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I might be able to help with Future ideas mentioned for BattyBot but couldn't find the source code for it to help FallingPineapple ( talk) 17:07, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

@ FallingPineapple - BattyBot uses AutoWikiBrowser, whose source code can be found here on SourceForge. For each task, I use AWB's general fixes in combination with custom find and replace rules and/or custom modules. GoingBatty ( talk) 18:18, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

It's a shame I checked and it's not native for Linux FallingPineapple ( talk) 16:19, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

Hi, I edited a page now. However, I don’t see the changes now. How long does it take to publish the changes? -- FAberdeen ( talk) 20:20, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

@ FAberdeen: Hi there! When you edit most articles (including Farhad Hasanzadeh) and press "Publish changes", the changes are immediately published and visible to all. I see that in your edit, you not only added dates for the books, but also capitalized some of the infobox parameters (e.g. |occupation= to |Occupation=). Unfortunately, {{ Infobox writer}} does not support capitalized parameters, so the values in those parameters are not visible in the infobox. I have fixed the infobox in this edit for you. Hope this helps, and happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 20:35, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

@ FAberdeen Another way you can help improve the "Selected works" and "Works translated to languages other than Persian" sections of the article is to add italics for the titles of books/newspapers/magazines, and add "quotation marks" for the titles of short stories and newspaper/magazine articles. Thanks! GoingBatty ( talk) 21:14, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

Hi thanks for advise and help. FAberdeen ( talk) 23:52, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

Consider this edit: [1] I don't think it's correct to change «Москва» to "Москва". MOS:CONFORMTITLE seems to apply here: "Generally, the guidelines on typographic conformity in quoted material also apply to titles of works, including normalization of dashes and quotation marks". MOS:CONFORM says "When quoting text from non-English languages, the outer punctuation should follow the Manual of Style for English quote marks. If there are nested quotations, follow the rules for correct punctuation in that language." My reading of these together is that the native quotation marks should not have been changed. GA-RT-22 ( talk) 21:47, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

@ GA-RT-22: Thank you for making this report. BattyBot uses AutoWikiBrowser with the general fixes enabled. One of these general fixes changes guillemets in citation titles to straight quotation marks. Many years ago, Rjwilmsi (one of the AWB developers) defended AWB's functionality in this post by pointing to the MOS, which used to simply state:

Do not use accent marks, backticks (`text´), low-high („ “) or guillemet (« ») marks as quotation marks.

This part of the MOS has been discussed many times. As a result of this discussion on the MOS talk page in 2020, the MOS changed in this edit by Beland and this subsequent edit by EEng so the MOS now includes an exception:

Do not use accent marks, backticks (`text´), low-high („ “) or guillemet (« ») marks as quotation marks (except when such marks are internal to quoted non-English text – see MOS:CONFORM).

Therefore, I have submitted an AWB request to have the general fixes changed so that AWB no longer replaces guillemets in citation titles. I also partially reverted my bot's edit to restore the guillemets. Thanks again, and happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 22:52, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

Thank you. Impressively thorough research, and fast response too. GA-RT-22 ( talk) 23:51, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

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Hi GoingBatty, I just reverted an edit by BattyBot which broke the {{ sfn}} references in the article by removing disambiguation suffices from the dates in references. This reminded me of this discussion that we had last year about a similar issue with WPCleaner – perhaps the BattyBot code needs some similar tweaking? Thanks, Wham2001 ( talk) 21:24, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

@ Wham2001 Thanks for catching my error and reverting it. Category:CS1 errors: dates now identifies |access-date= values (but importantly NOT |date= values) with suffixes as errors. What I thought was a limited fix for obvious typos was not, so I've reverted it in my code. This smaller manual edit seems to have resolved the issue in the Snuneymuxw First Nation article while maintaining the proper {{ sfn}} references.

I checked the watchlist for Category:Harv and Sfn no-target errors‎, and the edit you found is the only recent BattyBot edit that added an article to this category. Thanks for keeping me straight! GoingBatty ( talk) 21:51, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

Excellent – thank-you! And thanks for spotting that the article had a bug with the |access-date= that needed fixing – I had missed that. Best, Wham2001 ( talk) 08:44, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

Morning, I need help with the reference. I want the reference number to be on the same line of the text. But it goes to the next line. For example reference number 26, which goes to the following line. May you please help me? -- FAberdeen ( talk) 10:24, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

@ FAberdeen  Done in this edit by removing the <br> line break from between the text and the <ref>. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 13:46, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for advise. FAberdeen ( talk) 17:44, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

Hi, I edited the Category section. However, I do not see this section being published. Have I made any mistake? -- FAberdeen ( talk) 09:50, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

@ FAberdeen: I see you made this edit where you added two categories to the article. I do not understand why you do not see these categories on the article. Yes, you made a mistake by adding the non-existent Category:Iranian Female Identity to the article. (The red color of the link tells you that the category does not exist.) Please remove this category from the article. Thanks! GoingBatty ( talk) 14:45, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

Hello, I need to change my email address please. -- FAberdeen ( talk) 09:59, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

@ FAberdeen: You can change your email address on your Preferences page on the "User Profile" tab. GoingBatty ( talk) 14:47, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

Thanks I changed my email. FAberdeen ( talk) 18:03, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

Hi, I noticed BattyBot making lots of changes to nationality fields in infoboxes. WP:INFONAT says "Generally, use of either should be avoided when the country to which the subject belongs can be inferred from the country of birth, as specified with |birthplace=". So is it really an appropriate se for a bot? DuncanHill ( talk) 01:29, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

@ DuncanHill - Hi there! The topic was brought up at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/BattyBot 61, and it was decided to not have the bot remove the value. I'll suspend running that bot task in case you want to discuss it further. GoingBatty ( talk) 01:35, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

No that's OK, I just wasn't sure if you were aware (a LOT of people aren't!) - if it's been OK'd at Requests for approval then I see no reason why you shouldn't carry on. If the boxes are going to have a nationality value then it is better if it's correct. DuncanHill ( talk) 01:39, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

@ DuncanHill - In addition to improving the text and removing overlinking, hopefully the bot edits also brings the articles to attention to editors like you who can manually review and improve the articles where needed. Thanks! GoingBatty ( talk) 01:45, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

I'll take a look at any that come up on my watchlist. All the best, DuncanHill ( talk) 01:46, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

Hey, GoingBatty. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Chris Troutman ( talk) 14:34, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

If I want to publish my own article or page, is it compulsory to do atleast 10 edits? -- Maha Trade Market Pune ( talk) 07:34, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

@ Maha Trade Market Pune: Hi there! Creating a new article is one of the hardest things to do on Wikipedia, especially if you have a conflict of interest (COI), such as writing about your own business. To learn how to edit, I suggest you start at Help:Introduction. I suggest spending a significant amount of time editing existing articles to hone your skills. When you're ready to create an article, you would gather multiple published independent reliable sources that have provided significant coverage of the subject, and determine whether they demonstrate that the subject meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, called " notability". If so, you would declare any COI on your user page. Then follow the instructions at Help:Your first article, and be prepared for a process that may include months of waiting for review, rejections, and rewrites, before an article is created. If you are successful, then you could never edit the article directly if you have a COI, but could submit edit requests on the article's talk page.

Please also read the Wikipedia:Username policy and change your username accordingly.

Hope this helps! GoingBatty ( talk) 13:44, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

this is newly published article. that was just bearly accepted

can you look it over? RJJ4y7 ( talk) 20:07, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

@ RJJ4y7 -  Done - lots of press releases. GoingBatty ( talk) 20:41, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

Hi, your disambiguation of jackass to donkey (in John White (bishop)) has defeated the point of the comment! Only the jackass disambiguation page mentions the primary meaning (obviously intended by Bale) of "a person who is rude or foolish" - which is why I left that link. It does not occur on the Donkey page to which you have directed it. Can you suggest a better way of linking to this meaning? In UK English the word "ass" would cover it, but the American usage connotations exclude it. While it does originally signify "male donkey", the word "jackass" in UK English is, I think, almost always used to mean a stupid person. What does it say in Wiktionary, and might one be able to link there instead? Best wishes, Eebahgum ( talk) 03:34, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

@ Eebahgum: Before disambiguating the page, I used Google Translate, which returned "donkey". However, based on your post here, I changed the link to wikt:Jackass. Is that better? GoingBatty ( talk) 03:43, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

That's perfect, thankyou! It took me a few tries to find the real English equivalent to the Latin, so I'm pleased with your solution. Many thanks, and good wishes. Eebahgum ( talk) 03:49, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestion!

HridoyKundu ( talk) 16:25, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

Hi, sorry to ask again but I still do not see the categories. I do not know why. -- FAberdeen ( talk) 00:31, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

@ FAberdeen Are you viewing Wikipedia in desktop view or mobile view or in an app? Do you see categories on other articles? GoingBatty ( talk) 01:54, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

Hi, I view the page on my mobile. I don't view any categories on other articles. I can see them if I go to editing. FAberdeen ( talk) 10:02, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

@ FAberdeen: Help:Categories states:

Categories are not displayed in the mobile version. Mobile users can click "Desktop" at the bottom of a page to see the desktop version with categories. Registered users can enable Advanced mode which includes a "Categories" button.

Hope this helps! GoingBatty ( talk) 13:53, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for information. By the way where I find the full list of categories? So the category wouldn't be apart of them. FAberdeen ( talk) 17:56, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

@ FAberdeen: See Special:Categories for a full list of categories. There are tens of thousands of categories. GoingBatty ( talk) 18:16, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

Yes/no ??? 75.142.232.107 ( talk) 21:13, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

Yes, per https://www.robotcombatevents.com/events/877 GoingBatty ( talk) 21:55, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

Best Kept Secret (management company) - I see my article was flagged for neutrality, I removed some words that could have been perceived as promotional and expanded on their foundation, looking for outside perspective on the subject. Officialangrydub ( talk) 03:11, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

@ Officialangrydub: Hi there! I didn't look at every reference, but references 1,2,3,12,15 look like advertisements, not independent sources. References 5,6,7,9,10,11 don't seem to mention Best Kept Secret. Are there any independent sources that provide significant coverage of the company on the draft? GoingBatty ( talk) 04:11, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

Reference #4 seemed like the strongest source in my eyes, they went very in depth with their coverage. #3 didn't seem like an advertisement to me nor does #15, but 15 is an interview however doesn't make any extra-ordinary claims of third parties so I was under the impression that according to Wikipedia's guidelines it would be allowed to included. Thank you for taking the time out of your day to help me. Officialangrydub ( talk) 04:27, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

@ Officialangrydub - #4 is an interview. With statements such as "every artist that is involved with BKS is bound to be very successful", #15 doesn't appear to be the writing of an independent journalist. GoingBatty ( talk) 04:39, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

dear kindly update the main heading as

List of News websites of GCC and Middle East Aryaanmalik516 ( talk) 16:08, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

@ Aryaanmalik516:  Done - see Draft:List of news websites of GCC and Middle East. GoingBatty ( talk) 16:11, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

many many thanks. are the references are enough? I have work hard on it. how much time it will take to approve. Aryaanmalik516 ( talk) 16:14, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

awaiting for the response Aryaanmalik516 ( talk) 16:28, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

@ Aryaanmalik516: Please be patient when waiting for a response on a user talk page or a draft submission. The yellow box at the top of the draft states "This may take 3 months or more, since drafts are reviewed in no specific order. There are 2,471 pending submissions waiting for review." The reviewer will determine if the references are enough.

I replaced the external links with wikilinks, and suggest fixing or removing the redlinks. While you're waiting, I suggest fixing or removing reference #3, and fixing references #2 and #18. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 16:32, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

sir so nice of you. as per your suggestion you can remove #2 #3 and #18 coz if I edited then I have to resubmit it again. awaiting for your kind action pls Aryaanmalik516 ( talk) 16:37, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

@ Aryaanmalik516: You may continue editing the draft without having to resubmit it. GoingBatty ( talk) 16:38, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

thanks Aryaanmalik516 ( talk) 16:47, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

@Goingbatty I haven't option for submission. could check pls. if not could u kindly submit it for review. thanks Aryaanmalik516 ( talk) 18:33, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

@ Aryaanmalik516: Help:Your first article#Create your draft states: "When you feel that the article is ready, you can submit it for review by an experienced editor. If there isn't already a "Submit for review" button on the draft, you can add {{ subst:submit}} to the top of the draft to submit it." GoingBatty ( talk) 18:35, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

@GoingBatty Aryaanmalik516 ( talk) 18:34, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

@ Aryaanmalik516: You don't need to @mention someone on their own talk page. Just putting an @ in front of a user name doesn't work on Wikipedia. Note that I'm using @[[User:Aryaanmalik516|Aryaanmalik516]], but I could also use {{ reply to|Aryaanmalik516}}. For more information, see Help:Notifications. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 18:39, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

kindly review the topic @ GoingBatty Aryaanmalik516 ( talk) 04:03, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

@ Aryaanmalik516; One sentence is a good start. Gather your multiple independent reliable sources that provide significant coverage of Salma Sanam, and keep working on the draft. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 04:10, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

@ GoingBatty i am surprised that the article is not submitted for review. could you check it pls. Aryaanmalik516 ( talk) 06:47, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

@ Aryaanmalik516: I checked Draft:Salma Sanam and confirmed that you have not yet submitted the draft for review. See Help:Your first article for lots of good information, including how to submit a draft for review. GoingBatty ( talk) 14:13, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

@ GoingBatty i have added on the top {{ subst:submit}} but didn't find the submission. kindly check and help. Aryaanmalik516 ( talk) 18:52, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

it working now. thanks for the help. kindly review if possible for you. thanks happy editing. Aryaanmalik516 ( talk) 19:03, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

@ Aryaanmalik516: Since I cannot read Urdu, I will not be the reviewer of your draft. GoingBatty ( talk) 19:19, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

ok and thanks Aryaanmalik516 ( talk) 19:26, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

Hi GoingBatty,

I'm participating with my class in an edit-a-thon. I'm happy to have a mentor! -- Kierstyc ( talk) 17:03, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

@ Kierstyc: Welcome to Wikipedia! How may I be of service? GoingBatty ( talk) 17:50, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

Everything is good. I figured my problem out myself. Kierstyc ( talk) 18:02, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

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@GoingBatty well there is a new article. I have inserted on the top for submission. kindly review pls. and check it is submitted or not Aryaanmalik516 ( talk) 12:42, 12 February 2023 (UTC)

@ Aryaanmalik516  Done! GoingBatty ( talk) 19:09, 12 February 2023 (UTC)

Good Day Sir, I am interested in writing an article and I wanted to get your opinion on the best way to write it and link to existing Wikipedia articles. E.G. Writing a new article on a new widget produced by ABC Manufacturing Co. when 'ABC' already has a Wikipedia article.

Do you write the entire article and then do the linking? Or do you do the linking as you go?

Thank you for your help and I hope you have a great day!

Slimgin ( talk) 15:40, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

@ Slimgin: :Hi there! Creating a new article is one of the hardest things to do on Wikipedia, especially if you do not have a lot of experience editing existing Wikipedia articles. To learn how to edit, I suggest you start at Help:Introduction. I suggest spending a significant amount of time editing existing articles to hone your skills. If you have any relationship with the company, you might have a conflict of interest that you would need to disclose on your user page. Once you're ready to create an article, you would gather multiple independent reliable sources that have provided significant coverage of the widget, and determine whether it meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, called " notability". If so, you could follow the instructions at Help:Your first article, and be prepared for a process that may include waiting for review, rejections, and rewrites, before an article is created. Hope this helps, and happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 15:48, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

Hello,can you check now if it is good/correct /info/en/?search=Draft:Stefan_Mihajlov ? 89.216.144.19 ( talk) 19:31, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

Hi there! I won't comment on whether the Serbian language references demonstrate notability per WP:NATHLETE. There are two "personal bests" where I suggest you add (or reuse) references. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 19:49, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

Also, I suggest you change all dates to MDY format or change all dates to DMY format - don't have a combination of formats in the same article. GoingBatty ( talk) 19:54, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

Can you check now /info/en/?search=Draft:Stefan_Mihajlov ? 89.216.144.19 ( talk) 11:45, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

It's better now. I added a couple more {{ citation needed}} tags for you. GoingBatty ( talk) 14:36, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Thank you,check now i think its okey now :)

I hope this will get approved :) 89.216.144.19 ( talk) 18:12, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

It keeps getting better. What's your source for his date of birth? GoingBatty ( talk) 20:48, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

https://worldathletics.org/athletes/serbia/stefan-mihajlov-14740280 Can it maybe this? 89.216.144.19 ( talk) 21:09, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Works for me! GoingBatty ( talk) 21:14, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Thank you so much!

how much % have this to be approved :) ? 89.216.144.19 ( talk) 21:16, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

I don't understand your question. GoingBatty ( talk) 21:18, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Is there any chance to this article been approved? 89.216.144.19 ( talk) 21:24, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Yes, there is a chance. If it's not approved, I hope the reviewer will give you constructive feedback. GoingBatty ( talk) 21:28, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Thank you so much on assist! 89.216.144.19 ( talk) 21:29, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Here, your bot inserted an extraneous space before )), which changed the anchor from "...Speech1939" to "...Speech_1939", disconnecting it from the {{ sfnp}} reference to that citation. Please make sure this won't happen again, and clean up articles where the bot introduced similar errors if any. Nardog ( talk) 07:39, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

@ Nardog: Thanks for letting me know about this issue. I fixed the bot code to make it less greedy, and confirmed it worked on History of the International Phonetic Alphabet. I also manually fixed other articles where the bot made the same error. Thanks, and happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 14:14, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

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Hello there, I was trying to make a page on John Parker Romo (Current XFL Kicker) the football player. How much experience do I need to publish it? Hope you are having a good day. -- Meekrton ( talk) 16:26, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

@ Meekrton: Hi there! To create an article and not have it deleted, you'll need to abide by a myriad of Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Help:Your first article is great resource. Experience will help you learn things such as WP:SECTIONS, and WP:EASYREFBEGIN. After you read WP:NBASIC and add more independent reliable sources that provide significant coverage of Romo (his teams' web sites and his Twitter feed aren't independent), I suggest moving User:Meekrton/sandbox to Draft:John Parker Romo and adding {{subst:submit}} to the top so it can be reviewed, improved, and hopefully moved to become an article. Hope this helps, and happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 17:32, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

and how do i add user boxes? -- Blitzfan51 ( talk) 18:01, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

@ Blitzfan51:

1. Find a user box you like, such as {{ User Star Wars WikiProject}} or something from Wikipedia:Userboxes/Galleries.
2. Go to User:Blitzfan51 and click "Edit source"
3. Type the userbox template name.
4. Click "Show preview" and ensure the userbox looks good.
5. Click "Publish changes".

Feel free to go to anyone's user page, click "Edit source", and look what they've done to display userboxes. Just don't click "Publish changes" on anyone else's user page.

Hope this helps, and happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 22:07, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

It worked! Thank you so much and hope you have a nice day. :) Blitzfan51 ( talk) 00:11, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

hello. i am a new guy and i need help adding myself to the Star Wars wiki project editors thing. can you help? i'm a bit lost. -- Blitzfan51 ( talk) 17:58, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

@ Blitzfan51: Hi there! Wikipedia:WikiProject Star Wars#How to help states "Please sign your name below and introduce yourself in the monthly roll call section of the talk page." In other words:

1. Go to Wikipedia:WikiProject Star Wars/Participants, click "Edit source", follow the instructions that start with "To add yourself to the list of members...", add an edit summary, and then click the blue "Publish changes" button.
2. Go to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Star Wars, click "Add topic", use subject "Roll Call - March 2023", and type a message introducing yourself and how you would like to improve Star Wars-related articles on Wikipedia. Then add an edit summary and click the blue "Publish changes" button.

GoingBatty ( talk) 22:02, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

works perfectly. Thanks. Blitzfan51 ( talk) 00:17, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

oh, and what are the guidelines for making an article about a youtuber? -- Blitzfan51 ( talk) 18:04, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

@ Blitzfan51: Creating a new Wikipedia article can be challenging, especially if you do not have a lot of experience editing existing Wikipedia articles. To learn how to edit, I suggest you start at Help:Introduction. I suggest spending a significant amount of time editing existing articles to hone your skills. Once you're ready to create an article, you would gather multiple independent reliable sources that have provided significant coverage of the YouTuber, and determine whether they meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, called " notability". See Wikipedia:WikiProject YouTube/Notability for an essay specific to YouTubers. If so, you could follow the instructions at Help:Your first article, and be prepared for a process that will include waiting for review, rejections, and rewrites before an article is created. Hope this helps, and happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 22:14, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. Blitzfan51 ( talk) 00:17, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

alright. i'll read that. Blitzfan51 ( talk) 01:06, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

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	I noticed you contribute significantly to the page for Yawgoog Scout Reservation. I'd really like to get in touch!! Z3$ty0r4ng ( talk) 15:40, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

@ Z3$ty0r4ng: I went to Yawgoog 11 times as a Scout and JASM, and have lots of good memories of Yawgoog. GoingBatty ( talk) 15:49, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

That's fantastic! I thought I had a lot of experience with 6 weeks as a Scout and working Nature Staff in 2018. Thanks for making the page so great. Z3$ty0r4ng ( talk) 15:53, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

I hope you're doing well and I hope you don't mind if I ask a quick question; how often does BattyBot run task 30, where it adds the living parameter to Template:WikiProject Biography on talk pages? It came up in a discussion where I mentioned the big back-and-forth between a large number of pages showing up over the past few weeks in Category:Biography articles without living parameter before being (mostly) cleared out by BattyBot (thank you for that task, by the way). - Aoidh ( talk) 07:56, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

@ Aoidh: Hi there! I run the bot almost daily, when I'm monitoring Category:Biography articles without living parameter and the other categories listed on my user page. GoingBatty ( talk) 15:51, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

Thank you so much for the quick response. - Aoidh ( talk) 21:28, 6 March 2023 (UTC)

I wanted to add something to a page, but instead I accidentally created another new page. What to do now.? -- XlycanX ( talk) 08:19, 11 March 2023 (UTC)

XlycanX, you created your user page. That's okay. Just go ahead and add the content that you wanted to add. But please add a reliable source before doing so. —  Nythar ( 💬- ❄️) 08:24, 11 March 2023 (UTC)

How to add citation to a page.? Sorry, I'm new here. -- XlycanX ( talk) 07:55, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

@ XlycanX: Welcome! No need to apologize - we were all new here once! I suggest reviewing WP:EASYREFBEGIN. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 21:46, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

Hey, I've noticed an empty Trivia section tagged with {{ Empty section}} ( The Diet of Worms) and was thinking of your bot's task 62 when I saw it. That might be also worth removing per WP:TRIVIA. Gonnym ( talk) 10:29, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

@ Gonnym: Good idea!  Doing... GoingBatty ( talk) 14:40, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

@ Gonnym  Done - 20 articles edited. GoingBatty ( talk) 17:02, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

Hello, it’s nice to meet you virtually! My name is Isabel and I’m a senior working on Wikipedia for my capstone project. In full transparency, I’m still learning the ropes and could use some guidance from Wiki experts.

I noticed you contributed to an article I’ve been working on adding new literature to — Food labelling and advertising law (Chile) — and I was wondering if you might be able to give me any input on improving my contributions? Or any advice you could share with a new member of Wikipedia? I look forward to learning from you. NUstudent1316 (talk) 18:23, 16 March 2023 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by NUstudent1316 ( talk • contribs)

@ NUstudent1316: Hi there! I had the pleasure of meeting someone from Chile a few years back who explained the labelling to me, and I visited the article to learn more.

Thank you for your additions to the article! Your paragraphs are well written, and accompanied by reliable sources.

I've made some edits to the article today, which are more technical in nature (e.g. duplicating references, consistent reference and date format, section headers in sentence case, italics, fixing typos).

Keep up the good work! (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.) GoingBatty ( talk) 20:36, 16 March 2023 (UTC)

Good morning, my friend. Thank you. I admire your posts. God is with you and forward Jimmy Yelzer ( talk) 05:51, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

Can i use product names in my page -- BringmeFacebooksbold ( talk) 07:57, 18 March 2023 (UTC)

@ BringmeFacebooksbold: Hi there! It appears Draft:Gigagon has been deleted twice. I cannot think of a reason why you could not use a product name in an existing Wikipedia article, as long as you include a reference to a reliable source. If you want to write an article ABOUT a product, be sure to consult WP:NPRODUCT and Help:Your first article. Hope this helps, and happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 01:34, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

@ GoingBatty: Thank you for fixing the "last = Press | first = Associated" to "agency = Associated Press" on all those NBA teams season pages that I've added references to. Could you also change "cite news" to "cite web" on references that I've added that are linked to websites that don't show news articles like Basketball-Reference for example, please? I've edited NBA teams season pages from 1988-89 to 2002-03.

-Johnny4444 Johnny4444 Johnny4444 ( talk) 02:43, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

@ Johnny4444: Hi there! Since changing {{ cite news}} to {{ cite web}} doesn't change the way the reference is displayed (see below), I wouldn't be able to get permission to create a bot to do so per WP:COSMETICBOT. Even doing so manually via AutoWikiBrowser would violate WP:AWBRULES.

• "NBA Games Played on February 5, 1998". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
• "NBA Games Played on February 5, 1998". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved July 19, 2022.

Sorry! GoingBatty ( talk) 01:40, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

Good day Sir/ma Pls how to I publish my biography on Wikipedia? -- GRACE BOUY -GRL ( talk) 07:24, 18 March 2023 (UTC)

@ GRACE BOUY -GRL: It seems that you were blocked a few minutes after you posted this question here. If you are unblocked, please let me know and I'll answer your question more thoroughly. GoingBatty ( talk) 01:24, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

Yes I'm unblocked UGWU WILSON CHIBUEZE ( talk) 02:18, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

@ UGWU WILSON CHIBUEZE: The account GRACE BOUY -GRL is not unblocked. Your use of a second account does not negate your block. How many accounts do you have? GoingBatty ( talk) 02:37, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

2 but I want to unblock the account@ GRACE BOUY -GRL UGWU WILSON CHIBUEZE ( talk) 05:54, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

@ UGWU WILSON CHIBUEZE: To unblock @ GRACE BOUY -GRL, follow the instructions at User talk:GRACE BOUY -GRL#March 2023.

Please also read WP:MULTIPLE. Thanks! GoingBatty ( talk) 13:29, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for erasing that one column on the side of the list of serial rapists table. I couldn't find it for the life of me, it was a needle in a haystack, despite knowing it was just one extra character somewhere. If you need me to correct other edits or discuss anything, you can mention me here or note me on my page so I get an alert. ContributingHelperOnTheSide ( talk) 20:03, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

@ ContributingHelperOnTheSide - There are a few things that are easier in VisualEditor than editing the source, and adding/deleting columns is one of them. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 20:06, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

I didn't know the site had that, I assumed that was only for wikis. Thanks for the heads up. ContributingHelperOnTheSide ( talk) 20:18, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

Good morning, my friend Styyx Forgive me from throwing away the articles I wrote for deletion, look from yesterday, delete all the pictures, and today they delete the articles. Jimmy Yelzer ( talk) 12:40, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

@ Jimmy Yelzer: Hi there! I see that Styyx posted on your talk page that the articles Mohamed Al-Agha, Al-Agha Group, and Al-Agha Company have been nominated for deletion - not actually deleted. You may share your point of view at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mohamed Al-Agha and may continue working on the articles to demonstrate how the person meets Wikipedia's notability guidelines for people and how the companies meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines for companies. My edits to these articles have been to fix a variety of technical issues, and I will not be participating in the deletion discussion. Hope this helps, and happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 13:08, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

My dear teacher, I am learning from you. Thank you for your appreciation of me. I am happy with you. Thank you Jimmy Yelzer ( talk) 16:25, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

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@ Minorax: I took the photo with my own camera, and the metadata is included with the file. Is the issue that the poster itself is copyrighted? Thanks! GoingBatty ( talk) 12:56, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

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Hi, GoingBatty

Thank you for your proofreading of my draft (A Yellow Butterfly Called Sphinx). I am a beginner. So, your experience is very valuable to me. Would you agree to help me and see if other corrections or improvements can be made for this first article to be accepted? Many thanks in advance. Philbobison Philbobison ( talk) 01:10, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

@ Philbobison: Hi there! I made a few tweaks for you, but a reviewer will have to judge whether the draft should be accepted based on the quality of the references. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 01:37, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

Hi goingbatty,

Thanks for the tweaks!

About the references: for them to be good, I was inspired by the article about the play on the wiki in Italian. In fact, I almost retranslated the article. It's allowed, isn't it? But should I mention it at the top of my draft? Sincerely Philbobison Philbobison ( talk) 07:10, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

@ Philbobison: Translation is allowed - see Help:Translation. You can add the template {{ Translated page}} to Draft talk:A Yellow Butterfly Called Sphinx. Good luck with the draft! GoingBatty ( talk) 13:02, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

Hi, GoingBatty,

Thanks for the info. But I don't really know what to do. Will I have a better chance of my article being accepted if I mention just before the title: "translation and adaptation of the Italian wikipedia article "Una Farfalla gialla chiamata Sfinge".?

Sincerely Philbobison Philbobison ( talk) 23:09, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

@ Philbobison: No - that information does not belong in the article. A draft should be considered based on the information and sources listed on the draft, not based on whether or not it's a translation from another Wikipedia. GoingBatty ( talk) 03:16, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, GoingBatty. Sincerely. Philbobison Philbobison ( talk) 03:33, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Hey @ GoingBatty I've had an interest in writing a bot for awhile and noticed that you use AWB for yours. If you have time and if it wouldn't be a lot of work on your end would you mind sharing the process you used to make your bots tasks? If you're busy I understand and wouldn't be upset if you had to pass. Thanks a lot for your time. Dr vulpes ^{( 💬 • 📝)} 09:14, 6 April 2023 (UTC)

PS I'm glad to see another Eagle here on Wiki making the place better. I passed my Eagle by the skin of my teeth so I never got fancy palms like you ;-) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dr vulpes ( talk • contribs) 09:14, 6 April 2023 (UTC)

@ Dr vulpes: For my AWB bots, I use a combination of general fixes, custom find/replace rules, skip rules, and/or custom modules. For each task, I consider:

• How will I make a list of pages to be edited?
• How will I configure AWB so the bot makes the specific change?
• How will I ensure that the bot does NOT make an edit without the specific change?

I'll be happy to share more details on a specific BattyBot task if you let me know which one you're interested in. GoingBatty ( talk) 14:00, 6 April 2023 (UTC)

Hello In the wiki page, Lodhi (caste) , I intended to make changes by adding to their talk with reliable sources. But still no one's looking towards it. I can't directly make additions to it, as it's protected against vandalism. Kindly help me for this. -- XlycanX ( talk) 16:00, 6 April 2023 (UTC)

@ XlycanX: Hi there! I added {{ Edit extended-protected}} to the top of Talk:Lodhi (caste)#Category of Lodhi Rajputs to drive more attention to your request. Please read the template text and add more information to your request to make it very clear exactly what text you want to add or change or remove. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 16:33, 6 April 2023 (UTC)

Thank you. It got noticed. Hopefully it will get added too. XlycanX ( talk) 10:40, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

Category:1987 Oregon wildfires has been nominated for merging. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Marcocapelle ( talk) 12:07, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

Hello How can I make contributions to Wikipedia? -- RushilG ( talk) 07:20, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

@ RushilG: Hi there! To learn how to edit Wikipedia, I suggest visiting Help:Introduction. To find things to do, I suggest visiting the Wikipedia:Task Center. Hope this helps, and happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 03:03, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

Hi, please could you explain what the purpose/meaning is of tagging the category "MilAward Ribbon Description" as "polluted"? It's set up as a hidden/tracking category that is added to by a series of templates I am working on to track which pages are using the template. Isn't that exactly what a tracking category is for? Thanks. BoonDock ( talk) 16:34, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

And now you've added "MilAward Error". BoonDock ( talk) 16:36, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

@ BoonDock: Per the description at Template:Polluted category, "This template is designed to exclude categories that legitimately contain pages in both the (Main) namespace and the user namespace from Wikipedia:Database reports/Polluted categories." It seems these hidden/tracking categories could be on both articles and user pages, and therefore the categories shouldn't appear on the report. Thanks! GoingBatty ( talk) 16:38, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

Aha. I have figured it out. Thank you. That makes a lot of sense. I thought it was doing exactly the opposite.. ;-) BoonDock ( talk) 16:39, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

Hello, I wrote an article about a Turkish actor about 3 months ago. I took the information from the Turkish Wikipedia article and translated it. But for a very long time no one cared. Can you please check this?

/info/en/?search=Draft:%C4%B0lyas_%C4%B0lbey Coshua23 ( talk) 09:25, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

@ Coshua23: Hi there! I see that you submitted the draft for review on 27 January, and that the message at the top of your draft states "This may take 4 months or more, since drafts are reviewed in no specific order. There are 3,829 pending submissions waiting for review." The fact that all the references are in Turkish may make it difficult for some reviewers on the English Wikipedia. I made some tweaks to the draft and posted a pair of comments for you. You may continue improving the draft while you are waiting for review. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 14:09, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

I could not figure out what was wrong with my formatting of "Further Reading", i looked and looked, but couldn't figure it out! Thank you so much for your help to understand!!! Naomi Hennig ( talk) 22:47, 17 April 2023 (UTC)

And again THANK YOU SO MUCH for your help!!! Kind regards, -- Naomi Hennig ( talk) 12:24, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

AnomieBOT automatically updates the BRFA page when a trial is complete (and when a BRFA goes to trial). Thought I'd save you a few edits in the future :-) Primefac ( talk) 08:41, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

@ Primefac Thanks! I've updated the instructions at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Instructions for bot operators so other bot operators will know as well. GoingBatty ( talk) 12:41, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

Hello, thank you for correcting my article and improving it. I would like to know, will it be deleted or can it be acceptable? Thanks in advance Wikipedien28 ( talk) 15:07, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

@ Wikipedien28: Hi there! I do not know if the Boukari Laouali Chaibou article will be deleted. You may continue improving the article and participate in the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Boukari Laouali Chaibou. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 15:14, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

Hello, I'm Qwerfjkl (bot). I have automatically detected that this edit performed by you, on the page List of songs about close encounters with aliens, may have introduced referencing errors. They are as follows:

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@ Qwerfjkl: Notification works great - thanks! GoingBatty ( talk) 19:29, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

Great! As I mentioned before, I'm happy to extend this to more categries if there's consensus to do so. —  Qwerfjkl talk 21:02, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

@ Qwerfjkl: Let's give it a few weeks and see how things go before we extend it further. Thanks! GoingBatty ( talk) 21:06, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

It might be worth adding opt-out instructions ({{ bots|deny=Qwerfjkl (bot)}}) to the message. —  Qwerfjkl talk 21:10, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

@ Qwerfjkl: Instead of adding it to the message, I suggest adding it to the User:Qwerfjkl (bot) page instead. GoingBatty ( talk) 01:23, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Hey! Thanks for doing the initial rating of Chŏng Sang-chin. Can you give it another look? I worked on it pretty intensely since your rating. Jacoblee628 ( talk) 06:02, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

@ Jacoblee628: Yes you have! I've bumped it up to a C rating. Someone in each WikiProject could determine whether it meets the requirements for a B rating. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 14:27, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Hello , pls assist in creating a page of any Location /sub Town/ Colony /local market of any area. -- Maansi.traders ( talk) 03:22, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

@ Maansi.traders: For which exact page would you like my assistance? GoingBatty ( talk) 05:31, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

Hello, why I'm still not able to edit the pages protected against vandalism..? Even though I've been here for more than 4 days and also done more than 10 editing..! -- XlycanX ( talk) 03:43, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

@ XlycanX: Hi there! There are several levels of protection - see the table at Template:Protection table. If this doesn't answer your question, please provide the names of the pages you're trying to edit. Thanks! GoingBatty ( talk) 13:21, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for above information. How can I know, which kind of user am I..? Newly registered/confirmed/extended confirmed..! Also how can I proceed this hierarchy..? XlycanX ( talk) 13:28, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

@ XlycanX: You can see your user rights (or anyone else's user rights) at Special:UserRights. You are currently autoconfirmed. To become extended confirmed, your account has to be at least 30 days old with more than 500 edits. If you have a suggestion to improve an article that you cannot yet edit, you may make a edit request on the article's talk page or use the Wikipedia:Edit Request Wizard. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 14:31, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

Hi! Thank you for adding the "orphan" tag to this article. I've linked it to another article (List of University of Hawaii alumni). Is this sufficient enough for now to remove the template? If not, please let me know if you have any further suggestions. Kmalco13 ( talk) 04:47, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

@ Kmalco13: Yes, you may remove it. GoingBatty ( talk) 14:21, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

Thank you! Kmalco13 ( talk) 07:11, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

Hi GoingBatty, I'm not sure how to reply to you about the photo of Richard Meale I'm getting. Since I wrote I've had a reply from the National Archive saying " that the photograph you wish to use is now in the public domain and there are no copyright restrictions for its use. It would be appreciated if you could acknowledge the National Archives of Australia as the source of the image with the following citation." So no problem. I'm actually waiting for them to supply a high-res version of the photo. Thanks for noticing my problem. Erictimewell ( talk) 07:59, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

@ Erictimewell: Have we discussed this topic before? If so, please point me to that discussion. I suggest you point the National Archives of Australia to Wikipedia:Donating materials, so they can upload the photo themselves. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 13:18, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

Thanks GoingBatty. All is now in order. I'm just waiting for the Archives to send me the high-res version of the photo I've paid them for. Erictimewell ( talk) 02:19, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

@ Erictimewell: It would be better for them to upload the photo themselves, following the information at Wikipedia:Donating materials. GoingBatty ( talk) 14:30, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

Noted. I'll see what I can do, or rather what they can do. Erictimewell ( talk) 01:19, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

Hello,

I am a paid editor (employee of the company 1E), and I have requested two factual edits that have been approved to the page that formerly lived here. It was the page about the company I work for, 1E. Now the same URL is a disambiguation page and I cannot find the former page anywhere. I want to continue to provide factual, fully-disclosed edit requests under your mentorship--where does the company page live now? Thank you. FormerBaby ( talk) 19:47, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

@ FormerBaby: Hi there! The article was deleted - see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/1E. GoingBatty ( talk) 01:36, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

This edit replaces a bunch of "slink" templates with the name "section link" instead. This is unhelpful. Shortcut aliases are just fine, and often make the source more legible. Replacing them adds churn to page diffs, while accomplishing nothing. – jacobolus  (t) 06:27, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

@ Jacobolus: Replacing alias template names is one of AutoWikiBrowser's general fixes, specifically the Template Redirects section. The list of template redirects that AWB will change is at Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Template redirects.

If you'd like to discuss the replacement of the individual {{ slink}} template, you can do so at Wikipedia talk:AutoWikiBrowser/Template redirects. Be sure to ping Mclay1, who added the redirects for {{ Section link}} in this edit from March 30.

If you'd like to discuss the concept of template redirects in general, you can do so at Wikipedia talk:AutoWikiBrowser. Thanks, and happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 13:57, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

As you said, I removed the categories. But I can't delete it from the box at the bottom of the page. When I click on the edit button, I can't see it in the source codes section. I assume you are using a wiki tool for this but I don't have it. Can you please do it for me? I also fixed a few errors in the content of the article.

/info/en/?search=Draft:%C4%B0lyas_%C4%B0lbey Coshua23 ( talk) 19:27, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

@ Coshua23: Thank you for updating the categories. The remaining categories are populated by various templates in the wikicode. For example, {{Draft topics|biography|internet-culture|media}} generates the categories "Draft articles on biographies", "Draft articles on internet culture", and "Draft articles on media". I have changed the template to just {{Draft topics|biography}} to remove the "internet culture" and "media" categories. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 19:43, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

Hello. A couple of days ago you replied to my response about changing the diagram in the inbox for McGhee Tyson Airport. You said you needed a link to the diagram. The link is:

[ [2]]

Hope this helps you. Also put on talk page. No responses yet. Thanks and have a good day. Theairportman33531 ( talk) 18:52, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

@ Theairportman33531: Hi there! When I wrote "The best place to ask would be the article's talk page: Talk:McGhee Tyson Airport. It would also be helpful if you could please provide a link to the most recent diagram.", I didn't mean that I needed a link to the diagram. I meant that it would be helpful to another editor if you could provide your link when you post on Talk:McGhee Tyson Airport. While I see you posted at Talk:McGhee Tyson Airport, I noticed you did not provide the link like you did here. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 01:21, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

Hi, I would like to create a page for my University and NGO. Can you guide me on how to proceed? -- Prateekdash05 ( talk) 09:04, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

@ Prateekdash05: Hi there! Creating a new Wikipedia article can be challenging, especially if you have a conflict of interest (COI). To learn how to edit, I suggest you start at Help:Introduction. I suggest spending a significant amount of time editing existing articles to hone your skills. When you're ready to create an article, you would gather multiple published independent reliable sources that have provided significant coverage of the university and NGO, and determine whether the sources demonstrate that the organizations meet Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, called " notability". If so, you would declare your COI on your user page. Then follow the instructions at Help:Your first article, and be prepared for a process that may include months of waiting for review, rejections, and rewrites, before an article is created. If you are successful, then you could never edit the article directly if you have a COI, but could submit edit requests on the article's talk page. Hope this helps, and happy editing!. GoingBatty ( talk) 13:48, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

Excuse me sir, what does |trans-title= mean? Does it mean adding "Translated title" against non-English sources? Alkanzas ( talk) 10:41, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

@ Alkanzas: You are correct! See Template:Cite web#Foreign language and translated title for an example. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 13:17, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

Hello, I'm Qwerfjkl (bot). I have automatically detected that this edit performed by you, on the page Vaporwave, may have introduced referencing errors. They are as follows:

• A " bare URL and missing title" error. References show this error when they do not have a title. Please edit the article to add the appropriate title parameter to the reference. ( Fix | Ask for help)

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@ Qwerfjkl - The bot works well - thanks! GoingBatty ( talk) 04:07, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for your help and feedback on my draft. I added the missing citations to the exhibitions as requested, but I am not understanding what you meant by "Please also remove the external links within the article per WP:EL." T-IC-2o23 ( talk) 15:40, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

@ T-IC-2o23: Hi there! WP:EL states "External links normally should not be placed in the body of an article." In Draft:Christodoulos Panayiotou#Dying on Stage you have wikilinks (links to Wikipedia articles) such as Stromboli which are good, and external links (links to web pages outside of Wikipedia) such as Festival d’Automne. Please remove all the external links from your draft, except those within references and those in the "External links" section. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 15:51, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

I see! Thank you for your help, I will make the changes now! T-IC-2o23 ( talk) 16:00, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

I posted a follow up at /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Teahouse#JSTOR_in_citation. I'm not sure if you were notified. Mcljlm ( talk) 01:21, 18 May 2023 (UTC)

@ Mcljlm Thanks for the heads up. I wasn't notified because you signed the post in one edit and then added the {{ U}} template in a separate edit. I've responded at the Teahouse, and hopefully you were notified. Thanks! GoingBatty ( talk) 01:26, 18 May 2023 (UTC)

Originally I thought my replying would notify you. Then I added the ping, not realising you wouldn't be notified of either. Posting here was a kind of backup. Mcljlm ( talk) 22:31, 18 May 2023 (UTC)

@ Mcljlm: Sometimes I subscribe to sections of user talk pages, but not Teahouse or Help desk posts. I check the bottom of those pages often, but don't always scroll up to check every conversation. Thanks again! GoingBatty ( talk) 01:00, 19 May 2023 (UTC)

Battybot added a default sort for Killer Queen (drag queen) as to sort it as Queen, Killer. It is a *very* complicated mess as to whether a drag name consists of a surname and a given name (In a few cases it does, but it really is a case by case basis). While the bot certainly shouldn't do this for an article with a dab of (drag queen), I'm not sure what other characteristics should cause it not to do this. Maybe, if any category for the article includes (or more particularly ends with) drag queen, have it skip this. Thank You. Naraht ( talk) 11:51, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

A related problem is that many names are unambiguous and thus unqualified, e.g. Baga Chipz. It may help that the article (which already has a DEFAULTSORT) is in Category:English drag queens. Certes ( talk) 12:18, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

@ Naraht: Thank you for letting me know about this problem. I agree that BattyBot should not be adding a {{ DEFAULTSORT}} template. Therefore, I changed its AWB settings to restrict {{ DEFAULTSORT}} change/addition. Thanks again, and happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 13:06, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

GoingBatty, thank you. And there are some that don't even get agreement over on WikiProject:DragRace. For example, Monica Beverly Hillz M, B, or H? (maybe a skip on the regex \[\[Category:[^]]drag queens\]\] Naraht ( talk) 13:26, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

@ Naraht: There are many other situations where sorting isn't as simple as "Surname, Forename" - see WP:NAMESORT. Best to have BattyBot avoid it altogether, and let the humans do it. GoingBatty ( talk) 13:35, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

Fair enough. Sorry, if this limits Batty Bot's use across other articles. :( Naraht ( talk) 14:45, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

@ Naraht: It does not. The task BattyBot was doing in the edit in question was to remove Category:Year of birth missing (living people). Adding the DEFAULTSORT was just one of the general fixes that it's easy to turn off for future edits. GoingBatty ( talk) 14:52, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

Ah, I've used that myself on AWB. Thanx. Naraht ( talk) 14:55, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

See here [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Talk%3AAnn_Bowers&diff=1157867879&oldid=1157435716 It grabbed whitespace after brackets and broke the signature formatting when it used the whitespace in signature move. s/^\s+// ConstantPlancks ( talk) 17:27, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

@ ConstantPlancks: When you are only adding WikiProjects or other templates to the top of a talk page, please don't sign your post. When you are adding a discussion to a talk page, please do sign your post. See WP:SIGNHERE for further info.

I've removed your signature from Talk:Ann Bowers. Please remove your signature from other talk pages where you only added WikiProjects. Thanks! GoingBatty ( talk) 18:46, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

Pls I need someone who got an ar est bank 102.89.32.155 ( talk) 22:01, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

I don't understand your question. Could you please rephrase it? Thanks! GoingBatty ( talk) 00:38, 1 June 2023 (UTC)

You reviewed the wikipedia article that I am currently working on. You made comment that I did citation overkill. Anyways could you look at my wikipedia article again and see whether I have resolved the citation overkill problem or not.

Here is the link to my wikipedia article :

Draft:Raimond Magomedaliev 119.73.121.76 ( talk) 01:42, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

Hi there! It appears you resolved the citation overkill. I see you also received some valuable feedback from another editor. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 02:11, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

Appreciate your feedback. Anyways, a little favour if you don't mind. Can you update your comment regarding "citation overkill" on my draft article page. Would really appreciate if you could do that. THANKS :) 119.73.121.76 ( talk) 02:16, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

 Done! GoingBatty ( talk) 02:27, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

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 Fixed! GoingBatty ( talk) 17:21, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

Hello! can you show me the article that had the date issue after my edit to the above template? It wasn't happening in the article I was working on. I figure I'll take the issue to my sandbox to figure it out, so neither error category appears :) -- Jerome Frank Disciple 17:11, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

@ Jerome Frank Disciple: Hi there! There were hundreds - 2011 Eastern Province Kings season was the one I looked at. GoingBatty ( talk) 17:19, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

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	Thank you for your service to Scouts BSA! Contributor 118,784 ( talk) 13:21, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

Can you sign me off on Second Class requirement 3C?

My response to the requirement: There are many possible hazards Scouts may experience while hiking. For example, during a hike where there are puddles or slick ground, a scout may slip. Contributor 118,784 ( talk) 14:04, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

@ Contributor 118,784: Hi there! Section 4.2.1.2 of the BSA's Guide to Advancement (page 19) states "The unit leader [i.e. your Scoutmaster] authorizes those who may test and pass the Scout on rank requirements. They might include the patrol leader, the senior patrol leader, the unit leader, an assistant unit leader, or another Scout." I doubt that your Scoutmaster will allow some random person on the internet to sign off your rank requirements. Ask your patrol leader or senior patrol leader who in your troop may sign off rank requirements. Then talk with an approved signer at your next meeting or camping trip to discuss this requirement and see if you can get it signed off. I hope you're going to summer camp in the next few weeks, where you should be able to get many requirements signed off and earn a few merit badges. Happy Scouting, and happy editing here on Wikipedia! GoingBatty ( talk) 14:17, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

Yep, i'm going to Shenandoah. Godspeed, brother!! Contributor 118,784 ( talk) 14:28, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

@ Contributor 118,784: If you're going to participate in Camp Shenandoah's Timber Mountain Program (pages 9-10), you should cover many requirements, including the Second Class requirement 3C. GoingBatty ( talk) 14:38, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

Yeah. My SM signed me up for First Aid and Emergency Preparedness among others. Contributor 118,784 ( talk) 14:44, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

@ Contributor 118,784: The requirement states "Describe some hazards or injuries that you might encounter on your hike and what you can do to help prevent them." Since the requirement says "some", I'd ask a Scout to be able to list more than one. For each hazard, I'd ask the Scout to explain how they would avoid injury (e.g. walk around the puddles when possible, walk slowly over slick ground, use a hiking stick). During the hike, I'd want to discuss the hazards again as we encounter them. GoingBatty ( talk) 14:23, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

Hoow you're doing well. A couple years back you'd helped intervene on a thread about an editor chasing me between recent changes I'd made on a number of topics, and then recommended my own personal project still in development for deletion at the time as well. Having just shared an update from some recent news, I checked back on the thread from a couple years ago, noticed the content was missing and readded it, but I wanted to run it all past your perspective to get your thoughts. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive_1127#The_Wiki_Squid_Game_Trolling_Tournament_Theme_Song HenryMaxG ( talk) 17:39, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

@ HenryMaxG:: Hi there! I presume that you're referring to your addition to The Blue Danube article. I trimmed your addition - the "As cited..." phrase isn't needed, because you correctly cited the source as a reference. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 18:22, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

Mpen320 ( talk) 03:53, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

GoingBatty thank you for the positive contribution to my draft. I noticed you are one of the experience editor to have edited my draft [ [4]]. And my draft was previously decline but I have manage to adjust it along with the help of other editors including you aswel in improving it.

Would like to know if it is on track or I still need to find more sources before it can be accepted at AFC ? Bruce954 ( talk) 18:39, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

@ Bruce954: Hi there! I will let someone else review your draft. I did not read every reference, but noticed that reference #20 didn't seem to mention Akinse. I've added a |website= parameter for every reference. While you're waiting for a review, you can update the |title= parameter to match the actual title of each web page. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 19:29, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

Hi. I am the declared COI editor for Richard Chandler (businessman). I am reaching out to you because I saw you've previously edited a few pages Mr. Chandler is affiliated with, including KPMG. I have posted a pending edit request to update and expand the article; an editor came on and did one part, but the majority of the requested changes remain undone. I would appreciate your assistance in completing these updates and changes to improve the article's accuracy and relevance. With thanks, Rob6031 ( talk) 09:51, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

@ Rob6031: I presume the edits you're referring to are tweaks and technical fixes, not the hard work of evaluating references, summarizing what they say, and incorporating that into the article. I have a long list of personal goals for future contributions to Wikipedia, and responding to this edit request will not be one of them. I did make some tweaks to the article for you. GoingBatty ( talk) 13:55, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

Thank you GoingBatty, for your response and tweaks. Appreciate it. Rob6031 ( talk) 08:09, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

Rejoto 201.175.246.170 ( talk) 05:34, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, @GoingBatty, for fixing my bear links (graaagh) at the Anne Marie Imafidon article. I'm reading up on how not to insert bare links now. All the best, Emmentalist ( talk) 08:11, 17 June 2023 (UTC)

@ Emmentalist: You're welcome! You might be interested in the video at WP:EASYREFBEGIN. I also enjoy using tools such as reFill and Reflinks to fill in bare URLs, but (as with any tool) you have to check the results and fix any errors before saving. GoingBatty ( talk) 17:24, 17 June 2023 (UTC)

Good tip. Thanks again and will do! Emmentalist ( talk) 22:08, 17 June 2023 (UTC)

Reputo 201.175.246.170 ( talk) 05:35, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

Hello, the problems of this page have been fixed, thank you for reviewing it. Alkanzas ( talk) 15:39, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

Birth date removed from this page. There is no reference for it and may be inaccurate. 62.56.185.47 ( talk) 08:11, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

Hi there! I fixed the infobox you accidentally broke, updated the categories, and other tweaks. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 21:31, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

I just realized I somehow accidentally rollbacked you the other day rating some list article I wrote. Totally unintentional, I had no idea I'd done it. Sorry! ♠ PMC♠ (talk) 06:17, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

@ Premeditated Chaos: Was it Talk:List of members of the Parliament of Norway, 1931–1933? I just restored the ratings. Feel free to change the ratings if you don't agree with them. Thanks! GoingBatty ( talk) 17:08, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

Nah it was a total accident, nothing to do with agreeing or not lol. Cheers :) ♠ PMC♠ (talk) 17:33, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

Hey mate, never got a chance to thank you for that inflation template but I used it on Urtabulak gas field. Cheers! X750. Spin a yarn? _{Articles I've screwed over?} 01:36, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

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Hi. Thank you for your comment on my page. Now I have made some changes, please review. Anavean ( talk) 12:26, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

@ Anavean: I suggest providing a source for each sentence before resubmitting for review. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 00:06, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

I changed it, and unfortunately there is no more source to add, please check it again. I hope this time will be enough for approval.

Thank you. Anavean ( talk) 06:48, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

@ Anavean: You must resubmit your draft in order for it to be reviewed again. GoingBatty ( talk) 11:20, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

Okay, Thank you. Anavean ( talk) 11:48, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

Hello GoingBatty, just spotted this edit to Talk:East Midlands that removed duplicate project WikiProject England. It left WikiProject Derbyshire which is also a duplicate but the 2 instances have differing importance ratings. Are you keeping a log of these skipped problems? Keith D ( talk) 12:39, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

@ Keith D: Hi there! I am not keeping any such log. Category:Pages using WikiProject banner shell with duplicate banner templates is sufficient for listing those pages that need human attention. GoingBatty ( talk) 00:09, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

Many thanks, I had not spotted the category. Keith D ( talk) 12:22, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

url: /info/en/?search=Hatzalah

This article has a lot of issues, I don't know where to start.

Can you please take a look at the article and highlight them ?

-Thank you for your time. RJJ4y7 ( talk) 15:10, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

@ RJJ4y7: I've made some edits to the article on your behalf. If you don't feel comfortable fixing the issues or tagging the issues, you can use the article's talk page Talk:Hatzalah to discuss the issues. You can pick one important issue at a time - you don't need to talk about all the issues at once. Hope this helps, and happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 16:38, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

Hey man what's up. I didn't think you would pop up on my second wikipedia blp project. What do you think of the BLP so far man? 119.73.117.211 ( talk) 19:49, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

Hi there! I presume you're referring to the edits I made to Draft:Sabina Altynbekova. My goal in visiting the draft was to fix the references that were including your draft in Category:CS1 maint: unrecognized language. I've made some additional fixes for you. Good luck with your draft! GoingBatty ( talk) 20:20, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

Hello, GoingBatty ( talk)

I'm Videke, new to the English Wikpedia community, but active in french communauty, and I'd like to thank you for the corrections to the article: /info/en/?search=Togbe_Agbodjan_Jad_Fozis

I'd like you to help me make corrections and remove the banner on the article: /info/en/?search=Anthony_Omenya

Please help me Videke ( talk) 15:30, 7 July 2023 (UTC)

@ Videke: Hi there! I've made some edits to the Anthony Omenya article, but did not remove the excessive citations banner. I suggest you start a discussion on Talk:Anthony Omenya and ping user Edward-Woodrow (who added the banner) to ask what needs to be done to remove the banner. Hope this helps and happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 15:50, 7 July 2023 (UTC)

Hi, good evening,

Thank you for your help and your modifications which are useful to me on the article, I've just seen that you've done a wonderful job, ok fine, I'll leave a message to the user who added this banner so that they can see how to solve the problem, thank you very much for your collaboration 102.64.166.31 ( talk) 17:26, 7 July 2023 (UTC)

it was me who just wrote, I forgot, i wasn't connected when I wrote, sorry Videke ( talk) 17:28, 7 July 2023 (UTC)

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	For cleaning up Draft:Bulgarian National Alliance Cheers! QuickQuokka [⁠ talk • contribs 02:21, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

Hi there,

Firstly, thank you for all the good work that your bot does! I wanted to raise the issue of it adding empty listas parameters to biographies. I know the listas paremeter is important as per Template:WikiProject Biography#Listas and it populates Category:Biography articles without listas parameter when undefined. However, from a selfish point of view it disrupts my work flow when using WP:RATER, as that tool doesn't auto-populate the parameter when it's already set as blank, so it's an extra step for me. I also realise the "proper" solution is to ask to get WP:RATER changed, which I will raise on the talk page for that too, so I'm not actually asking you to stop, just making sure you're aware. :-)

Example: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Talk:Indira_Raman&diff=prev&oldid=1163602661

Thanks. - Kj cheetham ( talk) 11:14, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

@ Kj cheetham: Hi there, and thanks for letting me know about this! I use Rater and was unaware of this issue, but confirmed that you are correct. I have the bot add the |class= and |listas= parameters in the hopes that it would inspire editors to add these manually.

Unfortunately, it's been a couple years since Evad37 has responded to anything on the Rater talk page, and Evad37 is not editing on a regular basis. The tool probably needs an overhaul to support the population of |class= and |listas= to be in the {{ WikiProject banner shell}}.

I've just changed my bot so it doesn't add these empty parameters anymore. Thanks again! GoingBatty ( talk) 14:36, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

GoingBatty, thanks for your reply! Personally, I suspect someone might need to fork the Rater tool at some point. People at Template_talk:WikiProject banner shell#Rating tool seem to be aware of the need to update it at least. - Kj cheetham ( talk) 14:40, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

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Hi Going Batty,

Thanks for your comments on my article draft Javed Pathan. Could you clarify something for me?

I received a Wikitia link about Javed Pathan with the same content. I wanted to know if the article will only be visible on Wikitia or on Wikipedia as well?

Is the Wikipedia page still being reviewed? I think I addressed all the changes you suggested.

Look forward to your response.

Thanks! Dee Drifts ( talk) 19:53, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

@ Dee Drifts: Hi there! I know nothing about "Wikitia". Draft:Javed Pathan was still waiting to be reviewed. I just reviewed it and declined it again, noting where additional references are needed. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 01:44, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

Hello, hello!

Thanks for your prompt responses, GoingBatty. I have added the citation as required, and deleted one information since there was only a YouTube link (and no news article) for the ad. For the Early Life and Family, I did add the citation at the end of the section since all the information is covered in the referenced news article.

I hope this suffices. *Fingers and toes crossed.*

Thanks a lot for your patience.

Best,

Dee Dee Drifts ( talk) 19:06, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

@ GoingBatty Hello again! Your comment on 13 July says "more citation needed". I have cited all the sources, I guess. Sorry can you pinpoint which one's missing?

Also, not clear about how I can use |trans-title= I tried to looked online but I'm still clueless. Please help.

Thanks Dee Drifts ( talk) 13:06, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

@ Dee Drifts: I have pinpointed where citations are missing by adding {{ citation needed}} tags. In Template:Cite web#Examples, see the subsection on "Foreign language and translated title" for an exampe of the |trans-title= parameter. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) GoingBatty ( talk) 23:42, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

Hey there, nice to meet you. I came on here to change some incorrect info on my companies page. I looked at your page and saw your projects. I've been using Wikipedia for years but never new there was so much work to maintain things. I fixed one of your CS1 flags by adding the authors actual name instead of CNN to an articles source :-D -- DjangoBango123 ( talk) 08:46, 16 July 2023 (UTC)

@ DjangoBango123: Thank you! GoingBatty ( talk) 23:43, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

Hi @GoingBatty hi - am just about to post my first profile but seem to run into reference issues. how would i reference early life details? although there are no web sources, it is still perfectly factual information: /info/en/?search=Draft:Paul_Werner_Glaser Andipost (talk) 18:36, 26 July 2023 (UTC) Andipost ( talk) 18:38, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

@ Andipost: You don't have to use web sources for references. You may also cite information from books, magazines, and newspapers. I suggest using {{ cite book}}, {{ cite magazine}} and {{ cite news}} respectively to show where you read the information in the draft. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 23:50, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

I've only used wikipedia once or twice and still learning so bare with me please. Recieved a message "This article is an orphan, as no other articles link to it. Please introduce links to this page from related articles; try the Find link tool for suggestions. (July 2023)". Not really sure what this means because article is linked to several articles on here so not sure how else to fix this? Also, it looks like you moved this also and now there 2 seperate pages that are not linked. So if you edit one, it deson't edit the other. Now, I'm confused of why you made a second page? Please explain. MUSTB (South Korean Band) & MUSTB. Imm1025 ( talk) 00:12, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

@ Imm1025: Hi there! I moved MUSTB (South Korean Band) to MUSTB since the disambiguator "(South Korean Band)" is unnecessary. This changed MUSTB (South Korean Band) from an article to a redirect. You then tried to change this, and I have reverted those changes.

It seems that the {{ orphan}} template inspired you to add links from other articles to the MUSTB article, which is wonderful. Thanks, and happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 00:50, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

Ah. Thank you!! Imm1025 ( talk) 01:00, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

I want to edit my user name? -- Okeke Charles Azubuike 101. ( talk) 16:31, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

@ Okeke Charles Azubuike 101. - See the instructions at WP:UNC. GoingBatty ( talk) 16:42, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

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Hey there, it's no big deal, but I noticed that your bot adds "living=yes" to the Biography WikiProject banner even if the WikiProject Banner Shell template is flagged as "blp=yes". I don't know if it's worth fixing this redundancy but I thought I'd bring it up. Cheers! GentlemanGhost (séance) 04:16, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

@ GentlemanGhost My bot is designed to add the |living= parameter to those pages in the Category:Biography articles without living parameter because |living= is a required parameter of {{ WikiProject Biography}}, even if the {{ WikiProject banner shell}} template contains |blp=yes. Feel free to discuss at Template talk:WikiProject Biography if you'd like that template changed. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 13:10, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

@ GoingBatty I will leave it be. Thanks for responding! GentlemanGhost (séance) 23:19, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Hi there,

You have left a following notice box on the Page Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva

This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately. Find sources: "Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (June 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)

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Thanks ToxicVictory ( talk) 12:02, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

@ ToxicVictory: When you resolve an issue, you may remove the maintenance template yourself. I suggest you keep up the good work by ensuring that every paragraph and every award has a cite. Thanks, and happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 12:23, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

Hi, I'd like to add my grandfather to the list of headmasters for a school in Backup, Lancashire, England. I am citing 3 sources, all Census records that clearly show his record as a headmaster that is not reflected on the Wikipedia page. I'm new and don't know how to do it. -- Mariapark093 ( talk) 23:56, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

@ Mariapark093: Hi there! I suggest you post your request on the article's talk page with the {{ edit request}} template and the URLs of the sources, and an interested editor will be able to help you. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 23:59, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

Hi, how can i create a wikipedia page of myself? -- Rohansri10 ( talk) 18:06, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

@ Rohansri10: Hi there! WP:AUTO explains that Wikipedia strongly discourages autobiographies. Creating a new Wikipedia article can be challenging, especially when you have a conflict of interest (COI). To learn how to edit, I suggest you start at Help:Introduction. I suggest spending a significant amount of time editing existing articles to hone your skills. When you're ready to create an article, you would gather multiple published independent reliable sources that have provided significant coverage of you, and determine whether they demonstrate that you meet Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, called " notability". If so, you could create an account and declare your COI on your user page. Then follow the instructions at Help:Your first article and summarize what the sources have published, and be prepared for a process that may include months of waiting for review, rejections, and rewrites, before an article is created. If you are successful, then you could never edit the article directly due to your COI, but could submit edit requests on the article talk page. Hope this helps. GoingBatty ( talk) 03:37, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

Hello, In the wiki page Lodhi (caste), I made some changes by adding to their talk with reliable sources, which got approved by extended users or above. But someone again changed it back to way it was before. I can't directly make additions to it, as it's protected against vandalism. Kindly help me such that it can't be changed to the false information as portrayed. Thank you. -- XlycanX ( talk) 09:29, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

@ XlycanX: Hi there! I see you have made several posts on Talk:Lodhi (caste), which is the proper place to discuss your issue. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 13:46, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

Hello, what's the best way to use Wikipedia? -- Jdeshawn403 ( talk) 00:18, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

@ Jdeshawn403: Hi there! I find lots of value in reading Wikipedia articles about topics I was interested in, and if I find a typo in an article I fix it. If there is something in an article I don't understand or an article seems incomplete, I ask a question on the article's talk page to discuss with other editors. There are many other ways to contribute to Wikipedia - some are listed at the Wikipedia:Task Center. Does this answer your question? GoingBatty ( talk) 00:34, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

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I discovered a link (stub) in an article on Mordecai Lincoln, Abraham Linclon's 2x great grandfather how lived in my township and whose wife was a member of my Quaker Meeting (Exeter Friends Meeting). I am the clerk of the Meeting and have created a website for us that has a history page. I assume the article would be a derivative of that page, but is there a place within the article to place a link to the website or page within the website? -- SDalton519 ( talk) 07:22, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

@ SDalton519: Hi there! I'm not sure which article you're referring to, as the article Mordecai Lincoln seems to be about President Lincoln's uncle. The best place to discuss your question is on the article's talk page. I suggest you review Wikipedia:Verifiability and Wikipedia:No original research. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 23:44, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

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How to create a page for my book visible at whowillwesee.com? -- WhoWillWeSee ( talk) 20:13, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

@ WhoWillWeSee: Hi there! Wikipedia is not a place for promotion. Creating a new Wikipedia article can be challenging, especially when you have a conflict of interest (COI). To learn how to edit, I suggest you start at Help:Introduction. I suggest spending a significant amount of time editing existing articles to hone your skills. When you're ready to create an article, you would gather multiple published independent reliable sources that have provided significant coverage of the book (e.g. independent reviews in magazines or newspapers), and determine whether they demonstrate that the book meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, called " notability". If so, you could declare your COI on your user page, and then follow the instructions at Help:Your first article to summarize what the sources have published, and be prepared for a process that may include months of waiting for review, rejections, and rewrites, before an article is created. If you are successful, then you could never edit the article directly due to your COI, but could submit edit requests on the article talk page. Hope this helps. GoingBatty ( talk) 20:24, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

Thank you WhoWillWeSee ( talk) 21:37, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

Battybot edited Soa de Muse to put a Last Name, First Name default sort on it. Is the easiest way to keep it from doing it again to have a default sort that matches the full name of the article? ( Soa de Muse is a French Drag Queen, and as such it really counts as close to a title than a normally sortable name. In general the decision at WP:RPDR is that Drag Race contestant names should not be sorted as "names" except in rare cases such as when they are competiting under their given name. Naraht ( talk) 16:12, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

@ Naraht: Hi there! I apologize for this error, and I appreciate you letting me know. I confirmed that the particular bot task is now set up to restrict DEFAULTSORT changes. I also manually added {{DEFAULTSORT:Soa de Muse}} to prevent other bots and humans from adding a different DEFAULTSORT value. Thanks, and happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 16:19, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

Curious on how it gets restricted. Thanx for the manual addition, I thought that might be enough to have Battybot ignore. Naraht ( talk) 19:57, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

@ Naraht: BattyBot uses the AutoWikiBrowser software, and there's an option is to "Restrict {{ DEFAULTSORT}} change/addition". Yes, manually adding the DEFAULTSORT will be helpful for the Soa de Muse article, but I also want to ensure BattyBot doesn't make the same mistake on any other article. GoingBatty ( talk) 20:02, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

If you'd like me to find the discussion of trying to alphabetize Drag Queens, I'll be happy to torture you in that way. Naraht ( talk) 20:08, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

@ Naraht: We've discussed the topic before when BattyBot made a similar incorrect edit. Both edits were made in November 2022. I'll leave the proper DEFAULTSORTing of those articles to those more knowledgeable, and my goal is to respect those decisions. GoingBatty ( talk) 20:19, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

Ah. Sorry. Naraht ( talk) 20:28, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

@ Naraht: No worries! You're a kind and respectful editor, and you're welcome here any time! GoingBatty ( talk) 20:49, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

TY. Naraht ( talk) 01:10, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

thanks for fixing the stub tag on "New Sudan" MateoFrayo ( talk) 00:59, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

Iterresise ( talk) 05:28, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

@ Iterresise: Thanks, but as stated at the top of this page, you can just {{ ping}} me in your reply instead of leaving a separate talkback message. GoingBatty ( talk) 06:40, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

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Thanks for your help with the Packers articles. I was expecting more articles than just four! There was another task I was going to submit. I was interested in getting two lists of articles from within Category:Green Bay Packers and its sub-categories:

1. All articles assessed as a stub on the article talk page's WikiProject templates but that do not have a {{ Stub}} template on the article page itself
2. All articles with a {{ Stub}} template on the article page but assessed as something other than a stub on the article talk page's WikiProject templates

Is this something you would be willing and able to produce? If not, happy to submit a request at WP:BOTREQ. Thanks, « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 17:46, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

@ Gonzo fan2007: After making the first two lists, I realized I didn't do it exactly the way you wanted, so I made a third list for you:

I used the AutoWikiBrowser software to make the lists, and you don't need a bot account to use it. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 18:38, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

Thank you so much! :) Are you willing and able to complete the tagging of the articles with {{ WikiProject Green Bay Packers}} in the last list if I go through the list and verify whether the tagging is appropriate? « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 19:46, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

@ Gonzo fan2007 = Yes I am. GoingBatty ( talk) 21:09, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

I knocked out the second list. Thanks! Made it super easy. Question on the third list: did you assess whether these have infoboxes as well? Also, regarding the first list, I have started going through it (see here). What I am doing is going to each article and assessing whether it is a stub. If it isn't, I am assessing the talk page templates as such and removing it from the list. Thus, my goal will be to whittle the list down to actual stubs that need stub sorting. Is this something you are capable of doing (my experience with stub sorting is really minimal, so bare with my ignorance). « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 16:05, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

@ Gonzo fan2007: I did not assess whether the articles in the third list have infoboxes. Yes, I can help with stub sorting. Many of them would have a stub template within Category:American football biography stubs. GoingBatty ( talk) 18:25, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

Awesome, well I will keep going at that list. Not sure how quickly I can get it done, but I will let you know. Then the last one will be reviewing the third list to make sure they are appropriate for WP:PACKERS, etc. Thanks! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 20:19, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

Ok, so I went through the first list. I paired the list from 233 articles to 80 (see below). I reassessed 153 of these articles as start-class. Thus, the remaining list need stub templates and stub sorting. Are you able to do this? Is there anything you need from me? Thank you! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 19:10, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

@ Gonzo fan2007: Each of these articles now has a stub template. The 79 biographical articles now have {{ Amfoot-bio-stub}}, but still need to be sorted into more specific templates. GoingBatty ( talk) 02:14, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

@ Gonzo fan2007: Stub sorting is now  Done. GoingBatty ( talk) 04:13, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Thank you!!! You said 79, but the list is 80. Was there a duplicate article? Just curious. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 14:19, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

@ Gonzo fan2007: Your list of 80 articles contains 79 biographical articles plus Bellevue Park (stadium). GoingBatty ( talk) 16:10, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Gotcha! Thanks for the clarification. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 16:22, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Ok, here is what I am thinking on the last list. Let me know what you think from a process standpoint:

1. Tag all of the articles with {{ WikiProject Green Bay Packers}}
2. When tagging, fill out the parameters as such:
   • For class, inherit the existing class assessment from WikiProjects (and add auto=inherit), so that Category:Automatically assessed Green Bay Packers articles will be filled.
   • For importance, leave blank.
   • Assess whether each page has an infobox. If so, then add needs-infobox=yes, so that Category:Green Bay Packers articles needing infoboxes will be filled.
3. When that is done, I will then go through each article and confirm the assessment, remove auto=inherit, assess for project importance and add an infobox if necessary.
4. While I am doing that, would you then be able to run the previous two queries regarding the stub status (rated as a stub but no stub template and articles assessed as something else but with a stub template) and provide me lists again to work through. This would make sure that I didn't miss any on the previous lsits and cover the new 239 articles added to the WikiProject. Thank you so much for your insight and especially for your help. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 14:34, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

@ Gonzo fan2007: I numbered the lists to make things easier. I'm presuming when you refer to "the last list", you mean list #3 Articles in Green Bay Packers category but not in Category:WikiProject Green Bay Packers articles. If so, I can tag those articles with {{ WikiProject Green Bay Packers}} with |auto=inherit for all and |needs-infobox=yes if needed. I could also rerun lists #1 and #2. Please confirm before I start. Thanks! GoingBatty ( talk) 16:19, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Yes, that it correct, List #3. Your process as stated is what I am requesting. Thank you! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 16:22, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

@ Gonzo fan2007: I've added the WikiProject template to the talk page for each article in list #3. I also made some manual fixes to talk pages you edited, such as Talk:Danny Etling, because the WikiProject doesn't appear when you add it after the |blp=yes parameter. Here are your new lists:

When you're done with all this, you might be interested in working on the Cleanup listing for WikiProject Green Bay Packers. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 14:49, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

Thanks Going Batty. Can you check the edits though? Like here you add the inherit parameter but didn't actually assess the article by adding in the class parameter and rating it as a start. Here is another issue with the template parameters. Category:Automatically assessed Green Bay Packers articles is pretty much empty but should be filled with hundreds of articles.

Thanks for the note on the clean-up listing. I actually have slowly but surely been working on it for the last few weeks. Just often time-intensive work with all the citations issues. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 15:20, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

@ Gonzo fan2007. Oh - I misunderstood the assignment. I only added |auto=inherit, not the |class= parameter. I'll have to think about how to properly add the |class= parameter with the appropriate value. GoingBatty ( talk) 15:36, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

Gotcha. Typically the |auto=inherit parameter is added when the |class= parameter is filled out by a bot using the current assessment from other WikiProjects. As an example, Josh Warner is currently rated as a stub by four other WikiProjects. Thus, {{ WikiProject Green Bay Packers}} would be rated as a stub, but with the |auto=inherit field filled out. This then allows human editors to audit the automatic assessment and then remove the |auto=inherit when the assessment is either confirmed or is updated to something else. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 15:42, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

You know what, I think I can just work off of Category:Unassessed Green Bay Packers articles. Did all of these have infoboxes? « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 17:14, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

@ Gonzo fan2007: My bot is adding the |class= parameters now. All of these had infoboxes. GoingBatty ( talk) 17:44, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

@ Gonzo fan2007: Between your work and my bot, all the |class= parameters should now be added. I also reran the first two reports:

Have a great day! GoingBatty ( talk) 19:04, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

Thank you so much! I'm working through assessing them all for importance and removing the inherit parameter. About 80 left. After that I will work on the two lists (thank you for rerunning them! You read my mind). « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 19:06, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

Sorry, I messed up your comment on User talk:LWu22. I tried to insert it, but obviously missed half of it, when I tried to resolve the edit conflict. — jmcgnh ^{(talk)  (contribs)} 03:59, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

@ Jmcgnh: No worries! I liked the comments you added for the user. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 04:07, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

I've come across "[wildcard] could refer to:" rather than "[wildcard] may refer to:". Is this something you could implement in AWB? Iterresise ( talk) 06:38, 24 September 2023 (UTC)

@ Iterresise: Yes, it's possible to configure AWB with any find and replace rule. I see the examples at MOS:DABPAGES all use "may refer to" or "may also refer to". I'm not sure that means "could refer to" is incorrect, as it is used on 1,174 pages. Is there a consensus for such a change? GoingBatty ( talk) 06:49, 24 September 2023 (UTC)

On the tea house we spoke a bit about bots. As much as automatically making draft articles with active categories go into draft categories, I think an easier application that will be less controversial is fixing legacy category disabling.

The biggest issue I’ve personally had with it is that it seems many people using AWB convert categories in a draft categories template into links, which results in the draft categories template no longer working with hotcat and as a result accidental addition into mainspace categories Immanuelle ❤️💚💙 (talk to the cutest Wikipedian) 18:30, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

@ Immanuelle: Hi there! The behavior you are describing is not standard AWB functionality. When you see that happen, please revert the edits and send the people a kind note about the functionality of the {{ Draft categories}} template. Thanks! GoingBatty ( talk) 18:34, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

I could have sworn that access-date was for determining if a URL was live? AManWithNoPlan ( talk) 16:27, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

@ AManWithNoPlan: |access-date= is for documenting when you read the web page, and |url-status= is for documenting if a URL is live (but only if you're also using |archive-url=) - see Template:Cite web#URL. GoingBatty ( talk) 16:34, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

The category now has about 125,000 fewer pages in it. I am now running the IABot on all of those pages. That will get many of the |url-status=dead with no |archive-url= pages fixed by adding the |archive-url=. All the remaining pages will then need |url-status=dead changed to {{ dead link}}, which is what they should have had in the first place. AManWithNoPlan ( talk) 13:51, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

But that should wait on https://iabot.wmcloud.org/index.php?page=viewjob&id=15322 and https://iabot.wmcloud.org/index.php?page=viewjob&id=15323 AManWithNoPlan ( talk) 13:51, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

This is so small now: /info/en/?search=Category:CS1_maint:_url-status AManWithNoPlan ( talk) 13:54, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

@ AManWithNoPlan: Wonderful - thanks so much! GoingBatty ( talk) 14:33, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

I should note that it appears that the remaining pages in the error category are pages with |url-status=dead set, but the Archive Bot as the URLs listed as dying/alive (some 404's are "alive"), so it does not add archives (or there are no archives). These should all be changed to the changed to {{ dead link}} parameter, or removed. AManWithNoPlan ( talk) 13:12, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

IABot is done. Please go to town on manually fixing /info/en/?search=Category:CS1_maint:_url-status AManWithNoPlan ( talk) 00:55, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

Category empty for about ten seconds. AManWithNoPlan ( talk) 22:47, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

can I add my company information on wikipedia? -- Global Digitech Services ( talk) 12:36, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

@ Global Digitech Services: Hi there! Wikipedia is not a place to promote your company (see WP:NOT). Wikipedia has articles about topics that meet Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, called "notability" (see WP:NCORP). We get variations on this question frequently, so we have an essay to provide detailed answers (see WP:BOSS). Hope this answered your question. GoingBatty ( talk) 13:16, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

Hi GoingBatty, on follow-ups on advice you requested I do on two occasions at the tea house to invite the decline reviewer to give specific reasons why he decline https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft_talk:Dekunle_Okunrinboye. On two different occasions I have invited him but he seems to ignore the invite, would like to ask what will you advice I do next ? But I recently added more source to the article. High Regards. Fmnoble ( talk) 09:18, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

@ Fmnoble: Hi there! I'm sorry that Jamiebuba did not respond to you. I wonder how many of the sources are paid/promotional/sponsored content (instead of being independent sources). When you believe you have provided " multiple published secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject", you may resubmit for review. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 23:24, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

@ GoingBatty Thanks for pinging in. Unfortunately, I don't recall being pinged by @ Fmnoble if not I would definitely have responded. If you have added more sources i will do a quick check on them later today or tomorrow to see if they're okay then leave a comment. Jamiebuba ( talk) 07:25, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Again, one of the reasons the article was declined in its initial stage was a bunch of PAID sources which I found. There's been a surge in Paid articles in Nigerian news websites like Sun Newspaper, Vanguard (Nigeria) and a few of them to mention. Anyways will check when I get the time to. Jamiebuba ( talk) 07:31, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

@ GoingBatty: Thank you for the help/ guidances, been able to find and add to the existing sources.@ Jamiebuba: your dedication really a top notch. I appreciate you aswell because I have been able to learn from this process. High Regards. Fmnoble ( talk) 12:15, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

@ Fmnoble You're welcome. Glad to have helped. Jamiebuba ( talk) 16:40, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

@ Jamiebuba: I humbly look forward as you promised to look at the draft. Thank you once again. High Regards. Fmnoble ( talk) 13:59, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

@ Fmnoble & @ Jamiebuba - I'm glad you're discussing this topic together. Could you please move continue this discussion to a more appropriate location, such as Draft talk:Dekunle Okunrinboye? Thanks, and happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 14:35, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

Hello. I am trying to add notables to the Lodhi (caste) for last 2 weeks. But since the page is protected against vandalism, I can't do it myself and also no users are looking towards that. Kindly help me for adding information to the page. Thankyou. -- XlycanX ( talk) 10:04, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

@ XlycanX: Hi there! I see that each entry at Lodhi (caste)#Notables has a reference. I suggest you do the same for the people you list in your request. GoingBatty ( talk) 13:23, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

Hi I've used wikipedia for ages but only became an official user last year and have only started to edit very recently, was wondering if you could show me the ropes a little bit? Thanks so much -- LionFireKing404 ( talk) 14:43, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

@ LionFireKing404: Hi there! I suggest reviewing the information at Help:Introduction. If you have more specific questions, you can post them at the Wikipedia:Teahouse, and myself or another editor will help you. I saw your post at Talk:2023 Israel–Hamas war and added {{ edit extended-protected}} to get more attention to your request. I also replied to your post at Talk:PORTNOY. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 15:00, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

I want to know what happens to Social Security and Medicare and Medicad when their isn’t a Speaker of the House -- Loemargaretann8 ( talk) 00:32, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

@ Loemargaretann8: As far as I know, the Social Security/Medicare/Medicaid payments will continue during the October 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election. The challenge will be for the House to pass the 2024 United States federal budget without going into a shutdown. I reviewed the 2018–2019 United States federal government shutdown article and didn't see any mention of suspension of payments. Hopefully we won't have a 2023 United States federal government shutdown article! (It's only a redirect now.) GoingBatty ( talk) 01:01, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

I was attempting to create a new account and add information. -- Valkeita1 ( talk) 02:40, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

@ Valkeita1: Congratulations - you have successfully created an account. To learn how to edit articles, see Help:Introduction. Did you have a specific question? GoingBatty ( talk) 02:46, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

Hi, referrring to your comment "Key projects and Prizes" on Draft:Sapartners. I added additional sources and removed projects/prizes where there is no independent source yet. I would be glad if you could have a look again. Schira05 ( talk) 07:22, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

@ Schira05: I see that each key project now has a reference, and the Prizes section has been removed. For each references that is not English, I suggest including |language= and |trans-title= parameters. If you have any relationship with this company, be sure to declare your conflict of interest on your user page. Thanks! GoingBatty ( talk) 13:09, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

I have added the language / translated titels Schira05 ( talk) 12:59, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

@ Schira05: What is your source for the founders' birthdays? GoingBatty ( talk) 13:11, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

I have added it Schira05 ( talk) 12:59, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

@ Schira05: I have made a few edits to Draft:Sapartners, including tagging two references that failed verification. I wonder how many of the references are independent from sa_partners. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 14:03, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. I amended the two unsuficent sources. I wonder which reference is NOT independent (except for the website of the planning office itself)? Schira05 ( talk) 15:47, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

For pointing me to the corresponding wikiproject at teahouse :D Nobody expects the UnexpectedSmoreInquisition ( talk)! 17:11, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

Hi GoingBatty, I want to use some photos in Wikipedia for my forthcoming academic book "Confronting Climate Change with Indigenous Wisdom and Western Science: A sustainable Revolution."

How do I do it legally? I understood that Wikipedia has the license, so I just acknowledge Wikipedia in the photo's caption. Is that correct.

Please reply by email. I'm not good at handling websites. Thank you so much for the information Dr. Glen Aikenhead Professor Emeritus -- Sage Nelson ( talk) 14:36, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

( talk page stalker) Please see Wikipedia:Reusing Wikipedia content _{Piotrus at Hanyang| reply here} 07:41, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for your Kenneth Chesebro edits! (I couldn't figure out how to use ping or reply to.)

I was bummed to see the external links moved so low, but apparently that's the standard now, so, cest la vie.

All good edits and much appreciated after I took such a deep dive this weekend. Utahredrock ( talk) 20:32, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

@ Utahredrock: You're welcome! If you click the "View history" tab, you can see a list of every edit made to the article. Next to each edit is a link labelled "thank", which allows you to send a quick thanks to the editor. GoingBatty ( talk) 21:35, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

Hello GoingBatty, I was wondering if you would consider expanding the BOT task that removes "By" from the start of author fields. In this edit there is a |last2=Updated field that follows in the same cite template, could this be removed at the same time? Keith D ( talk) 17:24, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

@ Keith D: Yes, I've added a new line to find those situations and fix them - see this edit. I'll check the edits that BattyBot made in the last few days and see where it makes sense to revert and run again. Thanks for the suggestion! GoingBatty ( talk) 18:05, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

Many thanks. I have fixed a few that have appeared on my watchlist. Keith D ( talk) 18:08, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

@ Keith D: I wonder what method Steven a91 used in this edit to get the incorrect |first=by Andy |last2=Updated in the first place. It would be wonderful to fix these problems at the source instead of trying to fix them after the fact. GoingBatty ( talk) 19:22, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

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I just want to say thank you for getting the reference fixed in the archive for Team rosters of USA Women's Ice Hockey. 108.21.67.83 ( talk) 03:57, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

My pleasure! I've made a few more edits to Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's team rosters for you. In the "Sweden" section, the table has a section header of "2017–18 team". Should this be "1997–98 team" to match the other tables? Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 04:10, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

It's been a pleasure. Thank you very much for my deepest appreciation. I'll be seeing you. 108.21.67.83 ( talk) 05:12, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

I noticed you stopped by my student article there a while ago - thanks for your friendly fixes. Are you a Draft reviewer? I think this is ready to be published in the mainspace - what do you think? I don't understand why the version from the October 8 was declined for being "improperly sourced" by @ Johannes Maximilian ? _{Piotrus at Hanyang| reply here} 07:40, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

Your draft cites way too many unreliable sources such as wenweipo or YouTube. It cannot be accepted in the the mainspace like this. -- Johannes ( Talk) ( Contribs) ( Articles) 12:31, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

@ Johannes Maximilian This is not my draft. Ping the author @ Yangpeifu . I see three references to  YouTube which unless they are reporting by proper journalists I concur should be removed or moved to external links per WP:SPS. I don't see a problem with Wen Wei Po, it is not at WP:RSP. In either case, I see only 4 uses of that source. Considering the article has 70 citations, if 10% of them are problematic (and that's assuming a problem with Wen Wei Po), I don't see a problem with publishing this. The few sentences tagged to problematic sources can be marked with {{ citation needed}} or deleted outright per WP:V. _{Piotrus at Hanyang| reply here} 09:40, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

@ TheLonelyPather‎ re reliability of Wen Wei Po (I've never heard of this outlet since today, but on second check it is marked by the script for highlighting unreliable soruces I use, User:Headbomb/unreliable.js). But as far as I can tell, Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_306#RfC:_Wen_Wei_Po did not reach a consensus. Apparently I commented there, and as I said, it seems low quality but probably can be used with attribution for non WP:REDFLAG claims. I don't think it is being used for any controversial claims right now? Although I concur it would be good to replace then, few citations to this given few dozen of other good quality citations should not disqualify article from being published. The source has not been depraciated and is still used on Wikipedia: search. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 09:47, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

Re-pinging @ Johannes Maximilian. I'm not involved in this. TheLonelyPather ( talk) 09:49, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

@ TheLonelyPather I know; I pinged you b/c I am curious what is your take on reliability of that newspaper. I concur it is low reliablity, but having re-read the discussion at RSN I lean towards seeing it as usable on non-politically sensistive topics. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 10:06, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. Although I have heard of its name, I have never read this one. I cannot say much about its reliability. -- TheLonelyPather ( talk) 10:09, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

@ Hanyangprofessor2: I've made some tweaks and added comments on your draft. However, since I can not read the Chinese sources, I will not be reviewing the draft. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 14:10, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

About this Wikipedia:Teahouse#why is there a page called foodp0rn. Isn't that a Facebook page and on X (formally Twitter) had that page. I'm replying here since that topic has not been active for 2 days. Cwater1 ( talk) 18:59, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

@ Cwater1: I'm not sure I understand your question. If you're asking me a question about Facebook and/or Twitter content, I don't know what they host. If you're asking a question about Wikipedia, please rephrase. Thanks! GoingBatty ( talk) 19:04, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

I guess you are not familiar with two platforms. Cwater1 ( talk) 19:45, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

Template:WikiProject Archives of American Art/doc has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Gonnym ( talk) 09:59, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

Hi. I am new to Wiki. Can you please guide me on how to contribute to the platform and successfully edit articles? -- Typicalabdullah ( talk) 23:15, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

@ Typicalabdullah: Welcome to Wikipedia! Try going through Help:Introduction first, and then Wikipedia:Task center to find something you'll like doing. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 23:22, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

How to make a user page? -- Tyburt85 ( talk) 20:46, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

@ Tyburt85: Hi there! Go to User:Tyburt85, type some stuff about what you want to do on Wikipedia, and click the blue "Publish page" button. For more information, see WP:User pages. GoingBatty ( talk) 20:51, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on Category:2023 children's books indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 05:03, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

Hey GoingBatty - I have just resubmitted my first page for review. I wonder if you could please give some more feedback on how I can improve? I'm new to the space and will be making pages around healthcare. Journalist0071 ( talk) 07:38, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

I also made the changes you suggested - i.e adding in more sources to relevant areas such as the awards section. thank you! Journalist0071 ( talk) 07:40, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

@ Journalist0071: If you're referring to Navina Evans, then congratulations on having the draft moved to articlespace! GoingBatty ( talk) 13:00, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

Hello, I'm Qwerfjkl (bot). I have automatically detected that this edit performed by you, on the page Hinugot sa Langit, may have introduced referencing errors. They are as follows:

• A " bare URL and missing title" error. References show this error when they do not have a title. Please edit the article to add the appropriate title parameter to the reference. ( Fix | Ask for help)

Please check this page and fix the errors highlighted. If you think this is a false positive, you can report it to my operator. Thanks, Qwerfjkl (bot) ( talk) 05:07, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

Hello,

I just noticed that your bot removed the dead end tag from School of Meditation when the only wikilinks in the article were from the ISBN fields in the references. I am wondering if this ought not to count towards not being a dead end? What do you think?

Bensci54 ( talk) 15:25, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

@ Bensci54: At the time BattyBot removed the {{ dead end}} template ( link), there were three wikilinks to [[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] (one in a reference, and two in the "Further Reading" section). The editor should have used citation templates or {{ ISBN}} to create the links instead of the ISBN wikilinks. I don't think it's a common enough issue to report to the AWB developers. Thanks for letting me know! GoingBatty ( talk) 15:39, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

Hello, how do I move a Wikipedia page which I created from the Sandbox to the Homepage? -- Diegg24 ( talk) 14:25, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

@ Diegg24 - According to Help:How to move a page, you cannot do so yet. Looking at User:Diegg24/sandbox, it's not ready to be an article.

• While you have references, you have no footnotes (see Help:Footnotes)
• The table should be changed to {{ Infobox settlement}}
• The Index and Climate sections should contain text or be removed

Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 14:49, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

@ Diegg24: Also, your page is a dead end, as there are no links from your page to other Wikipedia articles. GoingBatty ( talk) 14:50, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

@ GoingBatty I saw you edit some references on the Draft:Sean BE page. Could you tell me what other issues need to be looked at before resubmission? Thank you. 220.253.130.93 ( talk) 10:47, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

Hi there! The Discography section needs references. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 13:22, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	For your consistent and quality advice given at the Teahouse. Nobody expects the UnexpectedSmoreInquisition ( talk)! 16:35, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

Hello -- SAMUNDO ( talk) 12:23, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

Hello 👋 How possible can I become a member of this organization -- SAMUNDO ( talk) 12:25, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

@ SAMUNDO: Hi there! To become a Wikipedia editor, just start editing! I suggest reviewing Help:Introduction as a start. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 15:24, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

In this edit seen here, the edit summary reads: Removed/fixed author parameter(s) to remove article from Category:CS1 errors: generic name. But all the bot did was change the cite error from last= has generic name to first= has generic name, as seen here, and also here. What's the point of these edits? I'm seeing quite a few of these bot edits showing up in Category:CS1 errors: missing name. Of course the proper solution is to actually fix the citation error completely. Just thought you might want to know. Isaidnoway (talk) 🍁 03:45, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

And also this edit, is now just changing the cite error to first is missing last, also here, here, here, here, and more generic name and generic name. I actually had that missing name cat whittled down to around 219 yesterday, but as of this timestamped edit, it is back up to 333. Seems kind of silly to me to remove a citation error from one cat and move it to another cat. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ - Isaidnoway (talk) 🍁 04:11, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

@ Isaidnoway: Thank you for letting me know about this issue. I need to add some more code to properly deal with instances where |last=Reuters also has a |first= parameter, to do this. Some edge cases should be fixed manually like this. I'll go through the category to see if there were any other instances where my bot added an article there. Thanks again! GoingBatty ( talk) 05:14, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

Sure that works, but in your first example, there was actually a named author and a date, plus the link was dead as well, which I fixed here. I think a lot of those cite errors are generated by the citation tool an editor chooses to use (and not using show preview to check their work), and in the case of Reuters, it adds those 'generic' names, and actually if you scroll to the bottom of the article, you can find the author's name. Thanks for looking into it though. I appreciate it. Isaidnoway (talk) 🍁 05:33, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

@ Isaidnoway: I looked at the last 3000 edits my bot made, and found 64 of those were in Category:CS1 errors: missing name. I reverted those edits, and will tackle them more slowly to ensure the edits are correct. Thanks again! (P.S. When you're done plowing through that category, feel free to help with the 28,000+ in Category:CS1 errors: generic name.) GoingBatty ( talk) 05:31, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

I am trying to update/correct the following article and need help changing title. All is explained here:

Talk:Goodbye_Little_Darlin'

You helped me with Be Honest with Me, which I appreciate. Tillywilly17 ( talk) 02:41, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

@ Tillywilly17: Replied at the talk page. GoingBatty ( talk) 03:08, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

You can't (effectively) edit that page directly. The entire content is assembled by a bot every few minutes, and all manual changes are erased. If you need to comment in or change an existing RM listing or add a new one, that is done at the talk page of the page to be moved. See also Template:Rm.  —  SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  14:04, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

@ SMcCandlish: Thank you for the note. I saw all the big warnings after a bot quickly overwrote my edit. So I edited the source to remove the error, and eventually the bot updated the page. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 16:39, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

CTS is looking for an editor… we could use your skills. Gocovenant.com dr will Ryan 72.135.50.161 ( talk) 13:58, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

Hi there! What specific help do you need with the Covenant Theological Seminary article? What is your relationship with CTS? GoingBatty ( talk) 15:16, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

Hello! A 28 year old friend wanted me to create a Biography/Memoir on Wikipedia. Can you please share any tutorial as to how to go about it.

Your answer to enlighten me will be much appreciated.

Thanks and Warm Regards, Sudhakar Vardhanapu from India -- Svardhanapu ( talk) 03:53, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

@ Svardhanapu: Hi there! Start by sharing Wikipedia:An article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing with your friend. If your friend is still interested, then try WP:DECLARECOI and Help:Your first article. GoingBatty ( talk) 04:24, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

Hi, just to note that it is no longer necessary to add |listas= to {{ WikiProject Biography}} if it is used in the banner shell instead. Thanks — Martin ( MSGJ ·  talk) 15:18, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

@ MSGJ: Thanks for letting me know! Are you referring to an edit I made with Rater (which might need to be updated), or something else? Could you please update the documentation at Template:WikiProject Biography/doc#Listas? Thanks! GoingBatty ( talk) 15:27, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

For example [5] — Martin ( MSGJ ·  talk) 15:29, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

@ MSGJ: Oh, thank you! While my bot doesn't add a value to the |listas= parameter, it does add an empty parameter to prompt editors to populate it. I'll change the bot tasks to stop adding the parameter. Thanks! GoingBatty ( talk) 15:32, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

You could add it instead to WPBS if that template is being used. Thanks — Martin ( MSGJ ·  talk) 15:32, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

@ MSGJ: I already updated my bots in July - see User_talk:GoingBatty/Archive14#BattyBot adding listas to biographies. GoingBatty ( talk) 15:36, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

Perfect, thanks! — Martin ( MSGJ ·  talk) 19:22, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

Any chance you would be interested in taking on this task? — Martin ( MSGJ ·  talk) 22:25, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

@ MSGJ: All my bots use AutoWikiBrowser, whose code hasn't been updated for the changes to {{ WikiProject banner shell}}. Plus, I don't know how I could configure it to look at multiple WikiProject class parameters and make determinations on what class parameter to populate in the banner. Sorry! GoingBatty ( talk) 22:42, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

Okay, no worries. It's quite a complicated one to code. — Martin ( MSGJ ·  talk) 12:48, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

Hi Batty; I'm excited to join the Wikipedia contributor pool! I've just nominated a page for deletion because I believe it does not fit notability requirements; is there any advice you can give me for making sure I've done so correctly? -- AlexTheAwkward ( talk) 15:43, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

@ AlexTheAwkward: Hi there! Here are my suggestions:

• The {{ AfD notice}} template goes on the user talk pages (not the article) to warn the creators and principal contributors that the article has been nominated. Another editor removed it from the article at the same time I tried to do so.
• When you post the {{ AfD notice}} on a user talk page, add a new section to the bottom of the page to keep the conversations in chronological order (see Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines). I've moved your post on User talk:Davidpatrick.
• If you haven't done so already, please see WP:BEFORE to review what to do before nominating an article for deletion.

Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 16:20, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

@ GoingBatty: Thank you for the help! I'll make sure to remember to keep conversations in chronological order (among the other things). AlexTheAwkward ( talk) 17:33, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

my article is not submitting and i want to add images in starting -- Gurdas Singh atwal ( talk) 14:07, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

@ Gurdas Singh atwal: It looks like you have added many images to your draft. However, images are not necessary to have a draft accepted. The reviewer DoubleGrazing gave some good feedback to you. Creating a new Wikipedia article can be challenging, especially if you do not have a lot of experience editing existing Wikipedia articles. To learn how to edit, I suggest you start at Help:Introduction. I suggest spending a significant amount of time editing existing articles to hone your skills before returning to your draft. GoingBatty ( talk) 16:47, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

Hello how can I connect my new AirPods to my iPhone, the name of the AirPods are not showing on my Bluetooth screen -- Lynn kilukishak ( talk) 22:20, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

@ Lynn kilukishak: I hope you can find the answer at https://support.apple.com/airpods GoingBatty ( talk) 22:23, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

plz help me to create wikkipidea -- Shaikh Iqbal Masud ( talk) 02:12, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

@ Shaikh Iqbal Masud: Hi there! I presume you are asking for help creating a new Wikipedia article. Creating a new Wikipedia article can be quite challenging, especially if you do not have a lot of experience editing existing Wikipedia articles. To learn how to edit, I suggest you start at Help:Introduction. I suggest spending a significant amount of time editing existing articles to hone your skills. Once you're ready to create an article, you would gather multiple independent reliable sources that have provided significant coverage of the subject, and determine whether it meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, called " notability". If so, you could follow the instructions at Help:Your first article and summarize what the sources have published, and be prepared for a process that may include waiting for review, declines, and rewrites before an article is created. Hope this helps, and happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 02:16, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

If there are any more of those requests, could you empty the category and tag for deletion? Those categories should not be manually added. Thanks — Martin ( MSGJ ·  talk) 16:25, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

@ MSGJ: I agree that the categories should not be manually added. For many articles, I'm removing the category from the article and adding the parameter in the WikiProject template on the talk page. I don't want to empty the category unless the WikiProject decides the category should be removed. For example, in Template talk:WikiProject Haiti, the decision was made to add the parameter. Thanks! GoingBatty ( talk) 17:33, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

@ MSGJ: I provided this answer before noticing that you've emptied the categories and tagged them for deletion. I will do the same. Thanks! GoingBatty ( talk) 17:56, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

@ MSGJ: In addition to attention categories being incorrectly applied to articles, I'm also seeing categories for needs infoboxes and needs articles manually added, so I'm working through those too. GoingBatty ( talk) 17:34, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

I noted your decline on October 31 of the Draft:Bryan Corbett article I am working on due to a lack of referencing in the Education section of the draft. Since then, I have updated the section with the proper citations, proving his graduation at both his undergraduate and graduate school. If you could please review that again I would appreciate it.

AdPython ( talk) 16:45, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

@ AdPython: Hi there! I made some updates to the draft and reviewed each source. I don't think you have enough independent sources that provide significant coverage of Corbett. Here are my thoughts about each reference:

1. Press release - not independent
2. Interview - not independent
3. One line about Corbett - not significant coverage
4. Based on press release - not independent
5. Needs a subscription I don't have
6. Needs a subscription I don't have
7. Written by Corbett - not independent
8. One sentence interview - not independent or significant
9. Written by Corbett - not independent

Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 21:05, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

Hi @ GoingBatty,

I understand your thoughts about the nonindependent sources. I will find a way to best address that. However, for the paywall issue – I do not see a way to reconcile this, as these are legitimate and independent sources. One significant coverage piece I would like to consider is an article from Bloomberg ( https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-08/carlyle-partner-tapped-by-hedge-fund-industry-to-run-lobby-group). There is a paywall on this as well, however, I think this would best mitigate the issues with #7 and #9 (which were written by Corbett). I also want to note that I have addressed your initial issue with the draft: citations for the education section. Is it possible to update your decline based on your recent review?

~~~ AdPython ( talk) 17:07, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

@ AdPython: I will strike through my comment to acknowledge that you resolved that issue. You are allowed to have paywalled sources, and I will choose to not review an article where I need to review the paywalled sources to make a decision. When you're ready, you can resubmit the draft for review, and someone else will review it. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 18:14, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

hi, I have contributed to this page: User:HishamMansourJamaanAlJamaanpage/sandbox. kindly check if it fulfills all the criteria needed to be accepted as a wikipedia article? also, do give suggestions on how to improve it for being notable. thanks. Amyhere ( talk) 19:14, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

@ Amyhere: Hi there! It appears you had a draft at User:Amyhere/sandbox that was deleted, and now you're working on a draft at the link above, which makes me wonder about the relationship between the two Wikipedia user IDs. I see you uploaded several photos of Hisham Mansour Jamaan Al Jamaan as your "Own work". Between the photos and the wording of the draft, I wonder if you have a conflict of interest. If you work for the person or the company, then you must make a paid-contribution disclosure. If you have any other relationship with him, you must make still declare your conflict. If you're in contact with him, I suggest you have him read WP:AUTO and Wikipedia:An article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing.

Wikipedia articles must be built based on independent published reliable sources. Of your six sources, references #1, #2, #4, and #6 are not independent. References #3 and #5 are in Arabic, so I won't comment on those since I cannot read Arabic. When creating a draft (after disclosing any conflict), you should gather your independent reliable sources and write the draft based on what those sources have written. See WP:BACKWARD and Help:Your first article. Hope this helps! GoingBatty ( talk) 19:39, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

ok thanks a lot. I have made the disclosure on the talk page of that article. The two sources in arabic are actually independent sources. They are from news. The 4 are related to Hisham and available on the personal website only. Please do tell if its ready for submission or needs improvement. Amyhere ( talk) 20:00, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

@ Amyhere: I made some minor tweaks for you. You should add references for the certificates of participation (or remove them from the draft). I cannot tell whether references #3 and #5 adequately demonstrate that he meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, called " notability". GoingBatty ( talk) 20:12, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

Ok thanks. I have pics of certificates actually but can't disclose them publically, so I guess its better to remove these. Anyhow, thanks alot Amyhere ( talk) 20:14, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

Regarding this edit, you will notice there are three copies of the US project banner. Would you be able to look into getting these consolidated as part of your other changes? I appreciate this may not be a simple task! — Martin ( MSGJ ·  talk) 09:32, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

@ MSGJ: I have a separate bot task that would have removed the empty {{ WikiProject United States}} template, but I haven't come up with a way to consolidate WikiProjects with different parameters. GoingBatty ( talk) 14:07, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Hi, GoingBatty. I have a question regarding your bot; I'm not sure if you know this.
In Task 32 it fixes Category:Pages which use a template in place of a magic word, so most of the time there's no need for users to do something there, even when it's not empty.
However, if someone stumbles into that category, there's no mention that a bot is actually fixing it.
Is there a template or something that could be added so others (including me) could see that the bot is working there?
I don't know if this has been discussed before or if this already exists somewhere; I didn't find anything on it. Regards Nobody ( talk) 10:16, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

This is a good idea! Perhaps a parameter that could be added to {{ Maintenance category}} — Martin ( MSGJ ·  talk) 10:33, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

My idea for this would be something like: |bot1=[[User:BattyBot]]|bot-task1=[[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/BattyBot 32|32]]

Which would show something like: "This category is used by the bot: BattyBot, see the relevant task here: 32"

This could also work if a category is used by multiple bots or tasks. I don't know if there is already a text that can be used for this, so I wrote something that sounds right. Nobody ( talk) 12:53, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

@ 1AmNobody24: Hi there! Based on the note at Category:CS1 errors: invisible characters, I added a note about BattyBot to Category:Pages which use a template in place of a magic word. GoingBatty ( talk) 14:13, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Could you do this on the other categories too? Tasks: 30, 46, 64, 65, 67, 69. Thanks Nobody ( talk) 14:21, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

@ 1AmNobody24:  Done for tasks 30, 46, 64, 65, 67 with a note encouraging editors to fix their own errors.  Not done for task 69, since it already has a note for Citation bot. GoingBatty ( talk) 15:41, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Hi I Noticed that you added an orphan tag to the page - Rungta College Bhilai , I have added some relevant article links to it. I hope this helps. If if does, please make appropriate changes. Thanks MSatindia ( talk) 16:43, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

@ MSatindia:  Done! In the future, when you resolve an issue on an article, you may remove the tag yourself. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 16:51, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

@ MSatindia: Oops, sorry about that! I have a bot task to remove {{ orphan}} templates when they're no longer needed, and thought I started it running when I gave my first reply. I just noticed that the bot was not running and you removed the template yourself.

Hi can you please move Draft:Pir Syed Zagham Abbas to mainspace? no thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.178.186.96 ( talk) 21:52, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

Looks like another user accepted your draft. Congratulations, and happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 23:07, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

	GoingBatty the Savor
	Helpful as always. (Teahouse help) UnexpectedSmoreInquisition aka USI ( talk) 15:25, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

@ UnexpectedSmoreInquisition: Thanks! Did you see that Holy Grail is being rereleased in theaters? I'm trying to convince my teenagers to see it with me, but they're now too cool to hang out with their dad. GoingBatty ( talk) 15:35, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

I did! I'm assuming you noticed my name is a Monty Python pun, so I'm quite excited. Unfortunately, life's busy rn so I likely won't see it there. Have a great day, UnexpectedSmoreInquisition aka USI ( talk) 15:54, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

@ UnexpectedSmoreInquisition: Yes, and the image you used is the Black Knight's helmet. "Tis but a scratch!" GoingBatty ( talk) 16:02, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

Yes, that too. Hoped you would get the reference. UnexpectedSmoreInquisition aka USI ( talk) 16:15, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

You denied my article submission because another article already exists. I acknowledge the existence of my sister article: Reliability of Wikipedia. Even though I acknowledge her, I disagree with your decision, since my draft adds new information to the fight for credibility of Wikipedia. It contributes to Reliability of Wikipedia and backs it up with more information, and then Wikipedia users can find more information on the topic than simply one article. While Reliability of Wikipedia has a lot of information, my article can add a bit more, and it acknowledges the false misconception in schools, unlike Reliability of Wikipedia. AriLovesTacos ( talk) 01:39, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

@ AriLovesTacos: I did not deny Draft:Wikipedia: a surprisingly reliable site. I ran some bots to clean up your references and added a comment. Your draft (and your user talk page) lists the editor who declined (not denied) your draft. GoingBatty ( talk) 02:56, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

How do I create a page to document my public work as a elected public figure? -- Medicmarnie ( talk) 04:21, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

@ Medicmarnie: Hi there! WP:AUTO explains that Wikipedia strongly discourages autobiographies. Creating a new Wikipedia article can be quite challenging, especially when you have a conflict of interest (COI). To learn how to edit, I suggest you start at Help:Introduction. I suggest spending a significant amount of time editing existing articles to hone your skills. When you're ready to create an article, you would gather multiple published independent reliable sources that have provided significant coverage of you, and determine whether they demonstrate that you meet Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, called " notability". If so, you could create an account and declare your COI on your user page. Then follow the instructions at Help:Your first article and summarize what the sources have published, and be prepared for a process that may include months of waiting for review, declines, and rewrites, before an article is created. If you are successful, then you could never edit the article directly due to your COI, but could submit edit requests on the article talk page. Hope this helps. GoingBatty ( talk) 04:25, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

Hello, I posted a new article that was frequently being sent to Draft by someone else, now I want to find that article where do I find it? -- Raksiyyyy ( talk) 09:29, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

@ Raksiyyyy: Hi there! Looking at User talk:Raksiyyyy, I see a section called "Kannammal Institution moved to draftspace". If you click on the either of the Kannammal Institution links, you'll be takedn to Draft:Kannammal Institution. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 15:54, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

I made the page corrections as indicated on the Notory Art. Draft:Notory Art - Wikipedia . I noticed that the editing page is different in its format than what I was originally working with. Please double check that this is satisfactory. If not, please direct me. I'm new. Haplo1990 ( talk) 15:05, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

@ Haplo1990: Hi there! I've made some more tweaks to the format. In the last bullet in the Editions section, I don't understand what "_____." should represent. GoingBatty ( talk) 02:23, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

I fixed it. Just needed to ENTER to move it to the next line. The blank space represents the author's name. Rather than repeating his name for another source that he wrote, a blank space is common practice in bibliography writing. Haplo1990 ( talk) 15:33, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

@ Haplo1990: I was wondering if that was the case, but it wasn't clear to me. Thanks for fixing it, and congratulations on having your draft become an article! GoingBatty ( talk) 15:37, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

draft:Needy Foundation Another Wikipedian told me that the sentences in my draft read like advertisements. But I don't understand why he seems so Md Shahedul Alam Khan ( talk) 07:23, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

@ Md Shahedul Alam Khan: Feel free to ask the user who declined your draft to provide further explanation. I hope you saw my comments at Wikipedia:Teahouse#Can anyone tell me, where is problem in my draft?. GoingBatty ( talk) 14:53, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

Yes, and thanks for reply Md Shahedul Alam Khan ( talk) 14:57, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

Mentor, can you see my draft and convert it into an article Md Shahedul Alam Khan ( talk) 15:01, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

Mentor, can you see my draft and convert it into an article? Md Shahedul Alam Khan ( talk) 15:01, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

@ Md Shahedul Alam Khan: I declined your draft again and reworded my Teahouse comments for you. GoingBatty ( talk) 15:32, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

As per your direction, i removed all photos under reference and add some news references, now see the draft plz. After your response i will resubmit the draft:Needy Foundation again. waiting for your valuable response. Sorry for troubling Md Shahedul Alam Khan ( talk) 16:44, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

@ Md Shahedul Alam Khan: Before you resubmit, please change every sentence fragment (e.g. "Distribution of winter clothes to disadvantaged families, orphans, helpless and widows during winter season.") to a complete sentence, and ensure every sentence has an appropriate reference. GoingBatty ( talk) 16:53, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

Content added as per your valuable suggestion. Please see the matter. After your response i will resubmit the draft: Needy Foundation Md Shahedul Alam Khan ( talk) 19:00, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

@ Md Shahedul Alam Khan: I'd added some requests for clarification and a citation. Have you declared your conflict of interest? GoingBatty ( talk) 19:31, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

All clarification and citation clarified by me. I have no conflict of interest.I'm beginner editor, and i want trying to write this kinds of article. Md Shahedul Alam Khan ( talk) 03:39, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

@ Md Shahedul Alam Khan: How did you get all those photographs that you originally used as references in your draft? GoingBatty ( talk) 03:49, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

I got all those photographs from wikipedia commons Md Shahedul Alam Khan ( talk) 04:15, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

Now see the draft:Needy Foundation Md Shahedul Alam Khan ( talk) 07:21, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

@ Md Shahedul Alam Khan: I've made some final tweaks to the draft for you. GoingBatty ( talk) 14:49, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for valuable finalization the draft. Sir, just now I resubmitted the draft. Sorry for troubling. Md Shahedul Alam Khan ( talk) 15:06, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

I submitted the draft 2 days ago, but I still haven't received any feedback on the draft. Can you review the draft? Thanks Md Shahedul Alam Khan ( talk) 07:31, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

@ Md Shahedul Alam Khan: The big yellow template at the top of the page states "This may take up to a week, since drafts are reviewed in no specific order. There are 175 pending submissions waiting for review." I choose not to review articles whose references are in languages I cannot read. While you are waiting for a review, you could continue improving the draft, including expanding each Bengali reference to include a |trans-title= parameter with an English language translation of the title. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 15:46, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

Sir, as per your instruction I have added English translation in all the reference. Good morning, happy editing! Md Shahedul Alam Khan ( talk) 16:53, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

Sir, I have already expressed my opinion to the user, who has tagged conflict of interest (COI) in my draft. Can you remove the tag now? Md Shahedul Alam Khan ( talk) 05:55, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

@ Md Shahedul Alam Khan: The {{ COI}} template states "Please discuss further on the talk page." Please do so, and then remove the template if you have no conflict of interest. GoingBatty ( talk) 06:08, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

Sir,i already tell him, i have no personal conflict of interest on the draft. Now can i remove the tag on draft? Md Shahedul Alam Khan ( talk) 06:16, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

@ Md Shahedul Alam Khan: Please address the issue on the talk page, and then remove the template if you have no conflict of interest. GoingBatty ( talk) 06:25, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

/info/en/?search=User_talk%3AMd_Shahedul_Alam_Khan#c-Jeraxmoira-20231129074100-Managing_a_conflict_of_interest#Managing_a_conflict_of_interest Md Shahedul Alam Khan ( talk) 06:28, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

i already address the issue on the talk page Md Shahedul Alam Khan ( talk) 06:31, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

@ Md Shahedul Alam Khan: The {{ COI}} template states "Please discuss further on the talk page", and the link goes to the DRAFT's talk page: Draft talk:Needy Foundation. Sorry I wasn't clear. GoingBatty ( talk) 06:42, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

Sir, please don't say sorry 😔, it's my fault for not understanding what you mean Md Shahedul Alam Khan ( talk) 06:53, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

/info/en/?search=Draft_talk%3ANeedy_Foundation#Managing_a_conflict_of_interest Md Shahedul Alam Khan ( talk) 06:53, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

Sir, check the Drafts talk page: Draft:Needy Foundation. And Tell me if the tag can be removed now? Md Shahedul Alam Khan ( talk) 17:48, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

@ Md Shahedul Alam Khan: Thank you for posting on the draft talk page. I've already said twice you could remove the template if you have no conflict of interest. GoingBatty ( talk) 18:04, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks a lot sir Md Shahedul Alam Khan ( talk) 18:08, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

The draft:Needy Foundation declined again. Now, how to i improve it for resubmission? suggest me, please. Sorry for troubling you again and again. Md Shahedul Alam Khan ( talk) 09:57, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

@ Md Shahedul Alam Khan: I see the decline message on the draft and your user talk page. You may ask the editor who declined it for further details - either on your user talk page or their user talk page or the draft talk page. GoingBatty ( talk) 22:50, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

Sir, if you have any chance then see the following discussion a bit. Sorry for troubling.

/info/en/?search=User_talk%3AMd_Shahedul_Alam_Khan#c-Jeraxmoira-20231207113900-Md_Shahedul_Alam_Khan-20231207111400#Your_submission_at_Articles_for_creation%3A_Needy_Foundation_%28December_6%29 Md Shahedul Alam Khan ( talk) 17:43, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

@ Md Shahedul Alam Khan: I'm glad you have multiple editors who are providing detailed feedback for you about the sources you are using. GoingBatty ( talk) 23:43, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Sir if you have any chance then you can review the draft for further stage. Sorry for troubling. Thanks Md Shahedul Alam Khan ( talk) 05:44, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

@ Md Shahedul Alam Khan: I see you have changed some of the references. As I said above, I choose not to review articles whose references are in languages I cannot read. Good luck! GoingBatty ( talk) 06:14, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

Hi - You have replied to a few of my questions over the last few weeks about my submittal of a draft article for review - "Robert E. (Bob) Bourke" I was informed yesterday by some Teahouse folks that I did NOT submit the article on 11/28! However, on 11/28 I did click the blue "submit" button. These folks suggested I click the "Submit" button now, but I cannot locate it anywhere! Is it hidden someplace else? How can I confirm whether I have submitted the piece, or not? A profound thank you for your help with this quandary. Legendt9455 ( talk) 22:42, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

@ Legendt9455: Hi there! Viewing the history Draft:Robert E. Bourke Jr., I see where you created the draft, but not where you submitted it for review. In this edit when I added a comment to your draft, it incorrectly removed the submission template, which is why you couldn't find the submit button. I apologize for that issue. I've restored the template for you and requested a bug fix to the Articles for creation team. I suggest you do not submit the draft for review until you fix the footnotes. Also, there are a few paragraphs in the "The Years After Studebaker" section that have no footnotes at all, which should be fixed before submission. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 23:25, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for your prompt helpful reply, and I found the submit button! Is it correct that by fixing the footnotes the main issues are moving the citations to the right place in the paragraphs and citing the actual relevant page numbers? The lack of Footnotes in "The Years After Studebaker" are due to the fact that this is personal knowledge based on the fact that Robert Bourke Jr. was my father and I retained many of his personal and business records and have communicated over the years with past business acquaintances (which I could and will footnote.) Legendt9455 ( talk) 16:45, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

@ Legendt9455: Proper footnotes is one issue. I am not going to attempt to verify which references are independent reliable published sources. All text should be based on reliable published sources so it is verifiable by others, so please remove everything that is based on personal knowledge and communications. GoingBatty ( talk) 18:47, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for your prompt reply! One last question: I can pull up my "draft" piece from clicking through your blue "Draft: Robert E. Bourke Jr." above, log in and edit it there. At the point I assume I can click "publish changes", followed by clicking "submit the draft for review."

Is this the best procedure to move forward?   Legendt9455 ( talk) 16:56, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

@ Legendt9455: Yes it is - happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 23:44, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your help! Legendt9455 ( talk) 18:22, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Dear @ GoingBatty Hello, Requesting you to Please Review this Page Draft:Dwaraka Creations

and suggest me changes for the page creation.

Thankyou! Mr.shaikmeer ( talk) 17:11, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

@ Mr.shaikmeer: Hi there! I made some edits to your draft to fix the formatting, capitalization, and grammar. Although this is a draft about Dwaraka Creations, there is very little information about the company itself in the draft. What have the independent reliable published sources written about the company itself, besides information about the films they have produced? Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 18:10, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Dear @ GoingBatty can’t thanks enough. thanks for editing.

From the google itself the Independent articles about Dwaraka Creations were not Published !

what Should i do now for the Page to be Accepted by the Reviewer?

Requesting You to Please Suggest me the needful.

Thankyou! Mr.shaikmeer ( talk) 18:21, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

@ Mr.shaikmeer: In order to show that Dwaraka Creations meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, called " notability", you'll need to find multiple independent published reliable sources that provide significant coverage of the company. You can use sources that are not online, such as newspapers, magazines, and books. GoingBatty ( talk) 18:28, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the Information, Can you please guide me how to upload or keep the offline sources in the draft ? Mr.shaikmeer ( talk) 18:33, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

@ Mr.shaikmeer: You don't have to upload copies of offline sources to Wikipedia. You can use {{ cite news}}, {{ cite magazine}}, or {{ cite book}} to provide other people enough information to find the materials themselves. GoingBatty ( talk) 18:44, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Thankyou so much !!

I do have an other Draft article.If you don’t mind can you please look take a look on that ? Draft:VJ Sunny Mr.shaikmeer ( talk) 18:51, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

@ Mr.shaikmeer:  Done! In the tables in both drafts, I don't understand why you have some citations in the Film column and others in the Notes column. GoingBatty ( talk) 19:21, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

In the film column the citations represent the movie and in the Notes column the citation represents the review of the movie! Mr.shaikmeer ( talk) 19:25, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Dear @ GoingBatty Hello, Done with the changes mentioned by you for the draft Draft:VJ Sunny.

Now, the Page has enough Independent Sources. Requesting you to please Accept the Submission.

Thankyou! Mr.shaikmeer ( talk) 15:21, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

@ Mr.shaikmeer: I removed the maintenance template I added and made some other minor fixes. Footnotes #3 and #6 are not in the right place. Help:Referencing for beginners states that inline citations "are generally added either directly following the fact that they support, or at the end of the sentence that they support, following any punctuation." GoingBatty ( talk) 18:34, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

@ GoingBatty Thankyou so much, I Made that changes Mentioned by you. You can accept the submission this time as well. Mr.shaikmeer ( talk) 05:20, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

@ Mr.shaikmeer I made a few more tweaks for you, and will leave the draft for someone else to review. GoingBatty ( talk) 05:34, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

Thankyou @ GoingBatty, I really Appreciate it! Mr.shaikmeer ( talk) 05:40, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

one last question @ GoingBatty, I have the instagram picture of VJ Sunny and i want to upload that on the article without getting copyright issues, can you please guide me the process to do so ? Mr.shaikmeer ( talk) 06:18, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

@ Mr.shaikmeer: If you are not the photographer, then do not upload the photo. If you are the photographer, then declare your conflict of interest and use the Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard. GoingBatty ( talk) 15:21, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

Done, Thanks @ GoingBatty 😊 Mr.shaikmeer ( talk) 15:56, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

How can I write about myself here -- Dj Baby Black4life ( talk) 21:15, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

@ Dj Baby Black4life: Hi there! WP:AUTO explains that Wikipedia strongly discourages autobiographies. Creating a new Wikipedia article can be quite challenging, especially when you have a conflict of interest (COI). To learn how to edit, I suggest you start at Help:Introduction. I suggest spending a significant amount of time editing existing articles to hone your skills. When you're ready to create an article, you would gather multiple published independent reliable sources that have provided significant coverage of you, and determine whether they demonstrate that you meet Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, called " notability". If so, you must declare your COI on your user page. Then follow the instructions at Help:Your first article and summarize what the sources have published, and be prepared for a process that may include months of waiting for review, declines, and rewrites, before an article is accepted. If you are successful, then you could never edit the article directly due to your COI, but could submit edit requests on the article talk page. Hope this helps. GoingBatty ( talk) 22:35, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you very much Dj Baby Black4life ( talk) 22:35, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

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You requested that this page be moved from article space to draft space. You were right in asking to have it moved out of article space. However, it does not appear to be a biography of a living person. Three of the five references are obituaries stating that he died in 2008. Two of them say that he was born in 1934. Either the date of birth is completely wrong, or there are two people with the same name in the same business, maybe father and son. I have not decided whether to send it to MFD. Robert McClenon ( talk) 23:55, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

@ Robert McClenon: I didn't look at the references. I just read the first line: "Mitsuhiro Matsuda is a famous Japanese fashion designer who was born 1994". GoingBatty ( talk) 02:45, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

Yes. You made a reasonable request, based on the article. In the meantime, I reviewed the references to see whether the article should be sent to AFD, and concluded that it should be sent to AFD. But before I tagged it for AFD, it was draftified. We both knew that it didn't belong in article space. I have Rejected the draft. Thank you for noticing that it didn't belong in article space. Robert McClenon ( talk) 03:51, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

@ Robert McClenon: Sorry for inadvertently interrupting your AFD. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 03:52, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

Hi, I just wanted to know how can I create new articles, mainly biography of living/deceased person.of Indian politicians? Can you give any suggesstions. -- CSMention269 ( talk) 12:43, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

@ CSMention269: Hi there! Creating a new Wikipedia article can be quite challenging, especially if you do not have a lot of experience editing existing Wikipedia articles. To learn how to edit, I suggest you start at Help:Introduction. I then suggest spending a significant amount of time editing existing articles to hone your skills. Once you're ready to create an article, you would gather multiple independent reliable sources that have provided significant coverage of the subject, and determine whether it meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, called " notability". (For politicians, the more specific criteria is at WP:POLITICIAN.) If so, you could follow the instructions at Help:Your first article and summarize what the sources have published, and be prepared for a process that may include waiting for review, declines, and rewrites before an article is accepted. Hope this helps, and happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 21:44, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. :-) CSMention269 ( talk) 08:17, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Precious

Five years!

-- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 09:34, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Hello, GoingBatty,

A few months ago, you kindly helped me improve my first draft "A yellow butterfly called Sphinx". I have been working hard on it since then. I think it is now much better and I would be delighted if it could be published shortly. It would be a good way to start a new year with wikipedia ! But the problem is English is not my mother tongue and some sentences might be awkward or incorrect. So, please, would you accept to have a look at my draft and tell me what is wrong, or if it make you spare time, would you directly correct what. is wrong? I am looking forward to hear from you. Sincerely. Philbobison

Draft:A Yellow Butterfly Called Sphinx Philbobison ( talk) 07:54, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

@ Philbobison: Hi there! I make some layout and copyediting fixes for you. For the Synopsis section, it's OK to state the ending of the play - see MOS:PLOT. Good luck with your draft! GoingBatty ( talk) 16:07, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Hi GoingBatty,

Thanks for your kind help. Happy new year! Philbobison Philbobison ( talk) 03:08, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

Hi. I noticed your response at the Tea house when a user asked about article content copied from an external website. If it really was copied from a copyrighted source, that is one of the most serious violations at Wikipedia, as it violates both our WP:Terms of use as well as copyright law, and as such, it is one of a very small number of violations with legal implications (others include libel, legal threats, and there are a couple others) that require immediate attention and that are not subject to amendment by policy, consensus, ArbCom, or WP:IAR. Content in violation of copyright cannot be left in the article, and not only that, it must be expunged from the page history by an admin, so that no trace of it is left in Wikipedia. As far as what to advise a user, probably the simplest and best response is to tell the user to place a {{ Copyvio}} template on the article page itself; this will both immediately hide the suspected offending material, as well as signal an admin to have a look at it and assess the situation for further action. Users should not be told to simply remove the content themselves, or to rewrite or summarize copied content, because that masks the continuing problem of copyrighted content which remains accessible in the page history; it's best just to flag it for admin action with the template. Thanks, Mathglot ( talk) 00:10, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

@ Mathglot: Thanks for your advice, and for sharing it with the OP as well. GoingBatty ( talk) 04:08, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

May the bells of Christmas ring for freedom! ^[1]

May peace be upon us.

And have a happy and prosperous New Year. 7&6=thirteen ( ☎) 18:42, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2024!

Hello GoingBatty, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2024. Happy editing, ★Trekker ( talk) 19:29, 24 December 2023 (UTC) Spread the love by adding {{ subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

★Trekker ( talk) 19:29, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

yaguzi ( talk) 23:10, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Hello, Eddie Phillips is my cousin. Is he still alive, and where does he live. -- Natdog21 ( talk) 00:58, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

@ Natdog21: Hi there! I don't know if he is alive or where he lives, and I don't know why you asked me. You could try asking at Talk:Eddie Phillips (quarterback) to see if anyone has published reliable sources to add information to the article. GoingBatty ( talk) 01:18, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Madness (band) has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Hog Farm _Talk 01:14, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Can I write an autobiography or article about my nonprofit? -- Kimicarson ( talk) 04:10, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Hi there! WP:AUTO explains that Wikipedia strongly discourages autobiographies, WP:NOTPROMO explains that Wikipedia isn't a place to promote your organization. Creating a new Wikipedia article can be quite challenging, especially when you have a conflict of interest (COI). To learn how to edit, I suggest you start at Help:Introduction, and then spend a significant amount of time editing existing articles to hone your skills. When you're ready to create an article, you would gather multiple published independent reliable sources that have provided significant coverage of you or your nonprofit, and determine whether they demonstrate that you or it meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, called " notability". There are separate notability criteria for people and notability criteria for organizations. If so, you would declare your COI on your user page, and then follow the instructions at Help:Your first article and summarize what the sources have published. Be prepared for a process that may include months of waiting for review, declines, and rewrites, before an article is accepted. If you are successful, then you could never edit the article directly due to your COI, but could submit edit requests on the article talk page. Hope this helps. GoingBatty ( talk) 14:16, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Hello, I'm Qwerfjkl (bot). I have automatically detected that this edit performed by you, on the page Lil Mabu, may have introduced referencing errors. They are as follows:

• A " bare URL and missing title" error. References show this error when they do not have a title. Please edit the article to add the appropriate title parameter to the reference. ( Fix | Ask for help)

Please check this page and fix the errors highlighted. If you think this is a false positive, you can report it to my operator. Thanks, Qwerfjkl (bot) ( talk) 20:38, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

@ BabbaQ: Hi there! Hope you're doing well, and have a happy 2024 on Wikipedia (and in real life too)! GoingBatty ( talk) 17:14, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

How do I create an article on a famous artist? -- Miafly07 ( talk) 11:07, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

@ Miafly07: Hi there! Creating a new Wikipedia article can be quite challenging, especially if you do not have a lot of experience editing existing Wikipedia articles. To learn how to edit, I suggest you start at Help:Introduction. I suggest spending a significant amount of time editing existing articles to hone your skills. Once you're ready to create an article, you would gather multiple independent reliable sources that have provided significant coverage of the subject, and determine whether it meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, called " notability". If so, you could follow the instructions at Help:Your first article and summarize what the sources have published, and be prepared for a process that may include waiting for review, declines, and rewrites before an article is accepted. Hope this helps, and happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 18:01, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Did you change it so it would be okay for approval or is it just to remove "excess / not needed" info? Poyeker ( talk) 12:28, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

@ Poyeker: When you go to Draft:Legend Airlines (Romania) and click "View history", you can see that the edits I made in these edits were the following:

• Bolded the article title
• Removed spaces before the <ref> tag
• Changed "varying" to "various"
• Changed " Human Trafficking" to " human trafficking"
• Added a "References" section

I did not remove any information from the draft. In these edits today, I added citation templates to the bare URLs.

The reformatting I've done to the draft will help it to look pretty and help you understand how an article should be formatted. However, the submission declined notice at the top of the draft states "the draft needs multiple published sources that are: in-depth (not just brief mentions about the subject or routine announcements), reliable, secondary, strictly independent of the subject. Make sure you add references that meet all four of these criteria before resubmitting." Good luck with your draft! GoingBatty ( talk) 14:54, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

The original wikipedia post on Parow has a couple of inaccuracies, as well as the references to the information is mostly broken links or it pertains to something other than historical fact.

I have information that Johann Heinrich Ferdinand Parow did not arrive in Table Bay with a ship named the Kehrwieder, but with the Gem, and the article makes it seemed as if he was shipwrecked here, while in fact his ship was berthed during the great storm of 1865... He had been here a week before the storm, yet the author shows that he felt the storm.

Furthermore, Johann and Johannah Parow bore a boy child, yet the author does not mention this... instead says the couple was childless.

Captain Parow could have founded Parow if the well known Starke and Duminy families had been farming the area as well as his family in law the Timmermans that assisted him.

This is the second account I have created. In that first account I received a lot of pushback from the editing committee when I tried to highlight some of the FAKE history in articles, so I hope I can be of assistance...I have collected over a thousand inaccuracies of wikipedia and re-posted them as #joumasepaedia on my own fb group; Cape Historical Society. -- CapehistoricalSociety ( talk) 13:28, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

@ CapehistoricalSociety: Hi there! The best place to provide feedback (along with published reliable sources) is the article's talk page (e.g. Talk:Parow, South Africa). I don't know why you created a second account instead of continuing to use your first account. I'll leave a note on your talk page about the name of this account. There is no "editing committee" - everyone is a volunteer editor, and you can be one too! If you'd like to start editing, I suggest reviewing Help:Introduction. Thanks! GoingBatty ( talk) 15:03, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

HI, I've written an article in my User page section and pressed publish. Please advise how I can get this reviewed and published so that it goes live. Thanks. -- Mamasaurus34 ( talk) 16:18, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

@ Mamasaurus34: Hi there! I have moved your page to Draft:John Cameron (TV presenter) and added the {{ AfC submission}} template to the top. Please read it carefully and ensure you have enough published reliable sources that provide significant coverage of Cameron before you submit it for review. I'll make some more tweaks to your draft so it better conforms with Wikipedia's Manual of Style. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 17:08, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

( talk page stalker) I've also cleaned up the article a bit and removed some extraneous detail. I think my principal concern is that article gave me the impression he was a presenter of Bargain Hunt (whatever happened to David Dickinson?) but he's actually just one of several experts who is called on. As an analogy, Jay Blades has an article, but most of The Repair Shop experts and restorers don't. So, all that said, I've put the draft up for review, as I suspect there will be a decision to either keep the article or turn it into a redirect to Bargain Hunt. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 10:37, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Dear @ GoingBatty,Hope your doing good!

I'm Requesting you again to review this page Draft:Dwaraka Creations

please do the needful, thankyou! Mr.shaikmeer ( talk) 13:22, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

@ Mr.shaikmeer: I made a couple more tweaks for you. As stated at the top of the draft, you'll need to find better sources before resubmitting. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 15:14, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Thankyou @ GoingBatty! Mr.shaikmeer ( talk) 05:11, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

Dear @ GoingBatty, Can you please help How to upload a Movie Poster for a Movie wikipedia Page! Mr.shaikmeer ( talk) 17:27, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

@ Mr.shaikmeer: Try the Wikipedia:File upload wizard, click "Upload a non-free file" and follow the prompts. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 23:31, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

Hi @ GoingBatty,Hope your doing well.

Requesting you to please check this page Draft:Valayam (film) and fix the errors if there any for the good submission. Thanks in advance. Milli's Boy ( talk) 05:03, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

@ Milli's Boy: I made some cosmetic edits to the draft for you. Good luck with your draft! GoingBatty ( talk) 05:15, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Thankyou so much @ GoingBatty, It means a lot!!

Does this draft has Reliable and Independent Sources for the Page Acceptance?

Requesting you to please Analysis the page and do the needful.

Thankyou! Milli's Boy ( talk) 05:34, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

@ Milli's Boy: I'm better at fixing formatting issues than evaluating Indian sources, so I'll leave the review to other editors. You may be interested in reading WP:TOI. GoingBatty ( talk) 05:41, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Fine.

Thanks! Milli's Boy ( talk) 06:08, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Draft:Viraj Ashwin can you please also check this draft @ GoingBatty! Milli's Boy ( talk) 09:39, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

@ Milli's Boy: I have made some edits to this draft as well. Per WP:SURNAME, you should use his surname in the draft, not his first name. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 15:18, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Great, Thanks @ GoingBatty :) Milli's Boy ( talk) 15:22, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you so much for helping with my first healthcare page on Navina Evans - couldn't have done it without you! I've just finished drafting my second page! Slowly getting the hand of this. Please could you check over it for me? Journalist0071 ( talk) 03:12, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

@ Journalist0071: Hi there! If you were referring to Prash Ladva, then  Done. Note that I nominated File:Dr Prash Ladva.jpg for deletion because the image came from https://www.prashladva.com/ which states "© 2023 Prash Ladva. All rights reserved." GoingBatty ( talk) 03:49, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

thanks a mil! How do we upload images? Is there any guidance on this? I got them from here: https://www.prashladva.com/assests/

It says "media assets to use" ? Journalist0071 ( talk) 04:27, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

@ Journalist0071: Oh, well that's different! I've updated commons:File:Dr Prash Ladva.jpg with this information and canceled the deletion nomination. You might be interested in commons:Commons:First steps. Thanks! GoingBatty ( talk) 04:33, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Dear @ GoingBatty, If you Don't Mind can you please Check this page Draft:90's - A Middle Class Biopic and do the edits if there any and update me with what changes can i edit to do the Acceptance of this Draft.

Thankyou! Milli's Boy ( talk) 14:37, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

@ Milli's Boy:  Done. Please review my edits so you can learn what I've done and do the same in future drafts. While you're waiting for your review, please add quotation marks in the proper place for the Hindustan Times quote. In references 6 and 9, you could also populate the |trans-title= parameter with an English translation of the Telugu title. Happy editing! GoingBatty ( talk) 15:08, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Thankyou so much dear @ GoingBatty, Your contribution to wikipedia Beginners were Amazing.

I have done the changes mentioned by you! Milli's Boy ( talk) 15:19, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

As it was an Draft Article can i add Webseries IMDb link in the External links?? Milli's Boy ( talk) 15:23, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

@ Milli's Boy: Yes, it is appropriate to add the IMDB link in the External links section. You can use the {{ IMDB title}} template for this. GoingBatty ( talk) 15:39, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

In the new page I've created for Israel Portnoy, am I able to use one of his YouTube thumbnails as the artist photo in the infobox or is it not free to use? I submitted it initially but then was worried that I shouldn't have so I removed it. -- שי - LionFireKing404 15:32, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

@ LionFireKing404: Presume that the thumbnail is protected by copyright and cannot be used on Wikipedia unless it says otherwise. In the future, please ask you question in only one place. GoingBatty ( talk) 15:40, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Sorry, will know for next time שי - LionFireKing404 15:42, 9 January 2024 (UTC)