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Question from Jay Gerlach 1 (23:35, 12 March 2025)

Hi - I appreciate your help. I lead marketing for a company called Sphere Bio (based in Cambridge UK) that, as of a few weeks ago, was called Sphere Fluidics. We have renamed the company to reflect at transformation that has occurred over the last 2 years and would like wikipedia to reflect this. My head of Digital Marketing attempted to edit the company name and URL on wikipedia earlier today and the changes were rejected. What is the best way for us to update Wikipedia to reflect the current reality, Sphere Fluidics no longer exists and has been replaced by Sphere Bio? --Jay Gerlach 1 (talk) 23:35, 12 March 2025 (UTC)

@Jay Gerlach 1: Welcome to Wikipedia! I feel that the edit to Sphere Fluidics was reverted for a couple of different reasons:

1. The username was promotional and hence was blocked.
2. The edit tried to do too many things at once.

I suggest the following:

1. Since you have already said that you are an employee of the company, please read WP:DCOI and declare your connection to the company using all the ways mentioned in that page.
2. Be content with doing small changes to the article at a slow pace. Start with changing the lead sentence to "Sphere Bio (formerly known as Sphere Fluidics) is a ....". Don't change other things. Wait for a day to see if anyone objects.

I have watchlisted the page, so I'll keep an eye on it myself too. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:20, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

Question from Silvermugco (06:17, 14 March 2025)

I just want to post an article about my business, can I do that here? --Silvermugco (talk) 06:17, 14 March 2025 (UTC)

@Silvermugco: Welcome to Wikipedia.

1. Is "Silver Mug" the name of your company? If so, your username would fall afoul of our naming conventions. Please read WP:RENAME.
2. Yes, you can have an article about your business, but there are a few steps to follow. Please read and follow the steps at WP:DCOI. Following that, use the WP:AFC process to start a draft about your company. The article would need to have a few reliable independent sources that talk about the company in depth (WP:NCORP). Start your draft using the article wizard.

Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 06:27, 14 March 2025 (UTC)

Question from Agetto04 (11:22, 14 March 2025)

Hello MPGuy2824 I have a question about linking to external websites. Would it be correct to link to the schools personal website as there isn't a wiki article on the school itself, or should it be left un-linked. Thanks Agetto04 :) --Agetto04 (talk) 11:22, 14 March 2025 (UTC)

@Agetto004: Welcome to Wikipedia. I assume you are talking about "Bredon Hill Academy" in Charlton, Worcestershire. I would say that you shouldn't link the school's website there. If the school had an article then you could add the website in the infobox OR in the "External Links" section. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 11:32, 14 March 2025 (UTC)

Mass Veggie Tales content deletion / redirects

I'm not going to argue with the decision to delete the content from all the VeggieTales video pages, despite the amount of words there was a lack of citations, but the redirects should have been to List of VeggieTales videos (specifically the actual video on that page) rather than the VeggieTales main site. Yours - Ckruschke (talk) 19:36, 17 March 2025 (UTC)Ckruschke

Hi Ckruschke, I assume you mean redirects like God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?!. If so, then I didn't convert that long standing redirect into an article, nor was I the one who converted it back. I did mark the redirect as reviewed though. In this case, the redirect is already to the list page though. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:38, 18 March 2025 (UTC)

Promotion of List of constituencies of the Telangana Legislative Assembly

Congratulations, MPGuy2824! The list you nominated, List of constituencies of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, has been promoted to featured status, recognizing it as one of the best lists on Wikipedia. The nomination discussion has been archived.

This is a rare accomplishment and you should be proud. If you would like, you may nominate it to appear on the Main page as Today's featured list. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Hey man im josh (talk) via FACBot (talk) 00:26, 18 March 2025 (UTC)

Question from Schorensaw (23:53, 19 March 2025)

Hello! I hope you're doing well, i wanted to ask if Wikipedia enforces strict grammatical standards for contributions. If so, what kind of linguistic choice should I adhere to when editing? --Schorensaw (talk) 23:53, 19 March 2025 (UTC)

@Schorensaw: Welcome to Wikipedia. I don't think any strict grammatical standards is enforced for contributions. Some grammatical errors crop up from time to time in any editor's contributions, and other editors are always free to fix those issues. That said, if someone's contributions are completely unintelligible, then we politely ask them to continue contributions to the language Wikipedia that they are more familiar with, instead of the English wiki. Hope this helps. If not, please feel free to ask a more specific question. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:58, 20 March 2025 (UTC)

Question from We-gold (09:55, 21 March 2025)

I would like to make a page for Vellore Diocesan Ecumenical Forum (VDEF) --We-gold (talk) 09:55, 21 March 2025 (UTC)

@We-gold: Welcome to Wikipedia. You would need to read Help:YFA, especially the section about notability. Once you start your draft, message me here if you'd like me to give you feedback on sources or other aspects of the draft. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 11:07, 21 March 2025 (UTC)

Question from Schorensaw (14:18, 21 March 2025)

Hello! I hope you're doing good, so i want to ask you some basic questions regarding citations, sources and references.

Regarding primary sources, are there exceptions? Like, when you quote someone's own words (in a biography article) and the source is a work formulated by him. (I.e. a quote from the person himself from a website made by himself, to prove the authentication of his intentions and goals concerning his works). I'm asking this because it is regarded as a primary source.

Secondly, is referencing someone's own book valid? I'm also asking this because it is regarded as a primary source.

Thank you. --Schorensaw (talk) 14:18, 21 March 2025 (UTC)

@Schorensaw: Take a look at WP:PRIMARY. In general, there are usually a few primary sources in any article of decent length. A well-written article will have many more secondary sources too. From the link above: "Do not base an entire article on primary sources, and be cautious about basing large passages on them." Specifically for Draft:The Jacques Maritain Center, all the sources are primary and non-independent of the subject. Hopefully you'll be able to find some secondary sources about the topic (e.g. newspaper/magazine articles that talk about the subject in depth). When the draft was declined, there was a reason attached. Please read that carefully and you'll be able to fix the problem. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 14:58, 21 March 2025 (UTC)

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New Page "Delmwa Deshi-Kura

Hello, i created the above article a week ago. Please do help me take a look. Thanks Twicebefore (talk) 17:07, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

I checked a few of the sources in Delmwa Deshi-Kura and they do appear to have WP:SIGCOV. That said, I don't usually review articles about people in the film field and don't know what sources are considered reliable. We do have a backlog of about 17k articles to review, but this article will be reviewed eventually. Please have some patience. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:24, 28 March 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for your help. Twicebefore (talk) 08:13, 28 March 2025 (UTC)

Unreviewed Pages

I must thank you for the work you do in this global project. The joy of every editor is to receive acknowledgments. In that light, I strived to create many pages but noticed that they hardly get reviewed. This may be because of the load of work for reviewers. These pages, Paul Robertson (researcher), Anthony Nzeako, Fidelis Uchenna Okoro (from my friend, Diamondsee) and Evangelist Ebuka Obi are heavily referenced BLP, but unreviewed. There may also be something I may be overlooking. I will love to be advised. Thank you.Royalrumblebee (talk) 23:44, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

Royalrumblebee, I don't usually review articles about academicians, but at a first glance they do appear to be well-referenced. New Pages Patrol has a backlog of about 17K pages to patrol and so you'll have to have some patience while waiting for your articles to be reviewed. While you are waiting, maybe you can help out at some other areas of wikipedia. See Wikipedia:Task Center if that seems appealing to you. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:29, 28 March 2025 (UTC)

Question from Medauthor (05:57, 27 March 2025)

Hello Mp, hope you are doing well. I am currently writing a wiki page in sandbox, i am not sure if you can see it. So last night i worked for couple of hours, did exhaustive research and added few lines. Something happened, when i pressed published button, it didn't appear on the page. I am sad that i need to write that all up again. Can you tell me what happened? Thank you in advance. --Medauthor (talk) 05:57, 27 March 2025 (UTC)

@Medauthor: Welcome to Wikipedia. I've left you a message on your talk page with a few links. Please go through them when you get a chance. I'm sorry that your work wasn't saved last night. It might have been a network or some other issue. I suggest that you save your work at least every 30 minutes to avoid such issues. Since your are writing your first article at User:Medauthor/sandbox, I suggest that you got through Help:Your first article. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:10, 27 March 2025 (UTC)

Dear MPG, Thank you for your warm welcome and also for your kind text. I would follow your advice and also check the link that you shared. The saved part are only 2 paragraphs, would you like to give a look. I would be grateful to you, If you could have a look and give me your feedback.

Thank MA Medauthor (talk) 18:43, 27 March 2025 (UTC)

I don't think you've found any sources that show that this topic meets WP:GNG. Please read through that section carefully. You can submit this via WP:AFC where you some reviewers give detailed feedback. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:20, 28 March 2025 (UTC)

Bonsoir, Thank you for going through my draft and the edits. Yes when i started writing this draft i did read on the notability criteria. This person on whom i am writing the draft was one of the most popular doctor worked in our country (Seychelles). I will be adding some more details with citation then hopefully, it won't be a problem. Yes i also read about AFC, but as wikipedia is new to me, so i started with sandbox. Once i finish adding some more details then i will submit my first draft to AFC, then i will start on the 2nd draft on a Marine Biologist of Seychelles.

≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ MedAuthor Medauthor (talk) 19:28, 28 March 2025 (UTC)

Hello MPG, hope you are well. So i finished writing on my first blog, as you told me earlier, i found my way to AFC and submitted for review. If you get a time then please do have a look and give me your input. Thank you

-----Medauthor Medauthor (talk) 00:27, 29 March 2025 (UTC)

I'll assume that you are still talking about Draft:Bibhakar Ranjan. I see that you've added some more references. An AFC reviewer who focuses on medical professional should get to it soon. Ciao. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:41, 29 March 2025 (UTC)

List of Los Angeles Rams starting quarterbacks FLC

Hi there,

I responded to your comments regarding List of Los Angeles Rams starting quarterbacks for its featured list candidacy. I removed the tables that were not compliant with accessibility standards since those weren't intended to be a part of the list. The list is supposed to resemble List of Green Bay Packers starting quarterbacks which was promoted as a featured list last year.

--Birdienest81talk 12:06, 27 March 2025 (UTC)

Please recheck all the win percentages. I found another error in my quick perusal just now. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 12:11, 27 March 2025 (UTC)

Also shouldn't "games started" = W+L ? This isn't true for John Wolford. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 12:12, 27 March 2025 (UTC)

@MPGuy2824: Done - I double checked all the win percentages, and I fixed John Wolford's games started. Also I changed Bob Waterfield's games started to the ones only pertaining to 1950 through 1952 since 1950 was when win-loss records for starting quarterbacks were first recorded. Birdienest81talk 02:04, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Christ College,Cuttack

A tag has been placed on Christ College,Cuttack requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section R3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a recently created redirect from an implausible typo or misnomer, or other unlikely search term.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. CycloneYoris ^talk! 07:11, 28 March 2025 (UTC)

Yup, should have moved without leaving a redirect. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 07:14, 28 March 2025 (UTC)

No worries. CycloneYoris ^talk! 07:16, 28 March 2025 (UTC)

Lots of Redirects!

Hello MPGuy2824,

As I'm sure you've noticed already, I've created a whole bunch of redirects in the past few days. Thank you for approving all the ones I've set forth.

I'm highly curious to know how difficult the process of approving each and every redirect is. When I propose a slew of redirects, does it conveniently accumulate them all on one single topic in the big list of redirect requests. (that I can't find anymore! :/ ) If not, should I organize them in a specific way? (Maybe on a user sandbox page) I say this because I certainly don't want to be causing unnecessary work for you, especially for a low-traffic topic (that being US militaria).

Thank you,

SergeantSelfExplanatory (talk) 22:09, 28 March 2025 (UTC)

Hey, no problem. There is no need to do anything special. We find all unreviewed redirects at Special:NewPagesFeed. There is a list of redirect requests at WP:AFC/R, but that is for people who can't create redirect to request help in doing so. It isn't meant for people like you. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:45, 29 March 2025 (UTC)

Question from LegacyByIO (11:43, 30 March 2025)

Hi! Thank you for your support. I am trying to get an article published however it has been rejected with the following message: This submission reads more like an essay than an encyclopedia article. Submissions should summarise information in secondary, reliable sources and not contain opinions or original research. Please write about the topic from a neutral point of view in an encyclopedic manner.

Can you please help me give it a review then provide any suggestions for it to be approved? I have about 16 sources included and i tried to draft the language in an encyclopedic manner so i am a bit stumped on how to proceed. --LegacyByIO (talk) 11:43, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

@LegacyByIO: Welcome to Wikipedia. I'll assume that you are talking about Draft:Heath Donell Creech. I think you should read Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch. Just to pick a few words/phrases from the lead paragraph: "visionary", "landmark" and "widely recognized" are mentioned in that list. Another example from later in the draft is "He was often referred to as the "Prince of Austin" for his steadfast leadership and quiet influence in the city's cultural evolution." That sentence would definitely need to be supported by a good reference of someone saying that. Go through the article of someone else in his field to see how to improve this draft. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 11:57, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

Thank you! I think i might have set these up incorrectly and as such i am experiencing some issues with version.

It appears i have somehow created two drafts [Draft:Heath Donell Creech] and [Draft:Heath Creech]. However the latter is the most revised version. That said i think the editors are still reviewing the first draft.

Can you please direct me on how to go about ensuring the revised draft is the one that they are reviewing? As well, can you please review the latter, Draft:Heath Creech and let me know if there is anything else you'd recommend i adjust here.

Thank you. LegacyByIO (talk) 13:42, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

I would suggest that you blank out Draft:Heath Donell Creech if all relevant content is already present in the other draft. Leave an edit summary along the lines of "Blanking since I want it deleted".

I checked 4 links in Draft:Heath Creech: none of them mentioned Creech at all. Please have a look at WP:GNG and then give what you'd consider the best three references in the draft right now. (the linkedin link doesn't make the cut for example). -MPGuy2824 (talk) 13:56, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for this feedback. Ok i will go back and make these adjustments.

As well, although the Heath Creech is the most updated, i did want the page to bear the full name 'Heath Donell Creech'. As such how easy it it for me to maintain Draft 2 but update the title? Will that confuse things if two drafts have the same name? LegacyByIO (talk) 13:59, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

Once Draft:Heath Donell Creech is blanked and then deleted, we can move the other draft to that name. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 14:00, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

Ok, amazing. Thank you again for all your help. This is my first contribution so I sincerely appreciate the guidance. I will get to work on the revisions and circle back once ready for your review. Have a great day. LegacyByIO (talk) 14:02, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

Hello again. Circling back to confirm i have blanketed out Draft:Heath Donell Creech and left the note you recommended in the Event summary section. Please let me know if there is anything else i should do on my end, or if the deletion will happen on the end of the approved editors?

Next, i've gone into Draft:Heath Creech and removed the LinkedIn reference. I crosschecked all the other links and they all reference him [publications sometime referenced him by his middle name 'Donell' so you might see 'Donell Creech' in the publication.

Can you please give the article another review for me now? As well, please share your opinion on if i should remove the 'Honors & Award' section alltogether. The links route to PDF documents that prove he was apart of the taskforce but i can see how that might not be acceptable as a credible source, so i am ok to remove the section altogether if you recommend.

With that, I will standby for your followup to the questions above and I am open to any other feedback you want to share to help get this article ready for review and hopefully approval. With gratitude. LegacyByIO (talk) 14:16, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

Looks like a reviewer has looked at the draft and added some maintenance tags. Fix the issues pointed out by them and the draft should be in a much better shape. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:33, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

Question from Today Soccer Predictions (15:41, 30 March 2025)

Hey, how do I create an article about soccer prediction with a citation? --Today Soccer Predictions (talk) 15:41, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

@Today Soccer Predictions: Welcome to Wikipedia. You should read Help:YFA. Also, is your username also the name of your company? If so it would fall afoul of Wikipedia's rules on usernames and you'd need to change it accordingly. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:35, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

New Articles Review Request

Hi @MPGuy2824, I had created new articles on few Indian villages, Some of them got reviewed, However below articles are in Unreviewed state from past 2 months, If possible, Please help to review them.

1. Lagumenahalli, Bengaluru East
2. Bendiganahalli, Bengaluru East
3. Raghuvanahalli, Bengaluru East
4. Kodigehalli, Bengaluru East

Thanks in advance. Have a great day! --Naveen N Kadalaveni (talk) 10:41, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

I think it would help if you added a direct link to a district census pdf instead of the generic link to https://censusindia.gov.in/census.website/data/population-finder. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 10:47, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

Ok, You meant this URL is it? Naveen N Kadalaveni (talk) 11:03, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

If it has the village's name and population in 2011, then yes, that's what I mean. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 11:04, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

Yes, it has those Villages information as per 2011 Census. Will do those changes and let you know. Thank you. --Naveen N Kadalaveni (talk) 11:06, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

Question from Prince okochi (13:51, 1 April 2025)

How can I blog a post using Wikipedia --Prince okochi (talk) 13:51, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

@Prince okochi:. Wikipedia is not a blog. If you think of a subject that would make a good article though, then you should look at Help:YFA. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:04, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

Question from SusieQ0813 (21:48, 1 April 2025)

Hello! Is there anyway to make an article? --SusieQ0813 (talk) 21:48, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

@SusieQ0813: Welcome to Wikipedia. I've left you a message with a few links on your talk page. Please go through the ones that seem interesting. To answer your question about creating a new article, you should look at Help:YFA. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:10, 2 April 2025 (UTC)