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Hi! This is my talk page, feel free to drop me a message. To experienced editors: feel free to stalk my talk page and reply to any threads here.To admins: I prefer that my talk page remain unprotected, even if it's being vandalized. Such edits do not particularly bother me and I prefer to remain accessible to anyone who would like to reach me. However, if the volume of vandalism is so high that no other solution would stop disruption, I don't mind if my talk page is semi-protected for a day or two. Hopefully, this is a rare occurrence.

Hello, how do I professionally edit? --Arc.Lape (talk) 09:33, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Arc.Lape: hi! Not sure what in particular you are asking? We are all volunteers here. Elli (talk | contribs) 15:58, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, i like really new here and initially i am trying to have my own wikipedia biography page when searched on any search engine, so a little help or guide will be helpful to achieving that. Arc.Lape (talk) 20:55, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Elli! I have just found out that there are some archived versions of dead pages, which are stored on the WebArchive Machine. I tried to insert several of them in my edit about a danish politician through the visual editor. It seems that the editor's citation tool does not recognize the archived webpages because it keeps asking me to insert these sources manually. Is there any guide how to do it? I am a bit confused with the webarchive template because it is somehow different from the standard one for citing news webpages and what not. Cheers! --Ignat.Lolov (talk) 16:56, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Ignat.Lolov: I'm not familiar with the exact problem you're having as I don't use VE much. Would suggest reading Template:Cite web#Using "archive-url" and "archive-date" (and optionally "url-status") for webpages that have been archived -- please let me know if you need more help getting this to work. Elli (talk | contribs) 19:56, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

We are approaching the end of the 2024 WikiCup's second round, with a little over two weeks remaining. Currently, contestants must score at least 105 points to progress to the third round.

Our current top scorers are as follows:

• GAs
  about radio and television;
• voorts (submissions) with 530 points, mostly from two FAs (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three GAs;
• Generalissima (submissions) with 523 points, mostly from 11 GAs about coinage and history;
• FA about the 2020 season of the soccer club Seattle Sounders FC
  and two GAs;
• Tamzin (submissions) with 410 points, mostly from a FA about the drink Capri-Sun and three GAs;
• Kusma (submissions) with 330 points, mostly from a FA about the English botanist Anna Blackburne and a GA.

Competitors may submit work for the second round until the end of 28 April, and the third round starts 1 May. Remember that only competitors with the top 32 scores will make it through to the third round. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on

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Help! I found an article that I feel like I know enough about to create (Tupelocetus, and extinct protocetid whale) but can't figure out how to make the taxobox/etc work. I have all of the information, multiple sources, etc, I just don't know how to make it all come together. Any help is appreciated. --Transitarium (talk) 16:38, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Transitarium: hi! Unfortunately I don't have much experience with the taxoboxes. However the info at Wikipedia:Automated taxobox system/intro should be able to help. Please let me know if you have any more questions. Elli (talk | contribs) 21:40, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

On 15 April 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 2023–24 Caddo Parish sheriff election, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the 2023 election for sheriff in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, was rerun after an initial margin of one vote? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2023–24 Caddo Parish sheriff election. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 2023–24 Caddo Parish sheriff election), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Hi sir good morning everyone How to write good content. And what? to give important to --TechGeniusByte (talk) 03:35, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, how will I add a link to my Wikipedia article? --ICareBetter (talk) 13:29, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi --TheGreat Rastoniez (talk) 09:38, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@TheGreat Rastoniez: hello. Do you have any questions about editing Wikipedia? Elli (talk | contribs) 16:16, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hallo --Gcweka (talk) 13:39, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Number of firms in this market and gives example Gcweka (talk) 13:41, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What is culture --Gcweka (talk) 14:21, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Gcweka: hi; do you have any questions about editing Wikipedia? Elli (talk | contribs) 16:15, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

hello, i made an edit. not sure i did it right - can you review what i did and give some advise? thanks --Moonwatcher2024 (talk) 10:18, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Moonwatcher2024: if you're referring to this edit, unfortunately, no. You added extraneous <ref> tags at the start of the page. The rest of the edit was just adding a hidden comment. If the text is inaccurate, I'd suggest you fix it with a new source backing your changes. Elli (talk | contribs) 17:28, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi User:Elli, I have finished answering your comments. Kindly have a look when you have time. --- JudeFawley (talk) 08:26, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Replied there :) Elli (talk | contribs) 19:50, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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How to write? --Stylex shishir (talk) 19:21, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

i want to move this to main space https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Taqi_Arzoo/sandbox its about the A center in University of Ladakh

can you please help me with this --Taqi Arzoo (talk) 16:46, 27 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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notability to be a standalone article. Elli (talk | contribs) 04:17, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply

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Hello Elli. Thank you for mentoring me. There are two pages that I attempted to Edit, and my changes were reverted. The edits were to add images to info-boxes on election information pages. One reason appears to be that the images I added to the pages were flagged for more documentation to show the images were appropriately licensed. I believe this has been addressed through follow up with a photo editor and sending copies of releases from the professional photographers hired to provide the images. The images are still available in Wikipedia Commons. There was a second reason stated for reverting the posts - "the 5% rule." I discovered a Wiki page that seems to explain it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_percent_rule. After discovering the rule, I have researched polling data that shows 5% of registered voters plan to vote for the candidates that I added. My plan is to share this information with the editor who reverted my changes before I try again. The pages I am editing have tons of data, formatting challenges, real time updates, and I'm sure people like me trying to help but making more work for people. I am very sensitive to this challenge and I want to be sure I'm going about my attempt to contribute the right way. Anything you suggest I do differently? --RedDrum1824 (talk) 19:57, 27 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@RedDrum1824: thanks for reaching out. I took a look at your edits and for upcoming elections, the 5% rule usually applies regarding the previous election to that same office (so for example, if Libertarians got 6% last election, you'd include their candidate this election). Whether pre-election polling of 5% is sufficient for candidate inclusion is disputed but the general consensus seems to be against.

As for the files you uploaded to Commons: the ones with permission sent in appear to have had that permission accepted, so I think you're good there.

Please let me know if you have any more questions. Elli (talk | contribs) 04:16, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Elli - very helpful. Thx. I'll work within these parameters. RedDrum1824 (talk) 08:05, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The second round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 April. This round was particularly competitive: each of the 32 contestants who advanced to Round 3 scored at least 141 points. This is the highest number of points required to advance to Round 3 since 2014.

The following scorers in Round 2 all scored more than 500 points:

• good articless
  about radio and television;
• did you know
  nominations about coinage and history;
• featured lists
  , and two good articles;
• BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 548 points, mostly from a featured article about the snooker player John Pulman, two featured lists, and one good article;
• voorts (submissions) with 530 points, mostly from two featured articles (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three good articles.

The full scores for Round 2 can be seen

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Hi Elli, How are you? I have a few things. I was wondering if I have to edit all the suggested articles I get or if I can search to find something to edit I'm more interested in? I'm also just a school student and I'm interested in getting more practice on these editing and citing skills. further, I'm working to become a writer in the future so this might be a good way to get practice. Do you have any suggestions or tips? Thank you so much, have a great rest of your day! --Waitformebro (talk) 18:07, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Waitformebro: yeah you can edit any page you like; the suggested ones are just suggestions. I'll note that Wikipedia has different standards and expectations compared to what might be present at your educational institution, but at the same time I do think it's good practice. I don't have any general tips but if you have specific questions feel free let me know. Elli (talk | contribs) 18:09, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Elli!

I do have a few quick questions. I'm exploring Wikipedia right now and I can't find a 'create' or 'search to edit' (or anything like that) button and was wondering where that might be. Also with this editor version of Wikipedia can I still view pages and search for things like before? And when I do edit a page would I get feedback on how I did or how I could improve on what I do?

Thanks so much! Waitformebro (talk) 18:24, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Waitformebro: there's no separate "search to edit" function; you just search and navigate like normal. And yes reading and searching works the same. When you edit a page, you don't usually get feedback, unless someone has a problem with your edit. If you want me to review particular edits you've made, feel free to ask and I'll let you know what I think. Elli (talk | contribs) 18:30, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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