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MOS:ORDER for maintenance tags

Hey there! I just wanted to reach out as I noticed you've added a few maintenance templates to articles recently. Per MOS:ORDER, I wanted to point out that these generally should be placed above infoboxes. You're doing great work—simply some brief feedback for the future. Happy editing, and let me know if you have any questions! Bsoyka (t • c • g) 01:16, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Drive-by tagging

I can see you are a new editor, and your contribution seems to be drive-by tagging. Please take a moment to fix some of the problems you are identifying, rather than leaving them for other editors to fix. Thanks for your understanding. Magnolia677 (talk) 16:38, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

Not sure why Biden and the Academy Awards was deleted.

Biden addressed the very serious issues from the documentary "The Hunting Ground" (2015), which discussed assault on college campuses. I don't understand why it was deleted. Starlighsky (talk) 03:15, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

Sorry, but don't ask me! I only reverted your edit because you didn't follow the bold revert discuss rule on that article; I don't have any opinion on Joe Biden's contribution to that event. I have already sent a message to @Zaathras directing them to the talk page entry you made.

Cheers! TheWikiToby (talk) 04:31, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

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World's second largest democracy by population.

Hi. USA is the 3rd largest country by population. China is a not a democracy. India is a democracy and it even states on their Wikipedia article that they are the world's largest democracy by population. Now isn't it just a simple deduction that the USA would be the world's 2nd largest democracy by population since China is not one? Not really sure if I need a source for this. Alexysun (talk) 03:04, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

More Context: The only two countries with more population than the USA are India and China. Alexysun (talk) 03:05, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

@Alexysun Well, the verifiability policy states that material that is "likely to be challenged" should always be cited. Not every reader out there will know or care about the political status of China and India, nor even their population. Based on that, it should be cited.

Also, Wikipedia is (ironically) not a reliable source because of its user-generated content. TheWikiToby (talk) 03:51, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

@TheWikiToby Okay, I'll find something. Alexysun (talk) 04:00, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

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Maybe you can add a wee bit more content than a couple of sentences? WP:INDISCRIMINATE applies here - we need some kind of gameplay explanation and more reception.

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HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:26, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. TheWikiToby (talk) 15:29, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

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I think you made the right move there. I ended up with the edit conflict with you there. I'd say that it's because Wikipedia is not censored (WP:CENSOR). Myrealnamm's Alternate Account (talk) 15:48, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

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Can you add some kind of warning so people don't keep making the same mistake I did? Thanks. Counterfeit Purses (talk) 22:55, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

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Dave Williams is the legitimate chairman of the Colorado Republican Party per yesterday's court ruling. Stop reverting edits to their page that reflect this fact. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:282:1E80:AAA0:75FA:D425:C8DA:5809 (talk) 17:54, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

You're always free to add it back if you have a reliable source that verifies he's the chairman. You can't just add a claim and say it's true! TheWikiToby (talk) 18:01, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

Invalid Revert on Rafael Obrador

Hi! The very first line itself says Rafael Obrador was born at Mallorca on 24th February 2004. How is that false information?

"Rafael Obrador Burguera (Mallorca, 24 de febrero de 2004) fue presentado esta mañana como nuevo jugador del Deportivo cedido esta temporada por el Real Madrid CF."

183.83.228.140 (talk) 17:50, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

Sorry! I didn't check the citation and just looked at the bare lede (which said February 18) before you corrected it, so I thought you may have made a mistake. You can add the entry back now. TheWikiToby (talk) 17:52, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

Added it back. In the respective page, it was correct on the infobox 183.83.228.140 (talk) 18:00, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

Five Nights at Freddy's - I'm here to help!

Hi Toby, I hope this is the right place to reach out.

My name is Kane Carter and I'm directly involved in the Five Nights at Freddy's franchise. I've personally released two official games for it in the past few years under the Fazbear Fanverse Initiative. I've seen that the Wikipedia article for the Five Nights at Freddy's series has had some internal discussion about whether the Fanverse should be recognised on the page. I would love to give some insight on the Initiative, as well as possibly provide useful information for the rest of the series page based on my time as a fan and a developer for the series.

If you or anyone else working on the Wiki is interested, please DM me on Twitter, "kanethecarter", or "POPGOESdev". I'm happy to answer questions and clarify things regarding the Fanverse, or my own series in it.

I am not going to personally edit things on the page, to avoid a conflict of interest issue, but I will say it's sad to see the Fanverse being so broadly dismissed as a simple footnote. I was hoping that it being a huge part of the anniversary event this year would give it some well deserved credit, but it appears to still be seen as a mere group of "fangames" which is not correct.

Thanks for reading, hope to hear back from you soon. KaneCarter (talk) 19:39, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for reaching out KaneCarter! As a fan of Fnaf, it's super cool that I get to hear from someone so influential from the community!

To address your concerns, unfortunately, your edit requests may not be able to be implemented in the actual article. First of all, I don't know for a fact that you're the real Kane Carter. I personally trust you, but I shouldn't jeopardize the integrity of the article in case you're not actually him (I also don't have Twitter).

Secondly, your help counts as a Wikipedia:PRIMARYSOURCE, which is discouraged here, as Wikipedia heavily relies on Wikipedia:RELIABLESOURCES that proves the information can be Wikipedia:VERIFIED. Maybe it's possible you can drop some info to a secondary publication (see a list of sources here), and they can write about it so that Wikipedia in turn can use it.

Again, thank you for reaching out and trying to help Wikipedia. You can read Wikipedia:EDITREQUEST for info on how you could request changes on a talk page, and Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. Thanks. TheWikiToby (talk) 22:17, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

p.s. Avoid shortening Wikipedia as Wiki as it can be quite confusing (read this). Thanks. TheWikiToby (talk) 22:19, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

Maintenance templates on Bishop Herman College

After doing some editing to address the problem, I removed the templates you placed on Bishop Herman College ({{Peacock}}[1] and {{Advert}}[2]). I won't object if you think there are still issues, and want to restore them. As for the awards and alumni sections, my go-to guide is Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools/Article advice. But there's a lot of tricky interpretation to be done there, so I've left those sections alone for now. _signed, Willondon (talk) 20:15, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

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Your PERM request

I just noticed on my watchlist that you used convenient discussions to add the perm request, and I don't think it works properly because of how the templates work - might be worth removing and readding your request with the button they have there because I don't think I see an easy way to fix it. Zippybonzo | talk | contribs (they/them) 17:24, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

Yep, just noticed. Thanks. TheWikiToby (talk) 17:25, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

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Sri Lankan Vellalar DRN

You were right that the dispute was not ready for DRN. The filing unregistered editor had made a comment on the article talk page, but it did not result in discussion. Also, unregistered editors are strongly urged to register accounts, because IP addresses shift, and IPv6 addresses are impossible to remember. Robert McClenon (talk) 22:29, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

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Thank you. TheWikiToby (talk) 21:41, 22 October 2024 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion declined: Looky (Rainbow Friends)

Hello TheWikiToby. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Looky (Rainbow Friends), a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Notability is not a speedy deletion criterion. Thank you. Whpq (talk) 17:51, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

@Whpq I was requesting more so an WP:IAR/WP:SNOW delete rather than just notability. Seven editors have all decided on a delete in the AFD, so I don't see any reason the discussion should last longer than even a day imo. TheWikiToby (talk) 17:58, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

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Can you do early early close please? TheWikiToby (talk) 18:01, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

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Thank you! TheWikiToby (talk) 15:28, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

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Thank you! TheWikiToby (talk) 16:37, 25 October 2024 (UTC)

You're quietly helping me ...?

TheWikiToby, you seem to have done the needful to do archiving of various Talk conversations I've had. Thanks, though it would have been appreciated all the more if you'd called my attention to that, though I know I've been behind the curve in following through on your comment about the need for that.

Congratulations on your Defender of the Wiki barnstar, which I see just above my message here. Augnablik (talk) 07:46, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

@Augnablik I'm not sure what you're really talking about since I haven't been archiving any of your stuff. The Teahouse archiving is taken care of by a bot btw TheWikiToby (talk) 15:47, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

I can't remember now where I saw a notification of my archived material and your name.

Wish I'd taken a screenshot. If ever I see it again. I will. Augnablik (talk) 17:05, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

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Say what …?

Hi, TheWikiToby. I just read your reply in the Teahouse, "FYI for passerbys, OP has put up the retirement banner 10 minutes after the first response for this." Wanted to understand but didn't. Could you translate for me?

BTW, it's passers-by. Augnablik (talk) 03:34, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

You can look at the OP's (Original Poster's) user page User:Caman9899. They put up the template signalling their account's retirement which means they intend to indefinitely pause all editing on that account. TheWikiToby (talk) 03:39, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

Aha. Got it. Augnablik (talk) 03:47, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

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I have replied back to the question I created lol

Kind regards,

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User:Salah talah/Sample page

Hello, TheWikiToby,

I don't know why you tagged this page for speedy deletion, CSD U1 is only for tagging your own User pages for deletion, not other editors'. You shouldn't have even been editing this page, please do not tag other editors' User pages for deletion unless CSD U5 applies or you want to tag them for an MFD discussion. But neither of those factors applied here. In general, it's best to edit within your own User space and leave other editors' alone. Thank you. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 19:14, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

@Liz Hello Liz. The author opened a Teahouse thread asking for their sandbox and that page to be deleted, but did not know how to do so. I tagged it for them with an explanation in the template explaining why.

The custom text in the template is pretty hard to notice though since it's not differentiated from the background or default text in any way, so it's completely understandable to miss it. TheWikiToby (talk) 19:39, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Link ---> Wikipedia:Teahouse#Deleting my edits TheWikiToby (talk) 19:40, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Deletion saying I didn't provide a reliable source.

Hey, so you deleted a post in PayPal Honey for not having the correct or reliable sources. Whilst that is fair enough, you are mistaken for I am not the one who added the reference, I merely just edited part of the description, not adding the reference and simply just added a few words. I am not saying to add it back, I'm just saying you accused me of adding the thing without a proper reference, which was the previous user. FreckleTheCat (talk) 21:20, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

Hello @FreckleTheCat. While you didn't add the YouTube source, you still added information from that source, which is deprecated. The boilerplate template is used for both adding unreliable sources and adding content using unreliable sources. Sorry for the confusion! Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 21:36, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

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Question from ValleyDragon888 (12:30, 31 December 2024)

Hello! I just joined Wikipedia to fix a reference that links to a malicious website. However, when I enter the editor, the References section completely changes, and the part I was going to edit is no longer there. (Upon exiting it returns) I’m not really sure what to do, and would really appreciate your help. --ValleyDragon888 (talk) 12:30, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

Hello @ValleyDragon888. I'm glad to help! Can you tell me which article you're trying to fix and what reference leads to the malicious website? I could try to see it myself to fix the problem and tell you what went wrong. Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 17:14, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

The article is here: https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Toki_Pona_words

In reference 4, Tokipona.net and “the original” need to be removed.

Thanks for your help! ValleyDragon888 (talk) 08:01, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

@ValleyDragon888 Just an FYI, that link directs to the Simple English Wikipedia which is a separate wiki from the English Wikipedia (the one we're editing right now!) I don't edit that wiki, so you should ask editors over there rather than someone like me for questions like this.

I've checked, and the References section indeed changes when I start editing. Unfortunately, I'm not too experienced with the functions of those templates and am unsure of what causes this to happen in the source code. You can ask someone more experienced with templates for that. I can still remove the reference in the source editor though.

Can you also explain how the reference is malicious before I remove it? Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 18:21, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

Firstly, "the original" tried to get me to install a fake antivirus software, by telling me that I had a worm on my computer.

tokipona.net contained a fake captcha, that attempted to trick me into enabling notifications for that website.ValleyDragon888 (talk) 08:52, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

@ValleyDragon888 I've removed the link now. Thanks for alerting someone of this. Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 18:53, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

Question from Bees'n'wasps (19:39, 1 January 2025)

Hi, Tarlby. I have just edited an entry on Maconochie rations by adding an additional comment plus citation. The reference has automatically created a hyperlink for the author (Henry Buckle) to another Wikipedia article. Unfortunately the link is to a different person bearing the same name. I am trying to disable the hyperlink but keep the citation, but this does not seem to be working. How can I achieve this, please? Regards, Bees'n'wasps. --Bees'n'wasps (talk) 19:39, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for the question, @Bees'n'wasps. Assuming you're using the Visual Editor, this is how the link can be removed:

1. Select the reference and click "Edit". A popup should appear
2. On the left sidebar, you will see a list of parameters. Deselect "Author link" when you see it.
3. Click "Apply changes" to the top right and publish the edit

I've just removed the link for you. You can go back to this in the future if you need help with this again. Help:Template also has a ton of information for templates.

PS: There shouldn't be a space before a citation. Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 20:01, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

Šarūnas Jasikevičius

BTW: I undid a few more of the anon's edits. Thanks for catching that! Workin' hard! Cheers Adakiko (talk) 19:23, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

@Adakiko Cheers to you too! Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 19:25, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

Thank you! AIV report btw... Cheers Adakiko (talk) 19:26, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

Thresher shark

Per template:Automatic taxobox#TemplateData->"type species" - It should be the original name of the species. I undid the anon's edit too and just restored it. Suggested the anon should point to that part. Cheers Adakiko (talk) 20:56, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

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More

If you want to see how pathetic it gets, look at the history of Wikipedia:Teahouse. They regularly abuse the noticeboards for their little complaint. Drmies (talk) 01:35, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

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Question from WANT TO BE RICH on Agora (online marketplace) (07:18, 8 January 2025)

Can i earn money from this ? --WANT TO BE RICH (talk) 07:18, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Question from WANT TO BE RICH on Agora (online marketplace) (07:21, 8 January 2025)

Can i earn money? --WANT TO BE RICH (talk) 07:21, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Hello @WANT TO BE RICH. Wikipedia is a volunteer project, do you will not receive any payment for editing. Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 15:35, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Question from EnbyRaven (00:43, 11 January 2025)

Hi, I'm new in general to Wikipedia, I've looked at articles before, but not much else. I would likely only edit a page to fix spelling errors and such, or basic grammatical things. Do you have any basic recommendations or guidelines for me to follow? --EnbyRaven (talk) 00:43, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

Hello @EnbyRaven. A tutorial like WP:I is a helpful directory to different policies and guidelines that would be helpful for beginners like you. If you want to stay editing for more than just simple typos or grammar, you can read our policies and guidelines for information on more in-depth complicated editing. If you ever see anything you'd like to improve on an article, feel free to be bold and fix it. If you happen to make any mistake, it's likely someone else will revert it and you can ask how you can improve. We all make mistakes here! Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 00:53, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

Question from Emadsaoudy (11:27, 11 January 2025)

كيف انشئ مقال --Emadsaoudy (talk) 11:27, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

Hello @Emadsaoudy. If you cannot write and read English, you should use another version of Wikipedia like the Arabic Wikipedia. You can ask for help on that Wikipedia on how to create an article. Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 15:54, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

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There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is [[Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#User:Earl Andrew|User:Earl Andrew]]. Thank you. Legend of 14 (talk) 18:29, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

That user

Regarding that user (i.e. the one who kicked me off to their talk page), thank you for your reply to help redirect them to be civil and constructive.

On a positive note (and sadly I would have posted this on their talk page), I find that they redirected their actions towards constructive editing, which is a good glimmer of hope when it seemed like all was lost. Nothing contentious or disruptive yet, but still worth keeping an eye on.

The attitude and disdain showed, makes me wonder if the 14 represents their age? But again, their redirected efforts and backing down from the being argumentative is a good sign. Cheers! TiggerJay (talk) 23:38, 17 January 2025 (UTC) )(copy edited for clarity upon request 03:43, 18 January 2025 (UTC))

I'm having a hard time understanding your first sentence lol. Can you ce? Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 00:45, 18 January 2025 (UTC)

I hope this glimmer of hope continues in the foreseeable future. Thanks for all of your work TiggerJay. Cheers! Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 03:48, 18 January 2025 (UTC)

Question from Silver Rendition (00:15, 20 January 2025)

Hello! I wanted to ask, I'm new to the website, just made an account a few minutes or by the time you see this hours ago, and I first spotted false information from the Ideas Wiki on Fandom on a page of a list of content from Sonic, I simply deleted the paragraph of false info, was that the right move, or should I had done more? --Silver Rendition (talk) 00:15, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

Hello @Silver Rendition. As Fandom and Wikipedia are two completely separate websites, it's best that you ask an experienced editor over there instead. Wikipedia and small scale wikis have very different expectations and practices, so I cannot answer this. Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 00:18, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

Oh, I worded that wrong, I meant information from a page on Fandom on Wikipedia that was false! Silver Rendition (talk) 00:20, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

Super sorry for the late response!

The edit is appropriate; per WP:V, content that is not cited to reliable source is free to be removed. There's also plagarism concerns due to the fact the text was taken from Fandom. Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 03:36, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks! 👍🏽 Silver Rendition (talk) 05:46, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

Question from G7sixdenise (01:47, 27 January 2025)

so my great grandparents were chumash indians but there papers were lost is there any other way i can prove i am chumash indian --G7sixdenise (talk) 01:47, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

Hello @G7sixdenise. Do you have a questino related to Wikipedia? I don't wish to answer this particular question. Cheers. Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 01:53, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for this. I didn't want to take a strong stand, but thank you. P.S --- I was looking for that link but couldn't find it, I thought might as well post that comment before they edited more. Cheers, CF-501 Falcon (talk) 17:03, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

Question from Trickyb33 (17:38, 28 January 2025)

I've been just a Wikipedia reader up until today. Earlier this year two friends in the hack community offered to create a wikipedia page for my previous life stating that if I do not seize control of the narrative someone else will which I politely declined. I would like to learn how to create a page and maintain it and wonder what are the requirements in order for me to create a page about literally myself using my handle in the hack world of the late 80s/90s on forward. (seems a tad vain lol). There's already a-lot of articles out there by Forbes, Vice, Network World, etc and a few years ago someone added an hacker database entry (soldierx 'hacker database') which lists my real name so I have decided to do this but am ignorant to the ways and means so my apologies for typing overmuch and if this is beyond the scope of what a mentor is supposed to assist with. --Trickyb33 (talk) 17:38, 28 January 2025 (UTC)

Hello @Trickyb33. I've read your question and will answer when I am able to (because I'm currently pretty busy doing real life things :)) Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 17:48, 28 January 2025 (UTC)

Real life is priority #1, thank you for your response and I'm in no hurry so it's all good. <3 Trickyb33 (talk) 17:51, 28 January 2025 (UTC)

I'm having a little difficulty understanding exactly what you're saying, but I believe you need help on info about writing an autobiography here?

Short answer: You really shouldn't try it. If you want, you should learn to edit other areas of Wikipedia to understand the culture and expectations before trying to write an article.

Long answer: Please see WP:AUTO, WP:COI, WP:GNG, WP:BIO, WP:RS, WP:V, and other WP:GUIDELINES. Creating an article is really hard for most inexperienced editors and especially those who have never edited before. Before we get to the general article writing difficulties, creating an article about yourself isn't exactly the best thing to do (WP:AUTO]]. Unconscious biases will probably creep in violating WP:NPOV. The article would also need multiple reliable sources (WP:RS, WP:V) that prove the article is notable (WP:N). But if there really are multiple articles by Forbes, Vice, and such, then maybe it is actually possible.

If you really want to try making an article, make a WP:DRAFT and submit it to WP:AFC for review. Make sure it also complies with WP:MOS too! Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 05:29, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for the updated information I will go through the links you have provided in more detail but I get the general idea. I will send a note when I have more questions but thanks again! Trickyb33 (talk) 09:51, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

Signature contrast

Hello! Would you be willing to change your signature? The cyan contrast with the white background is very low at the moment (1.25, where it should be around 4.5), making it more difficult to read. You can find a better color using the WebAIM Link Contrast checker. Thanks in advance! —Femke 🐦 (talk) 19:28, 28 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks, will do. I'm using dark mode so I never thought about it. Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 20:06, 28 January 2025 (UTC)

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Hello, This is fun. Is there a limit to the articles I can edit? --Jessroman (talk) 08:15, 10 February 2025 (UTC)

Hello @Jessroman. There is no "limit" to articles you can edit, though a good portion of articles may be locked to certain levels of experience to prevent disruption. See the protection policy. Have fun! Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 15:52, 10 February 2025 (UTC)

Question from Karimbel12 (13:57, 11 February 2025)

Hi there,

I set up a new Wikipedia page on "reticular materials" and it is an "orphan". Even though I added links to the page from other related pages, it still says so. How can I change that?

Thanks so much! --Karimbel12 (talk) 13:57, 11 February 2025 (UTC)

Hello @Karimbel12. Great job on successfully creating an article! You can click on the orphan tag and press backspace to remove it. Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 16:37, 11 February 2025 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! Karimbel12 (talk) 07:06, 12 February 2025 (UTC)

Question from WikiTDMplayz (04:01, 14 February 2025)

hello --WikiTDMplayz (talk) 04:01, 14 February 2025 (UTC)

Hello @WikiTDMplayz. Do you have a question about Wikipedia? Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 16:42, 14 February 2025 (UTC)

Question from Psnq0009 (01:57, 16 February 2025)

hi, i'd like to ask if it is advisable to use foreign language sources on the english wikipedia. for example, i was recently editing some paragraphs about railway systems and i felt that chinese-language sources had more and better information, so i cited quite a few chinese-language sources. also, can i cite information from other encyclopedias (e.g. baidu baike, britannica) or user-generated content (online forums, youtube, etc.)? thanks! --Psnq0009 (talk) 01:57, 16 February 2025 (UTC)

Hello @Psnq0009! I think it'll be very beneficial if you read our guideline Wikipedia:Reliable Sources as it covers everything you should know about sourcing and reliability. To answer your specific questions, non-English sources are fine to use as long as they're reliable of course.

For more specific cases, you should see WP:RSP which lists commonly questioned sources from this community and the outcome of those discussions. Crowd-sourced wikis like Baidu Baike and (ironically) Wikipedia are considered unreliable to use. Britannica is considered to be somewhat questionable.

User-generated content is considered to be automatically unreliable as we don't know the qualifications or trust worthiness of the user. However, this rule doesn't apply to known experts who happen to contribute to something like YouTube.

Hope this all helps! Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 02:16, 16 February 2025 (UTC)

You can also ask further questions at the Teahouse or Reliable Sources Noticeboard. Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 02:19, 16 February 2025 (UTC)

thank you for the infomation! i will be sure to read the the guidelines thoroughly. Psnq0009 (talk) 02:20, 16 February 2025 (UTC)

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How to write attical --Samuel akera (talk) 10:45, 18 February 2025 (UTC)

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Question from Saimkhoja07 (11:10, 18 February 2025)

Hey, I just published a new article. Would you know how long will it take for wikipedia to publish it? Also, do I have to do anything manually to ask wikipedia to review it or does it automatically get passed on to editors for review? --Saimkhoja07 (talk) 11:10, 18 February 2025 (UTC)

Hello @Saimkhoja07, and thank you for contributing to Wikipedia! Most people would create an official WP:DRAFT of an article, but putting your work in your user page also works.

To publish your article, you'd have to mark the draft as ready using an WP:AFC template, though it looks like removed the template. Add it back and mark the draft as submitted. An AFC reviewer may then look at the article and publish or decline it. The time an article gets reviewed depends on when someone actually wants to review it, but the current backlog would make it an estimate time of 2 or more months.

Unfortunately though, it's likely that your article will be declined. You should read the policies and guidelines; the draft is ripe with WP:PROMOTIONAL material, WP:UNSOURCED statements, and is overall incorrectly formatted (please the the manual of style. Please also fix the citations (WP:CITE). Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 16:57, 18 February 2025 (UTC)

Question from Farazkhantanoli782 (11:20, 19 February 2025)

how do i create my own article --Farazkhantanoli782 (talk) 11:20, 19 February 2025 (UTC)

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Euphemism

There is no such thing as WP:MOS#EUPH, but there is MOS:EUPH. Bruce leverett (talk) 22:16, 19 February 2025 (UTC)

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Hi, New editor here. I've written an essay about John Sayles' first novel, Pride of the Bimbos, for which Wikipedia posts a grotesquely superficial and inaccurate page, referred to as a stub. I'd like to add several paragraphs, including summarizing points from my essay—but that hasn't been published yet (although Sayles has reviewed and approved it). Please advise. Thanks, Jim --JimHight (talk) 20:02, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Hello @JimHight. Per our guidelines WP:RS and WP:OR, you wouldn't be able to add information yourself as that information would come from yourself. I or someone else would need to review and add it themself. Also, per WP:NOTESSAY, it's likely any personal opinions won't be added. Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 17:56, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

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Problem with userpage warning on top of page

Hey, just wanted to let you know that the template text on the top of your page It's the same color as the background in dark mode. all you would need to do would be to add a color=black to the template specifications. This shouldn't affect how it looks in light mode. 67.20.1.4 (talk) 18:30, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

Thanks, I'm aware. Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 18:43, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

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Based on this I'm allowed to use NOAA photos as long as I give credit, right? Thanks in advance! -https://www.noaa.gov/digital-collections --Breezygamer117 (talk) 20:17, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

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Hi Mentor hope You will be fine I want to Know the Reason when i was editing the article next day it was Removed ? --Farazkhantanoli782 (talk) 06:07, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

Hello @Farazkhantanoli782. Your user page was deleted because it was deemed promotional. You can ask the deleting admin, Jimfbleak, for more details. Please note that user pages are not for promoting yourself. Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 16:12, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

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Hi @Tarlby! For starters, happy birthday, wishing you the best in life. Second, thank you for assisting me in my first GAN review. And third, I have worked on an article and there's currently a peer review in progress. Are you able to add some extra comments? I will be grateful. Nannoyani (talk) 19:21, 19 March 2025 (UTC)

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Homeboy Sandman - Kindness For Weakness edit got flagged?

Hi Tarlby,

I added an edit for this album, about how there is a bonus track, but it got flagged as not having a proper source? Here are the sources, his record label and official Soundcloud account, thanks,

https://www.stonesthrow.com/news/homeboy-sandman-kindness-for-weakness/ https://soundcloud.com/stonesthrow/kindness-for-weakness-out-now 176.10.147.30 (talk) 21:22, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for contacting me. You should read Wikipedia:Reliable sources on what we want in sourcing. His Soundcloud acts as a primary source and original research. That's not enough. This Stones Throw website doesn't appear on WP:RSP nor WP:MUSIC/SOURCE. Searching through, I don't see an editorial policy or staff that review the information on the site. I'm sorry, but they're not reliable. Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 21:28, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

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Vandalism vs errouneous

Hello! At this page, you reverted a change with the description: "Vandalism". I was thinking it was an errouneous change, not vandalism. Can you please tell me what is the difference between that edit and an errouneous one?

Best regards, --Dimitrie569 (Talk) 15:56, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

@Dimitrie569 WP:VANDALISM is defined as deliberately defying the purpose of Wikipedia, for example, writing absolute nonsense on an article. I find that replacing the subject's name in an article with this [3] is, frankly, impossible to be in good faith. Therefore, it's vandalism. Keep in mind that we're obligated to leave warnings on the user's talk page where they have the perfect opportunity to explain what they were doing if it happened to not be vandalism.

Cheers. Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 16:14, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for your response! But my question was: when changing a person's name with another is it an errouneous or vandalism? --Dimitrie569 (Talk) 18:38, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

To clarify, "erroneous" isn't a policy, so maybe you've been a little misled. It'd just be vandalism in this case. Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 18:41, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

hmm okay! :) Dimitrie569 (Talk) 18:44, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

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Hello! How do you check for authorship again, as you've done for the GAN review for Balatro? I have seem to forgotten... TWOrantula^TM (enter the web) 15:06, 26 April 2025 (UTC)

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Are you a Teahouse host on Wikipedia? 205.155.225.249 (talk) 19:13, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

Yes I am.

May I also ask why you keep welcoming experienced users? You sent a welcome message to me recently and just now to @asilvering who is an admin. This feels like a disruptive pattern. Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 19:40, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

I really wanted to see how this welcome template works, I can see how is this experimented. 205.155.225.249 (talk) 19:59, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

Experimentation should take place at Wikipedia:Sandbox. Using other venues for experimentation can cause problems. Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 20:01, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

I wanted to see that if these users can respond to the welcome template I gave out. 205.155.225.249 (talk) 20:04, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

Well the answer is yes. You should be more transparent if you send random test messages in the future. Thank you. Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 20:06, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

To me, there are different types of welcome template, such as IP or user. 205.155.225.249 (talk) 20:10, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

Yes, that is true of Wikipedia in general. You've done quite a bit of editing - are you sure you don't want to make an account? It's a much better wikipedia experience overall. -- asilvering (talk) 20:46, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

Yes, I would rather edit Wikipedia as an anonymous IP. 205.155.225.249 (talk) 21:21, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

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I'm a pretty big fan of the game, and I've noticed you're currently working on the article and trying to bring it to FAC. Apologies if my removal of the note about the new DLC's reception was a bad move, but I do still think it would be best put as a footnote especially since the article already utilizes those for several other details. I had been wondering about the status of the article for a couple years now, since it has fallen pretty out of date. It's definitely in a much better state now, thank you for what you're doing and sorry if my edit came across as rude or detrimental. Gasmasque (talk) 14:41, 18 May 2025 (UTC)

I'll think about adding a footnote later. I don't think it matters much.

There's no problem with you reverting me; it wasn't rude. It's not like I WP:OWN the article! Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 14:56, 18 May 2025 (UTC)

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Hi Tarlby, I noticed your edit on User talk:Anojthapanp. Thanks for your help. Just to let you know that talk pages can be speedily deleted, as mentioned in WP:GCSD. Thanks, Referentis (talk) 04:22, 25 May 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for the remainder. I think my brain just combined G8 not applying to talk pages to every criterion, lol. Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 04:25, 25 May 2025 (UTC)

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Project 2025- is a christo-fascist manifesto

Prove it to me otherwise. It's clear as tap water. 8 out of 9 Seperme Court Justices are christian. Not one has a degree in science. The President is talking about getting in to heaven. Most of all the appointments of this administration are christian. The theology of the entire nation and the documents that it was formed are seemingly being ignored. %24 of America voted for the FELON who stacked the Seperme Court with religious zealots who have declared war on progressive states. The Constitution and it's Clauses are being ignored. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is being ignored. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see how they are attempting to resind ajudicated rights. "Appeal to Heaven" flag flown, history being wiped from the the internet and Wikipedia. It's deplorable behavior. EnlightenedIllusions (talk) 22:14, 22 August 2025 (UTC)

Hello @EnlightenedIllusions. If you can provide me at least 10 sources used in the Project 2025 article that specifically call it a "christo-fascist manifesto", then perhaps we can add it into the first sentence. Otherwise, you are conducting original research. The article's body already describes the project's fascist-coded provisions as described by the sources provided. Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 22:18, 22 August 2025 (UTC)

https://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/column/christofascism-trump-era-americans-use-toxic-faith-fuel-hostile-political-authority/

https://thefulcrum.us/democracy/project-2025-christian-nationalism

https://www.democratsabroad.org/project_2025_christian_nationalist

https://philarchive.org/archive/FOEASH

https://politicaltheology.com/resisting-christofascism-today/

https://www.salon.com/2024/03/01/project-2025-is-more-than-a-playbook-for-trumpism-its-the-christian-nationalist-manifesto/

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/12/2321944/-Christo-Fascism-Apocalypse-Now-Project-2025

https://convergencemag.com/articles/the-right-reads-gramsci-project-2025-and-neo-fascism/

https://michiganadvance.com/2024/06/15/project-2025s-threat-to-democracy/

https://www.brainerddispatch.com/opinion/letters/reader-opinion-project-2025

https://www.sophiasociety.org/blog/what-is-project-2025

https://narcissistfamilyfiles.com/%25categorythe-narcissistic-cult-of-white-male-christian-nationalism-project-2025/

https://rooneycenter.nd.edu/assets/569529/the_january_6th_2025_project_fascist_politics_and_the_rising_threats_to_american_democracy.pdf

https://religiondispatches.org/project-2025-how-trump-loyalists-and-right-wing-leaders-are-paving-a-fast-road-to-fascism/

https://gregolear.substack.com/p/project-2025-the-cowboy-catholic EnlightenedIllusions (talk) 04:43, 24 August 2025 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:BOLD,_revert,_discuss_cycle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_sexual_misconduct_allegations

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Preamble_to_the_United_States_Constitution

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Capitol_attack

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Mountain_Mandate

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Apostolic_Reformation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theocracy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Trump

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_and_religion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_views_of_Donald_Trump

...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States

https://lmulawreview.scholasticahq.com/post/1807-one-nation-under-bias-the-influence-of-religion-upon-supreme-court-decisions EnlightenedIllusions (talk) 15:12, 24 August 2025 (UTC)

What do you want me to do with these? Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 18:31, 26 August 2025 (UTC)

I suggest bringing these to Project 2025's talk page so other editors can evaluate them and incorporate them into the article's body if approved. I've skimmed through a few of them and am unsure of the reliability status for most of them, though I do note the Democrats Abroad source obviously shouldn't be used (of course Trump's main opposition would oppose him). Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 18:30, 26 August 2025 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @EnlightenedIllusions - let me suggest you take a moment to review both WP:RSP and WP:RS before posting these sources to the talk page. At least half of them fail to be reliable sources, and at least two are outright non-reliable sources for controversial topics per prior discussions. Here is also a very helpful essay for those who are wanting to contribute from a position of truth, as well as another essay about why everything is not necessarily true. I believe taking a moment to review those four links will greatly improve your ability to contribute, as well as understand some of the positions other people are taking. TiggerJay (talk) 20:57, 26 August 2025 (UTC)

Gibson App

Hey there! I noticed the submnissiom about Gibson App was declined. The app is a free standing product partly connected to gibson but developed and owned by zoundio AB. Many of its competitors have independent wikipedia pages such as ultimate guitar, chordify and more. So it makes sense for also Gibson App to have its own wikipedia page. Does it need to be bigger and contain more content? Or any other suggestion?

Thank you! 83.187.165.254 (talk) 10:02, 1 September 2025 (UTC)

Hello. Can you link the draft so I can see? Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 00:14, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

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Request on 07:25:25, 10 November 2025 for assistance on AfC submission by Elias314

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Those are good sources. Why did you decline my draft?

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There were only 2 sources, which is not the strongest indicator of notability that I'd prefer to see. Tarlby ^{(t) (c)} 04:01, 11 November 2025 (UTC)