User talk:Aaron Liu

Extended-confirmed criterion

Not sure what page to which you are referring. Using the edit box on the nomination page to create a request currently displays an edit notice. If editors are ignoring the text counselling having "several thousand edits", then I don't think adding more text is going to gain their attention. isaacl (talk) 17:38, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

I was thinking a notice for creating pages with titles matching a regexp, not on the nomination page. Is that possible? Aaron Liu (talk) 20:01, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Note I referred to the individual request page, that is, a page such as Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Sample user, not the nomination page. There is already a group editnotice that is displayed for Wikipedia:Requests for adminship and all subpages, which displays different messages under different circumstances. You can try using the form on the nomination page, or just try to create a new subpage manually, to see the current editnotice when a subpage is created. isaacl (talk) 23:24, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Weird, I swear it wasn't there this noon. Aaron Liu (talk) 00:13, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Ok, I was thinking of a notice to show for users who can't create something. But apparently view source does not show the edit notice. Aaron Liu (talk) 00:15, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

You can follow the link I provided to read about editnotices. They are on a separate page from the page to which they apply, and are shown only when editing a page. There is no current capability to keep a page from being created by non-extended-confirmed editors (and thus the open request on Phabricator), so a message for this scenario is moot unless this capability is implemented. Ultimately, though, if affected editors aren't reading the current advice in multiple places, including the editnotice, then I'm doubtful that a new message will lessen their confusion. isaacl (talk) 04:18, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from Yitzchok-Isaac (00:47, 26 March 2024)

Hi, I just finished my first try at editing an entry on jesus christ, but when I finished, I found no remnant of all that I wrote. Is there any way I can find out what happened to all that I wrote ? What did I do wrong, or incorrectly ? How can I 'save' any work I might do in the future from getting lost ? Thanking you in advance, I remain, Yitzchok-Isaac --Yitzchok-Isaac (talk) 00:47, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi there! You may have forgotten to click on the Publish changes button. If you want Wikipedia to automatically recover your unsaved changes, check Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing's "Enable the Edit Recovery feature" feature. Cheers! Aaron Liu (talk) 00:53, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from Moshelillien (02:42, 26 March 2024)

can anyone see my ip when I make edits on my account? --Moshelillien (talk) 02:42, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

The short answer is no, or at least that you don't have to worry about it!
Normal-ish people like you, me, and administrators can't. However, something our encyclopedia hates is wp:sockpuppetry, which is when an editor makes multiple accounts with the goal of unfairly influencing community decisions or evading a block. Thus, we have 53 wp:CheckUsers, who went through a vigorous selection process to make sure that they'll only use users' IP addresses to check if another user uses a suspiciously similar address. This can still only be checked if you've edited within the last wmf:data retention period, that is, the last 90 days. Rest assured, your private information is in safe hands. Aaron Liu (talk) 11:36, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from Morwampuru on SOPHIA.org (13:48, 27 March 2024)

Hello,how can I create my own article? --Morwampuru (talk) 13:48, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

Well, it's heavily advised against. See Help:Your first article § Things to avoid. First of all, you have to meet wp:notability, which means that you have to be the main subject of several articles from wp:reliable sources. Secondly, you have to be terribly unbiased about yourself. If you really want to do this, you can check out the instructions at Help:Your first article. Aaron Liu (talk) 14:24, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from Sana khn on Talk:Writing (16:47, 27 March 2024)

How i start work ? Without investment --Sana khn (talk) 16:47, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

Could you clarify? Aaron Liu (talk) 17:11, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

Question from AndraM512 (13:04, 15 April 2024)

Hi, how are you? I want to translate an article that exists in Dutch into English, is there an easy way to do that? Or do I have to create a new article? Could you walk me through how it works?

Thanks, Andra --AndraM512 (talk) 13:04, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

Hey! Help:Translation can get you started. You can start by using the Wikipedia:Article wizard to create a blank page, and then you can edit that page. Aaron Liu (talk) 13:21, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

April 24

You need to read wp:bludgeon. Slatersteven (talk) 13:34, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

I've just responded to one additional chain and you call that bludgeoning? Aaron Liu (talk) 14:19, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

Yes, as you are just saying the same thing over and over again, in response (it seems) to every user. Slatersteven (talk) 15:44, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

But is only ONE additional user bombardment? Aaron Liu (talk) 16:05, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

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