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Revert in My talk page.

Why you reverted a message in my talk page. Ranjithsiji (talk) 18:09, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Ranjithsiji: They're a sockpuppet of Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/MappilaKhrais. You can revert me if you want, but it's blatant canvassing regardless. C F A 💬 20:15, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I dont want to revert. That is why I asked here. Ranjithsiji (talk) 06:26, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 38, 2024)

Hello, CFA. The article for improvement of the week is:

Polling station

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Question from Tgriffin8066 (13:55, 16 September 2024)

Hello CFA, I'm Tom. I'm just getting started writing an article in my sandbox and it was going well until I tried to get "fancy with the spices." :-) I have added a few References for the article and also created an Infobox ("Infobox religious group" template). Configuring the infobox has gone well, but now I would like to add a reference tool-tip to some of the values in the template. As an example, I have a link to our Determination Letter as a 501(c)(3) organization in our references, and I would like to have a tool-tip in the Infobox over out tax status of "501(c)(3) that then displays the tool-tip of the reference. Then, a user could click on that tool-tip to get to our Determination Letter. Nice workflow. Unfortunately, I have tried numeous searches and looked at pages, but I can't make sense of how to accomplish this. It sounds like there are some files and javascript that I need to install. Would you be able to point me in the right direction? I can follow instructions if I know which page is the one I should follow. I will very much appreciate your help!! --Tgriffin8066 (talk) 13:55, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Tgriffin8066: Hi, and welcome to Wikipedia. I've added the citation to the field in the infobox for you. You may wish to read Referencing for beginners and specifically Named references to see how to do this. You also need to declare your apparent (potentially financial) conflict of interest relating to this organization. I've left some instructions on your talk page. Happy editing, C F A 💬 20:32, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank-you so much, CFA. I appreciate your showing me how to modify the Infobox to display the citation. Your addition was very instructive. Also, the article you suggested was excellent. Regarding the COI, I have added a COI statement at the top of the article that is currently in my sandbox. I understand the importance of such a disclosure and want to ensure transparency. Although I will try to be objective, my bias is bound to come out and flavor my writing, so being up-front is best. Should I also add a COI to my user profile? Tgriffin8066 (talk) 06:39, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2024-38

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

Improvements and Maintenance

Editors interested in templates can help by reading the latest Wishlist focus area, Template recall and discovery, and share your feedback on the talkpage. This input helps the Community Tech team to decide the right technical approach to build. Everyone is also encouraged to continue adding new wishes.
The new automated Special:NamespaceInfo page helps editors understand which namespaces exist on each wiki, and some details about how they are configured. Thanks to DannyS712 for these improvements. [1]
References Check is a feature that encourages editors to add a citation when they add a new paragraph to a Wikipedia article. For a short time, the corresponding tag "Edit Check (references) activated" was erroneously being applied to some edits outside of the main namespace. This has been fixed. [2]
It is now possible for a wiki community to change the order in which a page’s categories are displayed on their wiki. By default, categories are displayed in the order they appear in the wikitext. Now, wikis with a consensus to do so can request a configuration change to display them in alphabetical order. [3]
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Any pages or tools that still use the very old CSS classes mw-message-box need to be updated. These old classes will be removed next week or soon afterwards. Editors can use a global-search to determine what needs to be changed. It is possible to use the newer cdx-message group of classes as a replacement (see the relevant Codex documentation, and an example update), but using locally defined onwiki classes would be best. [4]

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Question from Prasunkatiyar on Valerian (herb) (18:46, 17 September 2024)

Hi brother How to add references for my edit ? --Prasunkatiyar (talk) 18:46, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Prasunkatiyar: Hi, and welcome to Wikipedia. You may wish to read Referencing for beginners and Reliable sources (also Reliable sources for medical information). Is there anything specific you'd like me to help with? Happy editing! C F A 💬 20:01, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No that’s it. Thankyou Prasunkatiyar (talk) 20:02, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why pubmed and BMC ( Biomed central) isn’t considered trustworthy here. Can you please tell me ? Prasunkatiyar (talk) 21:26, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Zefr answered this for you on your talk page. PubMed is a database that houses a variety of papers. Some might be reliable, some might not be. There isn't anything inherently "reliable" or "unreliable" about it. BioMed Central is a publisher – again, some papers it publishes may be considered "reliable", and some might not be. I'm not a doctor or biologist, though, so you are probably better off asking these questions at the Teahouse or at WikiProject Medicine. Hope this helps, C F A 💬 23:53, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation of By Heart

Hi CFA, the name "By Heart" already has a disambiguation page (By Heart) and I was going to add "By Heart (recitation ministry)" to the page. The other entries have to do with music so I was thinking of creating two categories: "Music" and "Organizations". The By Heart (recitation ministry) would be in the Organizations category. I have two questions: 1. Is this a good idea? 2. If it is a good idea, do I first add the suggestion to the Talk page, or do I actually make the edits?

Thank-you for your help! Tgriffin8066 (talk) 13:10, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You shouldn't add a link to a disambiguation page until the article actually exists. When you're ready, you can click the blue button at the top of your sandbox to submit your draft for review. To answer your other question, yes, you need to declare your conflict of interest on your user page (using either {{User COI}} or {{Paid}}, depending on the nature of your CoI). C F A 💬 23:39, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding your MfD nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject Hillary Clinton

I'm going to get straight to the point:

When you nominated Wikipedia:WikiProject Hillary Clinton for WP:MFD, you should have not moved nor edited Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Hillary Clinton to start your MfD nomination; that page accurately redirected to the 1st nomination of Wikipedia:WikiProject Hillary Clinton, which occurred at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Kamala Harris.

What you should have done is created a new nomination at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Hillary Clinton (2nd nomination) since it was the 2nd time that page was nominated.

I have since moved your nomination to Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Hillary Clinton (2nd nomination), and fixed all incoming links to point towards the correct respective nomination page, in addition to moving my initial contribution of creating the redirect back out of your user space; in return, I moved the artifacts of my moves to that title, User:CFA/Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Hillary Clinton; feel free to do what you wish with that page as I have no attachment to my contributions currently at that title.

Please be more mindful of this in the future. Thanks. Steel1943 (talk) 21:30, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, that MfD ultimately turned into a much bigger mess than it should've after the original one was closed, then unclosed, then reclosed at the second one. Thanks for cleaning it up. C F A 💬 21:37, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Lornaradke2 on Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (06:06, 21 September 2024)

Who or what institution is contacted to provide the RCMP with information required in performing a security criminal record check? --Lornaradke2 (talk) 06:06, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Review request

Hello @CFA: Would you be so kind as to review the new page Clara Shafira Krebs? It would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Best, — ‎‎‎hhypeboyh 💬 • ✏️ 08:44, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]