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Question from Mbgarfinkle (15:17, 28 March 2025)

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Hello! How do I disclose a relationship to the company I'm creating a page for? --Mbgarfinkle (talk) 15:17, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Mbgarfinkle: You can make a statement on your user page, saying for example "I work for X company and am paid/not paid for my contributions." More information is available at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest and Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide. Feel free to ask if you have questions! ~ Rusty meow ~ 16:37, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
thank you. I think i have done that. can you please check? Mbgarfinkle (talk) 17:34, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Mbgarfinkle: It looks good to me. ~ Rusty meow ~ 20:37, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
thanks, rusty! Mbgarfinkle (talk) 20:27, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Eyesofanowhereman on User:Eyesofanowhereman (23:53, 31 March 2025)

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how do i make my own page --Eyesofanowhereman (talk) 23:53, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Eyesofanowhereman： You can create a draft at WP:AFC. Happy editing! ~ Rusty meow ~ 23:57, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2025-14

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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Updates for editors

  • The Editing team is working on a new Edit check: Peacock check. This check's goal is to identify non-neutral terms while a user is editing a wikipage, so that they can be informed that their edit should perhaps be changed before they publish it. This project is at the early stages, and the team is looking for communities' input: in this Phabricator task, they are gathering on-wiki policies, templates used to tag non-neutral articles, and the terms (jargon and keywords) used in edit summaries for the languages they are currently researching. You can participate by editing the table on Phabricator, commenting on the task, or directly messaging Trizek (WMF).
  • Single User Login has now been updated on all wikis to move login and account creation to a central domain. This makes user login compatible with browser restrictions on cross-domain cookies, which have prevented users of some browsers from staying logged in.
  • Recurrent item View all 35 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.

Updates for technical contributors

  • Starting on March 31st, the MediaWiki Interfaces team will begin a limited release of generated OpenAPI specs and a SwaggerUI-based sandbox experience for MediaWiki REST APIs. They invite developers from a limited group of non-English Wikipedia communities (Arabic, German, French, Hebrew, Interlingua, Dutch, Chinese) to review the documentation and experiment with the sandbox in their preferred language. In addition to these specific Wikipedia projects, the sandbox and OpenAPI spec will be available on the on the test wiki REST Sandbox special page for developers with English as their preferred language. During the preview period, the MediaWiki Interfaces Team also invites developers to share feedback about your experience. The preview will last for approximately 2 weeks, after which the sandbox and OpenAPI specs will be made available across all wiki projects.
  • Recurrent item Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki

In depth

  • Sometimes a small, one line code change can have great significance: in this case, it means that for the first time in years we're able to run all of the stack serving maps.wikimedia.org - a host dedicated to serving our wikis and their multi-lingual maps needs - from a single core datacenter, something we test every time we perform a datacenter switchover. This is important because it means that in case one of our datacenters is affected by a catastrophe, we'll still be able to serve the site. This change is the result of extensive work by two developers on porting the last component of the maps stack over to kubernetes, where we can allocate resources more efficiently than before, thus we're able to withstand more traffic in a single datacenter. This work involved a lot of complicated steps because this software, and the software libraries it uses, required many long overdue upgrades. This type of work makes the Wikimedia infrastructure more sustainable.

Meetings and events

  • MediaWiki Users and Developers Workshop Spring 2025 is happening in Sandusky, USA, and online, from 14–16 May 2025. The workshop will feature discussions around the usage of MediaWiki software by and within companies in different industries and will inspire and onboard new users. Registration and presentation signup is now available at the workshop's website.

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Question from Randyhussain (02:58, 1 April 2025)

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Hello, and good evening! how do I add a page to Wikipedia --Randyhussain (talk) 02:58, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Randyhussain: Hello and welcome!! You can start a draft at Articles for creation. Happy editing!! ~ Rusty meow ~ 03:19, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Jaysdoeswhat (21:42, 1 April 2025)

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How can I make an article on my phone? --Jaysdoeswhat (talk) 21:42, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jaysdoeswhat: It might be slightly harder to make an article, but you can follow the same processes as on a computer. You can start a draft at Wikipedia:Articles for Creation.
You may find the page Wikipedia:Editing on mobile devices helpful. Happy editing! ~ Rusty meow ~ 23:08, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ealing Village review

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Hi @Rusty Cat:,
Thanks for reviewing my draft of Ealing Village previously. I’ve now made substantial edits based on your feedback, including improving the sourcing, ensuring a neutral tone, and better establishing notability with independent references.
I’ve just resubmitted the draft and would really appreciate it if you could take another look when you have a moment. Any further suggestions are very welcome.
Thanks again for your time and help!
Best regards,
Bernardo

BBISCAGLIA (talk) 07:29, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@BBISCAGLIA: I would prefer for another reviewer to take a look at it. However, you have not resubmitted the draft yet. I have restored the previous decline message. Please use the "Resubmit" button at the bottom of the message. Thank you! ~ Rusty meow ~ 21:42, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from VBasnetG (09:06, 2 April 2025)

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Hello, should the same word be cited as many times as it is present in an article? --VBasnetG (talk) 09:06, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@VBasnetG: What do you mean by a word? ~ Rusty meow ~ 21:43, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Heywai001 (17:15, 2 April 2025)

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Hello

Can I add other pertinent information to an article. --Heywai001 (talk) 17:15, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Heywai001: Hello and welcome to Wikipedia! If you want to add something, you should be bold and add it! Happy editing! ~ Rusty meow ~ 21:44, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you Rusty Cat 102.89.83.94 (talk) 22:02, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Mahatma Jawahar Shastri (07:07, 3 April 2025)

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helo! How to know administrator of particular site --Mahatma Jawahar Shastri (talk) 07:07, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Mahatma Jawahar Shastri: Could you clarify what you mean by a particular site? ~ Rusty meow ~ 23:19, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Bobbobob123123 (20:34, 3 April 2025)

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Can you please stop undoing my edits, I need to make a point to my computer class, I am a teacher. I will fix the vandalisms after, I just want to show them proof on why they can't cite Wikipedia even though it is a great source, they need others as well.

Thanks for your troubles! --Bobbobob123123 (talk) 20:34, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Bobbobob123123: One of our behaviorial guidelines is that you shouldn't disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point. Thank you. ~ Rusty meow ~ 23:14, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Rusty Cat (My favorite animal breed)

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Remember me the person oh does that remind you of anyone (Jaysdoeswhat) YEP THATS ME ACCIDENTALLY SIGNED PUT (sorry for my yelling) by the way, can you look at my article (draft) of the name “Harambee, Milwaukee” please grade it and also im not begging and you can grade it

J😉😞 JadenGotLost (talk) 02:24, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

out I meant to say out not put JadenGotLost (talk) 02:24, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@JadenGotLost: Why don't you just sign back in? If you can't, you may continue using this account, but be sure to mark that the old account is no longer being used to avoid suspicions of abusing multiple accounts. ~ Rusty meow ~ 04:13, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I forgort my password JadenGotLost (talk) 16:15, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A treat for you.

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A gift for you for no reason and if rusty cat reads this let him know he’s W and should be the owner of wikipedia JadenGotLost (talk) 02:33, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from RaymondJrn (11:31, 5 April 2025)

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Hello good afternoon --RaymondJrn (talk) 11:31, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from RaymondJrn on User talk:RaymondJrn (11:49, 5 April 2025)

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Hello good afternoon, please how can I upload someone's biography and work --RaymondJrn (talk) 11:49, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@RaymondJrn: Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. You can start a draft following the process at Articles for Creation. Happy editing! ~ Rusty meow ~ 14:34, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Skizzy DE Donnie on User:Skizzy DE Donnie (15:33, 7 April 2025)

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God bless us all thanks --Skizzy DE Donnie (talk) 15:33, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Skizzy DE Donnie: Do you have a question about editing or using Wikipedia? ~ Rusty meow ~ 15:34, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yea Goddess word clock Skizzy DE Donnie (talk) 16:04, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Skizzy DE Donnie (16:50, 7 April 2025)

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Payments Bill --Skizzy DE Donnie (talk) 16:50, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Skizzy DE Donnie: Sorry, but I can't understand you. ~ Rusty meow ~ 17:40, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – April 2025

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2025).

Administrator changes

added
readded Dennis Brown
removed

Bureaucrat changes

added Barkeep49

CheckUser changes

added 0xDeadbeef

Oversighter changes

removed GB fan
readded Moneytrees

Miscellaneous

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Tech News: 2025-15

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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Updates for editors

Updates for technical contributors

  • The Design System Team is preparing to release the next major version of Codex (v2.0.0) on April 29. Editors and developers who use CSS from Codex should see the 2.0 overview documentation, which includes guidance related to a few of the breaking changes such as font-size, line-height, and size-icon.
  • The results of the Developer Satisfaction Survey (2025)  are now available. Thank you to all participants. These results help the Foundation decide what to work on next and to review what they recently worked on.
  • Recurrent item Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki

Meetings and events

  • The 2025 Wikimedia Hackathon will take place in Istanbul, Turkey, between 2–4 May. Registration for attending the in-person event will close on 13 April. Before registering, please note the potential need for a visa or e-visa to enter the country.

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Question from Wanaimanofficial (18:50, 8 April 2025)

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upload gambar saya di wikipedia --wan aiman (talk) 18:50, 8 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Wanaimanofficial: Please use English, this is the English Wikipedia. Thank you. ~ Rusty meow ~ 02:08, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 9 April 2025

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Question from Zuluxray1 (19:04, 9 April 2025)

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Hello how do I insert a new paragraph in to a biography? --Zuluxray1 (talk) 19:04, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Zuluxray1: You can place your cursor at the end of some paragraph, and press enter. Happy editing! ~ Rusty meow ~ 23:47, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Valon akrobat on User:Valon akrobat (00:28, 14 April 2025)

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Why i cant publish --Valon akrobat (talk) 00:28, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Valon akrobat: I'm not sure, can you be more specific on the issue? ~ Rusty meow ~ 01:50, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2025-16

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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Weekly highlight

  • Later this week, the default thumbnail size will be increased from 220px to 250px. This changes how pages are shown in all wikis and has been requested by some communities for many years, but wasn't previously possible due to technical limitations. [2]
  • File thumbnails are now stored in discrete sizes. If a page specifies a thumbnail size that's not among the standard sizes (20, 40, 60, 120, 250, 330, 500, 960), then MediaWiki will pick the closest larger thumbnail size but will tell the browser to downscale it to the requested size. In these cases, nothing will change visually but users might load slightly larger images. If it doesn't matter which thumbnail size is used in a page, please pick one of the standard sizes to avoid the extra in-browser down-scaling step. [3][4]

Updates for editors

  • The Wikimedia Foundation are working on a system called Edge Uniques which will enable A/B testing, help protect against Distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDoS attacks), and make it easier to understand how many visitors the Wikimedia sites have. This is so that they can more efficiently build tools which help readers, and make it easier for readers to find what they are looking for.
  • To improve security for users, a small percentage of logins will now require that the account owner input a one-time password emailed to their account. It is recommended that you check that the email address on your account is set correctly, and that it has been confirmed, and that you have an email set for this purpose. [5]
  • "Are you interested in taking a short survey to improve tools used for reviewing or reverting edits on your Wiki?" This question will be asked at 7 wikis starting next week, on Recent Changes and Watchlist pages. The Moderator Tools team wants to know more about activities that involve looking at new edits made to your Wikimedia project, and determining whether they adhere to your project's policies.
  • On April 15, the full Wikidata graph will no longer be supported on query.wikidata.org. After this date, scholarly articles will be available through query-scholarly.wikidata.org, while the rest of the data hosted on Wikidata will be available through the query.wikidata.org endpoint. This is part of the scheduled split of the Wikidata Graph, which was announced in September 2024. More information is available on Wikidata.
  • The latest quarterly Wikimedia Apps Newsletter is now available. It covers updates, experiments, and improvements made to the Wikipedia mobile apps.
  • Recurrent item View all 30 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.

Updates for technical contributors

  • The latest quarterly Technical Community Newsletter is now available. This edition includes: an invitation for tool maintainers to attend the Toolforge UI Community Feedback Session on April 15th; recent community metrics; and recent technical blog posts.
  • Recurrent item Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki

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Question from Carltonuba38 (17:01, 16 April 2025)

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Good evening, i published a draft to be reviewed for Carlton Ubaezuonu. I spoke about it with you a few months ago. I was hoping you could look over it when you get a chance? Thank you. --Carltonuba38 (talk) 17:01, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Carltonuba38: Not all mentors are AfC reviewers (though I am one), nor do we have an obligation to review your draft. Also, someone else already declined it. ~ Rusty meow ~ 22:19, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for getting back to me, I understand that, I was asking if it was possible to have a look and see. It has been republished since then with the required criteria. Are you able to have a look? Carltonuba38 (talk) 22:22, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Carltonuba38: Taking a quick look, the declining reviewer's points still stand. We are particularly looking for secondary sources (so sources from the football club itself for example do not count) that discuss the subject in-depth. ~ Rusty meow ~ 22:31, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from President Ismail Khan (02:32, 17 April 2025)

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Hello, how do I edit an article about Joseph R. Biden Jr.? --President Ismail Khan (talk) 02:32, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@President Ismail Khan: You just click edit! ~ Rusty meow ~ 02:33, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Azerda (17:37, 17 April 2025)

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Hello ! I am new to Wikipedia and i want to translate some articles in french (my native language). I read the instructions to do so, but i am still struggling to understand how it works and and to publish the translation. Could you help me ? --Azerda (talk) 17:37, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Azerda: You can start a draft for a new article at Articles for Creation. You will need to manually translate the French article into English. ~ Rusty meow ~ 01:07, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you ! Azerda (talk) 08:36, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Lemon754 (11:21, 18 April 2025)

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Hello! How are you? So is it true that you need to wait 4 days, and also do 10 edits, before you can edit semi-protected pages? Don't worry, I'm not sus, just curious, because I really want to edit the page "SCP Foundation". Thank you for reading this! --Lemon754 (talk) 11:21, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Lemon754: Yes, your account will need to be four days old and have at least 10 edits before you can edit semi-protected pages. ~ Rusty meow ~ 14:43, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Lukas34346 (05:15, 19 April 2025)

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I need some help editing 2025 in American television a page I frequent for television updates --Lukas34346 (talk) 05:15, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Lukas34346: Hello and welcome to Wikipedia! What help specifically do you need? ~ Rusty meow ~ 14:08, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I need help to add a date for the return of a television series tennis on TNT I don't know where to place the date May 25th as that is the start of the French Open  Lukas34346 (talk) 18:15, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Lukas34346: I saw that you had changed a "TBA" to "May 25" and then reverted it. Which series do you want to put the date on? ~ Rusty meow ~ 18:44, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
tennis on TNT is the show I want to put the date on Lukas34346 (talk) 19:50, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Lukas34346: Done! In the future, you might want to consider using the VisualEditor so you don't have to deal with the underlying code on the page. ~ Rusty meow ~ 21:47, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I do use that sometimes to make visual edits like a recent spelling error on Saturday Night Football was fixed by me using the visual editor Lukas34346 (talk) 23:28, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Hellfare55 on Rai people (11:54, 21 April 2025)

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How do i upload a picture? --Hellfare55 (talk) 11:54, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Hellfare55: You can upload it to Wikimedia Commons and then add it on an Article by doing Insert -> Images and Media. Happy editing! ~ Rusty meow ~ 14:50, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2025-17

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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Updates for editors

  • Wikifunctions is now integrated with Dagbani Wikipedia since April 15. It is the first project that will be able to call functions from Wikifunctions and integrate them in articles. A function is something that takes one or more inputs and transforms them into a desired output, such as adding up two numbers, converting miles into metres, calculating how much time has passed since an event, or declining a word into a case. Wikifunctions will allow users to do that through a simple call of a stable and global function, rather than via a local template. [6]
  • A new type of lint error has been created: Empty headings (documentation). The Linter extension's purpose is to identify wikitext patterns that must or can be fixed in pages and provide some guidance about what the problems are with those patterns and how to fix them. [7]
  • Recurrent item View all 37 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.

Updates for technical contributors

  • Following its publication on HuggingFace, the "Structured Contents" dataset, developed by Wikimedia Enterprise, is now also available on Kaggle. This Beta initiative is focused on making Wikimedia data more machine-readable for high-volume reusers. They are releasing this beta version in a location that open dataset communities already use, in order to seek feedback, to help improve the product for a future wider release. You can read more about the overall Structured Contents project, and about the first release that's freely usable.
  • There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

Meetings and events

  • The Editing and Machine Learning Teams invite interested volunteers to a video meeting to discuss Peacock check, which is the latest Edit check that will detect "peacock" or "overly-promotional" or "non-neutral" language whilst an editor is typing. Editors who work with newcomers, or help to fix this kind of writing, or are interested in how we use artificial intelligence in our projects are encouraged to attend. The meeting will be on April 28, 2025 at 18:00–19:00 UTC and hosted on Zoom.

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Question from Daniel Barrios Abad (07:58, 24 April 2025)

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Hi! Between some of my editing interests are musical album pages. If I were to create a new page for an album, how does the copyright work with the album covers? --Daniel Barrios Abad (talk) 07:58, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Daniel Barrios Abad: There is an exemption from copyright known as fair use, at least in the United States (where Wikipedia servers are located). To meet Wikipedia's Wikipedia:Non-free content guideline/policy, you will need to upload the image on Wikipedia instead of to Wikimedia Commons (as one would do with free (as in libre) content). Additionally, you must provide a non-free use rationale to explain why this image is used instead of a free (as in libre) image, and what article you will use it on. Fair use images that are not used on any article, or do not have a valid rationale, will be deleted.
Happy editing! ~ Rusty meow ~ 14:54, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks a lot! Daniel Barrios Abad (talk) 15:01, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

New pages patrol May 2025 Backlog drive

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May 2025 Backlog Drive | New pages patrol
  • On 1 May 2025, a one-month backlog drive for New Pages Patrol will begin.
  • Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles patrolled.
  • Barnstars will also be granted for re-reviewing articles previously reviewed by other patrollers during the drive.
  • Each review will earn 1 point.
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Question from John111113 (19:55, 25 April 2025)

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who are you --John111113 (talk) 19:55, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@John111113: I'm just a Wikipedia editor. Do you need help with using or editing Wikipedia? ~ Rusty meow ~ 00:13, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Padepadi (14:18, 28 April 2025)

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Hello. I would like to contribute a picture of my grandfather. He was an assemblyman representing 2nd district of Pangasinan. (1909-1912) --Padepadi (talk) 14:18, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Padepadi: You can upload free images to Wikimedia Commons. ~ Rusty meow ~ 19:07, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2025-18

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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Updates for editors

  • Event organizers who host collaborative activities on multiple wikis, including Bengali, Japanese, and Korean Wikipedias, will have access to the CampaignEvents extension this week. Also, admins in the Wikipedia where the extension is enabled will automatically be granted the event organizer right soon. They won't have to manually grant themselves the right before they can manage events as requested by a community.
  • Recurrent item View all 19 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.

Updates for technical contributors

  • The release of the next major version of Codex, the design system for Wikimedia, is scheduled for 29 April 2025. Technical editors will have access to the release by the week of 5 May 2025. This update will include a number of breaking changes and minor visual changes. Instructions on handling the breaking and visual changes are documented on this page. Pre-release testing is reported in T386298, with post-release issues tracked in T392379 and T392390.
  • Users of Wiki Replicas will notice that the database views of ipblocks, ipblocks_ipindex, and ipblocks_compat are now deprecated. Users can query the block and block_target new views that mirror the new tables in the production database instead. The deprecated views will be removed entirely from Wiki Replicas in June, 2025.
  • Recurrent item Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki

In depth

Meetings and events

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WikiCup 2025 May newsletter

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The second round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 28 April at 23:59 UTC. To reiterate what we said in the previous newsletter, we are no longer disqualifying contestants based on how many points (now known as round points) they received. Instead, the contestants with the highest round-point totals now receive tournament points at the end of each round. These tournament points are carried over between rounds, and can only be earned if a competitor is among the top 16 round-point scorers at the end of each round. This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far. Everyone who competed in round 2 will advance to round 3 unless they have withdrawn or been banned.

Round 2 was quite competitive. Four contestants scored more than 1,000 round points, and eight scored more than 500 points (including one who has withdrawn). The following competitors scored at least 800 points:

In addition, we would like to recognize Generalissima (submissions) for her efforts; she scored 801 round points but withdrew before the end of the round.

The full scores for round 2 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 13 featured articles, 20 featured lists, 4 featured-topic articles, 138 good articles, 7 good-topic articles, and more than 100 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 19 In the News articles, and they have conducted nearly 300 reviews.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed in Round 3. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:03, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Red May 2025

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Women in Red | May 2025, Vol 11, Issue 5, Nos. 326, 327, 337, 338


Online events:

Announcements (events facilitated by others):

Progress ("moving the needle"):

  • Statistics available via Humaniki tool. Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 1,269 articles during this period!
  • 21 Apr 2025: 20.090% of EN-WP biographies are about women (2,061,363; 414,126 women)
  • 24 Mar 2025: 20.070% (2,057,083 bios; 412,857 women)

Tip of the month:

  • Those of you who experience harassment while trying to create or improve articles about women
    are welcome to bring your problems to our attention on the Women in Red talk page.

Other ways to participate:

--Lajmmoore (talk 09:22, 29 April 2025 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

Question from MANELLFIYO (12:33, 29 April 2025)

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Hello Mentor! How are you doing today? Can you give me a small brief about Wikipedia? --MANELLFIYO (talk) 12:33, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@MANELLFIYO: Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia that can be edited by anyone. If you're interested in editing, feel free to check out our introduction! Happy editing! ~ Rusty meow ~ 14:59, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I wanted to publish my personal info on wikipedia. how do i go about it? MANELLFIYO (talk) 17:19, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@MANELLFIYO:
That's not something I'd recommend. Wikipedia strongly discourages subjects writing about themselves on Wikipedia, and it could get your blocked from editing. As such, I will not be helping you with that.
If you'd like to contribute constructively to other subjects, however, I'm happy to help! ~ Rusty meow ~ 23:14, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Winfield Kruse (12:59, 29 April 2025)

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What type of problems are on Wikipedia that I should edit? Is it mainly spelling errors, bad information, or something else? --Winfield Kruse (talk) 12:59, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Winfield Kruse: All of the things you mentioned could be possible issues on Wikipedia, but particularly people adding unsourced info or trying to disrupt the wiki.
How I began editing was doing "anti-vandalism": monitoring recent changes to Wikipedia and reverting those that do not meet content policies (e.g. disruptive, unsourced, etc.)
We have a task center too if you're like to check that out!
Happy editing! ~ Rusty meow ~ 14:58, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Abhijeetk235 (10:50, 30 April 2025)

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Hello I want to submit a edit request. Where should I put the reference for this. --Abhijeetk235 (talk) 10:50, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Animmalrightschannel (17:53, 30 April 2025)

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So, mentor, I nominated Clift Schimmels for deletion. He was somebody's beloved coach, I get that. Please don't assume I haven't read any guidelines. Please also don't assume that I'm not already deeply offended by misogynistic behavior on Wikipedia. --Animmalrightschannel (talk) 17:53, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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