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Compression Point

Hi, I've added a few more references to the compression point article, and removed the notability tag, hope that's ok? There's 1000s of possible references. I guess the last one needs incorporating into the text or somehow listing into the article properly.Lionfish0 (talk) 08:48, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Editor experience invitation

Hi MPGuy :) I'm looking for people to interview here. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 16:38, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

The questions require some thought and some research :-). I'll get to them though. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 11:11, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from Gankbank789 (07:41, 7 January 2024)

Hello! I was working on an article about the Battle of Schollshalde and I wanted to add some notes but could not figure out how. How would I add notes (footnotes) to an article? Thanks! --Gankbank789 (talk) 07:41, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

@Gangbank789: Welcome to Wikipedia. The term footnotes is slightly ambiguous on Wikipedia. But in any case you'll need to read WP:REFB. I've watchlisted Battle of Schosshalde, so if you make a mistake, I'll try to fix it. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:06, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from Gankbank789 (02:53, 8 January 2024)

Hello! Sorry if I'm bugging you with all these questions. I recently created a new article on Danish-Hanseatic War (1361-1370) and I received a notification saying that someone "reviewed" it. What does that mean? Thanks! --Gankbank789 (talk) 02:53, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

@Gankbank789: Sorry if I'm bugging you with all these questions Hey, no problem. That's what this is for. Now on to your question: Reviewing is done by New page patrollers. Brand new articles aren't allowed to be indexed by search engines, until someone reviews it and finds it acceptable (e.g. not spam, not in a different language, is notable). Since this has now been reviewed, it is available as a google search result. Nice work, btw. Please categorize the article when you can. I'll add a tag to the article to remind you (or anyone else) to fix this problem. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 04:19, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Okay, thank you! When I get on my computer again I'll try to categorize it. Gankbank789 (talk) 04:21, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

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Review for page 75 Medium Regiment (India)

Hello MPGuy2824,

Thank you for reviewing the page I have created for 75 Medium Regiment (India). I have already provided citations; which include 2 Gallantry awards and 3 Killed in Action. The other citations are on the "Battle of Basantar" page under the section "75 Medium Regiment at the Battle of Basantar" and in continuation under sub-section "75 Medium Regiment in direct support of 16 (Independent) Armoured Brigade", which include 3 Mentioned-in-Dispatches. I have also placed citations for the Regiment on the "Operation Meghdoot" page; para 2 of the section "The Operation - Cause of conflict" has citation for Brig KN Thadani VSM leading a military expedition to the Siachen Glacier and in the section "Aftermath" para 3 for Capt Pratap Singh and the action at Bana Post.

I believe these additions to the main Wikipedia pages on "Battle of Basantar" and "Operation Meghdoot" alongwith the citations have added value to them. I would prefer not to remove this content from the main pages; and overload the page for 75 Medium Regiment (India). Of course, I have provided out-bound links from the 75 Medium Regiment (India) page to these main pages; and inward bound links to the page for 75 Medium Regiment (India) from these main pages. There is also an inward bound link from the Vir Chakra page.

75 Medium Regiment (India) although awarded a Battle Honour "Basantar River" is a military unit, and is unlikely to show up in the news, newspapers, etc. Despite this as and when I am able to find reasonably reliable and verifiable citations/references; I shall suitable update the page.

In view of the above, it is requested that the "additional citations required" box be removed in the interim. Although, I am aware that I just need to remove one line of code; I prefer that you allow me a little space by removing it. After all we are talking about a military unit.

Look forward to an early resolution to this matter.

Regards,

. Akash139 (talk) 07:58, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Akash139, per WP:V, any unsourced material can be challenged. Except for the award winners from the Regiment, most of the text is unreferenced. e.g. raising date, first commander, etc. You got the information from somewhere, so you can add that as a reference. You can also search for mentions of the regiment in google books or google scholar. Once you add a few reliable sources, you can remove the maintenance tag yourself. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:08, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

MPGuy2824,

Thank you for your early response and guidance.

Well, I am in contact with the Regiment and have visited it. In fact, my father commanded the Regiment during the Indo-Pak War 1971 (Op: Cactus Lily) and they were awarded a Battle Honour for the war effort. So, I know the Raising Day, the first Commander, and other related particulars of the regiment. However, none of this is in the public space let alone the internet. Further, the archives of the Defence ministry have not been made public particularly for the wars we have fought. You would find this link of some interest:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/no-record-of-1962-1965-1971-wars-with-national-archives/articleshow/96502314.cms?from=mdr

In fact, my present effort of creating the Wikipedia page for the Regiment is based of the fact that other Regiments of the Indian Artillery have their pages. I had sent a talk message to Akk7a who has been doing this wonderful job of creating pages for the various Regiments. In my interaction with the present CO, I had told him that online verifiable citations would be needed for this effort; and these I have already provided. The rest I leave to the present and future Operations and their subsequent online verifiability.

Giving due regard to your guidance, I shall check for more online citations. Let's see if I can find more online verifiable citations from reliable sources.

Thank you once again for your guidance; and have a great day.

. Akash139 (talk) 08:51, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

In fact, my father commanded the Regiment during the Indo-Pak War 1971 Given this, you should read WP:COI and follow the instructions there. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 09:17, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Hello MPGuy2824,

WP:COI. Of course not, this is a good Samaritan action and there is nothing to hide. I would probably request Akk7a and you to keep a watch over the Regiment's page in the long run.

Getting to the point now, I have added 5 more references 2 for the Regiment and 3 Mentioned-in-Dispatches. I have 2 more for Captain Pratap Singh from Twitter and Facebook, but they are the ADG PI condolences and are unlikely to add any value to the page. I have spoken to the CO of the Regiment in this regard. The Regiment would be launching their APO Postal Cover in 2025, then the 5 Commendation Cards would all become citations. But for that we have to wait.

Do review the page again and let me know if I can remove the "Additional Citations Required" box from the top of the page.

Regards,

. Akash139 (talk) 13:01, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

As stated on WP:COI, Determining that someone has a COI is a description of a situation. It is not a judgment about that person's state of mind or integrity. Given this, I'm placing a connected-contributor tag on the article's talk page. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 04:52, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Hello Again MPGuy2824,

I shall be removing the "Additional Citations Required" box from the top of the Regiment's page. You may review it and let me know if there is anything else I can do to improve the content of the article.

. Akash139 (talk) 14:14, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Like i said, anyone can remove that, but since there are still facts in the article that need citations, I'll have to add some citation-needed tags. Please try to find sources for them and add them to the article when you can. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 04:40, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. I appreciate your guidance and advise. Have updated the Class Composition. For the "citations required", I have asked the CO to check, confirm and let me know. Shall update for these citations once I have the updates. Regards, Akash139 (talk) 07:07, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Good morning MPGuy2824,

I saw the citation tags you placed on the Regiment's page regarding the "Raised at" and the "first Commanding Officer". I spoke to the present CO regarding this again.

I have updated for the Raised at, from "New Delhi" to "Delhi Cantonment".

It is requested that, if you have these related citations available; kindly suitably update the Regiment's page.

Regards,

. Akash139 (talk) 05:08, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

If I had references for the two facts I would have added them already to the article. I know it doesn't look as good as an article without maintenance tags, but Wikipedia is a work in progress. Somebody in the future could find such references and add them to the article. Even the fact that the regiment was raised at Delhi Cantonment requires a citation. Please add that tag back after the relevant sentence. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:11, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

1. I have added a citation for "Raised at New Delhi".

2. I have left the "citation required" tag as is for the "first Commanding Officer".

Request, that you review the Regiment's page again.

. Akash139 (talk) 07:07, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

rejinces.net seems like a blog and wouldn't be considered WP:reliable, but at least it is something. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 07:14, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

I have order this book, "Indian Army: A Reference Manual" by G Sharma. Of course, I found a Google Books reference; and maybe it will have a citation or two and I can give a page reference. The book should reach me in a few days. Let's see how it goes.

Regards,

. Akash139 (talk) 18:06, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

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Question from YourLvx (17:26, 9 January 2024)

Hi, can I ask you how I can create a new page on Wikipedia?? --YourLvx (talk) 17:26, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

@YourLvx: Welcome to Wikipedia. Looking at your contributions, it looks like you want to create an article for an artist called Mandy Rose. I've moved your contributions to your sandbox. Please find some reliable sources that talk about Mandy in-depth and add them to the sandbox. We can continue on from there. I've messaged your talk page with a bunch of links. Read through them when you get the time. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 04:26, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

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Question from C.Dubois.Olmsted (01:14, 11 January 2024)

I am Coert Dubois Olmsted, the only son of Frederick Olmsted which is the complete and only name of the individual described in the wiki page for "Frederick E. Olmsted Jr". I have official copies of CERTIFICATE OF BIRTH for myself and my father from the STATE OF CALIFORNIA CERTIFICATION OF VITAL RECORD COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.

I attempted to edit said wiki page but was rejected as a suspect vandal. How should I proceed in order to correct this crucial error in the wiki page. Sincerely not a vandal, Coert Olmsted (907) 888-8166 --C.Dubois.Olmsted (talk) 01:14, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

@C.Dubois.Olmstead: I'll assume that you are talking about the Frederick E. Olmsted Jr. article here.

I attempted to edit said wiki page but was rejected as a suspect vandal When? I don't see any such attempts on the history of that article in the past 12 months.

How should I proceed in order to correct this crucial error in the wiki page I tried to search for the word "Erskine" in all the references provided in the article. The only hit was to the subject's father's name. I have started a discussion on the relevant talk page. Please click "subscribe" on that discussion to be informed of any replies. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:24, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

A Barnstar for you! (Hope I do this right!)

		The New Page Patroller's Barnstar
		It's always a sight for sore eyes to see you in my watchlist! Thanks for your contributions!

This was my first barnstar, so i hope i did this right! ~eticangaaa (talk) 07:59, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

Hehe, thanks. BTW, now i'm curious: what sort of stuff is on your watchlist? No need of specific articles just the general subject/geography. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:02, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

Never mind. Figured it out. Turkish politicians seems to be the intersection of our Venn diagrams. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:03, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

heh yeah i just watchlist a lot of stuff relating to Turkey, less crucial politicians are one of them, i guess :p ~eticangaaa (talk) 09:05, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from OlalekanA (11:42, 11 January 2024)

I, how can I submit an article? --OlalekanA (talk) 11:42, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

WP:AFC should help! ~eticangaaa (talk) 13:48, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

@OlalekanA: Welcome to Wikipedia. If you already have a topic in mind, first check to see if it exists already. If it doesn't, then WP:AFC is the right place to start, as said by eticangaaa above. If you just want to figure out how editing on Wikipedia works, then I've left you a list of links on your talk page. I suggest that you start with WP:TWA. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:31, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

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Need help for extracting wiki tables

Hi MPGuy2824 i need your help for extracting tables from wikipedia check this link. When i try to pull the data. the output like

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Akkalkuwa (ST)

Adv. K. C. Padavi

Indian National Congress

But i want like below

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[[Akkalkuwa Assembly constituency|Akkalkuwa]] (ST)

Adv. [[Kagda Chandya Padvi|K. C. Padavi]]

[[Indian National Congress]]

Note: Whatever data have Wikipedia pages and this tag "[[ ]]"

i was tried these tools

• https://wikitable2csv.ggor.de/
• https://tableconvert.com/mediawiki-to-excel

IJohnKennady (talk) 05:54, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

Can I ask what you are planning to do? Maybe there is another way to do that without encountering this issue. In any case, can you try copying the table to your sandbox, and then using the visual editor to remove the columns that you aren't interested in? -MPGuy2824 (talk) 06:10, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

No, I just wants to copy and save in my Desktop IJohnKennady (talk) 07:25, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

I can only think about messy ways of doing this using the tag. Kinda like what you've done in the second table in this discussion. You can use the search-and-replace function of your favourite text editor to add the nowiki tags. Hope that helps. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:23, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

MPGuy2824 Find and replace its very difficult, for e-g the code have rowspan, br, colspan, bgcolors etc., IJohnKennady (talk) 05:27, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

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Question from Laura Daniela Vargas ibanez on Monetary base (02:42, 20 January 2024)

Hl ¿como puedo monetizar mis videos de YouTube ? --Laura Daniela Vargas ibanez (talk) 02:43, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

@Laura Daniela Vargas ibanez: Hi! I have no experience with monetizing YouTube videos, but this seems to be a relevant link to start from. I've also left you a message on your talk page. Happy editing!-MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:47, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

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Question from Bumblebirb123 on John Barry Talley (09:22, 25 January 2024)

Hello, I'm not sure what to do specificly it's a bit overwhelming --Bumblebirb123 (talk) 09:22, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

@Bumblebirb123: Welcome to Wikipedia. I looked over some of your edits and they seem good. Ideally you should leave an edit summary for every edit that you do though.

Wikipedia is a huge project and you don't have to figure out everything in one go. Take it slow. If you want you can do WP:TWA, which would help you to get used to editing and collaborating with other editors. Are you interested in a particular subject or geographical area? If so, I can point you to places where you could help improve articles in those areas. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:29, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

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Referring to your last answer, is it mandatory to add an edit summary or is it just recommended Bumblebirb123 (talk) 18:55, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

It is frowned upon to not add the edit summary. It enables folks that are looking at edits later to immediately figure out what the editor intended to do. Most of the time you don't need to create long summaries: "ce" for copyedit, typo, or "added a ref" are good enough in those particular situations. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 04:07, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from Tamang bijaya on Talk:Ng Sze Han (09:23, 29 January 2024)

Hello --Tamang bijaya (talk) 09:23, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

@Tamang bijaya: Welcome to Wikipedia. I've left you a message on your talk page with a list of links. I suggest that you start with WP:TWA. Happy editing! -MPGuy2824 (talk) 09:27, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Question from Kamran11567 on Vikash Jaiswal (19:16, 29 January 2024)

Kya esa kuch ho sakta hai jisse sirf me hi online game win Karu --Kamran11567 (talk) 19:16, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

@Kamran11567: I'm sorry but I don't know how to make sure that only you win in online games. If you are interested in editing Wikipedia, then I've left you a list of links on your talk page. If you are more comfortable editing in Hindi, then the Hindi Wikipedia might be for you. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 02:43, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

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Want Help

Good day MPGuy2824. Hope you are doing well. I want your help. I want to know what should we do if a person keeps reverting and changing data we enter. there is a person name sherifisin town which is keep reverting my edits for no reason. Instead of cooperating in working on adding election boxes of 859 constituencies(266NA, 297PA, 130PS, 115PK and 51PB) of Pakistan he is continuing to revert my edits for no reason. I even talked to him to stop this but he is still continuing to create disturbance. I want to know What should I do in whis situation. You are also witness that no one did any thing to update these pages of Pakistan. I worked day and night to update them but instead of appreciating or cooperating, he is creating disturbance. Saad Ali Khan Pakistan (talk) 17:23, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Hi Saad, I'm sorry that you are having trouble with one editor. That said, you did the right thing by starting a conversation with them. I've seen their talk page and (at least at first glance) they might have some points. I've subscribed to that discussion so that I'm updated of further developments. Hopefully, both of you are able to come to an agreement. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 06:53, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Hey, I also noticed that your state assemblies don't have a "list of constituencies" article. You should start them, I think. you can take a look at List of constituencies of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly for an example of the structure. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 06:55, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Hi MPGuy2824

All constituencies are added in List of constituencies of Pakistan article. I was thinking of making separate pages. What do you think? single article is better or separate ones like Indian States constituencies articles?

and one more thing. I want to contact you with email. My email is khansaadali609@gmail.com Saad Ali Khan Pakistan (talk) 12:48, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

I was thinking of making separate pages. What do you think? I think it is quite cluttered as a single article. Split off the state lists one at a time, leaving just a link to the new list in the original article.

I want to contact you with email I'd rather not correspond via email, which is why you don't see the "Email this user" link when you are on my user page. I'm happy to chat via Discord if you'd like. I'm usually online there when I'm editing. Hope to see you there. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:12, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Hi MPGuy2824 I have joined it and how I will contact youu there? Saad Ali Khan Pakistan (talk) 11:03, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

I've left you a friend request there. :-) -MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:33, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of B. B. Lal (disambiguation)

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@Shhhnotsoloud: Makes sense. Although later we should move B. B. Lal to B. B. Lal (archaeologist) and B. B. Lal (politician) to B. B. Lal given the pageview ratio. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 02:36, 3 February 2024 (UTC)