Hi, new to wiki editing and am looking to create a wikipedia page. Would it be better to create it from scratch or reach to an editor of a related page if they would be interested in creating? --Backdoor745 (talk) 14:10, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Backdoor745 Hello! Assuming you are talking about articles, generally, reaching out to other editors to create articles is discouraged, as they will likely not be willing to create them. There is the pathway of requested articles, though that is very rarely checked, and articles put there are unlikely to be created for a while. If you're looking to create one from scratch, there's quite a lot that goes into creating it; first, you want to determine if the subject of the article is notable. You'll need to find multiple reliable independent secondary sources with significant coverage of the subject. If you cannot find enough sources, then the subject is non-notable and does not deserve an article. Then, draft your article in the draft namespace, and once you've finished, submit it for review via Articles for Creation.

This is all a very involved process, and I recommend you don't start out with creating articles. Wikipedia has many policies on content, and many factors need to be taken into account when writing content. I've put many links on your talk page that should help you get started. Hope this helps! mwwv ^converse∫_edits 14:22, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

I created an article and it currently lives on my userpage, I can't see the button "submit for review" I did however just add the {{subst:submit}} code at the top having found a wiki page on how to do it - can you confirm that this is the right process?

Many thanks

Jack --Montypushkin (talk) 16:18, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Montypushkin Hello! Yes, that is the correct process. The problem is that there are <nowiki> tags around the curly braces. Remove them (and the square brackets (and the pipe character and the template text to the left of it)) and the template should work as expected. Hope this helps! mwwv ^converse∫_edits 17:21, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How do I publish a wiki page? Do I finish it first then send it in? or can I do small parts as well. --JammyManBand (talk) 23:06, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@JammyManBand Hello! Assuming you are talking about articles, you should utilize the Articles for Creation process, which details a system where drafts are sent in and reviewed for issues. Note that there's quite a lot that goes into creating an article; first, you want to determine if its subject is notable. You'll need to find multiple reliable independent secondary sources with significant coverage of the subject. If you cannot find enough sources, then the subject is non-notable and does not deserve an article.

This is all a very involved process, and I recommend you don't start out with creating articles. Wikipedia has many policies on content, and many factors need to be taken into account when writing content. I've put many links on your talk page that should help you get started. Hope this helps! mwwv ^converse∫_edits 12:24, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I just submitted my first article. Can it really take up to 2 months? --123quincyjeeds (talk) 19:39, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@123quincyjeeds Hello! Yes, it really can. This usually happens with foreign topics in a language with non-latin script, articles involving conflict of interest (like yours), and borderline notability. I recommend you be patient with the status of your draft, as they are reviewed in no particular order and desperately trying to get it reviewed will not help. Hope this helps! mwwv ^converse∫_edits 19:43, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers! 123quincyjeeds (talk) 19:47, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Regarde live --Jawad ze0 (talk) 20:41, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don’t know Jawad ze0 (talk) 20:42, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

(A follow-up to this.)

Despite having a functional WP:DEC25 redirect, @Bunnypranav has also created the Wikipedia:OTHERDEC25 redirect! :-)

To explain the joke: at the previous AfC backlog drive, when WP:JUN25 was already taken by an unrelated backlog drive, mwwv decided to create WP:THEOTHERJUN25 for a bit of fun, it seems. Now even though we've secured WP:DEC25, I assume Bunnypranav created WP:OTHERDEC25 to maintain tradition, maybe without even knowing it. LR.127 (talk) 03:12, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, of course! Forgotten I’ve made that redirect a while back (thanks Real Life Stresses:tm:) and I’m glad to see them continue the tradition that I started (as a joke, mind you). Through the principle of oneupmanship, it’s now time that I make WP:THECOOLERDEC25. mwwv ^converse∫_edits 03:57, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Careful now - believe it or not, too much fun is a bad thing. LR.127 (talk) 04:42, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You're just gonna have to trust me when I say I'm still WP:HERE. mwwv ^converse∫_edits 12:39, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The actual culprit is @Fade258 who created WP:THEOTHERDEC25, after which I shortened it by removing the THE, don't blame me!

Culprit is a joke btw ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 10:02, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Bunnypranav. Thanks for the explanation. No worries, since you mentioned it was a joke. I had created that redirect exactly same as created in June 2025 backlog drive. I request you to shortened the title in June 2025 backlog drive as well. Fade258 (talk) 12:31, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How do I attach references --The.exclusive.pete.alex (talk) 16:48, 28 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@The.exclusive.pete.alex Hello! If you're using the visualEditor, you can press the "Cite" button at the top of the page and it will come up with options for you to cite a source with. Hope this helps! mwwv ^converse∫_edits 16:51, 28 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Mwwv, I just wanted to let you know that I have added the new page reviewer user right to your account. This means you now have access to the page curation tools and can start patrolling pages from the new pages feed. If you asked for this at requests for permissions, please check back there to see if your access is time-limited or if there are other comments.

This is a good time to re-acquaint yourself with the guidance at Wikipedia:New pages patrol. Before you get started, please take the time to:

• Add Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Reviewers to your watchlist to follow NPP-related discussions
• If you use Twinkle, configure it to log your CSDs and PRODs
• If you can read any languages other than English, add yourself to the list of reviewers with language proficiencies

You can find a list of other useful links and tools for patrollers at Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Resources. If you are ever unsure what to do, ask your fellow patrollers or just leave the page for someone else to review – you're not alone! Sohom (talk) 17:11, 28 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I would like to be able to edit? How do I do it? --Crown prince taji (talk) 10:10, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Crown prince taji Hello! If the page isn't protected, you can simply click the edit button in the top right and edit the page. Hope this helps! mwwv ^converse∫_edits 12:00, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

an informal method of dispute resolution. Crown prince taji (talk) 10:13, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello mentor Wiki seems to have become more complicated recently! How do I get to a basic search box so I can learn about everything I used to previously?

Many thanks! --Bassman593 (talk) 20:46, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Bassman593 Hello! There isn't anything on Wikipedia exactly like that; I believe the closest thing would be searching through your browser history. However, there are pages such as the policy and guideline list that lists every policy and guideline, and the everything you need to know page which gives short summaries of the most important ones. Hope this helps! mwwv ^converse∫_edits 12:24, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I am getting notifications on WikiCommons saying that the files I uploaded don't have the correct copyright information (violating the copyrights). I only uploaded files that were public domain, from my own historical collections, or from online where there was no copyright notices. What can I do to fix this? They are giving me 7 days before the files are removed and I am blocked. --Zdelm (talk) 17:23, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't feel like fixing and resubmitting so I want it deleted but I don't know how. Can you help me?

Core1223e (talk) 19:34, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Core1223e You can get it deleted by simply adding the text {{db-g7}} to the top of the page. mwwv ^converse∫_edits 19:38, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You! Core1223e (talk) 19:39, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Mwwv, I notice you have been welcoming mentees since early this year; thanks for that, and bravo! I just signed up as a mentor recently, and found the sole welcome template, {{Mentor welcome}}, wanting. So, I have created {{Welcome mentee}} and started to use that one. Feel free to use it as well, and to make suggestions on its talk page. I am active in the Welcoming committee, and I think we need a selection of mentor templates available to us to choose from; spare ones like {{Welcome}}, graphical ones for some users like {{Welcome to Wikipedia}}, and others. In some cases, it might be sufficient simply to add a mentor or Homepage link to some of the existing templates. So, any ideas you have on this would be appreciated. Also, I only have two mentee questions so far, but I see that you have lots of them. Any tips you can offer would be appreciated, as I expect the volume will start to ramp up as time goes on. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 11:05, 6 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Mathglot Thank you for this! I've always found the original mentor template to be very lacking in linkage compared to the other welcoming templates and this definitely addresses that problem.

As for tips to answer mentee questions: follow the principle of WP:Oshwahnism and be nice to everyone, perhaps ping when you answer (i do it just in case, idk if my mentees get notified), and at the very least analyze their initial contributions and respond to them if necessary. You'll 100% be a good mentor, I guarantee it! mwwv ^converse∫_edits 19:51, 6 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Since I wrote, I made a change due to a request for a cookies image, so now you can add cookies, a kitten, fruit, tea, and a couple other things. See {{Welcome mentee#Parameters}} for details. Mathglot (talk) 08:54, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Update: I don't know if you've run into this situation, but even if I sit on my dashboard and jump on a new mentee as soon as they are listed, a good part of the time they have already been welcomed by somebody else using a standard welcome template. (This appears to be related to some delay in mentees appearing on the dashboard.) I still want to introduce myself to my mentee, but not with either of the two mentor templates we have now because they are too long and would duplicate a lot of the information in a standard welcome. So, I created {{welcome mentee brief}} for this situation, i.e., to briefly introduce yourself as their mentor. And it even has an option to say, I'd also like to welcome you... so it flows better after the first welcome. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 23:36, 17 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

PROMOTER SUPER ALHAJI is a prominent citizen of sierra leone who specialises on petty trading he was born in lokomasama chiefdom portloko district in a small ubla city called kargbulor wallah he started his primary education thir and later migrate in Freetown to foward his education he choosing to attend the best school in Sierra Leone called Sierra Leone muslim congress were he made a grate lagacy --PROMOTER SUPER ALHAJI (talk) 23:18, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 02:26, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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

Administrator changes

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• Starting on November 4, the IP addresses of logged-out editors are no longer being publicly displayed. Instead, they will have a temporary account associated with their edits.
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Hi! In general, a discussion that doesn't have any comments like Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2025_December_10#Circleboard can be closed as delete (since no one objected, that's a soft consensus) so there's no need to relist. Exceptions include if the nomination statement is unclear (e.g. if they're unsure between delete or retarget), if there's a consideration the nominator didn't take into account (usually significant history behind the redirect), or if it's a particularly thorny case in some other way. Thanks for helping out at RfD! Rusalkii (talk) 19:35, 17 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Rusalkii Makes sense. I thought that was mainly an AfD thing though, I've definitely seen no quorum discussions relisted at RfD and I think I haven't seen any soft deletes at venues other than AfD... maybe it was just forgotten about? Either way, I'll keep that in mind for the future. mwwv ^converse∫_edits 20:44, 17 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Just getting started. My academic training is in American Cultural History, Visual Studies, and Black History/Art/Culture. I taught these subject areas for 30 years. I would be most comfortable "editing" in these areas. Is there a formal process for suggesting new topic/pages/entries to be added to the current list of articles? Thanks! --Drkimn (talk) 18:56, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! For such a broad question, there are two possible answers:

• If you are looking to suggest new articles to add to the encyclopedia, Wikipedia:Requested articles lays out such a process.
• If you are looking to write these new articles, utilize the Articles for creation process (and make sure to see Help:Your first article).

Please let me know if you were thinking about other processes, but otherwise I hope this helps! mwwv ^converse∫_edits 19:04, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes this info is very helpful. After I posted I subscribed to a few threads addressing AfC, but I saw no mention of RA. So I will follow that link as well.

Thanks for the feedback on my "focus" I will be more narrow/specific in future posts. ~2025-42647-28 (talk) 20:16, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This is because i want to style my page so it has user boxes to show what to have. Hartfol3 (talk) 13:30, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! There's a big catalog of userboxes over at Wikipedia:Userboxes/Galleries; many of them are divided into categories so you can get specific with what userboxes you would like. For more userboxes that haven't been catalogued, you can do a prefix search for Template:User or User:UBX. You can wrap all of them in the {{userboxtop}} and {{userboxbottom}} templates or use the userbox templates by themselves. If you wish, you can even create userboxes yourself by following the instructions at the documentation of Template:Userbox. Hope this helps! mwwv ^converse∫_edits 16:22, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Hartfol3 (talk) 17:01, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Editors

I need help of professional editor who can help me to write the organisation information on Wikipedia concern African health volunteers for emergency response rescue and referrals partnerships . mission, mission ,founding year, founders and services offered --African health volunteers for emergency response rescue and referrals partnerships (talk) 16:58, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:22, 27 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello!

Hey Mwwv, hope all is well. Quick question. How do you approach edits to portion of a page when you don't quite have the time to completely run through the entire thing. I just made my first set of edits to a page about a type of helicopter, but I only had time to work my way through the first few paragraphs. Do you feel there is any impetus to do it all in one sitting or are you generally happy to edit a page in chunks? Any unforeseen advantages of either approach?

Thanks, -Dr. Signal --Dr. Signal (talk) 20:17, 27 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Dr. Signal Hello! There are a decent bit of ways to go about this. One is to simply save the edit locally and paste it back into the edit tab when you're ready to work on it again. Another is to place the {{in use}} template on the top of the page to let other editors know not to edit it. And lastly, if the page doesn't get much traffic, you're probably fine not doing anything about it and continuing your work as usual. Hope this helps! mwwv ^converse∫_edits 15:57, 28 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How can I put a picture on my page? --Dawn Fountain Of Life Orphanage Africa (talk) 20:12, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Dawn Fountain Of Life Orphanage Africa Hello! Images can be added by appending a File: prefix before the image you want to add. For example, if you want to add the file Example.jpg to your user page, you would type [[File:Example.jpg]] on your userpage. On a side note, I would like to note that your username does not comply with our username policy since it implies a role account and thus shared use. If multiple users are using this account, please abandon it and create a new account for everyone involved that only they have access to. If this is not the case, please request a rename. Hope this helps! mwwv ^converse∫_edits 20:18, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, what is an "anaphylactic reaction" ? --Tijl Geerts (talk) 14:54, 31 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Tijl Geerts Hello! The page Anaphylaxis should give you a good idea on it. Please note that I really only answer questions related to Wikipedia and not general knowledge. Hope this helps! mwwv ^converse∫_edits 15:46, 31 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]