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Growth Newsletter #33

A quarterly update from the Growth team on our work to improve the new editor experience.

Constructive Activation Experiments

This year, the Growth team is exploring ways to help more new account holders start editing—and do so constructively, meaning their edits are not reverted. Our latest experiments include:

  • Gradual rollout of "Add a Link" at English Wikipedia – We are gradually introducing the "Add a Link" structured task to newcomers at English Wikipedia (T386029). This serves as a natural A/B test to measure its impact on activation, retention, and revert rates (T382603). Previous experiments on pilot wikis showed that "Add a Link" increases newcomer participation, particularly by helping them make constructive (non-reverted) edits.
  • Testing in-article suggestions for first-time editors – Many new account holders want to contribute but don’t know where to start. To help, we’re piloting a feature that surfaces structured task suggestions directly in an article’s read view for brand-new editors (T385343). These suggestions will appear for logged-in users with no edits, providing a clear, simple way to begin contributing that is surfaced while they read.

Community Updates

Newcomers often struggle to find their place in Wikipedia’s collaborative environment. While experienced editors easily discover events like edit-a-thons and writing campaigns, newcomers often miss out.

  • To bridge this gap, we launched the Community Updates module for the Newcomer Homepage. This module is disabled by default, allowing Community Admins to decide how (or if) to use it.
  • If your community hosts events, consider setting up a Community Update to engage and welcome newcomers! Learn more on Diff. To configure, visit Special:CommunityConfiguration.

Community Configuration

Community Configuration is now available across all wikis, including non-Wikipedia projects (T383910). Community Configuration allows admins to customize various features like Growth features and Automoderator for their communities, and more recently the Babel extension now allows admins to modify configuration:

Mentorship

Mentors play a key role in guiding new editors. If you’re interested in mentoring, or turning mentorship on at your wiki, check out the Mentorship FAQ

  • Starting February 17, 100% of new accounts at English Wikipedia will be assigned a mentor (T384505).
  • At Spanish Wikipedia, on 50% of newcomers get a mentor. Experienced contributors are encouraged to join mentorship so that Spanish Wikipedia can provide a mentor to all new users.

Looking Ahead

In the coming months, we will continue balancing maintenance work—such as deprecating EditGrowth Config (T367574) and migrating Statslib (T359352) — with user-facing improvements that support new editors and foster the next generation of contributors.

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18:59, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

Question from Fatto da Cattolici (15:12, 4 March 2025)

Where can I start writing? --Fatto da Cattolici (talk) 15:12, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

@Fatto da Cattolici: If you want to start a new article, you may start a draft through the process Articles for Creation. ~ Rusty meow ~ 23:07, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

Question from Nilsnils023 (08:35, 5 March 2025)

how can i write my own article --Nilsnils023 (talk) 08:35, 5 March 2025 (UTC)

@Nilsnils023: You can start a draft at Articles for Creation! ~ Rusty meow ~ 14:50, 5 March 2025 (UTC)

Question from Fly Yoshi 911 (18:19, 5 March 2025)

I've made a draft of a page in my sandbox, but I don't know how to publish it --Fly Yoshi 911 (talk) 18:19, 5 March 2025 (UTC)

@Fly Yoshi 911: You can add {{subst:submit}} to the top of the page. ~ Rusty meow ~ 23:05, 5 March 2025 (UTC)

Yee-Yee-Ass (Gen-Z Slang Terminology)

Hi Rusty. Yeah, no I'm pretty well-versed when it comes to referencing, but I 100% expected this reversion! It's just that I saw the banner up top mentioned the entire page needed a bit of a cleanup, so I gave it a shot anyway. And unfortunately Know Your Meme apparently was deemed just as unreliable as Urban Dictionary. But KYM did have a bevy of its OWN sources, encyclopediesque (sic), so I might take a look through those later and see if any of them are Wayback Machine-archived. Google Search didn't seem to have anything major turn up other than forums and KYM/UD. Hopefully at least one of those substantiates it, because I've heard that slang in New Jersey (where I live) for nearly a decade now, haha. --Cinemaniac86TalkStalk 17:20, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

Tech News: 2025-11

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Updates for editors

  • Editors who use password managers at multiple wikis may notice changes in the future. The way that our wikis provide information to password managers about reusing passwords across domains has recently been updated, so some password managers might now offer you login credentials that you saved for a different Wikimedia site. Some password managers already did this, and are now doing it for more Wikimedia domains. This is part of the SUL3 project which aims to improve how our unified login works, and to keep it compatible with ongoing changes to the web-browsers we use. [1][2]
  • The Wikipedia Apps Team is inviting interested users to help improve Wikipedia’s offline and limited internet use. After discussions in Afrika Baraza and the last ESEAP call, key challenges like search, editing, and offline access are being explored, with upcoming focus groups to dive deeper into these topics. All languages are welcome, and interpretation will be available. Want to share your thoughts? Join the discussion or email aramadan@wikimedia.org!
  • All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on March 19. This is planned at 14:00 UTC. More information will be published in Tech News and will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks.
  • Recurrent item View all 27 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.

Updates for technical contributors

  • Recurrent item Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki

In depth

  • The latest quarterly Growth newsletter is available. It includes: the launch of the Community Updates module, the most recent changes in Community Configuration, and the upcoming test of in-article suggestions for first-time editors.
  • An old API that was previously used in the Android Wikipedia app is being removed at the end of March. There are no current software uses, but users of the app with a version that is older than 6 months by the time of removal (2025-03-31), will no longer have access to the Suggested Edits feature, until they update their app. You can read more details about this change.

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Question from Adityasharma0701 (07:23, 11 March 2025)

Hello How do i start writing an article? --Adityasharma0701 (talk) 07:23, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

@Adityasharma0701: Welcome to Wikipedia! There is an information page at Help:Your first article. Happy editing! ~ Rusty meow ~ 14:29, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

Question from Sharona0221 (14:42, 14 March 2025)

Hello, Rusty. Thank you for your warm welcome. I created an account because I was researching plants and pollens that can affect cats and dogs. As a cat owner, my cat has been severely affected by allergies since we moved. After several vet visits, we are working hard to identify the cause. While researching plants that are toxic or cause allergic reactions, I found a discussion topic that interested me. Creating an account allowed me to participate. However; now that I've done so I am unable to find the subject which i wanted to discuss. How do I get back to that page that allows to start a discussion????? I thank you in advance for your response to this. For i am very eager to get started on this! Talk soon hopefully. Sincerely,Sharona --Sharona0221 (talk) 14:42, 14 March 2025 (UTC)

@Sharona0221: Hello and welcome to Wikipedia!
Unfortunately, Wikipedia doesn't remember which pages you've looked at–you may wish to check your browser history.
Please note that Wikipedia discussion pages are primarily intended for discussion on improving articles, not for general discussion of the subject.
Happy contributing! ~ Rusty meow ~ 03:02, 15 March 2025 (UTC)

Current discussion

Hi! There is currently a discussion at Talk:Data Protection and Digital Information Bill. It says that you are my mentor as an experienced editor. Another editor had agreed with me to rename the article, but there is one which disagreed. Please could you take a look? :) Heartofgold2025 (talk) 20:16, 13 March 2025 (UTC)— Heartofgold2025 (talk · contribs) is a confirmed sock puppet of TheBishopAndHolyPrince (talk · contribs).

@Heartofgold2025: Welcome to Wikipedia! I think a move proposal is the wrong thing to do here - the others mentioned that the bill aren't identical. You might want to split the article or write a second article on DUA and mention that it is similar to DPDI. ~ Rusty meow ~ 03:40, 14 March 2025 (UTC)
Thank you. Am I able to withdraw the request to move and then make a second article on DUA? I have created a new article too on the Employment Rights Bill, which I think is quite a good attempt; I do not know whether you think too, but I am new to this. Heartofgold2025 (talk) 12:13, 14 March 2025 (UTC)
@Heartofgold2025: Yes, you can withdraw your nomination. ~ Rusty meow ~ 03:08, 15 March 2025 (UTC)

Question from Alireza mj76 (08:16, 15 March 2025)

hi, when can i start making articels...would you give me advises regarding that or if you think i better start with editing let me know --Alireza mj76 (talk) 08:16, 15 March 2025 (UTC)

how to add a name and work done by him

manishi baranwal google.com Manishibaranwal (talk) 08:43, 15 March 2025 (UTC)

Question from Stbett8 (08:39, 15 March 2025)

Hello Rusty Cat I am not sure that I have a good name, ID, or password. My visible name was supposed to be estefano but I had trouble getting the sign up to work. My password was supposed to be stbett5049 because stbett8 was not accepted.

I would like to add to the page on Dr. William Thornton. His contribution to linguistics is missing. --Stbett8 (talk) 08:39, 15 March 2025 (UTC)

@Stbett8 The username "Estefano" is already taken on another wiki. You may be able to request an usurpation once you have enough edits. Don't share your password here, conversations are public.
See Help:Your first article for information on creating a draft. ~ Rusty meow ~ 15:26, 15 March 2025 (UTC)

Question from Manishibaranwal (08:53, 15 March 2025)

how to add a name and work done by him --Manishibaranwal (talk) 08:54, 15 March 2025 (UTC)

@Manishibaranwal: See Help:Your first article on how to create an article draft. Please not that you may not create an article on yourself, and the article must meet the notability guideline for people to be accepted. ~ Rusty meow ~ 15:27, 15 March 2025 (UTC)

Question from Sumon19940 (19:59, 17 March 2025)

Hello --Sumon19940 (talk) 19:59, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

@Sumon19940: Hello and welcome to Wikipedia! ~ Rusty meow ~ 22:47, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

Tech News: 2025-12

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Weekly highlight

Updates for editors

  • The improved Content Translation tool dashboard is now available in 10 Wikipedias and will be available for all Wikipedias soon. With the unified dashboard, desktop users can now: Translate new sections of an article; Discover and access topic-based article suggestion filters (initially available only for mobile device users); Discover and access the Community-defined lists filter, also known as "Collections", from wiki-projects and campaigns.
  • On Wikimedia Commons, a new system to select the appropriate file categories has been introduced: if a category has one or more subcategories, users will be able to click on an arrow that will open the subcategories directly within the form, and choose the correct one. The parent category name will always be shown on top, and it will always be possible to come back to it. This should decrease the amount of work for volunteers in fixing/creating new categories. The change is also available on mobile. These changes are part of planned improvements to the UploadWizard.
  • The Community Tech team is seeking wikis to join a pilot for the Multiblocks feature and a refreshed Special:Block page in late March. Multiblocks enables administrators to impose multiple different types of blocks on the same user at the same time. If you are an admin or steward and would like us to discuss joining the pilot with your community, please leave a message on the project talk page.
  • Starting March 25, the Editing team will test a new feature for Edit Check at 12 Wikipedias: Multi-Check. Half of the newcomers on these wikis will see all Reference Checks during their edit session, while the other half will continue seeing only one. The goal of this test is to see if users are confused or discouraged when shown multiple Reference Checks (when relevant) within a single editing session. At these wikis, the tags used on edits that show References Check will be simplified, as multiple tags could be shown within a single edit. Changes to the tags are documented on Phabricator. [3]
  • The Global reminder bot, which is a service for notifying users that their temporary user-rights are about to expire, now supports using the localized name of the user-rights group in the message heading. Translators can see the listing of existing translations and documentation to check if their language needs updating or creation.
  • The GlobalPreferences gender setting, which is used for how the software should refer to you in interface messages, now works as expected by overriding the local defaults. [4]
  • Recurrent item View all 26 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, the Wikipedia App for Android had a bug fixed for when a user is browsing and searching in multiple languages. [5]

Updates for technical contributors

  • Later this week, the way that Codex styles are loaded will be changing. There is a small risk that this may result in unstyled interface message boxes on certain pages. User generated content (e.g. templates) is not impacted. Gadgets may be impacted. If you see any issues please report them. See the linked task for details, screenshots, and documentation on how to fix any affected gadgets.
  • Recurrent item Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki

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Question from Gavinkumalolegae (03:54, 18 March 2025)

Hi Rusty Yesterday I made edits to an entry for an important black South African artist Ezrom Legae. I am considered the global expert on Legae (and a fellow sculptor Sydney Kumalo) having written a 660 page Catalogue Raisonne on their sculptures which was published in 2023 after 25 years of research work. The book was published on a strictly not-for -profit basis by Strauss & Co and I receive no royalties or payments for the book whatsoever. The current Wikipedia entry for Legae is short, incomplete and full of inaccuracies. When I went on to Wikipedia this moring I found that my edited version had been removed apparently because of 'conflicts of interest' and other commercial concerns. I can send proof of the fact that I am considered the global expert on Legae (from Universities, public art galleries and art auction houses) and that I have no commercial interest in the book 'The Sculptures of Sydney Kumalo and Ezrom Legae. A Catalogue Raisonne'. Published by Strauss & Co. 2023. ISBN 978 - 0 - 6397 - 6015 - 5.

It is important to correct and update the currentinformation on Legae as he is an important South African artist and there is an important exhibition of his drawings coming uo at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta Georgia later this year. The curator Lauren Tate Baeza is very happy to confirm my credentials. Best Gavin Watkins --Gavinkumalolegae (talk) 03:54, 18 March 2025 (UTC)

@Gavinkumalolegae: Hello and welcome to Wikipedia! We consider a conflict of interest any connection, regardless of whether it is financial. The best option, to avoid getting your edits reverted, would be to discuss your proposed changes on the article's "Talk" page, accessible via the "Talk" tab in the top-right corner.
Happy editing! ~ Rusty meow ~ 21:39, 19 March 2025 (UTC)

Question from Fhewifh (20:56, 19 March 2025)

how do I make a Wikipedia page --Fhewifh (talk) 20:56, 19 March 2025 (UTC)

@Fhewifh: Welcome! See Help:Your first article for information.
Happy editing! ~ Rusty meow ~ 21:52, 19 March 2025 (UTC)

The Signpost: 22 March 2025

It's an ecstasy, my spring.
Let them know what you think!
Read this, then forget all about it.
Life on the Wiki as usual!
And WMF invites multi-year research fund proposals
The Oscars, politics, and death elbow for the most attention.
The photographers are the celebrities!
And very unusual biographical images.
Send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.
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Question from Ariana Harner (14:34, 22 March 2025)

Hi, I am trying to add a citation to the reference section of an article. I get as far as the captcha, and it refreshes each time, then tells me I’ve tried too many times. I am typing in the correct captchas, so I’m puzzled. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks! --Ariana Harner (talk) 14:34, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

@Ariana Harner: Sometimes, network issues may prevent CAPTCHAs from working properly. What is the article and what source are you trying to add? ~ Rusty meow ~ 15:21, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

Pleasant Hill School Bus Tragedy

I am trying to add a citation: Harner, Ariana and Clark Secrest, Children of the Storm: the True Story of the Pleasant Hill School Bus Tragedy. Fulcrum, 2001 and 2024: Golden, Colo. to this entry: Pleasant Hill bus tragedy Ariana Harner (talk) 19:45, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

@Ariana Harner: Where in the article? ~ Rusty meow ~ 00:12, 23 March 2025 (UTC)
The entire article is accurate; the book goes into detail about everything mentioned. How about in the Aftermath section, the sentence “The survivors suffered psychologically and some never talked about it.” Thank you! Ariana Harner (talk) 13:54, 23 March 2025 (UTC)
Done! ~ Rusty meow ~ 15:12, 23 March 2025 (UTC)
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it! Ariana Harner (talk) 01:06, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

Tech News: 2025-13

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Weekly highlight

Updates for editors

  • The CampaignEvents extension will be released to multiple wikis (see deployment plan for details) in April 2025, and the team has begun the process of engaging communities on the identified wikis. The extension provides tools to organize, manage, and promote collaborative activities (like events, edit-a-thons, and WikiProjects) on the wikis. The extension has three tools: Event Registration, Collaboration List, and Invitation Lists. It is currently on 13 Wikipedias, including English Wikipedia, French Wikipedia, and Spanish Wikipedia, as well as Wikidata. Questions or requests can be directed to the extension talk page or in Phabricator (with #campaigns-product-team tag).
  • Starting the week of March 31st, wikis will be able to set which user groups can view private registrants in Event Registration, as part of the CampaignEvents extension. By default, event organizers and the local wiki admins will be able to see private registrants. This is a change from the current behavior, in which only event organizers can see private registrants. Wikis can change the default setup by requesting a configuration change in Phabricator (and adding the #campaigns-product-team tag). Participants of past events can cancel their registration at any time.
  • Administrators at wikis that have a customized MediaWiki:Sidebar should check that it contains an entry for the Special pages listing. If it does not, they should add it using * specialpages-url|specialpages. Wikis with a default sidebar will see the link moved from the page toolbox into the sidebar menu in April. [6]
  • The Minerva skin (mobile web) combines both Notice and Alert notifications within the bell icon (). There was a long-standing bug where an indication for new notifications was only shown if you had unseen Alerts. This bug is now fixed. In the future, Minerva users will notice a counter atop the bell icon when you have 1 or more unseen Notices and/or Alerts. [7]
  • Recurrent item View all 23 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.

Updates for technical contributors

  • VisualEditor has introduced a new client-side hook for developers to use when integrating with the VisualEditor target lifecycle. This hook should replace the existing lifecycle-related hooks, and be more consistent between different platforms. In addition, the new hook will apply to uses of VisualEditor outside of just full article editing, allowing gadgets to interact with the editor in DiscussionTools as well. The Editing Team intends to deprecate and eventually remove the old lifecycle hooks, so any use cases that this new hook does not cover would be of interest to them and can be shared in the task.
  • Developers who use the mw.Api JavaScript library, can now identify the tool using it with the userAgent parameter: var api = new mw.Api( { userAgent: 'GadgetNameHere/1.0.1' } );. If you maintain a gadget or user script, please set a user agent, because it helps with library and server maintenance and with differentiating between legitimate and illegitimate traffic. [8][9]
  • Recurrent item Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki

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Question from Mak709 (18:53, 25 March 2025)

hello mamcat --Mak709 (talk) 18:53, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

@Mak709: ? ~ Rusty meow ~ 19:10, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

Question from Minakshi Pillai (12:49, 26 March 2025)

Hi --Minakshi Pillai (talk) 12:49, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

Christina Wendall

I have retrived several more sources, from reliable sources, including University of Wales Press, which talk about the character in a manner that explores its applications from a "real life" standpoint. "Christina Wendall who seeks life - experience that will secure her entry into the class - based identity of a novelist . To achieve this Bildungsroman , she chooses the werewolf in a reversal of Little Red Riding Hood when she first" I have edited those in and removed the Fandom refferences to clear up the article, hopefully it can now be published FateHum (talk) 07:54, 27 March 2025 (UTC)

Question from Minakshi Pillai (12:50, 26 March 2025)

I have a doubt about editing protected articles. --Minakshi Pillai (talk) 12:50, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

@Minakshi Pillai: Could you clarify? What is your doubt? ~ Rusty meow ~ 16:42, 26 March 2025 (UTC)
yes when I get to become a registered user, and source verified and authentic information about a particular protected article, will it get accepted. Minakshi Pillai (talk) 05:29, 27 March 2025 (UTC)
@Minakshi Pillai: When you gain the ability to make the change you want, you should just be bold and add it! If someone reverts your change you can discuss with them why they did that. This is known as the bold, revert, dicuss cycle. ~ Rusty meow ~ 17:10, 27 March 2025 (UTC)

Question from JohnsonHealthTechNA (18:42, 26 March 2025)

Hi there! I'm from Johnson Health Tech (fitness equipment company) and I'd like to get some changes made to our brand pages, based on some shifts in company ownership. I have the recommended edits captured in a word doc, as well as public (linkable) proof points to back up each change. I want to make sure I'm following all of the rules. Can you help me determine what the best next steps would be? --JohnsonHealthTechNA (talk) 18:42, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

@JohnsonHealthTechNA: Welcome! We generally discourage direct edits to articles from people who have a connection or conflict of interest. You may instead make an edit request, doing so with the Edit Request Wizard. The proof points you mention may be helpful here, as the edit request will require citations to support your proposed changes.
Before you proceed, however, there are a few things you need to do. First, you must disclose your conflict of interest, including whether you are being paid or not. A sentence on your user page will be fine.
Second, you may not use a username which represents the name of a company (e.g., JohnsonHealthTechNA might be inappropriate because it represents a role, not a person). You may submit a request to change your name at Special:GlobalRenameRequest. If you don't change your username, you may be blocked from editing.
Feel free to ask if you have any questions! ~ Rusty meow ~ 21:07, 26 March 2025 (UTC)
Thank you! I'll follow these next steps before making the edit request. JohnsonHealthTechNA (talk) 18:50, 27 March 2025 (UTC)

Question from Adityasharma0701 (09:52, 19 March 2025)

My article has been nominated for deletion. What should I do? --Adityasharma0701 (talk) 09:52, 19 March 2025 (UTC)

@Adityasharma0701:
Improve the article to address the concerns given in the deletion discussion if possible. The discussion run for at least seven days, and be determined by consensus, not voting.
See the page Help:My article got nominated for deletion! for more information. ~ Rusty meow ~ 21:44, 19 March 2025 (UTC)
Hey! I have made few changes! What to do next? Adityasharma0701 (talk) 07:33, 20 March 2025 (UTC)
@Adityasharma0701: I recommend you to look at the page I linked. Have you done so? ~ Rusty meow ~ 22:41, 20 March 2025 (UTC)
Yes! I have done some changes as well according to that. Adityasharma0701 (talk) 04:27, 21 March 2025 (UTC)
@Adityasharma0701: I don't see many references added. Regardless however, if the article is deleted you can have it restored as a draft at WP:REFUND and work on it there, submitting for review when it is ready. ~ Rusty meow ~ 02:09, 22 March 2025 (UTC)
Hi! I have added few more references to the article but would like to know more about exactly needs to be added? Please help! I am new to this! Thanks! Adityasharma0701 (talk) 05:30, 24 March 2025 (UTC)
@Adityasharma0701: Pandora is referring to the General Notability Guideline, which has a specific definition of independent, reliable sources. I cannot say how reliable the sources are, as I do not have much experience with these sources. You may wish to check out the guideline and evaluate the sources yourself. ~ Rusty meow ~ 16:16, 24 March 2025 (UTC)
Hi1 I have read the article and tried adding reliable references. Thanks! Adityasharma0701 (talk) 12:13, 25 March 2025 (UTC)
Hi! It's been a while since Pandora nominated the article for discussion but no discussion has taken place while I have made the necessary changes as well. What should I do? Thanks! Adityasharma0701 (talk) 05:25, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
@Adityasharma0701: I believe we may just have to wait for some discussion to take place. ~ Rusty meow ~ 15:03, 29 March 2025 (UTC)

Women in Red April 2025

Women in Red | April 2025, Vol 11, Issue 4, Nos. 326, 327, 335, 336


Online events:

Announcements (Events facilitated by others):

Tip of the month:

  • When creating biographies, don't forget to use Template:DEFAULTSORT.
    Accessible from "Wiki markup" at the foot of the page being edited,
    it allows categories to be listed under the subject's family name rather than their first or given name.

Moving the needle: (statistics available via Humaniki tool)

  • 24 Mar 2025: 20.070% of biographies on EN-WP are about women (2,057,083, 412,857 women)
  • 27 Jan 2025: 20.031% (2,047,793 bios, 410,200 women)

Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 2,657 articles during this period!

Other ways to participate:

Instagram | Pinterest

--Rosiestep (talk) 13:21, 30 March 2025 (UTC) via MassMessaging

Question from Eyesofanowhereman on User:Eyesofanowhereman (23:53, 31 March 2025)

how do i make my own page --Eyesofanowhereman (talk) 23:53, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

@Eyesofanowhereman： You can create a draft at WP:AFC. Happy editing! ~ Rusty meow ~ 23:57, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

Tech News: 2025-14

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Updates for editors

  • The Editing team is working on a new Edit check: Peacock check. This check's goal is to identify non-neutral terms while a user is editing a wikipage, so that they can be informed that their edit should perhaps be changed before they publish it. This project is at the early stages, and the team is looking for communities' input: in this Phabricator task, they are gathering on-wiki policies, templates used to tag non-neutral articles, and the terms (jargon and keywords) used in edit summaries for the languages they are currently researching. You can participate by editing the table on Phabricator, commenting on the task, or directly messaging Trizek (WMF).
  • Single User Login has now been updated on all wikis to move login and account creation to a central domain. This makes user login compatible with browser restrictions on cross-domain cookies, which have prevented users of some browsers from staying logged in.
  • Recurrent item View all 35 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.

Updates for technical contributors

  • Starting on March 31st, the MediaWiki Interfaces team will begin a limited release of generated OpenAPI specs and a SwaggerUI-based sandbox experience for MediaWiki REST APIs. They invite developers from a limited group of non-English Wikipedia communities (Arabic, German, French, Hebrew, Interlingua, Dutch, Chinese) to review the documentation and experiment with the sandbox in their preferred language. In addition to these specific Wikipedia projects, the sandbox and OpenAPI spec will be available on the on the test wiki REST Sandbox special page for developers with English as their preferred language. During the preview period, the MediaWiki Interfaces Team also invites developers to share feedback about your experience. The preview will last for approximately 2 weeks, after which the sandbox and OpenAPI specs will be made available across all wiki projects.
  • Recurrent item Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki

In depth

  • Sometimes a small, one line code change can have great significance: in this case, it means that for the first time in years we're able to run all of the stack serving maps.wikimedia.org - a host dedicated to serving our wikis and their multi-lingual maps needs - from a single core datacenter, something we test every time we perform a datacenter switchover. This is important because it means that in case one of our datacenters is affected by a catastrophe, we'll still be able to serve the site. This change is the result of extensive work by two developers on porting the last component of the maps stack over to kubernetes, where we can allocate resources more efficiently than before, thus we're able to withstand more traffic in a single datacenter. This work involved a lot of complicated steps because this software, and the software libraries it uses, required many long overdue upgrades. This type of work makes the Wikimedia infrastructure more sustainable.

Meetings and events

  • MediaWiki Users and Developers Workshop Spring 2025 is happening in Sandusky, USA, and online, from 14–16 May 2025. The workshop will feature discussions around the usage of MediaWiki software by and within companies in different industries and will inspire and onboard new users. Registration and presentation signup is now available at the workshop's website.

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Question from Randyhussain (02:58, 1 April 2025)

Hello, and good evening! how do I add a page to Wikipedia --Randyhussain (talk) 02:58, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

@Randyhussain: Hello and welcome!! You can start a draft at Articles for creation. Happy editing!! ~ Rusty meow ~ 03:19, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

Question from Jaysdoeswhat (21:42, 1 April 2025)

How can I make an article on my phone? --Jaysdoeswhat (talk) 21:42, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

@Jaysdoeswhat: It might be slightly harder to make an article, but you can follow the same processes as on a computer. You can start a draft at Wikipedia:Articles for Creation.
You may find the page Wikipedia:Editing on mobile devices helpful. Happy editing! ~ Rusty meow ~ 23:08, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

Question from Mbgarfinkle (15:17, 28 March 2025)

Hello! How do I disclose a relationship to the company I'm creating a page for? --Mbgarfinkle (talk) 15:17, 28 March 2025 (UTC)

@Mbgarfinkle: You can make a statement on your user page, saying for example "I work for X company and am paid/not paid for my contributions." More information is available at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest and Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide. Feel free to ask if you have questions! ~ Rusty meow ~ 16:37, 28 March 2025 (UTC)
thank you. I think i have done that. can you please check? Mbgarfinkle (talk) 17:34, 28 March 2025 (UTC)
@Mbgarfinkle: It looks good to me. ~ Rusty meow ~ 20:37, 28 March 2025 (UTC)
thanks, rusty! Mbgarfinkle (talk) 20:27, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

Ealing Village review

Hi @Rusty Cat:,
Thanks for reviewing my draft of Ealing Village previously. I’ve now made substantial edits based on your feedback, including improving the sourcing, ensuring a neutral tone, and better establishing notability with independent references.
I’ve just resubmitted the draft and would really appreciate it if you could take another look when you have a moment. Any further suggestions are very welcome.
Thanks again for your time and help!
Best regards,
Bernardo

BBISCAGLIA (talk) 07:29, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

@BBISCAGLIA: I would prefer for another reviewer to take a look at it. However, you have not resubmitted the draft yet. I have restored the previous decline message. Please use the "Resubmit" button at the bottom of the message. Thank you! ~ Rusty meow ~ 21:42, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

Question from VBasnetG (09:06, 2 April 2025)

Hello, should the same word be cited as many times as it is present in an article? --VBasnetG (talk) 09:06, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

@VBasnetG: What do you mean by a word? ~ Rusty meow ~ 21:43, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

Question from Heywai001 (17:15, 2 April 2025)

Hello

Can I add other pertinent information to an article. --Heywai001 (talk) 17:15, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

@Heywai001: Hello and welcome to Wikipedia! If you want to add something, you should be bold and add it! Happy editing! ~ Rusty meow ~ 21:44, 2 April 2025 (UTC)
Thank you Rusty Cat 102.89.83.94 (talk) 22:02, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

Question from Bobbobob123123 (20:34, 3 April 2025)

Can you please stop undoing my edits, I need to make a point to my computer class, I am a teacher. I will fix the vandalisms after, I just want to show them proof on why they can't cite Wikipedia even though it is a great source, they need others as well.

Thanks for your troubles! --Bobbobob123123 (talk) 20:34, 3 April 2025 (UTC)

@Bobbobob123123: One of our behaviorial guidelines is that you shouldn't disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point. Thank you. ~ Rusty meow ~ 23:14, 3 April 2025 (UTC)

Question from Mahatma Jawahar Shastri (07:07, 3 April 2025)

helo! How to know administrator of particular site --Mahatma Jawahar Shastri (talk) 07:07, 3 April 2025 (UTC)

@Mahatma Jawahar Shastri: Could you clarify what you mean by a particular site? ~ Rusty meow ~ 23:19, 3 April 2025 (UTC)

A treat for you.

A gift for you for no reason and if rusty cat reads this let him know he’s W and should be the owner of wikipedia JadenGotLost (talk) 02:33, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

Question from RaymondJrn (11:31, 5 April 2025)

Hello good afternoon --RaymondJrn (talk) 11:31, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

Question from RaymondJrn on User talk:RaymondJrn (11:49, 5 April 2025)

Hello good afternoon, please how can I upload someone's biography and work --RaymondJrn (talk) 11:49, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

@RaymondJrn: Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. You can start a draft following the process at Articles for Creation. Happy editing! ~ Rusty meow ~ 14:34, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

Dear Rusty Cat (My favorite animal breed)

Remember me the person oh does that remind you of anyone (Jaysdoeswhat) YEP THATS ME ACCIDENTALLY SIGNED PUT (sorry for my yelling) by the way, can you look at my article (draft) of the name “Harambee, Milwaukee” please grade it and also im not begging and you can grade it

J😉😞 JadenGotLost (talk) 02:24, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

out I meant to say out not put JadenGotLost (talk) 02:24, 5 April 2025 (UTC)
@JadenGotLost: Why don't you just sign back in? If you can't, you may continue using this account, but be sure to mark that the old account is no longer being used to avoid suspicions of abusing multiple accounts. ~ Rusty meow ~ 04:13, 5 April 2025 (UTC)
I forgort my password JadenGotLost (talk) 16:15, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

Question from Skizzy DE Donnie on User:Skizzy DE Donnie (15:33, 7 April 2025)

God bless us all thanks --Skizzy DE Donnie (talk) 15:33, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

@Skizzy DE Donnie: Do you have a question about editing or using Wikipedia? ~ Rusty meow ~ 15:34, 7 April 2025 (UTC)
Yea Goddess word clock Skizzy DE Donnie (talk) 16:04, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

Question from Skizzy DE Donnie (16:50, 7 April 2025)

Payments Bill --Skizzy DE Donnie (talk) 16:50, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

@Skizzy DE Donnie: Sorry, but I can't understand you. ~ Rusty meow ~ 17:40, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2025

News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2025).

Administrator changes

added
readded Dennis Brown
removed

Bureaucrat changes

added Barkeep49

CheckUser changes

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Oversighter changes

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Tech News: 2025-15

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Updates for editors

Updates for technical contributors

  • The Design System Team is preparing to release the next major version of Codex (v2.0.0) on April 29. Editors and developers who use CSS from Codex should see the 2.0 overview documentation, which includes guidance related to a few of the breaking changes such as font-size, line-height, and size-icon.
  • The results of the Developer Satisfaction Survey (2025)  are now available. Thank you to all participants. These results help the Foundation decide what to work on next and to review what they recently worked on.
  • Recurrent item Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki

Meetings and events

  • The 2025 Wikimedia Hackathon will take place in Istanbul, Turkey, between 2–4 May. Registration for attending the in-person event will close on 13 April. Before registering, please note the potential need for a visa or e-visa to enter the country.

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Question from Wanaimanofficial (18:50, 8 April 2025)

upload gambar saya di wikipedia --wan aiman (talk) 18:50, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

@Wanaimanofficial: Please use English, this is the English Wikipedia. Thank you. ~ Rusty meow ~ 02:08, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

The Signpost: 9 April 2025

Fellow doctor Osama Khalid remains behind bars for "violating public morals" by editing.
Major changes to core content policy, or still-developing plan for new initiative?
Defeat, or just a setback?
Plus: 30-year anniversary of wiki software commemorated.
Our content is free, our infrastructure is not!
What is to be done?
Advice to aspirants: "Read RfA debriefs", including this one.
Rest in peace.
Snow White sinking, Adolescence soaring, spacefarers stranded, this list has it all!
The Wikimedia Foundation's announcement from Diff.
Gadzooks!
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Question from Zuluxray1 (19:04, 9 April 2025)

Hello how do I insert a new paragraph in to a biography? --Zuluxray1 (talk) 19:04, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

@Zuluxray1: You can place your cursor at the end of some paragraph, and press enter. Happy editing! ~ Rusty meow ~ 23:47, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

Question from Valon akrobat on User:Valon akrobat (00:28, 14 April 2025)

Why i cant publish --Valon akrobat (talk) 00:28, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

@Valon akrobat: I'm not sure, can you be more specific on the issue? ~ Rusty meow ~ 01:50, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

Tech News: 2025-16

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Weekly highlight

  • Later this week, the default thumbnail size will be increased from 220px to 250px. This changes how pages are shown in all wikis and has been requested by some communities for many years, but wasn't previously possible due to technical limitations. [11]
  • File thumbnails are now stored in discrete sizes. If a page specifies a thumbnail size that's not among the standard sizes (20, 40, 60, 120, 250, 330, 500, 960), then MediaWiki will pick the closest larger thumbnail size but will tell the browser to downscale it to the requested size. In these cases, nothing will change visually but users might load slightly larger images. If it doesn't matter which thumbnail size is used in a page, please pick one of the standard sizes to avoid the extra in-browser down-scaling step. [12][13]

Updates for editors

  • The Wikimedia Foundation are working on a system called Edge Uniques which will enable A/B testing, help protect against Distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDoS attacks), and make it easier to understand how many visitors the Wikimedia sites have. This is so that they can more efficiently build tools which help readers, and make it easier for readers to find what they are looking for.
  • To improve security for users, a small percentage of logins will now require that the account owner input a one-time password emailed to their account. It is recommended that you check that the email address on your account is set correctly, and that it has been confirmed, and that you have an email set for this purpose. [14]
  • "Are you interested in taking a short survey to improve tools used for reviewing or reverting edits on your Wiki?" This question will be asked at 7 wikis starting next week, on Recent Changes and Watchlist pages. The Moderator Tools team wants to know more about activities that involve looking at new edits made to your Wikimedia project, and determining whether they adhere to your project's policies.
  • On April 15, the full Wikidata graph will no longer be supported on query.wikidata.org. After this date, scholarly articles will be available through query-scholarly.wikidata.org, while the rest of the data hosted on Wikidata will be available through the query.wikidata.org endpoint. This is part of the scheduled split of the Wikidata Graph, which was announced in September 2024. More information is available on Wikidata.
  • The latest quarterly Wikimedia Apps Newsletter is now available. It covers updates, experiments, and improvements made to the Wikipedia mobile apps.
  • Recurrent item View all 30 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.

Updates for technical contributors

  • The latest quarterly Technical Community Newsletter is now available. This edition includes: an invitation for tool maintainers to attend the Toolforge UI Community Feedback Session on April 15th; recent community metrics; and recent technical blog posts.
  • Recurrent item Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki

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Question from Carltonuba38 (17:01, 16 April 2025)

Good evening, i published a draft to be reviewed for Carlton Ubaezuonu. I spoke about it with you a few months ago. I was hoping you could look over it when you get a chance? Thank you. --Carltonuba38 (talk) 17:01, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

@Carltonuba38: Not all mentors are AfC reviewers (though I am one), nor do we have an obligation to review your draft. Also, someone else already declined it. ~ Rusty meow ~ 22:19, 16 April 2025 (UTC)
Thanks for getting back to me, I understand that, I was asking if it was possible to have a look and see. It has been republished since then with the required criteria. Are you able to have a look? Carltonuba38 (talk) 22:22, 16 April 2025 (UTC)
@Carltonuba38: Taking a quick look, the declining reviewer's points still stand. We are particularly looking for secondary sources (so sources from the football club itself for example do not count) that discuss the subject in-depth. ~ Rusty meow ~ 22:31, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

Question from President Ismail Khan (02:32, 17 April 2025)

Hello, how do I edit an article about Joseph R. Biden Jr.? --President Ismail Khan (talk) 02:32, 17 April 2025 (UTC)

@President Ismail Khan: You just click edit! ~ Rusty meow ~ 02:33, 17 April 2025 (UTC)

Question from Azerda (17:37, 17 April 2025)

Hello ! I am new to Wikipedia and i want to translate some articles in french (my native language). I read the instructions to do so, but i am still struggling to understand how it works and and to publish the translation. Could you help me ? --Azerda (talk) 17:37, 17 April 2025 (UTC)

@Azerda: You can start a draft for a new article at Articles for Creation. You will need to manually translate the French article into English. ~ Rusty meow ~ 01:07, 18 April 2025 (UTC)
Thank you ! Azerda (talk) 08:36, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

Question from Lemon754 (11:21, 18 April 2025)

Hello! How are you? So is it true that you need to wait 4 days, and also do 10 edits, before you can edit semi-protected pages? Don't worry, I'm not sus, just curious, because I really want to edit the page "SCP Foundation". Thank you for reading this! --Lemon754 (talk) 11:21, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

@Lemon754: Yes, your account will need to be four days old and have at least 10 edits before you can edit semi-protected pages. ~ Rusty meow ~ 14:43, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

Question from Lukas34346 (05:15, 19 April 2025)

I need some help editing 2025 in American television a page I frequent for television updates --Lukas34346 (talk) 05:15, 19 April 2025 (UTC)

@Lukas34346: Hello and welcome to Wikipedia! What help specifically do you need? ~ Rusty meow ~ 14:08, 19 April 2025 (UTC)
I need help to add a date for the return of a television series tennis on TNT I don't know where to place the date May 25th as that is the start of the French Open  Lukas34346 (talk) 18:15, 19 April 2025 (UTC)
@Lukas34346: I saw that you had changed a "TBA" to "May 25" and then reverted it. Which series do you want to put the date on? ~ Rusty meow ~ 18:44, 19 April 2025 (UTC)
tennis on TNT is the show I want to put the date on Lukas34346 (talk) 19:50, 19 April 2025 (UTC)
@Lukas34346: Done! In the future, you might want to consider using the VisualEditor so you don't have to deal with the underlying code on the page. ~ Rusty meow ~ 21:47, 19 April 2025 (UTC)
I do use that sometimes to make visual edits like a recent spelling error on Saturday Night Football was fixed by me using the visual editor Lukas34346 (talk) 23:28, 19 April 2025 (UTC)

Question from Hellfare55 on Rai people (11:54, 21 April 2025)

How do i upload a picture? --Hellfare55 (talk) 11:54, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

@Hellfare55: You can upload it to Wikimedia Commons and then add it on an Article by doing Insert -> Images and Media. Happy editing! ~ Rusty meow ~ 14:50, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

Tech News: 2025-17

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Updates for editors

  • Wikifunctions is now integrated with Dagbani Wikipedia since April 15. It is the first project that will be able to call functions from Wikifunctions and integrate them in articles. A function is something that takes one or more inputs and transforms them into a desired output, such as adding up two numbers, converting miles into metres, calculating how much time has passed since an event, or declining a word into a case. Wikifunctions will allow users to do that through a simple call of a stable and global function, rather than via a local template. [15]
  • A new type of lint error has been created: Empty headings (documentation). The Linter extension's purpose is to identify wikitext patterns that must or can be fixed in pages and provide some guidance about what the problems are with those patterns and how to fix them. [16]
  • Recurrent item View all 37 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.

Updates for technical contributors

  • Following its publication on HuggingFace, the "Structured Contents" dataset, developed by Wikimedia Enterprise, is now also available on Kaggle. This Beta initiative is focused on making Wikimedia data more machine-readable for high-volume reusers. They are releasing this beta version in a location that open dataset communities already use, in order to seek feedback, to help improve the product for a future wider release. You can read more about the overall Structured Contents project, and about the first release that's freely usable.
  • There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

Meetings and events

  • The Editing and Machine Learning Teams invite interested volunteers to a video meeting to discuss Peacock check, which is the latest Edit check that will detect "peacock" or "overly-promotional" or "non-neutral" language whilst an editor is typing. Editors who work with newcomers, or help to fix this kind of writing, or are interested in how we use artificial intelligence in our projects are encouraged to attend. The meeting will be on April 28, 2025 at 18:00–19:00 UTC and hosted on Zoom.

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Question from Daniel Barrios Abad (07:58, 24 April 2025)

Hi! Between some of my editing interests are musical album pages. If I were to create a new page for an album, how does the copyright work with the album covers? --Daniel Barrios Abad (talk) 07:58, 24 April 2025 (UTC)

@Daniel Barrios Abad: There is an exemption from copyright known as fair use, at least in the United States (where Wikipedia servers are located). To meet Wikipedia's Wikipedia:Non-free content guideline/policy, you will need to upload the image on Wikipedia instead of to Wikimedia Commons (as one would do with free (as in libre) content). Additionally, you must provide a non-free use rationale to explain why this image is used instead of a free (as in libre) image, and what article you will use it on. Fair use images that are not used on any article, or do not have a valid rationale, will be deleted.
Happy editing! ~ Rusty meow ~ 14:54, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
Thanks a lot! Daniel Barrios Abad (talk) 15:01, 24 April 2025 (UTC)

New pages patrol May 2025 Backlog drive

May 2025 Backlog Drive | New pages patrol
  • On 1 May 2025, a one-month backlog drive for New Pages Patrol will begin.
  • Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles patrolled.
  • Barnstars will also be granted for re-reviewing articles previously reviewed by other patrollers during the drive.
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Question from John111113 (19:55, 25 April 2025)

who are you --John111113 (talk) 19:55, 25 April 2025 (UTC)

@John111113: I'm just a Wikipedia editor. Do you need help with using or editing Wikipedia? ~ Rusty meow ~ 00:13, 26 April 2025 (UTC)

Question from Padepadi (14:18, 28 April 2025)

Hello. I would like to contribute a picture of my grandfather. He was an assemblyman representing 2nd district of Pangasinan. (1909-1912) --Padepadi (talk) 14:18, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

@Padepadi: You can upload free images to Wikimedia Commons. ~ Rusty meow ~ 19:07, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

Tech News: 2025-18

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Updates for editors

  • Event organizers who host collaborative activities on multiple wikis, including Bengali, Japanese, and Korean Wikipedias, will have access to the CampaignEvents extension this week. Also, admins in the Wikipedia where the extension is enabled will automatically be granted the event organizer right soon. They won't have to manually grant themselves the right before they can manage events as requested by a community.
  • Recurrent item View all 19 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.

Updates for technical contributors

  • The release of the next major version of Codex, the design system for Wikimedia, is scheduled for 29 April 2025. Technical editors will have access to the release by the week of 5 May 2025. This update will include a number of breaking changes and minor visual changes. Instructions on handling the breaking and visual changes are documented on this page. Pre-release testing is reported in T386298, with post-release issues tracked in T392379 and T392390.
  • Users of Wiki Replicas will notice that the database views of ipblocks, ipblocks_ipindex, and ipblocks_compat are now deprecated. Users can query the block and block_target new views that mirror the new tables in the production database instead. The deprecated views will be removed entirely from Wiki Replicas in June, 2025.
  • Recurrent item Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki

In depth

Meetings and events

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WikiCup 2025 May newsletter

The second round of the 2025 WikiCup ended on 28 April at 23:59 UTC. To reiterate what we said in the previous newsletter, we are no longer disqualifying contestants based on how many points (now known as round points) they received. Instead, the contestants with the highest round-point totals now receive tournament points at the end of each round. These tournament points are carried over between rounds, and can only be earned if a competitor is among the top 16 round-point scorers at the end of each round. This table shows all competitors who have received tournament points so far. Everyone who competed in round 2 will advance to round 3 unless they have withdrawn or been banned.

Round 2 was quite competitive. Four contestants scored more than 1,000 round points, and eight scored more than 500 points (including one who has withdrawn). The following competitors scored at least 800 points:

In addition, we would like to recognize Generalissima (submissions) for her efforts; she scored 801 round points but withdrew before the end of the round.

The full scores for round 2 can be seen here. During this round, contestants have claimed 13 featured articles, 20 featured lists, 4 featured-topic articles, 138 good articles, 7 good-topic articles, and more than 100 Did You Know articles. In addition, competitors have worked on 19 In the News articles, and they have conducted nearly 300 reviews.

Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed in Round 3. Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, feel free to review one of the nominations listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:03, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

Women in Red May 2025

Women in Red | May 2025, Vol 11, Issue 5, Nos. 326, 327, 337, 338


Online events:

Announcements (events facilitated by others):

Progress ("moving the needle"):

  • Statistics available via Humaniki tool. Thank you if you contributed one or more of the 1,269 articles during this period!
  • 21 Apr 2025: 20.090% of EN-WP biographies are about women (2,061,363; 414,126 women)
  • 24 Mar 2025: 20.070% (2,057,083 bios; 412,857 women)

Tip of the month:

  • Those of you who experience harassment while trying to create or improve articles about women
    are welcome to bring your problems to our attention on the Women in Red talk page.

Other ways to participate:

--Lajmmoore (talk 09:22, 29 April 2025 (UTC) via MassMessaging

Question from Winfield Kruse (12:59, 29 April 2025)

What type of problems are on Wikipedia that I should edit? Is it mainly spelling errors, bad information, or something else? --Winfield Kruse (talk) 12:59, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

@Winfield Kruse: All of the things you mentioned could be possible issues on Wikipedia, but particularly people adding unsourced info or trying to disrupt the wiki.
How I began editing was doing "anti-vandalism": monitoring recent changes to Wikipedia and reverting those that do not meet content policies (e.g. disruptive, unsourced, etc.)
We have a task center too if you're like to check that out!
Happy editing! ~ Rusty meow ~ 14:58, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

Question from MANELLFIYO (12:33, 29 April 2025)

Hello Mentor! How are you doing today? Can you give me a small brief about Wikipedia? --MANELLFIYO (talk) 12:33, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

@MANELLFIYO: Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia that can be edited by anyone. If you're interested in editing, feel free to check out our introduction! Happy editing! ~ Rusty meow ~ 14:59, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
I wanted to publish my personal info on wikipedia. how do i go about it? MANELLFIYO (talk) 17:19, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
@MANELLFIYO:
That's not something I'd recommend. Wikipedia strongly discourages subjects writing about themselves on Wikipedia, and it could get your blocked from editing. As such, I will not be helping you with that.
If you'd like to contribute constructively to other subjects, however, I'm happy to help! ~ Rusty meow ~ 23:14, 29 April 2025 (UTC)

Question from Abhijeetk235 (10:50, 30 April 2025)

Hello I want to submit a edit request. Where should I put the reference for this. --Abhijeetk235 (talk) 10:50, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

@Abhijeetk235: It seems you submitted an edit request after you asked me. ~ Rusty meow ~ 22:08, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

Question from Animmalrightschannel (17:53, 30 April 2025)

So, mentor, I nominated Clift Schimmels for deletion. He was somebody's beloved coach, I get that. Please don't assume I haven't read any guidelines. Please also don't assume that I'm not already deeply offended by misogynistic behavior on Wikipedia. --Animmalrightschannel (talk) 17:53, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

@Animmalrightschannel: There's nothing wrong with nominating an article for deletion! Even if someone was to oppose it, that's part of the learning process. ~ Rusty meow ~ 22:13, 30 April 2025 (UTC)
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