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Draft:Swindon Health Hydro, Formerly Known as Milton Road Baths[edit] Draft:Swindon Health Hydro, Formerly Known as Milton Road Baths
I he updated this article to try and meet standards. One element I can't fix is the title - I would like this to be changed to 'Swindon Health Hydro, Milton Road, Swindon'.
I he been working on this article for three years now. To start off with, I got objections that I understood and reacted to. Now it just seems that someone comes in, rejects the article and there's not much I can do. Being told that it reads like an essay or that I'm using informal language hasn't helped at all.
I let Swindon Borough Council use an earlier version of the article on their website - a reviewer thought that I'd plagiarised the whole thing. I explained what had happened and they accepted my explanation but the article still didn't get accepted.
I would like to move on to writing an article about the Great Western Railway Medical Fund Society but I hen't the stomach for another marathon.
Mydaemonthirst (talk) 14:37, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Done in this edit Versions111 (talk • contribs) 14:54, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] If the article is published it should be at Swindon Health Hydro, currently a WP:redirect to Swindon Victorian Turkish Baths. Adding "Milton Road, Swindon" is known as WP:disambiguation and is not needed if there is only one Swindon Health Hydro on Wikipedia. TSventon (talk) 15:03, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] The Swindon Victorian Turkish Baths article is about just one element in a very large building with a complicated history. That article is part of a series of articles about the Victorian Turkish Baths movement, which is a story that deserves to stand alone. The point you are making is one made three years ago when I started on my article about the Health Hydro. The story of the Victorian Turkish Baths Movement and that of the the Health Hydro as a building deserve to each stand alone, of course with cross-references. THERE IS NO SWINDON HEALTH HYDRO ON WIKIIPEDIA. There does seem to be an inexplicable determination to make sure there never is. An article talking about just the Turkish Baths, as part of the Victorian Turkish Baths movement, is not telling the nationally important story of the Health Hydro. I would dearly love to move on to an article on the GWR Medical Fund Society but I need to get the Health Hydro article published first and it seems that this will never happen. Is there any court of appeal that I can approach and make my case? Mydaemonthirst (talk) 22:44, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] @Mydaemonthirst: (edit conflict) There is an existing article, Swindon Victorian Turkish Baths (to which Swindon Health Hydro redirects), that seems to overlap considerably with your draft. Instead of trying to create a new article, perhaps you could add cited information to the existing article. Deor (talk) 15:09, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] The existing article is part of a series of articles about the Victorian Turkish Baths movement. That is its focus and it talks about Turkish Baths in Swindon before they came to be housed in what is now the Health Hydro. If I put the history of the Health Hydro into that article, it would drown out its purpose. The Health Hydro is a large complicated building with a complicated history. Two thirds of the building were for medical purposes and one third housed the the swimming baths, wash baths Turkish baths and Russian baths. It has gone through a series of changes in its management and uses. It is a remarkable building that is of national importance and deserves to he its own Wikipedia page. I he put in too much effort to give up now. The story of the building continues and I will continue to update the article with fresh developments. I just hope that, eventually, reason will prevail and the article will be published. I will then able to move on to create an article on the GWR Medical Fund Society. The current title of my article is a mistake for two reasons, which is why I want to change it. The whole building has never been called the 'Milton Road Baths', only the 'wet side'. And putting two names for the building into the title is likely to cause confusion. I do want 'Milton Road' in the title because many many people in Swindon still think of the Milton Road Baths when they think of the building. Thus I would like the title to be 'Swindon Health Hydro, Milton Road, Swindon'. I am anxious to get the article published soon as the building will be reopened in January, after refurbishment. I cannot accept that the story of the Victorian Turkish Baths Movement in the existing article should be drowned out by the whole history of the Health Hydro. Mydaemonthirst (talk) 10:28, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] "I am anxious to get the article published soon as the building will be reopened in January". Please see WP:PROMO and WP:COMMONNAME. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} ~2025-31359-08 (talk) 14:03, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] @Mydaemonthirst: And also remember there is no WP:DEADLINE on WIkipedia.. Bazza 7 (talk) 14:22, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Yes but this is taking years. I do not believe that the existence of an article about the Victorian Turkish Baths movement should prevent the publication of an article about a particular building in Swindon. This objection is, in one way, a first in that it is a repeat of an earlier objection that I had thought I'd dealt with. For the most part every objection is for a different reason and it's never clear whether I he succeeded in satisfying the objection. Mydaemonthirst (talk) 16:05, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] The fact that it's taking years is nobody's fault and nobody's concern. A Wikipedia article is just history. It bears absolutely no relation to a building reopening. If you want to he promotional material prepared, this is a horrible way of doing it, because it will be re-edited against your wishes and you'll he no recourse. You can set up your own website for promotion. TooManyFingers (talk) 22:00, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Suna, Sunsky District, Kirov Oblast - overwide infobox[edit]Can anyone please figure out how to fix the giant width of the infobox in Suna, Sunsky District, Kirov Oblast. I guess it's due to the many population estimates (and the fact that we he one more estimated pop# than date in that table - presumably the cause of the "Expression error: Unexpected number"). I don't see where that list comes from, so I guess it's being added (from wikidata?) by some transcluded template. -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 16:01, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, @Finlay McWalter. This sounds as if it may be the same issue as #Help with infobox formatting above. ColinFine (talk) 16:36, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Thanks, ColinFine, it sure does. @PrimeHunter: - can you get your fix to work on the Suna article too? I can't see a "preferred rank" thing to pick in its wikidata. -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 16:50, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] @Finlay McWalter: After clicking "edit" at the most recent population estimate, you he to click a small circle (not a rectangle) in an icon to the left of the number. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:08, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] @PrimeHunter:, a found it (that's a tiny circle indeed), and it's fixed it. Thank you. I'll mooch around the neighbourhood and see if there's any others with this issue. -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 17:12, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] I don't know Wikidata at all, is there a place either there or here on enwiki that we can bring some broader attention to this? I highly doubt this one article and the satellite settlements of Vorkuta are the only affected articles. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 20:05, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] I found a bunch more (linked from the nbox of that article). I "fixed" a few, but really it's a bit of a cargo cult solution (when we don't really know what we're doing, or why it really works). It may well be just forcing a cache refresh, but I don't know. I decided not to change any more for now. -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 21:08, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] I know why it works but it would be a better solution for the infobox to automatically pick the latest estimate if there are multiple estimates and no preferred rank. It appers to he been done by [1] after discussion at Template talk:Infobox Russian inhabited locality#population_est. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:31, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] That seems to fix things. To my mind we should undo the forced "preferred rank" changes, as these will override further estimates that are added in the future. -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 11:35, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] linking to a photo in different-language wiki[edit]Hello, there,
I am writing for English Wikipedia, and a photo I am trying to link to is uploaded to an article in Russian Wikipedia. Is there a way to link to this file from the English-language Wikipedia?
Thanks for your time. ~2025-41958-40 (talk) 20:18, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I assume this relates to ru:Файл:Григорьев Антон Алексеевич.jpg in ru:Григорьев, Антон Алексеевич. It may be possible to upload a copy of the image to en Wikipedia as the subject is deceased and if no free image is ailable, see Wikipedia:Non-free content. You need to publish the article without the image first as non-free images are not allowed in drafts. TSventon (talk) 20:38, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Thank you! (And, yes, you assumed right.) ~2025-41958-40 (talk) 20:41, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] The cited source in the ruwiki image is a deadlink. But [2] seems to he that image. DMacks (talk) 07:33, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Wikipedia bio?[edit]Can I submit my own bio to Wikipedia? ~2025-42070-44 (talk) 20:44, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @~2025-42070-44. We strongly discourage that: Wikipedia:Autobiography. Wikipedia has really strict criteria for inclusion, and the majority of biographic articles are written by people independent of the person with just a passing interest. We prohibit promotion of any kind, and we're not a social media website like LinkedIn. qcne (talk) 20:49, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Hello, @~2025-42070-44. Note that A Wikipedia article should be a neutral summary of what several people wholly unconnected with the subject he independently chosen to publish about the subject in reliable publications, (see Golden rule) and not much else. What you know (or anybody else knows) about the subject is not relevant except where it can be verified from a reliable published source. That applies just as much to an article about you as to any other article. ColinFine (talk) 20:57, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Why would you want to submit your own bio, ~2025-42070-44? -- Hoary (talk) 00:10, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] No, you can’t do that. ~2025-42676-23 (talk) 09:57, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Hi, ~2025-42070-44! Even if creating a page about you WAS allowed, first you would he to create an account. You can do this by clicking the CREATE ACCOUNT button that should be at the top of your screen. Helpfully,Yooniik (talk) 14:57, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] And also, you might've been better off at the teahouse with that question, since you sound new. Yooniik (talk) 15:07, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Lowercase sigmabot blues[edit]Hing set up by hand 19 numbered archives for User talk:Hoary, I arranged for "Miszabot" (i.e. Lowercase sigmabot III) to continue the job as it became necessary ("|counter=19"). Which it obligingly did.
Thrilled by this success, I arranged for "Miszabot" (i.e. Lowercase sigmabot III) to archive Talk:Henri Cartier-Bresson, Talk:Martin Parr, Talk:Hiroh Kikai, and Talk:Teikō Shiotani. None already had an archive, so I presumed that "|counter=0" would be required; however, the examples in User:MiszaBot/config for starting the archiving process instead he "|counter=1", and so, incredulously but obediently, I specified that.
Over 24 hours he passed, but no archiving has occurred. I've looked through "Causes of no archiving" but still don't notice what I've done wrong. What stupid mistake(s) he I made? -- Hoary (talk) 00:07, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Hoary: The archive parameter should be a subpage like |archive = Talk:Henri Cartier-Bresson/Archive %(counter)d, not |archive = Talk:Henri Cartier-Bresson %(counter)d. Talk:Hiroh Kikai is correct and it did archive. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:38, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Well, duh. I plead senility. Thank you, PrimeHunter! -- Hoary (talk) 01:21, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] That's why in preview, it said "Preview warning: Page using User:MiszaBot/config with archive parameter not a subpage". One could argue that this should be visible in read-mode also, since it explains a reader-visible situation. DMacks (talk) 09:22, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] I he linked WP:SUB on "subpage" in the instructions.[3] PrimeHunter (talk) 00:46, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Goodman ck/ckl[edit] Main page: Draft:Goodman CK/CKLMy article was declined on December 14 because it only referenced primary sources and read like an advert. I added secondary and evern Teritary sources. Is it ready to be published? BilltheBison (talk) 04:40, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Every single source presently appears to be a press release (a primary source). Are you sure you added more secondary sources? - Purplewowies (talk) 05:26, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] The first 5 references are primary sources, the majority are secondary sources, the last reference is Teritary BilltheBison (talk) 05:51, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Your sources are all company-written product manuals and specifications, which are primary and non-independent sources. Please see WP:42 for a summary of what we expect. Helpful Raccoon (talk) 08:12, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] To be more clear, a Wikipedia article about a product should mainly summarize what reliable sources who are unaffiliated with the company he written about the product (e.g. in product reviews or published books). If independent reliable sources he not chosen to write about it, then no article has possible. Helpful Raccoon (talk) 08:21, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Secondary doesn't just mean the subject didn't write it. It also means the subject had no influence and no input. TooManyFingers (talk) 21:52, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] why is font support so hard?[edit]Why cant Wikipedia just supply its own fonts to render characters in the styling. Ive been trying to get font support to work and it's such a hack. I'll install the font and add it to Firefox but it doesnt work. I he to fiddle around with it until it works and even then when I do something else it breaks again! Anything but the standard fonts will not work and will be a pain in the ass because you he to keep going back and messing around to get it to work again. And now, its just not working at all. ~2025-42034-67 (talk) 07:07, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
So for example, whether or not they've already installed a typeface that's adequate for chữ Nôm, anyone who reads the page Chữ Nôm would be sure to view 𫿰 (within that page) as a chữ Nôm character (and not as some kind of "glyph unailable" mark)? -- Hoary (talk) 07:01, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] I get the same 'unailable' character, but my Firefox is utterly ancient. I came across this: Firefox just got better for Chinese, Japanese and Korean speakers on Android (dated August 18, 2025) which claims that the latest FF version copes with these characters. Or you could try our page Help:Multilingual support (East Asian): if you he an old version of Firefox eg running on XP, maybe Microsoft's website may help, but you may he no luck there. MinorProphet (talk) 18:06, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] stop trailing me and asking me for donations[edit]do not continue begging for donations you not he to pop up in my searches at all lee me alone Veda boggs (talk) 05:17, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, Veda boggs. Wikipedia editors he nothing whatsoever to do with fundraising. That is handled by the Wikimedia Foundation. Please read Wikipedia:Suppress display of the fundraising banner. Cullen328 (talk) 06:10, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Cancelling account[edit]how do I cancel my account Badwolf 1966 (talk) 06:55, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You don't - if you want to lee, you just lee. TooManyFingers (talk) 07:58, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] @Badwolf 1966 The closest thing we he to "cancelling" an account is Wikipedia:Courtesy vanishing. Helpful Raccoon (talk) 08:44, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]Your user contributions show that you he made only one edit which is here on the Help desk page, so it hardly matters anyway.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 08:56, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Bonconte da Montefeltro[edit]Could someone step in and comment on this discussion? It has already been reposted because there aren't enough opinions on the matter. ~2025-42341-94 (talk) 10:26, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
User page[edit]So, I'm trynna make myself a cool user page and I'm taking for example this user page: User:Balthazar, I understand most the HTML so I can do most of it but one part in it, the userboxes part I can't seem to understand the coding behind it, all I can understand is that there are subpages involved, can you explain it? Gfroi (talk) 12:28, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Gfroi: User:Balthazar says {{User:Balthazar/Userboxes}} which transcludes User:Balthazar/Userboxes. That page has a large block of code inside ... which means it's not displayed on the page itself but only when it's transcluded on another page. Then there is a large block inside ... which means it's only displayed on the page itself and not when it's transcluded. See more at WP:NOINCLUDE. So the whole page looks completely different when it's viewed directly or via transclusion on the parent page. It's an unusual setup for a userpage and you don't he to do it. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:50, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] thanks! Gfroi (talk) 15:34, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Technical help needed: Syncing my article with Wikidata (Subject: Meisam Amini) ۴.[edit]"Hi. I requested an update on my talk page 2 months ago but got no response. I am the subject of Meisam Amini. I he updated my Wikidata (Q122609085) with official sources from Iran and France. Could a volunteer please help me to sync my Wikipedia Infobox with Wikidata so my photo, medals, and international coaching career (in Lyon and Ivory Coast) show up correctly? Also, please update the short description for Google's Knowledge Panel. Thanks!" ~2025-42297-20 (talk) 21:48, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I added a pic. In general, infoboxes in WP:BLP:s should not use transcluded data from wikidata, pretty much anything needs to he an on-WP citation. WP-editors he no control over Google's KP. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 22:04, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Btw, leing messages at Talk:Meisam Amini is correct, but there is a good chance very few people are watching. Consider WP:EDITREQ or WP:APPNOTE in places like Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Iran and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Martial arts. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 22:09, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Thank you for adding the photo and for the guidance! I understand that data should be cited within Wikipedia. Since I am the subject of the article and want to follow the rules, could you or another volunteer please help me add the citations from my Wikidata (Q122609085) to the English article? This would allow us to: Replace the current photo with the 2003 World Championships version (File: Meisam Amini - World Wrestling Championships 2003.jpg). Update my professional status to "International coach" (removing 'retired') and add my roles in Lyon and Ivory Coast. Complete the Medal Record from the Persian Wikipedia page. I will also reach out to WikiProject Iran as you suggested. Thank you for your professional help! ~2025-42560-02 (talk) 05:22, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Thank you for your guidance regarding citations. To help update the article and remove the "retired" status, I am providing several reliable sources from both French and Iranian media. These sources confirm my active role as an international coach and technical instructor. Professional Status (Coach in Lyon & Ivory Coast): Lyon Mag: https://www.lyonmag.com/article/147816/meisam-amini-ancien-champion-iranien-de-lutte-installe-a-lyon-la-vie-est-comme-un-combat Le Progrès: https://www.leprogres.fr/sport/2025/06/12/meisam-amini-la-lutte-un-art-d-ivoire-qu-il-transmet-ec-ardeur Lyon Capitale: https://www.lyoncapitale.fr/actualite/liranien-meisam-amini-un-entraineur-de-lutte-a-lyon-le-sport-est-un-puissant-vecteur-de-paix Tribune de Lyon: https://tribunedelyon.fr/sport/meisam-amini-lutte-iranien-entraineور-lyon/ Technical Instructor for Ivory Coast (Official Reports): IRNA News: https://www.irna.ir/news/85831100/ ISNA News: https://www.isna.ir/news/1404022115281/ Tasnim News: https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1404/02/22/3311276/ Summary of Requested Changes: Please update the lead sentence to reflect my active career as an international coach. Synchronize the Medal Record with the Persian Wikipedia (https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/میثم_امینی) using these sources. Replace the photo with: Meisam Amini - World Wrestling Championships 2003.jpg. Since I am the subject of the article, I would appreciate a volunteer's help in adding these citations directly to the English Wikipedia page. Thank you! ~2025-42066-90 (talk) 05:35, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Vector legacy theme custom CSS configuration[edit]Hello! I he been trying to implement custom CSS for the Vector Legacy theme so that when I scroll down on an article, the sidebar does not scroll down with it, and I can scroll down the sidebar separately to access options near the bottom. I also want to move the search bar from the top right corner to the top of the page, to the left of the user icon. Does anyone he any help to offer? Thank you! ZImperator (talk) (contrib) 23:45, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Try asking at WP:Village pump (technical), they know best about these things. Athanelar (talk) 09:27, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Thanks for the help! ZImperator (talk) (contrib) 16:22, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]@Heu @juundn@hodhs@K . K Rasika udara chandrasekara ~2025-32791-77 (talk) 02:31, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
What? ZImperator (talk) (contrib) 03:27, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Looks like a vandal. TooManyFingers (talk) 03:32, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Or some confused guy. But both make sense. ZImperator (talk) (contrib) 03:36, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Returning after BREAK[edit]Do repercussions from other people diminish when I return from a long WP:BREAK? Ahri Boy (talk) 02:32, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, Ahri Boy. "Repercussions" is a vague term in this context. Obviously, memories and emotions related to disputes fade with time, but you are just as much expected to comply with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines and behioral expectations following a long wikibreak as if you had never taken a break. Cullen328 (talk) 03:34, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] What do you mean? TooManyFingers (talk) 03:30, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Simply off-wiki disputes about me, which I may ignore or politely engage depending on weight. Currently, I may he low capacity to contribute due to personal reasons, including prioritizing my uncle's family. Ahri Boy (talk) 03:53, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] It's best to pay no attention to what people say about you off-wiki if you feel hurt by it. Children Will Listen (🐄 talk, 🫘 contribs) 04:03, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] I recommend that you do take the break you talked about. Being under stress off-wiki makes it hard to contribute here, because no one here can see what you're going through - if you accidentally get angry at someone here, or say things that it's better not to say, you automatically get blamed. (And that's actually fair, because it's not their fault.) So, do the things that will really help your life and your family's life. Let Wikipedia take care of itself, at least until you come back. :) TooManyFingers (talk) 05:33, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] About the repercussions question: if you and someone else he a problem with each other that is both off-wiki and on-wiki, then nobody who's just on-wiki can intelligently answer your question. But if the repercussions are from an on-wiki-only person, then I can very confidently say two things: it might possibly improve with a break, but more importantly, it sure won't get worse with a break. :) TooManyFingers (talk) 05:51, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Email validation does not work[edit]Hello,
I recently created an account and I am not able to confirm my email. Every confirmation link reports the code expired even when opened immediately. I tried many times, different browsers, etc. No luck.
Can someone please advise how to resolve this?
Thank you! DeepDive25 (talk) 02:52, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@DeepDive25: Some email services or anti-malware may scan links for security reasons. This can invalidate the code. Try another email service if possible. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:17, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Can anyone help us solve this problem?[edit]Due to the incorrectness of this module in Pashto Wikipedia, many pages show errors. If anyone can fix this, please let us know. for example this page شاه زمان پټان (talk) 06:02, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Although, شاه زمان پټان, I very much doubt that I could help even if I knew which module and what problem, other people viewing this page might be able to. However, you're not making it easy for them. -- Hoary (talk) 06:59, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] @شاه زمان پټان: I've mostly fixed the basic functioning of the location map module. However, thousands of data files he to be imported for it to work completely. Children Will Listen (🐄 talk, 🫘 contribs) 07:00, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] I think it's mostly a bug in the module:Unsubst and map-related modules, like this one. شاه زمان پټان (talk) 09:35, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Missing page[edit]Hi, I notice a page about me is missing, I was hoping to re-establish it but I can't find anywhere it might he been submitted as I didnt publish it myself. I'm a public figure and I really need help establishing my identity to retrieve an online account. Can anyone help me? ~2025-42335-76 (talk) 07:55, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It's difficult to help you without knowing what article you are talking about. Our only concern with articles is if they meet our inclusion criteria and accurately summarize what independent reliable sources say about the topic. Not all "public figures" merit Wikipedia articles. 331dot (talk) 08:22, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] I'm not quite understanding. Are you saying that you want to use Wikipedia to prove your own identity to a third party? TooManyFingers (talk) 08:41, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] If the page is missing, it was very clumsy of you to lose it. Try to remember where you left it, that's far easier than trying to get people to find it here. - Walter Ego 08:45, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Hello, @~2025-42335-76. I think you're saying that there used to be a Wikipedia article about you, but now you can't find it. If that is the case, it is likely that it has been deleted, probably because it failed to establish that you meet Wikipedia's criteria for notability. 331dot's answer explains what that is about. If you tell us the name of the article, we can investigate. I don't understand what the last bit is about. I can't think of any circumstances in which the existence of a Wikipedia article could be of help in establishing somebody's identity. ColinFine (talk) 10:22, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Wikipedia (Fundraiser Contribution) 2 Questions?[edit]I'm not sure if I he gone to the right place, but hopefully I found the correct place in a maze of trying to find where i'm looking.
I Wanted to ask 2 Questions for Wikipedia:
A. As someone who wanted nothing to do with the last somewhat 8 Years, I wanted to know what Wikipedia's stance was on the Past 8 Years?
Is Wikipedia for staying the same or for the changes??
I he no idea where Wikipedia keeps a list of Updates to it's services, a history of sorts for it's Wiki to keep People in the know of what is going on currently with the Platform...
Any help would be nice...
B. I saw that Wikipedia is hing a Donation thing for non-profit, & to keep Billionare's from buying it's soul...
You are running a fundraiser to try & meet a goal, I wanted to know how Wikipedia was doing on that goal?
What is the Goal Wikipedia is trying to reach, & how much has Wikipedia actually gotten twards the goal so far??
I think its great you want to stay as a non-profit, I've actually heard what the Billionare's want to do with Wikipedia if they buy it, & I would much prefer they don't buy it, & for those reasons, I really hope you reach your Wiki Fundraiser Goal, o___O ~2025-42189-04 (talk) 11:20, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
What 'changes' of the past 8 years are you asking about in particular? The donation drive isn't done by Wikipedia, it's done by the Wikimedia Foundation who he their own goals and projects. Wikipedia is an independent, volunteer-run project, we he no say over what is done with the money raised by the Wikimedia Foundation, and essentially all they do is 'keep the lights on' here so to speak. Athanelar (talk) 11:51, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] What Wikipedia's stance was on the Past 8 Years? Something like "Wikipedians kept working, some things changed, Wikipedia remains imperfect and pretty good in parts." You might find something that interests you on History of Wikipedia or WP:PRESS 25 and preceding pages. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:33, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] "I've actually heard what the Billionare's want to do with Wikipedia if they buy it". Oh? I hen't, but I am aware of what one billionaire is already doing with it. -- Hoary (talk) 07:27, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Notability for article sub-contents[edit]Wikipedia:Notability#General_notability_guideline is a guideline to decide whether a topic deserves an article. Can it also be applied to decide whether a sub-topic deserves being mentioned in the topic's article? Has this been discussed/clarified/an alternative been established? --KnightMove (talk) 12:11, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@KnightMove That sounds like something you'll find guidance on at WP:NPOV. WP:SUMMARY may also be of interest. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:36, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] No, because as you said, the whole purpose of notability guidelines is to establish whether something deserves a standalone article. Plenty of things that wouldn't merit their own article still he sections on other articles, because while that information may not be notable enough for its own article, it has relevance to a subject which is notable enough for its own article. Notability essentially has no bearing on whether you should include information in an existing article, but there are other relevant pieces of guidance like a lot of things in WP:What Wikipedia is not, and things in the WP:Manual of style like MOS:TRIVIA Athanelar (talk) 12:36, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] A sub-topic deserves to be mentioned in an article if independent reliable secondary sources about the main topic mention it, simple as that. Depending on what you're doing, WP:DUE might be of interest to you. JustARandomSquid (talk) 12:37, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] My question is motivated by the discussion whether a list of occasionally added members of the 27 Club is adequate in the article or not. The former consensus was that the listing of a specific person in one quotable source is enough, which is now nixed again. I think if a person gets a minimum of coverage in quotable sources as a member of the 27 Club, the person should indeed be listed. But I am afraid that WP:What Wikipedia is not, WP:Manual of style and WP:DUE all don't help in deciding what such a minimum threshold could look like. Is there something else? --KnightMove (talk) 12:48, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] In that case, then regardless of whatever other standards may exist, the decision regarding that particular article will ultimately fall to whatever consensus is established on the talk page; that is always the ultimate factor on what gets included in any article. If the consensus on the article talk page is (as it seems to be) that the list should not be included, that consensus should be abided by. If you want to pull in some more opinions, you might try notifying at some places like WP:Wikiproject Music Athanelar (talk) 13:30, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] My interpretation: That article is partly an article, but partly a list of notable people, and some random person who died at the age of 27 should not be on the list. Is that what you're getting at? TooManyFingers (talk) 15:16, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Or, whether the article should or shouldn't he such a list? My very personal take on it: if no list, then why bother hing the article at all? TooManyFingers (talk) 15:19, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] @TooManyFingers: That's a fair question that inspired a new layer to the conflict... --KnightMove (talk) 06:59, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Sorry about that. Or, you're welcome - depending on your point of view. Might as well get all of it out of our systems now, while we're at it. :) TooManyFingers (talk) 07:08, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Publicly Available Factual Discrepancy[edit]Todd Chrisley Teresa Terry is Kyle Chrisley's mother (Todd's wife Julie is his step-mother) ~2025-42535-77 (talk) 13:01, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, @~2025-42535-77. If you find an error in an article, you may be able to correct it yourself (but you should he - and cite - a reliable published source for anything you are adding). If you are unsure about doing this for any reason, the article's talk page is the place to suggest the change. ColinFine (talk) 13:12, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] sign in[edit]how can i sign in if i cant remember my password and your forgoet password function will not allow me to use that function ~2025-42568-64 (talk) 14:25, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
If you registered with an e-mail, see Wikipedia:FAQ/Technical#How_do_I_recover_a_password_I_he_forgotten?. If you didn't, you can't, but read that link anyway. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:51, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Unlinked subpages[edit]There are multiple subpages of Wikipedia:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia that are not linked in the actual page, such as Who's closest, and Fyckshenhall. Should they be deleted? The latter was only in mainspace for two weeks anyway. RanDom 404 (talk) 16:26, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
RanDom 404, please ask at Wikipedia talk:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia. -- Hoary (talk) 07:42, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] moving a section[edit](I hen't found any guidance about moving a section from one article to another.) I performed the move by cut-and-pasting the section (including heading) into another article and deleting it from the original article. By manually doing so, any direct links to that original article's section will break. How can I find the broken links to fix? Ideally, the editor who originally wrote that section should retain his/her contribution credit despite my move. rootsmusic (talk) 17:40, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Rootsmusic: there is guidance on Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia, you need to use an edit summary like e.g. Copied content from [[Page name]]; see source page's history for attribution. You can do a dummy edit like adding a space and add it retrospectively. TSventon (talk) 18:35, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] (Thanks @TSventon, but I moved the section. So it wasn't copied, because my second step was to delete the original article's section.) I he added a revised edit summary to attribute the original editor. How can I find broken links (e.g. using page-section templates) elsewhere on WP to that original article's section? rootsmusic (talk) 19:15, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] @Rootsmusic: you copied content from a Wikipedia article to another Wikipedia article, so the guidance I linked applies, even though you removed the original text afterwards. The point is that if someone wants to find the history and authorship of the section you moved, they need to look in the article you copied/moved it from. Help:What links_here#Fragments has some advice on finding section links, I wasn't able to find any. TSventon (talk) 19:29, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] @Rootsmusic: Yes, a section move is to copy and delete a section. The source page should be linked per Wikipedia:Section moving#Step 5: Move the content. I he done it.[4] PrimeHunter (talk) 00:55, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Please unblock me on Meta Wikimedia[edit]I was trying to add the OneClickArchiver and Restorer scripts to my common.js, but then LTA 404 blocked me indefinitely with no talk page access because it thought my edit was harmful! Stupid abuse filter. ~2025-42732-08 (talk) 21:46, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, i did not log in, i am TheCoolMango and the account that was blocked indefinitely by the abuse filter is this one i'm using right now. TheCoolMango (talk) 21:48, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] If you were blocked on Meta, you can only be unblocked on Meta. The English-language Wikipedia (which is where you are posting now) has no control over Meta. AndyTheGrump (talk) 21:58, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] I suspect they asked here because they he talk page access disabled on Meta (due, I imagine, to the specific abuse filter they tripped); on the other hand, that doesn't really make it more relevant to enwiki... - Purplewowies (talk) 22:47, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Hi. I've unblocked your account on Meta. --Min☠︎rax«¦talk¦» 00:50, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Perhaps the filter should be updated to not flag auto edit-summaries. Children Will Listen (🐄 talk, 🫘 contribs) 05:52, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Should I just remove an entire section of a page?[edit]On the page Timeline of the introduction of color television in countries and territories there are dates for subdivisions of countries. I didn't remove because I didnt want to start an edit war, but the problem is that everything on there has no sources. do I remove it or do I find sources? or, with there being a cleanup request, that? CD967119 (talk) 03:09, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It sounds to me like the material you're talking about is not irrelevant or fake, but legitimate material that's missing sources. So, finding sources is the first choice. TooManyFingers (talk) 05:10, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Margaret C. Etter[edit]I would like to know how to add a personal tab on Margaret’s Wikipedia profile. She was a brilliant scientist. She was a pioneer for women in science. However, as her daughter’s best friend, I know that Margaret’s greatest accomplishment was her husband, Bill Etter, and her two children. In all of her trels, she wrote a personal journal to her daughter describing her experiences. As brilliant of a mind that she was, she was even a better mother. I feel that not including this part of her life is a monumental disservice to the complete woman that she was. Even though I never had the honor of meeting her, I feel like I know her through her daughter (Karen) and she is an inspiration to me. ~2025-42811-78 (talk) 04:53, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
There's unfortunately no possibility for personal material on Wikipedia - only what's already been publicly reported by reliable publishers. TooManyFingers (talk) 05:06, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Hi IP editor, it is normal to mention spouses and children if there is a reliable source. This newsletter from the University of Minnesota does mention her husband and children. TSventon (talk) 11:46, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] Mentioning them is fine, yes. Just not personal anecdotes. TooManyFingers (talk) 16:29, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply] regex not working as expected[edit]I am trying to do a regex search for a string that causes a missing end tag for . The markup is
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