User talk:JavaHurricane/Archive 3

Review submission

Hello, I want to make 3 articles, please review.

Draft:Sumit Godara
Draft:Bhamatsar
Draft:Jasrasar — Preceding unsigned comment added by 171.79.176.11 (talk) 07:52, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Someone accepted one article, I declined the other two. I have given some advice for you. Happy editing! Java Hurricane 15:27, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. You might remember that last week I added a piece of information to https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Fabrizio_Cerina which is accurate and substantiated by various sources (please indicate whether you would like to see them again). I also edited the page in the hope to make its chronology more organic; but I brought no substantial changes to it. A COI was published short after "A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject...". As a professional journalist I would not like to be perceived having conflicts with anyone, which indeed I have not. I'm kindly asking whether after a week of inactivity is there a way to remove such note. I read that "you may simply remove the maintenance template; it will not be removed automatically" but I do not want to be intrusive. Naturally, if you consider that the issue isn't reasonably resolved I will follow further indications. I would appreciate your help. Thank you.David T Cohen (talk) 20:48, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

David T Cohen, okay. I saw it all, and it is unambiguously advertising in nature. I will be direct now - is the person, or someone on his behalf, paying you for writing the article? If yes, read WP:UPE, and clearly note on your user page that you are being paid. Java Hurricane 02:00, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I find your remark offensive and unfair. I'm NOT PAID BY ANYONE TO DO THIS. I HAVE ZERO INTEREST IN THIS EXCEPT MY REPUTATION IN RELATION TO MY JOB. I'm new to Wikipedia and you know that. In fact the news platform I work for (newsgateny.com) wrote in the past weeks about this subject and other 9. I did part of the job and based on what I had learned I thought (stupid me!) a good idea to give my free contribution which is in NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST and which brings ZERO ADVANTAGE to me. Never again! I realize now what kind of mess I put myself in. I would just like to clear the remarks about me. Can you please explain exactly what you don't like and why you move such harsh accusations? Please note that I merely added ONE piece of information (with sources) to an EXISTING PAGE (plus and other minor changes). Please note that this can be damaging my job. I would like to get things straight and get out of this.David T Cohen (talk) 11:17, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

David T Cohen, so does writing a promotional article on someone form a part of your job? I'm sorry if you are feeling offended, but it is clear you are a paid editor. You are writing this article as part of your job, which is classified as paid editing. If my concerns about UPE can damage your job, well, I'm convinced that you are a paid editor. Please reply on COIN. Java Hurricane 12:30, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I did NOT write a promotional article. You are seriously getting it wrong. And I'm really sorry about it as I'm sure you are in good faith. I AM NOT PAID to do this. I do not even know the subject and frankly I don't care. My employer, days ago, published a piece about a bank the subject chairs. I would like to stress that it was NOT a promotional piece. Completely documented and taken from major newspapers like the Financial Time. And IT WAS NOT ME who wrote such piece. I learned news which wasn't on Wiki and believing to do good, I added it to the page. ONE piece of info, that's it. You are talking to me like I wrote the entire page. THE ARTICLE WAS THERE ALREADY. I just added ONE paragraph (with sources). Anyhow, all I care now is to clear MY name and not to damage anyone. I'm going to search for objective sources and trying my best. What is COIN? (Conflict?)David T Cohen (talk) 14:58, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

David T Cohen, Conflict of interest noticeboard. Also, the information you added was clearly unsourced and promotional, and has been removed by another user for violating policy. Java Hurricane 15:01, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

OK. The news was about a new hotel in Milan, Italy. I just re-read what I had added. The tone was not encyclopedic, I agree. Sorry. But it was indeed well sourced: https://milano.repubblica.it/cronaca/2020/01/06/news/cipriani_ristoranti_milano_palazzo_bernasconi-245072068/ and https://forbes.it/2020/01/07/il-gruppo-cipriani-sbarca-a-milano-a-palazzo-bernasconi/ and http://creditdesalpes.com/index.php/cipriani-milan/ What am I supposed to do now? I'd like to defend my position. I imagine it is my rightDavid T Cohen (talk) 16:52, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I just wrote to Cabayi and I'm adding you. I wouldn't know where else to publish this. Please consider carefully my words. This is a very unfair story. I'VE ZERO CONFLICT! NOBODY PAID ME!! I did not and I do not know the subjects personally. But the platform I was freelancing with took your accusations seriously and CANCELED my contract! Do you understand what that means? And you are still joking about that? It is shameful to accuse people just like this. I wanted to hear about Wikipedia never again. But today I was informed that my position has dramatically worsened. The platform is claiming that some editorinvolved also them in this matter. Is it true? Why??? They are saying I caused this and are coming after ME for damages. What did you do exactly? What do they have to do with this? I need to urgently know as I might soon find myself in Court and the lawyer needs to be prepared. This could be a tragedy for me and my family. I've been accused of all kind of wrongdoings because of a stupid edit I thought was of interest as the people involved are well known. Please answer about the platform as per above. I need to prepare myselfDavid T Cohen (talk) 21:30, 14 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

David T Cohen has been indefinitely blocked for sockpuppetry: please see the SPI for more information. Java Hurricane 03:23, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Resubmitted

Hello, you have changed the article you declined.

I have changed the Draft:Bhamatsar article, please review the article.

As you suggested to translate Draft:Sumit Godara article into English, you can translate it. So let me tell you that I am new on Wikipedia, I have not yet been given the facility to translate the page into English. And you said biography and career are lacking. So let me tell you, I added as much information as I had. If anyone has more information, it will add more. I also placed the stub in the External Links section. If you ask any page reviewer, then this page will tell you correctly. I am not telling you wrong by saying this. You have a good knowledge of Wikipedia. Only then you are a good page reviewer. I don't mean to say that, this article should be on Wikipedia. I feel sorry for anything you said to me. Please approve. Thank you

I have removed the section "About" "Caste" "Education" in the article in Draft:Bhamatsar. Please review Mr Tejal (talk) 06:44, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A kitten for you!

You are welcome.

Fylindfotberserk (talk) 05:33, 6 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Fylindfotberserk, thanks! Java Hurricane 05:34, 6 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That NewsgateNY editor

Hello! I wanted to leave you a note to explain my thinking on that one. COIN and the wiki is overrun with COI/paid editors. Lately I have tried to focus on what good can be wrought from their work. In the case of the $46 million dollar banker article, the subject seems notable so I cleaned it up. The editor seemed to make a good faith declaration that they were just "doing it on their coffee break". In the absence of other evidence, I am willing to take that at face value. In the end it is enormously time-consuming to chase down these paid/COI editors. If we can get rid of them easily, I will be the first to file an SPI/ANI or whatever report is required. But in this case it looked like too much work to be worth it. Finally, I'm not sure if their "lost my job" statement is real, but if it is it means COI is no longer an issue. Thanks.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 01:46, 7 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

ThatMontrealIP, you're welcome! Java Hurricane 05:27, 7 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Review

Hi, I edited the article Harsh Beniwal. As far as I think I have rightly edited it. And then put the submission. But after some time, a reviewer declines. Please see the article Draft:Harsh Beniwal once and tell me what was wrong with the article. Please describe. I am waiting for your reply. Help me create an article Draft:Harsh Beniwal. Mr Tejal (talk) 09:02, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Mr Tejal, likely a notability problem. See WP:NBIO for more information. Java Hurricane 09:34, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

help

I do not have much knowledge of English language, so I probably make mistakes in writing articles. I request you to edit the article Draft:Harsh Beniwal. Please edit. I hope so from you. Mr Tejal (talk) 10:09, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Mr Tejal, I think I will. I'm busy right now, but once I'm free I'll do some work on it. Also, don't start a new header everytime you reply. You can reply under the previous header itself. Java Hurricane 10:13, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Mr Tejal (talk) 11:09, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Mr Tejal, no problems! Java Hurricane 11:11, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Are you free Because I want to make you a Harsh Beniwal article. If you are not free, how long will it be. And when will Harsh Beniwal start writing the article? Mr Tejal (talk) 08:50, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Mr Tejal, sorry, someone has deleted the article. Nothing much I can do now. Java Hurricane 09:17, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

So I make the article back and you edit it. Mr Tejal (talk) 09:29, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Mr Tejal, please don't. You can get blocked for persistently promoting people. Java Hurricane 09:30, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

So what should i do? Mr Tejal (talk) 09:34, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

And I did not make this, I just edited. Mr Tejal (talk) 09:38, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Mr Tejal, you'll have to contact the deleting admin. In my opinion, it is better if you rewrite the draft in a better way in your sandbox. Java Hurricane 10:50, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I asked you for help in creating this article. But you are back telling me to prepare it in the sandbox. Mr Tejal (talk) 10:58, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It is good if this article helps. But I have prepared and wrote Draft:Amit Bhadana (youtuber). Please review and help improve rather than decline. Thank you Mr Tejal (talk) 11:02, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Mr Tejal, sure. I think you can add sources from news channels other than Republic, and add a biography for starters. As for that deleted article, I personally think it is better if you don't restart it as a large number of sockpuppets and undisclosed paid editors are involved in the promotion of the politician. Recreating it could lead to blocks. Java Hurricane 11:08, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I request you to edit it. Please please please Mr Tejal (talk) 11:11, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Mr Tejal, I will. Don't worry. Java Hurricane 11:15, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Please do it now, otherwise any other page reviewer will decline the article. Mr Tejal (talk) 11:22, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

And as I expected, this account has been indeffed as a sock. Java Hurricane 03:13, 14 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Frank Cyril Shaw Davison

Thank you for you comments. A lot has changed, I look forward to you thoughts.Mgrodzins (talk) 19:36, 11 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Mgrodzins, I think it is in a good shape now. Java Hurricane 17:50, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your help!Mgrodzins (talk) 18:16, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ferulic acid decarboxylase (Fdc)

I accepted the article. Even in the version that you saw, the context was clear enough to anyone who would be likely to be interested in the article. There are many fields I do not understand--probably including the fields for at least 3/4 of the articles submitted to WP--and I try not to review articles in them DGG ( talk ) 00:20, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

DGG, okay, thanks! My main concern was that the article's subject seemed ambiguous, but that might just be because of the usage of some really fancy terms. Thank you! Java Hurricane 02:08, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Corby

It genuinely isn't vandalism though. Look it up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dababyhamster (talk • contribs) 20:03, 31 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Dababyhamster: If you post to another user's talk page, you bring light to your bad behavior and get blocked. Next time, discuss on the article's talk page or just leave Wikipedia. Chris Troutman (talk) 22:28, 31 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

For what it is worth, the edit was sourced to a cricket fan club's website and a sports shop (the latter seemed more like a spam link). Given the nature of the edit and the overall behaviour of the editor, the edit seemed to be bad-faith to me, which is why I issued a vandalism warning. Java Hurricane 03:20, 1 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Itz.abdullah393 (15:44, 2 January 2022)

hy --Itz.abdullah393 (talk) 15:44, 2 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Itz.abdullah393 hello! Do you have any questions? Java Hurricane 15:45, 2 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Sli mode M (15:57, 2 January 2022)

Hi umhhh is is possible to get arrested for false editing or false information ? --Sli mode M (talk) 15:57, 2 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Sli mode M: no, but you can certainly be blocked for vandalising Wikipedia. Java Hurricane 16:00, 2 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Syed Abdullah Bhukhari

My Name is Syed Abdullah . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Itz.abdullah393 (talk • contribs) 16:00, 2 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, and? (A school teacher of mine used to say "you've got my attention now, what do want to do with it?") :-) Mako001 (C) (T) _{^{(The Alternate Mako)}} 16:13, 2 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Mako001: eh, this isn't harassment, probably just a confused newcomer trying to make sense of things. Now, what is harassment can be seen from the page history of this talk page, for instance. Java Hurricane 17:15, 2 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Question from BobbyWillemsen on Draft:Neebs Gaming (18:35, 9 January 2022)

Hey Java, My name is Bobby. I’m attempting to create a page/topic about my favorite gaming team. They have over 1,000,000 followers on YouTube and I think many people would contribute to said page. I’m having issues creating a clean and accurate layout any help would be much appreciated. --BobbyWillemsen (talk) 18:35, 9 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(by talk reader) @BobbyWillemsen: Please read Wikipedia:WikiProject YouTube/Notability. YouTubers aren't notable here simply because they have views or a following. We only care about significant coverage in independent sources, which you're not apt to find. Any questions about "clean and accurate layout" miss the point. Where are your sources and what do they say? Write in your own words what they convey and that will drive your text. You might maybe write two or three sentences to the effect of "NeebsGaming is a channel on YouTube that posts content about various video games." You would do better to expand the subject to that group of guys, including the podcast, Doraleus and Associates, and their other projects but even then I don't see you making a claim of notability. Instead of trying to write a new article, just go improve articles about a topic you know. In five years you might have gained enough experience and sources to write about Neebs. If you're not prepared to grind away doing maintenance tasks for five years, then just quit Wikipedia now and blog about your ideas somewhere else, instead. Chris Troutman (talk) 19:16, 9 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Nastassiarcaribbean (18:06, 10 January 2022)

Hi there! How can I insert the citation for the change I made to a name in a table please? Thanks! --Nastassiarcaribbean (talk) 18:06, 10 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:Vombatkere v. Union of India

Hello, JavaHurricane. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Vombatkere v. Union of India".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 16:14, 17 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, JavaHurricane,

I looked and found you did receive a notice about this draft last month than is now found in your talk page archive 2. I think your talk page archives are really mixed up, like you manually archived some pages and then gave the duty to a bot who has a different understanding of where discussions should go because your archives aren't organized chronologically any more. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 16:19, 17 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Java Hurricane for helping others. You are amazing.

Clerking My Talk Page

Please do not remove posts from my talk page because you think that the post is spam or that the poster is a spammer or a sockpuppet. If you think that the poster is a sockpuppet, file a sockpuppet report. Maybe you already did that. I can handle the removal of junk from my talk page, and it only makes it a little harder if I have to track the disappearance of junk. Robert McClenon (talk) 17:10, 18 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks...

for that pointer. Cabayi (talk) 13:08, 22 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Ajadirakta indika (13:38, 22 January 2022)

Hi,can I create a new pages for who are searching for new things --Ajadirakta indika (talk) 13:38, 22 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Ajadirakta indika: yes, but first read guidance on writing your first article. Then, use the Article Wizard. Java Hurricane 13:45, 22 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Владимир Михайлович Образцов (00:43, 23 January 2022)

Я хочу добавить материал в тему: КЛИНИЧЕСКАЯ СМЕРТЬ. Как мне это сделать? --Владимир Михайлович Образцов (talk) 00:43, 23 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Владимир Михайлович Образцов: this is the English Wikipedia. If you wish to contribute in English, please do so. If you wish to contribute in Russian, however: please go to the Russian Wikipedia. Note that you'll have to ask an active editor on the Russian Wikipedia about its policies as I have no knowledge of the Russian Wikipedia's working. Java Hurricane 06:26, 23 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Question from SonjaDeca (06:33, 25 January 2022)

Thank you --SonjaDeca (talk) 06:33, 25 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Question from AFTAB ALAM FARUQUI BLY on Current (20:32, 1 February 2022)

POLITICAL --AFTAB ALAM FARUQUI BLY (talk) 20:32, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Electreon Wireless - Draft page

This article was re-submitted after a lengthy discussion with other editors that established notability of the piece and its sources. Please see here for complete details of this conversation. I don't want to have to loop in the other editors into this thread to review what has already been discussed at length regarding the notability of this piece and the conversation around its "promotional" text. I use quotations here because it is inaccurate to state the text is promotional.

Please provide examples of how this article is a promotional piece. I have continuously asked for this feedback from editors, but none are able to provide adequate examples of such. This goes back to my prior comments in the referenced link that editors need to be fair arbiters of fact vs. promotion. There is no promotional language here (i.e. highlighting the company's benefits/advantages over its competitors, promoting the company's business), it is all facts on the company's history, technology, and current projects. You need to be able to apply a fair standard of review, otherwise you are detracting from the value of Wikipedia. Please, provide examples of promotional language in the piece. If you have none, that's fine, but then don't call it a promotional piece for convenience sake because you have no other critiques.

This article needs to be reviewed under fair assessment, but those who can differentiate between promotion and fact. Please, can you provide examples of promotional text in this draft? Even after it was agreed by the other editors that the article should be resubmitted for review, there is no ability to provide further details on promotional/advert. language by *any* editor.

Reviewers/editors need to provide a consistent standard of review across draft articles, otherwise they are detracting from the value of Wikipedia's authenticity. (Jacobariel91 (talk) 07:52, 8 February 2022 (UTC))[reply]

As it happens, I rejected that draft after reading that discussion. Please do not misrepresent the results of that discussion to favour you. As for the draft; it is obviously an advert masquerading as an article. I am not going to help you promote that company on Wikipedia. I could be more blunt, but I will refrain for now. Java Hurricane 08:00, 8 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Jacobariel91 You answered your own question as to why the article is promotional, in your passage above. 331dot (talk) 08:55, 8 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

331dot "(i.e. highlighting the company's benefits/advantages over its competitors, promoting the company's business)" This is NOT what the text has - this is an example of promotional text which the draft text does *NOT* have. I was giving you an example of what would constitute promotional text and that the draft text does NOT have this. Please read more carefully. I will restate in a different, clearer way:

331dot how is this draft text an advertisement of the company's benefits, advantages, highlights over competitors (it's not, because none of this appears in the article)? How is it an advertisement if it states the company has higher costs than its competitors - why would anyone want to advertise that?

JavaHurricane You need to be an unbiased arbiter of fact vs. promotion. If you can't, then you are devaluing from Wikipeida's merits. Please provide examples of how this text is being promotional, when it is just describing facts, challenges, and the history of the company. Please provide examples. (Jacobariel91 (talk) 09:41, 8 February 2022 (UTC))[reply]

I have no interest in wasting my time in interacting, or rather arguing, with you, Jacobariel91. It would be kind if you could not post on my talk page. Thank you. Java Hurricane 10:52, 8 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Question from Brand Boss Zambia (08:10, 2 December 2021)

hi, I would like to create a biography of a famous businessman in my country. how can I do that --Brand Boss Zambia (talk) 08:10, 2 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Account now softblocked for a promotional username. Java Hurricane 14:58, 2 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thread pinned against archival so that I can respond post-unblock. Java Hurricane 16:41, 2 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Question from A40585 (21:31, 20 February 2022)

I'm curious about WP policy on what form article titles have to be. I have seen a few cases where articles have been mangled because editors are blindly sticking to the rule that articles must be a definite thing that you can refer to with "a" or "the" or a person. It's kind of frustrating, because it seems that if the person understood the concept, they would realize that it's nicer to title the article that way. People don't like it when articles titles are gerunds or concepts or mass nouns, even though in cryptography/math that oftentimes makes sense. Do you know which WP guideline enforces this? Do you know where I could go complain about it? --A40585 (talk) 21:31, 20 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@A40585: see MOS:TITLE. This part of the MoS is so controversial that ArbCom had to impose discretionary sanctions in the area. Java Hurricane 04:06, 21 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@JavaHurricane: Thanks so much! I feel validated that I'm not the only person who feels frustrated by blind application of the policy around titles.

While I'm here, I wanted to complain a bit about my experience in the AfC queue. I'm not sure if you can do anything about this. I feel like the jump from doing newcomer edits do trying to submit an article through the AfC queue is a pretty mediocre experience. While doing my newcomer edits, people were pretty nice and just made a few minor corrections to my edits. When I was going through the AfC queue, I got a lot of nitpicky and low quality feedback on my articles. This is a frustrating ramp up in difficulty, and it's also frustrating because it feels like there are way worse articles in mainspace than what I was submitting. In a couple of cases I got feedback that was just straight-up wrong, and I found it kind of frustrating because it feels like people giving AfC feedback should be the most careful to be nice to try to not scare off new editors.

Another question: I have been looking at some of the edits on articles I've been working on, and I see people really split out their edits piecemeal (like one edit per each citation fix or spelling mistake fix or so on). I thought I saw something that said explicitly not to do this, and this seems like trying to increase your edit count by slightly silly means. Is this allowed or looked down upon? Is there a good reason to do this?

A40585 (talk) 16:15, 21 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@A40585:

Re the AfC: the main problem is that Wikipedia is subject to a lot of undisclosed-paid editing rings or scams; not to mention a lot of sock puppets spamming about someone or the other; and these scammers have caused a lot of reviewers to become very wary, resulting in increased saltiness. There's a few good, helpful reviewers, but the majority often appear salty. A similar problem also exists at the new page patrol for the same reasons. You may want to leave a message at WT:AFC detailing your experience.

As for the other: yeah, that's not very accepted, but eh; it's generally not disruptive enough to warrant going after the editor in question and spending precious time on that, considering there's enough of drama around already. There's some situations where action is needed, and the action there is generally pretty quick. Java Hurricane 14:32, 22 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Namrata Sapkota

Hey, I've just come across this Draft:Namrata Sapkota at AfC, and thought I'd ask what you make of it, given that you rejected it some months ago. I don't see anything there to indicate notability, but I do note that the draft reads quite differently now from the rejected version. I'm thinking of at least declining this, possibly even rejecting again, unless you have other suggestions? Cheers, -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 11:15, 12 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@DoubleGrazing: I'd say the subject is pretty non-notable; the sourcing is still not quite up to the mark, and I am not finding anything better. I'd reject it if I were reviewing that draft even now. Java Hurricane 12:56, 12 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, you're probably right, and I was leaning that way also. Meaning we could both be wrong, but hey ho... -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 13:05, 12 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Question from Visaufg (18:27, 18 March 2022)

Hey Java,

It's a pleasure to have you as my mentor. I have no questions but I'd just like to share my appreciation for your interests to contribute to such a platform. Although, I've only just opened an account I've been using it and have been following it's mission for years.

I look forward adding as many contributions as you.

Sincerely, Visafug --Visaufg (talk) 18:27, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your kind words, @Visaufg: and I hope you will find editing a pleasure! Java Hurricane 02:37, 19 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Movement Strategy and Governance News – Issue 5

I'm sorry about the late delivery of this newsletter. Within the newsletter was material about an ongoing vote, which closes in under 20 hours.

Please share the information links with interested users: Project Overview • Universal Code of Conduct • Enforcement guidelines (proposed) • Voting • Voter information • Voting link

Xeno (WMF) (talk) 04:00, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Movement Strategy and Governance News
Issue 5, January 2022Read the full newsletter

Welcome to the fifth issue of Movement Strategy and Governance News (formerly known as Universal Code of Conduct News)! This revamped newsletter distributes relevant news and events about the Movement Charter, Universal Code of Conduct, Movement Strategy Implementation grants, Board elections and other relevant MSG topics.

This Newsletter will be distributed quarterly, while more frequent Updates will also be delivered weekly or bi-weekly to subscribers. Please remember to subscribe here if you would like to receive these updates.

Call for Feedback about the Board elections - We invite you to give your feedback on the upcoming WMF Board of Trustees election. This call for feedback went live on 10th January 2022 and will be concluded on 16th February 2022. (continue reading)
Universal Code of Conduct Ratification - In 2021, the WMF asked communities about how to enforce the Universal Code of Conduct policy text. The revised draft of the enforcement guidelines should be ready for community vote in March. (continue reading)
Movement Strategy Implementation Grants - As we continue to review several interesting proposals, we encourage and welcome more proposals and ideas that target a specific initiative from the Movement Strategy recommendations. (continue reading)
The New Direction for the Newsletter - As the UCoC Newsletter transitions into MSG Newsletter, join the facilitation team in envisioning and deciding on the new directions for this newsletter. (continue reading)
Diff Blogs - Check out the most recent publications about MSG on Wikimedia Diff. (continue reading)

Xeno (WMF) (talk) 04:00, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Question from দুষ্টু ছেলে বাবু (01:24, 23 March 2022)

♠❓ --দুষ্টু ছেলে বাবু (talk) 01:24, 23 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@দুষ্টু ছেলে বাবু, did you have a question? Java Hurricane 03:48, 23 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Tropical Cyclones Discord ArbCom case

Hi, JavaHurricane, I personally believe you can give your comments regarding Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case#WikiProject Tropical Cyclones Discord. I would like your opinion on the case as a former WPTC member who quit the server and the project in mid-2021. Mario Jump 83! 03:43, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@MarioJump83: thank you for letting me know, but I personally have no interest in commenting there. I currently have enough problems and headaches both on and offwiki, and do not wish to give my head more pain by participating in an ArbCom case. Java Hurricane 15:22, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Movement Strategy and Governance News – Issue 6

Movement Strategy and Governance News
Issue 6, April 2022Read the full newsletter

Welcome to the sixth issue of Movement Strategy and Governance News! This revamped newsletter distributes relevant news and events about the Movement Charter, Universal Code of Conduct, Movement Strategy Implementation grants, Board of trustees elections and other relevant MSG topics.

This Newsletter will be distributed quarterly, while the more frequent Updates will also be delivered weekly. Please remember to subscribe here if you would like to receive future issues of this newsletter.

Leadership Development - A Working Group is Forming! - The application to join the Leadership Development Working Group closed on April 10th, 2022, and up to 12 community members will be selected to participate in the working group. (continue reading)
Universal Code of Conduct Ratification Results are out! - The global decision process on the enforcement of the UCoC via SecurePoll was held from 7 to 21 March. Over 2,300 eligible voters from at least 128 different home projects submitted their opinions and comments. (continue reading)
Movement Discussions on Hubs - The Global Conversation event on Regional and Thematic Hubs was held on Saturday, March 12, and was attended by 84 diverse Wikimedians from across the movement. (continue reading)
Movement Strategy Grants Remain Open! - Since the start of the year, six proposals with a total value of about $80,000 USD have been approved. Do you have a movement strategy project idea? Reach out to us! (continue reading)
The Movement Charter Drafting Committee is All Set! - The Committee of fifteen members which was elected in October 2021, has agreed on the essential values and methods for its work, and has started to create the outline of the Movement Charter draft. (continue reading)
Introducing Movement Strategy Weekly - Contribute and Subscribe! - The MSG team have just launched the updates portal, which is connected to the various Movement Strategy pages on Meta-wiki. Subscriber to get up-to-date news about the various ongoing projects. (continue reading)
Diff Blogs - Check out the most recent publications about the UCoC on Wikimedia Diff. (continue reading)

Thanks for reading. Xeno (WMF) 02:23, 13 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Teyora - Development first look!

Hi! I'm Ed6767, the original creator of RedWarn, now one of the most popular tools on the English Wikipedia that's been used by over 1,000 Wikimedians to make over 300,000 edits since mid-2020 that's been praised for its user friendliness and ease of use, but criticised for its limited functionality. I'm leaving this message as I think it may be of interest here - I left the RedWarn project in November to develop Teyora, my successor to RedWarn (alongside Chlod's UltraViolet). It's a new in development web app that uses some of the latest web technologies to create a highly extendable all in one editing tool with a focus on administration, counter vandalism and general patrolling - not to mention, it'll work on every Wikimedia project without any prior configuration and can be used by any user with at least auto-confirmed rights*. Now, I'm ready to give the Wikimedia community a first look at what I've been doing over the past six months and what to expect going forward.

You can check out the 20 minute first look at the in development version on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzlpnzXdLP4.

There's lots more to expect too! Why not read the full details page at meta:Teyora and leave any feedback, comments or wishes at meta:Talk:Teyora (please leave any correspondence there to keep discussion centralised). If you're interested, you can leave your signature

*with basic features, advanced features require configuration. To prevent abuse, auto-confirmed users will be in a restricted mode until approved by an admin or via rollback rights.

All the best, ✨ Ed talk! ✨ 23:10, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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New Page Patrol newsletter May 2022

Hello JavaHurricane,

At the time of the last newsletter (No.26, September 2021), the backlog was 'only' just over 6,000 articles. In the past six months, the backlog has reached nearly 16,000, a staggering level not seen in several years. A very small number of users had been doing the vast majority of the reviews. Due to "burn-out", we have recently lost most of this effort. Furthermore, several reviewers have been stripped of the user right for abuse of privilege and the articles they patrolled were put back in the queue.

Several discussions on the state of the process have taken place on the talk page, but there has been no action to make any changes. The project also lacks coordination since the "position" is vacant.

In the last 30 days, only 100 reviewers have made more than 8 patrols and only 50 have averaged one review a day. There are currently 805 New Page Reviewers, but about a third have not had any activity in the past month. All 852 administrators have this permission, but only about a dozen significantly contribute to NPP.

This means we have an active pool of about 450 to address the backlog. We cannot rely on a few to do most of the work as that inevitably leads to burnout. A fairly experienced reviewer can usually do a review in a few minutes. If every active reviewer would patrol just one article per day, the backlog would very quickly disappear.

If you have noticed a user with a good understanding of Wikipedia notability and deletion, do suggest they help the effort by placing {{subst:NPR invite}} on their talk page.

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New Page Patrol newsletter June 2022

Hello JavaHurricane,

Backlog status

At the time of the last newsletter (No.27, May 2022), the backlog was approaching 16,000, having shot up rapidly from 6,000 over the prior two months. The attention the newsletter brought to the backlog sparked a flurry of activity. There was new discussion on process improvements, efforts to invite new editors to participate in NPP increased and more editors requested the NPP user right so they could help, and most importantly, the number of reviews picked up and the backlog decreased, dipping below 14,000^[a] at the end of May.

Since then, the news has not been so good. The backlog is basically flat, hovering around 14,200. I wish I could report the number of reviews done and the number of new articles added to the queue. But the available statistics we have are woefully inadequate. The only real number we have is the net queue size.^[b]

In the last 30 days, the top 100 reviewers have all made more than 16 patrols (up from 8 last month), and about 70 have averaged one review a day (up from 50 last month).

While there are more people doing more reviews, many of the ~730 with the NPP right are doing little. Most of the reviews are being done by the top 50 or 100 reviewers. They need your help. We appreciate every review done, but please aim to do one a day (on average, or 30 a month).

Backlog drive

A backlog reduction drive, coordinated by buidhe and Zippybonzo, will be held from July 1 to July 31. Sign up here. Barnstars will be awarded.

TIP – New school articles

Many new articles on schools are being created by new users in developing and/or non-English-speaking countries. The authors are probably not even aware of Wikipedia's projects and policy pages. WP:WPSCH/AG has some excellent advice and resources specifically written for these users. Reviewers could consider providing such first-time article creators with a link to it while also mentioning that not all schools pass the GNG and that elementary schools are almost certainly not notable.

Misc

There is a new template available, {{NPP backlog}}, to show the current backlog. You can place it on your user or talk page as a reminder:

Very high unreviewed pages backlog: 12976 articles, as of 06:00, 20 November 2024 (UTC), according to DatBot

There has been significant discussion at WP:VPP recently on NPP-related matters (Draftification, Deletion, Notability, Verifiability, Burden). Proposals that would somewhat ease the burden on NPP aren't gaining much traction, although there are suggestions that the role of NPP be fundamentally changed to focus only on major CSD-type issues.

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Notes

^ not including another ~6,000 redirects
^ The number of weekly reviews reported in the NPP feed includes redirects, which are not included in the backlog we primarily track.

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Question from PeterNimmo on User:PeterNimmo/sandbox (21:41, 27 June 2022)

I was hoping to create a simple biography page, and have pasted a template in my sandbox. However, I can't work out how to change the template contents for my subject. Can you help? Thanks --PeterNimmo (talk) 21:41, 27 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(by talk reader) @PeterNimmo:

Done. You now have the coding which you can change as you like. It was a matter of transclusion. Chris Troutman (talk) 21:47, 27 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

NPP July 2022 backlog drive is on!

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Show me promotion part

Which portion seems like doing promotion? Please show me Draft: Nituparna RajbongshiBaruah ranuj 13:26, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Baruah ranuj: if you cannot tell encyclopediac content and a CV/resume apart, I cannot help you. And how are you linked with Rajbongshi? Java Hurricane 08:57, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

From which point of view , you tell that I'm linked with the person? Any proof ? I'm contributing as a volunteer. Otherwise I would work in other companiesBaruah ranuj 09:50, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Baruah ranuj: I have dealt with spammers for some time; and the promotional nature of your drafts naturally aroused my suspicion. I merely asked a question without making any allegations of a WP:COI. Java Hurricane 10:12, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm bored to deal with the reviewer like you who can't co-operate with new editors. If the article was like promotional, then why you didn't try to correct them ? Bye bye enwiki .. i didn't get a good environment of writing here. Often I was marked as doing promotions by some reviewers Mind that I'm not trying to post only one article. I want that article of notable (no need to tell me on notability criteria of wiki) people should be in wikipedia. Whatever it be, bye bye. Baruah ranuj 10:57, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Baruah ranuj: the fact that multiple reviewers marked your work as promotional should suggest to you that the fault lies elsewhither and not with the reviewers; it is your choice to leave enwiki, and I will not hinder it. Java Hurricane 11:24, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Movement Strategy and Governance News – Issue 7

Movement Strategy and Governance News
Issue 7, July-September 2022Read the full newsletter

Welcome to the 7th issue of Movement Strategy and Governance News! The newsletter distributes relevant news and events about the implementation of Wikimedia's Movement Strategy recommendations, other relevant topics regarding Movement governance, as well as different projects and activities supported by the Movement Strategy and Governance (MSG) team of the Wikimedia Foundation.

The MSG Newsletter is delivered quarterly, while the more frequent Movement Strategy Weekly will be delivered weekly. Please remember to subscribe here if you would like to receive future issues of this newsletter.

Movement sustainability: Wikimedia Foundation's annual sustainability report has been published. (continue reading)
Improving user experience: recent improvements on the desktop interface for Wikimedia projects. (continue reading)
Safety and inclusion: updates on the revision process of the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelines. (continue reading)
Equity in decisionmaking: reports from Hubs pilots conversations, recent progress from the Movement Charter Drafting Committee, and a new white paper for futures of participation in the Wikimedia movement. (continue reading)
Stakeholders coordination: launch of a helpdesk for Affiliates and volunteer communities working on content partnership. (continue reading)
Leadership development: updates on leadership projects by Wikimedia movement organizers in Brazil and Cape Verde. (continue reading)
Internal knowledge management: launch of a new portal for technical documentation and community resources. (continue reading)
Innovate in free knowledge: high-quality audiovisual resources for scientific experiments and a new toolkit to record oral transcripts. (continue reading)
Evaluate, iterate, and adapt: results from the Equity Landscape project pilot (continue reading)
Other news and updates: a new forum to discuss Movement Strategy implementation, upcoming Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election, a new podcast to discuss Movement Strategy, and change of personnel for the Foundation's Movement Strategy and Governance team. (continue reading)

RamzyM (WMF) 01:39, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

New Page Patrol newsletter August 2022

Hello JavaHurricane,

Backlog status

After the last newsletter (No.28, June 2022), the backlog declined another 1,000 to 13,000 in the last week of June. Then the July backlog drive began, during which 9,900 articles were reviewed and the backlog fell by 4,500 to just under 8,500 (these numbers illustrate how many new articles regularly flow into the queue). Thanks go to the coordinators Buidhe and Zippybonzo, as well as all the nearly 100 participants. Congratulations to Dr vulpes who led with 880 points. See this page for further details.

Unfortunately, most of the decline happened in the first half of the month, and the backlog has already risen to 9,600. Understandably, it seems many backlog drive participants are taking a break from reviewing and unfortunately, we are not even keeping up with the inflow let alone driving it lower. We need the other 600 reviewers to do more! Please try to do at least one a day.

Coordination: MB and Novem Linguae have taken on some of the coordination tasks. Please let them know if you are interested in helping out. MPGuy2824 will be handling recognition, and will be retroactively awarding the annual barnstars that have not been issued for a few years.

Open letter to the WMF: The Page Curation software needs urgent attention. There are dozens of bug fixes and enhancements that are stalled (listed at Suggested improvements). We have written a letter to be sent to the WMF and we encourage as many patrollers as possible to sign it here. We are also in negotiation with the Board of Trustees to press for assistance. Better software will make the active reviewers we have more productive.

TIP - Reviewing by subject: Reviewers who prefer to patrol new pages by their most familiar subjects can do so from the regularly updated sorted topic list.

New reviewers: The NPP School is being underused. The learning curve for NPP is quite steep, but a detailed and easy-to-read tutorial exists, and the Curation Tool's many features are fully described and illustrated on the updated page here.

Reminders

Consider staying informed on project issues by putting the project discussion page on your watchlist.
If you have noticed a user with a good understanding of Wikipedia notability and deletion, suggest they help the effort by placing {{subst:NPR invite}} on their talk page.
If you are no longer very active on Wikipedia or you no longer wish to be part of the New Page Reviewer user group, please consider asking any admin to remove you from the list. This will enable NPP to have a better overview of its performance and what improvements need to be made to the process and its software.
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Invitation

For those who may have missed it in our last newsletter, here's a quick reminder to see the letter we have drafted, and if you support it, do please go ahead and sign it. If you already signed, thanks. Also, if you haven't noticed, the backlog has been trending up lately; all reviews are greatly appreciated.

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Question from Etcheparebordav (11:14, 13 September 2022)

Hi JavaHurricane,

I have been wanting to translate an article from french to english but I am not as advanced as an editor on my english Wiki profile as I am on the french profile. Is there any way I can get an experienced english editor to help me translate it? --Etcheparebordav (talk) 11:14, 13 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Etcheparebordav: you may find some help at the Teahouse. Java Hurricane 00:28, 15 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

October 2022 New Pages Patrol backlog drive

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IP range block

Hi @JavaHurricane. A new volunteer of DCW is facing range block on this wiki. Commons username is Khuddukhail. Since you are an account creator, would it be possible for you to create a local account for that username? They are not able to login anyway. Best, ─ The Aafī (talk) 19:09, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I have left message on the admin's talk page who had range blocked that IP, but it seems they have been away for a short while. ─ The Aafī (talk) 19:10, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@TheAafi: overriding IP blocks to force-create local accounts is only possible for sysops; mere account creators can't quite so that. I'd suggest messaging an administrator in this regard. Java Hurricane 03:33, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Bbb23:, please help. ─ The Aafī on Mobile ^{^(talk)} 05:24, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@TheAafi: Absolutely clueless. I suggest you use {{adminhelp}} on your own Talk page or go to WP:AN.--Bbb23 (talk) 12:47, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@TheAafi: I'll do this in a sec. If they have subsequent problems editing, they'll need to edit their talk page. FYI Bbb23, Special:CreateLocalAccount. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 13:19, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Zzuuzz. Everything seems good. Thank you! ─ The Aafī (talk) 17:54, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Bdhamilton (18:32, 15 October 2022)

Hi, there! I'm a new editor (at least, new to serious edits), and your name was added to my user page as a possible mentor. I've just submitted my first new article for review—Draft:Guns_into_Plowshares—and I was wondering if you might be willing to give me some feedback on it. I do have COI on the article, unfortunately, which I've disclosed on the talk page. But I'm hoping I managed to maintain neutrality. Thanks for any help! --Brian Hamilton (talk) 18:32, 15 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Bdhamilton: have to say that for a new editor with a COI, you've done a pretty good job; creating an article is easily among the hardest tasks for a newcomer, and editors with COI often indulge in spam and advertising that either results in their being blocked and their work deleted, or their being left multiple messages on various parts of Wikipedia policy that result in their departure. I'll look into the article more deeply later once I'm free. Java Hurricane 10:53, 16 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Bumping this to prevent archival, I'm still not free. Java Hurricane 03:34, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Bumping again; apologies for the delay. Java Hurricane 01:37, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Early end of the backlog drive

A few days ago, new page patrollers got the backlog to zero. Due to the unprecedented success of the backlog drive, it will be ending early—at the end of 24 October, or in approximately two hours.

Barnstars will be awarded as soon as the coords can tally the results. Streak awards will be allocated based on the first three weeks of the drive, with the last three days being counted as part of week three.

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NPP Backlog Drive Award

	The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
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Question from Naval History Nerd on HMS Victory (18:17, 14 November 2022)

How do I add sub-headings and headings --Naval History Nerd (talk) 18:17, 14 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022

Hello JavaHurricane,

Much has happened since the last newsletter over two months ago. The open letter finished with 444 signatures. The letter was sent to several dozen people at the WMF, and we have heard that it is being discussed but there has been no official reply. A related article appears in the current issue of The Signpost. If you haven't seen it, you should, including the readers' comment section.

Awards: Barnstars were given for the past several years (thanks to MPGuy2824), and we are now all caught up. The 2021 cup went to John B123 for leading with 26,525 article reviews during 2021. To encourage moderate activity, a new "Iron" level barnstar is awarded annually for reviewing 360 articles ("one-a-day"), and 100 reviews earns the "Standard" NPP barnstar. About 90 reviewers received barnstars for each of the years 2018 to 2021 (including the new awards that were given retroactively). All awards issued for every year are listed on the Awards page. Check out the new Hall of Fame also.

Software news: Novem Linguae and MPGuy2824 have connected with WMF developers who can review and approve patches, so they have been able to fix some bugs, and make other improvements to the Page Curation software. You can see everything that has been fixed recently here. The reviewer report has also been improved.

Suggestions:

There is much enthusiasm over the low backlog, but remember that the "quality and depth of patrolling are more important than speed".
Reminder: an article should not be tagged for any kind of deletion for a minimum of 15 minutes after creation and it is often appropriate to wait an hour or more. (from the NPP tutorial)
Reviewers should focus their effort where it can do the most good, reviewing articles. Other clean-up tasks that don't require advanced permissions can be left to other editors that routinely improve articles in these ways (creating Talk Pages, specifying projects and ratings, adding categories, etc.) Let's rely on others when it makes the most sense. On the other hand, if you enjoy doing these tasks while reviewing and it keeps you engaged with NPP (or are guiding a newcomer), then by all means continue.
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Backlog:

Saving the best for last: From a July low of 8,500, the backlog climbed back to 11,000 in August and then reversed in September dropping to below 6,000 and continued falling with the October backlog drive to under 1,000, a level not seen in over four years. Keep in mind that there are 2,000 new articles every week, so the number of reviews is far higher than the backlog reduction. To keep the backlog under a thousand, we have to keep reviewing at about half the recent rate!

Reminders

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Noted. Java Hurricane 03:58, 24 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Question from MarkJustice54 (14:19, 1 December 2022)

Hey, I want to discuss a few things about editing Wikipedia articles. --MarkJustice54 (talk) 14:19, 1 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm quite busy at the moment. In the meantime, the Teahouse is where you should go. Java Hurricane 16:08, 1 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Question from MarkJustice54 (12:51, 2 December 2022)

Hi, currently I am doing easy edits, kindly guide me through how the changes should be made in order to avoid mistakes and a better productivity. --MarkJustice54 (talk) 12:51, 2 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@MarkJustice54: I'd prefer if you were to go to the Teahouse; as I've said above I'm extremely busy right now. Java Hurricane 17:15, 2 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Semi protected Page edit request

Dear Java, I saw your edit. Please check this edit request. It's been 2 weeks I've asked for edit request. So I discussed with members in WP:Help Desk.https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Wikipedia:Help_desk#Semi_protected_page_edit_request

If you can do you do, otherwise let them do. 103.154.37.38 (talk) 14:47, 13 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Shruti bandral on Positivism (13:20, 16 December 2022)

Introduction of august comte --Shruti bandral (talk) 13:20, 16 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Question from Celestialdust (07:03, 4 January 2023)

I want to add some articles regarding bengali music. How do I do that? --Celestialdust (talk) 07:03, 4 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Do you mean references? @Celestialdust ArmyOnceBlinkMidzy (talk) 07:05, 4 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Celestialdust: see WP:Your first article and WP:Writing better articles. Java Hurricane 07:23, 4 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Right @ArmyOnceBlinkMidzy. Thank you@JavaHurricane Celestialdust (talk) 07:27, 4 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Question from Razar123 (22:02, 29 January 2023)

hello, i just wanted to ask how do i write an entirely new page --Razar123 (talk) 22:02, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Razar123: see Wikipedia:Your first article. Java Hurricane 00:52, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Zn9alifestyle (18:05, 9 February 2023)

hello i want to add a biography of myself --Zn9alifestyle (talk) 18:05, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Zn9alifestyle:: please don't. Java Hurricane 00:46, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

New Pages Patrol newsletter January 2023

Hello JavaHurricane,

Backlog

The October drive reduced the backlog from 9,700 to an amazing 0! Congratulations to WaddlesJP13 who led with 2084 points. See this page for further details. The queue is steadily rising again and is approaching 2,000. It would be great if <2,000 were the “new normal”. Please continue to help out even if it's only for a few or even one patrol a day.

2022 Awards

Onel5969 won the 2022 cup for 28,302 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 80/day. There was one Gold Award (5000+ reviews), 11 Silver (2000+), 28 Iron (360+) and 39 more for the 100+ barnstar. Rosguill led again for the 4th year by clearing 49,294 redirects. For the full details see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone!

Minimum deletion time: The previous WP:NPP guideline was to wait 15 minutes before tagging for deletion (including draftification and WP:BLAR). Due to complaints, a consensus decided to raise the time to 1 hour. To illustrate this, very new pages in the feed are now highlighted in red. (As always, this is not applicable to attack pages, copyvios, vandalism, etc.)

New draftify script: In response to feedback from AFC, the The Move to Draft script now provides a choice of set messages that also link the creator to a new, friendly explanation page. The script also warns reviewers if the creator is probably still developing the article. The former script is no longer maintained. Please edit your edit your common.js or vector.js file from User:Evad37/MoveToDraft.js to User:MPGuy2824/MoveToDraft.js

Redirects: Some of our redirect reviewers have reduced their activity and the backlog is up to 9,000+ (two months deep). If you are interested in this distinctly different task and need any help, see this guide, this checklist, and spend some time at WP:RFD.

Discussions with the WMF The PageTriage open letter signed by 444 users is bearing fruit. The Growth Team has assigned some software engineers to work on PageTriage, the software that powers the NewPagesFeed and the Page Curation toolbar. WMF has submitted dozens of patches in the last few weeks to modernize PageTriage's code, which will make it easier to write patches in the future. This work is helpful but is not very visible to the end user. For patches visible to the end user, volunteers such as Novem Linguae and MPGuy2824 have been writing patches for bug reports and feature requests. The Growth Team also had a video conference with the NPP coordinators to discuss revamping the landing pages that new users see.

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Question from Afin von Vattiyoorkavu on Emperor of India (10:49, 17 February 2023)

Hello How to edit table --Afin von Vattiyoorkavu (talk) 10:49, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Shubjt on Wikipedia:File upload wizard (12:55, 20 February 2023)

Hi there!

The Upload a Non-Free file button in this page is redirecting me to the same page.

I wanted to upload an image of Carl Kent for identification under fair use policy. Can you please help me with that?

Mistakenly, before finding this page, I uploaded it to Commons here (sorry) --Shubjt 12:55, 20 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Shubjt: click on the Upload a Non-Free File button; you'll get a form on the same page to upload the file. I do not know why you can't see the form, because it loads normally for me. If the button for whatever reason is not working, use this link (it's the one you'll get on hitting the button, for what it's worth). Java Hurricane 14:02, 20 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Dear @JavaHurricane I have an misunderstanding about our training. in the course, to ping someone, you need to write "{{ ping | Username}}" but when I tried it doesn't work but when I used "@Username" it works Fankam25 (talk) 10:15, 21 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Fankam25: remove the spaces while using "Ping"; for they interfere with the function of the ping. I've just used the {{ping|username}} while pinging you; for additional information, see Template:Ping. Java Hurricane 13:42, 21 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

{{ping|JavaHurricane}}: I just did that let see Fankam25 (talk) 16:13, 21 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Fankam25: that didn't quite work. Try using the "source" tab of the Reply feature instead? Java Hurricane 16:31, 21 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Feman-Deku (19:44, 27 February 2023)

Hi , I wanna ask a question, can I add Wikipedia articles ? I mean new ones. --Feman-Deku (talk) 19:44, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Feman-Deku: yes, you can: see WP:YFA. Java Hurricane 13:31, 2 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Question from WikiLärare (08:57, 4 March 2023)

Hey Panini. Tried to log in on the editor page by using the same account as my membership username and password. The page did not let me log in because the password was invalid, but i can use it on the membership page. When i then tried to use that user name to create a new password the page let me know that there was allready such user. I'm not sure, but could one membership user name be the same as another user from a different country chapter? --WikiLärare (talk) 08:57, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@WikiLärare: you're on the wrong talk page. Panini's talk page is at User talk:Panini!.

As for your problem, which wiki are you trying to log into? Java Hurricane 09:01, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Nani! (What?)

You thanked me for editing my own user page. It was an insignificant edit too. I'm a little confused. Blitzfan51 (talk) 17:08, 10 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Blitzfan51: that seems to be an automatic action taken by Huggle: to thank automatically edits marked as "good". My apologies, I had forgotten about this setting and therefore didn't turn it off; I had not used Huggle in quite a while. Java Hurricane 17:28, 10 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

oh, OK. :) Blitzfan51 (talk) 17:57, 10 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Pruhwonda13 (21:37, 14 March 2023)

Hello --Pruhwonda13 (talk) 21:37, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Asimkhaninc (09:15, 19 March 2023)

If you could assist me with the content format to be submitted, please tell me how to create a new business page. --Asimkhaninc (talk) 09:15, 19 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Asimkhaninc: I've replied on your user talk page. In short, Wikipedia isn't a platform for you to write about yourself or your business, nor for promotion. Java Hurricane 09:19, 19 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Doglover41 (02:37, 23 March 2023)

hello --Doglover41 (talk) 02:37, 23 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Smmama (13:15, 28 March 2023)

hi, how can i publish my article? --Smmama (talk) 13:15, 28 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Smmama: I've responded on your talk page. In short, I strongly advise you against writing an article about yourself. Java Hurricane 13:29, 28 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

thanks for the good advice. is it published? I just tried to do how it works. now what should I do? Smmama (talk) 08:14, 29 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Smmama: while the page is indeed live now, it is not an article yet. For that you will have to submit the article for review by an experienced editor, using {{subst:submit}} at the top of the draft. I strongly discourage submitting the draft for review, though: you are extremely unlikely to meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines for people, and as such reviewers will probably decline to accept your draft. Java Hurricane 13:56, 29 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Lucy Sidebottom (23:27, 1 April 2023)

Hi there

Brand new to this. Is it possible to share an existing article to a friend please ? --Lucy Sidebottom (talk) 23:27, 1 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Lucy Siddlebottom: could you explain by what you mean by "share"? Java Hurricane 03:40, 2 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Ashfaq22ahamed (15:53, 30 March 2023)

hello! How can we start to edit an article? --Ashfaq22ahamed (talk) 15:53, 30 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Ashfaq22ahamed: see a guideline on writing your first article, the Article wizard and how to write better articles. Java Hurricane 03:43, 2 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Question from BebeRoseEvane (21:12, 9 April 2023)

Bonjour Je souhaite avoir mon wikipédia afin de me faire connaître davantage auprès des personnes qui aiment mon Art, qui me cherchent et pour me prouver que j'existe encore ... Je suis Artiste Peintre Sculpteur --BebeRoseEvane (talk) 21:12, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@BebeRoseEvane: my apologies, but I do not understand a word of French. I recommend you visit the the Teahouse for help, as I will surely be unable to help you much. Java Hurricane 06:38, 10 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Question from BebeRoseEvane (22:05, 6 May 2023)

Bonjour Je n'arrive pas à retrouver ma page...pour la continuer ! Merci --BebeRoseEvane (talk) 22:05, 6 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Bonjour J'avais éditer une page et je suis incapable de la retrouver ... --BebeRoseEvane (talk) 22:15, 6 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@BebeRoseEvane: my deepest apologies, but I don't understand a word of French. I recommend that you visit the Teahouse, where you may be helped by a French-speaking editor. Once again, sorry! Java Hurricane 03:50, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Malekalkhatee (11:20, 19 May 2023)

hello i want speak about application --Malekalkhatee (talk) 11:20, 19 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Dracques (20:23, 31 May 2023)

Hello, Javahurricane. I was wondering how I add more info for the bibliography if the page is already fully written. Sometimes, as you know, Wikipedia needs more information on where the information actually came from. --Dracques (talk) 20:23, 31 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Dracques: to see how to cite a source, see this (really good) help guide on referencing for beginners. This should suffice for now while you are finding your feet as a Wikipedia editor (which, mind you, isn't easy); over time, you will be able to yourself figure out the deeper nous of referencing. Java Hurricane 04:11, 1 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

May 2023 NPP Drive Award

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Question from TopzeeJaga (12:21, 6 June 2023)

Hello, I want to EDIT articles meant for FUOYE. --TopzeeJaga (talk) 12:21, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@TopzeeJaga: I'm sorry, but I don't quite get you; what does "FUOYE" mean? Java Hurricane 12:24, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Tracylynn71 on Decentralization (10:04, 12 June 2023)

Payment for btc bonus --Tracylynn71 (talk) 10:04, 12 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Dracques (21:46, 16 June 2023)

Hello, JavaHurricane. How do I create a new Wikipedia page? --Dracques (talk) 21:46, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Dracques! I normally don't encourage new editors to write articles from scratch - it is among the hardest things a newcomer can do on Wikipedia - but if you're looking to understand the process, you can read a guide on writing your first article. Java Hurricane 00:53, 17 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

New Pages Patrol newsletter June 2023

Hello JavaHurricane,

Backlog

Redirect drive: In response to an unusually high redirect backlog, we held a redirect backlog drive in May. The drive completed with 23851 reviews done in total, bringing the redirect backlog to 0 (momentarily). Congratulations to Hey man im josh who led with a staggering 4316 points, followed by Meena and Greyzxq with 2868 and 2546 points respectively. See this page for more details. The redirect queue is steadily rising again and is steadily approaching 4,000. Please continue to help out, even if it's only for a few or even one review a day.

Redirect autopatrol: All administrators without autopatrol have now been added to the redirect autopatrol list. If you see any users who consistently create significant amounts of good quality redirects, consider requesting redirect autopatrol for them here.

WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team, consisting of Sam, Jason and Susana, and also some patches from Jon, has been hard at work updating PageTriage. They are focusing their efforts on modernising the extension's code rather than on bug fixes or new features, though some user-facing work will be prioritised. This will help make sure that this extension is not deprecated, and is easier to work on in the future. In the next month or so, we will have an opt-in beta test where new page patrollers can help test the rewrite of Special:NewPagesFeed, to help find bugs. We will post more details at WT:NPPR when we are ready for beta testers.

Articles for Creation (AFC): All new page reviewers are now automatically approved for Articles for Creation draft reviewing (you do not need to apply at WT:AFCP like was required previously). To install the AFC helper script, visit Special:Preferences, visit the Gadgets tab, tick "Yet Another AFC Helper Script", then click "Save". To find drafts to review, visit Special:NewPagesFeed, and at the top left, tick "Articles for Creation". To review a draft, visit a submitted draft, click on the "More" menu, then click "Review (AFCH)". You can also comment on and submit drafts that are unsubmitted using the script.

You can review the AFC workflow at WP:AFCR. It is up to you if you also want to mark your AFC accepts as NPP reviewed (this is allowed but optional, depends if you would like a second set of eyes on your accept). Don't forget that draftspace is optional, so moves of drafts to mainspace (even if they are not ready) should not be reverted, except possibly if there is conflict of interest.

Pro tip: Did you know that visual artists such as painters have their own SNG? The most common part of this "creative professionals" criteria that applies to artists is WP:ARTIST 4b (solo exhibition, not group exhibition, at a major museum) or 4d (being represented within the permanent collections of two museums).

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Interesting enough. Java Hurricane 15:10, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Dracques on Rayman Legends (23:11, 25 June 2023)

Hello Javahurricane. How do I add a source for my info. --Dracques (talk) 23:11, 25 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for the help on my talk page

Hi. I noticed that you reverted some vandalism on my talk page. Thank you very much. This doesn't happen very often so I'm a bit worried. Would you know if there's any reason to believe that the anon was targetting me specifically? Some of my edits are a wee contentious. :S Anyway, whether or not you have more insight, I really wanted to thank you for the revert. Yours, Batongmalake (talk) 03:37, 3 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Batongmalake: the vandalism is part of a mass attack on Wikipedia by a Nazi troll. See the ANI discussion for details. As such I don't think you have been specifically targeted. Java Hurricane 06:01, 3 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Question from There is so much more. (22:35, 3 August 2023)

I'm creating a profile page, please don't delete it. I would appreciate it if you could. Make it private while I create and edit.

Thank you sir --There is so much more. (talk) 22:35, 3 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Question from Jaeyming (18:49, 15 August 2023)

What is the requirement to edit protected articles? I have some experience editing but I wasn't sure if it's based on account age or edits made, or maybe a combination of either. --Five Month Old Infant Male (talk) 18:49, 15 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Jaeyming: 10 edits and 4 days (WP:AUTOCONF) for semi-protected pages, and 30 days and 500 edits (WP:EXCON) for extended-confirmed protected pages.

Also, I advise you to take a look at the signature policy; your current signature does not line up with it. Specifically, it should easily identify your username, which it currently doesn't. Java Hurricane 19:05, 15 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'll do so Five Month Old Infant Male (talk) 23:13, 15 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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I'm looking around for someone with the right skillset. Could you take on ticket:2023082710000507 please? Cabayi (talk) 06:13, 28 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Java Hurricane 06:55, 28 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Bossman blessing (17:13, 29 August 2023)

Good day

Thanks for being here, I published an article but it was rejected. I don't know what changes to make so it will be accepted. Can you help look through it and guide me please --Bossman blessing (talk) 17:13, 29 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Untitlted post from IP

When I say that randomly deleting birth/death dates from a page without first checking the linked bio for a source to copy over, I mean it is covered in the vandalism policy. https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism#Subtle_vandalism "Vandalism that is harder to spot, or that otherwise circumvents detection, including ... reverting legitimate edits with the intent of hindering the improvement of pages." It wastes other people's time who have to come by later to find out what was deleted and re-add it when there was an easily copyable source in the bio already. Especially because if it's not caught quickly then it's "harder to spot." So it qualifies as sneaky vandalism, actively making the date pages worse by cutting content that is factually accurate and relevant. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.143.192.237 (talk) 20:40, 7 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The editors who reverted you were acting in good faith and enforcing policy - and in one case at least your reference did not support the content you added. In any case, the editors clearly acting in good faith means that the edits were emphatically not vandalism, and labelling it so repeatedly is just a personal attack. Java Hurricane 03:59, 8 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

IP now blocked for DE/NPA. Java Hurricane 12:03, 8 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Question from Xziuto (19:11, 10 September 2023)

Hello, I myself isn't a editor, but i'm a social media influencer trying to get articles on me to expand my influence.

"𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬. 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬." - 𝐗𝐳𝐢𝐮𝐭𝐨 --Xziuto (talk) 19:11, 10 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Question from PRIDE KASHITA (23:47, 13 September 2023)

pride kashita --PRIDE KASHITA (talk) 23:47, 13 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Question from WikiSaurabhIN (11:32, 17 September 2023)

i want to write a biography of one legend person who was a great man of his village but due to lack of social networking there ,,,,no one knows him so how can i start --WikiSaurabhIN (talk) 11:32, 17 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@WikiSaurabhIN: Wikipedia policy is that content in an article must be verifiable and sourced to reliable (trustable) sources. If a topic doesn't have any verifiable information about it in a reliable source, the topic should get its own article - and that applies for a person also. This is better codified in Wikipedia's guidelines for notability. And I wonder: exactly how would you write an article on a person no one outside of the village knows about, which is well-sourced? Java Hurricane 12:07, 17 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Jaeyming (15:36, 20 September 2023)

What are the requirements to edit protected articles and such? I know I already asked this but I couldn't find an answer online anywhere. --Jaeyming (talk) 15:36, 20 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Backlog update: At the time of this message, there are 11,300 articles and 15,600 redirects awaiting review. This is the highest backlog in a long time. Please help out by doing additional reviews!

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Notability tip: Professors can meet WP:PROF #1 by having their academic papers be widely cited by their peers. When reviewing professor articles, it is a good idea to find their Google Scholar or Scopus profile and take a look at their h-index and number of citations. As a very rough rule of thumb, for most fields, articles on people with a h-index of twenty or more, a first-authored paper with more than a thousand citations, or multiple papers each with more than a hundred citations are likely to be kept at AfD.

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Question from Avisnjicc (11:10, 15 October 2023)

Hi, Can you assist me with deleting this draft? https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Draft:Aleksandar_Visnjic Thanks. --Avisnjicc (talk) 11:10, 15 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Required G7 already executed by a sysop. Java Hurricane 13:43, 15 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Edonnr on Chad Smith (13:02, 25 October 2023)

Psikoloji --Edonnr (talk) 13:02, 25 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Yololwam on South African energy crisis (12:33, 30 October 2023)

The are few ways I know in which this crisis can be solved --Yololwam (talk) 12:33, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Yololwam on Civico Liceo Linguistico Alessandro Manzoni (12:41, 30 October 2023)

other related articles to this one --Yololwam (talk) 12:41, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Yololwam (12:49, 30 October 2023)

How much experience do u have in this industry --Yololwam (talk) 12:49, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

November Articles for creation backlog drive

Hello JavaHurricane:

WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive!
The goal of this drive is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed drafts to less than 2 months outstanding reviews from the current 4+ months. Bonus points will be given for reviewing drafts that have been waiting more than 30 days. The drive is running from 1 November 2023 through 30 November 2023.

You may find Category:AfC pending submissions by age or other categories and sorting helpful.

Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.

There is a backlog of over 1100 pages, so start reviewing drafts. We're looking forward to your help! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:24, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Question from LuckyDodo (15:49, 3 November 2023)

Hello how are you? I was wondering what would be the steps to create a business page on wikipedia? Thanks Mary-Queenie --LuckyDodo (talk) 15:49, 3 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

(by talk reader) @LuckyDodo: Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not advertising. We don't have business pages. Wikipedians do write articles about notable businesses but I'm sure your case is not going to qualify. Can you explain your particular interest in trying to write about a business? Chris Troutman (talk) 16:12, 3 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Chris, nothing advertising related. I actually just wanted to know how we publish info on businesss - like when you search Netflix for instance, you have a wikipedia info search result on the right saying what is the business, its share price and so forth. Any advice on this please? LuckyDodo (talk) 16:22, 3 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yours is a popular request but still not allowed. Thanks to SEO, many folks want to use this wiki to ensure content pops up in the search but that is not what we're here for. As I mentioned above, notability and independent referencing are two hurdles that most entities don't meet. What business do you have in mind? I recommend you submit a request at WP:Requested articles or offer a reward for someone else to write an article for you. Chris Troutman (talk) 16:34, 3 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Chris for the insights, will do! LuckyDodo (talk) 16:37, 3 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Lawyerkrim (07:37, 16 November 2023)

مرحبا مرشدي الايقونات كثيرة في صفحة تعديل المقالات اي الايقونات توصلني لتعديل مقال او نشر مقال جديد؟ --Lawyerkrim (talk) 07:37, 16 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Dylan McCleary Music on Draft:Dylan McCleary (01:17, 18 November 2023)

How do I add images --Dylan McCleary Music (talk) 01:17, 18 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: account now blocked for spam. Java Hurricane 12:56, 19 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

[1] t including another ~6,000 redirects

[2] The number of weekly reviews reported in the NPP feed includes redirects, which are not included in the backlog we primarily track.

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