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Question from Shirsho12 (03:00, 31 December 2025)

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Hello, thank you for being my mentor! I actually created this account because I've noticed in a number of the newer or more obscure articles about my home country, Bangladesh, the following issues: a. The citations do not match the content being talked about. b. The citations are opinion pieces with no references of their own, and may be rather biased, somewhat like an argumentative essay with no bibliography. c. The content itself is either biased or AI-generated.

In these issues, especially the ones on dubious citations, what is the appropriate course of action?

Thanks! --Shirsho12 (talk) 03:00, 31 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Shirsho12, can you give some examples of such articles, please? — Qwerfjkltalk 03:10, 31 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
So the article that caught my attention recently is this:
Indian influence in Bangladesh
While I haven't fact checked all of the citations on this page (yet), the section "Cultural and intellectual dominance" contains content that doesn't match the citations. I've described it in more detail in my rebuttal to the author. You'll find it here: User talk:Shirsho12. My concern here is that the citations and the content presented in the section do not match. Is there some sort of an "Inaccurate Citation" tag I'm supposed to apply? Shirsho12 (talk) 10:45, 31 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Shirsho12, given the problems with the section, I would say it's reasonable to remove the section. I note you attempted to do this and was reverted by Emdad Tafsir, but I think their revert was unreasonable. I suggest you wait a few days for a response (it is the holidays after all, and it has only been a day), and if there is no response forthcoming, go ahead and remove the section again. — Qwerfjkltalk 16:53, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Qwerfjkl (bot) – PumpkinButter

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Page: David_Sheiner

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Comment/question: It says "missing title"--but my original edit WAS the title and role. (?) Is this an error?

PB57 (talk) 15:45, 31 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

PumpkinButter, you seem to have accidentally moved the title from one reference to another (that already had a title), leaving the original reference without a title. — Qwerfjkltalk 16:43, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Tricia190 (03:58, 1 January 2026)

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how do you start editing an article on Wikipedia using my homepage --Tricia190 (talk) 03:58, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Tricia190, what do you mean, using my homepage? — Qwerfjkltalk 16:41, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Report more CS1 errors?

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Happy New Year! I'm happy your bot is still posting gentle notices on user talk pages to point out when they add a CS1 error to an article. Would you please consider adding more CS1 error categories to the bot's work, such as Category:CS1 errors: ISBN, Category:CS1 errors: dates, Category:CS1 errors: generic name, and Category:CS1 errors: URL? Thanks and happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 02:06, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

GoingBatty, happy new year. You can update User:Qwerfjkl (bot)/inform/middle with messages for the new categories, and then I can update User:Qwerfjkl (bot)/CategoryMonitorConfig.json. — Qwerfjkltalk 14:20, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
 Done! GoingBatty (talk) 02:22, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
GoingBatty, and  Done. It may take some time for the bot to re-read the configuration file, so ping me if nothing happens within a few days and I'll restart the job on Toolforge. — Qwerfjkltalk 18:34, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

A kitten for you! Happy new year!

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Chúc Qwerfjkl một năm mới an khang thịnh vượng, vạn sự như ý; Cầu mong bạn sức khỏe dồi dào, làm ăn phát đạt, trăm năm hạnh phúc! ^^ (May you have a prosperous new year, with all the best for you; I wish you an amazing health, great success in work, and reach age 100 fully happy ^^)

///// JUMPINGISNOTACRIME (he/him) 14:13, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Amickeybird65 on X Development (16:28, 2 January 2026)

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How to get Google labs to be most effective --Amickeybird65 (talk) 16:28, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Amickeybird65, effective at what? — Qwerfjkltalk 21:02, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Aalbinoz (18:48, 3 January 2026)

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Hey 👋 Wikipedia just assigned me to you and I have a question. How do I add my country to Wikipedia? --Aalbinoz (talk) 18:48, 3 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Aalbinoz, What do you mean by How do I add my country to Wikipedia? Create an article about it? If so, which country is it you are from? — Qwerfjkltalk 21:34, 3 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I’m from North Guinea Aalbinoz (talk) 07:56, 4 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Aalbinoz, as far as I can tell, that is not a country. — Qwerfjkltalk 10:48, 4 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Well it is but nobody knows. The country’s population is literally 17 Aalbinoz (talk) 17:37, 4 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Aalbinoz, does it pass WP:GNG? — Qwerfjkltalk 21:30, 4 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Yes It Does ~2026-97306 (talk) 16:58, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
How so? — Qwerfjkltalk 18:28, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Qwerfjkl (bot) – Orileigbon

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Page: Orile‑Igbon

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Comment/question: there is false alarm issues not there please sir help

Orileigbon (talk) 13:56, 6 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Orileigbon, You missed out |title= when you changed 
<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://tribuneonlineng.com/opening-orile-igbon-mega-investments-oba-alao/ |website=tribuneonlineng}}</ref>
— Qwerfjkltalk 13:58, 6 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Request to personally be removed from Qwerfjkl (bot)'s automatic talkpage notifications regarding CS1 citation date errors

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Can you please stop me from getting talkpage pings from Qwerfjkl (bot) about CS1 citation date errors? This a problem on the WMF's end not mine. Visual Editor's citation creation tool creates year-month only number dates for publications that do not have an individual publication day, for example an article published in "December 2007" would be date formatted as 2007-12. which is treated as CS1 invalid error. This issue has bugged me enough over the years that several years ago, I asked the people who operate Wikipedia's citation formatting if they could properly recognise year-month only number dates generated by the visual editor citation creation tool and they refused, citing the potential for confusion, despite the enormous number of CS1 date errors that need to be fixed as a consequence. The issue frankly bugs me to no end, and I do not appreciate the new annoyance of having a bot ping my talkpage to remind me of it everytime I accidentally make an edit that leaves one in when I am well aware of the problem. There are bots (as well as very kind people) that automatically fix the error within a few minutes/hours of making the edit regardless. Hemiauchenia (talk) 21:16, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hemiauchenia, as it says on the bot's userpage, you can use {{bots|optout=cs1-errors}} to opt out. (Unless you want to specifically opt out of date errors? It's not clear to me from what you wrote.) I enabled the CS1 category per § Report more CS1 errors?; if you think it's a bad idea I can remove it. — Qwerfjkltalk 21:50, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Sorry for not looking close enough somewhere that should've been obvious. I wish the CS1 citation date issue could be resolved at its citation generation source, which would save everybody a lot of time and hassle, but I am not sure where to escalate to. Hemiauchenia (talk) 22:05, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Qwerfjkl (bot) – Emflu

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Page: Yan_Xishan

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Comment/question: I didn't edit any dates?

Emflu (talk) 05:15, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Emflu, you added a reference with a |date=. GoingBatty later fixed it. — Qwerfjkltalk 16:58, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Qwerfjkl (bot) – Clover_Divinatus

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Page: Keeper_(2025_film)

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Comment/question: I got a message saying the date in my edit was incorrectly formatted, but I have it configured YYYY-MM-DD, which I believe is the correct format. That being said, I'll gladly change it if that's not right. Thanks!

Clover Divinatus (talk) 19:34, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Clover Divinatus, it was fixed later by Ira Leviton. You made two mistakes; in |date= you used "2025-14-13" (there is no 14th month) and for |access-date= you used "2026-1-7" missing out the leading 0s before 1 and 7. — Qwerfjkltalk 20:59, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Bug in MassTFD

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Hi Qwerfjkl! Hope you are doing well. I encountered a bug when using WP:MASSXFD, specifically the TFD option. When I accidentally left a blank line at the end of the list of templates to nominate, the button to make the nomination would not work. It would silently error (except for some WP:CONSOLEERRORs, which I can send if that would help). Deleting the empty line fixed the issue. Would it be possible to simply discard blank lines? And, as always, thank you for all you do :) HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 01:47, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

HouseBlaster, fixed with Special:Diff/1332032979. — Qwerfjkltalk 15:05, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Qwerfjkl (bot) – Madscientistjaidev

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Page: Bad_Boy_Billionaires:_India

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Comment/question: False positive. I'm assuming that the Rotten Tomatoes citation generated this. The rest of the citations have correct author names.

MadScientist (talk) 03:21, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Madscientistjaidev, the issue is with 
<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/web-series/reviews/english/bad-boy-billionaires-india/bad-boy-billionaires-india-season-1/seasonreview/78505588.cms |title=Bad Boy Billionaires: India Season 1 Review: A vicarious tale of the hubris of the 'flamboyant criminals' |last=Suresh |first=Sunayana |last2=TNN |last3=Oct 6 |first3=Updated: |last4=2020 |last5=Ist |first5=02 07 Pm |access-date=2026-01-09 |via=timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}</ref>
The author parameters at the end are clearly incorrect. — Qwerfjkltalk 09:42, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Fixed. Thanks. MadScientist (talk) 02:22, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Qwerfjkl (bot) – Justin_Kelly

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a url error, but I think it is a false positive & not an issue. Thanks, JUstin. Page: The_Showgrounds,_Wangaratta 

The_Showgrounds,_Wangaratta

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Comment/question:

Justin J. Kelly (talk) 06:12, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Justin Kelly, you seem to have noticed given you fixed it two minutes later, but |url= was not a url. — Qwerfjkltalk 16:00, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Qwerfjkl (bot) – FGSC0304

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Page: Philippine_International_Pyromusical_Competition

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Comment/question:

I have included a link to an article containing the official poster of the 2019 edition for your reference and the name of the Portuguese representative on that year was Pirotecnia Minhota and not Grupo Luso Pirotecnia.

I have also officially covered the event as a media personnel during that edition which is why I can confirm this.

FGSC0304 (talk) 14:48, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

FGSC0304, you added 
<ref>{{Cite web |last=Inc |first=Primer Media |title=Catch the 10th Philippine International Pyromusical Competition 2019 Starting February 23 |url=https://primer.com.ph/event/2019/01/05/catch-the-10th-philippine-international-pyromusical-competition-2019-starting-february-23/ |access-date=2026-01-11 |website=Event |language=en}}</ref>

|first= and |last= are wrong, and should both be removed.
I have also officially covered the event as a media personnel during that edition which is why I can confirm this. No, this would not be accepted on Wikipedia. The media coverage itself may be suitable, but you shouldn't use yourself, or your own words, as a reference. — Qwerfjkltalk 15:20, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Ramseyrandyl (17:57, 11 January 2026)

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Hello, I have a question about editing (and I made an alternate history on my Wikipedia sandbox, and I like history), I'm asking a question on how to put the color of the bar in the President's Party section, So like on the list of presidents, there is a colored bar on the right of the President/Candidate's Party, Can you please help me with adding that with the text on the code, or just steps, Please and thank you! --Ramseyrandyl (talk) 17:57, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Ramseyrandyl, not sure. I'm not very familiar with tables. You can ask at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical). Note Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not a blog, web hosting service, social networking service, or memorial site. I would not be surprised if your sandbox was deleted. — Qwerfjkltalk 18:58, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry! I thought on the sandbox you could make your own fake articles. Sorry, Have a great day! Ramseyrandyl (talk) 22:26, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Unbalanced votes run

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Hey, it seems the bot run on the unbalanced votes missed the "support" errors. Can you take a look at why? Also, I've found a few more and listed them Wikipedia:Linter/reports/Unbalanced votes. Is it possible to do another run with these? Gonnym (talk) 11:08, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Gonnym, I'll have a look, but I'm busy this week. Please ping me on the weekend if I forget. — Qwerfjkltalk 16:26, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Question from Noorlight12 (17:16, 14 January 2026)

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I want to start a page but I don’t know how to --Noorlight12 (talk) 17:16, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Noorlight12, 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 18:14, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello!

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I joined because I wanted to fix mistakes and was wondering how you citate? Thanks. IAMCHILEPEPPER (talk) 00:05, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

IAMCHILEPEPPER, see Help:Introduction to referencing with VisualEditor/2. — Qwerfjkltalk 09:07, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Qwerfjkl (bot) – ~2025-38853-68

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Page: Megan_Gustafson

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Comment/question: Yes. You were correct, but I caught it right away and fixed it. Thanks! ~2025-38853-68 (talk) 02:14, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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