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Tech News: 2025-44

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 Wikipedia iOS app has launched an A/B/C test of improvements made to the tabbed browsing feature for select regions and languages. The test, named “More dynamic tabs”, explores new tab experiences and includes “Did you know” and “Because you read” article recommendations. You can read more on the project page.
Autoconfirmed users on small and medium wikis with the CampaignEvents extension can now use Event Registration without the Event Organizer right. This feature lets organizers enable registration, manage participants, and lets users register with one click instead of signing event pages.
View all 31 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, the issue of flashing colors when holding or pressing the arrow keys under the dark mode settings in Vector 2022 has been fixed. [1]

Updates for technical contributors

The CampaignEvents extension will be deployed to all remaining wikis during the week of 17 November 2025. The extension currently includes three features: Event Registration, Collaboration List, and Invitation List. For this rollout, Invitation List will not be enabled on Wikifunctions and MediaWiki unless requested by those communities. Visit the deployment page to learn more.
The SwaggerUI-based REST sandbox experience is now live on all wiki projects. The sandbox can be accessed through the Special:RestSandbox page. Please report any issues to the MediaWiki Interfaces team board, or join the discussion on the project launch page. [2]
Transform endpoints with a trailing slash path in the MediaWiki REST API are now marked as deprecated. They will remain functional during this time, but removal is expected by the end of January 2026. All API users currently calling them are encouraged to transition to the non-trailing slash versions. Both endpoint variations can be found and tested using the REST Sandbox. See the MediaWiki REST API Deprecation page for more detailed information about the API deprecation policies and procedures.
A dedicated changelog now exists for the MediaWiki REST API. The changelog provides an overview of these changes, making it easier for developers to keep track of improvements and iterations. Announcements will also continue to flow through the standard communication channels, including Tech News and email distribution lists, but can now be more easily referenced from a central location. If you have feedback about the style, structure, or content of this changelog, please join the discussion.
Administrators can delete the tracking category which was previously added by the JsonConfig extension, as it is no longer used. See the categories linked from Q130635582. It is OK if there are still pages listed in the category as that is just a caching issue, and they will be automatically cleared out the next time each page is edited. [3]
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MediaWiki message delivery 19:28, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Talk before Delete

hey mr.@Tankishguy u recently deleted my edits on ALEPPO article . I hope u dont do that again . Because ALEPPO doesn't have many sources online that i can use as a link in my edits .

So please sir do not remove any edits related to aleppo just because they dont have enough sources

What u deleted Zizthemiz (talk) 10:42, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

it's policy. Tank ish guy 13:11, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

also, "doesn't have many sources online" is bullshit. Tank ish guy 22:44, 11 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2025-45

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

Administrators will now find that Special:MergeHistory is now significantly more flexible about what it can merge. It can now merge sections taken from the middle of the history of the source (rather than only the start) and insert revisions anywhere in the history of the destination page (rather than only the start). [4]
For users with "Automatically subscribe to topics" enabled in their preferences, starting a new topic or adding a reply to an existing topic will now subscribe them to replies to that topic. Previously, this would only happen if the DiscussionTools "Add topic" or "Reply" widgets were used. When DiscussionTools was originally launched existing accounts were not opted in to automatic topic subscriptions, so this change should primarily affect newer accounts and users who have deliberately changed their preferences since that time. [5]
Scribunto modules can now be used to generate SVG images. This can be used to build charts, graphics and other visualizations dynamically through Lua, reducing the need to compose them externally and upload them as files. [6]
Wikimedia sites now provide all anonymous users with the option to enable a dark mode color scheme, featuring light-colored text on a dark background. This enhancement aims to deliver a more enjoyable reading experience, especially in dimly lit environments. [7]
Users with large watchlists have long faced timeouts when editing Special:EditWatchlist. The page now loads entries in smaller sections instead of all at once due to a paging update, allowing everyone to edit their watchlists smoothly. As part of the database update, sorting by expiry has been removed because it was over 100× slower than sorting by title. A community wish has been created to explore alternative ways to restore sort-by-expiry. If this feature is important to you, please support the wish! [8]
View all 31 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, the fixing of the persisting highlighting when using VisualEditor find and replace during a query. [9]

Updates for technical contributors

Since 2019 the Wikimedia URL Shortener at https://w.wiki is available for all Wikimedia wikis to create short links to articles, permalinks, diffs, etc. It is available in the sidebar as "Get shortened URL". There are 30 wikis that also install an older "ShortUrl" extension. The old extension will soon be removed. This means /s/ URLs will not be advertised under article titles via HTML class="title-shortlink". The /s/ URLs will keep working. [10]
On Thursday, October 30, the MediaWiki Interfaces and SRE Service Operations teams began rerouting Action API traffic through a common API gateway. Individual wikis will be updated based on the standard release groups, with total traffic increased over time. This change is expected to be non-breaking and non-disruptive. If any issues are observed, please file a Phabricator ticket to the Service Ops team board.
MediaWiki Train deployments will pause for the final two weeks of 2025: 22 December and 29 December. Backport windows will also pause between Monday, 22 December 2025 and Thursday, 2 January 2026. A backport window is a scheduled time to add things like bug fixes and configuration changes. There are seven deployment trains remaining for 2025. [11]
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In depth

In 2025, the Wikimedia Foundation reported that AI systems and search engines increasingly use Wikipedia content without driving users to the site, contributing to an 8% drop in human pageviews compared to 2024. After detecting bots disguised as humans, Wikimedia updated its traffic data to reflect this shift. Read more about current user trends on Wikipedia in a Diff blog post.

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MediaWiki message delivery 19:31, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Rollback granted

Hi Tankishguy. After reviewing your request, I have enabled rollback on your account. Please keep the following things in mind while using rollback:

Being granted rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle or Ultraviolet. It just adds a [rollback] button next to a page's latest live revision. It does not grant you any additional "status" on Wikipedia, nor does it change how Wikipedia policies apply to you.
Rollback should be used to revert clear and unambiguous cases of vandalism only. Never use rollback to revert good faith edits. For more information about when rollback is appropriate, see Wikipedia:Rollback § When to use rollback.
Rollback should never be used to edit war, and it should never be used in a content-related dispute to restore the page to your preferred revision. If rollback is abused or used for this purpose or any other inappropriate purpose, the permission will be revoked.
Use common sense. If you're not sure about something, ask!

I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, and feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into trouble or have any questions about appropriate use of rollback. If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. For information on rollback, see Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Rollback (even though you're not an admin) and Wikipedia:Rollback. Good luck and thanks! ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:13, 7 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

bro thank you! Tank ish guy 19:17, 7 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Glory to @Oshwah! VitorFriboquen :] (Talk) 19:03, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Tech News: 2025-46

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Starting November 12, users will see a change in the appearance of talk pages on some Wikipedias. Almost all wikis have received this design change; English Wikipedia will get these changes later. You can read more on Diff. Users can opt out of these changes in their user preferences in "Show discussion activity". [12]
MediaWiki can now display a page indicator automatically while a page is protected. This feature is disabled by default. It can be enabled by community request. [13]
Using the "Show preview" or "Show changes" buttons in the wikitext editor will now carry over certain URL parameters like 'useskin', 'uselang' and 'section'. This update also fixes an issue where, if the browser crashed while previewing an edit to a single section, saving this edit could overwrite the entire page with just that section’s content. [14][15][16]
Wikivoyage wikis can use colored map markers in the article text. The text of these markers will now be shown in contrasting black or white color, instead of always being white. Local workarounds for the problem can be removed. [17]
The Activity tab in the Wikipedia Android app is now available for all users. The new tab offers personalized insights into reading, editing, and donation activity, while simplifying navigation and making app use more engaging. [18]
The Reader Growth team is launching an experiment called "Image browsing" to test how to make it easier for readers to browse and discover images on Wikipedia articles. This experiment, a mobile-only A/B test, will go live on English Wikipedia in the week of November 17 and will run for four weeks, affecting 0.05% of users on English wiki. The test launched on November 3 on Arabic, Chinese, French, Indonesian, and Vietnamese wikis, affecting up to 10% of users on those wikis. [19]
View all 27 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example the inability to lock accounts on mobile sites has been fixed. [20]

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Nominations are open on Wikitech for new Toolforge standards committee members. The committee oversees the Toolforge Right to fork policy and Abandoned tool policy among other duties. Nominations will remain open through 2025-11-28.
The JWT issuer field in OAuth 2 access tokens for SUL wikis has been changed to https://meta.wikimedia.org. Old access tokens will still work. [21]
The JWT subject field in OAuth 2 access tokens will soon change from <user id> to mw:<identity type>:<user id>, where <identity type> is typically CentralAuth: (for SUL wikis) or local:<wiki id> (for other wikis). This is to avoid conflicts between different user ID types, and to make OAuth 2 access tokens and the sessionJwt cookie more similar. Old access tokens will still work. [22]
MediaWiki's block messages (blockedtext, blockedtext-partial, autoblockedtext, systemblockedtext, blockedtext-tempuser, autoblockedtext-tempuser) now support additional parameters indicating whether the user is blocked from editing their own user talk page $9 or emailing other users $10. [23]
A REL1_45 branch for MediaWiki core and each of the extensions and skins in Wikimedia git has been created. This is the first step in the release process for MediaWiki 1.45.0, scheduled for late November 2025. If you are working on a critical bug fix or working on a new feature, you may need to take note of this change. [24]
The process for generating CirrusSearch dumps has been updated due to slowing performance. If you encounter any issues migrating to the replacement dumps, please contact the Search Platform Team for support. [25][26]
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MediaWiki message delivery 20:36, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Review before reverting/don't auto revert

Looks like you are using an automated reversion program of some sort, which is leading you to revert good, accurate, and legitimate edits. Be sure to check what you're actually reverting before reverting an edit. And if you do feel a reversion is warranted, explain why. It is very clear to me that you are, at least on two recent edits, utilizing a program, not what should be a watchful and careful personal review of what you are reverting. Not trying to be confrontation, though, and hoping you'll see my point. All the best. ~2025-32598-86 (talk) 02:39, 11 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Did you just tell me that I'm using an automated reverting system? Tank ish guy 02:41, 11 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

UV Is a edit reverting and warning script Tank ish guy 02:42, 11 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2025-47

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The Reader Experience team is experimenting with reading lists on mobile web, allowing logged-in readers with no edits to save private lists of articles for later. The experiment is running on Arabic, Chinese, French, Indonesian, and Vietnamese Wikipedias since the week of 10 November, and will begin on English Wikipedia the week of 17 November.
Users who can’t receive their email verification code during login can now get help by submitting a form on a new special page. This update is part of the Account Security initiative. If your account has an email address, please make sure you still have access to it. When logging in from a new device or location without 2FA, you may be asked to enter a 6-digit code sent by email to finish logging in. Learn more.
One new wiki has been created: a Wikisource in Minangkabau (s:min:) [27]
View all 23 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.

Updates for technical contributors

As part of the Parser Unification project, the Content Transform Team rolled out Parsoid as the default parser to many low-traffic Wikipedias and is preparing the next step to high traffic ones. This message is an invitation for you to opt-in to Parsoid, as described in the Extension:ParserMigration documentation, and identify any issues you might encounter with your own workflow using bots, gadgets, or user scripts. Please, let us know through the "Report Visual Bug" link in the Tools sidebar or create a phab ticket and tag the Content Transform Team in Phabricator.
Unsupported Tools: Several issues with Video2Commons have been fixed, including filename-related upload failures, black-video imports, and retry handling. AV1 support has also been added. Ongoing work focuses on backend stability, ffmpeg errors, subtitle imports, metadata handling, and playlist uploads. To track specific tasks, check the Phabricator board.
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Save the date for the next Wikimedia Hackathon happening in Milan, Italy from May 1–3, 2026. Registration will open in January 2026. Scholarship applications are currently open, and will close on November 28, 2025. If you have any questions, please email hackathon@wikimedia.org.

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MediaWiki message delivery 17:24, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Bruh

I didn't do anything wrong mate. You think I was disrupting the space for BFDI, yet you didn't give proof. I suggest being quiet and think before you speak. Thank you Wikiman2230 (talk) 23:11, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Jesus. I did. Tank ish guy 00:05, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Then where is your source? Wikiman2230 (talk) 00:06, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

SOURCE FOR WHAT? Tank ish guy 00:07, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

For my disturbance? Wikiman2230 (talk) 00:08, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

holy crud, I WITHDREW Tank ish guy 00:09, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Calm down please. You are acting very unprofessional towards me. Wikiman2230 (talk) 00:12, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Unprofessional? Tank ish guy 00:13, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. And i think we should end this conversation here yeah? Wikiman2230 (talk) 00:14, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

yeah. Tank ish guy 00:14, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Question from Defying Physics101 (10:42, 23 November 2025)

Hello, Tankishguy I have a question regarding the expantion of text accurately, could you tell me how to expand on texts while making them accurate. Thank You -Defying Physics101 --Defying Physics101 (talk) 10:42, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Defying Physics101 Finding sources is your top priority in that case. Tank ish guy 14:36, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Zalioukstudies (13:40, 23 November 2025)

Hi Tankishguy :) I hope you are well. I would like to ask you, when a Wiki page contains uncited anecdotal evidence, do you leave it there? I have other information which I could cite but I am hesitant to delete any work before mine ... Just wondering how you would approach that and if it is better to just cite what I can and leave the rest as it is.

Thank you!! --Zalioukstudies (talk) 13:40, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Zalioukstudies Take it out immediately. That stuff has no place on Wikipedia, thank you for asking Tank ish guy 14:22, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Zalioukstudies remember to use good quality sources! Tank ish guy 14:38, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

thank you for your help!! Zalioukstudies (talk) 19:23, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can you link the link of your revert? Tank ish guy 21:17, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

hey @Tankishguy, apologies i did not reply sooner - i was not sure what you meant by 'revert' and i am still learning about editing here, but now i understand you. i haven't altered the article yet but i will share with you once i do so. thanks again for your guidance. Zalioukstudies (talk) 16:41, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2025-48

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Last week, the Wikimedia Search Team recreated the "DWIM" (Do What I Mean) gadget functionality server-side, for Russian and Hebrew Wikipedias. This feature adds cross-keyboard suggestions to the standard search-box suggestions. For example, searching for cxfcnmt on Russian Wikipedia will now add suggestions for счастье ("happiness") that the user probably intended. They plan to enable this feature for other Russian and Hebrew wikis this week. [28]
Later this week, users of the "Improved Syntax Highlighting" beta feature will have syntax highlighting available in DiscussionTools. This requires that the "Enable editing tools in source mode" preference be set. [29]
Campaign events extension – the set of tools for coordinating events and other on-wiki collaborations has now been deployed to all Wikimedia wikis. A new feature known as Collaborative contribution to help organizers and participants see the impact of activities has also been added. Join the upcoming learning session to see the new feature in action and share your feedback.
View all 24 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, the bug which stopped CodeReviewBot from working, has now been fixed. [30]

Updates for technical contributors

Users of Wikimedia API can join a usability study to help validate the new design of Wikimedia REST API sandboxes. Interested participants should fill the recruitment survey. [31]
The MediaWiki Interfaces team is deprecating XSLT stylesheets within the Action API. Support for format=xml&xlst={stylesheet} will be removed from Wikimedia projects by the end of November, 2025. In addition, it will soon be disabled by default in MediaWiki release versions: v1.43 (LTS), v1.44, and v1.45. Support for XSLT stylesheets will be fully removed from MediaWiki v1.46 (expected to release between April and May 2026). [32]
The WDQS legacy endpoint (query-legacy-full.wikidata.org) will be decommissioned at the end of December 2025, and finally closed down on 7th January 2026. After this date, users should expect requests to query.wikidata.org that require the full graph to fail or return invalid results if they are not rewritten to use SPARQL federation. The team encourages users to ensure that tools and workflows use the supported WDQS endpoints (https://query.wikidata.org/ - Main graph or https://query-scholarly.wikidata.org/ - Scholarly graph). For support with migrating use cases, please review the Data Access and Request a Query pages for details and assistance on alternative access methods.
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MediaWiki message delivery 15:54, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	TY so much for the work you put into my user page; I did not have much time to redo my user page since some editors took out all of my hardwork (awwww); Thanks for the help! ColinCorgi (talk) 20:45, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from RoyLyster on Catholic Church sex abuse cases in the United States (14:18, 27 November 2025)

Hello, How do I delete a sentence? This one is inaccurate: "these cases were conspicuous due to the perceived leniency shown to offending clergy by church leadership and the Vatican." The Vatican showed leniency in all countries where abuse took place; this was not unique to the US. --RoyLyster (talk) 14:18, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

click the "edit" or "edit source" button and find the sentence. then delete it like you would on a sentence on an email. Tank ish guy 18:12, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Umar.369 on Mari Indus (15:54, 28 November 2025)

Hello I Can't Upload my lines in article. --Umar.369 (talk) 15:54, 28 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know why. Tank ish guy 18:48, 28 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Keylux (02:01, 29 November 2025)

I know this is a mundane question, but have I been doing a good job editing? --Keylux (talk) 02:01, 29 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Let me see... Tank ish guy 02:02, 29 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Taking a quick glance, I see 0 reverted edits, a good sign. You may want to check out TWA, and check out This to see if any task is good for you! Tank ish guy 02:08, 29 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Concerns regarding gravedancing

Hi @Tankishguy! First off, thanks for your work in countervandalism. I see you around a lot and your contributions have a great impact on this project :) I am a little concerned, though, about this comment as well as your edit to the LTA's talk page here. It might be temping for you to taunt banned users, but that's referred to here as WP:GRAVEDANCING and it isn't constructive. Any chance you might consider backing off of those kinds of comments? Thank you :) --tony 03:43, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

sure, I did not know it was an LTA and wanted it to do better in the future. the first comment was a joke, and recieved well by the blocking admin, but I'll back off. Tank ish guy 03:46, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I also got Oshwah to run CU ;) Tank ish guy 03:49, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The LTA is Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/BMX On WheeIs, which is omnipresent. The user feeds on our reactions and any time we insult them it drives them to continue, which is why it's important we deny them the satistfaction ;) --tony 04:02, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've studied the guy for a time, never thought i was able to see him directly. Tank ish guy 04:03, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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View all 34 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, the issue where search boxes on some Commons pages showed no results due to switch from SpecialSearch to MediaSearch, has now been fixed. [33]
Two new wikis have been created:
- a Wikipedia in Toki Pona (w:tok:) [34]
- a Wikiquote in Nigerian Pidgin (q:pcm:) [35]

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In depth

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MediaWiki message delivery 18:56, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Sheave (02:16, 2 December 2025)

Hey Tankishguy. It looks like you’ve been assigned as my mentor. Do you have any advice for someone (me) just starting out with Wikipedia editing? Are there any important do’s and don’ts I should be mindful of? Thanks. --Sheave (talk) 02:16, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'll send you a good intro Tank ish guy 03:22, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Chris Peyton (06:18, 2 December 2025)

Make me a wikipedia page --Chris Peyton (talk) 06:18, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The thing about Wikipedia is that you make them yourself. See this on how to make the article you want. Tank ish guy 06:21, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

New Term for micro economics.

We went to publish a new term economics can anyone help? Melihbas28 (talk) 15:31, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Melihbas28 (15:33, 2 December 2025)

Hello there my name is Melih,

I wanted to publish a new term in micro economics. Can anybody helps? --Melihbas28 (talk) 15:33, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Does it have reliable sources? Tank ish guy 22:39, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from SoftTacoss (20:32, 3 December 2025)

How do I publish a refined and cited article of anything I please? I would like a guide on how to do the codework and imagery. --SoftTacoss (talk) 20:32, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

see this. Tank ish guy 20:33, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Raphael Wines (01:09, 4 December 2025)

Hello, How can I create a citation and at point can I be able to contribute? --Raphael Wines (talk) 01:09, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

what Tank ish guy 01:11, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

oh

see this Tank ish guy 01:12, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) Hi Raphael Wines! See Help:Referencing for beginners, it teaches you how to add a citation in the source editor and there's a link to how to do it in the visual editor in that page as well. HurricaneZeta^C 01:13, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Groovium (01:26, 4 December 2025)

There's an image that's been used for a public figure that makes me 99% sure it's public domain, and I'd like to use it on the page. How do I make officially sure it's up for public grabs so I don't get in trouble? --Groovium (talk) 01:26, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm.... Not sure. You should probably ask the fellows over at Commons, They can probably help you out. Tank ish guy 01:29, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion of Itaaly

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Please do not recreate the material without addressing these concerns, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If you think this page should not have been deleted for this reason, or you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. HurricaneZeta^C 13:47, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Sophiadalzell (18:39, 4 December 2025)

Can i make my edits anonymous, or do i have to stay signed out for that feature? --Sophiadalzell (talk) 18:39, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your edits are technically anonymous, either way. Tank ish guy 01:20, 5 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Signed out, multiple special groups can access your IP, but signed in, only one can. Tank ish guy 01:20, 5 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from CartierRecordsENT (19:32, 5 December 2025)

How do i make an article public? --CartierRecordsENT (talk) 19:32, 5 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I seem to only be posting sketches or drafts or whatever I’m trying to make a public article that would pop up if somebody was to look up rich2solid on Google CartierRecordsENT (talk) 21:01, 5 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Only confirmed or autoconfirmed users can post articles. Tank ish guy 22:38, 5 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Coolone67801 (11:56, 8 December 2025)

Hello tankishguy! I see that base infinity is not in Wikipedia, firstly can you please make page about base infinity, also im firstly seen this on numberblocks band maked by fith2049, secondly almost all of my edits are gone soo can you please bring back all of my edits back (you can see all of my edits in view history), that's all I need bye! --Coolone67801 (talk) 11:56, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

no. Tank ish guy 15:04, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2025-50

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

Anybody who wishes to secure their user account can now use two-factor authentication (2FA). This is available to all registered users of all Wikimedia projects. This is part of the Account Security initiative. Later, 2FA will be required for all users who can take security- or privacy-sensitive actions.

Updates for editors

Following last week's deployments, the Add a link feature, which allows editors to add suggested links during editing, will be available to an additional 33 Wikipedias starting on 9 December. This expansion is possible thanks to the new prediction model that now supports all languages, including those that were previously not covered. While the feature has been available on most Wikipedias for some time, this rollout brings us closer to using the improved model everywhere. If you have any questions or would like more details please contact Trizek (WMF).
Last week, the Search Platform team added transliterated as-you-type search suggestions to Georgian wikis. If there are only a few regular search suggestions, then queries in Latin or Cyrillic script are now rewritten into Georgian script to look for more matches. For example, searching for either bedniereba or бедниереба will now suggest the existing article about ბედნიერება ("happiness"). You can recommend other languages where transliterated suggestions would be useful on Phabricator for future development.
Later this week, a controlled experiment will begin for editors on the 100 largest Wikipedias who are editing a section in the mobile web visual editor. 50% of these editors will notice a new "Edit full page" button that will enable them to expand their editing session to the whole page. This feature is intended to make it easier for people on mobile web to edit any article section, regardless of which section-edit icon they tapped to begin. The experiment will last ~4 weeks. You can find more details about the project.
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The Wikipedia Year in Review 2025, a feature in the Wikipedia mobile apps (iOS and Android) that provides users with a personalised summary of their engagement with Wikipedia over the year, is now available on the iOS and Android apps. This edition includes expanded personalised insights, improved reading highlights, new donor messaging, and updated designs. Open the app to view your Year in Review and explore your reading journey from 2025.
A recent software bug caused edits made with VisualEditor to make unintended changes to wikitext, including removing whitespace and replacing spaces with underscores in wikilinks inside citations. This was partially fixed last week, and further fixes are in progress. Editors who used VisualEditor between November 28 and December 2 should review their edits for unexpected modifications. [37]
View all 23 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, the incorrect handling of URLs copied from the address bar of Microsoft Edge users, has been resolved. [38]

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Question from Franchiskii (03:01, 10 December 2025)

So I’m a rapper and i wanted to create my own information and about me. How can I do that? --Franchiskii (talk) 03:01, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Franchiskii: In general, you don't. See WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Further, Wikipedia is not a social media platform and not a means to promote yourself. Unless there is significant coverage in reliable, secondary sources attesting to your notability, it's highly unlikely an article about you would be accepted here. See also WP:GNG/WP:NMUSICIAN. --Hammersoft (talk) 03:13, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Hammersoft! Tank ish guy 14:00, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Falcopunch145 (07:55, 10 December 2025)

How do I format summaries of my changes? --Falcopunch145 (talk) 07:55, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

there should be a summary box. In general, just put what you did inside the box. Tank ish guy 14:10, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

December 2025

Hello, I'm Kvinnen. I noticed that you recently removed content from Cà Mau province without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Kvinnen (talk) 14:30, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

removed promotional words Tank ish guy 14:31, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome!

Hello, Tankishguy!

I noticed your contributions and wanted to welcome you to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Getting Started

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Tips

Don't be afraid to edit! Just find something that can be improved and make it better. Other editors will help fix any mistakes you make.
It's normal to feel a little overwhelmed, but don't worry if you don't understand everything at first—it's fine to edit using common sense.
If an edit you make is reverted, you can discuss the issue on the article's talk page. Be civil, and don't restore the edit unless there is consensus.
Always use edit summaries to explain your changes.
When adding new content to an article, always include a citation to a reliable source.
If you wish to edit about a subject with which you are affiliated, read our conflict of interest guide and disclose your connection.
Have fun! Your presence in the Wikipedia community is welcome.

Happy editing! Cheers, Tank ish guy 23:18, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I welcomed myself. a sad reality of the fact wikipedia needs more people to welcome others and show them the ropes. Tank ish guy 23:20, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Abumoh00 (21:29, 13 December 2025)

Note: Abumoh00's mentor Bunnypranav is away.

Hey Bunny & Tankish. Thanks for your mentorship.

I've run into one editor in my short time editing (TarnishedPath), who went through my edit history to mass revert edits that I think are quite good or close to it. I was trying to figure out why, and after looking into it they seem to be explicitly critical or in support of certain articles/entities and their edit history/explanations shows a political POV.

Dealing with them has been exhausting, and after seeing others who have to deal with them, it looks like they only get more stubborn and in any somewhat politics-related article are unwilling to improve articles for the project, instead of pushing a specific view of the world.

How do I go about dealing with this? Is an interaction ban okay? If so, what does that entail? --Abumoh00 (talk) 21:29, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I do not see any bias TarnishedPath (can you comment?) has by reverting your edits. from what I see, they are trying to help. This can be seen as an aspersion. Tank ish guy 01:55, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

we all have bias; I'm not alleging TarnishedPath is unique in that regard; their contributions from what I can see do push specific narratives, or are either pro and or against an entity rather than trying to reach a neutral assessment. I can provide links if needed but I'm not here to character judge; that observed bias was a side observation I made when trying to figure out why one editor was mass reverting my edits across articles and very difficult to engage with in finding common ground or addressing points I've raised (e.g., saying "I just disagree" without addressing good faith, logical points in talk pages).

--

Maybe it's just the inherent coldness of text communication (can't solve that :/), but I did not get the impression they want to work together; e.g., on the 'Canada's National Observer (CNO)' article I got the impression they're more inclined to just block any info that might be nuanced or critical of the org, citing policy like WP:Coatrack even though this is false on it's face (they wanted to remove a citation/text because the legal entity of CNO was referenced instead of CNO, even though that's how law works; you sue a legal entity, not the flagship/only publication of that entity); which, I think it's reasonable to say, along with the other evidence, easily gives the impression they aren't engaging in good faith (not saying they aren't; that's the impression these actions reasonably convey). Abumoh00 (talk) 02:06, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Tankishguy, I'll comment when I'm back at home in front of my PC. @Abumoh00 as advised by Tankish, those are definetly asperions you're making about me and you need to strike your allegations against me. TarnishedPath^talk 02:07, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Abumoh00, AFAIK I've only edited two articles which you have edited, Grokipedia and Canada's National Observer. Both of those articles have been on my watchlist for a while. You would have discovered that I had previously edited both if you cared to looked at my contribution histories for either respective articles. If you're going to make statements that I am going through your edit history and mass reverting everything you do, you need to support those sorts of accusations. Please read WP:AGF and WP:ASPERSIONS.

On the subject of your edits, you seem to be labouring under the misapprehension that once I've laid out my objections to an edit that I am moving forward obliged to answer every comment you make thereafter. That is simply not the case. In both instances I have given you policy based responses. If you don't like my responses, or think yours is better that is no reason to continue reverting to reintroduce your preferred versions. Either you obtain consensus or you don't. If you don't, it's really not the end of the world and there are various avenues to dispute resolution if you really do think I'm wrong. TarnishedPath^talk 03:52, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

for sure; I reached out for a third opinion on them, as yes you're right no one can force anyone to explain their objections or respond to good-faith logical responses.

It is I think fair to hope that editors do though, lest to come across as stonewalling for a particular end (in this case pro-CNO, anti-Grok; when we should instead be looking for neutral evaluations of all).

You've edited a lot articles is my impression; my claim was that you *mass* reverted as opposed to trying to work together on improvements, did so immediately one after the other on articles I edited, cited policy to support points that as mentioned above (e.g., CNO vs. legal entity), quite reasonably can appear as bad-faith. Abumoh00 (talk) 04:00, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

re: yes I've looked at your contribution histories; that's where I saw the history of edit wars, blunt dismissive engagements with others (maybe part of this is just text communication's lack of context however), and comments like:

"Of course a research piece for a American think tank is going to confuse left-wing with liberals. Calling the Democrats, who are strongly is support of capitalism and engage in continuous wars, left-wing is wrong-headed when considering global politics. That the research found positive sentiment for Scott Morrison (a conservative Australian former prime-minister) just makes a joke of the whole argument."

or here advocating for Jacobin and against well-respected (although Wiki editors do ahve methodoloical concerns) 3rd party media bias rater Ad Fontes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia%3AReliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_467

It's fine to be left or right of liberal (or far left for that matter), but in my experience engaging with people further to the extremes becomes less productive because I don't see how a far left or far right person could consistently & easily see the world in an NPOV manner, or contribute to a staunchly non-political technical project like Wiki. Abumoh00 (talk) 04:26, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Guavas111vh (03:08, 15 December 2025)

Hello Sir, I want to create an Article about Professor NK Gourha, How should i do that --Guavas111vh (talk) 03:08, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

see WP:YFA Tank ish guy 03:10, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2025-51

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View all 18 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, one of the fixes addressed an issue for temporary accounts adding an external URL, which triggered an hCaptcha request in more cases than intended, and did not display the required popup on the first attempt to publish the edit. [41]

Updates for technical contributors

To improve database and site performance, external links to Wikimedia projects will no longer be stored in the database. This means they will not be searchable in Special:LinkSearch, will not be checked by the Spam Blacklist or AbuseFilter as new links, and will not be in the externallinks table on database replicas. In the future this may be extended to other highly-linked trusted websites on a per-wiki basis, such as Creative Commons links on Wikimedia Commons. [42]
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Trouted X2!

Whack!

You've been whacked with a wet trout.

Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

Whack!

You've been whacked with a wet trout.

Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

Tank ish guy 23:06, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Filing SPIs

Hi Tankishguy. I noticed that most of the SPIs you have recently filed were declined for one reason or another. SPI is a fairly complex corner of the administrative section of the encyclopaedia; I'd suggest steering clear of it until you naturally gather some more experience through the course of editing. If you insist, I'd recommend at the very least reading various SPI instructionals, such as User:Blablubbs/How to file a good SPI. Thank you. DatGuy^Talk_Contribs 12:32, 17 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Think big 001 (17:37, 17 December 2025)

please mentor i am a musician and i wish to add my profile here please guide me --Think big 001 (talk) 17:37, 17 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

see WP:YFA and WP:AUTO Tank ish guy 19:19, 17 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Question from Khronostasis (Timeless Innovation) on User:Khronostasis (Timeless Innovation) (04:51, 19 December 2025)

Hello ,I want to ask before i publish,it can be approved by Wikipedia

Khronostasis

Khronostasis is an independent innovation-focused brand centered on the exploration of timeless systems, future-oriented thinking, and long-term technological vision. The brand explores how concepts of time, continuity, and progress influence innovation, strategic design, and emerging technologies.

Founded in the United States, Khronostasis positions itself at the intersection of futurism, systems thinking, and innovation philosophy, emphasizing durability, foresight, and relevance beyond short-term trends.

Overview

Khronostasis is built around the concept of timeless innovation, a framework that prioritizes sustainable ideas, forward-looking structures, and long-range impact. Rather than focusing on short-lived technological trends, the brand emphasizes principles intended to remain relevant across generations of technological change.

The name “Khronostasis” derives from the Greek words khrónos (time) and stásis (state or balance), reflecting the brand’s focus on continuity and equilibrium within innovation processes.

Philosophy and Approach

The brand’s philosophy centers on the belief that meaningful innovation requires a long-term perspective. Khronostasis promotes strategic thinking that integrates technological evolution, human systems, and future readiness.

Its conceptual approach combines elements of futurism, innovation strategy, and systems design, often addressing themes such as permanence, adaptability, and technological legacy.

Brand Identity

Khronostasis maintains a minimalist and futuristic identity, frequently associated with abstract representations of time, balance, and progress. Its visual and conceptual language is designed to avoid direct association with short-term design trends, reinforcing its emphasis on longevity and conceptual clarity.

Activities

Khronostasis engages in conceptual development, brand research, and innovation-oriented --Khronostasis (Timeless Innovation) (talk) 04:51, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

this is WP:PROMOTION. Tank ish guy 13:14, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Think big 001 (13:10, 19 December 2025)

i made an article on sandbox draft i have made tow changes after i publish on draft what should i do again --Think big 001 (talk) 13:10, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I can't understand the grammar on this question. Tank ish guy 13:17, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

i meant to say i have mad an article on the sandbox draft and i wish to publish it soon Think big 001 (talk) 10:01, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can you link it? Tank ish guy 14:02, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Think_big_001/sandbox Think big 001 (talk) 15:30, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

this draft is undeniably promotional. Tank ish guy 17:32, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Again, WP:YFA, WP:AUTO and WP:PROMO Tank ish guy 17:34, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Iberian-colchian on User:Iberianlover (07:19, 22 December 2025)

I want change name top of --Iberian-colchian (talk) 07:19, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

? I can't understand your meaning. Tank ish guy 15:24, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Meetings and events

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Question from Ziotheo (09:59, 24 December 2025)

Why do people don't like my edits when im telling the truth --Ziotheo (talk) 09:59, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Invangelist (15:33, 24 December 2025)

Hi. I was wondering if it's possible for me to create a page about in-house creative agencies. I write and speak extensively on this topic, and noticed that there isn't a page dedicated to this topic.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated! --Invangelist (talk) 15:33, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy holidays!

Hello Tankishguy: 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, – LuniZunie_(talk) 02:28, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@LuniZunie :) Tank ish guy 14:19, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Season's Greetings}} to send this message

Question from Jason Valkyri (16:14, 26 December 2025)

Hello Tankishguy!

Thank you for being my mentor. As I start editing, I'm very curious about the "behind-the-scenes" quality control.

Could you explain what an entry or a major revision typically goes through? For instance, once I publish an edit, does it undergo a formal internal review process by a group of editors, or is it more of a decentralized peer-monitoring system? I often see notices about articles being "checked" or "refined" multiple times—is there a specific lifecycle for an entry to be considered "verified"?

I'm eager to learn how to better collaborate with the community to ensure my contributions meet Wikipedia's high standards. Thanks again for your time! --Jason Valkyri (talk) 16:14, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The answer to your first question is that it's a peer monitoring system. The answer to your second question is That new articles are checked through review processes such as Articles for Creation Or New Page Patrol. Past that there is some further content review, being, in order of quality, Peer Review, Did you know, And Good or Featured articles. Featured articles and Did you know are on the main page. Tank ish guy 04:43, 28 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for getting back to you after so long. Tank ish guy 04:44, 28 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Tankishguy,

Thank you so much for the detailed insights! Your explanation of the "peer monitoring system" and the different quality tiers really helped me understand the decentralized nature of Wikipedia.

I am planning to focus my contributions on Richard Wagner. Given your expertise in AV work, I would love to ask: Does Wikipedia generally support embedding audio or video files directly within an entry, or are there specific technical hurdles I should be aware of?

Furthermore, I’m curious about the community's efforts in restoring classical music archives. Are there ongoing AV restoration projects for historical recordings by masters like Furtwängler, Toscanini, or Karajan? I’d love to know how Wikipedia manages the copyright and technical restoration for such significant cultural heritages.

Looking forward to your professional perspective!

Best regards, Jason Valkyri Jason Valkyri (talk) 09:14, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) Jason Valkyri Please do not use LLMs to write your responses. Many editors who prefer to talk to humans view it as disrespectful. See WP:LLMTALK. HurricaneZeta^C 20:12, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Exactly. Tank ish guy 21:15, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry,Tankishguy.I was not farmiliar with the rules,and I am afraid to make misunderstanding.So would you please teach me about the problems?I am a real people. Jason Valkyri (talk) 01:35, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I didnt realize it was a LLM. Scary Wikiman2230 00:47, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

sorry for that,frankly speaking,I am not a English native speaker,and I am a freshman to Wiki.I heard the famous wiki since I was a child,also I really respect the Big Shot like Tankishguy and HurricaneZeta.So I just want to be more polite and serious through gemini'polishment.Really sorry for that and I promise I would not use AI anymore.Thanks for everyone's notice! Jason Valkyri (talk) 01:28, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm glad your apologizing for your misuse of Artificial Intelligence on the English Wikipedia. By any chance, what language do you speak? Wikiman2230 01:29, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks,well,my native language is Chinese.And I realize that the big problem of Chinese Wikipedia named Baidu.Propaganda and misleading buried countless truth,Baidu is not reliable at all.So I really appreciate Wikipedia repect the truth,freedom and equality!So Wikipedia means very important to me.I especially admire the quality of Wikipedia-objectivity and rigor,and I also want to spread it. Jason Valkyri (talk) 05:15, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jason Valkyri so, you know that little en prefix on the website domain? replace the en with zh, and that's how you get to the chinese wikipedia. you do have to use a vpn, though. Tank ish guy 05:18, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your suggestion,I will do this！ Jason Valkyri (talk) 05:30, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jason Valkyri That's good that you won't use AI, but there are other language Wikipedias. You can find the Wikipedia in your native language and contribute there - while this is the highest viewed version of Wikipedia, there are active communities and readers of other language Wikipedias that will appreciate your work, especially if your version of Wikipedia isn't completely fleshed out and needs some help.

None of us here are "big shots" or anything, we try to promote equality and don't have any extra say in discussions regarding various things around here. HurricaneZeta^C 01:42, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your suggestion,HurricaneZeta!I will help to build English and Chinese Wiki,and I am very eager to learn from you all,please give me more guidance in the future. Jason Valkyri (talk) 05:26, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jason Valkyri quick sidenote, we do not call wikipedia "wiki", instead we usually attach the ISO language code if we're talking about wikipedia, as a wiki is a type of website. Tank ish guy 05:29, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

OK,I understand,Tankishguy,I know it should called en.wikipedia and ch.wikipedia.Thanks for the teaching. Jason Valkyri (talk) 05:35, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jason Valkyri that only applies if you're talking about one wikipedia inside of another wikipedia Tank ish guy 05:36, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Got it,Thanks! Jason Valkyri (talk) 05:47, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Neerajkannz on The Sports Hub (04:08, 29 December 2025)

Lot of options are not visible while I try to edit a wikipedia page using my smartphone --Neerajkannz (talk) 04:08, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sadly, there is nothing I can do about that. If you have a computer, The absolute best thing you can do is edit from that. Tank ish guy 05:44, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from ThePlaneWikiGuy (23:01, 29 December 2025)

I'm making a wiki article in my sandbox. The main idea is about an airport in Indonesia, called "Kiwirok Airport". Its a famous airport for its small, and curved runway. The runway is curved due to the short amount of space where it is, which is on a mountain. Is there anyway I can add stuff to my article? --ThePlaneWikiGuy (talk) 23:01, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Coolone67801 (18:14, 30 December 2025)

I researched and limit of calculator on android maded by GOOGLE LLC has limit of 2^250,000, if you see my requests,

Ultimate list of numbers soon :) --Coolone67801 (talk) 18:14, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from GodlyOutput (18:00, 3 January 2026)

I am attempting to edit stuff about Venezuela as our President made announcements and people have put the wrong information over the operation & Venezuela’s Page needs to be edited to say Under US occupation. --GodlyOutput (talk) 18:00, 3 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

GodlyOutput that's because the page is protected. I am not checking to what extent. Tank ish guy 18:05, 3 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Plspain (18:24, 9 January 2026)

Hey! I wanted to Edit the Poland page and replace the anthem by the official instrumental version instead of the US Navy band. Please help me how to do it. Thanks! --Plspain (talk) 18:24, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Plspain generally on wikipedia, we use US Navy band recordings as a kind of unwritten rule. I couldn't tell you why. Tank ish guy 08:51, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2026-03

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

The Wikimedia Foundation has shared some guiding questions for the July 2026–June 2027 Annual Plan on Meta and Diff. These focus on global trends, faster and healthier experimentation, better support for newcomers, strengthening editors and advanced users, improving collaboration across projects, and growing and retaining readership. Feedback and ideas are welcome on the talk page.

Updates for editors

As part of the current work of Community Tech team on the Multiple watchlists project, the display of EditWatchlist will be updated as a first step towards multiple watchlists. Additionally, the pagination on Search will be updated too, as a part of the work on the Revamp pagination / page navigation wish. [46]
The Global Watchlist is a MediaWiki extension that lets you see your watchlists from different wikis on the same page. It was recently updated to look more like the regular Watchlist, such as preparing it for temporary accounts in IP masking (including rerouting user links to contributions pages), making page titles bold, and opening links in edit summaries and tags in new browser tabs. [47][48][49][50]
View all 28 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, the issue where global blocks did not have the option to disable sending emails, has now been fixed, and will be available for use in the week of January 13. [51]

Updates for technical contributors

The VisualEditor citation tool and Reference Previews now support "map" as a reference type. [52]
Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki/MediaWiki

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Question from GrampsDrew (20:28, 14 January 2026)

I was looking to add sources to the page for "Objective Media Group" (link attached), and the history section starts with the date of the founding of the company, and that seemed simple enough to verify. My immediate thought was to look up business records for the incorporation of the company, and I found them. Is that a good source? If so, how would that be cited?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objective_Media_Group --GrampsDrew (talk) 20:28, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Question from Artemis343 (21:50, 16 January 2026)

Hi, sorry but I have a question regarding the image editting. I found a wrong (or at least very confusing) image. Some ppl already noticed that before me and wrote about it in the comments, but eventhough that was almost a year ago now, the picture is still there. I would like to replace it with a correct scheme picture, but I am not sure whether I can do that or if someone with more seniority has to do that, especially since it on a rather big and important page (it is the first scheme picture on the Atomic number page). --Artemis343 (talk) 21:50, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Artemis343 the first question I am going to ask is if it has a lock of any color on the top right, if you view using a computer? Tank ish guy 21:54, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

no I don't see any lock on the page Artemis343 (talk) 21:58, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Artemis343 then you should be able to just make a new image and replace it Tank ish guy 21:59, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

perfect! thanks so much Artemis343 (talk) 22:19, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Artemis343 you're welcome Tank ish guy 22:20, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Rilwan2025 (05:42, 17 January 2026)

I would like to create a Wikipedia page for a public figure. Could you help me guide through it --Rilwan2025 (talk) 05:42, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

see WP:YFA Tank ish guy 00:51, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question from ShantanuARajurkar (22:04, 17 January 2026)

I am finding it difficult to add Tables in my article, please help --ShantanuARajurkar (talk) 22:04, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Simo officiel (16:59, 18 January 2026)

كيف أقوم بإنشاء مرجع ؟ --Simo officiel (talk) 16:59, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

إذا كنت تستخدم محررًا مرئيًا، فانقر فوق الزر الذي يحمل عبارة "cite"، والصق الرابط إلى موقع الويب المذكور، ثم انقر فوق "create" (كملاحظة جانبية، يرجى استخدام ويكيبيديا العربية إذا لم تتمكن من التواصل أو إضافة محتوى باللغة الإنجليزية، على ar.wikipedia.org Tank ish guy 20:17, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Just a note, I do not know Arabic at all, And I used Google Translate. Tank ish guy 20:17, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Dawgs.html on The Pop Manifesto (15:30, 19 January 2026)

Hello, how do I cite something and is there a way to do it properly? Any tips? --Dawgs.html (talk) 15:30, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

If you are using visual editor, there should be a button That says cite. Input the link to your citation, and click create. That's the simplest way to do it. Tank ish guy 20:05, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2026-04

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Updates for editors

The tray shown on Special:Diff in mobile view has been redesigned. It is now collapsed by default, and incorporates a link to undo the edit being viewed, making it easier for mobile editors and reviewers to take action while keeping the interface uncluttered. [53]
The Global Watchlist lets you view your watchlists from multiple wikis on one page. The extension continues to improve — it now automatically determines the text direction (ensuring correct display of sites with unusual domain names) and shows detailed descriptions for log actions. Later this week, a new permanent link for page creations and CSS classes for each entry element will be added. [54][55][56][57]
View all 32 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, the previously observed issue in Vector 2022, where anchor link targets were obscured by the sticky header, has now been addressed. [58]

Updates for technical contributors

As mentioned in the October 2025 deprecation announcement, MediaWiki Interfaces team will begin sunsetting all transform endpoints containing a trailing slash from the MediaWiki REST API the week of January 26. Changes are expected to roll out to all wikis on or before January 30th. All API users currently calling them are encouraged to transition to the non-trailing slash versions. Both endpoint variations can be found, compared, and tested using the REST Sandbox. If you have questions or encounter any problems, please file a ticket in Phabricator to the #MW-Interfaces-Team board.
Interactive reference documentation for the Wikimedia REST API has moved. Requests to API docs previously hosted through RESTBase (e.g.: https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/) are now redirected to the REST Sandbox.
The WMF Wikidata Platform team (WDP) has published its January 2026 newsletter. It includes updates on the legacy full-graph endpoint decommissioning, the User-Agent policy change, the monthly Blazegraph migration office hours, and efforts to reduce regressions caused by the legacy endpoint shutdown. As a reminder, you can subscribe to the WDP newsletter!
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The Wikimedia Hackathon Northwestern Europe 2026 will take place on 13-14 March 2026 in Arnhem, the Netherlands. Applications opened mid-December and will close soon or when capacity is reached. It's a two-day, technically oriented hackathon bringing together Wikimedians from the region. Hope to see you there!

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Question from Dannymanic (23:13, 21 January 2026)

I would like to create a page for myself --Dannymanic (talk) 23:13, 21 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]