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Question from PrStato (03:09, 7 September 2025)

Did I fix this abomination of an article? Check the history of this article and tell me what I did and didn’t do right. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hereditary_sensory_and_autonomic_neuropathy --PrStato (talk) 03:09, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@PrStato: Seems fine for the most part. If you are going to be editing medical articles, please take a look at Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (medicine). Medical articles should have more stringent sourcing requirements. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 18:16, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Kampotcitizen (09:31, 13 September 2025)

Can you please tell me how to post pictures in Wikipedia common as the picture is public domain? --Kampotcitizen (talk) 09:31, 13 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please i need it right now 🙏 Kampotcitizen (talk) 09:35, 13 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Kampotcitizen: Hi, please go to c:Special:UploadWizard, and follow the instructions there to upload it to Wikimedia Commons. Once you have uploaded it, you can add it to whatever article you want by pasting in [[File:YourFileName]]. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 16:34, 13 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Lemme declined this but do you know how to do pushping? I working on it and it's very hard. Kampotcitizen (talk) 09:53, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Kampotcitizen: Hi, who's Lemme, and what's pushping? ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 17:19, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

i meant let me and the pushpin was like the pin location on the map Kampotcitizen (talk) 03:48, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Kampotcitizen: Hi, I'm not too familiar with maps, but as far as I can tell from {{Infobox settlement }}, you just need to put the map image in the |pushpin_map parameter, and put in the coordinates in the |coordinates parameter ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 13:30, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Question from Nkiruka Nistoran at NNNewsMedia (14:40, 14 September 2025)

Hello, I would want to change NKiruka Nistoran at NN News Media to NN News Media --Nkiruka Nistoran at NNNewsMedia (talk) 14:40, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Nkiruka Nistoran at NNNewsMedia: Hi, I'm not quite sure what you're asking, but I'm assuming you want a name change? Please read WP:RENAME to understand the process and you can request a name change at Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 17:22, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from ScholarOfSources (03:36, 15 September 2025)

Hey! If I publish a page, will it get accepted, regardless of how old my account is? All information on the page are based on sources cited. --ScholarOfSources (talk) 03:36, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@ScholarOfSources: Hi, whether or not your page gets published (assuming you are submitting it through WP:AfC), depends on the quality of the sources cited. How old your account is shouldn't matter much, if at all. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 13:27, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Ezekiel Ochieng (13:26, 16 September 2025)

I haven't logged in much at the moment so I can find a question to ask, but what prompted me to open an account on Wikipedia is that I have been using it to learn and understand world history. --Ezekiel Ochieng (talk) 13:26, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Glad to hear Wikipedia is being useful! ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 02:44, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Punkholm (17:29, 17 September 2025)

Hi - I have a pretty popular podcast and would like to create a wikipedia page for it. How do I do that? --Punkholm (talk) 17:29, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Punkholm: Hi, you first need to evaluate the notability of your podcast. Are there multiple reliable sources like news articles, that discuss or review your podcast? ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 20:06, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes there are articles on the show as well as data from a range of podcast reports and rankings themselves Punkholm (talk) 22:38, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Punkholm: In that case, you can start a draft through the Wikipedia:Article wizard. Once you feel it is ready, click the submit button at the top of the page, and another editor will review it and either accept it or decline it with feedback. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 00:01, 19 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Pj599 (09:17, 18 September 2025)

hello i am trying to learn how to add image on ? wold you be able to guide me ? thks in advance --Pj599 (talk) 09:17, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Pj599: Hi, please go to c:Special:UploadWizard, and follow the instructions there to upload it to Wikimedia Commons, where most Wikipedia images are stored. Once you have uploaded it, you can add it to whatever article you want by pasting in [[File:YourFileName]]. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 00:00, 19 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Pj599 (10:47, 19 September 2025)

I just edited this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_Shidong to add the image but it is my first time and ia m not sure would you be able to tell me if i did any mistake or if there is an issue ? --Pj599 (talk) 10:47, 19 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Pj599: Hi, when you add images into the |image= part of the infobox, you don't need to include the [[File:]] parts of it. Just Linshidong.png should be fine. However, please make sure the images you upload are released under a compatible copyright license, for example into the public domain or CC-BY. Please note that the vast majority of images on the internet are copyrighted, and not released under a compatible license, and so can not be uploaded to Wikipedia. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 22:54, 19 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Imanbigk on Wikipedia talk:Ignore all rules (13:17, 24 September 2025)

Hello I don't know that what to do i/? --Imanbigk (talk) 13:17, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Imanbigk: Hi, if you're not sure where to get started editing, try taking a look at Help:Introduction, which will take you through the basics of Wikipedia editing. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 01:30, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DJ Pryor

How do I verify who I am? I am Jabari’s mother. Latosha Roberson. I am requesting editing to this page as I’m unable to make the corrections by myself because of conflict of interest. However, Jabari is my youngest son. LaLaGemini (talk) 06:41, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@LaLaGemini: Hi, if you would like to request an edit to a page, you usually do not need to verify your identity. However, if there are concerns you are impersonating someone, please email info-en@wikimedia.org including your real name and username. Again, this is probably not necessary for most situations.

As for editing the page, you can file a conflict-of-interest edit request at Wikipedia:Edit Request Wizard/COI, describing what you would like to change, along with reliable sources. Due to the backlog of such requests, it may take a while to resolve. Alternatively, you can make a post at the Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard, or email info-en-q@wikimedia.org for more serious concerns. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 03:47, 26 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Asking for Review

Hey! How are you? I saw your a student in Canada, I visited Toronto last year and let me tell you, it was FREEZING, Respect to you for getting used to the cold. Back to the topic, I came by an article which was denied, I researched about the individual and found some independent sources, he is a pharmacologist and my father was one too so it inspired work on his profile. I did what i could to make the article neutral, removed all the self published links, added independent sources and fixed the article. I have submitted it for review can you have a look?

Draft talk:Theoharis C. Theoharides

Thanks! And good luck with your studies! Jason Quinnn (talk) 21:31, 29 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jason Quinnn: Thanks for your comment, but the individual does not appear to meet WP:NPROF. ~~Furthermore, your apparent impersonation attempt does not paint a good picture of your intentions.~~ ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 06:00, 30 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Just noticed your username change and your messages on your talk page, apologies for the accusation.. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 21:51, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@ARandomName123That's alright! No need for the apology - There was a confusion in between the two, I shared my documentation so all was sorted, I am currently working on a article, that was previously rejected, Theoharis, It said there were no prominent references, so I have been doing my homework and found 6-7 independent references.

Can you lemme know if its good to go now? If yes I can submit it for review.

https://www.lookingatlyme.ca/2021/01/welcome-back-dr-theoharides-tells-us-about-mast-cells-and-neuroinflammation/

https://www.standinguptopots.org/potscast/e203/

https://www.tlcsessions.net/episodes/episode-77-dr-theoharis-c-theoharides

https://ukmasto.org/hear-dr-theoharides-agm-talk/#gsc.tab=0

https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMra1409760

https://www.expertscape.com/ex/mast+cells/Theoharides,+Theoharis+C

I am keeping the content minimal and citing everything.

Looking forward to your advise! ChronoTexts (talk) 17:57, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@ChronoTexts: Interviews/podcasts with him would generally not be considered independent sources. You may want to consider seeing if he fulfills one of the other criteria at WP:NACADEMIC. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 22:01, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from اعبيد محمد on Gemini (chatbot) (11:23, 2 October 2025)

مرحباً اريد وضع الصقر ع صورتي الخاصة --اعبيد محمد (talk) 11:23, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from ScholarOfSources (19:52, 6 October 2025)

Hey, how are you? I don’t mean to bother you, but did I submit this properly?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:%C3%81lvaro_P%C3%A9rez_Miranda --ScholarOfSources (talk) 19:53, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@ScholarOfSources: Hi, I'm good, thanks!. As for the draft, yes, you submitted it properly. Please be patient with the review, there are a couple thousand in the backlog, but your draft will be reviewed at some point. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 19:47, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Gufran Khan 19997 (03:13, 8 October 2025)

What posting content should I post. ...are you verify about the content that inappropriate you can't approve I want a guidence to gain knowledge .... --Gufran Khan 19997 (talk) 03:13, 8 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Gufran Khan 19997: Hi, if by posting content you mean editing articles, you can write what is neutral in tone, and verified through reliable sources. To verify the content, you just check what the sources say. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 22:03, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Snathisiso ZA (05:39, 10 October 2025)

Hello how to edit --Snathisiso ZA (talk) 05:39, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Snathisiso ZA: Hi, to edit a page, just click on the "Edit" tab on the top right of the article. You can click "switch to the visual editor" when the pop-appears for a more easier way to edit. Please make sure your edit is neutral and supported by reliable sources if possible. See also Help:Introduction. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 15:56, 11 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Help regarding uploading Images

Hello @ARandomName123

I am trying to upload some images to Wikipedia Commons but the https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:First_steps/Uploading_files is not opening, I tried opening the link in Incognito as well but the page is not loading up - I have been facing this issue for quite some time now, can you help me out here? ChronoTexts (talk) 15:27, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@ChronoTexts: Hmm, that's strange. The link works fine for me. Can you see if https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:UploadWizard works instead? ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 17:47, 20 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A favor regarding your access to the University of Toronto

I can't access their catalogue due to some internet issues so could you check their catalogue for these books?

1) Arturo Alessandri: A Biography 2 Vol. (1977)

2) El APRA por dentro (1988)

3) El Paraguay Bajo Nacionalismo, 1935–1947

4) El APRA Busca del poder, 1930-1940

(This is technically piracy, but may I request a full scan of these books? All of the books here are very obscure and never see the light of day outside of a few university libraries. To add on, it's practically impossible to purchase most of these physically or digitally, excluding the first one.)

Avocadopiu (talk) 04:52, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Avocadopiu: Hi, yes the catalogue lists all these books. However, I can't scan all these books. There's probably a couple thousand pages worth of material across all those books, which I will need to scan by hand. Unfortunately, I don't have time for that. If you can isolate down the pages you need (ie. through GBooks/HathiTrust where possible) I can scan those excerpts. I could also scan the Table of Contents or Index if needed.

If you do need the full books, you can ask the WMF to buy them for you through the Wikipedia:Resource support pilot. Most of them seem to have physical copies available for purchase, though I'm not sure about shipping. (2,3, 4). ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 05:20, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

For El APRA en busca del Poder, would you be able to scan the chapter index? Avocadopiu (talk) 03:00, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Avocadopiu: Sure. Might take a couple days though, I'm a bit busy IRL. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 19:38, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Avocadopiu: Got some time today, I've emailed the chapter index to you. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 21:43, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thx. Could you also scan the table of contents for El APRA por dentro? Avocadopiu (talk) 03:06, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Avocadopiu: Will do. Do you need the table of contents for the other two as well? It's easier for me to just do them all at once if necessary. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 05:50, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like the table of contents for El Paraguay Bajo Nacionalismo as well, I've already placed an order for Arturo Alessandri: A Biography. Avocadopiu (talk) 05:55, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Avocadopiu: Sounds good, will get that as well. Any pages you want from El APRA en busca del Poder? Also, please mark your request for El Mariscal Benavides Vol. 2 on RX as resolved if you've received my second email ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 06:04, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I just found out that the author of El APRA busca del Poder is not a historian, and literally took part in an APRA revolt, so probably not the most reliable source...

For my RX request I'll mark it as done. Avocadopiu (talk) 06:48, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ah yea, that makes sense.

Thanks. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 06:37, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Avocadopiu: Sent the two. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 22:03, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like page pp. 43–75 for El Paraguay Bajo Nacionalismo. Avocadopiu (talk) 03:19, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Avocadopiu: Anything from El APRA por dentro? ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 06:59, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's a primary source so there's some other sources I'd want first. Could you check your university catalogue if they have these books?

1) Nueva historia del Paraguay (2020 edition)

2) La revolution democrática del General Antonio Rodríguez Ramírez (1942)

3) Historia General del Perú (1984) by Margarita Guerra (Vol 12. specifically, I'm fine with either the 1984 edition or the 1990 edition)

4) Uruguay: The Story of South America's Most Successful Country (2025) V. N. Henderson

5) Alessandri. Personaje de la historia, 1868-1950 (1968) by Feliu Cruz Guillermo Avocadopiu (talk) 07:11, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Avocadopiu: Unfortunately, I don't believe we have any of those. We have a couple books titled "Historia General del Perú", but I don't think they're the same as what you're looking for. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 02:39, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Then could you search anything under "Arturo Alessandri", "Nilo Pecanha", or "Alfonso Pumarejo López"? Avocadopiu (talk) 03:00, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Avocadopiu: Like just search the catalog for the results? ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 03:25, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yep. Could you also check for Higinio Morínigo: el Soldado-Dictador? Avocadopiu (talk) 03:37, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

We have that one. Do you need the table of contents/index?

Sent the first 25 results of each of the three searches. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 04:09, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yep. Could you also get the table of contents in your search for these books? Feel free to take your time.

1) NILO PECANHA AND FLUMINENSE POLITICS, 1889-1917

2) Aspectos políticos del primer gobierno de Alfonso Lopez Pumarejo, 1934-1938

3) Alfonso López Pumarejo : mis recuerdos sobre su vida y su obra

4) Arturo Alessandri Palma (1979, the first result of your search)

5) Alessandri : don Arturo, perspectiva y retrato, legado y vigencia Avocadopiu (talk) 04:40, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Have you gotten any of them? Avocadopiu (talk) 02:24, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Avocadopiu: No, I'm currently away from university for reading week, and I have midterms when I return, so it might be up to a week or so before I can get them. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 04:00, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, sorry to bother you...

Would you mind reviewing this page for me? I'm sending for a GA article review, and I saw that you were reviewing some other people's pages as well. Avocadopiu (talk) 04:48, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Avocadopiu: Seems fine at first glance, but I don't really review GA articles. Did a random spot check on Doyle 1932, p. 97, which checks out but you should probably do 97-98 instead. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 23:49, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also, not sure if it's intentional but you also have some sources in your Bibliography that aren't being used. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 23:51, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yep. I initially didn't realize how long this page would be, and ended up having to ignore sources that happened to be way too detailed, or only use them as one-time. I'll probably have to make another page on the government of Sánchez Cerro itself.. Avocadopiu (talk) 01:39, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If you believe the page is at least B–Class, could you change the rating on the talk page? The previous rating was given when the page was still incomplete. Avocadopiu (talk) 07:12, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Avocadopiu: Done, but there really isn't anything preventing you from doing it. However, please check your grammar and read through the article again. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 23:12, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Avocadopiu: Sent that one, along with pp. 43–75 for El Paraguay Bajo Nacionalismo. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 23:07, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Red-Halo9001 (03:14, 24 October 2025)

Hello, so I asked a question in the Talk section of the Advance Wars Wikipedia page on if I could add a mention of it's largest fangame that has grown in size and attention than the original games:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Advance_Wars#Advance_Wars_has_a_notable_and_still_growing_20_year_old_fan-game_that_is_starting_to_overshadow_the_original_games.

I didn't get a response from anyone else there yet. What do you think I should do? --Red-Halo9001 (talk) 03:14, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Red-Halo9001: Hi, unfortunately not all Talk pages are monitored closely. If you don't receive a response, try posting at the article's project page, in this case, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games. However, I noticed an editor did see your message (pinging @Soetermans), so maybe they'll respond if you ask/ping them, which I have done.

In my opinion, the Hardcore Gaming 101 (per Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Sources) article seems good enough to add a mention of the fan game, so feel free to do so. I would not cite the Youtube video or discord server. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 05:47, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Borrissimmus (18:26, 25 October 2025)

Hello ARandomName123, thank you for helping me getting introduced to editing in wikipedia! I soon want to start with my first edits and have chosen the following article: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=B%C3%B6rse_Berlin&gesuggestededit=1 I would appreciate your opinion on my choice as this is my first time making edits. I do have certain skills like controling information, knowing myself a lot about various topics and controlling english on level C1, I'm a native Dutch and Bulgarian speaker too. So what would you recomend me to start with? I like the science topics, history about WW2 and the cold war and things related to the Netherlands and Bulgaria. --Borrissimmus (talk) 18:26, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Borrissimmus: Hi, if you're not familiar with how editing on Wikipedia works, I'd recommend taking a look at Help:Introduction. I'd advise using the VisualEditor, which is easier to start with. Science, history, and country topics usually have a WikiProject associated with it, and they have tasks that you can do (for example, the Military History WikiProject has a list of tasks here). I would recommend starting with copyediting grammar, or adding reliable references to the end of sentences that don't have any.

Your homepage, located at Special:Homepage should also have some suggested edits for you to do, which you can filter by the topics you're interested in, and the difficulty of edits. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 20:45, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Liveserve on Draft:JuGodSkid (20:42, 25 October 2025)

Hello How can I publish a page after writing it? --Liveserve (talk) 20:42, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Liveserve: Hi, please go to the Wikipedia:Article wizard and follow the instructions to create a draft of your article. Once it is ready, click the "Submit for review" button. It should then display a box which reads "Review waiting, please be patient". ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 20:49, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Borrissimmus on User talk:ARandomName123 (21:03, 25 October 2025)

Hi, I've just made my first corrections on the page I sent you. It are only language corrections. I would appreciate it if you would revise it. I'm planning to also make some information changes on the following page: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Internet_in_Portugal&gesuggestededit=1 as this is an important page yet very outdated. --Borrissimmus (talk) 21:03, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Borrissimmus: Looks fine for the most part, just remember that on Wikipedia, we generally avoid using contractions like don't, and instead use do not. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 21:50, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from St Isaac Boakye (07:48, 27 October 2025)

I want my name to appear in Wikipedia search results. --St Isaac Boakye (talk) 07:48, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@St Isaac Boakye: If you mean on the search function on Wikipedia, you need to create an article or your userpage. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 00:35, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from 1Antma1 (23:28, 28 October 2025)

hello what time zone are you? --1Antma1 (talk) 23:28, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@1Antma1: Hi, my timezone is Eastern Daylight Time. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 00:34, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ok I am GMT+12 1Antma1 (talk) 22:39, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Ocaulat (02:17, 29 October 2025)

Hello, I am the musician Ocaulat and i would like to create a wiki about myself. How do i go about doing that? --Ocaulat (talk) 02:17, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Ocaulat: Hi, your first step would be determining whether you are notable enough for a Wikipedia article. Do you have any articles written about you or your music in a reliable source? Alternatively, has your music ever been certified gold, or reached a country's music chart? There are some additional criteria you could meet at Wikipedia:Notability (music). ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 05:29, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Ilovepotatoes2 (15:16, 29 October 2025)

Hello, I am Ilovepotatoes2 (funny name) and I will be willing to help edit wikipedia. Before that, if I need to edit an article, do I need to research other websites? --Ilovepotatoes2 (talk) 15:16, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Ilovepotatoes2: If you are adding new content to an article, then yes, you should research other websites that you can use as references. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 17:59, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Guide to temporary accounts

Hello, ARandomName123. This message is being sent to remind you of significant upcoming changes regarding logged-out editing.

Starting 4 November, logged-out editors will no longer have their IP address publicly displayed. Instead, they will have a temporary account (TA) associated with their edits. Users with some extended rights like administrators and CheckUsers, as well as users with the temporary account IP viewer (TAIV) user right will still be able to reveal temporary users' IP addresses and all contributions made by temporary accounts from a specific IP address or range.

How do temporary accounts work?

Editing from a temporary account

When a logged-out user completes an edit or a logged action for the first time, a cookie will be set in this user's browser and a temporary account tied with this cookie will be automatically created for them. This account's name will follow the pattern: ~2025-12345-67 (a tilde, year of creation, a number split into units of 5).
All subsequent actions by the temporary account user will be attributed to this username. The cookie will expire 90 days after its creation. As long as it exists, all edits made from this device will be attributed to this temporary account. It will be the same account even if the IP address changes, unless the user clears their cookies or uses a different device or web browser.
A record of the IP address used at the time of each edit will be stored for 90 days after the edit. Users with the temporary account IP viewer (TAIV) user right will be able to see the underlying IP addresses.
As a measure against vandalism, there are two limitations on the creation of temporary accounts:
- There has to be a minimum of 10 minutes between subsequent temporary account creations from the same IP (or /64 range in case of IPv6).
- There can be a maximum of 6 temporary accounts created from an IP (or /64 range) within a period of 24 hours.

Temporary account IP viewer user right

How to enable IP Reveal

Administrators may grant the temporary account IP viewer (TAIV) user right to non-administrators who meet the criteria for granting. Importantly, an editor must make an explicit request for the permission (e.g. at WP:PERM/TAIV)—administrators are not permitted to assign the right without a request.
Administrators will automatically be able to see temporary account IP information once they have accepted the Access to Temporary Account IP Addresses Policy via Special:Preferences or via the onboarding dialog which comes up after temporary accounts are deployed.

Impact for administrators

It will be possible to block many abusers by just blocking their temporary accounts. A blocked person won't be able to create new temporary accounts quickly if the admin selects the autoblock option.
It will still be possible to block an IP address or IP range.
Temporary accounts will not be retroactively applied to contributions made before the deployment. On Special:Contributions, you will be able to see existing IP user contributions, but not new contributions made by temporary accounts on that IP address. Instead, you should use Special:IPContributions for this (see a video about IPContributions in a gallery below).

Rules about IP information disclosure

Publicizing an IP address gained through TAIV access is generally not allowed (e.g. ~2025-12345-67 previously edited as 192.0.2.1 or ~2025-12345-67's IP address is 192.0.2.1).
Publicly linking a TA to another TA is allowed if "reasonably believed to be necessary". (e.g. ~2025-12345-67 and ~2025-12345-68 are likely the same person, so I am counting their reverts together toward 3RR, but not Hey ~2025-12345-68, you did some good editing as ~2025-12345-67)
See Wikipedia:Temporary account IP viewer § What can and can't be said for more detailed guidelines.

Useful tools for patrollers

It is possible to view if a user has opted-in to view temporary account IPs via the User Info card, available in Preferences → Appearance → Advanced options → Enable the user info card
- This feature also makes it possible for anyone to see the approximate count of temporary accounts active on the same IP address range.
Special:IPContributions allows viewing all edits and temporary accounts connected to a specific IP address or IP range.
Similarly, Special:GlobalContributions supports global search for a given temporary account's activity.
The auto-reveal feature (see video below) allows users with the right permissions to automatically reveal all IP addresses for a limited time window.

Videos

How to use Special:IPContributions
How automatic IP reveal works
How to use IP Info
How to use User Info

Further information and discussion

For more information and discussion regarding this change, please see the announcement from the Wikimedia Foundation at Wikipedia:Village pump (WMF) § Temporary accounts rollout.

Most of this message was written by Mz7 (source). Thanks, 🎃 SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 02:47, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from ScholarOfSources (04:16, 31 October 2025)

The person didn't review this correctly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:%C3%81lvaro_P%C3%A9rez_Miranda --ScholarOfSources (talk) 04:16, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@ScholarOfSources: Hi, if you feel they didn't review it properly, you can leave a message on the reviewer's talk page explaining why you think the decline was incorrect. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 23:43, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Supermega Barnstar Bonanza

The Multiple Barnstar

Four barnstars for your hard work over four months since the June backlog drive. Thanks for helping us understand the shadow backlog, for adding more filters, and for adding citations to Unreferenced articles. To the November backlog drive and beyond! Cielquiparle (talk) 15:27, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! And you as well, thanks for the monthly leaderboard updates, set up of the drive and your consistently great work on citations! ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 17:26, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to the drive!

Welcome, welcome, welcome ARandomName123! I'm glad that you are joining the November 2025 drive! Please, have a cup of WikiTea, and go cite some articles.

Fix a random page lacking sources

Cielquiparle (talk) 00:09, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from MosesManc (17:31, 3 November 2025)

Hey there - I submitted an article on Thursday afternoon from my Sandbox and I'm not seeing any record of it today. First time submitting. Any guidance of what to keep an eye out for? Thank you for your help. - MM --MosesManc (talk) 17:31, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@MosesManc: Hi, according to your contribution log, you have made no other edits apart from this question. Unfortunately, that means you need to recreate your article. When you submit it, make sure you click the blue "Publish page" button, and save a copy off Wikipedia in case it doesn't publish again. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 20:35, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the note. I just resubmitted things and was able to work through the category tag, short description, and classification info this time. For some reason, that wasn't prompted the other day. Please let me know if you have any other guidance. Appreciate your help. - MM MosesManc (talk) 02:51, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Unreferenced articles listings and set index articles

Hi, thanks for compiling the untagged, unreferenced articles lists. I think you can omit set index articles from your listings, eg. HMS Barbara at User:ARandomName123/unref3, as these wouldn't need references as I understand it. This came up during our current WP:MILHIST article improvement drive, which is looking to remove the project's unreferenced article backlog. I have excluded the set indices from our PetScan search per this change which removed around 60 articles - Dumelow (talk) 22:13, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Dumelow: Thanks for letting me know, the ship index ones should be removed on the next bot run. The more general set index articles should already be excluded. Since detection is based on the templates present in the wikitext, some may slip past if they use a weird/unusual template for it. If you do find any of those ones in the future, please let me know, and I'll add it to the filter. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 22:51, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, keep up the good work! - Dumelow (talk) 22:54, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Moses5522 (01:09, 7 November 2025)

How I can post --Moses5522 (talk) 01:09, 7 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Moses5522: Hi, if you mean how to edit a page, just click on the "Edit" tab in to upper right corner of the article. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 22:39, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Bertrandepaye (22:49, 7 November 2025)

Hi I`m trying to take my editing to the next level, can you please guide me. --Bertrandepaye (talk) 22:49, 7 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Bertrandepaye: Hi, what areas of Wikipedia are you looking to get involved in? For example, referencing, copyediting, article creation or article review. In general, please make sure you understand the basic guidelines we have, and try taking a look at the Help:Introduction. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 22:41, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

(New Topic)

Are your exams and reading week over? Avocadopiu (talk) 04:01, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Avocadopiu: Pretty much, I'll get the scans over in a day or two. Sorry about the delay! ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 22:41, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Mprikhodko (05:11, 9 November 2025)

Hi I tried to change picture on webpage with recent one it was reverted. Please adviseThanks for your note.

I updated the image to a more recent one from November 2025. The file is properly licensed and uploaded to Wikimedia Commons. My intent was to improve the page with current information.

I’m happy to discuss this further on the article’s talk page. Let me know if you have any concerns about the image usage or licensing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Brugnara --Mprikhodko (talk) 05:11, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Mprikhodko: Hi, in the photo description, you wrote the photograph was previously published on Instagram. Since it looks like a selfie, has the article subject agreed to release the photo under this license? If so, please provide a link. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 22:44, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi how I can get article subject agreement? Should he sign smth? Mprikhodko (talk) 23:10, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I can show his text. Will it be sufficient? Mprikhodko (talk) 23:12, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Mprikhodko: If he originally posted it on Instagram, he can leave a comment reading: "I agree to publish this image under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence." If he would prefer not to leave a public comment, please have him go to https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wikimedia_VRT_release_generator and follow the instructions there.

Please keep in mind, and inform him, that by releasing his image under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence, he allows anyone share, edit or use the image, even commercially, without asking permission so long as he is credited. This can not be revoked as long as the terms are followed. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 23:18, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also please note that while recent images are usually preferred, they are not guaranteed to replace an older one, especially if there is a significant difference in photo quality/suitability. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 23:21, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

https://www.instagram.com/p/DP49apxD5Kk/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng== Mprikhodko (talk) 23:23, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What to do next? Mprikhodko (talk) 23:24, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Mprikhodko: You can replace the image in the lead now if you'd like. Just make sure you say so in your edit summary. I'll add the comment to the file page. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 23:37, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Mprikhodko (05:15, 9 November 2025)

Hi I got this message. What should I do? Please do not remove content or templates from pages on Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to Luke Brugnara, without giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your content removal does not appear constructive and has been reverted. Please make use of the sandbox if you would like to experiment with test edits. Thank you. Adakiko (talk) 20:07, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

Hi, --Mprikhodko (talk) 05:15, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Mprikhodko: You need to include a reason why you are removing stuff in the edit summary. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 22:45, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I believe the picture is outdated (it’s from 2015) and lacks crucial links and some information. Mprikhodko (talk) 22:54, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Mprikhodko: Please see my comment above about a link to the licensing permission. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 22:59, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]