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I have only joined the project to bring more to light people and enterprises in Uganda but first I'm still familiarizing myself with the set rules
Just help me with how best my articles could be swiftly and firstly approved --Andrew Kayiza (talk) 13:16, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
- Hi Andrew Kayiza, and welcome to Wikipedia! My recommendation is for you to spend some time familiarizing with the policies and guidelines of the project by editing already existing articles on subjects that interest you. Isabelle 🏳🌈 16:40, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
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Question from MirrorSquirrel on The Revolution Betrayed (14:05, 15 June 2022)
Hello! I am looking at "The Revolution Betrayed" (about book by Trotsky). There are three places where a ""colloquialism" query has been added to a word. In my opinion they are incorrect. "Groundwork" and "burst" (of activity) are in my opinion normal. The other refers to opponents being "atomized" by repression. This is I think the political usage meaning breaking all links between members of a tendency- characteristic of Stalinism where opponents would not even discuss opinions with friends. Possibly this is unsuitable for general readers and should be changed. (I am a professional historian and would probably avoid using the word without explanation when writing for general readership. )
I am a native speaker of English.
What is the appropriate procedure?
Thanks --MirrorSquirrel (talk) 14:05, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
- Hi MirrorSquirrel! There are two paths you can take here; you can be bold and remove those tags from the article. If you then get reverted, you can start a discussion on the article's talk page. You can also be careful and begin the discussion concerning the tags before removing them, to see what other editors think about it (and here I'd recommend pinging the user who added them, which you can find in the article's history). Before deciding on what to do, do read WP:COLLOQUIALISM, which explains how one can avoid writing in a manner that's not seen as encyclopaedic. Isabelle 🏳🌈 16:12, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
Question from Murie.hahahs on Help:Introduction to Wikipedia (14:39, 15 June 2022)
Wie erstelle ich einen artikel --Murie.hahahs (talk) 14:39, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
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The Closer's Barnstar | ||
When the talk pages are so full of bickering, bludgeoning and other nonsense that admins themselves want to stay away from the discussion, some folks try to look at the brawl from afar, others get into it, but there still needs to be some referee in it. You are doing that job excellently. Szmenderowiecki (talk) 15:48, 16 June 2022 (UTC) |
- Thanks for the barnstar and the kind words, Szmenderowiecki! I think it's understanble to avoid mesing with a discussion like that one, as it was somewhat convoluted and within a very contentious topic. I'm just very glad that the community agreed with the closing and has moved on to improve the article. Isabelle 🏳🌈 22:56, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
Question from Marcusthenomad (07:28, 17 June 2022)
Good morning,
I opened this Wikipedia account to create some informative pages for our company, NEUROSPEC AG. I believe this would enrich our company's name and benefit customers seeking more information about our company's track record and history. I wanted to know what I would have to keep in mind and which requirements I might have to fulfil for this page to be appropriately written and accepted by Wikipedia.
I would appreciate any tips and help you could lend me and look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards, Marcus Mosimann --Marcusthenomad (talk) 07:28, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
- Hi Marcus Mosimann, and welcome to Wikipedia! Writing about one's company, whether you are being paid for it or not, is frowned upon due to conflict of interests as it's very hard for someone to create an unbiased and neutral encyclopedic article in a situation like this. As a new user, it's also likely that you lack the necessary knowledge on how to create a proper article from scratch. While I recommend against doing so, you can start a draft on your company. Isabelle 🏳🌈 13:16, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
Unnecessary edits
As a hobo and historian , I added a well known hobo to this website . Some one who has kept the hobo culture going. You take that off the site ? And for what ? 75.108.66.35 (talk) 02:17, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
- To be added to that list, it must either have an article or a reliable source attached to it. Isabelle 🏳🌈 02:19, 20 June 2022 (UTC)
Comment requested at Arbitration Enforcement
Hi Isabelle, would you be willing to comment on your close on the Warsaw concentration camp source RfC from a few months ago? We have seem to have a misunderstanding at Arbitration Enforcement that I think you could help clarify. Thanks — Wug·a·po·des 23:14, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
- Hi Wugapodes. I'll take a look at it soon. Thanks for the heads up. Isabelle 🏳🌈 00:34, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
Question from Emkay2004 (05:19, 26 June 2022)
Hello how do I know that the source is reliable --Emkay2004 (talk) 05:19, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
- Hi Emkay2004, and welcome to Wikipedia! There are two main ways to know if a source is reliable or not. The easiest one is going to our list of perennial sources, which are those that have been discusses by the community several times, and check to see if the place you want to use as a source is in that list. The second way is by understanding what we consider a reliable source and making that analysis yourself. This usually means checking if that source has an editorial oversight and clearly marks their promotional materials and opinion pieces as such. Isabelle 🏳🌈 13:20, 26 June 2022 (UTC)