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Hi all. My son has recently been dipping his hand into editing and accidentally made an edit using a device I was logged in with (unbeknownst to me, they'd been asking questions at the Teahouse). I'm really sorry about this but the device is back under my control. I've reverted the edit but is there anything else I should do? I will obviously recluse myself from answering his questions! Cordless Larry ( talk) 17:24, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
Why is the Teahouse not indexed by default? Toadette ( chat)/( logs) 18:07, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
Help at User:AnomieBOT/SPERTable and User:AnomieBOT/EPERTable is appreciated. The amount of unresponded requests is increasing, and these can be nice for new users (autoconfirmed) as well, since most are just minor typo fixes. NotAGenious ( talk) 05:54, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
Just a gentle reminder to all hosts who might in the future change their Usernames to ensure that they also change their entry in our list of hosts, please. New users following links from the 'Meet your hosts' page are liable to be confused if they arrive at a page with a different name. I've just fixed four that needed changing, and it'd be great if editors would think about making this update themselves, as I only ever check the list in detail every 6 months or so. Cheers, Nick Moyes ( talk) 21:07, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
Hi All. I was directed to this space to find 3-5 editors are interested in joining us and other editors in a remote online workshop to talk about Wikipedia community values and how they interplay with research that is conducted on/with Wikipedia. We're in a bit of a bind with scheduling a synchronous workshop and would really appreciate any help! If this is not the space for this kind of request, I apologize in advance and will promptly remove this post. If you're interested, you can learn more at our Meta Research Page. Leave a comment here or on our talk page and I can reach out with more information. Zentavious ( talk) 16:00, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
Both here and at WP:Help Desk there are frequently questions about about a "profile" (or, worse, "my profile") meaning an article about that person (or, worse, themselves). The mere presence of the word "profile" in this context triggers the thought that the enquirer subconsciously thinks that Wikipedia is in the same category as social media services such as Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram, etc. and about the person in question promoting themselves and having controls over their "profile" there.
Might it be useful to have a guideline or essay, perhaps WP:Article not Profile, to which such enquirers could be immediately directed, as the first port of call, to learn the background and context of how WP articles and social media profiles are very different?
Feline Hymnic ( talk) 21:41, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
I see that @ ColinFine: seems to have some useful standard text. Might this be useful to include or abstract?
Hello, <user-name>, and welcome to the Teahouse. I'm afraid you are in the same position as thousands of other people who ask questions here, who register an account, and immediately plunge into one of the most challenging tasks there is: creating a new article. This is like buying a musical instrument you have never played before, and immediately going out busking: you are going to have a frustrating and miserable time. I always advise new editors to spend a few weeks or months learning how Wikipedia works by making improvements to some of our six million articles before they try to create a new article. (They will probably over those months add far more value to Wikipedia than they would by trying to make an article before they are ready). When you think you might be ready to try creating an article, read WP:YFA and especially NCORP (if it is a company). For most companies in the world you will quickly discover that there are not sufficient quality sources to establish notability, and there is no point in trying to create an article about them.
Feline Hymnic ( talk) 13:53, 6 November 2023 (UTC)
Excuse my asking, as I'm sure there are good reasons, but why was my question about how to add sections to articles removed? Did I put it in the wrong place or word anything the wrong way? I hope that it can be restored for myself and other users if we want to add sections to articles, if you don't mind my repetition. Triviatronic9000 ( talk) 01:43, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
I asked this question before but it got deleted for some reason.
I want to add a section about live events to the Tree Fu Tom Wikipedia page, but I don't know how. I would look here, but as I said, my question on that got deleted. I won't ask anyone to answer again in case it gets deleted again, but can someone please add a tutorial on how to add sections on that tutorial on how to use Wikipedia? Triviatronic9000 (talk) 02:14, 1 November 2023 (UTC)
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 20 | ← | Archive 25 | Archive 26 | Archive 27 |
Hi all. My son has recently been dipping his hand into editing and accidentally made an edit using a device I was logged in with (unbeknownst to me, they'd been asking questions at the Teahouse). I'm really sorry about this but the device is back under my control. I've reverted the edit but is there anything else I should do? I will obviously recluse myself from answering his questions! Cordless Larry ( talk) 17:24, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
Why is the Teahouse not indexed by default? Toadette ( chat)/( logs) 18:07, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
Help at User:AnomieBOT/SPERTable and User:AnomieBOT/EPERTable is appreciated. The amount of unresponded requests is increasing, and these can be nice for new users (autoconfirmed) as well, since most are just minor typo fixes. NotAGenious ( talk) 05:54, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
Just a gentle reminder to all hosts who might in the future change their Usernames to ensure that they also change their entry in our list of hosts, please. New users following links from the 'Meet your hosts' page are liable to be confused if they arrive at a page with a different name. I've just fixed four that needed changing, and it'd be great if editors would think about making this update themselves, as I only ever check the list in detail every 6 months or so. Cheers, Nick Moyes ( talk) 21:07, 29 October 2023 (UTC)
Hi All. I was directed to this space to find 3-5 editors are interested in joining us and other editors in a remote online workshop to talk about Wikipedia community values and how they interplay with research that is conducted on/with Wikipedia. We're in a bit of a bind with scheduling a synchronous workshop and would really appreciate any help! If this is not the space for this kind of request, I apologize in advance and will promptly remove this post. If you're interested, you can learn more at our Meta Research Page. Leave a comment here or on our talk page and I can reach out with more information. Zentavious ( talk) 16:00, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
Both here and at WP:Help Desk there are frequently questions about about a "profile" (or, worse, "my profile") meaning an article about that person (or, worse, themselves). The mere presence of the word "profile" in this context triggers the thought that the enquirer subconsciously thinks that Wikipedia is in the same category as social media services such as Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram, etc. and about the person in question promoting themselves and having controls over their "profile" there.
Might it be useful to have a guideline or essay, perhaps WP:Article not Profile, to which such enquirers could be immediately directed, as the first port of call, to learn the background and context of how WP articles and social media profiles are very different?
Feline Hymnic ( talk) 21:41, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
I see that @ ColinFine: seems to have some useful standard text. Might this be useful to include or abstract?
Hello, <user-name>, and welcome to the Teahouse. I'm afraid you are in the same position as thousands of other people who ask questions here, who register an account, and immediately plunge into one of the most challenging tasks there is: creating a new article. This is like buying a musical instrument you have never played before, and immediately going out busking: you are going to have a frustrating and miserable time. I always advise new editors to spend a few weeks or months learning how Wikipedia works by making improvements to some of our six million articles before they try to create a new article. (They will probably over those months add far more value to Wikipedia than they would by trying to make an article before they are ready). When you think you might be ready to try creating an article, read WP:YFA and especially NCORP (if it is a company). For most companies in the world you will quickly discover that there are not sufficient quality sources to establish notability, and there is no point in trying to create an article about them.
Feline Hymnic ( talk) 13:53, 6 November 2023 (UTC)
Excuse my asking, as I'm sure there are good reasons, but why was my question about how to add sections to articles removed? Did I put it in the wrong place or word anything the wrong way? I hope that it can be restored for myself and other users if we want to add sections to articles, if you don't mind my repetition. Triviatronic9000 ( talk) 01:43, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
I asked this question before but it got deleted for some reason.
I want to add a section about live events to the Tree Fu Tom Wikipedia page, but I don't know how. I would look here, but as I said, my question on that got deleted. I won't ask anyone to answer again in case it gets deleted again, but can someone please add a tutorial on how to add sections on that tutorial on how to use Wikipedia? Triviatronic9000 (talk) 02:14, 1 November 2023 (UTC)