space before .html in the same edit. — Qwerfjkltalk 07:59, 17 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for catching that! I've fixed it. Bkatcher (talk) 13:04, 17 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Quneitra – Le 16 février 2026, une force composée de six véhicules tout-terrain de l’armée israélienne a pénétré dans le village de Ghdeir Al-Bustan, situé dans la province de Quneitra, Syrie, et a arrêté deux adolescents résidents du village. Selon la mère des adolescents, Hayam Al-Arian, les forces ont investi la maison à 2 heures du matin, armées et accompagnées de chiens policiers. Les chiens se sont jetés sur les adolescents et leur mère, causant des blessures au visage et aux mains. Les adolescents ont ensuite été emmenés dans les zones contrôlées par l’armée israélienne, laissant un sentiment de peur et d’angoisse parmi la famille et les habitants du village. Leur sort reste inconnu au moment de la rédaction de ce rapport. Des sources locales indiquent que les forces de l’ANDOUF ont rendu visite à la famille et écouté leurs déclarations, mais n’ont pris aucune mesure jusqu’à présent, augmentant le mécontentement des habitants. Cette incursion s’inscrit dans un contexte de tension continue dans la province de Quneitra, où les forces israéliennes ont occupé plusieurs points stratégiques après la chute de l’ancien régime et ont établi des positions militaires. Les habitants appellent désormais le nouveau gouvernement à intervenir pour mettre fin à ces incursions répétées et sécuriser la région. Aldaaer Ismail (talk) 00:31, 18 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Aldaaer Ismail, this is the English Wikipedia. Please have a look at the French Wikipedia. — Qwerfjkltalk 12:01, 18 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

In the early hours of 16 February 2026, a force consisting of six Israeli military off-road vehicles entered the village of Ghdeir Al-Bustan in Quneitra province, southern Syria, and detained two teenage residents of the village. According to the mother of the adolescents, Hayam Al-Arian, the forces raided their home at approximately 2:00 a.m. The soldiers were reportedly armed and accompanied by police dogs. During the raid, the dogs allegedly attacked the two teenagers and their mother, causing injuries to their faces and hands. The two minors were subsequently taken to areas under Israeli military control. As of the time of writing, their whereabouts and legal status remain unknown, raising serious concerns among their family and the local community. Local sources report that personnel from the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) visited the family and recorded their testimonies; however, no further action has been taken to date, contributing to growing frustration among residents. This incident occurs amid ongoing tensions in Quneitra province, where Israeli forces have reportedly occupied several strategic locations following the collapse of the former regime and established military positions in the area. Local residents are calling on the new government to intervene to halt repeated incursions and to ensure security and stability in the region. Aldaaer Ismail Aldaaer Ismail (talk) 20:26, 18 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Aldaaer Ismail, this is not the place to submit articles. Please see WP:AFC. — Qwerfjkltalk 10:40, 20 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Aldaaer Ismail (talk) 21:02, 18 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hallo Qwerfjkl, I have question about how can I edit article which I cannot edit because I'm not a professional user of Wikipedia. I want to add to English Wikipedia some text, first, it's about veganuary it's has 30 million people who did vegan diet for a month this year, second it's two study, how I did see well good, it is https://sentienceinstitute.org/animal-farming-attitudes-survey-2017, https://www.fooddive.com/news/survey-most-consumers-like-meat-slaughterhouses-not-so-much/515301/ and this https://sentienceinstitute.org/aft-survey-2020.

Can I ask someone who is a professional editer on Wikipedia to add this information, or what can I do to get at least polylogue that will continue this information to get into English version of article about veganism. At least the first study seems good and long(2017-2021 - 4 year and 1,100 participants from different backgrounds) I will hear any criticism if you see it in article's. Wait for your answer. --Sanahalon (talk) 22:00, 19 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Sanahalon, most editors on Wikipedia are not "professionals"; there are very few people who are actually paid to edit Wikipedia. The article in question, Veganism, requires you to have 10 edits and an account 4 or more days old.
With respect to your changes, you can make an edit request on the talk page - there should be a button if you attempt to edit the article. — Qwerfjkltalk 10:44, 20 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

this is not false

Page: Michael_Hauser

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Comment/question:

Svetluska123 (talk) 14:37, 20 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Svetluska123, you appear to have used AI, partially at least, to make that edit. Could you please tell me what exactly did you use an AI for? — Qwerfjkltalk 19:52, 20 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

To search for the source in question. I did NOT use it for writing the text. Svetluska123 (talk) 21:20, 20 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Svetluska123, the source https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/thematic/subject-postmodern-critique-of/v-1/sections/thinkers-and-themes does not seem to be freely available - do you have access to it to verify what it says? — Qwerfjkltalk 10:48, 21 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Page: Computer-assisted_surgery

possible error related to dates in a minor revision. I have not used any dates, but added some references from DOIs in PUBMED or publishers. Maybe this carries date information? Diff: Special:Diff/1339555340 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Dr.Ma_NG#c-Qwerfjkl_(bot)-20260221040400-CS1_error_on_Computer-assisted_surgery

Comment/question: No question. Could not see error highlighted or problem. wonder if this was false positive Dr.Ma NG (talk) 04:47, 21 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Dr.Ma NG, I fixed the issue here for you. — Qwerfjkltalk 16:22, 21 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

thank you, I would have never found it there..! Dr.Ma NG (talk) 05:16, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

you forget I am from Ukraine? I use English Wikipedia and Ukrainian Wikipedia... soon. Nazar Horzhiy Sergiyovich (talk) 16:04, 21 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Can one revolutionise the Internet? --MrEditorMan6567 (talk) 20:05, 21 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

One can try. — Qwerfjkltalk 12:13, 22 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Page: Imbolc

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Comment/question: this citation is not a generic link

Avengent (talk) 02:37, 22 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Avengent, you added |last=Editors and |first=HISTORY com, which are both wrong and should be removed. — Qwerfjkltalk 12:13, 22 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Page: Little_red_dot_(astronomical_object) I was told that my URL links were not valid.

Diff: Special:Diff/1339761527 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Diff/1339761527

Comment/question: It seems like the links work to me. There may have been a mistake because while I was making edits I accidently refreshed the page, so somethings have have been saved, and others not, but right away I edited everything correctly.

MichelleYH (talk) 16:57, 22 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

MichelleYH, it was fixed subsequently by another editor. — Qwerfjkltalk 17:37, 22 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

is it possible change page name Hamidur Rahman (Bangladeshi politician ) as a Hamidur Rahman (Hamid ) hamid will be nick name --Hamid35108 (talk) 00:42, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hamid35108, that would not follow Wikipedia's policy on naming disambiguated articles - see Wikipedia:Disambiguation#Naming the specific topic articles. — Qwerfjkltalk 11:51, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Page: Crown_&_Anchor,_Adelaide

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Comment/question:

Your bot is out of control.

Zizek Rocks (talk) 07:39, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Zizek Rocks, how so? — Qwerfjkltalk 11:51, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]