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Hi I have been associated to many interesting music projects over the years especially from my city of Bradford where the music scene is not as boisterous as other UK cities myself and other artists have been recognised as trailblazers and can be verified through legacy and social media..can you guide how we and me can be featured here please? Thanks Moss --Moss sheikh (talk)02:05, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, welcome to Wikipedia! I suggest you readWP:42, a quick overview of notability guidelines here. For musicians, the specific guidelines areWP:NMUSIC andWP:GNG. It's important to note that Wikipedia is not a place for users to promote themselves or their work but is a neutral encyclopedia that not everything is notable enough to be featured on. If you do wish to try writing an article about yourself or any acts you were associated with you will want to create your draft through theArticles for Creation process. It's important you also declare anyconflicts of interest you may have.CoconutOctopustalk13:49, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey! Was interested in making an article on Sam Shamoun and saw there was already a draft published but was deleted and it said come to you to request it if someone wanted to fix it. Thanks!AML KING (talk)16:44, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If you head toWP:Requests for undeletion and ask for a draftified version there you may get that; I had said so in case the author wanted such in the immediate aftermath of the deletion vote but it's been enough time I'd rather it go through RFU.CoconutOctopustalk17:02, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi CO! Thank you for clerking on the Vikingsam SPI case; I wanted to come here to ask if you had any advice for a venue for further discussion of the case. I definitely understand the logic behind your close (I was pretty surprised by the lack of CU evidence), I think there is still plenty of evidence of coordination and I'd like the chance to get more eyes on this. Would re-opening at SPI be an option?WP:MEATPUPPET unfortunately doesn't give great guidance here as to the options. I'll try to lay out more evidence here, I was trying not to be overly verbose at SPI but I did end up finding more evidence after the case opened. Because the investigation quickly became more complex, I want to focus on a few connections between individual users that IMO are the strongest:

Twickenhm has edited 10 unique pages during their tenure on Wikipedia[1]. Pfomma had first edited 8 out of those 10 pages[2]. This includes[3] move warring with Liz to do the same move in one day to move a page away from what was indicated in the souce material. If you look on commons, Twickenhm also uploaded as "own work" a photo for an article Pfomma created:[4] (as an aside, this seems likely to be copyvio).

Out of 107 pages across all namespaces Vikingsam has edited in their time on Wiki, Pfomma had also edited 34. If we reduce that to mainspace only, it's even more noticable — 30 overlapping out of 71 pages edited by Vikingsam (see[5],[6]). Additional behavioral overlap:

• Repeated pattern of asking NPRs (in particularOnel5969) for page reviews. In my experience, this is common behavior among UPEs/COI editors who want their work to appear on Google. See[7],[8].
• The page has been deleted to it's hard for me to track exactly what's going on here, but there was a strange interaction between the two regarding the deleted articleAlly Soudy. According to the logs at Ally Soudy,Draft:Ally Soudy, Pfomma created the page, which was then moved back and forth from draft several times, before Vikingsam took the article from draft, published it, and it was A7'd. There's also this interaction, where Vikingsam removes the article from Pfomma's user page:[9]. You might be able to see better what's going on here through the deleted history.
• On commons, once again we see Vikingsam uploading copyright-questionable photos to support Pfomma's work: see[10], the contribs have been deleted but photos were uploaded forChristopher Muneza, another article created by Pfomma, andAlly Soudy.

I do also feel pretty strongly that FearlessLion, VikingSam, and Ekimou are sockpuppets of one another. It feels so impossibly coincidental for FearlessLion to have dug back into a previous AFD of Vikingsam's articles (of which there are many) to word for word copy the language a vote at that article used ([11],[12]), and for them to both be focused on adding promotional fluff toEmmanuel Sibomana, an incredibly niche subject averaging 1 pageview per day (there are more examples from both in the history but for a sample:[13],[14]). I cannot come up with a good faith explanation for this, especially the copied AFD wording. Ekimou there isn't much to say given that they only have three edits, but all three are indicative of sockpuppetry as outlined at the SPI.

I'd really appreciate any advice on where to take this. Some of this was already presented at the SPI (link for convenience's sake:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Vikingsam), but I'm hoping laying it out in a more organized manner, in terms of specific connections, might make the connections between these accounts more clear. Thank you also so much for all the help you've already given on this case!🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs)17:43, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, it was certainly not an easy SPI case and I did have quite a bit of discussion about it with the CU team. Whilst there's obviously a lot of similarities, there are enough differences and tells that we couldn't be confident of socking between Sam and Lion enough to block (obviously, making a decision to block is something I'll only do with a very high level of confidence as it's quite a serious action). I do think there is perhaps some level of MEAT going on, but again not to a point where I have enough confidence a block was the correct call. Ekingou has only 3 edits which outwith the most glaring duck cases or a positive CU result isn't enough to again reach the blocking threshold. If you think there are serious concerns with the integrity of AfDs I think ANI (eugh) might be the best place to go for a wider discussion; if Ekingou continues to make socky edits then a new report at SPI would also be warranted. Hope that helps clear things up a bit - I know you put a lot of effort into the report and it's not the result you were looking for.CoconutOctopustalk21:35, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Are you able to elaborate on what these tells/differences are? I think that's the only part that's confusing me a bit, the more I've looked into their behavior the more connections I've found between them (as an example, I just came across this one — check out their wording choice in these two AFDs:Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Racine Kamatari,Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kevin Kade, "I think this hinges on if The New Times is a reliable source"). Definitely sympathize with the confidence we need in order to block, and don't necessarily think its the wrong call in this scenario; if anything, its just frustrating we don't have better tools to deal with this, it seems so impossible that these accounts are not related in any way. I do have some concerns about AFDs (this outcome was likely socked;this one, while not closed yet, seems headed to a no-consensus due to this behavior) but obviously would prefer to avoid ANI if possible.

Also as an aside, and if you'd rather me take this to a different admin please let me know, but is there any information the G7 request to Kevin Kade? It struck me as odd that the creator would successfully fight an AFD and then G7 it the next year.🌸⁠wasianpower⁠🌸 (talk • contribs)22:31, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi CoconutOctopus. Do you mind deletingAulanko? It's been listed atWikipedia:Copyright problems/2025 December 6 for over 7 days. — Tenshi! (Talk page)19:34, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I'm not super versed in CCI and don't have the time to look into it right now, apologies.CoconutOctopustalk19:35, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That's fine, it's not urgent anyway. I'll wait till either MER-C or Sennecaster get to it eventually.Tenshi! (Talk page)19:41, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

I am writing to request the restoration of my draft, "Reception and criticism of the EA Sports football games," to my userspace so I can fix the issues.

It was deleted under G15. I acknowledge that I used AI tools to help me find sources to help with my sources and helped me write an initial draft, which resulted in hallucinated references and poor formatting.

However, I have since manually researched and located valid, working citations from reliable source,s including The Guardian, BBC News, Eurogamer, and GamesIndustry.biz to verify the content. I have also rewritten the text to be factual and encyclopedic, removing the AI-style repetition. I did actually write the article myself, I asked AI for alot of help regarding the formatting and how to use wiki code.

I have learned that AI is not as reliable as I once thought it would be, and I now use the appropriate guides to help me write the article.

I would like the chance to publish this manually corrected version with the verified sources.

Thank you for your time.Wikispeedrunner2 (talk)21:42, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm happy to restore it to your sandbox if you go through and manually fix all the references to be genuine links, and ensure you properly rewrite the draft to ensure it is accurate before resubmitting.CoconutOctopustalk21:44, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much for your response.

I have now gone through the draft and manually replaced all references with working links from reliable sources, and rewritten the text to ensure it is accurate using the correct in-text references.

I would appreciate it if the draft could be restored to my userspace so I can continue improving it before resubmitting through AfC.

Thank you for your time.Wikispeedrunner2 (talk)14:27, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I have restored thw draft toUser:Wikispeedrunner2/Reception and criticism of the EA Sports football games. Make sure it is fully updated and reviewed before moving it back to draftspace and submitting thru AFC or it will likely be deleted again. Best of luck!CoconutOctopustalk14:32, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Google play store --Thee baddest (talk)01:35, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What?CoconutOctopustalk09:28, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

AccessThee baddest (talk)01:42, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I'm the user who opened an SPI thread about users who I believed were sockpuppeting. Whilst closing that thread, you said that if the hounding behaviour continues, that I could leave a message on this page about it. I noticed it when I saw several of my most recent edits had been reverted (almost all of them with no explanations in the summary), in the order that they're listed on my user contributions page (although the edits weren't published in that order) . I'm not sure what else this could be called apart from wikihounding, and I'd appreciate your help in dealing with it. I've already requested protection on the pages it's occurred on, but I fear that it may continue to future pages I edit.

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Anything you can do to help would be greatly appreciated.– GlowstoneUnknown(Talk)16:02, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the heads up. Will see what I can do; let me know of the behaviour continues.CoconutOctopustalk00:19, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There's been two more examples of frivolous reversion that I can only attribute to wikihounding,[23], which was reinstating an infobox with an incorrect template and zero sources cited that I removed, and[24], which was me correcting a link to better correspond to the source. I'm at a bit of a loss for what I should do from here, as I feel like this user/these users will arbitrarily revert any edits I make, no matter what the content is.– GlowstoneUnknown(Talk)12:43, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My account password tell me Username Waniya.banoPassword ? --Spamz harry (talk)02:30, 18 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can you rephrase?CoconutOctopustalk06:55, 18 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings to the mentor! Thank you for taking the time to address our concerns.I've come across a new contributor adding unsourced BLP information to the same article repeatedly. Following the protocol, I've reverted the edits and they've been notified twice on their talk page. Please let me know what's to be done in case they violate the sourcing policy for the Third time.Many thanks! --Retro music11 (talk)09:43, 18 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

An editor has asked fora deletion review ofDraft:Sajid Akram (terrorist). Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review.Cobaltx2015 (talk)12:24, 18 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. My references are broken, i need help fixing them. --Conrad Budde (talk)18:13, 18 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WP:Referencing for beginners is a guide that'll help.CoconutOctopustalk20:49, 18 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Docmoates was not banned at the time those articles were created, which is why I didn't speedy delete them myself. Please seeWP:ANI#2 Way WP:IBAN. –bradv22:47, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Argh. Completely missed they'd been unblocked in between being blocked for socking and being blocked for socking again. Will revert, my bad.CoconutOctopustalk22:51, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, thank you. –bradv22:53, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Should all be sorted now!CoconutOctopustalk22:55, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Also, for the record, I blocked them for reacting poorly during the ANI thread, not for socking. That came later. I suppose the unblock in 2021 resets the 3X ban, but now they're on track toward another, on top of the impending CBAN. –bradv22:56, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I missed that they'd been unblocked with that account due to the rename. What a mess!CoconutOctopustalk22:59, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I rememberdoing something similar when I started out a few months ago, don't worry, happens to the best of us!ChildrenWillListen (🐄 talk,🫘 contribs)22:59, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, :CoconutOctopus,

You closed this AFD as a Speedy Delete but the article isn't deleted. Could you either delete the article or reopen the AFD? Thank you.Liz^Read!Talk!22:57, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Liz, I already had reopened it.CoconutOctopustalk22:58, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Could you undeleteUser:EditorShane3456/Test? It is not a hoax, it has actual people living in areas.shane(talk to me if you want!)03:53, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It is not a real place, it is something you invented for fun, and falls under the definition of hoax as fas as G3 is concerned. Wikipedia is not a place to host your own fanfic and similar content.CoconutOctopustalk10:02, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

you could say that about all micronations, and sure you are correct that it was made up, but it wasnt made for fun.shane(talk to me if you want!)14:07, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Sorry, why would perpetrator be inappropriate? And how would you assess the person responsible for the death of three of my fellow citizens?There is also the source of theguardian.com/[25]Dorian88A (talk)20:37, 3 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Please seeWP:BLPCRIME. It is important we don't accuse individuals of crimes on Wikipedia; in addition, in a case such as this which is a tragic accident, "perpetrator" is incorrect and loaded terminology. If you strongly think it should be added, please discuss it on the article talk page first.CoconutOctopustalk20:39, 3 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

In fact, I'm discussing this in the article's talk. But there is the photo and there are the sources of theguardian.com/ which reports the testimonies of the witnesses. Names are not mentioned.Dorian88A (talk)20:44, 3 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

It isWP:UNDUE for the infobox.CoconutOctopustalk20:45, 3 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with keeping the template undefined for the moment unless officially communicated by the Swiss judiciary.Dorian88A (talk)20:55, 3 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:DIII-D#Requested move 30 March 2024 was closed as "not moved" nearly 2 years ago, could you please revert your move and start another RM if you want to move, thanks.Crouch, Swale (talk)21:39, 3 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I performed the move due to a G6 request. The articleDIII-D was a redirect toDIII-D (tokamak) (and has been for 20 years) and was thus not needed as it didn't point to anything else. If you think that it should point to something else then I can undo the move and start an RM, but I will say I see little point in that per the above.CoconutOctopustalk21:46, 3 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

It should have been redirected to the DAB page but the closer and me forgot to do that. If the title had redirected there for 20 years and because the RM didn't have a reason and was a few years ago I see no reason why you can't start a new RM as enough time has passed especially with no reason given.Crouch, Swale (talk)21:54, 3 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I have undone the move and started an RM.CoconutOctopustalk22:54, 3 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I thought meme reset was a far less than marginal topic myself, no matter which wikipedian was helping them, and the sources now applied aren't exactly Wired either. There must be some reason two different admins in good standing looked at two different speedy tags and agreed the work didn't really belong. I have come to understand some subjects are purely outside my range of empathy, and I rely on other wikipedians to help me with my blind spots.BusterD (talk)14:55, 4 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, it is a topic matter where I simply cannot bring myself to feel strongly enough about to argue, so if another admin says they want it to stay then so be it. Ah well!CoconutOctopustalk15:13, 4 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

At some point this will be merged intointernet meme. Looks like something a few bored nerds thought was cool to talk about in mid-November. Trying to make "fetch" happen. Now past January 1, 2026, I'm not seeing any followup. The meme prediction which didn't actually occur.BusterD (talk)15:59, 4 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, question... when i edit articles what grammar should i use, i mean, formal, casual, bussines, specific grammars... thanks for your time. --Mr.AKP11 (talk)19:33, 6 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

See themanual of style for guidance on grammar and similar.CoconutOctopustalk19:40, 6 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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I have never wrote an article before. Please explain the very first steps. This is quite confusing. Thanks Matthew --Quixotic Affair (talk)23:51, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi octopus. I published the beginning of my first article on Wikipedia meta (I think) is this the correct forum? --Quixotic Affair (talk)20:30, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Meta is a wikipedia used to coordinate issues such as administration between languages; you don't need to do anything on it. If you want to write an article, I suggest starting withthis helpful essay. You will want to then create your draft through thearticles for creation process, which allows experienced editors to provide feedback on your draft. Good luck!CoconutOctopustalk20:32, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, why did you R3Somalisota? I assume it targetedHistory of Somalis in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, in which case it is ineligible since it wasn't amisnomer. From a quick Google search, it looks perfectly plausible too.J947 ‡^edits01:22, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Restored, thanks :)CoconutOctopustalk05:09, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

helloI wantto add 40 author profile will you please help me --Awards by Infinity (talk)06:00, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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I'm also on the Community Discord if it's something you'd like to discuss elsewhere.^EF⁵18:35, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I've protected for a week- I hope that works! Let me know if it starts up again after.CoconutOctopustalk18:51, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!^EF⁵18:52, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@CoconutOctopus Oh my god, I went back to see what happened to the redirect I created a few days ago nominated for deletion, the page was deleted by another administrator but the same administrator undeleted it at the same minute, and then you deleted it again several hours later, what just happened?Profounder User (talk)14:10, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Mainspace is for articles and should very rarely be used for redirects to other areas of the project. In this case, I don't believe it is a useful or plausible search term and so deleted it underWP:R3.CoconutOctopustalk14:33, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello how do I create a link for my Spotify --Lomo Music Empire (talk)23:54, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia isnot for self promotion so you should avoid doing so.CoconutOctopustalk23:55, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

http:/amazon-music@Lomo Music Empire@Lomo Music Empire (talk)23:59, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank youLomo Music Empire (talk)00:00, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

How do I create a hyperlink or URL link for important use --Lomo Music Empire (talk)00:31, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi - I wish to correct some misinformation on this page, but can’t find how to do that. Help appreciated! Thank you! --LomlA (talk)05:49, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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I want to write about moris vbz --MORISVBZMUSICWORLDWIDE (talk)16:53, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Wikipedia is not the place for self promotion. You may want to try Linkedin or blogspot for such activities.CoconutOctopustalk14:53, 22 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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I'm not sure what you mean. What do you want to create?CoconutOctopustalk14:53, 22 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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I’m new on here how do I send my first message --Slanda bien aime (talk)09:10, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

You've just done so! It's the same on any talk page.CoconutOctopustalk12:10, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Could you check onhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/~2025-42899-89 please? It has the feel of the sock on that page from previous RFCs.Halbared (talk)16:42, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hiya, the IP is still there, I can't tell if its the sock from before or maybe Blunderbuss.Halbared (talk)22:13, 30 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

How do I create a citation? --UnitedLayer (talk)15:07, 27 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

This page is a helpful guide. If you are using visual editor there is an automatic citation generator - you fill in all the information and it creates a citation for you.CoconutOctopustalk15:11, 27 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hey! Excited to be contributing. I made an edit to the Sassafras albidum page that removed a weird comma. There was a box to add a description to the edit and it already had some text in it with /* */ around it. I tried to press enter to make a newline and start my comments after and that published the change :(. Two questions: Should I leave the text /* with this around it */ in the change description when I make an edit? Is there a good way to add a description to that edit since I didn't get to before (or should I just not worry about it)? --Mothebad (talk)19:35, 28 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! It's always important to add an edit summary so other users can see what changes you made at a glance. Sometimes, when you edit a section of an article directly rather than the whole artixle at once, the summary box will be auto-filled with the title of the section. You should just leave that there and add your edit summary after. The summary literally only needs to be a few words (i.e., "removed comma" or "spelling").CoconutOctopustalk18:15, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, I am an employee of a law firm, Makower Abbate Guerra Wegner Vollmer PLLC in Michigan. I know this is a COI that would have to be disclosed, but I am not sure an article about the firm would even be considered due to my COI. Would it be considered as long as I keep the article limited to verifiable facts? I believe the firm history is notable and worthy of an article. Thanks! --Mpetrie111 (talk)17:04, 30 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Make sure you declare your employment on your userpage; you can follow the instruxtions atWP:PAID. You will need to create the article through theArticles for Creation process after doing so.CoconutOctopustalk17:06, 30 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there! I would want to request aRevision deletion in the page histories ofVideo games in 2025 a redirect to2025 in video games, andVideo games in 2026 a redirect to2026 in video games. I made a mistake when publishing the edit summary, which it should have been "←Redirected page to2025 in video games" for Video games in 2025 as the first revision shown in the page history, as well as "←Redirected page to2026 in video games" for Video games in 2026.

Do I need to create a dummy edit to the page with the correct edit summary to add the appropriate edit summary when the revision/page history is deleted? Can you add it or edit it back in?

Thanks in advance!KrispyBlueJays (talk)15:41, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! These don't need revdeled; if you want you can make a dummy edit with a summary but honestly I wouldn't even bother; it's obvious looking at the edit what it was you did!CoconutOctopustalk16:19, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Ah okay thanks. :)KrispyBlueJays (talk)16:21, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, could you have a look atthis please, and RevDel if appropriate please. Thanks. -X201 (talk)16:46, 9 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @X201, this sort of thing needs sent directly toWP:OVERSIGHT and not posted publically on a talk page in future. Thanks for spotting it.CoconutOctopustalk17:14, 9 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

And I am the Chinese Emperor - the claim ist unjustified and I have it removed accordingly --Bahnmoeller (talk)12:24, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Can you explain which part of the claim is unjustified?CoconutOctopustalk12:33, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

All claims are unjustified. The artists works are still under copyright, the image of this plant ist replaceable... We have to be very strict if we want to use the fair game concept, so if you want to keep it, you have to prove ist, not the other way.— Precedingunsigned comment added byBahnmoeller (talk •contribs)16:18, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I would suggest nominating it forWP:FFD.CoconutOctopustalk16:57, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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سلام --Hamo max (talk)08:13, 15 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Does anyone know how to add an image with the name of the thing above it

E.x look at one World Trade Center in NYC, scroll down, and there’s an image with a subheading above it

Sorry I’m new to wikipedia --ZerkoniumX (talk)06:15, 17 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @ZerkoniumX, welcome to Wikipedia! If you go to the pageHelp:Files it will explain how to upload an image, and then how to add it to an article with a caption. If you're uploadong an image you did not take, make sure it's under a compatable license - if you're not sure, feel free to ask me!CoconutOctopustalk08:54, 17 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The subject does not meet the general notability guideline, as it lackssignificant coverage in reliable, independent secondary sources. A school website is not enough to establish notability; it requires in-depth coverage from third-party sources. Thus, this article fails to meet the criteria set inWP:GNG andWP:SCHOOL.KnowMosaic09:42, 17 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

So it should be nominated atWP:AFD. A7 does not apply to schools and cannot be used on school articles.CoconutOctopustalk09:43, 17 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your suggestion.

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