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My workload at university has recently increased as I prepare for the end of my final year, therefore I may not be able to reply as quickly as usual.

Hello .. How can I be an administrative user so I can change a page title on Wikipeida? -- Majanuser ( talk) 07:36, 15 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Hi, you can rename any pages (we call it moving) once you're autoconfirmed, you don't require administrator access to do this (although if you do want info on how to become an administrator you can find that at WP:ADMIN).

To become autoconfirmed your account must be 4 days old and have made 10 edits. From looking at your account history you need to make 8 more edits. In the meantime, you can open a page move request and someone with the required permissions will review and perform the move if it is accepted.

Hope this helps, Encoded  Talk 💬 13:47, 21 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Hi mentor.. How do I upload my picture?? -- Bigy Billionz ( talk) 19:17, 18 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Hi, you can visit WP:UPLOAD to upload any pictures, it'll guide you through the whole process there too :) Thanks, Encoded  Talk 💬 13:44, 21 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Hello! I'm new to wikipedia, but understand a bit how to edit data and have previously edited just without an account. I'm a community activist and write articles on my blog, when news from a reputable source is added -- sometimes I add it to the person. I have repeatedly encountered cleansing of "inconvenient" data, my changes were simply rolled back. what can I do about it and how do you advise me to fight it? after all, there are people who "protect" some oligarchs and corrupt officials from publishing data they don't want to publish, which they want to keep silent about -- NightTokyo ( talk) 16:49, 19 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Hi, I've had a look at your edit history and I can't see any reverts, were you using another account or IP editing? If you're able to send the link to an alt account/IP account I can have a look and give some advice on that.

With regards to reverted edits in general, Wikipedia follows strict verifiability policy, meaning that all text must be verifiable by a reliable source, if you've sourced content correctly and it's being reverted you can revert it back (See WP:3RR first) and open a discussion on the talk page, feel free to tag me there if you need to do this and I can have a look too.

Many thanks, Encoded  Talk 💬 13:43, 21 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Hi, so i was editing an article, and when i put the source it warned me of something? Like the source was like unreliable and all. Could i have an explanation please. Thanks. Zedwow ( talk) 22:32, 19 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Hi, what source were you trying to use? If possible could you please post a link in reply to this message, thanks! Encoded  Talk 💬 13:40, 21 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Hi there, Sir! I am XrayNinerBravo, and you have been assigned as my mentor. How, in your personal experience, do you write in "encyclopedia grammar"? That is, how do you write good articles with grammar all can understand with unbiased views? -- XrayNinerBravo ( talk) 21:26, 24 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Hi @ XrayNinerBravo, welcome to Wikipedia!

I found that it's something that I learnt along the way, Wikipedia has a lot of policies and guidance regarding editing and the style of writing. Some great resources are WikiProject Grammar, the Manual of Style (policies and guidelines for writing), and there's also a tutorial on how to get started on the Wiki. If you'd like to send me an example edit/page you're looking to do I'd be happy to provide some feedback. With regards to unbiased views, WP:RS is the place to go - I'd recommend reading that first.

Hope this helps, Encoded  Talk 💬 16:07, 25 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Thanks for your help! I'll be sure to take a look at it. XrayNinerBravo ( talk) 16:45, 25 April 2024 (UTC) reply

No problem! If you have any other questions please feel free to send me a message! :) Encoded  Talk 💬 07:20, 26 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Hello, I'm trying to add a picture for the Natural Bridge Caverns in San Antonio of the caverns themselves in the infobox. Right now it only has the logo and I can't find an image of the caverns in Wikimedia. I have multiple pictures of the caverns that I took that I can use, but I'm just wondering how to upload them and how I can use them? And also how does the citation work when I took the picture versus if I find it on the internet? -- Diapragm ( talk) 13:49, 27 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Hello, what's a mentor? How can I become an administrator? -- Syringe Tiger ( talk) 15:10, 27 April 2024 (UTC) reply