User talk:Sdkb

A barnstar for you!

	The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
	random act of giving you this barnstar for doing so much for the covid 19 project Sitaphul (talk) 19:57, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

@Sitaphul: Much thanks! {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 20:16, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

BLPPRod

Wow, you are a New Page reviewer and you create an unsourced BLP? Congrats on berating me in the edit summary for pointing out the issues with your own creation (an unsourced, uncategorized, unlinked one-line BLP). Fram (talk) 08:31, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

Remember Wikipedia:Don't demand that editors solve the problems they identify? Sheesh. Fram (talk) 08:35, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

@Fram: PRODs aren't for "pointing out issues", they're for proposing deletions. You indeed failed WP:BEFORE; pointing that out in my summary isn't "berating" you. And before you accuse me of WP:POINTiness, the reason I create pages like that from time to time is that they're a net plus that I wouldn't otherwise be bothered to write; the fact that they offer a reminder about how quick reviewers are to bite non-perfect content is just a side benefit. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 08:51, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

BLPPRods are for pointing out issues which, if not solved, will lead to deletion. You should never create an unreferenced BLP. Deliberately doing this is a WP:POINT violation. Fram (talk) 08:53, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

WP:DINC. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 08:56, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

Nice essay. Anyway, if you continue creating unsourced BLPs, I will suggest that some of your advanced rights get withdrawn, as people who do NPP or have autopatrolled shouldn't be doing this. Fram (talk) 09:00, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

• Quickly reflecting on this a month out, I think I erred in creating the page without references, particularly since it is a BLP. I bolstered the sourcing and content at Frederick G. Slabach when I revisited it a week or two ago, so it's now a much more solid stub. I do stand by the reasoning I gave here endorsing the WP:Make stubs philosophy, but I don't plan to try creating any unreferenced pages again in the future. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 19:57, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:COVID-19 editnotice

Template:COVID-19 editnotice has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Elli (talk | contribs) 09:22, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

69.142.223.188

I cannot upoload a file to wikimedia commons69.142.223.188 (talk) 14:29, 3 June 2021 (UTC)69.142.223.188

Hi IP! What specific issue are you encountering? The more detail you give, the better chance I or another editor will be able to help. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 16:10, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	You are doing a tireless job Vhhhhjhgy (talk) 07:40, 4 June 2021 (UTC)

@Vhhhhjhgy: Thank you! Eventually I'll need to sleep more... {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 17:43, 4 June 2021 (UTC)

WP:BCAST

Moved to Wikipedia talk:Notability (media)/2021 rewrite § WP:BCAST (from User talk:Sdkb)

 – {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 21:25, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

Well, you tried

Hopeless. EEng 12:19, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

Actually, maybe not. See recent posts. I somehow feel there's possibility for real change if we can get those two key ideas enacted first.. EEng 16:32, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

Sorry, false hope. I was right the first time. EEng 05:21, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

@EEng, I appreciate your efforts in the area. I wasn't very optimistic going in that there would be appetite for the sort of reform at DYK that you or I would like to see, but I'm actually reasonably pleased with the fact that there's been such a robust discussion. There's the adage to consider that goes something along the lines of "if they're arguing with you, that means they're paying attention". I hope the effect of this will be to establish the idea of radically reforming DYK as firmly within the realm of discussion, and that might pave the way for a trial of something new actually gaining consensus down the line. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 05:44, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

I wish I could be so sanguine. But call on me next time and I'll do my best. EEng 10:59, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

Question from Articles about me. Only (06:06, 10 June 2021)

Hi --Articles about me. Only (talk) 06:06, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

Hi Articles about me. Only! I see you've been making some test edits to articles. If you'd like to experiment, you can do so in your sandbox. Just please don't actually write an article about yourself. Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 06:59, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

I give up

Hi there ... since communication seems to be a completely foreign idea to the powers that be at Wikipedia, and there seems to be no way to "contact" anyone ... I wanted to let someone know how frustrated I have become with the site before I go. I have attempted to edit articles several times and each time, the article reverts back to the way it was previously with no explanation as to why it was reverted. Sad to say, my experience on Wikipedia is that there is ZERO communication to users attempting to contribute ... nothing, nada, zip, zilch. My time and effort in trying to improve content has been a COMLETE waste of my time! ... something I will never be able to get back. I'm not sure why I have kept trying. Regrettably, I am done trying to contribute to this site. It's obvious that the site does not really want people to contribute for the benefit and knowledge of all ... what a terrible disappointment! Sadly, I have become disheartened by the site and will no longer use it nor speak well of it. NJPWN (talk) 03:18, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

@NJPWN, I'm sorry you're having such a dispiriting experience editing. The way communication works on Wikipedia can be tricky to figure out, and we don't always do a good job of explaining it to newcomers, so it can sometimes be easy to miss.

I took a look at your contributions, and it looks like the two articles you've edited recently are Generation Jones and Baby boomers. For Generation Jones, no one else has edited since you did, so your version is the live one. For Baby boomers, it looks like one other editor, @Some1, edited after you. You can see the history of that page, including a record of your edits, by clicking the "view history" tab or going here. According to their edit summary, Some1 "moved the recent additions to another section", so if you search the page, it may be that the content you added wasn't deleted, just moved. If you disagree with any changes they made, you can ask them and I'm sure they'll be willing to explain their rationale and discuss; you can do that just by including {{ping|Some1}} in any talk page message.

I hope that info is helpful. If you have any further questions about communication on Wikipedia, you can ask me here and/or look through our introduction guide to talk pages. If you find the page history confusing, there's info about that here. Again, sorry you've had such a rough time so far, and I hope your experience editing improves from here on. Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 03:44, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

Help:Introduction to navigating Wikipedia Moves

I've done all three moves per your request. I didn't leave a redirect at Help:Introduction to navigating Wikipedia/history as I wasn't clear on your intentions, and obviously couldn't do the page protection (apologies). Let me know if there's anything else I can help with. Thanks, --Jack Frost (talk) 02:18, 12 June 2021 (UTC)

@Jack Frost: No redirect from /history is fine; thanks for the quick help moving them! {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 02:23, 12 June 2021 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:Reader-facing page

Template:Reader-facing page has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. Spicy (talk) 00:01, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

Short descriptions for good article status

I think I may be interested in this task. SVcode(Talk) 15:22, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

@SVcode awesome! Let me know how it goes. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 21:51, 14 June 2021 (UTC)

@Sdkb I got someone else to work with me, so is that okay? SVcode(Talk) 14:58, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

@SVcode: Yep, that's totally fine. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 15:30, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

Question from Jahidul Haque Tuhin (00:30, 16 June 2021)

I can't find my information when i search my Name in Google. I complete my user page already... Suggested me a solutions Thank You 💓 --Jahidul Haque Tuhin (talk) 00:30, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

@Jahidul Haque Tuhin: User pages are not indexed by search engines. It's a bad idea to write about yourself. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 01:00, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

Question from Jahidul Haque Tuhin (01:05, 16 June 2021)

How to find My article in search engine? I'm already post a article but when i search it on Google, i can't find it? Why? How many time takes to post a article? --Jahidul Haque Tuhin (talk) 01:05, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

@Jahidul Haque Tuhin see my reply above. Read WP:SEI if you really want. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 01:17, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

Further talk header cleanups

Hi Sdkb! I was motivated by your nomination for merging the AAN template with the talk header one, as well as the discussion above. I am interested in getting a discussion going to merge a whole bunch of history templates into {{Article history}}. Many of these templates listed are already covered by Article history, but it would be best if all or most of those were deprecated in favor of Article history. As many of these templates are also used in other namespaces, it may be necessary to rename it to something like {{Page history}}.

List of just some of the templates that have the possibility of being merged:

• Deletions (Old XfD multi, Old CfD, Old MfD, Old prod, Old RfD, Old TfD, Oldcsd, Oldcsdfull, Olddelrev, Oldffdfull)
• Merges (Afd-merged-from, Afd-merge to, Afd-merge from multi, Afd-merge from, Merged-from, Merged-to, Mfd-merge from, Mfd-merge to, Old merge)
• GA/FA/etc (FARpassed, FailedGA, GA)
• Moves (Old moves)
• Peer-reviews (Old peer review, Oldportalpeerreview)
• Uncountable edit drive templates
• Miscellaneous (Oldpuffull, On this day, Published, Stable version)

These are just a handful of templates I've picked out. The main arguments to merge are because of banner blindness and to provide a clearer historical timeline of that page, template, or category.

Do you think you could help develop this discussion or co-nominate it? Many of these templates are template-protected, so I would need an admin or template editor to add merge templates to them. SWinxy (talk) 22:39, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

Hi SWinxy! I'm glad to see efforts in this area continuing! There are a few questions that come to mind: Should these nominations be done separately or all together? Should we seek consensus first, or first make a bot and then seek consensus to operate it (having a ready bot might make consensus easier, but there's risk of wasted effort if it's rejected)? For the article history stuff, my intuition is that the best path is to build bots that handle these things, and only try to deprecate the old templates once we've managed to get them out of use. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 22:59, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

Irrc, the FAC/FLC bot converts existing milestones to article history when they're promoted (or not?). I wonder if we could get the same thing going for the GA/DYK/OTD etc. bots. I must also add my appreciation for SWinxy in continuing this endeavor! Aza24 (talk) 23:02, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

Thank you! No clue about the existing bot situation. iirc the GA process is partially automated, and we'd need to change the bot(s) that adds the deprecating templates, as well as discuss with the GA/DYK/... teams. But for already existing uses we might have to build our own bot to move them. SWinxy (talk) 01:24, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

I think that we could nominate them in two batches: the first being the ones that already have parity in {{Article history}}, and ones that have not, and—if there is support for it—split them down further to merge in batches by type (e.g. first deletions, then FA/GA, etc). For the process of deleting, I suggest first moving the transclusions over, then once that's done, mark the templates as deprecated. Then, wait a few weeks to see if any more discussions pop up or to see if some bots' owners need to be notified, and, if not, mark them as deprecated for removal. Then, delete if we feel that it has been a reasonable amount of time. I don't think turning them into redirects is a good idea. Doesn't feel clean.

As for the bot, eh? I dunno. There was more pushback than I would have expected with the auto archiving notice (feels weird that it only closed less than two weeks ago), but then again making a bot before the discussion would give credence to our determination or something, just to show that we've thought this through thoroughly. I've not made a bot before, and I expect some things we'll need to do manually if any of the templates were used weirdly. SWinxy (talk) 01:15, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

Also @Sdkb:, do you have plans to move the sandboxed version of the talk header to the main template? The auto archiving notice can't really be moved until the archive parameters have been added. SWinxy (talk) 19:46, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

@SWinxy, it's in process at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Holding cell. I'm generally not too involved there, but it'll get done in a few weeks or so. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 19:49, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

Question from The Unknown 0012 (08:58, 20 June 2021)

Hi, Sdkb! I hope you are well. Just wanted to ask you how to write a good article? I hope I’m not wasting your time! Just ping me back any time. --The Unknown 0012 (talk) 08:58, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

@The Unknown 0012: It's no trouble at all! See Help:Your first article for basic tips on creating a new page, Help:Introduction for general editing tips/instructions, or Wikipedia:Article development for advice on improving existing pages. Keep in mind that creating new pages from scratch is a difficult task, and you might want to try some other things first to get your feet wet. Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 16:47, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

SdkbBot edit summary

Hi, I just noticed this edit by SdkbBot. If AWB genfixes are being bundled with the edit, it will be helpful to indicate it in the edit summary. Otherwise it can be misleading about what the bot is actually doing when seeing diffs like this. Thanks. ಮಲ್ನಾಡಾಚ್ ಕೊಂಕ್ಣೊ (talk) 08:59, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

@ಮಲ್ನಾಡಾಚ್ ಕೊಂಕ್ಣೊ: That's a good thought. I had left it out since not all edits the bot makes will involve GENFIXes and I didn't want the false positives, but I think you're right that the false negatives are the bigger concern. I'll adjust the summary for future edits. Maybe at some point it'll be possible to differentiate it based on whether or not it does a GENFIX. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 16:44, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

Nomination of Debra Cleaver for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Debra Cleaver is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Debra Cleaver until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.

Mccapra (talk) 20:28, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for June 24

An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Presidency of Donald Trump, you added links pointing to the disambiguation pages David Holmes and Fiona Hill.

(Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 06:04, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

 Fixed. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 06:09, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

45th president of the United States

I wouldn't object so much, if you'd chose another place in the Donald Trump article, to link to Presidency of Donald Trump. GoodDay (talk) 17:26, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

@GoodDay: Linking in another place would defeat the goal of having as prominent a link as possible to the article probably most relevant to the majority of people who visit Trump's article. The RfC at this point is just waiting for a close, and both sides have made pretty much all the arguments we're going to make, so I hope we can just let it sit and work on something else until that happens. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 17:33, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

I'm never going to get through to you on this topic, am I? You're held bent determined to have your own way. Like I said, it's been nearly a whole year. GoodDay (talk) 17:36, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Pomona College

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Pomona College you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of HAL333 -- HAL333 (talk) 01:20, 4 July 2021 (UTC)

Government of Rhodesia

Sorry to disturb you in Independence Day. I’m a historian and not too experienced with Wikipedia. Added quite important facts about the Rhodesian people after 1980 and about the Government of Rhodesia. All under heavy fire as if the bush wars would have never ended… The users just clicked on the most convenient (and least important) links (now deleted because not essential) and started a campaign to return to the version of history which is political, not scientific. Could you have a look, please? Thank you, University Professor for History (talk) 14:09, 4 July 2021 (UTC)

@OnSpeech, for controversial topics, Wikipedia operates under a consensus model. I'd recommend that you discuss the issue with the other editors on the article's talk page (see our intro to talk pages) and calmly present your sources and explain why they support your edits. Let me know if you have any questions. Government of Rhodesia was deleted as a suspected hoax following this discussion. Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 03:03, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

Question from Volunteer Centre KC (09:01, 5 July 2021)

Hi, I want to /edit/change my user name but I can't see anywhere where I can do this. Can you help? --Volunteer Centre KC (talk) 09:01, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

Hi @Volunteer Centre KC! There's information at Wikipedia:Changing username. Given that you don't yet have any history under your current username, the easier path is probably just to log out and create a new account under the name you want. Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 09:03, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	You are very hardworking. Keep it up! V. E. (talk) 18:20, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, Visnelma! Is there a particular edit of mine that you saw that prompted this? {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 18:28, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

No, I am just randomly sending love messages to other Wikipedians to motivate them. Best regards.--V. E. (talk) 18:30, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

@Visnelma, gotcha. For that purpose, the foods probably work best—save the barnstars for when we've truly earned them! {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 18:37, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

SNOW close

Hi Sdkb, I am not trying to start a fight or continue an argument here, but I noticed your WP:SNOW close on Wikipedia talk:No personal attacks#Adding spirituality as a group of people that shouldn't be targeted by personal attacks and just wanted to point out WP:SNOW#A cautionary note, which I feel is borderline relevant here -- two days is not really that long for less-active editors to get involved and it's not clear that their views are going to be aligned with those of very-active editors. It is true that the discussion so far was very one-sided though, so I am not disagreeing with your close, but maybe just a suggestion that it probably wouldn't hurt to leave things like this open for another day or two.... CapitalSasha ~ talk 19:15, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for the polite note, Sasha. I do realize I closed that discussion after a fairly short window. The standard I try to use is whether or not I could envision any possible way of the discussion turning around and reaching a different result, and for that discussion I just couldn't. The invitation at WP:VPP meant that at least some of the !voters were not watchers of that particular talk page, and the nature of the proposal was simple enough that there wasn't really room to tweak it or for understanding of it to evolve. The tradeoff is always between trying to save editor energy from discussing something that won't pass and the possibility that continued discussion will be of some benefit. In this case, I made the call that a SNOW close was warranted. That said, there is never any prohibition against post-close comments, so if you want to make one, you're welcome to do so. I also won't object if other editors feel that the discussion ought to be reopened. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 19:37, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for taking the time to explain your reasoning, of course I respect your judgment on that. Best wishes, CapitalSasha ~ talk 20:11, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

Articles for Creation July 2021 Backlog Elimination Drive

Hello Sdkb:

WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive!
The goal of this drive is to eliminate the backlog of unreviewed articles. The drive is running until 31 July 2021.

Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.
There is currently a backlog of over 1000 articles, so start reviewing articles. We're looking forward to your help!

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) on behalf of Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for Creation at 21:54, 7 July 2021 (UTC). If you do not wish to recieve future notification, please remove your name from the mailing list.

Your GA nomination of Pomona College

The article Pomona College you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Pomona College for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of HAL333 -- HAL333 (talk) 01:22, 12 July 2021 (UTC)

Mero Daily •Breaking News•

In the present life of Ali Ayaz (who is also known as Mero), Constantly keeps growing on specific platforms and gains huge amount of appreciation, and love.Other then this ,Ali Ayaz got verified on the platform “TikTok” a week ago, which hooked the interest of bug campaigns.Ali Ayaz gained huge attention, in which the campaign audiences viewed Ali Ayaz’s social, and popular platforms. The popular campaign ended up deciding to send Ali Ayaz an email which was a request from the company, this request presented Ali Ayaz a different opportunity and way of growing.After analyzing the looks, behavioral actions and actions of Ali Ayaz, the campaign decided to send Ali Ayaz a formal request, which is optional.The company requested Ali Ayaz to perform and step on the stage as a Model, The company itself is still waiting an answer from Ali Ayaz. Mero Daily News (talk) 18:48, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

Hi @Mero Daily News—I don't understand your comment. Do you have a question? If you are hoping to create an article on Ayaz, please see Help:Your first article. Please note that you will have to change your username, as we don't allow accounts with organization names. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 19:55, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

COVID-19 pandemic data

Hi. I do not know if there are more editors who will be willing to update this template. In recent months, it has already become more challenging to edit the template. Will it be possible to use Wikidata for several countries? I am aware that this bot updates some relevant pages, but it does so more than one day after new figures are released. However, using the bot is now more preferable because it reduces the need for editors to open a lot of sources several times every day. LSGH (talk) (contributions) 11:26, 18 July 2021 (UTC)

Hi @LSGH! The fact that COVID-19 data has been decentralized rather than consolidated into a centralized venue was an ongoing source of frustration for me until I eventually just gave up. At that time, Wikidata wasn't really being the centralized venue it ought to have been, which was creating problems when we tried to source from it, as @Naypta and I did for per capita data (some discussion about that is here; he stopped editing pretty suddenly last August, so I hope he's alright). I haven't been following since then, so perhaps the bot you link has improved the situation. Overall, if you want to dive into that area, best of luck, but I'm unfortunately too burnt out to be of much assistance. Eventually the pandemic will end and we'll stop having to constantly update the numbers. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 03:33, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

Yes, we do hope that the pandemic will end soon. I also need to deal with other problems in real life. I checked some of the related Wikidata pages, and it appears that only a few of those pages are being constantly updated manually by some active editors. As far as I know, the template contains fetch codes for India and Indonesia only. It's difficult to do a lot of manual updates every day, and some countries release figures irregularly. Is it okay if more fetch codes will be placed in the template even if several of those Wikidata pages are not updated manually? LSGH (talk) (contributions) 14:19, 21 July 2021 (UTC)

@LSGH, you'd have to discuss and see what the consensus is. I know @RayDeeUx was active in the area a while back, but I'm not sure who's there nowadays. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 15:22, 21 July 2021 (UTC)

I already asked an editor who used to edit the template several times every day, but he has not replied yet. If using Wikidata will not be possible and other people cannot help, then what else can be done so that editors can edit the template less often? LSGH (talk) (contributions) 07:43, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

I'm not sure that anything can be done. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 07:58, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Unearthed (publication)

On 18 July 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Unearthed (publication), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that undercover journalists at the Greenpeace publication Unearthed tricked an ExxonMobil lobbyist into revealing the company's agenda by posing as job recruiters? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Unearthed (publication). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Unearthed (publication)), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 12:02, 18 July 2021 (UTC)

Wikidata issue

Hi, I did see you are editing on wikidata so maybe you could help me with a problem I have.
I have asked here but not yet received an answer.
This file Huaynaputina tephra fallout under Structured data/Wikimedia username, as an example.
I'm adding "Wikimedia username:" to my works here. I then get a "!" where it's stated "citation needed constraint" and that I need to add a reference.
I have read and tried numerous variations of https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Goran_tek-en but no one has been accepted.
What am I supposed to put there? --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 13:45, 18 July 2021 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en, hmm, interesting. What seems to be happening here is that statements on Wikidata generally allow references, but that functionality hasn't been imported for the use of Wikidata for structured data on Commons, as most things added there wouldn't need a reference. Because of that, there doesn't seem to be a way to get the exclamation mark to go away.

My suggestion would be not to try to add your username to the structured data in the first place. It's technically incorrect, as Wikimedia username (P4174) is for people, not for images; the image itself doesn't have a username. You'll still be recorded as the uploader on the main file page, and if that information is ever transferred to structured data, it'll likely be imported automatically. I hope that helps! Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 03:46, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for explaining although I didn't fully understood all of it.

• You say not to add Wikimedia username, but my problem is that a bot is doing this in this way (with out exclamation mark) and in doing so it adds an incorrect creator with Wikimedia username so I have to correct it. This is due to that I have stated |author=[[User:Goran tek-en|Goran_tek-en]], requested by and knowledge from {{U|x}} in the information Template so the bot takes the last username and add it as creator, this is what I'm correcting now. Also I have now changed the way how I state requested by and knowledge from {{U|x}} to avoid this problem.
• I understood it as this was the Wikimedia username of the creator, but you say it's not. So then the bot is also doing something which is wrong, that is serious as it affects many images.
• If this is not the name of the creator I don't understand how it can be added by the bot under "creator/". This is so complicated and hard to grasp. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 10:42, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

Here you can see what SchlurcherBot is adding regarding name etc, here.I will also contact the user for that bot. --always ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 11:03, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en, so the bot appears to be working correctly as far as recording the data in the proper format. It's adding Wikimedia username as a qualifier to creator (P170), which is the correct way to do it: the image doesn't have a username, but the creator of the image (i.e. you; it records it as "some value" since it doesn't know of a Wikidata item for you as a person) does.

Adding the wrong username is definitely an issue, though. I'd definitely reach out to the bot operator, as they're expected to be communicative about that sort of issue. They also probably know more about structured data than I do. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 15:32, 21 July 2021 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Men protest opening of Frary Dining Hall to women.jpg

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DYK for Debra Cleaver

On 19 July 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Debra Cleaver, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that donors withdrew $4 million in funding from Vote.org after its board fired its founder and CEO, Debra Cleaver? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Debra Cleaver. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Debra Cleaver), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 19 July 2021 (UTC)

UserTalkArchiveBox

Hello, I noticed that you have been active in the archive template area (With your TfD of {{Auto archiving notice}}) and thought I should notify you that I have TfD'd {{UserTalkArchiveBox}} for merge with {{Archives}} here. Terasail^[✉️] 13:08, 21 July 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for the invite; commented! {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 15:45, 21 July 2021 (UTC)

a barnstar for you!

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		For your tireless contributions to Wikipedia. 1RingFB (talk) 02:38, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, 1RingFB! Is there a particular edit of mine you saw that prompted this? {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 02:42, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

Question from TravelerEditorRealChanger on List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, June 2021 (13:23, 27 July 2021)

Please help me find the video editor. I used it earlier today. I am surprised to find my edit from earlier today is now replaced by someone else. I have not prepared another edit yet, but after 10 edits and 4 days, I can edit the criticism in the Blue Lives Matter article. --TravelerEditorRealChanger (talk) 13:23, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

Hi @TravelerEditorRealChanger! I'm not sure what you mean by the video editor; I'm not aware of Wikipedia having any in-house video editor. Regarding your edit, it looks like you did a good job including a reference and it does not appear anyone else has reverted it. Let me know if you need any further help. Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 18:41, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

Question from TravelerEditorRealChanger (21:53, 27 July 2021)

Hi thanks for mentoring. I meant to ask how to find the visual editor I used earlier today not the video editor. Text editors show us hand code, maybe, but visual editors allow us to type as if in a word processor. Difficult to see how to reply to your answer, too. --TravelerEditorRealChanger (talk) 21:54, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

@TravelerEditorRealChanger: Oh, VisualEditor! Yes, to enable that, just change your preferences as shown here. Feel free to let me know if you have any trouble. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 22:09, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

Question from TravelerEditorRealChanger (22:18, 27 July 2021)

Thanks. That is a good way to find that visual editor. I also used my settings to choose it by default when possible. I think it is beta, but I like it. By the way, I never wrote those sentences using reference 11. I used that reference with one shorter sentence that is now gone, but no complaints. Curious about who changed it. Added another sentence just now with citation [12]. --TravelerEditorRealChanger (talk) 22:18, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

@TravelerEditorRealChanger, you can view the page's history here; page histories can be complicated, but there's a quick intro here. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 22:22, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

Question from TravelerEditorRealChanger on User talk:TravelerEditorRealChanger (00:22, 30 July 2021)

Hi, please note: on the article [1] I added a sentence and the editor removed it with the comment "unnecessary". The email says I can contact the editor (Magnolia677) with a provided email link or a provided wiki link. Trying the email link gets me a note saying the editor does not accept email. I see no way to use the wiki link to contact the editor. I am OK with the change, but for that same month, other entries show talk about "investigation" (6/27) and camera recordings (6/28). My sentence presented information about those two things in the case of the incident of June 10, 2021. --TravelerEditorRealChanger (talk) 00:22, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

@TravelerEditorRealChanger: if you want to contact that user, you can do so on their talk page, but I'd recommend taking a discussion about an article to that article's talkpage where others are likely to chime in - you can make a new section on Talk:List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, June 2021 to discuss it. Elli (talk | contribs) 00:29, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Pomona College

On 1 August 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Pomona College, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that students at Pomona College are traditionally thrown into a fountain on their birthday? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Pomona College. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Pomona College), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 12:03, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

FLC review request

Hi @Sdkb – It would be a great help if you could review the list "United States presidential elections in Arkansas", and provide me with few comments on its FLC page. Thanks! – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 07:01, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

Hi @Kavyansh.Singh! I remedied the lack of a short description. Is there a particular reason you reached out to me? {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 07:13, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

Sdkb – Not any particular reason; just saw you reviewing other lists at FLC. Thanks for adding short description. – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 08:33, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

Got it. I can't make any guarantees, as there's a long queue of articles at FLC and all of us reviewing are of course just volunteers, but if I get a chance to do more, I'll stop by. Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 18:03, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore‎

Hi, just a little query. You changed staff to administrative staff, but the number shown are not all administrative staff. The number includes lecturers, tutors and professors. Can you explain the change? Thanks Denisarona (talk) 08:34, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

Hi Denisarona! The parameter has been displaying as "administrative staff" for many years, even though it appeared in the wikitext on that page using the alias of "staff". Recently, concerns have been raised about the impreciseness of who is included in "administrative staff", so we're going to add a new variable for |total_staff=, which we'll encourage as an alternative. In preparation for that, I'm working on deprecating the alias |staff= to prevent confusion. The edit I made at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore‎ and other pages changed the wikitext but not the display, so if the information is incorrect, that means either that someone misused the parameter when they added it to the page or that past maintainers of the template inappropriately changed it without updating the affected pages. I hope that helps explain, and please let know if you have additional questions. Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 09:04, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

I'm totally in agreement with using Total staff. Hope it succeeds. Denisarona (talk) 09:06, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

Questions from ABLHACKER on Phishing (07:38, 12 August 2021)

HLW --ABLHACKER (talk) 07:38, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

Hello --ABLHACKER (talk) 07:38, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

@ABLHACKER: Hello! Do you have a question for me? {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 07:41, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

RSN

Sdkb, do you really feel that the community needs to weigh in on the papers of record? At first glance, it seems you are just making a point. Firefangledfeathers (talk) 18:10, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

@Firefangledfeathers, as I noted at the top of the Australian discussion, I'm working on improving the {{Find sources}} module, which currently only includes The New York Times, and has (justifiably imo) drawn complaints that for most non-U.S. articles, that isn't the most appropriate publication of record. The publications of record that we choose for the module will be shown on thousands of talk pages, so I feel that it's important that there is firm community consensus behind their reliability, namely an RSP-greenlisting. That's why I've opened the discussions. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 18:14, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

Thanks! Just so you know, you're swimming upstream a bit at that noticeboard. Regulars are often exasperated when editors bring up sources that aren't involved in a specific dispute. Firefangledfeathers (talk) 18:40, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm definitely getting a strong impression of that haha. I hope that the meta discussion doesn't end up distracting too much from the actual discussion, but if others continue to complain, I might have to reset. I was a little oblique in how I talked about the project, which was since it's still at an early technical stage and I want to save the bigger discussion for once it's ready to deploy, but perhaps that was an error. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 18:59, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

I'm guessing the intention is to have a parameter for the location which will then put in a search link at that location's paper of record? Firefangledfeathers (talk) 19:11, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

The current approach is to use the Wikidata item for an article to automatically determine which country it's in, and then choose based on that. {{Talk header}} has more than 500,000 transclusions, a significant percentage of which have associated countries, thus why I'd like to affirm consensus for each of the publications used in the prototype and why we'll be seeking consensus for the selection overall before anything goes live. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 19:24, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

Cool stuff. It's on my watchlist and I'll look out for ways to help. Firefangledfeathers (talk) 19:32, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

NBC News Talk

Hey there,

I reversed the edit request template because it does not fit within the usual criteria for this process -- straightforward matters that one editor can review and decide by themselves. I prepared this in a format for multi-editor discussion. I'm all in favor of appropriate notifications to relevant projects but I don't want to derail multi-editor discussion. What do you think? BC1278 (talk) 19:01, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

@BC1278: Whether you have the COI edit request tag or not is up to you, but Talk:NBC News is not a heavily watched page, so even with the invites, you're not guaranteed to get a response unless you have it or an RfC tag, which is what you'd really need to get a large multi-editor discussion going. But RfCs are required to be brief, which your post is definitely not. You may want to separate your comments into straightforward fixes that can be done via an edit request and more complex issues that require discussion.

Personally, I am going to recuse myself from responding, as I am still too outraged at your employer's egregious conduct to be able to approach the issue dispassionately. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 19:22, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

Question from Cstapff on Ecological systems theory (01:10, 14 August 2021)

there is a a spelling mistake "Bronfebrenner" in the reference section but is a hidden cat.

Help

C --Cstapff (talk) 01:11, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

@Cstapff, thanks for pointing out that typo! I've gone ahead and corrected it. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 01:16, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

Why did the "Good article and featured article topicon redesign" proposal fail?

I think those redesigned icons on the Graphics Lab in the "Proposal 1" subsection of the "Good article and featured article topicon redesign" section look good. Where was the proposal, and what happened? DesertPipeline (talk) 06:27, 15 August 2021 (UTC)

I somehow failed to notice the hatnote in the "Proposal 1" section. My mistake; sorry! DesertPipeline (talk) 06:45, 15 August 2021 (UTC)

Question about an infobox

Sorry to bother you with this, but I am new to Wikipedia. I want to edit a page (Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig) that uses the infobox university. I noticed that you recently edited the page to that infobox, and am hoping you might help point me in the right direction as to how I can go about making changes to the content on the skg page as found in the infobox. PaulRSawa (talk) 18:20, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

Hi @PaulRSawa; it's no bother at all! Yeah, infoboxes can be one of the trickier things to edit for newcomers. To improve the infobox for Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig, you can look at the documentation at Template:Infobox university, which lists and explains a bunch of the parameters available for that infobox. For instance, one parameter currently missing from the article is the "students" parameter, which gives the number of students who attend the institution. If you can find that number, just go edit the page and add a line to the infobox code as explained here. For the students parameter, that would look like e.g. |students = 4700. Feel free to let me know if you have any difficulty, and I'll be happy to help. Our coverage of indigenous educational institutions has a long ways to go, so I'm glad to see you working on it! Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 18:42, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

List of academic db's

Re recent "find sources" stuff, just found this, and thought you might find it useful, too: List of academic databases and search engines. Cheers, Mathglot (talk) 21:45, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

Thanks! Woah, that has a lot! {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 21:52, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

Talking about your experience on Wikipedia

Hi Sdkb!

I'm a PhD student at UCL, studying the way knowledge is produced on Wikipedia. Would you be happy to talk about your experience as an editor? If you wish to know more about my project, you can look up my userpage, and/or ask questions. Thanks! ElenaFalco (talk) 10:31, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

Question from The Mysterious India by Aditya Mishraxxxx (10:53, 20 August 2021)

hello what do you know about khan sir --The Mysterious India by Aditya Mishraxxxx (talk) 10:53, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

[2]. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 15:42, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Attention theft

On 21 August 2021, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Attention theft, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that your attention can be stolen? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Attention theft. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Attention theft), and if they received a combined total of at least 416.7 views per hour (i.e., 5,000 views in 12 hours or 10,000 in 24), the hook may be added to the statistics page. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Vanamonde (Talk) 12:02, 21 August 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	My attention was stolen... Clever! Thanks for all you do around here. It makes a difference Eddie891 Talk Work 22:48, 21 August 2021 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Got me too! Wonder how successful that hook is gonna be. Elli (talk | contribs) 22:56, 21 August 2021 (UTC)

Thanks both! I have high hopes for it, but we'll see what the numbers say when they come out! {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 23:29, 21 August 2021 (UTC)

10,000 views. I'll take it, especially given it was in a middle slot! {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 05:40, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

Question from HughMLRC (08:57, 25 August 2021)

Can you move my sandbox article to public under the title "Mercy Law Resource Centre"? I do not have the option. --HughMLRC (talk) 08:57, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

Hi HughMLRC! I recommend that you submit the article through the Articles for Creation process. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 09:00, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

Template:Sub judice

Hi Sdkb. I asked a question at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2021 August 22#Template:Sub judice about the Marilyn Manson situation but it hasn't been answered yet. At this point I expect to oppose deletion of the templates, but I am not set on that, and have been holding off to see if further info changes my mind. I'm mentioning it here just in case you haven't noticed the question. Cheers, Nurg (talk) 05:18, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

Sorry, I missed that comment; I've replied now. Thanks for prompting me! Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 05:37, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

Protest against sandbox deletion. Do you delete everything? My sandbox is gone

Why is there an encyclopedia with users who can anonymously ,arrogantly and irrevocably delete my sandbox ? Isn’t there a more hands-on approach? I protest ! I require a speedy review. I have a published material that was clearly enough to avert whatever useless reason for such erratic behavior from an anonymous user . I use the same name across social media platforms and a dimwit can find proof by just googling my username. I require my user sandbox to restored immediately. Or I require proof of violation of terms of license. I have a right to publish my personal biography without getting kicked out dimwits who seem unqualified. Boufflord (talk) 06:29, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

Unsolicited user sandbox deletion.

I require a proof that my edit was in violation of terms of deletion and I will present proof of published materials across third party. Do you employ dimwits? Boufflord (talk) 06:34, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

Question from Boufflord (06:52, 30 August 2021)

Good. Writing my own autobiography is strongly discouraged.. it’s not disallowed! Then i would require some proof that my edit (which is why I’m even on here) was deleted speedily. Even after providing information that proves published material across third parties . And again! Who gives them permission to delete my autobiography without my consent! ? Or proof that I violated the terms of agreement? This is injustice! I’m a public figure and any one with google can figure it out. It’s not unlawful to edit my own autobiography if the article is correct to the nth. I demand a copy of the article and it’s my intellectual property. This isn’t a real job you guys have. You’re making life difficult for people who have real jobs. Why can’t you verify the edit and then contact me prior to whatever nonsense action that you want me carry out? Couldn’t you edit the autobiography? I demand a copy of my intellectual property sent to my inbox ! Right away. --Boufflord (talk) 06:52, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

Hi Boufflord—it sounds like you're quite frustrated, which is understandable, but to speak directly to what you said, no, you do not have "a right to publish my personal biography". We're trying to build an encyclopedia here, and if you'd like your biography to be included, you need to demonstrate that it conforms with our policies. Your sandbox page was deleted by Fastily because it appeared you were using Wikipedia as a web host for a personal website, which is not allowed. I can't see the page because it's been deleted (I'm a volunteer who edits because I believe in Wikipedia's mission, not someone "employing" anyone), but if it's a draft biography, here would be my advice. First, read Help:Your first article to understand what our standards for pages are, and Wikipedia:Notability (biographies) to understand what is required for a person to have an article. Then, if you feel the biography meets the notability standards, go to Wikipedia:Undeletion requests and give your reasoning. If the page is restored, you can then use {{subst:submit}} to submit it for review. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 06:54, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

Short-term protection of TFA - help requested

On 2 February 2021, I opened a discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 178#Pending-changes protection of Today's featured article. On 12 April 2021, you closed it, finding consensus for a trial of WP:PENDING protection.

After that trial, on 26 June 2021 I opened an RFC at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 183#RFC: Pending-changes protection of Today's featured article. On 30 August 2021, Jc37 (courtesy ping) closed it, finding consensus for a 30-day trial of auto-semi-protection.

Can you advise on how to get that second trial underway?

(I only fight vandalism if I chance to fall across it; though I don't overlook the opportunity. However, a good number of experienced editors put thought and effort into setting out reasoned arguments in those discussions, and it would seem a pity to let the matter drift into limbo.) Best, Narky Blert (talk) 15:34, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

Hi Narky Blert, and thanks for the note! After my April close, a discussion was begun at Wikipedia_talk:Today's_featured_article/Archive_14#Pending_changes_TFA_trial, and Anomie had their bot perform the protection. I'd suggest opening a quick discussion at WT:TFA noting the new close, and perhaps Anomie might be able to help with this trial as well. Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 20:44, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

Most helpful, thank you very much! I have posted at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article#Semi-protection of TFA. Narky Blert (talk) 20:19, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

Doug Underwood

Note: Follow-up from Talk:Doug_Underwood_(journalist)#Merge

I am really sorry about replacing the text. I didn't realize that I was not integrating the text properly. I actually wrote the page myself and upon creating the page, I realized that a page already exists for him. So I just copied all of my text and pasted in the page you had created. I will fix the page right away.HRShami (talk) 05:14, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, HRShami; much appreciated! I've had one or two instances myself where I've begun creating a page only to realize it already exists. I'm sorry I didn't think to create the redirect from Doug Underwood (academic) where you created the duplicate. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 22:32, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

Originalism Globalization

The article atm is essentially entirely about Originalism as it applies to the US constitution, and to be fair much of the most visible legal scholarship is about the US, because that is true of many topics. Regardless of those facts though, Originalism, as in "an interpretative method that interprets based on the original understanding of words/concepts/etc as they were at the time of adoption that American Constitutional Originalism is a subset of" is not unique to the US and is used, by name and with the exact same arguments for and against, in countries all over the world. Australian constitutional interpretation often includes major Originalist analyses for example as their constitution is also over a century old and subject to the same debates. The article is not really representative of the fact that rest of the world has to deal with the same interpretive difficulties and uses the same approaches in their analyses. Khitrir (talk) 06:49, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

(Context for any TPS) Thanks for that info, Khitrir! I'm not a subject expert on Originalism, so it might be worthwhile to start a talk page discussion to see if others want to discuss how we might best cover Originalism outside of the U.S. Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 22:37, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

Question from Consultedit (15:31, 2 September 2021)

Good morning! I would like to update the headshot picture for our bosses Wiki page. How do we do that? --Consultedit (talk) 15:31, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

Hi @Consultedit! Well, the first step is taking a new headshot :) After that, you'll want to upload it to Wikimedia Commons, our image repository. It's important for copyright reasons that the photographer themselves do this, as they are the one who holds the copyright to their work unless they're released it. Once you've done that, let me know the name of the file, and I'll be happy to update the picture for you (assuming it's better than what we have currently). You shouldn't edit the article directly because of the conflict of interest. Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 19:14, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for September 3

An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Richard McKirahan, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Hackett.

(Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 06:00, 3 September 2021 (UTC)

Resolved

{{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 08:09, 3 September 2021 (UTC)

Question from Lil Babie (01:23, 4 September 2021)

I need to hit the studio --Lil Babie (talk) 01:23, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

@Lil Babie, do you have a question about editing Wikipedia? I don't understand your comment. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 01:26, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

Need Help For Creating Article Mohammed Shanooj

Hello, I found you in wikipedia and noticed lots of experience in editing wikipedia for a long time. I have a request to create a wikipedia article about him Mohammed Shanooj. As a music listener and fan of him, i tried to write about him by collecting datas from several resources. But all got rejected by users saying that "written not in neutral point of view" , "written for living people of musician, singer, composer" and also "written like promotional or advertisement" even in Mainspace Article and Draft too. Can you help me to Publish the article about him? I will start new draft and can you complete the finishing point by moving from draft to Mainspace! Please Reply as kind... Thank you Welcome 103.05.23 (talk) 04:21, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

Hi Welcome 103.05.23—the article was deleted because it did not credibly indicate the importance or significance of the subject. Please review Help:Your first article, paying particular attention to notability guidelines, in this case WP:NMUSIC. If Shanooj does not meet the guidelines, we will not publish an article about him. Regards, {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 04:29, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

Completing short descriptions for good articles

Sdkb, I completed about 200 short descriptions for the good articles. Here is my history.