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The title Lipno, Lipno County is ambiguous because Lipno, Gmina Lipno is also located in the same county. Could someone move the article to a more specific and appropriate title? ~2026-14595-15 (talk) 14:14, 7 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Lipno, Lipno County is probably the WP:PRIMARY topic of the two as it is a town of 14,000 and Lipno, Gmina Lipno is a village of 400. The current name is probably fine, but a hatnote linking to the village could be useful. TSventon (talk) 14:41, 7 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@TSventon Ok, but Lipno, Gmina Lipno is ambiguous, since Lipno, Lipno County serves as the seat of the rural Gmina Lipno. ~2026-14718-92 (talk) 15:10, 7 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

What titles would you suggest? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:13, 7 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Lipno, Gmina Lipno (in Gmina Lipno, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship) is ambiguous as there is also Lipno, Greater Poland Voivodeship in Gmina Lipno, Greater Poland Voivodeship, so perhaps the name should be Lipno, Gmina Lipno, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. TSventon (talk) 20:19, 7 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@TSventon Could you please move the entry and add hatnotes where necessary? ~2026-15620-63 (talk) 00:26, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I have moved the village and added a hatnote to the town. TSventon (talk) 02:09, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Are there guidelines for editing? I.e can I write something random on an article and not have consequences? ~2026-14722-55 (talk) 15:54, 7 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

No, you cannot write something random on an article. The best place to start would be reading pages linked from WP:HI. CoffeeCrumbs (talk) 16:00, 7 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

What do you think? How long would an online encyclopaedia last if anyone could just add random nonsense to articles? Wikipedia has many policies and guidelines regarding article content. Read Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia for some initial guidance as to what we expect contributors to be doing. AndyTheGrump (talk) 15:59, 7 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

People often write random nonsense, and it is almost always quickly undone. —Antonissimo (talk) 22:29, 8 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Of course not. It is necessary to remain neutral. After citing reliable sources that are not from social media or individuals, a careful editing process should be carried out. EchoL-777 (talk) 06:30, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, Wikipedia does have guidelines for editing. You can’t just write random things in an article. All information should follow policies like verifiability and use reliable sources.

If someone adds content that is unsourced, incorrect, or disruptive, other editors may remove or revert it. In serious cases, editors who repeatedly add inappropriate content can be warned or even blocked.

If you are new, you might want to read the basic editing guidelines or try editing in small ways first, such as fixing typos or adding sources.

Lyujinshuo (talk) 06:42, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

There are guidelines for editing on Wikipedia. If someone adds random or unsupported information, other editors will usually remove it. Repeated disruptive edits may lead to warnings or blocks. Hnlyyyy (talk) 06:43, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Is this a known problem? Mevsherd (talk) 21:25, 8 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

That also happens to me in eswiki. Web-julio (talk) 21:35, 8 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

What's eswiki? Mevsherd (talk) 05:24, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Spanish Wikipedia. The language wouldn't matter because they all use the same underlying software.

The answer is don't use Safari.

Or try the solutions here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255071677?sortBy=rank ~Anachronist (who / me) (talk) 05:38, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I suppose it is. It is even worse on a mobile phone Laurunia2002 (talk) 06:27, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, It's best not to use an iPad or a mobile phone.Try changing the network environment or switching laptops. Syouziiye (talk) 06:37, 13 March 2026 (UTC)(~~~~)[reply]

Hello Wikipedia editors,

I am new to Wikipedia and I would like help creating an article about [NACE EXCHANGES CRYPTO]. I want to make sure the article follows Wikipedia guidelines and uses reliable sources.

Could someone guide me on how to create the article properly?

Thank you very much. Uonpanha (talk) 04:42, 9 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, Uonpanha, Help:Your first article. First (and as explained there), is this company notable (as described in WP:NORG)? Most companies are not. Secondly (and I quote): "If you are connected to the topic, don't write about it." And there's more. -- Hoary (talk) 06:10, 9 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, @Uonpanha.

My earnest advice to new editors is to not even think about trying to create an article until you have spent several weeks - at least - learning about how Wikipedia works by making improvements to existing articles. Once you have understood core policies such as verifiability, neutral point of view, reliable, independent sources, and notability, and experienced how we handle disagreements with other editors (the Bold, Revert, Discuss cycle), then you might be ready to read your first article carefully, and try creating a draft. If you don't follow this advice but try to create an article without this preparation, you are likely to have a frustrating and disappointing experience with Wikipedia.

If you are connected with the subject, then I would echo Hoary's advice not to think about writing this article ever. ColinFine (talk) 11:29, 9 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Uonpanha You might like to read some of the pages linked at WP:WikiProject Cryptocurrency. Mike Turnbull (talk) 18:29, 9 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I think you might be able to find what you need on this website. Please follow the detailed instructions in the section "Help:VisualEditor#First_step:_enabling_VE" which explains the process and details of editing an article. EchoL-777 (talk) 06:39, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Help:VisualEditor#First step: enabling VE EchoL-777 (talk) 06:44, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know how to fix references. But I noticed that ref 8 in The Godfather has an error (:0 was defined multiple times). I read the article because the movie was on TV again... David10244 (talk) 05:21, 9 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the heads-up, David10244. I hope that this new edit of mine has fixed that problem. (I realize that the resulting page isn't problem free.) -- Hoary (talk) 08:13, 9 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Hoary Yes, that error is now gone. Thank you! David10244 (talk) 02:56, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I added the UK Physical Singles Chart to Module:Music chart/sandbox/single.json. Could someone please check my work? 𝓕𝓵𝓸𝓫𝓵𝓲𝓷 (Talk to me! · My contribs) 21:22, 9 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Update: I used all of the sandboxes for testing (I added it to the Json sandbox, then linked the chart sandbox to the module sandbox, and the module sandbox to the json sandbox), and it worked. Since I was using the sandboxes, it did not harm the functionality of the regular but I was still able to test it in a draft I was working on (unpublished edit). Anyway, I added it. It was briefly non functional (just the chart I added, not the whole thing), so I fixed it, but it is functional and I have confirmed I didn't break the template at any point. Still, feel free to double-check behind me, I want it to actually work. Thank you! 𝓕𝓵𝓸𝓫𝓵𝓲𝓷 (Talk to me! · My contribs) 15:34, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

i want to see if I can get badges ~2026-15148-53 (talk) 23:53, 9 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

What kind of badges? Police? Girl Scout? —Antonissimo (talk) 04:14, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Not with the kind of edit you made as your first edit under this account. David10244 (talk) 05:49, 15 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Whenever I try to add the Template:sidebar person (such as Template:David which I recently added) to an article; a little bit of space is added to the top. However, for some reason this doesn't happen with Moses, although I can't find the template anywhere in the source, even though I see it in the article. Could someone please explain how this can be fixed? Thanks. Wikieditor662 (talk) 05:45, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Wikieditor662: I removed two newlines.[1] Everything before <noinclude> is transcluded including newlines so it should usually be right at the end of the code. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:15, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much! Looks better now. Wikieditor662 (talk) 16:43, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Articles about provinces in Thailand contain two infoboxes settlement: one for the provincial government and one for the local government.
However, the second infobox settlement automatically moves an image, which appears to the left of the first infobox settlement in the text, to the beginning of the second infobox settlement. This image then appears in a completely different section of the article.
It is possible to create an infobox settlement called Infobox settlement/two which is 100% identical in text to the first Infobox settlement, but does not shift the image downwards as described above. SietsL (talk) 09:27, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@SietsL: Please always post an example. I found one and used {{Stack}}.[2] PrimeHunter (talk) 12:10, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

I used Samut Songkhram province as an exemple. I added "stack" to the image of Mae Klong River in the Geography section.

However, the image still appears to the left of the second infobox, but not in the Geographic section.

Is my suggestion to create an "infobox settlement/two" a really tricky solution? SietsL (talk) 14:29, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@SietsL: {{Stack}} belongs around the infoboxes as my diff shows.[3] Click the numbered link in my first or this post to see it. Your suggestion would create serious complications for no reason when there already is a simple and more general solution PrimeHunter (talk) 15:02, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

I thank you very much for your help. SietsL (talk) 01:53, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Special:Diff/1342737283

date formatting in citation

Thanks, Cunnnii (talk) 14:55, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. Note that the date for a reference should be typed like "2026-03-10". Maproom (talk) 17:11, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I'm trying to add an External Link to the English-language entry for the German poet Stefan George, and it flags me for potential spamming. I've successfully added similar links to other Wikipedia sites in recent years and days, I don't see what the issue is here. The link is to a literature blog of mine where I publish translations of George's poems. There are already similar links on the same page. Also, I'm a scholar of German literature and university professor. Thanks, -Alex Sager Twerg11 (talk) 17:38, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure about the link issue, but you should not link to your personal website without discussion due to the severe conflict of interest that presents.(please click the link for more information). Many professors would undoubtedly love to have links to their personal websites on Wikipedia, but we can't accommodate everyone just because.

Please also read guidance for expert editors. 331dot (talk) 17:46, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

how to make a good artical Landoncussans (talk) 17:54, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

To create a good Wikipedia article, make sure the topic meets Wikipedia’s notability guidelines and is supported by reliable, independent sources such as reputable news outlets, books, or academic publications. Write in a neutral, encyclopedic tone and avoid promotional language. It’s also important to include proper citations for information and follow a clear structure with sections like an introduction and references. If you’re new, it’s usually best to draft the article in your sandbox or through the Articles for Creation (AfC) process first. Lucasdmitchell (talk) 06:30, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Landoncussans: First, pick a notable subject. If your subject is not notable, it cannot have an article here. Do not skip this step. If your subject it not notable, you are wasting your time and ours. See WP:N. Next, carefull read Help:Your first article and follow the instructions there. -Arch dude (talk) 18:02, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

sorry Landoncussans (talk) 18:06, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

No need to apologise for asking a reasonable question. I have left some introductory links on your talk page. I am sorry that nobody did so sooner.

You may also find WP:Referencing for beginners useful. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 19:25, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

thank you for the help I realy appreciate it! Landoncussans (talk) 19:32, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

aand that corgi guy remember him he reverted my edits be especially he thinks thers no sourse even though I pit a sourse Landoncussans (talk) 19:38, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

it's corgroyalty who sied that I had quotation 'no sourse' Landoncussans (talk) 19:40, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

They were correct to tell you that "from google.com" is not an appropriate source. You can read through Help:Referencing for beginners if you want to see how referencing should be done here; and as others have advised, you should check out Help:Introduction to Wikipedia for some general beginner advice. You might like to try out WP:The Wikipedia Adventure, which is a gamified experience for newcomers to learn the basics. Athanelar (talk) 19:45, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Special:Diff/1342803302

Hello, I'm Qwerfjkl (bot). I have automatically detected that this edit performed by you, on the page Harbor Fog, may have introduced referencing errors. They are as follows: A URL error. References show this error when one of the URL-containing parameters contains an invalid URL. Please edit the article to add the valid URL. (Fix

Please help fix this.

Thanks, Linkupdate (talk) 20:11, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Linkupdate  Done restored working archived. RV you as AGF. Please see WP:DEADLINK and WP:REFBEGIN. The most important thing to do is read A primer for newcomers. CONFUSED SPIRIT(Thilio).Talk 20:37, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Special:Diff/1342801106

The URL I used is correct, I am not sure why it is giving this error.

Thanks, AuroraTiara (talk) 20:27, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

You appear to have fixed that problem, AuroraTiara. Intrigued by "Westard Ho", I clicked on the link to "RCMP to Honor Pioneer at Funeral Service Saturday". But I arrived at a different newspaper clipping, one with no mention of westardity or westwardity. And something seems odd about "He also was a respected Freemason": Wikipedia doesn't normally say that people were or are respected whatevers. -- Hoary (talk) 00:50, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

If someone was a disrespected Freemason, would we know? {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} ~2026-76101-8 (talk) 02:05, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The referencing problems are more serious. Of the 10 references, 6 are wrongly linked to the same newspaper clipping, which says very little about Edward A Braithwaite. One reference is a map, another also says little about him, leaving only #2. This article was created on Monday, yet it's in mainspace. Should it be draftified until these problems are fixed? Blackballnz (talk) 08:36, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@AuroraTiara @Hoary Blackballnz (talk) 08:36, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Blackballnz, yes it indeed should. I should have noticed those problems. I have now belatedly moved the article to Draft:Edward A. Braithwaite, where AuroraTiara, or indeed anyone, is welcome to work on it. -- Hoary (talk) 10:46, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The newspaper articles used as citations actually exist, but the URLs used were duplicated and wound up pointing to the same place. I've fixed the links to point to the proper clipping. Andrew Jameson (talk) 13:29, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Andrew. I made an error when uploading to the Wayback Machine archive. I thought I could upload the documents at once, and add specific metadata to each file, but it saved them all under one link. I used the same link (to avoid paywall sites) until I had time to figure out how to fix the Wayback archive. I appreciate your assistance. AuroraTiara (talk) 18:15, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

It isn't a "referencing error" - if you open the link you will see I simply made an error in uploading to the Wayback machine. I uploaded all of the articles at once thinking I could add specific metadata to each article, but it was loaded as a single entry instead. Unsure of how to correct it, I used the same link to the Wayback machine and I made a note in the talk page that I was working on citations. All of the articles cited are in the Wayback machine (and on newspapers.com etc), they are just not in the preferred "single article archive" method yet. I think it is unfair that this was moved to a draft without contacting me for clarification. AuroraTiara (talk) 18:06, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

AuroraTiara, I regret the trouble this has caused you, but the draft still seems odd to me. He had a long and distinguished career in Freemasonry and [was] well thought of by his Freemason Brothers in particular reads less like an encyclopedia entry, more like obituaryspeak. Or is the prose style specific to freemasonry? As it is, I'd be amazed to read in the article Eric Hosking (as a hypothetical example outside freemasonry) that He had a long and distinguished career in bird photography and was well thought of by his fellow photographers/ornithologists. -- Hoary (talk) 23:38, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Hoary If you only have issues with one cited line, I think it would be easier to have removed said line, rather than have the entire article remain in "draft" status. Freemasonry is not considered a job, instead it is a fraternity that is committed to truth, justice and philanthropy (etc.) - so being well thought of by your "Brothers" in the lodge, speaks to how he was well though of as an upstanding citizen in the community which is why I felt it was relevant to include it. Feel free to delete it if you feel that would make the article worthy of being republished. Considering the quality of many of the articles and stubs I have edited, I don't understand why this article is unacceptable. AuroraTiara (talk) 17:09, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

AuroraTiara, fair enough. I articlified (dedraftified) it a few moments ago. -- Hoary (talk) 22:22, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Reference help requested. From the page List of African-American inventors and scientists | ^[1] For this reference, how do I fix the error?

132. / "John W. Jackson Electrical Engineer". NASA. Retrieved February 23, 2026. {{cite journal}}:Check |url= value (help)

Thanks, Newnetdove (talk) 03:22, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Done, Newnetdove, I think and hope. NB: (i) The first ("Reverted edit by Newnetdove....") of my two consecutive edits resulted from an odd slip of the fingers; don't worry about it. (ii) This page still has plenty of other Template:Cite syntax errors. -- Hoary (talk) 04:42, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed incorrect mass conversions in this section:

2025 Formula One World Championship

• Regulation changes
• Technical regulations
• Driver well-being

The minimum driver weight allowance was increased from 80 kilograms (180 lb) to 82 kilograms (181 lb). Consequently, the overall minimum weight limit of the car, excluding fuel, rose from 798 kilograms (1,759 lb) to 800 kilograms (1,800 lb).

I tried to edit the numbers manually, but the coding uses a "convert" function, which I know nothing about. Perhaps a more knowledgeable person could investigate and repair. Thank you! Bron6669 (talk) 04:04, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The numbers only appear to be off for certain values. Template talk:Convert is probably a good place to ask about this with people more knowledgeable about the template. - Purplewowies (talk) 05:47, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Bron6669: Fixed with Special:Diff/1342914691 - see the Convert documentation for examples to follow. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:52, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Clive Burr did not pass on 12h March but 13th March. How do I go about getting that information changed/updated on behalf of his Partner? Please advise ~2026-15479-21 (talk) 11:31, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

First of all, you'd need to cite that information to a reliable source. Word-of-mouth from a relative cannot be referenced as a source. Athanelar (talk) 12:00, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I have created a page here today if i want to delete then how to do so? Abbas Khan Choudhury (talk) 12:51, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

You're asking for your sandbox to be deleted? 331dot (talk) 12:59, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

You have created User:Abbas Khan Choudhury/sandbox. This isn't an article, but it should be deleted because it contains material that is not suitable for an article or a user page. You can delete it by clicking on "Edit", deleting the text and clicking "Publish changes".--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 13:01, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

What should I do if I create a new article on Wikipedia and it doesn't get edited (except for very first edit) or noticed for a very long time? Wordsonwordsonpagesonwordshello (talk) 13:39, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

You should do nothing, an article not being edited is not a problem as long as it follows our policies. Other editors eventually will edit or improve it. Also if you want more attention on the article or topic you can continue improving it yourself but basically nothing needs to be done. CONFUSED SPIRIT(Thilio).Talk 13:51, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

thanks Wordsonwordsonpagesonwordshello (talk) 14:00, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, so i have to rectify my boss's page, it says " This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This article's use of external links may not follow Wikipedia's policies or guidelines. (March 2024) This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. (March 2024)" Lubylouve (talk) 14:33, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Lubylouve First, you are required by the Terms of Use to make a paid editing disclosure on your user page, see WP:PAID. I'd also suggest that you read WP:BOSS, and show it to your boss as wel.

You don't mention the article at issue, but what is it that you are confused by? 331dot (talk) 14:39, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

For the citation issue, which is probably the easiest one for you to assist with, please see WP:Referencing for beginners and Wikipedia:Reliable sources. We need a reliable source for each statement in the article. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:18, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The article is not your boss's page. It's not owned by him or controlled by him. You probably used the expression "my boss's page" for the sake of brevity, but it's an important distinction. Matt Deres (talk) 13:05, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I've noticed that the pages about the Incan rulers, as well as their infobox in the article, goes from Mayta Capac, whose article labels as the fourth Sapa Inca, to the page-lacking Tarco Huaman, followed by Cápac Yupanqui, whose page labels as the fifth Sapa Inca. However, if Tarco Huaman is a Sapa Inca as this would suggest, then Cápac Yupanqui should be the sixth sapa Inca, and all other Sapa Incas following him should have their numbers offset by one. So, I am coming her to ask if this should be the case, or if perhaps Tarco Huaman is not a Sapa Inca or if there is some other reason why the numbers are not in their seemingly-proper order. --ISometimesEatBananas (talk) 20:31, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, @ISometimesEatBananas.

I don't see anywhere that mentions Tarco Huaman, except as a younger son of Mayta Capac. He's not mentioned in Sapa Inca. Where else are you seeing him?

In any case, if there is an inconsistency, there is no reason to suppose that anybody who frequents the Help desk will have any particular knowledge about this. It would be better to ask on the talk page of the article in question, or a relevant WikiProject. (I would suggest WT:WikiProject Inca Empire, but that seems to be inactive, so WT:WikiProject Indigenous peoples of the Americas might be a better place. ColinFine (talk) 21:32, 11 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I will check there. However, he is on the infoboxes for both above rulers as well as on the Kingdom of Cusco page. I will follow your advice and ask around on that WikiProject. --ISometimesEatBananas (talk) 23:05, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Doctor Michael Salla was previously banned from editing his own information page and he wanted to only update it so the content suited him. If he is an educated member of society, why can he not correct information about him? ~2026-15647-76 (talk) 00:27, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I can find no article by that title, can you link to it? He is not forbidden from proposing edits via the edit request process. He should read the autobiography policy first. In general, we don't want to know what a person says about themselves, we want to know what independent reliable sources say about a topic. primary sources are only accepted in certain circumstances. 331dot (talk) 00:53, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Salla was salted 12+ years ago, assuming that's the article the OP is referring to. Currently exists on svwiki and zhwiki. wikidata:Q6089630 • Quinn (talk) 00:58, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@~2026-15647-76: Michael Salla was deleted six times. The last time was in 2013 after Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Salla (2nd nomination). I haven't examined what happened before 2013 but it seems moot now. See Wikipedia:Conflict of interest for a general guideline. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:05, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Who are we supposed to be apologising to? Are you Salla? If so, why are you referring to him in the third person? And if you aren't, why do you think it appropriate to ask for an apology on his behalf? Regardless, you aren't going to get an apology, since the Salla biography appears to have been dealt with appropriately according to Wikipedia policies. Wikipedia isn't a platform for hosting 'information pages' written to suit the subject, in is (or at least does its best to be) an online encyclopaedia, written about notable topics, and based almost entirely on what independent published reliable sources have to say. AndyTheGrump (talk) 01:39, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The first few days of the article 2026 Iran war seem to show almost no views [4], even though this seems to clearly be a mistake.

Compare this with the page Ali Khamenei which got nearly 10 million views during this same period [5], or Assassination of Ali Khamenei (which is itself a part of the 2026 Iran war) and got nearly a million views in this time [6].

This article was also in the front page of Wikipedia the first few days of the war, for example, so I'm confident it had more than 0 views the first day, 123 the second, 3,500 the third, and ~6,000 the fourth. This seems to be a bug; can it be fixed? Thank you.

Wikieditor662 (talk) 04:43, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Wikieditor662: The page has been moved muliple times. The views are registered under former titles. PrimeHunter (talk) 04:48, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Wikieditor662: you can tick "Include redirects"; which will usually include the former titles. Then you can click on "Redirects" to see how many views each redirect got. TSventon (talk) 21:13, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I have been going through many sections of Wikipedia. You are doing great work. Of utmost importance is seeing The Somali Wikipedia page, I don't know if this is what Wikipedia is aware about, has been turned into unreliable articles, inserted links meant for Christinization of Somalis....it is astonishing publishing articles, links that seems reliable but are not. Please reply as this matter have to go to the highest authorities at Wikipedia and the Somalia Governments as well as all land inhabited by Somalis. Dalahow (talk) 07:43, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Dalahow Wikipedia has no "authority" to go to, this is a community driven project. Please know that making legal threats is not permitted on Wikipedia. We cannot stop you from legal action, but you cannot make legal threats on Wikipedia, nor can you edit if you have a legal action underway.

Please discuss any grievances you have with any particular article on its talk page. 331dot (talk) 07:47, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I have been a user since 2006 and have helped contribute to Wikipedia. However, you cannot reply, as an authority....to verify statements written here and still claim no other "authority" to follow up....It is not about some few corrections, it is about an agenda set on a partciular page for a particular reason.....I think you should investigate. Wikipedia must understand the cultural, religious standards of different people, communities instead of allowing 'agendas' to be driven in your pages and still claim no 'authority'....That won't work... Dalahow (talk) 11:45, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Which article are you talking about in particular, and which information in that article do you take issue with? You're speaking in very vague terms currently that give us no information to be able to help you. Athanelar (talk) 12:05, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

What links have been inserted to Christianise Somalis? I can assure you Wikipedia as a whole does not have an agenda, and if an article does have an agenda it’s usually an individual’s POV and not Wikipedia as a group collective. The Grenadian Historian (Aka. Mwen Sé Kéyòl Translator-a) (talk) 14:49, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

If you have evidence of a hidden, untoward, anti-Somali agenda, it's up to you to provide it, not for us to do the work for you. 331dot (talk) 14:52, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

"Script warning: {{cite book}}: this reference has errors; messages may be hidden" Does anyone know how to find what these errors are and which citations they are on ?. There are multiple cite book lines in the article - none have apparent errors. The warnings only appear in 'edit preview' - and you are not allowed to navigate away from the page without losing new edits ! Charles.bowyer (talk) 10:19, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Charles.bowyer, you provide ISBNs for editions of books that, as you describe them, predate the invention of SBNs, let alone the wide use of ISBNs. The ISBN, if provided, must match the edition described. (If no ISBN exists for the edition cited, you might instead provide an informative OCLC number for the edition. You can find this at WorldCat.) -- Hoary (talk) 11:09, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much indeed - that has dealt with the issue.

Has something changed in the checking process - these things didn't used to raise errors ? Charles.bowyer (talk) 18:32, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

"Hi, I'm a new editor. I noticed the bagel article doesn't mention cream cheese as a common pairing in the text. I'd like to add a sentence about this in the 'Serving' section with a reliable source. Does anyone have objections or suggestions for a source?" Ttekhopi257 (talk) 10:56, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Your talk page suggests that you're just a time-waster. -- Hoary (talk) 11:14, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Ttekhopi257, and you will be blocked if you don't stop immediately, you've had enough warnings Jimfbleak - talk to me? 12:05, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I'm just trying to help Wikipedia Ttekhopi257 (talk) 17:44, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Whom are you quoting? —Antonissimo (talk) 03:18, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

To the editors : Please add my following updated biography : If you need citations for the addional books and materials please see my page on Amazon : https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B00DDNTAUW/about?_encoding=UTF8&ref_=aufs_ap_ahdr_dsk_aa&pd_rd_w=9RZ3y&content-id=amzn1.sym.7e190e19-9f6f-4df8-807a-5a7608594741&pf_rd_p=7e190e19-9f6f-4df8-807a-5a7608594741&pf_rd_r=145-4565544-5815221&pd_rd_wg=n2ON7&pd_rd_r=e31f6a88-a819-4ba9-8bfc-c3e71a149932&ccs_id=15d144a6-7c2b-4d4c-8ba8-a3cac9e831e3 , and also my social media cited below.

Ada Aharoni – Short Bio 2026 Dr. Ada Aharoni received her degrees at London University, and the Hebrew University. She is a poet, writer and sociologist, who has been called "The Poet and Researcher of Love and Peace." She has published 35 books up to date, (several are on amazon.com). The last 2 IFLAC anthologies are : ANTI-WAR AND PEACE, and ANTI TERROR AND PEACE (Amazon). that have been translated into many languages, and she is recipient of many prizes and awards. Her books and especially her collection of poems titled: “Rare Flower”(Dignity Press, US), and her bestseller historical novel : FROM THE NILE TO THE JORDAN, are taught in universities and colleges. She is the Founding President of "IFLAC : International Forum for the Literature and Culture of Peace,” that celebrates this year 26 years of fruitful Peace Culture Building. IFLAC’s new Project and Campaign is the creation of anti-war LAW, like in Japan and PEACE MINISTRIES "in all the Governments of the world" . See details on Ada Aharoni’s Facebook, Tiktok, Instagram and on her websites : https://iflac.wordpress.com/ , https://adaheb.wordpress.com/ Please update with my following biography 2026. For any needed clarifications or materials please contact me here or through my social media accounts below. Thank you in advance, Dr. Ada Aharoni.

Social Media Accounts :

Tiktok - 15,500 followers (https://www.tiktok.com/@ada.aharoni)

Note : In the last year 2025 I received 1,300,000 views on videos on my Tiktok account.
In additon I received also 431,000 likes up to day on my Tiktok account.
Facebook – 6,400 followers (https://www.facebook.com/ada.aharoni1) ~2026-79580-6 (talk) 12:04, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Make recommendations on the article talk page, not here, but note that nothing above has a reliable source as defined on Wikipedia Jimfbleak - talk to me? 12:11, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, @~2026-79580-6

Please read WP:ABOUTYOU carefully.

Please also note that Wikipedia has little interest in what the subject of an article says or wants to say about themselves, or what their associates say about them. Wikipedia is almost exclusively interested in what people who have no connection with the subject, and who have not been prompted or fed information on behalf of the subject, have chosen to publish about the subject in reliable sources. If enough material is cited from independent sources to establish notability, a limited amount of uncontroversial factual information may be added from non-independent sources.

Essentially nothing that you ColinFine (talk) 11:13, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The municipality of Grünow is the really the primary topic? There are other entries in Grunow (disambiguation), such as Grünow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. ~2026-15773-20 (talk) 15:04, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

So what would you think should be the primary topic? Jimfbleak - talk to me? 15:07, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Wikipedia Editorial Team,

I am writing to inquire whether the Rod Turner article, currently flagged under CSD A7 and CSD G11, can be retained and published following the substantive revisions that have been made to address both criteria.

I would like to make the case that the article is eligible for publication, and I respectfully ask for your assessment.

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ON CSD A7 — NOTABILITY

Rod Turner's notability is grounded in independently verifiable, historically documented events in the personal computing industry:

- He served as General Manager of the Norton product group at Symantec Corporation and directly oversaw the 1991 launch of Norton AntiVirus — one of the most widely used software products in computing history, with its own Wikipedia article. - He held senior executive roles at two companies that completed NASDAQ IPOs: Ashton-Tate (1983) and Symantec (1989). - Symantec received venture capital from Kleiner Perkins, with John Doerr as lead investor — one of the most significant VC firms in Silicon Valley history. - His company Mobile Automation was acquired by iPass Inc. (NASDAQ: IPAS) in 2004. - He has been cited as a subject matter expert in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Global Finance, VentureBeat, and U.S. News & World Report.

These are not self-reported achievements. They are documented events that can be independently verified through public records, SEC filings, and major media archives. We believe this firmly meets the threshold required to satisfy CSD A7.

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ON CSD G11 — PROMOTIONAL TONE

The article has been fully rewritten to remove all language that could be considered promotional. Specifically:

- All revenue figures, growth percentages, CAGR metrics, and traffic statistics have been removed. - The article now contains only roles, dates, company names, and independently verifiable events. - The personal interests section has been removed. - Section headings have been revised to reflect neutral, encyclopedic framing. - Every remaining citation references a third-party publication.

The article now reads as a neutral biographical encyclopedia entry consistent with Wikipedia's standards for living persons.

---

OUR QUESTION

Given these revisions, we would sincerely appreciate your guidance on the following:

1. In your assessment, does the revised article now satisfy the notability threshold under CSD A7? 2. Is there any remaining promotional language under CSD G11 that you would like us to address? 3. If further changes are needed, would you be willing to indicate specifically what those changes should be before a deletion decision is made?

We are fully committed to making whatever additional adjustments are necessary to bring the article into full compliance with Wikipedia's editorial standards. We believe there is a strong, legitimate case for this article's inclusion, and we hope you will give it fair consideration.

Thank you sincerely for your time and for the work you do maintaining the quality of Wikipedia.

Sincerely, Rod Turner Iamrodt (talk) 17:47, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Who is "we"? Wikipedia accounts are strictly single person use only. Theroadislong (talk) 18:00, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Courtesy link: Draft:Rod Turner. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} ~2026-76101-8 (talk) 19:00, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Almost certainly AI generated due to the nebulous handwaving at media coverage of the subject. Athanelar (talk) 19:13, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is not a place to post your resume. The draft says that he's cited by various media outlets, but does not go into detail as to what is viewed by independent sources as significant about that. Why does the NYT call you up for comment and not somebody else? 331dot (talk) 19:03, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Notability cannot be inherited. This means you're not automatically notable because you've worked for large, notable companies. See para 2 of WP:INHERITORG.

None of the sources you've provided in your article satisfy the WP:GNG or the WP:NPERSON. All your other reasoning is irrelevant if notability cannot be proven. SnowyRiver28 (talk) 21:53, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

There is no such thing as a 'personal page'. Wikipedia is (or at least does its best to be) an online encyclopaedia, written about notable topics, and based almost entirely on what in-depth coverage in independent published reliable sources has to say. AndyTheGrump (talk)

Conflict of interest is also a factor here. If you are Rod Turner, or are affiliated to him in some way, then you shouldn't really be doing this in the first place. See Your first article for more advice.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 19:22, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

There is a new article, Boundary County (album), which I want to disambiguate from its namesake the best way. I have ruled out a hatnote at the namesake's Boundary County, Idaho article, since that is the primary topic no question. The current title [[Boundary County]] is a redirect. Should I just edit that redirect and change it to a disambiguation page with two entries? Sorry I couldn't quite figure this out from help pages. Sswonk (talk) 19:47, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Sswonk, looking at Wikipedia:Disambiguation#Redirecting to a primary topic, you could add a hat note

For the album, see Boundary County (album).

with code {{for|the album|Boundary County (album){{!}}''Boundary County'' (album)}} TSventon (talk) 21:19, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

TSventon, thank you. I added the hatnote to Boundary County, Idaho without the reversal of italics, following the style of the hatnote at Revolver. Sswonk (talk) 01:01, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The Citation template does not seem to be appearing when I select it. Is there something different now? Ravin9976 (talk) 19:50, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I have the same problem, I get the normal dropdown list of citation templates, but when I select a template nothing happens. TSventon (talk) 19:59, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

It's also broken for me. I have reported it at Wikipedia talk:RefToolbar#RefToolbar is broken. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:36, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

It's fixed now. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:50, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Great. thank you! Ravin9976 (talk) 00:16, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I here cause I have a question: If I change globally my username, is also rename my username of OpenStreetMaps? VitorFriboquen :] (Talk) 21:16, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Vitorperrut555: No, your account here is for Wikimedia projects. OpenStreetMap is not a Wikimedia project. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:26, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I opened the article for Hermann Hesse and noticed this guy embedded in the top right corner of the page above the Tools menu. I've never seen it before. Any idea what it is and why it's there? I don't want to close the tab in case I've won a prize. Brycehughes (talk) 22:19, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Brycehughes: It's "Birthday mode (Baby Globe)" at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering. There is no prize. Baby GLobe just occurs on some articles. He is reading here because it's about an author. See more at https://wikimediafoundation.org/wikipedia25/wikipedia-mascot/. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:38, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I found a source that doesn't work nor it doesn't exist anymore. Should I keep it in the article or remove it entirely? TyronesEditsPages (talk) 01:48, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

First, TyronesEditsPages, you might use a search engine (Google or similar) to see if the source still exists but has moved elsewhere. If that doesn't work, see if the Wayback Machine has it. -- Hoary (talk) 01:55, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Ah so if that doesn't work, then it's not a source since it's gone completely? TyronesEditsPages (talk) 01:56, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

It depends on the nature of it. If it was a digitised version of something that was originally or also printed, then the print version (which likely exists in library or other archive) can still be a source even though it can't be linked to: links to a source are useful when available, but not a requirement. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} ~2026-76101-8 (talk) 11:30, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@TyronesEditsPages More advice at WP:LINKROT, which includes the statement do not delete cited information solely because the URL to the source does not work any longer. Mike Turnbull (talk) 11:52, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. TyronesEditsPages (talk) 23:41, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I have had a growing suspicion that a portion of a Wikipedia user's contributions are original content (bluntly, fictitious) rather than content based on those from verifiable secondary sources. A chunk of their edits are genuine, but there are also contributions that are eyebrow-raising. I'm not sure what would be the first steps to address this, who/where to bring this to light, or whether it would be ideal to discuss with the user first and go from there, as well as next steps after that. Any advice would be helpful, thank you for your time! Ornithoptera (talk) 02:09, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

A portion of this question concerns Commons uploads, a portion of work has been published without any apparent secondary sources verifying its legitimacy. When I try to search for any independent usage of those purported images, I come up empty handed. Some of those images have now been used on a variety of Wikipedia articles. A secondary question would be whether that is allowed? Can originally fabricated content be put up on Commons without a marker that identifies it as the original creation of the Wikipedia user and not something that has been established? I'm sure that Commons would like to promote original work, but passing original designs off as something that it is not is a bit eyebrow-raising to me. Ornithoptera (talk) 04:25, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Commons has an 'own work' tag which is supposed to be used specifically to flag anything which is the creation of the uploading user. Athanelar (talk) 11:47, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Athanelar:, thank you for your insight. My concern lies within the factuality of the upload. As an (not this but, for the purposes of keeping the user anonymous) example, someone uploaded a drawing of a fish but had labelled, categorized, and referred to it as a car. This drawing is clearly a fish, and somehow or another, this drawing had wound up in a foreign-language wiki article for cars without evidence other than the fact that the drawing is referred to as that. Would that be allowed? Ornithoptera (talk) 03:47, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Assuming that your hypothetical somewhat reflects the real situation; if the image is being used on a foreign-language wiki, then the question of whether its use is allowed is one that can only be answered on the wiki in question; the different language Wikipedias are entirely independent projects with their own standards and rules, what is allowed here may not be allowed there and vice versa.

I'm not sure what PAG to point to, but I can guarantee that that would not be allowed on the English-language wiki (i.e., an unrelated image of a fish being on an article about a car merely because the fish image is labelled as car.jpg), but I can't confidently tell you that the same goes on whatever foreign-language wiki you're referring to; you'd have to ask there. Athanelar (talk) 03:50, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

At the end of the day, it is solely a concern and those concerns can be confirmed/denied when I have a conversation with the user in question as suggested earlier. There are some usages of the images in question on the English Wikipedia as well, those articles are just not paid attention to enough to rectify, and there are so many of them I'm not sure where to start if it actually turns out to be the case. Ornithoptera (talk) 04:49, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, @Ornithoptera.

In almost all circumstances, the first step is to engage with the editor involved. Assume good faith, and ask why they think their edits are appropriate, and try to explain to them why you think they are not. ColinFine (talk) 11:25, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your insight @ColinFine: I'll see what I can do. I wanted to follow up and inquire about potential next steps in the situation that the user is uncooperative or if there is no resolution reached through discussion. Ornithoptera (talk) 03:49, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Then you would proceed to WP:dispute resolution. We make a distinction between a disagreement about content and one that involves the conduct of the editors who are involved (e.g. failure to WP:communicate). Mike Turnbull (talk) 11:49, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I am attempting to revise the tone of the article "Shopping in Kuala Lumpur", and would like to know if the sentence "Kuala Lumpur is well-known for its shopping scene" is neutral. If not, what should I do to fix it? Thank you. Bkovvggjk (talk) 02:53, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

What do you want to say? Well known for the what of its shopping scene? Does "its shopping scene" mean "its shops", "shopping", or something else? Shopping for anything (from gold ingots to car tyres to frocks to butterfly specimens), for antiques and curios, for so-called "luxury goods", or for what? And a bigger problem: What now follows the lead hardly looks encyclopedic. -- Hoary (talk) 05:00, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I doubt that "Shopping in Kuala Lumpur" is even a suitable Wikipedia article topic, we are not a travel guide after all, and I don't see how that article could be written as anything except a travel guide. Same goes for the other 'Shopping in...' articles I can now see. Athanelar (talk) 11:46, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Today I see any image in the infobox appears too blurry or pixelated, but when I view it in image only mode, then it is clear. What happened? Kailash29792 (talk) 04:11, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

This may happen because Wikipedia cached a low-resolution thumbnail. You can try opening the image page and purging or refreshing it to regenerate the thumbnail.Hxqq (talk) 06:43, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Kailash29792: Please always give an example when you report an issue. I guess you encountered the recent bug phab:T419927. If that's the case then I don't think editors can do anything to fix it. Don't replace images because of this. The bug will probably be fixed soon. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:13, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I have not replaced any image. I just didn't have time to upload a screenshot as proof, and was editing via mobile. If this problem persists I'll share a screenshot but it may be available only for 24 hours. Kailash29792 (talk) 12:20, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I just meant to link a page as our edit notice asks for. The issue only affects some infoboxes. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:23, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Manick22, are you experiencing this as well? Kailash29792 (talk) 15:43, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Kailash29792 Yes, I noticed it yesterday itself. I thought it might be my old android phone causing the issue, but when I saw the images on my laptop, that's when I noticed this issue. I asked about the issue at the village pump; they said this issue will be fixed after the weekend. Manick22 (talk) 16:14, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I use the Android app on my Samsung S24 Ultra and starting a few days ago, every time I view an article's image full page, the caption/description no longer automatically shows on the bottom. I now have to tap the image multiple times to see the caption. I hesitated even asking about this as it seems a trivial issue but I'm a daily user and it's become frustrating.

Thank you Shana3980 (talk) 04:14, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, @Shana3980.

The best place generally for questions about the software and the interface (as opposed to the content) of Wikipedia is WP:VPT.

The Apps are separate developments from the desktop interface - you might find some useful information at mw:Wikimedia Apps/Android FAQ. ColinFine (talk) 11:28, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I am a new editor trying to create a draft for the Pakistani drama series Zard Patton Ka Bunn via the Article Wizard. However, I am receiving an error that the title is blacklisted. This is a notable television series produced by Momina Duraid and the Kashf Foundation starring Sajal Aly. Could an administrator please create the draft page for me or tell me how to proceed? Thank you! ~2026-15842-47 (talk) 04:27, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Yes: You are free to create Draft:Zard Patton Ka Bunn and to submit the result for review. If it passes the criteria for an article, the reviewer will rename it Zard Patton Ka Bunn (currently a redirect). -- Hoary (talk) 04:48, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hoary the draft title is salted, but you are free to create Draft:Zard Patton Ka Bunn because you are an admin. I don't know what a TA account user should do. TSventon (talk) 04:58, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

As the title blacklist page suggests: read (and possibly post) to WP:AN or WP:RFED. Though that seems unlikely to be accepted from a TA. • Quinn (talk) 05:10, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Strange, TSventon, I hadn't noticed that. But you're right. Perhaps the TA could register, log in to that new account, create a draft in their sandbox, and then appeal to have the draft moved to "draftspace" and submitted as a candidate article. -- Hoary (talk) 05:18, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, my "error check" in the toolbar stopped working a few minutes ago. I did not change any settings, and I'm using the same browser. My "named references" tool isn't working either - neither button responds. I restarted my machine but no luck.

If I've posted this in the wrong place, or have been unclear, my apologies - I barely know what to call these things. Will be happy to provide further info. Thanks, Jessicapierce (talk) 04:38, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

WP:Village pump (technical) is usually better for these kinds of questions. Athanelar (talk) 11:43, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Reported at Wikipedia talk:RefToolbar#RefToolbar is broken and apparently now fixed.

Posting here is fine, if you are ever unsure of where else to ask; then we can signpost you to a more topic-specific venue. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:22, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Another part of RefToolbar was fixed. "Error check" still needs a similar fix. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:51, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you all for the pointers (and it's fixed)! Jessicapierce (talk) 15:58, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I am writing an article about an Austrian subject, in which I would like to link to the German WP article Verein (meaning "association"), and specifically to the section within it about Verein in Austria. The English article Verein is a disambiguation page, and there is no English WP article about the Austrian Verein. I can do this linking using ''[[:de:Verein#Österreich|Verein]]'' (Verein), but this does not indicate to the reader that they are leaving English WP and going to German WP. If I use ''{{ill|Verein|de|Verein#Österreich}}'' (Verein), it takes me to the English WP disambiguation page. Is there some option within Template:Ill or elsewhere that will force a link to the German PW article, showing it is German, even though an English article exists? Masato.harada (talk) 09:53, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Masato.harada: The simplest way to indicate you're linking to another wiki is by adding the language prefix in the wikilink: ''[[:de:Verein#Österreich|de:Verein]]'' (de:Verein). However, non-Wikipedian readers may not understand the notation, so you may rather use an explicit language name: ''[[:de:Verein#Österreich|Verein (in German)]]'' (Verein (in German)). But the best solution I can think of at the moment is making a footnote with an explicit description of what you mean, something like 'See Verein in the German Wikipedia'.
CiaPan (talk) 10:11, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Masato.harada: Another advantage of the solution is that its meaning would not get lost if the contents is copied somewhere else in the Web or even printed on paper. CiaPan (talk) 11:33, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Masato.harada Since Verein is a disambiguation page in English, to use {{ill}} you need to supply a different title for what the missing article would/should be in English. For example something like {{ill|Registered association (Austria)|de|Verein#Österreich}} which renders as Registered association (Austria) [de] Note that this is really only useful if it is likely that there will be a separate article created for that topic. If not, the suggestions by CiaPan also works without showing the red link. older ≠ wiser 12:01, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

At Coat of arms of Ukraine, ref 14 – "Svoboda party – the new phenomenon on the Ukrainian right-wing scene" – has a CS1 error "{{cite web}}: Check |archive-url= value". I don't understand why. According to the help page, the error is caused by the URL having non-Latin characters, spaces, or an unacceptable URL scheme, but it doesn't: it's https and all ASCII with no spaces. Hairy Dude (talk) 12:02, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Hairy Dude: The help page also says:

There is an additional test for |archive-url=. The cs1|2 templates expect that |archive-url= will hold a unique URL for an archived snapshot of the source identified by |url= or |chapter-url= (or any of its aliases). This error message is emitted when the value assigned to |archive-url= is the same as the matching title or chapter URL.

PrimeHunter (talk) 12:22, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Well now don't I feel dumb :-) Thanks, it's now fixed. Hairy Dude (talk) 23:23, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I've noticed that some people have archive things on their talk pages. I was wondering how to set that up on mine.

Thanks, AirmanKitten203 (talk) 13:12, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@AirmanKitten203: See Help:Archiving a talk page or just Help:Archiving (plain and simple). PrimeHunter (talk) 14:05, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, thank you! AirmanKitten203 (talk) 16:48, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I'd be happy to set up automated archiving for you. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:36, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

If you can, I would really appreciate it! AirmanKitten203 (talk) 16:48, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I figured it out. Thank you though AirmanKitten203 (talk) 16:50, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Notable people of Kasur R. Tabassam (talk) 17:24, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

First you need to establish whether they are notable, do they have a Wikipedia article? Theroadislong (talk) 18:05, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@R. Tabassam: Yes, many lists of people are only for those who already have a biography in Wikipedia and then the biography is linked on their name like everybody at Kasur#Notable people. You have tried to add Zafar Mansoor but there is no biography so the link is red instead of blue. See also Wikipedia:Notability (people). PrimeHunter (talk) 18:35, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I could swear I read somewhere discussing what the standard for SIGCOV is and concluding it was 3 meaty paragraphs, but I can't find where it is. It feels like it might've been a userspace essay, but I have no idea. If someone knows what I'm thinking of, I'd very much appreciate a link. JustARandomSquid (talk) 22:44, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The standard varies by topic. For companies, one can have 3 meaty paragraphs about routine activities, which doesn't really count as significant coverage. For academics, no significant coverage of the person is required at all if any of the WP:NACADEMIC criteria are met.

You may be thinking of various discussions you've seen in which the term "meaty paragraphs" gets mentioned a number of times in people's personal views. [7]

In my case, I like to see more than 1 paragraph and more than half of the cited source giving coverage. ~Anachronist (who / me) (talk) 00:24, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The only thing WP:SIGCOV has to say on the matter is that significant coverage addresses the topic directly and in detail and is more than a trivial mention. The details are, I suspect, left intentionally vague, because as Anachronist has said, significant coverage must be evaluated in context. Athanelar (talk) 01:36, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Gena Branscombe Tenney's fourth daughter Beatrice Branscombe (born Tenney 1919) married Edgar Lloyd Brokaw in New York City,in 1949; They moved together to Los Angeles, divorced in 1953, without children, She returned to New York, and died in 1954, at St. Lukes's Hospital. She visited her sister Gena and family: Phil, Roger, and Morgan Scott, at their homein New Jersey, shortly before her death. I am Gena Branscombe's oldest grandson, I knew Beatrice in person, and corresponded with her directly. ~2026-16095-49 (talk) 02:27, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

You didn't suggest what needed to change. Go to WP:Edit Request Wizard and follow the steps for an editor with a conflict of interest, to propose a correction on the Gena Branscombe article's talk page. It is best to arrange your request in the form "change X to Y", specifying the current wording (X) and the new wording (Y). You also need to cite a reliable published source, because we cannot rely on the word of some random editor. ~Anachronist (who / me) (talk) 02:56, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

do flexible answer ~2026-16077-63 (talk) 05:22, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello there @~2026-16077-63. The Wikipedia help desk is a forum for Wikipedia-related questions, not for general advice. SomnambulantFish _talk ∫ ^contribs 05:26, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Please do your own homework.
Welcome to the Wikipedia Help desk. Your question appears to be a homework question. I apologize if this is a misevaluation, but it is our policy here not to do others' homework, but merely to aid them in doing it themselves. Letting someone else do your homework does not help you learn how to solve such problems.
Please attempt to solve the problem yourself first. You can search Wikipedia or search the Web.
If you need help with a specific part of your homework, the Reference desk can help you grasp the concept. Do not ask knowledge questions here, just those about using Wikipedia. Athanelar (talk) 14:05, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

For some reason, whenever I put italic text in quotations, the text before and outside the quotations becomes italic & bold (the bold part comes from the first word in the page, which loses its bold properties.)

is this happening to you guys? SomnambulantFish _talk ∫ ^contribs 05:24, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

No. What you observe indicates that you have some stray single quote marks somewhere. Are you using apostrophes for quotation marks? Those get used for italics (double apostrophe) and boldface (triple apostrophe) in wiki markup. ~Anachronist (who / me) (talk) 06:17, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

ohhh.... SomnambulantFish _talk ∫ ^contribs 06:25, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@SomnambulantFish: You use VisualEditor where it may be hard to keep track of stray markup for bold and italics. You can switch to the source editor on a pencil icon at the top right. Two consecutive apostrophes both mark the start and end of italics. Three apostrophes instead both mark the start and end of bold text. This often has unintended consequences. PrimeHunter (talk) 08:11, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Per MOS:ITALQUOTE, "Do not put quotations in italics." Problem solved! Clarityfiend (talk) 08:41, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I want to report a problem on a Wikipedia page. Can someone guide me how to report it correctly? Thank you. Shin Htet Nwe (talk) 05:53, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

What is the problem with the page? You may report it at WP:ANI or add a maintenance tag for one part like {{Citation needed}} or a tag for the whole page like {{More citations needed}} SomnambulantFish _talk ∫ ^contribs 06:09, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@SomnambulantFish: no, WP:ANI is almost never the appropriate place to report 'a problem on a Wikipedia page'. WP:ANI is for "urgent incidents and chronic, intractable behavioral problems".

@Shin Htet Nwe: Please tell us which page, and what the problem is, so we can offer meaningful advice. AndyTheGrump (talk) 06:13, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I attempted to edit the article on Orit Farkash-Hacohen, but my additions were dismissed outright and without due consideration. I properly disclosed that this was a paid contribution, and I limited my edits to straightforward, objective information. עומר תשבי (talk) 07:31, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

עומר תשבי, you and Number 57 should start by discussing the matter on Talk:Orit Farkash-Hacohen (currently devoid of any discussion). -- Hoary (talk) 08:00, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you עומר תשבי (talk) 08:23, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The proper way for a paid editor to carry out edits to a page is via the Edit request wizard, which will allow you to post an edit request which a neutral editor will review and implement. Athanelar (talk) 14:02, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I have opened a discussion about a move at Talk:Grünow. Could someone please let me know if this is sufficient, or whether I should also notify any relevant WikiProjects, and if so which ones? ~2026-16168-93 (talk) 16:53, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, there is an automatic notice at Wikipedia:WikiProject Germany#Article alerts and I think that is sufficient. TSventon (talk) 19:09, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

2025 Potomac River mid-air collision presently has the exact same "Before you edit this page" edit notice duplicated three times. Why is this and how can it be fixed? – Scyrme (talk) 18:36, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Those are not the exact same, as they cover different CTOPs and specify as such. However, I do agree there should be some way to combine them or shorten the redundant text included in each. • Quinn (talk) 18:45, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Scyrme: Template:Editnotices/Page/2025 Potomac River mid-air collision has the three seperate uses of {{Contentious topics/editnotice}} for different topics. Talk:2025 Potomac River mid-air collision combines the three with a different template {{Contentious topics/talk notice}}. In September 2025 HouseBlaster wrote at Template talk:Contentious topics/Archive 2#Option to have multiple topics for one template?: "It is on my list to extend this functionality from {{contentious topics/talk notice}}". PrimeHunter (talk) 18:56, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like the talk page notice accomplishes this using a Lua module, whereas the edit notice doesn't have a module yet. (Probably because doing it without a module would require a lot of conditional expressions.) I suppose the only thing to do is wait until HouseBlaster (or someone else who can code in Lua) gets around to it.

Thanks for tracking down the details! – Scyrme (talk) 19:40, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I'm still planning to get to this, but real life and other wiki-responsibilities have kept me away from that. As a band-aid solution, in this case, you can probably just display the AMPOL notice. Best, HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 22:51, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I get confused by the permissions I need that allow me to edit Wikipedia via VPN (I believe there is a global permission and a WP-specific permission). I have had these in the past, and I may currently have them. As I am traveling to a country where I will definitely need to edit via VPN, how can I check that I have the required permission? And how can I check the expiry date? Thank you. Brycehughes (talk) 20:25, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The relevant permission, globally, if m:Global IP block exempt. Locally it it is WP:IP block exempt. You currently have the local perm, expiring at the end of August 2026 (per Special:UserRights/Brycehughes). You also have the global perm, with no expiration date, per Special:CentralAuth/Brycehughes. The global perm does not usually allow you to edit enwiki through a VPN without also having the local permission. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 20:28, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi There

As an artist is it possible to edit my own wikipedia page ?

Julian Siegel

I have rewritten some biographical information and added many more links and much more info , it need updating and I would like to upload my changes but wanted to check first as I don't want to have editing access denied !. Some of the new text may be possibly replicated in part on other websites as its biographical info i have sent out in the past. Ive done my best to create a unique text for wiki and the original text and biographical infor has been generated by me anyway so I would only be using writing that i have self generated before,  

Just a double check on wiki etiquette before posting !

Best wishes

Julian Mbadgers1 (talk) 22:21, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

You may use the edit request process to propose changes to the article about you on its user talk page. 331dot (talk) 22:22, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Mbadgers1 (talk) 01:36, 15 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I advise you to propose incremental changes, one or two at a time, instead of a wholesale rewrite. This will increase the chances a volunteer will be able to invest their limited time in reviewing the request. 331dot (talk) 22:25, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank very much for the reply Mbadgers1 (talk) 01:36, 15 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Budwig diet who created the Budwig diet ~2026-16267-73 (talk) 23:50, 14 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Simply entering Budwig diet into the search box and searching would have redirected you to Johanna Budwig, but if you had to ask, it should have been on the Science Reference desk – this Help desk is for "ask[ing] questions about how to use or edit Wikipedia", as stated in large letters at the top of the page. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} ~2026-76101-8 (talk) 00:21, 15 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Source assessment § Meaning of "partial". – MrPersonHumanGuy (talk) 02:03, 15 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I have been archiving my supporting URLs in my online citations. I have been using the WayBack Machine primarily, and if that does not work, the Archive.md archiving system. Recently, each of the Archive URLs using the Archive.md archiving system has produced a hidden error editor message.

Considering that the Wayback Machine only works 1 in 5 times, this means I have now used Archive.md archiving URLs a lot in my edits. The error messages produced in the old Wikipedia articles have started to prevent those articles from displaying their reference lists, especially in the Wikipedia list articles, where this problem affects thousands of entries. Can you assist me? What could I do to resolve this issue?SMargan (talk) 03:34, 15 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@SMargan Archive.today and its related websites (which includes archive.md) are deprecated on English Wikipedia following this RFC. Per WP:ATODAY, As of February 28, 2026, the citation templates in popular use on Wikipedia (WP:CS1 and WP:CS2) will not render Archive.today and affiliated archive URLs. You should replace these links with other archive services (see Wikipedia:List of web archives on Wikipedia). Jolly1253 (talk) 09:59, 15 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Jolly1253 (talk) - I am shocked by this ruling. I have never had a problem with Archive.md's performance or accuracy. Indeed, 1 in 5 of my archies have been through Archie.md, involving sites that do not seem to be Archivable through the Wayback Machine, so this makes it a real problem for me. Is there any way of getting this ruling reviewed? Or, alternatively, will it be reviewed in the future if Archie.md resolves some of the problems raised by Wikipedia? The Wayback Machine is not always able to archive website pages.SMargan (talk) 10:41, 15 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Jolly1253 (talk) - I am making many changes as we speak, converting Archie.md URLs to Ghost Archie URLs. This will take me most of this year, for all of the articles I have edited. But, how will I know that this replacement archive system will not also suffer the same fate, and be deprecated as well?SMargan (talk) 11:27, 15 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@SMargan, you should read the request for comments (which Jolly helpfully linked for you) to understand the extraordinary circumstances that led to this decision. It was even covered in mainstream technology news, for example this Ars Technica article. We know that the Wayback Machine isn't perfect, but the community decided that archive.md posed a credible that outweighed its usefulness. There's an ongoing community effort to replace the links, so nobody has to do this alone. ClaudineChionh (she/her · talk · email · global) 13:31, 15 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Formerly, when I looked at the history of a page on my watchlist, all versions newer than any I had already seen were highlighted. That changed a few days ago: now, looking at any version resets the whole. This breaks my habitual way of reviewing my watchlist. Can I toggle something to get the old behavior back? (I doubt it, as the new way means less for the database to remember.) —Antonissimo (talk) 04:57, 15 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Antonissimo: This has been discussed at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Watchlist. The code has been fixed, and the fix will be deployed here this week, probably Thursday. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:16, 15 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I am really struggling to upload a page to Wikipedia. ~2026-16430-75 (talk) 13:14, 15 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@~2026-16430-75: What kind of page? If you want to make an article then you can use Wikipedia:Articles for creation to submit a draft for review. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:23, 15 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Users without a username(and new usernames) must use the article wizard to submit a draft. Make sure you have reviewed the relevant notability criteria and that you have summarized what independent reliable sources have said about the topic. 331dot (talk) 13:29, 15 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]