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Hi, MPGuy2824. I'm just posting to let you know that List of parliamentary constituencies of Zambia – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for April 7. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 21:32, 8 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from BreadStickGuy (12:28, 9 March 2025)

Hello, so i created a category for bolshevik regional forces during the russian civil war and tried adding it into the info box as a link via "Regional forces", but its not working. Is it not possible to create a link within an info box to a category? --BreadStickGuy (talk) 12:28, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@BreakStickGuy: Did you mean this edit? If so then the article Bolshevik Regional Forces During The Russian Civil War doesn't exist, which is why it was showing as a red link in the infobox. The closest page that I can find is Bolshevik forces, which is just a redirect to "Red Army". See if that is good enough to use. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 12:38, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think I see what you were trying to do. You need to use ":Category:" before the category name to include it as text. e.g. Category:Bolshevik Regional Forces During The Russian Civil War. I will warn you that such categories in infoboxes will be frowned upon and I'd guess your edit will be reverted soon. You could start a conversation with other editors on the article talk page and see if there is another solution that folks are fine with. Happy editing. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 12:43, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Will surely start a conversation for this on the talk page. Just wondering though, why are categories frowned upon in info boxes?. In my opinion, its no different to having a link to an article in the info box. BreadStickGuy (talk) 13:36, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know if there is any policy against it, but category pages typically don't have a lot of explanatory text (even though they can) as compared to normal articles (even if they are stubs). -MPGuy2824 (talk) 04:51, 11 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Rizzington (14:36, 9 March 2025)

Hello! I had a question and that would be: What's your process to make sure a source you are citing isn't biased? --Rizzington (talk) 14:36, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Rizzington:. Welcome to Wikipedia. To answer your question, if the source is popular then you can check the talk page archives at WT:RS to see what other editors think of it. If it is a relatively new website, then you'll have to look at other articles published by them and judge for yourself. If you plan to use the source a lot, then you can also ask by starting a new thread at Wikipedia talk:Reliable sources. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:37, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Joseph Raja Rao

I added 8 citations, some information, and deprodded the stub. If you still want to go to WP:AfD, you are welcome, but the ongoing consensus has been that bishops of major churches are automatically notable. There is a remaining question about his "native" name and how it's spelled; I've seen several variations. Bearian (talk) 15:51, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Bearian, my problem wasn't notability but that it was an unreferenced BLP. Now that you've added sources, this is no longer a problem. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:32, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Harshadhashi (19:23, 9 March 2025)

how to create a new article? --Harshadhashi (talk) 19:23, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) @Harshadhashi: Please take a moment to read Help:YFA. I have also left you a message on your talk page. Please check the links in that message to understand the basic guidelines and policies before you get started. – DreamRimmer (talk) 01:09, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Jay Gerlach 1 (23:35, 12 March 2025)

Hi - I appreciate your help. I lead marketing for a company called Sphere Bio (based in Cambridge UK) that, as of a few weeks ago, was called Sphere Fluidics. We have renamed the company to reflect at transformation that has occurred over the last 2 years and would like wikipedia to reflect this. My head of Digital Marketing attempted to edit the company name and URL on wikipedia earlier today and the changes were rejected. What is the best way for us to update Wikipedia to reflect the current reality, Sphere Fluidics no longer exists and has been replaced by Sphere Bio? --Jay Gerlach 1 (talk) 23:35, 12 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jay Gerlach 1: Welcome to Wikipedia! I feel that the edit to Sphere Fluidics was reverted for a couple of different reasons:

The username was promotional and hence was blocked.
The edit tried to do too many things at once.

I suggest the following:

Since you have already said that you are an employee of the company, please read WP:DCOI and declare your connection to the company using all the ways mentioned in that page.
Be content with doing small changes to the article at a slow pace. Start with changing the lead sentence to "Sphere Bio (formerly known as Sphere Fluidics) is a ....". Don't change other things. Wait for a day to see if anyone objects.

I have watchlisted the page, so I'll keep an eye on it myself too. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:20, 13 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Silvermugco (06:17, 14 March 2025)

I just want to post an article about my business, can I do that here? --Silvermugco (talk) 06:17, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Silvermugco: Welcome to Wikipedia.

Is "Silver Mug" the name of your company? If so, your username would fall afoul of our naming conventions. Please read WP:RENAME.
Yes, you can have an article about your business, but there are a few steps to follow. Please read and follow the steps at WP:DCOI. Following that, use the WP:AFC process to start a draft about your company. The article would need to have a few reliable independent sources that talk about the company in depth (WP:NCORP). Start your draft using the article wizard.

Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 06:27, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Agetto04 (11:22, 14 March 2025)

Hello MPGuy2824 I have a question about linking to external websites. Would it be correct to link to the schools personal website as there isn't a wiki article on the school itself, or should it be left un-linked. Thanks Agetto04 :) --Agetto04 (talk) 11:22, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Agetto004: Welcome to Wikipedia. I assume you are talking about "Bredon Hill Academy" in Charlton, Worcestershire. I would say that you shouldn't link the school's website there. If the school had an article then you could add the website in the infobox OR in the "External Links" section. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 11:32, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mass Veggie Tales content deletion / redirects

I'm not going to argue with the decision to delete the content from all the VeggieTales video pages, despite the amount of words there was a lack of citations, but the redirects should have been to List of VeggieTales videos (specifically the actual video on that page) rather than the VeggieTales main site. Yours - Ckruschke (talk) 19:36, 17 March 2025 (UTC)Ckruschke[reply]

Hi Ckruschke, I assume you mean redirects like God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?!. If so, then I didn't convert that long standing redirect into an article, nor was I the one who converted it back. I did mark the redirect as reviewed though. In this case, the redirect is already to the list page though. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:38, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Promotion of List of constituencies of the Telangana Legislative Assembly

Congratulations, MPGuy2824! The list you nominated, List of constituencies of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, 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) 00:26, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Schorensaw (23:53, 19 March 2025)

Hello! I hope you're doing well, i wanted to ask if Wikipedia enforces strict grammatical standards for contributions. If so, what kind of linguistic choice should I adhere to when editing? --Schorensaw (talk) 23:53, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Schorensaw: Welcome to Wikipedia. I don't think any strict grammatical standards is enforced for contributions. Some grammatical errors crop up from time to time in any editor's contributions, and other editors are always free to fix those issues. That said, if someone's contributions are completely unintelligible, then we politely ask them to continue contributions to the language Wikipedia that they are more familiar with, instead of the English wiki. Hope this helps. If not, please feel free to ask a more specific question. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:58, 20 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from We-gold (09:55, 21 March 2025)

I would like to make a page for Vellore Diocesan Ecumenical Forum (VDEF) --We-gold (talk) 09:55, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@We-gold: Welcome to Wikipedia. You would need to read Help:YFA, especially the section about notability. Once you start your draft, message me here if you'd like me to give you feedback on sources or other aspects of the draft. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 11:07, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Schorensaw (14:18, 21 March 2025)

Hello! I hope you're doing good, so i want to ask you some basic questions regarding citations, sources and references.

Regarding primary sources, are there exceptions? Like, when you quote someone's own words (in a biography article) and the source is a work formulated by him. (I.e. a quote from the person himself from a website made by himself, to prove the authentication of his intentions and goals concerning his works). I'm asking this because it is regarded as a primary source.

Secondly, is referencing someone's own book valid? I'm also asking this because it is regarded as a primary source.

Thank you. --Schorensaw (talk) 14:18, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Schorensaw: Take a look at WP:PRIMARY. In general, there are usually a few primary sources in any article of decent length. A well-written article will have many more secondary sources too. From the link above: "Do not base an entire article on primary sources, and be cautious about basing large passages on them." Specifically for Draft:The Jacques Maritain Center, all the sources are primary and non-independent of the subject. Hopefully you'll be able to find some secondary sources about the topic (e.g. newspaper/magazine articles that talk about the subject in depth). When the draft was declined, there was a reason attached. Please read that carefully and you'll be able to fix the problem. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 14:58, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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