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Question from Johntheschmo (07:55, 25 October 2024)

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Hey Ferien! As you can see in my history, I've been struggling to understand how WP:NPOVN works in practice. Can you please provide insights as to how exactly neutrality should be implemented when a topic is so contentious? Thanks --Johntheschmo (talk) 07:55, 25 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi Johntheschmo, welcome to Wikipedia. I'd personally stay away from these areas for the time being, until you have experience with WP:NPOV outside of contentious areas. Thanks, --Ferien (talk) 16:32, 8 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

Question from Hiiijoshua on Boris Yeltsin (13:04, 26 October 2024)

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how do i remove all citations? --Hiiijoshua (talk) 13:04, 26 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hiiijoshua, I'm confused on why you'd want to remove all citations from a page? --Ferien (talk) 16:33, 8 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

Question from Godfrey blessing on Wikipedia:Request an account/ACC Wizard (09:13, 27 October 2024)

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Hello oo --Godfrey blessing (talk) 09:13, 27 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi Godfrey blessing, welcome to Wikipedia, let me know if you need any help :) --Ferien (talk) 16:33, 8 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

Question from Mirvanamilano (10:00, 7 November 2024)

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Good morning. Mirvana is an Italian brand, and we want to publish about Mirvana on Wikipedia. How is this possible, please? I don't want to do anything that's against the rules, but I do know that brands are allowed over here, and I do want to write about ours. It's https://lemirvana.com (find us on IG by @mirvanamilano ) - Also a second question, if we want to publish an article about the founder? - she's doing many different businesses and she wants to be found online with all the information she wants to share, not randomly what different publications would post, and Wikipedia is the best place for this. Please let me know for both. Thank you! --Mirvanamilano (talk) 10:00, 7 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Question from AppleyAppleson (19:52, 7 November 2024)

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how do i create a citation? --AppleyAppleson (talk) 19:52, 7 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

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Question from MOWM (22:53, 11 November 2024)

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Hi Ferien,

I wanted to check in on the Sandbox entry I made for Bryan Wells. I tried to best mimic the approved pages from his main collaborator, the late Ron Miller to ensure the content was direct, sourced, and hit a high standard. I'm curious about what kind of time frame it takes to approve pages. --MOWM (talk) 22:53, 11 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Question from GoodSideForever (22:08, 16 November 2024)

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thanks ferien but these dudes deleted my 6 hours of work so now i'm deleting my account --GoodSideForever (talk) 22:08, 16 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Question from Kreonziber (18:19, 18 November 2024)

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Hello, how do i know the edit is correct? --Kreonziber (talk) 18:19, 18 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

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Question from Mirvanamilano (11:09, 19 November 2024)

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Hi. We are a registered Italian luxury brand, and we'd like to establish ourselves by having a Wikipedia page of our brand - Mirvana (our company is registered in Italy as Mirvana Srl, and the brand is also registered in Italy). I remember many years ago when I was contributing to history related articles, that my back-then mentor said, that brands and companies can have their own pages posted on Wikipedia with external link to them. Our brand is in the luxury sector, and it's going to be here for a long time, so I want to check where and how I can publish it on Wikipedia? --Mirvanamilano (talk) 11:09, 19 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Question from Kicab (16:22, 19 November 2024)

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Hello Ferien. I made a major edit and was wondering what the process is for it to be posted. Thanks. --Kicab (talk) 16:22, 19 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

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I edited the Three Prisoners Problem. The change was added and then removed by Burghardt who said it should be discussed on talk page. How do I do that?

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Question from Brierforest1 on Temple tax (18:12, 29 November 2024)

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I do not believe this entry is correct. The ancient Levites were exempt from The Temple Tax in ancient Israel as they were not counted in the census and were priests. The Levite tribe was the priestly tribe and separated into Cohens who were a higher priestly family that are descendents of Aaron. The Levites that served The Temple. --Brierforest1 (talk) 18:12, 29 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

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Question from BlizzardHero (10:38, 14 December 2024)

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Hello, quick question about linking to external resources. How granular should external links be? To illustrate, two examples: an oral history collection about a town linked to the page for said town (for which none of the interviewees should receive their own page), and a single audio recording in an archival database.

In the first case, oral history collections might be conducted about a subject, but might be too broadly related in their subject focus. In the second case, the resource might be too granular and thus not worth linking to. I couldn't find clarifying examples in the external links guide page, so I'm sorry for asking. Thanks! --BlizzardHero (talk) 10:38, 14 December 2024 (UTC)Reply