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Question about Wikipedia mainspace

Hi echidnaLives! Someday, I want to be an administrator, definitely not now as that would probably end up with a WP:SNOW or WP:NOTNOW, but in the future, and I know that having experience and edits in the Wikipedia mainspace is an important part of being an administrator, so I was wondering how I could check what edits I had in the Wikipedia mainspace besides endlessly scrolling through my edits and checking each one individually. Thanks! MasterMatt12^{💬 ● Contributions} 00:00, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

Hello @MasterMatt12. You can check the edits you have in each individual namespace here. If you have any other questions, let me know!

Thanks, echidnaLives - talk - edits 01:36, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! MasterMatt12^{💬 ● Contributions} 01:49, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

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Question from FinalCut123 (12:23, 16 January 2023)

Hi EchidnaLives, I create a page and add all information in it. I wonder how I can publish the article now. link is attached

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Amin_Yousefi --Final Cut (talk) 12:23, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

Hello @FinalCut123. To submit the page for review, place {{subst:submit}} at the top of the page. Thanks, echidnaLives - talk - edits 12:28, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

Thank You EchidnaLives, could you please check the article for move to mainspace ? or it should be review by random users ? --Final Cut (talk) 12:36, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

@FinalCut123: I may be able to review it in the morning, but others may be able to review it as well :). echidnaLives - talk - edits 12:39, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

I would be appreciate if you can take a look at. Thank you again. Final Cut (talk) 12:41, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

Hey EchidnaLives, could please check the Draft:Amin Yousefi and let me know what is the problem ? I got a message after request for moving to Mainspace, then I edited again but I don't know if it still have basic issue or not. Thanks. Final Cut (talk) 09:44, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

Question from Nep3nthe Lull (00:12, 18 January 2023)

How can I add a sub section to the article "White Supremacy"? --Nep3nthe Lull (talk) 00:12, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

Page mover

I tried to make the user right permanent, but I can't. The system doesn't accept my change of expiry date. If nobody grants you this flag in the meantime, after it expires, feel free to ping me and I'll regrant it permanently. Cheers. $Salvio giuliano$ 11:36, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

Oh, that's odd! No worries, thanks for letting me know :). echidnaLives - talk - edits 11:38, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

Figured out how to grant it, VPT thread started to try and figure out why (for the next person). Primefac (talk) 21:39, 22 January 2023 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2023-04

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Last week, for ~15 minutes, all wikis were unreachable for logged-in users and non-cached pages. This was caused by a timing issue. [4]

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Question from FinalCut123 (21:49, 24 January 2023)

Hey EchidnaLives, could please kindly check the Draft:Amin Yousefi and let me know what is the problem? I got a message after request for moving to Mainspace, then I edited again but I don't know if it still have basic issue or not. Thanks. --Final Cut (talk) 21:49, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

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