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Happy First Edit Day!

Hi DaniloDaysOfOurLives! WOW... I've been so busy treating health issues and being stressed that I totally forgot about Jan 5 being my account creation date. 18 YEARS! Thank you for the well wishes and keep in touch! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:20, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Potential LTA IP

Hi,

I've encountered an IP who has been been causing some disruption: range. I noticed that they are flagging your LTA edit filter #53. See for example: [1][2][3]. This IP is also related.

The IP is quit suspicious, demonstrating behaviours that indicates that they have been around for a while. For example, they were engaged in an edit war at Major League Soccer with several editors, and within minutes of a RFPP being filed they had responded to it.

Other problematic behaviour includes edit warring to add content to Premier Ultimate League, based on a random tweet from an account with 60 followers, speculating about the potential for a future team: [4].

I've tried to dig into the history, and have found a few IP clusters that I think might be related (ie [5] and [6]) due to overlapping interests in "Sports in XXX" articles (ie Sports in Portland, Oregon), as well as oddballs like Major League Quadball. However, I've not had any success determining if there is a master.

I'm wondering if there are any details available from your LTA filter to pinpoint who the master might be, or is it just calibrated to flag general LTA behaviour?

Thanks. TDL (talk) 06:54, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Tbrophy2025 (09:54, 6 January 2025)

I wish to submit my first article for review, but there is no option to submit my draft for review, can you please advise? --Tbrophy2025 (talk) 09:54, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Tbrophy2025 (09:55, 6 January 2025)

How do I submit this draft for review please? http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Draft:CCWC_Services_Wales --Tbrophy2025 (talk) 09:55, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Aikam Janda (06:07, 9 January 2025)

I was going to publish an edit to an article about a school (Sullivan heights secondary) but when I went to publish it it said there was a conflict error and it undid my whole document when I went to source editing and I cant redo it. Is there a way to get the edit I was going to publish back? --Aikam Janda (talk) 06:08, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) Hello @Aikam Janda:, and welcome to Wikipedia! (Sorry for the wait, seems that Oshwah's probably on a break.) This is an edit conflict, which is when someone else publish their changes while you are still editing.

To resolve an edit conflict, you will need to essentially "merge" both your and the other editor's changes. The edit conflict page shows the diff between your and the other editor's changes, the currently published version of the page for you to edit, and a copy of your changes.

To make resolving edit conflicts easier, you can turn on "Paragraph-based edit conflicts" under Preferences → Beta features. ~~2NumForIce (^speak|_edits) 01:28, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Lakasay30 (13:08, 10 January 2025)

Hello --Lakasay30 (talk) 13:08, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Paulpaywe (07:41, 12 January 2025)

I’m creating a personal Biography, please what are the steps to follow after publishing my article ? --Paulpaywe (talk) 07:41, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Deepak Awasthi SEO (06:49, 13 January 2025)

Hello,

My name is Deepak Awasthi, and I have been editing Wikipedia pages for the past few years. Now, you might be wondering why I am using this new account instead of my previous one. The reason is that I accidentally lost my device, along with all my credentials.

So, my question is: If I want to add a person's biography to Wikipedia, what steps do I need to follow, and what should I do first to add a biography? I understand there are three stages: Easy, Medium, and Hard. After gaining expertise in the Medium and Hard stages, I should be able to add an article, correct? --Deepak Awasthi SEO (talk) 06:49, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Deepak Awasthi SEO: What is the name of your previous account?--Bbb23 (talk) 13:51, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Bbb23 I don't remember Maybe same as my name but I don't remember what I used in the last. Deepak Awasthi SEO (talk) 03:44, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Vampireuw (09:41, 14 January 2025)

Hello I created a page

Does it take a while to upload --Vampireuw (talk) 09:41, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Vampireuw - Have you submitted the article you created to the draft space? If not, this page will provide you with all of the information you're looking for. If you have any more questions after reading through that page, don't be a stranger; I'm happy to help! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:28, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Oobliette (05:33, 18 January 2025)

Hi Oshwa! I'm new to editing and interested in keeping at it for a bit for fun/practice. I was hoping to include some Babel/User boxes on my user page (to add things like language proficiency and general interests), but I'm not sure how to navigate the template menu in the visual editor. I tried looking at the instructions here: http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Wikipedia:Babel, but couldn't figure out how to use the codes listed. Am I restricted from using these kinds of features as a new account, or am I just going about it wrong? Any general tips? I appreciate your help in advance! --Oobliette (talk) 05:33, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) @Oobliette Welcome to Wikipedia! From the edit on your user page, it looks like you tried to add the Babel template using the VisualEditor. {{Template markup}} and other wikitext formatting features can only be used in the wikitext source editor. Templates can be added with the VisualEditor by using the toolbar or by typing the {{ shortcut, but it uses a visual interface rather than the curly braces and vertical bars markup. ~~2NumForIce (^speak|_edits) 18:54, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Checking in

Hi Oshwah, I hope you are doing as wonderful as I am. I’m always curious to know how you became a Wikipedia editor. I have been actively editing Wikipedia for six years and still going strong and I have learned a lot about what it is like editing Wikipedia. One thing that I have learned from editing Wikipedia is for the most part and within reason, if I see a way Wikipedia can be improved, I can do so. I can even disagree with my fellow editors and I am free to explain my case into why I feel I’m right. Sometimes, consensus doesn’t go the way I want it to go and you have to accept the fact that consensus sometimes goes the other way. I also understand that admins can’t just block any user they want. They can only do so in obvious cases or when the community feels they need to be blocked so I am not afraid to express disagreement in fear of a block as long as it is done civilly. I also have taken the time to reflect on my RFA a year ago which was a brutal one. I’ve gotten the impression that adminship means sitting on the computer all day doing maintenance work. I’m not the kind of person who likes to sit on the computer all day. I want to get out in the real world and enjoy the things outside Wikipedia although I could read Wikipedia all day. I honestly felt like if I somehow became an admin, that’s the lifestyle I would have to get which is why I don’t want to become one. I’d also be curious to hear your thoughts on AI boom and how it affects Wikipedia. Do you think AI is a good thing or does it lead to problems? Hope you are doing OK. Interstellarity (talk) 21:40, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Interstellarity! Thanks for the message, and please accept my apologies for the delayed response (the reason is located at the top of my user page). You know what's funny? Ironically, my first edits on Wikipedia were vandalism and while I was in High School. You may be wondering what exactly caused me to jump the fence and combat vandalism. One reason was due to the fact that non-admins can revert vandalism and warn users. The second reason? I like "detective work". ;-) Fun fact! Back when I started on Wikipedia, absolutely no tools, scripts, applications, or anything existed. You had to patrol the [[|Special:RecentChanges|recent changes list]], manually undo the disruption (keep in mind - the rollback user right was an admin-only permission back in the day). I had to paste each warning template and add edit summaries manually, and go from there. If you look at my oldest contribution logs here, you'll see that I, for some reason, was entering those summaries in all capital letters.

Administrators are absolutely not expected to be "sitting on the computer all day doing maintenance work". :-) All Wikipedians have lives; you have to go to work, eat, shop for groceries, sleep, hang out with friends, do chores like laundry and vacuuming, cleaning, dishes, etc - just like everybody else does. You're also 100% correct; I don't get to just block anyone I want, whenever I want, and for any reason I want. More than anything, we're expected to act within Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and use level-headed and neutral judgment when it becomes needed. We are expected to set the example for the community - especially in terms regarding civility. In fact, if you see the modifications that I made here to the administrator policy page, I add emphasis regarding those expectations significantly more profusely.

I think that, right now, the "AI boom" is a very arbitrary term. I've seen many, used a fair amount of applications, and tested other functions that claimed to have "AI". I believe that many companies are taking different interpretations (like having an improved search function and other gimmicks) and then call it "AI". On the other hand, I do believe that the technology would be good for Wikipedia, but mostly within the talk and Wikipedia space as opposed to the mainspace. I'm sure that you've seen Wikipedia discussions that you might've been interested in reviewing, but then quickly became overwhelmed because of its extremely lengthy and drawn-out nature. I know that I certainly have. Why not use AI to summarize such discussions, input, and specific items being debated in them? I don't see anything wrong with that at all.

It's getting late (it's 4 AM local time for me right now), so I'm going to sign off for the evening. If I missed answering any of your questions or didn't respond to anything you mentioned in your message that you were looking for my input with, please let me know! I appreciate your message and your thoughts, and I hope you have a great rest of your day. ;-) Cheers for now - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 11:57, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for responding to my message and I am very sorry to hear about your health issues. I've always been amazed with how Wikipedia has become what it is today, especially with how accurate everything is on there, despite it being editable by anyone in the world. It has become the global palace of knowledge on the internet. It's probably not the best resource for academic or professional use, but it is very great for personal use. If you want to learn anything on Wikipedia, it probably has an article for it. I've been glad to be a part of the Wikipedia community. Obviously, not everyone on the site is nice, but I meet a lot of nice Wikipedians that are willing to help me if needed. I hope you have a great rest of your day, and I wish you all the best for your recovery. Interstellarity (talk) 13:08, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Interstellarity - I'm happy to read your positive outlook and opinion on this project. The reason that I committed my volunteer time to this project is simple: It provides the world with knowledge on any topic and completely for free. I agree; there are certainly members of the community that are unkind, impatient, unagreeable, closed-minded when it comes to change or consensus, and there are some that are... well, just out-right mean and very nasty. I remember a few years back - I stumbled upon a talk page discussion between two users. The respondent was being completely reasonable, repeatedly telling and citing Wikipedia's policies and guidelines regarding the other user's desired edits to a page, only to be met with absolutely animalistic, barbaric, and borderline uncivil responses each time. I left a message on the respondent's user talk page and told them in a nutshell, "there are some users who just don't want to be helped and simply do not care about any rules, policies, and non-negotiable expectations for any and all Wikipedians." That user left a great response to me, and stated that they didn't realize or let that fact come to mind. Because they couldn't help the user was absolutely not a failure on their part; it was because the other user was too unagreeable and closed-minded to the point where they wouldn't accept any. That's unfortunately part of life - both here and IRL.

I appreciate the well wishes. The tumor is about the size of a walnut, which could explain a lot of personal mental issues that I suddenly started having. I have an appointment on the 25th of February to see if it is cancer (that probability is likely), but also if it's operable and can be removed. Fingers crossed! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 13:49, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	I have only interacted with you once, but I think you are one of the nicest admins I have ever met. I love your enthusiasm and kindness (and your hair) and I hope you never change - you are amazing! DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 02:42, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi DaniloDaysOfOurLives! Thank you for taking the time to leave me this barnstar! It means a lot to me. You have my promise that my enthusiasm and kindness will never change on this project. My hair is a different story. I'm keeping it almost bald right now due to a risky surgery that I might be fortunate enough to even be able to have performed. Life doesn't always deal you lemons. ;-) Thanks again, and don't hesitate to reach out to me if I can help with anything that you need. :-D Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 13:54, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from TriscuitON (02:40, 26 January 2025)

How do I create a wikipedia page about my own work in one place instead of just having mention on other people's pages? Thank you! --TriscuitON (talk) 02:40, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi TriscuitON! Welcome to Wikipedia! Have you gone through our getting started page or our interactive new user tutorial yet? They should both provide you with the answer that you're looking for. If you still have questions or need anything, please let me know and I'll be happy to help. ;-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:24, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Giedre Mockeliunaite (05:41, 26 January 2025)

hii how to create a wikipedia page for an artist Giedre Mockeliunaite --Giedre Mockeliunaite (talk) 05:41, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Giedre Mockeliunaite! Based on your username, I'm under the impression that the article that you wish to create is about yourself. Please know that autobiographies are highly discouraged on Wikipedia, and you'll have a near-100% chance that it will be deleted. Please let me know if this isn't you, and I'll be happy to help you further. :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:02, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ACC

A few years back I fell inactive on Wiki and subsequently lost ACC tool access, would be happy to get involved again. Let me know if you guys need more help. TiggerJay (talk) 08:49, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tiggerjay - Sure! Assuming you left on good terms and just inactivity, I'll be happy to let you on-board! Just let me know if this is what you'd like me to do. :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:03, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Oshwah -- yes please, left on good terms per your rights change note[7]. Tool access and acc-bit please. Thanks! TiggerJay (talk) 02:10, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from M-obonte (07:45, 27 January 2025)

Hello, I'm Moses and I'm willing to to be professional Wikipedia creator and editor. I need your guidance and mentorship.

Thanks --M-obonte (talk) 07:45, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi M-obonte! Welcome to Wikipedia! It can feel like a bit of an overwhelming place due to all of the policies and guidelines, the culture, and the norms that are expected from users. However, do not worry! Mistakes will happen; I've made more than my fair share of mistakes over the years that I've contributed to this project. Don't be afraid to make them, so long as it's done in good faith. :-D

Since you're brand new to Wikipedia, I highly recommend that you go through Wikipedia's getting started page and that you complete Wikipedia's new user tutorial before you make any edits or take on any major tasks around here. Those tutorial pages will provide you with many important walkthroughs, guides, interactive lessons, and other information that will familiarize you with our policies and guidelines, how Wikipedia works, how to navigate around the site, and how to find important locations and pages. Most users who take this advice, read through those pages, and complete the new user tutorial usually tell me later that they were significantly helpful to them, and saved them hours of time and frustration they would've experienced otherwise.

If you need any more help, please let me know and I'll be happy to lend a hand. ;-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:08, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from M-obonte (07:48, 27 January 2025)

How long and what does it take to be creator on Wikipedia. --M-obonte (talk) 07:48, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi M-obonte! Welcome to Wikipedia! A "creator" is someone who consistently creates new articles that did not exist before they began editing a new page. Don't get hung up on "creationism" though; adding good content, fixing errors, expanding articles with more information, locating and adding reliable sources, and what we call "wikignoming" - are all equally important if our mission is to provide the world with content of the highest quality and to the highest standards possible. My advice? You do you! What do you enjoy doing here? Whatever it is, go for it! We'll always accept any amount of positive and legitimate help and improvements that are provided, regardless of exactly what that help may be. ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:15, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Orient Energy Systems (07:51, 27 January 2025)

hello can i give my website hyperlink? --Orient Energy Systems (talk) 07:51, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Patrevale99 (15:22, 27 January 2025)

Hello I feel a description of a club as 'friendly' is not NPOV. Is that correct? --Patrevale99 (talk) 15:22, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Patrevale99! Welcome to Wikipedia! "Friendly", depending on the context absolutely can be considered an issue with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy. If you don't mind, can you link me to the exact page and tell me where you're seeing this phrase being used on it? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:17, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Barrow_upon_Humber

I have edited out the word friendly as a descriptor for Bowls Club. I have updated other information on the Barrow-upon-Humber site. 2A02:8012:C41D:0:BC05:373C:5865:6488 (talk) 09:52, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Possible vandalism

Hi Oshwah, I noticed an edit that I don't have the confidence to roll back, but wanted to point out to someone: on Donald Trump, a recent edit seems to remove politically charged information (all mention of Project 2025)[8] Hopefully I am providing the necessary information. Thanks for your work

Edit: I see you are feeling stressed with a medical issue currently, I will make this rollback myself and if I have done so incorrectly, please make any necessary adjustments. I wish you strength! Uhnyt Eiolog (talk) 05:58, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Uhnyt Eiolog! I would consider this content as one that an editor should ask whether it has due or undue weight here. I think the content, while well-sourced - might benefit from being challenged and discussed in relation to this policy section. Please let me know if you have any more questions and I'll be happy to answer them and help! :-) Best regards - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:23, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Kelpwelps (19:01, 28 January 2025)

Hello, Oshwah. I mostly understand the formatting and grammar that Wikipedia uses, but am confused about adding notes. May I have a template on code i can use to add a footnote? --Kelpwelps (talk) 19:01, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Kelpwelps! Sure! It's actually quite easy! See my example below:

<ref name="EXAMPLE" group="note">THIS IS AN EXAMPLE NOTE!</ref> //you add this code to the beginning and end of the statement that you wish to be a note.

This marks the statements that you want to add to the list of notes later.

==Notes== //At the end of the article, add this code beneath the references list (if applicable):
{{Reflist|group=note}}

That's all there is to it! The "EXAMPLE" text would be replaced with a name that you'd like to call this note, such as "DontDoThat". This way, you can call it again in another area of the same page without having to do all of that code over again. :-) If you have questions, please let me know! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:39, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mail

Hello, Oshwah. Please check your email; you've got mail!
It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.

Nobody (talk) 10:16, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

1AmNobody24 - Acknowledged. I'll check it out tonight or tomorrow. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:53, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

exercises prodic

a mile away from toxic means

if you have an answer... comment Obedyadzo (talk) 05:25, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Obedyadzo! I'm not sure what you're referring to exactly. Can you elaborate a bit more so I can discuss it with you? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:32, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Napoli2027 (03:22, 3 February 2025)

I'm very happy to meet you 💕 --Napoli2027 (talk) 03:22, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Napoli2027! The pleasure is all mine; I'm happy to see you as a member of the project. Should you run into any questions or get stuck anywhere, please don't be a stranger. :-) Oh, and I would read through Wikipedia's getting started page and complete their interactive new user tutorial. It will teach you many important things and put you as "the head of the class", if you know what I mean. Again, welcome! :-D ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:37, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

UserpageHealthStory

You're in our thoughts and prayers -- get better there buddy! TiggerJay (talk) 15:28, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tiggerjay - From the firmest handshake I could give, the tightest hug I could put someone into, and from the bottom of my heart - thank you. As you can imagine, I don't... sleep very much lately. So much has happened so fast, so suddenly, and so drastically... It's hard to even catch up with normal life, let alone think about what I'm going through and what my statistical odds of survival are. Don't worry though; I'm still very much here and I'm not going anywhere. :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:45, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from She-Who-Observes-The-Looking-Glass (01:01, 4 February 2025)

I just fully revamped the entire Forge of Empires page and included a ton of references, but somehow (probably user-error) when I went to preload to view again, everything was GONE! I just wanted to vent because I spent hours making it perfect and it's all.. gone. I was trying to insert a "name," so that in the bottom Refs area, it wasn't an obvious link, but rather the "name" I gave it, dated and all that. I also want to figure out how to create a link from a word/term, but I don't I don't know the mark-up language that well yet. Any tips? Thanks! =) --She-Who-Observes-The-Looking-Glass (talk) 01:01, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi She-Who-Observes-The-Looking-Glass! Welcome aboard! We're happy to have you here, and I'll be happy to take a look at what may have happened.

So... I checked the Forge of Empires page, your contributions, and your deleted contributions, and I found nothing that shows that you saved an edit to this page or a similar one. Are you sure that you saved your edit and published your changes? Let's start here; I'll be happy to answer your other questions, but let's start one at a time. :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:53, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Dgoat9124 (00:27, 6 February 2025)

What is considered advertising? --Dgoat9124 (talk) 00:28, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Dgoat9124! Welcome to Wikipedia! I actually created and wrote an entire Wikipedia page regarding this very thing! You can read it by clicking here. If you still have questions after reading the page, please let me know and I'll be happy to answer any questions and help. :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:34, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Australvn (16:14, 6 February 2025)

Hi -- I want to follow all the guidelines and policies. there are a lot and I am new here. I have made a page for Intrusion Inc. I am an employee and as I understand, that must be disclosed.

Our company has been around since 1983 and we were wanting to create a wikipedia page so people could understand the history of the company if they were to research.

I have added some more information and sources to the page and resubmitted for review.

Is there anything else I need to do? Thanks. --Australvn (talk) 16:14, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Australvn! Welcome to Wikipedia! First and foremost, is this company paying you, compensating you, or asking you to create and edit the content as part of your job? If so, you are required to disclose this information. Specifically, these instructions will assist you with how to do this properly and within compliance of Wikipedia's policies.

On top of this, creating articles where you clearly have any kind of personal conflicts of interest with is highly discouraged. If I were to tell you how many of these articles were deleted, I'd say that 95 out of 100 of them end up this way. Don't waste your time. If the article subject is notable, another group of Wikipedians will certainly write an article about the company.

If you have any more questions or need clarification on any of Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, please don't be a stranger. I'm here to help should you ever need it. :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 16:49, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]