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WikiProject Scouting Newsletter: May 2024[edit]

WikiProject Scouting | May 2024


Notes for May:

Some important articles that need help: The Scout Association, NAYLE, Philmont Training Center, BSA Leadership Training, COPE

Other ways to participate:

--evrik (talk) May 22, 2024

Question from Haitamhaitam0001 (23:28, 22 June 2024)[edit]

Hello! I would like to know how I could make a private page article that only I can see and save changes to until I submit a request for it to be added to the main page. --Haitamhaitam0001 (talk) 23:28, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Haitamhaitam0001: Hi there! I suggest following the directions in Help:Your first article. While a page in your personal sandbox or a draft article are visible to everyone, they won't be indexed by search engines. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 23:47, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the quick answer! Haitamhaitam0001 (talk) 11:42, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Haitamhaitam0001 (15:39, 26 June 2024)[edit]

Hello! I would like to know which of the following processes will make my "main page" submission be read faster:

- Article Wizard - Userpage --Haitamhaitam0001 (talk) 15:39, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Haitamhaitam0001: Hi there! I'm presuming that you want to submit a new article, and not a change to Wikipedia's Main page. I suggest following the directions in Help:Your first article to have your submission read through the Wikipedia:Articles for creation process. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 16:10, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from GemStar4071 (16:43, 27 June 2024)[edit]

how to make a new Wikipedia post? --GemStar4071 (talk) 16:43, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@GemStar4071 Hi there! I presume you're asking how to create a new Wikipedia article. Creating a new Wikipedia article can be quite challenging, especially if you do not have a lot of experience editing existing Wikipedia articles. To learn how to edit, I suggest you start at Help:Introduction, and then spend a significant amount of time editing existing articles to hone your skills. Once you're ready to create an article, you would gather multiple independent reliable sources that have provided significant coverage of the subject, and determine whether it meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, called "notability". If so, you could follow the instructions at Help:Your first article and summarize what the sources have published, and be prepared for a process that may include waiting for review, declines, and rewrites before an article is accepted. Hope this helps, and happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 19:30, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Haitamhaitam0001 (20:55, 28 June 2024)[edit]

Hello! I would like to know how I can check an image's copyright level before uploading said image to Wikipedia. I have tried to find a database that allows me to see the copyright of an image but to not avail. --Haitamhaitam0001 (talk) 20:55, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Haitamhaitam0001: Hi again! Wikipedia:Uploading images has some good information, including "Most images you might find on the Internet are copyrighted and not appropriate for uploading to Wikipedia. If you did not create the image, or if you are unable or unwilling to verify its copyright status, do not upload the image." Would you like to share information about the image? GoingBatty (talk) 21:15, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Yungdab (01:06, 29 June 2024)[edit]

Hi mentor! I just made a few corrections to a chart on a page, and accidentally submitted them without properly explaining what exactly I changed... I did not expect my enter key to automatically publish my edit, whoopsie! Is there some way I can edit my edit to add the details? Or should I not be too worried about this? Thank you!!! :] --Yungdab (talk) 01:06, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Yungdab: Hi there! We've all accidentally published an edit without finishing the edit summary. Unfortunately, there isn't a way to change the edit summary later. In this edit I think your partial edit summary will give readers enough to understand your intent. Help:Edit summary#Fixing suggests "If you make an important omission or error in an edit summary, you can correct this by making a dummy edit (a change in the page with no visible effects), and adding further information in the dummy edit's summary." Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 03:20, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

help request[edit]

hello, can you go over this article? Social work

URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_work

i would like to nominate for GA RJJ4y7 (talk) 20:08, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@RJJ4y7:  Done, but more needs to be done by those with access to the actual work being referenced. Good luck with your nomination! GoingBatty (talk) 21:54, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
thank you for your time and effort.RJJ4y7 (talk) 14:20, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Guidance[edit]

Hi, saw your comments. I'm new here. How to bring redirect articles to active forum? How to revert automatically not manually? The incorrect edits Please provide me reference or guidelines on this. SakuraSmart (talk) 17:24, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@SakuraSmart: Hi there! I'm not sure I understand your questions. Where did you see my comments? Could you please give me an example of a "redirect article" that you want to bring to the "active forum"? There are some bots that revert vandalism automatically. You could ask the bot owners how they work. GoingBatty (talk) 17:40, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I was reading Discography of Vachirawit, you mentioned post review that topic Adolescent is redirect. Thus, what are procedure policy to make it normal Wiki page SakuraSmart (talk) 07:49, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from No1Senster (13:25, 3 July 2024)[edit]

Hi, I tried to edit the PVD page yesterday (19 hours ago) but now I am unable to see the reflection of that edit on Wikipedia. Why so? --No1Senster (talk) 13:25, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@No1Senster: Hi there! According to your contributions, I see you're referring to the Physical vapor deposition article. Note that your contributions show that your edit was reverted, which means it was undone. Looking at the history of the article, we can see who reverted your edit and when, and see that they gave the reason for the reversion as "Thank you for the good faith edit. This has no sources and is not written to Wikipedia's requirements. removing for now."
Reversions are a common part of the Wikipedia experience. Per the Wikipedia:BOLD, revert, discuss cycle page, you may wish to discuss your desired addition at the article's talk page: Talk:Physical vapor deposition. I see your edit does include some sources, but they're listed as external links instead of references. You may enjoy watching the video at WP:EASYREFBEGIN to learn how to create proper references. I also added a welcome message to your talk page with links to other helpful materials.
Don't let the reversion dissuade you from further editing. Wikipedia is a collaborative environment, and sometimes takes discussion with other editors to come up with consensus on what should be included in an article. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 18:47, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, that helps a lot. Thankyou GoingBatty No1Senster (talk) 18:50, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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