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Draft Declined

Thank you for reviewing my article Draft:Sant Isher Singh.

I have used books, videos, reliable Indian sources, websites etc... but this was still declined. Please can you elaborate on what was missing from your side so I can see how to improve. I've seen 100,000 more Wikipedia pages without any of these sources but they've had no issues with approval. Jattlife121 (talk) 12:40, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

@CFA If you could give an update that would be great ! Jattlife121 (talk) 19:23, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

DYK for Rachel Scott (journalist)

On 2 September 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Rachel Scott (journalist), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Rachel Scott reported live during the January 6 United States Capitol attack in her first week as ABC News' White House correspondent? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rachel Scott (journalist). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Rachel Scott (journalist)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

BorgQueen (talk) 00:03, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 36, 2024)

Hello, CFA. The article for improvement of the week is:

Cancel culture

Please be bold and help improve it!

Previous selections: Once Upon a Time in the West • Keygen

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Reversions

Hi CFA, I recently signed up to be a Mentor and I've been assigned as the mentor for User:Abu Imad al-Haydari. I noticed that you have reverted most of the edits they have made, but I am not entirely sure why? You said "block evasion" on one of the reversions, are they an SPA I should be worried about? Many thanks. GraziePrego (talk) 02:54, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

@GraziePrego: Yeah, they're Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SheryOfficial. I'll file an SPI if they edit again, though they tend to switch accounts immediately once found. C F A 💬 02:58, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
Ah I see, thank you. I will keep an eye on them too. GraziePrego (talk) 02:59, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

Orphan article Irish Cricket Awards

Greetings, Today I de-orphaned this new (31 August) article by adding a link at Cricket Ireland article, See also section. Cheers, JoeNMLC (talk) 14:51, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-36

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Weekly highlight

  • Editors and volunteer developers interested in data visualisation can now test the new software for charts. Its early version is available on beta Commons and beta Wikipedia. This is an important milestone before making charts available on regular wikis. You can read more about this project update and help to test the charts.

Feature news

  • Editors who use the Special:UnusedTemplates page can now filter out pages which are expected to be there permanently, such as sandboxes, test-cases, and templates that are always substituted. Editors can add the new magic word __EXPECTUNUSEDTEMPLATE__ to a template page to hide it from the listing. Thanks to Sophivorus and DannyS712 for these improvements. [1]
  • Editors who use the New Topic tool on discussion pages, will now be reminded to add a section header, which should help reduce the quantity of newcomers who add sections without a header. You can read more about that, and 28 other community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.
  • Last week, some Toolforge tools had occasional connection problems. The cause is still being investigated, but the problems have been resolved for now. [2]
  • Translation administrators at multilingual wikis, when editing multiple translation units, can now easily mark which changes require updates to the translation. This is possible with the new dropdown menu.

Project updates

  • A new draft text of a policy discussing the use of Wikimedia's APIs has been published on Meta-Wiki. The draft text does not reflect a change in policy around the APIs; instead, it is an attempt to codify existing API rules. Comments, questions, and suggestions are welcome on the proposed update’s talk page until September 13 or until those discussions have concluded.

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Question from ARRTech (09:30, 3 September 2024)

Hi, I created an initial draft of an article about my company, which was subjected to a "speedy deletion" within a couple hours. I understand that the article must adhere to Wikipedia's standards for objectivity and neutrality, and was in the process of ensuring that my suggested article would comply. I'd greatly appreciate any tips you could offer. --ARRTech (talk) 09:30, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

@ARRTech: It was deleted because it was unambiguous advertising. I'm not an administrator so I can't see the contents of the deleted article. Please note that Wikipedia is not a means of promotion for your company. Before you do anything further, please follow the instructions I've left you on your talk page related to paid editing. I'm also not sure what your username refers to, but it cannot refer to an organization or group of people. C F A 💬 14:59, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Improving score of Heat 2 page

Hi CFA,

I've made many revisions to Heat 2 and was hoping to get your input as to how to get it to above a C grade on the content scale.

Thank you. Iheartmylibrary22 (talk) 05:53, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

@Iheartmylibrary22: Great job on the article. You can request an independent reassessment at Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikipedia/Assessment#Requesting an assessment or check out the B-class criteria yourself at WP:BCLASS. Have you considered nominating the article for DYK to have it featured on the Main page? C F A 💬 17:32, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
Belated reply but unfortunately the article is/was still considered C-grade. I did end up nominating it for DYK. Thanks again for your help. Iheartmylibrary22 (talk) 18:41, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Question from Bibliotekaris (19:19, 3 September 2024)

Hello! I joined today. I would like to create a profile page where i can publish my credentials. Can you advise where that is? Thanks in advance. --Bibliotekaris (talk) 19:19, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Seems like you've got it sorted out. I've left some helpful links on your talk page. Let me know if you have any other questions. Happy editing! C F A 💬 21:03, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Draft Declined: Microsoft Azure Quantum - Question from User:CBathka (12:36, 3 September 2024)

@CFA: I completed significant edits to Draft:Microsoft Azure Quantum based on your feedback and help from the live chat. Is there anything else that should be fixed before submitting the draft for review? — Preceding unsigned comment added by CBathka (talk • contribs) Thanks!

@CBathka: I don't do re-reviews, but if you think it is ready to be submitted then feel free to do so. Another reviewer will check it out. Happy editing, C F A 💬 21:05, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Hi

Why do you keep removing my edits even the ones on talk pages. I think this could be classified as WP:Hound Somaliaficionado (talk) 15:44, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

I was going to tell you to log into your original account and request an unblock, but it appears that you're WP:3X banned. Not sure what to say other than maybe you should stop creating new accounts if you want to edit Wikipedia again. C F A 💬 21:00, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
What account? Are you still accusing me of being Bennyblanco10? You can’t just revert someone’s edits just because you suspect they might be an alt you have to prove it first. No it to mention I’ve reverted his edits and reported his socks on previous occasions. Somaliaficionado (talk) 04:36, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

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Question from Tophernil (21:28, 4 September 2024)

Hi CFA. What a pleasure to be in contact with you and have your advice. I made an edit on the MediaWiki website today, but that edit does not appear to be reflected on the Wikipedia website. Do I need to make the change on both websites?

For context, here's the page I edited on MediaWiki (the change I made should be highlighted when the webpage loads on your device): https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Keyboard_shortcuts#:~:text=Internet%20Explorer%0AEdge-,Alt%2B%E2%87%A7%20Shift,-Safari

And this is the corresponding Wikipedia page (no edit): https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Help:Keyboard_shortcuts#:~:text=Windows-,hold,-Alt%2Baccess%20key%5B

Edit: Alt to Alt+⇧ Shift.

Cheers! --Tophernil (talk) 21:28, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

@CFA Solved. After reading some more about the topic, I learned that any errors I want to correct must be corrected on the relevant website, even if the same or similar error is on both websites. They are independent of each other due to their use-cases and nature (encyclopedia vs. documentation for MediaWiki software). I need to edit both. Tophernil (talk) 22:43, 4 September 2024 (UTC)
Great. Let me know if you have any other questions – I've also left some helpful links on your talk page. Happy editing! C F A 💬 00:42, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

Correns Corporation

Hello CFA, on 23rd Jul, you`ve reviewed my Correns Corporation article. In the meantime, I have fixed it according to your findings. Is it possible that you have a look at it again to confirm? Have a great weekend! Merged account (talk) 04:14, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

Changes to European Conservatives and Reformists

Hi @CFA,

I saw the changes you made to the ECR disambiguation page (https://wiki.riteme.site/w/index.php?title=European_Conservatives_and_Reformists&curid=23315743&diff=1244239412&oldid=1244138439).

Could you kindly explain them a little? Like, why keep "soft eurosceptic" but not "conservative"? Why remove the links to "European political party" and "political groups of the European Parliament", when the difference is very often not well-known? And why not leave a few words to explain the difference between the composition of the group and of the party? All of that felt rather useful.

Thanks! Julius Schwarz (talk) 04:33, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

@Julius Schwarz: See MOS:DABONE and MOS:DABSHORT. C F A 💬 12:55, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
Fair enough. Julius Schwarz (talk) 12:59, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

Orphan article Chuton Island

Greetings, Today I de-orphaned this article by adding a link at Penghu article. Placed into Geology section as there was no Geography section, and removed Two Orphan tags.

Cheers, JoeNMLC (talk) 18:50, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

Draft:Ljubica_Adžović

Dear @CFA:, thank you for taking the time to review my draft (Draft:Ljubica_Adžović) as well as providing further explanations as to why you declined it. I addressed your comment and removed all blog posts from the text's References. While I will write to the blog authors to check if they can help me find a reliable sources, I documented why citations are needed for all those statements that are now missing a referece. Since the draft seems to now comply with the AfC submission guidelines, I will resubmit it. I would be happy if you would consider reviewing it again. In any case, thank you again for your time and help. Bagnacan (talk) 18:11, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 37, 2024)

Map of the Caroline Islands Archipelago
Hello, CFA. The article for improvement of the week is:

Caroline Islands

Please be bold and help improve it!

Previous selections: Cancel culture • Once Upon a Time in the West

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Question from Weiweih (01:32, 9 September 2024)

Hi there,

Thank you for taking the time to assist me. I’ve just created a page for our local non-profit organization, but I’m unsure if it meets Wikipedia’s guidelines for successful publication. Could you please help me review it?

I appreciate your support! WH --Weiweih (talk) 01:32, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

No, it doesn't, which is why it was just deleted. Wikipedia is not a means of promotion for businesses you own or organizations you are a member of. C F A 💬 01:53, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-37

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Feature news

  • Starting this week, the standard syntax highlighter will receive new colors that make them compatible in dark mode. This is the first of many changes to come as part of a major upgrade to syntax highlighting. You can learn more about what's to come on the help page. [4][5]
  • Editors of wikis using Wikidata will now be notified of only relevant Wikidata changes in their watchlist. This is because the Lua functions entity:getSitelink() and mw.wikibase.getSitelink(qid) will have their logic unified for tracking different aspects of sitelinks to reduce junk notifications from inconsistent sitelinks tracking. [6]

Project updates

  • Users of all Wikis will have access to Wikimedia sites as read-only for a few minutes on September 25, starting at 15:00 UTC. This is a planned datacenter switchover for maintenance purposes. More information will be published in Tech News and will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks. [7]
  • Contributors of 11 Wikipedias, including English will have a new MOS namespace added to their Wikipedias. This improvement ensures that links beginning with MOS: (usually shortcuts to the Manual of Style) are not broken by Mooré Wikipedia (language code mos). [8]

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DYK for Wolfman's Got Nards

On 11 September 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Wolfman's Got Nards, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the title of the documentary Wolfman's Got Nards is derived from a memorable line in the 1987 film The Monster Squad? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Wolfman's Got Nards. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Wolfman's Got Nards), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Guild of Copy Editors September Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September Newsletter

Hello and welcome to the September newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since June. Don't forget you can unsubscribe at any time; see below.

Election news: Project coordinators play an important role in our WikiProject. Following the mid-year Election of Coordinators, we welcomed Mox Eden to the coordinator team. Dhtwiki remains as Lead Coordinator, and Miniapolis and Wracking returned as assistant coordinators. If you'd like to help out behind the scenes, please consider taking part in our December election – watchlist our ombox for updates. Information about the role of coordinators can be found here.

Blitz: 13 of the 24 editors who signed up for the June 2024 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 169,404 words comprising 41 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

Drive: 38 of the 59 editors who signed up for the July 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 482,133 words comprising 293 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

Blitz: 10 of the 15 editors who signed up for the August 2024 Copy Editing Blitz copy edited at least one article. Between them, they copy edited 71,294 words comprising 31 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

Drive: Sign up here to earn barnstars in our month-long, in-progress September Backlog Elimination Drive.

Progress report: As of 05:14, 11 September 2024 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 233 requests since 1 January, and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 2,824 articles.

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Books & Bytes – Issue 64

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 64, July – August 2024

  • The Hindu Group joins The Wikipedia Library
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Please use talk pages

not edit summaries for discussion. Despite what you think when you read back, you sound rather more opaque than you mean to be. Cheers, SerialNumber54129 15:32, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

If you had actually opened the diff before reverting we wouldn't be here... C F A 💬 16:41, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Question from Therealmarkvanwoert (19:27, 11 September 2024)

There is no reason that I can not have a Wiki page about myself. How do I go about doing so? --Therealmarkvanwoert (talk) 19:27, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Actually there is a reason why we can't have a "wiki page" (article) about you, Wikipedia only has articles about people who pass the criteria at WP:GNG, which you currently don't. Theroadislong (talk) 20:55, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
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