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Question from Urje4 on Bo Hines (07:09, 29 November 2022)

Parts of the information stated here is subjective and places by the opposition candidate. The news sources lack neutrality and they should be taken down. How can I do that? --Urje4 (talk) 07:09, 29 November 2022 (UTC)

Hi Urje4, You can remove the information yourself. But I would leave a message on the talk page suggesting it. If you are going to remove it, you should give a reason in the edit summary. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 07:15, 29 November 2022 (UTC)

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are u a human --Ashishydv990 (talk) 13:21, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

@Ashishydv990 Yes, can I help you with anything? Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 16:22, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

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Article improvement

Hi. Would you have a look at The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropistsand see if running the tools I have has done enough to remove the banner. Is there a better way (other than running the tools) to see without checking each citation? Thanks Lukewarmbeer (talk) 08:35, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

Lukewarmbeer, what banner are you trying to remove and what are you trying to do with your edit, just so I can help understand how your edit went. Thanks, Zippybonzo Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 07:03, 6 December 2022 (UTC)

The one at the top. "This article uses bare URLs, which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot". Lukewarmbeer (talk) 08:27, 6 December 2022 (UTC)

Oh - and what I wanted to achieve was to convert the bare URLs mentioned in the banner and wanted to know if all I need to do was run the tools to do this. Lukewarmbeer (talk) 15:41, 6 December 2022 (UTC)

@Lukewarmbeer Yes, refill will work, and then you can delete the wiki text. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 17:58, 6 December 2022 (UTC)

Hi. Thanks for that. It looks like you have done it for me. I was thinking of working on the basis that when I don't know what I'm doing I would check with you, get any advice, do it and then ask you to have a look at the work to see if ok or tell me where I went wrong.

What do you think? Lukewarmbeer (talk) 13:07, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

I like the initiative of it, and if on some cases you tried to find the answer yourself, that would be a great way to help you on the wiki. Thanks, Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 07:05, 8 December 2022 (UTC)

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Article improvement Green Dam

I am looking to add some content to the Algerian Green Dam article and first I could do with some copy write guidance.

Can I just lift images and texts from something like this and use? If not what is the procedure?

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273286423_The_Green_Dam_in_Algeria_as_a_tool_to_combat_desertification Lukewarmbeer (talk) 11:29, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

Bare URLs

Just looking over this to try and and understand the process there is still one bare URL showing - but I can't really tell which it is from looking at the page. Is it reference 7? Lukewarmbeer (talk) 11:38, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

@Lukewarmbeer Yes, it is no7. You might have to do it manually as automated tools aren’t able to do everything. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 18:21, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

Thanks.I ran the tool initially but it left that one and I have updated manually. I think I'm there with that now :) Lukewarmbeer (talk) 17:00, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

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His a South African Hip Hop singer.His real name is Teboho Mabatla Joseph his was born around the city called Johannesburg,Leratong Hospital. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tmj records (talk • contribs) 21:50, 17 December 2022 (UTC)

Contributions

Could you assist with a brief explanation of the 'flags' that appear (as below) on contributions or changes pages....

Or where the best place to find out is.

current   prev   rvv   rb Preview Rollback Quick rollback Vandalism Rollback  [rollback] [vandalism]

Thanks Lukewarmbeer (talk) 18:00, 18 December 2022 (UTC)

@Lukewarmbeer current takes you to the current revision, prev takes you to the previous revision, rvv undos and warns for vandalism, rb undos. Preview looks at what an undo would look like, quick rollback quickly undos it. Vandalism rollback undos it and warns for vandalism. Rollback undos for a reason you can specify. Vandalism undos with the edit summary mentioning vandalism as the undo reason. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 10:37, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

Question from Mprateek (04:39, 19 December 2022)

Hi, I am trying to edit an article that is not present on Wikipedia yet but it got "protected" after a few edits. How do I unprotect it? --Mprateek (talk) 04:39, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

@Mprateek Hi, welcome, it has likely been salted (creation protected) so you would need to request it to be unprotected at WP:RfPP and mention the page and why it should be unprotected. If that is declined, or if you don’t want to request it, you can ask an administrator to create it and they will either create it or not. If the page you want to create is Manupatra, I wouldn’t bother because it has been repeatedly protected from creation. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 10:40, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

Beira's Place

Hi

I have been having a look around and and following the Recent changes

I noticed one that sparked my interest because of a 'flag'.

Could you have a look at the history of the page to see what's happened and the Talk:Beira's Place to see how I have been dealing with it and give me some feedback.

When it became apparent that we were unlikely to see eye to eye I invited the originator to have a look and you can see his response - which as I say on the page - I think is perfect.

Can you advise how best to proceed from here if Special:Contributions/109.144.213.18 a) doesn't respond b) responds but disagrees.

Thanks

Lukewarmbeer (talk) 17:35, 18 December 2022 (UTC)

I am able to agree with you and the other editor, but I do think that removing “criticism” when there are sources supporting the statement is censorship. But I think that the IP has changed IP addresses, and therefore will not respond form the same IP, but if they don’t respond, think about an RfC and if they do respond, I would consider suggesting to them starting an RfC as that is probably the best way to get input on what would be the best thing to do for the article. Thanks, Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 10:46, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

Thanks. I think we are sorted with that one now but the RfC looks like a good plan for future use. Lukewarmbeer (talk) 11:39, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

I was going to say that it looks pretty sorted. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 13:49, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

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Question from Sipnget (08:23, 29 December 2022)

Good day!

I was wondering how I can apply a specific format to a text in a table: "Nominated" with a red background "Won" with a green background. I saw it being used in awards nominated/won tables for artists and I want to try it, too.

Thanks in advance! --Sipnget (talk) 08:23, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

@Sipnget Hi, you can just add: style="background: [insert your colour];" before the content in a cell with a pipe (looks like this: |) in between the content and the quote mark. Or to colour the whole table you add this at the top of the table wikitext: style="background: [add colour]; Hopefully this answers your question. Thanks, and Happy Editing Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 09:39, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

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Hello.pls how can we take Niger state music to a greater level --Marzshi (talk) 05:54, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Marzshi, I can't fully understand your question, is it possible you could reword it so that I can understand it. Thanks, Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 10:06, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

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Question from PTusiime (13:32, 3 January 2023)

I would like to edit an article in English that I recently read, how can I start? I would also like to translate it into French. --PTusiime (talk) 13:32, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

Hi @PTusiime, to edit an article, just press edit and make your changes, then click publish or save changes, and then add an edit summary of what you changed in your edit. To translate, you can go to fr.wikipedia.org and create an article, you may need to make some edits before you can create an article and translate it into French as you wish. Thanks, Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 13:44, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Beira%27s_Place

Can you give me some feedback on this.

My inclination is to remove the two sections (Insincere moderation/editing and Confusing language/insincere moderation) from Special:Contributions/77.183.164.73 as vandalism .

What do you think.

They may have gone by the time you look - but in any event can you give me a view and - if to act - what best to do.

Thanks. Lukewarmbeer (talk) 14:32, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

@Lukewarmbeer Don’t remove them, as that is unconstructive, because the sections are not written in bad faith. I’m going to spend a bit of time evaluating the discussion and I will attempt to resolve the dispute, though I would advise you not to get to involved in the discussion, but I will take a look. Thanks, Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 20:12, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

Ok. I'll be interested to see how things progress. Lukewarmbeer (talk) 21:30, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

@Lukewarmbeer, I will be too, I will keep an eye on it and request dispute resolution if required. Let me know if you have any other questions, thanks, Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 09:13, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

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Question from Beverview (19:28, 16 January 2023)

Hi Zippybonzo, thank you for being my mentor! I have been making some minor edits, and have a few questions:

- Some pages have a full visual editor, and in others I need to edit the source (I am not sure what source it is in, maybe Wikipedia has its own style / source language). What makes the distinction between these? Is there a mode I need to set? - Related, one of the reasons I got on wikipedia is to change an outdated reference to a running club I am part of. However to change a reference (or delete it in this case), it says I need to use the source editor. See the first question :-). I'm actually not sure how to get into the source directly.

Thanks for any advice,

Beverview --Beverview (talk) 19:28, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

@Beverview firstly, the club Wikipedia page shouldn’t really be edited by you as it is a conflict of interest linked here. The visual editor isn’t available on all pages because there can be some elements not compatible with it. Thanks, Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 06:37, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

Question from BBLBobby (01:41, 17 January 2023)

Hi. Can I add an historical photo to the wiki article on Lukla Airport to show what it looked like 40 years ago? --BBLBobby (talk) 01:41, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

Hi BBLBobby, you can, go to Special:UploadFile, upload it, set a name and then just add [[File:YourFileName]]to the page and there is your image. Thanks, Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 07:08, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback,but I'm still having trouble - as O cant find the Special:UploadFile link on the wiki gallery BBLBobby (talk) 17:42, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

@BBLBobby: you need to have 10 edits and 4 days of tenure before you can upload files. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 18:01, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

Mentoring

Hi ZB

I'm thinking that you might have got busier than you had when you offered to assist so would it be better if I found someone else to take me on?

LWB Lukewarmbeer (talk) 10:04, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

@Lukewarmbeer I am somewhat busy, I am thinking that it might be better if I were to act in a support capacity, being able to answer your questions, I’m not unable to mentor you, and I’m happy to commit more time, but if you would rather follow some structure and a course, I can’t guarantee that I would be able to do that as much. I apologise for my lack of support and I would hope that we can work forwards with this. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 18:56, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply and the offer of your time. Let's give it a go. The course was your suggestion and I didn't have a course in mind to begin with so I'm not feeling the loss of one :)

You may recall my asking you about how to handle a debate in Beira's place and you said to leave to you. I was hoping you would guide me through the process rather than take it on. If that's ok with you that's how I would like to approach things.

An example I would like some advice on below. Please let me know what you think.

I have had an rfc on this and I'm thinking that the sources provided are not accessible unless you buy the books mentioned.

Q1. I'm not really sure, having looked at the helps on the subject if citing pages is books is good enough? Are they?

Q2. Would it be reasonable for me to reply......

I would like to see some more publicly accessible sources before coming to a view. As in publications that users can review without having to buy the books to which you refer.

Thanks again Lukewarmbeer (talk) 10:01, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

Lukewarmbeer I would say that books are adequate, but if I were to read an article I would rather have an accessible source, rather than hope that the information in the book is part of the article, so I would suggest it but if nobody can do it, I would just leave it as books are adequate sources. Thanks, Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 16:37, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

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Status Quo and Consensus

Talk:Trans woman#Gender-affirming surgery

Can you have a look at this and see how I'm doing and if required provide advice / guidance (not on that talk page).

Thanks. Lukewarmbeer (talk) 09:53, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

No rush as I have thrown in the towel on this one now :0) Lukewarmbeer (talk) 21:11, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

@Lukewarmbeer you probably would be better off if when someone pointed a detail out like the fact that gender alignment is a term in medical books, unless you think that they are badly incorrect, don’t keep pushing your point, because there’s not much that can be done to help the cause if you’re fighting a losing battle if you get what I mean. Thanks, Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 07:27, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

Thanks.

The term is far from universal and certainly not in medical circles. This is just one current example. [1] Having read something on the subject I realise now that these terms have become 'political' and the articles which have a connection to this are developed and policed by a small 'special interest' groups of editors. When they decry the BBC as un unreliable source (i used it to illustrate the point that this is not simply done and dusted) it told me that discussing the issue was pointless.

I felt that as the term 'reassignment' was the status quo before a day or two ago and as I had reverted and objected the original term should prevail unless and until some consensus could be agreed. Is that the case? Lukewarmbeer (talk) 07:49, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

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Hi Mentor

As I work to become a contributing member of Wikipedia, what advice do you have, if any, to offer a newcomer? I want to eventually be able to publish my own articles here in this space.

Warmest Regard TOWW --TheOneWikiWonder (talk) 06:35, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

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Hello! I’ve written an article in the Sandbox and it’s ready to be submitted. Are you able to assis with this? --OConnorComms (talk) 05:13, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

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Question from Lvisjk on User:Lvisjk/sandbox (12:17, 16 February 2023)

Can you please help me post this on the main Wikipedia directory --Lvisjk (talk) 12:17, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

@Lvisjk add {{subst:submit}}, and you may need to press submit, and then your article will be submitted for a review through articles for creation, and will be added to mainspace if it meets the standards for an article. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 14:00, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

@Zippybonzo Thank you for the quick reply. My page is relatively new, so I am unable to move the article to drafts. Would you be able to help? Lvisjk (talk) 14:06, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

@Lvisjk, I've gone ahead and added the template that submits it for review. Thanks, Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 15:38, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

Question from Rockroyally (20:36, 18 February 2023)

I want to edit the photo that is currently on the Phil Seymour Wikipedia page.

There are 2 photos on the page, one of him onstage and one of his first album cover. The onstage photo is the one that initially pops up on his page, but I think the the photo of his album cover should be the initial one seen by visitors. Visitors looking for Phil Seymour will immediately understand they are on the musicians page since they are seeing an album cover. Also this album cover is the most popular image of Phil online.

If the album cover photo cannot be made the dominant image, there is another photo I have been considering adding. That photo was taken by a photographer I know who has granted permission for its use. Does that photographer need to grant permission or watermark it in some way? Thank you for your help. --Rockroyally (talk) 20:36, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

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Question from Mdinonno (23:49, 20 February 2023)

There is a lot of incorrect information on our page. I tried correcting it and someone rejected my corrections. --Mdinonno (talk) 23:49, 20 February 2023 (UTC)

Mdinonno The reason for that would be that you have a conflict of interest, which means you should refrain from editing the page, but if you are paid to edit the page, you aren't allowed to edit the page as paid editing is required to be disclosed and prohibits you from editing pages you are paid to edit. See here.Thanks, Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 07:38, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

I am not paid to edit the page. I am the President & CEO of the Geena Davis Institute and there is incorrect information on our page. Mdinonno (talk) 18:45, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

@Mdinonno Are you paid to be the CEO and President? Because it still counts as paid editing. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 18:49, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

Yes. So, who can I enlist to work with me to immediately correct the mistakes on the page? I truly appreciate your help. Cheers, Mdinonno (talk) 19:27, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

@Mdinonno Make an edit request (see here) Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 20:41, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

Hi,

This is extremely confusing to me. There are errors on the page. Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors I don't understand how to submit what the errors are. And, there is outdated information. Is there a document I can fill out? Mdinonno (talk) 21:28, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

Mdinonno If you read the page I linked you will find how to request an edit. Thanks, Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 06:53, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

Question from DaRealSlimDavie (08:19, 23 February 2023)

Hi there. Is there a way to have dark mode enabled on this website? I try to enable it on all websites I use but I can't seem to find it.

Many thanks David --DaRealSlimDavie (talk) 08:19, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

DaRealSlimDavie Yes, if you click the user icon, then preferences, then gadgets, you will find one called dark mode, install it, click the user icon, then click dark mode.

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Question from Angelsss17 (02:55, 5 March 2023)

how do you edit things on wikipedia --Angelsss17 (talk) 02:55, 5 March 2023 (UTC)

@Angelsss17 Can you elaborate on your question. Though in the most basic way, just press edit! Thanks, Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 06:55, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

Question from Synergyconsultingifa (13:26, 7 March 2023)

I am new on Wikipedia and I want to know the step by step about how to update the content about my company and what kind of content we need to post and how we can add citations? --Synergyconsultingifa (talk) 13:26, 7 March 2023 (UTC)

Question from Ollixe (13:45, 7 March 2023)

my request to submit a page for DJ olber was declined what do i do? --Ollixe (talk) 13:45, 7 March 2023 (UTC)

Ollixe You should improve the arrival and add references. Thanks, Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 07:16, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

Question from Mrobinson19 (18:29, 7 March 2023)

How can I add others to use this page? It is for an assignment. --Mrobinson19 (talk) 18:29, 7 March 2023 (UTC)

Mrobinson19 I don't understand your question. Thanks, Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 07:15, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

Question from Navpil (10:39, 8 March 2023)

Hi, Zippybonzo! I want to add a reference to my webpage about Chinese Dominoes, which list most of the games currently known played with Chinese Dominoes. The website is published on the "wordpress" platform. When trying to add a link, I got a warning from Wikipedia and I left a question on a Talk page as suggested. No one responds (I guess Chinese Dominoes are not a topic too hot). Would it be appropriate if I add a reference to my own website dedicated to Chinese Dominoes in a good will? Here is a reference to the talk page: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Chinese_dominoes&oldid=1140080139 --Navpil (talk) 10:39, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

Hi Navpil, I would advise that you don't add your own links into Wikipedia pages because that can be classified as self promotion. Thanks, Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 07:20, 9 March 2023 (UTC)

Question from Sahidkhan47 (18:54, 12 March 2023)

www.mobile47.com --Sahidkhan47 (talk) 18:54, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

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Question from KiDont508 (05:59, 23 March 2023)

I want to add a picture of someone named Charles Tambu. I found an official portrait image but it had a text watermark so I used photoshop to remove the watermark. Can such pictures be uploaded on Wikipedia? --KiDont508 (talk) 05:59, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

KiDont508 Assuming you downloaded the image of the internet then the only place the image is allowed to be added is the article, but if you just uploaded the image and didn't put it on a page, or if it was removed from the page, that would result in it being deleted. You have to add the appropriate copyright tags (non-free/fair use) and also add a reason why you are using the non free image on Wikipedia. Thanks, Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 07:16, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Question from Rxgau (21:35, 24 March 2023)

Just read the Cheetah magazine stub and it is completely wrong. Suggest you read or reference pages 184-188 of my 2015 memoir Going Into the City, about my recollections of Cheetah, where I was a contributing editor. The most reliable source is the magazine's editor for most of its nine-month life, Larry Dietz, [e-mail], 626-360-9400. I still have a full-time writing career at 80 and though I love and donate to Wikipedia I don't have time to do this work myself, though I might be able to send you the aforementioned four pages. But for starters Cheetah was not begun by my then-girlfriend , the late Ellen Willis; it was the creation of two hustlers who'd had success with the Diner's Club magazine, Len Mogel and Matty Simmons, who hired Willis on Dietz's say-so and fired her when they figured out what a lefty she was. --Rxgau (talk) 21:35, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

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If not, there is something I’d like you to check out for me Amaekuma (talk) 12:35, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

@Amaekuma, what is it? Thanks, Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 15:41, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

If you’re not too busy or you’re in a good mood, do review the page Anita Osikweme Osikhena. Thanks in advance. Amaekuma (talk) 15:45, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

Question from Abubakar51 (11:48, 29 March 2023)

Please how can I add content on Wikipedia --Abubakar51 (talk) 11:48, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

Hi @Abubakar51, Welcome to Wikipedia, you just have to press edit, if you are adding statements that may need to cite it, which you can read more about here. Thanks, and happy editing :) Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 15:58, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

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Why.. did you just revert my changes to List of British Army installations?

Rollback should be used to revert clear cases of vandalism only, and not good faith edits. I added the closing dates? How is that vandalism? Militaryfactchecker (talk) 18:54, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

@Militaryfactchecker Apologies for reverting your edits, I was working slightly too fast with Huggle. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 19:01, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

So can you undo it then? It took me ages. I can't undo it for some reason Militaryfactchecker (talk) 19:58, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

Ok, I'll have a go at undoing it. Thanks, Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 19:59, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

@Militaryfactchecker Should be all undone, let me know if there's anything else that needs doing. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 20:03, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

No still more to be undone. The closing dates. Just look at my recent edits. Militaryfactchecker (talk) 20:06, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

Ok, doing now. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 20:07, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

@Militaryfactchecker

Should all be done now, let me know if you find any more things I reverted, and I'll add them in tomorrow morning.

Thanks, Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 20:14, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

Question from Daviditch1 (20:32, 29 March 2023)

Hello, I was wondering if I am an actor with IMDb credits in movies and TV, can a wikipedia page be created without my consent? --Daviditch1 (talk) 20:32, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

@Daviditch1, yes it can. Thanks, Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 05:16, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

How can I create that page if I have IMDb credits? I would like to do it before someone else does due to upcoming credits being added to IMDb later this year. Can you help me on how to create the page?

Thank you very much. Daviditch1 (talk) 19:41, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

@Daviditch1, generally, you aren’t allowed to create pages about yourself, so I would advise requesting it at WP:Requested articles, and waiting until it gets created.

Thanks,

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Question from Shaql (07:27, 31 March 2023)

Hey mate, I've got proof of a vehicle's existance via several photos on Flickr but there are NO documented sources such as a journalist report. How would I cite this information? --Shaql (talk) 07:27, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

@Shaql, Flickr isn’t typically a reliable source, so I would advise that you refrain from creating the article. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 12:13, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

Can be linked the other way

Thanks for the linking Khoresh karafs to the Norwegian and Persian pages. But that link to Persian only goes one way. There is no link from Persian to Norwegian or English. Can it be arranged? Arbabi second (talk) 18:13, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

USPLACE

Hi Zippy. I think you may have missed some of the nuances of the USPLACE RFC, or I might be misreading your close. The AP Stylebook is already referenced as part of USPLACE, and everyone who !voted "Oppose" was supporting the status quo over the proposal. I was (and others were) a bit uncertain about the proposal at first and had to ask for clarification. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 15:50, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

@Firefangledfeathers, I've gone and rolled back my edit seen as I couldn't really understand the nuances either. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 15:52, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

Cool. Thanks Z! Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 16:36, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

Question from Xlidicus (14:41, 13 April 2023)

Hi. You're my mentor i guess --Xlidicus (talk) 14:41, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

@Xlidicus Yes I am, have you got any questions about Wikipedia editing? Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 15:29, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

not too much, just wondering how to make an article. I found something missing. I also don't really understand editing source too much, but it seems interesting and I can probably figure that out on my own. Thanks! Xlidicus (talk) 14:20, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

Your edit at Wikipedia:Edit filter/False positives/Reports

doesn't work, since it's maintained with the MajahavBot, which has it's own templates. See Template:EFFP for those. 1AmNobody24 (talk) 18:05, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

Fixed. Thanks, Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 18:10, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

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Question from Crescendo102 (02:10, 19 April 2023)

Hello, may I please seek your kind help to resolve an issue on a new article I would like to submit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Takao_Ogawa

Before saving the draft I received a message that one of the sources was "deprecated". How do I find out the one problematic citation? PS: I did eliminate a source I thought might have been the one - from a book publishing site but there may be another one somewhere. Thank you for your help with this matter. Best --Crescendo102 (talk) 02:10, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

@Crescendo102, I believe that it is source 13. Let me know if you need any other help. Thanks, Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 11:56, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

I removed the source 13. Thank you very much. Crescendo102 Crescendo102 (talk) 14:32, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

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Illusion Flame, yes, you should have seen the mess of wikitext I left. Should have just substituted it from my sandbox. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 12:21, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

Question from Crescendo102 (21:49, 22 April 2023)

Hello, I tried to create an infobox for the new page I am working on but I had never made one before and it looks like I missed something. Could you please kindly tell me how to fix it? Thank you for your advice. best, --Crescendo102 (talk) 21:49, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

@Crescendo102, I've fixed it, you had a lot of nowiki tags, meaning it didn't use the template, and showed it in plain text. Let me know if you need any more help. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 10:38, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

@Zippybonzo I get this too it seems to happen on all templates when inserting them it wraps them in no wikis. ThatFungi (talk) 11:05, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

It's the visual editor offers to turn formatting into wikitext and it adds nowiki. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 11:06, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

Thank you so much for your kind help and fast response. Crescendo102 (talk) 18:56, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

You're welcome. 😊 Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 18:56, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

The Rad editor

I noticed after all the COI talk on the pages he has now changed all the “ME” to “HIM”. Something fishy is going on there. Especially since he has not yet followed the COI instructions. Look at his talk history and look for his - numbers on his talk page. It might be time for an admin to handle it. I also thought I saw two other usernames similar to his one ending in 86 and another one. Since you are on the crime team I thought you might have more thought on this. ThatFungi (talk) 10:20, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

ThatFungi, I've decided to undo the changes of me to him, as they are clearly trying to obfuscate history, and they are clearly changing the story all the time, and they've made a dubious own work claim of the photo they uploaded it. Thanks, Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 10:45, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

@Zippybonzo I think it’s time to block and delete the article as it is clearly self promotion. Thanks! ThatFungi (talk) 11:04, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

@ThatFungi I've messaged an admin about it, as it's always good to get an extra pair of eyes. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 11:06, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

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Hello ZippyBonzo, When patrolling, I have noticed you have left some comments at the requesting permissions page. I wanted to give you a suggestion that was actually given to me a few weeks/months ago. Non-administrators are discouraged from leaving comments because they tend to just clutter up the page and don’t usually help the administrator make a decision. You don’t have to take my advice, I just thought I would share. Anyway, I am coming up in my contributions number, I may in ~1 month overtake you. - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 12:01, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

@Illusion Flame, I am aware of it, I tend to comment on some requests when there are problems such as shared account usage. I also comment on some NPR requests when I would consider the user suitable for NPP. I also comment on some Autopatrolled requests when I identify problems with some of the requestors articles, or if I’ve patrolled a lot of their articles. In a nutshell, thanks for the advice, I will consider it before commenting. Thanks, Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 15:47, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

Okay. I don’t really mind your comments, and I don’t care what you do. I just thought I’d offer advice given to me. - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 20:15, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

@Illusion Flame Thanks for the advice, sorry if my comment was a little firm, but I do agree with what you are saying and appreciate that you gave the advice, and I’m looking forward to you beating me in edit counts. Thanks for the advice again, Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 20:49, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

Let me give a bit more while this thread is open: the bots deal with archiving dealt-with perms just fine, so there is zero reason to do so yourself. Primefac (talk) 14:28, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

You put up a good fight, but on 05/15/23 I beat you in number of edits. :) Keep up the good work and I’ll see you around! - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 02:38, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

Question from Sabrinacozzi on User:Sabrinacozzi (10:35, 17 May 2023)

Hello how do I create a profile of a person? --Sabrinacozzi (talk) 10:35, 17 May 2023 (UTC)

Sabrinacozzi Welcome to Wikipedia! If the person is notable, meaning there is coverage of them in reliable sources, you can create a page by searching for the page title, with a 'Draft:' in front and then clicking create, make sure to reference reliable sources. Because you are a new user, you won't be able to create new pages from the getgo, they will have to be reviewed by a more experienced editor. Let me know when you have finished your draft and I will be happy to review it for you, as the draft review backlog is quite long at the moment. Thanks, and welcome! Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 18:55, 17 May 2023 (UTC)

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File information

Description	New logo for Lenovo PCCW solutions logo
Source	https://www.pccwsolutions.com/site/newdist/images/common/logo-en.png
Date	2023-05-23
Author	https://www.pccwsolutions.com/site/en/home
Permission (Reusing this file)	It is public domain,

Question from Bobafett2024 (04:07, 23 May 2023)

Hello, it's me again. So i uploaded an image for a brand logo 2 months ago, as they changed their brand logo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCCW#/media/File:Lenovo_PCCW_solutions_logo.jpg

Today i received another editor ask for copyright status. The logo is a public logo, can I still use it in wiki? and it seems that i can fix it with puting the logo into publick domain, but I cannot find the options, in this case, i need help again, here is the text i type in the edit box, i do not submit it yet.

{{No license since|month=May|day=16|year=2023}} =={{int:license-header}}== {{Remove this line and insert a license instead|year=2023|month=04|day=13}} {{Uncategorized|year=2023|month=April|day=13}}

thx! --Bobafett2024 (talk) 04:07, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

@Bobafett2024, Hi, this is an issue on Wikimedia Commons, however I will say that the logo is non free content and therefore shouldn't be uploaded to commons, I would advise adding it to the article and uploading it locally on Wikipedia, as our licensing policies allow fair use of non free content. You may wish to ask at Wikimedia Commons as the editors there have more knowledge of how commons works. Thanks, Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 06:12, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

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Hi I was wondering when the awards for the recent Redirect drive will be given out , thank you--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 22:20, 3 June 2023 (UTC)

@Ozzie10aaaa I’m going to be giving them out by the end of today. Thanks, Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 06:38, 4 June 2023 (UTC)

thank you--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 11:26, 4 June 2023 (UTC)

Hi, i am still very new in wiki, so can i put this star in my wiki page? thank you! Bobafett2024 (talk) 06:35, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

@Bobafett2024, no, because you haven't been given your own barnstar. Thanks, Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 06:42, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

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Question from Rockroyally (04:08, 19 June 2023)

Hi Zippybonzo! I'm trying to start a Wikipedia page for a music group named RAZZ from the Washington, DC area. They are no longer together, but there are a number of references available online, as well as a recently completed documentary about them. I am personal friends with the existing members. The documentary filmmaker and I have discussed getting this off the ground. I have a bit more time on my hands to do this, but no experience beyond a small edit I made to another page years ago. I find the instructions for starting a page a bit daunting. Can you guide me? --Rockroyally (talk) 04:08, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

@Rockroyally, Hi. If you go to Wikipedia:Article wizard, there will be some instructions there on how to start the page. I wish you the best on your article creation journey, and once you have created it you can ping me here if you want me to review it. Thanks! Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 06:11, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

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My Draft gets declined

Hi Zippy, Shareen here, i tried to publish a wiki page using article can you please help me with the following it would be a great help to me' thankyou ShareenMantriKedia (talk) 11:17, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

The draft was rejected, there is no way you can improve it as the topic isn't notable. @ShareenMantriKedia Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 16:36, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

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Moved to WT:NPPC

Archiving newspaper

@Illusion Flame Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Newsletter/Archive Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 19:46, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

Everything looks done. - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 19:48, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

@Illusion Flame The older ones need adding to their own page like I mentioned and then transcluding. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 20:03, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

Oh, I get it. - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 20:03, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

It shrinks the page, and also allows to transclude them onto the main newsletter page in the mini archives. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 20:09, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

I’ve done one. Can you check? - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 20:11, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

 Doing... Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 20:11, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

All great, except it should be Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Newsletter/Archive/1 Thanks for doing this work, It's the hardest bit of writing a newsletter, archiving. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 20:12, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

@Novem Linguae could you do a round Robin move here to fix this? - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 20:14, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

Since it's a red link, you can probably just move it. Unless I'm misunderstanding the source and destination pages. –Novem Linguae (talk) 20:19, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

I was meaning could you move it and delete the redirect so it doesn’t cause confusion. - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 20:20, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

Go ahead and make the move, then tag the old redirect {{Db-g7}} –Novem Linguae (talk) 20:22, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

 Done - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 20:25, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

I’ll do some today. Sadly, I just got an email from my internet provider saying that my internet will be shut off for a 5 day maintenance period starting sometime soon. If you don’t hear from me, just assume that. - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 20:15, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

Thank you, no problem if you don't get it all done, I'll do it, best of luck with your internet, if you need any work doing, ping me if you can, I'm more than happy to help. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 20:17, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

(if needed) Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 20:18, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

Okay. I’ll aim to finish it tonight before my internet goes out. - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 20:21, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

No worries if you don't finish it all, the older ones don't need it urgently, if you get completely stuck, just leave me a message, see you on the other side (in 5 days) (nowadays you can't live without internet) Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 20:24, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

Yes. I still can’t believe that nowadays they can just turn of my internet like that. - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 20:26, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

It's a bit like when they come down your street and say, we're turning the water off in 5 minutes. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 20:26, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

Yeah. While your taking a shower. - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 20:29, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

Well, they couldn't do it at a convenient time could they. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 20:29, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

I know! Just get my first official NPP coordinator task and they shut down my internet. - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 20:31, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

Anyway, you might get it done before they shut it off, but if you can't for any reason, just feel free to pick it back up when they find out you are a NPP coordinator and turn your internet back on. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 20:33, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

Yeah, that’ll show them. - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 20:36, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

Zippy, I’m finally  Done. I need a raise! ^[Joke] - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 02:58, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

Thank you so much for that. :) Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 05:22, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

Just thought I’d let you know that I’m back! Internet is restored. Still mad about that though. Need me to do anything NPP related or unrelated? - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 01:05, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

Illusion Flame I don't think so, though I would like to start reviewing the newsletter so that it's more or less ready to be sent in August/September. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 06:23, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

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Zippybonzo, Hello, I have come to ask a question on your talk, I have two years of vandalism removal experience, but I am also thinking of getting CUVA certificate? Can you tell by looking at my contribution that how is my contribution here? Kind Regards 🥇ÀvîRâm7^(talk)🩺 13:56, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

@Aviram7, would you like to enroll in the CVUA course, as I'm more than happy to teach you? Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 13:57, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

Yep!Thanks for teaching me but i reverts vandalism on enwiki from Swviewers. Kind regards

🥇ÀvîRâm7^(talk)🩺 14:07, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

@Aviram7, so do you want to enroll in the CVUA or would you just like me to review your anti-vandalism work? Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 14:08, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

Of Course! I'd like happy if you review my anti- Vandalism work. Kind regards 🥇ÀvîRâm7^(talk)🩺 14:13, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

Zippybonzo, apologize but I don't know how I enroll for CUVA course, I feel It seem not easy to complete this course and I low no. of edits on enwiki because I busy in personal life and our study.Kind regards 🥇ÀvîRâm7^(talk)🩺 14:45, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

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I'll think about it. Did you do it text based or on zoom. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 15:51, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

Text, through Discord - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 15:59, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

I might consider it. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 16:00, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

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Hi Quick Question

Hi @Zippybonzo I saw you on Illusion Flame's talk page and I was wondering are you a teacher at the NPP School? Shadow345110 (talk) 21:20, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @Shadow345110 a list of trainers can be found here. Also, you don’t have enough mainspace edits to apply for NPP school yet and I personally think you have a little bit left to learn before enrolling. Keep at it! - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 21:38, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

Ok Illusion Flame to be honest I actually completely forgot about the 500 minimum mainspace edits. Thanks for reminding me. Hopefully if my draft gets accepted when submitted my mainspace edits will start building up as this draft I have quite alot of information ready and the WikiProject Professional Wrestling Sources is a big help. Shadow345110 (talk) 21:44, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

CS1 error on Sematary

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Question from Happyvishnoi123 (12:43, 5 July 2023)

Hi sir i want create my own wikepedia please suggest how can i create my own .

waiting for your response --Happyvishnoi123 (talk) 12:43, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

@Happyvishnoi123 creating an autobiography about yourself is strongly discouraged, see Wikipedia:Autobiography. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 16:44, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

GA

Hey @Zippybonzo, thanks for expressing interest in a GA. Here's the link to Quintin Johnstone; the link to the GAN is here. GuardianH (talk) 20:15, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

Wagner (disambiguation) RM

Hey, this is a pretty typical case where I'd relist – no consensus with participants still actively !voting after a week (4 !votes on July 5 UTC, the same day it was closed). Why the no consensus close over a relist and keeping the discussion actively going? Skarmory (talk • contribs) 01:00, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

@Skarmory, when there's almost even consensus and there's a decent amount of participation, I prefer to close over a relist, you can reopen it if you want though. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 06:46, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

I'm involved, so I can't reopen the discussion myself. The main reason I'm worried about the close is that discussion seemed to still be active at the time of the close, and in that case there's always the chance things shift and a consensus is found. Skarmory (talk • contribs) 07:03, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

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Suwon station

Hey, I see you carried out the technical request for Suwon station, however it was being contested by me at the talk page. If you could kindly self-revert so that the discussion can be carried out, that would be great, thanks! :3 F4U (they/it) 03:59, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

Ok, doing now. Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 04:10, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

CVUA

Hi Zippybonzo, I am wondering if you would be interested in training me? I have a bit of experience but still think there's more to go before I'm comfortable with (or eligible for) things like the faster tools or rollback, and I'd like to build that experience with guidance rather than more errors. You've beaten me to the punch on more than enough edits that I immediately recognized your name in the list, lol. PriusGod (talk) 22:01, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

@PriusGod, sure, give me a minute to setup your course and I'll let you get to work. :) Zippybonzo | Talk (he|him) 04:25, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

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On hold until Zippybonzo fixes some lint errors.

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Marc Astur

Need help to create a Wikipedia page for this guy: Marc Astur, 23 years old (13/06/2000) born in Sant Cugat del Vallés (Barcelona, Spain): Profesional football player in Inter Miami CF and ambassador of Hard Rock Café with Leo Messi, business man living in Porsche Design Tower based in Miami, Florida (IG: @marcastur). He played in FCBarça Youth and then in second division with CESabadell. If you need more information i can provide it to you. Sources of information: • Marc Astur https://g.co/kgs/SYY9p4 • https://amp.marca.com/futbol/estados-unidos/2023/06/14/648984af268e3ebe728b4570.html • https://www.ccma.cat/tv3/alacarta/tot-es-mou/marc-astur-un-catala-a-linter-de-miami-de-messi/video/6225780/ • https://www.ccma.cat/tv3/alacarta/esport-club/marc-astur-la-final-de-lacb-ludovic-fabregas-i-tertulia-a-lesport-club/video/6226171/ • https://www.ccma.cat/catradio/alacarta/tot-costa/marc-astur-messi-quan-vaig-ser-a-paris-es-va-interessar-per-com-es-vivia-a-miami/audio-amp/1174886/ • https://euro.eseuro.com/local/amp/462389 • IG: @marcastur Jnalcanta (talk) 23:59, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

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Abud from wiki help

hello Zippybonzo, I am abud remember me you help me with the draft of John Kiramis you did an edit on John Page currently I am login to Wiki Help but no one is responding to my query I found 2 new article related to John Kiramis and this articles page is on USC Libraries here is the search page link : https://uosc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=John%20Kiramis,undefined,John,AND&query=any,contains,Kiramis,AND&tab=Everything&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&sortby=rank&vid=01USC_INST:01USC&lang=en&mode=advanced&offset=0 and this is the articles links :https://uosc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=cdi_proquest_wirefeeds_462760942&context=PC&vid=01USC_INST:01USC&lang=en&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&adaptor=Primo%20Central&tab=Everything&query=John%20Kiramis,undefined,John,AND&query=any,contains,Kiramis,AND&sortby=rank&mode=advanced&offset=0 https://uosc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=cdi_proquest_wirefeeds_465218121&context=PC&vid=01USC_INST:01USC&lang=en&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&adaptor=Primo%20Central&tab=Everything&query=John%20Kiramis,undefined,John,AND&query=any,contains,Kiramis,AND&sortby=rank&mode=advanced&offset=0 can you please check this article actually I can't check this article it required Login with USC ID and I don't have so can you please look in these article and please can you assist me with this article can I use this in John's page what's inside the articles I want to know and you did edit last time in John Kiramis page can you please tell me about his article is it suitable to publish? can you help me with that is there any chance this page can be publish???? Thank you [[User:Ab.Haris999|Ab.Haris999] — Preceding undated comment added 19:00, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

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Growth team newsletter #27

Welcome to the twenty-seventh newsletter from the Growth team! Help with translations

Annual plan for Growth

We shared our annual plan, for the period July 2023 - June 2024.

Our first project of the year will be Community configuration 2.0, which helps editors with extended rights transparently and easily configure important on-wiki functionality.

After we finish work on Community configuration 2.0, we will hope to fit in one of the following projects:

• Article creation: This project aims to provide new editors with better guidance and guardrails in the article creation process, with the intention of lightening the load of new page reviewers.
• Non-editing participation: This project aims to create low-risk ways for readers to participate in Wikipedia with the intention of funneling more readers into contributing to the Wikimedia movement.

Please let us know what you think about these projects on the related talk page, or Growth's annual plan talk page.

Suggested edits

The new "Add an image" section-level task

We released a new Section-level “add an image” structured task to Growth pilot wikis (Arabic, Bengali, Czech, and Spanish). This task was part of the Structured Data Across Wikipedia project. We are monitoring the edits made, and we look for community feedback as well.

Suggested Edits are now receiving topic predictions via the new Language-Agnostic Topic Classification. This change affects non-English Wikipedia wikis. It will ensure newcomers receive a greater diversity of task recommendations. Before, as this feature was a test, English Wikipedia was used to select topics. The change is gradual as lists of topics are refreshed when they become empty. The Research team will evaluate the impact in a few months. [2]

Starting on August 1, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link": Georgian Wikipedia, Kara-Kalpak Wikipedia, Kabyle Wikipedia, Kabardian Wikipedia, Kabiyè Wikipedia, Kikuyu Wikipedia, Kazakh Wikipedia, Khmer Wikipedia, Kannada Wikipedia, Kashmiri Wikipedia, Colognian Wikipedia, Kurdish Wikipedia, Cornish Wikipedia, Cornish Wikipedia.

Mentorship

The Growth team provides dedicated features to establish a mentorship program for newcomers. Every newcomer gets a volunteer mentor who provides encouragement and answers questions. Communities can set up or join this mentorship system by visiting Special:ManageMentors. This mentorship system is configurable by the community at Special:EditGrowthConfig.

More communities have implemented mentorship. A Wikimedia Foundation data scientist will be looking at the impact of Mentorship. We will look at the impact on Spanish and English Wikipedia. [3]

The Growth team will also host a Mentoring new editors on Wikipedia session at Wikimania 2023 in Singapore. Workshop attendees will help brainstorm improvements to Growth’s mentorship features.

Positive reinforcement

We will share more complete experiment analysis for all the three parts of the Positive reinforcement project soon. At the moment, the new Impact module, Leveling up, and Personalized praise are still being A/B tested on the Growth team's pilot wikis.

In the meantime, initial leading indicators for the Personalized praise project have been published. Although this is still a relatively small sample, results seem healthy. They show that Mentors are indeed receiving notifications and clicking through to view their praise-worthy mentees.

Growth contributes to IP Editing migration

The Growth team is currently focusing on IP Editing: Privacy Enhancement and Abuse Mitigation. It is a project that touches many different Wikimedia Foundation teams. The Growth team will focus on temporary accounts through two main points:

• the user experience of a logged-out user, that switches to a temporary account,
• change Growth-owned extensions and features, so that they work as expected with temporary accounts. [4]

Community Configuration 2.0

We are still in the early planning stage of the Community Configuration 2.0 project:

• We are gathering internal Wikimedia Foundation teams' needs, so as community feedback. [5]
• We have started to investigate design improvements. [6]
• We are also reviewing similar tools that are part of other products. [7]

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