This is auser page, whereeverything is made up and the points don't matter.

I assume you were heavily involved in the article getting the FA, I know it was 2 (wait, what, FOUR!? time flies when you're editing Wikipedia!) years ago but you might what to address the duplicate references tag, it being a FA and all. If not no worries I'll try to get to it but it might take a bit. Also, on a more serious note, I need to ask you now to please stop editing Wikipedia immediately (or start vandalising so you get blocked) becuase every time I see you around I am reminded that I haven't had a panini in ages (jk). Cheers,GoldRomean (talk)01:27, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@GoldRomean Nuts dude. Not only because that was 4 years ago, but because that tag must've slipped through my watchlist quickly. The user who added it is now blocked, but it is still a legitimate tag. I'm not sure how those all came to be; I never use those quote refs that all the duplicates use so someone may have added them at some point post-FA.WP:Refill can't fix it because the quotes mess with the bot, so I'll have to do it manually at some point. I'm busy at the moment but I will get on that. Thanks for letting me know!Panini!•🥪16:14, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello - I own a very small consulting firm called IT GuidePoint Corporation. I was told to at least list the name and a brief (non-sales) description of when it was founded and who founded it (me). I really hope I did it right! --IT GuidePoint Corporation (talk)23:46, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

		The Special Barnstar
		Thanks for taking the time to hide guestbooks, was fun to sort through.GeogSage (⚔Chat?⚔)23:16, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I already made a request to correct one statement or two .And can I start editing the article by me? --Experimentswithtruth (talk)04:37, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey there @Experimentswithtruth! It looks like you were suggesting a change to be made toKuriakose Elias Chavara. Usually, when you begin a discussion on an article's talk page it's because the change may be controversial and not everyone would agree to it. Simple corrections to fix facts are usually uncontroversial; it seems like you are just updating the article to detail new 2025 Vatican decrees, and by all means, feel free to add them to the article directly! There is no problem with beingWP:BOLD and updating articles yourself to add newly relevant information.

I recommend finding asource to verify your info, even if it's just the decree itself.

Keep in mind, less popular pages may have inactive talk pages, simply because nobody is there to view them. If your questions don't receive a response, feel free to go through with your change on your own. If you really need the second opinion you canping any other contributors to the article.Panini!•🥪16:47, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

story ·music ·places

check my talk today for two pics ofMargot Friedländer --Gerda Arendt (talk)20:25, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Gerda Arendt Checked; a very admirable story. I recall doing a research project aboutJoseph Mandrowitz in middle school and his story always stuck with me. He was among thedeath marchers but held up very resiliently.Panini!•🥪00:02, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! - Musings on15 May --Gerda Arendt (talk)20:45, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

all Verdi today: tenorLuigi Alva and the premiere OTD of hisRequiem, see my talk --Gerda Arendt (talk)20:12, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ascension Day today, time for a service at a small church nearby and meeting friends. 300 years ago Bach performeda cantata for the occasion, with a rich use of brass and winds, and to the libretto of a woman. --Gerda Arendt (talk)20:58, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

reasons to look at Bach (and listen): it's a recent GA (not by me), he assumed the position of ThomaskantorOTD in 1723, he's upfor PR, and several of his cantatas for GA, and hisEaster Oratorio for FAC --Gerda Arendt (talk)12:08, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I am trying to submit an entry and I'm not sure how to do it. The whole thing is still sitting in my sandbox. --AnnaPirhana (talk)01:27, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @AnnaPirhana! It looks like at some point you moved it to a drafthere. To submit the article for review, go to this draft and click the "Submit the draft for review" button at the top of the article.

It looks like your article has a couple of critical reviews so from a glance it looks like your article passes ournotability criteria. However, your article will first need to cite its sources with inline citations. I suggest doing this before you submit your article for review. You can learn how to do that atHelp:Referencing for beginners.Panini!•🥪17:31, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Panini, I see that you're my assigned mentor for Women in Red.

I wanted to first get my profile set up. I see some other users have the logo in their list of interests/activities on Wikipedia. Could you direct me how to do that? Thank you! --1teamx (talk)19:35, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @1teamx! Women in Red is dope. I'm not a mentor for Women in Red specifically but rather a mentor to a small portion of all new users. I am totally able to help you with any questions regarding general editing practices. When it comes to questions about the Women in Red project itself, you can ask those atWikipedia talk:WikiProject Women in Red, where many users are active and happy to help.

You'll need to create your user page first. Click on your username above (in red, unrelated) and fill it out and decorate it however you'd like. The easiest way to do this is to directly copy what you like from others to yours, and mess with the coding to make it your own. I never outgrew doing that because the templates and scripting are confusing. Also, check out ourWikipedia:User page design guide. Have a fun browse, learn what user pages should be, steal some things you like.

The simplest way to declare you are part of Women in Red is to use theirWP:Userbox by pasting{{User WikiProject Women in Red}} onto your page. Userboxes are a great way to showcases your interests and activity on Wikipedia, and once you find out there's like 10 billion of them you end up falling down a userbox rabbit hole. Other than that, if you see some cool imagery on other user's pages fell free to use them yourself!

Making a user page is the funnest part of Wikipedia. For you, it's all downhill from here.^[sarcasm]

If you'd like help on your user page (like if you have a good idea or want something from someone else's but can't quite figure out how it works), let me know and I can help you out. Let me know if this helps!Panini!•🥪04:47, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

	The Original Barnstar
	To the contributions made in the Buying Wikipedia page!22ManzanaBoy (talk)18:36, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @22ManzanaBoy. I'm gonna stab this one specifically into my wall. No reason, it'd just look funny.Panini!•🥪15:32, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I recently submitted a draft article on Jeff Campbell (Apostle), and it was declined by ToadetteEdit due to concerns about notability and the lack of significant coverage in independent, reliable sources. I really appreciate the review, and I’m hoping to get clarification on how to improve the draft for resubmission.

The draft is here:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sadiowiki/sandbox

I’ve cited sources including La Voz, The Denver Post, Longmont Daily Times-Call, HuffPost, Westword, and award acknowledgments from the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation and Denver Arts & Venues. Some are in-depth features, while others cover public events or cultural contributions.

Could you advise whether any of these sources already meet notability criteria if formatted correctly with inline <ref> tags? And if not, what types of additional coverage should I be looking to include?

Any guidance on strengthening the article for acceptance would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you! --Sadiowiki (talk)07:25, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @Sadiowiki! Welcome to Wikipedia.

It seems like your article has not met the notability guidelines when it comes toWP:SIGCOV. This rule implies that all cited work discuss the subject of the article in direct and specific detail, rather than in passing mention or simple mentions in lists. Here's an example:

• An article such asthis one aboutBen Rector discusses him in depth, offering timeline documentation and personal commentary.
• An article such asthis mentions that Rector played in this golf tournament, but only in the context of "here is a list of everyone playing at this event". Only his name is mentioned.

That's not to say that youcan't use sources like the latter in your article--and you should, because they detail more about their beat-to-beat life moments--but sources like theformer are the ones that establish detailed notability about a certain person. There isn't a strict guideline to this and the bar can shift from article to article, but one that typically passesour general notability guidelines are ones that have at least three of these juicy sources, that detail the person specifically, and in-depth, and don't leave major holes in their story once written out.

That's what I think is hindering your article from publishing. If this issue can be resolved, I can help you fix the article up toWP:MOS standards and it'd be good. But looking only what's here currently, it may be unlikely. But don't let that discourage you! Creating articles as a new user is often considered the most difficult task. But you've done a pretty dang good job with your article and you will certainly be a fantastic editor; I see you getting through the learning curve exponentially :). When my first ... I think it was 3 ... articles failed, I turned to an article that was already published that peaked my interest and worked very hard to bring it togood article status. Once I got comfortable with editing I took another crack at creating my own article andI nailed it.

ToadetteEdit did not ignore you onyour talk page by the way; this is an automated template and they are expectantly not watching the page it goes to. I left them a message to give additional clarification on their decline reason (which is also semi-automated based on the reasoning I gave you).Panini!•🥪15:30, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Panini,

Thanks again for the clear feedback — I really appreciate you both taking the time.

I now better understand the importance of WP:SIGCOV and how the current citations fall short in demonstrating Jeff Campbell’s notability. I’ve reviewed the examples you gave, and I agree: passing mentions aren’t enough — the focus needs to be on in-depth, independent coverage.

Additionally, I’ve uploaded several primary newspaper clippings to Wikimedia Commons for review. These include in-depth coverage of Jeff Campbell (as a breakdancer and public figure) from:

- **La Voz** (1984)

- **The Denver Post** (1984)

- **Longmont Daily Times-Call** (1984)

Here are the files:

-[1](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Break_For_Summer_La_Voz_Newspaper_1984_2.jpg)

-[2](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Break_For_Summer_La_Voz_Newspaper_1984_3.jpg)

-[3](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Break_For_Summer_La_Voz_Newspaper_1984_4.jpg)

-[4](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jeff_Campbell_Breakdancing_Longmont_Daily_Times_1984.jpg)

If possible, could you review these and let me know if they help satisfy notability? I’ll gladly restructure and refine the article based on your guidance.

Thank you again — your support really means a lot as I work through the learning curve!

—SadiowikiSadiowiki (talk)18:16, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Sadiowiki, so to answer your concern, it feels that the subject is not yet notable. I have looked at the linked sources and from all of them:

• The two huffpost.com posts are bot valid; the first is made by a contributor and contributor articles often are not reliable. And the second leads tothis source which is an interview and so is aprimary source,
• this does not mention(?) the subject, and
• this provides a brief excrept of the biography of the subject without discussing anything that in detail. The last online source that I did not linked to is significant enough to establish notability.

I have not checked the offline sources so an analysis or a copy for evaluation would be helpful at best. Hope you understand this.ToadetteEdit (7M articles)15:47, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi ToadetteEdit,

you mentioned that one of the online sources might be sufficient to establish notability. Could you let me know which one that was? I’d love to build the article more effectively around it.

—SadiowikiSadiowiki (talk)18:17, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, how do I make my own page?I want to create my own article --LAANKY (talk)06:39, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @LAANKY! The short answer is: you probably shouldn't. Seethis article on why an autobiography is both incredibly difficult and can get you into a lot of potential trouble.Panini!•🥪15:44, 12 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I am trying to create a new Wikipedia page about myself, Shaieer Munazil Javeed. I have written a draft including my biography, education, and my business (HAPEx.j). Can you please check if it meets the notability and formatting guidelines? Thank you! --Shaieer Munazil Javaid (talk)12:56, 1 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Shaieer Munazil Javaid! The short answer is: you probably shouldn't. Seethis article on why an autobiography is both incredibly difficult and can get you into a lot of potential trouble.Panini!•🥪15:44, 12 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

hihow to make my page available to all onthe internetif searched on the internet like googleit should pop up --Suveergowda (talk)05:36, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey there @Suveergowda! When an article on Wikipedia is published, it will take a while for it to properly index into Google and appear in search results. This can take upwards of 90 days to do, even.Panini!•🥪15:45, 12 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Panini, seeing as you nominated this article for GAN, I have started aPR for ACNH in the hope that you, me and other interested editors could get that article to FA. Feel free to join!JuniperChill (talk)16:04, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@JuniperChill Hey there, I currently have no plans to get involved with this article further, especially because the GA itself was a headache, but if the overhaul starts getting huge traction I will happily help move the FAC along (and give you all the credit for it obviously. I'm not jumping in last minute and being like "ahh, yep,we did it!)Panini!•🥪15:42, 12 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Panini. It's been a while. I have been working on a bunch of GA articles but wanna make on FA if I still I can. I was wondering if you thinkVictorious 2.0: More Music from the Hit TV Show has a chance of being nominated at all.Shoot for the Stars (talk)03:43, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @Shoot for the Stars. I'm not quite sure? But not for the usual reasons.

Just like how some articles are going to beWP:PERMASTUBs, there's an unspoken rule sometimes that an article can be a sort of PERMAGA. An article simply does not have enough information to adhere to the comprehensive standards of a featured article and could fail because of that. That's a thing I'm not really familiar with and I think you should ask someone more involved at FAC about it. Get a quote essentially.Panini!•🥪15:39, 12 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

GRAVE movie --Sukbar Ali (talk)11:09, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A quarterly update from the Growth team on our work to improve the new editor experience.

Mentoring new editors

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In February,Mentorship was successfully rolled out to 100% of newcomers on English Wikipedia. Following this milestone, we collaborated with Spanish Wikipedia to expand Mentorship coverage to 70% of new accounts, with plans to reach 85% soon unless concerns are raised by mentors. (T394867)

“Add a Link” Task – Iteration and Experimentation

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Our efforts to improve and scale the“Add a Link” structured task continued across multiple fronts:

• Community Feedback & Model Improvements: We’ve responded to community concerns with targeted changes:
  • Restricting access to newer accounts (T393688)
  • Some links types were removed to align with recommendations written in the English Wikipedia Manual of Style (T390683)
  • Allowing communities to limit “Add a Link” to newcomers (T393771)
  • The model used to suggest the links was improved to ease its training (T388258)
• English Wikipedia rollout and A/B test: We increased the rollout to 20% of newcomers, with analysis underway. Preliminary data suggests this feature makes new account holders more likely to complete an unreverted edit. (T386029,T382603)
• Surfacing Structured Tasks: An experiment where we show “add a link” suggestions to newly registered users while they are reading an article is running on pilot wikis (French, Persian, Indonesian, Portuguese, Egyptian Arabic). Initial results are under analysis. (T386029)

Newcomer Engagement Features

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• “Get Started” notification: Engineering is in progress for a new notification (Echo/email) to encourage editing among newcomers with zero edits. Early research shows this type of nudge is effective. (T392256)
• Confirmation email: We are exploring ways to simplify and improve the initial account confirmation email newly registered users receive. (T215665)

Community Configuration Enhancements

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Communities can now manage which namespaces are eligible for Event Registration viaCommunity Configuration. (T385341)

Annual Planning

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The Wikimedia Foundation’s 2025–2026 Annual Plan is taking shape. The Growth and Editing teams will focus on theContributor Experiences (WE1) objective, with a focus on increasingconstructive edits by editors with fewer than 100 cumulative contributions.

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Hello nice to meet you --Kaylee3iRD (talk)23:48, 20 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @Kaylee3iRD what's up :) welcome to wikipediaPanini!•🥪00:02, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

I would like to add an information page for my business, Northeast Hearing Solutions. Can you tell me how to start?

~Nevin --NBalliet (talk)13:50, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

is it necessary to add information that's known around the fanbase if you're writing on a page for a show??? (if you need the page i'm talking about, it's Hallo aus Berlin) --Creamsodaandberries (talk)07:32, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

i need to create a page for a new brand and website that i found --Ranchwife-COM (talk)14:45, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The third round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 28 June. This round was again competitive, with three contestants scoring more than 1,000 round points:

• BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,314 round points, mostly from articles about athletes and politicians, including 20good articles and 48did you know articles
• Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1,197 round points, mostly from military history articles, including 9featured topic articles, twofeatured articles, and four good articles
• Sammi Brie (submissions) with 1,055 round points, mostly from television station articles, including 27 good articles and 9good topic articles

Everyone who competed in round 3 will advance to round 4 unless they have withdrawn.This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far, while the full scores for round 3 can be seenhere. During this round, contestants have claimed 4 featured articles, 16featured lists, 1featured picture, 9 featured-topic articles, 149 good articles, 27 good-topic articles, and more than 90 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 18In the News articles, and they have conducted more than 200 reviews.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 June but before the start of Round 4 can be claimed in Round 4. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it onWikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome onWikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck!If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name fromWikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.MediaWiki message delivery (talk)14:49, 29 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

HelloHow do I add information about myself in Wikipedia? --Slick 2H Rick (talk)15:43, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Panini, just saw you are my assigned mentor and wanted to say hello 👋 --GerardSpel (talk)14:24, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Mentor !I have started Creating Articles and edeting the articles in my Free Tme. I am a Student of Pharmacy and I like writing about the topics that I like readng / watching. Please guide me so that i may not do any mistake --Ak1285 (talk)09:25, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Just from your user page, it seems like a lot of articles you’ve worked on are currently FA-status. So I ask:

What’s your secret?

In other words, how do you get articles to FA-status and still find time to personify your user pages? Not that I have any specific use for the question, but I’m curious.22ManzanaBoy (talk)14:51, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, how do I update the city manager’s name? I am now the city manager of Durant, Oklahoma.Thank you --Pamelajpolk (talk)03:40, 7 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Panini ! Quick question,do you know if there is a way to create a private wikipedia page ? i'd like to create a page that can only be seen by a link or something but because i'd like to write about a fictional topic i don't want it published publically. Thanks in advance, Ciao ciao --Tiouan Beton (talk)17:29, 14 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tiouan Beton: No, you may not. This is an encyclopedia that contains notable facts about notable topics: it is not a free webhost for your personal use. You are not permitted to create articles about fictional topics, nor are there pages you can use privately. Those would both be major abuses of Wikipedia. For more details of what Wikipedia is not seeWP:NOT.UrielAcosta (talk)17:40, 14 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The fourth round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 29 August. The penultimate round saw three contestants score more than 800 points:

• BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,175 round points, mainly from sports-related articles, including 17 good articles, 27 did you know articles, and 9in the news articles
• Arconning (submissions) with 1,090 round points, mainly from articles about athletes and politicians, including afeatured article onPhilippines at the 1924 Summer Olympics, 9good articles, 28did you know articles, and a wide assortment of featured and good article reviews
• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) with 854 round points, mostly from a high-scoring featured article on the Indian leaderRani of Jhansi and two good articles, in addition to 13 featured and good article reviews

Everyone who competed in Round 4 will advance to Round 5 unless they have withdrawn.This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far, while the full scores for Round 4 can be seenhere. During this round, contestants have claimed 9 featured articles, 12featured lists, 98 good articles, 9good topic articles, more than 150 reviews, nearly 100 did you know articles, and 18 in the news articles.

In advance of the fifth and final round, the judges would like to thank every contestant for their hard work. As a reminder, any content promoted after 29 August but before the start of Round 5 can be claimed in Round 5. In addition, note that Round 5 will end on 31 October at 23:59 UTC. Awards at the end of Round 5 will be distributed based on who has the most tournament points over all five rounds, and special awards will be distributed based on high performance in particular areas of content creation (e.g., most featured articles in a single round).

Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it onWikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome onWikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges –Cwmhiraeth (talk ·contribs),Epicgenius (talk ·contribs),Frostly (talk ·contribs),Guerillero (talk ·contribs) andLee Vilenski (talk ·contribs) – are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck!

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Happy birthday! Hi Panini!! On behalf of theBirthday Committee, I'd like to wish you a very happy birthday! Enjoy this special day!DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk)23:52, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

+1 Happy happy birthday :)HouseBlaster (talk • he/they)21:42, 1 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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A quarterly update from the Growth team on our work to improve the new editor experience.

New releases

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English Wikipedia gets "Add a Link" Structured Task

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Wereleased the"Add a Link" Structured Task to 100% of accounts at English Wikipedia on Tuesday, September 2nd (before then it was available to 20% of accounts).

Growth features for Wikidata

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After examining if the Growth features and Mentorship could be adapted to Wikidata, we activated the Growth features onBeta Wikidata to allow for testing and discussion (T400937).Although some features, like Suggested Edits, are Wikipedia-specific, the Growth team designed most features to be more wiki-agnostic.

Work in progress

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Revise Tone Structured Task

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The Growth team is making progress onthe technical architecture, onboarding design, and early user testing.We are targeting an A/B test before the end of this year, with constructive edits by newcomers as the primary success metric.

Add a link to more wikis

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The machine learning team has been working on a new model that can suggest links to more languages, including Urdu, Chinese, and Japanese Wikipedias.We are starting to release the “Add a Link” feature to Wikipedias that weren’t supported by the previous model.

Add a link, which can beconfigured by the community locally, increases the chance that a new contributor will make their first edit and then continue to participate in Wikipedia.

Research

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The Growth team is involved in several research initiatives to help guide our future work:

Progression System – We havepublished initial findings from interviews with 10 English and French Wikipedia newcomers.The research examined motivations, challenges, and feedback on a prototype system intended to help editors build confidence, develop skills, and contribute more constructively over time.

Mobile Web Editing Research – This project combines quantitative and qualitative data, community feedback, and user journey analysis to identify possible ways to enhance the mobile editing experience.

Newcomers Survey – This project surveys successful newcomers on English Wikipedia to understand their early editing experiences, tool use, and community interactions.

Community events

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The Growth team participated in several community events to listen, share, and collaborate on improving newcomer experiences across Wikimedia projects.

Wikimania -Organizers as key partners to support newcomers' growth in our movement

This session invited organizers to share how they introduce newcomers to Growth features and the challenges they encounter. The discussion focused on common newcomer questions and opportunities to strengthen collaboration in supporting new editors.

Wikimania -Lightning Talk: Structured Tasks

This talk demonstrated how Structured Tasks help newcomers take their first successful steps on Wikipedia. It shared impact data, community configurations, and a demo of “Add a Link,” illustrating how these tasks make editing more accessible and sustainable, particularly for mobile contributors.

Wikimania -Building a Sustainable Future for Wikimedia Contributors

With active editor numbers declining, theContributors Strategy aims to create a clearer, more engaging path for participation. This session, led by the WMF Contributors group with involvement from the Editing, Growth, Moderator Tools, and Connection (formerly Campaigns) teams, highlighted efforts to streamline contributor experiences, offer structured and mobile-friendly workflows, and foster meaningful engagement. Participants learned about ongoing initiatives and shared feedback to help shape a more inclusive and sustainable future for Wikimedia contributors.

CEE Meeting -Retaining beginners and improving content moderation: an inclusive and sustainable future for Wikipedia contributors

Many communities face a decline in volunteer engagement. Newcomers often leave soon after joining, while experienced editors struggle to manage increasingly complex workflows and overwhelming backlogs. We presented theContributors Strategy and the different features and workflows that can help communities to address these challenges. We listened to the specific needs of the CEE communities to help guide the Contributors teams' work.

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The 2025 WikiCup has come to an end. Our top scorers, based on the tournament point rankings (which can be seenhere), are:

1. BeanieFan11 (submissions) with1,604 tournament points, will receive the 1st place award.
2. Gog the Mild (submissions) with1,075 tournament points, will receive the 2nd place award.
3. Arconning (submissions) with860 tournament points, will receive the 3rd place award.
4. History6042 (submissions) with804 tournament points
5. Sammi Brie (submissions) with635 tournament points
6. TheDoctorWho (submissions) with386 tournament points
7. AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) with373 tournament points
8. Thebiguglyalien (submissions) with362 tournament points

Our high scorers in the final round were:

• BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,035 round points, mostly from 19 good articles and 21 did you know articles about athletes
• vigilantcosmicpenguin (submissions) with 819 round points, mostly from 13 good articles and 11 did you know articles about a wide range of topics from abortion topics to African cities
• TheNuggeteer (submissions) with 508 round points from 9 good articles, 4 good topic articles and 6 did you know articles mainly about Philippines topics, along with 19 good article reviews

The final round was very productive, and contestants had 2featured articles, 4featured lists, 106good articles, 5good topic articles, 178 article reviews, 76did you know articles, and 9in the news articles. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!

The top eight scorers will receive awards shortly. The following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. These prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field during the competition.

• Gog the Mild (submissions) wins the featured article prize, with 12 featured articles total, and the featured topic prize, with 9 featured topic articles in total
• Hey man im josh (submissions) wins the featured list prize, with 10 featured lists total
• AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) wins the featured picture prize, submitting the only featured picture in the entire contest during round 3
• History6042 (submissions) wins the featured content reviewer prize, with 127 featured content reviews. He will also share the ITN prize, with 20 in the news articles in total.
• BeanieFan11 (submissions) wins the good article prize, with 100 good articles total, and the DYK prize, with 147 did you know articles in total. He will also share the ITN prize, with 20 in the news articles in total.
• TheDoctorWho (submissions) wins the good topic prize, with 16 good topic entries in total
• Arconning (submissions) wins the good article reviewer prize, with 68 good article reviews in total

A special mention also goes to these users who scored the highest in a particular category in a single round:

• Sammi Brie (submissions), with 27 good articles in round 3, and 45 good article reviews in round 1
• Tails Wx (submissions), with 10 in the news articles in round 3

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited tosign up to participate. The WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2026 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement!

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