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Origin Send off Minute it happened
[edit]On the nrl website, says Sua'ali'i was sent off in the 7th minute. https://www.nrl.com/draw/state-of-origin/2024/game-1/blues-v-maroons/ MaskedSinger (talk) 13:21, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
- Interesting – 9 Now (live) and the Sydney Morning Herald both claim 8, which I think is more accurate as it happened at 7' 25" (which is the eighth minute). --SHB2000 (talk) 13:24, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
- Ok cool. Thanks for being on top of it! MaskedSinger (talk) 13:26, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
- Not a problem! --SHB2000 (talk) 13:27, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
- Ok cool. Thanks for being on top of it! MaskedSinger (talk) 13:26, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – June 2024
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2024).
Administrator changes
Bureaucrat changes
Guideline and policy news
- Phase II of the 2024 RfA review has commenced to improve and refine the proposals passed in Phase I.
Technical news
- The Nuke feature, which enables administrators to mass delete pages, will now correctly delete pages which were moved to another title. T43351
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Venezuelan politics has been closed.
- The Committee is seeking volunteers for various roles, including access to the conflict of interest VRT queue.
Miscellaneous
- WikiProject Reliability's unsourced statements drive is happening in June 2024 to replace {{citation needed}} tags with references! Sign up here to participate!
Administrators' newsletter – July 2024
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2024).
Administrator changes
Technical news
- Local administrators can now add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without using JavaScript. Documentation is available on MediaWiki. (T6086)
Miscellaneous
- The Community Wishlist is re-opening on 15 July 2024. Read more
Hi,
I am trying to edit and then submit an article about a living person Sammi Cannold. Would you please suggest what else I need to input in the article in order to make it noteworthy.
Thank you! --Sr1273 (talk) 01:11, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
- Hi, a person isn't noteworthy because the article makes them noteworthy, but only if they pass WP:N. --SHB2000 (talk) 04:27, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
edit reverted on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Ivanov
[edit]my edit seems to have been reverted on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Ivanov concerning his name. i checked the bulgarian wikipedia and it said his name was Nikola Ivanov Ivanov (bulgarian names have a patronymic)
- Hi, Cheesypenguigi, in that case, feel free to revert my edit – however, in the case of a WP:BLP, please provide a reliable source (cannot be bgwiki). --SHB2000 (talk) 01:35, 26 July 2024 (UTC)
- i found a good source (http://1333.bg/persons/bg/image/437/) and have edited the article. thanks Cheesypenguigi (talk) 13:25, 26 July 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you – glad we could resolve this. --SHB2000 (talk) 14:09, 26 July 2024 (UTC)
CEE Newsletter - July 2024 Issue Now Available!
[edit]Good morning,
We're excited to announce the release of the July 2024 issue of the CEE Newsletter! Once again we have captivating stories, community highlights, and collaborative achievements from across the Central and Eastern Europe region in the Wikimedia movement.
In This Issue:
- International Updates: Stay informed with the "Wikimedia International Update Corner", covering key developments, events and initiatives in the international Wikimedia space for 2024.
- CEE in the News: Discover notable mentions of CEE region activities in "This month in Education" and "This month in GLAM" newsletters.
- Reader's Digest: Catch up on the latest insights and stories from around the globe with the "Reader’s Digest".
- Open calls and consultations: Voice your opinion! These topics are open to discussion. Also, please take a look at the open calls and apply!
- Updates from Communities: Learn about the successful second quarter of Wikimedia MKD and the first half of 2024 of Wikimedia Ukraine, read more about the Third Ionian Wikithon 2024, review activities in the past months of the Wikimedia Serbia, read the report from the event in the Buffer Zone on Cyprus, discover the new area of focus for Wikimedia Poland, and many more community updates.
We hope you enjoy this issue and find inspiration in the diverse stories and impactful work being done by our CEE communities. Thank you for being a part of our journey toward promoting free knowledge and collaboration.
You can read the full newsletter here. We hope you enjoy the inspiring stories and achievements showcased by our vibrant CEE communities.
Happy reading!
Toni Ristovski on behalf of the CEE Newsletter team --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:30, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – August 2024
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2024).
Technical news
- Global blocks may now target accounts as well as IP's. Administrators may locally unblock when appropriate.
- Users wishing to permanently leave may now request "vanishing" via Special:GlobalVanishRequest. Processed requests will result in the user being renamed, their recovery email being removed, and their account being globally locked.
Arbitration
- The Arbitration Committee appointed the following administrators to the conflict of interest volunteer response team: Bilby, Extraordinary Writ
Administrators' newsletter – September 2024
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2024).
Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, there is a new criterion for speedy deletion: C4, which
applies to unused maintenance categories, such as empty dated maintenance categories for dates in the past
. - A request for comment is open to discuss whether Notability (species) should be adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.
Arbitration
- Following a motion, remedies 5.1 and 5.2 of World War II and the history of Jews in Poland (the topic and interaction bans on My very best wishes, respectively) were repealed.
- Remedy 3C of the German war effort case ("Cinderella157 German history topic ban") was suspended for a period of six months.
- The arbitration case Historical Elections is currently open. Proposed decision is expected by 3 September 2024 for this case.
Miscellaneous
- Editors can now enter into good article review circles, an alternative for informal quid pro quo arrangements, to have a GAN reviewed in return for reviewing a different editor's nomination.
- A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in September 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,900 articles and 26,200 redirects awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!
Administrators' newsletter – October 2024
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2024).
Administrator changes
CheckUser changes
Guideline and policy news
- Administrator elections are a proposed new process for selecting administrators, offering an alternative to requests for adminship (RfA). The first trial election will take place in October 2024, with candidate sign-up from October 8 to 14, a discussion phase from October 22 to 24, and SecurePoll voting from October 25 to 31. For questions or to help out, please visit the talk page at Wikipedia talk:Administrator elections.
- Following a discussion, the speedy deletion reason "File pages without a corresponding file" has been moved from criterion G8 to F2. This does not change what can be speedily deleted.
- A request for comment is open to discuss whether there is a consensus to have an administrator recall process.
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Historical elections has been closed.
- An arbitration case regarding Backlash to diversity and inclusion has been opened.
- Editors are invited to nominate themselves to serve on the 2024 Arbitration Committee Electoral Commission until 23:59 October 8, 2024 (UTC).
Miscellaneous
- If you are interested in stopping spammers, please put MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist and MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist on your watchlist, and help out when you can.
Hello @SHB2000. I just need to ask you a quick question about editing. I have added a template called Too Many Photos to the article cat. I have a feeling I haven't done it right. Have I done it correctly? Here`s the link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat#cite_note-1 --Coiman (talk) 00:39, 26 October 2024 (UTC)
- If I'm reading things correctly, make sure to omit ref tags if adding {{too many photos}}. I've got no opinion on whether the tag should be there in the first place or not, though. --SHB2000 (talk) 07:53, 26 October 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – November 2024
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2024).
Administrator changes
CheckUser changes
Oversighter changes
Guideline and policy news
- Following a discussion, the discussion-only period proposal that went for a trial to refine the requests for adminship (RfA) process has been discontinued.
- Following a request for comment, Administrator recall is adopted as a policy.
Technical news
- Mass deletions done with the Nuke tool now have the 'Nuke' tag. This change will make reviewing and analyzing deletions performed with the tool easier. T366068
Arbitration
- RoySmith, Barkeep49 and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2024 Arbitration Committee Elections. ThadeusOfNazereth and Dr vulpes are reserve commissioners.
- Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate from 3 November 2024 until 12 November 2024 to stand in the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections.
- The Arbitration Committee is seeking volunteers for roles such as clerks, access to the COI queue, checkuser, and oversight.
Miscellaneous
- An unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in November 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with {{Unreferenced}}. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. Sign up to participate!
Question from Prophecy Guy (03:41, 16 November 2024)
[edit]Hi -- just joined, obviously.
I've been working on a draft, and frequently "Publishing it".
When I exit Wikipedia, and then sign back in -- it's gone!
Where do I find it? --Prophecy Guy (talk) 03:41, 16 November 2024 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) @Prophecy Guy: I believe you are referring to Draft:David Wilkerson Prophecies. However, I would like to point out that this draft as it stands is unlikely to be accepted for inclusion into the encyclopedia, since it appears to have problems relating to our neutral point of view policy. I advise that you make modifications to it to avoid those concerns. JJPMaster (she/they) 03:45, 16 November 2024 (UTC)
- thanks! Prophecy Guy (talk) 04:19, 16 November 2024 (UTC)
- Hi, thanks for asking and sorry for the delay – I've been out for the weekend. JJP summed it up very nicely. SHB2000 (talk) 07:13, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
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CEE Newsletter - November 2024 Issue Now Available!
[edit]We're excited to announce the release of the November 2024 issue of the CEE Newsletter! This edition is particularly special, with 23 updates from affiliates and communities in the CEE region — a record high for this newsletter!
We hope you enjoy the inspiring stories and achievements showcased by our vibrant CEE communities.
Happy reading! --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:11, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – December 2024
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2024).
Administrator changes
Interface administrator changes
CheckUser changes
Guideline and policy news
- Following an RFC, the policy on restoration of adminship has been updated. All former administrators may now only regain the tools following a request at the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard within 5 years of their most recent admin action. Previously this applied only to administrators deysopped for inactivity.
- Following a request for comment, a new speedy deletion criterion, T5, has been enacted. This applies to template subpages that are no longer used.
Technical news
- Technical volunteers can now register for the 2025 Wikimedia Hackathon, which will take place in Istanbul, Turkey. Application for travel and accommodation scholarships is open from November 12 to December 10, 2024.
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Yasuke (formerly titled Backlash to diversity and inclusion) has been closed.
- An arbitration case titled Palestine-Israel articles 5 has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case will close on 14 December.
Seasonal greetings!
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Hello SHB2000: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, 1234qwer1234qwer4 19:50, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
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- Thank you, 1234qwer1234qwer4! I wish the same to you! --SHB2000 (talk) 23:13, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – January 2025
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2024).
Administrator changes
CheckUser changes
Guideline and policy news
- Following an RFC, Wikipedia:Notability (species) was adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.
- A request for comment is open to discuss whether admins should be advised to warn users rather than issue no-warning blocks to those who have posted promotional content outside of article space.
Technical news
- The Nuke feature also now provides links to the userpage of the user whose pages were deleted, and to the pages which were not selected for deletion, after page deletions are queued. This enables easier follow-up admin-actions.
Arbitration
- Following the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been elected to the Arbitration Committee: CaptainEek, Daniel, Elli, KrakatoaKatie, Liz, Primefac, ScottishFinnishRadish, Theleekycauldron, Worm That Turned.
Miscellaneous
- A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in January 2025 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the new pages feed. Sign up here to participate!
Happy First Edit Day!
[edit] | Wishing you all the best on your birthday! From the Wikipedia Birthday Committee.--DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 03:47, 28 January 2025 (UTC) |
Nomination of The Big Bicycle for deletion
[edit]
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Big Bicycle until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.Rollinginhisgrave (talk) 00:22, 29 January 2025 (UTC)
Question from Editor00715 on List of international airports by country (16:05, 3 February 2025)
[edit]Accidentally table got removed --Editor00715 (talk) 16:05, 3 February 2025 (UTC)
- What do you mean by that? --SHB2000 (talk) 22:25, 3 February 2025 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – February 2025
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2025).
Administrator changes
CheckUser changes
Oversighter changes
Technical news
- Administrators can now nuke pages created by a user or IP address from the last 90 days, up from the initial 30 days. T380846
- A '
Recreated' tag will now be added to pages that were created with the same title as a page which was previously deleted and it can be used as a filter in Special:RecentChanges and Special:NewPages. T56145
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Palestine-Israel articles 5 has been closed.
Administrators' newsletter – March 2025
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2025).
Administrator changes
CheckUser changes
Oversighter changes
Guideline and policy news
- A request for comment is open to discuss whether AI-generated images (meaning those wholly created by generative AI, not human-created images modified with AI tools) should be banned from use in articles.
- A series of 22 mini-RFCs that double-checked consensus on some aspects and improved certain parts of the administrator elections process has been closed (see the summary of the changes).
- A request for comment is open to gain consensus on whether future administrator elections should be held.
Technical news
- A new filter has been added to the Special:Nuke tool, which allows administrators to filter for pages in a range of page sizes (in bytes). This allows, for example, deleting pages only of a certain size or below. T378488
- Non-administrators can now check which pages are able to be deleted using the Special:Nuke tool. T376378
Miscellaneous
- The 2025 appointees for the Ombuds commission are だ＊ぜ, Arcticocean, Ameisenigel, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, Galahad, Nehaoua, Renvoy, Revi C., RoySmith, Teles and Zafer as members, with Vermont serving as steward-observer.
- Following the 2025 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: 1234qwer1234qwer4, AramilFeraxa, Daniuu, KonstantinaG07, MdsShakil and XXBlackburnXx.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Big Coins until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.Dfadden (talk) 11:56, 3 April 2025 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – April 2025
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2025).
Administrator changes
Bureaucrat changes
CheckUser changes
Oversighter changes
Miscellaneous
- Sign up for The Core Contest, a competition running from 15 April to 31 May to improve vital articles.
I have written article of Devyani International Ltd., but its not showing it in Your Impact section (Homepage of user) in edits made. --MSD50 (talk) 15:40, 8 April 2025 (UTC)
- I can't tell for sure, but they may have been deleted? I'm not entirely sure what you mean and I can't view deleted revisions. --SHB2000 (talk) 01:10, 6 May 2025 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – May 2025
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2025).
Administrator changes
Rusalkii
NaomiAmethyst (overlooked last month)
Interface administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, administrator elections were permanently authorized on a five-month schedule. The next election will be scheduled soon; see Wikipedia talk:Administrator elections for more information. This is an alternate process to the RfA process and does not replace the latter.
- An RfC was closed with consensus to allow editors to opt-out of seeing "sticky decorative elements". Such elements should now be wrapped in {{sticky decoration wrapper}}. Editors who wish to opt out can follow the instructions at WP:STICKYDECO.
- An RfC has resulted in a broad prohibition on the use of AI-generated images in articles. A few common-sense exceptions are recognized.
Miscellaneous
- A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in May 2025 to reduce the backlog of articles in the new pages feed. Sign up here to participate!
Question from TriStateGuy (04:05, 24 May 2025)
[edit]Hi, I got a question. Im creating a new article about a company called Munipals, but the problem is. Where do you start? --TriStateGuy (talk) 04:05, 24 May 2025 (UTC)
- Hi, what do you mean by where do you start? As in how do you start the article or how to start the article? --SHB2000 (talk) 12:52, 25 May 2025 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – June 2025
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2025).
Administrator changes
Interface administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- An RfC is open to determine whether the English Wikipedia community should adopt a position on AI development by the WMF and its affiliates.
Technical news
- A new feature called Multiblocks will be deployed on English Wikipedia on the week of June 2. See the relevant announcement on the administrators' noticeboard.
- History merges performed using the mergehistory special page are now logged at both the source and destination, rather than just the source as previously, after this RFC and the resolution of T118132.
Arbitration
- An arbitration case named Indian military history has been opened. Evidence submissions for this case close on 8 June.
Miscellaneous
- Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) election is open until 17 June 2025. Read the voting page on Meta-Wiki and cast your vote here!
- An Articles for Creation backlog drive is happening in June 2025, with over 1,600 drafts awaiting review from the past two months. In addition to AfC participants, all administrators and new page patrollers can help review using the Yet Another AFC Helper Script, which can be enabled in the Gadgets settings. Sign up here to participate!
- The Unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in June 2025 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with {{Unreferenced}}. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. Sign up to participate!
Administrators' newsletter – July 2025
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2025).
Administrator changes
Interface administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- Following a talk page discussion, speedy deletion criterion G13 has been amended to remove "Userspace with no content except the article wizard placeholder text."
- WP:Manual of Style/Superscripts and subscripts was upgraded to a guideline following a RfC discussion.
Miscellaneous
- The 2025 Developing Countries WikiContest will run from 1 July to 30 September. Sign up now!
- Administrator elections will take place this month. Administrator elections are an alternative to RFA that is a gentler process for candidates due to secret voting and multiple people running together. The call for candidates is July 9–15, the discussion phase is July 18–22, and the voting phase is July 23–29. Get ready to submit your candidacy, or (with their consent) to nominate a talented candidate!
Question from Hickman Commandant (12:14, 11 July 2025)
[edit]General Infrigment Feedback by Verifited Users who know how to Explain about that way Tag --Hickman Commandant (talk) 12:14, 11 July 2025 (UTC)
- Huh? --SHB2000 (talk) 12:18, 11 July 2025 (UTC)
Wikimedia CEE Newsletter – August 2025
[edit]Dear CEE Community,
We’re happy to share with you the August edition of the CEE Newsletter!
In this issue:
- Read how the CEE Hub is supporting the region and preparing for the next meetings
- Celebrate 22 years of Romanian Wikipedia and 10 years of the Albanian Language User Group
- Discover the winning photos from the Albanian cuisine contest
- Learn how CEE Spring 2025 gathered over 10,000 articles
- Find out how communities marked World Refugee Day and Francophonie Month
- And much more – from Thessaloniki to Kırklareli!
Read the full newsletter here. Happy reading!
On behalf of the CEE Newsletter team,
--janbery (talk) 14:06, 1 August 2025 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – August 2025
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2025).
Administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- Following a request for comment, a new speedy deletion criterion, G15, has been enacted. It applies to pages generated by a large language model (LLM) without human review.
- Following a request for comment, there is a new policy outlining the granting of permissions to view the IP addresses of temporary accounts. Temporary account deployment on the English Wikipedia is currently scheduled for September 2025, and editors can request access to the permission ahead of time. Admins are encouraged to keep an eye on the request page; there will likely be a flood of editors requesting the permission when they realize they can no longer see IP addresses.
Technical news
- Administrators can now restrict the "Add a Link" feature to newcomers. The "Add a Link" Structured Task helps new account holders get started with editing. Administrators can configure this setting in the Community Configuration page.
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Indian military history has been closed.
- South Asia (WP:CT/SA) is designated a contentious topic. The topic area is specifically defined as
All pages related to the region of South Asia (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal), broadly construed, including but not limited to history, politics, ethnicity, and social groups.
- The contentious topic designations for Sri Lanka (SL) and India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan (IPA) are folded into this new contentious topic.
- The community-authorized general sanctions regarding South Asian social groups (GS/CASTE) are rescinded and folded into this new contentious topic.
- South Asia (WP:CT/SA) is designated a contentious topic. The topic area is specifically defined as
- The arbitration case Article titles and capitalisation 2 has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case closed on 31 July.
- The arbitration case Transgender healthcare and people has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case will close on 11 August.
Miscellaneous
- Wikimania 2025 is happening in Nairobi, Kenya, and online from August 6 to August 9. This year marks 20 years of Wikimania. Interested users can join the online event. Registration for the virtual event is free and will remain open throughout Wikimania. You can register here now.
Administrators' newsletter – September 2025
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2025).
Administrator changes
Interface administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- An RfC is open on whether use of emojis with no encyclopedic value in mainspace and draftspace (e.g., at the start of paragraphs or in place of bullet points) should be added as a criterion under G15.
Technical news
- Administrators can now access the Special:BlockedExternalDomains page from the Special:CommunityConfiguration list page. This makes it easier to find. T393240
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Article titles and capitalisation 2 has been closed.
- An RfC is in progress to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the Arbitration Committee election and resolve any issues not covered by existing rules.
Question from Obinna Tony (18:29, 18 September 2025)
[edit]Hi,
How are you doing?
I need a guide on how to create a new article.
Regards --Obinna Tony (talk) 18:29, 18 September 2025 (UTC)
- Hi, thanks for checking in – if you want a guide to create a new article, please see Help:Your first article. --SHB2000 (talk) 23:03, 18 September 2025 (UTC)
Question from Wikibiryalanmakinesi (21:35, 27 September 2025)
[edit]Hi, there is an article about Khankandi in Azerbaijan The city was called Stepankert during Armenian invasion of Karabagh region of Azerbaijan. Now Armenia has recognised the region as part of Azerbaijan and Azerbaijan officially calls the city Khankandi. But a few editors don't let to change the page title of city. There is also another article called "Stepankert during Artsakh time". But still this doesn't stop these editors resisting against changing the article. Google map has changed the name for 2 years already. What I can do?! --Wikibiryalanmakinesi (talk) 21:35, 27 September 2025 (UTC)
- @Wikibiryalanmakinesi: Hi, I'm not entirely familiar with the situation in regards to this city specifically, but the general rule of thumb is to always use the most common name in English per WP:COMMONNAME. That, of course, is very subjective, but the best way to raise any concerns about the name if you think that is not the most common name, is to raise it on the article's talk page. What you shouldn't do, however, is make threats of reporting people and such like you did here because that is more disruptive. --SHB2000 (talk) 23:50, 27 September 2025 (UTC)
Well, I don't understand how a few people with political motivation can stop renaming a city to its legally and internationally known name. Plus the guy is using Wikipedia templates to bully other editors. I don't think that Wikipedia has a future in the information industry considering how biased and against common sense is behaving. Thanks for your response though Wikibiryalanmakinesi (talk) 11:27, 28 September 2025 (UTC)
Hi, any advice? I'm trying to chunk edits so if anyone disagrees with my edits, it's easy to revert, but I'm being accused of "gaming" the system. Thoughts? --Anil0l (talk) 05:39, 2 October 2025 (UTC)
- @Anil0l: Honestly, if people find issues with your edits, I guess it is their loss if they want to revert. I can't say I agree with the warning on your talk page, but it's probably best to make all your edits in multiple chunks. --SHB2000 (talk) 23:36, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
- Wanted to say thank you for responding. Anil0l (talk) 22:31, 19 October 2025 (UTC)
- Not a problem. :) --SHB2000 (talk) 05:46, 20 October 2025 (UTC)
- Wanted to say thank you for responding. Anil0l (talk) 22:31, 19 October 2025 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – October 2025
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2025).
Administrator changes
CheckUser changes
Arbitration
- After a motion, arbitration enforcement page protections no longer need to be logged in the AELOG. A bot now automatically posts protections at WP:AELOG/P. To facilitate this bot, protection summaries must include a link to the relevant CT page (e.g.
[[WP:CT/BLP]]), and you will receive talk page reminders if you forget to specify the contentious topic but otherwise indicate it is an AE action.
Question for mentor: odd user talk page behavior
[edit]Hello SHB2000, I'm MossOnALog and you were assigned to me as a mentor—I was hoping you could provide advice or intervention on an odd scenario that I'm unfamiliar with. I had reverted some odd text at the top of an article [1], then left a notice on the user's talk page: User talk:Esserrzanatkarergun; the user responded with more unintelligible text then what seems like a draft article or something similar. Not the most disruptive behavior but also not appropriate content for a talk page if I understand correctly. Is the kind of thing I should just ignore? Or is is best to leave another notice or alert an admin? Thanks in advance for your time and help. MossOnALogTalk 14:08, 10 October 2025 (UTC)
- Hey there – for now yes, just ignore it and an admin will handle it eventually. --SHB2000 (talk) 21:58, 10 October 2025 (UTC)
- Got it, thank you! MossOnALogTalk 19:40, 11 October 2025 (UTC)
Question from Slapback79070 (08:05, 28 October 2025)
[edit]My Draft article keeps getting declined which of my sources or not reliable? - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Valentina_Feroz --Slapback79070 (talk) 08:05, 28 October 2025 (UTC)
- All of the primary sources are the problematic ones (less so about reliability, but the article excessively relies on them) – include a bunch of other sources that aren't from WWE such that the article isn't reliant on the primary sources. --SHB2000 (talk) 08:09, 28 October 2025 (UTC)
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Question from Wikibiryalanmakinesi (00:38, 5 November 2025)
[edit]Hi,
There is an editor in the HQ-9 missile system page that keeps deleting my edits with baseless arguments. Can you help me with that?! --Wikibiryalanmakinesi (talk) 00:38, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
- It wasn't baseless – you need a reliable source to back your edits. --SHB2000 (talk) 03:17, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
- I have given 3 sources. Look at other sources in the page. Which one of them is more reliable than mine? And what you mean by not reliable? Which metrics do you have for reliability. This is ridiculous. Can I change my mentor? You are never helpful. Wikibiryalanmakinesi (talk) 01:40, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
- If you're gonna disregard my efforts, I'm not going to bother looking at your other sources or giving you an answer. End of discussion. --SHB2000 (talk) 08:29, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
- I don't think you never bothered looking at any of my request of help. I imagine you are more sympathetic to the type of people I have problem with. Good luck Wikibiryalanmakinesi (talk) 07:16, 7 November 2025 (UTC)
- If you're gonna disregard my efforts, I'm not going to bother looking at your other sources or giving you an answer. End of discussion. --SHB2000 (talk) 08:29, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
- I have given 3 sources. Look at other sources in the page. Which one of them is more reliable than mine? And what you mean by not reliable? Which metrics do you have for reliability. This is ridiculous. Can I change my mentor? You are never helpful. Wikibiryalanmakinesi (talk) 01:40, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
- Note: Junereads's mentor Zippybonzo is away.
Hello, I hope this message finds you well. I'm writing to you today because I'm a little frustrated and confused about a recent editing experience I had on Wikipedia. Specifically, I was working on the page for Vaishno Devi, the Hindu goddess. I spent a considerable amount of time and effort carefully adding information to the page, particularly a list of the goddess's various names and their corresponding meanings. I made sure to properly cite my sources and provide accurate information for each name. I was inspired to do this because I had noticed similar lists of names on other Wikipedia pages dedicated to deities, and those lists seemed to be accepted and helpful to readers. However, my additions to the Vaishno Devi page have been repeatedly removed by a single user. This user's stated reason for removing the information is that, in their opinion, "The infobox is meant to provide a brief overview. A separate section dedicated solely to listing names is also unnecessary unless there is significant scholarly analysis discussing those names. Wikipedia follows summary style, and articles on deities should focus on mythology, iconography, worship, etc—not exhaustive name lists." While I understand the point about keeping the infobox concise, I believe the list of names, with their meanings, adds valuable context and depth to the article. It provides readers with a more comprehensive understanding of the goddess and her diverse manifestations. My confusion stems from the fact that I've observed similar lists existing on other deity pages without being removed. It feels unfair that my contributions, which took a significant amount of time and research to compile, are being consistently deleted by one user, while similar content remains on other seemingly comparable pages. I'm trying to understand why my additions are being treated differently and how I can contribute to the page in a way that aligns with Wikipedia's guidelines and policies, while still providing valuab --Junereads (talk) 15:17, 16 November 2025 (UTC)
- @Junereads Hi, I don't mean to disregard your efforts, but from a quick glance, have you both considered discussing this out on the talk page? I think you'll find that you will be able to go much further when you discuss it out. :) --SHB2000 (talk) 23:09, 16 November 2025 (UTC)
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Question from User707070707 (19:47, 1 December 2025)
[edit]- Note: User707070707's mentor Liu1126 is away.
Hi! I've come across quite a few articles now flagged for being too subjective and issues like that (this sounds like a CV etc). I've been struggling to work out what specifically that means and what I should do about it. Any clarifying tips you have on this would be much appreciated. Thanks! --User707070707 (talk) 19:47, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
- Hi, @User707070707, from what I can infer, this most likely has to do with WP:NPOV, a universal guideline across enwiki. Any article marred by subjectivity doesn't truly reflect a neutral point of view in many cases, hence why you might be seeing so many of those tags. --SHB2000 (talk) 21:17, 1 December 2025 (UTC)
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