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Hi, you can rename any pages (we call it moving) once you're autoconfirmed, you don't require administrator access to do this (although if you do want info on how to become an administrator you can find that at WP:ADMIN).
To become autoconfirmed your account must be 4 days old and have made 10 edits. From looking at your account history you need to make 8 more edits. In the meantime, you can open a page move request and someone with the required permissions will review and perform the move if it is accepted.
Hello! I'm new to wikipedia, but understand a bit how to edit data and have previously edited just without an account. I'm a community activist and write articles on my blog, when news from a reputable source is added -- sometimes I add it to the person. I have repeatedly encountered cleansing of "inconvenient" data, my changes were simply rolled back. what can I do about it and how do you advise me to fight it? after all, there are people who "protect" some oligarchs and corrupt officials from publishing data they don't want to publish, which they want to keep silent about --NightTokyo (talk) 16:49, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
Hi, I've had a look at your edit history and I can't see any reverts, were you using another account or IP editing? If you're able to send the link to an alt account/IP account I can have a look and give some advice on that.
With regards to reverted edits in general, Wikipedia follows strict verifiability policy, meaning that all text must be verifiable by a reliable source, if you've sourced content correctly and it's being reverted you can revert it back (See WP:3RR first) and open a discussion on the talk page, feel free to tag me there if you need to do this and I can have a look too.
Hi, so i was editing an article, and when i put the source it warned me of something? Like the source was like unreliable and all. Could i have an explanation please. Thanks. Zedwow (talk) 22:32, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
Hi my mentor Lew, I am join Wekipedia member at now.
I have one question for edit Wikipeida, If occuring conflict with other member by reason of edit, which reaction i need for cleat conflict with other? --Havardperson (talk) 22:25, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
Hi, there's a number of ways to resolve conflict on Wikipedia. You should always start with option 1 and work your way up if necessary.
1. Discussion on the talk page / third opinion.
2. Specialised noticeboards.
3. Request for comments
4. Dispute resolution
You can learn more about dispute resolution at WP:DR and file a request if needed at WP:DRR. If you need any more help or would like me to help with a dispute please let me know.
Hi there, Sir! I am XrayNinerBravo, and you have been assigned as my mentor. How, in your personal experience, do you write in "encyclopedia grammar"? That is, how do you write good articles with grammar all can understand with unbiased views? --XrayNinerBravo (talk) 21:26, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
Thanks for the help. But another question I have is if I take a picture of something that is copyrighted or trademarked can I use it on wikipedia? Diapragm (talk) 14:24, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
It would depend specifically on what it is.
For example, if it's just an picture you've taken of a logo that would be copyrighted, if it's a picture you've taken of a logo on a building where the building is the main focus point that's (probably) fair use.
You are able to upload copyrighted content in specific circumstances, the policy regarding that is available here.
Do you have a specific example you'd like me to take a look at? This isn't my area of expertise but I'm happy to advise.
Hello, I'm trying to add a picture for the Natural Bridge Caverns in San Antonio of the caverns themselves in the infobox. Right now it only has the logo and I can't find an image of the caverns in Wikimedia. I have multiple pictures of the caverns that I took that I can use, but I'm just wondering how to upload them and how I can use them? And also how does the citation work when I took the picture versus if I find it on the internet? --Diapragm (talk) 13:49, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
All images used on Wikipedia need to be under a license that we accept so that legally we can use them. If you took the image, you can decide the license yourself and use it freely wherever. If you didn't take the image, it'll need to aleady be under one of the accepted licenses. The file upload wizard I linked at the start of the message will run you through the entire process and add the required credit / license info to the picture, you can decide how you're credited and it'll show up when the image is clicked on.
You can use images anywhere like this: [[File:Example.jpg]]. There's an image button in the visual page editor which is much easier to use.
There's some examples of images I've uploaded here. There's 1 on there I took myself, the rest are from credited external authors.
For example, if it's just an picture you've taken of a logo that would be copyrighted, if it's a picture you've taken of a logo on a building where the building is the main focus point that's (probably) fair use.
You are able to upload copyrighted content in specific circumstances, the policy regarding that is available here.
Do you have a specific example you'd like me to take a look at? This isn't my area of expertise but I'm happy to advise.
Hi there, can you please check the Collen Mashawana page if it's written on neutral standpoint and kindly tag it for speedy deletion if it does not meet the 5 pillars of Wikipedia. I think this is a paid article.Bobbyshabangutalk16:23, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
Hi, I'm unable to look at it right now but I've set a reminder and will have a look later today or tomorrow. I'll message back here when I've checked it. Thanks, EncodedTalk 💬16:26, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
Hi, there's not a speedy deletion criteria that this would match, and I think it is far more constructive to improve the article rather than delete it. I've tagged it for cleanup due to cite overkill, do you have any evidence that it may have been a paid article? If you do, I'm happy to tag the article and action on that. Thanks, EncodedTalk 💬08:36, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
Hi Encoded. Thank you for your work on Pryzm Plymouth. Another editor, North8000, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:
Nice work
To reply, leave a comment here and begin it with {{Re|North8000}}. (Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)
I’m assuming you’re asking about page protection, in which case the most common are semi, extended, full, interface, and template. There’s other less common ones too, there’s a full list and explanations of what each of them are over at WP:PROTECT hope this helps, EncodedTalk 💬07:50, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
Hi, a mentor is someone who helps newcomers to the website with any questions they have.
To become an administrator:
You must have years of a good edit history that shows you understand Wikipedia policies, have good judgement, a good temperament, and have a need for the administrator toolset. A nomination is then made at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship where the community decides if the user deserves the tools. Honestly, you can do 95% of tasks on Wikipedia without being an administrator. (Quote from WP:ADFAQ#BECOME)
I saw you're a student. To be honest to ask, why did you enter wikipedia even though you're student, huh? How old are you, buddy? Syringe Tiger (talk) 13:20, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
I'm 20, a student at university. Anyone is able to join Wikipedia at any stage, including if you are or are not a student. EncodedTalk 💬15:09, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. An automated process has detected that when you recently edited OUTtv (Canadian TV channel), you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page SVOD. Such links are usually incorrect, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of unrelated topics with similar titles. (Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.)
Hi. Thank you for following through on the COI edit request on the MOPAC page. You appear to be rather experienced in these matters, so I'd also appreciate a bit of follow-up guidance. Now that it has been acted upon, my COI edit request has been removed from the queue, so it doesn't look like I need to take further action there. The change logs of the MOPAC Wikipedia entry now refer to both my sandbox page and the MOPAC talk page as references to my request and my draft version of the entry. Should I retain my note on the talk page and my sandbox draft, or should I now delete them and rely on Wikipedia's version control to retain a past record of them? In particular, you made a permalink to the sandbox draft - will that link to the relevant historical state of my sandbox if I now clear my sandbox? I don't want to break anything, but I also don't want to leave around unnecessary clutter :) Godotalgorithm (talk) 20:00, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
Hi @Godotalgorithm, since it's removed from the queue/acted upon you can clear/blank your sandbox page for other uses - it won't break anything. The permalink I've put on the talk page is a link to that particular point in time on Wikipedia's page history system - It'll retain the historical version as seen when clicked on and won't be affected by any changes you make to your sandbox page. If you're interested you can learn more about permalinks at H:PERL.
Messages on talk pages should be left there, that is the general guidance across the website regardless of the talk page you're using. You don't need to take any further action on that edit request, you're welcome to open additional requests if you have more changes to make.
Thank you Encoded for your previous assistance on the TODCO history request. I have some more ideas about the history of TODCO that you might find interesting.
I would like to list our train museum on places of historical interest it's Charlie's Pizza the Rio grande train museum in Dana Indiana 1887 60 ft train car inside the restaurant with lots of train artifacts and antiques. Very interesting for train enthusiasts. --Charlie's Pizza Dana Indiana (talk) 17:58, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
Hi @Charlie's Pizza Dana Indiana, if you'd like to list your museum on a specific page, please put in an edit request on that page's talk section. If you need any assistance with this if you could send me a link to the page you want to add your museum to, I'm happy to help. Thanks, EncodedTalk 💬23:11, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
I know all them pages create a massive reading list - don't feel like you have to read them all at once, I'm happy to answer any questions you may have as well and if you need any more help let me know!
Hi Encoded, I had a request up on the NextEra Energy article and was wondering if you might be interested in taking a look since you had reviewed some of my past requests. I'd really appreciate the help! NextEraMatt (talk) 19:13, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
Hi @TODCOAM, sorry for taking a while to get back to you, I had a look and it seems like another editor has closed the request as answered. If there's any other help you need regarding the matter please feel free to ping me a message :) EncodedTalk 💬23:10, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
Hi Lew. My name is Bruce Campbell. I have written an article about the history of a club that I have been in for over 60 years and I would like to publish it on Wikipedia. It’s quite difficult to figure out exactly where to start. The articles talk about editing. I just want to contribute an article which I have heavily edited already. --Seachange2000 (talk) 22:01, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
It'll guide you through the steps and give you some information about making a new article. You can write about what what you'd like to add to Wikipedia (for example, adding your existing content) once it's opened the editing screen and then submit it to be published. If you have any trouble with this let me know as I'm one of the reviewers for this process.
Since you're a member of the club, you have a conflict of interest, you're welcome to create the page but you'll need to disclose your conflict. The article wizard will guide you through this process.
Hi again Lew and thank you for the advice. I tried tomake a start but have a couple of questions.
I have written my article using MS Word on an Mac. It is 18 A4 pages and has about 12 of my own photos. I clearly have a conflict of interest as I have been a Club member since 1958. I am also the guardian for the club minutes which is the main source of everything I have written. The photos are mine and have been collected over the last 60 years. So my question is this: Can I open my Word document, press Control C then paste the whole document into my Wiki article? Or do I have to reformat everything and re-insert the photos?
Hi Bruce, you are fine to create the draft for submission as long as your conflict is disclosed, some changes may be requested depending on the content and sources.
Secondary sources are preferred, if there's any you could find (newspapers, online news, books, etc) to put alongside the primary sources that will increase the change of it being approved. It increases the verifiability of the content.
You are fine to Control C+P the document provided you wrote it, it might clear the formatting depending on what the formatting is, and you will need to re-upload the images though. You can do this at Wikipedia:File upload wizard then use the insert image button on the editing screen.
How do I create a biography about myself and my professional music career? Is there a template I can use to fill in the information? --Newdimensions2024 (talk) 21:42, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
MY WIKIPEDIA PROFILE IS MASSIVELY OUTDATED + IS CAUSING PUBLIC MEDIA PROBLEMS
Hi. I please and urgently need your assistance. For over a year, I have been in contact with Wiki and volunteers and have sent multiple news sources of information about me and my company. I have followed all the directions given and still have gotten no where. The old and outdated information is literally causing problems with media outlets I am interviewed on globally and is hurting my small female owned business.
The note about me not being significant enough on the top of my profile is also massively insulting and not accurate. Upon some digging, I think you'd find I appear on TV around the world, my shows are distributed around the world and I have a significant social following (500k+ on all our digital platforms).
For example the opening paragraph is work I did in 2012, there is almost nothing of the past 12 years which is significant. I am not a blogger! I am a travel journalist and an award-winning documentary filmmaker- my shows are seen all over the world.
The TV segments mentioned are all from before the pandemic, and I work in the travel industry, so the more recent ones post pandemic are more important to show how travel has shifted. I have also not taught at NYU since the pandemic - though I loved it, I have been traveling full time since June 2020 filming our shows SLEEPING AROUND SAFELY and OH THE PEOPLE YOU MEET with Michaela Guzy. None of our awards from film festivals appear. Even the conference that I spoke at and is mentioned is so old and pre-pandemic.
How can this urgently be resolved? Thank you for your help. I have worked very hard to build my business and can't have old and inaccurate information damage it.
Hi @Michaelaguzy, I’m away from my computer right now (sending this from my phone) so am unable to action this right now. If you could copy the document you’ve linked across to the talk page of the article, and list any changes you’d like made there (you’ll need to provide reliable sources per Wikipedia’s policy - news outlets reporting on your work or any interviews you’ve done would be great in this case) I’m happy to help out as soon as I can. This is so that I can process it as an edit request and provide credit to you for the changes.
With regards to the notability tag, that can be taken down with additional reliable sources (see WP:GNG) - I’ll review this tag when I’m back and will remove if policy allows, I imagine with these additional edits it is highly likely that it will be removed if it cannot be already, and I apologise that it has made you feel insulted, I’m happy to help you get that taken off.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I am available for any questions you may have. Below please find an accurate and ideal bio. I don't care if Bravo and Tbex remain, but they are so old, I updated with the most current information. We've grown a lot. There are 18 credible sources too. Thank you!
MICHAELA GUZY is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, travel journalist, American media executive, entrepreneur, producer + on-air show host. She is the founder of the editorial content house, OhThePeopleYouMeet focusing on PEOPLE, PLACES + PURPOSES which she founded in 2012 after departing her corporate job as the VP/Global Travel + Strategic Development for American Express Publishing. OTPYM's production arm currently produces three shows, an exclusive Medical Tourism series + TV segments across the USA and Canada.
In her award winning series, “OH THE PEOPLE YOU MEET with Michaela Guzy”, she curates the local hosts you are supposed to meet when traveling -- from local chefs, designers and artists, to her award winning film featuring Dr. Jane Goodall. Her show has appeared on American Airlines In Flight, KTLA+ (Channel 5 Los Angeles) + Thrive Global. Seasons 1, 2 + 3 are currently in flight on Qatar Airways (globally), and Modern Luxury Media's new M/LUX APP available to 135 million households on Samsung +, Apple TV, Fire TV, Roku, mobile iOS, and Android, as well as at www.mluxnetwork.com or www.modernluxurymedia.com.
In response to COVID-19 she launched a trending visual podcast called InspirationStation to showcase REAL PEOPLE + REAL STORIES reaching NEXT GEN audiences globally. Each conversation is intended to cause us to ask questions, create dialogue and inspire us to connect on a human to human level on topics that impact bigger than themselves. 125+ episodes and over 10 million+ views.
In 2020, Michaela gave up her home in NYC and boarded a plane with a one-way ticket to document the world reopening safely in her new viral video postcard series, SLEEPING AROUND SAFELY. With #RevengeTravel in full force, this jetset gypsy happily lies her head on many hotel pillows with over 105+ short form episodes. As of May 2024, the series has been picked up by Modern Luxury Media's new M/LUX APP available to 135 million households on Samsung +, Apple TV, Fire TV, Roku, mobile iOS, and Android, as well as at www.mluxnetwork.com or www.modernluxurymedia.com. The series will also win its first award at International Tourism Film Festival Africa in June 2024.
MICHAELA is asked to speak at travel industry conferences across the globe including World Travel Market (WTM) and International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM); she taught a travel storytelling course at New York University School of Professional Studies (2017-2020); and appears as a sustainable travel, human connection and wellbeing expert on multiple morning shows including: CBS New York; Channel News Asia (CNA); ChekTV Vancouver; FOX2Now; KTLA; PIX 11 New York; WJLA Good Morning Washington DC; HoustonLife; NBC: LA, SF, Dallas, Chicago + NYC; Miami's The CW and WTNH Good Morning Connecticut.
She has received numerous awards + multiple recognitions for her work, including:
Goldman Sachs + Babson's 10,000 Small Businesses - Most Promising with WeWork in NYC, USA
Hospitality Sales & Marketing International (Best in Show and Best in Show for PR) - NYC, USA
Wildlife Conservation Film Festival Finalist -NYC, USA
ITFFA/International Tourism Film Festival Africa (Best in Show + Silver in Sustainability) - Cape Town, South Africa - 2023
ITFFA/International Tourism Film Festival Africa (OH THE PEOPLE YOU MEET with Michaela Guzy in + SLEEPING AROUND SAFELY are Finalists) - Johannesburg, South Africa - 2024
“OH THE PEOPLE YOUMEET with Michaela Guzy in Sierra Leone” award winning episode (featuring Dr. Jane Goodall) on M/LUX on Apple TV, Fire, Roku and Vizio, also airing inflight on Qatar Airways: https://mluxnetwork.lightcast.com/player/50492/570065
“OH THE PEOPLE YOU MEET with Michaela Guzy in New South Wales, Australia” episode on M/LUX on Apple TV, Fire, Roku and Vizio also airing inflight on Qatar Airways: https://mluxnetwork.lightcast.com/player/50492/570061
Season 3 Premiere on Insider Travel Report (begins airing May 15, 2024): https://www.insidertravelreport.com/michaela-guzy-debuts-season-three-of-oh-the-people-you-meet-travel-series
Hi @Michaelaguzy, I've made a draft at User:Michaelaguzy/sandbox (please note this is not live on your Wikipedia page) of the proposed changes you'd like to make, but unfortunately it is not yet ready to be moved to the article. I've reworded/removed some sections that violated the WP:PROMO policy and there are still a number of issues with sources, since this article is about a person there's a very strict sourcing policy that needs to be followed. I've added tags to places where sources are needed, please see the link above.
I'd highly recommend you to read WP:RS and know that social media (including YouTube) are not classed as reliable sources on Wikipedia. Sources should also be secondary (i.e. report on by an independent third party such as a news website), and not paid for or written by you or your team. Unfortunately I'm unable to access the FOX content as it's region blocked in the UK, if that meets these requirements please feel free to add it.
I know it seems like a lot, but it's important that these policies are followed or else the article could be deleted altogether.
You're welcome to edit the draft yourself if you'd like, since it's not in article space and will still be reviewed before going live this does not go against the COI policy. Where I've placed citation needed tags - if one citation covers multiple of these tags it can be used more than once.
I hope that we're able to resolve the issues and bring your article up to date! :)
Hi! Thank you. I went in and added all the citations. For NYU I can send you a letter of my employment, but bc the course is no longer offered it is no longer on the website. Otherwise you should have more than enough 3rd party citations. How do I save the changes without publishing them? Michaelaguzy (talk) 19:09, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
Hi @Michaelaguzy, the draft provided can be saved as if you are editing any normal page without publishing to your main article. When you're ready to submit for review and for it to be published, message me and I can start that process if you need.
Whilst you have provided many third-party citations some of them do not meet the requirements of a reliable source. Please read WP:SOURCE. I also unfortunately do not have time to watch the interviews to insert them into the relevant places in the article, if you're able to do that I imagine they will take a large chunk of the areas that need sourcing.
Hi. The page only gives me the option to publish and not to save. Do you see all the edits? I added third party sources for everything. These are major news outlets or travel industry news. I also put the sources directly next to CBS if it was the CBS news interview or my article on Thrive Global etc. Do you see? The only challenge re source as mentioned is my NYU Course which I taught until 2020, they don't keep old ciricculum up. I am happy to send my employment letter or I included my LinkedIn which shows the NYU logo and description and dates of my course. Thank you Michaelaguzy (talk) 16:23, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
[1] this link is where I added all the citations exactly behind what was being discussed (travel conference, tv segment etc). I couldn't figure out how to make it a little number so I copied the link directly into the copy. I also cant sort how to save, it only gives me the option to publish. Do you see all the edits I made? Everyone of your citation questions has been addressed on my end. I will copy and paste below. I also noticed that the first bit was old and repetitive to the updated bio, so I combined the sections. Thank you! Michaelaguzy (talk) 16:30, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
She is the founder of the editorial content house, OhThePeopleYouMeet focusing on people, places and purposes, which she founded in 2012 after departing her corporate job as the VP/Global Travel and Strategic Development for American Express Publishing.[4]
== Early life ==
Guzy was born in Missouri where she was raised before graduating from Spring Hill College[5] and moving to New York City.
Sorry for the multi messages, I couldn't get above to send to you without deleting this article I wrote for Thrive Global. I am not sure why Thrive by Arianna Huffington would be blacklisted? She is a reputable journalist and this is a reputable media company - it won't even let me send you a link here to her or my article for the reputable news site featuring Dr. Jane Goodall and sustainable tourism in Sierra Leone? Michaelaguzy (talk) 16:40, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
Hi Michaela, no worries with regards to the multi messages, I've updated your draft adding sources provided (no need to worry about the NYU, I found a source online). Please let me know what you think.
The publish button on that page just saves the draft, it doesn't publish to your main page. It's a weird way of putting it but that's what they decided on I suppose.
Hi. I hope you had a lovely weekend. I wanted to follow up on above and see when you are able to consider the edits being made please? Thank you Michaelaguzy (talk) 01:27, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
Hi. Thank you. So a couple things. The box under my photo says travel blogging, which is not what I am known for. I am known as a travel journalist and documentary filmmaker.
There is a lot of old info leading and repetitive information in the work section. Below accounts for the repetition and puts more recent/relevant info first and includes the older info at the end (sorry for strange spacing):
Hi Michaela, really sorry for taking so long to get back to you - I've been off Wikipedia for a bit but am back now! I've published the draft to the Michaela Guzy page and added the above changes, if you have any further requests please let me know. Thanks :) EncodedTalk 💬23:02, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
Hi! I can't figure out how to respond to your last edit. THANK YOU! The only thing if I was looking at the latest version, was it still says travel blogging under my photo, how do we change to Travel Journalist and Documentary Filmmaker? I don't blog:) Any chance I can send an additional photo? THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU Michaelaguzy (talk) 23:21, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
Hi Encoded, I was wondering if you might be interested in reviewing my request on the Florida Power & Light talk page since you had reviewed other requests of mine in the past? I'd really appreciate it. FPL Daniel (talk) 17:07, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
Hello Mentor! I am new here and I hope I will follow well the WP guidelines. I did my first 2 attempts on a page of an artist I like : one addition and one edition. I hope it is ok. Best --Purrfectworld (talk) 16:47, 13 June 2024 (UTC)
Hi @Purrfectworld, welcome to Wikipedia - your edits all look great, thanks for contributing to the Wiki! If you have any questions or need any help at all please feel free to send me a message. Thanks, EncodedTalk 💬20:57, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
Hi Encoded, I hope you and your university studies are going well. You kindly helped me in Dec/Jan with my first Wikipedia page, so I hope you don't mind me asking you to review another one for me: Draft:Nicole Sahin. When you have a moment, could you please take a look at it and let me know if it's ready for publishing? Many thanks, Kate :) KWriteReturn (talk) 01:57, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
Hi @KWriteReturn, unfortunately I'm unable to review today and may be unable to until next week. I have added a button to your draft page that when clicked will submit to other editors for review if you'd prefer it to be done faster. If not, I'll have a look as soon as I can. Sorry! Thanks, EncodedTalk 💬10:46, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
hi Lew, yes as i am challenged when it comes to computers, BUT it is important to me that the correct , or any information is lodged on my district that i was born in
I am a little sight impaired but its more important in this time to get the facts down as i believe i am the last connection.
i couldn't believe that there was no history on Takahue!? its like it has all being deleted! but i guess its because the change in society is so instant that its being forgotten.
i had to learn f/b as a way to communicate through Asia
SO, i have made my first add on a photo of Takahue because a guy at Papatoetoe Library got me in rolled by adding the photograph map of Takahue.
my next attempt will be the comment on the river view taken and added!
i am trying to add an original photo of the same place 80 years ago.
Warwick --Kaipaua (talk) 05:20, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
I'm glad to hear you're looking to improve the Wiki page for Takahue, I've had a look at the page's edit history and checked if anything has been removed. A history section has not been deleted but it was never added, if you're able to add one that would be amazing!
If you need any help or have any questions please feel free to send me a message. I'm UK-based, so might not be able to answer questions specific to Takahue, but I am happy to help with any Wiki-related queries such as questions about editing, uploading images, policies, etc. You can send me a message here or email me.
Hi, great to here from you. I am lining up my ducks, only yesterday I found one of the boxes of photos. I am a mechanic that had trouble understanding manuals!
yet I understand the importance of preserving history.
I am surprised that anyone can add photos without actual proof, like the one of the road that I edited.
the same as the one of the river?
i am trying to contact the daughter of the one that posted the photo of the marei, as I hear he has died.
I have a cousin that lives up there and has all the paper clippings on the destruction of the locals burning the school and hall down.
when I get more info I am going to spend time up there. there is a big museum up there but they will not talk to me? seems all funding has withdrawn.
As you can see I do go on but there is alot to unwrap.
I appreciate you reviewing my draft (Draft:Dibindi al Kour) and I now understand why it has been declined. I look to use the tips provided to create a better article on another topic in the future. Do you have any ideas of a potential article that is not yet on Wikipedia and that has many reliable and lengthy sources that I could create? EditorBulwark (talk) 10:18, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
Hi, @EditorBulwark, there's plenty of different topics you could look at adding! With regards to your Draft:Dibindi al Kour, the notability policy for places says Populated, legally recognized places are typically presumed to be notable, even if their population is very low so an article on it will be accepted, I just think it needs a few more sources, ideally 3. You can use government census information, news stories, etc.
Hi. Great news. We won 3 awards last week and nominated for another!
> Silver Doc TV, Travel&Tourism, SLEEPING AROUND SAFELY in Istra, Croatia - ITFFA 2024, Johannesburg, South Africa (June)
> Silver Doc TV, Travel&Tourism, OH THE PEOPLE YOU MEET in New South Wales, Australia - ITFFA 2024, Johannesburg, South Africa (June)
> Gold Doc TV, Travel&Tourism, Beat Overall Series, OH THE PEOPLE YOU MEET - ITFFA 2024, Johannesburg, South Africa (June)
> Nominee: Outstanding Social Media Presence - TBEX Puerto Rico (July 2024)
Speaker updates:
> Social TV Bragg Awards, Johannesburg, South Africa
> ITFFA film festival moderator, Johannesburg, South Africa
> 41.74.217.38 (talk) 08:33, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
Hi @Mervy93, there's a help guide for referencing in Visual Editor here: WP:REFVISUAL, this is the easiest way to create citations. If you prefer Wiki Markup there's a help guide for that too here: WP:INTREF2. Hope this helps, EncodedTalk 💬08:10, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
Hi @Cduffymul, I'll take a look as soon as I can - I've currently got family visiting for my graduation so may be a few days before I get a chance to though. Thanks, EncodedTalk 💬18:10, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
Hi Encoded, I posted a follow up based on your feedback regarding manatees and FPL power stations. I was wondering if you would be willing to take a look at it. Any feedback you have is appreciated. Cheers FPL Daniel (talk) 18:11, 29 July 2024 (UTC)
NextEra Energy Update Request
Hi Encoded, I made a Talk page post requesting to further update the Litigation section of the NextEra Energy article with more accurate information that you might be interested in. Another editor reviewed part of it but said they wanted a third editor to take a look. I also saw that you have reviewed a few proposed articles. If you are at all interested, I actually did make a whole new draft for the article that revises the whole thing in a way I hope is more accurate, more neutral, and uses better overall sourcing than the current article. I also made a diff to go along with it and a post on the draft Talk page explaining the changes I made. If you had any feedback to offer on it I'd really appreciate the insight. Thank you so much! NextEraMatt (talk) 19:24, 27 June 2024 (UTC)
Hi @NextEraMatt, I'll take a look as soon as possible - I've currently got family visiting for my graduation so may be a few days before I get a chance to though. Thanks, EncodedTalk 💬18:10, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
@Encoded: congratulations on your graduation! I hope you had a fun celebration. I did want to follow-up on the above request as well. Appreciate all your help and any insight you might have for this one. NextEraMatt (talk) 13:18, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 25
Hey there, welcome to the 25th issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter, covering all our favorite new and updated user scripts since 1 March 2024. We've got a ton of wonderful editors taking back their pitchforks today. Don't worry, for they come in peace, to forcibly fix and extend existing scripts you use with sheer passion. There's so many, them forks have got what's basically their own column now! gift us with some rows before it's too late Aaron Liu (talk) 04:01, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
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To a lesser extent, the same goes for PrimeHunter/Search sort. I wish someone would integrate the sorts into the sort menu instead of adding 11 portlet links.
An easily configurable script to add a link to the #p-vector-user-menu-overflow portlet with a name, target, and icon. This one should be a relatively easier one. I would do it myself, but I'm too busy rotting away on Celeste (video game).
After the ＲＩＩＪ update, Aaron Liu: Watchlyst Greybar Unsin has a dismiss button that allows you to mark an item as read in one click and cycle to the next Watchlist item.
Lordseriouspig/StatusChangerImproved is just like Enterprisey's script, except you select your status from a dropdown instead of cycling through them with a button. The WMF operates out of car-centric infrastructure anyway. Shame!
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Aaron Liu has created Duplinks from Evad37/duplinks-alt; his fork adds a config variable to automatically highlight duplicate links on the loading of any page where the portlet link would've appeared.
Tired of staring at a bunch of filtering text and waiting for darn filter logs to load? Msz2001/AbuseFilter analyzer can parse abuse filters into a visual syntax tree and evaluate locally on-demand!
Polygnotus/DuplicateReferences finds references with the same link and displays the number of them along with a button to add the {{duplicated citations}} tag under the references section. Being lazy has never been easier!
fastest gun on the net Ponor/really-quick-block really quick add to contribution lists three buttons awesome
Unfortunately we have no way to change what goes on Google as users of Wikipedia. The search engine updates itself every so often, and published pages will appear automatically but may take some time to do so. If you're writing your own portfolio please see WP:COI. Thanks, EncodedTalk 💬21:20, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Hi there! I need to update Pres. Kaler's photo with his official university headshot but I'm having some trouble...can you help? Thank you! --Jskcwru (talk) 14:04, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
Hi @Jskcwru of course! Do you know if the image is released under a license? If you’re unsure could you send me a link and I can check. If not, the university will need to give permission for it to be shown on Wikipedia. I can help with this if that’s the case as well. Thanks, EncodedTalk 💬17:16, 26 August 2024 (UTC)
Hi @Jskcwru, it would appear as though that image is under copyright as I don't see any license notice other than the copyright message in the website footer.
Unfortunately that means that we don't have permission to use it unless the university explicitly tells us we can. If you'd like to use it you'll need to ask the university if they're willing to allow us to use it, and if they are they should contact the VRT at info-en@wikimedia.org
Hi Encoded, you've been so helpful (and polite) in the past, and I'm wondering if you can help me again. You reviewed and published this page a couple of months ago, but it's now been nominated for deletion (by someone not-so-polite). This has left me in a bit of a quandary, as it seems that opinions within the Wikipedia community differ vastly. Are there any avenues available to retain this page? I'd be grateful for your input. KWriteReturn (talk) 02:33, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
Hi, unfortunately there's not much I can do in terms of helping to stop it from being deleted as I reviewed it this could be seen as a conflict. Based on the deletion discussion so far, I'd take a look at finding some additional / improved references and then comment that you've improved the article, or ask if it can be incubated in draft space. Hope this helps, EncodedTalk 💬21:47, 17 September 2024 (UTC)
Hello- Nice to meet you. I am really good at finding citations and I am a bit of an order person so I like sorting things and making them orderly....
I saw a page where the flag at the top said "put pages in categories/subcategories", can you help me learn how to do that? --RFAvaria (talk) 11:00, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
Hi, if you edit the page, then click on the menu icon (), there should be a categories button. That'll let you add any categories. Hope this helps, EncodedTalk 💬21:46, 17 September 2024 (UTC)
Hi, I believe this was answered by editor Quetstar, if you'd like another opinion I'm happy to take a look, let me know! Thanks, EncodedTalk 💬22:04, 17 September 2024 (UTC)
Hi again. I would be happy for another opinion! I had updated the request based on earlier feedback from the editor named CFA. If you agree with my suggestions, I would appreciate it if you could implement them. The additions can go anywhere in the "Political views" section. Thanks so much, Cduffymul (talk) 20:13, 19 September 2024 (UTC)
Hello, how can I edit an article am kind of confuse, is my first day here or Wikipedia and am just navigating with no direction --Frank2522 (talk) 16:02, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
Hi @Frank2522, Welcome to Wikipedia! You can edit an article by clicking the 'edit' button at the top of the page (it might look like a pencil icon). For help with editing you can see this page: Help:Editing. The help pages are great for learning how to use Wikipedia, I'd highly recommend checking them out, but if you do have any questions please feel free to send me a message! Thanks, EncodedTalk 💬19:36, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
Hello dear mentor, I have a few pages I would like to edit but they require a quite thorough overall. What is the Wikipedia way to address this? For example Cloth_modeling was written as a course exercise and can benefit from a big rewrite. Should I create a new page, maybe 'cloth simulation' and work on in unbothered? Should I incrementally change the current page and explain in the talk page why I am doing what I am doing?
Should I propose a skeleton to the new layout of the talk page?...
The advice I am looking for is mostly at the policy level - what is the wikipedia way to do it?
Thank you! --ThothOfTheSouth (talk) 03:53, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
Hi, Wikipedia says to be bold when editing pages, meaning if you think it should be changed, change it! If you can improve the page I'd recommend going ahead and starting with the improvements, if your changes are reverted or if you want to discuss it with other editors first you should ask about it on the talk page to get consensus. I wouldn't make a new page as it would likely be deleted as a duplicate. Hope this helps, EncodedTalk 💬06:42, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
I would recommend incrementally changing the page though, as it makes it easier for other editors to see what you've changed. EncodedTalk 💬06:42, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
Warm greetings. I received a pryvt msg on twitterX paid profile./. Individual then asks ‘why do I have someone logging my ip address?’
🔺👁️♠️ --Timber888 (talk) 17:03, 29 October 2024 (UTC)
Hi, apologies for not giving any more information - since you used the template to request the move it has been listed for others to make comments so there's nothing else you need to do as the request has been made, I'm not 100% sure on the procedure but if nobody opposes it in a few days I'll have a read up and see if I can process the move for you. Apologies for declining the COI request, unfortunately that's not something that can be done by us there. EncodedTalk 💬20:18, 29 October 2024 (UTC)
Thanks @Encoded! Much appreciated. FWIW, I'm wondering whether it should actually be "Global Citizen Awards (Atlantic Council)" per the disambiguation policy (under Article_titles) since there are a ton of other "Global Citizen Awards." I'd welcome your recommendation on that too. Zackbaddorf (talk) 11:17, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
I'd personally be happy either way, I'd suggest putting a message on the talk page with the requested move suggesting that name as well and we can see what people think. EncodedTalk 💬16:12, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
No worries, I've had a look into the requested move procedures and since I've supported the move, I'm unable to close and complete the request, so we'll have to wait for somebody else to do so. EncodedTalk 💬20:52, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
Question from Heartfilled
Dear Encoded,
I write as a newbie COI Editor (Heartfilled) seeking clarity. Your ECOI "Not Done for Now" banner on my edit request for the page Thandeka asked for clarification on what changes I was requesting. I think perhaps I chose the wrong format for this first attempt to specify my request, in that I enclosed it in an invisible note preceding the newly edited paragraph. Naturally, I want to avoid this error in the future. Three questions:
What would have been the correct way to specify the change in "Change x to y" format?
Is my response to the banner sufficient to remove it and reinstate the request?
Hi @Heartfilled, apologies for not providing any additional information!
The best way is to say something like please can the paragraph starting with "..." in the X section be replaced with "..." or please can you add "..." at the end of the X section or please can the paragraph starting with "..." in the X section be removed, or something else along them lines is all ok!
Would you be able to provide an example of what you'd like the content to look like? I get the points being made but if you're able to lay it out in a paragraph that you'd like to be included in the page that would be amazing! There's quite a few requests to go to so we don't always have the time to write and format the exact paragraph, so it being there ready to go is a massive help!
Click the [edit] button on the section's heading (or [edit source] at the top of the page) -> where it says {{Edit COI|D|Unclear request}} change this to {{Edit COI}} (sometimes it appears with different parameters after the Edit COI bit such as "ans=y", but just remove them all so it looks like the green one)
I have also noticed that the request in question doesn't have any sources associated with it, you can use the book itself as a source, I'd just mention this in a reply (if you have the ISBN for it that'd be great too, if not I'll try to find it!)
I interpret (1.) to say that I needn't specify changes in an invisible note, and I can just include them in the body of the request.
I interpret (2.) to say that there's something in the proposed change that doesn't conform to Wikipedia or encyclopedic style. I intended the the items in the numbered list to stand, and the replacement paragraph is formatted as intended. The current version incorporates numbered items in the running text, and I thought it more clear to use a numbered list, because the ideas presented in the book follow a sequential progression. To say it differently, everything from "In Love Beyond Belief" to "the letters of Paul." is formatted as intended. Please advise if there is another issue with the replacement paragraph that I'm missing.
I interpret (3.) to say that I can remove the EditCOIIDI request by following your instructions.
With your confirmation, I'll remove the "Not Done Yet" banner. Will this automatically place my EditCOI request back in the queue? Heartfilled (talk) 21:28, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
Hi @Heartfilled, you are correct with your points there, I was confused initially and have just read the invisible note, I now understand the format and that is fine, I'd just make sure the notes are all visible in future so that reviewers can see them, you could maybe use bold/italics if you'd like to differentiate it from the actual content you want adding. I've put a comment on the request making the note visible.
I've reset your request banner so it's back in the queue now. I'm unable to process the request right now, but hopefully someone else will get back to you soon - if not, I'll process it when I'm next available. Thanks, EncodedTalk 💬21:35, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
Thanks for resetting the banner — I also added a reference to the book as requested. I'm glad the editing review can proceed.
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I think I've tagged you in a reply at Talk:Stephan DuCharme with some copyediting changes, but I wanted to message here anyway to say thank you. I've been watching the queue numbers for COI edit requests while waiting for someone to pick my suggestions up, and the work you and other responders have done to reduce the backlog is amazing - I hope you know that it doesn't go unappreciated, thank you for helping maintain the balance and assisting those who want to follow the rules. Tashcodex (talk) 18:32, 5 November 2024 (UTC)
Thank you so much for this kind message, I really appreciate it and it's nice to hear that! I've sorted the issues you mentioned on the article's talk page :) If you have any other issues please feel free to send me a message. Thank you, EncodedTalk 💬23:40, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
You are very welcome! There was one final missing word I've flagged on the Talk page but after that everything should be done :) Thanks again for all your help. Tashcodex (talk) 12:02, 8 November 2024 (UTC)
Thank you so much for taking the time to respond to my COI request on Talk:A. Gary Klesch. I wanted to please ask you a follow-up question on the article and get some feedback/advice – As you will see the article has now been through a rather large overhaul, removing unreferenced information and anything which does not conform with NPOV guidance. With this in mind, I wanted to see if you would be happy removing the tags/boxes at the top of the article?
Everything in the A. Gary Klesch article is now sourced and editors, including yourself, have made large-scale changes to improve the tone.
Do please let me know what you think – excited to read your feedback.
Hi @Rosalyn15 all is well here, hope everything is ok with you too! I've had a read through the article and removed these tags as I'm happy that both issues have been addressed. Thanks, EncodedTalk 💬23:41, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
I was wondering if there was any chance you might be able to help with my latest request on The Student Room Talk page.
Hope it's ok to message you like this - I'm not that sure of the various protocols, but this seems to be your specialist area, and you helped on a previous request, so I thought it worth asking! :)
You're more than welcome to message me whenever regarding edit requests! To be honest edit request help doesn't really have its own "home" at the moment, but we're working on improving the whole process so hopefully we will soon, but until then I'm happy to help!
I'm not able to take a look right now but should be able to later tonight or tomorrow, I'll message you back on the request itself once I've had a chance to look at it.
Encoded, while it is understandable that this is a potential COI and attend the school, it is certain that if I do not proceed with changes, the webpage will never be updated. This a simple history of the school. I get where you are coming from but think that at this point, it is overbearing and termagant. LH440 (talk) 20:48, 13 November 2024 (UTC)
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), there should be a categories button. That'll let you add any categories. Hope this helps, Encoded Talk 💬 21:46, 17 September 2024 (UTC)
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