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Question from Steve9990 (12:08, 19 November 2025)

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Hello, I've been learning for a while about editing articles, and I wanted to try writing an article. I found this not-so-well-known but very prominent? company with divisions all over the world and figured I'll start there. But I'm struggling to find sources other than the company's own website. Help me please? --Steve9990 (talk) 12:08, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Steve9990, I assume you mean Centena Group? You can try the find sources links in the box at the top of the draft, but if you simply can't find reliable sources, the company might not be suitable for a Wikipedia article. — Qwerfjkltalk 15:38, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you... I'll try the find sources links Steve9990 (talk) 03:43, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from IlikecatsSDF (06:04, 22 November 2025)

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Hi! I'm a bit new here. I was copyediting Substitutions of the Esperanto alphabet, and found some links to sections (e.x. the text "h-system" linked to #H-system). Is this fine, or should it be changed?

Thank you, IlikecatsSDF (talk) 06:04, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

IlikecatsSDF, yes, this is fine. Template:Section link can be useful for formatting these. — Qwerfjkltalk 12:14, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks IlikecatsSDF (talk) 18:11, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Qwerfjkl (bot) – Kelisi

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Page: Airjet Angola Flight MBC-100

Diff: Special:Diff/1323583515

Comment/question: Do we really have to put a title if there is nothing identifiable as a title? Your bot called me out for putting the text "no title", but I think that was appropriate for that page. Have a look and see what you think. Kelisi (talk) 17:43, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Kelisi, to my knowledge, general practice is to use a descriptive title. See Help talk:Citation Style 1/Archive 32#Way to override |title requirement, or to replace title with a description? and Help talk:Citation Style 1/Archive 6#Untitled work for some discussion on this matter. — Qwerfjkltalk 19:18, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Kelisi (talk) 17:43, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Yozgat yerkoy on Ministry of Finance (Saudi Arabia) (13:29, 23 November 2025)

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Ekonomınızdekı eksıklerı anlatmak ıstıyorum hıc bır ucret ıstemoyorum lutven benımle ıletısıme gecın selam ve dualar --Yozgat yerkoy (talk) 13:29, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yozgat yerkoy, I do not speak Turkish. — Qwerfjkltalk 17:48, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Administrator Elections - Call for Candidates

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The administrator elections process has officially started! Interested editors are encouraged to self-nominate or arrange to be nominated by reviewing the instructions at Wikipedia:Administrator elections/December 2025/Candidates.

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Question from MistyJoyAbbott408 (07:41, 25 November 2025)

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Hello😀! I would like to know how I can add thee official respelling of every day words that we halve been spelling a little wrong! --MistyJoyAbbott408 (talk) 07:41, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

MistyJoyAbbott408, do you mean you want to correct typos, or something else? — Qwerfjkltalk 10:42, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good Bot

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Thank you for letting me know about my broken citation. — Safety Cap ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (talk) 15:08, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Mathialagan Muniandy (09:22, 27 November 2025)

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Hi .... Good Day ... How Are You ? --Mathialagan Muniandy (talk) 09:22, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mathialagan Muniandy, I'm doing well. — Qwerfjkltalk 11:03, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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References in wikidata have optional title. When I link to wiki data and a reference is retrieved, I sometimes get a warning of missing title. This happened with this edit and this edit. I think this is a false positive. Maybe Wikidata linking should be exempt of this warning and either add this warning to Wikidata website with a new bot running there, or fix the Wikidata retrieval to automatically fetch the title from the reference URL if it is live on the web. read (talk) 07:59, 28 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

اقرأ, please see User talk:Qwerfjkl/Archive 71#Qwerfjkl (bot) – Basxto. The warning is correct - you should add the title on wikidata. — Qwerfjkltalk 10:46, 28 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Faiza00khan (07:00, 30 November 2025)

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i want to start an article. I already have the conntent. How can I write and upload the article for review? --Faiza00khan (talk) 07:00, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Faiza00khan, see WP:Articles for creation. — Qwerfjkltalk 20:43, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Clairelouise0708 (08:20, 30 November 2025)

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Hi there How do I create a Wikipedia page for a musician/artist Thanks --Clairelouise0708 (talk) 08:20, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Clairelouise0708, Welcome! Creating a new article from scratch is extremely challenging, and new editors are strongly recommended to spend a few months learning how Wikipedia works, by making improvements to some of our existing seven million articles before trying it. When you do decide to have a go at a new article, you are highly encouraged to read Help:Your first article. If you haven't already also check out the tutorial; it's a lot of fun! Happy editing! — Qwerfjkltalk 20:44, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of ASIJ (disambiguation)

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If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article.

You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.

A tag has been placed on ASIJ (disambiguation) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G14 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is:

  • a disambiguation page with a title ending in "(disambiguation)" which lists only one extant Wikipedia page (i.e., there is a primary topic);
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The Signpost: 1 December 2025

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My Google account number fon all haking --Oranggua (talk) 16:21, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oranggua, what do you mean? — Qwerfjkltalk 17:43, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Question from Chiranth N Gowda (22:49, 1 December 2025)

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Hello I want to create a political article of my brother who is Indian national congress block youth president, how can I ? --Chiranth N Gowda (talk) 22:49, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Chiranth N Gowda, I strongly recommend you do not create an article about your brother - you have a very blatant WP:COI and I fear you will only waste your time. — Qwerfjkltalk 12:11, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question about your CSD lister script

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Hello @Qwerfjkl hope you are doing well I have tried to use your script but the list discussion icon at the top of the discussion doesnt list it on the page and when I click the list discussions tab in the tools side bar it keeps listing another discussion I closed when I don't want that there as it has already been implemented. [9].Do you know why it is doing this and how I can just list the new discussions I close using that script rather than the old ones? GothicGolem29 (Talk) 10:25, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It does show two of the new one so I do wonder if clicking the list discussion under the discussion just lists it multiple times when I do the sidebar but if thats true I would ask how can I reset that so I can just list the new discussions I do? GothicGolem29 (Talk) 10:28, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
GothicGolem29, I can't tell exactly what you mean, which makes this hard to debug.
  • the list discussion icon at the top of the discussion doesnt list it on the page I assume you mean the link in the section header? That saves them in the browser storage. The "List discussions" in the tools sidebar then will add them to WT:CFDW.
  • t keeps listing another discussion I closed which one do you want to close, and which one is it listing?
If you want to clear the discussions listed before you've made the edit, use "Edit discussions" in the toolbar and then just delete all the text. — Qwerfjkltalk 12:16, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Ahhh thanks the issue was I didn't realise how the list discussion worked so I accidentally copied too many discussions thanks for explaining how to clear the discussions listed previously in the database that solved the issue. GothicGolem29 (Talk) 12:25, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Qwerfjkl (bot) – Rick_Norwood

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Page: Controlled Substances Act

Diff: Special:Diff/1325539502

Comment/question: I was still actively editing this page when the bot reverted my edit. I plan to see if I can revert the bot's deletion, continue the edit, and then post my current work. This will be done in fifteen minutes at most. I hope this is ok.

Rick Norwood (talk) 17:42, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Rick Norwood, the bot did not revert your edit. — Qwerfjkltalk 18:57, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I must have misunderstood the message. Rick Norwood (talk) 19:43, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Administrator Elections - Discussion Phase

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The discussion phase of the December 2025 administrator elections is officially open. As a reminder, the schedule of the election is:

  • Dec 4–8 - Discussion phase (we are here)
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  • Scrutineering phase

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The discussion phase of the December 2025 administrator elections is officially open. As a reminder, the schedule of the election is:

  • Dec 4–8 - Discussion phase (we are here)
  • Dec 9–15 - SecurePoll voting phase
  • Scrutineering phase

We are currently in the discussion phase. The candidate subpages are open to questions and comments from everyone, in the same style as a request for adminship. You may discuss the candidates at Wikipedia:Administrator elections/December 2025/Discussion phase.

On December 9, we will start the voting phase. The candidate subpages will close to public questions and discussion, and everyone will have a week to use the SecurePoll software to vote, which uses a secret ballot. You can see who voted, but not who they voted for. Please note that the vote totals cannot be made public until after voting has ended and as such, it will not be possible for you to see an individual candidate's totals during the election. You must be extended confirmed to vote.

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Question from Curramore (04:22, 4 December 2025)

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I want to add to the entry concerning Colin Hollis Retired Australian Politician, in that he has recently been awarded two major Awards which should be added --Curramore (talk) 04:22, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Curramore, do you have a connection to Colin Hollis, and do you have a (reliable) source to verify he was awarded these awards? — Qwerfjkltalk 10:58, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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