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Poke

Hello everyone, quick question: should poke cake be added to the Poke disambiguation page under the food section? It isn't currently listed. ~2025-40984-91 (talk) 22:20, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

I'd say it makes sense to do so. Add it, and if you get reverted, start a discussion on the talk page. AndyTheGrump (talk) 22:31, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

I'm glad I looked at the article, and glad there are disambiguation pages. I was thinking a cake topped with raw fish in savory sauce would be an odd idea. TooManyFingers (talk) 04:35, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

Stop asking me for money

I do not like being asked for money period and I want it to stop period..What I put in the browser dose not have to be answered by you but stop being the first one there let me alone period. ~2025-40636-03 (talk) 07:00, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

We have no control over the WMF's donation begging (and most of us would rather prefer they stop doing it and torquing people off.) —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^{threads critiques} 07:27, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

See WP:NOBANNER, as being a logged in user rather than an IP user is the best way to avoid this.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 07:56, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

You say: What I put in the browser dose not have to be answered by you but stop being the first one there. The meaning isn't entirely clear, but I think it's "A question that I ask the browser [and that it passes on to a search engine, e.g. Google] doesn't have to be answered by you, so stop being the first on the list." If I'm right, then you have a beef with the search engine, not with Wikipedia. If you consistently avoid clicking on the links to Wikipedia, then the search engine is likely to adjust your filter bubble accordingly. -- Hoary (talk) 08:36, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

Alternatively you could end every search query with this exact phrase: -wiki which should instruct your browser/search engine to ignore Wikipedia altogether, and probably Wikimedia Commons as well.
For example, search for world's biggest round barn -wiki and you would probably get no links to our article World's Largest Round Barn. On the other hand, Google deliberately doesn't give results for Archive.org (the Internet Archive), so if you want your browser to list those results, end your query with +archive MinorProphet (talk) 01:11, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

submission for publication

I submitted an article to be published this morning. What happens next and will I be notified by email or do I just keep checking in from time to time? SWJeff1750 (talk) 15:52, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

@SWJeff1750, you haven't submitted any draft for review. You need to press the big blue button to send it for review. However, for Draft:Stanley L. Robbins, I would advise against doing so, because it would get denied. You do not have any inline citations, which is an issue. For every piece of text in the draft, there must be a reference. You may wish to consult Help:Referencing for beginners. win8x (talk) 15:57, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

Hello, @SWJeff1750.

A Wikipedia article should be a neutral summary of what several people wholly unconnected with the subject have independently chosen to publish about the subject in reliable publications, (see Golden rule) and not much else. What you know (or anybody else knows) about the subject is not relevant except where it can be verified from a reliable published source.

My earnest advice to new editors is to not even think about trying to create an article until you have spent several weeks - at least - learning about how Wikipedia works by making improvements to existing articles. Once you have understood core policies such as verifiability, neutral point of view, reliable, independent sources, and notability, and experienced how we handle disagreements with other editors (the Bold, Revert, Discuss cycle), then you might be ready to read your first article carefully, and try creating a draft. If you don't follow this advice but try to create an article without this preparation, you are likely to have a frustrating and disappointing experience with Wikipedia. ColinFine (talk) 17:03, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

Thank you! I really appreciate your extremely helpful feedback. I know this is a really basic question, but where/how do I find what I've written so I can begin to take the necessary steps to submit it again? Thank you again for your mentorship and guidance. JMRSW (talk) 17:32, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

In the very first response to your original question, there's a link to where your work is. Unless I'm misunderstanding something. TooManyFingers (talk) 19:57, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

Out of curiosity, why are SWJeff1750, JMRSW, and Jeffers1750 all acting as if they're the author of Draft:Stanley L. Robbins when only the OP of this section has contributed to it? Does the same person control all three accounts? What is happening here? - Purplewowies (talk) 20:47, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

I'm not seeing any explicit misuse so no SPI, might be worth asking on their Talk page - I'm guessing they got confused or lost their password or something? Blue Sonnet (talk) 07:19, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

Yeah, I was openly floating the question rather than stating there was a problem because it definitely didn't look SPI-ish; I just thought maybe I was missing something obvious. *files away note to maybe ask on talk page when it's not past my bedtime* - Purplewowies (talk) 07:47, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

Nah, it's always worth checking if you're not sure! Blue Sonnet (talk) 14:28, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

Francis Healy

She was born in 1970 and was an actress, I might be connected to her as my Grandmother Hertha Healy, hiw would I contact her? Lacy65 (talk) 17:26, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

This page is only for questions about using Wikipedia. We cannot help you with contact information. AndyTheGrump (talk) 18:06, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

Presumably this is Frances Healy (note spelling)? If so, that article has a link at its foot (under External links) to a 2017 archived version of her official website, which has contact details on it, though these might be out of date.

However, as AndyTheGrump says, this was not the appropriate place to make such a query; a better one would have been the Entertainment reference desk. Hope this helps. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} ~2025-31359-08 (talk) 14:59, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

Edit count

Hello, I've been the type of person to make massive changes per edit for some articles. However, I think some broke it down and made an edit for every part of the article they changed. Are we allowed to do this? For example, when copyediting an article, can we press "submit changes" per section of the article, and then do the same with the next section? How about per sentence? Where is the line drawn? Wikieditor662 (talk) 17:26, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

It's not considered good Wikiquette to make huge changes to an article in a single edit, or to make large numbers of very small edits. The ideal approach is somewhere in between, explaining the edits in the edit summary as you go along.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 17:32, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

It's not considered good Wikiquette to make huge changes to an article in a single edit wait really? I thought it would've been the opposite. Why not?

The ideal approach is somewhere in between, explaining the edits in the edit summary as you go along. How do you quantify that exactly? Wikieditor662 (talk) 19:36, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

My personal best practice is to only edit one section of an article at a time. That way there usually isn't an overwhelming amount of changes for any other editor who wants to review my work to look at, and I can leave an edit summary that's clear about what I was doing. What I don't like about making a lot of changes at one time is that there's (probably) no way your edit summary can really say what you did, and something like "improvements" doesn't help anyone. DonIago (talk) 19:46, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

That sounds like a good idea, thank you for your help! Wikieditor662 (talk) 19:51, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

One important reason: if anything needs to be reverted, they have to revert your entire edit, even if parts of it were OK. Editing in "a chunk that should all be reverted together, if necessary" is not a bad alternate way of thinking about it. TooManyFingers (talk) 19:54, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

But then why is it problematic to break down your edits into even smaller changes (eg per sentence or edit)? Wikieditor662 (talk) 19:56, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

Partly because having to revert one electron at a time is only slightly better? :) TooManyFingers (talk) 19:59, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

Might as well revert one quark or plank length at a time. Wikieditor662 (talk) 20:13, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

You'll walk the Planck for spelling it that way! :) TooManyFingers (talk) 23:02, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

There are numerous articles where I've made far too many tiny edits. TooManyFingers (talk) 20:01, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

Not really etiquette related, but long single edits run the risk of WP:edit conflicts. Also more change of the session being broken. I tend to make a lot more smaller edits and that's fine, so long as your mission isn't simply to get a large edit count. See WP:editcountitis for more details. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 01:27, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

Is there any guide or policy that we could add onto, that would say that you shouldn't have more than one section per edit? Wikieditor662 (talk) 01:33, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

No, because there are times when editing the whole article is still the right thing to do. (For example if the subject's name is spelled wrong in a lot of places). TooManyFingers (talk) 02:38, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

What if we said that but added exceptions, such as the one you just named? Wikieditor662 (talk) 02:43, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

I'm not an expert in this, so I don't have a useful opinion on that; I hope others will add to this discussion.

There is a Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals) page for suggesting changes, but please see the instructions posted there about how to get started (checking to see if your proposal has already been made, and so on). TooManyFingers (talk) 02:53, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

I suggested it here, and I appreciate your help. Wikieditor662 (talk) 03:12, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

How about writing an essay? We use those all the time to help explain things that aren't official policies/guidelines but are still good practice - the best ones get used frequently, like Wikipedia:Large language models or Wikipedia:1AM.

No harm in adding to the list, but maybe check if we've already got one because there are loads!

If there is an existing essay, l you can add to it - especially if it's got a good redirect that people are likely to use. Blue Sonnet (talk) 07:29, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

How about adding it onto Help:Editing? (Also for your LLM essay, I think there's currently an RfC as to whether to add something like it to a guideline). Wikieditor662 (talk) 15:52, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

Sounds like an idea! You'd have to keep it short, maybe a paragraph or two so the article stays balanced. If it gets longer, branch out into a new essay. A lot of this sounds like it's a "know it when you see it" situation or is down to experience, so boiling things down to a couple of paragraphs might not be feasible...

We need more AI P&G's IMO, we've got Wikipedia:NEWLLM & Wikipedia:AITALK but AI is rampant & Wikipedia:WikiProject AI Cleanup is getting busier every day. I frequently help out on unblock appeals and it feels like over half are AI-generated. But that's another topic... Blue Sonnet (talk) 00:36, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

One important reason: if anything needs to be reverted, they have to revert your entire edit, even if parts of it were OK. Not true, TooManyFingers. In this edit, I added very roughly 70 kB to an article, and I make no apology for having done so. (Indeed, I remain rather pleased with the edit. I'm pretty sure that other editors thought it was for the good, as much of it survived in the version promoted to GA.) If you'd thought my new version was an improvement over its predecessor other than for having degraded this or that section, paragraph or whatever (let's call that SPW), you could have looked at the previous version, copied the SPW as it appeared there, looked at the new version, deleted its SPW, and pasted the old SPW in its place. Easy. -- Hoary (talk) 08:10, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

OK, good point. So, is this whole conversation moot, except for "try to do things in a reasonable way"? TooManyFingers (talk) 18:18, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

I think there is some truth in One important reason: if anything needs to be reverted, they have to revert your entire edit, even if parts of it were OK. If editor A thinks that a large edit is so bad that it should be reverted, then using the undo function undoes the entire edit. If the large edit is split into smaller edits, editor A might decide to undo just one of them or they might still undo all of them. TSventon (talk) 23:58, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

I haven't given it much thought, TooManyFingers. But I suspect that a comment that would be helpful both for the editor hoping to make sweeping changes to an article and for other editors likely to edit the article would not be a single-sentence rule of thumb, but instead would factor in the expected rapidity of others' response(s) to the edit(s), and the experience and skill of the ambitious editor. (Editors are of course not the best judges of their own skillfulness.) -- Hoary (talk) 00:46, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

terrible page

Hi, Someone made a wikipedia page for me -- I approved the text but when he posted it the refernces were completely insane and wrong -- they had nothing to do with what he was citing. I think he is a bot or something. Can I get the page taken down? ~2025-41342-36 (talk) 20:32, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

It would help people understand the context if you could link the page you are talking about (because it would let people know what is on the page and if it needs fixing)... but at any rate, you should not be "approving" the text of any article you have a conflict of interest about, including one about yourself. You may want to read this guide: Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide - Purplewowies (talk) 20:35, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

Sounds to me like you were a victim of a WP:SCAM. I hope you haven't handed over any money. Athanelar (talk) 01:55, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

". . . the references were completely insane and wrong". This is a classic symptom of someone having used an AI/LLM to create the article (which would have taken near-zero effort), because such programs frequently "hallucinate" references – they know what a reference looks like, but not actually being intelligent they often can't find a real source and if they do often can't create a correct citation to it.

This is why Wikipedia deprecates the use of AI to aid in creating articles, and queries and replies on Desks, etc. (not that you yourself, OP, have done either of these things). Commiserations. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} ~2025-31359-08 (talk) 14:46, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

FYI, the more applicable link re:AI not being allowed for article creation is WP:NEWLLM Athanelar (talk) 14:51, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

Thanks. I couldn't remember what it was and didn't find it by searching. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} ~2025-31359-08 (talk) 15:09, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

Early access - release date?

If a game released into early access in Sept 2025 but hasn't released in full yet (with no official date) should it be referred to as a "2025" or "upcoming" game? Basically, should early access count as a release date? Thanks, Chorchapu (talk | edits) 23:26, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

Given that video games routinely stay in 'early access' for years (Star Citizen has been that way for getting on for a decade), and a good few never get beyond that, I don't see any reason not to treat any release that actually lets people play when they hand over their dosh as sufficient to treat the game as a current product. AndyTheGrump (talk) 00:47, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

Alright, thank you. Chorchapu (talk | edits) 00:50, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

Additionally, if it ever does fully release, it's probably not unprecedented to do something like January 1, 2000 (early access)[break]January 1, 3000 (full release) in the infobox for a game with a significant early access period. (I say this as someone who does not frequent video game articles and also can't bring to mind any games with an early access period (that aren't still in early access) I can check.) - Purplewowies (talk) 01:07, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

@Purplewowies We'll have to wait nearly a thousand years to make that change, though! David10244 (talk) 06:45, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

I usually think of "hoax" as a false claim that something happened. But this is clearly an example where game companies are creating hoaxes that certain things didn't happen. TooManyFingers (talk) 19:58, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

Spacing between paragraphs when using excerpts

In the article "Dissociative disorder", there is a problem with the excerpts that I have recently added to the Classification section, namely, that the spacing after these excerpts and the following section headings is smaller than between a normal paragraph and a section heading. Might I have missed some crucial detail? BlockArranger (talk) 01:58, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

I don't believe you've missed anything; I think that's just how it goes. It might be possible to clumsily manipulate the results by disabling the spacing using |inline=yes and then creating your own spacing and then manually re-inserting the hatnotes that were accidentally disabled in the process, but that's all going to confuse the next person who comes along thinking "why would anyone do that?". Plus I don't even know if it would work. TooManyFingers (talk) 06:57, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Possible Copyvio on an article: How to proceed?

I was looking at the article Boston Blue and I noticed someone had written in plot synopses for many of the episodes. It was clear to me that these were not written originally and were possibly copy-pasted from somewhere else.

I reverted it here, but thought it would be wise to report it as a possible copyright violation. I haven't done something like this before.

Could someone please guide me in the right direction?

Thanks! Urbanracer34 (talk) 14:58, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

If it's really what happened in the story, it's not wrong. The story is its own evidence. But if they did plagiarize some other plot summary, then it had to be cut. TooManyFingers (talk) 18:20, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

I feel it was a copy paste job, I just don't know where from, and they also got characters names incorrectly.

I remember this from a different article: "Episode summaries must be expressed in your own words. Do NOT submit content you find from another web site as it is plagiarism and likely a copyright violation, which Wikipedia cannot accept and will be removed or reverted. Superficially modifying copyrighted content or closely paraphrasing it, even if the source is cited, still constitutes a copyright violation. Summaries should be about 100 to 200 words in length, per MOS:TVPLOT, and those substantially less than 100 words are most likely to be scrutinized for possible copyright violation."

What do we think? Urbanracer34 (talk) 18:25, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

About making a copyvio report, Wikipedia:Text copyright violations 101 may help. TooManyFingers (talk) 18:34, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

Here's the thing: I don't have a source from where these plot summaries were from, so I don't know how to proceed. Urbanracer34 (talk) 18:43, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

Urbanracer34, someone wrote those plot summaries. Unless you can find evidence that they were previously published elsewhere, the presumption has to be that they were written by the Wikipedia editor who added them. Cullen328 (talk) 19:10, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

I didn't think of it that way. I will roll back my edit right away. Thanks for the insight. Urbanracer34 (talk) 19:25, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

@Cullen328 Hello! I am fairly positive I have a copyvio on the above article. The listing for the episode "Collateral Damage" is almost 100% copied from here. Other entries may be impacted such as "Rites of Passage", "Baggage Claim", and "Code of Ethics." Here's my source for this claim: [1]

Where do I go from here? Urbanracer34 (talk) 15:29, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Now that there's evidence, Wikipedia:Text copyright violations 101 does become quite helpful. It seems to me the type of page that may look daunting but actually has fairly straightforward instructions if you try them out. TooManyFingers (talk) 17:36, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

@TooManyFingers I gave it the best job I could. Please let me know if I did it right. Urbanracer34 (talk) 18:28, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

The people who receive your notice are far more qualified to tell you that. If anything was missing or incorrect, they'll explain. TooManyFingers (talk) 20:44, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Ok. Thanks! Urbanracer34 (talk) 20:48, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Template Creation

I recently designed a user box that says "1 of the # of active editors on Wikipedia" and was wondering if it was possible to turn it into a template. If so, is it allowed? Thanks, Elijah Wilder (talk) 15:13, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

@Elijah Wilder: You can make it a user subpage like User:Elijah Wilder/UBX/1 of active and transclude it with {{User:Elijah Wilder/UBX/1 of active}}Wikipedia:Userboxes/Wikipedia/Personal statistics#One of many users already lists {{User 1ofActive}} so I don't think you should save it in the template namespace or add it to a userbox gallery. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:04, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

Okay, thank you! Elijah Wilder (talk) 16:39, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

Referencing errors on Küçükçekmece

Special:Diff/1328237006

Reference help requested.

I am fairly new to Wikipedia editing and I have gotten an error about a "missing title". I don't understand what it means, nor haven't I gotten an error like this before in my previous citations. Can someone please explain how to fix it?

Thanks, My dog Stepped On a bee (talk) 18:19, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

Hello, the reference you added only has the "url", "access-date", and "website" filled out. You should add a "title" either in the source editor with |title= or in the visual editor by editing the inline citation directly. In this case the title should probably be "Ağ Haritaları". -- Reconrabbit 18:58, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

(edit conflict) @My dog Stepped On a bee: Fill out the "Title" field when editing the reference in VisualEditor, e.g. with Ağ Haritaları. In this case, also look for "Translated title" in the left pane. I don't know Turkish but Google Translate says Network Maps. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:00, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

Kennedy Center

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kennedy Center

WE, THE PEOPLE ~2025-41616-10 (talk) 18:58, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

Do you have a question related to improving the encyclopedia? Cullen328 (talk) 19:04, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

What is wrong on dec 18 ~2025-41661-84 (talk) 19:56, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Can someone bring me up to speed?

Hello all. It’s been a while, hasn’t it? I suffered from some burnout, and I’ve been on a complete WikiBreak since May, nor have I edited much since early last year (also May, as it happens). Thankfully I believe that the burnout phase is no more, because I’ve been missing this place like crazy. Did any major policy changes occur when I was gone? I’m carefully trying to relearn everything. ◇HelenDegenerate◆ 21:20, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

Welcome back! Off the top of my head, the major changes in the last few months are the WP:NEWLLM guideline, and (because you're a CSD patroller), U5 has been replaced by U6 and U7 – details at WP:U5FAQ. ClaudineChionh (she/her · talk · email · global) 22:47, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

@HelenDegenerate What I did coming back from my break (although it wasn't as long), was to read the administrator's newsletter, relevant to me because I do antivandalism (aka policy) work. Seems like it's the case for you too. Here are a couple of highlights:

• CSD U5 no longer exists, replaced by the much more restrictive U6 and U7.
• CSD G15 is a thing, for LLM articles. We also have a new (short) guideline, WP:NEWLLM. In general, I think so, LLMs are much more common here. Feel free to hat any LLM talk page comment per WP:AITALK.
• Temporary accounts were introduced in November, replacing IPs. You can still view IPs with a button, if you have the necessary permission, WP:TAIV (to apply). It's pretty easy to get. You cannot expose the IP of a TA publicly.

That's what I can think of. I'm sure there's more, but that's what I've got. win8x (talk) 22:48, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

That's a much better summary than mine. How could I have forgotten G15 and TAs?! ClaudineChionh (she/her · talk · email · global) 22:52, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

I had forgotten about G15 too, to be fair win8x (talk) 22:55, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

HelenDegenerate, I think other editors have updated you on important changes. As an administrator who often patrols WP:UAA, I remember how accurate and well-formatted your reports there were. Welcome back! Cullen328 (talk) 05:24, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

contributing money.

Willing, but must be able to do so with no name, etc: just a place to put the necessary info- numbers- from a gift card. "create an account"! Heh. ~2025-41633-33 (talk) 22:35, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

@~2025-41633-33, you do not have to create an account to donate. It's actually completely independent from a Wikipedia account, and the two cannot be linked together. To donate, simply visit https://donate.wikimedia.org/. Have a good one. win8x (talk) 22:36, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

Stop asking me for donations

I am not giving you a dime it is not issues if you are the first non scholarly source then so be it. ~2025-41507-46 (talk) 01:37, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

We're not the ones asking, it's the Wikimedia Foundation. If you create an account, you can turn off fhe donation requests in your account preferences. 331dot (talk) 01:57, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

Sorry, the file cannot be displayed

I have strange errors when trying to view images these few weeks. I didn't know when the error started, but at first I thought it is just a temporary "bug" and it will sort by itself. So the errors are as follows:

1. Everything is normal when I am reading an article. Images will display with no problems at all.
2. But when I clicked on the image, it displayed for a few microseconds (less than a second) then it gave me "Sorry, the file cannot be displayed" There seems to be a technical issue. The error are as follows:

   Sorry, the file cannot be displayed There seems to be a technical issue. You can retry if it persists. Error: could not load image from https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/F-22_Raptor_edit1_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-F-22_Raptor_edit1_%28cropped%29.jpg. The image in question is in the F22 Raptor main image.

3. Directly clicking the link above showed the image with no problem, but going to F22 Raptor and click the same image will reproduce the error above.
4. Going to the image itself in Commons at here showed no problems.

Thank you for your help! ✠ SunDawn ✠ Contact me! 07:44, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

@SunDawn: It sounds like a problem with our Media Viewer on your system. It works for me and I haven't seen other reports. I dont know the cause but you can disable "Enable Media Viewer" at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering. Then an image click goes directly to the file page. It always did before we got Wikipedia:Media Viewer in 2014. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:29, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

User:Batong1930

User:Batong1930 User talk:Batong1930

has made many deletes that need reviewing

Special:Contributions/Batong1930

Piñanana (talk) 11:04, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

Nobody is going to 'review' anything based on that. This is a help desk, for answering questions regarding how to use Wikipedia. It is not a place for vague complaints about other contributors. If there is a serious specific issue, and discussing it with the contributor gets nowhere, you could consider raising it at WP:ANI, providing the necessary diffs and other details. AndyTheGrump (talk) 11:31, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

How to delete a page?

Erica Brown ~2025-41790-83 (talk) 17:59, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

Hi @~2025-41790-83. Only Administrators can delete pages. You could start a Articles for Deletion discussion on that article, and then other Wikipedia editors will assess if it should be deleted or not. qcne (talk) 18:03, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

WP:AFD, but taking a look at the article, it's unclear to me why you'd want to delete it and you may be facing an uphill battle. DonIago (talk) 18:04, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

@Doniago Well, as written there are no independent sources. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 19:04, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

Ah, whoops. I misread that part. Good point! DonIago (talk) 20:40, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

The short answer is by following the steps at WP:AFDHOWTO, and seeing what happens. You'll need help at Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion but the delay shouldn't be too long. You would be well advised to read at least WP:BEFORE and WP:GNG first, framing your nomination statement accordingly. ~2025-41540-19 (talk) 19:09, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

How to donate

how can I donate to Wikipedia? ~2025-41771-55 (talk) 20:33, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

@~2025-41771-55 see https://donate.wikimedia.org/. However, I would suggest that the Wikimedia Foundation has enough money at the moment and does not need further donations. qcne (talk) 20:35, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

I need a help to do the password because I am a child ~2025-41771-87 (talk) 20:48, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

Log-in details lost

When I dropped my Mac in a bucket, I found myself having to buy a new Mac, and my last back-up apparently did not include my current Wikipedia log-in password. When I hit the "forgot password" link, it sent me a message with a temporary password, which does not seem to work either. I don't know whether this has to do with Two-Factor or not. ~2025-41941-72 (talk) 23:33, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

@~2025-41941-72: What happens when you try to log in with the temporary password? Try it again. If you get an error meassage then post it. Did your account have two-factor authentication? Few do. If you're not aware of it then it probably didn't. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:20, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

I do have two-factor. I get "Incorrect username or password entered. Please try again." and "Login processing now uses our domain auth.wikimedia.org. If you are using blocking software, you will need to allow access to this domain to log in." ~2025-41941-72 (talk) 00:27, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

@~2025-41941-72: Try again at meta: when you can get a new temporary password. If it still fails then what is your username? PrimeHunter (talk) 00:54, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

I am embarrassed to admit that I am User:Orangemike. --~2025-41941-72 (talk) 02:58, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Where at Meta???? --~2025-41941-72 (talk) 01:07, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

At the "Log in" link. Or go directly to https://auth.wikimedia.org/metawiki/wiki/Special:UserLogin. I just wanted you to try another path. That sometimes works if a browser has stored something wrong. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:56, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Nope. ~2025-41941-72 (talk) 02:55, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

When you just say "nope", then a sensible person assumes you're done with this and you don't want help anymore. Is that true? TooManyFingers (talk) 03:47, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

That's not what I assume, @TooManyFingers. But I agree that the response is unhelpfully terse. ColinFine (talk) 15:10, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Sorry; didn't mean to be unhelpful. I had tried that, and alas! it did not help. --~2025-41941-72 (talk) 16:14, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Your best bet is probably to go through m:Help:Account recovery. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 03:10, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Merge

Does Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia and Musquodoboit Harbour refer to the same topic? If so, please merge. TIA, Versions111 (talk • contribs) 01:18, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

@Versions111: you have linked the same article twice. According to the articles, Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia is a community and Musquodoboit Harbour is a harbour. TSventon (talk) 01:44, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Article and Talk were moved, but a Talk archive didn't move with them

The article John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts was recently moved to Kennedy Center. The talk page moved with it, but an archived talk page, Talk:John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts/Archive 1 wasn't moved. I assume that this should have happened automatically when the article + current talk were moved (if I'm wrong about that, please correct me). Should I move the archived page myself, or is there a better way to talk care of it? If I move it myself, it's unclear to me how to make sure that the archived talk page shows up at the top of the current talk page. Thanks, FactOrOpinion (talk) 02:55, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Seems fixed. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:09, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Looks like Graham87 moved it and then fixed the archiving code. Glad it's resolved, and Graham87, thanks for your help. FactOrOpinion (talk) 21:28, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

@FactOrOpinion: No worries. {{Talk header}}, which is used on that article's talk page, will automatically detect when an archive subpage exists under a page's current title. So will {{archives}}. Graham87 (talk) 03:31, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Help with infobox formatting

Is there someone more technically minded than me who can figure out what's going on at Komsomolsky, Komi Republic, Severny, Komi Republic, Vorgashor, Mulda, Russia, and Zapolyarny, Komi Republic? In all 4 articles infobox formatting is completely whacked out, it's taking up way too much space on the page, and I can't for the life of me see what's causing it. Seems to be a running theme with the satellite settlements of Vorkuta, I'll poke around and see if I find any more. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 05:21, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

I think they're being fed data from WikiData, based on the way the template code is written, but I'm not entirely clear on why. Template talk:Infobox Russian inhabited locality#population_est might also be relevant to why it's doing this sometimes and not others but I'm not sure? - Purplewowies (talk) 05:41, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

That's what had me confused. If you look at the infobox for Vorkuta (you can tell I'm honed in on a really uplifting subject right now!) it looks perfectly normal, but all of those are a mess. It's bad enough on a computer screen, I checked it out in mobile and it renders the pages borderline unreadable. Glad it's not just me here. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 05:56, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

@The Blade of the Northern Lights: On Komsomolsky, Komi Republic, I clicked "Tools", "Wikidata item", "edit" at the most recent population estimate, (circle to the left of the number), "preferred rank", "publish". This caused an up arrow to be colored instead of the circle. Now the article only shows that estimate and looks good. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:03, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Just tried this on Severny, and confirmed this works; no idea why, but it definitely works. I'll clean up the others I linked here and any more I come across, thanks! The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 15:36, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

WP:NOTDATING

If a TA's only two posts are to ask for hot, young singles in their area (paraphrasing), do you think it's best to:

1. warn, wait and see,
2. report to noticeboard, or
3. ping an admin?

I'm going with #1 for now, #2 I'm not sure which board it would fall under (AIV?) and #3 seems overzealous...

They posted on the Talk of a blocked user - I thought it was them originally but now I'm starting to think it's just a random page they found. They replied to a comment from months ago, to an admin who's no longer active/adminning so it's all a bit random... Blue Sonnet (talk) 13:02, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

I pieced together what you're dealing with, and it's something you can either bring up with an individual admin or at the incidents noticeboard. If it's something more sensitive/explicit than this, e-mail oversight. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 15:44, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Thank you! I was a bit wary of putting direct links on a public noticeboard and figured that experienced editors would be able to check my history to see what was going on - thank you! Blue Sonnet (talk) 15:49, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Draft:Swindon Health Hydro, Formerly Known as Milton Road Baths

• Draft:Swindon Health Hydro, Formerly Known as Milton Road Baths

I have updated this article to try and meet standards. One element I can't fix is the title - I would like this to be changed to 'Swindon Health Hydro, Milton Road, Swindon'.

I have been working on this article for three years now. To start off with, I got objections that I understood and reacted to. Now it just seems that someone comes in, rejects the article and there's not much I can do. Being told that it reads like an essay or that I'm using informal language hasn't helped at all.

I let Swindon Borough Council use an earlier version of the article on their website - a reviewer thought that I'd plagiarised the whole thing. I explained what had happened and they accepted my explanation but the article still didn't get accepted.

I would like to move on to writing an article about the Great Western Railway Medical Fund Society but I haven't the stomach for another marathon.

Mydaemonthirst (talk) 14:37, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

 Done in this edit Versions111 (talk • contribs) 14:54, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

If the article is published it should be at Swindon Health Hydro, currently a WP:redirect to Swindon Victorian Turkish Baths. Adding "Milton Road, Swindon" is known as WP:disambiguation and is not needed if there is only one Swindon Health Hydro on Wikipedia. TSventon (talk) 15:03, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

The Swindon Victorian Turkish Baths article is about just one element in a very large building with a complicated history. That article is part of a series of articles about the Victorian Turkish Baths movement, which is a story that deserves to stand alone. The point you are making is one made three years ago when I started on my article about the Health Hydro. The story of the Victorian Turkish Baths Movement and that of the the Health Hydro as a building deserve to each stand alone, of course with cross-references.

THERE IS NO SWINDON HEALTH HYDRO ON WIKIIPEDIA. There does seem to be an inexplicable determination to make sure there never is. An article talking about just the Turkish Baths, as part of the Victorian Turkish Baths movement, is not telling the nationally important story of the Health Hydro.

I would dearly love to move on to an article on the GWR Medical Fund Society but I need to get the Health Hydro article published first and it seems that this will never happen. Is there any court of appeal that I can approach and make my case? Mydaemonthirst (talk) 22:44, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

@Mydaemonthirst: (edit conflict) There is an existing article, Swindon Victorian Turkish Baths (to which Swindon Health Hydro redirects), that seems to overlap considerably with your draft. Instead of trying to create a new article, perhaps you could add cited information to the existing article. Deor (talk) 15:09, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

The existing article is part of a series of articles about the Victorian Turkish Baths movement. That is its focus and it talks about Turkish Baths in Swindon before they came to be housed in what is now the Health Hydro. If I put the history of the Health Hydro into that article, it would drown out its purpose.

The Health Hydro is a large complicated building with a complicated history. Two thirds of the building were for medical purposes and one third housed the the swimming baths, wash baths Turkish baths and Russian baths. It has gone through a series of changes in its management and uses. It is a remarkable building that is of national importance and deserves to have its own Wikipedia page.

I have put in too much effort to give up now. The story of the building continues and I will continue to update the article with fresh developments. I just hope that, eventually, reason will prevail and the article will be published. I will then able to move on to create an article on the GWR Medical Fund Society.

The current title of my article is a mistake for two reasons, which is why I want to change it. The whole building has never been called the 'Milton Road Baths', only the 'wet side'. And putting two names for the building into the title is likely to cause confusion. I do want 'Milton Road' in the title because many many people in Swindon still think of the Milton Road Baths when they think of the building. Thus I would like the title to be 'Swindon Health Hydro, Milton Road, Swindon'.

I am anxious to get the article published soon as the building will be reopened in January, after refurbishment.

I cannot accept that the story of the Victorian Turkish Baths Movement in the existing article should be drowned out by the whole history of the Health Hydro. Mydaemonthirst (talk) 10:28, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

"I am anxious to get the article published soon as the building will be reopened in January". Please see WP:PROMO and WP:COMMONNAME. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} ~2025-31359-08 (talk) 14:03, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

@Mydaemonthirst: And also remember there is no WP:DEADLINE on WIkipedia.. Bazza 7 (talk) 14:22, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Yes but this is taking years. I do not believe that the existence of an article about the Victorian Turkish Baths movement should prevent the publication of an article about a particular building in Swindon. This objection is, in one way, a first in that it is a repeat of an earlier objection that I had thought I'd dealt with. For the most part every objection is for a different reason and it's never clear whether I have succeeded in satisfying the objection. Mydaemonthirst (talk) 16:05, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

The fact that it's taking years is nobody's fault and nobody's concern. A Wikipedia article is just history. It bears absolutely no relation to a building reopening. If you want to have promotional material prepared, this is a horrible way of doing it, because it will be re-edited against your wishes and you'll have no recourse. You can set up your own website for promotion. TooManyFingers (talk) 22:00, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Draft:The Embrace (Die Umarmung)

I've created Draft:The Embrace (Die Umarmung) and would like to expand it further. There are additional sources available, including: [2] ; [3] ; [4] ; [5] ; [6] ; [7] ; [8] ; [9] ; [10] ; [11]. I'd greatly appreciate any contributions from those interested. ~2025-41850-20 (talk) 15:25, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

@~2025-41850-20: I've moved the page to Draft:The Embrace (painting). The title shouldn't include alternative names, which must be redirects, but needs to be disambiguated from the sculpture by Hank Willis Thomas. You don't mention the German name in the current text. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 16:39, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Suna, Sunsky District, Kirov Oblast - overwide infobox

Can anyone please figure out how to fix the giant width of the infobox in Suna, Sunsky District, Kirov Oblast. I guess it's due to the many population estimates (and the fact that we have one more estimated pop# than date in that table - presumably the cause of the "Expression error: Unexpected number"). I don't see where that list comes from, so I guess it's being added (from wikidata?) by some transcluded template. -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 16:01, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Hello, @Finlay McWalter. This sounds as if it may be the same issue as #Help with infobox formatting above. ColinFine (talk) 16:36, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Thanks, ColinFine, it sure does. @PrimeHunter: - can you get your fix to work on the Suna article too? I can't see a "preferred rank" thing to pick in its wikidata. -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 16:50, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

@Finlay McWalter: After clicking "edit" at the most recent population estimate, you have to click a small circle (not a rectangle) in an icon to the left of the number. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:08, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

@PrimeHunter:, a found it (that's a tiny circle indeed), and it's fixed it. Thank you. I'll mooch around the neighbourhood and see if there's any others with this issue. -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 17:12, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

I don't know Wikidata at all, is there a place either there or here on enwiki that we can bring some broader attention to this? I highly doubt this one article and the satellite settlements of Vorkuta are the only affected articles. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 20:05, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

I found a bunch more (linked from the navbox of that article). I "fixed" a few, but really it's a bit of a cargo cult solution (when we don't really know what we're doing, or why it really works). It may well be just forcing a cache refresh, but I don't know. I decided not to change any more for now. -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 21:08, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

I know why it works but it would be a better solution for the infobox to automatically pick the latest estimate if there are multiple estimates and no preferred rank. It appers to have been done by [12] after discussion at Template talk:Infobox Russian inhabited locality#population_est. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:31, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

That seems to fix things. To my mind we should undo the forced "preferred rank" changes, as these will override further estimates that are added in the future. -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 11:35, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

Rob Reiner

I'm not sure how to edit. Somebody just killed Rob Reiner. It has to do with All In The Family, and Spinal Tap. They should allow us to talk about things in the Talk pages. People want to do it. Just don't hook it to Facebook.

I would like to learn how to edit, and how to use the Talk pages. Could somebody please help me with that? Foundation360 (talk) 17:09, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

@Foundation360: Rob Reiner was killed six days ago and the article was immediately updated. We are not going to mention his death in every article about his works. If you have seen a page which needs an update then please link it. See Help:Talk pages. We are an encyclopedia, not social media. Our article talk pages are for discussing improvements to the article, not general discussion about the subject. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:22, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Talk pages are never for chat. They're only for talking about ways to improve the page they're attached to. You SHOULD talk about Rob Reiner with people if you want to, but you can't do it on Wikipedia. It's like going to a pharmacy and asking for welding equipment: there's nothing wrong with wanting that, but it's the wrong place. TooManyFingers (talk) 17:28, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Ok. Perhaps I could edit the article with some news articles. I am looking at your Barney Miller stuff. I have trouble understanding this stuff, though. I would like to learn how to edit some stuff. Foundation360 (talk) 18:43, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

I have left some links to guidance and tutorials, on Your talk page. The latter is a good place to start. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:02, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Thanks you. Foundation360 (talk) 21:04, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

How do I link to a section through the colon trick?

The episode list at Barney_Miller#Episodes uses the colon trick to embed a table from List of Barney Miller episodes, but the season anchors in the table point to (nonexistent) anchors in the Barney Miller article, not the List... article where the table actually lives. How do I get the season anchors in the table to point to the corresponding section in the List? HalJor (talk) 17:31, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

See how you did the very first link in your message here? "List of Barney Miller episodes#Season 1 (1975)" should do the same. Is that what you wanted? TooManyFingers (talk) 17:41, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Oh ... I think maybe I didn't understand the trick here. TooManyFingers (talk) 17:46, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

A side question: Aren't there just too many levels of Barney Miller pages? I don't think there's anything to justify having three levels of pages, and that two would be just as good (and easier for readers). TooManyFingers (talk) 17:51, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

@HalJor: Fixed by [13]. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:53, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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The Wikimedia Foundation has substantial financial reserves, with net assets over $270 million and a growing endowment exceeding $140 million as of late 2024/early 2025.

STOP ASKING ME FOR MONEY! WokeIsDead (talk) 19:25, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

I agree but us volunteer editors have absolutely no control over the donation drive. Please direct your frustrations to The Foundation directly. qcne (talk) 19:39, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Hello, @WokeIsDead. Note that you can stop the message being displayed. See Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-centralnotice-banners ColinFine (talk) 20:55, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Boy, I'm sure someone with this username isn't gonna cause us any problems. Athanelar (talk) 22:27, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

linking to a photo in different-language wiki

Hello, there,

I am writing for English Wikipedia, and a photo I am trying to link to is uploaded to an article in Russian Wikipedia. Is there a way to link to this file from the English-language Wikipedia?

Thanks for your time. ~2025-41958-40 (talk) 20:18, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

I assume this relates to ru:Файл:Григорьев Антон Алексеевич.jpg in ru:Григорьев, Антон Алексеевич. It may be possible to upload a copy of the image to en Wikipedia as the subject is deceased and if no free image is available, see Wikipedia:Non-free content. You need to publish the article without the image first as non-free images are not allowed in drafts. TSventon (talk) 20:38, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Thank you! (And, yes, you assumed right.) ~2025-41958-40 (talk) 20:41, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

The cited source in the ruwiki image is a deadlink. But [14] seems to have that image. DMacks (talk) 07:33, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

I cannot remember if I created an account/ username. How can I find out?

I also want to increase the amount of my monthly donation. I don’t know how to find my account so I can do that. Please help. Contact my email at (redacted) ~2025-40438-27 (talk) 20:29, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

We cannot help with donation queries - please contact the Foundation directly at donate@wikimedia.org. qcne (talk) 20:31, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

I have removed your email address for your protection, you should not post it in this very public place. Wikipedia accounts and donations are completely separate issues; one doesn't have to do with the other. 331dot (talk) 20:33, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

@~2025-40438-27: See also https://wikimediafoundation.org/give/manage-your-donation/ which gives the same address as mentioned above. It's optional to store an email address in an account but you can try entering your address at Special:PasswordReset. If you did create an account and store that address then a mail will be sent. But it will not help with donations since they are separate from user accounts. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:35, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia bio?

Can I submit my own bio to Wikipedia? ~2025-42070-44 (talk) 20:44, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Hi @~2025-42070-44. We strongly discourage that: Wikipedia:Autobiography. Wikipedia has really strict criteria for inclusion, and the majority of biographic articles are written by people independent of the person with just a passing interest. We prohibit promotion of any kind, and we're not a social media website like LinkedIn. qcne (talk) 20:49, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Hello, @~2025-42070-44. Note that A Wikipedia article should be a neutral summary of what several people wholly unconnected with the subject have independently chosen to publish about the subject in reliable publications, (see Golden rule) and not much else. What you know (or anybody else knows) about the subject is not relevant except where it can be verified from a reliable published source. That applies just as much to an article about you as to any other article. ColinFine (talk) 20:57, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Why would you want to submit your own bio, ~2025-42070-44? -- Hoary (talk) 00:10, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Translating to en.wiki with AI: is the result acceptable?

Hi, I'm a user on it.wikipedia. Despite an advanced (but I wouldn't define it as fluent) knowledge of the English language, I've always avoided editing on en.wikipedia, since I inevitably make many errors as I write in English (you can assess my level by this message, that I'm writing completely on my own without any machine-translation help). Today I tried an experiment though, translating in English an article which I had written on it.wikipedia some years ago about an Holocaust survivor. Then of course I reviewed the translation, paying attention that there were no allucinations and changes in the meaning of the texts. The result is this one (I know, there is no introductory paragraph, there are no references, and so on, it's just an experiment, I would clearly add them before publishing it in the main namespace).
What I wanted to ask is: would such an article have an acceptable language level to be published on en.wiki? And generally speaking, would it be acceptable to edit en.wiki in a similar way? Thank you in advance, --Friniate ✉ 22:34, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

There are a few minor problems ("jewish" not being capitalized one time; "Faculty of Engineering" being capitalized, some weird phrasing ["with ownership interests held by Giovanni Agnelli", "offered him collaboration", "forced into labour", "also the US citizenship"]; "prefect of Parma", which should be capitalized; unnecessary "together" in "moved together"; and Stolperstein should be italicized. Other than that and lacking a lede section, it looks fine. Clarityfiend (talk) 00:55, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

@Clarityfiend Thank you very much! Some of these errors are actually my fault since the phrasing provided by the AI looked strange to me.

Generally speaking do you think that it would be acceptable to edit on en.wiki with a similar language level, or is it better if I do something else? --Friniate ✉ 01:39, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Your writing is better than 90% of the stuff I see here, so keep at it. Clarityfiend (talk) 03:44, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

@Clarityfiend oh, okay, thank you very much! :-) --Friniate ✉ 09:22, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Lowercase sigmabot blues

Having set up by hand 19 numbered archives for User talk:Hoary, I arranged for "Miszabot" (i.e. Lowercase sigmabot III) to continue the job as it became necessary ("|counter=19"). Which it obligingly did.

Thrilled by this success, I arranged for "Miszabot" (i.e. Lowercase sigmabot III) to archive Talk:Henri Cartier-Bresson, Talk:Martin Parr, Talk:Hiroh Kikai, and Talk:Teikō Shiotani. None already had an archive, so I presumed that "|counter=0" would be required; however, the examples in User:MiszaBot/config for starting the archiving process instead have "|counter=1", and so, incredulously but obediently, I specified that.

Over 24 hours have passed, but no archiving has occurred. I've looked through "Causes of no archiving" but still don't notice what I've done wrong. What stupid mistake(s) have I made? -- Hoary (talk) 00:07, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

@Hoary: The archive parameter should be a subpage like |archive = Talk:Henri Cartier-Bresson/Archive %(counter)d, not |archive = Talk:Henri Cartier-Bresson %(counter)d. Talk:Hiroh Kikai is correct and it did archive. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:38, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Well, duh. I plead senility. Thank you, PrimeHunter! -- Hoary (talk) 01:21, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

That's why in preview, it said "Preview warning: Page using User:MiszaBot/config with archive parameter not a subpage". One could argue that this should be visible in read-mode also, since it explains a reader-visible situation. DMacks (talk) 09:22, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

I have linked WP:SUB on "subpage" in the instructions.[15] PrimeHunter (talk) 00:46, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Where do I ask other users opinion questions?

When I was on a wiki page, I posted a question and somebody deleted it because it wasn't quite related enough. I posted the question who do you think Ginny should've ended up with on the Talk:Ginny Weasley page. My question is: is there a page for users to post opinion questions for other users to answer, similar to the type of question I posted and had taken off the wall? Thank you so much for your help! ~2025-42084-31 (talk) 00:56, 21 December 2025 (UTC) ~2025-42084-31 (talk) 00:55, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Answered at Wikipedia:Teahouse#Where can I post the questions I want to discuss with other users? PrimeHunter (talk) 00:58, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and not a place to ask opinionated questions. There are several social media outlets that do allow you to ask such questions, such as Reddit. If you wish to ask a factual question regarding an article, please consult the reference desk. Children Will Listen (🐄 talk, 🫘 contribs) 01:00, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

What kind of headphones are these

Model #1F1ETWS43B ~2025-41931-92 (talk) 02:02, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Hello. This is a helpdesk for question about using and editing Wikipedia, not for any other kind of question. Sorry. ColinFine (talk) 09:58, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Goodman ck/ckl

Main page: Draft:Goodman CK/CKL

My article was declined on December 14 because it only referenced primary sources and read like an advert. I added secondary and evern Teritary sources. Is it ready to be published? BilltheBison (talk) 04:40, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Every single source presently appears to be a press release (a primary source). Are you sure you added more secondary sources? - Purplewowies (talk) 05:26, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

The first 5 references are primary sources, the majority are secondary sources, the last reference is Teritary BilltheBison (talk) 05:51, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Your sources are all company-written product manuals and specifications, which are primary and non-independent sources. Please see WP:42 for a summary of what we expect. Helpful Raccoon (talk) 08:12, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

To be more clear, a Wikipedia article about a product should mainly summarize what reliable sources who are unaffiliated with the company have written about the product (e.g. in product reviews or published books). If independent reliable sources have not chosen to write about it, then no article has possible. Helpful Raccoon (talk) 08:21, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Secondary doesn't just mean the subject didn't write it. It also means the subject had no influence and no input. TooManyFingers (talk) 21:52, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

why is font support so hard?

Why cant Wikipedia just supply its own fonts to render characters in the styling. Ive been trying to get font support to work and it's such a hack. I'll install the font and add it to Firefox but it doesnt work. I have to fiddle around with it until it works and even then when I do something else it breaks again! Anything but the standard fonts will not work and will be a pain in the ass because you have to keep going back and messing around to get it to work again. And now, its just not working at all. ~2025-42034-67 (talk) 07:07, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

So for example, whether or not they've already installed a typeface that's adequate for chữ Nôm, anyone who reads the page Chữ Nôm would be sure to view 𫿰 (within that page) as a chữ Nôm character (and not as some kind of "glyph unavailable" mark)? -- Hoary (talk) 07:01, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

I get the same 'unavailable' character, but my Firefox is utterly ancient. I came across this: Firefox just got better for Chinese, Japanese and Korean speakers on Android (dated August 18, 2025) which claims that the latest FF version copes with these characters. Or you could try our page Help:Multilingual support (East Asian): if you have an old version of Firefox eg running on XP, maybe Microsoft's website may help, but you may have no luck there. MinorProphet (talk) 18:06, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

Resetting password for old account.

Good evening,

Apologies if this is not the place to enquire about this sort of issue, but I am having trouble trying to reset the password of an old Wikipedia account of mine. I still have access to the email address attached to the account but the username and password are unfamiliar to me. When I send a request for a password reset, an email is never received on my end. I was curious to know why and perhaps it’s because it’s an old account which may have been decommissioned. It would be much appreciated if you (or if you could send me elsewhere to enquire about this) could please help me with this.

Thank you very much. ~2025-41727-33 (talk) 07:25, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

@~2025-41727-33: Accounts are never decommissioned. It's optional to store an email address in an account so maybe you didn't, or used another address. Try checking spam folders or think of any other address it might have been. If you don't know the password and cannot receive emails for the account then you have to create another account. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:24, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

stop trailing me and asking me for donations

do not continue begging for donations you not have to pop up in my searches at all leave me alone Veda boggs (talk) 05:17, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

Hello, Veda boggs. Wikipedia editors have nothing whatsoever to do with fundraising. That is handled by the Wikimedia Foundation. Please read Wikipedia:Suppress display of the fundraising banner. Cullen328 (talk) 06:10, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

Cancelling account

how do I cancel my account Badwolf 1966 (talk) 06:55, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

You don't - if you want to leave, you just leave. TooManyFingers (talk) 07:58, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

@Badwolf 1966 The closest thing we have to "cancelling" an account is Wikipedia:Courtesy vanishing. Helpful Raccoon (talk) 08:44, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

Your user contributions show that you have made only one edit which is here on the Help desk page, so it hardly matters anyway.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 08:56, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

Bonconte da Montefeltro

Could someone step in and comment on this discussion? It has already been reposted because there aren't enough opinions on the matter. ~2025-42341-94 (talk) 10:26, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

User page

So, I'm trynna make myself a cool user page and I'm taking for example this user page: User:Balthazar, I understand most the HTML so I can do most of it but one part in it, the userboxes part I can't seem to understand the coding behind it, all I can understand is that there are subpages involved, can you explain it? Gfroi (talk) 12:28, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

@Gfroi: User:Balthazar says {{User:Balthazar/Userboxes}} which transcludes User:Balthazar/Userboxes. That page has a large block of code inside <includeonly>...</includeonly> which means it's not displayed on the page itself but only when it's transcluded on another page. Then there is a large block inside <noinclude>...</noinclude> which means it's only displayed on the page itself and not when it's transcluded. See more at WP:NOINCLUDE. So the whole page looks completely different when it's viewed directly or via transclusion on the parent page. It's an unusual setup for a userpage and you don't have to do it. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:50, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

thanks! Gfroi (talk) 15:34, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

Technical help needed: Syncing my article with Wikidata (Subject: Meisam Amini) ۴.

"Hi. I requested an update on my talk page 2 months ago but got no response. I am the subject of Meisam Amini. I have updated my Wikidata (Q122609085) with official sources from Iran and France. Could a volunteer please help me to sync my Wikipedia Infobox with Wikidata so my photo, medals, and international coaching career (in Lyon and Ivory Coast) show up correctly? Also, please update the short description for Google's Knowledge Panel. Thanks!" ~2025-42297-20 (talk) 21:48, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

I added a pic. In general, infoboxes in WP:BLP:s should not use transcluded data from wikidata, pretty much anything needs to have an on-WP citation. WP-editors have no control over Google's KP. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 22:04, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

Btw, leaving messages at Talk:Meisam Amini is correct, but there is a good chance very few people are watching. Consider WP:EDITREQ or WP:APPNOTE in places like Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Iran and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Martial arts. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 22:09, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for adding the photo and for the guidance! I understand that data should be cited within Wikipedia.

Since I am the subject of the article and want to follow the rules, could you or another volunteer please help me add the citations from my Wikidata (Q122609085) to the English article? This would allow us to:

1. Replace the current photo with the 2003 World Championships version (File: Meisam Amini - World Wrestling Championships 2003.jpg).
2. Update my professional status to "International coach" (removing 'retired') and add my roles in Lyon and Ivory Coast.
3. Complete the Medal Record from the Persian Wikipedia page.

I will also reach out to WikiProject Iran as you suggested. Thank you for your professional help! ~2025-42560-02 (talk) 05:22, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for your guidance regarding citations. To help update the article and remove the "retired" status, I am providing several reliable sources from both French and Iranian media. These sources confirm my active role as an international coach and technical instructor.

1. Professional Status (Coach in Lyon & Ivory Coast):
   • Lyon Mag: https://www.lyonmag.com/article/147816/meisam-amini-ancien-champion-iranien-de-lutte-installe-a-lyon-la-vie-est-comme-un-combat
   • Le Progrès: https://www.leprogres.fr/sport/2025/06/12/meisam-amini-la-lutte-un-art-d-ivoire-qu-il-transmet-avec-ardeur
   • Lyon Capitale: https://www.lyoncapitale.fr/actualite/liranien-meisam-amini-un-entraineur-de-lutte-a-lyon-le-sport-est-un-puissant-vecteur-de-paix
   • Tribune de Lyon: https://tribunedelyon.fr/sport/meisam-amini-lutte-iranien-entraineور-lyon/
2. Technical Instructor for Ivory Coast (Official Reports):
   • IRNA News: https://www.irna.ir/news/85831100/
   • ISNA News: https://www.isna.ir/news/1404022115281/
   • Tasnim News: https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1404/02/22/3311276/
3. Summary of Requested Changes:
   • Please update the lead sentence to reflect my active career as an international coach.
   • Synchronize the Medal Record with the Persian Wikipedia (https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/میثم_امینی) using these sources.
   • Replace the photo with: Meisam Amini - World Wrestling Championships 2003.jpg.

Since I am the subject of the article, I would appreciate a volunteer's help in adding these citations directly to the English Wikipedia page. Thank you! ~2025-42066-90 (talk) 05:35, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

Vector legacy theme custom CSS configuration

Hello! I have been trying to implement custom CSS for the Vector Legacy theme so that when I scroll down on an article, the sidebar does not scroll down with it, and I can scroll down the sidebar separately to access options near the bottom. I also want to move the search bar from the top right corner to the top of the page, to the left of the user icon. Does anyone have any help to offer? Thank you! ZImperator (talk) (contrib) 23:45, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

Try asking at WP:Village pump (technical), they know best about these things. Athanelar (talk) 09:27, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for the help! ZImperator (talk) (contrib) 16:22, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

@Heu @juundn@hodhs@K . K Rasika udara chandrasekara ~2025-32791-77 (talk) 02:31, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

What? ZImperator (talk) (contrib) 03:27, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

Looks like a vandal. TooManyFingers (talk) 03:32, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

Or some confused guy. But both make sense. ZImperator (talk) (contrib) 03:36, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

Returning after BREAK

Do repercussions from other people diminish when I return from a long WP:BREAK? Ahri Boy (talk) 02:32, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

Hello, Ahri Boy. "Repercussions" is a vague term in this context. Obviously, memories and emotions related to disputes fade with time, but you are just as much expected to comply with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines and behavioral expectations following a long wikibreak as if you had never taken a break. Cullen328 (talk) 03:34, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

What do you mean? TooManyFingers (talk) 03:30, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

Simply off-wiki disputes about me, which I may ignore or politely engage depending on weight. Currently, I may have low capacity to contribute due to personal reasons, including prioritizing my uncle's family. Ahri Boy (talk) 03:53, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

It's best to pay no attention to what people say about you off-wiki if you feel hurt by it. Children Will Listen (🐄 talk, 🫘 contribs) 04:03, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

I recommend that you do take the break you talked about. Being under stress off-wiki makes it hard to contribute here, because no one here can see what you're going through - if you accidentally get angry at someone here, or say things that it's better not to say, you automatically get blamed. (And that's actually fair, because it's not their fault.)

So, do the things that will really help your life and your family's life. Let Wikipedia take care of itself, at least until you come back. :) TooManyFingers (talk) 05:33, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

About the repercussions question: if you and someone else have a problem with each other that is both off-wiki and on-wiki, then nobody who's just on-wiki can intelligently answer your question. But if the repercussions are from an on-wiki-only person, then I can very confidently say two things: it might possibly improve with a break, but more importantly, it sure won't get worse with a break. :) TooManyFingers (talk) 05:51, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

Email validation does not work

Hello,

I recently created an account and I am not able to confirm my email. Every confirmation link reports the code expired even when opened immediately. I tried many times, different browsers, etc. No luck.

Can someone please advise how to resolve this?

Thank you! DeepDive25 (talk) 02:52, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

@DeepDive25: Some email services or anti-malware may scan links for security reasons. This can invalidate the code. Try another email service if possible. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:17, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

Can anyone help us solve this problem?

Due to the incorrectness of this module in Pashto Wikipedia, many pages show errors. If anyone can fix this, please let us know.
for example this page شاه زمان پټان (talk) 06:02, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

Although, شاه زمان پټان, I very much doubt that I could help even if I knew which module and what problem, other people viewing this page might be able to. However, you're not making it easy for them. -- Hoary (talk) 06:59, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

@شاه زمان پټان: I've mostly fixed the basic functioning of the location map module. However, thousands of data files have to be imported for it to work completely. Children Will Listen (🐄 talk, 🫘 contribs) 07:00, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

I think it's mostly a bug in the module:Unsubst and map-related modules, like this one. شاه زمان پټان (talk) 09:35, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

Missing page

Hi, I notice a page about me is missing, I was hoping to re-establish it but I can't find anywhere it might have been submitted as I didnt publish it myself. I'm a public figure and I really need help establishing my identity to retrieve an online account. Can anyone help me? ~2025-42335-76 (talk) 07:55, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

It's difficult to help you without knowing what article you are talking about. Our only concern with articles is if they meet our inclusion criteria and accurately summarize what independent reliable sources say about the topic. Not all "public figures" merit Wikipedia articles. 331dot (talk) 08:22, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

I'm not quite understanding. Are you saying that you want to use Wikipedia to prove your own identity to a third party? TooManyFingers (talk) 08:41, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

If the page is missing, it was very clumsy of you to lose it. Try to remember where you left it, that's far easier than trying to get people to find it here. - Walter Ego 08:45, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

Hello, @~2025-42335-76.

I think you're saying that there used to be a Wikipedia article about you, but now you can't find it. If that is the case, it is likely that it has been deleted, probably because it failed to establish that you meet Wikipedia's criteria for notability. 331dot's answer explains what that is about. If you tell us the name of the article, we can investigate.

I don't understand what the last bit is about. I can't think of any circumstances in which the existence of a Wikipedia article could be of help in establishing somebody's identity. ColinFine (talk) 10:22, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia (Fundraiser Contribution) 2 Questions?

I'm not sure if I have gone to the right place, but hopefully I found the correct place in a maze of trying to find where i'm looking.

I Wanted to ask 2 Questions for Wikipedia:

A. As someone who wanted nothing to do with the last somewhat 8 Years, I wanted to know what Wikipedia's stance was on the Past 8 Years?

Is Wikipedia for staying the same or for the changes??

I have no idea where Wikipedia keeps a list of Updates to it's services, a history of sorts for it's Wiki to keep People in the know of what is going on currently with the Platform...

Any help would be nice...

B. I saw that Wikipedia is having a Donation thing for non-profit, & to keep Billionare's from buying it's soul...

You are running a fundraiser to try & meet a goal, I wanted to know how Wikipedia was doing on that goal?

What is the Goal Wikipedia is trying to reach, & how much has Wikipedia actually gotten twards the goal so far??

I think its great you want to stay as a non-profit, I've actually heard what the Billionare's want to do with Wikipedia if they buy it, & I would much prefer they don't buy it, & for those reasons, I really hope you reach your Wiki Fundraiser Goal, o___O ~2025-42189-04 (talk) 11:20, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

1. What 'changes' of the past 8 years are you asking about in particular?
2. The donation drive isn't done by Wikipedia, it's done by the Wikimedia Foundation who have their own goals and projects. Wikipedia is an independent, volunteer-run project, we have no say over what is done with the money raised by the Wikimedia Foundation, and essentially all they do is 'keep the lights on' here so to speak.

Athanelar (talk) 11:51, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

What Wikipedia's stance was on the Past 8 Years? Something like "Wikipedians kept working, some things changed, Wikipedia remains imperfect and pretty good in parts." You might find something that interests you on History of Wikipedia or WP:PRESS 25 and preceding pages. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:33, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

"I've actually heard what the Billionare's want to do with Wikipedia if they buy it". Oh? I haven't, but I am aware of what one billionaire is already doing with it. -- Hoary (talk) 07:27, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

Notability for article sub-contents

Wikipedia:Notability#General_notability_guideline is a guideline to decide whether a topic deserves an article. Can it also be applied to decide whether a sub-topic deserves being mentioned in the topic's article? Has this been discussed/clarified/an alternative been established? --KnightMove (talk) 12:11, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

@KnightMove That sounds like something you'll find guidance on at WP:NPOV. WP:SUMMARY may also be of interest. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:36, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

No, because as you said, the whole purpose of notability guidelines is to establish whether something deserves a standalone article. Plenty of things that wouldn't merit their own article still have sections on other articles, because while that information may not be notable enough for its own article, it has relevance to a subject which is notable enough for its own article.

Notability essentially has no bearing on whether you should include information in an existing article, but there are other relevant pieces of guidance like a lot of things in WP:What Wikipedia is not, and things in the WP:Manual of style like MOS:TRIVIA Athanelar (talk) 12:36, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

A sub-topic deserves to be mentioned in an article if independent reliable secondary sources about the main topic mention it, simple as that. Depending on what you're doing, WP:DUE might be of interest to you. JustARandomSquid (talk) 12:37, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

My question is motivated by the discussion whether a list of occasionally added members of the 27 Club is adequate in the article or not. The former consensus was that the listing of a specific person in one quotable source is enough, which is now nixed again. I think if a person gets a minimum of coverage in quotable sources as a member of the 27 Club, the person should indeed be listed.

But I am afraid that WP:What Wikipedia is not, WP:Manual of style and WP:DUE all don't help in deciding what such a minimum threshold could look like. Is there something else? --KnightMove (talk) 12:48, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

In that case, then regardless of whatever other standards may exist, the decision regarding that particular article will ultimately fall to whatever consensus is established on the talk page; that is always the ultimate factor on what gets included in any article.

If the consensus on the article talk page is (as it seems to be) that the list should not be included, that consensus should be abided by. If you want to pull in some more opinions, you might try notifying at some places like WP:Wikiproject Music Athanelar (talk) 13:30, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

My interpretation:

That article is partly an article, but partly a list of notable people, and some random person who died at the age of 27 should not be on the list. Is that what you're getting at? TooManyFingers (talk) 15:16, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

Or, whether the article should or shouldn't have such a list?

My very personal take on it: if no list, then why bother having the article at all? TooManyFingers (talk) 15:19, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

@TooManyFingers: That's a fair question that inspired a new layer to the conflict... --KnightMove (talk) 06:59, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

Sorry about that. Or, you're welcome - depending on your point of view.

Might as well get all of it out of our systems now, while we're at it. :) TooManyFingers (talk) 07:08, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

Publicly Available Factual Discrepancy

Todd Chrisley Teresa Terry is Kyle Chrisley's mother (Todd's wife Julie is his step-mother) ~2025-42535-77 (talk) 13:01, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

Hello, @~2025-42535-77.

If you find an error in an article, you may be able to correct it yourself (but you should have - and cite - a reliable published source for anything you are adding). If you are unsure about doing this for any reason, the article's talk page is the place to suggest the change. ColinFine (talk) 13:12, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

sign in

how can i sign in if i cant remember my password and your forgoet password function will not allow me to use that function ~2025-42568-64 (talk) 14:25, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

If you registered with an e-mail, see Wikipedia:FAQ/Technical#How_do_I_recover_a_password_I_have_forgotten?. If you didn't, you can't, but read that link anyway. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:51, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

Unlinked subpages

There are multiple subpages of Wikipedia:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia that are not linked in the actual page, such as Who's closest, and Fyckshenhall. Should they be deleted? The latter was only in mainspace for two weeks anyway. RanDom 404 (talk) 16:26, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

RanDom 404, please ask at Wikipedia talk:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia. -- Hoary (talk) 07:42, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

moving a section

(I haven't found any guidance about moving a section from one article to another.) I performed the move by cut-and-pasting the section (including heading) into another article and deleting it from the original article. By manually doing so, any direct links to that original article's section will break. How can I find the broken links to fix? Ideally, the editor who originally wrote that section should retain his/her contribution credit despite my move. rootsmusic (talk) 17:40, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

@Rootsmusic: there is guidance on Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia, you need to use an edit summary like e.g. Copied content from [[Page name]]; see source page's history for attribution. You can do a dummy edit like adding a space and add it retrospectively. TSventon (talk) 18:35, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

(Thanks @TSventon, but I moved the section. So it wasn't copied, because my second step was to delete the original article's section.) I have added a revised edit summary to attribute the original editor. How can I find broken links (e.g. using page-section templates) elsewhere on WP to that original article's section? rootsmusic (talk) 19:15, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

@Rootsmusic: you copied content from a Wikipedia article to another Wikipedia article, so the guidance I linked applies, even though you removed the original text afterwards. The point is that if someone wants to find the history and authorship of the section you moved, they need to look in the article you copied/moved it from. Help:What links_here#Fragments has some advice on finding section links, I wasn't able to find any. TSventon (talk) 19:29, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

@Rootsmusic: Yes, a section move is to copy and delete a section. The source page should be linked per Wikipedia:Section moving#Step 5: Move the content. I have done it.[16] PrimeHunter (talk) 00:55, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

Please unblock me on Meta Wikimedia

I was trying to add the OneClickArchiver and Restorer scripts to my common.js, but then LTA 404 blocked me indefinitely with no talk page access because it thought my edit was harmful! Stupid abuse filter. ~2025-42732-08 (talk) 21:46, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

Sorry, i did not log in, i am TheCoolMango and the account that was blocked indefinitely by the abuse filter is this one i'm using right now. TheCoolMango (talk) 21:48, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

If you were blocked on Meta, you can only be unblocked on Meta. The English-language Wikipedia (which is where you are posting now) has no control over Meta. AndyTheGrump (talk) 21:58, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

I suspect they asked here because they have talk page access disabled on Meta (due, I imagine, to the specific abuse filter they tripped); on the other hand, that doesn't really make it more relevant to enwiki... - Purplewowies (talk) 22:47, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

Hi. I've unblocked your account on Meta. --Min☠︎rax^«¦talk¦» 00:50, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

Should I just remove an entire section of a page?

On the page Timeline of the introduction of color television in countries and territories there are dates for subdivisions of countries. I didn't remove because I didnt want to start an edit war, but the problem is that everything on there has no sources. do I remove it or do I find sources? or, with there being a cleanup request, that? CD967119 (talk) 03:09, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

It sounds to me like the material you're talking about is not irrelevant or fake, but legitimate material that's missing sources. So, finding sources is the first choice. TooManyFingers (talk) 05:10, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

Margaret C. Etter

I would like to know how to add a personal tab on Margaret’s Wikipedia profile. She was a brilliant scientist. She was a pioneer for women in science. However, as her daughter’s best friend, I know that Margaret’s greatest accomplishment was her husband, Bill Etter, and her two children. In all of her travels, she wrote a personal journal to her daughter describing her experiences. As brilliant of a mind that she was, she was even a better mother. I feel that not including this part of her life is a monumental disservice to the complete woman that she was. Even though I never had the honor of meeting her, I feel like I know her through her daughter (Karen) and she is an inspiration to me. ~2025-42811-78 (talk) 04:53, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

There's unfortunately no possibility for personal material on Wikipedia - only what's already been publicly reported by reliable publishers. TooManyFingers (talk) 05:06, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

Hi IP editor, it is normal to mention spouses and children if there is a reliable source. This newsletter from the University of Minnesota does mention her husband and children. TSventon (talk) 11:46, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

regex not working as expected

I am trying to do a regex search for a string that causes a missing end tag for <table>. The markup is

}}|} <!-- EdwardsBot

the fix is

}}
|} <!-- EdwardsBot

The bad markup occurs on about 480 User Talk pages. The regex string should be <insource:/\}\}\|\} \</, and keep on going from there, but this string returns no results, for reasons that escape me, so, to get a count of the bad markup string, I used insource:/\}\}\|\}/ -insource:/\}\}\|\}\}/, which works, but there are a few false positives, such as User talk:Patrick. Will someone please explain why the regex expression that should work returns no results. —Anomalocaris (talk) 21:24, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

For help with regex, ask at WP:VPT. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:44, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

url-status=

Hello, If one needs to add hundreds of url-status=live to references, is there a tool that will do this without having to manually do each one? Thanks for any assistance. Canary757 (talk) 07:01, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

WP:AWB. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:43, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

GET request

Request Id: 20ad1ba8-1365-40af-aee9-2ce0b88b6702

Correlation Id: a0e51bdb-66a0-44d7-a5d6-51fe216794c6

Timestamp: 2025-12-24T11:16:02Z

Message: AADSTS900561: The endpoint only accepts POST requests. Received a GET request ~2025-42747-49 (talk) 11:28, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

Does this have anything to do with Wikipedia? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:42, 24 December 2025 (UTC)