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en-N	This user has a native understanding of English.

simple-5	This user has professional knowledge of Simple English.

de-2	Dieser Benutzer beherrscht Deutsch auf fortgeschrittenem Niveau.

es-1	Este usuario tiene un conocimiento básico del español.

no-1	Denne brukeren har grunnleggende kjennskap til norsk.

nl-0	Deze gebruiker heeft geen kennis van het Nederlands (of begrijpt het met grote moeite).

fr-0	Cet utilisateur n’a aucune connaissance en français (ou le comprend avec de grandes difficultés).

Question from Johntheschmo (07:55, 25 October 2024)

Hey Ferien! As you can see in my history, I've been struggling to understand how WP:NPOVN works in practice. Can you please provide insights as to how exactly neutrality should be implemented when a topic is so contentious? Thanks --Johntheschmo (talk) 07:55, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Johntheschmo, welcome to Wikipedia. I'd personally stay away from these areas for the time being, until you have experience with WP:NPOV outside of contentious areas. Thanks, --Ferien (talk) 16:32, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Hiiijoshua on Boris Yeltsin (13:04, 26 October 2024)

how do i remove all citations? --Hiiijoshua (talk) 13:04, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hiiijoshua, I'm confused on why you'd want to remove all citations from a page? --Ferien (talk) 16:33, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Godfrey blessing on Wikipedia:Request an account/ACC Wizard (09:13, 27 October 2024)

Hello oo --Godfrey blessing (talk) 09:13, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Godfrey blessing, welcome to Wikipedia, let me know if you need any help :) --Ferien (talk) 16:33, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from MOWM (22:53, 11 November 2024)

Hi Ferien,

I wanted to check in on the Sandbox entry I made for Bryan Wells. I tried to best mimic the approved pages from his main collaborator, the late Ron Miller to ensure the content was direct, sourced, and hit a high standard. I'm curious about what kind of time frame it takes to approve pages. --MOWM (talk) 22:53, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from GoodSideForever (22:08, 16 November 2024)

thanks ferien but these dudes deleted my 6 hours of work so now i'm deleting my account --GoodSideForever (talk) 22:08, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Kreonziber (18:19, 18 November 2024)

Hello, how do i know the edit is correct? --Kreonziber (talk) 18:19, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Question from Mirvanamilano (11:09, 19 November 2024)

Hi. We are a registered Italian luxury brand, and we'd like to establish ourselves by having a Wikipedia page of our brand - Mirvana (our company is registered in Italy as Mirvana Srl, and the brand is also registered in Italy). I remember many years ago when I was contributing to history related articles, that my back-then mentor said, that brands and companies can have their own pages posted on Wikipedia with external link to them. Our brand is in the luxury sector, and it's going to be here for a long time, so I want to check where and how I can publish it on Wikipedia? --Mirvanamilano (talk) 11:09, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Kicab (16:22, 19 November 2024)

Hello Ferien. I made a major edit and was wondering what the process is for it to be posted. Thanks. --Kicab (talk) 16:22, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Question from Kicab (15:52, 29 November 2024)

I edited the Three Prisoners Problem. The change was added and then removed by Burghardt who said it should be discussed on talk page. How do I do that?

Latest revision as of 06:50, 21 November 2024 edit undo thank Jochen Burghardt (talk | contribs) Undid revision 1258634392 by Kicab (talk): should be discussed on talk page before Tag: Undo --Kicab (talk) 15:52, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Question from Esthoo rose on Content delivery network (02:18, 30 November 2024)

Salut --Esthoo rose (talk) 02:18, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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您好，在网站上显示王秀云女士是新加坡人是错误的，词条的相关链接也是不对的，王秀云女士在世。 --WANG XIUYUN (talk) 20:04, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Question from BlizzardHero (10:38, 14 December 2024)

Hello, quick question about linking to external resources. How granular should external links be? To illustrate, two examples: an oral history collection about a town linked to the page for said town (for which none of the interviewees should receive their own page), and a single audio recording in an archival database.

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Question from MayerBrand (15:40, 16 December 2024)

Some things look a little redundant or maybe convoluted with repetitive synonym use.

I'll try to keep my eye on those and rewrite with proper English so that the most detail is absorbed through the least amount of wording.

I signed up to keep my eye on Wikipedia and donated what I could for now.

Wikipedia has always been very useful In many ways regardless of its information. --MayerBrand (talk) 15:40, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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