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November thanks

Thank you for improving articles in November! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:35, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I uploaded pics of a trip that was a 10-day celebration of a 16 November event, but the day was also when a dear friend died. We sang Hevenu shalom aleichem at his funeral yesterday, and it was good. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:54, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from I-beam (01:42, 25 November 2024)

Hello, just wanted to establish contact and introduce myself --I-beam (talk) 01:42, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@I-beam: Hello, welcome to Wikipedia! Feel free to take a look around the Wikipedia Policies and Guidelines page as well as the guide for writing for your first article or basic copyediting to get yourself started. For stuff that needs to be worked on please take a look at the Task center for that. If you have any questions about editing, feel free to ask them on my Talk page here or on the Teahouse, a forum for new users to ask questions about Wikipedia. Happy editing! Best, ~delta ^{(talk • cont)} 12:29, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from I-beam (01:46, 25 November 2024)

Does the English Wikipedia allow UK spellings such as organisation? --I-beam (talk) 01:46, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Regarding that, the Wikipedia Manual of Style states that British English is allowed on articles that have strong national ties to the UK, and likewise with the USA and American English, Australia and Australian English etc. For instance, an article about God Save the King would use British English while the Star-Spangled Banner would use American English. Best, ~delta ^{(talk • cont)} 12:33, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Got it, thank you! I-beam (talk) 16:55, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Arpitcurt (17:23, 25 November 2024)

how to end an paragraph nicely and remarkably --Arpitcurt (talk) 17:23, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Voting is now open for the WikiProject Military History newcomer of the year and military historian of the year awards

Voting is now open for the WikiProject Military History newcomer of the year and military historian of the year awards for 2024! The top editors will be awarded the coveted Gold Wiki. Cast your votes here and here respectively. Voting closes at 23:59 on 30 December 2024. On behalf of the coordinators, wishing you the very best for the festive season and the new year. MediaWiki message delivery via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:59, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Guild of Copy Editors December 2024 Newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors December 2024 Newsletter

Hello, and welcome to the December newsletter, a quarterly digest of Guild activities since September. If you no longer want this newsletter, you can unsubscribe at any time; see below. If you'd like to be notified of upcoming drives and blitzes, and other GOCE activities, the best method is to add our announcements box to your watchlist.

Election news: The Guild's coordinators play an important role in the WikiProject, making sure ~~nearly~~ everything runs smoothly and on time. Editors in good standing (unblocked and without sanctions) are invited to nominate themselves or another editor to be a Guild coordinator (with their permission, of course) until 23:59 on 15 December (UTC). The voting phase begins at 00:01 on 16 December and runs until 23:59 on 31 December. Questions may be asked of candidates at any stage in the process. Elected coordinators will serve a six-month term from 1 January through 30 June.

Drive: In our September Backlog Elimination Drive, 67 editors signed up, 39 completed at least one copy edit, and between them they edited 682,696 words comprising 507 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

Blitz: The October Copy Editing Blitz saw 16 editors sign-up, 15 of whom completed at least one copy edit. They edited 76,776 words comprising 35 articles. Barnstars awarded are here.

Drive: In our November Backlog Elimination Drive, 432,320 words in 151 articles were copy edited. Of the 54 users who signed up, 33 copy edited at least one article. Barnstars awarded are posted here.

Blitz: The December Blitz will begin at 00:00 on 15 December (UTC) and will end on 21 December at 23:59. Sign up here. Barnstars awarded will be posted here.

Progress report: As of 22:12, 7 December 2024 (UTC), GOCE copy editors have completed 333 requests since 1 January, and the backlog of tagged articles stands at 2,401 articles.

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The Signpost: 12 December 2024

News and notes: Arbitrator election concludes

Arbitration report: Palestine-Israel articles 5

Disinformation report: Sex, power, and money revisited

Op-ed: On the backrooms by Tamzin

In focus: Are Wikipedia articles representative of Western or world knowledge?

In the media: Like the BBC, often useful but not impartial

Traffic report: Something Wicked for almost everybody

Opinion: Worm That Turned's reconfirmation RfA debriefing

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New pages patrol January 2025 Backlog drive

January 2025 Backlog Drive \| New pages patrol
On 1 January 2025, a one-month backlog drive for new pages patrol will begin in hopes of addressing the growing backlog. Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles and redirects patrolled. Each article review will earn 1 point, while each redirect review will earn 0.2 points. Streak awards will be given out based on consistently hitting point thresholds for each week of the drive. Barnstars will also be granted for re-reviewing articles previously reviewed by other patrollers during the drive. Interested in taking part? Sign up here.
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Question from Rohit Mahra on Phanek (05:08, 19 December 2024)

Sir how u created the redirect link , plz guide plz --Rohit Mahra (talk) 05:08, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! To create redirects, please see this page for your reference. Thanks, ~deltasock ^{(talk • cont)} 02:36, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Muhaideen Faiz Brichini (09:45, 22 December 2024)

how do I edit a page --Muhaideen Faiz Brichini (talk) 09:45, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there! In order to edit a page, you can click the "edit source" tab on the upper right corner of the page and change the Wikipedia article text to what you need to change it to. Also, please feel free to take a look at our policies and guidelines as well as our page on writing your first article, basic copyediting guide page, page on basic Wikitext markup and manual of style. Again, welcome and happy editing! Thanks, ~deltasock ^{(talk • cont)} 19:55, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Amycanevello (17:11, 23 December 2024)

I'm trying to edit the page for Jennifer Crocker but the website keeps telling me that my edits are too biased. I'm working with Dr. Crocker to write a profile that has been updated and more accurately reflects her contributions to the field of social psychology. Can you help me figure out what is wrong with the content that I'm trying to add? --Amycanevello (talk) 17:11, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Amycanevello and welcome to Wikipedia. If you are working with Dr. Crocker to write an updated profile, then you have a Conflict of interest with her - and edits from editors that have a conflict of interest are often seen as biased as they have had a history of including non-neutral language. Moreover, this edit you made, for example, contains language such as "pioneering", "distinguished" and "enduring impact" an come across as promotional. If you wish to update a page that you have a conflict of interest with, please read the page on making edit requests and create an edit request with the {{Edit COI}} template. Also, please review the page on maintaining a neutral point of view on Wikipedia as well. Thanks, ~delta ^{(talk • cont)} 18:37, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Pmintah (16:46, 24 December 2024)

How many times a month do you have to edit documents. --Pmintah (talk) 16:47, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Pmintah, welcome to Wikipedia! There is no requirement as to how many times a month you have to edit - or really how often to edit at all - for Wikimedians. :) ~delta ^{(talk • cont)} 18:55, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]