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Question from Cheryl A. Kennedy (21:33, 22 July 2025)
[edit]Hi, I am just starting a WIKI Page. I want to add Early Life and Education but can't find how to add it in. Also issues finding it just putting in search engine.
I have a website and book it should come up by those titles too. Thanks, Cheryl --Cheryl A. Kennedy (talk) 21:33, 22 July 2025 (UTC)
Question from Cheryl A. Kennedy (21:36, 22 July 2025)
[edit]I also typed a few sentences under User Page but now its gone? Can you find it? Thanks --Cheryl A. Kennedy (talk) 21:36, 22 July 2025 (UTC)
Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2025 Issue 14
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Upcoming and current events and conversations
Let's Talk continues
- Wikimania 2025: Register to join virtually the 20th Wikimania taking place from August 6-9. The programme has highlights from across Wikimedia projects and communities including the reveal of who will be this year's Wikimedians of the year.
- Strengthening a neutral point of view: An overview of NPOV policies across Wikipedia projects, shows that 153 Wikipedias out of 342 (45%) don’t have easily accessible guidance on neutrality. The research was conducted to help understand how neutrality is ensured in our projects. and to provide an opportunity for peer learning across project communities. Read the full research and join the conversation.
Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure
See also newsletters: Apps · Growth · Product Safety and Integrity · Research · Web · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · other newsletters on MediaWiki.org
- Tech News: See all the 60 community-submitted tasks that were resolved over the last two weeks in Tech News week 29 and 30. For example, the request to add Malayalam fonts in the Wikisource Book Export Tool was resolved and now, the rendering of Malayalam letters in exported Wikisource books are accurate.
- Temporary Accounts: After the rollout of temporary accounts on 18 large and medium-sized Wikipedias, we are monitoring the impact of this change, and preparing for the next deployments. See the full project update.
- Add a link: Administrators can now limit "Add a Link" to newcomers, as opposed to keeping it open to more experienced editors as well. "Add a link" helps newcomers to start editing, so restricting the feature to them enables Administrators to cater the feature to that specific group, which they can do via the Community Configuration feature.
Annual Goals Progress on Volunteer Support
See also blogs: Global Advocacy blog · Global Advocacy Newsletter · Policy blog · WikiLearn News · list of movement events
- Digital Safety: PEN America shares 5 tips for bolstering your safety and privacy online.
- Amicus brief: Our amicus brief in Patterson v. Meta: Defending free speech and the open internet in another Section 230 legal case.
- UK Online Safety Act: Court hearings for the Wikimedia Foundation's challenge to the UK Online Safety Act "Categorisation Regulations" happened on July 22 and 23. A verdict is not expected until August.
- Advocacy sessions: Collaborate for change at these policy advocacy sessions at Wikimania 2025.
- Public-Interest content: Expanding Indonesian Wikipedia with Public-Interest Content through Project Gayatri.
- The Wikipedia Test: Learn how to use the Wikipedia Test, a tool to protect the public interest internet.
- Equity Fund: As it closes, the Equity Fund has announced its final round of grants to six past grantees. It will also be providing four "Connected Grants" to movement organizations who will pair closely with one of the grantees to collaborate together.
- Don't blink: The latest developments from around the world about protecting the Wikimedia model, its people and its values.
- Content Translation: Translators who use the Suggestions feature in the Content Translation tool can now select and receive article suggestions that are customized to geographical locations of their interest using the new "Regions" filter.
- Wikifunctions: Wikifunctions now has a new kind of Types: Wikidata-based enumerations, also known as light-weight enumerations.
Annual Goals Progress on Effectiveness
See also: Progress on the annual plan
- Endowment: Sharing the Wikimedia Endowment’s Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 – 2024. Learn more from the frequently asked questions.
Board and Board committee updates
See Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard · Affiliations Committee Newsletter
- Annual plan: The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees approved the Foundation's annual plan for next year virtually in their quarterly meeting. You can read more about the goals for next year and a summary of the continuous conversations that shaped the plan.
- Board selection: The Elections Committee shared a list of the all eligible candidates. As there are more than 10 eligible candidates, a shortlisting process is currently taking place. Representatives of Wikimedia movement affiliates that are currently compliant with their reporting obligations can participate in the shortlisting process. Learn more about this process and next steps on Meta.
Foundation statements
- WIPO permanent observer: For fifth time, China blocks Wikimedia Foundation as permanent observer to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
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Women in Red August 2025
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Question from Jecikawikip (10:52, 31 July 2025)
[edit]Hello, I want to contribute in guidance of your expertise. Thanks and regards --Jecikawikip (talk) 10:52, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
- Hello @Jecikawikip - welcome to Wikipedia. I left some links on your talk page to help you get started - feel free to come back and ask any questions you might have. Regards, Goldsztajn (talk) 11:08, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks, will go through it. It will definitely helpful to me. Jecikawikip (talk) 11:16, 31 July 2025 (UTC)
Question from BabarQazi on Mir (surname) (21:38, 2 August 2025)
[edit]Hi I have just added a few of the Rahim Mir individuals of Pakistani origin national sports hero. I'm. Not sure if I have published them adequately for the visibility of the public. Can u please help with that Kind regards Babar Qazi --BabarQazi (talk) 21:38, 2 August 2025 (UTC)
- Hi @BabarQazi and welcome to Wikipedia. Thanks for the edits. In the case of the names you added to the Mir (surname) page - names should only be added to a page like that when a person already has an article. Unfortunately, you added three names of people who it is unclear that they are referred to as you indicated. For example, "Haroon Rahim Mir" has an article at Haroon Rahim - do you have a reliable source that indicates he was called "Haroon Rahim Mir"? Wikipedia has a guideline called WP:COMMONNAME which basically means we refer to people (or anything really) by the name most commonly used - so we don't have an article titled "Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor", but we do have one titled Elizabeth II. I've left some links on your talk page that might be useful. Feel free to come back and ask me any questions. Regards, Goldsztajn (talk) 08:09, 3 August 2025 (UTC)
I want to create a page for our nonproft organization --Eozielke (talk) 21:28, 6 August 2025 (UTC)
Question from Duckmooseduck (13:03, 7 August 2025)
[edit]- Note: Duckmooseduck's mentor Dreamyshade is away.
Hello!
At what point will I be able to upload images to a page? I'm currently working on crafting the page for the music festival in my city. Currently under review again -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Area_506_Fesitval --Duckmooseduck (talk) 13:03, 7 August 2025 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – August 2025
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2025).
Administrator changes
Guideline and policy news
- Following a request for comment, a new speedy deletion criterion, G15, has been enacted. It applies to pages generated by a large language model (LLM) without human review.
- Following a request for comment, there is a new policy outlining the granting of permissions to view the IP addresses of temporary accounts. Temporary account deployment on the English Wikipedia is currently scheduled for September 2025, and editors can request access to the permission ahead of time. Admins are encouraged to keep an eye on the request page; there will likely be a flood of editors requesting the permission when they realize they can no longer see IP addresses.
Technical news
- Administrators can now restrict the "Add a Link" feature to newcomers. The "Add a Link" Structured Task helps new account holders get started with editing. Administrators can configure this setting in the Community Configuration page.
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Indian military history has been closed.
- South Asia (WP:CT/SA) is designated a contentious topic. The topic area is specifically defined as
All pages related to the region of South Asia (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal), broadly construed, including but not limited to history, politics, ethnicity, and social groups.
- The contentious topic designations for Sri Lanka (SL) and India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan (IPA) are folded into this new contentious topic.
- The community-authorized general sanctions regarding South Asian social groups (GS/CASTE) are rescinded and folded into this new contentious topic.
- South Asia (WP:CT/SA) is designated a contentious topic. The topic area is specifically defined as
- The arbitration case Article titles and capitalisation 2 has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case closed on 31 July.
- The arbitration case Transgender healthcare and people has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case will close on 11 August.
Miscellaneous
- Wikimania 2025 is happening in Nairobi, Kenya, and online from August 6 to August 9. This year marks 20 years of Wikimania. Interested users can join the online event. Registration for the virtual event is free and will remain open throughout Wikimania. You can register here now.
The Signpost: 9 August 2025
[edit]- News and notes: Court order snips out part of Wikipedia article, editors debate whether to frame shreds or pulp them
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- Disinformation report: The article in the most languages
- Community view: News from the Villages Pump
- Crossword: Accidental typography
- Traffic report: I'm not the antichrist or the Superman
Question from Pole Position (DJ duo) (16:58, 10 August 2025)
[edit]hello, how can i put my page live - it says sandbox and i want to remove that --Pole Position (DJ duo) (talk) 16:58, 10 August 2025 (UTC)
"Gwen (singer)" listed at Redirects for discussion
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The redirect Gwen (singer) has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 August 12 § Gwen (singer) until a consensus is reached.
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Question from Lornimouse (05:03, 16 August 2025)
[edit]Hi, I decided to join because I love the research that I do in my work and I wanted to use my skills to support the admirable project of the encyclopedia. Today I found an article about Michel Serres, a French philosopher I’ve been interested in for a long time, was quite outdated. It didn’t reference a lot of new translations into English that happened since his death. I’d appreciate some help in figuring out how to include those references properly myself. I thought about adding them but chickened out. So I just started a talk topic about asking if the translations should be included in the list of works. --Lornimouse (talk) 05:03, 16 August 2025 (UTC)
- Hi @Lornimouse - welcome to Wikipedia and thanks for taking an interest in building the encyclopedia. Leaving a message on a talk page is as good a way to start as any! A quick observation, Wikipedia articles should be (a lot) less bibliography and more biography, in this case adding material that relates to the reception/reviews of the works that are not part of the article. I left some links on your talk page - feel free to come back and ask me any questions. Regards, Goldsztajn (talk) 12:23, 16 August 2025 (UTC)
Question from Egyptiankeng (19:06, 16 August 2025)
[edit]When will I be able to edit the blue lock pages? --Egyptiankeng (talk) 19:06, 16 August 2025 (UTC)
- Hi @Egyptiankeng - welcome! To edit pages with a WP:BLUELOCK an editor needs to be extended confirmed - which means an account with 500 edits and older than 30 days. In general, articles with blue locks have them because they are contentious or have been subject to repeated, ongoing vandalism. Be conscious that articles of this nature will be subject to extra attention and changes should only be made with reference to reliable sources. It might be best to begin a conversation on the talk page of the article if you want to make changes that could be considered controversial. Please feel free to come back and ask me any questions. Regards, Goldsztajn (talk) 06:10, 17 August 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you for your reply. Do the 500 edits have to be for different articles, or do they count as edits for the same article? and Do edits count for articles I write myself that haven't been published yet? Egyptiankeng (talk) 18:54, 17 August 2025 (UTC)
- Your reply here counts as an edit, it can be anywhere and anything. But the edits need to be genuine - if you try to create 20 edits by adding a comma to an article and then deleting it ten times, this will be considering "gaming" (in particular see WP:PGAME). Regards, Goldsztajn (talk) 13:13, 18 August 2025 (UTC)
- thanks! Egyptiankeng (talk) 22:02, 20 August 2025 (UTC)
- Your reply here counts as an edit, it can be anywhere and anything. But the edits need to be genuine - if you try to create 20 edits by adding a comma to an article and then deleting it ten times, this will be considering "gaming" (in particular see WP:PGAME). Regards, Goldsztajn (talk) 13:13, 18 August 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you for your reply. Do the 500 edits have to be for different articles, or do they count as edits for the same article? and Do edits count for articles I write myself that haven't been published yet? Egyptiankeng (talk) 18:54, 17 August 2025 (UTC)
Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2025 Issue 15
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Special Wikimania issue This is a special Wikimania issue of the Bulletin. We'll be back to our regular format in the next issue
- Wikimania Nairobi: Catch up on missed sessions of Wikimania 2025 by checking session pages in the program. These links will be replaced by Commons links when the uploads are finished.
- Meet the Wikimedians of the Year 2025: The Wikimedian of the Year awards give us an opportunity to pause, taking a moment to recognize people who make our mission possible. Learn about all of this year's winners.
- Highlights: Daily highlights from Wikimania:
- Product and Tech: Wikimania 2025 sessions about Product and Tech you can watch, with links to the recordings.
- Affiliate Strategy: Wikimania 2025 Brings Affiliate Strategy Recommendations into Focus.
- Twentieth edition of Wikimania: Celebrating humans who make Wikipedia possible.
Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure
See also newsletters: Wikimedia Apps · Growth · Research · Web · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · other newsletters on MediaWiki.org
- Tech News: Some of the latest update from Tech News week 31, 32, and 33: The Wikimedia Commons community has decided to block cross-wiki uploads to Wikimedia Commons, for all users without autoconfirmed rights on that wiki, starting on August 16; The WikiEditor toolbar now includes its keyboard shortcuts in the tooltips for its buttons. This will help to improve the discoverability of this feature.
- Collaborative Contributions: Share your comments on Collaborative Contributions. This project aims to create a new way to display the impact of collaborative editing activities (such as edit-a-thons, backlog drives, and WikiProjects) on the wikis.
- PTAC: The Product and Technology Advisory Council published a set of proposed experiments the Wikimedia Foundation can try to improve communication with community. Feedback on the proposals are welcomed until August 22.
- Watchlists and Recent Changes: The Foundation will be focusing on wishes related to Watchlists and Recent Changes pages over the next few months. Please read the latest update, and if you have ideas, please submit a wish on the topic.
- Wikifunctions: The Foundation is working on demonstrating functions that generate sentences and fragments in several languages. This is a considerable step towards creating text for Abstract Wikipedia.
Annual Goals Progress on Volunteer Support
See also blogs: Global Advocacy blog · Global Advocacy Newsletter · Policy blog · WikiLearn News · list of movement events
- Wikimedia Futures Lab: The Wikimedia Futures Lab is a process and convening co-designed by the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia Deutschland that will help us all learn more about global trends and discuss potential movement-wide responses. You can apply now to join the in-person convening hosted on January 30 – February 1, 2026 in Frankfurt, Germany with participants from affiliates, contributors and external experts.
- Don't Blink: The latest developments from around the world about protecting the Wikimedia model, its people and its values.
- Language and Internationalization: Read about language support for new languages and other highlights from the July 2025 edition of the Language and internationalization newsletter.
- Language Community: The next language community meeting will be held on August 29 at 15:00 UTC.
- UK Online Safety Act: The High Court of Justice has dismissed the Wikimedia Foundation's challenge to the UK's Online Safety Act (OSA) Categorisation Regulations. While the decision does not provide the immediate legal protections for Wikipedia that we hoped for, the Court’s ruling emphasized the responsibility of Ofcom and the UK government to ensure Wikipedia is protected as the OSA is implemented.
Board and Board committee updates
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- Affcom News: Read the latest issue of AffCom News (April-June 2025), the newsletter that distributes relevant news and events about the work of Wikimedia's Affiliations Committee.
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Good close for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/120 Bahadur (2nd nomination)! But considering the history, wouldn't it make sense to temp-SALT the page, forcing the persistent author to go through AfC? Owen× ☎ 11:01, 21 August 2025 (UTC)
- @OwenX I was literally about to leave a message on your talk page asking you for your assessment of the close. Really appreciate your comment. I was in the process of closing, but I encounted an edit conflict, which meant the last part about SALTing got left out, I've fixed the closing comment (I've put a two month limit on creation). Regards, Goldsztajn (talk) 11:06, 21 August 2025 (UTC)
- Perfect. Thank you! Owen× ☎ 11:09, 21 August 2025 (UTC)
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Deletion review for Pete Tyler
[edit]An editor has asked for a deletion review of Pete Tyler. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review.4meter4 (talk) 03:00, 24 August 2025 (UTC)