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Question from Kingemmmy (22:11, 10 March 2026)

Hello, How do I go about editing? --Kingemmmy (talk) 22:11, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

There's a very helpful introduction at this link! I can also answer any other specific question; I know a lot about editing. 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 23:39, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Seems somebody didn't like anything I contributed to Backpacks

Hi Organhaver,

I just found that a particular person has reverted all of my 8 edits updating Backpacks, with nothing retained (not even the minor error corrections), and with no feedback provided.

This is the same person who originally replied to my Commons inquiry regarding uploading an illustration from a 1878 US patent. This person was asked "quite nicely" by another editor to stop answering questions like mine because "they aren't good at it."

I was then supplied with a completely different answer. Which was supported by a third editor.

What can I do about getting at least some of my changed retained?

I understand that some of my changes might not be acceptable - but everything? Singe123 (talk) 03:25, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

It seems that your edits were removed for being unsourced, which means you didn't add any citations to support what you wrote.

I didn't look very deep, but it also appeared in one edit you added links to the simple English Wikipedia for basic words (not preferred) and in most edits added some material that could be interpreted as opinion/promotional or excessive, especially since there wasn't sources to support what you added.

If you want to add the edits back, you should probably find some sources that say what you're writing. For now, unless this gets worse with the editor, add it back with sources or you can move on. Hope it goes well!

🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 03:38, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I did have sources, but added them later. I understand about the simple English Wikipedia link, as I said some of my edits may not have been correct. Singe123 (talk) 04:46, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Title page update

Hello, please update the title page mammary-type myofibroblastoma to mammary myofibroblastoma which is the current uptodate official nomenclature in WHO breast classification. I could change it in the text, but not the title. Thank you. Accuracymattersfirst (talk) 09:35, 15 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

...Uh, how did you find me? Anyways, I can do this move (rename), but a better way to perform this would be to request it at uncontroversial technical moves here (for the future). I've moved the page, though, it's easy enough for me.

By the way, when your account has at least 10 edits and is at least 4 days old, you can move most pages yourself. 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 15:55, 15 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much and for the information about 4 Day old privilege after 10 edits. I received an email from Wikipedia telling me that you were assigned to me as a senior editor to respond to any questions I had. Thank you so much and have a great week. Accuracymattersfirst (talk) 06:01, 16 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Dylansalerno (14:45, 15 March 2026)

Hello! I recently added a family section to https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brent_Urban since I am related, and was wondering how I could make it better. --Dylansalerno (talk) 14:45, 15 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! On Wikipedia, when you edit a page of someone that you know (which I am assuming applies to you), there are a few issues. I won't get into that, but you should have a look at this explanation of what you should do.

If you want to edit the page further, you have to do it using edit requests, so that more editors can review the change. A way to make edit requests is here (the Edit Request Wizard).

Sorry that this is kind of a complicated process. I can also make edits to the page, if you want, since that seems to fit your original request (whoops). Thanks for the question! 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 16:16, 15 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Your Teahouse question

I found this question in the archjives which did not get a response. I wouldn't know how to respond, but did you find the answer elsewhere?— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 21:53, 16 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for mentioning that. I didn't really figure it out, but I use a tool that unpipes links now (which is helpful enough for me to get to those redirects) and overall it's not a horribly big issue. I appreciate the message : ) 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 22:04, 16 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Image removal on agender page

Hi

You removed my image as per wp:sandwich concerns. But the text was not sandwiched? Also in the future could you do that as a revert so I am notified.

thanks Pencilceaser123 (talk) 03:29, 17 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I think it was just my view from my device. I'm trying out a beta tool and it messes with width sometimes (unrelated to the actual tool...). Also could've just been me being foolish (sorry).

Also, about the "revert" thing, I didn't know it was your edit (which is what I assume you're saying), and I can't exactly revert edits sometimes (various reasons). My apologies.

Looking back, I think the image is... fine (?), but I am unsure if it clearly depicts an agender person (since the mask covers their face) and it makes the indents on the bullet points a little weird. I don't know if any of that is important or what.

Regardless, thanks for bringing this to my attention. Hope you have a nice day/night, and you can add the image back if you want. 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 03:54, 17 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Its alright! Im not sure how the mask would prove if the person is Agender, but they are wearing an agender flag pin. I wasnt really sure where else to put the image, it would probably go well with an agender culture section of something? Pencilceaser123 (talk) 04:22, 17 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with that, and if it's low enough down, it'll avoid the infobox...^[Humor] 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 04:24, 17 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Are you going to the Undertale symphony concert?

I'm going to the Undertale concert at The Anthem (music venue) in DC 😊 It's from https://www.undertalesymphony.com/, which is endorsed by Toby. Do you have any plans to go to the concert in your area? I'm definitely recording and taking some photos at the venue, so aye if you're fine with it I can talk about my experience at the concert if that sounds good! haha KrispyBlueJays (talk) 11:53, 20 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I never even knew that was happening! Just looked at the page, though, and I'm basically devastated with the things close by to me... they're all either not good for my schedule/only have the crazy expensive seats. Damn. (honestly, going to find out if I can buy reselled tickets...) And I would love to hear about it! 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 16:05, 20 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

omg good luck I hope you can get one! :) and awesome I will do! I'll upload my own photos/vids of the concert too (not too many so I don't flood your talkpage with my photographs and vids so maybe I'll share like 1-2 haha) KrispyBlueJays (talk) 04:29, 21 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry for having a bad memory

I sometimes forget lol TalkTuahLunchly (talk) 05:59, 22 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@TalkTuahLunchly What do you forget? I curious :/ VitorFriboquen :] (Talk) 23:03, 22 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

edits on Temmie Chang TalkTuahLunchly (talk) 02:40, 23 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

(whoops, I... literally forgot to respond to this. The irony...)

(anyways) No worries! I forget things way too much, and the only reason I don't forget all of Wikipedia's guidelines and policies is because it takes up so much space in my brain (curse you, autism spectrum disorder)... the issue with the edits been resolved anyways, as well.🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 02:58, 23 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Its ok, I'm autistic as well TalkTuahLunchly (talk) 02:59, 23 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Organhaver And @TalkTuahLunchly I also I have Asperger Syndrome, severe OCD, and dysgraphia.

My doctor said that my camouflage autism. VitorFriboquen :] (Talk) 03:13, 23 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Ugh, I forgot to say about OCD camouflage autism. VitorFriboquen :] (Talk) 03:14, 23 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

In da Wikipedia, we all autistic. (/ref) hell yeahh 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 03:21, 23 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

it happens to the best of us dw aye KrispyBlueJays (talk) 05:49, 23 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Question from Muqarab Syed (11:48, 24 March 2026)

Hello, I Just Wanted To Ask What If The Page Is Protected? How Can I Edit It, Many Protected Pages I Saw Have Errors And I Want To Correct Them. Sorry, If I'm Late. --Muqarab Syed (talk) 11:48, 24 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to edit a protected page, you can add an edit request to the talk page of the article. You can find the button when viewing the source of a protected page, or by using this tool. Thanks! 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 17:00, 24 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You Very Much. Muqarab Syed (talk) 19:15, 24 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Halfcoldcoffee (08:44, 25 March 2026)

Hi, I'm translating english to latvian a page for a movie franchise and it has the media series infobox. One of the things listed in it is "oriģināldarbs" (original work) and next to it in the translation it says "unknown" (even though it is based of Walt Disney Animated films, as it says in the english page). When I click to try to edit this it doesnt show me this line, so can I do anything? I'm editing on my phone, so maybe that's the issue? --Halfcoldcoffee (talk) 08:44, 25 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I don't know much about content translation tools, or which one you're using (the one for English Wikipedia is the only one I'm somewhat familiar with, and it's only for extended-confirmed users, which you aren't). You should probably ask at this help page for an answer. 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 16:13, 25 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question from SpeedWriter77 (07:36, 27 March 2026)

Hello! I heard your name is Crash, and I heard you've done 4,000 edits of Wikipedia. I've made two other accounts prior to this and none of my mentor's have done what you have done. You have autism, you are a part of the LGBTQ+ community, and are an angel suffering emotional blindness. I have some friends that relate to your traits. I have but one question, how do you manage to do a thousand things on Wikipedia while carrying a burden of being who you are? Have people said things that have made you shaken to your core? Have you ever felt in your life that this person is mean? Feel no pressure answering! And correct me if I'm wrong about something. --SpeedWriter77 (talk) 07:36, 27 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Things can be difficult otherwise, but Wikipedia is one of my interests and many things that are difficult with autism don't particularly affect my editing, nor with the emotional blindness. Living with a certain disorder isn't as awful as it seems, too. You learn to live with it, like anything.

I don't meet many "mean" people, and haven't really had an experience where "people said things that have made you shaken to your core" (well, at least that I can remember). Thanks for the question! 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 17:16, 27 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Please don't link tèrms we expect our readers to know, eg "men"

ThanksDoug Weller talk 09:21, 27 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I added the link because it is about the topic. For example, "race" is a common word, but in the article about Racism, it is related so it can be added. They also link Prejudice. Nothing in WP:OVERLINK applies, and you reverted my entire edit, including the links to Women and Girls, which were completely reasonable. I will add them back unless you think something is extremely wrong. 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 17:36, 27 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Doug Weller, any response? I haven't added it back, but you probably already know that. Sorry for the bad wording on both of these, and I didn't intend for it to come as passive-aggressive. (/srs) Hope you have a good day/night regardless. 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 00:04, 28 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

"Everyday words (e.g., education, violence, aircraft, river, animation)" should not be linked. You are linking everyday words, surely? Doug Weller talk 10:04, 28 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it is an everyday word, but it's in an article that's an everyday topic. If readers are going to that article, they would want more information on it. In Educational institution, they link Education (literally the first example on WP:OVERLINK), which is okay, because it's related (and for the explanation in the lead). They probably should link the other things in the lead, too, because they're related and even more specific topics. 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 16:06, 28 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

AFCRD

I've seen you be there often, as today you've also been there, so would you pls mind....

Killing of Nguyen Xuan Dat ----> Killing of Nguyễn Xuân Đạt

Murder of Nguyen Xuan Dat ----> Killing of Nguyễn Xuân Đạt

{{r_non-neutral}},{{r_without_diacritic}}

Death of Nguyen Xuan Dat ----> Killing of Nguyễn Xuân Đạt

Ben Ditto ----> Vice (magazine)#Staff

Until next time.... ~2026-19270-47 (talk) 14:31, 28 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, sure! I've made all of these. I don't see anything wrong with any of them. 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 20:12, 28 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Citations and fictional character plot

It's a small thing, but for fictional character articles it is often seen as a must to have story beats concise and cited, especially since these can come from a variety of sources or the claims can be flat out OR/mistaken. It's a bit of a variance from how game or book articles are done, but it's come up enough I figured I'd mention it. Kung Fu Man (talk) 19:54, 29 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, and that makes sense. 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 20:56, 29 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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It's blue for an amazing reason

Hello! I think your April Fools signature bit is neat. And also, I don't know if you've seen but apparently some interface admin added some code where if you try to add the text "scrimbipple-babble-boo" (all lowercase, with spaces instead of hyphens) to an edit, it replaces it with a secret message? Like the same way that "~~~~" gets replaced with your signature. ^[4-1]

That's all, have a lovely day! M🐈EN KISSING (she/t🐈hey) T - C - Em🐈ail me! 05:37, 1 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much!! I like you🐈rs as w🐈ell. And I didn't know that, wow! (or.... hmmm..... you're lying to me and this is all a funny thing... my edit preview didn't do anything... hmmm....^[Humor]) ❤ crash // organhaver ( i'm blue now | PLEASE talk to me ) 05:54, 1 April 2026 (UTC) That would be super cool, though.[reply]

Yeah it doesn't show up on the edit preview. Give it a try though! M🐈EN KISSING (she/t🐈hey) T - C - Em🐈ail me! 05:59, 1 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, it worked so well. (MAJOR lying) ❤ crash // organhaver ( i'm blue now | PLEASE talk to me ) 06:13, 1 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Haha I tricked you into writing "scrimbipple babble boo" ^[4-1] M🐈EN KISSING (she/t🐈hey) T - C - Em🐈ail me! 06:14, 1 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

That was beautifully performed.... Dot.py got tricked too, by the looks of it. Now we just have to spread this to every possible editor involved in April Fools and it can be known as the Scrimbipple Fools of 2026 or something ❤ crash // organhaver ( i'm blue now | PLEASE talk to me ) 06:20, 1 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

scrimbipple babble boo Invalid raw signature. Check HTML tags. 06:23, 1 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I did not account for the possibility of tricking more than one person into writing scrimbipple babble boo, nor did I account for the possibility that someone might try it twice. The entire extent of my plan (concoted in a matter of seconds) was to trick Crash specifically into writing scrimbipple babble boo, and then reply "Haha I got you to write scrimbipple babble boo". This is unprecedented. I am laughing my entire ass off. M🐈EN KISSING (she/t🐈hey) T - C - Em🐈ail me! 06:26, 1 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Pelagie.world (19:01, 3 April 2026)

I would like to create a new article under this account. How do I do it? --Pelagie.world (talk) 19:01, 3 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Please read this helpful guide! 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 19:29, 3 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I did! I am struggling to find where to submit. But now I managed to submit the article to my sandbox... I think... The reply was first a decline (because of missing references). But now I submitted the whole thing again and hope to not be declined this time. Pelagie.world (talk) 19:31, 3 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, yes! It appears the fixed draft has been accidentally made in your talk page...? You can move it back to your draft (or what I believe is the draft) and the template {{Draft article}} to submit it. 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 19:40, 3 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Got it. Thank you! Pelagie.world (talk) 22:12, 3 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

About WP:LUDA

I've been thinking about contributing to MfD recently! So far I've just been casually browsing, I see you invoke WP:LUDA for useless drafts a lot. And the other day, I noticed something about Wikipedia's technicalities that seems unmentioned on the essay that I think is rather relevant.

When you navigate to a red link, and the red link's title has a corresponding draft (ex. Henry Stickmin), then anyone clicking on the red link will see a big fat edit notice at the top saying "There is a draft of this article at Draft:xyz". I think in situations where the draft is useless, that poses a problem, because:

Editors might assume the existing useless draft is good and move on to do something else when they would otherwise start a more useful draft.
Readers could conceivably navigate to the useless draft.

This of course comes into play if and only if there's any red links to the corresponding mainspace title, which can easily be checked by looking at Special:WhatLinksHere.

I think I'd like to expand WP:LUDA to mention this as an exception, but I wanted to get someone's thoughts on it first. MEN KISSING (she/they) Talk to me, I don't bite! - See my edits 18:33, 4 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Question from Wayne Zieminek (05:05, 7 April 2026)

I'm trying to write about canadian country artist Wayne Zieminek --Wayne Zieminek (talk) 05:05, 7 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Apologies for the late reply. It appears you have something called a conflict of interest, since your username is the same as the person you want to write about. Because of this, instead of creating an article directly, you should use this helpful tool, called the Article Wizard. Please check that out, and thanks! 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 23:21, 12 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Gloomy-Hour (04:01, 9 April 2026)

Hello! How do I create a new article? I am an expert on one of my local cryptids and would like to make a page for them. --Gloomy-Hour (talk) 04:01, 9 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! This guide is pretty helpful with making new articles. I would like to caution you that Wikipedia articles are written based on reliable, secondary sources, which your own personal expertise may not qualify as. Thank you! 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 23:24, 12 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Experienced editors are invited to test the Article guidance feature, designed to help less-experienced editors create well-structured, policy-compliant Wikipedia articles. Testing instructions are available. Also, after reviewing the outlines, please provide feedback on the project talk page. Based on your input, the feature will be refined and transferred to the pilot Wikipedias to translate and adapt. Check out the video explaining the feature.

Updates for editors

On most wikis, all autoconfirmed users can now use Special:ChangeContentModel page to create new pages with custom content models, such as mass message lists, making custom page formats more accessible. Check Special:ListGroupRights for the status of your wiki. [12]
The Growth team has launched an account creation experiment to evaluate whether adding an account creation button to the mobile web header increases new account registrations and encourages more mobile users to contribute to the wikis. The experiment is currently live on Hindi, Indonesian, Bengali, Thai, and Hebrew Wikipedia, and targets 10% of logged-out mobile web users.
View all 30 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, an issue where VisualEditor could get stuck loading on Windows devices with animations turned off, has now been fixed. [13]

Updates for technical contributors

Starting later this week, Edit filter managers who have the ⧼codemirror-beta-feature-title⧽ beta feature enabled will have CodeMirror instead of CodeEditor as the editor at Special:AbuseFilter. This is part of the broader effort to make the user experience more consistent across all editors. [14][15]
Tools and bots that access the Notifications API (action=query&meta=notifications) will need to update their OAuth or BotPassword grants to also include access to private notifications. [16]
Due to a library upgrade, listings on category pages may be displayed out of order starting on Monday, 20th April. A migration script will be run to correct this, and will take hours to days depending on the size of the wiki (up to a week for English Wikipedia). [17]
Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki

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MediaWiki message delivery 15:17, 13 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Hey Mentor

Hello new friend and mentor, the app just gave me the option to say hello so here I am 😀 xoxo - alex 05:58, 15 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I never really know what the app does with mentorship, but pretty nice you can just say hi. 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 16:26, 15 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Please help me

Someone made a statement that made me seem like I was calling someone’s death a happy end and in reality I was sayin there was a happy end due to the trump administration demonizing the person and the people backing against it showing her humanity. Thats why I said happy end because The happy end was people were showing the victims humanity. This person has been a trouble maker as well. ButteyFelicity (talk) 20:54, 16 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not exactly sure that I can help you. I'm only a volunteer editor. Did that happen on this website or elsewhere? 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 23:44, 16 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

totally definitely a warning mhm yeah yep that's what this is

hehehe i lied, i did a bamboozle! this is actually a heads-up!!

referring to this rfd, you could've actually closed it as speedy deleted yourself if you wanted (and before mycetae noticed). xfdcloser can help with it, and a non-controversial close like that would've been fine and dandy consarn _{(talck) (contirbuton s)} 19:03, 17 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

WHAT oh a nice and wonderful heads-up non-warningful message. I was almost bamboozled for a second. My apologies.

In all seriousness, yeah, whoops. Genuinely can't believe I forgot XFDcloser existed?? Um. 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 00:12, 18 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2026-17

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Weekly highlight

After two years of development, ⧼codemirror-beta-feature-title⧽, also known as CodeMirror 6, is to be promoted out of beta on Tuesday, April 21. It brings better code and wikitext readability, reduction in typing errors, and other benefits to all users of the standard syntax highlighter. A huge thank you to volunteer Bhsd who developed many of the new features, including code folding, autocompletion, and linting. [18]
A major update to the Wikipedia app for iOS is now rolling out, redesigning the interface to align with Apple's latest "Liquid Glass" visual design. Download the latest version and explore the update.

Updates for editors

Reading lists is a feature which allows readers to save articles to a list for reading later. This feature is now in beta on Arabic, French, Indonesian, Vietnamese, and Chinese Wikipedias and by default for all new accounts on all Wikipedias.
An experiment which explores extending Page Previews to mobile web will be launched in the week of April 20 on Arabic, English, French, Italian, Polish, and Vietnamese Wikipedias. Page Previews are pop-ups that display a thumbnail, lead paragraph, and a link to open the full article of a blue link, thereby improving content discovery. The feature is already available on desktop and in the apps. Read more about this experiment and others.
On several wikis, logged-in editors who haven't confirmed their email addresses can now see a banner encouraging them to do so. Having the email address confirmed allows a user to restore access to the account if they lose it. Learn more. [19]
View all 15 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, an issue where editing very large wiki pages in the 2017 wikitext editor caused slow loading, preview and scrolling lag, and performance issues when selecting, cutting, or pasting content, has now been fixed. [20]

Updates for technical contributors

As part of the promotion of CodeMirror from a beta feature, all users will use CodeMirror instead of CodeEditor for syntax highlighting when editing JavaScript, CSS, JSON, Vue and Lua content pages. [21]
The mirrors.wikimedia.org service for Debian and Ubuntu users will sunset and stop working on May 15. The resources for the service will be replaced with new and better options. Some users may need to switch to a different server which should take about a minute. You can read more. [22]
The image and oldimage table will be removed from wikireplicas. If your tools or queries access image or oldimage directly, please update them to use the file and filerevision table before 28 May. [23]
Following the recent implementation of global API rate limits on unidentified traffic, the Wikimedia Foundation will continue efforts to ensure fair use of infrastructure by applying global limits to identified API traffic beginning the last week of April. These limits are intentionally set as high as possible to minimise impact on the community. Bots running in Toolforge/WMCS or with the bot user right on any wiki should not be affected for now. However, all developers are advised to follow updated best practices. For more information, see Wikimedia APIs/Rate limits and Frequently Asked Questions.
The Attribution API is now available as a beta. The API fetches information for crediting Wikimedia articles and media files wherever they are used. Reference documentation is available through the REST Sandbox special page available on all Wikimedia wikis (such as the REST sandbox on English Wikipedia). Share your feedback on the project talk page.
There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

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Happy First Edit Day!

Thank you, Vitorperrut555!! 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 05:55, 22 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Happy First Edit Day!

Oh, how joyous!! Thank you, DaniloDaysOfOurLives! I enjoy the colors of this one as well. 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 16:02, 22 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Happy First Edit Day!

Have a very happy first edit anniversary!

From the Birthday Committee, CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 15:56, 22 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you CAPTAIN RAJU!! I really am going to start collecting these... 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 16:04, 22 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Happy First Edit Day!

Happy First Edit Day, Organhaver, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! ☘︎☘︎☘︎ALEXHammeke (talk | guestbook | sandbox) 16:32, 22 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much! Genuinely, this has all been super fun... 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 20:48, 22 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Another organ for you!

	One year, huh?
	I see other editors have already wished you a happy first edit day, so I thought I'd put a spin on it. Happy wikibirthday, Organhaver :) Chess enjoyer (talk) 17:26, 22 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much, my dear and beloved friend Chess enjoyer! Thank you for the organ. I'm just... gonna shove it in there and... hope for the best! Wish me luck. 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 20:55, 22 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

DISPLAYTITLE question

Hello! I noticed your userpage had some customization to it and decided if I could do some of them myself. I've been able to get most of them done, but the DISPLAYTITLE evades me. I was wondering if you could help see if I was doing something wrong? The current text on that page is:
{{DISPLAYTITLE:<span style="color:#0b0173;">User:'''DollarStoreBa'al'''</span>}}
Is there something I'm doing wrong? from what you can tell? --DollarStoreBa'al ^Converse 19:50, 22 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate the inspiration, and thank you for the question!

You're not exactly doing anything wrong, but it does need to be fixed. Your DISPLAYTITLE was not shown since it is not the same as the page's actual title. This is because DISPLAYTITLE can't be used to "hide" actual page names. Mine works because it's my full username, not nickname, or any variation on my username.

You could probably change it to be "<span style="color:#0b0173;">User:'''DollarStoreBaal44'''</span>" (shown as User:DollarStoreBaal44) to use it, but that may not be what you want. The only other option I could think of would be to change your username, but that's a more serious thing.

Thanks again for the question, and I hope this can help...! 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 20:47, 22 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the reply! I genuinely might need to reach out to an admin to see if my username can be changed, because the only reason my username is what it is is is because you can't put apostrophes on the account creation screen.

Again, thanks! --DollarStoreBa'al ^Converse 20:51, 22 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hope it goes well! WP:CHUS can also help you out with name changing if you can't find an admin.

🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 21:01, 22 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect listed at Redirects for discussion

Redirects you have created have been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 April 23 § Long PI redirects until a consensus is reached. Squawk7700 (talk) 09:24, 23 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Oh! This is fun. First time ever having one of my redirects at RfD. (They're not really good redirects, so reasonable.) 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 16:21, 23 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Glad you are not offended, I was just thinking they were worth having a discussion about especially since one of them already was once at RFD but just a really long time ago. Happy to see you at the discussion. Have a great day ~ Squawk7700 (talk) 17:11, 23 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

You as well! 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 17:17, 23 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Music Article Creator (21:37, 25 April 2026)

Hello Organhaver,

I have completed a draft article, Please find the link below. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Music_Article_Creator/T._S._Nandakumar

Kindly review and let me know your opinion about and suggestions if the sources, structure, and tone meet Wikipedia standards? I would also appreciate any guidance on what needs improvement before I submit it for Articles for Creation review.

Thank you! --Music Article Creator (talk) 21:37, 25 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the message, and good work on writing a whole article!

I do not review articles, so I am not the best person at this, but at a glance your draft does not seem to contain anything harmful.

I have not done a deep search of the sources, structure, or tone, and to check those qualities you probably should submit it for review by a more experienced editor. That's the main point of Articles for Creation, really. Hope it goes well for you! My apologies that I couldn't fulfill your request. 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 22:56, 25 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

No Problem @Organhaver. You were assigned as my mentor for creating and editing an article so though of checking it with you before any submission.

Thank You! Music Article Creator (talk) 23:10, 25 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

		The Userbox Barnstar
		I don’t really know if I’m allowed to even give these out, but you've made a lot of cool userboxes. Hope to join Wikiproject Userboxes soon! AltoHampton (talk here) (le contrebutions) 21:44, 26 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much, AltoHampton!! Really, I genuinely appreciate it. Userboxes are so awesome... (and anyone can give out barnstars, so no worries on that!) 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 00:27, 27 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

yeah. also, this might be your very first barnstar, since you dont really have any, but i’ve also made some userboxes as well! (i’ve made 2 so far!) anyways, happy editing! AltoHampton (talk here) (le contrebutions) 01:06, 27 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2026-18

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Updates for editors

There is a change in how new users are autoconfirmed that will improve anti-vandalism protection. Currently, users who have had an account for a few days and made a few edits are automatically added to the Autoconfirmed users group. This configuration tends to be exploited by some vandals, who create accounts and start to use them only after some time. To mitigate this, the configuration will be updated next week so that – for the purpose of becoming autoconfirmed – the account age will be counted from their first edit, instead of registration date. The numeric value of the age threshold will remain the same. This change will be deployed only to wikis which require at least one edit as part of the autoconfirmation conditions. [24]
All Wikipedia users with new accounts and those who activated the "automatically enable most beta features" option in their preference can now use the reading lists beta feature to save articles for later reading. This helps organize reading interests in one place for convenient access.
View all 30 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, the issue where infobox images have huge padding in Firefox, has been fixed. [25]

Updates for technical contributors

As a reminder, the global API rate limits will be applied this week to identified API traffic. This is to help ensure fair use of infrastructure. Bots running in Toolforge/WMCS or with the bot user right on any wiki should not be affected for now. However, all developers are advised to follow updated best practices. For more information, including the actual rate limits, see Wikimedia APIs/Rate limits and Frequently Asked Questions.
Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki

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Userboxes

Editors are putting userboxes in Category:Userboxes all the time, so please do not bully me again. Catfurball (talk) 21:57, 27 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I find it a little ridiculous that you could call my edit summary "bullying", and genuinely, there has been a big notice about this on not only the Category:Userboxes page but also at WT:UB#Reminder: please don't add userboxes to Category:Userboxes itself. Just because other people are doing it doesn't mean it's the right thing, which is a really basic concept. Thanks. 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 22:08, 27 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you

		The Special Barnstar
		Thanks for weighing in on my (regrettable) vandalism of Suicide Methods - coolgurl5555 ✈︎ (she/her) ✈︎ 01:19, 30 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the barnstar! Genuinely, I still feel it was kind of ridiculous that the final warning was given to you, but I've voiced my opinion on it enough, haha. 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 05:33, 30 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar!

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		Thank you for seeing my broken signature and helping me! Goetia [She/they/any] (talk) 14:13, 30 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the barnstar, Goetia! Glad that it worked out. 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 17:46, 30 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Burger mango mustard (14:18, 30 April 2026)

Hi, would you happen to know where to find sources? --Burger mango mustard (talk) 14:18, 30 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Burger mango mustard (talk page stalker) Yes! VitorFriboquen :] (Talk) 14:29, 30 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

(Vitorperrut555, maybe not the best response!) Burger mango mustard, to find sources, you can just do a simple web search and find something mentioning what you need to cite.

The website, to be a good source, should be reliable, independent of the subject, and a few other things, like not made by users (UGC). You can see all the guidelines here, and I encourage you to read the other linked guidelines too. Thank you for the question! 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 17:40, 30 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

April 2026

What did I do wrong? You thanked me for something I did not do. ImVeryStupid (talk) 18:42, 30 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for any confusion! I thank people generally if they "fix" something I did wrong (for example, people reverting my edits) because they help me learn on what to do in the future. Whoops. 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 18:45, 30 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

But why did you thank me for getting rid of the "Misandry in the United States" category? I'm such a piece of shit. ImVeryStupid (talk) 02:42, 3 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I don't exactly have to justify every thank I give you, but that one was because I felt it was not a good category and I supported removal. My apologies if that came off bad in any way.

I would like to mention that I am very generous with thanking. You haven't done anything "wrong" to be the target of these or for any other reason.

Also, I really don't appreciate the self-deprecation, and I don't see any ties between the self-deprecation and anything you have done. You're good. 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 03:54, 3 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion at AfD

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Iran–United States war. –Gluonz^{talk contribs} 05:05, 2 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the invite, and I understand from the nomination that this was because I "participated" in a previous RfD related to the topic. I don't participate in AfD (or do but very, very minimally) and am not entirely invested in the topic (my reply to the RfD was me asking if a certain notice was needed, not !voting).

Just saying, maybe check the editor before sending them a notice (but whatever). Hope the discussion goes well. I will not participate. 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 05:21, 2 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I notified all of the RfD participants. I could have skipped notifying you due to the nature of your participation, but notifying more editors has little downside over notifying fewer. Whether to participate is entirely up to you. –Gluonz^{talk contribs} 18:15, 2 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Your XFD userboxes

appear to have been made with angels in mind, as they're only legible to entities who can comfortably stand on the head of a pin. Would you mind adjusting them for human eyes? Thanks :) Chess enjoyer (talk) 18:37, 2 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

My apologies! As an angel, I do sometimes forget that some other species may not be able to read that. I would like to ask what the main issue is, as I do not believe the contrast/font size is any problem...? The images are intentionally small, and meant for decoration, if that is the issue. Thank you! 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 20:16, 2 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

We must have different displays. On my computer, that text is only one pixel tall when not zoomed in. The text in the images is also impossible to read. Do you happen to have a pet tardigrade? Chess enjoyer (talk) 20:28, 2 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, jeez? This is what they look like to me: [26] (yes, I use light mode...) Also, again, the text in the images aren't meant to be read, haha. 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 21:03, 2 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

And this is what they look like from my point of view. Something's off here. Chess enjoyer (talk) 21:09, 2 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I think I found the issue (accidentally set info-s (info text size) to 1 when creating). Could you check to see if it's fixed? And thanks for letting me know, I wouldn't have even noticed! 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 22:01, 2 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

If it hasn't been fixed, I've just made 9 entire useless edits. Probably should've just tried on one... 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 22:03, 2 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

No, it worked. Chess enjoyer (talk) 22:05, 2 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

	The Minor barnstar
	Thanks for the help getting that page in my user space tagged for speedy deletion. I appreciate the help! GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 01:58, 3 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the barnstar! Glad it all worked out, haha... 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 03:59, 3 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Epstein didn't kill himself

You have recently made edits related to post-1992 politics of the United States and closely related people. This is a standard message to inform you that post-1992 politics of the United States and closely related people is a designated contentious topic. This message does not imply that there are any issues with your editing. For more information about the contentious topics system, please see Wikipedia:Contentious topics. VitorFriboquen :] (Talk) 23:25, 3 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Organhaver Please note that Jeffery Epstein is a contentious people, including the conspiracy theories. VitorFriboquen :] (Talk) 23:27, 3 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the message! I do believe this is... my first contentious topic warning (probably should have been warned before, but...). Intriguing. 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 00:35, 4 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2026-19

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Weekly highlight

The Article guidance team invites experienced editors of pilot Wikipedias—Arabic, Bangla, Japanese, Portuguese, Persian, Turkish, Simple English, Spanish, and French—to help translate and adapt sample outlines. These outlines will guide editors in creating clear, well-structured, and policy-compliant articles when using the feature once it is launched in May 2026. Simple instructions on how to translate and adapt the outlines are available.

Updates for editors

The Product and Technology Advisory Council has published draft recommendations on a model that affiliates can follow when contributing to the technical space. Community members are invited to provide feedback on the recommendation until May 8th on the talk page.
The number of available thumbnail size preferences in MediaWiki is being reduced to three standardized options—Small (180px), Regular (250px), and Large (400px), as part of ongoing efforts to improve performance and reduce strain on thumbnail services. As a result, existing preferences will be mapped to the nearest new size (for example, smaller selections like 120px or 150px will render at 180px, while larger ones like 300px or 360px will render at 400px). The preferences interface will soon be updated to reflect these changes, and users who wish to opt out or provide feedback can do so. [27]
From now on, even when a permission expires automatically, users will receive an Echo notification similar to the standard notification for permission changes. There is a difference between this and Global reminder bot in that the latter reminds users a week before the rights are due to expire, so that they can renew the rights.
View all 32 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, the problem where the ULS language selector in Special:Translate would scroll vertically when it shouldn't, has been resolved. Previously, when users opened the "Translate to English" dropdown and typed certain inputs, the dialog would scroll vertically by a few pixels even when there was enough space to display all results. The dropdown no longer shifts unnecessarily when filtering languages. [28]
The Global Watchlist, which lets you view your watchlists from multiple wikis on a single page, continues to improve. For example, watchlists for Wikibase sites such as Wikidata now support EntitySchema elements for better tracking. The Live Updates mode now refreshes the special page every 60 seconds to comply with the updated global API rate limits for improved real-time responsiveness. Additionally, a directionality bug that displayed links as "changes 3" instead of "3 changes" in mixed-direction lists has been fixed. [29][30][31]

Updates for technical contributors

The second phase of global API rate limits has been rolled out to reduce the impact of AI crawlers and ensure fair, sustainable access to Wikimedia resources, prioritising human and mission-aligned traffic. Limits have been shifted from per-hour to per-minute, producing smoother traffic patterns and more predictable API load. Community users are not expected to be affected, and no action is required. Early indications show some User-Agent-based requestors are adjusting behaviour, and around 64% of automated API traffic has been identified. Monitoring continues, and Wikimedia Enterprise remains available for commercial support.
Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki

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Question from MothChatter (16:21, 8 May 2026)

Hi hi! I made an account because I have an issue with the content of a page - specifically, on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diehard_Duterte_Supporters , a section where it suddenly claims "Also, Filipino culture is more susceptible to strongmen, as in the ancient Philippines, tribal leaders needed a cult-like following to maintain power.". It's unsourced, and seems like a pretty obviously lazy and racist anthropological assertion to try to explain the modern political landscape as being due to some cultural quality emerging from some perceived unique "backwards" "cult-like" tribal past that persists today.

Anyway, rambling aside, I was wondering if I should just go ahead and make an edit to remove it, or bring it up in the talk page?

Thanks for your time, organhaver, and keep on keeping those organs! --MothChatter (talk) 16:21, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the message! You can definitely remove that without discussion on the talk page. That is very weird!

I'll keep my organs nice and safe, and hope it goes well for you, MothChatter. Happy editing! 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 17:59, 8 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]