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How to edit -- Rj binay ( talk) 13:46, 27 July 2021 (UTC)
I was looking at the article for Medicaid, and I saw that the map showing states who have expanded Medicaid is outdated. The Missouri Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the state must expand Medicaid. I tried changing the picture myself, but I couldn't figure out how to do it. Would you mind doing it for me? Scorpions13256 ( talk) 19:29, 31 July 2021 (UTC)
Hi, I saw that you closed this transfer request after a single contrary opinion (even outside the maximum time limit). I believe that the current name of that page is objectively wrong and that some opinions expressed before have not taken into account the real name of that party, nor the name used by the sources. So I asked for a new request to move and to date I have received only one opinion in favor of the move. The situation has stalled, so I have received the suggestion to start a move review. First I must therefore contact the closer of the first procedure, which is you. I'm not very familiar with this procedure, but I think it closed a little quickly. What should I do in this case? -- Scia Della Cometa ( talk) 19:58, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for your help on the page I created for Phratora tibialis! I worked on the main Phratora page and I did a lot of editing of the pages for Phratora vitellinae and Phratora laticollis. I even added a bit of info and a picture to the Phratora purpurea page. The picture there was taken in Kalamazoo, where I found those beetles in 1991 and where I grew up. I wonder, how could I get the pages that I edited reviewed? It seems like new pages get noticed quickly, but existing ones that are edited aren't noticed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NCalBeetleGuy ( talk • contribs) 03:10, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
thanks ig Isabelle0934 ( talk) 04:40, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
A tag has been placed on Category:2020 Summer Olympics rugby sevens game reference templates indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.
If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. Liz Read! Talk! 15:20, 7 September 2021 (UTC)
Hi Elli, hope you had a wonderful vacation. And now that you're back can you help me by creating a template that I can put in sections such as Alabama's 1st congressional district#Voting, which reads as "The district may have undergone boundary changes due to redistricting, and may not be reflective of the district's current geographical position." or something else that conveys the core message. I came across confused people, who are confused if the results are calculated on the basis of current map or just the results of the older map. Basically, the template must be something that works on mobile version too, since a lot of templates don't work there. I wanted to make something that could look similar to the {{ See also}} template, on mobile devices. But I couldn't. Please make one if you know how to. Thanks! --- CX Zoom(he/him) ( let's talk| contribs) 16:54, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
Hello Elli. Just an FYI, when you move pages like 2021 Alberta referendum following an RM, you should also change any links to the page on templates that appear on that article (i.e. in this case {{ AlbertaElections}}) – see Wikipedia:Requested moves/Closing instructions#Sidebars and navbars. Cheers, Number 5 7 11:39, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
Good morning please help me with money -- Okan Abraham ayemere ( talk) 11:52, 22 August 2021 (UTC)
hello ! how can add about salman in baghan pedia -- Nisha raj khatoon ( talk) 14:01, 22 August 2021 (UTC)
On 24 August 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 537 Votes, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that 537 Votes, documenting the controversial 2000 United States presidential election in Florida, was released in the run-up to the 2020 United States presidential election? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/537 Votes. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, 537 Votes), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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 Elli, Thanks for reaching out. Have question about creating a new Sandbox, and then locating after creation. I have created a new one, but now cannot find it. Thanks for any guidance Suzanne -- Smela07 ( talk) 18:01, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
Recently you are redirected my article History of Salem, Tamil Nadu to the article Salem, Tamil Nadu, can I recreate the article with my own words, I want your permission to create. Thank you! Dhaneesh 💙 Ram 08:12, 27 August 2021 (UTC)
On 27 August 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Presidential Ballots, 1836–1892, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Presidential Ballots, 1836–1892 was reviewed by Richard P. McCormick, who wrote that it "should stimulate a host of studies in the little-explored field of American political behavior"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Presidential Ballots, 1836–1892. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, Presidential Ballots, 1836–1892), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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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Who are my 42 talkpage stalkers? Feel free to drop a reply or just click the "thank" button on this edit if you want to be less conspicuous, I'm just very curious. Thanks all (and thanks for watching :3)! Elli ( talk | contribs) 01:28, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
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Thank you for your final work on Ardfern, it was appreciated especially as the case winded down. I look forward to seeing you here again. Every bit that you do helps. Sennecaster ( Chat) 12:29, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
hi -- Gwhitlow ( talk) 09:32, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
I have an article to submit, already edited and submitted to Wikipedia editors, but I have no idea if I submitted it properly. Each time I check, it still requests to submit for review (blue box), which I thought I had already done. It's all of two paragraphs. -- Gwhitlow ( talk) 06:40, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
Thank you, Elli. A bit confused, because when I do submit for review, the next thing I see is a large template page with many down arrows inside but none of my text. Below this it has the blue box "Publish changes". Now, I had received two acknowledgments ("Your notices") stating I had made my first edit and the other welcoming me to Wikipedia, so perhaps it is already under review. As for citations, there are several available, including existing Wiki pages created by others. -- Gwhitlow ( talk) 08:04, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
Thanks. Do I place the sources as URLs directly in the Publish box? I can easily do that. -- Gwhitlow ( talk) 08:09, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
I have added 6 references. After selecting "Publish changes", I received the following message: Draft article not currently submitted for review. This is a draft Articles for creation (AfC) submission. It is not currently pending review.", and another blue box below to "Submit the draft for review". Do I need to again submit for review? -- Gwhitlow ( talk) 08:42, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
I attempted to strengthen it with some published articles, etc., but I think I will need to change some of the citations to footnotes, as I think Fade was suggesting. -- Gwhitlow ( talk) 14:30, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
I do not know how to use Lua, so this is the next best thing. I am hoping I could integrate this into {{ Canada NTS Map Sheet}}, to automatically add names to NTS map sheet references. -- Denelson 83 05:39, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
I do not know how to use Lua, so this is the next best thing. I am hoping I could integrate this into {{ Canada NTS Map Sheet}}, to automatically add names to NTS map sheet references. -- Denelson 83 05:39, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
Good day i would like to know how to insert my information so that if people are searching for me they can find me easly -- Myeko Miso ( talk) 15:10, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I just wanted to tell you that I have the link to the source, I was just unsure how to put it in there - the link is this. My DYK nomination is here. -- Cukrakalnis ( talk) 08:36, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
Hello, Elli,
Thank you for tagging all of those hoax articles. I vaguely remember encountering this editor before, they created a lot of articles on American Horror Story seasons that hadn't aired yet. Have you run into them before, do they always edit as an IP or are they a blocked editor? Thanks again. Liz Read! Talk! 04:43, 7 September 2021 (UTC)
Hey! I was wondering where are you at with your User:Elli/rcat standardization project. I was researching something related to see how section ids and anchor ids are generated and it would seem that by checking the target ID, the template can determine if the target is a section ({{ R to section}}) or anchor ({{ R to anchor}}). Gonnym ( talk) 12:34, 9 September 2021 (UTC)
On 12 September 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Presidential Vote, 1896–1932, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that as documented in The Presidential Vote, 1896–1932, fewer than a quarter of the United States' counties voted for the same party in every presidential election from 1896 to 1932? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Presidential Vote, 1896–1932. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page ( here's how, The Presidential Vote, 1896–1932), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. 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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Someone vandalized on Georgia's senate election 2020 (Raphael Warnock and Kelly Loeffler) i tried reverting it but its too much. Can you help? also he vandalized the one With David Perdue and Jon Ossoff, but i could fix that one. Trenton 1214 ( talk) 22:07, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
His name is Glide08, and he removed run-off election votes Trenton 1214 ( talk) 22:25, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
Ok thanks Trenton 1214 ( talk) 22:26, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
Also sorry about what happened on the recall page. I was trying to add John H. Cox, but I realized that it removed the whole first part of the article. So I tried to reverse it. But you already did it. Trenton 1214 ( talk) 22:32, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
I saw John H. Cox on the Washington post. So I got my information from there Trenton 1214 ( talk) 22:33, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
Oh ok Trenton 1214 ( talk) 22:35, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
Ok will do. Trenton 1214 ( talk) 22:37, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
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Hi, Elli: I created an article for an individual who I thought merited one. This person already had a redirect page. Should have done something with the redirect page rather than creating an entirely new article? I've included links below. Thanks very much for your help. Melissa
REDIRECT PAGE: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Josh_Kiszka&redirect=no
MY ARTICLE: /info/en/?search=Draft:Josh_Kiszka -- LibrarianAtLarge ( talk) 22:28, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
Thanks very much! -- LibrarianAtLarge ( talk) 17:49, 21 September 2021 (UTC)
Hello, Elli,
Could you pace yourself on tagging articles as PRODs? Right now, there are 137 tagged PRODs expiring next Monday and they each have to be evaluated by an admin. There are only two or three admins who regularly patrol these categories every day and there are typically only 15-30 PRODs expiring each day so this is a big increase. If there are any more pages to tag, please wait a day to do the remainder. Thank you! Liz Read! Talk! 19:29, 20 September 2021 (UTC)
how to create a page -- Translatemyproject ( talk) 05:54, 24 September 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I hope you are having a great day. I have a quick question about RI. 2020 presidential turnout. Is the turnout supposed to have 7.4pp after the arrow to show you an increase from 2016 election turnout? Because the 2016 election had that for the 2012 election. RonMcDonald721 ( talk) 22:53, 27 September 2021 (UTC)
Okay, thank you. I just wanted to know because it didn't look normal RonMcDonald721 ( talk) 23:01, 27 September 2021 (UTC)
Ok, so I added 7.6pp, but I'm not going to put a source down because I don't know where to get one. RonMcDonald721 ( talk) 23:10, 27 September 2021 (UTC)
Is that okay? RonMcDonald721 ( talk) 23:18, 27 September 2021 (UTC)
Ok thank you RonMcDonald721 ( talk) 23:49, 27 September 2021 (UTC)
Ebbedlila ( talk) 18:33, 2 October 2021 (UTC)
Qwerfjkl, I don't have access to AWB. Ebbedlila ( talk) 11:57, 9 October 2021 (UTC)
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Hi im Will, nice to meet you. This is what i have figured so far. Editing pages and the ..... hypertext links. Do you know how to create pages ?? -- F6IDpatch0001 ( talk) 19:30, 7 October 2021 (UTC)
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Hi. What you did to Maciste All'Inferno makes no sense to me. I see lots of refs using it either with all uppercase initials (" Maciste All'Inferno"), or with lowercase, Maciste all'inferno. But I can't find refs using the mixed casing you applied to the page. Please revert your changes. — capmo ( talk) 20:19, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
Hi Elli! I have assigned to you as my mentor and I actually have a question to ask you... I recently created a page, but accidentally I wrote the name without capital letters on the URL and page title. Do you know how to fix it? -- Mvcervi ( talk) 05:49, 13 October 2021 (UTC)
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List of governors of California by age has also been included in the nomination with List of governors of Texas by age. OCNative ( talk) 22:22, 13 October 2021 (UTC)
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Hi again, Elli. Thank you for your previous answer. I would like to ask you for something else. Could you check the page that I have recently created and tell me how can I improve it? Lee Joo-sung -- Mvcervi ( talk) 03:04, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
Mvcervi sure - I'm about to sleep now but I'll take a look tomorrow. Elli ( talk | contribs) 03:17, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
I just wanted to say hi. Cwater1 ( talk) 02:37, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
Thought I could say hi Cwater1 ( talk) 03:10, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
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Hello, Elli,
Before deleting all of these pages that you tagged for uncontroversial deletion, I'd like to see that you notified or spoke to Oshwah about this. It doesn't look like you have. They aren't technically User pages but they do concern his Userspace. Liz Read! Talk! 01:15, 19 October 2021 (UTC)
{{editnotice subpages|TalkPageArchives}}
(that is pretty unintuitive so I don't blame him). I figured since that was his original intent, and the display of the editnotice would not change at all, that he would not mind, and tagging these for speedy deletion would save time compared to taking them to, say, TfD.
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Hey Elli! I'm doing my first GA review over at Talk:Susan Catania/GA1, and since I'm pretty sure you're knowledgeable about Wikipedia's norms surrounding election info, I'm hoping you can take a peek at Susan Catania#Electoral history and let me know whether you think it's appropriate. I'm not asking because I think it isn't – I'm just genuinely not sure. Thanks so much! ezlev ( user/ tlk/ ctrbs) 05:23, 20 October 2021 (UTC)