Aaron Liu

Question from Fishytimes196 (13:21, 17 July 2024)

Hi there I was wondering if u could help me out with a little detail in relation to changes --Fishytimes196 (talk) 13:21, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi! What kind of changes would you like to learn about? Aaron Liu (talk) 14:26, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Question from Amandaplemmons on Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (20:54, 26 July 2024)

Where do I fill application out . I believe I do have one relative on the Baker roll --Amandaplemmons (talk) 20:54, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi! Please note that Wikipedians like me usually know much more about policies than actual, useful knowledge ;). Please try the Wikipedia:Reference desk next time.

However, after a quick Bing (they give you points for searching) search, you have https://ebci.com/enrollment/. Aaron Liu (talk) 02:52, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

Question from ProfessorMaccaroon on User:Isabelle Belato (15:54, 27 July 2024)

So do all member of wiki like Isabelle Belato delete peoples pages. Or is making a page about the history of jelly and ice cream against Wikipedias goals of global information on all topics? --ProfessorMaccaroon (talk) 15:54, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

Hello! It probably is. There are two things Wikipedians hate most: promotional content and a lack of sources. People usually care much more about the latter: if an article doesn't have many WP:reliable sources, its content may as well be made up. Meanwhile, a lack of secondary sources and an abundance of primary sources could indicate promotional content. These are the primary reasons Wikipedia:Notability exists.
Waqar has sent you a bunch of useful links, including Wikipedia's tutorial "Your first article". I think it would be really helpful if you read it! Cheers, Aaron Liu (talk) 21:40, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

ANI Notice

Since I used a diff by you in this ANI discussion, I think I have to notify you of it. But you're not in trouble. Loki (talk) 22:35, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for that! I was super confused how people managed to find my script without me advertising it (it not even on the list of userscripts yet). Polygnotus (talk) 03:30, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

No problem! I found the script through watching the Category:Wikipedia scripts category, which the userscript infobox automatically adds. Would you like to add your script to the list? Aaron Liu (talk) 03:34, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

Yes please, that would be lovely. Polygnotus (talk) 04:31, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks again! Polygnotus (talk) 19:17, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

Question from Sheikh Jahidul Hasan Fahim on User:1AmNobody24/CSD log (18:50, 15 August 2024)

How do I write my biography in Wikipedia ? --Sheikh Jahidul Hasan Fahim (talk) 18:50, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

Well, it's heavily advised against. See Help:Your first article § Things to avoid. First of all, you have to meet wp:notability, which means that you have to be the main subject of several articles from wp:reliable sources. Secondly, you have to be terribly unbiased about yourself. If you really want to do this, you can check out the instructions at Help:Your first article. Aaron Liu (talk) 18:57, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

Question from ArthurTheGardener (16:50, 18 August 2024)

Hi Aaron, I wonder if you could advise me, please. I was working on a new page in my sandbox just now, but wasn't able to save it because of an editing conflict. Later I found the message "no cats in draft" from another editor. I'm not sure what this means. Is it because I'd already added categories to my unfinished article? And if so, are there any other restrictions to what I can do in the sandbox, please? --ArthurTheGardener (talk) 16:50, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi! Yes, that’s precisely why. These categories are meant to categorize actual Wikipedia articles, and your draft isn’t an article yet. You can see [1] for an example of the draft categories template in action. Aaron Liu (talk) 17:03, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Tech News: 2024-34

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

Feature news

• Editors who want to re-use references but with different details such as page numbers, will be able to do so by the end of 2024, using a new sub-referencing feature. You can read more about the project and how to test the prototype.
• Editors using tracking categories to identify which pages use specific extensions may notice that six of the categories have been renamed to make them more easily understood and consistent. These categories are automatically added to pages that use specialized MediaWiki extensions. The affected names are for: DynamicPageList, Kartographer, Phonos, RSS, Score, WikiHiero. Wikis that have created the category locally should rename their local creation to match. Thanks to Pppery for these improvements. [2]
• Technical volunteers who edit modules and want to get a list of the categories used on a page, can now do so using the categories property of mw.title objects. This enables wikis to configure workflows such as category-specific edit notices. Thanks to SD001 for these improvements. [3][4]

Bugs status

• Your help is needed to check if any pages need to be moved or deleted. A maintenance script was run to clean up unreachable pages (due to Unicode issues or introduction of new namespaces/namespace aliases). The script tried to find appropriate names for the pages (e.g. by following the Unicode changes or by moving pages whose titles on Wikipedia start with Talk:WP: so that their titles start with Wikipedia talk:), but it may have failed for some pages, and moved them to Special:PrefixIndex/T195546/ instead. Your community should check if any pages are listed there, and move them to the correct titles, or delete them if they are no longer needed. A full log (including pages for which appropriate names could be found) is available in phab:P67388.
• Editors who volunteer as mentors to newcomers on their wiki are once again able to access lists of potential mentees who they can connect with to offer help and guidance. This functionality was restored thanks to a bug fix. Thank you to Mbch331 for filing the bug report. You can read about that, and 18 other community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week.

Project updates

• The application deadline for the Product & Technology Advisory Council (PTAC) has been extended to September 16. Members will help by providing advice to Foundation Product and Technology leadership on short and long term plans, on complex strategic problems, and help to get feedback from more contributors and technical communities. Selected members should expect to spend roughly 5 hours per month for the Council, during the one year pilot. Please consider applying, and spread the word to volunteers you think would make a positive contribution to the committee.

Learn more

• The 2024 Coolest Tool Awards were awarded at Wikimania, in seven categories. For example, one award went to the ISA Tool, used for adding structured data to files on Commons, which was recently improved during the Wiki Mentor Africa Hackathon. You can see video demonstrations of each tool at the awards page. Congratulations to this year's recipients, and thank you to all tool creators and maintainers.
• The latest Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin is available, and includes some highlights from Wikimania, an upcoming Language community meeting, and other news from the movement.

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