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Please comment onTalk:Useful idiot

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Thefeedback request service is asking for participation inthis request for comment onTalk:Useful idiot.Legobot (talk)04:29, 3 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Is that youDumbBOT?
usernamekiran(talk)19:59, 3 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yardbarker links seem to have become useless

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SeeSpecial:Diff/1283820024, in an attempt to remove the AMP url, it made the URL an unhelpful ambiguous URL.

Luckily, the URL wasn't really necessary before since it was syndicated from another source, which I replaced with the original source. I would not be surprised if a lot of yardbarker links did this, since they mostly syndicated then pull articles from other sources, but these become harder to find when they go from this amp url to a more ambiguous one. Might need a quick review to see if this happened anywhere else. If you have a list, I can go through and try and fix them with the original source.Chew(VTE)22:29, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Chew: Hi. Yes, none of the yardbarker URLs were usable when I found the issue a few weeks ago. So I added the yardbarker domain to the ignore list, and removed all the problematic yardbarker URLs from the database. There were quite a few of them. Currently there are only seven yardbarker URLs in the database that were operational. I undid all the changes I could find, seems like I missed some. Unfortunately, I do not have a list (as I removed them from the database), but most of the problematic edits were undone. —usernamekiran(talk)15:09, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Awesome, thank you! I'll try and go through and just remove them all if I can for my prior reasons, just wanted to make sure you were aware as well. Appreciate itChew(VTE)00:37, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestions: Notable People to Write Wiki Article About

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Hello.I wish to SUGGEST three prominent people to write a Wiki article about. There actions affected 1000s of people across the USA and were in front of national media cameras. They graduated from my high school. But you are impartial. I cant add their names into Wiki content unless there is already an article about them.Here are the suggested Three Names and Major Newspaper Articles or Bio Sites about them to help you write a suggested article. They often made quite a few articles and headlines! These articles or Bios were all retrieved today, July 5, 2025.

They are:

  • Rex Meredith

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0580625/https://www.laughfactory.com/comedians/RexMeredithhttps://everythingcarson.com/carsonnugget/events/rex-meredithhttps://www.gettyimages.com/photos/rex-meredithhttps://www.sierrasun.com/news/funny-man-rex-meredith-has-a-lot-to-say/https://lexnightclub.com/event/ev294955dt180928rm294148-reno-tahoe-comedy-presents-rex-meredith/reno-tahoe-comedy-presents-rex-meredith-180928/

  • Dale Ross (aka Lloyd Dale Ross)

https://ilsr.org/articles/georgetown-texas-voices-of-100-podcast/https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2017/10/23/how-georgetown-s-gop-mayor/10076897007/https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/the-conservative-texas-mayor-leading-the-charge-with-renewable-energy-on-the-green-new-deal/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/republican-mayor-texas-clean-energy-no-brainer-n769056https://www.c-span.org/person/dale-ross/117515/https://www.digi.city/what-were-reading-1/2018/3/20/mayor-dale-ross-and-georgetown-tx-getting-national-recognition-for-going-all-greenhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-conservative-georgetown-texas-became-renewable-energy-leader-mayor-dale-ross-2019-04-23/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/texas-town-future-renewable-energy-180968410/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-04/why-republican-mayor-dale-ross-is-all-in-on-renewableshttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/dale-ross-georgetown-renewables-calgary-1.4839431https://time.com/3761952/georgetown-texas-fossil-fuel-renewable-energy/https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/newspaper-reporter-says-georgetown-mayor-threatened-herhttps://www.statesman.com/story/news/local/flash-briefing/2020/01/27/georgetown-mayor-ross-wont-seek-reelection/1817648007/

  • Dayna Steele

https://www.palmdesertlibrary.org/event/author-talk-surviving-alzheimers-friends-facebook-and-really-big-glass-wine-dayna-steele-3186https://canvasrebel.com/meet-dayna-steele/https://www.houstonpress.com/music/foxy-lady-to-bitch-dayna-steeles-houston-radio-odyssey-6524655https://ballotpedia.org/Dayna_Steelehttps://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00639419/https://tv.apple.com/us/show/dayna-steele-rock-the-36th/umc.cmc.4anb064d3njxdtqe4tfd8euoyhttps://thegamechanger.network/dayna-steele-surviving-alzheimers-friends-facebook-really-big-glass-wine/https://rock101movie.com/category/dayna-steele/https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/democratic-party-of-texas/C00639419/summary/2024https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/177059/dayna-steelehttps://www.ktre.com/2024/10/04/radio-host-dayna-steele-challenges-us-rep-babins-seat-minus-public-donations/https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/endorsements/article/brian-babin-dayna-steele-election-endorsement-19829819.phphttps://texaslifestylemag.com/living-texas/five-minutes-with-rock-star-principles-dayna-steele/

Thank you for these considerations!Stevespacek1 (talk)19:36, 5 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Request for Full Review of Ravi Kumar Punia Article

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Hello fellow editors,

I’m currently working on the Ravi Kumar Punia article and would appreciate it if someone with more experience could review the entire page for structure, formatting, and adherence to Wikipedia’s content guidelines.

My goal is to ensure the article is well-organized, neutrally written, and properly sourced. If you notice any areas that need improvement—such as notability, tone, layout, or citation quality—I would be grateful for your feedback or any edits you may suggest. I’m happy to collaborate and make revisions where needed to ensure the article meets Wikipedia’s standards.

Thank you for your time and assistance!

Best regards,2405:201:5C08:41E5:13D:7B24:9154:3157 (talk)15:01, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Bug on nlwiki

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Hey, there's a bug with your bot on nlwiki wherenieuwsblad.be links are getting converted tohbvl.be, even thoughnieuwsblad.be doesn't use AMP. You can see it happening in these diffs:69654475,69574270.

Could you take a look at what's causing this? It's messing up citations and potentially affecting other Belgian news sites too (though not entirely sure).XXBlackburnXx (talk)21:11, 25 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@XXBlackburnXx: Hello. The bot is thinking the original URL is an AMP url because of the "amper" in it. Then the bot is trying to find a canonical URL for that amp url. The issue is, original URL/page (nieuwsblad.be) is mentioning thehbvl.be URL as the canonical urls. Looking at the pages, they both seem to be exactly the same. If you want, I can blacklist thehbvl.be URLs. Kindly let me know how should I proceed. —usernamekiran(talk)22:00, 25 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Blacklisting would be nice. The main issue isn't necessarily the websites themselves, but rather that when a site within a citation is replaced with hbvl.be, the rest of the citation parameters, such as|publisher= or|work=, no longer match appropriately. Hope you understand :).XXBlackburnXx (talk)22:22, 25 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@XXBlackburnXx: ah, I see. no issues. I have fixed added the domain to the blacklist. —usernamekiran(talk)22:39, 25 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@XXBlackburnXx: Hi. I was going through the logs of the bot, and I came across:
Failed to save Limburg United in het seizoen 2025/26 on nl.wikipedia: Edit to pagenl:Limburg United in het seizoen 2025/26 disallowed by the AbuseFilter.
This action has been automatically identified as harmful, and therefore disallowed. If you believe your action was constructive, please inform an administrator of what you were trying to do. A brief description of the abuse rule which your action matched is: KiranBOT bug

I could not find the edit filter on nlwiki. Has it been deleted/deactivated? —usernamekiran(talk)04:16, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding your bot on Chinese Wikipedia

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Hello, and thanks for your bot, KiranBOT’s contributions. According to Chinese Wikipedia policy, global bots are required to obtain local approval unless they are solely performing tasks related to fixing interwiki links or double redirects (policy). Please submit a request for local approval atthis page. Otherwise, your bot may be temporarily blocked. Thank you for your understanding!Stang00:17, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Stang: Hello. Thanks for reaching out. I had gone through the policy page beforehand, I misunderstood the policy — I thought global bots were allowed. I will stop KiranBOT in a couple of hours from now. Thanks again, —usernamekiran(talk)00:57, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Stang: done, and brfa filed. —usernamekiran(talk)03:39, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Article Request: TRMS (The Real Me Studios)

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Hi Usernamekiran, I noticed that there's no article yet for TRMS (The Real Me Studios), even though it's listed on MusicBrainz and is the label behind artist SXMRXXT and releases like NOTHING IS OFFICIAL. Since you enjoy working on overlooked topics, I was wondering if you'd be willing to create a stub for it? It would really mean a lot. Thank you!117.194.108.43 (talk)02:12, 19 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello 117.194.108.43 I could not find any information on TRMS (The Real Me Studios). I will have to say it fails thenotability criteria for organisations. In short, to be notable, an entity must havesignificant coverage in reliable sources. —usernamekiran(talk)02:31, 19 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Bot speed

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Hello! I kindly ask you to increase the delay time of the bot in the Russian Wikipedia after edits made by unregistered users and newly registered accounts. At the moment, your bot makes edits just a few seconds after any change. Sometimes such edits include vandalism or other violations, which makes them harder to detect or leads to incorrect reverts (1,2,3). I would like to request that the bot’s edits be made only a few days after such changes.Mitte27 (talk)09:25, 3 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Mitte27: Hello. I understand your point. The bot's edit are whitelisted, so the vandalism must get whitelisted as well. I'm currently out of town. I will get back home in 4-5 days. I will look at it as soon as I get home. —usernamekiran(talk)13:59, 3 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Purpose of having KiranBOT

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Hi Kiran, I just readUser:KiranBOT/AMP which explains what is done and how is that done, but I missed a reasoning about why Wikipedia needs this done. Is removing AMP done to improve reader experience, to reduce the data flow to Google, to work around bugs or for some other reason ?

If Wikipedia already has a place where this is explained, I would be happy if you could link there from the bot's page, otherwise could you please add a section "Reasoning" or the like to this page ? Thank you, -- Juergen5.147.163.199 (talk)15:11, 4 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Juergen. Yes, you are correct, I somehow missed/forgot to add the reasoning section. I will do it soon. You are correct. It is not entirely to "reduce the data flow to Google". The AMP URLs are, in short, privacy invasive; and they also pose a security risk. The other reason is that AMP URLs often seem to become non-operational after a while. That creates difficulties with Wikipedia's verifiability policy in case the URL was not archived. So it is preferable to use the canonical URLs. Thanks for reminding, I will add the "reasoning" section soon. —usernamekiran(talk)16:42, 4 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

List of sports figures considered the greatest

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Hey Kiran, for some reason the references atList of sports figures considered the greatest are not displaying anymore. Not sure if it was because of the recent KiranBot edit or not, but it just happened. Let me know your thoughts.GOAT Bones231012 (talk)01:50, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@GOAT Bones231012: there was an issue withtemplate:reflist. It had been discussed in the past atWP:VPT, and is currently (indirectly/tangentially) being discussed atWikipedia:Bot requests#List-defined references format. It is not a well-known/well-publicised issue. I will post this incident there just to be sure. thanks for pointing it out. —usernamekiran(talk)02:42, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for fixing and big fan of the KiranBot btw.GOAT Bones231012 (talk)02:45, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@GOAT Bones231012: no problem. and appreciation is always appreciated. thank you for the kind words. I posted the incident the aforementioned discussion as well. —usernamekiran(talk)02:48, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Global bot approval request for SchlurcherBot

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Hello!

In accordance tothe policy, this message is to notify you that there is a new approval request for a global bot.

The discussion is available atSteward_requests/Bot_status#Global_bot_status_for_User:SchlurcherBot on Meta-Wiki. All Wikimedia community members are invited to participate.

Thank you for your time.

Best regards,MediaWiki message delivery (talk)22:10, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Editnotices/Page/Template:Old moves/doc

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Hi usernamekiran. I came acrossTemplate:Editnotices/Page/Template:Old moves/doc and noticed that it doesn't seem to be serving any purpose now (the sandbox link is broken, and even if fixed, it would redirect to the doc page). I was planning to send it to TfD but decided to ask for your thoughts on it first.jlwoodwa (talk)20:11, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

HiJlwoodwa. I have no issues with deletion, I will request for speedy after this edit. There were a few moves, and rewrites of the template, and doc. It was created as part of me trying to simplify the documentation, but then it was redirected and moved (page history) The current documentation is not confusing, and that particular edit notice has been rendered useless as well. Thanks for contacting me first, it saved a lot of community time at Tfd. It is appreciated a lot. —usernamekiran(talk)10:04, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

November article improvement drive

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Give these to KIRANbot

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December 2025 administrator elections - schedule

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Please be more responsive to mentee questions

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Looking up on this talk page it seems like most mentor questions you are asked aren't being answered. If you still want to be a mentor, please attempt to respond to questions more actively, otherwise you can resign or mark yourself as away viaSpecial:MentorDashboard.* Pppery *it has begun...20:59, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Pppery: Hello. I have responded to most of the questions on their talk pages. Some of them were not responded to, as they already welcome-message/warning on the talk page, likeUser talk:Yubrajpandeya02. A few days ago, on the dashboard, I had changed the frequency to non-manual lowest — "about half the average". I will look for what happens for a week or two, if I cant respond to the questions properly till then, I will mark myself as away. —usernamekiran(talk)14:34, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Administrator Elections - Call for Candidates

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Hai - Need help in creating a wiki page.

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Hi i want to create a new page for Dinesh Thyagarajan. He is a hollywood actor who acted in superman. I tried publishing it multiple times but it is rejected.i have the below links where his details are published and they are published in super manhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_(2025_film) and many other news publications. Example: www.comicbook.comslashfilm.comdcuniverse.fandom.comHe has played the character of Malik Ali.

https://comicbook.com/movies/news/superman-movie-malik-ali-death-tribute-real-hero-mvp-dcu/?fbclid=IwZnRzaAOa7XBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeqLEQNjbtK2oAkI-CkDgJuYSzLJ1TpGSUEmY8wZJmgAnfAkw5esXYexvQwTM_aem_ZzenczUoOmhUD7_YsnjDPg

can you share what is the criteria for publishing this.Tulasivani (talk)01:22, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Tulasivani: Hello. Kindly seenotability criteria for actors. Your query was somewhat responded to atWikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1271#To publish wiki page. I have also posted some links to your talkpage. —usernamekiran(talk)02:01, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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KiranBOT onfi:Mike Watt

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Hi! I noted that KiranBOT has been doing odd edits onfi:Mike Watt since October. It has been appendingthis URL with dots over 20 times now. Could you have a look at this bug? Thanks!Samoasambia03:06, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Samoasambia: Hi. Thanks for pointing it out. I'm currently on mobile. I will fix it as soon as I get on the computer. —usernamekiran(talk)05:05, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Just letting you know that I granted a bot flag for KiranBOT on fiwiki. Thanks for the useful bot! --Lentokonefani (talk)11:51, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Samoasambia andLentokonefani: I fixed the bug, and removed the stopper from the article page. Lets see how it works out. I will be watching that article from now on. Lentokonefani, thank you for your kind words, it is appreciated a lot. —usernamekiran(talk)15:55, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

KiranBOT - wrong link reference

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KiranBOT sent me amessage saying a Teahouse discussion had been archived atWikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive_1274.0#hCaptcha though in fact it was archived atWikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive_1274#hCaptcha (no ".0") - I don't particularly care and you do not need to reply.~2025-31381-67 (talk)18:01, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much for letting me know, none of the logged-in editors either didnt notice, or didnt care to notify me. That makes your message even more appreciated. I fixed the previously posted message, as well as the problematic code. Thanks again, —usernamekiran(talk)05:14, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Voting is now open for military historian of the year and newcomer of the year awards for 2025!

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Happy holidays

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Hi Usernamekiran
Season's Greetings and all the best for 2026
Wherever you are and whatever you believe in (or don't), reach out for peace on this little planet of ours!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS 🥳
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Thank youKudpung, and same to you! apologies for the delayed reply. How have you been? It was nice to see you becoming active last year after your wikibreak. —usernamekiran(talk)17:22, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

New pages patrol January–February 2026 Backlog drive

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January–February 2026 Backlog Drive|New pages patrol

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Happy New Year, Usernamekiran!

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Happy New Year!

Usernamekiran,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyableNew Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
Destinyokhiria💬20:09, 31 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

   Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

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@Destinyokhiria: Hello, and same to you! I apologise, I somehow missed your message. Again, a belated happy new year. —usernamekiran(talk)18:04, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia Hackathon Northwestern Europe 2026

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Hello! I noticed you're a bot operator, so I thought you might be interested in a hackathon we're organizing: theWikimedia Hackathon Northwestern Europe 2026, on 13–14 March in Arnhem, Netherlands.

It's a two-day, technically oriented hackathon bringing together Wikimedians from the region. Whether you want to work on bot frameworks, tools, or other technical projects, this could be a great opportunity to collaborate with fellow developers. Registration closes mid-January or when full. Let me know if there are any questions. Hope to see you there!Daanvr (talk)09:25, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Daanvr: thank you, this us much appreciated. —usernamekiran(talk)16:11, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

KiranBOT needs botflag @ kowiki

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Hello, since December 2025, as explained atm:Stewards' noticeboard/Archives/2025-12#Upcoming changes to kowiki's Bot policy implementation, global bots are only permitted to work on kowiki if they are working on double redirects or wikidata fixes. Since kowiki allows unapproved bots to edit (with 1 edit per minute, because it is assumed that edits are visible in Recent Changes), please either file a local BRFA, or run it within kowiki's limitations. Thanks! — regards,Revi05:09, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Bot is now flagged, crat says request itself will remain open for a month — no problems expected given the past run :P — regards,Revi02:31, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Revi C.: I was translating the comments on google translate when you posted the message here hehe. Thanks for your help, it is much appreciated. —usernamekiran(talk)02:34, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question fromCashewFan2026 (03:06, 28 January 2026)

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Hello! Would you be interested in reviewing an article I have written for wikipedia? Or giving me advice on it? --CashewFan2026 (talk)03:06, 28 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Bots talking

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I just removed a bunch of KiranBOT notifications on SineBot's talk page for Teahouse archives. Might be worth skipping those notes since they're rather pointless!Primefac (talk)19:33, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Primefac: thanks. I added deny parameter on the talkpage. it is a weird bug that I havent been able to pinpoint in code. The program looks for the "creator" in page history. I havent been able to understand why it identifies SineBot as creator. —usernamekiran(talk)11:57, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to write this article about Honest to Goodness, for people for a reference. Can you please read over this?

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Honest to Goodness is an Australian certified organic and natural food company based in Sydney, New South Wales. The company supplies organic and natural products through wholesale and manufacturer distribution, e-commerce, a retail store, and a community buying program.[ Citation -https://www.wellbeing.com.au/at-home/the-honest-to-goodness-journey-of-passion-and-purpose.html]

HistoryHonest to Goodness was founded in 2002 by Matt and Karen Ward as a market stall in Sydney.[ Citation -https://www.wellbeing.com.au/at-home/the-honest-to-goodness-journey-of-passion-and-purpose.html] The business initially sold organic and natural wholefoods before expanding into wholesale distribution.[ Citation -https://insidefmcg.com.au/2018/11/09/honest-to-goodness-named-favourite-organic-brand/]

In 2025, the company opened a warehouse and distribution centre in Villawood, Sydney.[ Citation -https://mhdsupplychain.com.au/2025/03/11/honest-to-goodness-expands-with-new-warehouse-in-sydney/]

Acquisitions

In 2021, Honest to Goodness acquired 2die4 Live Foods, a producer of activated nuts and snacks.[ Citation -https://insidefmcg.com.au/2025/01/07/honest-to-goodness-acquires-komarov-foods-pimp-my-snack-brands/] In 2023, the company acquired Absolute Organic and Eco Organics.[ Citation -https://retailworldmagazine.com.au/honest-to-goodness-acquires-eco-farms-grocery-brands/] In 2024, it acquired the Pimp My Salad and Pimp My Snack brands from Komarov Foods.[Citation -https://insidefmcg.com.au/2025/01/07/honest-to-goodness-acquires-komarov-foods-pimp-my-snack-brands/]

Products

The company stocks over 1,000 products including grains, flours, legumes, canned foods, spices, oils, nuts, dried fruits, nut butters, and household cleaning products.[Citation -https://goodness.com.au/shop/australian-range/]

Awards and recognition

Honest to Goodness has received awards from the Australian Organic Industry Awards and Clean + Conscious Awards.[ Citation -https://econews.com.au/honest-to-goodness-celebrates-triple-win-at-the-2025-clean-conscious-awards/] In 2024, Karen Ward received the Organic Woman of the Year award from the Australian Organic Industry Awards.[ Citation -https://www.gulfood.com/gulfood-2026-press-releases/double-victory-for-honest-to-goodness-at-organic-industry-awards]

Sustainability

The company was a certified B Corporation and was recognised as a "Best for the World B Corp Honoree" in 2017, 2018, and 2019.[Citation -https://goodness.com.au/awards/]CashewFan2026 (talk)02:18, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question fromWoffius (02:24, 4 February 2026)

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My old account is called Woffio. --Woffius (talk)02:24, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question fromWoffius (06:55, 5 February 2026)

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can you help me with my user page, i can't get rid of the red template thing --Woffius (talk)06:55, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question fromSaintjunia (10:05, 5 February 2026)

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Hello, long-time reader and a noob editor here! I saw that there are no articles for the Latvian dairy brand Karums, but there is this page:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvian_Karums. How do I proceed with creating an article, by editing that one? Thanks in advance! - saintjunia --Saintjunia (talk)10:05, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Saintjunia: Hello. The best place to discuss this would beWikipedia talk:WikiProject Latvia, it seems fairly inactive, the second venue isWikipedia talk:WikiProject Food and drink. I recommend posting your question on one talkpage, and notifying the other talkpage about the discussion. —usernamekiran(talk)16:20, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Feedback request: Wikipedia style and naming request for comment

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Tech News: 2026-07

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Latesttech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.Translations are available.

Updates for editors

  • Wishlist item Logged-in contributors who manage large or complex watchlists can now organise and filter watched pages in ways that improve their workflows with the newWatchlist labels feature. By adding custom labels (for example: pages you created, pages being monitored for vandalism, or discussion pages) users can more quickly identify what needs attention, reduce cognitive load, and respond more efficiently. This improves watchlist usability, especially for highly active editors.
  • A new feature available onSpecial:Contributions showstemporary accounts that are likely operated by the same person, and so makes patrolling less time-consuming. Upon checking contributions of a temporary account, users with access to temporary account IP addresses can now see a view of contributions from the related temporary accounts. The feature looks up all the IPs associated with a given temporary account within the data retention period and shows all the contributions of all temporary accounts that have used these IPs.Learn more.[1]
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  • TheGlobal Watchlist lets you view your watchlists from multiple wikis on one page. Theextension continues to improve — it now properly supports more than one Wikibase site, for example bothWikidata andtestwikidata. In addition, issues regarding text direction have been fixed for users who prefer Wikidata or other Wikibase sites in right-to-left (RTL) languages.[3][4]
  • The automatic "magic links" for ISBN, RFC, and PMID numbers have beendeprecated in wikitext since 2021 due to inflexibility and difficulties with localization. Several wikis have successfully replaced RFC and PMID magic links with equivalent external links, but a template was often required to replace the functionality of the ISBN magic link. There is now a newbuilt-in parser function{{#isbn}} available to replace the basic functionality of the ISBN magic link. This makes it easier for wikis who wish to migrate off of the deprecated magic link functionality to do so.[5]
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Administrators' newsletter – February 2026

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2026).

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Question fromLaura's Wiki Account (03:54, 13 February 2026)

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Hello Kiran, I am curious and worried on some aspects. First: how worried should I be while making a change to an article? Should I talk it out before doing it, tell the community what my change was in the edit and check my sources? Because that's what I was considering doing, should I be so worried? And second, what sources does Wikipedia consider trustable? Thanks, Laura. --Laura's Wiki Account (talk)03:54, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Laura's Wiki Account: Hello. You can make the changes directly as long as the changes themselves or the the topic are not controversial/sensitive. In such cases the changes should be discussed first on the article's talkpage. You can find information about trusted sources atWP:RS, and you can ask relevant questions atWP:Teahouse, andWP:RSN. I also recommend going throughWP:PAID. —usernamekiran(talk)10:52, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you!Laura's Wiki Account (talk)16:01, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Feedback request: Wikipedia policies and guidelines request for comment

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Question fromMickeydad onSports video game (15:00, 15 February 2026)

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Mickeydad --Mickeydad (talk)15:00, 15 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2026-08

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Latesttech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you.Translations are available.

Weekly highlight

  • TheSRE Team will be performing a cleanup of Wikimedia'sEtherpad instance, the web-based editor for real-time collaborative document editing. All pads will be permanently deleted after 30 April, 2026 – if there are still migration projects in progress at that point the team can revisit the date on a case by case basis. Please create local backups of any content you wish to keep, as deleted data cannot be recovered. This cleanup helps reduce database size and minimize infrastructure footprint. Etherpad will continue to support real-time collaboration, but long-term storage should not be expected. Additional cleanups may occur in the future without prior notice.[10]

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  • The Information Retrieval team will be launching anAndroid mobile app experiment that tests hybrid search capabilities which can handle both semantic and keyword queries. The improvement of on-platform search will enable readers to find what they’re looking for directly on Wikipedia more easily. The experiment will first be launched on Greek Wikipedia in late February, followed by English, French, and Portuguese in March.Read more on Diff blog.[11]
  • The Reader Growth team will runan experiment for mobile web users, that adds a table of contents and automatically expands all article sections, to learn more about navigation issues they face. The test will be available on Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Indonesian, and Vietnamese Wikipedias.
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