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Thanks very much for your help with changes to Dashun Wang's page. I really appreciate it. The article is much improved! I think I've tagged you on his talk page (Talk:Dashun Wang) in response to your question and in an additional request. Please let me know if you need any more information from me.
Hi sorry for taking so long to get back to you! I'm about to head off to work so it may take me a few hours to get round to it but I'll take a look later today! Thanks, EncodedTalk 💬09:55, 22 November 2024 (UTC)
Bybit
Hi, could you check the Bybit article? It was previously deleted through an AfD discussion that you initiated about a year ago. I'm wondering if the article's content has since been improved. Ckfasdf (talk) 23:20, 22 November 2024 (UTC)
Hey @RMLLx so sorry for taking so long to get back to you, is there a specific element of writing you need help with? The welcome message I've placed on your talk page should have some links you'll find useful. Thanks, EncodedTalk 💬00:38, 11 December 2024 (UTC)
Question from Dgonzal8nscc (12:40, 5 December 2024)
Good morning, I am wondering what I need to do to get some help on edits I am doing on an article for a college page. There is someone who continues to undo all my edits and the information that is currently there is not accurate. --Dgonzal8nscc (talk) 12:40, 5 December 2024 (UTC)
Hi @Dgonzal8nscc, welcome to Wikipedia! Since you're an employee of the college you have a conflict of interest, and I highly recommend reading Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. I noticed that you've started a conversation with another editor on the talk page, and I'd advise you continue to work with them there to resolve the issues, if you need an extra pair or eyes please ping me a message and I'll drop by!
Since you have a COI, you need to request edits to a page that you're connected to. You can do this at Wikipedia:Edit Request Wizard, this will then be reviewed by one of the edit request reviewers (I'm one too, so if you have trouble please feel free to message me!) who will decide if it should be added, or provide feedback to improve it.
The welcome message on your talk page may also be helpful in starting out as well!
You may think sticking such banners on articles is a useful thing, I do not. Essentially, it is just saying that something is incomplete, but I cannot be bothered to fix it. Instead I will stick a great big ugly banner on an article and some other schmuck can do the work. Try fixing problems, rather than just highlighting them. Then you will be doing something that is really useful. Urselius (talk) 17:34, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
Hello, please may I ask which articles you are referring to? It may be that I did not have time to complete the section but still wished to flag it for later, which is what these banners may be used for. Instead of posting messages like these on my talk page may I suggest that if you have a problem with the banner, you may decide to resolve the issue, or instead place a polite message reminding me to go back over it, then you will be doing something that is really useful. EncodedTalk 💬00:29, 11 December 2024 (UTC)
Hi there! I'm Alex and I've edited articles before but I recently created an account because I wish to provide a plot summary in the article for the film 'The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirriim' which I watched already. How can I request to be allowed to edit a semiprotected article? Many thanks in advance! --Alex Espejel Calderon (talk) 15:06, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
Question from Igordimension (12:49, 20 December 2024)
Hi, thanks for being around to help. I am completely new to this, so have a lot of questions, my first area of ignorance is what the correct protocol is for references.
Hello everyone, and welcome to the 26th issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter, covering all our favorite new and updated user scripts since 1 August 2024. At press time, over 94% of the world has legally fallen prey to the merry celebrations of "Christmas", and so shall you soon. It's been a quiet 4 months, and we hope to see you with way more new scripts next year. Happy holidays! Aaron Liu (talk) 05:06, 25 December 2024 (UTC)
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Hey I'm brand new and have a question. Does being a fan of the thing I want to write an article about count as a conflict of interest?
I made this account when I found out a fairly popular band (BearGhost) did not have a Wikipedia article. I am a fan of their work and wanted to rectify this issue. Being a fan I am fairly knowable on their history and music. But as I was reading the rules of Wikipedia (nerd) I saw that they have a policy against conflicts of interest. I dont want to break the rules or make Wikipedia look bad thats not my goal. I have experience writing informational works and believe I could write a almost perfectly neutral article that would help show off a cool band.
I dont know what Im doing, what do you think? Can I write the article? It wont be my first thing mind you, I will start with Wikipedia's little check list of starter items first. After that though I do want to try and make the article.
Hi @YourFavoriteNPC:, welcome to Wikipedia! Being a fan of a band or something else wouldn't be a conflict of interest concern.
Our COI policy applies if you have a personal or working relationship with the band (see WP:EXTERNALREL) but your message you don't need to worry about it. I'd just make sure to keep a neutral point-of-view and follow Wikipedia's other policies as normal, and you're good to go!
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Question from Martinsirl (11:29, 25 February 2025)
Good morning. Could you tell me why I am unable to set my sandbox article live. I signed up with Wikipedia over a week ago and have made around 13 edits to the article in question. Thanks in advance. --Martinsirl (talk) 11:29, 25 February 2025 (UTC)
Hi @Martinsirl, welcome to Wikipedia! You should be able to move an article to mainspace, if you're still having issues could you link me to the page and I'll have a look at moving it for you if you're unable to. Thanks, EncodedTalk 💬13:50, 25 February 2025 (UTC)
Question from Fanblade81 (14:18, 28 February 2025)
Hi there,
I do have trouble editing the same citations or i get to use the long citation.
I do not know how to use the shorten version if I'm going to use the same citation. That's one thing i have been trouble whenever i add references. --Fanblade81 (talk) 14:18, 28 February 2025 (UTC)
Hi, sorry for taking so long to reply. Would you be able to send me some examples, I'm not sure I understand what you mean? Thanks, EncodedTalk 💬08:35, 15 March 2025 (UTC)
Hi, I upload a image to Wikimedia Commons, but always get message "An automated filter has identified this edit as potentially unconstructive, and it has been disallowed. If this edit is constructive, please report this error." --Roussan (talk) 15:13, 5 March 2025 (UTC)
Heya Encoded!, Inquiring about how to make those boxes with images and statistics, I am a noob on how to edit Wikipedia --Feeeshies (talk) 11:42, 7 March 2025 (UTC)
Hi, sorry for taking so long to reply. Are you referring to the boxes on the top right side of the page such as this one? If so, they're called infoboxes. There's loads of them to chose from, there's a full list here. You create them by typing {{Infobox automobile}} for example. Hope this helps, EncodedTalk 💬08:38, 15 March 2025 (UTC)
Editing
Hi Encoded,
A newbie here. I was thinking of editing a particular page. If I have citations and evidences on a PDF linked to old articles and news paper clippings, how would you recommend me on making these edits? TruthSeekerOX (talk) 06:13, 10 March 2025 (UTC)
@TruthSeekerOX As an editor with a WP:COI editing the article of the company you are hired by, you need to follow the COI editing instructions which Drm310 had linked to in your talkpage. Thanks. ~ JASWE (talk) 00:35, 11 March 2025 (UTC)
Hi @TruthSeekerOX, sorry for taking so long to reply. This page contains information on how to cite particular sources, for the newspaper clippings I believe you can reference the newspaper itself, as for PDFs I'm not too sure, but the help desk should have an answer for you on that one! As JAWSE said as well, please make sure to follow our COI editor policies, you're still welcome to contribute but they must go through the proper channels. Thanks! EncodedTalk 💬08:42, 15 March 2025 (UTC)
You can create a page here: WP:AFC, click the blue "Click here to start a new article" button. The info on the page may be useful too. Hope this helps, EncodedTalk 💬13:45, 27 March 2025 (UTC)
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