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Your GA nomination of Siren Queen

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The article Siren Queen you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Siren Queen for comments about the article, and Talk:Siren Queen/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Chiswick Chap -- Chiswick Chap (talk) 05:25, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy

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The article A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy for comments about the article, and Talk:A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Chiswick Chap -- Chiswick Chap (talk) 20:45, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Duchess Quamino

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The article Duchess Quamino you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Duchess Quamino for comments about the article, and Talk:Duchess Quamino/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Borsoka -- Borsoka (talk) 01:41, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Willie Wiredhand

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The article Willie Wiredhand you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Willie Wiredhand for comments about the article, and Talk:Willie Wiredhand/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of SounderBruce -- SounderBruce (talk) 22:03, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Waypoint Entertainment

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Hi LEvalyn, I work for the production company Waypoint Entertainment and have been working on a draft, here: Draft:Waypoint Entertainment. I see that you are an AFC reviewer, and I was hoping you might be interested in taking a look. I am relatively new to Wikipedia, and I've been working on this draft for a while and doing my best to learn from the process. I would love your feedback, and if you think it's ready, I'd be happy for you to publish it. Thank you, Fluffybunny789 (talk) 18:31, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/2024 review/Phase III/Administrator elections

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Question from Muhammed shibili (15:22, 22 February 2025)

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Hello can you check my recent edits and look if there's any mistakes I have done.if there's one pls inform me --Muhammed shibili (talk) 15:22, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Rakesh WikiEditor (17:22, 22 February 2025)

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"Hello, I want to ask if a famous person has 2-3 major authentic and reliable news sources covering them, would their Wikipedia page get published?" --Rakesh WikiEditor (talk) 17:22, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Raskesh WikiEditor and welcome to Wikipedia! The sources you describe would usually, in principle, satisfy the WP:GNG criteria to have an article, though it’s important for the sources to also be independent (ie, a press release will not do). If you have a specific subject in mind, feel free to link me to the best sources you’ve found and I’m happy to offer my opinion as to whether they are suitable. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 22:39, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Mohamed7mmm on Unreal Engine (17:39, 22 February 2025)

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hey uh i recently made a Anonymous edit and uh my ip address is publicly visible and i was scared that my IP can get taken and someone will make bad things with it. and i made a wikipedia account but my IP address is still publicly visible how to remove akd hide it? --Mohamed7mmm (talk) 17:39, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You can file a request for oversight to have the edit hidden (see Wikipedia:Oversight). Best way to do so is through email, as per top banner of linked page. Best — 🪫Volatile 📲T | ⌨️C 17:42, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Just to add make sure to include the URL of the edit you want suppressed. — 🪫Volatile 📲T | ⌨️C 17:43, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Omnighpotent (18:08, 22 February 2025)

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Hi LEvalyn,

I've created this account today since I saw an opportunity to contribute to a page on the site. I've edited some pages before but that was 10 years ago.

My question is regarding a conflict of interest in the edit I want to make since I am a co-author of the paper I want to use a model from. Is there a protocol to ensure unbiased information, like a review process?

Best, --Omnighpotent (talk) 18:08, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Omnighpotent, welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for being so conscientious. Our guidelines around editing with a conflict of interest are explained at WP:SIMPLECOI. In general, we ask editors with a conflict of interest to use an “edit request” on the Talk page of an article, so an uninvolved editor can evaluate and actually make the change. There is a helpful wizard for edit requests at WP:ERW. In this case, feel free to “ping” me by including {{u|LEvalyn}} in your edit request and I’ll take a look. Thank you! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 22:35, 22 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi again,
Thank you, I've taken a look at the CoI guidelines. I also went to the talk page of the article I want to improve, and it seemed that a co-author of mine, Spaniol, had already beat me to it, but had it rejected. I talked to him about it privately just now and he said that he had edited the article originally not realising the COI, and thus had the edit rejected.
Our paper, in essence, just defines greenwashing based on the number of definitions found in existing literature and compiles them into a flowchart which makes it easy to understand what needs to occur for something to qualify as greenwashing.
I must apologise for my fellow coauthor's negligence regarding the COI.
I don't think I should make a new topic on the talk page when he already proposed very similar changes.
Sorry about the confusion. If you still want to take a look, you can find it here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Greenwashing#c-MrOllie-20250222141000-MatthewSpaniol-20250222124600
Best regards,
Martin Nielsen Omnighpotent (talk) 17:55, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for providing this additional information, and again thank you for your conscientiousness. I think the proposed flowchart image would be too attention-grabbing in the context of the article, but a prose summary of your article's main points would be a very helpful addition to the "Characteristics" section. Something along the lines of:
"A concept analysis by Spaniol et al. describes several related activities that are not, strictly speaking, greenwashing. For example, if a claim is not part of marketing a product or service toward consumers, it might be better described as..." [and then highlight a few key ones]
If you can write a brief summary like that (importantly, one which does not infringe on the copyrighted phrasing of your publications!) I would be glad to look at it for addition to the article. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 22:36, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Red March 2025

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Women in Red | March 2025, Vol 11, Issue 3, Nos. 326, 327, 332, 333, 334


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WikiCup 2025 March newsletter

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The first round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 26 February. As a reminder, we are no longer disqualifying the lowest-scoring contestants; everyone who competed in round 1 will advance to round 2 unless they have withdrawn or been banned from Wikipedia. Instead, the contestants with the highest round-point totals now receive tournament points at the end of each round. Unlike the round points in the main WikiCup table, which are reset at the end of each round, tournament points are carried over between rounds and can only be earned if a competitor is among the top 16 round-point scorers. This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far.

Round 1 was very competitive compared with previous years; two contestants scored more than 1,000 round points, and the top 16 contestants all scored more than 500 round points. The following competitors scored more than 800 round points:

The full scores for round 1 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 18 featured articles, 26 featured lists, 1 featured-topic article, 197 good articles, 38 good-topic articles and more than 100 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 23 In the News articles, and they have conducted nearly 550 reviews.

Remember that any content promoted after 26 February but before the start of Round 2 can be claimed in Round 2, which begins on 1 March. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:12, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Nakua13 (15:48, 28 February 2025)

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How do I edit a citation if it was cited wrongly? --Nakua13 (talk) 15:48, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There are quite a lot of ways to edit citations in a wiki article. If the whole citation is wrong you can just delete the old one and use the “cite” button to add a new one. If only some of the information is missing or wrong, you can edit the existing cite. If you’re using the visual editor (which works like a Word or Google doc), try double-clicking on the citation to open up the editing panel for it. If you’re still having trouble, I suggest asking at the Teahouse where there are lots of people who can help with a faster response; I’m unfortunately ill this week and slower to answer. Good luck, and happy editing! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 21:10, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Cher FAC

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Hey LEValyn, I really appreciated your source review back in January on Cher's FAC page. I wanted to check if you might have time to expand your review to cover additional FAC criteria beyond sources. Right now, we have three supports, including yours, which meets the minimum for promotion. However, the nomination is at risk of archival because only two of those supports are considered "comprehensive". Your input would be incredibly valuable—not just for the process, but for improving the article even further. Thanks so much for your time! Cherfc (talk) 22:38, 28 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In principle I am game but I’m afraid I’m currently ill and not up to an intensive editing task! I will plan to take a look next week or so when I hope to be better recovered, but I’m sorry that it’s not a very speedy response. I hope you’re able to garner more eyes, it’s a great article! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 21:06, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! Your willingness to take another look means a lot, and I hope you feel better soon. Any feedback when you're up to it will be greatly appreciated, whether it's a full review or observations that help improve the article. Cherfc (talk) 01:11, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your draft article, Draft:History (genre)

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Hello, LEvalyn. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or draft page you started, "History".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply edit the submission and remove the {{db-afc}}, {{db-draft}}, or {{db-g13}} code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you get there, and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia! DreamRimmer bot II (talk) 00:54, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Alternatively, an administrator will spot this watchlist notice, undelete the draft without you having to ask, and attempt to convince you to expand this for DYK points in the wikicup. How about it? -- asilvering (talk) 03:03, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! Both for the save, and the encouragement. I’m ill right now which is cutting down on my editing a bit but I will return to this! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 21:02, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Jokmokkan (07:12, 1 March 2025)

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Hello LEvalyn, I'm grateful to have you as a mentor on here. I read Wikipedia a lot, and when I found out that I, too, can contribute to it, I was enthralled. Looking forward to lots of fun doing this. --Jokmokkan (talk) 07:12, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nice to “meet” you, and welcome to Wikipedia! I think it’s really exciting how anyone can contribute here, so I hope you have fun finding your niche. I left a welcome message on your talk page with some introductory links. If you have questions, feel free to ask me or for a faster reply there are always folks at the Teahouse ready to help. Happy editing! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 21:05, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can I edit a draft that was declined?

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I was browsing your talk page and came across the Draft:Waypoint_Entertainment article that was declined. Reading through show it can be notable, and was thinking i could take it on as a learning project to make the improvements needed. Is that allowed? Jokmokkan (talk) 08:36, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it’s both allowed and very helpful! In this case, I’d advise you to spend a good bit of time on research before you get into the writing, and really focus on finding sources that fit the criteria at WP:NCORP. As a warning, two common kinds of sources that don’t “count” for NCORP are press releases, and interviews with company members. (It’s ok if someone from the company is quoted in an article, but it has to be an article where the journalist has also done independent research.) If you’d like advice on the sources you’re finding, feel free to ask me. Good luck and happy editing! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 18:15, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the advice. I'll definitely get in touch should I need more direction. Jokmokkan (talk) 06:24, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Re: thanks

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Thanks for the thanks (re: Template:Did you know nominations/Series fiction). I am surprised how many notable concepts are missing. Sometimes I just have the time and will to just stub stuff, which occasionally leads to minor issues (ex. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Literary work). But anyway, I've been getting more interested in literary studies recently, and in this field I find there's a ton of stuff that's missing. Some of it arguably pretty major (like series fiction, or literary work, or children's book illustration, or still-just-a-stub children's and young adult literature). Or in my field of sociology (ex. I just created sports fandom few days ago). Or in general history (I recently created a bunch of stuff on prisoners of war in World War II and subarticles. Or in games (game board). What I am getting at is that there's still a ton of what I, at least, consider "surprising gaps" in our knowledge. Here's a random fun topic from my to do list (no idea when I'll get to it): animal armor (military, not Armour (zoology)). And you'd think the military fanboys covered all such stuff long ago... So much to do :D Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 11:45, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Firefighter241 (11:48, 4 March 2025)

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Hello,

I’m very interested in drugs and want to eventually create my own article about Desmethylfluoxetine and dehydroaripiprazolam. But first l have to get enough experience to be able to do that. I was wondering the fastest way to do that and what I should pay attention to while editing.

Thank you, Firefighter241 --Firefighter241 (talk) 11:48, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Nuclear8563, and welcome to Wikipedia! I left a message on your Talk page with some general getting-started links. For your specific idea, one thing you'll want to do is get really familiar with the requirements at WP:MEDRS, which dictates the kinds of sources Wikipedia allows for medical topics. You could try improving some existing articles by looking at Wikipedia:WikiProject Pharmacology, which has a few different ways to find articles in need of cleanup or improvement.
Another thing that might help would be reviewing articles on drugs that have been nominated as Good Articles. That can be a complicated process, but evaluating articles through the Good Article process would certainly familiarize you with all the important traits of wiki writing. There are instructions here for how to do a Good Article review. If you want to give it a try, I'd be happy to double-check your first few reviews. If you have any questions as you're working, feel free to ask me or (for a speedier response) the many helpful editors at the Teahouse forum. Happy editing! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 22:53, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Nuclear8563 (08:14, 5 March 2025)

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Hey there. Any guides for new people who want to help contribute to editing? --Nuclear8563 (talk) 08:14, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Nuclear8563, and welcome to Wikipedia! I left a message on your Talk page with some helpful getting-started links. My own go-to tip is to find a really good book or a magazine article about something you're interested in, and use it to add information to articles on Wikipedia. Another good introductory task is to check out Category:Wikipedia introduction cleanup. You don't (or shouldn't) need to do any research to fix these articles - most of them are here because they are tagged with "lead too short". Find one of those, read the article, then rewrite the lead so it summarizes it accurately. Now you can remove the "lead too short" tag. Done! Since the "lead" is what is shown in Google Search results and so on, this is an immediately helpful and visible change. If you have any questions as you're exploring, feel free to ask me or (for a speedier response) the many helpful editors at the Teahouse forum. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 22:44, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Deborah D. Rogers

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On 6 March 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Deborah D. Rogers, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Deborah D. Rogers used Ann Radcliffe's commonplace book to show that Radcliffe was not driven mad by her Gothic novels, but that she just had asthma? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Deborah D. Rogers. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Deborah D. Rogers), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

1=Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:03, 6 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of A Political Romance

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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article A Political Romance you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Chiswick Chap -- Chiswick Chap (talk) 16:44, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of A Political Romance

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The article A Political Romance you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:A Political Romance for comments about the article, and Talk:A Political Romance/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Chiswick Chap -- Chiswick Chap (talk) 20:45, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Manon Lescaut

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On 13 March 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Manon Lescaut, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 1731 novel Manon Lescaut did not become popular in France until after it was banned for immorality? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Manon Lescaut. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Manon Lescaut), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

RoySmith (talk) 12:02, 13 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of The 5 Big Lies About American Business

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Hello LEvalyn,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged The 5 Big Lies About American Business for deletion, because it's a redirect from an article title to a namespace that's not for articles.

If you don't want The 5 Big Lies About American Business to be deleted, you can contest this deletion, but don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Thanks!

Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.

C F A 15:07, 16 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Alzada Comstock

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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Alzada Comstock you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Pragmatic Puffin -- Pragmatic Puffin (talk) 15:22, 16 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Alzada Comstock

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The article Alzada Comstock you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Alzada Comstock for comments about the article, and Talk:Alzada Comstock/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Pragmatic Puffin -- Pragmatic Puffin (talk) 09:22, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Tbarua01 (13:55, 17 March 2025)

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I want to raise an edit request to a protected page --Tbarua01 (talk) 13:55, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Tbarua01, the best way to do that is to post on the article’s Talk page with an explanation of your edit and a link to the source you’d like to cite. This wizard might be helpful. If that doesn’t work or you have questions, feel free to tell me a little bit more about the edit you’d like to see made and maybe I can help. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 15:51, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @LEvalyn, already done that. Thanks for the update though. Tbarua01 (talk) 16:22, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Assistance

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Hi, I saw your message on my talk page and would certainly like to gain more experience in reviewing articles. It would be great if you could help me conduct proper in-depth reviews. I am currently reviewing the article on Starbuck (film) for GA. Would you mind assisting me with the source-to-text spot check? MSincccc (talk) 15:51, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm so sorry for the slow reply here! I've been ill off an on lately and have mostly been editing on my phone from bed, which isn't a good set-up for more complex tasks like GA reviewing. Did you end up doing the source-to-text spot check? I don't see any mention of it in the review, which has now been passed. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 21:35, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of William F. Wells

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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article William F. Wells you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Esculenta -- Esculenta (talk) 18:03, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Periplus

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I agree with you about the high emphasis used in the redaction I followed the ones used in the authors I've read, so I've tried to change what you qualified as "making proclamations about the subject's importance" I think the assertions left right now, made without that "emphasis " are correctly proved in the supplied references. Zyang (talk) 00:31, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Your Computer is On Fire

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On 28 March 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Your Computer is On Fire, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that readers of Your Computer is On Fire would be "faced with an existential crisis", according to The Register? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Your Computer is On Fire. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Your Computer is On Fire), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

1=Launchballer 01:06, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Green's May 2025 edit-a-thon

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Hello LEvalyn: WikiProject Women in Green is holding a month-long Good Article Editathon event in May 2025!

Running from May 1 to 31, 2025, WikiProject Women in Green (WiG) is hosting a Good Article (GA) editathon event – Wildcard Edition! Participants are invited to work on nominating and/or reviewing GA submissions related to any and all women and women's works during the event period. Want to improve an article about a women's rights activist? Go for it. An Olympian gold medallist? Absolutely. A famous painting by a woman? Yes! GA resources and one-on-one support will be provided by experienced GA editors, and participants will have the opportunity to receive a special WiG barnstar for their efforts. We hope to see you there!

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A barnstar for you!

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The Original Barnstar
Cool DYK for Your Computer is On Fire! Bluethricecreamman (talk) 15:13, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 00:14, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Atrushlanta (02:34, 29 March 2025)

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Hello, How do I add to an article based on my own personal knowledge and experience? Thanks,

Atrushlanta --Atrushlanta (talk) 02:34, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Atrushlanta, and welcome to Wikipedia! It is always valuable to have knowledgeable and experienced people contribute to Wikipedia. One of the biggest principles of Wikipedia is that all the information in an article should be verifiable. To be able to contribute successfully to an article, therefore, you should find the best published information on the topic. Often, having experience in the are means you know exactly which book is the best, or who the experts in the area are, so you can save time on research. Once you've gotten a good source of information, you can summarize it (with citations) to add to an article. Let me know if you have any further questions as you work, and happy editing! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 00:08, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Red April 2025

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Women in Red | April 2025, Vol 11, Issue 4, Nos. 326, 327, 335, 336


Online events:

Announcements (Events facilitated by others):

Tip of the month:

  • When creating biographies, don't forget to use Template:DEFAULTSORT.
    Accessible from "Wiki markup" at the foot of the page being edited,
    it allows categories to be listed under the subject's family name rather than their first or given name.

Moving the needle: (statistics available via Humaniki tool)

  • 24 Mar 2025: 20.070% of biographies on EN-WP are about women (2,057,083, 412,857 women)
  • 27 Jan 2025: 20.031% (2,047,793 bios, 410,200 women)

Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 2,657 articles during this period!

Other ways to participate:

Instagram | Pinterest

--Rosiestep (talk) 13:20, 30 March 2025 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

Your GA nomination of William F. Wells

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The article William F. Wells you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:William F. Wells for comments about the article, and Talk:William F. Wells/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Esculenta -- Esculenta (talk) 23:21, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from GospelBelt (21:16, 31 March 2025)

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Hello, how can I write a public article about someone --GospelBelt (talk) 21:16, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for A Political Romance

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On 2 April 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article A Political Romance, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Laurence Sterne was told to burn all copies of his pamphlet that depicts his patron's rival with a toilet on his head? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/A Political Romance. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, A Political Romance), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from MeteoFur (23:14, 10 April 2025)

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I have occasionally edited and read Wikipedia for years, but I noticed that there are not many images on articles about recent hurricanes. I am a storm chaser and would be willing to donate my photos and footage to be used by Wikipedia. Is there a way I could upload my media, for editors to use as needed? --MeteoFur (talk) 23:14, 10 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello MeteoFur, the answer is yes and your contributions would be very valuable!! Media can be donated at Wikimedia Commons. Feel free to add your images to any articles you think they’d improve. If you have any trouble I am happy to answer any questions, and you can also ask at WP:TEA for a quicker response. You might also be interested in joining one of the communities at Wikipedia:WikiProject Weather. Welcome to Wikipedia, and happy editing! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 23:20, 10 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Harish karthikk (05:49, 17 April 2025)

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Hello mentor!! Harish here. Can you walk me through how to create a Wikipedia page for someone? Thanks in advance. --Harish karthikk (talk) 05:49, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Harish karthikk, and welcome to Wikipedia! If you mean you want to make a wikipedia article on behalf of someone else, you should read our guidance about conflicts of interest. It is especially important to disclose if you are being paid to edit. If you just want to make a page about someone, you should read our criteria about what kinds of biographies should be on Wikipedia. Regardless, I suggest reading WP:YFA and WP:BACKWARD for advice on how to approach article writing. When you're ready, this wizard can help you get started making an article. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 21:57, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Neheemarsh on User:Neheemarsh (14:47, 17 April 2025)

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Hello, how do I make research on my project work titled: Development of Production Rate Optimization Model in Plastic Industry. --Neheemarsh (talk) 14:47, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Neheemarsh, and welcome to Wikipedia! I'm not entirely sure what you are asking, but on Wikipedia it is considered a conflict of interest to write or edit an article about yourself, and it is strongly discouraged. (See also WP:AUTOBIO.) That applies to promoting your work, too. However, if you are an expert in a particular topic, Wikipedia always values the expertise of specialists in improving our existing articles on relevant topics, such as plastics industry. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 22:05, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from KennedyRose (18:10, 17 April 2025)

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Hi! I have been trying to get an article published, but it has now been rejected fro not having secondary sources which is simply not true. It also says that it reads as more of an advertisement, do you have any tips on how to no make my article seem that way. --KennedyRose (talk) 18:10, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello KennedyRose, and welcome to Wikipedia! Sorry to hear you're having a frustrating time with your first article -- this kind of thing is why we suggest that newcomers should start out by improving existing articles, since it can take quite a while to get comfortable with Wikipedia's norms... especially the very boring and dry "encyclopedic tone" that is preferred for the writing style here.
Looking at Draft:Hina Mural ( Halawa View Apartments ), it looks like the first reviewer didn't say there were no secondary sources, just that there weren't enough of them focused on the mural for them to be convinced there should be an article. It looks like the most recent reviewer isn't as concerned about the sources, just the writing style.
To address that, my advice is to make the article substantially shorter, and focus on having a citation for each individual sentence. You can also try looking at some existing articles for inspiration. Wikipedia has relatively few articles on murals -- Well Hung Lover was the only example I could find after a quick search, and you can see it's a much shorter and simpler article. You could also take inspiration from some Good Articles on paintings, such as A Boy with a Flying Squirrel and Symphony in White, No. 1.
Another approach would be to change your focus entirely, either by adding a brief mention of the mural to a relevant existing article like Hōkūleʻa#Malama Honua (worldwide voyage) (2014–2017), or by making an article about the artist overall and including the mural as just one section.
I hope that is helpful -- let me know if you have any questions, or run into any difficulties. Happy editing! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 22:48, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Easter!

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Wishing you peace, joy, and renewal this Easter season. Thank you for all you do to keep Wikipedia growing and thriving.

Stay well, and happy editing! MSincccc (talk) 18:41, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How kind, thank you! Wishing you all the best too! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 19:09, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Sunagurol2 (20:39, 22 April 2025)

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Hello - I am trying to change the page name from "WE Communications" to our new company name "We. Communications". Can you help me figure out how to do that? Thanks much! --Sunagurol2 (talk) 20:39, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Sunagurol2, and welcome to Wikipedia! Here, renaming a page is called "moving" it. It looks like there's been some disagreement about what this article should be titled, so I started an official discussion about it on the article's Talk page. It would be helpful if you would read WP:TITLEFORMAT, especially WP:TITLETM, and then give a brief comment (1 sentence is enough!) at that article about what you think the best format of the title could be. Also, if you work for this company, you should read our guidelines about conflicts of interest, and especially make sure you have disclosed the connection somewhere. Let me know if you have any questions. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 04:39, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Twhite2003 (20:42, 22 April 2025)

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id like to add a portion to an already existing topic for a project im working on how do i add a section --Twhite2003 (talk) 20:42, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Twhite2003, and welcome to Wikipedia! Expanding an existing article is a great way to get started. If you want to add a new section, click the link that says Edit in the top-left of the page. That should let you type anywhere in the article. Then you just need to write a name for your section, and change it to be a "heading" instead of a "paragraph". Here are links to more detailed instructions on how to do that, depending on how you're editing Wikipedia: in the Visual Editor, or in the source editor. You can practice the formatting by making test edits in your sandbox. Let me know if you have any questions as you work, and happy editing! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 04:44, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Rector of Justin

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Thanks for such a prompt new page review, @LEvalyn. I'm not familiar with the standards and practices at WP:Novels - I feel much more comfortable working on films - but I'd appreciate any broad (or narrow) comments you might have to make the article better. Namelessposter (talk) 06:55, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

New pages patrol May 2025 Backlog drive

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May 2025 Backlog Drive | New pages patrol
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Question from Cc2025 (18:03, 28 April 2025)

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Hi! I'm trying to change the name of a Wikipedia page I'm editing. I need to add an initial. Do you know how I can do this? --Cc2025 (talk) 18:03, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Concern regarding Draft:BWL Template

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Information icon Hello, LEvalyn. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:BWL Template, a page you created, has not been edited in at least 5 months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 23:16, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2025 May newsletter

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The second round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 28 April at 23:59 UTC. To reiterate what we said in the previous newsletter, we are no longer disqualifying contestants based on how many points (now known as round points) they received. Instead, the contestants with the highest round-point totals now receive tournament points at the end of each round. These tournament points are carried over between rounds, and can only be earned if a competitor is among the top 16 round-point scorers at the end of each round. This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far. Everyone who competed in round 2 will advance to round 3 unless they have withdrawn or been banned.

Round 2 was quite competitive. Four contestants scored more than 1,000 round points, and eight scored more than 500 points (including one who has withdrawn). The following competitors scored at least 800 points:

In addition, we would like to recognize Generalissima (submissions) for her efforts; she scored 801 round points but withdrew before the end of the round.

The full scores for round 2 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 13 featured articles, 20 featured lists, 4 featured-topic articles, 138 good articles, 7 good-topic articles, and more than 100 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 19 In the News articles, and they have conducted nearly 300 reviews.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed in Round 3. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:02, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Red May 2025

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Women in Red | May 2025, Vol 11, Issue 5, Nos. 326, 327, 337, 338


Online events:

Announcements (events facilitated by others):

Progress ("moving the needle"):

  • Statistics available via Humaniki tool. Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 1,269 articles during this period!
  • 21 Apr 2025: 20.090% of EN-WP biographies are about women (2,061,363; 414,126 women)
  • 24 Mar 2025: 20.070% (2,057,083 bios; 412,857 women)

Tip of the month:

  • Those of you who experience harassment while trying to create or improve articles about women
    are welcome to bring your problems to our attention on the Women in Red talk page.

Other ways to participate:

--Lajmmoore (talk 09:21, 29 April 2025 (UTC) via MassMessaging[reply]

DYK for Laurence Sterne's correspondence with Elizabeth Draper

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On 30 April 2025, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Laurence Sterne's correspondence with Elizabeth Draper, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Laurence Sterne's journal of love letters reverses the found-manuscript literary device by claiming that his real diary is fictional? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Laurence Sterne's correspondence with Elizabeth Draper. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Laurence Sterne's correspondence with Elizabeth Draper), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of St. Alban's Abbey, A Metrical Tale

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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article St. Alban's Abbey, A Metrical Tale you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Kusma -- Kusma (talk) 14:06, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Biscuit Series Book Cover Question

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Dear LEvalyn,

Thank you for reviewing the Biscuit series Wikipedia page! I really appreciate it. I would like to add a photo of the book cover on the Biscuit series Wikipedia page, but unfortunately I am not sure if I am allowed to use the book cover image due to possible copyright. Here is the link to the image: https://yabookscentral.com/press-release-biscuit-celebrates-20-years/

May you please advise? Thank you very much for your assistance in advance! I sincerely appreciate it. Writer1960 (talk) 20:56, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Ann Radcliffe

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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Ann Radcliffe you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Tim riley -- Tim riley (talk) 11:43, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Ann Radcliffe

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The article Ann Radcliffe you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article needs changes or clarifications to meet the good article criteria. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Ann Radcliffe and Talk:Ann Radcliffe/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Tim riley -- Tim riley (talk) 14:01, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Always Kumaran (19:49, 11 May 2025)

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How to publish my own content --Always Kumaran (talk) 19:49, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Always Kumaran, and welcome to wikipedia! Wikipedia is not a web host, so you can't publish your "own" content here -- all we do is make encyclopedia articles, which belong to everybody. If you're asking how to to contribute to an article, there will be an "edit" button that will let you start making changes right away. More information on how to edit is available in this tutorial. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 01:49, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Bungay Castle (novel)

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Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Bungay Castle (novel) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Simongraham -- Simongraham (talk) 20:46, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Bungay Castle (novel)

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The article Bungay Castle (novel) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article needs changes or clarifications to meet the good article criteria. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Bungay Castle (novel) and Talk:Bungay Castle (novel)/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Simongraham -- Simongraham (talk) 09:02, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Images for my next project

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Hey LEvalyn! Hope you're well. Not sure if you know but, since Dracula's promotion, I've been working on Odin (sandbox). There are many images on the existing page, but I thought I would drop you a message to see if you had any interest in evaluating/potentially upgrading them. If not, no worries at all—images just aren't my thing so I figured I'd offer! — ImaginesTigers (talk) 13:01, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm touched you thought of me! This is farther from my literary wheelhouse, but I enjoy working on article illustration so I'd be happy to lend a hand. At the moment my main attention is going toward some GAs that happily attracted reviewers, but I'll take a look in the next week or so (though, don't be shy about nudging me if I appear to forget...). This is a major topic, I'm glad it's getting high-quality attention! ~ L 🌸 (talk) 05:47, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Ann Radcliffe

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The article Ann Radcliffe you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article needs changes or clarifications to meet the good article criteria. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Ann Radcliffe and Talk:Ann Radcliffe/GA1 for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Tim riley -- Tim riley (talk) 11:41, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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