User talk:Tails Wx

A barnstar for you!

		The Original Barnstar
		For being very helpful and pleasant to be around on Wikipedia as a whole. Cheers! Fakescientist8000 00:14, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, Fakescientist8000! Good to have you around on Wikipedia as well! Tails Wx 00:18, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Welcome to QAI

April songs

my story today

Supporting the barnstar: welcome to project WP:QAI, and thank you for severe weather only in articles ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:20, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome, Gerda Arendt! Looking forward to improve articles! Tails Wx 12:35, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

My story today is about a woman who sang a piece I love. She was born on 26 April 1921. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:37, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

Ooh, nice! Apparently the link didn't work; but I found the article! Tails Wx 01:28, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for helping Wik while I was gone. :) -- Grapefanatic (talk) 12:20, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

No problem, Grapefanatic! Tails Wx 12:25, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Precious

chasing storms

Thank you for quality articles about severe weather, such as Hurricane Henri and January 31 – February 2, 2023, ice storm, for updating and improving others in the field, for great images of storms and places, for organizing donations to weather victims, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

You are recipient no. 2844 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:08, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Wow–thanks so much, Gerda Arendt! I'll be creating and improving more articles, and to donate to more weather victims in the future! Tails Wx 13:18, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

good plans, - I imagine you waving tails energetically ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:23, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Haha–yep! I'll always try to help if an unfortunate destructive tornado hits a town, and assist if needed! Tails Wx 13:26, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Sorry for your loss

Just saw the edit summary on your userbox and just want to say I hope you are doing okay. -- Grapefanatic (talk) 13:23, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Hiya, which edit are you referring to? Tails Wx 13:25, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:User_likes_Tails_Wx&oldid=1148434502 This one. -- Grapefanatic (talk) 13:28, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Oh. What happened was, one of our lost chickens, a young Rhode Island Red disappeared while being attacked by a predator (a raccoon, most likely), and our fish suffered from poor water conditions, sadly. The Rhode Island Red was acting quite strange prior to that incident, as she actually flew up into one of the high trees, so I had to go and rescue her. Tails Wx 13:32, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Aww poor chicken. And poor fish as well. I can relate to this a little bit, but not here. Will share on Discord. Completely unrelated but I remember that whenever I visit Kauai I always see a whole bunch of wild chickens everywhere just wandering around. Its like they're the island's version of pigeons. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 13:42, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Y'know, maybe I should try and improve that article. Hmm.... ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 13:47, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Whether it's the Rhode Island Red or Kauai, both articles equally look a mess! Tails Wx 13:50, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

I was mainly referring to Kauai. I'm not interested in an article on a chicken (though they do taste good). ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 13:52, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

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Hello, Tails

I hope you're having a great day. But the is question are you on YouTube? -CouchPotato0209

P.S I might not respond until Monday because I'm taking a break CouchPotato0209 (talk) 13:33, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

I am not, unfortunately. I hope you're having a good day as well! Tails Wx 13:50, 22 April 2023 (UTC)

I saw something that said "Miles Tails Prower" I thought that could be relate to you. Do you have any information about this "Miles Tails Prower". CouchPotato0209 (talk) 11:54, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

Well, that account is unrelated to me! Tails Wx 12:11, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

Are you an expert at speaking in Korean? CouchPotato0209 (talk) 14:15, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

Nah–I'm not quite fluent, I'm sort of rudimentary. I can speak English quite well, though! Tails Wx 14:33, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

Do you know anybody who speaks Korean fluently? CouchPotato0209 (talk) 14:36, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

I've got a few friends, but I can't share it due to privacy concerns. Tails Wx 14:39, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

The Korean Wikipedia definitely would. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 14:40, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

Thank you very much! CouchPotato0209 (talk) 14:43, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

No problem! Tails Wx 14:48, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

BTW, CouchPotato0209, after you asked me, I decided to create one, and should be linked in my userpage! Tails Wx 20:36, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

Y'know, this reminds me of my own YouTube channel. I haven't shut it down, I just haven't uploaded a new video in... a year holy crap. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 20:44, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	I've somehow never given you a barnstar before. You've done great work in anti-vandalism, including reverting when someone reverts me when I had a valid reason before I even get to it. You've also been a pretty great friend. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 17:22, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

Wow–thanks so much Blaze! And you're a great friend as well, especially when giving me advice for denial stuff, like here! And I've learned from my mistakes from you! :) Tails Wx 17:35, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

I forgot that your username used to be Sarrail. Interesting that very IP was recently blocked again for the same behavior they were blocked for. Clearly some people don't learn. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 17:42, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

Shhh! I, uh, actually didn't want to expose my personal information, so I think that explains why I was named that name in the first place. ;) Anyway, this this welcome message to the IP is interesting! Seriously, that IP escalated their disruptive editing... Tails Wx 17:54, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

I think that was just a new user restoring a welcome message not knowing that they can remove the welcome message per WP:OWNTALK. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 18:04, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

The IP already had a welcome message placed on their talk page prior to the newer one! I wonder if the user who placed the welcome message noticed the previous one! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Tails Wx 18:11, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Kenji Yonekura

On 27 April 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Kenji Yonekura, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 21:40, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

The WikiCup

I'm puzzled why user "Sarrail" claimed points in the WikiCup for the Kenji Yonekura ITN item? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 08:43, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

Well, I used to be named Sarrail. Should the WikiCup scoring page for me be moved to my current name? Tails Wx 12:20, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

No, that's OK, I was just clarifying the position. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:45, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Richmond, Indiana facility fire

On 30 April 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Richmond, Indiana facility fire, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that three years prior to last month's massive plastics fire in Indiana, a court determined that the site was a fire hazard "unsafe to people and property"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Richmond, Indiana facility fire. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Richmond, Indiana facility fire), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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A Barnstar For You!

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		I really appreciated the help with the List of United States tornadoes in 1946. Thank you so much for the contributions you make to Wikipedia! Elijahandskip (talk) 02:55, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

P.S. On a little side note, I am going to be slowly working on expanding Wikipedia's documentation of older tornadoes, including the "by year" articles (i.e. Tornadoes of 1946) and U.S. lists by year. Currently, 1946 is the oldest set of articles, so my work is cut out. You are more than welcome to help out when I start the next year (1945), which should be a little less than 1946 (hooray!). If you would like, I can also ping you when I start the 1945 article set. I'm going to take a short break from the list articles though since documenting 164 tornadoes in 11 days is rough. Anyway, I really do appreciate the help you gave! Cheers! Elijahandskip (talk) 02:55, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

Hi, Elijahandskip! No problem! And, actually, if you don't mind, I'll start the 1945 list very soon, but only with the U.S. Weather Bureau sources. Oh, and thanks for your contributions on the 1946 list as well, and good luck on your expansion with the Tornadoes of 1946 article! Tails Wx 13:23, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

Go for it! To save you some work, you don’t need to create a the Tornadoes of 1945 page fully. User:Halls4521/Tornadoes of 1945 can be moved into mainspace as a stub. Elijahandskip (talk) 14:57, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

Ooh, nice! Thanks! Tails Wx 15:36, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

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DYK for 2023 New York City parking garage collapse

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DYK for 2023 Fort Lauderdale floods

On 4 May 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 2023 Fort Lauderdale floods, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that during the 2023 Fort Lauderdale floods, 25.91 inches (65.8 cm) of rain fell in Fort Lauderdale, equivalent to a third of the city's annual rainfall total? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/2023 Fort Lauderdale floods. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, 2023 Fort Lauderdale floods), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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May the Fourth be with you

Happy Star Wars Day Tails! -- Grapefanatic (talk) 13:19, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

I didn't know that until now! Because I haven't even watched Star Wars ever. :P Thanks, and same goes to you, Grapefanatic! Tails Wx 13:25, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

Never seen Star Wars? For Williams' music alone it's worth a watch! I would recommend it, a great day to see it as well. Schminnte (talk • contribs) 14:00, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

Alright! I'll watch it prior to midnight as my bedtime nears. Thanks for the suggestion, Schminnte! Tails Wx 14:36, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

Hope you enjoy it, you deserve a break from all the patrolling you do. Schminnte (talk • contribs) 21:16, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

What if...I patrol and watch via split screen? Nah, I'll just watch it. Thanks! Tails Wx 21:23, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

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		For having to deal with harassment in your name, I award you the Purple Barnstar. Cheers! Fakescientist8000 01:05, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

Wow–thanks, Fakescientist8000! Thanks for your help in anti-vandalism work there as well! Nine ^{Tails' variant} 03:13, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

ITN recognition for G. R. Perera

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Dang dude. I proabbly won't be getting any ITN recognition unless for whatever reason one of the video game articles becomes newsworthy. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 20:08, 11 May 2023 (UTC)

Aw. How about trying out some experience at ITN for other topics, like recent events? Tails Wx 04:20, 12 May 2023 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2023-20

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Problems

• Citations that are automatically generated based on ISBN are currently broken. This affects citations made with the VisualEditor Automatic tab, and the use of the citoid API in gadgets and user scripts. Work is ongoing to restore this feature. [21]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 May. It will be on all wikis from 18 May (calendar).
• Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Gorontalo Wikipedia, Hausa Wikipedia, Hakka Chinese Wikipedia, Hawaiian Wikipedia, Fiji Hindi Wikipedia, Croatian Wikipedia, Upper Sorbian Wikipedia, Haitian Creole Wikipedia, Interlingua Wikipedia, Interlingue Wikipedia, Igbo Wikipedia, Iloko Wikipedia, Ingush Wikipedia, Ido Wikipedia, Icelandic Wikipedia, Inuktitut Wikipedia, Jamaican Patois Wikipedia, Javanese Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [22]

Future changes

• There is a recently formed team at the Wikimedia Foundation which will be focusing on experimenting with new tools. Currently they are building a prototype ChatGPT plugin that allows information generated by ChatGPT to be properly attributed to the Wikimedia projects.
• Gadget and userscript developers should replace jquery.cookie with mediawiki.cookie. The jquery.cookie library will be removed in ~1 month, and staff developers will run a script to replace any remaining uses at that time. [23]

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ITN recognition for Michael J. Juneau

On 17 May 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Michael J. Juneau, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 00:10, 17 May 2023 (UTC)

Help on getting a Wikipedia page reviewed

Hi Tails,

Thanks for sharing your feedback on the Wikipedia page: Draft:Azure Event Hubs - Wikipedia

I just need some help in understanding how we can get the updated content reviewed again. I submitted my changes several months ago and it is still in the pending status. Anything I need to do to it from my side.

Thanks in advance for your help and contribution to Wikipedia. Kasunindrasiri (talk) 16:51, 17 May 2023 (UTC)

Hi, Kasunindrasiri! The updated content can be reviewed again by another reviewer no later than 2 months (my estimate,) but it's because there's Category:Pending AfC submissions ~4,500+ other drafts waiting for review, which is probably why it's taking a very long time. Thanks for your patience! And if you want me to review and see if it satisfies WP:NCORP, feel free to ask! Tails Wx 16:57, 17 May 2023 (UTC)

Hi Tails,

I really appreciate, your quick response. I'll be great if you review the updated content and share any feedback on it. Thanks in advance. Kasunindrasiri (talk) 22:12, 17 May 2023 (UTC)

Alright, will do! I'll start reviewing and will give feedback when the review concludes! Tails Wx 23:29, 17 May 2023 (UTC)

Question from Moureen77 (11:58, 18 May 2023)

hello Tails, good day, am new on wiki editing space, I wanted to upload a picture to a wiki biography post but i get stop sake of the fact am new and this will be my first ever wiki editing, how to i go about it please?

Regards Moureen77 --Moureen77 (talk) 11:58, 18 May 2023 (UTC)

Hi, Moureen77! If you would like to upload a picture which you've taken and/or you've given authorization by the author of a picture to upload, you can go to Wikimedia Commons to upload! To upload a non-free file, go to Wikipedia:File upload wizard. You can find additional information by clicking the links. Hope this helps! Tails Wx 12:40, 18 May 2023 (UTC)

I want to upload the picture a person biography post on Wikipedia. so which is free and non-free file, please elaborate? can I upload the picture directly to the page directly?

Thank you.

moureen77 Moureen77 (talk) 14:05, 18 May 2023 (UTC)

Moureen77, free files are pictures you've taken yourself, or authorization by the author of the original picture you are going to upload, while non-free files are copyrighted and more information can be found at Wikipedia:Non-free content#Policy on that. Wikipedia:Uploading images can also be a useful link as well! Tails Wx 15:54, 18 May 2023 (UTC)

May thanks

May songs

my story today

Thank you for improving articles in May. - I had a good story on coronation day: the Te Deum we sang that day. And the following day we sang it for the composer ;)

I nominated Soňa Červená for GA just to give her a bit more exposure, and I took some pics of bright scenery - click on songs. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:43, 20 May 2023 (UTC)

Gerda Arendt, nice pictures and GA nomination! I think Soňa Červená is a solid article, and also, thanks for your help on Maria Mies! Tails Wx 20:03, 20 May 2023 (UTC)

I did a bit for the latter, but it was SusunW who turned the unusual article into a Wikipedia article ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:05, 20 May 2023 (UTC)

Yeah-though I must credit and thank you two for expanding, referencing, and fixing the article! Tails Wx 20:15, 20 May 2023 (UTC)

She did much more than I did - I took pictures outside, also new memory and music, and ten years ago I had a DYK for my most serious article --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:22, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

Nice! Another ITN–thanks to you and SusunW for you help in promoting the article to ITN! Tails Wx 18:30, 24 May 2023 (UTC)

ITN recognition for S. P. Hinduja

On 20 May 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article S. P. Hinduja, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai (talk) 21:04, 20 May 2023 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Maria Mies

On 22 May 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Maria Mies, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. Stephen 04:11, 22 May 2023 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2023-21

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

• The "recent edits" time period for page watchers is now 30 days. It used to be 180 days. This was a Community Wishlist Survey proposal. [24]

Changes later this week

• An improved impact module will be available at Wikipedias. The impact module is a feature available to newcomers at their personal homepage. It will show their number of edits, how many readers their edited pages have, how many thanks they have received and similar things. It is also accessible by accessing Special:Impact. [25]
• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 23 May. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 24 May. It will be on all wikis from 25 May (calendar).

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16:53, 22 May 2023 (UTC)

Currency

I have a new currency Mexican pesos! CouchPotato0209 (talk) 13:19, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

Nice! Tails Wx 18:47, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

Question from BF114 (17:28, 23 May 2023)

How do I create an article? --BF114 (talk) 17:28, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

Hi, BF114! You can create an article, though I would recommend drafting it first through WP:AFC, then submit it for review, and then if it has sufficient reliable sources and is in good shape, then it can become an article! Tails Wx 18:46, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

Goodbye, Tails

I am gone.. I'm going to check this account now and I hope you always will remember me. Because I always remember you. Goodbye, Tails I'm going to check this account But I don't know when. But I will always remember you and I will always remember Blaze Wolf. Remember I am always in your heart. Farewell, Tails I hope I get to see you again. P.S Were we friends? CouchPotato0209 (talk) 00:42, 26 May 2023 (UTC)

That's a lie. You literally vandalized my talk page saying that you hated me. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 01:11, 26 May 2023 (UTC)

I was just trying to say goodbye but I will come back in 9 months. The timer is on my profile. It's something special for you and me :) Farewell! CouchPotato0209 (talk) 20:12, 26 May 2023 (UTC)