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January 21

Middleton family

Reference number 191 is in red - I have got it all wrong and I get confused. Please repair the damage. I am sorry Srbernadette (talk) 06:29, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

Srbernadette Fixed, you had written the year in the access date as "20025". Respectfully, you make this specific error quite often; you probably just hit the zero twice by accident. When this happens the red message says "check date values in accces-date", to identify where exactly the issue is. 331dot (talk) 07:08, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

On the phenomenon of the frequent occurrence of specific kinds of error, Srbernadette: On 12 October, Tenryuu suggested to you that "you should consider writing down what other editors have been saying so that you have a 'common mistakes made' note that you can reference to the side of whatever device you're using." If you didn't implement that then, perhaps you could implement it now. -- Hoary (talk) 11:09, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

Whitespace on top of page

The page Vishwaroopam controversies displays a line of whitespace on top of the article. Why is that there, and how can it be removed? Truthnope (talk) 08:16, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

Fixed.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 08:21, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

phone keyboard constantly recentering the screen

I am trying to edit pages on my Samsung S22 but opening the keyboard will forcefully recenter the screen every couple seconds, making it impossible to see what I'm typing. Sometimes it closes the keyboard entirely.

This problem persists even if I use the "desktop site" option in mobile. I'm using Firefox.

Any solutions? Scuttlebug Jam (talk) 12:17, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

Not had this issue on my A15 (Chrome). Odd. Could you switch to Gboard? JayCubby 14:41, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

I have the same problem with Firefox while using other websites. I think it's Firefox's issue. Tutwakhamoe (talk) 15:19, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

@Scuttlebug Jam, Using Chrome on Android and been through that, but now i am the boss (feeling so). Basically i avoid that by going top again. Ok, simply whenever i enter something, that text hide itself and next line appear at top most screen, at that moment i just scroll to top of the screen (top of the section) and then again scroll to that particular line, and guess what - no issue. try once.––kemel49^{(connect)(contri)} 17:01, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

Category history

If you add a category to your watchlist, it notifies you when pages are added to or removed from that category. The category history (View History tab) does not show this information, however, as it only includes changes to the category page itself. How would I see the history of additions/removals for any category (regardless of whether it is on my watchlist)? Is it available? If a category suddenly got bigger or smaller, it would be useful to see which pages had been added or removed. --Jameboy (talk) 17:30, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

User:Nardog/CatChangesViewer is useful for this. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 17:32, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

Image

While visiting the page This Must Be the Place (film), I noticed this image: [1]. The source says "Facebook" but the link is not accessible: [2]. The image caption states: "Teaser poster of This Must Be the Place"; but a reverse Google Image brings up Pinterest Paper Cuts of similar sayings: [3]. I'm not sure how to put up an image for deletion; but I think this is not what it purports to be. Maineartists (talk) 23:24, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

Is there another, more stable source (there are usually those that hold images of film posters)? Generally, this would go to Files for discussion or Deletion requests on Commons. But preferably look for one that is fair use. 2601AC47 (talk·contribs·my rights) Isn't a IP anon 23:38, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

OK. Thanks. Taking it to Deletion requests on Commons. This is not a poster for the film ("early" or otherwise). Obviously this was a hoax of some sorts. Maineartists (talk) 00:00, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

This was much harder than I expected. WP does not make it easy to simply place an image up for requested deletion! Yeesh! I placed the required template on the image page here: [4], but from there on it's just a big mess. As instructed: [5] and then listed: [6]; but it does not seem to be correct. I have successfully placed several articles up for AfD but this one threw me. What did I do wrong? TIA. Maineartists (talk) 00:36, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

@Maineartists: The file is uploaded at the English Wikipedia (because it's non-free) and not Commons so a deletion discussion should be here and not at Commons. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:51, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Maineartists, I suggest that you reverse your edits so far and follow the process at Wikipedia:Files for discussion. TSventon (talk) 01:06, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Already done. I was only following the advice / directions given above. Guess I should have gone to FfD first. Thank you, TSventon for linking the process. I had no idea what "so a deletion discussion should be here" meant. Heading there now. This was a first for me. Now I know. Maineartists (talk) 01:13, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

@Maineartists: it's confusing if you are not a copyright expert (neither am I). You are more likely to get specialist advice at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. TSventon (talk) 01:23, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks. This one had nothing to do with copyright. The image was not what it purported it to be: [7]. The uploader has a history of uploading questionable images to WP with numerous deletions and violations in their history; without any response on their Talk Page to notifications. The image in question has been removed from the article and successfully placed for FfD. Thanks again. Maineartists (talk) 01:31, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

The nomination looks fine. Media Copyright Questions is a place for help with image copyrights, tagging, non-free content, and related questions so I think this query would have been in scope. TSventon (talk) 01:55, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

January 22

Default alt text for image not appearing in article

As you can see I added alt text to the structured data of https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greenhouse_gas_emission_and_absorption_by_Turkey.svg

But when I use https://www.w3.org/WAI/test-evaluate/easy-checks/image-alt/ to check

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_gas_emissions_by_Turkey#Monitoring,_reporting_and_verification

I cannot see it.

This is the first time I tried to use default alt text so perhaps I have missed something? Chidgk1 (talk) 06:40, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

I don't think you can add alt text to the image itself (i.e., on commons). Alt text is used in an article when you add the image. Otherwise all the different Wikipedias would be stuck with the same wording and language for the alt text. Meters (talk) 07:27, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

See MOS:ALT Meters (talk) 07:29, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Also see meta:Community Wishlist Survey 2021/Reading/Alt-Texts and Image Descriptions. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:44, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

@Meters Thanks for those links but I am still confused. I already have added English alt text to the image itself (i.e., on commons) - that is not a problem and as it is labelled as "English" I presume other language Wikipedias will not use it but could also add text in their own languages. You can see it on the image link above by clicking "structured data" and scrolling to the bottom of the structured data. My problem is that the text is not appearing when I use the image on Wikipedia. Chidgk1 (talk) 14:23, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

@Chidgk1: The image used in Greenhouse_gas_emissions_by_Turkey#Monitoring,_reporting_and_verification is kept on this English wiki at Greenhouse_gas_emissions_by_Turkey#/media/File:Greenhouse_gas_emission_and_absorption_by_Turkey.svg, not on Commons.

Regardless of where it is kept, the image in the article will only have alt text if an alt= has been included in its file statement. For the article concerned, there is no alt= parameter:

[[File:Greenhouse gas emission and absorption by Turkey.svg|thumb|upright=1.4|Burning coal, petrol, diesel and natural gas is putting far more carbon dioxide into the air than [[Forests in Turkey|forests]] can take out. There is some correlation with the [[economic history of Turkey]], such as a dip during the [[2001 Turkish economic crisis|2001 economic crisis]].]]

You need to add an alt= parameter. You can refer to MOS:IMAGESYNTAX for an example.

The above will apply regardless of where the image is kept.

Note that the alt text should describe what the image is, not the graph's contents. So, for example, "A graph showing the levels of greenhouse gas emissions and absorptions in Turkey from 1990 to 2022.". If the data shown by the graphs in the article is important to the article's readers, then separate tables of the data ought to be included the article, as stipulated by MOS:TEXTASIMAGES. Bazza 7 (talk) 14:47, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks I understand how to set the alt text manually for each article. But the reason I would like this default is because I quite often use the same image in different articles so it would save me (and hopefully other people) cutting and pasting alt text.

The default alt text I used was set up by https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T166094 which is now closed.

Whereas the request for default alt text at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T21906 is still open.

But I don’t understand the difference. Can anyone explain in simple terms? Chidgk1 (talk) 16:32, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

i want to post my content in draft

I am planning to edit my Wikipedia content based on the guidelines, but I am unsure how to move it to the draft space. Julynoeh (talk) 07:05, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

It can simply be moved to the draft space by any autoconfirmed user, which you are. See WP:MOVE, but if you mean your content in User:Julynoeh/sandbox, there's little point moving it to Draft. That draft has already been rejected by User:Rusalkii, not just declined, and a rejected draft usually should not be resubmitted. See WP:AFCREVIEW Meters (talk) 07:21, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

@Julynoeh As you must know, since you Wikilinked it, there is an existing article at Over-the-air update. If you have any content from your draft that is reliably sourced and relevant, you could add it to that article. Use your own words to paraphrase the sources you cite, not chatbots. Mike Turnbull (talk) 12:01, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Inter-language Links in Coding for the German and French Wikipedia Severs.

I know how to write an inter-language link to produce a broken link in an English article to a page that does not exist on the English server, but does exist in a foreign language Wikipedia server:
French:{{ill|Conann|lt=Conann|fr|Conann (film)}}, i.e. Conann
German:{{ill|Conann|lt=Meeples' Choice Award|de|Meeples' Choice Award}}, i.e. Meeples' Choice Award
However, I would like to know the reciprocal German and French coding to do the same thing, i.e. link to a Wikipedia article that does not exist on that respective language Wikipedia server, i.e. the French or German server, but does exist in the English server:
French: ?
German: ?
Does anyone know if such coding exists and whether there are help pages on the French and German server for this coding? SMargan (talk) 08:55, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

@SMargan: you can check the Wikidata item d:Q13606208. fr:Modèle:Lien exists, but no de equivalent. You could ask at de:Wikipedia:Fragen zur Wikipedia whether they have anything similar. TSventon (talk) 09:17, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

@SMargan: Each Wikipedia language makes its own policies. The German Wikipedia has decided to not allow such links in articles. See de:Hilfe:Internationalisierung#Im Text sichtbare Interwiki-Links. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:17, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

@TSventon: TSventon (talk) Thanks for the clarification! You have been a great help. I found this coding on the German server {{#interlanguagelink:en|Friedrich Schiller}}, however, it just seemed to produce no text at all. Now that you have told me that there is no comparative German coding, I will stop looking. SMargan (talk) 11:41, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

@TSventon: TSventon (talk) Sorry to bother you again, but is there a Inter-language Link coding for the Spanish language server as well? SMargan (talk) 11:41, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi, @SMargan. The Wikidata item d:Q13606208 (which TSventon linked to) has an es-wiki link to es:Plantilla:Enlace interlingüístico. Whether or not it has the same functionality as {{ill}} I don't know. ColinFine (talk) 11:54, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

If you add {{#interlanguagelink:en|Friedrich Schiller}} it is the same as [[en:Friedrich Schiller]] and changes the en link under In anderen Sprachen to en:Friedrich Schiller. If you were allowed to link the article you would add a colon [[:en:Friedrich Schiller]]. TSventon (talk) 12:00, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

@TSventon: TSventon (talk) - Thanks once again for your assistance! You have been a great help! SMargan (talk) 13:14, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Request for Guidance on Article Review

Hello Team,

I have been submitting the article for review for the past three days, but it is still showing as a draft, with no violations indicated on the talk page. Following Wikipedia guidelines, I disclosed that this is a paid contribution and added the following statement to my user page:

"This user, in accordance with the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use, discloses that they have been paid by ZAPTA Technologies on behalf of Nasir Ali for their contributions to Wikipedia."

I have published this article without any charges. Could you please advise on the next steps?

Best regards,

Mohsin Ali (Taching1989) Taching1989 (talk) 09:51, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

@Taching1989 I have added the template which will allow you to submit the draft for review. Before you do, find a better source for citation #1. You use Crunchbase, which is deprecated (see the link). Are you sure your draft shows how the company meets our notability criteria for companies? Mike Turnbull (talk) 11:48, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for guidance, should I remove Crunchbase link? Taching1989 (talk) 11:53, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Hello, @Taching1989. Without looking at the draft, I would reply Yes, you should remove the Crunchbase link, and any information which is cited only to that link (unless you can find a better source for that information). ColinFine (talk) 11:55, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Yes, I removed it. I am looking for more guidance to publish my article. Taching1989 (talk) 11:56, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

I have removed the link and submitted it for review. Kindly check if everything is completed. Taching1989 (talk) 12:01, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Editing an image I created for the Portuguese Wikipedia on the English Wikipedia

Edição de uma imagem que eu criei para a wikipedia em português na wikipedia Inglesa

Eu criei e editei na pagina Terno Pitagórico da Wikipedia de Lingua Portuguesa uma imagem geométrica de minha autoria para a compreensão da minha edição "Dedução das equações algebrica do trio pitagórico a partir da geometria". Eu preciso fazer upload desta imagem para a edição na pagina Pythagorean Triple da Wikipédia de língua Inglesa, e tentei de varias formas e não consegui, por esse motivo não consegui minha edição. Quando fiz o upload da imagem na edição em Português eu coloquei como imagem livre para uso. Aguardo uma orientação para eu poder fazer upload da imagem e conseguir a minha edição na Wikipédia Inglesa. Gonzagalaier (talk) 11:58, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Translation: Editing an image I created for the Portuguese Wikipedia on the English Wikipedia

I created and edited on the pt:Terno pitagórico (Pythagorean Triad) page of the Portuguese Language Wikipedia a geometric image of my own for the understanding of my edition "Deduction of the algebraic equations of the Pythagorean trio from geometry". I need to upload this image for editing on the Pythagorean Triple page of the English Wikipedia, and I have tried in several ways and have not been able to, for this reason I have not been able to edit it. When I uploaded the image in the Portuguese edition I put it as a free image for use. I'm waiting for guidance so I can upload the image and get my edit on the English Wikipedia. (via Google translate) TSventon (talk) 12:06, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

@Gonzagalaier Please use English when posing a question here. The file you wish to use appears to be File:Deduction pythagorean triple equations by geometry.png, which is on Commons and can therefore be incorporated into articles on en:Wikipedia as explained at Help:Pictures. However, I suspect that its use will be controversial, so you should probably discuss this on the article's Talk Page at Talk:Pythagorean triple. Mike Turnbull (talk) 12:16, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

How unredict

few weeks i made draft of Aye Ishq-e-Junoon by added soruces and summit for review but CNMall41 rejected my draft twice and i keep and rediting add soruces for series which CNMall41 think i was one of socks, i was fifteen year veteran joined Wikipedia and when moved Aye Ishq-e-Junoon to main page, there was re-editing by someone and i had noticed my article was reviwed by bot and cnmail41 moved to rediect , i had grammar issues by --Sunuraju (talk) 12:12, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

@Sunuraju Your draft was examined by the experienced reviewer User:CNMall41, who noted that it used unreliable sources. It has been redirected to a related article. CNMall41 may wish to comment further. Mike Turnbull (talk) 12:37, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

should i add relibale sources ? Sunuraju (talk) 12:46, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

The edit summary at Aye Ishq-e-Junoon was NEWSORGINDIA and other unreliable sources. Redirecting as an alternative to deletion but will take to AfD should there be an objection. Basically, the opinion was that this was not a notable topic. You can either revert the redirection and add sources (but make sure they are reliable), or do nothing.

Be aware if the sourcing still doesn't meet GNG it'll likely go through AfD. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 13:02, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

To be clear, you DO have a conflict of interest, likely UPE and in the least are MEAT. Don't expect to be rewarded for such. --CNMall41 (talk) 18:18, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Deleting my contributions

How do I go about deleting all my contributions in wikipedia? Clp69 (talk) 18:02, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

@Clp69 You can revert the contributions you have made but they will not be deleted from the edit history of any article and may be restored by other editors. When you add any content to Wikipedia, you irrevocably license it CC BY SA 4.0, as it says when you publish/save any edit. Mike Turnbull (talk) 18:14, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Your contributions cannot be deleted, but if referring to vanishing, see this for how to properly do that. We’re sorry if there are any complications you’ve had here. 2601AC47 (talk·contribs·my rights) Isn't a IP anon 18:15, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

@Clp69 Furthermore, every time you edited Wikipedia you were clearly told that you agree to irrevocably release your text under the CC BY-SA 4.0 License and GFDL. Shantavira|^{feed me} 09:56, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

If you can explain why a particular contribution is not correct or inappropriate, please do so on the article's talk page, citing any relevant sources, and the material will be deleted. However, if the contribution is useful and encyclopedic, it will be retained in the article, because our contributions are not "ours", they are part of the free content on Wikipedia. -- Ssilvers (talk) 15:21, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

Creating an article

Dear Wikipedia: I'm the librarian for Waterford High School (CT). The Athletic Director put together a history of the athletics program from when the school opened in 1956 to the present day. I foolishly (bravely?) suggested I would make a Wikipedia page out of the information and link it to the school's page. And now, of course, I have no idea what I am doing. Is there a primer that could walk me through the process? Should I find a copy of Wikipedia for Dummies? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you, Matt Cadorette, Librarian, Waterford High School Waterford, CT Mcadorette (talk) 18:22, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Hello, @Mcadorette, and welcome to the Teahouse.

In addition to the good advice given by 2601, My earnest advice to new editors is to not even think about trying to create an article until you have spent several weeks - at least - learning about how Wikipedia works by making improvements to existing articles. Once you have understood core policies such as verifiability, neutral point of view, reliable, independent sources, and notability, and experienced how we handle disagreements with other editors (the Bold, Revert, Discuss cycle), then you might be ready to read your first article carefully, and try creating a draft. ColinFine (talk) 21:53, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

A Wizard is available to walk you through these steps. See the Article Wizard.

Thank you.

Before creating an article, please search Wikipedia first to make sure that an article does not already exist on the subject. Please also review a few of our relevant policies and guidelines with which all articles should comply. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, articles must not contain original research, must be written from a neutral point of view, should cite reliable sources which verify their content and must not contain unsourced, negative content about living people.

Articles must also demonstrate the notability of the subject. Please see our subject specific guidelines for people, bands and musicians, companies and organizations and web content and note that if you are closely associated with the subject, our conflict of interest guideline strongly recommends against you creating the article.

If you still think an article is appropriate, see Wikipedia:Your first article. You might also look at Wikipedia:How to write a great article for guidance, and please consider taking a tour through the Wikipedia:Tutorial so that you know how to properly format the article before creation. An Article Wizard is also available to walk you through creating an article. 2601AC47 (talk·contribs·my rights) Isn't a IP anon 18:25, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

It would have to be a really good sports program to merit a standalone article. At best, it belongs in Waterford High School (Connecticut)#Athletics. Clarityfiend (talk) 07:23, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

January 23

Category:Mass murderers

I was going to post at Category talk:Mass murderers, but there was a note recommending I post here instead. The Category:Mass murderers doesn't seem to have a clear inclusion criteria. Is it all individuals who have killed 3 or more people without a cooling off period? Do they need to have been convicted in court for murder? Is it mainly for mass shooting/mass stabbing, or do bombings count? Do they need to have committed the act themselves, or can they be included if they ordered or masterminded the killings? VR _{(Please ping on reply)} 04:39, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

@Vice regent: I guess it's all of them though I'm not sure. Gnu779 ( talk) 12:45, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

@Gnu779 what is the best place to have this discussion? VR _{(Please ping on reply)} 12:59, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

Hello, @Vice regent. The talk page of one of the WikiProjects linked on that Category talk page: probably WT:Crime and Criminal Biography, I would have thought. ColinFine (talk) 13:52, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks VR _{(Please ping on reply)} 13:55, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

no problem btw. Gnu779 ( talk) 12:45, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

what

What if blocked IPs edit with a proxy? Is it okay if they only do good edits? Gnu779 ( talk) 12:43, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

@Gnu779 Does Wikipedia:Open proxies answer your question? Shantavira|^{feed me} 13:13, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

Gnu779, block evasion by any technique is not permitted. It is the human being who is blocked, and blocking their most recent IP address is just the enforcement mechanism. Cullen328 (talk) 17:40, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

Oh, so all their identities are blocked? Gnu779 ( talk) 12:44, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

Creating a talk page for Sicilian business

Hey, y'all. I created the article Sicilian business a few months ago and I've been meaning to take it through PR. Can someone help me create a talk page and sort it under its appropriate WikiProjects so I can get this process started? I've brought several articles to PR before, but I've never had the issue of there not being a talk page! Thanks. Unlimitedlead (talk) 17:24, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

Surprisingly easy: Have a look at this guide for information on how to do so. 2601AC47 (talk·contribs·my rights) Isn't a IP anon 17:27, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

Hello, 2601AC47. Simply click on the red link Talk: Sicilian business and follow the instructions to create the tak page. Cullen328 (talk) 17:31, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

You meant Unlimitedlead? I didn't create that one. 2601AC47 (talk·contribs·my rights) Isn't a IP anon 17:34, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

Sorry for pinging the wrong editor. Cullen328 (talk) 17:43, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

Okay... I think I set it up correctly. Thanks for the assist! Unlimitedlead (talk) 17:31, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

Yes, you just created the page. Cullen328 (talk) 17:32, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

Amending existing edit request or making an additional one?

If I have a pending edit request on an extended-confirmed-protected page, and I have an additional edit to request, should I edit the talk page to add it to the existing edit request, or initiate a new edit request? Kenfree (talk) 20:56, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

If the new edit request is unrelated to the initial one I might make it a second request to avoid mixed responses (Yes to the first, No to the second). If it's related and nobody's responded to the initial request yet, I'd likely amend it. Hope this helps! DonIago (talk) 21:02, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

If you do edit your initial request, you should probably note that somewhere to avoid confusion from anyone who may have read the initial request. Skarmory (talk • contribs) 22:08, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

Kenfree, from the pragmatic point of view, it is pretty clear to me, based on over 15 years of experience, that a simple, concise, well-referenced edit request has a far better chance of being implemented by a volunteer editor than an edit request that has been modified, expanded and now deals with several issues instead of one. Almost any interested volunteer prefers to deal with such requests in "bite sized chunks". Cullen328 (talk) 06:28, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

thanks Kenfree (talk) 09:36, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

Issue With "Edits" Page Following A Limitation and Uninstallment of Wikipedia

Dear Wikipedia Support,

I hope this message finds you well. I am reaching out to seek assistance regarding an issue with my Wikipedia account, Brennan2013.

The issue began after my edits to the articles Jonathan the Tortoise and other elderly tortoises were reverted by another user. Soon after, I noticed that my contributions page became restricted, displaying the message:

"Suggested edits is disabled. Sorry Brennan2013, too many of your recent contributions have been reverted."

For context:

• I initially downloaded and installed the Wikipedia mobile app through the Google Play Store in late December 2024. Since then, I’ve primarily used my Android Onn. Tablet to read and edit articles on Wikipedia.

• After encountering this restriction, I uninstalled the app in frustration.

• Today (Thursday, January 23, 2025), I reinstalled the app through the Google Play Store and logged into my account, only to find that the issue persists.

Editing Wikipedia has always been an enjoyable and educational experience for me. I strive to make meaningful contributions and was disappointed to see that my access to the contributions page and suggested edits remains restricted. I am unsure whether this limitation is still active due to the reverted edits or if uninstalling and reinstalling the app has affected my account.

Could you please provide more information about the current status of my account? Is the restriction temporary, or do additional steps need to be taken to restore full access?

Either way, I will continue to enjoy reading and editing on Wikipedia, as it remains one of my favorite platforms. Thank you for the incredible resource that Wikipedia provides and for all the work you do to maintain it.

I greatly appreciate your time and support, and I look forward to your response.

Sincerely,

Brennan2013 Brennan2013 (talk) 23:37, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

@Brennan2013:, suggested edits is part of Wikipedia:Growth Team features. If you don't get a detailed answer here, you could ask at the talk page there. A couple of sentences quoting the message you got should be sufficient, I don't think deinstalling the app is relevant.

It is a well known issue that new users often don't know much about how Wikipedia works, so they often make mistakes when they start editing. TSventon (talk) 01:10, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

@Brennan2013, we expect new users to make mistakes but we also expect new users to learn from those mistakes. Since editors get a notification whenever an edit is reverted, you can look at what happened and not continue to do the same thing. I notice you are using the Android app to edit. There are some limitations to the interface if you edit with an app rather than with a browser. Did you get a notification every time one of your edits was reverted? That may be the problem. StarryGrandma (talk) 04:19, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

Brennan2013, I have made close to 100,000 edits to Wikipedia on Android smartphones going back many years. Other than occasionally for test purposes, I never use any Wikipedia app or the Wikipedia mobile site or the visual editor. That is because I prefer a fully functional editing interface. So, I use the good old fashioned "desktop" site which works perfectly on 2025 Android phones despite its overly narrow name, and I avoid the visual editor and work in Wikicode, which is very easy to learn. Just take a look at WP:CHEATSHEET which shows how much useful formatting anyone can do without a college level course and with ten or fifteen minutes of reading. Cullen328 (talk) 06:47, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

@Brennan2013 A quick look at Jonathan the Tortoise, as an example, shows that you removed a perfectly good age template but marked the edit as "Fixed grammar", and you later added unsourced information to the article. All substantive information in any article should be based on a reliable source. Shantavira|^{feed me} 09:58, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

January 24

article

I have finished an article in my sandbox about a general but the name he most commonly goes by is already an disambiguation article. Can I change the name of the disambiguation article and make a new one about the general? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TedKekmeister (talk • contribs) 18:19, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

Only if you can convincingly argue that your general is the WP:DAB#Primary topic for the name. Otherwise you should create a disambiguated name (eg "Zahid (Syrian general)") and add the article to the DAB page.

I note that all but one of your citations are to Twitter. Social media is not usually regarded as reliable, so the draft does not at present establish notability. See WP:TWITTER ColinFine (talk) 18:51, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for the help. The reason many of the links are from twitter is because that is where the sources are translated. I can also get some of the original sources but then they would be untranslated. TedKekmeister (talk) 19:54, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

Indexing

Hi,

This page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2Rivers has been reviewed and is over 90 days old but is not appearing in google search results? Do you know why this is?

I also wanted to flag that a duplicate page has also been created: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2Rivers_Group

It looks like whoever made it has overwritten an existing page about a totally different subject. Trader989 (talk) 18:49, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

Hello, @Trader989. As far as I can see, 2Rivers has been reeased to allow search engines; but Wikipedia has no control over what Google or other search engines do, or when they index.

2Rivers Group does indeed appear to be a duplicate. You're right that the content replaced something else, but it was the same editor, @Articute who created the article shortly before (and filled it with an out-of-context results table for something) and then replaced it with a version of the present content; so it has not been hijacked.

I suggest the two of you work together to merge the two articles. ColinFine (talk) 19:01, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

Assistance in determining copyright status of image and uploading to Wikipedia/Wikimedia

I'd like to request assistance in determining the copyright status of the following image I'd like to use in articles about nativism in United States politics and anti-immigration sentiment. 1 The following newspaper lists "The City of New Haven" as contributing it, which makes me think it is possibly eligible for use as it is released by a governmental agency. As I am not versed in Wikipedia copyright law, I am requesting assistance from more experienced editors in this pursuit. BootsED (talk) 19:31, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

@BootsED: Wikipedia:Public domain#United States government works say that works produced by the federal government are public domain, but works produced by other levels of government may not be. If you have questions about media copyright the best place is Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. TSventon (talk) 19:45, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

Thank you! I will ask over there. BootsED (talk) 19:52, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

Script to change links

16 years here, never used scripts to edit. Can you please tell me what I can use to quickly change links from Joan, Duchess of Brittany to Joan of Penthièvre? The former can refer to six women and should be a disambiguation page, but currently redirects to Joan of Penthièvre. I would be very grateful! Surtsicna (talk) 19:44, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

I don't know how to revert an article name change when the former title was created as a new redirect

Hello, for the article Punjabi Suba movement, the article's name was changed to Punjabi province movement and the former title was made as a new redirect to the new title. After consensus was reached on the article's talkpage to return to the former name ([8]), I attempted to revert to the former name but cannot because the former title is now used as a redirect. How do I return the article to the former title correctly? Please advise. MaplesyrupSushi (talk) 19:52, 24 January 2025 (UTC)