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I really appreciate your input on this [[Talk:Intel_MCS-48#MCS-48_assembly_program_examples|discussion]]. I hoped my response was not unnecessarily stubborn. Are you sure you tagged the correct user? Anyway, thanks for your massive contribs to Wikipedia. [[User:RastaKins|RastaKins]] ([[User talk:RastaKins|talk]]) 19:00, 20 November 2025 (UTC)

I really appreciate your input on this [[Talk:Intel_MCS-48#MCS-48_assembly_program_examples|discussion]]. I hoped my response was not unnecessarily stubborn. Are you sure you tagged the correct user? Anyway, thanks for your massive contribs to Wikipedia. [[User:RastaKins|RastaKins]] ([[User talk:RastaKins|talk]]) 19:00, 20 November 2025 (UTC)

:You’re right. Sorry, I have corrected it. That [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AIntel_MCS-48&diff=1323266465&oldid=1323234985 revision] will not ping {{u|ToaneeM}} but this replay will. ~[[User:Kvng|Kvng]] ([[User talk:Kvng|talk]]) 19:12, 20 November 2025 (UTC)

:You’re right. Sorry, I have corrected it. That [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AIntel_MCS-48&diff=1323266465&oldid=1323234985 revision] will not ping {{u|ToaneeM}} but this will. ~[[User:Kvng|Kvng]] ([[User talk:Kvng|talk]]) 19:12, 20 November 2025 (UTC)

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Hii I am knew and would like to write my own wikipedia page —Skiii davis (talk) 00:11, 1 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Skiii davis. For good reasons, writing about yourself is highly discouraged. Please see Wikipedia:Autobiography for details. Is there anything else you’re interested in doing? ~Kvng (talk) 14:08, 1 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

yes, I am interested in writing about an upcoming artist whom I have a personal relationship with. 2603:7083:C40:12E9:B73A:A6DE:46D9:6450 (talk) 01:53, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This is also a topic that will require care and may not be a good place to start your Wikipedia work. Please take a look at WP:COI. ~Kvng (talk) 14:41, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey King. So I wrote an article on a topic and I submitted the article. But now it has disappeared from my content box and I an unable to keep editing the draft. I got a notice saying only an admin can now edit my work and that I was blocked from publishing it on the main space and so fourth. What can I do to get control of my article again or should I just hope someone out there will post it on the main page for me? Skiii davis (talk) 22:07, 15 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Skiii davis are we talking about Draft:Nyota Parker or something else? ~Kvng (talk) 14:06, 17 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I found the article. If you can. After reviewing,can you approve it to be moved to the main space? Skiii davis (talk) 17:20, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Skiii davis, if we’re talking about Draft:Nyota Parker, the next step is for you to submit it for review. ~Kvng (talk) 17:30, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can I submit it directly to you? Skiii davis (talk) 17:35, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Skiii davis, it has been declined by Qcne and it doesn’t look like you’ve made any improvements since. Do you think there is adequate coverage to meet notability requirements or can you identify WP:THREE reliable sources? ~Kvng (talk) 18:05, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

i,ll messeage you once i’ve made the improvements. does that sound good? Skiii davis (talk) 07:26, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

can i be help with creating a redlink. when i enter the codes in the visual viewer it doesn’t allow for the redlink to be created,instead it creates an extern al link over the redlink… Skiii davis (talk) 21:38, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Skiii davis, unfortunately, I don’t have much experience with the visual editor. But if you tell me what redlink you want to add and where, I can set it up for you. ~Kvng (talk) 22:51, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

i have an article named Nyota Parker. it’s a draft i have exteral links in place of internal links because they don’t exist. Can you edit those external links for me,please. Skiii davis (talk) 19:52, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Skiii davis, I see Draft:Nyota Parker. The first external link in that is ALRIGHT. Do you want to replace that with ALLRIGHT? ~Kvng (talk) 18:21, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

yes i want too. and also all the other extrals as well. and if u could tell me how to do that it would be helpful too. thnx Skiii davis (talk) 16:21, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Skiii davis, I can’t tell you how to do that with Visual Editor because I’m just not very familiar with that method of editing. I have made the change for you for that first link and hopefully that will help get you going. Note that we don’t usually go for ALL CAPS, even if that’s how the artist styles it, and there are already many songs named Alright so I’ve added a disambiguator to the title. The redlink is to Aright (Nyota Parker song) but displays as Alright in the context of your draft. Sorry if that seems a bit complicated. I’m here to help. ~Kvng (talk) 19:19, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

how did you do the edit to alright. if you can tell me that then i can edit the rest of the article. Skiii davis (talk) 23:36, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

if you know where i can submit a request to have my article moved please let me know. Skiii davis (talk) 02:21, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

can you plrase move the nyota parker article to the main space so i can find it owhen i search for the artist on google Skiii davis (talk) 02:19, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Skiii davis, I have made a technical request to delete the redirects you created, and move your article back to draftspace. Once it’s back there, you can move it yourself (by picking the (Article) namespace), but I would advise against doing so. Please read the message I left you on your talk page. win8x (talk) 02:32, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You do need to check the sources before dePRODing, otherwise you’re just wasting everyone’s time. Please do, and add them to the article if they’re relevant. If they’re not, please PROD it again yourself. Tercer (talk) 15:29, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

PROD can only be done once. If you still believe this should be deleted you will have to use WP:AFD. It is the proposer’s responsibility to check the sources WP:BEFORE proposing or nominating a deletion. Improperly qualified deletion proposals are a waste of time. ~Kvng (talk) 16:04, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I did search for sources before PRODing. Did you check your sources before dePRODing? Tercer (talk) 16:27, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Tercer yes, I got several hits on Scholar ~Kvng (talk) 18:11, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That was not my question. Did you check those sources, to see whether they are actually about the article’s subject? If so, please add them to the article, that is how we improve Wikipedia. Tercer (talk) 18:35, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

OK, reasonable request. I’ll get to that in a bit. ~Kvng (talk) 19:59, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Well? Tercer (talk) 20:46, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Haven’t gotten to it. Haven’t forgotten about it either. ~Kvng (talk) 21:20, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I’m still waiting. Tercer (talk) 11:55, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

These reminders are no longer helpful. ~Kvng (talk) 14:26, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You’re clearly never going to do it. Then please AfD the article yourself, and apologise for wasting everyone’s time. Tercer (talk) 15:11, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: HarveyWikiMan‘s mentor Aaron Liu is away.

Is this wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:HarveyWikiMan/sandbox, valid for wikipedia and how long until it is up on wikipedia. —HarveyWikiMan (talk) 17:15, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi HarveyWikiMan. The article is currently in your sandbox so while it is visible to readers it cannot be found either by a Wikipedia search or a web search (e.g. Google). To become a full article, it needs to be moved to WP:MAINSPACE. Articles in mainspace are expected to meet basic criteria principally WP:NOTABILITY or WP:ANYBIO. Articles that don’t meet the requirements are routinely deleted.

Since you have been active on Wikipedia for over 10 days, you have the option to move the article yourself and risk the possibility of deletion. The other option is to use our WP:AFC review process, where reviewers will theoretically help you get it in good shape before it is moved. Let me know if you have any questions and let me know which of these paths looks best to you, and I can help you further. ~Kvng (talk) 18:58, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I plan to use the WP:AFC option, because although my Wiki Page looks very polished, it may have some bits that could cause deletion and also some reviewers could find additional information.

From HarveyWikiMan HarveyWikiMan (talk) 19:31, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@HarveyWikiMan, the most common reason articles are declined is sourcing. Non-English sources are acceptable but can be a challenge for our English-speaking reviewers. In any case, you need to be sure you have more than one reliable source to establish notability. As an AfC reviewer, since I don’t speak Greek, I would first ask you to identify the WP:THREE best sources. If you list those here or on your draft’s talk page, I’d be happy to give you feedback.

If you think it is ready for review, I can show you how to move it into the queue to be reviewed. ~Kvng (talk) 20:17, 21 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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@Kvng, since getting my first article on Wikipedia (Thank you!), I have been honing my editor skills by working on wiki pages that one way or the other was tied to the Abiola Aderibigbe article. I actually found that a lot of those wiki articles/pages like schools, etc. were kind of neglected, so I have been trying to bolster them, do more research, find more independent sources, add citations, updates etc. May I kindly ask if this is a good strategy? or would suggest taking another approach… I basically want to know how I become as good as you! lol! —BBenebo (talk) 21:35, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That all sounds good. Research and writing are important skills . The other skills that are important are working collaboratively with fellow Wikipedia editors. We’re a diverse bunch so there are lots of different experiences to have and things to learn. ~Kvng (talk) 14:07, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, sorry to bother you if you were doing anything but I think I broke the three edit war rule but reverting edits from other editors who thought my editing was not citing evidence. I didn’t mean to cause an edit war since I barely looked at the rules and other things for Wikipedia but I want to know what happens now? —the bfdi guy… not really it’s actually raveCrowny (talk) 17:33, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @RaveCrowny, the first and most important thing you want to do is stop digging. If you still think these edits are valid, you’ll want to start a discussion on the talk page of the article in question. See WP:BRD for how that works. ~Kvng (talk) 13:33, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I am wondering about the creation of an article, specifically one about the “:3” emoticon. Currently the only record I can find of it is within the “list of emoticons page”, and there is nothing there about its role within queer and neurodivergent communities as a sort of symbol to connote benign intent, similar to the ending of messages in “:)” or “lol” in informal settings. There are a few issues that I can think of at the moment, the most important being the way the page is found, as “:3” is very similar to “3”, and I do not wish to mislead people to the wrong article. I also believe that It could go under the “Category:3” page. What are your thoughts/tips on this? Thank you for your time. —Jonathan Sims, The Archivist (talk) 13:55, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Jonathan Sims, The Archivist, an obvious starting point would be to update the List of emoticons page to include the information about use in queer and neurodivergent communities. Do you have any reliable sources we can use to support this? ~Kvng (talk) 04:53, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, decided not do go ahead because:

A – partly due to the difficulty of the query and my inexperience with academic search engines, I can find no reliable sources

B – I feel that the idea came from my own personal bias

Thanks Jonathan Sims, The Archivist (talk) 07:58, 12 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jonathan Sims, The Archivist I did a quick search when I first responded and didn’t immediately find anything myself. ~Kvng (talk) 03:29, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Do you know anything about self book help —Gomieyy (talk) 05:48, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No, sorry. ~Kvng (talk) 17:16, 13 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar

We’ve have been working in overlapping areas of interest for some time. While I may not have shown it (like when disagreeing with you on something), I really do appreciate your persistence in improving the encyclopedia! Your fact checking, referencing, and copy editing work makes a big difference in a world of misinformation and AI writing. I want to express how it doesn’t go unnoticed, year after year that you do your thing. Thank you! — voidxor 21:15, 12 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don’t get it. It was already proposed for deletion, and there was an objection. Julian in LA (talk) 17:55, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Julian in LA, if you still think it should be deleted despite my objection you need to nominated it for deletion at WP:AFD ~Kvng (talk) 19:08, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello KVNG,
My question is about finding where to start. Is there a new user guide for navigating an article? As well, is there a lexicon of technically restrictive terminology for editing Wiki articles?
Thank you, Mazzumito. —Mazzumito (talk) 19:18, 14 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Mazzumito, start by taking a look at WP:WELCOME and let me know if that answers any of your questions. I’m not sure sure I know what a lexicon of technically restrictive terminology is. ~Kvng (talk) 14:34, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. The WP:WELCOME page is just what I was looking for. I have already been reading and navigating the pages. I was looking for a glossary of definitions, acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms that are unique to WP editing. I am hesitant to dive in and begin editing, as I want to become familiar with protocols first. I am a good writer and notice grammar and sentence structure mistakes in publications. Is it appropriate to edit those types of mistakes in WP articles? Mazzumito (talk) 15:34, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Mazzumito, yes, general copy editing is an excellent way to get started! We have a project, WP:COPYEDITORS, dedicated to such improvements. You may also want to look at WP:COPYEDIT for tips and etiquette and WP:MOS which describes preferred language style and formatting in detail. ~Kvng (talk) 16:00, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Kvng. I look forward to learning the WP editing craft. Mazzumito (talk) 16:42, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I am trying to submit an article but it is getting declined so I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Please can you help. —PaigeLangton (talk) 17:22, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @PaigeLangton, the reviewer declined your Alfanar Projects draft as being prmotional. There’s a longstanding pattern of employees or other representatives from companies creating PR content about companies on Wikipedia. Doing so is a conflict of interest and declining these contributions as promotional is one of the way independent editors try to hold the line on these contributions. From your user page, I see that you work in PR so the reviewer, Bobby Cohn has a point that this draft probably needs additional review and work by independent editors before it can be published. Hopefully this answers your question and I’ll stop here to see if that explanation is clear to you. ~Kvng (talk) 18:17, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How do I add

to my userpage in order to join the Guild of CopyEditors? —Mazzumito (talk) 20:56, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Mazzumito, clicking on your name in red at the end of your message will let you edit your user page and you can add the box. ~Kvng (talk) 03:15, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Kvng. I am practicing editing and when I try to bold a word in a practice article entitled, the WikipeiA Adventure, it is grayed out. —Mazzumito (talk) 21:18, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Mazzumito, that practice article has some styling applied giving it gray text. The gray is just more noticeable with a bold font. You’ve successfully bolded Earth there. ~Kvng (talk) 14:10, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Fwiffo here. Wikipedia assigned you as my mentor. I’m having a lot of trouble with distinguishing whether my sources are independent or not. From what I understand, an independent source is one that A: does not exclusively cover content related to the subject page you would put it on, and B: stands to make no profit from the distribution of the information it has published.

The part that’s really confusing me is that second part. For an example, what about a book or field guide on animals in a specific area? The author makes a profit from your purchase, but it’s not as if the specific bit of information collected is what drives people to buy it. (unless its mention in the reference counts as advertising?) What about a scientific database website with ads that earn them money as you view the info? A student textbook? Where is the line drawn such that the author of whatever you’re citing can be considered to have a vested interest or conflict of interest in the information related to it? I have a book on butterflies of Cascadia but I’m getting mixed signals on whether it’s okay to use it to expand articles. —SpathiCaptainFwiffo (talk) 02:30, 19 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I’m not sure where you got your A and B points from. The policy page for this question is WP:INDEPENDENT. A source independent of a subject would not receive payment from that subject. They could receive payment from someone else, their publisher, for instance. ~Kvng (talk) 03:28, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I got my two main points from this quote in that page

“An independent source is a source that has no vested interest in a given Wikipedia topic and therefore is commonly expected to cover the topic from a disinterested perspective. Independent sources have editorial independence (e.g., advertisers do not dictate content) and no conflicts of interest (i.e., there is no potential for personal, financial, or political gain to be made from the existence of the publication).”

I realize now that it says “commonly expected to” so that throws my first point out of the window I suppose. Just to clarify, when you say an independent source would not receive payment from that subject, that means that the distribution of the knowledge itself does not advertise for their point of view or their future studies yes? SpathiCaptainFwiffo (talk) 17:51, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@SpathiCaptainFwiffo, sorry, I’m having trouble tracking your last question. Can you give me a specific example you’re struggling with? ~Kvng (talk) 19:16, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I really appreciate your input on this discussion. I hoped my response was not unnecessarily stubborn. Are you sure you tagged the correct user? Anyway, thanks for your massive contribs to Wikipedia. RastaKins (talk) 19:00, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You’re right. Sorry, I have corrected it. That revision will not ping ToaneeM but this reply will. ~Kvng (talk) 19:12, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]