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I would like to add information to the article on my hometown, Kemp, Texas. There are no notable people listed. NFL player and coach, Raymond "Buddy" Parker grew up in Kemp and graduated from Kemp High School. --Granky2 (talk) 02:02, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Granky2 - You're encouraged to be bold! Make sure that you keep Wikipedia's conflict of interest guidelines in mind when deciding to make edits or changes to any articles. If you have any questions about editing, this page will provide you with many answers and guides in regards to contributing. You can also ask me here at any time. :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:23, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

So I was watching the abuse log recently and found an impersonation vandal spam bunch of middle-finger emojis against a talk page. I don't know if I've mixed something up, but weren't middle finger emojis supposed to be disallowed by an edit filter? ABG (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 12:07, 2 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi AlphaBetaGamma - I know that I added a change to filter 680 to block the middle finger emoji, but that filter only blocks attempts to add this to the mainspace; it doesn't monitor any other namespaces such as Talk, Wikipedia, Help, etc. I can add it to mine if you'd like, but the filters I created only flag positive hits; it doesn't block positive hits from being saved. Let me know if that would help at all, or if I can help by adding it to a different filter. I'll be happy to do the needful! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:32, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sure that would be helpful in catching personal attacks in userspace for people. ABG (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 04:58, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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RamzyM (WMF) - Thanks for the heads up. :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:33, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Oshwah Brohomonym (talk) 08:06, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Brohomonym - I'm here if you run into any questions or need my help; don't be a stranger. ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:33, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

School IP 27.111.71.57 is spamming G1 and G3 worthy talk page, could you revoke TPA? ABG (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 02:06, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

AlphaBetaGamma -  Done. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:27, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, and sorry for making another request here, but the discussion with the blocked user Jacobchoi20 (indef blocked as a sock/potentional meatpuppet of their colleague) which has been dragging on since April has been going nowhere close to the user (and the colleague which is a de-facto meatpuppet) showing signs of editing constructively. Now, they have started ranting in the talk page and even showing signs of legal threats using their CEO.

Per the reason above, I request a removal of Jacobchoi20's TPA access as it is starting to drag time away from other editors. Also, I think I forgot where to request things like this. ABG (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 11:21, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

AlphaBetaGamma -  Done. No apologies are needed; I'm happy to help. :-) Looking at the user's talk page, they've been given instructions for properly appealing their block in that they need to do so on the master account, not one of the sock accounts. That fact aside, the two unblock requests made by this account don't address the sockpuppetry issue at all - just that they're back and want to contribute genuinely. The conversation has clearly dragged on and on, and has clearly become a waste of time for everyone involved. Talk page access is revoked. ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:47, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I was wondering, while checking this https://xtools.wmcloud.org/pages/en.wikipedia.org/Saqib

(He was given Autopatrolled rights by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:BU_Rob13 )

Just came to this user saqib created 200+ articles with Autopatrolled rights only with two lines (alosmost all articles) and most of them are not properly cited. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and hundred more.

Is it okay to manufacture short articles with Autopatrolled rights? Because as per guidelines creating "clean" , well cited articles is mandatory!. Lkomdis (talk) 16:47, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Lkomdis - Wow, that is... concerning. If you haven't started a discussion at ANI, I would gather some more evidence and examples of poorly-sourced articles that the user created, and start a new discussion there about this. Make sure that you notify Saqib on their user talk page about the ANI discussion involving them (this is required, and there's a template provided there that you can use). With that many articles created, and the fact that you have concerns regarding quality and the lack of reliable sources where needed (especially if any article is a BLP), I think this concern needs to be reviewed by the community and by additional eyes. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:55, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Think about it, someone pops up out of nowhere after four years of inactivity just to raise concerns about me and accuse me of being a paid editor. They definitely don't have issues with why I created those stubs, but something else is up. WP:DFTT. —Saqib (talk I contribs) 20:26, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Saqib - Lovely... I do see that the user's activity has been very sporadic. The point of my response above was pretty much to say, "Okay, you have concerns. If this were me and given the scope of what you're telling me is an issue, this is what I'd do and where I'd go in order to raise this concern." It wasn't meant to take any sides or explicitly agree with them (though reading my response now, I would understand if I gave that incorrect interpretation to anyone). It looks like they've already started a discussion on COIN about this... Saqib, do you know why this user suddenly returned to editing in order to raise concerns about this? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 21:14, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

So let me lay it down for you Just a few days back, I started keeping an eye on new pages as part of my NPP gig. That's when I stumbled upon some shady Pakistani articles, probably by UPEs. I nominated a few for deletion and the rest got the boot at AfC (this, this and this). Well, if you check out my recent history, you'll see what's been up lately. Gotta say, NPP has been more of a rollercoaster than I expected, but hey, I'm actually digging it. —Saqib (talk I contribs) 21:22, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

But honestly, I'm not entirely convinced that's what's happening. Some UPEs Aanuarif (talk · contribs) have been sneakily trying to slip WP:PROMO into Waqar Zaka's BLP too and I've been on cleanup duty. Maybe Zaka's in on it wanting his BLP page deleted so they can start fresh and I end up getting the boot. Just a theory, though. —Saqib (talk I contribs) 21:25, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oshwah, i appreciate your understanding of the concern. I have initiated ANI discussion, Thank you for your reply. Lkomdis (talk) 04:06, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Lkomdis - Happy to help. If there really are issues with the articles created (or some of them), ANI will find it. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:11, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

...you were quicker than me! Drmies (talk) 02:22, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Interesting, huh, CU. If you feel like writing it up for the CU wiki, go for it. I was surprised by the geolocation. Drmies (talk) 02:27, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Drmies - I may be getting older and be busy with work, work, work... but I'm still here! I still got the skills! ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:29, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Drmies - It's a VPN endpoint; the user could be from anywhere... ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:30, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ah that makes sense. Drmies (talk) 13:16, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dggdu --Steyr et (talk) 18:41, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Steyr et - Did you need help with something? :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 20:11, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Oshwah,

Thanks for helping out at AFD but please become familiar and use Wikipedia:XFDcloser. It will take care of all of the steps for you like untagging the article, placing the appropriate notice on the article talk page, deleting redirects, taking care of links for articles that are deleted. This AFD wasn't completed so I thought I would bring it to your attention so you could finish it manually. We also try to close AFDs close to when the 7 day period of discussion is over unless they are relisted discussions and you closed most of these AFDs hours early. But thanks again for all of your help, it's appreciated! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:20, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Liz - Heh, thanks but I already understand the AFD process quite well. Check my contributions? I was... reverting LTA abuse? LOL ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:34, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Liz Someone forged Oshwah's signature as seen in this diff NW1223<Howl at me•My hunts> 18:19, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, one of those. It happens. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:30, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This [1] was similar. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 18:52, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

NightWolf1223 - Thanks for responding and for providing that diff. Sigh... Great... this again... Oh well. Many users catch signature forgery pretty quick, but it's completely understandable for someone to miss checking the edit history to verify if the edit was actually by the user or not. It happens; no big deal... :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 16:35, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I wil like to know Little more about Mafisa clan. --Mafisad (talk) 20:02, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Mafisad! Welcome to Wikipedia! It looks like you were looking on the article's talk page instead of the article itself. Did you navigate to the article's talk page on accident? The article you're looking for is here. If there's information missing that you have questions about, you're welcome to research the answers using search engines and tools, then come back and add that information to the article. Or, instead, you're welcome to try asking your specific question at the Teahouse, which is a location for new and novice users who need help. Be warned that they might not be able to answer your question; the helpers there are more geared toward Wikipedia-related items rather than article subjects themselves. Please let me know if you have any more questions that you'd like to ask of me, and I'll be happy to answer them. :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 16:43, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Bonjour ! Comment composer une chanson ? --Mitterand Guindo (talk) 15:10, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Mitterand Guindo - I used a translation tool in order to be able to read your message. It looks like you have questions about composing a song. While I can't help you specifically with how to compose music, I can assist you if your question is Wikipedia-related. If instead you're looking to upload a video or audio file for use in an article, you'll want to navigate to this help page for assistance with doing that. Whatever it is you wish to do, please remember that it's extremely important that you review, understand, and comply with Wikipedia's copyright policies and to do everything you can that's within your power to avoid violating copyright policies. Copyright violations are taken very seriously on this project, and repeated violations will result in being blocked, so be careful! Please let me know if I can assist you with anything else, and I'll be happy to do so. Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 16:49, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, my family created and ooerated Country Paradise Park in East Brady PA in 1973. When i search wikipedia nothing comes up. I want to write about it and create a page. The place canbe verified at Countryparadisepark.com in whuch increated i also started the facebook page. Im ready to write, but cannot get to a section to do it. Can you help? --Tcblin2010 (talk) 16:41, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Tcblin2010, and welcome to Wikipedia! There's a page for new users that assists them with their first article creation task. You can find it by clicking here. It will provide you with all of the information you need to know about. Make sure that you read through and understand all of the policies and guidelines involved before you proceed to create an article or draft. Please let me know if I can assist you with anything else. :-) Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:40, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Codename Noreste - Hey, good to hear back from you! I'll respond to your email tomorrow; I'm about to call it a night. :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:44, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Codename Noreste - Hey, I apologize; work went very late today. I haven't forgotten about you! I'll read your email when I get a chance tomorrow. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:07, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

سلام بر شما!چطور با CMD صحبت کنم؟ --Behraz268362 (talk) 11:22, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Behraz268362! I translated your question using Google Translate. I don't understand your question - "How can I talk to CMD?" Can you elaborate your question? :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:28, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Oshwah. Could you please take a look at the recent activity on Saturday Night Live season 50? Mcleodaustin immediately jumped into edit warring which didn't seem like enough to request a check on its own, but then NotSoDangerousPanda (a sleeper account named after DangerousPanda, a former administrator desysopped "under a cloud") jumped into the edit war and their second edit is very precocious and includes a CheckUser request. I blocked NotSoDangerousPanda as a sock of Mcleodaustin, but based on the topic interest, the focus on article coloring, and the disruptive editing, I believe the accounts may be Banana Republic sockpuppets. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 20:12, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Daniel Quinlan! Of course; the username alone is... interesting. I'll check it out once I get home and I'm back at my desk. :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:41, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Oshwah. Just checking in on this one. If it's bad time, I can ask another CheckUser. Thanks! Daniel Quinlan (talk) 07:09, 19 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Daniel Quinlan! I apologize for the delay getting back to you. Did you still need assistance with this? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:22, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I think it's still worth a check. If it's a sockpuppet, there might be other accounts. Thanks. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 22:38, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How to create my page with own information? --MK DYO (talk) 21:13, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi MK DYO! Welcome to Wikipedia! You can create a page about yourself within reason on your user page. Just know that the page should be Wikpiedia-focused. I recommend reviewing Wikipedia's policy on user pages (specifically what is allowed on user pages as well as what is not allowed). Please let me know if you have any more questions and I'll be happy to answer them. :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 18:05, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Oshwah

We are delighted and grateful to have you as a mentor. My first question is about the text we created which seemed is was deleted as "the draft content was in the 'wrong' place. It was on a user page rather than a sandbox." I am wondering if there is a wait to recover the content so we can add it to the sandbox.

Best Juan --Qisetna (talk) 09:51, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Qisetna! Welcome to Wikipedia! It looks like you added content to your user page that was deleted. I unfortunately must agree with this deletion; it had contentious content that wasn't supported by any reliable sources, which is not good. I highly implore you to go through Wikipedia's getting started page and complete the Wikipedia tutorial for new users. Both pages will tell you exactly why your content was deleted. If you have any questions, please let me know and I'll be happy to help. ;-) Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:44, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello ~Oshwah~

How can I rescue the content?

~qisetna~ Qisetna (talk) 08:20, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Qisetna - You can file a request on this page to have an administrator review the content and act accordingly. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 18:46, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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.

I almost think you should hand your bit in for this edit. What were you thinking? Were you drunk? You did the equivalent of copy pasting the Seattle SuperSonics onto Los Angeles Lakers. Please read the article before and after you do a revert to previous version. If you don't understand the topic AFTER you read it, don't edit it. The-Pope (talk) 07:27, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Jesus Christ, have you really never made a mistake yourself? Oshwah, please take comfort in the fact that (1) on a per edit basis, I guarantee many admins make more mistakes than you, and (2) I haven't said "thanks for all you do" recently, so thanks for all you do. --Floquenbeam (talk) 16:35, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't make any mistakes. Oshwah doesn't make mistakes, either, he spends too much time being nice to editors. He'll probably find a way to be nice to The-Pope, too, although they don't deserve it. Wikipedia make people "horrid"? Nonsense, it's a love fest.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:47, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I, on the other hand, exclusively make mistakes. If you see me doing something correctly, be suspicious. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 16:51, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I considered a PA warning for The Pope - that's really far over the top, fish notwithstanding. Let those without sin, etc. Acroterion (talk) 16:50, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

well ... ---Sluzzelin talk 17:28, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Aye yai yai... The-Pope! Thank you for reverting the edit I made. It obviously was erroneous on my part, and I'm very happy that Wikipedia has users such as yourself to keep us honest and improve the project. Was I drunk? Uhh, no. It was a work night for me, and that would obviously not be good to get sauced before I have to write scripts and diagnose server issues and outages. ;-) I'm not the 19-year-old that I was when I was in college; it was very easy to get smashed and be good to go the next day and attend class. These days? Nootttt soooo muchhhh... ;-) Again, I understand your frustration but I will sincerely thank you for your time and energy spent with us. :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:50, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I just joined Wikipedia today (5/18/2024)! I do have an editing question on how to insert an image into an infobox. If you could teach me that would be really helpful! Thank you! -Killbeett --Killbeett (talk) 22:02, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Killbeett! Welcome! Check out this page. If it doesn't provide instructions for how to do this, there should be links on where to go in order to receive them. And, of course, you're welcome to follow up with me and ask additional questions. Good luck, and welcome! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:53, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi User:Oshwah there is this user User:স্বাগতালক্ষ্মী দেব is keep on removing sources and reliable ref in Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) season 17 for no reason. please check the history of the page and take action. 2A02:6B68:10:EF00:CAF:51:B4A4:AF07 (talk) 20:00, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like the user is blocked, so all is taken care of. If they continue their shenanigans with another account, please let me know and I'll handle it. :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:54, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

hey there, I just registered on wikipedia! I wanted to create a business info page for my company but it seems when I try it will go for a personal page?

Thanks so much for your help --Nicolas134 (talk) 05:56, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Nicolas134! Welcome aboard! :-) Ooohhh, yeah, don't do that... please. You should not be touching any articles (let alone creating any) that involve article subjects that you have a personal conflict of interest with. It opens the window for the creator to add original research to the article (which isn't allowed), as well as make it impossible for you to adhere to a neutral point of view when writing the content. Wikipedia is not for advertisement of businesses or other services. I highly advise you not to waste your time, because anything you create will get deleted. See Wikipedia's getting started page; if you're at all interested in contributing to this project outside of your initial goals to write about your business, this page will guide you through how to help us. Otherwise, sorry... Your goal is not aligned with this project's goals. :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:00, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Oshwah! First off, thanks for everything you've done on Wikipedia! Seems like you've been doing a ton of work, and I think that's awesome :). Anyway, I'm a relatively new editor (about three months old) and I had two random questions (because you've been assigned as my mentor):

1. About a month ago, I published my first article (Susan Hutson). It was rated C-class and low importance, but it has not been patrolled, so it won't appear on any search engine yet. I saw that pages are automatically patrolled after 90 days, so I was wondering, will it always take 90 days for an article to show up on a search engine? Or are articles sometimes patrolled sooner than that? Because mine was low importance, I'd assume it'll take 90 days, but I was just wondering what to expect and what's usual, as I don't have a ton of experience with this :)

2. In general, I've tried to include a citation after every sentence when writing/editing. But let's say you write three sentences in a row whose information all comes from the same source. In that case, do you put the same citation on all three sentences? Or just on one? And if only one, do you put it on the first or last sentence?

Thank you so much!! Schtamangie (talk) 12:58, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Schtamangie! Welcome aboard, matety! I'll be happy to answer your questions (and I apologize for the delay with responding - life is... sigh... busy right now). This page is going to be the most straight-forward method of informing you of when articles are mined by search engines and when they will not be. The page must be a certain age old and be be marked as patrolled before a search engine will include it in their scraping of pages. This is obviously to make sure that the article isn't libelous, untrue, etc. Having multiple sentences adjacent to one another does not require you to cite the same source at the end of each one. Just cite the source at the end of the content you're adding, and you'll be fine. You're already doing the right thing by even citing one in the first place. We wont bite you. ;-) Please let me know if you have any more questions, and I'll be happy to help you. Again, ahoy matey! Welcome aboard the ship! We plunder for gold and treasure, and let nothing stand in our way! ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:07, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Oshwah!! Schtamangie (talk) 14:16, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think Guy Gibson’s dog article needs a bit of cleaning up, particularly in regards to which paragraphs go and any information in regards to the use of the name, censored or uncensored. 2.100.74.138 (talk) 16:35, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is the banned person from Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/UK Kennedy–Lincoln–Titanic IP. Binksternet (talk) 18:40, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Binksternet - Yeahhhh, I figured... lol ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:27, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I made a wikipedia account because I encounter to many errors and inconsistencies between pages. For example: On the Djokovic career statistics page it's extremely clear that he now has 18 consecutive years reaching at least the semi-finals in Masters 1000. Novak Djokovic tennis season 2024 page says the following: Equalled Nadal's record of 17 consecutive seasons of least one ATP Masters 1000 semifinals per year.

It's even written on that page that he reached the semi finals in Monte Carlo in 2024. How is that equalled with 17 and not record breaking 18. I just don't understand and I see it daily. Can this editor be banned and can you make it correctly. Thanks --J0HNNYC4$HH (talk) 15:57, 25 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi J0HNNYC4$HH! Welcome to Wikipedia! You know that you can fix this content (so long as reliable sources are cited), right? You have just as much right to edit the content as an administrator does. Remember that nobody owns content on Wikipedia. If an editor is engaging in vandalism or disruptive editing, you're allowed to warn them on their user talk page about it, though I highly recommend you gain proficient experience with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines before doing this. If the user repeatedly causes bad faith disruption, you can report them here. Please let me know if I can answer any more questions or assist any further. :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:59, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you I tried working with wiki voyage and seems I did an error that got my account blocked I don't know if you may help me --John Lokosang (talk) 05:38, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi John Lokosang! Welcome to Wikipedia. If your account is blocked on wiki voyage, you'll need to contact an administrator of that project or appeal your block by following their process on wiki voyage. I'm only an administrator on the English Wikipedia; that project is outside of my "jurisdiction". ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:31, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How do I create a citation?? --TaipeiKaoshiungTaiwanSept2018 (talk) 06:47, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If you have any questions about Wikipedia, please ask at the Tea House. -- Alexf^(talk) 10:03, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello how do I find a video --Her magesty Aneira (talk) 15:55, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Her magesty Aneira! Are you looking for a video that's hosted on Wikipedia? Which one? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:00, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

dance Her magesty Aneira (talk) 15:56, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Her magesty Aneira - *Dances without shame*... Jerusalema dance video? ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:01, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How to make edits on English Wikipedia --Don mungai (talk) 12:27, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Don mungai! Welcome to Wikipedia. You can get help with editing pages by visiting this page. Since you're brand new to Wikipedia, I highly recommend that you go through Wikipedia's getting started page and that you complete Wikipedia's new user tutorial before you make any edits or take on any major tasks around here. Those tutorial pages will provide you with many important walkthroughs, guides, interactive lessons, and other information that will familiarize you with our policies and guidelines, how Wikipedia works, how to navigate around the site, and how to find important locations and pages. Most users who take this advice, read through those pages, and complete the new user tutorial usually tell me later that they were significantly helpful to them, and saved them hours of time and frustration they would've experienced otherwise. Please let me know if I can answer any more questions. Again, welcome! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:03, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can you refer me to a 'best practices' template or formula for creating new articles? --Cwootten13 (talk) 18:44, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Cwootten13! See Wikipedia's help wizard on your first article for tips and information. Wikipedia's getting started page will also be extremely helpful for you. Please let me know if I can help you with anything else. :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:07, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Is there an interface for suggested edits? --Rmeredith2016 (talk) 19:54, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Rmeredith2016! Welcome aboard! It depends; what exactly do you mean when you say, "suggested edits"? Can you elaborate a bit further on what you're looking for? From there, I'll be able to accurately answer your question. :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:09, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have a sent a reply to your email reply about my changes to filter 102 – I think it's time to implement plan B. Codename Noreste 🤔 La Suma 02:37, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Codename Noreste - Wow, speak of the devil! I was just sending you a response when you messaged me here. I agree; I'll get those conditions implemented tonight. :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:46, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

story · music · places

I just noticed what you wrote for Boing, - thank you! - Franz Kafka died 100 years ago OTD, hence the story. I uploaded a few pics from the visit of Graham87. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:45, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Gerda Arendt! Long time no chat; I hope you're doing well and that life is treating you nicely! No problem; always happy to help! :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:06, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

check out places, for doing well - I try to see and picture the good sides, - how about you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 04:43, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Gerda Arendt - Busy, busy, busy.... oh, and also busy! Did I mention that? Ugh, I would kill for a two - even a one - week vacation. :-) My free time (and hence my volunteer time here) has only gone down and down over the years, and by God I do not like it. :-/ ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 06:13, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi how do I add a image --Averykelly (talk) 23:08, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Averykelly! Welcome to Wikipedia! So, there are a few things you have to do in order to add an image to a page on Wikipedia. If the image doesn't already exist as a file on the project (it's neither uploaded to the English Wikipedia locally nor uploaded to the Wikimedia Commons so it can be used globally), you will need to upload the image first. Wikipedia has a guide page that's located here that will assist you. When reading through the page, you'll notice right away that much of the information and details are in relation to copyright rules and policies. You must make sure that any and all images you upload are in compliance of Wikipedia's policy on copyrights. You cannot violate copyright policies; doing so is considered a serious offense, so please please ask for help in cases where you're not sure if the image is in compliance of policy or not. After you've either uploaded or located the image you wish to add to another page, this Wikipedia help page on images will show you exactly what to do in order to display that image. Please let me know if you run into any more questions, and I'll be happy to answer them and help. :-) Best - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 00:02, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Oshwa, I was wondering how to edit the title of a page? --NewLeaves (talk) 13:37, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi NewLeaves! Welcome to Wikipedia! Editing the title of the page cannot be done on-the-fly like most new users believe. You have to move the page to a new title, which effectively renames it. Please let me know if you have any more questions, and I'll be happy to answer them and help you further. ;-) Best regards - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 15:43, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, hope you are doing well. Yesterday I`ve reported editor Sideshow Bob [[2]] on WP:ANI [[3]] regarding their involment on Constatine Bodin page, which includes edit warring and not participating on talk page, but now I wish to expand my report by including WP:aspersions and WP:personal attacks, Sideshow Bob directly accused me on ANI report that I am "guy with agenda", Serbian ultranationalist etc. [[4]], [[5]] and also stating false information about sources on mentioned page, which is absolutely not true. I do not wish that this report remains wp:stale especially with such behavoiur, can you please do something about it? Thank you. Theonewithreason (talk) 22:15, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Theonewithreason! I'm currently at the office, but I'll be home and available to look at the ANI discussion here soon. Stand by... :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:52, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Update: My response to the ANI discussion that details what action I took and will take if disruption continues can be viewed here. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:20, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Theonewithreason (talk) 04:26, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Theonewithreason - Of course; I'm happy to help and I wish you both well, and I really do hope that things will get resolved. If anything comes up that requires my attention, please don't hesitate to let me know. :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:35, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Thank you very much for the opportunity of writing to an expert. I was wondering if the new draft was finally submitted for revision (I think it was, but I have submitted it again and I'm not sure of the status now). Can you access to it? Thank you very much! --PamdemiaCientifica (talk) 10:28, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]