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A barnstar for you!

	The Editor's Barnstar
	Thanks for making Charlie Kirk killing article! ~Rafael (He, him) • talk • guestbook • projects 02:28, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Some stray wording for a rainy day

Private figure with no indication of importance

Biographical content about identifiable living persons who have little to no involvement in public life^[1] and do not have any credible claim of significance, with the exception of content about Wikimedians in the User and Wikipedia namespaces.^[2] If the page includes non-public information, it should be referred to Oversight. This criterion does not apply in mainspace, where the higher standard of A7 should be applied instead.

References

1. Examples of involvement in public life include, but are not limited to: being nontrivially active on public social or professional networks; publishing works as an author, artist, or academic; holding a public-facing role at a business or educational institution; and being publicly involved in politics.
2. These pages must still comply with WP:OUTING and, in userspace, WP:UPNOT.

Bonne soirée ! -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (they|xe|🤷) 17:47, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

CC @Alalch E. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (they|xe|🤷) 17:47, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @Tamzin, that wording works great for me! One tiny nitpick, maybe social network activity is a bit too low of a bar for a "private" figure, given that most people today do use social networks. Maybe that's what you had in mind with "nontrivially" and "public", I'd be happy to hear your thoughts on that (if you find time for it, of course!) Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 18:10, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe "being significantly active on social or professional networks oriented toward a wide audience"? I'm thinking of like, people who are active enough on Twitter or LinkedIn that they clearly consent to being a public figure to some degree. But I don't mean to include someone who makes a Facebook post once a month or something. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (they|xe|🤷) 19:52, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That's great wording! Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 20:10, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I also like how this is worded, and I believe it would work well. 2 could be understood to mean that if the page does not comply with UPNOT it should be speedily deleted under this criterion; not sure if that could be improved. —Alalch E. 22:38, 2 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know how to word it, but imho the key difference regarding social networks is the intended audience "friends (of friends)" vs "public" rather than the scale. If you're an aspiring musician/author/streamer/influencer/etc you intentionally want your content to be viewed far and wide, if you're just a prolific sharer of memes and other content you might not mind if your posts get reshared beyond your friend group(s) but being a public figure is not your goal. If the content is self-promotional the subject is (almost certainly?) in the first group. Thryduulf (talk) 15:36, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Thryduulf: Hmm yeah that's a good point. "Wide audience" doesn't solve everything because you can have a novice SoundCloud rapper who's doing everything he can to self-promote, and that's involvement in public life even if he can't crack 100 subscribers. Meanwhile, if I make a "friends of friends" post on Facebook, that's visible to... 10,000 people maybe? 20,000? I don't have a huge number of FB friends, but they're spread over a few continents and some of them do have thousands of friends, so it'd add up pretty quickly. But I don't think it'd be fair to say that's engagement in public life, especially since most of those 10k+ will never see the post. Even harder with something like a subreddit, which can be nominally public but in practice have only ever been viewed by a few dozen people.

Thinking further on this, most of the people we'd want to include in this are already covered under artistic works, as long as we clarify that self-publishing counts. Really the only people who'd only meet the social-media clause are like, lifestyle influencers and cultural commentators. And the latter can be lumped in with artists etc. too. So maybe ... voluntarily disseminating detailed depictions of their personal life to a wide audience (i.e., being an influencer); publishing works (professionally or independently) as an author, artist, academic, or commentator; having a job that involves speaking publicly on behalf of one's employer; and being involved in politics.? There's still a few things that wouldn't cover, but it's not an exhaustive list, so the important thing is just not being overly inclusive. -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (they|xe|🤷) 16:35, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I understand what you intended with "holding a public-facing role at a business", but the plain reading of that phrase includes such positions as "cashier at a convenience store". —Cryptic 05:54, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, good point. Maybe "having a job that involves speaking publicly on behalf of their employer"? (Btw, it is in fact a rainy day here today! Although that's not exactly evidence of clairvoyance on my part.) -- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (they|xe|🤷) 06:53, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Survey

Hi and thanks for your recent participation in AfD. I would like to hear your thoughts about the process. Please check this survey if you are willing to respond.Czarking0 (talk) 02:10, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Property285 (04:45, 7 October 2025)

Hi C. Enby!

Quick question - how can I send a message to a fellow Wiki editor person? Thanks!

Your mentee, Prop285 :) --Property285 (talk) 04:45, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Property285! You can use their talk page to send them a message! It will usually be linked in their signature, or you can type User talk: followed by their username in the search bar. Once on their talk page, you can click "Add topic" and write your message there, and they should receive a notification like I did! Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 04:55, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Concern regarding Draft:Rockalina

Hello, Chaotic Enby. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Rockalina, a page you created, has not been edited in at least five months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 16:07, 11 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fine with me – I hoped we'd have WP:SUSTAINED coverage in the following months, but kinda gave up on it after no additional coverage came in. Sadly, it probably doesn't pass this criterion, at least for now. Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 08:02, 12 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of 2023 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for deletion

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ITN recognition for Gaza peace plan

On 14 October 2025, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Gaza peace plan, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. El_C 02:08, 14 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A fox for you!

For reducing entropy at WT:AIC with the creation of WP:AINB

NicheSports (talk) 23:39, 17 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, your comment was actually the inspiration for making {{Fox2}} with more foxes! Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 16:38, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

AI generated

Hi there. I noticed you are a primary contact at AI cleanup, which means you're probably pretty good at spotting AI generated text. Would you have a moment to look at these edits? They said they used AI for grammar, but the edits seem fishy. Thanks! Magnolia677 (talk) 10:29, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Magnolia677, thanks for reporting! Taking a look right now! Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 16:35, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A lot of the prose strikes me as very typical of AI, like Today, Roseau remains deeply connected to its roots, balancing modern development with efforts to honor its rich past through education and preservation initiatives (which isn't verified by the source at all). Even if it wasn't AI, the promotional tone and the poor quality of sourcing (mostly tourism websites) absolutely justify reverting it.

By the way, if you want more people to have a look at cases like this, you can report them at WP:AINB (the project's noticeboard for issues of AI misuse) in the future! Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 17:26, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate you looking at that. I also didn't know about the noticeboard. Thanks! Magnolia677 (talk) 18:38, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The noticeboard is actually pretty recent, reports used to go on the project's talk page (which led it to become quite bloated) until recently! Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 18:52, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Donn Fretz (15:24, 26 October 2025)

Note: Donn Fretz's mentor Aaron Liu is away.

How should the party and otherparty parameters by used in an infobox? --Donn Fretz (talk) 15:24, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Donn Fretz! party is usually used for the current political party someone is a member of (or, for a deceased person, their most relevant one), and others can be listed in otherparty (which displays as "Other political affiliations"). Sadly, there isn't much documentation for it. Looking in the archives, this discussion clarifies that party should ideally be used for a single party (cf. Winston Churchill's current infobox), although I have seen other articles like Jeremy Corbyn use it with multiple entries. Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 15:05, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Bidyarthi Brothers (13:59, 27 October 2025)

Hello,

I recently made an edit to the Kartikeya article(link :- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kartikeya) to make a certain passage more respectful and culturally appropriate.

The previous version read: “Shiva and Parvati were disturbed during sex, causing Shiva to inadvertently release his semen.”

I felt that this phrasing was unnecessarily explicit and did not reflect the reverence due to deities in Hinduism. Therefore, I rephrased it as: “During a moment of divine union between Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati, their meditation was interrupted, leading to the release of Lord Shiva’s divine energy (tejas).”

My intention was to preserve factual accuracy while expressing the event in a dignified and culturally sensitive way, consistent with how it is symbolically described in Hindu tradition.

Could you please review this change and let me know whether it aligns with Wikipedia’s guidelines on neutrality, tone, and respect for religious subjects?

Thank you for your time and guidance. --Bidyarthi Brothers (talk) 13:59, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Bidyarthi Brothers! Wikipedia tries to maintain a neutral point of view in religious matters, and, while respecting all religions, we try to avoid euphemisms when discussing them. Ultimately, it all depends on how the sources describe the event: we will consider the primary sources (religious texts) for the most matter-of-fact, unambiguous descriptions, but anything that requires a layer of interpretation should rely on secondary sources for this purpose. We shouldn't rephrase a sentence to talk about "divine energy" to avoid referring to semen. However, if, for example, secondary sources described a reference to divine energy as a metaphor for semen, we should make that clarification, explaining both how the religious texts describe it and how it is interpreted by scholars.

In the specific case you mention, the sources being cited are Lochtefeld, 2002 (pages 655–656), which you can borrow on Internet Archive, and Clothey, 1978 (pages 49–51 and 54–55, some of which are accessible on Google Books). From what I can access of the latter, it presents several variations of the myth which make reference to "seed" (equated to "tejas" on page 54) – I invite you to look into these sources and check for yourself if either wording is accurate to how they describe it!

By the way, while this is unrelated to your question, Wikipedia accounts should be individual. If yours is used by several people, I invite you to create individual accounts for each, and retire this one. Otherwise, if only one person is using it, you can request a rename to clarify the situation! Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 15:27, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My account is control by we two brothers having same opinions and works jointly as a individual. Bidyarthi Brothers (talk) 19:27, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Even if you have the same opinions and work together, accounts are expected to be individual. I strongly encourage you to create separate accounts for editing purposes, and to not use this one jointly. Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 19:39, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
	I thought my userpage CSS was advanced. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:45, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Guide to temporary accounts

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Temporary account IP viewer user right

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Most of this message was written by Mz7 (source). Thanks, 🎃 SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 02:47, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Editor of the Week

		Editor of the Week
		Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week in recognition of your great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project)

User:Qcne submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:

I nominate Chaotic Enby to be Editor of the Week for their excellent behind the scenes work. 38000 edits with 40% in mainspace. They've improved the Article Wizard, created a new Unblock Wizard, done lots of work on the Wikiproject AI cleanup, created a new AfC decline reason for resumes, and worked on creating new edit filters. They are active at In the news/Candidates and VillagePump (idea lab). A mindset of continual improvement and collegiality is a constant editing approach. This nomination was seconded by Jolielover, TechnoSquirrel69, CoconutOctopus, HouseBlaster, Perfect4th, QuicoleJR, Sohom Datta, grapesurgeon, asilvering, Vacant0, GoldRomean and JuniperChill.

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In The News

Chaotic Enby

Editor of the Week for the week beginning November 2, 2025

Excellent behind the scenes work with 38000 edits with 40% in mainspace. Improved the Article Wizard, created a new Unblock Wizard, done lots of work on the Wikiproject AI cleanup, created a new AfC decline reason for resumes, and worked on creating new edit filters. Active at In the news/Candidates and VillagePump (idea lab).

Recognized for

a mindset of continual improvement and collegiality

Submit a nomination

Thanks again for your efforts! Buster Seven Talk (UTC) 14:53, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry we're too slow and you couldn't work this into your RFA nomination. -- asilvering (talk) 16:59, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Kind thanks to all of you, and especially to @Qcne for the nomination! I still have so many ongoing and future projects, and can't wait to see how they might help Wikipedia grow in the future years! And, of course, thanks also to the rest of the community that supported me in all these endeavors! Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 21:20, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Well deserved :) qcne (talk) 22:21, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations

Barkeep49 Best, (talk) 03:31, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations chatotic Enby, don't forget us little people:) Jp33442 (talk) 17:34, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats Chaotic Enby! Staraction (talk | contribs) 17:34, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats Chaotic Enby you will do an amazing job you have all the right experience for this! GothicGolem29 (Talk) 17:48, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats from me too! You very well deserved it ~ Squawk7700 (talk) 18:11, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats! Sophisticatedevening^(talk) 20:09, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I will also give my personal plug for WP:MUSHROOM when someone has an RfA like the one you just had. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 17:31, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! @Hey man im josh already sent me the link, I just finished reading it! Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 17:32, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations on the tools Chaotic Enby! Gramix13 (talk) 22:29, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulation Chaotic Enby! Well deserved. Fade258 (talk) 02:15, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

gg ez wp jp×g🗯️ 22:00, 7 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

White?

Or blue?

• Congrats! Your choice of either white or blue admin uniform. ;) Left guide (talk) 17:41, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations and happy mopping! Perfect4th (talk) 18:42, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations are in order I've been told! A new admin? Just lovely! Congratulations on your successful RfA! CREditzWiki (yap) | (things i apparently did) 19:07, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Felicitations! -Ad Orientem (talk) 19:36, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations! QuicoleJR (talk) 19:57, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats!! You've got this. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 20:47, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yay, congratulations! ClaudineChionh (she/her · talk · email · global) 01:43, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A baton for you!

Congratulations! You are now Wikipedia's newest administrator! From Baton Rouge, allow me to pass you this admin baton 🪄. Tamzin gave it to DanCherek, who passed it along from admin to admin, until Toadspike gave it to me just days ago. With AELECT coming up, hopefully, you will soon be able to pass this on to the next editor. Among the two hundred and fifty plus editors supporting your candidacy, I'm struck by the number of people who thought you were already an admin. The unblock wizard is very clever, so it's an understandable assumption. Let me thank you for standing for adminship this past week, all you've done before, and in advance for everything you will do. We type on individual keyboards but build this encyclopedia together. Here's hoping that your adminship will sail as smoothly as your candidacy, Rjj^iii (talk) 17:55, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

(Baton Rouge) (Red baton)

Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 17:55, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That was a very quick baton pass :) –Novem Linguae (talk) 06:30, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

very quick and especially lovely. -- asilvering (talk) 04:24, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed! I was a bit overwhelmed with everything this week, but I really want to take the time to thank you for all the hope you passed on along with the baton! I trust your first week of adminship has gone without any major incidents, and wish you best of luck for the future, from one new administrator to another! Hopefully I might be able to pass it on myself before the regularly-scheduled accelerated baton swinging takes place! Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 04:53, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You're quite welcome! And that's understandable; life is much. And also, yes, on Wikipedia, things have been going well, and irl I'm making progress on stealing my neighbor's cat. Good luck to you as well, Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 06:07, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

RevDel

Hello Chaotic Enby! Throwing you an immediate task of a sysop of conducting RevDel on User talk:67.244.1.87. Thanks! HwyNerd Mike (t | c) 01:34, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done! Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 01:39, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Damn Chaotic that was fast. Jp33442 (talk) 01:40, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry I missed your RfA

Congrats on becoming an administrator! Enjoy your new buttons. ;) Kurtis ^(talk) 05:25, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Technical Barnstar
	Thank you for your recent patch to Twinkle. It was fairly complex. I appreciate you taking the time! –Novem Linguae (talk) 06:32, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

And thank you for taking the time to review and merge it! Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 07:50, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A(nother) barnstar for you!

		The Admin's Barnstar
		For being the first to block a temporary account.

Also two barnstars in two hours! Aydoh8^{[what have I done now?]} 08:40, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Inadvertently deleted addition to Zohran Mamdani

I accidentally deleted an addition to this article, including sourcing. I think you have the power to refactor my edit so it doesn't delete the previous edit. — Charles Stewart (talk) 10:36, 6 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Chalst, edit conflicts like these often happens accidentally – admins don't have any extra power to fix these, but you should be able to do it manually by looking at Special:Diff/1320719176 and copy/pasting back what was removed! Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 10:39, 6 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! — Charles Stewart (talk) 10:41, 6 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"He who does not keep peace shall lose his hand."

	The axe of responsibility
	Shiny new tools might be used to mete out justice, mercy or a dose of reality. Let us commit to not losing our cool when using them. Our only armor is the entire community's trust. We wear it for each other, each new contributor, and each new generation to come. May you ever be the community's champion. BusterD (talk) 19:15, 6 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	Thanks! Zalaraz (talk) 10:07, 7 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A creature for you!

It can

Vanilla Wizard has given you a Skeleton panda sea squirt!
Skeleton panda sea squirts promote Wikilove and hopefully this one has made your day much better.

I missed out on my chance to vote on the RfA I was most looking forward to supporting, so I wanted to make this silly template to make up for it. I could tell you were a great editor from the first time I saw your work on Artsakh-related pages, and I've always appreciated you consistently being one of the most level-headed contributors to ITN. I only recently learned just how many things you really do on Wikipedia, from your work on the more technical side of things to the skeleton panda sea squirt. I should have known just from how impressive your userpage is that you would quickly become one of the most impressive editors this website has to offer, and I trust completely that you will be one of its finest admins. Happy editing, and happy mopping!  Vanilla  Wizard 💙

(and sorry that this is an eyesore, I'm not nearly as good with CSS as you are) :3  Vanilla  Wizard 💙 20:37, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much, and you did do a pretty cool job with the CSS! Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 02:54, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I wasn't clear enough, but that is, by far, the coolest award I've ever gotten. Love the gradients, the overall design, and of course the message itself! Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 03:34, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
	Thanks for blocking that Temp account! shane (talk to me if you want!) 19:22, 13 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Dubai

A page you speedy deleted as the result of an AfD discussion yesterday has been remade and appears to be nearly-identical from my memory of the first one.

AfD, new article aesurias (talk) 06:49, 14 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This one doesn't have hallucinated references, which is... a start I guess? Feel free to take it to AfD round 2. Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 06:54, 14 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please be aware of

...phab:T20483, as mentioned at WP:CASCADE. I was able to preview edits to your recently-uploaded file while logged out (I didn't attempt to upload over it, obviously, since anons can't). Usually Commons images are put on WP:CMP instead, though there's some delay with that. —Cryptic 19:22, 14 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I've added it there just in case! I guess once it gets protected on Commons we can do away with the local copy?

For reference, I followed Wikipedia:In the news/Administrator instructions, which might have to be updated in that case. Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 19:26, 14 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hm, maybe overreacted, since I see now I can edit but not re-upload equivalent Commons images (which didn't use to be the case); and the problems we sometimes see with T20483 are usually for transclusions a couple layers deep, while T:ITN is directly protected. —Cryptic 19:43, 14 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Cascading protection's behavior on transcluded files was changed last month. jlwoodwa (talk) 17:42, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Since you looked at the article

I saw you made some edits at Unspecified/nonexistent RCMP detachments. I just wanted your input on it. It is exceedingly strange and it appears to be some pure WP:OR conspiracy theory nonsense. I guess there isn't really a CSD criterion that a would apply, so would AfD be the best option? I wouldn't go for PROD since this user already recreated the page after it was draftified, so I expect they'd just revert it. TornadoLGS (talk) 23:22, 14 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

And it looks like Sumanuil just went for WP:A11 so it's probably moot. TornadoLGS (talk) 23:24, 14 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Yacàwotçã (talk) 13:30, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

+1 (sorry!) Yacàwotçã (talk) 13:32, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 13:43, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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How can I help? Shout if you need anything.Polygnotus (talk) 15:06, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

We're still setting it up, but all help is welcome! If you've created scripts that use AI or plan to create any, or have tips for other editors interested in writing some, you can share them! Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 17:27, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I like that your first priority is to add beauty where that is often sorely lacking on MediaWiki. Make it a space you'd want to be in instead of a drab gray collection of rectangles. T360489 may contain some stuff worth adding, or people worth inviting. Polygnotus (talk) 20:41, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm subscribed to it and have been following it from a distance, as the project gets organized it could be great to drop a notice there! Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 23:08, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]