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Question from GoGoProd (16:26, 28 August 2023)

Hi, Tol. I just created my first new entry on James J. Berg, writer, scholar, and editor. I want to confirm that it actually published and isn't only published on my User Page. How can I tell if I published it correctly? --GoGoProd (talk) 16:26, 28 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@GoGoProd Forgive me for butting in, but I have blanked the copy of your draft from your userpage (and left a short explanatory note there). You can delete it and use that page again, but not for drafts, please.
The better version of your draft is not yet published. There is a huge blue 'submit' button in your sandbox which you can press when you're ready to submit it for review.
However, as this is a Biography of a Living Person, you need to ensure every single statement of fact is supported with an inline citation before you do submit it. Anything that cannot be substantiated (see WP:V) should be removed, as we do not accept personal knowledge that people just "happen to know". Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 21:41, 29 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, @GoGoProd, and thanks for responding, @Nick Moyes. It appears that, now that Nick Moyes has removed the draft from your userpage, you currently have two versions of the draft — at User:GoGoProd/sandbox (in your sandbox) and Draft:James J. Berg (in draftspace). Neither has been fully published as an article yet, but the latter version (in draftspace) has been submitted for review. Tol (talk | contribs) @ 21:16, 30 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your help, Tol and @NickMoyes. Nick, I did put citations throughout, so I believe I have substantiation for everything. I did find some of the information on Dr. Berg's own site, though I didn't use that as a citation - I understand that personal sites or sites for commerce or are not seen at legitimate citation material. I've only used third party citations. Again, thank you for helping a newbie. GoGoProd (talk) 15:48, 8 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, @GoGoProd. Tol (talk | contribs) @ 16:06, 13 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

New page patrol October 2023 Backlog drive

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:14, 9 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Use TolBot in drive

Hello Tol!

The new pages patrol was wondering if we could use Tolbot in our October backlog drive?

Thanks! - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 11:04, 14 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Illusion Flame: Of course! I'll work on setup & configuration this weekend. Tol (talk | contribs) @ 14:39, 15 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

That's awesome, thank you @Tol! Last time we reached out I mentioned that we'd be using weighted values for redirects and articles, are you able to accommodate this? Redirects will be worth 0.25 points and articles will be worth 1 point. Hey man im josh (talk) 16:33, 15 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Hey man im josh: Yes; this should be reasonable to implement. Tol (talk | contribs) @ 19:40, 17 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sticky table headers

You created this template: {{Import style}}. Please see:

Is there any reason the German sticky table headers method could not be incorporated into English Wikipedia? With visible borders. With the ability to work with multi-row complex headers. To coexist with Vector 2022. --Timeshifter (talk) 06:19, 17 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have replied on the Village Pump discussion. Tol (talk | contribs) @ 13:55, 18 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Newoslo (17:06, 17 September 2023)

Hey is it easy to get my new article live --Newoslo (talk) 17:06, 17 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, @Newoslo; welcome to Wikipedia! It would seem that you are referring to Draft:Pritam Dutta. Wikipedia has notability guidelines to determine which topics are presumed notable, and only topics deemed notable warrant articles in Wikipedia. You can view the message that the reviewer left on your talk page and at the top of the draft; in particular, note the notability guidelines on academics and authors that the reviewer left. The draft you are working on should demonstrate that its subject meets one of these notability guidelines (or the general notability guideline) for it to be accepted. Tol (talk | contribs) @ 13:50, 18 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Review

Hello! Please look at my draft. Thank you! 2A00:1FA1:4202:3CD0:295F:1020:1FB4:8368 (talk) 11:46, 19 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]