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Question from Obis rule (07:31, 1 December 2023)

Hi LEvalyn. How do i go about this editing thing? thanks --Obis rule (talk) 07:31, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

Hello Obis rule, and welcome! You can start editing on just about any page on Wikipedia by clicking “edit source” in the top-left, or a pencil icon on mobile. For various technical details, there are a lot of how-to guides; I’m also happy to answer specific questions when they arise.
In terms of figuring out *what* to edit, the best way to make really high-quality edits is to start with an interesting article in a reliable source and see if it has useful info that Wikipedia doesn’t include. That way anything you add is already ready to be supported with a citation. Another fun starting point can be writing a summary for a book or movie, especially if you can describe the ending when the Wiki article is vague. (Press releases and reviews often avoid spoilers but an encyclopedia should include important details like whodunnit in a mystery!)
There’s a lot of Wikipedia to edit and every little bit helps so you can go wherever you find yourself interested! Let me know if I can help in any way, and happy editing! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 23:04, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

Question from Gg mbauav7 (06:22, 4 December 2023)

Please how can I edit or create my own Wikipedia page? --Gg mbauav7 (talk) 06:22, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Hi Gg mbauav7, you can edit any article by clicking "edit source" in the top-right corner of the page. To create a wikipedia article, I suggest reading WP:BACKWARD and WP:YFA. Let me know if I can help with anything else. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 18:17, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Question from Winkydinky56 (19:29, 6 December 2023)

im scared --Winkydinky56 (talk) 19:29, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

Hi Winkydinky56, I'm sorry to hear that. It looks like this is your first edit at Wikipedia so I'm not sure if there is something related to Wikipedia editing that I can help you with. Feel free to ask a question if I can help you get involved with Wikipedia. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 21:18, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

Question from AswaniP254 (16:41, 7 December 2023)

Is affiliate programs connected to wiki daily digests or they are prohibited --AswaniP254 (talk) 16:41, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

Hello AswaniP254, I’m not sure what you mean by wiki daily digests but affiliate marketing is strictly prohibited on Wikipedia. No affiliate links are allowed. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 16:44, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

Question from Winkydinky56 (18:03, 7 December 2023)

how do i stop being scared :-( --Winkydinky56 (talk) 18:03, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

Question from Navajome (20:05, 11 December 2023)

Thanks, I look forward to asking a couple things after work sometime today. -Navajome --Navajome (talk) 20:05, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

Hi Navajome, I think this message got misplaced. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 20:14, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

Book sources

Hi, I usually look 2 places for book sources.

For most of these old books, newspapers.com (via TWL) has enough reviews to demonstrate notability. To search there, I simply searched the book title with quotes around it to ensure exact matches. Sometimes, as in the case of A Child of the Revolution, there's a lot of false positives, so limiting to a few years around the publication usually works. The other place is ProQuest (also via TWL), which isn't as good for older books, but is fine for newer ones, and I perform the same searches there, with the same steps as newspapers.com (quote marks around the title). Google Search/Books/News occaisonally returns good results, but it's a bit of a hit or miss.

As for the Baroness Orczy novels - yes, I believe most of them NBOOK; there's a few at WP:DELSORT/LIT that I was able to find reviews for via newspapers.com, and I'm sure her other books will have also been reviewed. Happy searching! ARandomName123 (talk)Ping me! 00:24, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you, this is very helpful! I will especially try to use the date filter next time I feel swamped with false positives— for this one, I’d added “Orczy” as an additional search term, but clearly that filtered out too much. I appreciate your work and generosity! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 19:47, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Have you thought about becoming an NPP?

Hey there, LEvalyn! I wanted to ask you if you've considered becoming a new page patroller. I've seen you active at AfC more recently, and that kind of work translates quite naturally into patrolling. We're running a backlog drive next month, so now is a great time to get into things if you're interested. There's plenty of help available from other patrollers (both on-wiki and on Discord), and if you're on the fence and need something cleared up, feel free to ask me any questions. I hope you'll consider it! —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 20:01, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

Hello TechnoSquirrel69, thank you for the invitation-- I'm flattered. It's not something that calls to me right now (I am actually feeling antsy to get back into more sustained article writing) but I will keep it in mind. Good luck with the backlog drive! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 07:24, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Question from ElliePadd (06:54, 21 December 2023)

Hello! Nice to meet you. I hope to become a successful editor!

I have one question that's more to do with account management than editing. Wikipedia wants me to confirm my email, but it's actually *not* the correct email. I made a typo (.dom instead of .com), how would I change that? --ElliePadd (talk) 06:54, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

Hello ElliePadd, welcome to Wikipedia! I'm not entirely sure how to solve this pickle, but I'd start by going to your user preferences and, under "email preferences", click "change or remove email address." I think you'll be able to put in the new ".com" version of your email, and then confirm that one. If that doesn't work, let me know and I can try to connect you with some technical troubleshooting experts!!
Please also feel free to reach out any time with questions you may have about editing. It can take awhile to get the hang of Wikipedia so there's no such thing as a "dumb" question and I am glad to help! Happy editing! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 00:29, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for participating in AfC November 2023 Backlog Drive

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Question from Ayabonga makoda (10:51, 27 December 2023)

Hy --Ayabonga makoda (talk) 10:51, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

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Question from Alfie5890 (16:47, 30 December 2023)

Hi there. How do I insert headings in the articles? --Alfie5890 (talk) 16:47, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Hello Alfie5890, and welcome to Wikipedia! I think this bit of tutorial addresses how to add headings. Basically, you select the text that should be a heading, and then change "Paragraph" to "Heading" in the upper toolbar. There are a lot of different ways to add headings: a shortcut I personally use is to enter a new line, and then type == (two equal signs) and it will start making a heading. (Use three equal signs for a subheading, etc.) If you have any trouble or want me to look at the article you're working on, just let me know! Happy editing! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 20:51, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

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Four years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:58, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Wow, and it feels like just yesterday! Thanks, Gerda. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 18:13, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from Daniel Ocean05 (22:24, 8 January 2024)

Hello - I recently made additions to the page - United_States_at_the_2024_Winter_Youth_Olympics - I included the recently announced qualifiers for the men's and women's luge events. The edits have since been taken down. I've tried to look around and find out why, but can't find anything. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you. --Daniel Ocean05 (talk) 22:24, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Hello Daniel Ocean05, and welcome to Wikipedia! I’m happy to offer some advice/clarity, but I don’t see any recent edits by your username at 2024 Winter Youth Olympics. Did you maybe edit while not logged in? That’s ok if so, but can you take a look at the history of edits to that article and give me a link to the one(s) that we’re undone? ~ L 🌸 (talk) 18:20, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
Would this link help? This shows the edits I added, and the current version which deleted my edits.
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_at_the_2024_Winter_Youth_Olympics&diff=1194199997&oldid=1194109546 Daniel Ocean05 (talk) 00:13, 14 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi Daniel Ocean05, yes that link helps quite a lot! Or at least... they help me see what happened, but I honestly can't figure out why. You included a source and the information looks totally appropriate to me. It may be that the other editor didn't want to include so much detail about the competitors (preferring to keep times etc on the main Luge article)... but I also wonder if it was just an accident of some kind.
The best way to get an answer would probably be to start a discussion on the article's talk page, and tag the other editor (with something like {{ping|username here}} ) to start a conversation about it. But I'm not entirely sure that's necessary, since it looks like the article is developing well regardless. You might consider the whole thing an example of the Bold, Revert, Discuss cycle (with it being up to you whether it's time for the Discuss stage).
Thank you for your work in this area, and good luck with your continued contributions! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 05:26, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

Special Barnstar

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You made a new user (me!) feel really appreciated and helpful here on wiki! And you gave an amazing explanation for why you revoked one of my edits, all today. Thank you! Arcade Wise (they/them) (talk) 02:41, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

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Question from CowQueen123 (19:06, 24 January 2024)

hi, how do you edit wikapedia --CowQueen123 (talk) 19:06, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

Hi CowQueen123, and welcome to wikipedia! You might find this tutorial helpful in getting started. If you have any specific questions, feel free to ask. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 23:06, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

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Question from Md.Ashrafuzzaman shanto on Wikipedia:Community portal (23:57, 31 January 2024)

Hello How Are you ❤️❤🥰🥰 --Md.Ashrafuzzaman shanto (talk) 23:57, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Welcome to the drive!

Welcome, welcome, welcome LEvalyn! I'm glad that you are joining the drive! Please, have a cup of WikiTea, and go cite some articles.

Fix a random page lacking sources

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Question from Abhishek Kumar Haith (17:02, 17 February 2024)

Hello, Could you please guide me to rename my article Title? --Abhishek Kumar Haith (talk) 17:02, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

Hello Abhishek Kumar Haith, welcome to Wikipedia! I'm happy to help -- I assume you're talking about Draft:Moumita Pal Mohiniyattam Artist? Renaming an article on Wikipedia is actually referred to as "moving" it, which not all users are able to do. Since your account is too new to be able to move (rename) article, I have taken a guess at what your goal was and moved the draft to take "Artist" out of the name for you. If that wasn't what you wanted to do, let me know! I'm also happy to answer any questions you might have as you're developing this article. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 23:54, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
Hello @LEvalyn, Thank you for guiding me on this.
Could you please remove the word "Mohiniyattam" also? So, the article title becomes "Moumita Pal" only.
Question
I'm writing this article for a growing talented artist. What kind of references I can provide so that my article get accepted in review?
Thanks in advance. Abhishek Kumar Haith (talk) 19:55, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
@Abhishek Kumar Haith: Ok, I moved it again. In terms of providing references, I recommend reading the advice I gave here. In your case, the notability policy you want to meet is WP:NARTIST. It looks like this specific person is a dancer, so the best sources will be things like reviews of her performances or profiles written about her in major newspapers/magazines. A review might look something like this, and a profile might look like this or this. Importantly, an interview with the artist isn't going to "count" for showing that they should have a Wiki article because we need information from other people. I suggest that you don't put time into writing until after you're certain you have good secondary sources to cite. If you want to link me your three best sources, I can give you my opinion of them. Good luck and happy editing! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 02:26, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

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Question from Xamodeo (23:08, 3 March 2024)

Hey there! Happy to join wikipedia's community!

I'm curious, if I can start editing right away or if I should read all the documentation provided before starting to edit.

I have a couple of questions: 1. Can I edit just a part of the text even though there are more edits to be done? 2. For the articles that require editing and that Wikipedia asks me to edit, sometimes, I can't quite pin what needs to be edited, is there always stuff that need to be edited? 3. Is it a better practice to edit everything that is suggested one after the other? What's your personal take on this? 4. Will someone double check my edits

Thanks and cheers! --Xamodeo (talk) 23:08, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Hello Xamodeo, and welcome to Wikipedia! I am happy to answer any questions you have. It sounds like you’re starting off very thoughtfully, which means I’m sure you’ll be a great editor in time. To answer your questions:
0. You can start editing before you’ve read everything— if you wanted to read EVERYTHING in Wikipedia’s guidelines, it could take weeks! You should feel free to work on anything where you think you can make an improvement, as long as you listen and learn if someone lets you know there’s something tou should do differently. See WP:BRD for more on how to approach this.
1. You can definitely edit just one part at a time! In fact, I think one of the most important parts of Wikipedia is that everyone is contributing a little bit at a time, so no one has to do everything all at once.
2. It’s actually pretty common for the tags to stick around even after the article has been fixed, especially for newcomer tasks. If you can’t see any needed edits, it would be helpful for you to remove the “improvement needed” tag so other people don’t waste their time getting sent to it. (Let me know if you want more specific info on how to do this.)
3. I think it’s best to edit whatever you feel like editing and wherever you feel confident that you can see room for improvement. (The confidence will build over time so it’s ok if you’re not confident with much at first!) This is a completely volunteer project and it works because everybody likes different parts of the process.
4. There’s no official review/approval process for edits. But, some people “watch” individual pages (getting updates on their edits) and other people “watch” ALL recent changes. When your account is very new, your edits are tagged as being by a newcomer so it’s more likely someone will take a look at them to see if you introduced a mistake. But your edits will always be live and “official” right away.
I hope that helps— let me know any time if there’s anything you’re unsure about or would like feedback on! You can also ask questions at the WP:TEAHOUSE if you want a fast response. It can take a while to feel “at home” on Wikipedia but remember that everything is about incremental progress and following your own curiosity. Happy editing! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 23:33, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Hello LEvalyn: Can I use the following link to help verify Jason Derulo's song was a 5 x platinum song and include this on my Klubjumpers producers wikipedia page? They produced the 2009 hit. https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Jason-Derulo-Announces-Take-You-Dancing-Music-Video-20200826 Linwoods96 (talk) 23:02, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi Linwoods96, that source does verify that the song was a 5x platinum song -- but it doesn't verify anything about Klubjumpers. There is no mention in that article about Klubjumpers, Sam Michaels, or Dan Mathews so it can't count as coverage of them, for verification or for notability. Remember that to create an article you need to do more than just verify that facts are true -- you have to show that there are enough really in-depth sources that the topic is "notable" (aka, people have said enough stuff about them that Wikipedia can summarize that stuff.) Keep in mind that notability is not inherited so if the source you found is not about Klubthumpers, just about Derulo and Whatcha Say, it only "counts" for the articles Jason Derulo and Whatcha Say, not a possible Klubthumpers article. If articles like the one you've linked are the best sources you can kind, I think it is unlikely that you will be able to write a Wiki article on Klubthumpers. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 23:17, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

February 2024 WikiProject Unreferenced articles backlog drive – award

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This award is given in recognition to LEvalyn for collecting more than 25 points during the WikiProject Unreferenced articles's FEB24 backlog drive. Your contributions played a crucial role in sourcing 14,300 unsourced articles during the drive. Thank you so much for participating and helping to reduce the backlog! – – DreamRimmer (talk) 18:29, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Reminder: GA backlog drive

Hello! Just a reminder that, if you have time, you are welcome to join the GA backlog drive; it runs until the end of March. You are receiving this message because you signed up on the drive page but have not yet listed any reviews. We hope to see you there! Either way, happy editing! —Ganesha811 (talk) 18:17, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from MahmoudAbbasAlDilfti (01:54, 19 March 2024)

Hello, i am just created my account to edit some article in Wikipedia. But i don't know how to add a new section in talk or in the article and also how to list my name in every comment so some bot didn't just detect my comments unlisted. So, if you had an easy-for-beginners tutorial, it would help alot for me. --MahmoudAbbasAlDilfti (talk) 01:54, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Hello MahmoudAbbasAlDilfti, and welcome to Wikipedia! I added a welcome message to your talk page which has some handy links, but I wanted to answer your specific questions too. To add a new section on an article's talk page, there will be a link in the top-right that says "add topic", which will give you a text box to write in. In the article itself, you add a section by clicking "edit" in the top-right. Once you're in the editor, you can use the drop-down on the top left to change the format of some text from "paragraph" to "heading" to give a title to the new section you're adding, and type the new information below it. Remember to link to sources for the new information you add: there will be a button with a little quote mark icon that says "cite" which you can use to add references. And, finally, to sign your name you four tildes like this: ~~~~. The tilde is usually to the left of the 1 on your keyboard, hold down shift and press the ` key to type it. If you have any further questions, please feel free to ask me here any time! You can also ask at a forum called the Teahouse for a faster answer. Have fun, and happy editing! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 21:37, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

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Women in Red April 2024

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Karen B. Westerfield Tucker

You just added a red link for her on The Oxford History of Christian Worship. I've been meaning to write an article on her since a friend took a course with her a little over a year back. Thanks for the extra encouragement; I'll try to put up at least a short one before the end of the month! ~ Pbritti (talk) 02:08, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

What a great coincidence! Good luck with the article! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 02:09, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Gregory Lee Pickard (17:42, 6 April 2024)

This is insanity. I wish to use the sandbox for practice writing an article on The Revelons. I don't wish to write an article based on my username. --Gregory Lee Pickard (talk) 17:42, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Hello Gregory Lee Pickard, and welcome to Wikipedia. I think you’re saying you want to use Wikipedia:Sandbox to draft an article? That sandbox is there for every editor to share— since that is many thousand of people, it’s not a feasible place to work on a long-term project. You have your own sandbox at User:Gregory Lee Pickard/sandbox, which is separate so you can work uninterrupted. When you finish writing an article, you can move/rename it— it doesn’t have to stay at your own username. If the name really bothers you, you could also work at Draft:The Revelons. By the way, you probably also want to read WP:BACKWARD and WP:YFA. Let me know if you have any questions as you work, and happy editing! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 04:11, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Gregory Lee Pickard (14:22, 7 April 2024)

LEvalyn, I simply want to know where to title my article. My article needs a title for to proceed. There is no space for entering the title of my article. --Gregory Lee Pickard (talk) 14:22, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Gregory Lee Pickard (14:26, 7 April 2024)

Thank you for your patience, but THERE IS NO BOX BELOW! "Wikipedia does not have a page with this exact title. To start a page called Draft:The Revelons, type in the box below." Where is the box below? --Gregory Lee Pickard (talk) 14:26, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

When I look at Draft:The Revelons, it looks like you’ve figured out how to create the page and get started, so I think this question is sorted? I wanted to offer some more explanation about the title problem— the way Wikipedia thinks of article names is that the title of the article is also its location on the site, so it’s not possible for something to have the name The Revelons unless it is fully published on the site. So, articles get written with a different title on them (a draft or a sandbox), and then when they are ready they get “moved” to the main site, which renames them. Let me know if I can help with anything else, and happy editing. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 17:01, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
LEvalyn,
Many issues are arising: Firstly, I will admit to a conflict of interest in creating an article for the Revelons. (I am the creator, lead singer and songwriter for this band. I was hoping to use the sandbox to act as a preliminary research guide to gather information: citations, links, reviews, photographs, etc. on the Revelons to support a third-party's actual submission (article) on Wikipedia. It appears that this is NOT a feasible method.
Secondly, If it is not possible for something to have the name The Revelons, unless it is fully published -Then exactly what different title should I use as a draft for the sandbox? And then sometime in the future when they are ready to get "moved" to the main site -who or what renames them???
Please excuse, but having a Wikipedia page is becoming less necessary than I could possibly imagine. I have much more important things to accomplish in my life. As a visual artist AND musical artist, I continue to create, write & record new works. If you would kindly Google me, you would realize all of my accomplishments worthy of a simple Wikipedia page. Thank you for your expertise. Maybe when I'm dead, someone will find the time and inspiration to create an article on my life. Gregory Lee Pickard (talk) 19:35, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
Hi Gregory Lee Pickard, you are under no obligation to make a Wikipedia article, so feel free to stop. If you decide to continue, the current location at Draft:The Revelons is the right place to do so. When you click “submit this draft for review”, someone will review it and they will move/rename the article for you if they decide it’s ready to be published. Since you have a conflict of interest, you do need to go through that review process. As for doing the preliminary work for a third party to finish: in theory you can use the current draft as a place to get an article started (e.g., by accumulating links to sources) and any other editor can join in and finish the article; in practice, it is very unlikely that anyone will do so. This is a completely volunteer project— I am an unpaid volunteer, the people reviewing drafts are unpaid volunteers, the writers of other articles are unpaid volunteers, etc etc etc— so people work on what they feel like. You are also a volunteer, so if you prefer to spend your time making music you should do so. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 19:47, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Minor Barnstar
Thank you for participating in the March 2024 backlog drive. Your contribution (4.5 points total) helped reduce the backlog by more than 250 articles! Here's a token of our appreciation. —Ganesha811 (talk) 16:13, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from 444sprite (12:53, 19 April 2024)

Hi! I would love to get started into editing, I'm honestly just a bit overwhelmed right now, if I start to read one guide, there are ten others which I should read before and I don't know how to get started really.

I hope you can help me find a way to get started. I'm looking forward to contribute to Wikipedia! :) --444sprite (talk) 12:53, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Hello 444sprite, and welcome to Wikipedia! I'm glad you reached out. It can definitely be overwhelming at first, but you don't have to master everything all at once before you get started contributing. My advice is to pick one small area that interests you, make some cautious edits that you think improves the encyclopedia, and see what feedback you get from the community. (Unfortunately, if you do everything right this usually means you'll get no feedback but I am always happy to take a look at your edits and applaud/advise if you ask me to.)
More specifically, one way to find your "starter niche" is to pick a "cleanup tag" that other Wikipedians have placed on articles, and go around fixing that one kind of problem. This can be a good way to start because you can gradually become an expert on how to make that one kind of fix, while also seeing a variety of what is on Wikipedia.
  • If you like writing, you could look at articles where the introduction needs improvement-- from that page click on any of the months to see a list like this one of articles with problems. Browse the articles and look for the ones where it says at the top that "This article's lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points", like at Henry Jacobs (priest). All you need to do is read the article, and then write the lead so it repeats the main points of the article, and then you can delete the cleanup tag.
  • If you like research, you could take a look at the suggestions over at this WikiProject, where they have similar links to articles with zero sources. You'd need to go looking to see if you can find any sources anywhere that talk about the article's subject, and add it as a citation to any of the article material that it can verify. They have more instructions here too. The downside here is that you'll be seeing a lot of articles that maybe don't belong on Wikipedia, but there's no harm in trying to improve them and you can post a question here (or ask me) if you find an article that you think really can't be improved.
  • If you're interested in a specific topic, you can find a really good source about that topic (e.g., the book that everybody knows is the best one, or a great magazine article), and go read Wikipedia articles about that topic to see if they have any mistakes or omissions that your source can fix. This can be a little more complicated as a starting point but can also be more satisfying because you're not working on random topics. If you have an interest in mind I'd be happy to help find fun projects in that area.
I know that's kind of a long list of options but I hope it helps a little with narrowing things down! Again, as long as you approach your edits with the goal of making an article better, and you listen & ask for advice if someone undoes your edit or says you made a mistake, you'll gradually learn the most important parts. I hope you find something you really enjoy, and I am here to help any time -- happy editing! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 18:20, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

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Hey I see your message in my email page I hey thank you for cantacting me via my email page here my whatsapp number 07083940646 please message me whatsapp I have little compuzition with you Adamu ab (talk) 05:42, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi Adamu ab, I don't use whatsapp and prefer to communicate about wikipedia topics strictly on-wiki. I'm not sure what you mean by compuzition, but if you have any questions about editing Wikipedia feel free to ask them here. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 20:53, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

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On 3 May 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article A Spy on Mother Midnight, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 1748 chapbook A Spy on Mother Midnight is studied for its sex scenes with cross-dressing and a dildo? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/A Spy on Mother Midnight. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, A Spy on Mother Midnight), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Hi, i needed help. Draft:Saif Shuvo this is a Bangladeshi most popular Musical Artist and Singer. Please, Publish the article, i will enlarge it with the reference. Johirkhanarif (talk) 09:06, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Question from Fatima Ramalho Lefone (13:32, 3 May 2024)

Meu nome não tem acento: é Fatima Ramalho Lefone e não Fátima , como aparece e não consigo editar --Fatima Ramalho Lefone (talk) 13:32, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi Fatima Ramalho Lefone, and welcome to Wikipedia. I think you're asking how to have an accent appear in your username. Since you haven't made any real edits with this account yet, my advice is to abandon this account and start a new one with the name you desire. If you do, it's important that you stop using this account and only use the new one, to follow the policy at WP:SOCK. Also, please in future use English to communicate here at English Wikipedia, or consider editing the Wikipedia in your own language. That way people won't have to guess what you're asking. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 18:32, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

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Question from Raturous (20:30, 16 April 2024)

Hey! I hope you're well, I think I'm in a bit of a Tiffy with an article regarding Shakshouka, I didn't know what edit warning initially and I did stop after getting a message regarding it but after I provided a source and then making a new edit another person sent me a warning. So I am now confused. --Raturous (talk) 20:30, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Hello Raturous, and welcome to wikipedia! I'm sorry to hear you've gotten yourself into a conflict so early on, but I'm glad you've reached out to me and asked for a third opinion. I want to give you my POV on how your edits have fit within "wiki culture" in the hopes of clarifying where the warning came from and what you might want to do next.
First off, any kind of change to an article is "an edit" when it comes to WP:Edit wars, especially reverts. So even if you're adding in a new source, if it's in the context of a content dispute, putting it in the article directly is "warring". Because your edit was challenged, what you need to do is talk with other editors on the talk page and only edit the article after you agree with each other.
In this case, it looks like you tried that but the other editor got frustrated because of the specific way that Wikipedia defines WP:Reliable sources. For example, a Wikipedia article is never a "reliable source" for wikipedia content, because it is user-generated. For the same reason, blogs and self-published are not reliable sources either, so none of the links you have provided will work. In contrast, the source M.Bitton added was a published cookbook. A published history book or history article would be even better, but since the cookbook was published it is considered reliable enough to use.
In terms of what to do next from here: honestly, the third opinion will likely conclude that your sources are insufficient, but there's no deadline on wikipedia. Rather than being in a hurry to win this one argument about shakshouka, I think you will enjoy yourself more and improve the encyclopedia more by finding a non-fiction book on a topic that interests you and reading it with Wikipedia on-hand to add in any interesting details that you find there. By starting with a really top-notch source (rather than having an idea and then going hunting for a source to support it) you'll be able to make edits that "stick". For example, maybe you could read Apricots on the Nile: A Memoir with Recipes or Nile Style: Egyptian Cuisine and Culture. Your local library might also be able to point you toward good books about Egyptian food history -- or any other topic that interests you!
Let me know if you have other questions or if there's anything else I can help with. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 21:44, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
Thank you so much for your response. This clarification really helps. I will be honest, it's more frustrating in my party as the history section does mention that the origins are disputed and Egypt being one of the contenders, and as being north African myself and visiting Egypt multiple times, a classic Egyptian breakfast almost always includes shakshouka. So with those two pieces of information in mind, I do find it annoying that's it's being argued. I was wondering would a Arabic article count as a reliable source? Thank you again. Raturous (talk) 22:10, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
I definitely sympathize with the frustration of knowing something but not being able to prove it to wiki standards. If you want to keep working on the shakshuka article, it's fine for sources to be in Arabic, though they'll still have to meet the criteria of what wikipedia defines as a "WP:Reliable source". I can read a little Arabic, so if you have something specific in mind I'm happy to offer my opinion on it. (Since printed books are the best sources, if you have one, maybe you can type up the key paragraph?)
As for how the article currently talks about its disputed origins, the two cited sources in the "History" section actually made no mention of Egypt (or Algeria) as possible origins for the dish, so I had to remove that info there too. I'd also point out that the popularity of a dish today doesn't really mean anything about its origins. For example, croissant is still described as a "French pastry" even though it is widely eaten outside of France. So, rather than trying to redefine the origin of the dish, maybe there is something about Egyptian shakshuka that is worth mentioning in the "Variations" section? ~ L 🌸 (talk) 23:10, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
By the way, I wanted to add, thanks for taking all of this in stride! It can be really tough to get acclimatized to "wikipedia world" but I am really glad you're putting in the effort to learn from the feedback you're getting. Wikipedia depends on lots of editors with lots of viewpoints and expertise, so it always makes the encyclopedia better when new people join in. Eventually I hope it will be fun instead of frustrating! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 23:17, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
I did find a source from the guardian claiming debated Egyptian origins. Here. Raturous (talk) 23:23, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
Good find! This can definitely be used as a reliable source. Since you’ve gone 24hrs without undoing anyone’s changes at the shakshuka article, you are safe from the three-revert rule about edit warring. You can add Egypt back to the list of possible origins, citing this article. I wouldn’t touch the lead just yet, though: that source actually suggests that it’s most commonly thought of as an Israeli dish, which would make “Maghrebi” the wrong descriptor but “North African” no better. This really isn’t my area of expertise (I mostly write about very old books) but I wonder if it’s ambiguous enough that the first sentence shouldn’t mention a country at all. You could try proposing that at the article’s talk page. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 23:59, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
Thank you. It was brought to Israel by Tunisian Jews around the 50s-60s. While it is a possibility that the dish was made by Jewish North Africans, it is at the end of the day made somewhere in that region not in modern-day Israel. Raturous (talk) 00:17, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
i really appreciate your help all together! Raturous (talk) 00:18, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
Also I am a mix of North African, and culturally speaking, I've heard people share their preferences, saying they prefer the maghrebi version or to specify they prefer a certain country's version. so it is correct. There are different versions. Further context, I am part Tunisian Egyptian and Algerian. I'll try to find the Algerian origin debate another time but for now I wouldn't say that either terms are wrong, but I think "North African" is a better all encompassing term Raturous (talk) 00:35, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
Hi Raturous, it looks like the third opinion has been provided, and you've made two more edits on the article. I wanted to let you know about some slight problems with both, so you can continue to learn the ropes.
1. In this edit, you're putting Egypt back in the history list based on the Guardian article, like I suggested you should -- but the source you're using is only in the edit summary, not in the article itself. That lets another wikipedia editor see where you got it from, but it doesn't help the readers. I can fix this, but why don't you practice using the wiki citation features yourself? There are some instructions here. Try following those to add the Guardian article as a citation for the sentence on "The origin of the dish...".
2. In this edit, you changed the lead again to match your point of view that you have been edit warring with M.Bitton about. Even though it had been more than 24 hours (so it didn't violate the three-revert rule), you really shouldn't have made that edit yet, since it was clear M.Bitton still disagreed with you, and you hadn't heard back from your official Third Opinion person yet. (I don't really count since I'm just involved in this as your wiki mentor.) Because this edit came before any consensus had been reached on the talk page of the article, it still counts as edit warring (not violating the three-revert rule just means it's not such bad edit warring that you can be banned right away), and I think you really frustrated M.Bitton again. I know you're getting frustrated too, but wikipedia is a slow-and-steady project; when you start something like the Third Opinion process, you're supposed to just wait for a bit. If you wanted to mend fences a little, you could consider writing a small apology for making mistakes while you are learning.
Anyway, since the third opinion agreed that the Guardian source is OK, I think the use of North African in the opening sentence is OK too. It looks like M.Bitton is going to go looking for some new sources, which I agree is a good idea -- news articles and recipes reliable enough to cite, but they're not really the best places to find this kind of information because journalists and chefs aren't historians so they have less expertise on historical matters. If you disagree with any future changes M.Bitton might make, a good rule of thumb is to undo their change only one time and to talk on the talk page about it without making any further article changes until people on the talk page have said they agree.
Let me know if you have any trouble adding the citation as I suggest in point #1 above, or if you have any other questions about Wikipedia. Happy editing! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 23:55, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
Hi L, sorry for jumping the gun with that one. I thought that now I had 2 new sources supporting my claim , whereas Bitton had none, that it wouldn't matter what he thought as we are trying to stay factual. I will make an apology to everyone involved but not to just Bitton as I feel like he wasn't staying objective, especially when he said "it never should" when referencing to the origins of the dish being potentially from Egypt. I am currently attempting to add the citations, should I also add the NY times? Raturous (talk) 20:47, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
I don't think the NY Times is high-quality enough to really be worth adding. It's a recipe where a chef just passingly mentions the very broad origins of the dish, not someone actually talking about the historical problem of identifying its origin. I'd stick to just adding the Guardian source to the history section for now.
It also looks like another editor has gotten involved in editing the lead. Since it seemed like people were getting stuck on just one word in the lead, and overlooking the fact that the lead is supposed to be a citation-free summary of the article itself, I decided to try making some overall improvements to the article. I still left the citation edit for you to do as practice, though: you should use the citation feature to add the citation to that Guardian article, and delete the "citation needed" tag that I put on the word Egypt. Again, let me know if that gives you any trouble. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 22:01, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
Hm, my edit was not as productive as I had hoped. I still think you should try adding the Guardian citation for Egypt, but I'd suggest you stay out of the article and its talk page for a little while. Except, if you find new sources that you think are high-quality, share those links on the talk page. I'll see if I can reach a better consensus with folks. It is a strangely contentious page! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 22:38, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
im so sorry I just saw that Raturous (talk) 22:49, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
I just added a single comment to the talk page but that's it. Ill stay out of it now Raturous (talk) 22:49, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
No need to apologise, it's OK! Commenting more on the talk page isn't breaking any rules (i.e., you're not falling afoul of edit-warring or anything) and you can keep engaging if you want to -- I just thought the conversation was getting a little too contentious for a newbie to have a good time. Maybe a better way for me to express my suggestion as advice instead of a command is this: when a debate is getting bogged down in edit warring, it's unproductive to repeat things that have already been said. So, if you have a new source everyone should consider, that would be worth adding because it's definitely new, but I personally judged that your general idea ("It's North African") was already sufficiently "on the record" that disagreeing again isn't adding something new. (That's also why I tried a bigger edit to the article -- I hoped it would be new enough to push us toward a different approach to the topic.) Also, you shouldn't have to feel personally responsible for single-handedly fixing things, so it's OK to go do something else for a while. I hope that explanation helps. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 22:58, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
it really does. Thank you so much! :)) Raturous (talk) 23:01, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
Its very hard to find any research papers or more historical articles regarding this topic. I moved from online cookbooks to published cookbooks thinking that it may have more substance. Raturous (talk) 00:23, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
Yes, I agree, it is very hard to find high-quality sources about foods. I think the printed cookbook you found would be a great source for some topics, like the way cheese was produced in ancient Egypt, since it talks about that at some length and it's clear the author did some research there. However, in this case I think it's not a thrilling source about shakshuka since it just mentions it offhand in the middle of a sentence, and it's not the main focus of what the writer is talking about. The section with shakshuka is a little ambiguous in part because it's so brief. I think something like The Oxford Companion to Food might be the kind of source that would really improve the article. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 00:28, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
Gotcha, I do see your point :) Raturous (talk) 00:32, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
Also, it's not usually this contentious to try to hash out a consensus with someone! Sorry you're having a rough first introduction to Wikipedia. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 00:35, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
No worries! It shouldn't be this hard lol Raturous (talk) 00:48, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
Also I was gonna bring up the first point you mentioned and I think as you said before I should probably stay out of this one so I'm gonna relay to you what I think is relevant I am assuming you were referring to the encyclopedia of Jewish cuisine as the cookbook. The "historian" who wrote it studied Jewish history
"Marks was born in 1952 in Charleston, West Virginia.[3] After graduating from high school at Talmudical Academy of Baltimore, Marks studied at Yeshiva University, and graduated with an M.A. in Jewish history, M.S.W. in social work and rabbinical ordination from Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, a Yeshiva University affiliate.[4]"
So although he has a prominent education, in regards to his education including the history of North African cuisine wouldn't be likely. Also the second article Bitton included described it as North African although they specified the countries in bracket and does not include all the disputed places of origin that's included in this Wikipedia article. Raturous (talk) 00:53, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
Ah, thanks for this context, I'll keep it in mind. I think I've finally found something detailed by a historian here, which luckily my library gives me access to. It examines a bunch of historical cookbooks and cites some more historians, which means I've got my entry to the research rabbit hole... ~ L 🌸 (talk) 01:26, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
Oooo, great find! I tried to access it through my institution but we don't have access unfortunately :') Raturous (talk) 01:30, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
hey I found this newspaper from 1896 that describes shakshouka as Egyptian, does the work as a source?
Here Raturous (talk) 13:11, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
Would it be fine if I reverted to your version? I genuinely don't see any biased POV, idk what Bitton is on about. You're being imperial between the both of us which I appreciate. Raturous (talk) 04:33, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
No, I think M.Bitton is being so uncooperative that it's best to get help from some admins. I am doing that now. I swear Wikipedia isn't always like this! I've been here for years and literally never had this happen before! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 06:48, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
Gotcha, thanks! :)) Raturous (talk) 09:13, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
Hi Raturous, I wanted to pick up a detail that got lost in the content debate, namely, getting some practice adding references to articles. It looks like you tried to add the Guardian link to the shakshuka article here but it didn't quite work, right? Just to explain a little, it looks like you tried to add the article to the list of references at the end. I see why that looks like the place to edit, but actually you need to put the citation in the sentence where the information from the source is being presented, and then Wikipedia will automatically make a footnote on that sentence and put link to the source in the list at the end for you. I created a simplified practice environment in my sandbox here which has one reference in it. Why don't you practice citing something for the second sentence? (Since the sandbox isn't a public part of Wikipedia, it's OK to practice with nonsense edits there.) There are some instructions here on how to add a citation. If you give it a try, let me know if you have any problems or questions. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 19:46, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
hey! Ya initially I did that mistake and corrected myself immediately and figured it out. I did the practice, I hope that I did it right this time :)) Also I was wondering, the source from 1896 is it a good source? The website has the published newspaper but aren't affiliated. Here. Raturous (talk) 19:59, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
The edit in the practice worked, nice! I made a very small adjustment to put the period before the footnote instead of after it, since that's the usual style, but the way you did it would be enough for someone else to understand the source. Thanks for giving it a go!
As for the 19thC French newspaper, you're right that it's an independent, published, secondary source, so it's "reliable". But, like the Guardian article, it's by a journalist who is writing a really short piece and doesn't necessarily have a lot of expertise. So if it was the only source we had, we could go based on what it says, but in this specific case it's not as useful as the really in-depth histories by food historians. The history article by Sienna actually says that a lot of 19thC French newspapers disagreed about the origins of shakshuka and attributed it to different places, including Egypt, but Sienna says that's because the French weren't very well-informed. So, in my attempted rewrite, I cited the source you found as an example of a 19thC French newspaper stating a non-Tunisian origin, but I didn't repeat what it says "in wikivoice" as an encyclopedic fact because I felt like it was explicitly contradicted by a more thorough source. Does that make sense? ~ L 🌸 (talk) 20:17, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
ahh fair enough, I'll keep that in mind next time. I just had a look at the sources you mentioned and that make a lot more sense to me now, I found this newspaper by coincidence actually, somebody on Reddit was also trying to understand where shakshouka originated from and had the link posted there. I thought that this newspaper reinforces the fact that the "dispute" of the origin of the shakshouka also had Egypt in the mix for a long time. :) Raturous (talk) 21:19, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
Hey, I hope you're doing well. So we're getting close now to the deadline that Bitton kept on himself and we haven't seen any change yet. So, I was wondering what the next appropriate move would be? I think returning the version you wrote earlier that he reverted as he claimed he was writing a better version seems like the logical step to me. Raturous (talk) 20:05, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
I’m well, I hope you are too! And I agree, I was thinking that on Monday or Tuesday I’d put back in a version of what I wrote earlier, taking into account M.Bitton’s critiques of the sentences they didn’t like. And if that gets reverted too without them doing any constructive editing, I’ll try WP:Dispute Resolution. I was disappointed that no admins actually investigated when I posted at the Administrators’ Noticeboard but maybe Dispute Resolution will be more effective. So, that’s my sense of next steps from here, and we’ll see how it goes. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 00:15, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
I hope so too, sounds like a good plan :) Raturous (talk) 09:04, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

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Women in Green GA Editathon June 2024 - Going Back in Time

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Question from ScottMcKelveyCM (20:57, 20 May 2024)

how do I save an article draft so I can come back to it later? --ScottMcKelveyCM (talk) 20:57, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Hello ScottMcKelveyCM, and welcome to Wikipedia! Looking at your edits, it looks like you have figured out how, and have successfully submitted your draft for review through AfC. It may take a little while to be reviewed, since drafts are reviewed in no particular order, but you're welcome to keep working on it if you like while it's waiting. Something I notice at a glance is that the cited sources are all relatively local and Princeton-oriented; if you're able to cite any coverage from a larger newspaper, especially a national one, that would make it clearer that the subject meets wikipedia's notability criteria for articles. I'm happy to answer any other questions you might have about editing wikipedia, and for a faster response you can also always ask at the Teahouse. Happy editing! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 22:11, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

Question from Unianceguidance (09:13, 23 May 2024)

Hi. Im trying to make a page for a young girl kashvi khurana who is the youngest adaptive clothing designer in india. Can u help me --Unianceguidance (talk) 09:13, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Hello Unianceguidance, and welcome to Wikipedia! This sounds like a challenging article to write, but it might be possible. Before you do any writing, the most important thing will be to make sure you have independent, reliable news coverage that you can use as the "source" for any information in the article. If you want to post here with links to the sources you've found, I can offer my opinion about whether they're likely to be enough for an article. For general article-writing advice, I suggest reading WP:BACKWARD and WP:YFA. You should also make sure you're following the instructions about conflicts of interest at WP:COI; if this is someone you know, that is regarded as a conflict of interest, and you'll need to use the WP:AFC process to make an article. Good luck, and happy editing! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 18:23, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Women in Red June 2024

Women in Red | June 2024, Volume 10, Issue 6, Numbers 293, 294, 308, 309, 310


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Question from Yorkshire grit on Category:Hungarian professional wrestlers (23:50, 24 May 2024)

How do I edit? --Yorkshire grit (talk) 23:50, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

Hello Yorkshire grit, and welcome to Wikipedia! I left a message on your Talk page with some starting pointers. You may also find your homepage here useful. But at the most basic level, to edit any article look for the word "edit" or a little pencil icon and you can start improving what you're reading right away. Feel free to ask more specific questions if you have them. Good luck, and happy editing! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 18:41, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Question from Nikewolf (05:55, 25 May 2024)

dude, im new to this, can u help me around --Nikewolf (talk) 05:55, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

please help me i cant figure out a thing ! Nikewolf (talk) 06:02, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
Hi Nikewolf, and welcome to Wikipedia! I left a message on your talk page with some places to start. You may also find your homepage here useful. There are a thousand possible things to do on Wikipedia, and most people find their niche and spend their time on just a small subset of things that interest them, so I suggest just exploring a bit. If you have a more specific question, feel free to ask. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 18:39, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Question from Linwoods96 (20:31, 15 February 2024)

Hello. This is daunting. I am an entertainment writer and editor. How do you suggest I get started on writing an article on a well established music producer? --Linwoods96 (talk) 20:31, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

Hello Linwoods96, and welcome to Wikipedia! Writing an article is a particularly daunting first task. My advice is to do all of your research to find the secondary sources that will support the article, before you write a word of the article itself. I also advise that you read WP:BACKWARD and (just in case) WP:SIMPLECOI. If you decide you want to proceed with the article, feel free to reply here with a list of the sources you plan to use, and I can offer advice on whether they are likely to be sufficient. (That way you can avoid wasting energy on the article if the topic isn't ready for Wikipedia yet.) Good luck and happy editing! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 20:57, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
Thank you. Here are sources I have from preliminary research on the hit making Grammy Award winning producing duo known as Klubjumpers, please let me know if I can use these: Discography https://www.discogs.com/artist/463798-Klubjumpers; https://indiepulsemusic.com/2021/08/01/billboard-chart-producers-klubjumpers/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whatcha_Say (Klubjumpers produced a song for Jason Derulo which is noted on this page)
https://soundbetter.com/profiles/52987-sam-michaels
https://newmusicweekly.com/programmer-dan-mathews-makes-guest-appearance-on-pitbulls-globalization-radio-july-5th/
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/edm-artist-noahs-keep-on-movin-becomes-both-a-billboard-and-uk-music-week-dance-chart-success-240082371.html
I look forward to hearing back from you.
Thanks. Linwoods96 (talk) 21:50, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
Hi Linwoods96, thanks for sharing these. To help you look at them with "wiki eyes", I have examined all of them in a source table. First, for context: there are two kinds of things a source can do on Wikidpedia. 1, It can WP:VERIFY that a fact is true; or, 2, it can demonstrate that the topic it's about is "notable" (which is Wikipedia's term for when something has been written about enough that there is material for an article on it). Once you have a handful of sources that accomplish task #2 (establishing notability), a wider range of sources can be OK for task #1 (verifying a specific fact). Right now, before you start writing, we're just trying to do task #2. So, here's how the sources you provide look for that:

Source assessment table: prepared by User:LEvalyn
Source Independent? Reliable? Significant coverage? Count source toward GNG?
Discogs entry for Klubjumpers Yes No contents are user-generated No only a database entry, not an article ✘ No
"Billboard chart producers Sam Michaels and Daniel Mathews make up the production duo known as Klubjumpers" Yes Yes Yes ✔ Yes
Whatcha Say Wikipedia article Yes No Wikipedia can never be a source for Wikipedia! No mentions their name but nothing else ✘ No
Sam Michaels SoundBetter profile No it's his own profile ? doesn't appear to have editorial oversight ? brief, but it does have some details ✘ No
"Programmer Dan Mathews Makes Guest Appearance On Pitbull’s Globalization Radio" ? no byline; looks like promo rather than independent reporting Yes ? also brief yet with some info that could be shared ? Unknown
"EDM Artist NOAH's "Keep On Movin'" Becomes Both a Billboard and UK Music Week Dance Chart Success " No PR Newswire is always promo, never independent reporting Yes No not even a sentence about them, just mentions their names in a list ✘ No
This table may not be a final or consensus view; it may summarize developing consensus, or reflect assessments of a single editor. Created using {{source assess table}}.
At this stage, it seems possible to me that there are enough sources out there to write a wiki article, but we haven't found them yet. I'd suggest you look for a few more sources that are of the same caliber as the IndiePulse Music one: something with an independent reporter credited as the author, which focuses in detail on Klubjumpers. Be careful that you're not just finding press releases (like the PR Newswire one) that have been reprinted; press releases can sometimes be used to verify information, but never to establish notability. Good luck and happy editing! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 00:35, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
Thank you. 2600:1700:A7C0:41F0:A9A0:89B4:2584:9594 (talk) 00:49, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
Hello LeValyn: I have written my text for the wikipedia page on Klubjumpers. There are two forthcoming articles that are being written as I type that I will use those links to help prove notoriety. I'm just not sure on how I can pour the text into the right format of Wikipedia. How do I access the templates? My sections are: Beginning, career, 2000s, 20210s, 2020s. Origins, Awards, Discography, Labels.
See below my draft text minus my links which are in the original draft on my computer. Please advise. Thanks. Lin. Woods (Linwoods96)
Klubjumpers Wikipedia Page Draft written by Lin. Woods
Beginning
Klubjumpers is a Billboard charting American Electronic DJ and Production duo with over thirty years of experience in music entertainment. The Grammy Award winning duo is comprised of biological brothers Dan Mathews and Sam Michaels. The siblings were born and raised in Southern California but became renowned re-mix hit making producers in Texas. They currently reside in and have their studio headquarters in San Antonio, Texas.
Career
Dan Mathews and Sam Michaels, started their careers entertainment in the 1990s. Dan Mathews was a radio DJ at KPRR at 102.1 FM "Power 102.1", a commercial radio station owned by iHeart Radio in El Paso, TX while younger brother Sam Michaels was honing his craft as a keyboard player.
In 1993 the Dan and Same decided to expand their love of music from just playing the hits to creating music. That’s when they formed Klubjumpers. In the beginning they collaborated with independent artists and produced re-mixes for Dance and Latin music, but soon their repertoire expanded to include R& B and Hip Hop. As their reputation grew as producers of hit re-mixes, so did the caliber of artists seeking out Klubjumpers’ production skills.
By the 2000s Klubjumpers were on their way to becoming Gold and Platinum music producers collaborating and making re-mix hits across musical genres for some of the biggest names in the music business.
Klubjumpers has produced hits for notable top charting artists, including Jason Derulo’s RIAA Certified Gold hit “What ‘Cha Say?” and “In My Head,” Enrique Iglesias “Me Digas Que No,” Michael Buble’s “Crazy Love,” “Baby You Got What It Takes” (WBR) (which went double Platinum), re-mix of “Admit It” by Marcus Houston.
Additionally, Klubjumpers has produced an eclectic list of diverse hits for such artists as Snoop Dogg, Offset, Gloria Estefan, Rickey Martin, Jennifer Lopez, Danity Kane, Mariah Carey, Pussy Cat Dolls, Black Eyed Peas, Pit Bull, Britney Spears, Lil Wayne, Christina Milian, Frankie J, Eminem, Trailor Park Boys, 3LW, Az-yet, and Madonna.
Not limited to producing hits heard on the radio, Klubjumpers’ has had their music used in the commercial world as well. The duo earned a Visual Sounds award with Salme Dahlstrom’s “C’mon Y’all” for 2013 BEST MUSIC USE  in the Cover Girls Intense Shadow Blast commercial which featured actress and TV personality Drew Barrymore.
Their production on this song was also featured in a commercial for Subaru and the Television Series “Charlies Angels” and “Saving Hope, “ as well as in the movie “Every Day” starring Helen Hunt.
Klubjumpers has produced over 80 Billboard charting songs and Gold and Platinum Records. The duo currently resides in and has its studio headquarters in San Antonio, Texas.
2000s
Michael-Bublé Baby (You've Got What It Takes) (Klubjumpers remix) 2009
2010s
Jason-Derulo Whatcha Say (Klubjumpers  Radio). 2010
Jason Derülo In my Head (Klubjumpers Remix ) 2010
George Hodos Feat. Snoop Dogg – Just A Man (The Remix) 2010
Nikki & Rich – Cat & Mouse (The Remixes) 2010
Gloria Estefan – Wepa (Latin Radio) 2011
Enrique Iglesias – No Me Digas Que No ,2011
Right Said Fred – Don't Make Me Laugh (Remixes) 2014
Right Said Fred – Shoulda Been Me (Club Mixes) 2015
2020s
Jagwar Twin all my friends, 2023
Shab Fat Joe – Voodoo (The Remixes Part 2) 2023
Marques Houston -Admit it  2024
Origin - United States of America
Genres - Electro House, Progressive house,
Moombahton, Reggaeton, HipHop,
Occupation(s) Producers, Remixer, DJs
Instrument(s) Piano, midi, synthesizers, `
Years Active - 1997–Present
Awards
Labels - Warner Bros. Records, Jive Records,
Sony Music Latin, Sony Music
Universal Music Latino,
Crescent Moon Records, Universal Music Group,
Phoenix Music Group,
Members - Sam Micheals and Dan Mathews
Website www.klubjumpers.com
Discography
Michael-Bublé Baby (You've Got What It Takes) (Klubjumpers remix) 2009
Jason-Derulo Whatcha Say (Klubjumpers  Radio). 2010
Jason Derülo In my Head (Klubjumpers Remix ) 2010
George Hodos Feat. Snoop Dogg – Just A Man (The Remix) 2010
Nikki & Rich – Cat & Mouse (The Remixes) 2010
Gloria Estefan – Wepa (Latin Radio) 2011
Enrique Iglesias – No Me Digas Que No ,2011
Right Said Fred – Don't Make Me Laugh (Remixes) 2014
Right Said Fred – Shoulda Been Me (Club Mixes) 2015
Jagwar Twin all my friends, 2023
Shab Fat Joe – Voodoo (The Remixes Part 2) 2023
Marques Houston Admit it  2024
References
Links
https://indiepulsemusic.com/2021/08/01/billboard-chart-producers-klubjumpers/
http://www.discogs.com/artist/463798-Klubjumpers
(Remix producers – Klubjumpers mentioned)
https://indiepulsemusic.com/2021/04/12/alexia-rachelle-launches-into-headlines-with-shimmering-brilliance/
(Mentions Dan Matthews and Klubjumpers)
https://newmusicweekly.com/programmer-dan-mathews-makes-guest-appearance-on-pitbulls-globalization-radio-july-5th/ Linwoods96 (talk) 19:30, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
Hi Linwoods96, if you want to start writing an article I suggest using the wizard. Do note that you can't cite forthcoming articles as sources, especially for notability, since only a published source will work. Also, the draft you've posted here has a lot of WP:FLOWERY language which is not a good fit or an encyclopedia. It can take practice to write in the dry, just-the-facts style of an encyclopedia article; I suggest seriously scrutinizing what you've written. When you use the wizard, it will make a draft that you can edit over time and hit "submit" when it is ready for someone to review. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 19:38, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
Thank you for the advice and direction. Linwoods96 (talk) 18:14, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

Question from MahmoudAbbasAlDilfti (14:36, 1 June 2024)

Hello, i am sorry if i disturb you. But do you know how to cite references in wikipedia mobile.

Thanks! --MahmoudAbbasAlDilfti (talk) 14:36, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Hello MahmoudAbbasAlDilfti, happy to help! Adding a reference on mobile works roughly like this. Basically, you find the pencil icon on the top to enter "edit" mode, and then tap within the text for where you want the citation to go and hit the quotation-mark button to add the citation. Let me know if you have any problems with that and I'm happy to help troubleshoot. Happy editing! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 21:43, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
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