By far the funniest and most clever Wikipedia page I randomly stumbled on. Kudos. The fish genuinely made me laugh out loud — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sumtimz I B Learnin (talk • contribs) 07:04, 27 December 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Hello,, how do I edit here? --Moses Wanjala Jnr (talk) 23:12, 17 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Hello, Moses Wanjala Jnr, and welcome to Wikipedia! On mobile phones, the edit button looks like a pencil and should be in the upper right-hand corner of each article you want to edit. See the picture to the right. Once you push that button, you'll be able to make whatever changes you think would be helpful, from fixing typos to adding new content. You might want to read this page for more information, and feel free to ask me any other questions you might have. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 00:11, 19 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Hello Extraordinary Writ, you mentioned that "once a PROD has been removed, it cannot be restored." However, the edit summary for the removal is not related to this article.–Owais Al Qarni (talk) 11:33, 24 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Owais Al Qarni, if you think the rationale was incorrect, the best thing to do is to start an AfD discussion about it. I suppose A. B. could revert the dePROD if they thought it was a mistake, but that's not very common: all a dePROD means is that someone thinks the article deserves to go through the full deletion process. I suspect A. B. was just saying that a "research magazine" is close enough to a "research journal" that further discussion is warranted. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 19:49, 24 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
The article said it was a "research magazine". For that reason, I removed the PROD leaving the edit summary that I did. Just take it to AfD and let others validate your assessment.
I don't want to tie up Extraordinary Writ's talk page, so I'm signing out here. —A. B.(talk • contribs • global count) 19:59, 24 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Hello Extraordinary Writ: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Jerium (talk) 17:06, 24 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Question from ChunkyBubbles (18:57, 30 December 2023)[edit]
An edit I made was deleted about a month and a half ago. Can I change settings so I am notified when this sort of thing happens? --ChunkyBubbles (talk) 18:57, 30 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
ChunkyBubbles, there unfortunately isn't a foolproof way to do this. If you go to the "notifications" tab of Special:Preferences, there's an "edit revert" box you can check, but the system isn't smart enough to recognize all reverts (and it wouldn't have noticed the one you're here about). By the way, if you haven't yet, I'd encourage you to take a look at our policy on writing about living people: it's very important that we write these articles carefully and use only reliable sources. Let me know if you have any other questions. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 08:25, 31 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee rescinded the restrictions on the page name move discussions for the two Ireland pages that were enacted in June 2009.
A few weeks ago, I had a request seeking private discussion about my relations onsite. I did not want to discuss it openly, because I calculated that the contents would be too disturbing and the conversation would get redacted and revisions deleted anyway, but seeing that you were the first to grasp what I needed, are you in the mood to trade emails? Remember, this is about me and my current state of mind. The aim is to address what has been bothering me as of late. FreeMediaKid$ 04:03, 5 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I have been busy uploading material to the Internet Archive much of the time since the original post, so I apologize for responding this late. Still, I want to better equip myself with how to handle what is still bothering me and not need to raise the issue again in the future. There is nothing about the conversation that requires oversight, and the ArbCom seems like the wrong place to go about it either. I have just sent the email. FreeMediaKid$ 18:50, 22 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Email received; I'll try to respond sometime in the next few days. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 21:11, 22 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thank you for relisting this AFD discussion. I've found that every so often, XFDcloser messes up relisting options. Either it doesn't remove the discussion from the old daily log or it doesn't post it to the new daily log or, even worse, it removes the AFD from the old log page and doesn't repost it to the new daily log and the discussion just falls through the cracks like it did here. But since XFDcloser works correctly 99% of the time, I guess it's an unpredictable bug to fix. But I appreciate you taking care of a problem that I didn't notice had occurred. Thanks! LizRead!Talk! 01:35, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Hi Kitography. I wouldn't worry too much about whether the system recognizes it as reverted or not: it's pretty finicky (especially when there have been intervening edits by others), so as long as you've gotten rid of all the problem additions, that's all that matters. For warnings: when you're looking through an article's history (pages like this one), there's a blue or red button that says "talk" next to each username or IP address. If you click this button, you can leave that person a message or warning; if they continue making unhelpful edits after being warned, you can go to a page like this one to ask an admin to block them. In this case, though, the user has been already been warned several times and even blocked once previously, so I've now blocked them again, this time for a longer period. Thanks for helping clean this up! This is a part of Wikipedia where our processes can be kind of complicated, so if you run into any other similar issues, let me know and I'd be happy to take a look. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 20:52, 16 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thank you! This is much appreciated. Kitography (talk) 18:49, 17 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Hello, Other Writ! Just out of curiosity--did you try to delete this page yourself and were prevented? My understanding is that regular admins have the ability to delete interface pages; they just can't undelete or edit them; just wanted to check if that's accurate. Writ Keeper⚇♔ 06:06, 17 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Hi Writ Keeper. Yep, it did indeed give me an error message (like Template:Protected interface, except with "Only interface administrators and interface editors can delete it"). I know I can delete non-.js MediaWiki pages as well as .js pages in userspace, but .js MediaWiki pages seem to follow their own rules. Oh well, gives you guys something to do. Thanks for taking care of this! Extraordinary Writ (talk) 06:27, 17 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Hey! I have a question, how can I use pictures as references? --HalloKurdish (talk) 17:23, 17 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Hello, HalloKurdish, and welcome to Wikipedia! Generally pictures don't make the best references because it's often unclear how to interpret them, resulting in various problems. I'd recommend finding a more conventional source like a book, newspaper, or trustworthy website to support your claim. If you have any questions about doing that or if you still want to cite an image, let me know the specifics and I'd be happy to provide additional help. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 09:50, 18 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
But for example sources for peshmerga having M1117 Guardian or BMP-2 are only by pictures and there is no article which talks about them, that’s why I’m asking HalloKurdish (talk) 15:52, 18 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Question from Slaking Hermit (18:35, 24 January 2024)[edit]
Heya!
I'm excited to be here on Wikipedia and I am keen to get stuck in. I tried out a couple of edits and then thought I should really read the Getting Started page and learn more of the basics. I found editting tricky, in a philosophical way? Like, what is an improvement, really... Who am I to decide the 'right' way something should be written...
Anyway, I got completely overwhelmed by everything that there is to read and learn about the Wikipedia project and community and how to take part. I'm easily overwhelmed at the best of times, if I'm honest, and there is so much here. For years I've loved getting lost traversing a subject, leaving trails of tabs open in the browser to be forgotten and then my laptop gets grouchy.
Sorry I'm rambling. I think I'm messaging to ask - What are all the different ways that people get into Wikipedia? How do people find their way? Any tips for combining open minded exploration with productive focus? --Slaking Hermit (talk) 18:35, 24 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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