User talk:MediaKyle
User | Talk | Contributions | Ideas | Library | Sandbox | Toolbox |
---|
Welcome to my talk page!
- Please use the Reply button to reply to a message, or add topic (+) to start a new section.
- If I have left a message on your talk page, please DO NOT post a reply here, instead, reply there.
- Mention me using the "Mention a user" button in the Reply box or type out {{ping|MediaKyle}}.
- I will have your talk page on watch and will note when you have replied.
- If you prefer to manually edit the page to post:
- Use an accurate and appropriate heading.
- Indent your comment by using an appropriate number of colons ':'.
- Sign your post with four tildes (~~~~) at the end.
![]() | Archives: 1 |
Can you help with a review of a rewrite?
[edit]Hi, I work for journalist Vicky Ward. I recently rewrote her career section in my sandbox to add many more citations and improve the organization all while removing promotional phrases. I am looking for an editor who can review it and replace the current section if they think it meets all policies and criteria. Since I have a conflict of interest I won't do this myself, but I would appreciate your feedback.
I noticed that you are from Nova Scotia, I did my undergrad at Dalhousie for English. Nova Scotia has a special place in my heart. Living in the states now, I miss a good Keith's beer.
Thank you! - Tatiana Tatianacooper16 (talk) 19:45, 5 September 2025 (UTC)
CfD nomination at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 September 5 § Category:Canadian animal sportspeople by province or territory
[edit]
Categories you have created have been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 September 5 § Category:Canadian animal sportspeople by province or territory on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Kaffet i halsen (talk) 20:03, 5 September 2025 (UTC)
I have sent you a note about a page you started
[edit]Hi MediaKyle. Thank you for your work on Belmont, Hants, Nova Scotia. Another editor, Zzz plant, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:
I looked around for a reference documenting population, but wasn't able to find one. I'm still going to mark as reviewed- based on g-maps and other strong albeit circumstantial evidence, this appears to be a populated place and thus meets WP:NSETTLEMENT.
To reply, leave a comment here and begin it with {{Re|Zzz plant}}
. (Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)
Zzz plant (talk) 15:06, 6 September 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks. I added another reference to make notability more clear. Needed to create this to differentiate from Belmont, Colchester, Nova Scotia -- MediaKyle (talk) 15:37, 6 September 2025 (UTC)
CfD nomination at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 September 8 § Category:Canadian gymnastics people by province or territory
[edit]
Categories you have created have been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 September 8 § Category:Canadian gymnastics people by province or territory on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Kaffet i halsen (talk) 09:14, 8 September 2025 (UTC)
AfC review request: Draft:Mamdouh Salem Baajajah
[edit]Hello MediaKyle,
I’ve been working on a draft titled Draft:Mamdouh Salem Baajajah (discussion page: [[1]]).
I would greatly appreciate it if you could review the draft for Articles for Creation, and if it meets the notability and sourcing requirements, help move it to the mainspace.
Thank you very much for your time and assistance!
Best regards, Maisa Khudair (talk) 17:36, 8 September 2025 (UTC)
- Hi there Maisa Khudair. Unfortunately your draft is a bit out of my wheelhouse, and I'd be unable to assess the sources. I'm afraid you will have to wait for someone else to review it. All the best, MediaKyle (talk) 19:08, 8 September 2025 (UTC)
- Hi MediaKyle,
- Thank you for taking the time to review and for letting me know. I completely understand.
- Would you happen to recommend someone who might be a good fit to review this draft? Your guidance would be greatly appreciated. Maisa Khudair (talk) 06:06, 9 September 2025 (UTC)
The Signpost: 9 September 2025
[edit]- News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation loses a round in court
- In the media: Congress probes, mayor whitewashed, AI stinks
- Disinformation report: A guide for Congress
- Recent research: Minority-language Wikipedias, and Wikidata for botanists
- Technology report: A new way to read Wikisource
- Traffic report: Check out some new Weapons, weapon of choice
- Essay: The one question
I have sent you a note about a page you started
[edit]Hi MediaKyle. Thank you for your work on Don Aker. Another editor, Klbrain, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:
Notable as a prize-winning author, who whose work has been reviewed and whose output has been sustained over a couple of decades. Thanks for creating it.
To reply, leave a comment here and begin it with {{Re|Klbrain}}
. (Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)
Klbrain (talk) 19:46, 10 September 2025 (UTC)
I have sent you a note about a page you started
[edit]Hi MediaKyle. Thank you for your work on Lezlie Lowe. Another editor, Klbrain, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:
Clearly referenced and written, as elsewhere. Lowe's work has been picked up several times by CBC and other sources, suggesting WP:NAUTHOR is probably reached, even though there are only 2 books. Wouldn't reach WP:NACADEMIC, but doesn't need to.
To reply, leave a comment here and begin it with {{Re|Klbrain}}
. (Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)
Klbrain (talk) 19:53, 10 September 2025 (UTC)
I have sent you a note about a page you started
[edit]Hi MediaKyle. Thank you for your work on David Weale. Another editor, Klbrain, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:
Thanks for another biography; notability is established primarily by WP:NAUTHOR. I wonder whether, in this case, the biography might better be presented thematically, separating the publication history from the quite different teaching and 'activism' aspects. Regardless, I think that it's sounds as it is.
To reply, leave a comment here and begin it with {{Re|Klbrain}}
. (Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)
Klbrain (talk) 19:59, 10 September 2025 (UTC)
Your nomination of The Republic of Nothing has passed
[edit]Your good article nomination of the article The Republic of Nothing has passed; congratulations! See the review page for more information. If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of LEvalyn -- LEvalyn (talk) 03:50, 14 September 2025 (UTC)
A goat for you!
[edit]
Thank you for all the work you've been doing on Vicky Ward!
Taffer😊💬(she/they) 21:22, 15 September 2025 (UTC)
- Well thanks for noticing! I appreciate the goat, it can live on my talk page for awhile. Cheers, MediaKyle (talk) 22:20, 15 September 2025 (UTC)
Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2025 Issue 17
[edit]
Upcoming and current events and conversations
Let's Talk continues
- Wikimania 2026: The scholarship application for Wikimania 2026 is open. Apply now by October 31.
- Wikipedia 25: Help us find inspiring stories to share during birthday celebrations by September 23.
- Wikimedia Research Showcase: "Readers and Readership Research" will be the featured theme for the next research showcase taking place on September 24 at 16:30 UTC.
- Update to banner and logo policies: Feedback is requested on proposed policy and documentation updates regarding the use of banners and logos for advocacy purposes.
- GLAM Wiki 2025: The registration for GLAM Wiki Conference is open until September 30.
Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure
See also newsletters: Wikimedia Apps · Growth · Product Safety and Integrity · Readers · Research · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · other newsletters on MediaWiki.org

- Better bot detection: How we are improving bot detection and replacing our CAPTCHA.
- Temporary Accounts: Temporary accounts are now deployed to almost all wikis except the last 11.
- User Info: This new feature displays data related to a user account when you tap or click on the "user avatar" icon button next to a username. It's meant to be useful for different users with extended rights as well as newcomers.
- Newsletter highlights: The latest Readers Newsletter is now available. It includes considerations about Wikipedia's declining pageviews in the recent years, how the Foundation and communities may work on addressing this together, and the formation of two new teams — Reader Growth and Reader Experience.
- Activity Tab Experiment: The Foundation launched an experiment testing a new Activity tab in the Wikipedia Android app to our beta testers. Instead of only showing editing activity, this tab also surfaces insights about reading and donation behavior.
- Search Suggestions: To make it easier for users to find articles, logged-out users on both desktop and mobile will see suggestions of articles for further reading on English Wikipedia beginning the week of September 22. All non-English wikis received this update in June and July.
- Paste Check: The Foundation is working on a new check: Paste check. This check informs newcomers who paste text into Wikipedia that the content might not be accepted to ensure it is aligned with the Movement's values. This check will soon be tested at a few wikis.
- CampaignEvents extension: The CampaignEvents extension has been enabled for all Wikisources. The extension makes it easier to organize and participate in collaborative activities, like edit-a-thons and WikiProjects, on the wikis. To request the extension for your wiki, visit the information page.
- Structured Task: The Add a Link Structured Task has been fully released at English Wikipedia. This release is an important step in making editing more accessible for new contributors, especially on mobile.
- Tech News: Read more updates from Tech News week 36 and 37.
- Wikifunctions: Wikifunctions is now available on 65 Wiktionaries and has a new capability to copy function calls from one Wikipedia to another.
- Multilingual Contributors: The Language and Product Localisation team is launching a CentralNotice campaign to attract multilingual contributors to specific Wikipedias. The campaign will feature regionally targeted banners to reach potential native speakers.
Annual Goals Progress on Volunteer Support
See also blogs: Global Advocacy blog · Global Advocacy Newsletter · Policy blog · WikiLearn News · list of movement events
- Global Resources: Introducing the interim Global Resource Distribution Committee (GRDC).
- Funding the Movement: Key Takeaways, Trends, and Lessons from FY 2024-2025 Community Fund Grants.
- Open Indonesia: Reflections on Open Indonesia, an event in Bandung gathering communities dedicated to advancing open knowledge to build the country's Open Knowledge Roadmap.
- WikiWomen*: Reflections from the WikiWomen* Summit 2025.
- Gender & AI: Is Gendering AI Possible? Reflections from the 2025 Gendering AI Conference.
- Wikipedia 25: What one centenarian can teach us about 25 years of Wikipedia.
- Knowledge Equity Fund: Wikimedia Ghana User Group receives Knowledge Equity Fund Connected Grant.
- Wikimania 2025: ESEAP First Timers at Wikimania Nairobi.
- César do Paço Lawsuit: Update about a lawsuit in Portugal and the Foundation's appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.
- UK Online Safety Act: The Wikimedia Foundation will not appeal the UK High Court’s decision to dismiss our challenge to the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA) Categorisation Regulations.
Board and Board committee updates
See Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard · Affiliations Committee Newsletter
- August board meeting: Updates on board appointments and selection, CEO search, work to strengthen Wikipedia's approach to neutral point of view and updates on three pilots around more shared decision-making and shared accountability across the movement.
- New Endowment board members: Welcoming New Wikimedia Endowment Board Members, Kevin Bonebrake and Ike Kier.
Other Movement curated newsletters & news
See also: Diff blog · Goings-on · Planet Wikimedia · Signpost (en) · Kurier (de) · Actualités du Wiktionnaire (fr) · Regards sur l’actualité de la Wikimedia (fr) · Wikimag (fr) · Education · GLAM · The Wikipedia Library · Milestones · Wikidata · Central and Eastern Europe · other newsletters
Subscribe or unsubscribe · Help translate
For information about the Bulletin and to read previous editions, see the project page on Meta-Wiki. Let askcacwikimedia.org know if you have any feedback or suggestions for improvement!
MediaWiki message delivery 01:04, 17 September 2025 (UTC)
September 2025
[edit] Hello, I'm Zackmann08. Thank you for your recent contributions to École secondaire de Clare. When you were adding content to the page, you added duplicate arguments to a template which can cause issues with how the template is rendered. In the future, please use the preview button before you save your edit; this helps you find these errors as they will display in yellow at the top of the page. Thanks. Zackmann (Talk to me/What I been doing) 16:24, 21 September 2025 (UTC)
New page reviewer granted
[edit]
Hi MediaKyle, I just wanted to let you know that I have added the new page reviewer user right to your account. This means you now have access to the page curation tools and can start patrolling pages from the new pages feed. If you asked for this at requests for permissions, please check back there to see if your access is time-limited or if there are other comments.
This is a good time to re-acquaint yourself with the guidance at Wikipedia:New pages patrol. Before you get started, please take the time to:
- Add Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Reviewers to your watchlist to follow NPP-related discussions
- If you use Twinkle, configure it to log your CSDs and PRODs
- If you can read any languages other than English, add yourself to the list of reviewers with language proficiencies
You can find a list of other useful links and tools for patrollers at Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Resources. If you are ever unsure what to do, ask your fellow patrollers or just leave the page for someone else to review – you're not alone! Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 17:08, 21 September 2025 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue 233, September 2025
[edit]
|
The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here.
If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 11:54, 26 September 2025 (UTC)
CfD nomination at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 September 28 § Category:Canadian rugby football people by province or territory
[edit]
Categories you have created have been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 September 28 § Category:Canadian rugby football people by province or territory on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. Kaffet i halsen (talk) 09:17, 28 September 2025 (UTC)
Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2025 Issue 18
[edit]
Upcoming and current events and conversations
Let's Talk continues
- CEE Meeting: Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2025 will be held in Thessaloniki, Greece, September 26-28.
- Learning Clinic: The next Let's Connect Learning Clinic will talk about "Mastering the Capacity Exchange (CapX) Tool" and will take place on September 30 at 13:00 UTC.
- Big Fat Brussels Meeting: The tenth in-person gathering of Wikimedians enthusiastic in free knowledge advocacy, Big Fat Brussels Meeting, will take place on October 3-4.
- Wikimedia Research Showcase: "Celebrating 13 Years: Wikidata’s Role in Learning and Culture" will be the featured theme for the next research showcase taking place on October 15 at 16:30 UTC.
Annual Goals Progress on Infrastructure
See also newsletters: Wikimedia Apps · Growth · Research · Web · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia · Tech News · Language and Internationalization · other newsletters on MediaWiki.org
- Tech News: Read updates from Tech News week 38 and 39.
- Wikifunctions: Wikifunctions is now available on 123 Wiktionary languages and have more than 3,000 functions available.
- Collaborative Contributions: A new feature, called Collaborative Contributions, allows editors to see the impact of their collaborative editing activities. It was live demoed earlier and you can follow instructions to test it out.
- CampaignEvents extension: The CampaignEvents extension was deployed to Wikimedia Commons and all Wikisources -80+ wikis.
- Event registration: Starting the week of October 6, on small and medium wikis that have the CampaignEvents extension enabled, all autoconfirmed users will be able to use Event Registration as an organizer. No changes will be made for large wikis unless requested in Phabricator. More information on Meta.
- Search Suggestions: Upon clicking an empty search bar, logged-out users now see suggestions of articles for further reading on all Wikipedias, in order to make it easier for users to find articles.
- Datacenter server switchover: A successful datacenter server switchover backup test took place on September 24.
- Activity Tab now on Android: Beta users of the Wikipedia Android app can now try the redesigned Activity tab, which replaces the Edits tab. The new tab offers personalized insights into reading, editing, and donation activity, while simplifying navigation and making app use more engaging.
Annual Goals Progress on Volunteer Support
See also blogs: Global Advocacy blog · Global Advocacy Newsletter · Policy blog · WikiLearn News · list of movement events
- Banners & Logos policies: The Wikimedia Foundation has published draft proposals for policies related to the use of banners and logo changes for advocacy purposes.
- Wikipedia 25: Wikimedia Foundation is creating playful, celebratory interventions on the Wikipedia portal page, the Wikipedia app, and potentially any interested Wikipedias to celebrate Wikipedia’s 25th birthday. Please share your inputs and add your username on the Talk page if you think your community would be interested in participating.
- Regional Funds: Welcoming new ESEAP Regional Funds Committee Members.
- Peer Learning: Reflections from Let’s Connect at Wikimania Nairobi 2025.
Annual Goals Progress on Effectiveness
See also: Progress on the annual plan
Board and Board committee updates
See Wikimedia Foundation Board noticeboard · Affiliations Committee Newsletter
- Wikimedia Georgia: Wikimedia Georgia becomes the newest Wikimedia Chapter.
Foundation statements
- Knowledge integrity: The Wikimedia Foundation launches a new series that explores how Wikipedia can inspire new standards of knowledge integrity for our times.
Highlights from other Movement curated newsletters & news
See also: Diff blog · Goings-on · Planet Wikimedia · Signpost (en) · Kurier (de) · Actualités du Wiktionnaire (fr) · Regards sur l’actualité de la Wikimedia (fr) · Wikimag (fr) · Education · GLAM · The Wikipedia Library · Milestones · Wikidata · Central and Eastern Europe · other newsletters
- National award: Wikipedian and current chair of Wikimedia Deutschland, Alice Wiegand, receives the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for her voluntary commitment to Wikipedia and the global Wikimedia movement.
- Supporting admins and patrollers: Motivating, training and networking – Wikimedia Ukraine’s plan to support Wikipedia admins and patrollers.
- Wikimania roundup: A roundup of Wikimania and this year's Wikimedians of the year by the French-speaking community's newsletter, Regards sur l’actualité du mouvement Wikimédia (Views on Wikimedia movement's events, or RAW).
Subscribe or unsubscribe · Help translate
For information about the Bulletin and to read previous editions, see the project page on Meta-Wiki. Let askcacwikimedia.org know if you have any feedback or suggestions for improvement!
MediaWiki message delivery 16:26, 30 September 2025 (UTC)
The Signpost: 2 October 2025
[edit]- News and notes: Larry Sanger returns with "Nine Theses on Wikipedia"; WMF publishes transparency report
- In the media: Extraordinary eruption of "EVIL" explained
- Disinformation report: Emails from a paid editing client
- Discussion report: Sourcing, conduct, policy and LLMs: another 1,339 threads analyzed
- Recent research: Is Wikipedia a merchant of (non-)doubt for glyphosate?; eight projects awarded Wikimedia Research Fund grants
- Opinion: Some disputes aren't worth it
- Obituary: Michael Q. Schmidt
- Traffic report: Death, hear me call your name
- Comix: A grand spectacle
Request for re-review of Draft:Hiroshi Funato
[edit]Hello, and thank you for your previous review.
I have updated the draft to address the earlier feedback: - corrected references and removed promotional tone - added verifiable sources about international performances (September 2025 Switzerland tour)
Could you kindly re-review it when possible?
Draft:Hiroshi Funato - Wikipedia
Thank you very much. — F-notes (talk) 23:55, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
Survey
[edit]Hi and thanks for your recent participation in AfD. I would like to hear your thoughts about the process. Please check this survey if you are willing to respond.Czarking0 (talk) 02:18, 6 October 2025 (UTC)
Dear MediaKyle,
Thanks for reviewing this entry 2 months ago. The rejection note highlighted the initial submission's failure to satisfy the standards for inline citations. This has hopefully been remedied, with footnotes of sources added. I would appreciate if you could take another look at this. This article of Irene Virgolini, an established and notable Austrian physician, is based on her German Wikipedia entry which has been up for over ten years.
Thank you again in advance.
-JM
Jm-tilak (talk) 08:14, 7 October 2025 (UTC)
Concern regarding Draft:Miramichi Reader
[edit] Hello, MediaKyle. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Miramichi Reader, a page you created, has not been edited in at least five months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it again or request that it be moved to your userspace.
If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted so you can continue working on it.
Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 03:06, 11 October 2025 (UTC)