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Can I create a new page? -- JhonnyMidnight ( talk) 19:44, 5 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Hello, JhonnyMidnight! There's two parts to this: can you technical-wise and can/should you content-wise?

Content-wise, creating an article on Wikipedia as a newcomer is pretty hard – it's like trying to run a half marathon on your first day of training. You can't write an article about yourself, can't promote yourself or someone else, and should avoid editing about a subject you have a conflict of interest with. If you still want to create an article, you have to meet two minimums: first, the subject has to be notable by Wikipedia's content definition, and the article should be based on reliable, independent, published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy.

Technical-wise, you can't create an article before your account has reached a certain age and number of edits (four days and ten edits, I believe), but you can create a draft, and I would recommend this – you can get feedback from experienced editors about an article that way before publishing it.

Let me know if you have any more questions, and happy editing! Perfect4th ( talk) 16:31, 6 March 2024 (UTC) reply

hello

i was reading an article about rosenwald schools an wanted to add a photo -- Muttaqeen ( talk) 13:18, 13 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Hello, Muttaqeen! If your image complies with the image use policy, feel free! You can read how to upload an image here and then use it in an article here (follow this style guide). I know that's a lot of links, so let me know if you have any more questions, and happy editing! Perfect4th ( talk) 15:31, 13 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Hey there! This is to let you know that phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship (RfA) review is now no longer accepting new proposals. Lots of proposals remain open for discussion, and the current round of review looks to be on a good track towards making significant progress towards improving RfA's structure and environment. I'd like to give my heartfelt thanks to everyone who has given us their idea for change to make RfA better, and the same to everyone who has given the necessary feedback to improve those ideas. The following proposals remain open for discussion:

• Proposal 2, initiated by HouseBlaster, provides for the addition of a text box at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship reminding all editors of our policies and enforcement mechanisms around decorum.
• Proposals 3 and 3b, initiated by Barkeep49 and Usedtobecool, respectively, provide for trials of discussion-only periods at RfA. The first would add three extra discussion-only days to the beginning, while the second would convert the first two days to discussion-only.
• Proposal 5, initiated by SilkTork, provides for a trial of RfAs without threaded discussion in the voting sections.
• Proposals 6c and 6d, initiated by BilledMammal, provide for allowing users to be selected as provisional admins for a limited time through various concrete selection criteria and smaller-scale vetting.
• Proposal 7, initiated by Lee Vilenski, provides for the "General discussion" section being broken up with section headings.
• Proposal 9b, initiated by Reaper Eternal, provides for the requirement that allegations of policy violation be substantiated with appropriate links to where the alleged misconduct occured.
• Proposals 12c, 21, and 21b, initiated by City of Silver, Ritchie333, and HouseBlaster, respectively, provide for reducing the discretionary zone, which currently extends from 65% to 75%. The first would reduce it 65%–70%, the second would reduce it to 50%–66%, and the third would reduce it to 60%–70%.
• Proposal 13, initiated by Novem Lingaue, provides for periodic, privately balloted admin elections.
• Proposal 14, initiated by Kusma, provides for the creation of some minimum suffrage requirements to cast a vote.
• Proposals 16 and 16c, initiated by Thebiguglyalien and Soni, respectively, provide for community-based admin desysop procedures. 16 would desysop where consensus is established in favor at the administrators' noticeboard; 16c would allow a petition to force reconfirmation.
• Proposal 16e, initiated by BilledMammal, would extend the recall procedures of 16 to bureaucrats.
• Proposal 17, initiated by SchroCat, provides for "on-call" admins and 'crats to monitor RfAs for decorum.
• Proposal 18, initiated by theleekycauldron, provides for lowering the RfB target from 85% to 75%.
• Proposal 24, initiated by SportingFlyer, provides for a more robust alternate version of the optional candidate poll.
• Proposal 25, initiated by Femke, provides for the requirement that nominees be extended-confirmed in addition to their nominators.
• Proposal 27, initiated by WereSpielChequers, provides for the creation of a training course for admin hopefuls, as well as periodic retraining to keep admins from drifting out of sync with community norms.
• Proposal 28, initiated by HouseBlaster, tightens restrictions on multi-part questions.

To read proposals that were closed as unsuccessful, please see Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/2024 review/Phase I/Closed proposals. You are cordially invited once again to participate in the open discussions; when phase I ends, phase II will review the outcomes of trial proposals and refine the implementation details of other proposals. Another notification will be sent out when this phase begins, likely with the first successful close of a major proposal. Happy editing! theleekycauldron ( talk • she/her), via:

MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 10:53, 14 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Guild of Copy Editors 2023 Annual Report Our 2023 Annual Report is now ready for review. Highlights: Introduction Membership news, obituary and election results Summary of Drives, Blitzes and the Requests page Closing words – Your Guild coordinators: Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Wracking. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

Hello...Why does Ms. Bain's Wikipedia page include a tax issue from 12 years ago...It should be edited our. PERIOD. -- Mickey1009 ( talk) 03:01, 19 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Hello, Mickey1009, and welcome. Wikipedia articles are intended to be based on reliable sources, so their content is determined by what other sources say about their subjects. It looks like you're looking for help with an article about yourself – check out WP:BIOSELF and WP:AUTOPROB for guidance for such issues. Let me know if you've any further questions, and happy editing ~ Perfect4th ( talk) 06:51, 20 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Hello In your description you made a mistake Dumitru Marian who played for Romania in the 2000 European Nations Cup First Division in rugby was born on 19/10/1977 played for Farul Constanta and Steaua Bucharest and was not a handball player. Would like to correct this information. Thank you have a nice day -- Mdumitru11 ( talk) 23:48, 23 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Hello, Mdumitru11, and welcome to Wikipedia! This is the encyclopedia anyone can edit, so if you have a reliable source for your information, you can be bold and edit the article yourself! Happy editing, Perfect4th ( talk) 07:36, 24 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Hello I started an RfC and it seems to being well so far but increasingly two editors are being passive aggressive, presuming bad faith and insulting edits all targeted at me. What should I do? -- Erzan ( talk) 03:29, 25 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Hello Perfect4th,

Backlog update: The October drive reduced the article backlog from 11,626 to 7,609 and the redirect backlog from 16,985 to 6,431! Congratulations to Schminnte, who led with over 2,300 points.

Following that, New Page Patrol organized another backlog drive for articles in January 2024. The January drive started with 13,650 articles and reduced the backlog to 7,430 articles. Congratulations to JTtheOG, who achieved first place with 1,340 points in this drive.

Looking at the graph, it seems like backlog drives are one of the only things keeping the backlog under control. Another backlog drive is being planned for May. Feel free to participate in the May backlog drive planning discussion.

It's worth noting that both queues are gradually increasing again and are nearing 14,034 articles and 22,540 redirects. We encourage you to keep contributing, even if it's just a single patrol per day. Your support is greatly appreciated!

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Onel5969 won the 2023 cup with 17,761 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 50/day. There was one Platinum Award (10,000+ reviews), 2 Gold Awards (5000+ reviews), 6 Silver (2000+), 8 Bronze (1000+), 30 Iron (360+) and 70 more for the 100+ barnstar. Hey man im josh led on redirect reviews by clearing 36,175 of them. For the full details, see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone for their efforts in reviewing!

WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers deployed the rewritten NewPagesFeed in October, and then gave the NewPagesFeed a slight visual facelift in November. This concludes most major work to Special:NewPagesFeed, and most major work by the WMF Moderator Tools team, who wrapped up their major work on PageTriage in October. The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers will continue small work on PageTriage as time permits.

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MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 16:27, 2 April 2024 (UTC) reply

You may want to take a closer look 76.14.122.5 ( talk) 21:33, 2 April 2024 (UTC) reply

You're right – I had missed the lack of a closing tag later; my apologies! I've restored the edit. Perfect4th ( talk) 22:04, 2 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Thanks! 76.14.122.5 ( talk) 02:18, 3 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Hlo -- Joga hanzra ( talk) 05:54, 4 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Hlo 2402:8100:21D2:962E:0:0:C8F3:E406 ( talk) 06:04, 4 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Hello, Joga hanzra, and welcome! Do you have a specific question about editing Wikipedia? Perfect4th ( talk) 19:22, 4 April 2024 (UTC) reply

ਸਰ ਕਸ਼ਮੀਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਉਗਰਾਹ ਨੂੰ ਪਿੰਡ ਬਲ ਲੰਬੇ ਦਰਿਆ ਵਾਲੇ ਕੇਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਹੀ ਕੰਮ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਕਿਹਾ ਜਾਵੇ 2402:8100:21D2:962E:0:0:C8F3:E406 ( talk) 06:15, 4 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Hello, IP! I'm afraid I don't speak/read that language – you may be looking for this Wikipedia. Perfect4th ( talk) 19:22, 4 April 2024 (UTC) reply

How to create a new article -- SphiweN ( talk) 14:21, 4 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Hi, SphiweN, and welcome to Wikipedia! Articles are typically pretty tricky for newcomers to create on Wikipedia, as there are a lot of policies and guidelines that apply to articles that take time to understand. New articles have to be about subjects that are notable by Wikipedia's definition, have to be verifiable (backed up by reliable sources), and must be written in a neutral tone, as well as conforming to stylistic policies and similar. It's usually easier to start with smaller edits (you can check out your homepage, the Task Center, or the Community Portal for ideas). If you'd still like to create an article, though, you should check out Your First Article. Let me know if you have any more questions, and happy editing! Perfect4th ( talk) 19:28, 4 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Hello, how do you assign links to other Wikipedia articles as text? -- Kingofthewetcats ( talk) 19:51, 9 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Hello, Kingofthewetcats, and welcome! Are you referring to linking? Let me know if that doesn't answer your questions or you have any more, and happy editing! Perfect4th ( talk) 20:03, 9 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Hello! I made a draft for Chinese singer Yiren's article. It's the first article about a person I've ever edited from scratch. Is she notable enough for a Wikipedia article? I would appreciate it if you could take a look at it. Thank you in advance. -- HoneyKpop ( talk) 20:26, 11 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Hello, HoneyKpop! I skimmed through and did a few news searches. The notability guideline for individual members of a band says that they must be independently reliable separate from the group for their own article, and while I'm seeing some coverage, I haven't found anything yet that fulfills the first criteria of the singer notability guidelines here. I don't have time to really scrutinize it, but if you want to continue work with the article, my best suggestion would be trying to find sources that fit that criteria in the singer notability guidelines. And keep in mind that just because someone is not notable now doesn't mean they won't ever be! It could just be too soon for an article right now. Let me know if you have any more questions, and happy editing! Perfect4th ( talk) 18:27, 12 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Guild of Copy Editors April 2024 Newsletter Hello and welcome to the April 2024 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since December. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. We extend a warm welcome to all of our new members. We wish you all happy copy-editing. Election results: In our December 2023 coordinator election, Zippybonzo stepped down as coordinator; we thank them for their service. Incumbents Dhtwiki and Miniapolis were reelected coordinators, and Wracking was newly elected coordinator, to serve through 30 June. Nominations for our mid-year Election of Coordinators will open on 1 June (UTC). Drive: 46 editors signed up for our January Backlog Elimination Drive, 32 of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 289 articles totaling 626,729 words. Barnstars awarded are here. Blitz: 23 editors signed up for our February Copy Editing Blitz. 18 claimed at least one copy-edit and between them, they copy-edited 100,293 words in 32 articles. Barnstars awarded are here. Drive: 53 editors signed up for our March Backlog Elimination Drive, 34 of whom claimed at least one copy-edit. Between them, they copy-edited 300 articles totaling 587,828 words. Barnstars awarded are here. Blitz: Sign up for our April Copy Editing Blitz, which runs from 14 to 20 April. Barnstars will be awarded here. Progress report: As of 23:17, 11 April 2024 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 109 requests since 1 January 2024, and the backlog stands at 2,480 articles. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from Baffle gab1978 and your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Wracking. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

H -- Saly20 ( talk) 22:13, 12 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Hi, Saly20, and welcome! Do you have a question about editing Wikipedia? Perfect4th ( talk) 04:33, 13 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Hello

How I will find answers -- Zwelikazi ( talk) 12:32, 14 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Hello, Zwelikazi! Can you tell me what question you're looking for an answer for? Perfect4th ( talk) 05:40, 15 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Hi! -- Wornbear ( talk) 23:37, 16 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Hi, Wornbear, and welcome to Wikipedia! Feel free to ask me any questions you have about editing! Happy editing, Perfect4th ( talk) 17:21, 17 April 2024 (UTC) reply

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MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 16:15, 17 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Thanks so much!!! I’ll reach out if I have any questions -- TheGr000ve ( talk) 13:09, 23 April 2024 (UTC) reply

You're welcome, TheGr000ve, and welcome to Wikipedia! My talk page is always open :) - Perfect4th ( talk) 19:18, 23 April 2024 (UTC) reply

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Hi, I want to write an article on wikipedia. But didn't find a button to write new article. -- Waqar Azeem0 ( talk) 10:22, 25 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Hello, Waqar Azeem0, and welcome! You can't create an article directly, but you can create a draft. However, I wouldn't recommend it. Creating an article on Wikipedia is pretty complicated, because the subject has to be notable by Wikipedia's standards, verifiable, and based basically entirely on what reliable sources say. This guide explains more about the requirements for a new article. Newcomers usually have a better experience, though, editing existing articles (see the Task Center for ideas) to get familiar with Wikipedia and its guidelines. Let me know if you have any other questions, and happy editing ~ Perfect4th ( talk) 19:38, 25 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Personal note: Questions combined into one heading ~ Perfect4th
Hello -- Er Arpit Singhal ( talk) 16:28, 25 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Can I lock wekipedia page. Otherwise what is the way to lock -- Er Arpit Singhal ( talk) 16:29, 25 April 2024 (UTC) reply

How to lock a wekipedia page -- Er Arpit Singhal ( talk) 16:30, 25 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Hello, Er Arpit Singhal, and welcome! Are you referring to protecting a page? You can submit a request at Wikipedia: Requests for page protection. Let me know if you have any other questions, and happy editing! Perfect4th ( talk) 19:38, 25 April 2024 (UTC) reply