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Question from [[User:Reveling In Mediocrity|Reveling In Mediocrity]] (20:42, 3 May 2025)

Hi Mentor,

I recently made my first edit:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporal_paradox#Candy_Cane_Timeline

And I'm worried that it will get removed for not following some guidelines or something. I really think that this long of a description should probably go in its own article, with just a short description and a reference to the other article here, but I don't see how to create a new article. Would that have been better?

Thanks,

Reveling... --Reveling In Mediocrity (talk) 20:42, 3 May 2025 (UTC)

:Hi Reveling In Mediocrity It was removed for violating our policy against original research, which prohibits us editors from creating our own examples to better explain concepts. We have to paraphrase or quote from already published reliable sources. The tone of your submission was also not the type we use on Wikipedia. You can give our guideline about "words to watch" a read, but in a nutshell: we avoid addressing reader directly, and we avoid asking rhetorical questions.{{pb}}Creating new articles is one of the hardest things you can do on Wikipedia; they all need to meet our notability guidelines. Your addition was not that long, so I don't think creating a new article would be the right course of action.{{pb}}I would give the "words to watch" guideline a read, and you also this essay explaining why you should not write an article "backwards". Start with the sources and summarize them. It is much harder to write from your own knowledge then find the sources to back it up. Let me know if you need anything else :) HouseBlaster (he/they) 20:53, 3 May 2025 (UTC)

Question from [[User:Drizzy crown|Drizzy crown]] (16:51, 5 May 2025)

why I edit to so how old are you --Drizzy crown (talk) 16:51, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

:Hello. It's not exactly appropriate to go around asking how old people are. If you're interested in working on Wikipedia, there's plenty to do! Why not look at the Task Centre, click the 'Random page button' and check the page for problems like bad spelling, or take a look [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges?goodfaith=likelybad&hidebots=1&hidecategorization=1&hideWikibase=1&limit=250&days=30&urlversion=2 here], where you can examine new edits and undo the silly ones? QwertyForest (talk) 17:31, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

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Question from [[User:Travis Bayliss|Travis Bayliss]] (18:12, 6 May 2025)

How do i create articles --Travis Bayliss (talk) 18:12, 6 May 2025 (UTC)

:{{yo|Travis Bayliss}} Welcome! Creating a new article from scratch is extremely challenging, and new editors are strongly recommended to spend a few months learning how Wikipedia works, by making improvements to some of our existing seven million articles before trying it. When you do decide to have a go at a new article, you are highly encouraged to read WP:Your first article. If you haven't already also check out WP:TUTORIAL; it's a lot of fun! Happy editing! HouseBlaster (he/they) 22:20, 6 May 2025 (UTC)

Question from [[User:Charter6281|Charter6281]] (01:34, 8 May 2025)

Hi there! I've made a few edits so far, but I'm really interested in getting the University of Chicago page back to good article listing (it was delisted a few years ago). I'm trying to find a list of things that needed improvement, but the only thing that I could find on the talk page that seemed official was the presence of broken anchor links - I fixed those (or I think I did) and removed the issue on the talk page. Of course, I imagine there were other issues too - do you have any tips on how to find them, fix them with the help of the community, and eventually renominate the page? --Charter6281 (talk) 01:34, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

:{{yo|Charter6281}} That is a great task! It was delisted primarily for containing unsourced content. At a minimum, that means you should fix all of the {{citation needed}} tags. Beyond that, I would review our guide to writing better articles, our guide to nominating good articles, and especially the good article criteria. Once you have done everything you can find, I would ask at the talk page what else needs to be done, and requesting permission to renominate it. (You'll need permission from the talk page per Wikipedia:Good article nominations/Instructions#cite note-1, unless you majorly overhaul the article.) Let me know if you need anything else :) HouseBlaster (he/they) 02:11, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

::Thanks! I asked on the talk page and fixed the problems that were brought up, as well as the information on the previous GA delisting discussion. It's been about a week since I first brought up the topic on the talk page, and I haven't received any more responses (either for or against renomination). I think I've fixed all of the major issues - what should I do now? Charter6281 (talk) 23:29, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

:::{{yo|Charter6281}} I'd give it another ~72 hours after your "last call" comment; if there are no further replies, you can follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Good article nominations/Instructions. Best of luck! HouseBlaster (he/they) 01:56, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

Question from [[User:DrefromItaly|DrefromItaly]] (17:50, 8 May 2025)

Hi! How are you? I'm Dre, and I am a newbie on Wikipedia. You can find everything about me in my user page. Anyways, I don't really have questions about editing, as I understand pretty well the Wikipedia interface, how it works etc., but I wanted to ask you if you could check the article about Assago! It's a little Italian municipality, of which I practically made the page (it was almost empty before I edited it. Anyways, if you do and come back tome, could you tell me how I did? Anything to change? Errors? Thank you for your time! --DrefromItaly (talk) 17:50, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

:Hi DrefromItaly! Assago looks pretty good. A couple of suggestions for improvement:

:* Because you translated material, you should follow the steps at Help:Translation#Licensing.

:* We generally do not link years, dates, or other such things in prose. So I would delink those.

:* We definitely need to include more inline citations to reliable sources in the article. We have a introduction to citing sources if you need it, and I am here to answer any questions.

:Again, nice work, and thank you for translating! We always need help in that department. Best, HouseBlaster (he/they) 19:28, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

::Hi HouseBlaster! Thank you for the suggestions. I honestly wouldn't know where to get references since the italian article too doesn't have many. I'll look into it anyways. About the linking of years and dates: I'm sorry. It's something I see doing a lot in the Italian version of Wikipedia. One more apology for the informality in the last message. I did not consider the fact that these have to be treated like some sort of e-mail. So, my apologies. Have a great day!

::Best,

::Dre DrefromItaly (talk) 19:47, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

:::No need to apologize: You don't need to be formal with me (I write the way I write!). And regarding the dates, that is an easy fix. Best, HouseBlaster (he/they) 19:51, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

::::Thanks a lot. I'll get to work immediately on the references. I have just the one question. At Help:Translation#Licensing putting in the edit summary a phrase like this: "Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at :fr:Exact name of French article; see its history for attribution." is indicated as required, but I did not insert that in my edit summary. Although, I did write "Finished translating from the Italian version of the article" or a similar caption. Is that okay too, since it was my first edit?

::::Sorry for the bother and again thanks for your kindness. DrefromItaly (talk) 19:54, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

:::::You can just add it in the edit summary when you add some sources. Don't worry about bothering me! I am here to help you :) Best, HouseBlaster (he/they) 19:57, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

::::::Great stuff. One last thing, this time for real. I don't know if you can view drafts, but I published today a draft about Italian musical duo Nu Genea. If you can view it and want to tell me how I did there, I'd be glad for that too.

::::::Thanks for putting up with an idiot lol. Best,

::::::Andre DrefromItaly (talk) 20:19, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

:::::::Apologies for missing this message! The most important change I made was this edit summary linking to the original Italian article; I also made some minor cleanup edits. Great work: I have published the draft to mainspace :) HouseBlaster (he/they) 22:08, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

::::::::Hi HouseBlaster!

::::::::Really no problem for missing the message. Everyone has things to do. Anyways, thank you! It's a real great thing seeing an article that I have translated on Wikipedia!

::::::::Dre DrefromItaly (talk) 04:13, 16 May 2025 (UTC)

:::::::::I'm glad I was able to help you out! Congratulations :) HouseBlaster (he/they) 04:30, 16 May 2025 (UTC)

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Request block of vandal

Hey, I see you're active so sending this to you. I've already reported to AIV, but they're clogging the history on Angry Birds Fight!: {{vandal|Polovlo}}, same pattern as {{vandal|Polvixv}} who has already been blocked.

Thanks Trim02 (talk) 08:00, 10 May 2025 (UTC)

:{{done}}; thanks for reporting :) HouseBlaster (he/they) 08:04, 10 May 2025 (UTC)

::Yeah... they're back: {{vandal|Eucjvuc}}, same page as before. Do they srsly have nothing better to do?

::Also these three accounts were created on 6 May... clearly they were created to go against semi protect Trim02 (talk) 08:11, 10 May 2025 (UTC)

:::{{done}} (I am heading to bed soon, so I might not respond to the next message in a timely manner). HouseBlaster (he/they) 08:13, 10 May 2025 (UTC)

::::If you're still awake I've got another mole to whack {{vandal|Sucjvux}}

::::Maybe just protect the page? Higher than semi since they've clearly waited to get autoconfirm Trim02 (talk) 08:21, 10 May 2025 (UTC)

Question from [[User:DrefromItaly|DrefromItaly]] (10:28, 10 May 2025)

Hello HouseBlaster!

I followed your suggestion: Assago has now many sources and the article has been expanded.

Thanks! Best,

Dre --DrefromItaly (talk) 10:28, 10 May 2025 (UTC)

:Nicely done! HouseBlaster (he/they) 17:32, 10 May 2025 (UTC)

Question from [[User:SneezingTiger0|SneezingTiger0]] (15:25, 10 May 2025)

When is it good to source on Wikipedia? I've been looking through some articles and seeing parts where I could source something but I just don't know if I should source it. Or if it is not needed. --SneezingTiger0 (talk) 15:25, 10 May 2025 (UTC)

:Hi SneezingTiger0! Generally, there is very little when a citation to a reliable source would be a bad thing (just make sure it is reliable and supports the statement!). I would go ahead and add those citations :) HouseBlaster (he/they) 17:37, 10 May 2025 (UTC)

Question from [[User:BangashTalib|BangashTalib]] (02:44, 11 May 2025)

Hi I have a question since your an administrator can u please protect the page I created

2025 India–Pakistan conflict protests

To extended user only

Because the 2025 India–Pakistan conflict is a ongoing conflict and ips and non verified editors shouldn't be editing these pages since it's a big topic so things can change rapidly. I asked other admins also but none responded.

Thank you,

BangashTalib

Thank u --BangashTalib (talk) 02:44, 11 May 2025 (UTC)

:Hi BangashTalib! We do not protect pages until disruption has occurred. See WP:PREEMPTIVE for the official policy on that topic. Best, HouseBlaster (he/they) 02:49, 11 May 2025 (UTC)

Question from [[User:Sassycat57885|Sassycat57885]] (02:33, 12 May 2025)

How can I do a page on Wikipedia --Sassycat57885 (talk) 02:33, 12 May 2025 (UTC)

:{{yo|Sassycat57885}} Welcome! Creating a new article from scratch is extremely challenging, and new editors are strongly recommended to spend a few months learning how Wikipedia works, by making improvements to some of our existing seven million articles before trying it. When you do decide to have a go at a new article, you are highly encouraged to read WP:Your first article. If you haven't already also check out WP:TUTORIAL; it's a lot of fun! Happy editing! HouseBlaster (he/they) 02:35, 12 May 2025 (UTC)

Question from [[User:M.N. Ramzey|M.N. Ramzey]] on [[User:M.N. Ramzey]] (06:18, 12 May 2025)

help --M.N. Ramzey (talk) 06:18, 12 May 2025 (UTC)

:Hi! What do you need help with? HouseBlaster (he/they) 20:21, 12 May 2025 (UTC)

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Assessment categories

{{see also|User talk:HouseBlaster/Archive 9#Find categories}}

Hi, thanks for your help earlier. But it seems that lots of categories got missed. Some of these are in :Category:WikiProject assessment categories needing attention. I have been working on these manually, but would you be able to move these with the help of your bot? Also, is there any way to search for any others that may have been missed? Regards — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 11:08, 13 May 2025 (UTC)

:By the way, adding {{tl|AbQI}} to the category should automatically apply the relevant parent categories — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 11:26, 13 May 2025 (UTC)

{{od|:}}

Apologies that I missed some, and thank you for your work so far :)

[https://petscan.wmcloud.org/?wikidata_prop_item_use=&referrer_url=&search_wiki=enwiki&categories=&cb_labels_any_l=1&templates_no=&interface_language=en&subpage_filter=either&sortorder=ascending&minlinks=&max_sitelink_count=&ores_prob_to=&wikidata_source_sites=&wikidata_label_language=&source_combination=&project=wikipedia&search_query=intitle%3Aarticles+-incategory%3A%22Wikipedia+soft+redirected+categories%22+-intitle%3A%22B-class%22+-intitle%3A%22A-class%22+-intitle%3A%22GA-class%22+-intitle%3A%22FL-class%22+-intitle%3A%22FA-class%22+-intitle%3A%22stub-class%22+-intitle%3A%22start-class%22+-intitle%3A%22c-class%22+intitle%3A%22importance%22+intitle%3A%22-Class%22&edits%5Bflagged%5D=both&search_max_results=10000&namespace_conversion=keep&referrer_name=&depth=0&langs_labels_yes=&language=en&cb_labels_yes_l=1&min_redlink_count=1&manual_list=&sitelinks_any=&format=html&larger=&active_tab=tab_other_sources&sparql=&labels_no=&output_limit=&edits%5Bbots%5D=both&ns%5B14%5D=1&ores_prediction=any&before=&links_to_all=&sitelinks_no=&manual_list_wiki=&cb_labels_no_l=1 This PetScan] should give everything matching the search query intitle:articles -incategory:"Wikipedia soft redirected categories" -intitle:"B-class" -intitle:"A-class" -intitle:"GA-class" -intitle:"FL-class" -intitle:"FA-class" -intitle:"stub-class" -intitle:"start-class" -intitle:"c-class" -intitle:"list-class" intitle:"importance" intitle:"-Class" (in English: has "articles", "importance", and "-class" in the title, is not a {{t|category redirect}}, and is not using a standard article rating like "GA" or "B"). Running that we have 488 categories:

{{cot|Full list}}

{{div col}}

{{div col end}}

{{cob}}

I don't think we are moving the unassessed/unknown-class categories (are we?). Future-class is for articles, so should remain where it is eliminating them gives:

{{cot|To be processed}}

{{div col}}

{{div col end}}

{{cob}}

I have nominated the Redirect and Draft class stuff for speedy renaming (will be processed in ~48 hours). :Category:Unknown-importance Unknown-Class Geology articles and :Category:Unknown-importance NA-Class Geology articles seem okay; do they need to be renamed? I have deleted the ones which were eligible for WP:C4 deletion, and that leaves us with:

{{div col}}

{{div col end}}

I believe all of these remaining are unused and/or redundant; can they be nominated for deletion at CFD? Best, HouseBlaster (he/they) 19:40, 13 May 2025 (UTC)

:You probably lost it in the shuffle, with the conversation below, but this could also use your eyeballs, MSGJ :) HouseBlaster (he/they) 04:41, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

:Wow, thanks for this!

:* Categories like :Category:File-Class physics articles of NA-importance and :Category:File-Class physics articles of NA-importance were covered by this CfD. The template still populates them, but as soon as they are deleted, that will stop.

:* :Category:Unknown-importance NA-Class Geology articles will never be used because NA-importance would be used instead of Unknown.

:* If any above are empty, I would tend to use {{tl|db-c1}}

:— Martin (MSGJ · talk) 04:45, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

::In that case, {{done}} and dusted :) HouseBlaster (he/they) 21:48, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

Empty assessment categories

Hello, HouseBlaster,

I use [https://empty-categories.toolforge.org/ Toolforge] to find empty categories (now in the form of :Category:Berkshire articles by importance) and, for some reason, today we have hundreds of empty assessment categories. But I can't find out who emptied them, whether it was an editor or a bot. I'm still going to tag them as CSD C1 but I thought I'd drop you a note in case you knew what was happening so it could be reverted. I doubt that the parties involved with assessing articles involved with WikiProjects want all of these hundreds of categories deleted. Thanks for any help you can supply. Liz Read! Talk! 22:26, 13 May 2025 (UTC)

:I'll ping User:MSGJ just in case he is involved in this incident. Liz Read! Talk! 22:27, 13 May 2025 (UTC)

::Thanks for the note, Liz—looks like this is a bug with Module:Articles by class, which powers {{t|category importance}} (aka {{t|Articles by Importance}}). :Category:High-importance Berkshire articles is an example of a category which was, until the last run of the Toolforge report, in :Category:Berkshire articles by importance. That is a MSGJ question, so I'll let him respond when he gets a chance :) HouseBlaster (he/they) 22:51, 13 May 2025 (UTC)

:::Okay. Paging, MSGJ, I hope he comes back to edit today. And I'll stop tagging these category pages for speedy deletion. Thanks for the reply, HouseBlaster, explaining what happened. I wish these Modules would leave some evidence of their work and changes they have made. Liz Read! Talk! 01:26, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

::::I'll fix this today. Please don't tag them Liz — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 03:49, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

:::::So glad to see you check in here, MSGJ. This afternoon there was about 200 empty assessment categories and now there is 865! I did tag about two dozen but it won't be hard to untag them later. Thanks for looking into this. Liz Read! Talk! 04:02, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

::::::{{fixed}} — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 04:34, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

Question from [[User:Laird3825|Laird3825]] (12:18, 14 May 2025)

I decided to try this whole thing out. I am a complete novice, first time every trying it. I created User:Laird3825/Right Away (thought I would try something simple- a song I heard not long ago). Review is in Progress but it said that the page should be moved to Drafts from User. I am completely running in circles on this one. Is it necessary? and if so, how do I get it done? --Laird3825 (talk) 12:18, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

:{{yo|Laird3825}} You can see Help:Moving a page for, well, help moving a page. I have taken care of it for you, and submitted the thing for review. I think you marked the draft as under review, which is not the correct thing to do; that will stop any reviewers from actually taking a look at it because they will assume someone else is looking at it. I have removed that tag and replaced it with a generic "please review this" tag. Let me know if you need anything else, and I'll be happy to help :) HouseBlaster (he/they) 21:31, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

Question from [[User:Kelvin Anaman|Kelvin Anaman]] (18:37, 14 May 2025)

Nice meeting you mentor. I want to ask if I can edit articles and publish it as mine?? --Kelvin Anaman (talk) 18:37, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

:{{yo|Kelvin Anaman}} What do you mean by {{tq|publish it as mine}}? Thanks, HouseBlaster (he/they) 21:32, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

Question from [[User:NiniSchenck|NiniSchenck]] (21:54, 14 May 2025)

Wished to advise....one Wikipedia site refers to Schenck castles.

Schenck was the title given to the "cup-bearer" for the royal head of the castle. Much like the "Baker" so there would be Schencks no doubt for each castle's leader. Not necessarily related to one another. Just wanted to clarify. --NiniSchenck (talk) 21:54, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

:{{yo|NiniSchenck}} Not sure what you mean. Are you talking about a particular article? HouseBlaster (he/they) 22:17, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

::Can't locate the Wikipedia site which I referred to. The surname Schenck became the last name of the "cup-bearer" who served the "Lord" of the castle. It was derived from

::Schenck Van Nideggen for instance. Nideggen Castle - where the family served Count Julich. This is near Duren, Germany. As there would be other "Schencks" they would be the trusted servant in their own areas, thus not necessarily related to one another.

::Marten Schenck Van (or Von) Nideggan was my ancestor Peter Schenck's brother. 2600:8801:1189:DE00:5802:5546:8943:B263 (talk) 00:23, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

:::I think you should ask at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Humanities, where editors are better suited to help you :) HouseBlaster (he/they) 05:10, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

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Question from [[User:Wilywings|Wilywings]] on [[Aberdeen floating village]] (15:08, 15 May 2025)

Hello HouseBlaster, do you know what to do when you find a repetitive paragraph that appears in multiple sections? I don't exactly want to delete the whole paragraph, so should I just paraphrase some of the wording?

Thanks,

Wilywings --Wilywings (talk) 15:08, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

:Hi Wilywings! The first thing to note is that information in the lead should appear somewhere else in the article. The lead is supposed to be a summary of the rest of the article, so information there ought to "duplicate" other information. If the information is in multiple places outside the lead, I would go ahead and delete it. Sometimes pruning information is necessary to make Wikipedia better! Best, HouseBlaster (he/they) 21:56, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

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Question from [[User:Likespiltmilk|Likespiltmilk]] (03:44, 18 May 2025)

Hi! I am new to Wikipedia and here from an LIS class. Eventually, my assignment is to contribute a photo to a Wikipedia article. However, I am interested in contributing in other ways. What is the best way to start learning the user interface and what an article might need contributed? --Likespiltmilk (talk) 03:44, 18 May 2025 (UTC)

:Hi Likespiltmilk, and welcome to Wikipedia! To learn about the editing interface, you can check out the tutorial. I'd highly recommend using the "VisualEditor" to make edits, which works like Google Docs or Microsoft Word. You can check out Help:Introduction to editing with VisualEditor for more on how to use it. As for suggested improvements, your homepage should have some suggested edits for you to make. Once you feel comfortable using them, you can try volunteering at the task center. Let me know if you need any more suggestions or have any questions, and I'd be happy to help. And best of luck with your class :) HouseBlaster (he/they) 03:55, 18 May 2025 (UTC)