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how do I create a wikipedia --Karen A Medrano (talk) 02:15, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello mento, I am new on the Wikipedia page and would like additional information about editing a specific area of interest as I have been seeing countless subjects. How can I know that I am getting my edits correctly? --Libra PM (talk) 04:57, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2023).
Happy birthday! Hi Tails Wx! On behalf of the Birthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy birthday! Enjoy this special day! The Herald (Benison) (talk) 03:04, 9 December 2023 (UTC) |
Hello. I was looking through Wikipedia:Adopt-a-user/Adoptee's Area/Adopters and saw your name pop up. I was hoping to see if you were still accepting new users. Hemlock :3 leave a message 03:55, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
Happy birthday Tails! Glad to have you as my friend! ― Blaze WolfTalkblaze__wolf 22:44, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi Tiger, In my 1st edit for a long time just a few moments ago I was frustrated at the character limitation in the explain why you made this change box. I had to edit important elements of my explanation, making the statement less clear. I hope the explanation will still be fairly assessed. Regards Climatelabel --Climatelabel (talk) 08:48, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
Was at a volunteer event and the weather was so hectic yesterday that I didn't get the chance to tell you happy birthday, so happy belated birthday! ChrisWx 🌀 (talk - contribs) 16:13, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello, I want to create a wikipedia page on a person. They all seem similar so is there a template? --Mrebibo (talk) 17:39, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors December 2023 Newsletter
Hello, and welcome to the December 2023 newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since September. Don't forget that you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. Election news: The Guild needs coordinators! If you'd like to help out, you may nominate yourself or any suitable editor—with their permission—for the Election of Coordinators for the first half of 2024. Nominations will close at 23:59 on 15 December (UTC). Voting begins immediately after the close of nominations and closes at 23:59 on 31 December. All editors in good standing (not under current sanctions) are eligible, and self-nominations are welcome. Coordinators normally serve a six-month term that ends at 23:59 on 30 June. Drive: Of the 69 editors who signed up for the September Backlog Elimination Drive, 40 copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 661,214 words in 290 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed here. Blitz: Of the 22 editors who signed up for the October Copy Editing Blitz, 13 copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 109,327 words in 52 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed here. Drive: During the November Backlog Elimination Drive, 38 of the 58 editors who signed up copy-edited at least one article. Between them, they copy-edited 458,620 words in 234 articles. Barnstars awarded are listed here. Blitz: Our December Copy Editing Blitz will run from 10 to 16 December. Barnstars awarded will be posted here. Progress report: As of 20:33, 10 December 2023 (UTC), GOCE copyeditors have processed 344 requests since 1 January, and the backlog stands at 2,191 articles. Other news: Our Annual Report for 2023 is planned for release in the new year. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators Dhtwiki, Miniapolis and Zippybonzo. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.
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For your well-sourced addition of the recent tornado outbreak in Tennessee on Tornadoes of 2023. DJ Cane (talk) 05:53, 11 December 2023 (UTC) |
Hi Tails, I just wanted to wish you a happy late birthday, I was at my dads house this weekend so I couldn't do it on your actual birthday.-- Grapefanatic (talk) 13:35, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
How to create a page for griot Abou Sylla from Guinea? Master balafonist --AbouBalafon (talk) 15:11, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
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An article that been involved with (Hurricane Ian) has content that is proposed to be removed and moved to another article (Effects of Hurricane Ian in Florida). If you are interested, please visit the discussion. Thank you. ✶Mitch199811✶ 00:36, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
I'm currently working on a draft of a new article. See here: Timeline of the 2017 Pacific typhoon season. Could you please help me locate some of the sources and dates, seeing as the main article is somewhat barebones? 🎩Incognito Fedora🎩 (talk) 00:11, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
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Just wanted to follow up on our conversation from a few months back. Since then, the instructions on meta:copypatrol have been updated in to state [i]f you fixed the problem, tagged the page for revision deletion, or tagged the page for deletion as a copyright violation, mark it as "Page fixed"
, pursuant to this discussion. This was a change from the previous instructions, which simply stated [i]f you fixed the problem or tagged the page for deletion as a copyright violation, mark it as "Page fixed".
I was on copypatrol the other day and I encountered a few copyright violations that you had remedied by tagging them for revision deletion. Thank you for taking the time to help out with this. I also noticed that for some of them, such as this one, you hadn't marked them as "Page Fixed" on copypatrol. I've gone ahead and marked these sorts of entries as "Page Fixed" for you in recent cases.
Going forward, when you tag a page for revision deletion based on a copypatrol entry, would you please also mark the page as "page fixed" in copypatrol, in line with the updated instructions?
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I'm the city clerk for the City of Decatur, Iowa. Recently, we finally got around and had the Iowa Secretary of State fix our city's incorrect name in their records to match all other state and federal agencies. I have written proof from the voters within the city and from the Iowa Secretary of State's office we are the city of Decatur and NOT the city of Decatur city. I've updated what I could on the wikipage but can't change the heading or the link from Decatur City to Decatur. How can I edit the heading/title and the link to our city? If I can't do it, who do I contact that can do this update? Thank you.... Scott --CityofdecaturIA (talk) 08:49, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
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This will be my 10,000th edit on Wikipedia. Happy holidays @Tails Wx! 🛧Midori No Sora♪🛪 ( ☁=☁=✈) 02:18, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
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Thank you for what you do and stand for! I wish you a good festive season and a peaceful New Year! -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:36, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
do you have any problem? --Whyareyousoboring (talk) 21:45, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
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~ Prodraxis (Merry Christmas!) 14:49, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello Tails Wx: 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, ChrisWx 🎄 (Happy holidays!) 20:04, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
On 23 December 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Cristina Pacheco, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Ed [talk] [OMT] 02:23, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
I have attempted to donate to Wiki but have had technical issues. Lost my Paypal password and made mistake with card due to eye site. Now bank wont honour/honor a transaction until next year. Wiki e me a lot which i dont mind. New to Wiki and can't remember how to contact my Mentor. Climatelabel Climatelabel (talk) 06:08, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
On 23 December 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article George McGinnis, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai (talk) 20:51, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
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Jerium (talk) 16:16, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello Tails Wx: 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, The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 20:15, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
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Hi Tails Wx, I just saw your RfA and had a quick look at my contributions to this page here. I sent a green holiday barnstar to StarTrekker before; you get one in orange. Thanks for volunteering and good luck! ~ ToBeFree (talk) 23:25, 24 December 2023 (UTC) |
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Thank you for your participation in the Articles for Creation's November 2023 Backlog Drive! You made a total of 114 reviews, for a total of 121.5 points. – robertsky (talk) 06:48, 25 December 2023 (UTC) |
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On 26 December 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Ed Budde, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai (talk) 20:03, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
I just looked at the RFA page. Glad to see that it is finally happening! And if you need someone to be your first block, look no further ;) Cheers, 47.227.95.73 (talk) 03:52, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello, may I know what would be the best ways to start editing please? Does updating US to UK English count? --JustinDCC (talk) 06:44, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
I just saw that your RfA was withdrawn at your request, so welcome back to the ranks. It is really great that you went through the process because the only way we get enough Administrators is by having enough people stepping up to participate, even when it is not successful. For your bravery I hereby award you the Emerald Order of Courage.
🌿MtBotany (talk) 22:20, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
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Surviving an unsuccessful RfA is tough, and I appreciate your candor and hope to see more of your weather related contributions! ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 22:37, 29 December 2023 (UTC) |
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By the authority vested in me by myself I present you with this award in recognition of your withdrawing your RfA nomination. I imagine that it was a very difficult thing to do, and your doing it took my breath away in admiration. Here's hoping that the bruises heal, the bad memories fade and that we see you back there again. Gog the Mild (talk) 22:47, 29 December 2023 (UTC) |
Just saw your withdrawal at RfA earlier. I just wanted to say as a fellow Wikipedian don't feel like this is a failure or something but rather see this as a learning experience. Sometime later on, try reading over your RfA and see what areas you can improve on. I definitely believe that you can- and will- be a great admin one day, it's just that the some of the community decided that you need to brush up on some policy knowledge and appplication for now. Anyways, thanks for being brave enough to step up at RfA in the first place. Remember, some of the best folks in our mop corps did not pass RfA the first (or second or more, in some cases) time round and who knows, in the future you might end up passing (I myself definitely see you succeeding, for sure). I know that I can't speak for your experiences 100% cause I haven't put myself forward at RfA, but know that I will be there for you and I have faith in you as an editor. Feel free to DM me on Discord or email me if you want to chat more. <3 Prodraxis (talk) 22:30, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello Tails Wx. You did nothing wrong and there's nothing wrong with 80% either. You keep your chin up and never let the ....., well you know, get the better of you. Until the next go around. It was nice meeting you. Regards, Bringingthewood (talk) 22:52, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
On 30 December 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article December 2017 North American winter storm, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that a winter storm in December 2017 cancelled an attempt at the world's largest snowball fight at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/December 2017 North American winter storm. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, December 2017 North American winter storm), 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.
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For stepping up at RFA. I hope you try again in a year. Scorpions1325 (talk) 22:08, 29 December 2023 (UTC) |
Thank you so much for participating in the RFA, Tails. I rooted for you so much and I am heartbroken over your withdrawal. We furries and aces must stick together! I promise that if you ever try your luck with the mop again, you can count on me!
Happy new year! <3 Brat Forelli🦊 11:37, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
Welcome to the club of folks who didn't pass the first time. No hard feelings. Get yourself back together (an RfA is wildly taxing) and then go back to what you were doing. Take a hard look at the feedback you received in the process and embrace it like when a friend mentions your shoe's come untied. You are unchanged. You are just as valuable to the pedia as you were before. More, even. Takes a lot of gumption just to stand there and take a kicking. You've earned my respect because you have demonstrated your willingness to defer to the community and your commitment to improve. This is NOT a defeat. This is the next step. If you need help or would like to learn something new, ask. BusterD (talk) 14:07, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
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Personally, I think that you are a resilient editor, not only because you continued working on the project even after you withdrew, but I'm confident that you'll learn from what the opposing votes said. The 🏎 Corvette 🏍 ZR1(The Garage) 15:50, 30 December 2023 (UTC) |