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Hi teacher I just want to know what editing entail -- Gby2 ( talk) 02:02, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
@ Zippybonzo Sorry for the wait, since i took a break, but now ive finished the first part about notability in the course! What do i need to do now? Begocci ( talk) 10:26, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
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hello, you are my new mentor, how are you today? Ikipedia2 ( talk) 02:41, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
Thank you for the suggestions. I stopped the edit war and gave him a barnstar bc I made a mistake in his edits. Appreciate the advice Zippy! your the best, have a great day! Ikipedia2 ( talk) 21:28, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi, I joined because I wanted to add in new marriage info for a celebrity. When I looked at the edit history, somebody had already added in her recent marriage, and then it appears that an admin removed/undid the edit claiming that the marriage info was unsubstantiated. Today I saw that celebrity on TV and hear her personally confirm she recently wed, so I know it is substantiated. I don't want to take credit for the addition since somebody else beat me to it, but how do I go about contacting the admin that removed it, to let them know they were the one who was mistaken and that the celebrity did in fact get married, so they should allow that previous edit to be reinstated. Thanks for your help! -- JetsetterJason ( talk) 19:27, 24 January 2024 (UTC) JetsetterJason ( talk) 23:28, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
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Thank you for the wise advice as my mentor Zippybonzo. Really appreciate all of your hard work here! Ikipedia2 ( talk) 21:29, 24 January 2024 (UTC) |
Hi Zippybonzo, thanks for participating in the WikiCup and for reviewing these GANs. Unfortunately, excluding the Template:GAList templates in both of the above reviews, they are too short to qualify for points per WP:WC/SCO.
If a GA review is too short, we judges cannot easily determine whether a reviewer has spent extensive amounts of time on the article without being able to find any issues, or whether the review is a quick pass. I understand that this can be disappointing, but please do not be disheartened by this. Even if you're reviewing a relatively short GAN, you can usually pick out at least 3 or 4 issues, and that should be enough to qualify for WikiCup points. – Epicgenius ( talk) 00:01, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi Zippybonzo, I'm new to Wikipedia. I have tried to minorly edit a few articles today, but I don't understand why a lot of articles are marked as "written like an advertisement", and how to improve the wording of such articles. For example, I can't really tell why this article is advertisement-like: /info/en/?search=Sessions_Two . Can you help give me advice on this? -- Squidb4ll ( talk) 01:05, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello I'm david, How can I publish a biography? -- Mkenya Music ( talk) 13:30, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
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Hello i am new to Wikipedia Need to Know how to Add article and protect it from changes -- RightOpen ( talk) 16:20, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
Hi. I want to write an article on Wikipedia by myself. How can I start my own article? -- Sardarzadi ( talk) 16:04, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
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The 2024 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with 135 participants. This is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2017.
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How can I create an Artist Biography profile. -- Junior Kryme ( talk) 19:56, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
How can I create an Artist Biography profile. -- Junior Kryme ( talk) 19:56, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
Hi! I would like to create a Wikipedia page for my company. Of course, I will not make something salesy. Do you know if there are some good practices for making this? -- Hector200223 ( talk) 14:10, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
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Hello, can i ask you how to make an article about environmental issues and trends -- Jhonrich Ibano ( talk) 00:10, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
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Hi, I saw you had one more slot for your New Page Patrol school. Wanted to see if you could work with me, thanks. TLA tlak 04:44, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
The first round of the 2024 WikiCup ended at 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February. Everyone with at least 30 points moved on to Round 2, the highest number of points required to advance to the second round since 2014. Due to a six-way tie for the 64th-place spot, 67 contestants have qualified for Round 2.
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The article for the Oatlands District Football Association seems like a mess and is most likely not up to Wikipedia's standards. What template should I put on this? TheWikiCyclone ( talk) 02:31, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
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Hello, your my mentor. I have only done 2 edits so far (both on the same document). I was wondering if you give me any tips on how to make my edits look more...natural. and I don't really know how to add reference's properly so if you could teach me that would be great. :) -- 0-Bonk ( talk) 17:46, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
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I want to create a bio page but I'm not sure exactly how. I used the sandbox but it's still a bit limited since its my first time -- VisionaryBrandStrategist ( talk) 13:43, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
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Hello There I am Gurgen, the representative person of Human Development Research Initiative NGO and I want to create Wikipedia page about our NGO , aim, objectives and so on, Please help us to create it. -- Hdevri ( talk) 12:55, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
Hello, Can you publish the user: Profdibyendu to Prof Dr Dibendu Nag a page ? -- Profdibyendu ( talk) 22:33, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
hello i want to add my details on wikipedia . is it possible -- Sonalguptaa ( talk) 21:34, 19 March 2024 (UTC)
I’m sorry if this is not possible, But how would I add images? -- GodExiliiOfRobloxia ( talk) 03:37, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
I just had two items reverted for not citing the source. both came from the existing cited source within the article -- Stevetotheoh ( talk) 04:57, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
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Hi there - you were the only trainer on the list whom matched my time-zone. Was wondering if you'd be happy to take me in? Thanks in advance. Synorem ( talk) 11:49, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
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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.
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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!
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Hi Zippybonzo, I am not sure if you saw, but I posted something on the NextEra Energy Talk page clarifying the edit that I hope answers your question. Let me know what you think! NextEraMatt ( talk) 14:56, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
Hello. I am trying to add a specific element to a page I am editing but cannot figure out how to do so. I'm referring to the table that can be found at the top right of many pages, containing an image and important synoptic information. Please help. Thanks! -- JohnRosenfeld07 ( talk) 20:25, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
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Hello how do I get ideas to the SNL writing cast. I have been watching them since 1975 and feel they need a little help. I have written songs like s***** kitty whiskers and calm your p**** self down and would like to share these ideas with the writers -- Mmm1964! ( talk) 03:49, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
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hello ! please how do i add information to wikipedia -- Obrempong mc ( talk) 05:08, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
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How do I make a redirect page? -- Adeeta ( talk) 18:05, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
Hello, can I mostly stick to editing articles in a particular topic(in my case, linguistics, which I’m interested in but don’t have formal qualifications in) instead of just editing everything? -- MissLilacSprings ( talk) 21:29, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
Hello, I’m having difficulty with Visual Editor. The help guide says find the three horizontal lines, but I can only find three dots, and the options are more limited. I can’t work out how to add sections to pages. Thank you. By the way, I edit on a tablet. -- Lilac 17:27, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
How can I add name in notable person -- Maxpanmei ( talk) 18:23, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
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Hi teacher I just want to know what editing entail -- Gby2 ( talk) 02:02, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
@ Zippybonzo Sorry for the wait, since i took a break, but now ive finished the first part about notability in the course! What do i need to do now? Begocci ( talk) 10:26, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
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hello, you are my new mentor, how are you today? Ikipedia2 ( talk) 02:41, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
Thank you for the suggestions. I stopped the edit war and gave him a barnstar bc I made a mistake in his edits. Appreciate the advice Zippy! your the best, have a great day! Ikipedia2 ( talk) 21:28, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
Hi, I joined because I wanted to add in new marriage info for a celebrity. When I looked at the edit history, somebody had already added in her recent marriage, and then it appears that an admin removed/undid the edit claiming that the marriage info was unsubstantiated. Today I saw that celebrity on TV and hear her personally confirm she recently wed, so I know it is substantiated. I don't want to take credit for the addition since somebody else beat me to it, but how do I go about contacting the admin that removed it, to let them know they were the one who was mistaken and that the celebrity did in fact get married, so they should allow that previous edit to be reinstated. Thanks for your help! -- JetsetterJason ( talk) 19:27, 24 January 2024 (UTC) JetsetterJason ( talk) 23:28, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
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Thank you for the wise advice as my mentor Zippybonzo. Really appreciate all of your hard work here! Ikipedia2 ( talk) 21:29, 24 January 2024 (UTC) |
Hi Zippybonzo, thanks for participating in the WikiCup and for reviewing these GANs. Unfortunately, excluding the Template:GAList templates in both of the above reviews, they are too short to qualify for points per WP:WC/SCO.
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Hi Zippybonzo, I'm new to Wikipedia. I have tried to minorly edit a few articles today, but I don't understand why a lot of articles are marked as "written like an advertisement", and how to improve the wording of such articles. For example, I can't really tell why this article is advertisement-like: /info/en/?search=Sessions_Two . Can you help give me advice on this? -- Squidb4ll ( talk) 01:05, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
Hello I'm david, How can I publish a biography? -- Mkenya Music ( talk) 13:30, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
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Hello i am new to Wikipedia Need to Know how to Add article and protect it from changes -- RightOpen ( talk) 16:20, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
Hi. I want to write an article on Wikipedia by myself. How can I start my own article? -- Sardarzadi ( talk) 16:04, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
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The 2024 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with 135 participants. This is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2017.
Our current leader is newcomer Generalissima ( submissions), who has one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher) and 10 GAs and 12 DYKs mostly on New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:
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How can I create an Artist Biography profile. -- Junior Kryme ( talk) 19:56, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
How can I create an Artist Biography profile. -- Junior Kryme ( talk) 19:56, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
Hi! I would like to create a Wikipedia page for my company. Of course, I will not make something salesy. Do you know if there are some good practices for making this? -- Hector200223 ( talk) 14:10, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
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Hello, can i ask you how to make an article about environmental issues and trends -- Jhonrich Ibano ( talk) 00:10, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
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Hi, I saw you had one more slot for your New Page Patrol school. Wanted to see if you could work with me, thanks. TLA tlak 04:44, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
The first round of the 2024 WikiCup ended at 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February. Everyone with at least 30 points moved on to Round 2, the highest number of points required to advance to the second round since 2014. Due to a six-way tie for the 64th-place spot, 67 contestants have qualified for Round 2.
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In this newsletter, the judges would like to pay a special tribute to Vami_IV ( submissions), who unfortunately passed away this February. At the time of his death, he was the second-highest-scoring competitor. Outside the WikiCup, he had eight other featured articles, five A-class articles, eight other good articles, and two Four Awards. Vami also wrote an essay on completionism, a philosophy in which he deeply believed. If you can, please join us in honoring his memory by improving one of the articles on his to-do list.
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The article for the Oatlands District Football Association seems like a mess and is most likely not up to Wikipedia's standards. What template should I put on this? TheWikiCyclone ( talk) 02:31, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
{{Cleanup|reason=reason}}
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Hello, your my mentor. I have only done 2 edits so far (both on the same document). I was wondering if you give me any tips on how to make my edits look more...natural. and I don't really know how to add reference's properly so if you could teach me that would be great. :) -- 0-Bonk ( talk) 17:46, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
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I want to create a bio page but I'm not sure exactly how. I used the sandbox but it's still a bit limited since its my first time -- VisionaryBrandStrategist ( talk) 13:43, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
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Hello There I am Gurgen, the representative person of Human Development Research Initiative NGO and I want to create Wikipedia page about our NGO , aim, objectives and so on, Please help us to create it. -- Hdevri ( talk) 12:55, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
Hello, Can you publish the user: Profdibyendu to Prof Dr Dibendu Nag a page ? -- Profdibyendu ( talk) 22:33, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
hello i want to add my details on wikipedia . is it possible -- Sonalguptaa ( talk) 21:34, 19 March 2024 (UTC)
I’m sorry if this is not possible, But how would I add images? -- GodExiliiOfRobloxia ( talk) 03:37, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
I just had two items reverted for not citing the source. both came from the existing cited source within the article -- Stevetotheoh ( talk) 04:57, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
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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!
2023 Awards
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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Hi Zippybonzo, I am not sure if you saw, but I posted something on the NextEra Energy Talk page clarifying the edit that I hope answers your question. Let me know what you think! NextEraMatt ( talk) 14:56, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
Hello. I am trying to add a specific element to a page I am editing but cannot figure out how to do so. I'm referring to the table that can be found at the top right of many pages, containing an image and important synoptic information. Please help. Thanks! -- JohnRosenfeld07 ( talk) 20:25, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
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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
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Hello how do I get ideas to the SNL writing cast. I have been watching them since 1975 and feel they need a little help. I have written songs like s***** kitty whiskers and calm your p**** self down and would like to share these ideas with the writers -- Mmm1964! ( talk) 03:49, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
We are approaching the end of the 2024 WikiCup's second round, with a little over two weeks remaining. Currently, contestants must score at least 105 points to progress to the third round.
Our current top scorers are as follows:
Competitors may submit work for the second round until the end of 28 April, and the third round starts 1 May. Remember that only competitors with the top 32 scores will make it through to the third round. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs. As a reminder, competitors are strictly prohibited from gaming Wikipedia policies or processes to receive more points.
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hello ! please how do i add information to wikipedia -- Obrempong mc ( talk) 05:08, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
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How do I make a redirect page? -- Adeeta ( talk) 18:05, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
Hello, can I mostly stick to editing articles in a particular topic(in my case, linguistics, which I’m interested in but don’t have formal qualifications in) instead of just editing everything? -- MissLilacSprings ( talk) 21:29, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
Hello, I’m having difficulty with Visual Editor. The help guide says find the three horizontal lines, but I can only find three dots, and the options are more limited. I can’t work out how to add sections to pages. Thank you. By the way, I edit on a tablet. -- Lilac 17:27, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
How can I add name in notable person -- Maxpanmei ( talk) 18:23, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
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In parallel with the development, the Growth team will propose Community Configuration usage guidelines, Community Configuration design guidelines, and provide technical documentation.
Add a Image experiment analysis results
The Growth team conducted an experiment to assess the impact of the “ Add an Image” structured task on the Newcomer Homepage's "Suggested Edits" module. This analysis finds that the Add an Image structured task leads to an increase in newcomer participation on the mobile web platform, particularly by making constructive (non-reverted) article edits:
Personalized praise experiment results
This feature was developed for Mentors as part of the Growth team's Positive Reinforcement project. When A/B testing on Spanish Wikipedia, we found no significant impact on retention, but we found a significant positive impact on newcomer productivity. However, we concluded that the results weren’t positive enough to justify the time investment from Mentors. We plan to discuss this feature with our pilot wikis, and consider further improvements before scaling this feature further. Meanwhile, communities willing to test the feature can ask to have it deployed. ( T361763)
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