Noorlight12, Welcome! Creating a new article from scratch is extremely challenging, and new editors are strongly recommended to spend a few months learning how Wikipedia works, by making improvements to some of our existing seven million articles before trying it. When you do decide to have a go at a new article, you are highly encouraged to readHelp:Your first article. If you haven't already also check outthe tutorial; it's a lot of fun! Happy editing!— Qwerfjkltalk18:14, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Hey my friend I think this is great but I have trouble with memory I can study for a test all day but when I get test I can’t rember nothing it’s like blank and everything on it.I had a few bicycle accidents when I was young Thats give me back memories loss some days are worse then other some days I just sit and cry.They think my nerve problem was when my mother was prevent with me she had 2 nervous breakdown in school I was in vip for slow learning kidsDarrellt300 (talk)19:37, 30 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
We are pleased to invite Wikimedia communities, affiliates, and independent contributors to organize theFeminism and Folklore 2026 writing competition on your local Wikipedia.
The international campaign will run from1 February to 31 March 2026 and aims to improve coverage of feminism, women’s histories, gender-related topics, and folk culture across Wikipedia projects.
About the Campaign
Feminism and Folklore is a global writing initiative that complements theWiki Loves Folklore photography competition. While Wiki Loves Folklore focuses on visual documentation, this writing campaign addresses thegender gap on Wikipedia by improving encyclopedic content related to folk culture and marginalized voices.
What Can Participants Write About?
Communities can contribute by creating, expanding, or translating articles related to:
Folk festivals, rituals, and celebrations
Folk dances, music, and traditional performances
Women and queer figures in folklore
Women in mythology and oral traditions
Women warriors, witches, and witch-hunting narratives
Fairy tales, folk stories, and legends
Folk games, sports, and cultural practices
Participants may work from curated article lists or generate new article suggestions using campaign tools.
How to Sign Up as an Organizer
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Create a local project page on your wiki(see sample)
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Campaign timeline
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Article List Generator by Topic – Helps identify articles available on English Wikipedia but missing in your local language Wikipedia. The tool allows customized filters and provides downloadable article lists in CSV and wikitable formats.
CampWiz – Enables communities to manage writing campaigns effectively, including jury-based evaluation. This will be the third year CampWiz is officially used for Feminism and Folklore.
We look forward to your collaboration and coordination in making Feminism and Folklore 2026 a meaningful and impactful campaign for closing gender gaps and enriching folk culture content on Wikipedia.
hello . i am trying to edit pages (grammar , tone and spelling) , but because my language is french , it just shows errors everywhere. --Dollocaris (talk)18:30, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your feedback. There are pages about the Griswold family that don't mention these family members and in there is also another Griswold company based in Pennsylvania. There is also information on Wikipedia about other Griswoldville towns or villages. I had hoped that my article could be linked to those other pages somehow. I guess it might be too complicated for me to sort out.WesternMANative (talk)15:36, 23 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
WesternMANative, it looks like you blanked it. The history is still publically viewable, so if you really want it deleted, you can edit the page to have the text{{db-u1}}, but it's probably unnecessary. — Qwerfjkltalk15:42, 31 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fortune 500 Power Moves: Which executives gained and lost power (Jan. 25–31)|url=https://fortune.com/2025/01/31/fortune-500-power-moves-jan-25-31/|website=Fortune|access-date=2026-01-23|language=en|first=Fortune|last=Editors}}</ref>
Welcome! Creating a new article from scratch is extremely challenging, and new editors are strongly recommended to spend a few months learning how Wikipedia works, by making improvements to some of our existing seven million articles before trying it. When you do decide to have a go at a new article, you are highly encouraged to readHelp:Your first article. If you haven't already also check outthe tutorial; it's a lot of fun! Happy editing!— Qwerfjkltalk21:23, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the{{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in youredit summary or onthe article's talk page.
Hi Qwerfjkl! This is my first time publishing on Wikipedia. I've programmed in different languages before - hopefully the draft I submitted is close to production. A different editor has denied the article, and I'm wondering if you would please review the Talk session to understand their position - and my response. I'd like to appeal - but don't know the process...
This article is based on my 29 years of experience in the search industry. I used Gemini (AI) as an editor to ensure that my work met the technical standards of Wikipedia. Gemini also helped with structure & formatting and grammar/spell checking, but I selected the topic (after discovering the topic omission while writing a non-Wikipedia article), conducted the research, source selection, and wrote the piece without AI.
@ChrisSheehyCUDA, the main issue is the tone. It is overly promotional, withThese components help ensure a brand remains visible regardless of where a user starts their discovery journey. andWhile search engine optimization (SEO) remains the foundational and highest-level discipline in this hierarchy, SEvO represents its multi-platform expansion. The whole draft probably needs to be rewritten. This article is based on my 29 years of experience in the search industry. - this is not how to write a Wikipedia article. Unfortunately we have to rely on (reliable) secondary sources, rather than your firsthand knowledge. — Qwerfjkltalk09:41, 27 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I surmise from your feedback, and thank you for that, that it's too academic. It's factually correct, but it's hitting your radar as AI drafted - which is disappointing in other ways. I'll work on the tone and resubmit when I have time this week. Thank you kindly for your guidance, I sincerely appreciate it and look forward to learning more about how the Wikipedia ecosystem works with my next submission. TY again Qwerfjkl, I'll be back to you soon.ChrisSheehyCUDA (talk)11:15, 27 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Would it be a big effort to suggest the gaps to fill?In a way this report by the your bot was not useful, because I was aware I made an incomplete edit, but I planned to return to complete it later.
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after reading the Wikipedia policy on redirects I made Gamble residence which redirects to Gamble House. Did I do anything wrong? --781h (talk)02:28, 27 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Comment/question: This notification was given to me because of a 'placeholder name,' specifically because I edited the title portion of the infobox to display the name she's known as throughout this case (Elisa McNabney) rather than her birth name (Laren Sims). Because of the fact that she's known by - and the case was predicated on - her alias (which was also her legal name) and not her birth name (which wasn't found out until later, so it's not as relevant), I believe this message was given to me by the bot in error and that "Elisa McNabney" in place of "Laren Sims" in the title should remain.
Catastrophicise, you've misread the issue. It was from the reference that you added,
<ref>{{Cite web|title=Daughter of female killer speaks for the 1st time: 'You never have to stay in a situation that you don't feel safe'|url=https://abcnews.go.com/2020/daughter-female-killer-speaks-1st-time-stay-situation/story?id=83764402|website=ABC News|access-date=2026-01-27|language=en|first=A. B. C.|last=News}}</ref>
Hi! YourmassXFD script is very useful, thank you. There's one tiny bug I have encountered. When I use it to make a mass CfD (I haven't used it for other types of nominations so I don't know if it happens there) and it creates a new section on the CfD page,it adds a space above the new section instead of below. This causes there to be no blank line before the next section below, and thenwhen someone adds another section above using Twinkle or another tool, that will add a blank line below the new section, causing there to be two blank lines together and a noticeable gap on the page.Mclay1 (talk)09:52, 28 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@LimeLemeon, Welcome! Creating a new article from scratch is extremely challenging, and new editors are strongly recommended to spend a few months learning how Wikipedia works, by making improvements to some of our existing seven million articles before trying it. When you do decide to have a go at a new article, you are highly encouraged to readHelp:Your first article. If you haven't already also check outthe tutorial; it's a lot of fun! Happy editing!— Qwerfjkltalk17:18, 28 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@BigPublicTransitGuy, the issue is the format of the date - it should be written as June 1986. That said, that date field is for the publishing of the reference, not the founding of the company behind it. The date field should therefore be removed. Note also that company websites are not necessarily the most accurate sources of information, even (or especially) for information relating to the company. — Qwerfjkltalk22:45, 28 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
You pointed out some issues when I edited theWireless Power Consortium page last fall. I've gone back to edited the pages to address your issues. Should I send these edits to you first or how should these updates be made.
@KLightfoot2025, you can just make the changes. Just remember not repeat the mistakes of your previous edit (removing content without reason, and bogus references). I have the page on my watchlist, so I will try to check over any further edits you make.Qwerfjkltalk22:48, 28 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Okay will do. I believe you consider company news releases as the "bogus referenes," correct? I read in the talk pages that we should be using third party media referenes instead of news releases, correct?
Hi. I want to update information on DBL Group in the wikipedia page. Please note: I am the Head of Brand & Communication of DBL group. There are some information that needs updating. --Rahil Abubakar (talk)05:42, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
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The "Page information" feature, which gives validating information about a page (example), now automatically includes a table of contents. If there is a localMediaWiki:Pageinfo-header page created by individual users, it can now be removed.[5]
View all 21 community-submitted tasks that wereresolved last week. For example, VisualEditor previously added bold or italic formatting inside link descriptions, making the wikicode complex. This has now been fixed.[6]
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There was no XML dump on 20 January. Additionally, from now on, dumps will be generated once per month only.[7]
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Users are reminded that the Wikimedia Foundation has shared some guiding questions for the July 2026–June 2027 Annual Plan onMeta andDiff. These focus on global trends, faster and healthier experimentation, better support for newcomers, strengthening editors and advanced users, improving collaboration across projects, and growing and retaining readership. Feedback and ideas are welcome on thetalk page.
I suppose you are referring tothis? You should give references in the Wikipedia style; seeHelp:Referencing for beginners. You seem to use a different account there; I suggest you pick one and only edit on that one, and declare on the page of the other that it is also operated by you, linking to the other account. — Qwerfjkltalk17:21, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Dear Mentor,
Could you give ne an exanple or two of how i have edited a source
and how it should be souced in the WIKIPEDIA style. And what you mean by 'You seem to use a different account here."
Please readWikipedia:Reliable sources. The sourcing for the content you have just added to theBlack Speech article is in no way acceptable. Furthermore very much doubt that the necessary in-depth coverage in secondary reliable sources exists to meetWikipedia:Notability criteria for an article. I'd strongly advise you to familiarise yourself with Wikipedia policies and guidelines before attempting to create an article.AndyTheGrump (talk)17:52, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
They are the only sources since there are no scholarly sources related to Neo-Black Speech and most of these sources are from the creators of the dialects themselves.~2026-74940-9 (talk)17:55, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Hello to my mentor. Could you help? My (birth) name is Allan Pacho Garcia. I'm trying to add to the Philippine band The Dawn lists of songs. How does one go about it? THANKS in advance! --Allan Pacho Garcia (talk)07:07, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
It is 8:01 AM where this user lives.
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