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Question from Jaredryandloneria (14:57, 29 October 2025)

Why Wikipedia is don't allow copyright pictures --Jaredryandloneria (talk) 14:57, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jaredryandloneria: Hello and welcome to Wikipedia! The short answer is that it can cause legal issues if we take work that isn't our own. There might be some answers to your questions at Wikipedia:FAQ/Copyright. If there's anything specific in there that you need more information on, let me know and I'd be happy to clarify! ‍Relativity ⚡️ 02:04, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Question from عبدالخير يعقوب عبدالخير عبدالرحمن (06:56, 1 November 2025)

نحن في السودان محتاج مساعدة --عبدالخير يعقوب عبدالخير عبدالرحمن (talk) 06:56, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Faizan Asghar58 (08:28, 1 November 2025)

Hello relativity, I try to add images on articles but I can't reach the site. I don't know if it's because where I live or if there is some other problem. --Faizan Asghar58 (talk) 08:28, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Faizan Asghar58: Welcome to Wikipedia! I'm not quite sure what you're asking; what's the "site" you're referring to? ‍Relativity ⚡️ 02:04, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Commons is the "site". Faizan Asghar58 (talk) 08:11, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

November article improvement drive

Starting on 1 November, the month-long 2025 Article Improvement Drive will target a number of content improvement areas and backlogs. Participating editors will be in line for barnstars and other awards; articles from all aspects of the project will be eligible so there will be something for everybody. Interested editors are encouraged to sign up now! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:18, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WikiCup 2025 November newsletter

The 2025 WikiCup has come to an end. Our top scorers, based on the tournament point rankings (which can be seen here), are:

BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,604 tournament points, will receive the 1st place award.
Gog the Mild (submissions) with 1,075 tournament points, will receive the 2nd place award.
Arconning (submissions) with 860 tournament points, will receive the 3rd place award.
History6042 (submissions) with 804 tournament points
Sammi Brie (submissions) with 635 tournament points
TheDoctorWho (submissions) with 386 tournament points
AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) with 373 tournament points
Thebiguglyalien (submissions) with 362 tournament points

Our high scorers in the final round were:

BeanieFan11 (submissions) with 1,035 round points, mostly from 19 good articles and 21 did you know articles about athletes
vigilantcosmicpenguin (submissions) with 819 round points, mostly from 13 good articles and 11 did you know articles about a wide range of topics from abortion topics to African cities
TheNuggeteer (submissions) with 508 round points from 9 good articles, 4 good topic articles and 6 did you know articles mainly about Philippines topics, along with 19 good article reviews

The final round was very productive, and contestants had 2 featured articles, 4 featured lists, 106 good articles, 5 good topic articles, 178 article reviews, 76 did you know articles, and 9 in the news articles. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!

The top eight scorers will receive awards shortly. The following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. These prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field during the competition.

Gog the Mild (submissions) wins the featured article prize, with 12 featured articles total, and the featured topic prize, with 9 featured topic articles in total
Hey man im josh (submissions) wins the featured list prize, with 10 featured lists total
AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) wins the featured picture prize, submitting the only featured picture in the entire contest during round 3
History6042 (submissions) wins the featured content reviewer prize, with 127 featured content reviews. He will also share the ITN prize, with 20 in the news articles in total.
BeanieFan11 (submissions) wins the good article prize, with 100 good articles total, and the DYK prize, with 147 did you know articles in total. He will also share the ITN prize, with 20 in the news articles in total.
TheDoctorWho (submissions) wins the good topic prize, with 16 good topic entries in total
Arconning (submissions) wins the good article reviewer prize, with 68 good article reviews in total

A special mention also goes to these users who scored the highest in a particular category in a single round:

Sammi Brie (submissions), with 27 good articles in round 3, and 45 good article reviews in round 1
Tails Wx (submissions), with 10 in the news articles in round 3

Next year's competition will begin on 1 January. You are invited to sign up to participate. The WikiCup is open to all Wikipedians, both novices and experienced editors, and we hope to see you all in the 2026 competition. Until then, it only remains to once again congratulate our worthy winners, and thank all participants for their involvement!

On behalf of the judges, Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs · email), Epicgenius (talk · contribs · email), Frostly (talk · contribs · email), Guerillero (talk · contribs · email) and Lee Vilenski (talk · contribs · email):

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Question from Habib552 (12:58, 3 November 2025)

Hello,

I hope you are all well.

How can I submit articles to wikipedia?

Thankyou --Habib552 (talk) 12:58, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Habib552 and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for being willing to jump into creating a Wikipedia article. It may be tricky for you to start editing by creating an article, because creating articles on Wikipedia are very difficult. There are many technical aspects to Wikipedia that take a lot of learning, but some of the tasks at the Task Center can help you learn those things. For example, all subjects of Wikipedia articles must pass our notability guideline. If you're still interested in creating an article on something, the instructions at Help:Your first article are very informative; if you're confused with something specific there, I'd be happy to explain if you point it out to me. Cheers and happy editing! ‍Relativity ⚡️ 02:01, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Definiterana (20:29, 3 November 2025)

Add my bio on wikimedia --Definiterana (talk) 20:29, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Administrators' newsletter – November 2025

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

Administrator changes

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Guideline and policy news

The speedy deletion criteria U5 has been repealed, with U6 and U7 replacing it. See the FAQ for more clarifications.
Community-designated contentious topics may now be enforced and appealed at the arbitration enforcement noticeboard (AE) as a result of an RfC.

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Arbitration

The arbitration case Transgender healthcare and people has been closed
- Uninvolved administrators may impose an AE participation restriction on any thread at the Arbitration Enforcement noticeboard.

Miscellaneous

An unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in November 2025 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with {{Unreferenced}}. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. Sign up to participate!

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Question from Awaludinvibez (21:55, 4 November 2025)

Hello I'm an artist and I want to know how to edit my account so that anyone that search my name will see me and my picture with more information about me --Awaludinvibez (talk) 21:55, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Rafe Rackstraw (23:47, 4 November 2025)

I would like to update 3 pages: the first is the List_of_Taft_School_alumni page. adding 2 entries to people who already have Wikipedia pages. This involves creating links in each of the new entries. One is just adding an American educator and author to the Academics section. Alfred Randall Collins ’59, Professor of Sociology, author linking to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randall_Collins

The second could go in the Government officials section but all existing entries are "American" Government officials. This person (now deceased) was the vice president of the Dominican Republic.

Jacinto Peynado Garrigosa ’59, Vice President of the Dominican Republic linking to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacinto_Peynado_Garrigosa

Each of the target pages should have an edit to identify Taft as their prep school. Collins' page just vaguely says "New England prep school" and Peynado's is silent about his education.

Before I undertake these edits, can you assist me in the link creation process? --Rafe Rackstraw (talk) 23:47, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Rafe Rackstraw: Hello and welcome to Wikipedia! Before you add any links, are there any reliable, published sources that say specifically that both of these people went to Taft? If you find a reliable source for that, you should add the information (with the source) that they went to Taft to their articles before adding them to the list. If there is no published, reliable source that exists for that information, you shouldn't add it because it would be difficult to verify that it's true.

Creating the links shouldn't be too hard. Just put each person's name inside of double brackets ([[ ]]) For example, to link to Randall Collins, you would write [[Randall Collins]] to get Randall Collins. Hope that helps. ‍Relativity ⚡️ 00:08, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As to "published" sources, the 1959 Taft School yearbook has a short biography on each - Collins on page 47 and Peynado on page 83. Peynado did not use his mother's appended surname (Garrigosa) while at Taft. He was "Jacinto Bienvenido Peynado".

You did not address the implied "American" nature of the Government officials section. Rafe Rackstraw (talk) 00:17, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from D2omr (03:14, 5 November 2025)

Ok I’m very new to my account i used to have an old acc called conquest man and i still don’t know how to make web pages on wiki pedia --D2omr (talk) 03:14, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Sanemero57 (15:09, 6 November 2025)

Hey there, you're apparently my assigned mentor. Question, how do I find articles I can easily make corrections on? --Sanemero the Robot Prince (not really, it's a Gloryhammer reference) 15:09, 6 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]