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December 17

Getting my profile back

Hi, I use to have my WIKIPEDIA page, for some reason it got taken down by you. What can I do to get it back up? It was created by a third party. ShonaliSabherwal (talk) 07:09, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

@ShonaliSabherwal: - it is not "your profile". There was an article about you at Shonali Sabherwal but it was deleted. One of the reasons given was undisclosed paid editing, another was that you are not notable enough to have an article. Mjroots (talk) 07:40, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

@ShonaliSabherwal - it looks like it was deleted, but let me also caution you that you might not want an article about yourself restored, see WP:PROUD. TiggerJay (talk) 16:05, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Publishing translated biography on the main Wikipedia

I have translated and updated the biography of Magdalena Pinkwart, Polish journalist, writer and TV personality from Poland living and working in the UK as a TV correspondent and journalist. I am an experienced Wikipedist on Polish Wikipedia, on English Wikipedia I have less contributions, so I am not able to publish the article on the main Wikipedia. I would like to ask an experienced editor to have a look on the article and move it to the main Wikipedia Page: User:Stowarzyszeniedt/Magdalena Pinkwart

the referral page of the person (Polish): https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalena_Pinkwart

Thank You Stowarzyszeniedt (talk) 10:54, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Hello. I have added a header to your draft to allow you to submit it for review. (I also turned the name of the page into a wikilink in your question above). ColinFine (talk) 11:05, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Hi. Thank You for the link and the header in the draft. You are very helpful. Stowarzyszeniedt (talk) 11:37, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Citations

Does an uploaded photo on wikimedia commons count as a refrence?

For example,

I recently went on a tour to the hong kong marine police headquarters and there was a plague listing the deaths in the line of duty, which I put onto the wikipedia article along with a photo of the plague with the list. Thehistorianisaac (talk) 13:10, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Technically you are citing the plaque, not the photo itself. You can cite it with Template:Cite sign and put the Wikimedia Commons links to the photo on the "URL" field. Tutwakhamoe (talk) 13:31, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for your information Thehistorianisaac (talk) 14:21, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Strange user notifications

Can anyone shed light on why I got 50 near-simultaneous notifications at around 09:00 UTC today about a non-existent user (User:Dogbe_peter) thanking me for each of my most recent 50 edits? Bazza 7 (talk) 15:46, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

The user exists, they just don't have a User page. It's possible it is a spam bot account. It happens. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 15:56, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Looks like you were one of 4 people who were thanked by a user with zero edits [1]. Not sure if you should feel appreciated or harassed. Cheers! TiggerJay (talk) 16:02, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

IP address blocked

I have used Wikipedia for years and edited articles without any problems. I have had data fibre installed to my house with a different service provider. I now get the message "This IP address is blocked from editing Wikipedia" I can edit using my mobile phone when using a cellular data connection. I need to get ublocked. I would really appreciate a simple guide how to do this. Thanks DavidJaneAlexandra (talk) 17:15, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

You can request an IP block exemption at WP:IPBE. Departure– (talk) 17:20, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Can XC users bypass PC?

As it says in the heading: can extended confirmed users bypass pending changes review? I'd imagine it would be a waste of time for reviewers to have to approve XC users' edits, but you never know. Thanks, /home/gracen/ (they/them) 20:41, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Hi @GracenC, yes, they automatically are. And not only extended confirmed but also auto confirmed editor's edits to articles under pending changes are automatically accepted. No special action is needed. The main caveat, that I'm aware of, is if there are any pending changes/edits from a non-auto confirmed user, all later edits are marked as pending until a reviewer reviews the edits. Wikipedia:Pending changes, and Wikipedia:Pending changes § Frequently asked questions in particular, I think describes it fairly well. Skynxnex (talk) 22:00, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Ah, thanks! I misread part of the FAQ you linked and interpreted it to mean that "established users" didn't get their edits automatically accepted (it was actually just stating the caveat you explained), so I was confused and wanted human confirmation. /home/gracen/ (they/them) 22:05, 17 December 2024 (UTC)