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Hi! This is my talk page, feel free to drop me a message. To experienced editors: feel free to stalk my talk page and reply to any threads here.To admins: I prefer that my talk page remain unprotected, even if it's being vandalized. Such edits do not particularly bother me and I prefer to remain accessible to anyone who would like to reach me. However, if the volume of vandalism is so high that no other solution would stop disruption, I don't mind if my talk page is semi-protected for a day or two. Hopefully, this is a rare occurrence.

Hello How can I move the page from sandbox to wike, please? page title புதுயுகன் -- Sai160221 ( talk) 18:52, 27 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Hello, how can I move the page I wrote from sandbox to Wikipedia, please? -- Sai160221 ( talk) 19:19, 27 March 2024 (UTC) reply

@ Sai160221: thanks for reaching out. Once you are autoconfirmed, you can use the move page feature. However, I've noticed that the page you have written is not in English. As this is English Wikipedia, all articles must be written in English. If you want to write in Tamil, you can contribute at Tamil Wikipedia. Elli ( talk | contribs) 19:36, 27 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Hello Elli,

Thanks a lot for your prompt response. Is auto confirmation made by Wikipedia and how long it takes please? I will translate the content to English. Can I use the same login details to access the Tamil Wikipedia or should I sign up separately again? Thanks Sai 2A00:23EE:1CF0:3135:98D9:2ADA:11A1:A1B6 ( talk) 21:21, 27 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Also when I create a page in Tamil can I create the wiki page directly instead of sandbox for I have practiced it well today and have created and edited pages already a few years back? Thanks 2A00:23EE:1CF0:3135:98D9:2ADA:11A1:A1B6 ( talk) 21:23, 27 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Hello, how do I professionally edit? -- Arc.Lape ( talk) 09:33, 2 April 2024 (UTC) reply

@ Arc.Lape: hi! Not sure what in particular you are asking? We are all volunteers here. Elli ( talk | contribs) 15:58, 2 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Okay, i like really new here and initially i am trying to have my own wikipedia biography page when searched on any search engine, so a little help or guide will be helpful to achieving that. Arc.Lape ( talk) 20:55, 6 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Hello Elli,

Backlog update: The October drive reduced the article backlog from 11,626 to 7,609 and the redirect backlog from 16,985 to 6,431! Congratulations to Schminnte, who led with over 2,300 points.

Following that, New Page Patrol organized another backlog drive for articles in January 2024. The January drive started with 13,650 articles and reduced the backlog to 7,430 articles. Congratulations to JTtheOG, who achieved first place with 1,340 points in this drive.

Looking at the graph, it seems like backlog drives are one of the only things keeping the backlog under control. Another backlog drive is being planned for May. Feel free to participate in the May backlog drive planning discussion.

It's worth noting that both queues are gradually increasing again and are nearing 14,034 articles and 22,540 redirects. We encourage you to keep contributing, even if it's just a single patrol per day. Your support is greatly appreciated!

2023 Awards

Onel5969 won the 2023 cup with 17,761 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 50/day. There was one Platinum Award (10,000+ reviews), 2 Gold Awards (5000+ reviews), 6 Silver (2000+), 8 Bronze (1000+), 30 Iron (360+) and 70 more for the 100+ barnstar. Hey man im josh led on redirect reviews by clearing 36,175 of them. For the full details, see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone for their efforts in reviewing!

WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers deployed the rewritten NewPagesFeed in October, and then gave the NewPagesFeed a slight visual facelift in November. This concludes most major work to Special:NewPagesFeed, and most major work by the WMF Moderator Tools team, who wrapped up their major work on PageTriage in October. The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers will continue small work on PageTriage as time permits.

Recruitment: A couple of the coordinators have been inviting editors to become reviewers, via mass-messages to their talk pages. If you know someone who you'd think would make a good reviewer, then a personal invitation to them would be great. Additionally, if there are Wikiprojects that you are active on, then you can add a post there asking participants to join NPP. Please be careful not to double invite folks that have already been invited.

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hello! what to do if the "edit" option doesnt show up on my screen? -- Amfan23at ( talk) 19:53, 2 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Hi, Elli! I have just found out that there are some archived versions of dead pages, which are stored on the WebArchive Machine. I tried to insert several of them in my edit about a danish politician through the visual editor. It seems that the editor's citation tool does not recognize the archived webpages because it keeps asking me to insert these sources manually. Is there any guide how to do it? I am a bit confused with the webarchive template because it is somehow different from the standard one for citing news webpages and what not. Cheers! -- Ignat.Lolov ( talk) 16:56, 8 April 2024 (UTC) reply

@ Ignat.Lolov: I'm not familiar with the exact problem you're having as I don't use VE much. Would suggest reading Template:Cite web#Using "archive-url" and "archive-date" (and optionally "url-status") for webpages that have been archived -- please let me know if you need more help getting this to work. Elli ( talk | contribs) 19:56, 12 April 2024 (UTC) reply

We are approaching the end of the 2024 WikiCup's second round, with a little over two weeks remaining. Currently, contestants must score at least 105 points to progress to the third round.

Our current top scorers are as follows:

• Sammi Brie ( submissions) with 642 points, mostly from 11 GAs about radio and television;
• voorts ( submissions) with 530 points, mostly from two FAs ( Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three GAs;
• Generalissima ( submissions) with 523 points, mostly from 11 GAs about coinage and history;
• SounderBruce ( submissions) with 497 points, mostly from a FA about the 2020 season of the soccer club Seattle Sounders FC and two GAs;
• Tamzin ( submissions) with 410 points, mostly from a FA about the drink Capri-Sun and three GAs;
• Kusma ( submissions) with 330 points, mostly from a FA about the English botanist Anna Blackburne and a GA.

Competitors may submit work for the second round until the end of 28 April, and the third round starts 1 May. Remember that only competitors with the top 32 scores will make it through to the third round. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs. As a reminder, competitors are strictly prohibited from gaming Wikipedia policies or processes to receive more points.

If you would like to learn more about rules and scoring for the 2024 WikiCup, please read Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring. Further questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges ( Cwmhiraeth ( talk · contribs), Epicgenius ( talk · contribs), and Frostly ( talk · contribs)) 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) 15:05, 12 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Help! I found an article that I feel like I know enough about to create (Tupelocetus, and extinct protocetid whale) but can't figure out how to make the taxobox/etc work. I have all of the information, multiple sources, etc, I just don't know how to make it all come together. Any help is appreciated. -- Transitarium ( talk) 16:38, 13 April 2024 (UTC) reply

@ Transitarium: hi! Unfortunately I don't have much experience with the taxoboxes. However the info at Wikipedia:Automated taxobox system/intro should be able to help. Please let me know if you have any more questions. Elli ( talk | contribs) 21:40, 15 April 2024 (UTC) reply

On 15 April 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 2023–24 Caddo Parish sheriff election, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 2023 election for sheriff in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, was rerun after an initial margin of one vote? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2023–24 Caddo Parish sheriff election. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, 2023–24 Caddo Parish sheriff election), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Hi sir good morning everyone How to write good content. And what? to give important to -- TechGeniusByte ( talk) 03:35, 17 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Hello, how will I add a link to my Wikipedia article? -- ICareBetter ( talk) 13:29, 17 April 2024 (UTC) reply

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