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I need some help editing 2025 in American television a page I frequent for television updates --Lukas34346 (talk) 05:15, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Lukas34346: Hello and welcome to Wikipedia! What help specifically do you need? ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 14:08, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I need help to add a date for the return of a television series tennis on TNT I don't know where to place the date May 25th as that is the start of the French Open  Lukas34346 (talk) 18:15, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Lukas34346: I saw that you had changed a "TBA" to "May 25" and then reverted it. Which series do you want to put the date on? ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 18:44, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

tennis on TNT is the show I want to put the date on Lukas34346 (talk) 19:50, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Lukas34346: Done! In the future, you might want to consider using the VisualEditor so you don't have to deal with the underlying code on the page. ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 21:47, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I do use that sometimes to make visual edits like a recent spelling error on Saturday Night Football was fixed by me using the visual editor Lukas34346 (talk) 23:28, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How do i upload a picture? --Hellfare55 (talk) 11:54, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Hellfare55: You can upload it to Wikimedia Commons and then add it on an Article by doing Insert -> Images and Media. Happy editing! ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 14:50, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi! Between some of my editing interests are musical album pages. If I were to create a new page for an album, how does the copyright work with the album covers? --Daniel Barrios Abad (talk) 07:58, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Daniel Barrios Abad: There is an exemption from copyright known as fair use, at least in the United States (where Wikipedia servers are located). To meet Wikipedia's Wikipedia:Non-free content guideline/policy, you will need to upload the image on Wikipedia instead of to Wikimedia Commons (as one would do with free (as in libre) content). Additionally, you must provide a non-free use rationale to explain why this image is used instead of a free (as in libre) image, and what article you will use it on. Fair use images that are not used on any article, or do not have a valid rationale, will be deleted.

Happy editing! ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 14:54, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot! Daniel Barrios Abad (talk) 15:01, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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who are you --John111113 (talk) 19:55, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@John111113: I'm just a Wikipedia editor. Do you need help with using or editing Wikipedia? ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 00:13, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I would like to contribute a picture of my grandfather. He was an assemblyman representing 2nd district of Pangasinan. (1909-1912) --Padepadi (talk) 14:18, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Padepadi: You can upload free images to Wikimedia Commons. ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 19:07, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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The second round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 28 April at 23:59 UTC. To reiterate what we said in the previous newsletter, we are no longer disqualifying contestants based on how many points (now known as round points) they received. Instead, the contestants with the highest round-point totals now receive tournament points at the end of each round. These tournament points are carried over between rounds, and can only be earned if a competitor is among the top 16 round-point scorers at the end of each round. This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far. Everyone who competed in round 2 will advance to round 3 unless they have withdrawn or been banned.

Round 2 was quite competitive. Four contestants scored more than 1,000 round points, and eight scored more than 500 points (including one who has withdrawn). The following competitors scored at least 800 points:

• BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,233 round points from 24 good articles, 28 Did you know articles, and one In the news nomination, mainly about athletes and politicians
• Thebiguglyalien (submissions) with 1,127 round points, almost entirely from two high-multiplier featured articles on Black Widow (Natasha Romanova) and Grace Coolidge, in addition to two GAs and two reviews
• History6042 (submissions) with 1,088 round points from four featured lists about Michelin-starred restaurants, nine good articles and a good topic mostly on Olympic-related subjects, seven ITN articles, and dozens of reviews
• Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1,085 round points from three FAs, one GA, and four DYKs on military history, as well as 18 reviews
• Arconning (submissions) with 887 round points, mostly from four FLs, six GAs, and seven DYKs on Olympic topics, along with more than two dozen reviews

In addition, we would like to recognize Generalissima (submissions) for her efforts; she scored 801 round points but withdrew before the end of the round.

The full scores for round 2 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 13 featured articles, 20 featured lists, 4 featured-topic articles, 138 good articles, 7 good-topic articles, and more than 100 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 19 In the News articles, and they have conducted nearly 300 reviews.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed in Round 3. 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 on Wikipedia: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 on Wikipedia 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 from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:03, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Women in Red | May 2025, Vol 11, Issue 5, Nos. 326, 327, 337, 338 Online events: New: Revolutionary women | Alphabet run I & J Continuing, year-long initiatives: #1day1woman | Music Announcements (events facilitated by others): WikiProject Women in Green - a Good Article editathon from 1-31 May 2025 Progress ("moving the needle"): Statistics available via Humaniki tool. Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 1,269 articles during this period! 21 Apr 2025: 20.090% of EN-WP biographies are about women (2,061,363; 414,126 women) 24 Mar 2025: 20.070% (2,057,083 bios; 412,857 women) Tip of the month: Those of you who experience harassment while trying to create or improve articles about women are welcome to bring your problems to our attention on the Women in Red talk page. Other ways to participate: Become a member. You can always opt-out of notifications. Join the conversations on our talkpage. Help us plan future events and add any general ideas on developing the project. Follow us on social media: Instagram | Pinterest

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Hello Mentor! How are you doing today? Can you give me a small brief about Wikipedia? --MANELLFIYO (talk) 12:33, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@MANELLFIYO: Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia that can be edited by anyone. If you're interested in editing, feel free to check out our introduction! Happy editing! ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 14:59, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I wanted to publish my personal info on wikipedia. how do i go about it? MANELLFIYO (talk) 17:19, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@MANELLFIYO:

That's not something I'd recommend. Wikipedia strongly discourages subjects writing about themselves on Wikipedia, and it could get your blocked from editing. As such, I will not be helping you with that.

If you'd like to contribute constructively to other subjects, however, I'm happy to help! ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 23:14, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What type of problems are on Wikipedia that I should edit? Is it mainly spelling errors, bad information, or something else? --Winfield Kruse (talk) 12:59, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Winfield Kruse: All of the things you mentioned could be possible issues on Wikipedia, but particularly people adding unsourced info or trying to disrupt the wiki.

How I began editing was doing "anti-vandalism": monitoring recent changes to Wikipedia and reverting those that do not meet content policies (e.g. disruptive, unsourced, etc.)

We have a task center too if you're like to check that out!

Happy editing! ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 14:58, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello I want to submit a edit request. Where should I put the reference for this. --Abhijeetk235 (talk) 10:50, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Abhijeetk235: It seems you submitted an edit request after you asked me. ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 22:08, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

So, mentor, I nominated Clift Schimmels for deletion. He was somebody's beloved coach, I get that. Please don't assume I haven't read any guidelines. Please also don't assume that I'm not already deeply offended by misogynistic behavior on Wikipedia. --Animmalrightschannel (talk) 17:53, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Animmalrightschannel: There's nothing wrong with nominating an article for deletion! Even if someone was to oppose it, that's part of the learning process. ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 22:13, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, hope you're alright please how do I edit the title of pages. --AnonymouslyFrench (talk) 07:52, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@AnonymouslyFrench: Once you have ten edits and your account is at least four days old you will gain the ability to "move" pages. Please note that the use of this tool requires the move to either be uncontroversial or be backed by consensus. If the move may be controversial or requires consensus, you can post at Wikipedia:Requested moves.

Happy editing! ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 23:16, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I want to update the list of recipients of the Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Schweitzer_Prize_for_Humanitarianism) I have photos and documentation. What's next? Thanks --PaulClementPritchard (talk) 15:42, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@PaulClementPritchard: What you'll want to do when updating the list is to cite what we consider Wikipedia:Reliable sources. For example, note how many of the recipients are cited to news sources; this is what I'd prefer using, but if you can't find those, try using other reliable sources, such as the documentation you mention, if it's considered by us to be reliable. Happy editing! ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 17:05, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

how do i create my biography --1972x (talk) 19:30, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@1972x: It is discouraged to create an article on yourself. If you wish, however, you may start a draft at Wikipedia:Articles for Creation. See Help:Your first article for more information. Happy editing! ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 22:54, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2025).

Administrator changes

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NaomiAmethyst (overlooked last month)

• Master Jay
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• Roger Davies
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Interface administrator changes

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• Following an RfC, administrator elections were permanently authorized on a five-month schedule. The next election will be scheduled soon; see Wikipedia talk:Administrator elections for more information. This is an alternate process to the RfA process and does not replace the latter.
• An RfC was closed with consensus to allow editors to opt-out of seeing "sticky decorative elements". Such elements should now be wrapped in {{sticky decoration wrapper}}. Editors who wish to opt out can follow the instructions at WP:STICKYDECO.
• An RfC has resulted in a broad prohibition on the use of AI-generated images in articles. A few common-sense exceptions are recognized.

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Hi Rusty. I am brand new to this. I welcome your help and comments. Best wishes, Max --Maxmacudopa (talk) 20:17, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Maxmacudopa: Hello and welcome to Wikipedia! What do you need help on? ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 23:23, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello how can I be the best writer and best editor this world will ever know --MYDEITY (talk) 16:09, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@MYDEITY:

To learn how to write Wikipedia articles, I would recommend looking at some articles and improving them; the Task Center has plenty of tasks, from beginner to advanced!

You may also be interested to look at the Introduction if you haven't already. This guide teaches you about the basics of Wikipedia.

Happy editing! ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 23:22, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Are you real? Either way, I'm happy to have you here. Say, how do you make citations? --Vaquita01 (talk) 01:08, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Vaquita01: Hello and welcome to Wikipedia! I can assure you that I am a real person.

Anyways, to create a citation, it differs depending on if you're in the source editor (which shows the underlying code) or the VisualEditor (which works more like a word processor).

In the source editor, click the dropdown labeled "Cite", then the dropdown labeled "templates" has a few of the most common citation formats. If that doesn't work for you, you can always create a reference manually, by enclosing text in the code <ref>...</ref>. For example, <ref>Example text</ref> produces the reference: ^[1]

However, most new editors will prefer to use VisualEditor, which is a "what you see is what you get" editor much like a word processor. In the visual editor, simply click the "Cite" button in the top toolbar.

You can switch between the two editors by using the pencil icon in the top right corner of the editor, or changing it in your preferences.

Happy editing! ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 01:19, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I am here to learn how to make edits and create pages. --PyTechGenius (talk) 15:23, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@PyTechGenius: Hello and welcome to Wikipedia! Is there anything you'd like help with? ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 23:29, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Rusty Cat Nothing right now. But Need your help to create a new page. PyTechGenius (talk) 08:58, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Im mostly a user on mobile and my interests are primarily geography climate nature history linguistics among others for the time being i want to help expand wikipedia by translating very useful articles in my opinion such as the Sub artic Koppen geiger classification system which doesnt have a page yet in Greek or Albanian both languages that i speak fluently among others my questions are how do i create categories or tranlate a page in a way similar to how it's done on Pc and how do i create a page from scratch Thank you in advance. --Shamanimals (talk) 09:43, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Shamanimals: I don't really know much about mobile, but you can always switch to the desktop view by clicking "desktop" at the bottom.

Happy editing! ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 14:13, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I figured out how to do it after all now i need to learn how to quote sources and im all set Shamanimals (talk) 14:25, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Rusty Cat,

I recently added a page Seeley Lake (lake). It was just approved and I was informed that it was given a C-class rating. I've found the Wikipedia:Content assessment page but I'm wondering if you have any suggestions for bringing a page from class-c to class-b. I plan to drive up there to get some good photos to upload to commons but it's quite far. Until then what do you recommend?

Thanks, Vector --Vector4900 (talk) 05:37, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Vector4900: Looking at the criteria, one thing I notice is that there are some sections in the article which consist of only a paragraph; if more info can be found, please expand the sections!

However, I like how the article already seems to meet some of the B-Class criteria, particularly that you have supporting materials such as images and an infobox, have a good article structure, no major grammatical flaws, and plenty of references throughout.

Happy editing! ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 23:05, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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كيف أنشر اول مقال لي ؟ --Writer-from-ps (talk) 11:42, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Writer-from-ps: Sorry, but I do not speak Arabic. If you wish to write in Arabic, please go to the Arabic Wikipedia. Thank you. ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 23:15, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How can I edit --Favour asuka (talk) 22:44, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Favour asuka: You can simply press the "edit" button. Are you having problems finding it? ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 23:15, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I want to post my picture --Favour asuka (talk) 22:57, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Favour asuka: It is not recommended for users to post articles about themselves and goes against Wikipedia guidelines, such as the conflict of interest guideline. If you wish to otherwise upload images, you can do so at Wikimedia Commons.

Happy editing, ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 23:17, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Rusty, I'd like to create a page. How would I go about doing that? --NickTucker1741 (talk) 22:53, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@NickTucker1741: Hello and welcome to Wikipedia! You may create a new article by first starting a draft through our Articles for Creation process which you can then submit for review when you believe it is ready for publication.

Happy editing! ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 23:01, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I am the subject of the short bio. I would like to correct the text to read: Wendy Z. Goldman, Paul Mellon Distinguished Professor of History, is a social and political historian of Russia. Her early work, Women, the State and Revolution: Soviet Family Policy and Social Life, 1917-1936 (Cambridge University Press, 1993) (awarded the Berkshire Conference Book Award) and Women at the Gates: Gender and Industry in Stalin’s Russia Women (Cambridge University Press, 2002) focused on family policy, women's emancipation, and industrialization. She wrote about Stalinist repression in Terror and Democracy in the Age of Stalin: The Social Dynamics of Repression (Cambridge University Press, 2007) and Inventing the Enemy: Denunciation and Terror in Stalin’s Russia (Cambridge University Press, 2011) (awarded Honorable Mention, Reginald Zelnik Book Prize in History.) She published (with Dr. Joe William Trotter Jr., co-editor) The Ghetto in Global History. 1500 to the Present (Routledge, 2018.) She focused on World War II in Hunger and War: Food Provisioning in the Soviet Union During World War II (Indiana University Press, 2015) (Donald Filtzer, co-editor). Her most recent work (with Donald Filtzer), Fortress Dark and Stern. The Soviet Home Front during World War II (Oxford University Press, 2021) (winner of the Society for Military History prize) is the first comprehensive study of the contribution of the Soviet home front to the victory in World War II. Her articles and books have been translated into Russian, Czech, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, and Japanese. She received grants from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, American Council of Learned Societies, Social Science Research Council, and National Council for Eurasian and East European Research. She heads the Socialist Studies Seminar at CMU, and is the Director of the CMU Prison Education Project How can I substitute this text for the one that exists? --Wzgoldman (talk) 22:50, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Wzgoldman:

Please read my reply below carefully.

While you could just click the "edit" tab to edit the page and paste that in, by doing so you will be violating the conflict of interest guideline among others. We strongly discourage article subjects from directly editing their articles, and this is one of the reasons. Instead, the correct course of action is to suggest a change on the article's discussion page ("Talk" tab on the top left) and start a new discussion with the text you propose adding, along with citations to back up your changes.

Happy editing! ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 00:04, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

¿Cómo se puede hacer una bandera en Wikipedia? --Chacapu (talk) 01:27, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hola, estás en Wikipedia en inglés, no en Wikipedia en español. Aquí, normalmente no hablamos español. Sí quieres contribuir en español, puedes visitar Wikipedia en español (https://es.wikipedia.org).

En la Wikipedia en español, y también aquí, hay "templates" (es como se llaman en inglés -- no sé el nombre español) para hacer las banderas, por ejemplo Template:Flag aquí. Creo que puedes encontrar algún similar en la Wikipedia en español también.

¡Gracias! ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 01:58, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello I want to create an for Aditya G Nair who is a singer and has many songs in different languages to his Credits. --Adityanair99 (talk) 01:42, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Adityanair99: Hello, welcome to Wikipedia!

You can create a draft article through the Wikipedia:Articles for Creation process, and submit it for review when you are ready.

Please note that writing about yourself is prohibited on Wikipedia.

Happy editing! ~ Rusty ^meow ~ 02:23, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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