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Question from Ayesha Basheer (12:11, 1 July 2026)
[edit]Hi Rosiestep,
I hope you're doing well.
Thank you again for all the guidance you've shared over the past few weeks. Your advice to "work on things that give you joy" has stayed with me, and I've continued contributing while learning Wikipedia's standards through copyediting, sourcing, maintenance work, and article improvements.
I've realised that I'd like to make Montessori education my long-term area of contribution. Professionally, I am a Montessori educator, and I'd love to help improve Wikipedia's coverage of Montessori philosophy, pedagogy, parenting, and notable educators, always in accordance with Wikipedia's policies on neutrality, verifiability, reliable sourcing, and notability.
Before I move in that direction, I was hoping to ask for your guidance on a few things:
Conflict of interest: I recently joined the Indian Montessori Foundation (IMF), a non-profit organisation, as a volunteer in an unpaid role. Should I disclose this relationship somewhere, and if so, where? Given this association, are there topics or articles that I should avoid editing directly?
Editing within my area of expertise: Since Montessori education is my professional field, are there any best practices or common pitfalls I should keep in mind when contributing to related articles? I want to ensure my contributions remain fully aligned with Wikipedia's expectations for neutrality and sourcing.
Draft reviews: Once I prepare a draft for a new article, is it appropriate to ask an experienced editor for informal feedback before submitting it through Articles for Creation? If so, and if you ever have the time, would you be willing to take a quick look at one? I completely understand if your schedule doesn't allow it.
Thank you again for your encouragement and for taking the time to mentor new editors like me. I really appreciate it.
Best regards,
Ayesha Basheer --Ayesha Basheer (talk) 12:11, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
- Hi Ayesha Basheer. It's nice to hear from you again. Certainly Wikipdia will benefit from your contributions regarding Montessori.
- Conflict of interest: Start by reading the policy page here. If you edit articles about Montessori education in general, do disclose on your userpage (this is your userpage: User:Ayesha Basheer) that you have a professional background in this field. If you edit articles within the scope of "Montessori education in India", then also disclose your affiliation with IMF.
- Editing articles within the scope of Montessori education: The best place for asking questions, receiving guidance and feedback, etc. for articles within a specific scope is at the WikiProject that serves that area. In this case, it would be WP:WikiProject Education and/or Wikipedia:WikiProject Education in India. You don't have to join a WikiProject to participate on their talkpages (Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Education; Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Education in India). (FYI, here is the Directory of all WikiProjects).
- Draft reviews: Yes, okay to ask an experienced editor for informal feedback before submitting through AfC, but it wouldn't be me. Commonly, this is done on the talkpage of the WikiProject within the scope of the article. First, though, review other articles within the category of the article you are creating to understand what is considered acceptable/appropriate for the article you wish to create. For example: Category:Montessori education, Category:Philosophy of education, Category:Pedagogy, Category:Parenting, Category:Educators, Category:Montessori teachers.
- Routine words of caution to new editors: In March of this year, English Wikipedia created a policy regarding writing articles with large language models. In a nutshell: it's prohibited; ditto on talkpages. --Rosiestep (talk) 13:18, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
Question from Ayesha Basheer (18:43, 23 July 2026)
[edit]Hi Rosiestep,
I wanted to ask for your guidance regarding my recent Montessori edits.
You may have seen that several of my Montessori-related edits were reverted with the summary "rv to pre-AI version per WP:NOLLM". I realise now that simply disclosing my professional background and IMF affiliation wasn't enough, and I'd like to understand what I should do differently.
Am I still allowed to edit Montessori-related articles at all? Going forward, would you recommend that I use {{edit COI}} requests for all of them rather than editing directly? And should I resubmit the reverted content through edit requests, or leave those edits behind for now and focus on unrelated editing first? How do I go about this?
I should also mention that, in some earlier edits, I used AI to help improve grammar and sentence structure. Having now read the policy and received feedback, I understand that wasn't appropriate for article content. I've stopped doing that and will ensure all future edits are written by me directly from the sources.
Thank you for your guidance. --Ayesha Basheer (talk) 18:43, 23 July 2026 (UTC)
- Hi Ayesha Basheer. You can continue editing that category of articles, including the articles that you edited previously and had your edit(s) reverted ... just don't use AI-generated content. Apparently, that was the issue with your edits -the use of AI- not conflict of interest. --Rosiestep (talk) 18:47, 23 July 2026 (UTC)
July music
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Do you have a favourite in the musical offering of 25 June? My latest cat, of yesterday evening, first just a pair of eyes and one ear between the spruce twigs. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:32, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
- Gerda Arendt, Haven't had the time to listen to any of those offerings as I'm swamped with Wikimania poster reviews. Perfect photo of a lovely cat. --Rosiestep (talk) 17:01, 2 July 2026 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – July 2026
[edit]News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2026).
Administrator changes
CheckUser changes
Oversight changes
Guideline and policy news
- A request for comment asks whether the criteria for autoconfirmed and extended confirmed should be modified.
- A request for comment proposes an addendum for the Real name section of the Username policy.
Technical news
- The special page Special:RangeCalculator has been created for any users to use to find an IP range. (phab:T268429)
- The "indefinitely" button in Special:Block for temporary accounts can be replaced with a preferred block duration stated on MediaWiki:ipb-indefinite-expiry-temporary-account. (phab:T427125)
Arbitration
- Following a series of motions, changes to the contentious topics procedure to restructure awareness have been implemented.
- The arbitration case Michael Jackson has been closed.
Miscellaneous
- The 2026 Developing Countries WikiContest will run from 1 July to 30 September. Sign up now!
- 10 candidates have been appointed to the U4C.
Question from Roland-Etienne Hoovespierre (12:45, 3 July 2026)
[edit]Hey: I just joined because I wanted to start contributing to pages on history and scientific studies, but I also wanted to know if there was a threshold for notability for some things: I've noticed that some bands I like have stubby or non-existent pages, and I understand that not every small act playing clubs is worthy of an article, but I wanted to know if there was a metric like monthly streaming listens or something to judge that more definitively Thank you! --Roland-Etienne Hoovespierre (talk) 12:45, 3 July 2026 (UTC)
- Hi Roland-Etienne Hoovespierre and welcome to Wikipedia. I am so happy that you want to start contributing to pages on history and scientific studies! Wikipedia needs more of that, for sure.
- Regarding notability: Wikipedia has many notability policies, depending on the subject. Here is the list. Specifically regarding bands, here is the information on how to judge if the band (or other music subject) is worthy of a Wikipedia article.
- If you have a close connection to the band or one of its members, also familiarize yourself with this policy regarding conflict of interest.
- If someone has offered to pay you to create a new or edit an existing article about the band (or any other topic), here is the info regarding paid editing disclosure.
- If you are considering writing a biography about a living musician and/or member of a band, here is the information about biographies of living people.
- If you are a musician and/or member of a band, and are considering creating an article about yourself, here is the information about autobiographies.
- If you are creating a new article, do it here: User:Roland-Etienne Hoovespierre/sandbox.
- To understand how to structure your new article, what types of references are okay, etc., review other articles within its category, e.g., Category:Canadian musical groups.
- If you want an experienced editor to give you informal feedback before submitting your article for formal review, seek it from the WikiProject within the scope of the article, e.g. WP:WikiProject Rock music.
- When you are ready to have your article to go through the mandatory formal review, follow these instructions.
- Routine words of caution to new editors: In March of this year, English Wikipedia created a policy regarding writing articles with large language models. In a nutshell: it's prohibited; ditto on talkpages.
- To help you along with editing, I left a message on your talkpage with tutorial links and basic editing tips. --Rosiestep (talk) 19:08, 3 July 2026 (UTC)
You're invited to the Mentorship noticeboard
[edit]Hi, Rosie. You are cordially invited to the brand new Wikipedia:Mentorship noticeboard. I get the impression sometimes that we mentors are each toiling in our own cubbyhole or hamster wheel, quietly answering mentee questions with little to no interaction with other mentors. I think we have a lot to share and learn from each other, and I know it will make me feel better just having the opportunity to interact with you and other mentors there, and I hope it will for you, too. Please take the § Survey when you get there. Do we need an extra survey question about women either as mentees, or as mentors, I wonder? Looking forward to hearing your feedback. Mathglot (talk) 00:55, 5 July 2026 (UTC)
Question from Hihellolittleberyl (08:08, 5 July 2026)
[edit]hi rosie,can u tell me improvements based on some of my last edits --Hihellolittleberyl (talk) 08:08, 5 July 2026 (UTC)
- Hi Hihellolittleberyl and welcome to Wikipedia!
- I reviewed your edits and they are all helpful. Thanks for that!
- Suggestion: for routine types of edits, short Edit Summaries are okay (and make things easier for you). For example, instead of
grammatical mistakes,keep under watch for some time and change grammar
, this is sufficient,gr
. Here is a list of some Edit Summaries that Wikipedians use over and over and over again. - If you enjoy doing certain types of repetitive edits, take a look at the articles within this: Category:Clean-up categories. Wikipedia will benefit from any of the fixes you make. But don't feel like you have to. Do what gives you joy. P.S. When I was a new editor, I was gobsmacked by the number of articles which were missing a comma after a date, e.g.,
In 1492 he ...
instead ofIn 1492, he ...
, so I spent weeks googling for those with the missing comma and adding it. - Routine message to all new editors: In March of this year, English Wikipedia created a policy regarding AI-generated content. In a nutshell: don't use an LLM to add content to Wikipedia or to write on talkpages.
- To help you along with editing, I left a message on your talkpage with tutorial links and basic editing tips.
- Stop by anytime with your next question. --Rosiestep (talk) 15:28, 5 July 2026 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar |
| Keep up the good work! Thanks for posting the non-paywalled version of the New York Times article about Wikipedia. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 16:45, 6 July 2026 (UTC) |
- Thanks, User:7&6=thirteen! --Rosiestep (talk) 20:13, 6 July 2026 (UTC)
New image - MGM
[edit]Please note, Rosie, that in connection with your poster we now have a new image for Marianne Grunberg-Manago.--Ipigott (talk) 13:20, 7 July 2026 (UTC)
- Hi Ian - Yay :) and dang :( !
- Yay: so happy that the article now has a photo.
- Dang: the posters were sent to the printers yesterday so Marianne's photo will be missing.
- Although -let me think about it... this might work- I could print MGM's photo, crop it so that it's the size of the others, and tape it to the poster, perhaps cockeyed so that it's clearly an add-on. It would demonstrate how it's never to late to add photos to Wikipedia articles in general, women's biographies in particular. Thoughts? --Rosiestep (talk) 13:30, 7 July 2026 (UTC)
Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2026 Issue 12
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Highlights
- Wikipedia 25: Wikipedia's 25th birthday was celebrated with various projects designed to grow awareness and support for Wikipedia and the people who make it possible. This includes the virtual birthday event on January 15, which garnered 10,000 live viewers and 15,000 reactions. Find more details on all related projects and results in the program report.
- Sustainable use of Wikimedia infrastructure: A valid user-agent string will now be required for automated dumps downloads from the dumps.wikimedia.org website. Automated requests that provide a generic or empty user-agent will be blocked. This extends enforcement of the long standing user-agent policy. Access to dumps through Wikimedia Cloud Services will not change.
- Increasing account creation: The experiment providing direct access to “Create account” and “Log in” actions on mobile increased account creation by about 20% without negatively affecting edit quality. The feature will now be rolled out to all wikis on mobile web.
Annual Goals Progress on Engage
See also: Growth · Product Safety and Integrity · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · The Wikipedia Library · list of movement events · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia
- Add A Link: The Foundation deployed Add A Link as a default-on suggestion within Suggestion Mode. It is now launched on all wikis to all editors who have opted in to the Suggestion Beta Feature.
- Reusing references: Sub-referencing, the new MediaWiki feature that allows editors to reuse references with different details, was deployed to most small and medium-sized Wikipedia language versions.
- Wikifunctions: Check out the 71 new functions with implementations to get a taste of what functions have been created.
- Range calculator: The special page Special:RangeCalculator has been created. It allows users to find an IP range without needing to rely on external tools. Until now, this tool was only available to CheckUsers.
- Captcha verification: Abuse filters that are set to “require CAPTCHA verification” now also affect users with the
skipcaptcharight, which includes most autoconfirmed users. Bots are exempted. This change only affects edits that trigger an abuse filter. - Latest experiments: An upcoming experiment is testing two variations of a "thank you" badge shown to donors after a recent donation to deepen the relationship between donors and the Wikimedia movement. See all live, upcoming, and completed experiments in Product & Technology.
- Account security on private wikis: Two-factor authentication will become mandatory for user accounts on private wikis. This will protect private information from being exposed by an account with a compromised password.
- Tech News: The latest highlights from Tech News week 26 and 27 include users will now get a notification when they are blocked or unblocked from editing, or if this block changes. See also the 65 community submitted tasks that were resolved over the last two weeks.
- Team Challenges: The core organizing team for Wikimania is introducing Team Challenges, a different approach to Wikimania Hackathon. This year, Wikimedians and professionals from other fields will join forces to undertake one of the 2026 technical challenges.
Annual Goals Progress on Enable
See also: Research newsletter · WikiLearn News · other newsletters on MediaWiki.org
- Wikimedia Hackathon: A look at the 2026 edition of Wikimedia Hackathon which brought together 216 participants from 29 countries building, collaborating, and shaping the future together.
- Wikimedia Hubs: The Hub Fund will pause funding for new pilots in fiscal year 2026–2027 to align with the work on the Ecosystem of Movement Organizations and the Global Resource Distribution Committee. Existing pilots in transition will be offered an additional year of funding.
Annual Goals Progress on Protect
See also: Global Advocacy blog · Global Advocacy Newsletter · Policy blog
- Open Knowledge And Digital Rights: Wikimedians shared their reflections on how Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum reinforced the role of our movement within broader digital rights conversations.
Annual Goals Progress on Reach
See also: Wikimedia Apps · Readers
- Journalism Award: Wikimedia Foundation announced three journalists from Africa as recipients of the Open the Knowledge Journalism Awards, run in partnership with the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ). The awards celebrate the essential role journalists play in creating well-researched articles that volunteer editors can use as source materials to develop content on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. In total, 320 submissions were received from 40 African countries.
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Question from Bloomalmira (13:16, 8 July 2026)
[edit]Hello, I would like to upload an article for approval by the wikepedia editors. how do i do this? --Bloomalmira (talk) 13:16, 8 July 2026 (UTC)
- Hi Bloomalmira and welcome to Wikipedia. Here is the info regarding your first new article.
- Routine message to all new editors: In March of this year, English Wikipedia created a policy regarding AI-generated content. In a nutshell: don't use an LLM to add content to Wikipedia or to write on talkpages.
- To help you along with editing, I also left a message on your talkpage with tutorial links and basic editing tips.
- Stop by anytime with your next question. --Rosiestep (talk) 13:25, 8 July 2026 (UTC)
Siege of Shiraz
[edit]Bare link fixed on Siege of Shiraz Arielsigurmundur (talk) 13:33, 9 July 2026 (UTC)
- Great! Thanks, Arielsigurmundur. --Rosiestep (talk) 15:26, 9 July 2026 (UTC)
Question from Yolanda malinga on Coquenia (17:44, 9 July 2026)
[edit]- Note: Yolanda malinga's mentor ArkadenBoden is away.
Hello
what's pollution --Yolanda malinga (talk) 17:44, 9 July 2026 (UTC)
- Hi Yolanda malinga and welcome to Wikipedia.
- I am a mentor for new Wikipedia editors. So, I am available to answer questions regarding "how to edit Wikipedia".
- That said, Wikipedia has an article about pollution; check it out.
- To help you along with editing Wikipedia, I left a message on your talkpage with tutorial links and basic editing tips. --Rosiestep (talk) 21:26, 9 July 2026 (UTC)
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- And the result of the AfD discussion was: Keep. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:33, 22 July 2026 (UTC)
Question from Saravo2348773 on Wikipedia:Contact us (09:37, 12 July 2026)
[edit]https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia_User_Name.webm --Saravo2348773 (talk) 09:37, 12 July 2026 (UTC)
- Hi Saravo2348773 and welcome to Wikpedia.
- You provided a link to "contact us" (which refers to the Wikimedia foundation, the non-profit organization) and a link to a video title "Wikipedia User Name". But no questions. So I will try to guess why you are contacting me.
- First, let me clarify who I am: I am a volunteer Wikipedia editor and my role as a mentor is to help new editors who have questions regarding "how to edit Wikipedia".
- If you are inquiring about how to contact the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization, the link you provided to "Contact us", provides various options depending on whom you'd like to connect with.
- If you are inquiring about how to change your username, take a look at this.
- If you are inquiring about what to put (and not put) on your userpage take a look at this and pay particular attention to this part, which will explain why you need to remove the info that you just put on your userpage.
- To help you along with editing Wikipedia, I left a message on your talkpage with tutorial links and basic editing tips. Plus, be aware that in March of this year, English Wikipedia created a policy regarding AI-generated content (the use of LLMs to generate or rewrite article content is prohibited; ditto to writing on talkpages.)
- Stop by anytime with a question regarding how to edit Wikipedia. --Rosiestep (talk) 14:31, 12 July 2026 (UTC)
Nomination of Rosa Cobo Bedía for deletion
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The article is being discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rosa Cobo Bedía until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may still edit the article, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the AfD notice from the article until the discussion is closed.TechnoESP (talk) 16:15, 12 July 2026 (UTC)
- To close the loop, the Afd was closed with a "Speedy keep" decision. See also: User talk:TechnoESP#AfD without strong rationales. In the meantime, the nominator has been indef blocked at User talk:TechnoESP#July 2026. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:32, 22 July 2026 (UTC)
The Signpost: 13 July 2026
[edit]- News and notes: An exclusive club
Wikipedia Co-Founder Larry Sanger gets a community ban for canvassing.
- In the media: Battle for a soul – who won?
Commissars, winners and losers, blocks or bans, a Wiki red card, social engineering on wikis, and Swift action!
- Opinion: We need to innovate with Wikimedia decision-making
Rules we can actually read, trust and change!
- Recent research: LLMs and NPOV, 20 years of user blocks, Esperanto and Volapük Wikipedias
And other research findings.
- News from Diff: How to host Wikicurious in your own community
The Wikicurious team shares their approach to Wiki-event organizing.
- Community view: CUNY Newmark Wikimedian-in-Residence Quarterly Brief – April to June 2026
Quarterly update on the activities of the City University of New York's Wikimedian-in-Residence, Richard Knipel.
- Special report: Wikipedia escapes Category 1 designation under the UK Online Safety Act – for now
A possible future recategorization by the UK Government remains an existential threat to Wikipedia.
- On the bright side: Fatherhood, weather, and diplomacy
Father's Day, Canada Day, and the 250th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence.
- Op-ed: A Layup Easy Proposal for Wikimedia at 25: Spend 25% of Donations on the Community
If strategy priority 1.1 is supporting the community, can we not increase the support to the community? Increasing grantmaking to 25% of the budget would be a move toward equality in the movement.
- Traffic report: The grass was greener, the light was brighter
We reached the dizzy heights of that dreamed of World Cup.
- Comix: schnozzed
on lollerskates
Question from Krossaunt on Marlo, Missouri (14:37, 14 July 2026)
[edit]Hello, what should I do with this article? --Krossaunt (talk) 14:37, 14 July 2026 (UTC)
- Hi Krossaunt and a belated welcome to Wikipedia!
- That article is what we call a stub so it would be helpful for editors to expand it. Commonly, this includes finding new references and including that information in the article expansion.
- To help you along with editing Wikipedia, I left a message on your talkpage with tutorial links and basic editing tips.
- In addition, I'm informing all new editors that in March 2026, English Wikipedia created a policy regarding AI-generated content: the use of LLMs to generate or rewrite article content is prohibited; ditto to writing on talkpages.
- Stop by anytime with another question regarding how to edit Wikipedia. --Rosiestep (talk) 23:01, 14 July 2026 (UTC)
Question from Official Vijay Bloom (00:42, 15 July 2026)
[edit]how do i delete my account --Official Vijay Bloom (talk) 00:42, 15 July 2026 (UTC)
- Hi Official Vijay Bloom and welcome to Wikipedia. You can't delete your account, but an admin can do it for you; here is how to request it. If you want to change your username (and not delete your account), here is how to request it.
- In case you decide to stick around, I left a message on your talkpage with tutorial links and basic editing tips.
- Hope you decide to stay and contribute to Wikipedia. If you do, and if you have other questions regarding how to edit Wikipedia, feel free to ask here. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:37, 15 July 2026 (UTC)
Question from Saif.a.s.u on Open-source software (17:14, 15 July 2026)
[edit]Hsgu --Saif.a.s.u (talk) 17:14, 15 July 2026 (UTC)
- Hi Saif.a.s.u and welcome to Wikipedia. I don't understand your question; what does
"Hsgu"
mean? - Routine message to all new editors: In March of this year, English Wikipedia created a policy prohibiting AI-generated content (so don't use it in articles or talkpages).
- To help you along with editing, I also left a message on your talkpage with tutorial links and basic editing tips.
- Stop by anytime with your next question. --Rosiestep (talk) 20:15, 15 July 2026 (UTC)
Question from John Pork Esquire (19:49, 15 July 2026)
[edit]For updating photos (e.g., for a politician), what is the best advice/practice? --John Pork Esquire (talk) 19:49, 15 July 2026 (UTC)
- Hi John Pork Esquire and welcome to Wikipedia.
- For updating photos of living people, see these suggestions. Commonly, photos of people (living or dead, no matter the occupation) are 3:2 aspect portrait photos. The quality of the photo itself will dictate whether to use a present-day one vs. one that is 5 years old.
- Avoid: microphone blocking part of the face, glam shot at fringe festival, vacation with family members, dust jacket author photo, "look at me shaking hands with a notable figure", etc.
- Preference: portrait photography pose looking at the camera (crop is okay to achieve this!).
- Exception: live action sports figure is fine.
- If there is an "official" recent-ish politician photo, e.g., with a flag behind them, keep it versus updating with a nice portrait photo you took of the politician during a backyard BBQ.
- Routine message to all new editors: In March of this year, English Wikipedia created a policy prohibiting AI-generated content (so don't use it in articles or talkpages).
- To help you along with editing, I also left a message on your talkpage with tutorial links and basic editing tips.
- Stop by anytime with your next question. --Rosiestep (talk) 20:27, 15 July 2026 (UTC)
how do you create a user draft page? --Brietta89 (talk) 14:43, 16 July 2026 (UTC)
- Hi Brietta89 and welcome to Wikipedia. Here is info regarding "user pages". Here is info regarding "draft pages".
- Routine messages to all new editors:
- In March of this year, English Wikipedia created a policy prohibiting AI-generated content (so don't use it in articles or talkpages).
- To help you along with editing, I left a message on your talkpage with tutorial links and basic editing tips.
- Hope you like it around here. Stop by anytime with your next question(s). --Rosiestep (talk) 14:48, 16 July 2026 (UTC)
Question from Shafi ullah sAbdul satar on Talk:X (social network) (20:21, 16 July 2026)
[edit]For learning --Shafi ullah sAbdul satar (talk) 20:21, 16 July 2026 (UTC)
- Hi Shafi ullah sAbdul satar and welcome to Wikipedia.
- As a mentor, I answer questions from new editors regarding how to editor Wikipedia. Unfortunately, I can't sort out if you are asking me a question regarding how to edit that talkpage. Please try again and be specific.
- Routine messages to all new editors:
- In March of this year, English Wikipedia created a policy prohibiting AI-generated content (so don't use it in articles or talkpages).
- To help you along with editing, I left a message on your talkpage with tutorial links and basic editing tips.
- Hope you like it around here. Stop by anytime with your next question(s). --Rosiestep (talk) 01:29, 17 July 2026 (UTC)
Books & Bytes – Issue 75
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Issue 75, May–June 2026
- New partnerships: The Telegraph, Marg, The Tribune newspapers
- Tech tip: Expired partnerships
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team – 14:43, 17 July 2026 (UTC)
Question from Remsangpuii on Censorship of TikTok (06:36, 18 July 2026)
[edit]Tik tok I can use it now right? --Remsangpuii (talk) 06:36, 18 July 2026 (UTC)
- Hi Remsangpuii and welcome to Wikipedia.
- Are you asking if you can or can't access Tik Tok? If so, I don't know the answer. But I can mentor you on how to edit Wikipedia.
- If you're asking if you can use Tik Tok as a source, the answer is no (and the reason is here).
- Routine messages to all new editors:
- In March of this year, English Wikipedia created a policy prohibiting AI-generated content (so don't use it in articles or talkpages).
- To help you along with editing, I left a message on your talkpage with tutorial links and basic editing tips.
- Hope you like it around here. Stop by anytime with your next question(s) regarding how to edit Wikipedia. --Rosiestep (talk) 09:16, 18 July 2026 (UTC)
Articles for Creation backlog drive
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Hello Rosiestep:
WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive in August!
The goal of this drive is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed drafts to less than a month of outstanding reviews from the current 3+ months. Bonus points will be given for reviewing drafts that have been waiting more than 30 days. The drive is running from 1 August 2026 through 31 August 2026.
You may find Category:AfC pending submissions by age or other categories and sorting helpful.
Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.
There is a backlog of over 5000 pages, so start reviewing drafts. We're looking forward to your help! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:38, 19 July 2026 (UTC)
- If you wish to opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself from the mailing list or alternatively to opt-out of all massmessage mailings, you may add Category:Wikipedians who opt out of message delivery to your user talk page.
Question from Igtal2dmafy on User:GoldRomean/Guestbook (13:47, 19 July 2026)
[edit]Hey RosieStep,
I wanted to sign another user, GoldRomean's guest book but I'm unsure how. The guide says "Other users can sign the guestbook by putting the sharp character (#) and their username, followed by their name and a message. You may also use the sharp character and sign four tildes (Igtal2dmafy (talk) 13:47, 19 July 2026 (UTC)). This will show your signature and the timestamp."
Does this mean simply adding "#Igdal2dmafy <the name that I want to physically appear in the publish I guess?> Hello friend, my name ain't JJ", Under a new list number with suffice? Even in the visual editor?
Also, HouseBlaster seems to have edited Romean's user page. That's a big no-no, right?
- Hi Igtal2dmafy and welcome to Wikipedia. To sign a guestbook, type this:
# ~~~~ Hello friend, my name ain't JJ - Regarding an editor editing another editor's userpager... It's uncommon, but not prohibited.
- To help you along with editing, I left a message on your talkpage with tutorial links and basic editing tips.
- Hope you like it around here and stick around. Stop by anytime with your next question(s). --Rosiestep (talk) 17:08, 21 July 2026 (UTC)
May 2026 Administrator Elections – RFC Phase
[edit]The RFC phase of the May 2026 administrator elections has started. There are 20 RFCs for consideration. You can participate in the RFC phase at Wikipedia:Administrator elections/May 2026/RFC phase.
Any questions or issues can be asked on the election talk page. Thank you for your participation. Happy electing.
Hello! Nice to meet you! I have a question regarding a page I tried to create 4 months ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Roberto_Lazzeri_Monta%C3%B1o
It wasn't generated with AI, but that aside I obviously would need to rework it fully. But before I have another crack at it I was wondering if this individual meets the requirements of notability now that he is the Mexican ambassador to the US. I'd just want to know before I take another crack at that page and not waste my time needlessly. :)
Thank you for your time in advance! --Fl8ksim (talk) 23:30, 20 July 2026 (UTC)
- Hi Fl8ksim and a belated welcome to Wikipedia. I reviewed the page. The short answer is: "it depends". Now that he is the Mexican ambassador to the US, there are probably more references, and including more substantial ones. So he probably does qualify for an article. If the additional references aren't substantial, then, maybe not. IMHO -which is worth nothing- ambassadors are worthy of an article ... but if the media doesn't cover him, then he doesn't get one on EN-WP. Note that
- Note the two edits (and their Edit Summaries) that I made on Draft:Roberto Lazzeri Montaño, and learn from these. The second of my edits translated the Spanish language title of the first ref; you should do the same for all the other titles that are in Spanish language.
- Yes ... the use of AI-writing is highly scrutinized since March 20th when the English Wikipedia created a policy prohibiting AI-generated content. If you re-do the article, make small incremental edits which demonstrate that the wording is only yours and not AI-generated.
- Also, as no one else seems to have done so earlier, I left a message on your talkpage with tutorial links and basic editing tips.
- Hope you like it around here and continue editing. Stop by anytime with your next question(s). --Rosiestep (talk) 16:56, 21 July 2026 (UTC)
Question from AkinjiAbiodun (19:51, 21 July 2026)
[edit]How can I add my Biography on Wikipedia? --AkinjiAbiodun (talk) 19:51, 21 July 2026 (UTC)
Question from AkinjiAbiodun (19:52, 21 July 2026)
[edit]How can I add my Biography on Wikipedia? --AkinjiAbiodun (talk) 19:52, 21 July 2026 (UTC)
- Hi AkinjiAbiodun and welcome to Wikipedia.
- Short answer: do not do it. Writing your autobiography (or the biography of a family member, friend, colleague) is considered a conflict of interest. If you are notable enough to meet Wikipedia's strict requirements, then it's up to others to write your biography.
- Info about the conflict of interest policy is here, about autobiographies is here, about biographies of living people is here, and notability requirements for biography articles is here.
- To help you along with editing other articles, I left a message on your talkpage with tutorial links and basic editing tips.
- Hope you like it around here. Stop by anytime with your next question(s). --Rosiestep (talk) 01:21, 22 July 2026 (UTC)
Bolding and AI
[edit]Hi, Rosiestep -- just saw this post you made and I just thought you might like to know -- boldfacing words is, like, ridiculously common in a lot of Spanish-language media landscape. It doesn't quite make sense to me, so I obviously don't get why, but you can see this on random, pre-LLM boom news articles like or . Given that this editor mentions a connection to Mexico and, in fact, the article is about a Mexican topic. that's where my brain goes. Again, sorry for bothering you, and I hope you don't mind this on your talkpage as it felt a little out of place on theirs! GreenLipstickLesbian💌🧸 01:09, 22 July 2026 (UTC)
- Hi GreenLipstickLesbian and thanks for stopping by. JFYI, I get it that it may have been common on
"... pre-LLM boom news articles ..."
but on English Wikipedia, it was less common pre-LLM and more common post-, which is why I brought it up. Hope that's helpful with why I left the comment. (And thanks for what you do around here.) --Rosiestep (talk) 01:27, 22 July 2026 (UTC)
The article Aller (Asturian river) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
Merge into Aller, Asturias
You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.
Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion based on established criteria.
If the proposed deletion has already been carried out, you may request undeletion of the article at any time. Walteronthehill (talk) 01:45, 22 July 2026 (UTC)
- Thanks for the notification, Walteronthehill. I expanded the article, added 5 references, and removed the proposed deletion tag. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:25, 22 July 2026 (UTC)
- Thank you! Walteronthehill (talk) 03:05, 22 July 2026 (UTC)
Question from Historywithheart on Francisco Rabat (08:38, 22 July 2026)
[edit]Hello how do I create a citation --Historywithheart (talk) 08:38, 22 July 2026 (UTC)
- Hi Historywithheart and welcome to Wikipedia.
- This page explains it. If you prefer videos, watch this one.
- To help you along with how to edit, I left a message on your talkpage with tutorial links and basic editing tips.
- Hope you like it around here. Stop by anytime with your next question(s). --Rosiestep (talk) 00:00, 23 July 2026 (UTC)
Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2026 Issue 13
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Highlights
- Reflections from around the puzzle globe: Wikimedia Foundation CEO, Bernadette Meehan shares her reflections from around the puzzle globe.
- Wikimania 2026: Wikimania is happening this week! After the event, all streamed sessions will be linked in the program on Eventyay and later uploaded to Commons.
- Grantmaking: The Global Resource Distribution Committee has published a Grantmaking Strategy draft that sets out a renewed approach to how the Wikimedia Foundation's Community Fund is distributed across the Wikimedia Movement. The GRDC is requesting feedback from volunteers and affiliates, regardless of whether they are grantees or not.
- Movement Ecosystem: A proposal that would update movement affiliate recognition and establish new, connected criteria for eligibility to receive Community Fund grants is now available for community review. You are invited to read the proposal and participate in the discussion until August 7.
- AI's impact on Free Knowledge: How AI threatens the social contract of free knowledge and what we can do about it.
Annual Goals Progress on Engage
See also: Growth · Product Safety and Integrity · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · The Wikipedia Library · list of movement events · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia
- The Wikipedia Library: Five new collections were added to the Wikipedia Library and a course developed by leading experts in academic publishing and open knowledge was launched.
- Women+ contributions in Wikimedia Tech: A guide based on lived experience on how to address some of the invisible barriers for women+ in more technical Wikimedia spaces and recommendations to become more inclusive. Help further by filling out this survey to better understand technical contributions by women+ across Wikimedia projects until July 20.
- Structured Experimentation: A reflection on the first year of structured experimentation highlights successful experiments such as Paste Check, Reference Check, and Tone Check, which improved editing outcomes and have been rolled out to more users, as well as experiments that did not lead to product changes.
- Revise Tone test ended: The A/B test of Revise Tone ended on July 9. It showed that newcomer task completion rates increased by 38.7% compared to the default Copyedit task, with no decrease in edit quality. The feature is now available for everyone on the Arabic, English, French, and Portuguese Wikipedias. The plan is to release Revise Tone to more wikis.
- Keeping mentor list up to date: Administrators on wikis where Growth features are available can now automatically remove inactive mentors by configuring the settings at Special:CommunityConfiguration/Mentorship to keep the list updated. Mentors are experienced contributors who opt in to help new users on-wiki through the Growth Features.
- Wikifunctions: How Abstract Wikipedia fits into the Wikimedia Foundation's annual plan FY26/27.
- Wikidata: The latest Wikidata Platform newsletter (July edition) shares how to identify and rewrite queries that rely on Blazegraph-specific extensions and affected by the migration off Blazegraph.
- Discussion Tools: On English Wikipedia, DiscussionTools' Usability Improvements has now become default for talk pages. You can opt-out of these changes at any time in user preferences. With this, Discussion Tools are now fully available at all wikis.
- Tech News: The latest highlights from Tech News week 28 and 29 include the new Parsoid parser continues to be deployed to additional wikis, making it easier to introduce new reading and editing features. See also the 72 community submitted tasks that were resolved over the last two weeks. Overall, from April – June 2026 about 337 community tasks were resolved by the Wikimedia Foundation.
- Language inclusivity at Wikimania 2026: New approaches to translation and interpretation will be tested at Wikimania this year.
- Call for submissions open for Wikimedia Latin America Conference 2026: The Wikimedia community in Latin America has opened the call for session proposals for the Wikimedia Latin America Conference 2026. Community members are invited to submit proposals for the conference program by August 10.
Annual Goals Progress on Protect
See also: Global Advocacy blog · Global Advocacy Newsletter · Policy blog
- Advocacy: China again blocks the Wikimedia Foundation as a permanent observer to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
- UK Online Safety Act: Ofcom, the United Kingdom's Office of Communications, announced that Wikipedia is not designated as a Category 1 service under the Online Safety Act (OSA). This is an important and welcomed outcome as a Category 1 designation could have included privacy and safety risks to our global community of volunteers.
- UN Open Source Week edit-a-thon: Volunteers created 60 new Wikipedia articles and made nearly 700 updates to improve Wikipedia's coverage of UN and open source topics at the second UN Open Source Week edit-a-thon co-hosted by Wikimedia Foundation.
- "Don’t Blink": The latest developments from around the world about protecting the Wikimedia model, its people and its values.
Annual Goals Progress on Reach
See also: Wikimedia Apps · Readers
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- "A Wiki Minute" videos: New videos are added to the series answering some of the most common questions such as "Do you still need Wikipedia when AI can answer anything?" and "Does Wikipedia push a political agenda?".
- Wikipedia 25 brand collaboration in Indonesia: On 4 July, the Jakarta-based street wear company Ageless Galaxy launched a Wikipedia 25 collection, the first ever Wikipedia Brand Collaboration in Asia. The apparel collection featured hats, t-shirts, and a jigsaw puzzle cardigan. Wikimedians in Indonesia joined Ageless Galaxy for a launch party.
Other updates
- Leadership: Reflections on 15 years at Wikimedia Foundation and a new chapter.
- Enterprise: GNOMI Partners with Wikimedia Enterprise to Bring Trusted Human Knowledge to Its AI News Agent.
Board and Board committee updates
See also: Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard · Affiliations Committee Newsletter
- Board Elections Eligibility: There are new proposed eligibility criteria for standing as a candidate in Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election now available for feedback. The requirements are more specific and detailed than in years past, to both inform the community of what the Board needs and to create multiple pathways to the Board for Wikimedians.
Other Movement-curated newsletters & news
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