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Question from Zalioukstudies (13:40, 23 November 2025)

Hi Tankishguy :) I hope you are well. I would like to ask you, when a Wiki page contains uncited anecdotal evidence, do you leave it there? I have other information which I could cite but I am hesitant to delete any work before mine ... Just wondering how you would approach that and if it is better to just cite what I can and leave the rest as it is.

Thank you!! --Zalioukstudies (talk) 13:40, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Zalioukstudies Take it out immediately. That stuff has no place on Wikipedia, thank you for asking Tank ish guy 14:22, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Zalioukstudies remember to use good quality sources! Tank ish guy 14:38, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

thank you for your help!! Zalioukstudies (talk) 19:23, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can you link the link of your revert? Tank ish guy 21:17, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

hey @Tankishguy, apologies i did not reply sooner - i was not sure what you meant by 'revert' and i am still learning about editing here, but now i understand you. i haven't altered the article yet but i will share with you once i do so. thanks again for your guidance. Zalioukstudies (talk) 16:41, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Coolone67801 (11:56, 8 December 2025)

Hello tankishguy! I see that base infinity is not in Wikipedia, firstly can you please make page about base infinity, also im firstly seen this on numberblocks band maked by fith2049, secondly almost all of my edits are gone soo can you please bring back all of my edits back (you can see all of my edits in view history), that's all I need bye! --Coolone67801 (talk) 11:56, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

no. Tank ish guy 15:04, 8 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Question from Franchiskii (03:01, 10 December 2025)

So I’m a rapper and i wanted to create my own information and about me. How can I do that? --Franchiskii (talk) 03:01, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Franchiskii: In general, you don't. See WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Further, Wikipedia is not a social media platform and not a means to promote yourself. Unless there is significant coverage in reliable, secondary sources attesting to your notability, it's highly unlikely an article about you would be accepted here. See also WP:GNG/WP:NMUSICIAN. --Hammersoft (talk) 03:13, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Hammersoft! Tank ish guy 14:00, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Falcopunch145 (07:55, 10 December 2025)

How do I format summaries of my changes? --Falcopunch145 (talk) 07:55, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

there should be a summary box. In general, just put what you did inside the box. Tank ish guy 14:10, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

December 2025

Hello, I'm Kvinnen. I noticed that you recently removed content from Cà Mau province without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. Kvinnen (talk) 14:30, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

removed promotional words Tank ish guy 14:31, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome!

Hello, Tankishguy!

I noticed your contributions and wanted to welcome you to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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Happy editing! Cheers, Tank ish guy 23:18, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I welcomed myself. a sad reality of the fact wikipedia needs more people to welcome others and show them the ropes. Tank ish guy 23:20, 12 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Abumoh00 (21:29, 13 December 2025)

Note: Abumoh00's mentor Bunnypranav is away.

Hey Bunny & Tankish. Thanks for your mentorship.

I've run into one editor in my short time editing (TarnishedPath), who went through my edit history to mass revert edits that I think are quite good or close to it. I was trying to figure out why, and after looking into it they seem to be explicitly critical or in support of certain articles/entities and their edit history/explanations shows a political POV.

Dealing with them has been exhausting, and after seeing others who have to deal with them, it looks like they only get more stubborn and in any somewhat politics-related article are unwilling to improve articles for the project, instead of pushing a specific view of the world.

How do I go about dealing with this? Is an interaction ban okay? If so, what does that entail? --Abumoh00 (talk) 21:29, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I do not see any bias TarnishedPath (can you comment?) has by reverting your edits. from what I see, they are trying to help. This can be seen as an aspersion. Tank ish guy 01:55, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

we all have bias; I'm not alleging TarnishedPath is unique in that regard; their contributions from what I can see do push specific narratives, or are either pro and or against an entity rather than trying to reach a neutral assessment. I can provide links if needed but I'm not here to character judge; that observed bias was a side observation I made when trying to figure out why one editor was mass reverting my edits across articles and very difficult to engage with in finding common ground or addressing points I've raised (e.g., saying "I just disagree" without addressing good faith, logical points in talk pages).

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Maybe it's just the inherent coldness of text communication (can't solve that :/), but I did not get the impression they want to work together; e.g., on the 'Canada's National Observer (CNO)' article I got the impression they're more inclined to just block any info that might be nuanced or critical of the org, citing policy like WP:Coatrack even though this is false on it's face (they wanted to remove a citation/text because the legal entity of CNO was referenced instead of CNO, even though that's how law works; you sue a legal entity, not the flagship/only publication of that entity); which, I think it's reasonable to say, along with the other evidence, easily gives the impression they aren't engaging in good faith (not saying they aren't; that's the impression these actions reasonably convey). Abumoh00 (talk) 02:06, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Tankishguy, I'll comment when I'm back at home in front of my PC. @Abumoh00 as advised by Tankish, those are definetly asperions you're making about me and you need to strike your allegations against me. TarnishedPath^talk 02:07, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Abumoh00, AFAIK I've only edited two articles which you have edited, Grokipedia and Canada's National Observer. Both of those articles have been on my watchlist for a while. You would have discovered that I had previously edited both if you cared to looked at my contribution histories for either respective articles. If you're going to make statements that I am going through your edit history and mass reverting everything you do, you need to support those sorts of accusations. Please read WP:AGF and WP:ASPERSIONS.

On the subject of your edits, you seem to be labouring under the misapprehension that once I've laid out my objections to an edit that I am moving forward obliged to answer every comment you make thereafter. That is simply not the case. In both instances I have given you policy based responses. If you don't like my responses, or think yours is better that is no reason to continue reverting to reintroduce your preferred versions. Either you obtain consensus or you don't. If you don't, it's really not the end of the world and there are various avenues to dispute resolution if you really do think I'm wrong. TarnishedPath^talk 03:52, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

for sure; I reached out for a third opinion on them, as yes you're right no one can force anyone to explain their objections or respond to good-faith logical responses.

It is I think fair to hope that editors do though, lest to come across as stonewalling for a particular end (in this case pro-CNO, anti-Grok; when we should instead be looking for neutral evaluations of all).

You've edited a lot articles is my impression; my claim was that you *mass* reverted as opposed to trying to work together on improvements, did so immediately one after the other on articles I edited, cited policy to support points that as mentioned above (e.g., CNO vs. legal entity), quite reasonably can appear as bad-faith. Abumoh00 (talk) 04:00, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

re: yes I've looked at your contribution histories; that's where I saw the history of edit wars, blunt dismissive engagements with others (maybe part of this is just text communication's lack of context however), and comments like:

"Of course a research piece for a American think tank is going to confuse left-wing with liberals. Calling the Democrats, who are strongly is support of capitalism and engage in continuous wars, left-wing is wrong-headed when considering global politics. That the research found positive sentiment for Scott Morrison (a conservative Australian former prime-minister) just makes a joke of the whole argument."

or here advocating for Jacobin and against well-respected (although Wiki editors do ahve methodoloical concerns) 3rd party media bias rater Ad Fontes: https://teknopedia.ac.id/wiki/Wikipedia%3AReliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_467

It's fine to be left or right of liberal (or far left for that matter), but in my experience engaging with people further to the extremes becomes less productive because I don't see how a far left or far right person could consistently & easily see the world in an NPOV manner, or contribute to a staunchly non-political technical project like Wiki. Abumoh00 (talk) 04:26, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Guavas111vh (03:08, 15 December 2025)

Hello Sir, I want to create an Article about Professor NK Gourha, How should i do that --Guavas111vh (talk) 03:08, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

see WP:YFA Tank ish guy 03:10, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Trouted X2!

Whack!

You've been whacked with a wet trout.

Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

Whack!

You've been whacked with a wet trout.

Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

Tank ish guy 23:06, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Filing SPIs

Hi Tankishguy. I noticed that most of the SPIs you have recently filed were declined for one reason or another. SPI is a fairly complex corner of the administrative section of the encyclopaedia; I'd suggest steering clear of it until you naturally gather some more experience through the course of editing. If you insist, I'd recommend at the very least reading various SPI instructionals, such as User:Blablubbs/How to file a good SPI. Thank you. DatGuy^Talk_Contribs 12:32, 17 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Think big 001 (17:37, 17 December 2025)

please mentor i am a musician and i wish to add my profile here please guide me --Think big 001 (talk) 17:37, 17 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

see WP:YFA and WP:AUTO Tank ish guy 19:19, 17 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Question from Khronostasis (Timeless Innovation) on User:Khronostasis (Timeless Innovation) (04:51, 19 December 2025)

Hello ,I want to ask before i publish,it can be approved by Wikipedia

Khronostasis

Khronostasis is an independent innovation-focused brand centered on the exploration of timeless systems, future-oriented thinking, and long-term technological vision. The brand explores how concepts of time, continuity, and progress influence innovation, strategic design, and emerging technologies.

Founded in the United States, Khronostasis positions itself at the intersection of futurism, systems thinking, and innovation philosophy, emphasizing durability, foresight, and relevance beyond short-term trends.

Overview

Khronostasis is built around the concept of timeless innovation, a framework that prioritizes sustainable ideas, forward-looking structures, and long-range impact. Rather than focusing on short-lived technological trends, the brand emphasizes principles intended to remain relevant across generations of technological change.

The name “Khronostasis” derives from the Greek words khrónos (time) and stásis (state or balance), reflecting the brand’s focus on continuity and equilibrium within innovation processes.

Philosophy and Approach

The brand’s philosophy centers on the belief that meaningful innovation requires a long-term perspective. Khronostasis promotes strategic thinking that integrates technological evolution, human systems, and future readiness.

Its conceptual approach combines elements of futurism, innovation strategy, and systems design, often addressing themes such as permanence, adaptability, and technological legacy.

Brand Identity

Khronostasis maintains a minimalist and futuristic identity, frequently associated with abstract representations of time, balance, and progress. Its visual and conceptual language is designed to avoid direct association with short-term design trends, reinforcing its emphasis on longevity and conceptual clarity.

Activities

Khronostasis engages in conceptual development, brand research, and innovation-oriented --Khronostasis (Timeless Innovation) (talk) 04:51, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

this is WP:PROMOTION. Tank ish guy 13:14, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Think big 001 (13:10, 19 December 2025)

i made an article on sandbox draft i have made tow changes after i publish on draft what should i do again --Think big 001 (talk) 13:10, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I can't understand the grammar on this question. Tank ish guy 13:17, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

i meant to say i have mad an article on the sandbox draft and i wish to publish it soon Think big 001 (talk) 10:01, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can you link it? Tank ish guy 14:02, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

https://teknopedia.ac.id/wiki/User:Think_big_001/sandbox Think big 001 (talk) 15:30, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

this draft is undeniably promotional. Tank ish guy 17:32, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Again, WP:YFA, WP:AUTO and WP:PROMO Tank ish guy 17:34, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Iberian-colchian on User:Iberianlover (07:19, 22 December 2025)

I want change name top of --Iberian-colchian (talk) 07:19, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

? I can't understand your meaning. Tank ish guy 15:24, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Question from Ziotheo (09:59, 24 December 2025)

Why do people don't like my edits when im telling the truth --Ziotheo (talk) 09:59, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Invangelist (15:33, 24 December 2025)

Hi. I was wondering if it's possible for me to create a page about in-house creative agencies. I write and speak extensively on this topic, and noticed that there isn't a page dedicated to this topic.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated! --Invangelist (talk) 15:33, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy holidays!

Hello Tankishguy: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, – LuniZunie_(talk) 02:28, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@LuniZunie :) Tank ish guy 14:19, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Season's Greetings}} to send this message

Question from Jason Valkyri (16:14, 26 December 2025)

Hello Tankishguy!

Thank you for being my mentor. As I start editing, I'm very curious about the "behind-the-scenes" quality control.

Could you explain what an entry or a major revision typically goes through? For instance, once I publish an edit, does it undergo a formal internal review process by a group of editors, or is it more of a decentralized peer-monitoring system? I often see notices about articles being "checked" or "refined" multiple times—is there a specific lifecycle for an entry to be considered "verified"?

I'm eager to learn how to better collaborate with the community to ensure my contributions meet Wikipedia's high standards. Thanks again for your time! --Jason Valkyri (talk) 16:14, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The answer to your first question is that it's a peer monitoring system. The answer to your second question is That new articles are checked through review processes such as Articles for Creation Or New Page Patrol. Past that there is some further content review, being, in order of quality, Peer Review, Did you know, And Good or Featured articles. Featured articles and Did you know are on the main page. Tank ish guy 04:43, 28 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for getting back to you after so long. Tank ish guy 04:44, 28 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Tankishguy,

Thank you so much for the detailed insights! Your explanation of the "peer monitoring system" and the different quality tiers really helped me understand the decentralized nature of Wikipedia.

I am planning to focus my contributions on Richard Wagner. Given your expertise in AV work, I would love to ask: Does Wikipedia generally support embedding audio or video files directly within an entry, or are there specific technical hurdles I should be aware of?

Furthermore, I’m curious about the community's efforts in restoring classical music archives. Are there ongoing AV restoration projects for historical recordings by masters like Furtwängler, Toscanini, or Karajan? I’d love to know how Wikipedia manages the copyright and technical restoration for such significant cultural heritages.

Looking forward to your professional perspective!

Best regards, Jason Valkyri Jason Valkyri (talk) 09:14, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) Jason Valkyri Please do not use LLMs to write your responses. Many editors who prefer to talk to humans view it as disrespectful. See WP:LLMTALK. HurricaneZeta^C 20:12, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Exactly. Tank ish guy 21:15, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry,Tankishguy.I was not farmiliar with the rules,and I am afraid to make misunderstanding.So would you please teach me about the problems?I am a real people. Jason Valkyri (talk) 01:35, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I didnt realize it was a LLM. Scary Wikiman2230 00:47, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

sorry for that,frankly speaking,I am not a English native speaker,and I am a freshman to Wiki.I heard the famous wiki since I was a child,also I really respect the Big Shot like Tankishguy and HurricaneZeta.So I just want to be more polite and serious through gemini'polishment.Really sorry for that and I promise I would not use AI anymore.Thanks for everyone's notice! Jason Valkyri (talk) 01:28, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm glad your apologizing for your misuse of Artificial Intelligence on the English Wikipedia. By any chance, what language do you speak? Wikiman2230 01:29, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks,well,my native language is Chinese.And I realize that the big problem of Chinese Wikipedia named Baidu.Propaganda and misleading buried countless truth,Baidu is not reliable at all.So I really appreciate Wikipedia repect the truth,freedom and equality!So Wikipedia means very important to me.I especially admire the quality of Wikipedia-objectivity and rigor,and I also want to spread it. Jason Valkyri (talk) 05:15, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jason Valkyri so, you know that little en prefix on the website domain? replace the en with zh, and that's how you get to the chinese wikipedia. you do have to use a vpn, though. Tank ish guy 05:18, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your suggestion,I will do this！ Jason Valkyri (talk) 05:30, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jason Valkyri That's good that you won't use AI, but there are other language Wikipedias. You can find the Wikipedia in your native language and contribute there - while this is the highest viewed version of Wikipedia, there are active communities and readers of other language Wikipedias that will appreciate your work, especially if your version of Wikipedia isn't completely fleshed out and needs some help.

None of us here are "big shots" or anything, we try to promote equality and don't have any extra say in discussions regarding various things around here. HurricaneZeta^C 01:42, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your suggestion,HurricaneZeta!I will help to build English and Chinese Wiki,and I am very eager to learn from you all,please give me more guidance in the future. Jason Valkyri (talk) 05:26, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jason Valkyri quick sidenote, we do not call wikipedia "wiki", instead we usually attach the ISO language code if we're talking about wikipedia, as a wiki is a type of website. Tank ish guy 05:29, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

OK,I understand,Tankishguy,I know it should called en.wikipedia and ch.wikipedia.Thanks for the teaching. Jason Valkyri (talk) 05:35, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jason Valkyri that only applies if you're talking about one wikipedia inside of another wikipedia Tank ish guy 05:36, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Got it,Thanks! Jason Valkyri (talk) 05:47, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Neerajkannz on The Sports Hub (04:08, 29 December 2025)

Lot of options are not visible while I try to edit a wikipedia page using my smartphone --Neerajkannz (talk) 04:08, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sadly, there is nothing I can do about that. If you have a computer, The absolute best thing you can do is edit from that. Tank ish guy 05:44, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from ThePlaneWikiGuy (23:01, 29 December 2025)

I'm making a wiki article in my sandbox. The main idea is about an airport in Indonesia, called "Kiwirok Airport". Its a famous airport for its small, and curved runway. The runway is curved due to the short amount of space where it is, which is on a mountain. Is there anyway I can add stuff to my article? --ThePlaneWikiGuy (talk) 23:01, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Coolone67801 (18:14, 30 December 2025)

I researched and limit of calculator on android maded by GOOGLE LLC has limit of 2^250,000, if you see my requests,

Ultimate list of numbers soon :) --Coolone67801 (talk) 18:14, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from GodlyOutput (18:00, 3 January 2026)

I am attempting to edit stuff about Venezuela as our President made announcements and people have put the wrong information over the operation & Venezuela’s Page needs to be edited to say Under US occupation. --GodlyOutput (talk) 18:00, 3 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

GodlyOutput that's because the page is protected. I am not checking to what extent. Tank ish guy 18:05, 3 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Plspain (18:24, 9 January 2026)

Hey! I wanted to Edit the Poland page and replace the anthem by the official instrumental version instead of the US Navy band. Please help me how to do it. Thanks! --Plspain (talk) 18:24, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Plspain generally on wikipedia, we use US Navy band recordings as a kind of unwritten rule. I couldn't tell you why. Tank ish guy 08:51, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2026-03

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The Wikimedia Foundation has shared some guiding questions for the July 2026–June 2027 Annual Plan on Meta and Diff. These focus on global trends, faster and healthier experimentation, better support for newcomers, strengthening editors and advanced users, improving collaboration across projects, and growing and retaining readership. Feedback and ideas are welcome on the talk page.

Updates for editors

As part of the current work of Community Tech team on the Multiple watchlists project, the display of EditWatchlist will be updated as a first step towards multiple watchlists. Additionally, the pagination on Search will be updated too, as a part of the work on the Revamp pagination / page navigation wish. [11]
The Global Watchlist is a MediaWiki extension that lets you see your watchlists from different wikis on the same page. It was recently updated to look more like the regular Watchlist, such as preparing it for temporary accounts in IP masking (including rerouting user links to contributions pages), making page titles bold, and opening links in edit summaries and tags in new browser tabs. [12][13][14][15]
View all 28 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, the issue where global blocks did not have the option to disable sending emails, has now been fixed, and will be available for use in the week of January 13. [16]

Updates for technical contributors

The VisualEditor citation tool and Reference Previews now support "map" as a reference type. [17]
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Question from GrampsDrew (20:28, 14 January 2026)

I was looking to add sources to the page for "Objective Media Group" (link attached), and the history section starts with the date of the founding of the company, and that seemed simple enough to verify. My immediate thought was to look up business records for the incorporation of the company, and I found them. Is that a good source? If so, how would that be cited?

https://teknopedia.ac.id/wiki/Objective_Media_Group --GrampsDrew (talk) 20:28, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Question from Artemis343 (21:50, 16 January 2026)

Hi, sorry but I have a question regarding the image editting. I found a wrong (or at least very confusing) image. Some ppl already noticed that before me and wrote about it in the comments, but eventhough that was almost a year ago now, the picture is still there. I would like to replace it with a correct scheme picture, but I am not sure whether I can do that or if someone with more seniority has to do that, especially since it on a rather big and important page (it is the first scheme picture on the Atomic number page). --Artemis343 (talk) 21:50, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Artemis343 the first question I am going to ask is if it has a lock of any color on the top right, if you view using a computer? Tank ish guy 21:54, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

no I don't see any lock on the page Artemis343 (talk) 21:58, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Artemis343 then you should be able to just make a new image and replace it Tank ish guy 21:59, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

perfect! thanks so much Artemis343 (talk) 22:19, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Artemis343 you're welcome Tank ish guy 22:20, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Rilwan2025 (05:42, 17 January 2026)

I would like to create a Wikipedia page for a public figure. Could you help me guide through it --Rilwan2025 (talk) 05:42, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

see WP:YFA Tank ish guy 00:51, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question from ShantanuARajurkar (22:04, 17 January 2026)

I am finding it difficult to add Tables in my article, please help --ShantanuARajurkar (talk) 22:04, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Simo officiel (16:59, 18 January 2026)

كيف أقوم بإنشاء مرجع ؟ --Simo officiel (talk) 16:59, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

إذا كنت تستخدم محررًا مرئيًا، فانقر فوق الزر الذي يحمل عبارة "cite"، والصق الرابط إلى موقع الويب المذكور، ثم انقر فوق "create" (كملاحظة جانبية، يرجى استخدام ويكيبيديا العربية إذا لم تتمكن من التواصل أو إضافة محتوى باللغة الإنجليزية، على ar.teknopedia.teknokrat.ac.id Tank ish guy 20:17, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Just a note, I do not know Arabic at all, And I used Google Translate. Tank ish guy 20:17, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Dawgs.html on The Pop Manifesto (15:30, 19 January 2026)

Hello, how do I cite something and is there a way to do it properly? Any tips? --Dawgs.html (talk) 15:30, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

If you are using visual editor, there should be a button That says cite. Input the link to your citation, and click create. That's the simplest way to do it. Tank ish guy 20:05, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2026-04

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Updates for editors

The tray shown on Special:Diff in mobile view has been redesigned. It is now collapsed by default, and incorporates a link to undo the edit being viewed, making it easier for mobile editors and reviewers to take action while keeping the interface uncluttered. [18]
The Global Watchlist lets you view your watchlists from multiple wikis on one page. The extension continues to improve — it now automatically determines the text direction (ensuring correct display of sites with unusual domain names) and shows detailed descriptions for log actions. Later this week, a new permanent link for page creations and CSS classes for each entry element will be added. [19][20][21][22]
View all 32 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, the previously observed issue in Vector 2022, where anchor link targets were obscured by the sticky header, has now been addressed. [23]

Updates for technical contributors

As mentioned in the October 2025 deprecation announcement, MediaWiki Interfaces team will begin sunsetting all transform endpoints containing a trailing slash from the MediaWiki REST API the week of January 26. Changes are expected to roll out to all wikis on or before January 30th. All API users currently calling them are encouraged to transition to the non-trailing slash versions. Both endpoint variations can be found, compared, and tested using the REST Sandbox. If you have questions or encounter any problems, please file a ticket in Phabricator to the #MW-Interfaces-Team board.
Interactive reference documentation for the Wikimedia REST API has moved. Requests to API docs previously hosted through RESTBase (e.g.: https://teknopedia.ac.id/api/rest_v1/) are now redirected to the REST Sandbox.
The WMF Wikidata Platform team (WDP) has published its January 2026 newsletter. It includes updates on the legacy full-graph endpoint decommissioning, the User-Agent policy change, the monthly Blazegraph migration office hours, and efforts to reduce regressions caused by the legacy endpoint shutdown. As a reminder, you can subscribe to the WDP newsletter!
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Meetings and events

The Wikimedia Hackathon Northwestern Europe 2026 will take place on 13-14 March 2026 in Arnhem, the Netherlands. Applications opened mid-December and will close soon or when capacity is reached. It's a two-day, technically oriented hackathon bringing together Wikimedians from the region. Hope to see you there!

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Question from Dannymanic (23:13, 21 January 2026)

I would like to create a page for myself --Dannymanic (talk) 23:13, 21 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2026-05

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Updates for editors

Wikimedia Foundation invites comments on proposed future of the Product and Technology Advisory Council until 28 February.
All users with registered accounts can now use passkeys for two-factor authentication (2FA). Passkeys are a simple way to log in without using a second device. They verify the user's identity using a fingerprint, face scan, or a PIN code. To set up a passkey, first set up a regular 2FA method. Currently, to log in with a passkey, users must also use a password. Later this quarter, passwordless login will allow users to log in with a single click and a passkey. Users with advanced rights will also be required to have 2FA enabled. This is part of the Account Security project.
Unregistered contributors on blocked IPs or blocked IP ranges can now interact on-wiki to appeal a block by creating a temporary account to appeal a block on the user talk page, unless the "prevent this user from editing their own talk page" is enabled. This solves the problem of logged-out users unable to use the default unblock process via user talk page. [24]
View all 20 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, the Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) methods description on the management page has been updated. It is now clearer and easier for users to understand and make use of. [25]

Updates for technical contributors

A new AbuseFilter variable, account_type, has been added to provide a reliable way to determine the account type being created in the createaccount and autocreateaccount actions. As part of this change, the variable accountname has been renamed to account_name, and accountname is now deprecated. Edit filter managers should update any filters that use hardcoded account type checks or the deprecated variable. [26]
Image thumbnails that are requested in non-standard sizes, and using non-standard methods such as direct requests to upload.wikimedia.org/… will stop working in the near future. This change is to prevent ongoing external abuse by web-scrapers and bots. Some users with custom CSS/JS, Interface Admins who can fix gadgets and local skins, and Tool-authors, will need to update their code to use standard thumbnail sizes. Details, search-links, and examples of how to fix them, are available in the task.
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Question from Rebecca.seloi (08:57, 27 January 2026)

Hello Can you help compile the following in to a report People were gathered from all corners of the country to come and discuss issues concerning tourism in our country. And to come up with solutions as to how we can improve tourism in our country. Promoting private public partnership. A lot of issues were raised from both the public and private entities, including community beneficiation from the natural resources around them, how the investors are associating with the community, and improving transportation around the tourism areas. Several examples were sited like providing employment to the locals, helping in the community at large such as ploughing for them and building general dealership. Engaging the community as partners in the management of the natural resources and corporate governance within the community-based projects. Setting principles like accountability, transparency and responsibility. Providing education to the people and getting the process right, protocols are being observed and providing resources. They also came up with models that can make the tourism succeed like community uplifting, secure community rights, strong governance structures, professional management, markets, infrastructure, skill diversification and making sure that the skills we put on the market is what the market needs. Providing technical advisory, border efficiency, regulation changes in terms of tariffs, Collaborations through competitions, and strengthening the Botswana Tourism Organization through the tourism levy. One of the models that was highlighted was connectivity both locally and internationally. Providing airstrip infrastructures Encouraging private sector to engage local artists in the marketing and branding of their businesses. Financing the private sector. Developing, sustaining and facilitating tourism projects we had organizations like CEDA, LEA, World Bank and the National Development Bank. --Rebecca.seloi (talk) 08:57, 27 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Can you compile that in to a report Rebecca.seloi (talk) 09:01, 27 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

no Tank ish guy 16:59, 27 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Shailendra D. Bramhane (17:29, 28 January 2026)

Hi friends --Shailendra D. Bramhane (talk) 17:29, 28 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

... Tank ish guy 22:43, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question from ALankowicz (23:30, 28 January 2026)

How do I change an image upload I made into Wikicommons? --ALankowicz (talk) 23:30, 28 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Question from Vuyisile vuyo on User:~2026-68288-5 (10:18, 31 January 2026)

2026 68288 5 --Vuyisile vuyo (talk) 10:18, 31 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Enura (10:06, 2 February 2026)

Hi, I'm new here, and I want to publish two articles. One regarding a company and another regarding its owner. I have sources from local newspapers to back the information I'm going to write about. How must I proceed? --Enura (talk) 10:06, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2026-06

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Updates for editors

The "Page information" feature, which gives validating information about a page (example), now automatically includes a table of contents. If there is a local MediaWiki:Pageinfo-header page created by individual users, it can now be removed. [27]
View all 21 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, VisualEditor previously added bold or italic formatting inside link descriptions, making the wikicode complex. This has now been fixed. [28]

Updates for technical contributors

There was no XML dump on 20 January. Additionally, from now on, dumps will be generated once per month only. [29]
The MediaWiki Interfaces team removed support for all transform endpoints containing a trailing slash from the MediaWiki REST API. All API users currently calling those endpoints are encouraged to transition to the non-trailing slash versions. If you have questions or encounter any problems, please file a ticket in phabricator to the #MW-Interfaces-Team board.
Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki

Weekly highlight

Users are reminded that the Wikimedia Foundation has shared some guiding questions for the July 2026–June 2027 Annual Plan on Meta and Diff. These focus on global trends, faster and healthier experimentation, better support for newcomers, strengthening editors and advanced users, improving collaboration across projects, and growing and retaining readership. Feedback and ideas are welcome on the talk page.

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Question from Yct Jenaiyha on Soda lake (20:00, 4 February 2026)

Is there any difference between the soda lake and an Ocean, excluding the surface area and aquatic ecosystem? --Yct Jenaiyha (talk) 20:00, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Yct Jenaiyha (22:17, 5 February 2026)

What I can I do in order to become a legal employee in Wikipedia-site --Yct Jenaiyha (talk) 22:17, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Yct Jenaiyha (22:18, 5 February 2026)

What can I do in order to become an employee in Wikipedian-site? --Yct Jenaiyha (talk) 22:19, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Yct Jenaiyha gonna have to say you may not have the proficiency in English. best to go to your home wikipedia and edit there. Tank ish guy 00:01, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question from McAzul on RTVE (17:13, 6 February 2026)

Everytime I click on edit I can't get to the History section. I'm on mobile btw. Thx =D --McAzul (talk) 17:13, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried scrolling? jk, You should probably bring it up at the teahouse. Tank ish guy 04:21, 9 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Alr. Can give an image if you want to. McAzul (talk) 15:38, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2026-07

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Updates for editors

Logged-in contributors who manage large or complex watchlists can now organise and filter watched pages in ways that improve their workflows with the new Watchlist labels feature. By adding custom labels (for example: pages you created, pages being monitored for vandalism, or discussion pages) users can more quickly identify what needs attention, reduce cognitive load, and respond more efficiently. This improves watchlist usability, especially for highly active editors.
A new feature available on Special:Contributions shows temporary accounts that are likely operated by the same person, and so makes patrolling less time-consuming. Upon checking contributions of a temporary account, users with access to temporary account IP addresses can now see a view of contributions from the related temporary accounts. The feature looks up all the IPs associated with a given temporary account within the data retention period and shows all the contributions of all temporary accounts that have used these IPs. Learn more. [30]
When editors preview a wikitext edit, the reminder box that they are only seeing a preview (which is shown at the top), now has a grey/neutral background instead of a yellow/warning background. This makes it easier to distinguish preview notes from actual warnings (for example, edit conflicts or problematic redirect targets), which will now be shown in separate warning or error boxes. [31]
The Global Watchlist lets you view your watchlists from multiple wikis on one page. The extension continues to improve — it now properly supports more than one Wikibase site, for example both Wikidata and testwikidata. In addition, issues regarding text direction have been fixed for users who prefer Wikidata or other Wikibase sites in right-to-left (RTL) languages. [32][33]
The automatic "magic links" for ISBN, RFC, and PMID numbers have been deprecated in wikitext since 2021 due to inflexibility and difficulties with localization. Several wikis have successfully replaced RFC and PMID magic links with equivalent external links, but a template was often required to replace the functionality of the ISBN magic link. There is now a new built-in parser function {{#isbn}} available to replace the basic functionality of the ISBN magic link. This makes it easier for wikis who wish to migrate off of the deprecated magic link functionality to do so. [34]
Two new wikis have been created:
- a Wikipedia in Jju (w:kaj:) [35]
- a Wikipedia in Nawat (w:ppl:) [36]
View all 23 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.

Updates for technical contributors

A new global user group has been created: Local bots. It will be used internally by the software to allow community bots to bypass rate limits that are applied to abusive web scrapers. Accounts that are approved as bots on at least one Wikimedia wiki will be automatically added to this group. It will not change what user permissions the bot has. [37]
Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki

Meetings and events

The MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference, Spring 2026 will be held March 25–27 in Salt Lake City, USA. This event is organized by and for the third-party MediaWiki community. You can propose sessions and register to attend. [38]

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Question from مروةالثابت on German Red Cross (17:51, 12 February 2026)

سلام عليكم انا مروة من ليبيا مريضة تصلب اللويحي حقيقة وضع مادي مسمحليش انا نعالج وياريت تكالفوا بعالجي ليه خمسة سنوات مقعده ع كراسي متحرك عمري 28سنه معاي اولاد ثلاثة متزوجه ارجوكم ساعدوني ارجوكم --مروةالثابت (talk) 17:51, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

First off this is a scam, and second off this is the English Wikipedia and not the Arabic version. Wikiman (talk) 20:34, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Wikiman2230 it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure it out Tank ish guy 21:17, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Just saying Wikiman (talk) 21:18, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

How to become a successful jeweler

Dealership of games stones and golds Escoba Moremoney (talk) 09:42, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Joshuaatag (19:20, 15 February 2026)

Note: Joshuaatag's mentor Lectonar is away.

Hello is it okay and safe for me to use my real name in my Wikipedia account? --Joshuaatag (talk) 19:20, 15 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2026-08

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Weekly highlight

The SRE Team will be performing a cleanup of Wikimedia's Etherpad instance, the web-based editor for real-time collaborative document editing. All pads will be permanently deleted after 30 April, 2026 – if there are still migration projects in progress at that point the team can revisit the date on a case by case basis. Please create local backups of any content you wish to keep, as deleted data cannot be recovered. This cleanup helps reduce database size and minimize infrastructure footprint. Etherpad will continue to support real-time collaboration, but long-term storage should not be expected. Additional cleanups may occur in the future without prior notice. [39]

Updates for editors

The Information Retrieval team will be launching an Android mobile app experiment that tests hybrid search capabilities which can handle both semantic and keyword queries. The improvement of on-platform search will enable readers to find what they’re looking for directly on Wikipedia more easily. The experiment will first be launched on Greek Wikipedia in late February, followed by English, French, and Portuguese in March. Read more on Diff blog. [40]
The Reader Growth team will run an experiment for mobile web users, that adds a table of contents and automatically expands all article sections, to learn more about navigation issues they face. The test will be available on Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Indonesian, and Vietnamese Wikipedias.
Previously, site notices (MediaWiki:Sitenotice and MediaWiki:Anonnotice) would only render on the desktop site. Now, they will render on all platforms. Users on mobile web will now see these notices and be informed. Site administrators should be prepared to test and fix notices on mobile devices to avoid interference with articles. To opt out, interface admins can add #siteNotice { display: none; } to MediaWiki:Minerva.css. [41][42]
View all 19 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, an issue on Special:RecentChanges has been fixed. Previously, clicking hide in the active filters caused the "view new changes since…" button to disappear, though it should have remained visible. The button now behaves as expected. [43]

Updates for technical contributors

New documentation is now available to help editors debug on-site search features. It supports troubleshooting when pages do not appear in results, when ranking seems unexpected, and when you need to inspect what content is being indexed, helping make search behavior easier to understand and analyze. Learn more. [44]
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The Signpost: 17 February 2026

In the media: Global powers see Wikipedia as fundamental target for manipulation
Attempted Wikipedia shenanigans apparent from Epstein, AI, various governments.

News and notes: Discussions open for the next WMF Annual Plan
Plus, WikiFlix going places, steady progress on older FAs and other news from the Wikimedia world.

Serendipity: Maintenance crews continue to slog through Wikipedia's oldest Featured Articles
Hundreds of old FAs have been triaged since project began, but thousands remain — and they need reviewers.

Disinformation report: Epstein's obsessions
The sex offender's attempts to whitewash Wikipedia run deeper than we first thought.

Technology report: Wikidata Graph Split and how we address major challenges
A personal perspective on a major update to the Wikimedia social machine.

Traffic report: Deaths, killings, films, and the Olympics
I'll have the usual!

Opinion: Incoming Incurables
A poem for Wikipedia Day 2026.

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Question from Weijfrr (07:17, 18 February 2026)

How do I open a page for an artist / producer ? --Weijfrr (talk) 07:17, 18 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Eyhiiteaa on User:Eyhiiteaa (22:15, 20 February 2026)

Hello i have many questions and i feel confused so much How can i test my personal user --Eyhiiteaa (talk) 22:15, 20 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

see WP:Helpdesk and WP:Teahouse Tank ish guy 22:35, 20 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Joeymeanslove (04:52, 21 February 2026)

How do I find where errors are located? --Joeymeanslove (talk) 04:52, 21 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Keylux (15:42, 21 February 2026)

Tankishguy my goat can you please show me how to flag archive.today references? Even just the silly line of code would help,, thanks '°^° Hopefully this ends up being my signature: Key^lux ^★talk★ 15:42, 21 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Musiilamu6 on European Parliament (11:07, 22 February 2026)

On Google --Musiilamu6 (talk) 11:07, 22 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2026-09

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Weekly highlight

Reference Check has been deployed to English Wikipedia, completing its rollout across all Wikipedias. The feature prompts newcomers to add a citation before publishing new content, helping reduce common citation-related reverts and improve verifiability. In A/B testing, the impact was substantial: newcomers shown Reference Check were approximately 2.2 times more likely to include a reference on desktop and about 17.5 times more likely on mobile web. [45]

Updates for editors

The InterwikiSorting extension, which allowed for the sorting of interwiki links, has been undeployed from Wikipedia. As a result, editors who had enabled interwiki link sorting in non-compact mode (full list format) will now see links reordered. The links moving forward will be listed in the alphabetical order of language code. [46]
Later this week, people who are editing a page-section using the mobile visual editor, will notice a new "Edit full page" button. When tapped, you will be able to edit the entire article. This helps when the change you want to make is outside the section you initially opened. [47][48]
The Reader Experience team is inviting editors to assess whether dark mode should still be considered "beta" on their wiki, based on their experience of how well it functions on desktop and mobile. If the feature is deemed mature, editors can update the interface messages in MediaWiki:skin-theme-description and MediaWiki:Vector-night-mode-beta-tag to indicate that dark mode is ready and no longer considered beta.
The improved Activity tab which displays user-insights is now available to all users of the Wikipedia iOS app (version 7.9.0 and later). Following earlier A/B testing that showed higher account creation among users with access to the feature, it has been rolled out to 100% of users along with some updates. The Activity tab now shows your edited articles in the timeline, offers editing impact insights like contribution counts and article view trends, and customization options to improve in-app experience for users.
View all 21 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, a bug that prevented DiscussionTools from working on mobile has now been fixed, restoring full functionality. [49]

Updates for technical contributors

The Global Watchlist lets you view your watchlists from multiple wikis on one page. The extension that makes this possible continues to improve. The latest upgrade is the inclusion of a new hook, ext.globalwatchlist.rebuild, which fires after each watchlist rebuild. This allows you to run gadgets and user scripts for the Special page. [50]
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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

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Wikipedia 25 Birthday mode is now live on Betawi, Breton, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, English, French, Gorontalo, Indonesian, Italian, Luxembourgish, Madurese, Sicilian, Spanish, Thai, and Vietnamese Wikipedias! This limited-time campaign feature celebrates 25 years of Wikipedia with a birthday mascot, Baby Globe. When turned on, Baby Globe is shown on ~2,500 articles, waiting to be discovered by readers. Communities can choose to turn Birthday mode on by getting consensus from their community and asking an admin to enable the feature and customize it via community configuration on the local wiki.

Updates for editors

Sub-referencing, a new feature to re-use references with different details has been released to Swedish Wikipedia, Polish Wikipedia and a couple of other wikis. You can try the feature on these projects or on testwiki and betawiki. Learnings from the first pilot wiki German Wikipedia have been published in a report. Reach out to the Wikimedia Deutschland team if you are interested in becoming a pilot wiki.
Paste Check will become available at all Wikipedias this week. The feature prompts newcomers who are pasting text they are not likely to have written into VisualEditor to consider whether doing so risks a copyright violation. Paste Check tags all edits where it is shown for potential review. Local administrators can configure various aspects of the feature via Special:EditChecks. Research across 22 wikis found that Paste Check resulted in an 18% decrease in relative reverted-edits compared to the control group. Translators can help to localize this and related features.
The Reader Experience team will be standardizing the user menu in the top right for all mobile users so that it is closer to the desktop experience. Currently this user menu is only visible to users with Advanced Mobile Controls (AMC) turned on. The only change is that a couple buttons previously in the left-side menu will move to the top right for users who do not have AMC turned on. This change is expected to go out March 9 and seeks to improve the user interface. [51]
Starting in the week of March 2, the emails sent out when an email address was added, removed, or changed for an account will switch to a substantially nicer and clearer HTML email from the prior plaintext one. [52]
Notifications are currently limited to 2,000 historic entries per user, and extend back to 2013 when the feature was released. This is going to be changed to only store Notifications from the last 5 years, but up to 10,000 of them. This will help with long-term infrastructure health and help to prevent more recent notifications from disappearing too soon. [53]
The Global Watchlist which lets you view your watchlists from multiple wikis on a single page continues to see improvements. The latest update improves label usage experience. The extension now allows activating the language fallback system for Wikidata items without labels in the viewed language, and showing those labels in the user’s preferred Wikidata language if no uselang= URL parameter is provided. [54][55]
The Wikipedia Android team has started a beta test of hybrid search on Greek Wikipedia. Hybrid search capabilities can handle both semantic and keyword queries enabling readers to find what they’re looking for directly on Wikipedia more easily.
For security reasons, members of certain user groups are required to have two-factor authentication (2FA) enabled. Currently, 2FA is required to use the group, but not to be a member of it. Given that this model still has some vulnerabilities, the situation will gradually change in March. Members of these groups will be unable to disable last 2FA method on their account, and it will be impossible to add users without 2FA to these groups. Users will still be able to add new authentication methods or remove them, as long as at least one method is continuously enabled. In the second half of March, users without 2FA will be removed from these groups. This applies to: CentralNotice administrators, checkusers, interface administrators, suppressors, Wikidata staff, Wikifunctions staff, WMF Office IT and WMF Trust & Safety. Nothing will change for other users. See the linked task for deployment schedule. [56]
View all 27 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, the issue preventing users from creating an instance in Wikibase.cloud has now been fixed. [57]

Updates for technical contributors

To help ensure fair use of infrastructure, over the next month the Wikimedia Foundation will implement global API rate limits across our APIs. In early March, stricter limits will be applied to unidentified requests from outside Toolforge/WMCS and API requests that are made from web browsers. In April, higher limits will be applied to identified traffic. These limits are intentionally set as high as possible to minimise impact on the community. Bots running in Toolforge/WMCS or with the bot user right on any wiki should not be affected for now. However, all developers are advised to follow updated best practices. For more information, see Wikimedia APIs/Rate limits.
The Wikidata Query Service Linked Data Fragment (LDF) endpoint will be decommissioned in February. This endpoint served limited traffic, which was successfully migrated to other data access methods that were better suited to support existing use cases. The hardware used to support the LDF endpoint will be reallocated to support the ongoing backend migration efforts. [58]
The new Parsoid parser continues to be deployed to additional wikis, improving platform sustainability and making it easier to introduce new reading and editing features. Parsoid is now the default parser on 488 WMF wikis (268 Wikipedias), now covering more than 10% of all Wikipedia page views.
The process and criteria for requesting exceptional access to the high volume feed of the Wikimedia Enterprise APIs (at no cost for mission-aligned usecases), have now been published. This is to provide more thorough and clearer documentation for users.
Tech Blog, the blog dedicated to the Wikimedia technical community will be migrating to Diff, the community news and event blog. The migration should be complete in April 2026, after which new posts will be accepted for publishing. Readers will be able to access posts – old and new – on the landing page at https://diff.wikimedia.org/techblog.
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Question from Noxajatsocad on Taliah Fuimaono (14:42, 3 March 2026)

Hi, I'm new to Wikipedia. How can I make an article more neutral? --Noxajatsocad (talk) 14:42, 3 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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How can i get better at r3ecognizing mistakes_ --Tjr6325 (talk) 15:52, 3 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, I want to create an account so that I can create a new Wiki page for a company called RentalMatics. Are there specific steps that I need to follow? --RentalMatics (talk) 11:57, 5 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@RentalMatics generally, Don't do it. WP:BOSS Tank ish guy 12:13, 5 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Can I add a photo to wikipedia? --Cameronmanurewa (talk) 21:38, 6 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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