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How do you edit a page closed to editing that is hate speech, totally biased and founded on lies? ~2025-32460-19 (talk) 04:04, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Typically on the talk page of an article, you can make an edit request. However it's best to be precise in what you believe needs to be changed, and provide a reliable source supporting the change. – {{u|hekatlys}} ^WOOF 04:08, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, anonymous user. Hekatlys is right in general, but note that if the article falls within any of the areas listed as Contentious topics, then anonymous editors (and new accounts) are not permitted even to post requests on the article's talk page. ColinFine (talk) 13:46, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That is not at all true. Even the extended-confirmed restriction (which only applies to a handful of contentious topics) says that Non-extended-confirmed editors may use the "Talk:" namespace only to make edit requests related to articles within the topic area, provided they are not disruptive. jlwoodwa (talk) 02:15, 11 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It would be easier for us to help you if instead of asking a general question, you actually got to the meat and potatoes of what you are actually talking about.

Wikipedia doesn't claim to be free of bias, as all sources of information have biases. Sources are presented to readers so they csn evaluate and judge them for themselves when determining what they think about what they read. You may read an article and disagree with everything presented. If the sources in an article are not being accurately summarized, please detail the errors on the article talk page. If the sources are being accurately summarized, but are in error, you will need to take that up with the sources directly and get them to issue corrections, or provide more current sources with what you deem more accurate information.

If sources in an article are so biased that they make things up out of whole cloth with no basis, that is a matter for the reliable sources noticeboard.

Some contentious topics(not all) have restrictions on editing by users with non-temporary or new accounts, meaning you cannnot contribute to them unless you register a username and it is 30 days old with 500 edits. 331dot (talk) 13:58, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'd also suggest that you read WP:TRUTH. 331dot (talk) 13:59, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My money is that the article they're complaining about is under a 500/30 restriction (specifically, that of the PIA area). —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^{threads critiques} 03:47, 11 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

that or some indian caste stuff that people tend to get heated over mgjertson (talk) (contribs) 18:27, 13 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On Wikipedia, people are sometimes ignored if they try to get advice without admitting what they're really talking about. When you don't immediately give the name of the article you're thinking of, that's exactly the kind of thing that can make other editors ignore you.

In my opinion, this is a very good feature of Wikipedia, because when a person seems like they're trying to avoid getting caught by not revealing their true intentions, usually that IS exactly what they're doing.

Because of all that, I suggest that you always say exactly which article you're talking about, and always say exactly which changes you want to make. When you do that, others may disagree with you, but you will get more respect and better answers. TooManyFingers (talk) 04:53, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I am having difficulty finding any documentation for the closure of a runway. The FAA doesn't archive Chart Supplements or Airport Diagrams and no news sources exist talking about the closure. I have found that the runway was closed sometime between 2015 and 2017 based on Google Earth satellite images, but that's as much as I can narrow it down. Without those images the most it can be narrowed down is between 2014 and 2020. Is it okay to use Google Earth as a reference in this manner? I have used Google Maps as a reference before, but never Google Earth. Would I just use cite web for this if it is acceptable? ❯❯❯ Mccunicano☕️ 00:02, 11 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Mccunicano Hello! Which runway on which airport are we talking about? Polygnotus (talk) 00:14, 11 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Using_maps_as_sources Polygnotus (talk) 00:17, 11 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Polygnotus: That's quite the lengthy RFC there. I am going to do a big update on the article Macon Downtown Airport. Runway 10-28 is still in use but the cross runway was closed in either late 2016 or early 2017. Since a regrading project happened on 10-28 last year, the former runway only exists as an unmarked taxiway to a hangar used by the Georgia Forestry Commission and has otherwise either been abandoned or obliterated. ❯❯❯ Mccunicano☕️ 02:08, 11 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You could probably pave most of the runway with that RfC if you printed it. Polygnotus (talk) 17:43, 11 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Mccunicano: if you do use Google Earth I would suggest attaching a note to the citation explaining your methodology. I don't know the best syntax to achieve that. I guess using Google Earth like this is a placeholder until a reliable source is eventually found. However, ultimately, if it didn't get reported anywhere, is it really up to Wikipedia to mention it? Commander Keane (talk) 12:21, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

{{efn}} Polygnotus (talk) 14:53, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the advice and humor, for now I am just sticking with what can be determined based on currently-accessible news coverage. Runways don't get removed on a whim and without cost, so I suspect I can track down a reliable source on it, eventually. ❯❯❯ Mccunicano☕️ 00:26, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I had either a userscript or a gadget or a preference that when I clicked a timestamp in a sig, it would open up the diff for me. Now, hovering over it I see the link for the diff in the corner of my browser, but in clicking, it gets hijacked and fills my url bar with a long anchor link, and does not open the diff link I see when hovering. For example., on todays feature article talk page, it adds #c-Galebazz-2021-08-07T18:25:00.000Z-Splitting_into_two_articles to my url, even though I see in the corner of firefox that I am hovering on the link. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Diff/1017469394/1037626755

Just wondering what happened during my wikibreak, and if I can go back to my old ways. I also have tons of userscripts, so if its conflicting userscripts, I'll sort it out, but I figured y'all would know if there was a MediaWiki change. Happy Editing -- IAmChaos 06:44, 13 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@IAmChaos: The diff feature is User:Evad37/TimestampDiffs which is loaded in User:IAmChaos/common.js. It conflicts with a newer default feature which cannot be disabled as far as I can tell. If I hold down Ctrl while clicking the time stamp then the diff opens in a new tab (this is a general Firefox feature for all links). Does that work for you and is it good enough? You can change to the new tab with the mouse or Ctrl+Page Down. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:03, 13 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a mac version of control click? Both Command and Control link to the comment, and when doing option and clicking open in new tab, it opens the link to comment in new tab. Shift click opens in new window. If not that's fine, I wanted to check. Sad that the new feature can't be disabled. Happy Editing -- IAmChaos 17:03, 13 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Update: I'm reading now: see mw:Project:Tech News/2024#Tech News: 2024-05 and phab:T302011. Happy Editing -- IAmChaos 17:08, 13 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@IAmChaos: A mouse middle-click may open a new tab but if your method opens the link to comment then a middle-click may do the same. I'm on Windows 11. Ctrl-click is the general method to open a link in a new tab. It's not a way to select one potential link target over another. Both middle-click and Ctrl-click give the diff for me. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:46, 13 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think I'll just lose the script. Diffs would be much nicer for me than super long urls, but I'll make do with what mediawiki gives us. Thanks for the help! Happy Editing -- IAmChaos 21:21, 13 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Usually, when Windows has control-click, Mac has command-click. That used to be quite a reliable rule, but I'm not sure if it still is.

That doesn't prevent either side from overriding the usual rule in a special case, and this could be a special case. TooManyFingers (talk) 04:59, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, as I mentioned, I tried that. Neither control nor command worked, but I'm sure I'll get over my loss. Happy Editing -- IAmChaos 05:01, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I found this article Wikipedia:Notability (people), but it's not clear if the person needs to be notable worldwide or can be notable on a country level. I have two articles (on Polish Wikipedia):

• pl:Andrzej Dragan
• pl:Urszula Wolska

The first person is a well known professor (there are 5 langauges) and the second is an artist, she was listed on this page Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Missing articles by occupation/Artists. Dragan may be more known outside the country, he is a researcher, Wolska is not that well known outside of Poland (article is only in one language).

How to decide if I can create articles for them in En Wiki. They are notable in pl Wiki, but I'm not sure about en Wiki. jcubic (talk) 10:19, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion are summarised at WP:42. More specifically, for academics we also have WP:NPROF, and for artists WP:NARTIST. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:21, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

jcubic If you want advice on the notability of a woman's biography, you can ask at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women in Red. Different Wikipedias have different criteria, so a pl article is not necessarily notable in en. TSventon (talk) 12:38, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@TSventon: I know that different Wikipedia have different criteria, that's why I'm asking this question. Will try to ask on project talk page. From my experience, most projects on Wikipedia (at least on Polish Wiki) are dead and no one replies. jcubic (talk) 17:28, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jcubic: there are a lot of dead en wikiprojects, I would advise looking for recent replies before posting on a project talk page, but Women in Red is active. TSventon (talk) 17:38, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Pigsonthewing: Yes, I've read that. The link to that article is in the question. It don't answer my question. Those statements are very generic, similar to the one we have in Polish Wiki. It doesn't explain what citation is. Should it be English worldwide citation, or can it be citation in a different language. Is the article notable if all reference are language other than English? jcubic (talk) 17:27, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jcubic: the general guidance on notability for humans is Wikipedia:Notability (people). The main requirment (basic criteria) is have they received significant coverage in multiple published secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject. It doesn't matter if the sources are from Poland or in Polish. There are also more specialised guidelines, e.g. for academics. TSventon (talk) 17:41, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"That"? I gave you three links. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:45, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Pigsonthewing and Jcubic: I should have said that Wikipedia:Notability says that sources can come from anywhere in the world and be in any language. TSventon (talk) 17:52, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes! the biography from different Wikipedia is worth the article in En Wiki!

Piñanana (talk) 19:12, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I am interested in translating some articles from Japanese Wiki into English Wiki using AI.

So, there are now AI tools capable of translating much more comprehensive Wikipedia articles from Japanese or Chinese into English without losing context, better than DeepL or Google translation due to their ability to scour the Internet for context.

One example is Google’s AI Studio, which has an option to more or less quickly analyze Japanese texts for historical accuracy, resulting in consistent naming and far less discrepancies as compared to ordinary machine translation. I was pretty amazed because it made hitherto impossible to understand machine translations legible.

So, I have a simple question.

Would it be a good practice / is it allowed to fully copy well-researched articles from foreign-language Wikipedia, translate them using such AI tools, and then paste the content into the English Wikipedia, citing only the original foreign-language article as the source?

I am somewhat well-read on certain topics, so I'd be able to spot the obvious translation errors, but the problem I have is the workload with sources.

For example, the Japanese Wikipedia article on Kiyohime is far more robust and detailed than the English version. It could be made vastly more accessible to the English-speaking audience if AI translation tools were used.

The problem, I mentioned, is the general paucity of foreign wikipedia articles. A character from a Fujiwara clan can have an entire wikipedia page on JP wikipedia, but not exist in the English one. Worse still, a JP article can have hundreds of sources, but to copy them one to one into EN wiki would just be far too work intensive, if every source, reference, and hyperlink were to be included.~2025-33734-00 (talk) 14:29, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Do not under any circumstances use AI to translate Wikipedia articles from one language to another, unless you are capable of reading both languages yourself, and are prepared to carefully check that the entire translation is supported by sources you can also read yourself. Given the well-documented, routine, and unavoidable tendency of AI to 'hallucinate' where it lacks data, such translations simply cannot be trusted. Any article translation of any reasonable complexity will contain errors and falsehoods, and you will be responsible for dealing with them. AndyTheGrump (talk) 14:56, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Even if they do the things you mention, it's still leaving the AI or original article to determine structure, covered topics, points of view, and other things which should be intentionally chosen. I'd just throw the whole thing out - I wouldn't give the editor a mop to clean-up :) --Edwin Herdman (talk) 22:44, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @~2025-33734-00. To add to what Andy said: in articles in many Wikipedias (and also in many older articles in English Wikipedia) the sources cited are nowhere near adequate for an article to be added to English Wikipedia today. Translating an article from another Wikipedia (whether manually or with machine assistance) is a waste of time unless you first verify that the sources are adequate by the current standards of English Wikipedia (see WP:42). ColinFine (talk) 19:36, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Beyond all the good and useful answers you already received, there's this: The large amount of extra work forced on you by the errors of AI is probably much worse than just writing a completely new article that's in English from the start.

Using AI here is like asking a three-year-old to cook dinner for four people; you already know you're going to have to redo the entire thing. TooManyFingers (talk) 05:10, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Using AI here is like asking a shopping website for the best cheapest product in a category, it will recommend the product with the highest profit, hide items for corporate reasons, and other tactics. AI services are not "altruistic".

Piñanana (talk) 19:20, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for asking instead of just doing it :) I don't have a problem with automating needlessly repetitive formatting tasks, but there's many appropriate tools, like a citation builder, and their output still needs to be checked. However, you're also giving over full interpretative and editorial control to the AI. You can't guarantee that an AI won't do more in a 'formatting pass' than you asked for. A more 'consistent' translation may look reasonable, but be wrong.

Even if I ask the best human experts hand translate the article, we don't know if it is good for English Wikipedia. We might not want the same structure, conclusions, and points of view. It might not be considered notable here (sad noises).

There's no rush to translate an entire article at once, even though there's many more articles to translate than we have the time. Good articles are still built up slowly over time. It's no big deal if you have to flag an article as incomplete, but it is a big deal if you publish an article with subtle errors that will stick around for a long time (it happens anyway, but we want to avoid it by checking each step). I don't know if you've written Wikipedia articles before, so I'd suggest practicing smaller edits before going for a full essay. You don't have to know all the Wikipedia rules and tools, or be a subject expert before you edit, but people won't tolerate pretending to do the work.

Citation builders and machine translators may be useful to you personally, but so are the groups and editors that cover various topics. If you have something interesting, try reaching out to them and see if it's useful to them. Just make sure you're paying attention to any step you're involved in, and don't assume any automated tool is correct. --Edwin Herdman (talk) 22:31, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Never, ever use AI to translate from Japanese to English. It does not work. Never, ever incorporate translated Japanese Wikipedia articles into the English Wikipedia without substantial review. The Japanese Wikipedia has very different standards. Most of its articles lack anything close to the kind of sourcing we require here, and are often written from a purely Japanese perspective. Japanese Wikipedia articles can be useful for gathering sources, but the articles themselves are very rarely good enough to serve as the basis for an article on the English Wikipedia. There are human translators on the English Wikipedia, such as myself, who would be happy to provide assistance as needed. Yours, &c. RGloucester — ☎ 01:54, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I tried to get this to work for some time but had no luck. I've asked for help elsewhere but people only seem to know wikipedia or openstreetmap, not both. Is there someone who can please help who speaks both? No matter the attempts I made I just couldn't seem to crack it.

The relation in question is here: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/19476256

The article in question is The Stourbridge Line (note the commented code right in the infobox).

Thanks in advance to whomever can help! Kether83 (talk) 16:19, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Kether83 If you don't quickly get help here, ask again at WP:Graphics Lab/Map workshop, where the specialists hang out and you can submit a new request. Mike Turnbull (talk) 17:59, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks; much appreciated. I think this marinated here long enough and I'll reach out now. Kether83 (talk) 17:04, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I commented on Kether83's Graphics lab post but an OSM editor needs to take a look. Commander Keane (talk) 14:27, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Assume in a situation where something would be bolded and is piped, where are the rules/guidelines on bolding inside vs. outside the link. '''[[abc|def]]''' and [[abc|'''def''']] give the same result, is one preferred over the other? I am presuming that '''[[abc]]''' is *always* preferred to [[abc|'''abc''']] Naraht (talk) 16:44, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Naraht See Help:Link for lots of examples and some guidance. Mike Turnbull (talk) 17:45, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Michael D. Turnbull , read through it twice, it contains a lot of how to, but no guidance in determining which of the two ways which appear equal are preferred. WP:AWB will convert [[abc|'''abc''']] to '''[[abc]]''', but I'm looking for slightly broader guidelines here.Naraht (talk) 19:51, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I personally prefer '''[[abc|def]]''' over [[abc|'''def''']], and anecdotally I believe my preference is aligned with what I see more commonly done, but as far as I'm aware there's no guidance directly recommending one format over the other. ModernDayTrilobite (talk • contribs) 21:33, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I agree. It is clear that '''[[abc]]''' would preferred to [[abc|'''abc''']] since it takes fewer characters and is a bit easier to change if another editor decides that the bolding should actually only be italics. I've hunted around and can't find anything else relevant in the MOS. Mike Turnbull (talk) 12:02, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It may be too unimportant and rare for a guideline but I certainly also prefer '''[[abc|def]]''', and the more common ''[[abc|def]]'' for italics which is used in an example at MOS:DABPIPING. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:55, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

See Loyalhanna Township, Pennsylvania. I tried to update the Historical Population table with current US Census data. But the result is a bit of a mess. I can't figure out how to fix it. There's some arcane structure at work here that baffles me. Can someone please help? Thank you in advance... BuzzWeiser196 (talk) 20:04, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed by User:Thilio. Apparently the template can't tolerate commas. —Cryptic 23:46, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much!!! BuzzWeiser196 (talk) 22:31, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

... where to look for those pie charts and other graphic representations of our contributions? Augnablik (talk) 09:41, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Augnablik. Is it https://xtools.wmcloud.org/ you're thinking of? qcne (talk) 09:49, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The edit counter there is linked on "Edit statistics" at the bottom of user contributions. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:49, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That’s it! Augnablik (talk) 13:29, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Indirectly, yes. Until I read PrimeHunter’s reply and went there, I didn’t realize it leads to our data in Xtools. Augnablik (talk) 13:28, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There is also Special:Impact. Polygnotus (talk) 12:33, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This is a new find. Augnablik (talk) 13:29, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It can also be seen for other users like Special:Impact/PrimeHunter. User:PrimeHunter/Impact.js adds a link to it in userspace. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:31, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, @Polygnotus, @PrimeHunter, and @Qcne. My replies to each of you ended up out of order, so I’m bundling threefold thanks here. Augnablik (talk) 13:32, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've been looking over the Wikipedia guidelines and policies, and I'm unsure on identify a seconary source from news articles. I know there are a lot of reliable news outlets that exist, but how can I know if they are secondary sources if they don't normally post any references of there own (like the way scholarly articles do)? My first thought was when they include and make an opinion or analysis on quotes from interviewed people, but I don't know if such news articles would count as a secondary source. What do you guys think? — Alex26337 ^(talk) 10:19, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

News articles are generally considered secondary sources unless the article is primarily an interview with the subject or merely a republishing of materials associated with the subject. 331dot (talk) 10:22, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Alex26337 Watch out in particular for newspapers publishing press releases or churnalism. Look for evidence of editorial oversight. Mike Turnbull (talk) 12:09, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, I'll continue to keep a careful eye out when evaluating and reading each source. — Alex26337 ^(talk) 21:00, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How can i create a page for a person ~2025-34620-12 (talk) 12:00, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@~2025-34620-12 Please read Help:Your first article and our criteria for assessing whether someone should have an article at all (we call this notability). If the "person" you have in mind is yourself, best to forget the idea as we strongly discourage WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY for the reasons explained at that link. In any case, if you are unfamiliar with Wikipedia policies and guidelines you would be better off editing existing articles for a while to gain experience. Mike Turnbull (talk) 12:07, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, and welcome to the helpdesk.

Making a new article is one of the most challenging things to do on Wikipedia, even for experienced editors. It requires a robust understanding of policies and guidelines like notability and neutral point of view, as well as technical skills like finding and citing sources and formatting your article in accordance with the manual of style. It's not something we recommend new editors try to do right away.

I would strongly advise that you first spend a while (at least a couple of weeks) participating in discussions here at the Teahouse and at noticeboards, asking questions, and editing already-existing articles to build the knowledge and skills I've mentioned above, and then come back to the article creation process later.

Like the rest of us, you're here because you want to contribute to an encyclopedia. Luckily, there are a lot of ways to contribute other than creating articles. You can copyedit (see gnoming), patrol the Recent Changes page to revert vandalism, get involved with a WikiProject you're interested in (like WP:AICLEANUP for me), read through discussions on boards like WP:ANI to see how disputes are handled here, etc. Athanelar (talk) 23:01, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I need some help accessing my old account. I know my username, and I know my password. However, I am on a new computer and when I try to log in, it asks me for a 2FA code… sent to my elementary-school email address that I no longer use. Is there any way to recover access to the account and change the email address?

Edit: I have already consulted the login help page, but none of the options seem to apply. So it sent me here. ~2025-34555-01 (talk) 12:26, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This is a real Catch-22 problem, because if you cannot access the recovery email you will not be able to access the account. Have you enabled 2FA as described here?--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 15:51, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This is about mw:Help:Extension:EmailAuth, not what we normally refer to as 2FA. You're looking for Special:AccountRecovery (which you'll need to log out of your temp account to access). * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 17:10, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for that. I just submitted my account recovery request. Fingers crossed! ~2025-34555-01 (talk) 08:56, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to provide citation to this page as a unique identifier EIDR ID for the page can you guide PROPERLY so that it will be a source citation Draft:The Story of Yuvraj and Shahajahan. Abm1994 (talk) 17:40, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your request is not clear; please can you rephrase it? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:07, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, @Abm1994.

I think you are asking whether you can cite a Draft outside Wikipedia, using EIDR.

I have no idea of the answer to that; but I will say that as far as Wikipedia is concerned, drafts are not part of the encyclopaedia, and should not be cited outside Wikipedia. ColinFine (talk) 14:48, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No, they want to cite the EIDR ID for the draft. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^{threads critiques} 15:10, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Smithfield ,Inc page need up dates

Very old information ~2025-34638-26 (talk) 20:01, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

We have no page of that title Do you mean Smithfield Foods, or something else? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:05, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

When sorting Special:NewPagesFeed by date, it often shows an article as very old, when in fact it's an old redirect which was recently made into a page. Does anyone know of a way to avoid this? I was thinking it could be configured to date articles from the last edit tagged as "redirect removed", or from creation if none are found. Thanks. lp0 on fire () 20:26, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Lp0 on fire: you could ask at Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Reviewers as people there use the feed all the time. TSventon (talk) 21:15, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Somehow didn't think of that .͡. lp0 on fire () 22:20, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

English Wiki: The Clearing (film) is a 2004 crime film. simple:The Clearing is a 2020 zombie film whose English cross-language reference is to the unrelated 2004 film (and vice versa). Could someone please copy the 2024 film Simple English article to the main English wiki and fix the cross-language reference? Thanks! ~2025-34645-06 (talk) 20:34, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Simple English article had the wrong Wikidata item. I have moved it from The Clearing (Q488345) to The Clearing (Q113598104). PrimeHunter (talk) 20:42, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Different Wikipedias have different rules. Where a subject exists on the Simple English Wikipedia but not on the English version, it is often because the subject is not Wikipedia:Notable enough for this Wikipedia. TSventon (talk) 21:27, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

so does edìt previews count as daily page views? Is there a daily chart for edits made in 24 ĥrs? DMc75771 (talk) 23:18, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@DMc75771 Is there a daily chart for edits made in 24 ĥrs? on enwiki? These may be of interest:

https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/all-projects

https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org

https://wikistats.wmcloud.org/

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Page_view#Differences_to_earlier_implementation_of_the_%22new%22_definition_(2013-2015_data)

Polygnotus (talk) 00:47, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If someone is said to have been born c. year BY, should the category be BY births or Year of birth uncertain? Clarityfiend (talk) 03:30, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Clarityfiend To make life more difficult or easier: why not both? So let's say Category:2025 births and Category:Year of birth uncertain? Polygnotus (talk) 04:11, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't like having two mutually exclusive categories, so I'm going to go with the latter. Clarityfiend (talk) 10:21, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Well, you are (a) Clarityfiend. Polygnotus (talk) 10:26, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Often a Category:Births by decade subcategory will be applicable. jlwoodwa (talk) 18:18, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jlwoodwa: Excellent suggestion. Thanks. Clarityfiend (talk) 04:23, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I’m using an older version of the app on my iPad mini 4 and it’s sending a verification code to my email and I’m supposed to enter it in the app. However, there’s no place to enter it. KaposiaDarcy (talk) 17:27, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@KaposiaDarcy: I haven't heard of verification codes specially for the app. Maybe you can enter it in a browser. If the mail has a link and tapping it opens the app then try the same address in a browser. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:11, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If this is about Apples 2FA, you can enter the code on old devices by typing your password and then the code. something like this (password123456) with the numbers being the 2FA code mgjertson (talk) (contribs) 20:12, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, so Im in a class and we were supposed to choose an article that we can edit. I could edit the actual article but for the assigemnt that was assigened I couldnt make the outline and it would show me this .

Creation of this page (User:Memefafa/United States Refugee Admissions Program?utm source=chatgpt.com/Outline) is currently restricted to administrators, page movers, and template editors because the page title matches an entry .*[?&]+[^=]+=[^&]+.* on the local or global blacklists.

If you receive this message when trying to edit, create or move an existing page, follow these instructions:

• Any administrator can create this page for you. Please post a request at the Administrators' noticeboard or open a new edit request.
• Be sure to specify the exact title (especially by linking it) of the page you are trying to create, and if it might be misunderstood (for example, an article with an unusual name), consider explaining briefly what you want to do.
• If you wrote any text, save it temporarily to your device until you can create the page.

let me know how I coud fix it. Memefafa (talk) 19:29, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Memefafa Hello! The error message mentions User:Memefafa/United States Refugee Admissions Program?utm source=chatgpt.com/Outline (emphasis mine)

Please do not use ChatGPT on Wikipedia.

The correct link looks like this:

User:Memefafa/United States Refugee Admissions Program/Outline

And you should be able to edit it.

Again, please no ChatGPT.

We have an article that explains what ?utm_source=chatgpt.com means: UTM parameters.

Polygnotus (talk) 19:34, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, yes now I get it. But even after I made the edit and I pasted the exact link not using Chatgpt it still wouldn't let me do the outline and it still says that my source is Chatgpt. How can I fix it? Memefafa (talk) 19:41, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Memefafa: You should be able to create the page if you click on this link: User:Memefafa/United States Refugee Admissions Program/Outline If not, please copypaste the error message here. Making sure that whatever you are pasting does not contain "chatgpt" is probably also a good idea. Polygnotus (talk) 19:45, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Could you please help me or direct me for making a bography page for my professor Azs0242 (talk) 19:43, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Azs0242 Hello! Who is your supervisor/professor? Thanks, Polygnotus (talk) 19:46, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Azs0242 (ec) My advice to you is- in short- don't, at least not now. The longer version you should read WP:BOSS for, you should also read conflict of interest. It takes much effort and skill to create a new article, and diving right in to the process is not recommended, not without first spending time editing existing articles in areas that interest you, and using the new user tutorial. Diving right in often leads to frustration and anger, which we do not want for you. 331dot (talk) 19:49, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the suggestion, I really appriciate it Azs0242 (talk) 07:16, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Azs0242: also, you can take a look at Wikipedia:Notability (academics) which deals with professors. Commander Keane (talk) 14:46, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Are certificates of deposits taxable and when?  ~2025-34956-59 (talk) 21:28, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This is not a general help desk, and we cannot give you tax or financial advice; please consult a qualified professional. 331dot (talk) 21:32, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! This page is for people who need help editing wikipedia. You might have better luck with a search engine like google or duckduckgo. If you still want help from a wikipedian, then the reference desk could prove helpful! mgjertson (talk) (contribs) 20:13, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

quantum computors ~2025-34982-53 (talk) 22:38, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If you're asking for help editing the article Quantum computing, then please specify the kind of help that you want. -- Hoary (talk) 23:01, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! This page is for people who need help editing wikipedia. You might have better luck with a search engine like google or duckduckgo. If you still want help from a wikipedian, then the reference desk could prove helpful! mgjertson (talk) (contribs) 20:13, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback

Reference help requested.

What do you mean about a page title needing to be fixed?

Thanks, Lshivers (talk) 23:09, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Lshivers: if you look at the references for the article you should see a red message by reference 7, saying "Missing or empty |title=". The message means that the code for reference 7 is missing "|title=", followed by the title of the web page used as a reference. For example reference 6 has "| title = Membership".

I had a look at the article, and notice that most of the references are to the association's website. Wikipedia aims to summarise what independent reliable sources say about a subject, so most of the references for the article should be independent. I can see that the sourcing for the previous version was similar.

If you have a conflict of interest concerning the organisation you are expected to declare it, also it is recommended that you suggest edits on the article talk page, rather than editing the article. I have put a standard message about this on your talk page. Also paid editing must be disclosed. TSventon (talk) 01:30, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I am an experienced editor. I found a another editor's very short article on a worthwhile topic. I was looking for a template to classify the article as a squib—or, better, a specific topic-category squib (I remember the squib-sorting project). I could not find anything helpful. Can you point me to something? —Finell 03:36, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Finell: Do you mean a stub? That page shows you how to tag and sort stubs. User:SD0001/StubSorter presumably automates that for you. Children Will Listen (🐄 talk, 🫘 contribs) 03:41, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I am very sorry for wasting your time!! —Finell 04:09, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You asked a reasonable question, and "squib" IS a traditional term for this general kind of thing, so nobody can blame you. TooManyFingers (talk) 05:18, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@TooManyFingers, @Finell, I have now created a redirect WP:Squib. ColinFine (talk) 10:59, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A recent Reddit thread has informed me that if you type "Obama" into the search box, the Monkey article is listed among the dropdown results, even though the word Obama appears nowhere in it. Looking for a quick explanation, I asked on the Wikipedia Discord server, but to no avail. Apparently, the exact algorithm by which these dropdown results are selected is shrouded in mystery. It seems to me that vandals have found a way to artificially game this algorithm, akin to Google bombing. I am concerned that we apparently have no way to detect, understand, and revert this kind of vandalism, so I'm posting here to seek further insight. Please let me know if there is a better suited venue for this discussion. –CopperyMarrow15 (talk ⋅ edits) 06:24, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Try WP:Village pump (technical). —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^{threads critiques} 06:30, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. See Wikipedia:Village pump (technical) § Why does "Monkey" appear in the dropdown search results for "Obama"? –CopperyMarrow15 (talk ⋅ edits) 06:37, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The vandalizing account User:Bananas1208 has been indefinitely blocked as a sockpuppet of a globally locked account. Cullen328 (talk) 07:24, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There is a reference error in the List of Victory ships (D) which I can't fathom out. The error appears as "Cite error: Unknown parameter "victory" in <ref> tag;" It appears that the error was introduced with this edit. The error is in the ref name "Permanente1". The entry for Durango Victory is the only one in that edit which uses that reference name, but it appears to me to be correctly formed. If I remove that reference from Durango Victory, on preview the error moves to the "VicD" ref. Again, that reference seems to be OK. Mjroots (talk) 07:09, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Thilio^{R O B O T🤖 talk} 07:27, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Mjroots (talk) 07:38, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Filmography credit for 1997 TV movie Last Stand at Saber River seems to be missing. ~2025-35038-42 (talk) 07:14, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This could be added at Rex Linn, but as a general rule, Wikipedia is not competing with IMDb, so it does not list everything that an actor ever did, particularly if it was a minor role. There is a separate article for Last Stand at Saber River and he is mentioned there.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 08:01, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I edited one article and by mistake I changed many thing I want to recorrect the text but I don’t remember how And I edited text without creation of account and now it published so can ypu please help me to redo that text the Golden Age of Science Fiction ~2025-35044-28 (talk) 08:19, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@~2025-35044-28  Done Here's the correct revision Thilio^{R O B O T🤖 talk} 08:38, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What you wanted to do was to revert your own edit. The linked page explains how to do that. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:25, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

there is some wrong information on Andrew robinson neighbours wikepedia page Darren pearn (talk) 11:40, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

in which case, you should go to Talk:Andrew Robinson (Neighbours), and explain what it is that you think is false, providing the necessary source to back this up. AndyTheGrump (talk) 11:46, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ok Darren pearn (talk) 11:47, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

...like this. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:22, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes Darren pearn (talk) 14:55, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The comments and requests now at Talk:Andrew Robinson (Neighbours)#Andrew robinson are of no value, Darren pearn, as none of them points to a reliable source for what the writer asserts.-- Hoary (talk) 23:49, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I try to upload an image into the 'Infobox person' image section, but it says an image with the same filename has already been uploaded Cldcommunications (talk) 12:31, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Cldcommunications: that isn't really ambiguous; choose an other filename. You have successfully uploaded File:FehintiBalogun.jpg, but I have marked it as a copyright violation. Remember that if you upload an image as "own work", it means that you personally held the camera in your hands when the picture was taken. Draft articles also are not allowed to use Wikipedia:Non-free content. MKFI (talk) 12:56, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There is no need to write it as a copyright violation as I own the image. Please can you change this thanks. Cldcommunications (talk) 13:04, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User blocked for promotional editing and their username. 331dot (talk) 13:15, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Cldcommunications: if you are the copyright owner please send commons:COM:VRT message to confirm it. You can use commons:Commons:Wikimedia VRT release generator. MKFI (talk) 13:18, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How do i delete my wikipedia account Wikwritergal (talk) 17:21, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Wikiwritergal. For legal reasons related to attribution of your contributions, it is not possible to delete an account. You can simply abandon the account and stop editing. If you want to conceal your past contributions, please read Wikipedia:Courtesy vanishing. Cullen328 (talk) 17:28, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You have made only three edits, of which only the question above is still live. Just abandon the account and stop using it. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:38, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi - I was still working on the draft page for Robert Caughlan and it was removed for copyright but I hadn't intended for it to live, just to save the changes. Is there a way to retrieve the work?

Christinanevada67 (talk) 19:33, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright violations cannot be restored. Note that clicking "publish changes" makes your edit visible to the public. (Even a draft) 331dot (talk) 19:44, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If there is a significant amount of original material, and only some copyvio, a kind admin might be willing to email the content to you, so long as you give a clear undertaking not to repost the copyvio. Ask at WP:REFUND. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:40, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/326314545854 Create a backlink on Wikipedia for your website ~2025-35278-02 (talk) 21:02, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

also this one sold 31 @ $29.99 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325755879922 ~2025-35278-02 (talk) 21:06, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

We can't do much about this unless you can prove that whomever is offering that has edited here, see WP:REPORTPAID. 331dot (talk) 21:17, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Our software automatically adds nofollow (see meta:nofollow) to external links so this service is nearly worthless if the advertiser even adds the links. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:26, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

They're using the Wikipedia logo, so WMF may be able to get the ads taken down on that basis (though that won't stop them returning with new branding). Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:32, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Some one is using my account I don't get reset password on my email ~2025-35254-43 (talk) 21:57, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If you don't have access to the account and the email has been changed, your options may be limited. It depends on the situation, though. For more information, see Wikipedia:Compromised accounts#After being compromised —Rutebega (talk) 22:36, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Evidence from multiple reputable sources suggests that Roland Barthes died on March 26, 1980, rather than on March 25. Could someone verify this information and make the necessary correction? ~2025-35212-81 (talk) 00:59, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please suggest this on Talk:Roland Barthes, providing the necessary sources. AndyTheGrump (talk) 02:07, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

to add to the above, I note that one source cited in the article body, Le Monde states March 26. As does the Washington Post, if I've got the days of the week right. [1] I can't access the source cited in the lede though (I think it is supposed to be Roland Barthes: Or the Profession of Cultural Studies by Martin McQuillan, though it isn't entirely clear), and it should still be discussed on the talk page. AndyTheGrump (talk) 02:25, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"The server at archive.is is taking too long to respond."

web.archive.org/save/ "The capture will start in ~10 minutes because our service is currently overloaded. You may close your browser window and the page will still be saved."

GPT LLM

Piñanana (talk) 19:08, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have a question? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 19:57, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! This page is for people who need help editing wikipedia. You might have better luck with a search engine like google or duckduckgo. If you still want help from a wikipedian, then the reference desk could prove helpful! mgjertson (talk) (contribs) 18:04, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If I cite an old article from a website like The A.V. Club and I want to specify who the publisher/parent company is. Do I use the company that owned it at the time that the article was published (i.e. depending on the year it could be Onion Inc., G/O Media, Paste Media Group) or the company that owns it now? TipsyElephant (talk) 02:43, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, TipsyElephant. Use the publisher at the time of publication. That was the correct moment in time. "Now" is ever changing. Cullen328 (talk) 03:56, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Cite web#Publisher says the publisher at the time of publication, but that "publisher" is rarely used for websites or periodicals. TSventon (talk) 04:05, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm trying to fix lint errors, and when I came across Draft:Analyn Anzano Cabras I saw that the entire page is bold, and the text that should be bold is just bolder than the irregularly bold text. Looking at the source of the article, there doesn't seem to be any reason for this. It doesn't even seem to be through a template, as it says on the lint error search page for it (except for the manually bolded {{Draft}} template). dot.py 02:50, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Somebody bolded the actual "draft" template. Unbolding that fixed the problem. Clarityfiend (talk) 04:25, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I never knew that bolding the template did that! Will keep that in mind if I encounter that again. Cheers! dot.py 04:37, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The code said '''{{draft|Analyn Anzano Cabras}}'''. It's risky to add bold or italics around a template call because it may interfere with the template output which in this case also had code for bold. HTML has different code <b> and </b> for start and end of bold but MediaWiki has the same ''' (similar for italics ''). It's easy to write but sometimes causes trouble when an intended end is interpreted as a start. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:45, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I Love My Country (Dutch TV series) and Ik hou van Holland are redundant.

Piñanana (talk) 13:28, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not so; the former is about the overall concept; the latter about the specific national version, comparable with I Love My Country (British TV series). Perhaps the former should be at "I Love My Country (TV series)"? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:43, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In I Love My Country (Dutch TV series) the infobox and whole lead except the last third of the last sentence is about the Dutch TV series so it's confusing. Maybe the lead should be rewritten and the title changed to "I Love My Country (franchise)" like Big Brother (franchise) which also started as a Dutch TV series. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:01, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

split as:

I Love My Country (Dutch TV series) Ik hou van Holland

I Love My Country (TV franchise) I Love My Country (Dutch TV series)

??? Piñanana (talk) 14:14, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps. This would be better discussed on a talk page - perhaps the talk page of the franchise article, with a pointer to that discussion on the other talk page. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:31, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I saw in some media format articles including this featured article that is a book—I saw it in some videogames, movies and tv shows too—when they write content summary it is without citation to any source. why is this allowed in wikipedia, where everything should be cited to a trusted source? Vastmajority20025 (talk) 13:52, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Are you talking about the lead? (i.e., the part of the article above all the section headers?)

As per MOS:LEADCITE, it's normal (and acceptable) to not cite the info in the lead; because the lead should summarise the info in the rest of the article, and the claims should be sourced when they appear there. Although some discretion should be used e.g. for particularly controversial claims. The necessity for citations in a lead should be determined on a case-by-case basis by editorial consensus. Complex, current, or controversial subjects may require many citations; others, few or none. Athanelar (talk) 14:01, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No @Athanelar, I'm not talking about lead section, I know what you said about lead. In articles about books, movies and tv shows, even those that are featured ones—like Synopsis section of this, that is a featured article—editors write the content summary of that media material, and they dont cite to any source, that's what I'm talking about. Vastmajority20025 (talk) 18:03, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Well, because the source for a synopsis is naturally the book itself. What would you expect them to cite? Athanelar (talk) 18:51, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In wikipedia everything you write has to be cited to a reliable source, but in the case im talking about, this rule is just allowed to be not followed, and it's not in some articles, it's in some featured articles too—like the one i mentioned. I wanna know if this is under a specific rule in wikipedia. Vastmajority20025 (talk) 19:46, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There is a specific rule that you don't cite the original book when giving a plot summary, because it's obvious that that's where the information comes from.

There is another specific rule that you don't give a citation for a fact that is merely what anyone would expect (for example, in an article about a lake, you shouldn't put any references that the lake contains water and is mainly surrounded by land). TooManyFingers (talk) 04:37, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please give some examples. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:57, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Vastmajority20025 Have you seen MOS:PLOTSOURCE? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 22:32, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you @Gråbergs Gråa Sång! In WP:PLOTREF I found what I was looking for. It is actually allowed—for example—to just read a book chapter by chapter or watch a movie yourself, and with standards written in MOS:PLOT, write the plot section of it without citing to any source, but with below conditions noted in WP:PLOTREF:

“If the summary includes a direct quotation from the work, then Wikipedia:Verifiability requires it to have an inline citation, just like any other direct quotation. Inline citations from the primary work can also be helpful (but are not required) to source key or complex plot points. If all or most of the summary has been derived not from the work itself but from a comprehensive plot summary in a reliable secondary source, citing that source is recommended as a convenience to others”.

@Andy Mabbett, you wanted example, here some other examples that are featured articles: Everything Tastes Better with Bacon, The Beginning of the End (Lost) and A Beautiful Crime.

Yeah @TooManyFingers, but It seemed so out of place, because in here, the most obvious strict rule is cite everything you write to a reliable source, you can't just read publication informations of a book—like when it got published, place of publication, translations, etc. and dont cite to anything, or criticisms of it and not cite them to anything, but in writing plot section, I found out that this is actually allowed, and is an exception. Vastmajority20025 (talk) 14:11, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm starting a sweater that calls for a #9 circular needle. In knitting the pattern it seems that the pattern is too loose so I'd like to charge to a smaller needed like a 4. If I do, do I double the number of stitches from the beginning such as originally starting with 50 stitches to 100 stitches? Freshdesign2 (talk) 19:20, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This page is for questions about editing Wikipedia. Please consider asking this question at the Reference desk. They specialize in knowledge questions and will try to answer any question in the universe (except how to use Wikipedia, since that is what this Help Desk is for). Just follow the link, select the relevant section, and ask away. You could always try searching Wikipedia for an article related to the topic you want to know more about. I hope this helps. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 19:33, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! This page is for people who need help editing wikipedia. You might have better luck with a search engine like google or duckduckgo. If you still want help from a wikipedian, then the reference desk could prove helpful! mgjertson (talk) (contribs) 18:05, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Could you tell me how can I log into my account if I don't remember my username? ~2025-35639-01 (talk) 20:41, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, @~2025-35639-01. Do you remember any articles you edited? You can look through their history for a name that rings a bell.

Alternatively, if you remember something distinctive that you put on your user page, you could do an advanced search for that in Namespace User.

Other than those, I can't think of anything to suggest. ColinFine (talk) 20:53, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If you gave an email address, check your emails for one welcoming you to Wikipedia. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:55, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If you stored your email address then you can use Special:PasswordReset to get both username and a temporary password. See more at Help:Logging in#What if I forget my username? PrimeHunter (talk) 22:19, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I looked at Etching#/media/File:Tools of etching.svg, and the caption at the bottom looked like this:

.mw-parser-output .messagebox{margin:4px 0;width:auto;border-collapse:collapse;border:2px solid var(--border-color-progressive,#6485d1);background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#fbfcff);color:var(--color-base,#202122);box-sizing:border-box;border-inline-start-width:8px}.mw-parser-output .messagebox.mbox-small{font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .mbox-warning,.mw-parser-output .mbox-speedy{border:2px solid var(--border-color-error,#b22222);background:var(--background-color-error-subtle,#ffdbdb);border-inline-start-width:8px}.mw-parser-output ...

And so on, until it eventually got to the real text:

... img{max-width:none!important}This image has been created during "DensityDesign Integrated Course Final Synthesis Studio" at Politecnico di Milano, organized by DensityDesign Research Lab in 2016. Credits goes to Carola Barnaba • CC BY-SA 4.0

I don't know where the problem is coming from. Is this something that can be fixed by editing the page, or does an actual web developer need to get involved? FactoidCow (talk) 00:35, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

EDIT: I guess the problem lies in how the Commons template (c:Template:DensityDesign/2016) interacts with the caption box. But I'm still not sure what to do about it. FactoidCow (talk) 00:42, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@FactoidCow: It only happens in the mobile version, not desktop. The caption is actually "Steps in the typical technique" from Etching#Printmaking technique in detail and is displayed correctly by MediaViewer. Below that it tries to write the author in the "Author" field at File:Tools of etching.svg#Summary, but the field is a box and MediaViewer ends up exposing its HTML to the viewer. The box is made by commons:Template:DensityDesign/2016 and the same happens for other images using it. I don't have more time now but may investigate more tomorrow. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:44, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jon Harald Søby: The exposed code is CSS from commons:Module:Message box/mbox.css. This is similar to phab:T211444 where it was the description field and you made a fix. This time it's the author field. Can you handle it? PrimeHunter (talk) 19:46, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I keep getting stuff about "practice before you contribute your first article." Why? Bmwilcox (talk) 01:29, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Bmwilcox: Can you provide the entirety of the error message? Children Will Listen (🐄 talk, 🫘 contribs) 01:40, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also give the exact title of the article you are trying to create. You can create most titles by just entering them in the search box and clicking a link on the resulting page. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:44, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Team,

I am serving as non-executive director for a company on unpaid basis, where the company has gained good attention and popularity across reputed and mainstream media's. Now, am I allowed to create a wikipedia company page for the same company thereby citing relevant online sources and references? Your opinion and comments will be appreciated. Malaya Kumar Biswal M (talk) 05:03, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:BOSS and Your first article. This is never recommended due to the conflict of interest involved.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 07:50, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, and welcome to the Teahouse.

You've indicated that you want to write an article about a company or organisation you appear to have a connection to.

First of all, we strongly discourage editors from creating or editing articles relating to subjects they have a connection to, especially in the case of corporations and organisations where this usually takes the form of paid editing. If you still wish to proceed, please thoroughly read everything below.

Athanelar (talk) 12:04, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The fact that you are in an unpaid non-executive position doesn't change the fact that you have a conflict of interest when writing about the company. TooManyFingers (talk) 14:31, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What does {{{case: ~ }}} mean in {{{case: {{{1|}}}|{{{default|}}}}}}? (from this) Whatback11 (talk) 12:05, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, @Whatback11. I can't find that it means anything. Notice that that template didn't last long. ColinFine (talk) 13:01, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You may get an answer by asking at WP:VPT. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:46, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That isn't any kind of special syntax. It's just a parameter reference, where another parameter is used to determine which parameter to reference. jlwoodwa (talk) 20:55, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

At Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:JackSucksAtLife, the user Georgeykiwi stated that the now-deleted draft included a few reliable sources, but they were only mentioned by name. I recently asked for links to them and I received an answer really quickly, so here they are:

• "Inside Cameo's Stan Economy". GQ Magazine.
• "German Union IG Metall is Backing YouTubers Fighting Google". Bloomberg UK. August 14, 2019.
• "YouTuber Oszukal YouTube by Zdobyc Prestizowa Nagrode". Gry-Online.
• "YouTuber Ermogelt Sich Diamond Button". Gamestar.

If none of these sources constitute significant coverage of JackSucksAtLife, or the ones that do only cover him in the context of one event, then that would explain why they weren't enough to save the draft. – MrPersonHumanGuy (talk) 13:37, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

GQ looks okay. I can't assess Bloomberg (walled). Gry-Online and Gamestar are about him exploiting YouTube to get an award he was not eligible for. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^{threads critiques} 16:57, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The bot's addition to Wikipedia:Help desk/Archive 74 reduced the archive from showing 156 sections to 119. I've repaired it by putting nowiki tags around an unclosed ref tag. (It wasn't closed because the help request was about a cite error and quoted the error message "Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).") Would some other bot have repaired it anyway, and would it have been better if I'd left well alone? NebY (talk) 15:04, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No; you did the right thing. Thank you. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:01, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh cool, thanks. Now to figure out how to check if it's happened to any other archives. NebY (talk) 16:21, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OJQdjiHXcU&list=PLfFsdmim5aec-BPLW6eM3lUAyUqGyZQRC&index=46&t=13s
• https://medium.com/@nixiep/the-origins-of-eyebombing-3203d18da5d9

I just want to give credit where credit is due, so here are two more pieces of evidence, if needed, that "eyebombing" was indeed born in Aix-en-Provence and that its creator is the French artist Do Benracassa, residing in Aix-en-Provence, and not the two Danish artists who appropriated the concept by simply changing the name to "eyebombing"! The French artist Do Benracassa created this concept in 1984, and here is the link to his website: https://www.do-benracassa.com/eyebombing-france/ ~2025-35834-96 (talk) 18:20, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Is this not more suitable for the talk page of googly eyes? GarethBaloney (talk) 18:26, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Youtube link is to a video, seemingly from a TV program but reaching us via the channel "la Chaine de Do Benracassa", in which Do Benracassa chats with others. Not a source independent of Benracassa (and perhaps also problematic in terms of copyright status). The Medium article is by "Nixie P", who isn't obviously a reliable source. And you link to a third source, to Do Benracassa's website. None of these three sources is both reliable and independent of Do Benracassa. So there's no point presenting them as evidence. If you do have other, sound sources, then yes, Talk:Googly eyes would be where you could use them to argue your point. -- Hoary (talk) 07:20, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I just wiki-wonder in my wiki-sense why there is biographies of living persons and there is no biographies of dead persons? Theknoledgeableperson (|have a chat) 19:51, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, @Theknoledgeableperson. If you see a need for such a subject, feel free to open a discussion at WP:VPP or perhaps WP:VPI, and argue the case for why it is needed.

The very first edit to WP:BLP, back in 2005, had the edit summary "I started this due to the Daniel Brandt situation". Perhaps you want to go looking for that and find out why it was felt to be needed. ColinFine (talk) 20:11, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ok thanks Theknoledgeableperson (|have a chat) 20:16, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You can't libel the dead. That's why. DuncanHill (talk) 20:16, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That is one reason, certainly. More generally though, the community seems, from the policies enacted, to recognise a moral obligation to avoid causing harm to living people, or at least to minimise the unnecessary harm that can occur with unregulated content that doesn't properly belong in something that claims to be an encyclopaedia. As to whether this worthy objective is achieved as often as it should be, opinions differ. AndyTheGrump (talk) 20:29, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

But there is a WP:BDP. It has been previously observed that BLP is just standard policy, but done with an urgency to reduce harm. Therein lies the key difference. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 20:21, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Zzuuzz, WP:BDP is for recntly dead people covered by WP:BLP, Theknoledgeableperson (|have a chat) 20:24, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think a big part of the reason is that fewer people would benefit from lying about someone who died a long time ago. It happens, but apparently it's been kept under control well enough using the normal policies. TooManyFingers (talk) 21:39, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note that the policy includes the section: Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons#Recently dead or probably dead. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:12, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's not exclusively for dead people, but perhaps WP:MOSBIO has something of what you're after. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:50, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have been uploading photos for Wicomico and Talbot Counties in Maryland, but not seeing them show on the listings. Could someone check status please? Linda Roy Walls (talk) 04:43, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Linda Roy Walls. This is your first ever edit to the English Wikipedia. I see that you have uploaded a lot of photos of historic buildings to Wikimedia Commons, which is a separate but related project. Thanks for that. If you want to use these images in English Wikipedia articles, then you will have to link to the image files in those articles. It does not happen automatically. See Help: Images. Cullen328 (talk) 05:45, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Linda Roy Walls For example, like so: [2] Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:55, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What do you mean by "listings"? If you mean categories like c:Category:National Register of Historic Places in Maryland or c:Category:National Register of Historic Places in Talbot County, Maryland, then you—or someone—needs to add them to each file page. This will happen eventually, as other volunteers get around to it, or you can do it by following the guidance on c:Commons:Categories.

Note that all those pages are on Wikimedia Commons, not Wikipedia. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:59, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

All your uploads are at:

Wikimedia Commons TooManyFingers (talk) 17:38, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oops - I forgot to @Linda Roy Walls TooManyFingers (talk) 17:39, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

[3] is perhaps more viewable. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:44, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If listings means pages like National Register of Historic Places listings in Talbot County, Maryland I have added an image here as an example. TSventon (talk) 17:55, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I think I may see the issue. When the article says "Upload image" like that, it's natural to assume the upload will be added on that page. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:59, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the clarification. Yes, the uploads do eventually show up on the Historic listings page, but this month, it took much longer than usual. I assumed I was doing something wrong. I wanted to get that cleared up before I continue my photo uploads as a devoted volunteer. And thanks for all you do too! Linda Roy Walls (talk) 20:47, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Antibacterial potential of senna alata against Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from nosocomial wounds. ~2025-36090-42 (talk) 13:18, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's up to you to find the journals required, nobody's going to do your research for you, but if you need access try Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange/Resource Request Jimfbleak - talk to me? 14:36, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! This page is for people who need help editing wikipedia. You might have better luck with a search engine like google or duckduckgo. If you still want help from a wikipedian, then the reference desk could prove helpful! mgjertson (talk) (contribs) 18:08, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can I use a GIF of a few seconds instead of a screenshot to show a videogame's gameplay? If yes, how many seconds of the gameplay can I use in the article? Vastmajority20025 (talk) 14:11, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not seeing anything in MOS:VGIMAGES or WP:SCREENSHOT that would preclude you from using an animated GIF for a gameplay screenshot. However I'm not sure how useful a non-static image would be while still keeping inside the size limits for a non-free image and within the limits on the length of an animated GIF (5 seconds per MOS:ANIMATION) Amstrad00 (talk) 15:27, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

{TCMdb} https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/913841|41847/Dwain-Esper/

now redirect to https://www.tcm.com/

but they all say "powered by AFI"

so

https://catalog.afi.com/Person/41847-Dwain-Esper

exists

so, for all https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/*

there is a https://catalog.afi.com/*

Piñanana (talk) 15:47, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, @Piñanana. What is your question about Wikipedia? ColinFine (talk) 16:16, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I created an article about a well-known Irish musician, Martin McHugh, and added citations. There are three other Wikipedia articles on people named Martin McHugh, all listed on a disambiguation page. They are distinguished by parenthetical expressions following each of their names, for instance, Martin McHugh, (Gaelic Footballer). In creating the article about the musician, I followed this style practice, naming the article Martin McHugh, (traditional musician). Now that the new article has been created, however, I cannot locate it with a search unless I search for the entire name, "Martin McHugh, (traditional musician)", and the article does not appear on the disambiguation page with the others named Martin McHugh.

My question:

How to disambiguate the new article so that by searching Martin McHugh a reader will taken to the disambiguation page to see the listing for Martin McHugh (traditional musician) as well as the other three Martin McHugh articles? Ucumcoru (talk) 19:41, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I added Martin McHugh (traditional musician) to Martin McHugh(the disambiguation page). I would question having the word "traditional" as a disambiguator as there are no other musicians described on the disambiguation page. 331dot (talk) 19:49, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good point, thanks. Can I simply delete the word traditional from the parenthetical expression?

If not, how to change the disabiguator to "(musician)"? Ucumcoru (talk) 20:11, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You can Wikipedia:Move the article from "Martin McHugh (traditional musician)" to "Martin McHugh (musician)". TSventon (talk) 20:26, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Going back to the original question, I expect that the search didn't work because you search a cached version of the database, but the article is appearing in Wikipedia searches now. I don't know why searching for the entire name, "Martin McHugh (traditional musician)" was different. TSventon (talk) 21:03, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for explaining. Ucumcoru (talk) 23:17, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If you mark an article for CSD, which explicitly states in bold do not remove this notice from pages that you have created yourself., and yet the article creator still removes it, and attempts to hide it among other edits, what do you do? Should you go to WP:ANI immediately? Wikieditor662 (talk) 20:31, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Which article are you referencing? 331dot (talk) 22:48, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

unless there is something more significant going on, I would start by reverting and substing a Template:uw-speedy1 or Template:uw-speedy2 on their talk page. If they persist I'm not sure there's a dedicated venue but ANI could certainly handle it. —Rutebega (talk) 22:48, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Filter 1,060 usually stops this from happening. SuperPianoMan9167 (talk) 23:24, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@331dot I was referring to the 2025 ITF Fujairah Championships – Doubles article

@Rutebega Thanks, although giving two warnings beforehand means making 2 reverts beforehand which I think is a form of edit warring, which I want to avoid.

@SuperPianoMan9167 Appreciated, but how do I apply this filter?

Wikieditor662 (talk) 03:49, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The edit filter is automatic, but in this case it didn't catch the edit. Removing deletion tags without a valid reason is a type of vandalism so reverting it might be 3RR exempt, but either way you should at least leave some kind of note about it on the creator's talk page, which creates an opportunity to discuss and see if it's just a misunderstanding. —Rutebega (talk) 04:08, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Looking more closely, CSD A10 doesn't apply to that article. If you think it should be merged, you should discuss it on the talk page. —Rutebega (talk) 04:18, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I gave them the Template:uw-speedy1 warning. Do I still revert because they vandalized, or do I just let it be? And as for the merge, is there a more formal way to do this, or do I just have to bring it up on the talk page? Because I'm worried the talk page may not be seen by enough people. Wikieditor662 (talk) 05:14, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello everyone, this is not an editing question.

How can i invoke {{PAGENAME}, {{#property:P345}} or anything simillar directly from a Lua Scribunto module, if even possible. Or do i have to pass the values as args in {{#invoke:module_name|___}}.

I am new to Wikipedia Lua Modules, and i would like your assistance/help.

Thank you in advance. Mant08 (talk) 23:02, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Mant08 I think you'll have more luck asking over at WP:VPT. Polygnotus (talk) 23:14, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Polygnotus Isn't WP:VPT, only for issues/bugs though? Mant08 (talk) 23:27, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Mant08 Ideally, MediaWiki bugs should be posted on Phabricator. A question like yours should go to WP:VPT: The technical section of the village pump is used to discuss technical issues about Wikipedia.. Polygnotus (talk) 23:51, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Don't use the {{PAGENAME}} magic word; use: mw.title.getCurrentTitle().text. See mw:Extension:Scribunto/Lua_reference_manual#Title_library

Fetching stuff from wikidata is more complex. See wikibase.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 00:05, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Polygnotus Thank you for informing me about the correct help request avenues, and the speed of you responding.

@Trappist the monk Thank you for providing this amount of specialised information and answering the original question. Mant08 (talk) 00:13, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hotel Haegumgang is claimed to be the worlds first floating hotel (since 1988), yet the RMS Queen Mary has been a hotel since 1971 and in Kashmir (and probably other places) houseboats were used as hotels in the 19th century. Queen Mary Hotel opened her doors in 1972 and you can still stay there although people don't recommend it. Polygnotus (talk) 23:14, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I suppose it could be argued that a structure specifically designed to be a floating, though static, hotel is more properly a hotel than a passenger ship repurposed for this function. If the latter were admitted, we might also have to consider Prison ships (including hulks) which have been used to house people (though involuntarily) in numbers (as opposed to houseboats) for centuries. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} ~2025-31359-08 (talk) 01:06, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah I think it is far more likely that it may be the first floating structure specifically designed and built to be a hotel, according to some guy who tried to promote it and probably didn't spent a lot of time and effort trying to disprove that claim.

When the British left following Independence in 1947, there were fears the houseboat business would die out, but the owners re-purposed them into hotels catering to visiting Indian tourists, marketing them astutely as “floating palaces.” Then, in the 1960s, the houseboats became a popular draw for internationals travelers on the so-called “Hippie Trail,” an overland route between Europe and Southeast Asia.[4]

These floating hotels that have rested on the lakes of Kashmir since the 1800s,[5]

In 1961 Hikawa Maru was permanently berthed at Yamashita Park, Naka-ku, Yokohama, as a floating museum, hotel and restaurant. --Hikawa Maru.

I am gonna remove the claim because it is very unlikely to be true. Polygnotus (talk) 02:12, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How does one bring up the ​ table with downward triangle ​ menu button from ​ Help:Introduction to tables with VisualEditor/2 , ​ to merge cells in a table? ​ ​ ​ When I try to create such a table, I'm only seeing the version without the downward triangle, and that doesn't give a "merge" option. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ JumpDiscont (talk) 00:18, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@JumpDiscont: Click in the table. Drag the mouse to mark cells you want to merge. Which table is it about? Some tables are built in ways VisualEditor cannot handle. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:28, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I may be missing something before the ​ Click in the table ​ step:

I was initially thinking the table might need to have been already created, so I created one at ​ Wikipedia:Sandbox . ​ ​ ​ When I click ​ Edit ​ on that page, I see a text representation of the table on the left and the resulting table on the right. ​ ​ ​ I have tried clicking and dragging in both of these regions, and I neither saw the triangle appear nor saw any other merge option.

JumpDiscont (talk) 01:19, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@JumpDiscont: It sounds like you haven't started VisualEditor. I don't see that option at Wikipedia:Sandbox. Try User:JumpDiscont/sandbox. You can switch between source editing and VisualEditor on a pencil icon at the top right. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:35, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

When I click that link, I do not notice any pencil icon. ​ (I see an icon that looks close to a pen, but that is towards the left, and hovering over it shows "Syntax highlighting".) ​ What should be around the pencil icon? ​ ​ ​ JumpDiscont (talk) 01:50, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@JumpDiscont That means you are using the old WP:WIKIEDITOR, not the WP:VISUALEDITOR. To enable it, go to Preferences, click Editing, check Enable the visual editor, and click the Save button at the bottom. Help:VisualEditor#First_step:_enabling_VE To open it, see Help:VisualEditor#Opening_VisualEditor. After that Primehunters advice will probably start to make more sense. Polygnotus (talk) 03:32, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ah a Raymond Smullyan fan! Polygnotus (talk) 03:36, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thankyou; that worked. ​ I added a corresponding paragraph to the help page. ​ ​ ​ JumpDiscont (talk) 04:49, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How do I add a photo? I was looking at the Lych Gate page which does not include the lych gate of The Church of the Transfiguration in Manhattan. I have a JPEG that I can sent to you. Sincerely, Thomas Merjanian. Oldtom99 (talk) 00:55, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Oldtom99 See Wikipedia:Uploading images and Wikipedia:How to upload a photo but note that people are very strict with copyright. Polygnotus (talk) 03:19, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Why doesn't the FIPS code show up there, despite it being in the infobox source code? KatarinaPanda (talk) 02:49, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@KatarinaPanda I fixed it. The template checks for |blank_name_sec1= first, and only if that isn't found it uses |blank_name= as a fallback. Polygnotus (talk) 03:09, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, thank you! KatarinaPanda (talk) 03:11, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I just created my first-ever hidden note in a Wikipedia article, but the --> at the end is still visible in the Read mode. Because it's just before the lead, it will look a little strange to readers who happen on the article before I'm finished copy editing it. I can't see anything wrong with the spacing or the coding. Please could one of you helpful Help staffers check to see what is wrong? The article is Muhacir. Augnablik (talk) 06:34, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Augnablik Hi! The reason you saw --> is because it was in there twice in a row. So the first one ended the hidden comment and the second one was visible. I noticed the comment contained a link to AI. Since AI is not a reliable source of information I deleted it. Polygnotus (talk) 06:45, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the fix information, Polygnotus … as for the note itself, I use AI as a diving board, so to speak, to begin further searching — never to support references — so that’s the only way I’ll be using the information in the note. Augnablik (talk) 07:47, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Augnablik: But you are not the only reader of Wikipedia articles, and an article's text is not the place to be presenting such information, even if in a so-called invisible comment. Better would be to store such information in your own user pages; or document it on an article's talk page. The latter might give you a bonus of some engagement on your improvements from other editors. Bazza 7 (talk) 10:50, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Augnablik: I agree it doesn't belong in the article. Editors are expected to know how to use a search engine. The url in [6] is also gigantic (715 characters) when https://www.google.com/search?q=who+are+muhacirs appears to do the same. {{Find sources}} can be used on talk pages and includes Google searches. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:44, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have noticed some vandalism at Talk:Clandestine_Immigration_and_Naval_Museum#. Namely, the first section. Would an editor please assist me with fixing it? Thank you, ~2025-36055-56 (talk) 06:51, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed it, per from a policy in Wikipedia. Thank you. Hacked (Talk|Contribs) 06:54, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How can I revert more than one edit? I know I can do it manually; I’m asking about other ways. Vastmajority20025 (talk) 12:59, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Vastmajority20025: You use the mobile version which has a limited interface. Click "Desktop" at the bottom of a page to switch to the desktop version which is documented at Help:Reverting. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:36, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Even on desktop, when I try to do it, I get the message: “The edit could not be undone due to conflicting intermediate edits…” I need more guidance. Vastmajority20025 (talk) 14:17, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Vastmajority20025: That can happen when you are not reverting the latest edit and a later edit has changed the content you want to revert. The usual solution is to make a manual edit to sort it out. If you want to revert a series of consecutive edits which includes the latest then you can revert all of them at the same time. If you post a link to the edits you want to revert then we can say more. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:29, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I just don't know notable event as world general news? I add informathion in Portal:Current events. [7] СтасС (talk) 13:46, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@СтасС: That is not notable for a global encyclopedia. We are not a news site. Portal:Current events is for things readers around the World might look up later to see major events on a given day. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:57, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!--СтасС (talk) 14:01, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]