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Mentee FAQ

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friends

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Hi rusty i'm Layla do you want to be friends with me Aquaphina13 (talk) 18:55, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Layla, I'm afraid you're on the wrong platform. This is Wikipedia, not Twitter/X or Facebook or another social medium. You could make friends there if you like, but we generally don't socialize or make friends here if it's not relevant to the encyclopedia (Wikipedia).
With that out of the way, do you have questions about Wikipedia? Rusty 🐈 20:30, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Aquaphina13 (02:46, 24 August 2024)

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i need help. what does GFDL mean and stand for? --Aquaphina13 (talk) 02:46, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Aquaphina13: The GFDL stands for GNU Free Documentation License, and it's one of the copyright licenses that Wikipedia text is released under. You don't need to worry much about this, other than the fact that it allows contributions to be republished anywhere, as long as people know where it came from (Wikipedia/you).
Do you have another question? Rusty 🐈 03:02, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

MAD

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So you're saying that you are on Facebook and insta oh and p.s. i though you were different from my last mentor but you're just as messed up as he is. I don't have a phone or a tablet, i've got a stinkin kindle. oh Did i also tell you i have no friends ether and when i sign up for this crap it said that i can ask for you to be my friend but you are a brat Aquaphina13 (talk) 03:15, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Aquaphina13: I don't use Facebook or Instagram, I was simply giving examples of social media.
I'd like to know more about this previous mentor you're talking about. And what do you mean that it said you could ask me to be your friend? Rusty 🐈 03:48, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

hi

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Hi rusty I'm so sorry for that message that was my drunk sister but i've got a question for you. So if i wanted to talk to someone do i always have to make a subject? thank you Aquaphina13 (talk) 20:05, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

On a talk page? I'm not sure what features are available to you on the Kindle browser (what your supposed sister said above), but on Kindle there might be a "reply" button that lets you reply to a message. (At least, there should be) Rusty 🐈 20:11, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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September 2024 at Women in Red

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Question from Quirek the Bird (21:10, 29 August 2024)

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Hello! How can I generate my own wiki page? --Quirek the Bird (talk) 21:10, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Quirek the Bird: Hello! Welcome to Wikipedia. Sorry, but I'm afraid that that's not possible. Wikipedia is not meant for ordinary people. In all of the articles we have about people, those people have at least won a really famous award or at least been in a well-known newspaper.
But if you intend to improve existing Wikipedia article, you may to provide basic information about yourself so your fellow editors get to know you!
Rusty 🐈 23:40, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oh... I must have miscommunicated. I don't plan on making a page for *myself* (that is, while I am still insignificant) but rather, can I make a new wiki page on a different topic, like a charity? 2600:1007:A011:970:1653:8F9A:5201:8B9E (talk) 00:07, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Quirek the Bird: Certainly. A draft article can be started through a process known as Articles for Creation. Generally, a subject is eligible for its own article when independent sources write about it in-depth (for example, a news article discussing the charity's efforts).
See our General notability guideline and Organizations notability guideline for more in-depth information. Rusty 🐈 03:22, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – September 2024

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News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2024).

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The Signpost: 4 September 2024

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I'm sorry--I don't understand what you were doing there. Drmies (talk) 15:55, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Drmies: Yesterday, after seeing this talk page, I stumbled upon the AN thread Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Archive238#Unblock_requests_being_handled_by_non-administrators. From my understanding of some of that thread's opinions, along with WP:NAC, non-administrators may close discussions, extending to unblock requests, where they are uninvolved, if they have the permissions to perform the action. No action was necessary since it was a decline, and wasn't even a real unblock request.
However, if policy or general consensus differs from what I am saying, please let me know, preferably with a link to relevant thread(s) so I can learn from this experience. Thank you! Rusty 🐈 21:41, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm interesting--but it seems to me you've turned around the idea that "[things] require that any sincere unblock request be reviewed by someone who has the technical ability to grant the request" (28bytes, correct me if I'm wrong)--you would need to technical ability to grant the request. That there is no technical ability necessary to deny the request does not mean that someone without that ability is free to deny it, no matter how crappy the request is, and how obvious that any one in their right mind would deny it. User:Bbb23, you have thoughts on this? It's the first time I ever heard of it. Drmies (talk) 22:05, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Non-admins cannot decline unblock requests.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:49, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Drmies: What about the "...and of course revert obvious abuse or vandalism that happens to include (or be included in) an unblock template" part? That isn't the same thing as declining, but it's similar.
Also, the user who started the discussion stated that they had "seen an increasing number [of non-admins] handling [unblock requests]."
I'd also like to add that I have no intention to continue handling unblock requests routinely: My work on-wiki mainly involves helping when I see something that might need my help. Rusty 🐈 22:15, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, yeah, I suppose I see your point there. Thing is, we have gotten so careful with so many things (like, there's a hesitancy I sense in the way editors are handling drafts, rather than nominating or obliterating obvious crap and promotion) that I'm not sure it's obvious to everyone what "obvious abuse or vandalism" means anymore, esp. in an unblock request. I think what caught me off-guard is, well, first of all, I've never seen a non-admin handle one, and second, you declined it, rather than for instance just rolling it back. Does that make sense? Ha or you can just run for admin! Drmies (talk) 23:22, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Nojboj (22:22, 4 September 2024)

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Hello Rusty, do you mind giving me any information for German Infoboxes, specifically for people. I am looking for a fit that would match George Finey. Thank you in advance. --Nojboj (talk) 22:22, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Nojboj: If you're looking for infoboxes on the German-language Wikipedia, I unfortunately am unable to help you. Each Wikipedia language edition is completely independent of each other, and thus one thing on one language edition may not be the same on another. Moreover, I don't speak German. However, the German Wikipedia may have a similar program to the mentor program on the English Wikipedia. You may find a better response there. Rusty 🐈 22:58, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your help. I have another assistance you may be able to help me with. The Death Records of Nellie Phoebe Murray. I can't currently sign in to see those records. If you could assist me with her Death date, that would be greatly appreciated. Thank you Rusty, and I'll look into German Wikipedia. Nojboj (talk) 23:19, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Nojboj: Once you have 500 edits and your account is 6 months old, you will be able to access Ancestry.com through a partnership with Wikipedia called The Wikipedia Library. Rusty 🐈 03:31, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Alright. Nojboj (talk) 10:15, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from EyoAkiba (10:07, 8 September 2024)

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Hello --EyoAkiba (talk) 10:07, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@EyoAkiba: Hi! Do you have a question about Wikipedia? Rusty 🐈 14:02, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Question from Vasco Kgomotso Moropa (17:24, 14 September 2024)

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How can one pass in the SCIENCE STREAM --Vasco Kgomotso Moropa (talk) 17:24, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Vasco Kgomotso Moropa: I'm not sure what you're talking about. Can you clarify? Rusty 🐈 17:32, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
how can one manage activities and be able to cope in the SCIENCE STREAM Vasco Kgomotso Moropa (talk) 06:41, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Vasco Kgomotso Moropa: I don't know what Science Stream is. As this system is mostly for questions related to Wikipedia, you may get a better response posting elsewhere. Rusty 🐈 13:47, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Test edits in draft space

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Hi there, I see you've been tagging some drafts with WP:G2 - there's no need to do this, since a draft that has been untouched for six months will be deleted according to WP:G13 at the end of six months. -- asilvering (talk) 20:31, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@asilvering: Alright, thanks for letting me know! I already knew that but I had been seeing that some admins would actually delete the drafts I tagged for G2, so I thought it was probably okay. Rusty 🐈 16:14, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Think of it like this: when you tag something for speedy deletion, you're telling admins to grab their mop and bucket and come clean this one particular spot on the floor. If I've already been called out to this one specific spot, I might think "well, alright, it's true that there is some dirt on this one specific spot, I may as well," and mop it up. But there's also going to be another janitor who comes by at the end of the day with one of those giant rectangular mops, and they're going to check real quick for anything that shouldn't be on the floor, and then they're going to mop the whole thing whether that first janitor got that one spot earlier or not. -- asilvering (talk) 17:59, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Asilvering: Ah, makes sense. I never thought about G13 that way! Rusty 🐈 13:59, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Question from Ficinisti (14:45, 20 September 2024)

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I wish to add an update under 'Meaning' (a painting) The picture is on Wikicommons. I need to use a detail of it. Am I allowed to do this? --Ficinisti (talk) 14:46, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Ficinisti: You can use any image from Wikimedia Commons in a Wikipedia article, and upload images to Wikimedia Commons too. Rusty 🐈 14:48, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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