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Happy New Year!

Hello there, 'tis the season again, believe it or not, the years pass so quickly now! A big thank you for all of your contributions to Wikipedia in 2024! Wishing you a Very happy and productive 2025!  ♦ Maliner (talk) 02:25, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks Maliner. Wish you a happy new year too. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:20, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

How do I delete an article?

An article I made a while ago, Draft:Adamesia, has just been sitting there for days and I can't be bothered dealing with it anymore. How do I delete it? ACarWP14 (talk) 09:47, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

ACarWP14, please read Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#G7. Author requests deletion. If you agree with the reasoning, then you can add {{Db-author}} to the top of the draft. It should be deleted soon-ish after that. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:24, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

Question from Coraevas (20:55, 12 January 2025)

As I am dyslexic, I am not good at correcting gramer or punctuation. My strength is in knowledge I own and reading 4 languages. Do I need to edit the suggested things or can I do what I like? --Coraevas (talk) 20:55, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

@Coraevas: Welcome to Wikipedia. Its nice to know someone that acknowledges their limitations. Since you can read 4 languages, I would have suggested some work in translation, but there too grammar would come into play. Can you tell me what field you are most interested in? A field of study (e.g. biology) or a geographical area (e.g. Egypt) would be good here. May you could help with finding references for articles that need it? Alternatively, you can take a look at Wikipedia:Task Center: "Fact-Checking" and "Categorization" seem like things you might be interested in. Try out a few different things, go slow so that folks can give you feedback if you are doing something wrong. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:34, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

Tech News: 2025-03

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• The Single User Login system is being updated over the next few months. This is the system which allows users to fill out the login form on one Wikimedia site and get logged in on all others at the same time. It needs to be updated because of the ways that browsers are increasingly restricting cross-domain cookies. To accommodate these restrictions, login and account creation pages will move to a central domain, but it will still appear to the user as if they are on the originating wiki. The updated code will be enabled this week for users on test wikis. This change is planned to roll out to all users during February and March. See the SUL3 project page for more details and a timeline.

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• On wikis with PageAssessments installed, you can now filter search results to pages in a given WikiProject by using the inproject: keyword. (These wikis: Arabic Wikipedia, English Wikipedia, English Wikivoyage, French Wikipedia, Hungarian Wikipedia, Nepali Wikipedia, Turkish Wikipedia, Chinese Wikipedia) [1]
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• Wikimedia REST API users, such as bot operators and tool maintainers, may be affected by ongoing upgrades. Starting the week of January 13, we will begin rerouting some page content endpoints from RESTbase to the newer MediaWiki REST API endpoints for all wiki projects. This change was previously available on testwiki and should not affect existing functionality, but active users of the impacted endpoints may raise issues directly to the MediaWiki Interfaces Team in Phabricator if they arise.
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I want to you to answer me

I am here for my biography publication and i did every requirement that is needed so please help me to get that publish Abdilahiabdijebarali (talk) 11:04, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi. Please go through all the links in User talk:Abdilahiabdijebarali#Speedy deletion nomination of User:Abdilahi Abdijebar and read Wikipedia:Autobiography and Help:Your first article. If you still feel that your biography should be written, then go through the steps at Wikipedia:Article wizard. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 11:25, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

Reviewed redirects

Hey, just a note that Otis's recent redirects, which you have just reviewed, seem dubious in general. I see no reference, for example, that Max is derived from Maximillian. As such, I'm unreviewing your reviewed redirects for now until the community at RfD can take a look at some of their other redirects up for discussion. Iseult ^Δx talk to me 06:22, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

I sent them notes about a few of the other redirects that they created. I agree with your unreviewing those, but another reviewer has marked them as reviewed after that. I see Torpedo Theodore is at RfD. I'll keep an eye on that one. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 07:24, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks. Well, Otis has replied to my note saying that these are test edits, so a bundle RfD might be in order. I’m currently out for the day, but will get to that if someone else doesn’t. What do you think? Iseult ^Δx talk to me 18:54, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

Tech News: 2025-04

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• Administrators can mass-delete multiple pages created by a user or IP address using Extension:Nuke. It previously only allowed deletion of pages created in the last 30 days. It can now delete pages from the last 90 days, provided it is targeting a specific user or IP address. [6]
• On wikis that use the Patrolled edits feature, when the rollback feature is used to revert an unpatrolled page revision, that revision will now be marked as "manually patrolled" instead of "autopatrolled", which is more accurate. Some editors that use filters on Recent Changes may need to update their filter settings. [7]
• View all 31 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, the Visual Editor's "Insert link" feature did not always suggest existing pages properly when an editor started typing, which has now been fixed.

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• The Structured Discussion extension (also known as Flow) is being progressively removed from the wikis. This extension is unmaintained and causes issues. It will be replaced by DiscussionTools, which is used on any regular talk page. The last group of wikis (Catalan Wikiquote, Wikimedia Finland, Goan Konkani Wikipedia, Kabyle Wikipedia, Portuguese Wikibooks, Wikimedia Sweden) will soon be contacted. If you have questions about this process, please ping Trizek (WMF) at your wiki. [8]
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Deletion discussion about Fukudai and Hirodai

Hello MPGuy2824, and thank you for your help with the NPP backlog drive! I wanted to let you know that I've started a discussion about whether two disambiguation pages that you marked as reviewed, Fukudai and Hirodai, should be deleted, as I am not sure that it is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia in its current form. Your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fukudai. Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 05:03, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

Hello there! I wanted to let you know I have bundled the three preceding deletion nominations into another open discussion, which will occur at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nagadai. Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 05:24, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for notifying me. They seemed like a good enough disambiguations, with my limited knowledge of Japanese culture. They seem to shorten phrases in that way. I've watchlisted the discussion, but don't plan to !vote. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 07:00, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

Question from Azbikeweek (11:59, 23 January 2025)

Hi! How can I add an article? --Azbikeweek (talk) 11:59, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @Azbikeweek: Please read WP:YFA. – DreamRimmer (talk) 12:03, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

Question from UmutYilmaz1 (15:14, 24 January 2025)

Hi, I have been waiting for more than six months for my first draft and have not received good feedback. Everything was good in the first submission, but I resubmitted again yesterday, and I hope I will have good feedback now. Thanks for your assistance. Umut --UmutYilmaz1 (talk) 15:14, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

Okay. I'm not sure what your question to me is though. The first review of the draft came about 1.5 months after you submitted it, not 6 months. It was judged to be WP:TOOSOON given that he is an assistant professor as yet. Hopefully, you have taken the other feedback from the first review and fixed at least those problems in the draft. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 06:20, 25 January 2025 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Teamwork Barnstar
	Thank you for your excellent contributions to Wikipedia. Your hard work and dedication are truly appreciated, and they make Wikipedia a better place! NK7411 (talk) 07:32, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks Nahid! I've replied on your talk page about the speedy deletion tag and the draft. Please make sure that you read WP:GNG before submitting the draft for review. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 07:49, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

Question from Scratchinghead (15:22, 26 January 2025)

Now, I would consider myself generally experienced since i have more than 850 edits and have been here for about 4 years, but since I switched on newcomer options (for fun)..., I automatically got assigned you as a mentor. So how long does this process take (to nominate mentors)...? --☢️SCR@TCH!NGH3@D (talk) 15:22, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

Hehe, I too tried switching on the newcomer options a year or so back and got assigned a mentor. I think it is random and you don't necessarily get a mentor who created their account before you.

I'm not sure what you mean by "how long does this process take (to nominate mentors)", but if you want to become a mentor, you can just go to Special:EnrollAsMentor.

Looking at your userboxes, you might consider joining Wikipedia:WikiProject India or Wikipedia:WikiProject Heraldry and vexillology. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:00, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

Thank you sir ☢️SCR@TCH!NGH3@D (talk) 09:49, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

Question from Canoid Roine (11:20, 27 January 2025)

Hello!, how to include photos in your Wikipedia public page? --Canoid Roine (talk) 11:20, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

@Canoid Roine: Welcome to Wikipedia. You'll want to read Wikipedia:Uploading images and/or Wikipedia:Uploading images#Adding images to articles. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 11:23, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

Tech News: 2025-05

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• Patrollers and admins - what information or context about edits or users could help you to make patroller or admin decisions more quickly or easily? The Wikimedia Foundation wants to hear from you to help guide its upcoming annual plan. Please consider sharing your thoughts on this and 13 other questions to shape the technical direction for next year.

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• iOS Wikipedia App users worldwide can now access a personalized Year in Review feature, which provides insights based on their reading and editing history on Wikipedia. This project is part of a broader effort to help welcome new readers as they discover and interact with encyclopedic content.
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• Later this week, there will be a new warning for editors if they attempt to create a redirect that links to another redirect (a double redirect). The feature will recommend that they link directly to the second redirect's target page. Thanks to the user SomeRandomDeveloper for this improvement. [10]
• Wikimedia wikis allow WebAuthn-based second factor checks (such as hardware tokens) during login, but the feature is fragile and has very few users. The MediaWiki Platform team is temporarily disabling adding new WebAuthn keys, to avoid interfering with the rollout of SUL3 (single user login version 3). Existing keys are unaffected. [11]
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Question from Ancient seekr (07:30, 28 January 2025)

Hello, If it is not a hassle, please take a look at my recent edits on the "Satavahanas dynasty" page. I am trying to present a balanced POV based on sources provided, but another editor seems to have an issue, and it feels like POV pushing. --Ancient seekr (talk) 07:30, 28 January 2025 (UTC)

Hey, you should definitely start a conversation with them on the talk page of Satavahana dynasty. Talking to each other via edit summaries isn't a good form of communication. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:24, 28 January 2025 (UTC)

I have stopped editing and reverting. Please take a look at my talk page. I have been trying to engage in a rational discussion with the other editor, but they seem determined to push the 'Maharashtra origin' theory. I have countered their claims using their own source, but they are unwilling to acknowledge the evidence or consider alternative perspectives. Ancient seekr (talk) 09:59, 28 January 2025 (UTC)

Hello, I hope you’ve had a chance to look at the discourse on my talk page. The editor initially cited Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi's work for the statements he added at the end of 'Original Homeland' of Satavahanas, which I believe are conclusive, biased, and misleading. When I countered with the same source he provided, he claimed that primary sources are not allowed on Wikipedia. He has shared secondary sources without citations to actual research work, and some of them are general books about Maharashtra, which clearly have a biased perspective.

I’m new to Wikipedia, but it seems too convenient that this editor keeps trying to push his views while invoking Wikipedia rules whenever something doesn’t go his way. Could you please take a look and help determine a more balanced take on the situation? Ancient seekr (talk) 07:55, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

I was going to suggest moving the discussion to a more neutral place like the article's talk page. Meanwhile a discussion seems to have started at Talk:Satavahana dynasty#Official Language of Satavahanas where you are also taking part. This isn't my area of expertise, so I won't be joining in, but I'll watchlist it. You can consider advertising the discussion on WT:IN to get more opinions. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 17:03, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

Promotion of List of National Assembly constituencies of the Bahamas

Congratulations, MPGuy2824! The list you nominated, List of National Assembly constituencies of the Bahamas, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Hey man im josh (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:25, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

Question from Akkieditz291008 (10:16, 29 January 2025)

how to edit --Akkieditz291008 (talk) 10:16, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) I have left a message on your talk page with some helpful links. Please check them out to learn about editing. – DreamRimmer (talk) 10:31, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

@Akkieditz291008: Welcome to Wikipedia. After reading some of the links that are now on your talk page, I suggest that you start with WP:TWA. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:28, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

DSM

So if Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition can have a lower case E in "5th edition" should Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth edition also be made?

Also does it matter if you skip {{Redirect category shell}} like you did? Is it optional? Anthony2106 (talk) 05:07, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

{{Redirect category shell}} : I treat it as optional when there is going to be only one template within it.

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth edition is also a valid redirect, IMO. You can go ahead on that. Some folks go overboard on creating every combination of words as a redirect. I don't think that this reaches the "overboard" level. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:24, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

Also I made a mistake when making "I'm so depressed I act like it's my birthday, everyday" then made "I'm so depressed I act like it's my birthday, every day" but the first one got approved before being deleted. I asked to delete the first one because everyday is two words. Now I wonder if I could of kept both. Anthony2106 (talk) 05:31, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

"Everyday" could be one or two words, especially in a lyric. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:33, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Citrus character redirects to lists

A tag has been placed on Category:Citrus character redirects to lists indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. ✗plicit 13:26, 31 January 2025 (UTC)

@Explicit: I created that cat by mistake. I've now marked it for G6 deletion in addition to the C1 tag that you added. Please process if appropriate and you have the time. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 13:31, 31 January 2025 (UTC)