User talk:HouseBlaster

Welcome to my talk page!

Note: I prefer to keep discussions unfragmented. If you leave me a message here, I will respond to it here as an effort to keep the entire conversation in one place. Unless you request otherwise, I will ping you so that you know I have responded. By the same token, if I leave a comment on your talk page, please respond to it there.

Thank you!

Question from Dra FB (20:25, 28 March 2024)

Hi, I created a new page in Sandbox, and I'm not sure what the next step is in order to publish this page. I'd appreciate any help you caqn offer. Many thanks! --Dra FB (talk) 20:25, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

@Dra FB: the first step is ensuring the topic is wiki-notable. Do you have three reliable sources (you can see a list of sources Wikipedia considers reliable here) which provide significant coverage and are independent of the subject (that is, neither created by the subject nor at the behest of the subject)? HouseBlaster (he/him) 20:43, 28 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for your feedback! I thought I checked the guidelines to ensure that the topic is wiki-notable, while writing the article. I will double check again. However, if the topic does fulfill the minimum requirements, what else could be the problem? Dra FB (talk) 16:12, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Do you have two or three such sources? I don't like to proceed before ensuring the topic is wiki-notable, because no amount of editing can "fix" a lack of notability. I don't want to waste our time by giving you a list of things to fix just for the article to get deleted. HouseBlaster (he/him) 17:30, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Your remarks regarding Gibraltar

You are reminded that the Gibraltarian category in question became a subcategory of the corresponding UK one only after the Cfm nomination was made. Please make sure your closing remarks are valid before they are put to the record. 83.229.61.201 (talk) 15:24, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

It is already in the UK category tree: Category:19th-century Anglican church buildings in Gibraltar is already in the tree (just not a direct subcategory) of Category:Churches in the United Kingdom. HouseBlaster (he/him) 15:56, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

That's by way of Category:Churches in British Overseas Territories which is like a connector category between that for UK and those for the overseas territories. What you said was an oversimplified version of the picture. 83.229.61.201 (talk) 17:50, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

I certainly could have been more clear, but I don't think that makes my remark not valid. HouseBlaster (he/him) 17:54, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. With all respect it'd simply be wrong to label a church in Gibraltar to be in the United Kingdom; and the way the article is structured remotely under a greatgreatgrandparent UK category makes it hardly an entirely valid argument to put the article direct into an in the United Kingdom category. The same would apply for churches in the Falklands. 83.229.61.201 (talk) 18:06, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

You may be amused to learn that the nominator had avoided the UK category when they enforced the upmerges re. the Falklands. 83.229.61.201 (talk) 18:18, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

For the record, I added the category within 15 minutes of the nomination. Also the IP is most likely Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Hong Kong geography warrior. Mason (talk) 19:30, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Also thanks IP for reminding me that I forgot a merge target. [1] Mason (talk) 21:38, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Indian Paintbrush move

The result was listed as moved per here but it never was. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 15:43, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

@Dissident93: it is listed at WT:CFDW, and will be processed eventually. HouseBlaster (he/him) 15:44, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Got it. I wasn't aware they needed to be processed unlike an article. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 16:00, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from TheREALflipflopflimflam (17:43, 4 April 2024)

Hi. Apparently you are my 'mentor'.

At the bottom of https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Riordan_array, there is an abrupt mention of recent book "Very recently there appeared the book[7] which should be a valuable source for further information."

What is policy? Delete it for advertisement? Or perhaps there is a more appropriate place for it (like the 'See also' or 'External links' pages*)?

• Side note: I am not really sure what precise roles things like 'See also' & 'External links' play. What criteria suggest that some information is fit for one of these? --TheREALflipflopflimflam (talk) 17:43, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

  Hi TheREALflipflopflimflam, and welcome to Wikipedia! You are absolutely correct that this is too promotional and should be taken out. I think moving the book to a "Further reading" section is a good compromise. Per our Manual of Style, this should be its own section below the references. Would you like to try doing it yourself? Don't worry about breaking anything: every revision of Wikipedia is saved in the page's history and it is very easy to undo changes.

  We do have guidelines about what should be in an external links section. At Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout § Standard appendices and footers, you can read about the various inclusion criteria for the "end matter", including "See also", "Further reading", and "External links" sections. Let me know if you have any additional questions, and again: Welcome! HouseBlaster (he/him) 19:30, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Shah Of Nowhere (01:28, 7 April 2024)

Hello --Shah Of Nowhere ^talk! 01:28, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Shah Of Nowhere (01:29, 7 April 2024)

How to write war related articles? --Shah Of Nowhere ^talk! 01:29, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Shah Of Nowhere (01:31, 7 April 2024)

How to install twinkle, I tried but not find it in setting gadget. --Shah Of Nowhere ^talk! 01:31, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi Shah Of Nowhere, and welcome to Wikipedia! To edit war-related articles, check out the lists at WikiProject Military History. If you want specific suggestions, check out the instructions at User:SuggestBot/Requests to get SuggestBot to send you a list of suggested articles. To install Twinkle, you must be autoconfirmed, which will happen automatically after your account is four days old (you also need at least ten edits total, but you have already done that). Let me know if you have any additional questions, 01:36, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from Desi balak (16:34, 7 April 2024)

हेलो सर नया विकिपीडिया केसे बनाया जा सकता हे? --Desi balak (talk) 16:34, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

@Desi balak, नया विकिपीडिया से अगर आपका मतलब एक नई विकी बनना जो बिलकुल इस विकिपीडिया की तरह काम करती हो तो आप अपनी वेबसाइट में मीडियाविकी सॉफ्टवेयर स्थापित कर सकते हैं, इससे आप विकिपीडिया की तरह ही अपनी खुद की एक विकी बना सकते हैं। अगर आपको इस विषय में अधिक जानकारी चाहिए तो आप मेरे वार्ता पृष्ठ पर सन्देश छोड़ सकते हैं। – DreamRimmer (talk) 17:44, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-15

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

Recent changes

• Web browsers can use tools called extensions. There is now a Chrome extension called Citation Needed which you can use to see if an online statement is supported by a Wikipedia article. This is a small experiment to see if Wikipedia can be used this way. Because it is a small experiment, it can only be used in Chrome in English.
• A new Edit Recovery feature has been added to all wikis, available as a user preference. Once you enable it, your in-progress edits will be stored in your web browser, and if you accidentally close an editing window or your browser or computer crashes, you will be prompted to recover the unpublished text. Please leave any feedback on the project talk page. This was the #8 wish in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey.
• Initial results of Edit check experiments have been published. Edit Check is now deployed as a default feature at the wikis that tested it. Let us know if you want your wiki to be part of the next deployment of Edit check. [2][3]
• Readers using the Minerva skin on mobile will notice there has been an improvement in the line height across all typography settings. [4]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 9 April. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 10 April. It will be on all wikis from 11 April (calendar). [5][6]
• New accounts and logged-out users will get the visual editor as their default editor on mobile. This deployment is made at all wikis except for the English Wikipedia. [7]

Tech news prepared by Tech News writers and posted by bot • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.

MediaWiki message delivery 23:35, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Question from JessZoiti (04:40, 11 April 2024)

Hi HouseBlaster. I've re-written copy for the GLX Digital wikipedia page. The company has changed significantly since the original copy was created, as has the product offering. I have two questions. 1: because there are so many changes, is it best to submit the copy for review first? And 2: I would like to include the "about us" widget that often appears in the top right (on desktop) of a wikipedia page. How do I go about doing this? With thanks in advance! Jess --JessZoiti (talk) 04:40, 11 April 2024 (UTC)