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Talking Tom and Friends (TV Series)
Hi, on Talking Tom and Friends (TV Series), the article lists episodes beginning at 0 instead of 1, not sure what needs to be done here. Alextejthompson (Ping me or leave a message on my talk page) 17:35, 11 September 2023 (UTC)
- Some series have an "episode 0" or the pilot is called that sometimes. It's not obvious to me that this is a problem. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 17:40, 11 September 2023 (UTC)
- Hi Koavf, no worries, wasn't aware of that. Cheers, Alextejthompson (Ping me or leave a message on my talk page) 17:56, 11 September 2023 (UTC)
AWB access
Hi, am I ok to use AWB to fix typos here? I had it enabled under my old username of "Rubbish computer". Cheers, Alextejthompson (Ping me or leave a message on my talk page) 15:21, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
Done I have updated your name in the list. Saroj (talk) 17:54, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
Hi, thanks Saroj. Alextejthompson (Ping me or leave a message on my talk page) 18:20, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
ZOOM (1999 TV series)
Hi, on ZOOM (1999 TV series), there was a PROD but it's been removed. Should it be readded? Sorry if this is a silly question, been almost completely offline for a long time. Alextejthompson (Ping me or leave a message on my talk page) 17:14, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
- Once a PROD tag has been removed by a user, the next step, if someone believes it should still be deleted, is to nominate it at Wikiquote:Votes for deletion. ~ UDScott (talk) 17:37, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
Ok, thank you UDScott. Alextejthompson (Ping me or leave a message on my talk page) 18:21, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
Your wiki will be in read-only soon
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Trizek_(WMF) (talk) 09:23, 15 September 2023 (UTC)
Quotes
I have a book on people's quotes was asking if I can contribute from it 172.58.4.94 19:48, 16 September 2023 (UTC)
- Yes, but to be clear, you cannot just reproduced a book of quotations: the arrangement and selection of quotations is copyright-able and likely protected by your book. So make sure that you don't reproduce entire sections of the book and cite your sources. Thanks. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 05:07, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
"cite web" parameters are different in WikiQuote than in Wikipedia?
Is this intentional, or just because the "cite web" template in Wikiquote hasn't been updated recently? I moved some text over from Wikipedia for Evi Nemeth and its references didn't work until I changed e.g. archive-url to archiveurl, and archive-date to archivedate, and removed url-status=dead. Gnuish (talk) 16:46, 27 September 2023 (UTC)
- I can't imagine that it's deliberate. I can tool around with it to make it align with en.wp more. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:15, 27 September 2023 (UTC)
Opportunities open for the Affiliations Committee, Ombuds commission, and the Case Review Committee
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More languages • Please help translate to your languageHi everyone! The Affiliations Committee (AffCom), Ombuds commission (OC), and the Case Review Committee (CRC) are looking for new members. These volunteer groups provide important structural and oversight support for the community and movement. People are encouraged to nominate themselves or encourage others they feel would contribute to these groups to apply. There is more information about the roles of the groups, the skills needed, and the opportunity to apply on the Meta-wiki page.
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On Julius Streicher, there is content sourced to neo-Nazi website Stormfront. That seems like a bad idea. 82.21.177.66 13:42, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you, issue fixed with a citation to a book from a reputable publisher. Philip Cross (talk) 14:48, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
Please delete middle initial
I just started an entry for Carol S. Dweck, but should not have used her middle initial. Would someone please fix this for me? Thank you. I also see that 2 of the categories I carried over from her entry on Wikipedia are in red. I know this means they don't exist in WikiQuote. Should I therefore remove them? Thank you so much! TrudiJ (talk) 11:14, 16 October 2023 (UTC)
- Moved page. But you have to create a category, and you really shouldn't create a new category unless you can link it up and out to others. So like..."Women from Arkansas" could link up to Category:People from Arkansas. But "Badgers from the Arctic" doesn't really have anywhere to go and is just a dead end. GMGtalk 12:47, 16 October 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you very much for your help with this, and the explanation about category creation. TrudiJ (talk) 20:07, 16 October 2023 (UTC)
Review and comment on the 2024 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees selection rules package
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Please review and comment on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees selection rules package from now until 29 October 2023. The selection rules package was based on older versions by the Elections Committee and will be used in the 2024 Board of Trustees selection. Providing your comments now will help them provide a smoother, better Board selection process. More on the Meta-wiki page.
Best,
Katie Chan
Chair of the Elections Committee
01:13, 17 October 2023 (UTC)