User talk:WindTempos/Archives/2024/November

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Administrators' newsletter – November 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2024).

Administrator changes

Crisco 1492

CheckUser changes

Maxim

Oversighter changes

Maxim

Guideline and policy news

Following a discussion, the discussion-only period proposal that went for a trial to refine the requests for adminship (RfA) process has been discontinued.
Following a request for comment, Administrator recall is adopted as a policy.

Technical news

Mass deletions done with the Nuke tool now have the 'Nuke' tag. This change will make reviewing and analyzing deletions performed with the tool easier. T366068

Arbitration

RoySmith, Barkeep49 and Cyberpower678 have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2024 Arbitration Committee Elections. ThadeusOfNazereth and Dr vulpes are reserve commissioners.
Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate from 3 November 2024 until 12 November 2024 to stand in the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections.
The Arbitration Committee is seeking volunteers for roles such as clerks, access to the COI queue, checkuser, and oversight.

Miscellaneous

An unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in November 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with {{Unreferenced}}. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. Sign up to participate!

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Question from Willuconquerto (16:53, 7 November 2024)

Hello Mr. Tempos. Can I have some tips on how I should edit please? Many thanks, Willuconquerto (your disciple) --Willuconquerto (talk) 16:54, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

Hi Willuconquerto! That's a pretty broad question - I'd suggest having a look at the links that Gerda Arendt left on your talk page, which will take you to a guide that explains the basics of editing. My best advice is to go out there and make small changes to articles you're interested in, discuss with & listen to feedback from other editors. If you're looking for something to do, the Task Center might inspire you. Let me know if you have any other questions! :) WindTempos ^{(talk • contribs)} 17:28, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

Question from Mjdonatelli (00:21, 8 November 2024)

How do I create an article? --Mjdonatelli (talk) 00:21, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Hi Mjdonatelli! I'd suggest giving Your first article a read. Creating an article is hard - you'll need to be able to demonstrate that the subject of the article is notable, while writing about it in a neutral way.

If you've read the above and are confident enough to go ahead, your best bet is to go through the Article wizard which will guide you through the processs. I'd strongly suggest trying some of the less daunting suggestions at the Task Center to get yourself used to editing first. WindTempos ^{(talk • contribs)} 09:52, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Question from Bulron on Azem Maksutaj (17:42, 13 November 2024)

Hello how can I post my songs --Bulron (talk) 17:42, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

Hi Bulron! Wikipedia has pretty firm criteria when it comes to how we determine whether or not a musician, song, or other music-related topic is suitable for inclusion on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is also not the right place to promote your own music, and it's heavily discouraged to write about yourself (because it's hard to be neutral and objective!)

I hope this helps somewhat, and sorry if this isn't what you wanted to hear! WindTempos ^{(talk • contribs)} 14:09, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

Question from Olivia Hartung (02:11, 15 November 2024)

I corrected a couple of sentences - small edit - that weren't accurate, with citation. When will the correction appear? --Olivia Hartung (talk) 02:11, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

Hi Olivia Hartung, thanks for your edits! It looks like someone may have changed Endangered Species (1982 film) further since then, because it looks like some of the formatting got a bit broken in the process.

If you're not already doing so, I'd suggest checking your edits before you publish them (because in most cases, they will be visible to everyone straight away!) by clicking the "Show preview" button. You also have a sandbox that you can use to practice editing. Finally, the links at Help:Introduction may help you with adding citations.

Hope these help! WindTempos ^{(talk • contribs)} 13:57, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

Olivia Hartung, please see WP:CITE on how to do footnotes. More importantly, IMDB is NOT an acceptable source. Drmies (talk) 14:13, 15 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. My correction appeared, but later disappeared and went back to the inaccurate production notes. Though IMDB is not an acceptable citation source, in the box on the right of the page, Woods and Klinger are correctly listed with the other two screenwriters, Rudolph and Binder. In the production section they are referred to as journalist/researchers. Olivia Hartung (talk) 04:23, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

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Warning people

You recently forgot to warn @24.222.65.99 when you reverted their edit. I don't think it was intentional but please don't forget next time. Sangsangaplaz (Talk to me! I'm willing to help) 16:04, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Good catch. Honestly, this one shouldn't have been a standard rollback, since it could have been reasonably construed to have been in good faith, even if it should have been reverted one way or another. WindTempos _they ^{(talk • contribs)} 16:10, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

I agree. AGF is important after all and most Recent Changes Patrollers neglect that. Sangsangaplaz (Talk to me! I'm willing to help) 06:02, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

Question from Samboosa Market (08:09, 27 November 2024)

Hi, how can I create a new article? --Samboosa Market (talk) 08:09, 27 November 2024 (UTC)

Hi Samboosa Market! I'd take a look at the reply I gave to someone else before. In short, give Your first article a read, and you may wish to get some editing practice in by looking at the Task center. WindTempos _they ^{(talk • contribs)} 21:48, 27 November 2024 (UTC)