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Hi mwwv, I am working on gathering all the citations for the content of the article I am writing about the company I work for. I have divulged that I am working for the company and that I am a paid employee. I want to make sure that the article I am writing is well cited with notable references.

For example, the company that I am writing about did multiple projects with the government through the SBIR program documented here:https://www.sbir.gov/portfolio/248176

The company holds at least 15 patents on their technologies that can be cited and holds multiple security and technology quality and standards certifications from Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) like UL, FM Approvals, Intertek for the U.S., and through international bodies like IECEx and European ones like ATEX for global markets.

The founder of the company co-wrote multiple papers for journals like Nature and IEEE Systems Journal that I can also cite when talking about the company technology that was founded on many of those papers.

Also, Ray Stata, former CEO of Analog Devices, sits on our board of directors and was an initial investor in the company and there is a Wikipedia article about his career (to which I am hoping I can suggest that his investment and board seat to our company can be added).

Please let me know if this content is appropriate for the article. Thanks!SaraHillman (talk)18:06, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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how do i add userboxes to my profile? --Panzerrrrr21:19, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Panzerrrrr Hello! Userboxes can be added by adding "{{user [userbox name]}}" to your user page. A gallery of userboxes can be seen atWikipedia:Userboxes/Galleries. Hope this helps!mwwv^converse∫_edits21:24, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

thank you!Panzerrrrr22:28, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Mwwv, thank you for the welcome. I received a message from a bot saying I made an error in a reference. I can see the problem, but I'm not sure what I did wrong. Could you help me figure it out? --Quoting Querying Questioner (talk)06:33, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Quoting Querying Questioner Hello! I believe that the problem is that the date consists of only the year and month.CS1 dates must have either just a year or year, month, and day in them. Hope this helps!mwwv^converse∫_edits18:34, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. That was the issue, another editor has now fixed it.Quoting Querying Questioner (talk)02:53, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I am an entertainer and I want to make my Artist page visible on wiki How can I do that please? --Kislesh (talk)05:47, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello I would like to add details about myself. I would like to add details of when I was the Estate Manager at Herstmonceux castle in 2001-2003 . Plus a photo . Can I do this ? --Foxgardener (talk)13:05, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Foxgardener Hello! Please don't do this. Wikipedia strongly discourages adding material about yourself to Wikipedia, as that would beconflict of interest. The guidelines surrounding it are very strict and require extra care to make sure your additions are cited withreliablesecondary sourcesindependent of the subject. Should you go ahead with it anyways, add theEdit COI template to thetalk page and request your addition there. Please see theplain and simple conflict of interest guide for more information. Hope this helps!mwwv^converse∫_edits14:44, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Oh thank you . A very confusing . Again thank youFoxgardener (talk)15:16, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi mwwv, I am working on gathering all the citations for the content of the article I am writing about the company I work for. I have divulged that I am working for the company and that I am a paid employee. I want to make sure that the article I am writing is well cited with notable references.

For example, the company that I am writing about did multiple projects with the government through the SBIR program documented here:https://www.sbir.gov/portfolio/248176

The company holds at least 15 patents on their technologies that can be cited and holds multiple security and technology quality and standards certifications from Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) like UL, FM Approvals, Intertek for the U.S., and through international bodies like IECEx and European ones like ATEX for global markets.

The founder of the company co-wrote multiple papers for journals like Nature and IEEE Systems Journal that I can also cite when talking about the company technology that was founded on many of those papers.

Also, Ray Stata, former CEO of Analog Devices, sits on our board of directors and was an initial investor in the company and there is a Wikipedia article about his career (to which I am hoping I can suggest that his investment and board seat to our company can be added).

Please let me know if this content is appropriate for the article. Thanks! --SaraHillman (talk)03:50, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I signed up to edit because I have an expertise in Forensic Science and would like to review entries on that topic. How do I do that? Thanks. --Marsdenprice (talk)23:23, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Whack!

You've beenwhacked with a wet trout.

Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

You have been trouted for: YOUR REASON HERETheEnzoArchives (talk)22:38, 16 January 2026 (UTC) I was too curious...[reply]

Hello! I recently tried to put a rather large edit on the Alan Becker filmography page because it looked unprofessional (grammar mistakes and several inconsistencies) but it got caught by some filters. I tried to submit it multiple times because I thought it might have been an error but it still wouldn't go through (in hindsight a rather silly idea). Is there a way that I can avoid triggering these sorts of filters in the future? Like should I have done it in pieces rather than all at once, or is that deceptive?

Also, the mod that was trying to help me said they ran into an editing conflict when trying to publish it. Would that be due to the newness of my account, because I submitted the edit multiple times, or something else?

Thanks! --Randomtheguy (talk)06:31, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Randomtheguy Hello! As the edit has already seemed to have been implemented, no further action is needed on your part. Usually, what will stop you from getting caught by manyfilters is theautoconfirmed userright, acquired by getting 10 edits (do NOTgame the system for this) and having an account for 4 days. If you ever get caught by filters again, best thing to do is to head back toWikipedia:Edit filter/False positives/Reports.Editing conflicts have nothing to do with account age, number of times submitting the edit, oruser groups, and only happen when another editor makes an edit that conflicts with the content your edit would introduce. Lastly, just FYI, editing in pieces is completely fine and I know of many editors who do it. Hope this helps!mwwv^converse∫_edits23:24, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, I am wondering if you could help me with creating a wiki page for the HOI4 mod, "The Fire Rises".

I have a major problem with citing good sources, as well as imputing images and I was wondering if you could help me with that.

If you want, I can send you the draft I have of the article, as well as some sources, both reliable and somewhat-reliable, to any messaging account you have. If you want to help, of course.

Thank you for your time,

-TFL1973

3 --TheFireLowers1973 (talk)04:46, 27 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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howdy, I found some misleading (but trivial) statistical information on an article I looked up and curious what the right way to resolve it would be.

The article is for the film They Came Together,https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Came_Together

The "summary" sidepanel thing claims a pathetically low box office of $82,780, citinghttps://m.the-numbers.com/movie/They-Came-Together, which actually has no domestic box office information for the movie. I did some lazy googling and couldn't find any source for domestic box office that wasn't just wrongly re-citing this.

I think it should be corrected but not sure what the right way to do that would be and dont want to just sign up for wikipedia and start deleting things from pages.

Something I thought of after writing that: is there a programmatic way I can list which films use the same website as a citation for their box office numbers? I would assume a lot of other films are going to have a similar problem.

Thanks for your help. --Scl52 (talk)18:22, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Scl52 Hello, and apologies for the long wait! In my opinion, the best solution would be to simply add "(international)" after the box office amount. For the latter question, I believethis search will help you out. Hope this helps!mwwv^converse∫_edits22:52, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! That helped.Scl52 (talk)01:12, 14 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]