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Cross namespace redirect.

Hello,
Might it be better to have a redirect from "contact wikipedia" or some form of article namespace contact related page, because people may not know about the WP: bit of this. In addition to the sidebar of course! Thanks Geardona (talk to me?) 02:12, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Geardona: FYI, Contact us redirects to the disambiguation page Contact, which has a hatnote pointing here. All the best :) ‍—‍a smart kitten_[meow] 02:17, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh

Thank you Geardona (talk to me?) 11:57, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Please add a hidden anchor to the start of the second paragraph ("Are you concerned...") so that this section can be easily linked to for copyright owners. E.g. change
Are you concerned... to
{{anchor|copyright}}Are you concerned...
This has no visual effect on the page. – Isochrone (talk) 11:19, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 11:41, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Time to reduce protection to the article?

This page was fully protected for unclear reason. Shouldn't this be lowered to something like extended protected. It is uncommon for a page like this to be fully protected that long. If you have opposes, please let me know. Toadette ^{(Let's talk together!)} 13:55, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The page is a main way to contact so if the protection was lowered, ite likely someone would take the changce to greif / change it JoBo Gamer (contribs) 10:05, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reasons for contacting Wikipedia

I'm wondering why there isn't a category for reporting technical issues. Dismalscholar (talk) 03:26, 25 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can we get rid of the "back to main page" link? Also we still need to link to WP:RFO.

I know this is a nitpick, but since this page is linked in the footer of all pages on Wikipedia, the main page would likely be just be another page, not one a reader would want to go "back" to. The "back to main page" button is just clutter since they can just use the back button instead.

Also, I still stand by my critique from two years ago that it needs to be easier to get to WP:Oversight or WP:RFO from here. Someone who has been doxed, threatened, or defamed on Wikipedia will likely come to this page when looking for who to contact. Someone else mentioned a similar problem at /Archive 5#Threats of harm (again). PBZE (talk) 05:44, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]