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Question from B.Harbers (13:56, 23 April 2025)

How can i get promoted to an auto-confirmed user? --B.Harbers (talk) 13:56, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

Hi @B.Harbers, this is an automatic process that will happen when your account is both 4 days old and has had made at least 10 edits. More info here: Autoconfirmed users. Hope this helps, Encoded  Talk 💬 10:08, 27 April 2025 (UTC)

Question from Minatokiji (15:49, 25 April 2025)

Hey bro, it's nice to meet you. I've been trying to attach Pomme as a hyperlink thing on an article talking about the sampling disputes on Kanye's music and I can't figure out how to add her without it saying, "this title relates to more than one page" or saying, "(singer)" on the actual published versions. This is what I've been putting in the editing and it doesn't preview what I want it to preview. Sometimes I'm reading other articles and it says things like, "on their debut record" and "debut record" is a hyperlink to the record mentioned. Try to reach back and thank you! --Minatokiji (talk) 15:49, 25 April 2025 (UTC)

Nevermind, found it. Minatokiji (talk) 16:13, 25 April 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Minatokiji, apologies for taking a while to get back to you - glad you were able to find it! If you have any other questions please don't hesitate to ask! Thanks, Encoded  Talk 💬 10:09, 27 April 2025 (UTC)

Another question. Is deleting another person's writing and work allowed if they're not being descriptive or if they're incoherent? I don't want to look like i'm vandalizing.

Best regards, Minatokiji (talk) 02:07, 9 May 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Minatokiji, you can change or delete any content on the wiki if you believe it is incorrect, if it's not descriptive I'd recommend modifying it to be more descriptive if you can as opposed to deleting it outright, and if it's incoherent I'd recommend replacing it with something else if you can, but deleting it is allowed if you believe that the article would be better off without it or it's incorrect. Encoded  Talk 💬 07:58, 9 May 2025 (UTC)

Question from SreyebTruk (18:54, 5 May 2025)

Hello, Encoded. Thanks for the welcome. My question is on conflict of interest. I submitted a draft of a new article for review, and on the talk page of the draft and in the section where I noted editing changes, I pointed out that I am being paid an hourly rate to prepare this particular article for submission to Wikipedia. Another editor immediately responded with a warning about conflict of interest. I replied to that editor with another detailed explanation of what I had done and why. My question is on the official Conflict of Interest form. I did not file that because it seemed to me that filing it says that someone is employing me to be on Wikipedia, which is not the case. I am a freelance writer and editor, and the musical group that is the subject of my submission paid me an hourly rate to learn Wikipedia's requirements, prepare the material according to those requirements, hunt up the appropriate references, and submit it. Do I need to fill out the COI form and submit it? And does it brand me as someone's paid employee? Thanks for any help. --SreyebTruk (talk) 18:54, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

Hi @SreyebTruk, thanks for sending the question. Wikipedia views employees or freelancers being paid in the same category regarding COIs, so you'll need to disclose this. There's more information about this here: WP:DISCLOSEPAY You can use the template I've attached below, this should be placed on your user page and I would also recommend mentioning in any edit requests or drafts just so that everyone is aware and nobody tries to claim you haven't disclosed this.

{{paid|employer=CLIENT NAME|some=yes}}

You can also add any additional info alongside it:

{{paid|employer=CLIENT NAME|some=yes|additional=Any additional info.}}

You can also disclose it yourself with a small message instead explaining your situation if you'd prefer. Hope this helps, and if you have any other questions please do feel free to ask. Encoded  Talk 💬 21:25, 7 May 2025 (UTC)

Thanks, Encoded. I will take care of it.

I have a question on a different topic. I was reading Wikipedia's entry on the 17th Lancers of the British army (just happened there from an external link), and I found a passage that was horribly written and that had some misspellings and typos. When I see something like that, what is the procedure to correct it? SreyebTruk (talk) 23:27, 7 May 2025 (UTC)

If you're being paid to edit the article, you can create an edit request with the changes you'd like to make, otherwise if you're not being paid I believe you can edit the article yourself. As long as you follow WP:PAID you're all good. If you do edit articles that you're not paid for, I highly recommend keeping a list of articles that you are paid for on your user page so that others don't accuse you of COI editing. I've also known people to use a second account for non-COI editing, which you should also disclose on your user page if you decide to do this. Thanks, Encoded  Talk 💬 08:10, 9 May 2025 (UTC)

Question from Zachmanjr (21:15, 9 May 2025)

Can you make a wikipedia page for any real person or is there a minimum threshold of popularity, notoriety, etc? --Zachmanjr (talk) 21:15, 9 May 2025 (UTC)