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Prothe1st - Received and replied! ;-) ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 11:00, 1 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

And another, since there isn’t a "this user has just lost their life and is using a Time Machine to edit Wikipedia 36 hours every day, just for the barnstars Barnstar," take this as consolation:

Wikipedian12512 (talk) 02:37, 3 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi Wikipedian12512! I appreciate the messages and the barnstars! If you use the barnstar tool (just click on the heart tab at the top of a user's talk page), it'll let you easily create a barnstar and add words to it instead of just {{{1}}}. ;-) Anyways, I wish you a great day and happy editing nonetheless. :-D Best - ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 14:55, 5 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Yeah, but WikiLove doesn’t have all the barnstars.

Thanks anyway! _{In solidarity} Wikipedian12512 (Talking is fine | contribs) 19:02, 5 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hello, I'm new here. I'm trying to create a Wikipedia page for business brand --Aniekanjames (talk) 12:30, 6 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

(talk page stalker) hi, Welcome to wikipedia! Is this for a business you are affiliated with, or is paying you to create? Wikipedia is not advertising, but if they're notable as per the guidelines, an article can certainly be created using the Articles for Creation process. I hope this helps! -- Aunva6 ^{talk - contribs} 15:29, 6 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

I am not affiliated with the business. They are nt paying me either. Aniekanjames (talk) 16:03, 6 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

well, then it should be fine if you go thru the articles for creation, but make sure the company qualified for notability under WP:NCORP guidelines, and that you follow neutral point of view when you write it. -- Aunva6 ^{talk - contribs} 16:25, 6 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi Oshwah, I’m the founder of the company and would like to create a Wikipedia article about it. What’s the best way to proceed, and is there someone who could help review or edit the content? Best, Elena --ElenaV81 (talk) 21:05, 6 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

(talk page stalker) I suggest you review the conflict of interest guidelines, the notability guidelines, and the neutral point of view guidelines. if you think you can write an article in alignment with those guidelines, you can try the articles for creation process. Hope this helps! -- Aunva6 ^{talk - contribs} 21:51, 6 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

ok, thank you! ElenaV81 (talk) 19:54, 7 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

ElenaV81 - Aunva6 is correct; review and follow the guidelines that they provided to you above, and please don't hesitate to let us know if you run into any questions. :-) Best - ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 14:57, 5 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hello I found a freelance writer to write a page about myself and my world record and it was active for about a week before the page was deleted because the freelance writer didn’t follow the rules and guidelines about being paid when he was meant to do Zhongliyun (talk) 00:40, 7 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi Zhongliyun! Welcome to Wikipedia! Yes, there are some big policies and guidelines that you should know about when it comes to exactly what you were doing. First, Wikipedia's conflict of interest guidelines highly discourage users from attempting to create articles about themselves. Enlisting or (even worse) paying anyone to create an article for you will almost certainly guarantee that your money will be wasted. In this case, it sounds like this person didn't disclose their paid-editing status, which is required under Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. You also probably didn't meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines, which is likely why the article was deleted.

In short, creating or contributing to articles about subjects that you have a personal conflict of interest with are highly discouraged activities on Wikipedia, and I don't recommend that you spend any of your time time doing these things at all. This is in part due to the fact that writing content on subjects that you have a conflict of interest with and in a manner that reflects a neutral point of view is nearly impossible, and "citing yourself" as the source with any content you write isn't allowed on Wikipedia. Users and patrollers will see the page you create and will quickly notice the issues regarding Wikipedia's conflict of interest guidelines. To put this situation into a perspective for you: of the 100 articles I've seen users create about subjects that they have a conflict of interest with, I'll easily say that all of them usually end up being deleted. I just don't want you to be left feeling disheartened nor let you spend hours of time for all of it to go completely wasted when the article is eventually deleted. Instead, I recommend that you focus your time and effort toward improving existing articles in topics or subject areas that interest you.

If you become interested in creating a new article about a subject that doesn't involve a subject that you have a personal conflict of interest with, I recommend that you use the articles for creation process and follow the instructions and directions that are provided for you there. It will help you with creating a draft article that you can use to construct and create the article for publishing. Creating an article draft will be helpful and useful to you, as they allow you all of the time that you'll need to write the article's content, add references to reliable sources, and make changes and improvements as you continue researching the subject. When you're ready publish your draft, you'll be able to submit it for review, and (assuming no issues are found) a reviewer will publish the article by moving it to the article mainspace for you. I also advise you to review Wikipedia's policy pages on notability and verifiability, as they will be relevant to any articles that you try to create.

Please let me know if you have any questions and I'll be happy to answer them and assist you. :-) Best - ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 15:05, 5 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

hell been trying to put out an article but keeps getting hard everytime, kindly help me on how to get my first article published https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Diocese_of_North_Kigeziv --kateeba (talk) 09:00, 7 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi Kateeba Cyrus! Welcome to Wikipedia! It looks like you're doing all the right things by submitting the draft page that you created (Draft:Diocese of North Kigezi) for review. It may feel discouraging to have your submission rejected, but the reasons that were given are legitimate. For instance, you need to make sure that you cite sources to support information that should have one, and use reliable sources when doing so. Keep at it, and remember that Wikipedia has many help pages available where you can ask for other users to work alongside you and help improve the draft page (such as Wikipedia:Teahouse). You're of course welcome to ask me specific questions if you have them, but overall - you're doing the right things. You're submitting your draft for review, implementing the changes needed in order to address the concerns expressed by the reviewer, and then trying again. You can also use the search tool on Wikipedia's WikiProjects page. Simply enter some keywords that describe the topic that your draft page falls under (it looks to me to be church or religious-related) and locate a WikiProject that's dedicated to working on similar article topics. For example, if my draft page was about a notable hurricane that occurred in the past, I would enter keywords such as "hurricane", "weather", "storm", etc into the search tool and find a WikiProject that can help you. Please let me know if I can assist you with anything specific, and I'll be more than happy to lend a hand. ;-) Best - ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 15:34, 5 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

affa Maxumi incius (talk) 09:37, 7 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi Maxumi incius! Welcome to Wikipedia! It sounds like you're trying to find advice on getting started and how to improve your editing skills on Wikipedia. I'll be more than happy to help you out with this! :-) Since you're brand new to Wikipedia, I highly recommend that you read through Wikipedia's getting started page and complete Wikipedia's introduction and new user tutorial before you make any edits or take on any major tasks around here. These pages will provide you with extremely helpful walkthroughs, guides, and interactive lessons that will help familiarize you with the important basics and fundamentals of Wikipedia - such as navigating around the website, locating important policies and guidelines that you'll need to know, understanding proper etiquette and how different processes on Wikipedia work, editing articles and communicating with other editors, and where to go if you need help or get stuck anywhere (you can of course reach out to me at any time if you need help, but you'll be shown where our different help pages are located). Most users who take this advice, review Wikipedia's getting started pages, and complete the interactive tutorials find themselves much farther ahead with their familiarity and proficiency with Wikipedia compared to those who didn't, and I hope that you decide to do so as well. Please let me know if I can help you with anything else. :-) Best - ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 15:36, 5 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Dear Oshwah, you've been appointed my mentor, so I'd like to ask for your advice and assistance. I've discovered a number of obvious violations of Wikipedia rules in the "Socionics" article and have tried several times to discuss them on the talk page. For example, the article's preamble completely contradicts its main content, and non-core sources are used to support the preamble's assertions. These sources, without exception, fail to address the article's subject matter, merely mentioning the term once. After my first attempt at discussion, several sections of the stable version, which had existed for many years, were removed. The editors persistently avoid explaining these actions. There are other violations as well. However, the two editors patrolling this page insist that everything is fine, but they refuse to offer any explanation for their actions. I don't know what to do in this situation to fix it. --Elämän tarkkailija (talk) 18:37, 8 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi Elämän tarkkailija! Thanks for leaving me a message regarding your situation and your concerns regarding the Socionics article. If discussions on the article's talk page come to an impasse (which it sounds like it has), I'd recommend reviewing Wikipedia's dispute resolution protocol. Specifically, there's a section that will likely be of significant help with getting concerns reviewed and addressed. This section is located here, which details how to ask for other editors' input and assistance with the matter at-hand. This will result in more users who are uninvolved with the issue taking a look at things and, assuming that your concerns are founded, will work to get the matters addressed. Please let me know if I can assist you with anything else or if attempts at getting more users to review your concerns don't result in anybody taking a look at the discussion. I'll be more than happy to help you further. Good luck, and I wish you happy editing! :-) ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 15:43, 5 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hey so I wanted to ask how did you become a mentor since that is my end goal.And also how long did it take you to become a mentor? --Abdullah6800 (talk) 08:58, 9 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi Abdullah6800! Welcome to Wikipedia! That's awesome that your goal is to become a mentor and help other editors with their questions and issues! Wikipedia has a dedicated page on Mentorship, and you'll find the section on becoming a mentor to be exactly the information that you're looking for. Please let me know if you have any questions about that mentorship page section and I'll be more than happy to answer them! Best of luck! :-) ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 15:57, 5 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hey, I'm currently making an article for a society im the auditor(chairperson) of, i've disclosed my conflict of interest on my user page, is that enough? --Muhammadjanjua (talk) 11:57, 9 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi Muhammadjanjua! Welcome to Wikipedia! While, yes, disclosing your conflict of interest on your user page is certainly something I always recommend editors do, I want to take a moment and give you some important information and advice about what you're doing: I absolutely advise and highly recommend that you completely review and fully understand Wikipedia's conflict of interest guidelines, as well as Wikipedia's neutral point of view and no original research policy pages before you continue doing anything further or spending any more of your time on this article.

In short, creating or contributing to articles about subjects that you have a personal conflict of interest with are highly discouraged activities on Wikipedia, and I don't recommend that you spend any of your time time doing these things at all. This is in part due to the fact that writing content on subjects that you have a conflict of interest with and in a manner that reflects a neutral point of view is nearly impossible, and "citing yourself" as the source with any content you write isn't allowed on Wikipedia. Users and patrollers will see the page you create and will quickly notice the issues regarding Wikipedia's conflict of interest guidelines. To put this situation into a perspective for you: of the 1000 articles I've seen users create about subjects that they have a conflict of interest with, I'll easily say that 990 of them usually end up being deleted. I just don't want you to be left feeling disheartened nor let you spend hours of time for all of it to go completely wasted when the article is eventually deleted. Instead, I recommend that you focus your time and effort toward improving existing articles in topics or subject areas that interest you.

If you become interested in creating a new article about a subject that doesn't involve a subject that you have a personal conflict of interest with, I recommend that you use the articles for creation process and follow the instructions and directions that are provided for you there. It will help you with creating a draft article that you can use to construct and create the article for publishing. Creating an article draft will be helpful and useful to you, as they allow you all of the time that you'll need to write the article's content, add references to reliable sources, and make changes and improvements as you continue researching the subject. When you're ready publish your draft, you'll be able to submit it for review, and (assuming no issues are found) a reviewer will publish the article by moving it to the article mainspace for you. I also advise you to review Wikipedia's policy pages on notability and verifiability, as they will be relevant to any articles that you try to create.

Also, since you're brand new to Wikipedia, I highly recommend that you read through Wikipedia's getting started page and complete Wikipedia's introduction and new user tutorial before you make any edits or take on any major tasks around here. These pages will provide you with extremely helpful walkthroughs, guides, and interactive lessons that will help familiarize you with the important basics and fundamentals of Wikipedia - such as navigating around the website, locating important policies and guidelines that you'll need to know, understanding proper etiquette and how different processes on Wikipedia work, editing articles and communicating with other editors, and where to go if you need help or get stuck anywhere (you can of course reach out to me at any time if you need help, but you'll be shown where our different help pages are located). Most users who take this advice, review Wikipedia's getting started pages, and complete the interactive tutorials find themselves much farther ahead with their familiarity and proficiency with Wikipedia compared to those who didn't, and I hope that you decide to do so as well.

If you have any questions or need additional assistance, please let me know and I'll be more than happy to help. ;-) Best regards - ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 16:04, 5 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hello,

Kindly assist by creating a Wikipedia page.

Thank you

Tebogo --Tebogo David Marakalla (talk) 21:16, 9 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi Tebogo David Marakalla! Do you need help with how to create a new article on Wikipedia? Wikipedia has a tutorial and help page on exactly how to begin doing so. However, I highly recommend that you read through Wikipedia's getting started page and complete Wikipedia's introduction and new user tutorial before you make any edits or take on any major tasks around here. These pages will provide you with extremely helpful walkthroughs, guides, and interactive lessons that will help familiarize you with the important basics and fundamentals of Wikipedia - such as navigating around the website, locating important policies and guidelines that you'll need to know, understanding proper etiquette and how different processes on Wikipedia work, editing articles and communicating with other editors, and where to go if you need help or get stuck anywhere (you can of course reach out to me at any time if you need help, but you'll be shown where our different help pages are located). Most users who take this advice, review Wikipedia's getting started pages, and complete the interactive tutorials find themselves much farther ahead with their familiarity and proficiency with Wikipedia compared to those who didn't, and I hope that you decide to do so as well. Please let me know if you have any more questions, and I'll be more than happy to answer them and assist you further. :-) Best - ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 16:07, 5 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

I just created an account, and have been waiting more than 20 minutes to receive an confirmation e-mail. What do I do now? --Russell H Stone (talk) 16:00, 11 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi Russell H Stone! Welcome to Wikipedia! Since you're currently logged in (I know this because your message above left a signature to your registered account instead of a temporary account), I would first double-check that your email is correctly entered into your preferences page. You can view your preferences page by clicking on the "Preferences" link located at the very top of this page, or by simply visiting Special:Preferences. Many times, users will accidentally include a typo or other mistake with the email address that they add to their account. If you're 100% sure that the email address you entered is correct and valid, I'd also check your spam, junk, or other similar folders to make sure that the automated verification emails weren't automatically rerouted there. This happens with 75% of users who message me for help regarding emails that they're not receiving. I'd also advise using your mailbox's search tool by entering keywords such as "Wikipedia", "Wikimedia", or "account". If the automated emails are in fact arriving to your mailbox but are being routed to a subfolder or other location that skips your inbox folder, the search function should easily locate it. If you have a Gmail account, I know from personal experience that it automatically creates and provides folders by default that will automatically categorize, sort, and route your incoming email messages depending on the topic that they're about. Most of these categorization folders include names such as "Primary", "Social", "Promotions", "Updates", or "Forums". This automatic categorization of incoming messages can cause messages to skip your inbox and instead be routed and placed inside one of them, so make sure to also check there. Let me know if you end up receiving or finding these emails, and if you still need help, I'll be more than happy to provide it. :-) Best - ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 16:28, 5 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi, I wanted to update you on a situation regarding an edit I made.

I added a set of domestic titles to a club based on sources the article’s criteria. I raised the issue on the talk page and had a discussion there. Following your advice, I also brought the question to WikiProject Football to get broader input, but all I got was a simply affirmation and I believe that talk was archived. I'm not sure.

Since there was no objection after that, I left the edit as it was. It remained unchanged for about a month, but I recently noticed that about a week ago another editor reverted my changes and removed the titles I had added.

At this point I’m unsure how to proceed. Should I reopen the discussion, revert again with justification, or what? I’d appreciate guidance on the best next step. --Bossproplays (talk) 16:42, 13 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi Bossproplays! I apologize for such a late response to your questions. You can revert the edit if you feel that the removal and the reason provided in the edit summary wasn't justified or explained. However, if the other editor reinstates their change and reverts your edit that restored the content, I would not revert the edit any further. Instead, I'd reach out to the editor directly by starting a discussion on the article's talk page and making sure to ping the user so that they're notified and can respond and discuss the issues with you. If the user doesn't respond to your talk page discussion, the next step would be to message the user directly by adding a discussion to their user talk page. If discussions between the two of you come to an impasse, Wikipedia has an extensive dispute resolution protocol page that you can reference in order to find the right solution. This may involve asking for other non-involved editors to review the discussion and provide their input and thoughts, or starting a discussion on a help page or noticeboard to receive help. There's a ton of useful tools on that page, so definitely go there if things between the two of you can't come to a resolution. Most importantly, do not engage in edit warring! When I mentioned earlier about restoring your changes but not doing so again if the user reverts your edit, this is why. Once reverts start to occur in a back-and-forth fashion (someone deletes content you think should be kept, you revert the edit and put it back, the user reverts your edit and removes it again...), this is where the "edit warring territory" often begins. Whatever happens, if the user reverts your edit and removes the content after you restore it, as hard as it can be to resist the urge to restore the content a second time after their second removal, do not do it! It's considered disruptive, it's a very easy hole to fall into, and it will usually result in your account being temporary blocked from editing if it gets anywhere out of hand. Please let me know if I can answer any more questions for you, and I'll be more than happy to do so! Good luck, and I wish you a great day and happy editing! :-D Best - ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 16:44, 5 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi oshwah, nice to meet you... SamAkhomiya (talk) 10:20, 15 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi SamAkhomiya! Welcome to Wikipedia, and it's nice to meet you as well. Please don't hesitate to reach out to me if you run into any questions or need help with anything. I'll be more than happy to lend you a hand and assist you. :-) Best - ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 16:45, 5 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi there, I have been assigned you as my mentor. Could I ask for some feedback and a look at my new page: Garth, Gwynedd and see what you think? Thanks Glowr Curt Ryder Glowr Curt Ryder (talk) 15:06, 17 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi Glowr Curt Ryder! Welcome to Wikipedia! I apologize for taking so long to respond to your request. Since the time you left your message on my user talk page here, it looks like the article that you were trying to create has since been moved to Draft:Garth, Gwynedd and it is now a draft page. You did the right thing by submitting the draft to be reviewed, but the reviewer detected that you used a large language model (such as ChatGPT or a similar AI writing tool) to construct the article's content (either in part, or entirely). What you'll need to do in order to resolve this issue is re-write the article entirely in your own words; don't use any AI tools or similar websites to write anything for you. Figuring out whether or not someone used a large language model like an AI tool is relatively easy if reviewers know exactly what things to look for. Once you've re-written the article without any tools or AI-based assistance, re-submit the draft page for another review. Assuming no other issues are found, the reviewer will approve of your submission and publish the page into an article for you. Please let me know if I can assist you with anything else, and I'll be more than happy to help you. I wish you the best of luck, a great day, and happy editing! :-) Best - ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 17:07, 5 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

not sure if information was sent properly.

The Corduroy Cowboy Company was an outlaw country band from Dallas, Texas in the 1970s. With an original progressive country style. They played as a house band at Willie Nelson’s Whiskey River and recorded several hit songs. Band members RB Ferrier, Rick Box and "the Amazing"Walter McDonald.

Genre: classic Americana and country, 70s protest songs, Texas honky tonk music.

Known Tracks:

Cowboy Twinkie, a tribute to Ray Wyllie Hubbard and the Cowboy Twinkies , https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist2.php?id=4801

The Ballad of Henry Wade , a protest satire about Dallas DA Henry Wade's passion for arresting marijuana smokers and his crack down on long haired hippies. As reported Dallas 8 TV, they played for Henry Wade in December of 1975.

Center for Texas Music History https://www.txst.edu/ctmh.html

Texas Country Music Hall of Fame. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame.

https://www.tcmhof.com/

 Archive RB Ferrier https://txarchives.org/ttusw/finding_aids/40015.xml.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlaw_country

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_country Corduroy Cowboy Texas (talk) 17:25, 17 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

How do I start helping by adding information on Wikipedia? --HateLight1234 (talk) 02:32, 18 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

(Talk page stalker) I've left you a message on your talk page that has more detail, but you can start at Help:Introduction! Welcome to Wikipedia! Realtent (talk) 18:43, 18 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi HateLight1234! I apologize for the delay responding to your question! Realtent provided you with great information (thank you, Realtent, for responding while I was away). To add to Realtent's response above: I highly recommend that you read through Wikipedia's getting started page and complete Wikipedia's introduction and new user tutorial before you make any edits or take on any major tasks around here. These pages will provide you with extremely helpful walkthroughs, guides, and interactive lessons that will help familiarize you with the important basics and fundamentals of Wikipedia - such as navigating around the website, locating important policies and guidelines that you'll need to know, understanding proper etiquette and how different processes on Wikipedia work, editing articles and communicating with other editors, and where to go if you need help or get stuck anywhere (you can of course reach out to me at any time if you need help, but you'll be shown where our different help pages are located). Most users who take this advice, review Wikipedia's getting started pages, and complete the interactive tutorials find themselves much farther ahead with their familiarity and proficiency with Wikipedia compared to those who didn't, and I hope that you decide to do so as well. Please don't hesitate to reach out to me if I can help you with anything else. I wish you a great day and happy editing! :-D Best - ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 21:44, 5 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

how to create a page for the company --Sudharshanh (talk) 04:56, 18 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

(Talk page stalker) If it's a company you're associated with, you should read Wikipedia:Conflict of interest, and you probably shouldn't make a page for that company. Realtent (talk) 18:51, 18 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi Sudharshanh! Welcome to Wikipedia. I'm not sure which company that you're trying to create an article about, but Realtent's response above is right on-the-mark. I advise and highly recommend that you review and understand Wikipedia's conflict of interest guidelines, as well as Wikipedia's neutral point of view and no original research policy pages before you continue doing anything.

In short, creating or contributing to articles about subjects that you have a personal conflict of interest with are highly discouraged activities on Wikipedia, and I don't recommend that you spend any of your time time doing these things at all. This is in part due to the fact that writing content on subjects that you have a conflict of interest with and in a manner that reflects a neutral point of view is nearly impossible, and "citing yourself" as the source with any content you write isn't allowed on Wikipedia. Users and patrollers will see the page you create and will quickly notice the issues regarding Wikipedia's conflict of interest guidelines. To put this situation into a perspective for you: of the 100 articles I've seen users create about subjects that they have a conflict of interest with, I'll easily say that all of them usually end up being deleted. I just don't want you to be left feeling disheartened nor let you spend hours of time for all of it to go completely wasted when the article is eventually deleted. Instead, I recommend that you focus your time and effort toward improving existing articles in topics or subject areas that interest you.

To answer your question: If you become interested in creating a new article about a subject that doesn't involve a subject that you have a personal conflict of interest with, I recommend that you use the articles for creation process and follow the instructions and directions that are provided for you there. It will help you with creating a draft article that you can use to construct and create the article for publishing. Creating an article draft will be helpful and useful to you, as they allow you all of the time that you'll need to write the article's content, add references to reliable sources, and make changes and improvements as you continue researching the subject. When you're ready publish your draft, you'll be able to submit it for review, and (assuming no issues are found) a reviewer will publish the article by moving it to the article mainspace for you. I also advise you to review Wikipedia's policy pages on notability and verifiability, as they will be relevant to any articles that you try to create.

Also, since you're brand new to Wikipedia, I highly recommend that you read through Wikipedia's getting started page and complete Wikipedia's introduction and new user tutorial before you make any edits or take on any major tasks around here. These pages will provide you with extremely helpful walkthroughs, guides, and interactive lessons that will help familiarize you with the important basics and fundamentals of Wikipedia - such as navigating around the website, locating important policies and guidelines that you'll need to know, understanding proper etiquette and how different processes on Wikipedia work, editing articles and communicating with other editors, and where to go if you need help or get stuck anywhere (you can of course reach out to me at any time if you need help, but you'll be shown where our different help pages are located). Most users who take this advice, review Wikipedia's getting started pages, and complete the interactive tutorials find themselves much farther ahead with their familiarity and proficiency with Wikipedia compared to those who didn't, and I hope that you decide to do so as well..

If you have any questions or need additional assistance, please let me know and I'll be more than happy to help. ;-) Best regards - ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:26, 6 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

How do I add my first book images and Book summary --Lekh Raj Sharma (Akshit) (talk) 14:33, 18 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

(Talk page stalker) You can upload images at Wikipedia:Wikimedia Commons. As for adding a book summary, you can see if there's a page about that book that already exists and add it there. Realtent (talk) 18:58, 18 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi Lekh Raj Sharma (Akshit)! Welcome aboard! Adding to what Realtent responded to you with above, it's extremely important that you make sure that any images you upload are in compliance with Wikipedia's policies on copyrights. I highly recommend that you review this policy page and make sure that you fully understand it and get answers to any questions that you have before you begin uploading anything. Repeatedly engaging in copyright violations on Wikipedia is a big deal and it will definitely get you blocked from editing if Wikipedia's copyright policies are not followed. Please don't hesitate to let me know if I can answer any more questions for you, and I'll be more than happy to help! :-) Best - ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 01:30, 6 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi I've made a post about a boxer who fought someone I follow recently that didn't have a page and made a few minor edits, but wanted to check I was going about this along the right lines before moving forward. Many thanks in advance. --Godlikeguy (talk) 16:58, 19 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi Godlikeguy! Welcome to Wikipedia! I assume the page that you're talking about is Draft:Vasil Ducar; is this correct? If so, then yes! You are doing exactly the right thing by creating a draft page and constructing the new article there, and submitting it for review so that a reviewer can take a look at it and either respond with issues that you'll be able to fix before submitting it again, or approve the article and publish it to the mainspace on your behalf. Just be patient; reviews can take some time to get done. We receive a ton of draft page submissions and we only have so many reviewers at a time who volunteer and perform these duties. Fear not; your submission will be reviewed and you'll be notified when this has been done. ;-) Best - ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 12:56, 6 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hello!

As an avid supporter of Wikipedia, I am eager to begin contributing more actively. I’m currently planning to edit existing articles and eventually collaborate with a colleague to create a new biography page.

Because I want to ensure my contributions adhere to Wikipedia’s high standards for neutrality and verifiability, I was hoping you could help me understand the best practices. Specifically, I would love your advice on:

- The Recommended Workflow: What is the most efficient and responsible process for drafting and publishing content? - Best Practices ("The Whats and Shoulds"): What are the most important community policies I should prioritize to avoid common pitfalls? - Biography Guidelines: Since we are planning to draft a biography, what are the critical criteria for "notability" and sourcing that we need to keep in mind from the start?

If you have any specific resources or a preferred "getting started" checklist, I would be incredibly grateful if you could share them.

Thank you so much for your mentorship! --Zetiah (talk) 07:48, 20 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

@Zetiah Hello! Oshwah hasn't edited for a couple of weeks.

Making an acceptable WP-article without knowing how to edit WP is hard. A common advice is to "just" edit for a while first, to try to get a hang of this place.

That said, your first hurdle is "Can a WP-article about your chosen subject be written at all?" Start with reading WP:BACKWARD. If you conclude "Yeah, I have those sources, no problem!", move on to WP:YFA. A NYT article that just quotes your bio-subject won't help much, what you want is a NYT article about the subject. If your choice of topic fails WP:N, the article will not be accepted. If you decide to go ahead, you need to learn how to add references correctly, WP:TUTORIAL can help with that. This is crucial, and I can't stress that enough. Really.

If you intend to write about a living person, check WP:BLP. If you intend to write about someone you have a professional or personal connection to, check WP:COI. WP:TEAHOUSE is good place to ask questions. Hope this helps some. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:59, 20 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi Zetiah! Thanks for the message with your request for help, and I apologize for the delay with responding back to you. Gråbergs Gråa Sång is mostly correct; a lot of learning Wikipedia and becoming proficient with all of the basic and important functions, pages, and best practices will simply be a matter of just "picking up a hammer and pounding in some nails". As you make more edits, changes, and improvements to various articles, you'll naturally begin picking up on the "do's and don'ts", the "easy ways and the hard ways", and the "best ways and the worst ways" of everything. Just be patient; as with anything that someone is completely brand new to (like learning a new instrument or starting a new job in a field of work you've never done before), it takes time and it takes practice. The best advice I can give you is to expect and anticipate that you'll make mistakes. I've been a contributor here for 19 years this last January, and I there are multiple users that will gladly vouch for me when I say that I've made wayyyy more than my fair share of mistakes while contributing to Wikipedia... like, a lot more. The unique and awesome thing that you'll notice with this project's community and culture is that mistakes made in good faith are completely understandable and is a normal part of learning. Hell, just today, I made a dumb call and performed a history merge action that - in hindsight - I shouldn't have done. So long as you learn from them and are receptive to feedback in a positive manner, you'll find that nobody is going to come after you with torches and pitchforks; nearly all mistakes and accidents that you could possibly make on this project can be reverted and undone; you won't blow anything up. ;-)

All of that being said, there are some very useful pages that I highly recommend that all new users on Wikipedia read through before making any edits or take on any major tasks around here, such as Wikipedia's getting started page and Wikipedia's introduction and new user tutorial pages. They will provide you with extremely helpful walkthroughs, guides, and interactive lessons that will help familiarize you with the important basics and fundamentals of Wikipedia - such as navigating around the website, locating important policies and guidelines that you'll need to know, understanding proper etiquette and how different processes on Wikipedia work, editing articles and communicating with other editors, and where to go if you need help or get stuck anywhere (you can of course reach out to me at any time if you need help, but you'll be shown where our different help pages are located). Most users who take this advice, review Wikipedia's getting started pages, and complete the interactive tutorials find themselves much farther ahead with their familiarity and proficiency with Wikipedia compared to those who didn't, and I hope that you decide to do so as well.

Remember too that I'm here for you and will always be more than happy to answer any questions or assist you with anything that you might need help with; just message me on my user talk page here and I'll be glad to lend a hand. Again, I wish you a warm welcome to Wikipedia, and I hope you have a great rest of your day. :-) Best - ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:01, 6 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi Kvinnen! dang, you're right... it has been awhile! :-) I hope life is treating you well and that you've had a great day today! These last two weeks, I was away from home due to a family emergency and in order to assist family members with the end-of-life care of my uncle and provide emotional support to close friends and relatives who needed it. Sadly, my uncle passed away from cancer on the early morning of May 30th. I'm not gonna lie or beat around the bush; it was extremely tough to see his decline in health, his physical pain and sometimes extreme suffering, knowing that the hug and handshake that I'd give to my uncle while seeing him could be the last one that I'd get to have with him. Per his wishes, he was given regular doses of strong medication in order to keep him completely sedated until his passing. He was exhausted from the sickness and extreme pain, and he just wanted to be sedated and asleep during the last week or so of his life. I just returned home two days ago, and in about a week from today, I'll be making the six hour drive back to where my now-widowed aunt lives in order to attend his memorial service. The whole thing is definitely something that I'll never forget. Fear not, though! I'm fine, and I know that he's in a better place and I'm relieved that he's no longer in suffering pain anymore. Other editors have been messaging me lately expressing their concerns for me - not just over the family emergency, but my overall decline in activity and number of edits these last few months. I have a lot on my plate, but I can assure you that I'm absolutely very much still here and plan on continuing to be here for the indefinite future... so long as y'all are willing to have me. :-) ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:18, 6 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

I saw your activity on Wikipedia has been noticeably decreasing over the past few months or so. It's been almost 3 weeks since you last edited. Hope life is going great for you. --Prothe1st (leave me a message)-- 22:55, 21 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi Prothe1st! It's great to talk to you again (as always), and I hope you're doing well! *sigh*... I know... I've noticed this as well. Unfortunately, for the moment and over these last months, I've had (and still have) a lot on my plate regarding important things in my life that I'm trying to get sorted out, and it's been stressful. I was away from home these last two weeks due to a family emergency and in order to assist family members with the end-of-life care of my uncle and provide emotional support to close friends and relatives who needed help. Sadly, my uncle passed away from cancer on the early morning of May 30th after a long and painful battle. I'm not gonna lie or beat around the bush; it was extremely tough to see his decline in health, his physical pain and sometimes extreme suffering, and knowing that the hug and handshake that I'd give to my uncle while seeing him could be the last one that I'd get to have with him. Per his wishes, he was given regular doses of strong medication in order to keep him completely sedated until his passing. He was exhausted from the sickness and extreme pain, and he just wanted to be sedated and asleep during the last week or so of his life. I just returned home two days ago, and in about a week from today, I'll be making the six hour drive back to where my now-widowed aunt lives in order to attend his memorial service. The whole thing is definitely something that I'll never forget. Fear not, though! I'm fine, and I know that he's in a better place and I'm relieved that he's no longer in suffering pain anymore. Other editors (including yourself) have reached out to me lately expressing their concerns for me - not just over the family emergency, but my overall decline in activity and number of edits these last few months. I have a lot on my plate, but I can assure you with 100% certainty that I'm absolutely very much still here, and I plan on continuing to be here for the indefinite future... so long as y'all are willing to have me. :-) However, in the meantime, I have priorities in my off-wiki life that unfortunately must take precedence over my desire to spend hours on end contributing to Wikipedia like I used to. Once I have my important ducks in a row, that's exactly what I hopefully will be able to do. ;-) ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:26, 6 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

I am very sorry to read the notice you just posted and pray it is not too serious. -Ad Orientem (talk) 02:11, 25 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi Ad Orientem! First of all, I owe you big time! You've been responding to a lot of messages and requests for help on my user talk page while I've been handling important personal matters, and I can't express my sincere gratitude and appreciation enough; thank you... very much... for doing that for me. :-) Unfortunately, for the moment and over these last months, I've had (and still have) a lot on my plate regarding important things in my life that I'm trying to get sorted out, and it's been stressful.

I was away from home these last two weeks due to a family emergency and in order to assist family members with the end-of-life care of my uncle and provide emotional support to close friends and relatives who needed help. Sadly, my uncle passed away from cancer on the early morning of May 30th after a long and painful battle. I'm not gonna lie or beat around the bush; it was extremely tough to see his decline in health, his physical pain and sometimes extreme suffering, and knowing that the hug and handshake that I'd give to him while visiting him in his hospital bed could be the last one that I'd get to have with him. Per his wishes, he was given regular doses of strong medication in order to keep him completely sedated until his passing. He was exhausted from the sickness and extreme pain, and he just wanted to be sedated and asleep during the last week or so of his life.

I just returned home two days ago, and in about a week from today, I'll be making the six hour drive back to where my (now-widowed) aunt lives in order to attend his memorial service. The whole thing is definitely something that I'll never forget. Fear not, though! I'm fine, and I know that he's in a better place and I'm relieved that he's no longer in suffering pain anymore. A number of editors have reached out to me lately expressing their concerns for me... not just regarding the family emergency notice that I put on my user and talk pages, but my overall decline in activity on Wikipedia and the number of edits I've made over these last few months. I have a lot on my plate, but I can assure you with 100% certainty that I'm absolutely very much still here, and I plan on continuing to be here for the indefinite future... so long as y'all are willing to have me. :-) However, in the meantime, I have priorities in my off-wiki life that unfortunately must take precedence over my desire to spend hours on end contributing to Wikipedia like I used to. Once I have my important ducks in a row, that's exactly what I hopefully will be able to do. ;-) You might notice that most of this response is closely-worded to the responses I made on the two previous discussions from concerned editors; I'm not copy-pasting this response because of a lack of care that I usually give to everyone that messages me. There's just a lot of people that have messaged me here, pinged me elsewhere (including on Discord), and emailed me with their concerns. It's just easier for me right now, since a lot of people are asking the same questions and expressing the same concerns over my recent lack of activity. ;-) ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:36, 6 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Please accept my condolences on your loss. I lost my mom late last year and these things are always hard. Unfortunately I am at a point in life where the shadows are starting to get long. Mom was the last living member of my family from her generation. When a loved one dies, it leaves a hole in your life that never completely heals. May your uncle's memory be eternal. -Ad Orientem (talk) 14:16, 6 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Ad Orientem - Losing a loved one most certainly does leave a hole behind. I'm both lucky and blessed to say that I have many years' worth of cherished memories about him. My cousin is also a big computer nerd like myself; I frequently was packing up my PC and spending the night with my cousin at my uncle's house, and my cousin and I would stay up all night playing online games and having fun throughout my youth and my teenage years. My uncle always (sometimes literally) went miles out of his way to make sure that we had a really fun time each and every time that I came over, often driving us out during the night to go get milkshakes, buying us candy and soda at the store, taking us to the movies, and always just being that fun and silly uncle and host. Much of his effort of providing us with a great time when I'd come over was attributed to his childhood. He was raised by extreme alcoholics that didn't care for him nor provide him with any kind of normal childhood life. He would sometimes tell us stories about it when we were younger, and they were absolutely terrible. His childhood was pretty much completely robbed and taken from him, and after he was able to get away from that environment, I have a strong feeling that he swore to himself that he would give his family the most fun, loving, and safe environment he possibly could, and provide us with the exact the opposite kind of childhood compared to the one that he had. His kindness, fun attitude, and effort to be that "really fun uncle", IMO was his way of fulfilling that promise. His physical presence may be gone, but the memories that he gave to me will never be forgotten. It's sad that he had to go so soon... he was just 68 years old. While that's certainly not the worst age in the world to die in regards to how young a person was, it was still too soon IMO... ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:57, 7 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

My condolences to you and your family. I know how it feels considering my old man passed away last April, and I wish you and your folks the best. Blake Gripling (talk) 04:31, 7 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hello Oshwah, how to connecting with you ? --Sachingupta005 (talk) 10:12, 25 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

@Sachingupta005 Oshwah is unavailable due to a pressing personal situation. If you require assistance, please post a note at the WP:HELPDESK or you may drop a line on my talk page. Best regards... -Ad Orientem (talk) 16:19, 25 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi Sachingupta005! If you run into any questions or need any assistance, you can reach out to me by doing exactly what you did here! Just navigate to my user talk page (which is this page) and leave me a message with how I can help. I'll be happy to lend you a hand, answer any questions, or clarify any confusion that you might run into while you start learning the ropes and making contributions to Wikipedia. ;-) Best - ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:38, 6 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

i just need your guidance and help from regaining all of my previous statures. ~2026-31145-80 (talk) 11:01, 25 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

@~2026-31145-80 Oshwah will be away from the encyclopedia for a period of time for personal reasons. Please feel free to request assistance at the WP:HELPDESK. If you require assistance from an administrator you may leave a note at the Administrator's Noticeboard, or alternatively on my talk page. Best regards... -Ad Orientem (talk) 16:22, 25 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi ~2026-31145-80! I apologize for the delay responding to your message here! Like Ad Orientem stated above, I've been away from home these last two weeks in order to assist family members and close friends with anything that was needed with my uncle's end-of-life care needs due to cancer. Sadly, he passed away on the early morning of May 30th, but I'm relieved knowing that he's no longer experiencing any more pain and suffering. It was very difficult and sad to see my uncle the way that he was, but he's at peace now and in a much better place.

I'm not exactly sure what you're referring to when to say that you need help with "regaining all of [your] previous statures". Are you able to respond and elaborate a bit more with exactly what you mean and what you need assistance with so that I can help you? Do you have a Wikipedia account with user permissions that you can no longer access, perhaps? If you could explain what you mean, I'll be able to provide you with the correct and accurate assistance that you're looking for. :-) Best - ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:45, 6 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

helo --Staloh (talk) 09:23, 27 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hello Staloh. Oshwah is currently on an extended break from the encyclopedia dealing with some personal matters. Please feel free to request assistance or ask any questions at the WP:HELPDESK. If you require help from an administrator you may leave a message at WP:AN or alternatively on my talk page. Best regards... -Ad Orientem (talk) 16:22, 27 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi Staloh! It's nice to meet you, and I offer you a warm welcome to Wikipedia! If you run into any questions or need help with anything, please don't hesitate to let me know. :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:50, 6 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi. I was wondering- how do I get better at improving the quality of prose? I want to make articles flow better, I want to make the quality of all the articles I edit to be as good as that on a featured article. Any tips? --ArmorEnthusiast131 (talk) 14:49, 28 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hello @ArmorEnthusiast131. Oshwah is currently away from the project on what is likely to be an extended break while dealing with some pressing personal matters. Please feel free to ask for assistance at the WP:HELPDESK. If you are looking for specific tips on prose, you might want to pop over to the WP:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors. Best regards... -Ad Orientem (talk) 15:05, 28 May 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi ArmorEnthusiast131! I apologize for the delay with responding to your message here. Ad Orientem's link to the WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors page is a good resource to turn to for assistance and guides that will help you with improving the quality of your article creations and expansions and their encyclopedic tone and flow. For me, when I run into any form of "writer's block" while trying to formulate and put together a high-quality style of writing specific content to an article or other page, I'll often simply turn to similar articles or pages that are known for their high level of quality and see exactly how someone else wrote exactly what I'm looking to articulate and put into high-quality words and phrases. You're also always welcome to ask for other editors' input and thoughts regarding a change to an article's flow, encyclopedic tone, or quality. Simply copy the article to your sandbox page or other location within your user space, implement the changes that you think would improve its quality, and use the Wikipedia Helpdesk to ask for other users to review it and provide you with feedback. Don't worry; there will certainly be at least a handful of users who will happily oblige and take a look for you. Improving the quality of your edits and changes on Wikipedia articles is akin to learning a new instrument or starting a new job in a field that you've never worked in before; it takes patience, practice, and time. I've been an editor on Wikipedia for over 19 years now, and I'm still occasionally finding better ways to improve how I write and expand articles and pages to this very day. Please let me know if I can answer any more questions or assist you with anything else, and I'll be more than happy to help! I wish you good luck on your journey with expanding your level of experience and improving your contributions, and I wish you happy editing! :-D Best - ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 09:40, 6 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Am i doing it right ? --ALERRY MUSIC (talk) 04:41, 1 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

@ALERRY MUSIC Please be aware that Oshwah is currently on an extended break from the encyclopedia dealing with personal situation. If you require assistance please feel free to drop a line at the WP:HELPDESK, or alternatively you may leave a message on my talk page. Best regards... -Ad Orientem (talk) 22:57, 3 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hey, when I have to find sources for articles while editing how do I link them or find articles that the person who wrote the text used?? Hope you have a good day --DoYouHaveToLetItLinger (talk) 08:02, 1 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

@DoYouHaveToLetItLinger Please be aware that Oshwah is currently on an extended break from the encyclopedia dealing with a personal situation. If you require assistance please feel free to drop a line at the WP:HELPDESK, or alternatively you may leave a message on my talk page. Best regards... -Ad Orientem (talk) 22:59, 3 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi DoYouHaveToLetItLinger! Welcome to Wikipedia! If you're looking for good search tools and websites to use in order to search for and locate references that are reliable that you can use, Wikipedia has a good list of resources that you can use to locate reliable sources; it is located at this section of Wikipedia's page regarding reliable sources page. If you're looking for how to add a reference or source as a citation to a Wikipedia article, you can refer to this page section for basic instructions. However, you'll want to reference Wikipedia's Wikipedia:Citation templates page instead, as there are numerous templates that you can use that will automatically format your reference and cite it in-line within the article for you. This is a much easier and quicker way to add an in-line citation than doing it manually using the basic instructions and the <ref></ref> tags. I apologize, but I'm a bit confused with your second question regarding how to "find articles that the person who wrote the text used"; can you respond here and elaborate further with exactly what you're asking or looking for so I can provide you with the correct and accurate information that you're actually looking for? :-) I'll be happy to assist you further once I understand exactly what you're asking. ;-) Thanks - ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 09:54, 6 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi Oshwah,

I am a public figure (academic) and I am creating a Wikipedia page for myself because I would prefer to do it rather hire a third-party. Are you able to assist me to verify that the page meets all of the requirement and move it out of the sandbox once I am done?

Thanks, OsoArquitecto1982 --OsoArquitecto82 (talk) 22:39, 3 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

@OsoArquitecto82 Please be aware that Oshwah is currently on an extended break from the encyclopedia dealing with a personal situation. If you require assistance please feel free to drop a line at the WP:HELPDESK, or alternatively you may leave a message on my talk page. Best regards... -Ad Orientem (talk) 23:00, 3 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

@OsoArquitecto82 If you have not already read it, please see Wikipedia:Autobiographies. -Ad Orientem (talk) 23:04, 3 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi OsoArquitecto82! I apologize for the delay with responding to your request for assistance here. I assume that the article that you're referring to is the Draft:Todd Levon Brown draft that your contributions page shows that you've been contributing to. At first glance, it appears that you've done all the right things; you've constructed the article, submitted it for review, and you're currently waiting for a reviewer to look at it. For now, that's all you can do (other than making any additional improvements that you think would make it better).

If you haven't already, I advise and highly recommend that you review and understand Wikipedia's conflict of interest guidelines (including Wikipedia's page on writing autobiographies), as well as Wikipedia's neutral point of view and no original research policy pages before spending any more time on this draft page.

In short, writing an autobiography or contributing to articles about subjects that you have a personal conflict of interest with with are highly discouraged activities on Wikipedia, and I usually discourage all new users from spend any of their time doing these things at all. This is in part due to the fact that writing anything about yourself and in a manner that reflects a neutral point of view is nearly impossible, and "citing yourself" as the source with any content you write isn't allowed on Wikipedia. Users and patrollers will see the page you create and will quickly notice the issues regarding Wikipedia's conflict of interest guidelines. To put this situation into a perspective for you: of the 100 articles I've seen users create about themselves (autobiographies) or about subjects that they have a conflict of interest with, I'll easily say that all of them usually end up being deleted. I just don't want you to be left feeling disheartened and feeling like you've wasted hours of your time if your draft page is declined for not meeting Wikipedia's notability guidelines. Instead, I tell all new users that I recommend they focus their time and effort toward improving existing articles in topics or subject areas that interest them.

If you have any questions or need additional assistance, please let me know and I'll be more than happy to help. ;-) For now, there's nothing else that you need to do other than simply wait for your draft page creation to be reviewed. You'll be notified once someone has done so. Good luck and take care - ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 10:10, 6 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

I did make a sandbox draft article. A small one. Can you please check it for me? Thanks! --PraesidiumLibertatis (talk) 12:53, 4 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

@PraesidiumLibertatis Please be aware that Oshwah is currently on an extended break from the encyclopedia dealing with a personal situation. If you require assistance please feel free to drop a line at the WP:HELPDESK, or alternatively you may leave a message on my talk page. Best regards... -Ad Orientem (talk) 16:42, 4 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi PraesidiumLibertatis! Welcome aboard! I believe that the page you're referring to is Draft:Morisco Movement, according to your contributions. It looks like your draft page was submitted for review and was rejected for not meeting Wikipedia's guidelines regarding notability. To summarize: Every article on Wikipedia must meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines, which determines if the article subject (in your case, Morisco Movement) is notable, meaning that they're "famous" or "worthy" enough to have their own article on Wikipedia (for lack of a better term).

First and foremost, the main thing that you absolutely must know and understand regarding notability is this: determining the notability of an article subject will not take the quality of the article or draft page itself into account (such as its content, style, formatting, length, or other such things). Knowing and understanding this fact as early, clearly, and directly as possible will prevent you from giving yourself the false belief that you'll be able to save the draft page from being declined by simply editing, expanding, or improving it. So, in case I haven't made myself very clear: There are no edits or changes that you can make to the draft page that will influence the reviewer's decision or cause them to decide differently as to whether or not it can be approved.

You're very likely asking yourself right now, "Well, if the draft page's content and quality isn't taken into consideration, then... what is?" The answer to that question is simple to explain: reviewers must determine that the subject of a given draft page is notable by demonstrating that the article subject has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are secondary and independent of the article subject. Basically, they're not looking at the quality of the draft page that's written, but the availability of secondary reliable sources that can be researched and found (either on the internet, in print media, etc) and that provide primary coverage about the subject (not just passing mention in one-or-two sentences). For more information, see Wikipedia's general notability guidelines.

Think of it like this: If, for example, the Barrack Obama or Abraham Lincoln articles didn't exist and if I were to create draft pages and submit them for approval, they likely would be approved assuming no other issues were found. That's because, well, they're notable people... :-) It's quite easy to go onto Google and type those names in; you're going to find numerous sources that are reliable, that provide primary coverage on these individuals, and that show that they are indeed very notable in American History.

Let's talk about why we determine the notability of a subject in this manner: Let's say that I create an extensively-written draft page about some random Joe person. The draft itself is stellar - it's impressive in length, detail, and includes high-quality images, templates, and other data. Well, that's all really nice and dandy... but if absolutely no references, sources, information, media, or data can be found in libraries, online search engines, and/or in publication about this random Joe person that I wrote this awesome draft page about, then the article subject obviously can't be considered to be notable - hence, the draft page that I created, regardless of its content and quality, would not be approved by a reviewer.

In short: There's really nothing you can do to the draft page itself that will change the outcome of the review for publishing. Never begin creating and working on a draft page for an article subject without first determining whether or not the subject is notable first. If anything, take the resulting outcome as a good learning experience for yourself. Before you write your next draft page, I'm sure that you'll be much more well-versed in Wikipedia's notability guidelines, and you'll create an article that will do well. I created a few articles when I was new on Wikipedia, and I was angry and disappointed when they were deleted - it can be really discouraging... all of that time... wasted. However, I kept with it, and I took the time to know and understand the policies and guidelines and why they're important. In the end, it helped improve my editing and my experience on Wikipedia significantly.

Please let me know if you have any more questions, and I'll be happy to answer them. Take some time and read through those guidelines. If you have any questions about them, let me know! I'll be happy to answer them and explain, or clarify anything that's confusing. You're doing well here! If anything, the draft page you wrote doesn't make it through, and this is just a minor setback. You'll be a better editor moving forward either way. I've been there myself; I'm not here today and with the experience and knowledge that I have because I got everything right and did everything perfectly. I've made more than my fair share of mistakes. Trust me... ;-) ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 10:43, 6 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

I’m trying to add a page about an actress Arabella Olivia Clark. Can you help me do that? --Leocadia Clark (talk) 03:19, 5 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

@Leocadia Clark Please be aware that Oshwah is currently on an extended break from the encyclopedia dealing with a personal situation. See WP:NEWPAGE VitorFriboquen :] (Talk) 15:40, 5 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi Leocadia Clark! Welcome to Wikipedia! To get started with creating a new article, simply review the information and follow the instructions that are provided on the articles for creation page. The articles for creation process is designed in order to assist editors who are new to the project, unfamiliar with article creation or aren't 100% proficient with it yet, or are still learning the process and who might need some assistance along the way. It will guide you through exactly what items to check for and verify before you begin the entire process, as well as provide you with important help pages and information that you'll need to reference while you construct and write the new article. Simply follow the instructions and directions that are provided, and it will help you with creating a new draft page that you'll use to construct, edit, and save everything.

Draft pages are very helpful and useful for new editors when creating new articles because they provide you with a way to quickly and easily ask for and receive assistance from other editors, and they allow you all the time that you'll need in order to complete the entire process and all of the steps involved with creating a new article - such as reading through and completing any help and tutorial pages, formatting the page and writing the article's content, locating and adding citations to reliable sources, uploading and adding images or other media to include with the page's content, expanding the page with fixes, changes and improvements, and making finishing touches and wrapping up final details. The time that it takes for an editor to create a new article - from start to finish - varies greatly between each one, and heavily depends on factors such as the article subject and the topic it covers, the user's proficiency and familiarity with the process, the number of editors that are working together in order to write it, and the amount of time that the editor can spend toward working on it (among other things).

When you're completely finished and ready to have your draft page published into an article, you'll be able to do so by submitting the draft page and waiting for the review process to complete. An articles for creation participant will review your draft page submission and all of its content, check it for any issues that will prevent the page from being published, and let you know of the problems found (if any) so that you can go back and work to resolve them. Once any issues found have been resolved, you'll just re-submit the page to have it re-examined. If no issues are found by the reviewer or (upon re-submission) if all issues that were originally found have been determined to be resolved, the reviewer will publish your draft by moving it to the article mainspace for you. In addition, I also advise that you review Wikipedia's policy pages on notability and verifiability, as they will be relevant to any articles that you try to create. Make sure that you don't have a conflict of interest with the subject that you'll be writing about, and follow Wikipedia's policy on no original research at all times when writing the new article.

Please let me know if I can answer any more questions or help you with anything else, and I'll be more than happy to lend you a hand. ;-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 10:48, 6 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

FYI I've undone your histmerge here since what you're trying to do isn't supported by the histmerge tool and ended up making more of a mess than it solved - the history you merged included edits related to other RfAs as well, and would have left an awkward gap in the history of the main RFA page. * Pppery * _{in solidarity} 14:06, 5 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi Pppery. In hindsight, I agree with your revert and I shouldn't have performed that merge. I was very much on the fence between preserving the history of the main RFA page and moving the relevant edits over to the subpage I created for record-keeping purposes, and decided to go for it since the edits were so old. This wasn't the right decision and I appreciate you for putting everything back. You're right; doing this causes more harm than good, it fragments the history of the main RFA page, and - if anything - users can search for the edits on the main RFA's page history if they want to see the revisions. After all, that's how I found them... :-). Moving forward, if I find the need to create an RFA subpage for record-keeping purposes and for a request that old, I'll just copy the text from the latest revision to the discussion from the main RFA page like I originally did.

I'm sure you might already know this, but I've been working on most of the WP:RFAY records page for quite some time now. I've formatted much of the main WP:RFAY page, created the image of the graph that's displayed there, compiled all of the individual RFAs and their tallies, data, and closure results for the years 2004, 2005, 2006, and much of 2007 (it's a lot of work... lol), and completely updated the {{Recent RfX}} template that's used throughout RFAY as well as other record pages. ;-) Up until the RFA history for the year 2003, the process was... mostly easy to do, since each RFA had their own subpage from the main WP:RFA page, and I used automated scripts within Notepad++ and other applications to format each record, verify the accuracy of the closing tallies and results, and publish them to the respective year page. However, RFA discussions made in 2003 (as well as part of 2004) is a completely different beast! Many if not most of the RFA discussions were held by adding them as a section to the main RFA page instead of creating a subpage for each one. That makes it WAYYYY harder for me to retrieve and compile these records without manually going through each and every revision of WP:RFA and manually compiling each result one-by-one, which would take literal days if not weeks of time. This is why I ultimately stopped pulling and parsing RFA discussion records prior to the year 2003, because... yeah, no...

Anyways, sorry... I'm rambling on about something you likely give zero shits about. Thank you for fixing what I did; let's just chalk it up to being a brain fart and a stupid call on my part. ;-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 11:14, 6 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi. I am currently testing my anti-vandalism bot, however cluebot seems to be reverting my edits which revert vandalism. For example; [1] I believe this is happening due to this account not being auto-confirmed, so was wondering if this could be given manually.

Thank you AutoPatrollerTrials (talk) 16:08, 5 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Another example is at [2] AutoPatrollerTrials (talk) 16:29, 5 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

You could post a request at WP:PERM/C. Cicada1010 (talk) 17:23, 5 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

(talk page stalker)@AutoPatrollerTrials: I've granted confirmed for 4 days. Please note, since you're clearly experimenting with bots, that you should read Wikipedia:Bot policy (I am currently especially assuming this part), and that the edits from the account will probably be held to a fairly high standard. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 17:48, 5 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Thank you, yes I will ensure bot policy is met. AutoPatrollerTrials (talk) 17:58, 5 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi AutoPatrollerTrials! I apologize for the late response. It looks like Zzuuzz has already taken care of you; regardless, I appreciate the message, and I wish you a great day, happy editing, and the best of luck with your trial phase with the script that you're looking to deploy. ;-) ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 12:37, 6 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hey! Nice to meet you! If I find an error, such as two conflicting statements, but I can't verify which is correct, in an article, should I make an attempt to update, or just leave as is? --Kittykatlife (talk) 18:37, 5 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi Kittykatlife! Thanks for leaving me a message with your question! If it were me, how I'd handle the situation would depend on whether or not any supporting references or sources are cited in-line with the conflicting content. If one statement references a reliable source but the other does not, I'd remove the conflicting statement that isn't referenced and keep the other. If neither conflicting statements contain citations to reliable sources, I'd remove both of the statements and state this in the edit summary. If both conflicting statements contain citations to references or sources, I'd start a new discussion on the article's talk page and point the discrepancy out, bring attention to the matter, and work with other involved editors to determine the best way to handle the issue. :-) Please let me know if I can answer any more questions for you, and I'll be more than happy to help! Take care - ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 12:42, 6 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Nice to see you back! CiaPan (talk) 09:59, 7 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi CiaPan! Thank you very much for the kind message! It feels good to be back again! Over the last few months, I've had (and still have) a lot on my plate regarding important things in my life that I'm working hard to get sorted and figured out, and it's been very stressful. On top of that, I was also away from home these last two weeks due to a family emergency and in order to see my uncle while he was still alive and assist family members and close relatives with my uncle's end-of-life care (and his eventual passing on the morning of May 30) due to cancer. I just got back home about three days ago, but I'll be making the six hour drive again in about a week in order to go back to my (now-widowed) aunt's house and attend my uncle's memorial service, and I'll be staying there for at least a few days. Keep in mind, all of the matters regarding my uncle are in addition to those important life affairs that I mentioned earlier.

Other editors have recently messaged me expressing their concerns for me - not just over the family emergency, but my overall decline in activity and number of edits these last few months. Unfortunately, my off-wiki affairs must take priority and precedence over my desire to spend hours on end contributing to Wikipedia like I used to regularly do. Once I have my important ducks in a row, that's exactly what I'll hopefully be able to start doing again. ;-) It just might take some time to get done. Anyways, enough about me! How have you been doing, and what's been going on in your life? Anything exciting on Wikipedia that you're participating in? Any top secret missions you're involved with in order to infiltrate and eradicate some trolls or LTAs, or Wikipedia conspiracies that you have evidence to prove that goes all the way to the top? ;-) ~Oshwah~ ^{(talk) (contribs)} 11:06, 7 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

Nice to see you back too User:Oshwah. Theres also the outing situation which has been lingering for far too long and which had reportedly attracted the attention of two country's authorities, so:

If you know where to look for, my email has a CC address listing that of User:Doc James. Have a wonderful day!

~2026-33752-52 (talk) 16:30, 7 June 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

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