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Question from Zepheryne83 (14:23, 13 November 2025)

Hello! I was wondering how I can tell when content is considered subjective. A lot of the suggested edits state that is the problem with the article. But, in reading the article, I'm struggling to see how it is subjective. --Zepheryne83 (talk) 14:23, 13 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey there @Zepheryne83, welcome to Wikipedia and thanks for your edits so far!

Hmm, have you got some specific article examples that the tool provided you? I might be able to help a bit more if you could provide links to the articles in question.

That said, it is often tricky to see where an article could be improved, and quite often the issues are fixed but people forget to remove the maintenance tag. Relevant guidelines here are WP:BALANCE and WP:WEIGHT, so having a quick read of those may help clarify things for you.

Thanks again for your efforts so far, I hope you stick around! SnowyRiver28 (talk) 23:30, 13 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @SnowyRiver28,

Thanks for replying. I am excited to finally learn more about editing Wikipedia. I've wanted to try it for years but am just getting around to it. It's letting me learn so many interesting things while learning to edit.

An example article would be this one: Jeffrey Gramlich

I've read through it and I don't see any statements that are glaringly subjective. To me, the entire article is factual, giving his teaching positions and subjects taught in a chronological order.

It could very well be what you mentioned, they haven't removed the maintenance tag. Any insight would be helpful. I will also review the articles you've linked.

Thanks for helping me as I learn! Zepheryne83 (talk) 17:23, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @Zepheryne83, sorry for the delay in my reply!

Thanks for linking the article, MOS:PUFFERY is the relevant guideline here. After reading the article and the guideline, I also don't think there's anything wrong with puffery, except for perhaps the 'selected works' section. If you look at the edit history you'll see many many edits since the addition of the subjectivity tag.

Here's a link to the version of the page when the tag was added, and as you can see it's very different to its current version. I'll remove the tag from the article.

Please feel free to let me know if you have any other questions, I hope you stick around here! SnowyRiver28 (talk) 07:08, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good Article Gazette, Issue 6

Issue 6, 21 November 2025

Ongoing discussions

News

Anne drew has published Veracity, a tool for FA and GA reviewers. It will help editors with spotchecking. Check it out!

Current statistics

Number of GAs: 42,991 (+53)
Number of nominations: 773 (–10)
GAs for reassessment: 89 (+14)

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:16, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requesting for Review of Draft:Role of the Sri Lankan Home Guards in the Sri Lankan Civil War

I hope you don’t mind me reaching out, but I could use your help. I’ve been working on a draft related to the Sri Lankan Civil War, and I'd really appreciate it if someone could proof-read the article and share any feedback on it, especially since this area of history is underrepresented. That is of course if you have any spare time. Also, if you spot anything I might’ve missed, then please feel free to fix it. Thank you for your consideration. RajaRajaC ^Talk 12:26, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey there @RajaRajaC, thanks for your message.

After a quick look at the article, I'd say it still reads a bit too much like an essay and not an encyclopedic article, though I'm not at all familiar with the topic and regrettably don't have time for a full review at the moment.

I'd suggest contacting the reviewers who previously declined your draft (you can find them in the 'Draft declined' boxes at the top of the draft), or leaving a note at the help desk. SnowyRiver28 (talk) 11:52, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Articles for creation backlog drive

Hello SnowyRiver28:

WikiProject Articles for creation is holding a month long Backlog Drive in December!
The goal of this drive is to reduce the backlog of unreviewed drafts to less than half a month of outstanding reviews from the current 2+ months. Bonus points will be given for reviewing drafts that have been waiting more than 30 days. The drive is running from 1 December 2025 through 31 December 2025.

You may find Category:AfC pending submissions by age or other categories and sorting helpful.

Barnstars will be given out as awards at the end of the drive.
There is a backlog of over 3000 pages, so start reviewing drafts. We're looking forward to your help!

// hekatlys [talk] 18:26, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2025-48

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View all 24 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, the bug which stopped CodeReviewBot from working, has now been fixed. [3]

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MediaWiki message delivery 15:54, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Administrator Elections - Call for Candidates

The administrator elections process has officially started! Interested editors are encouraged to self-nominate or arrange to be nominated by reviewing the instructions at Wikipedia:Administrator elections/December 2025/Candidates.

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November 25 – December 1 - Call for candidates
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The process will have a seven day call for candidates phase, a two day pause, a five day discussion phase, and a seven day private vote using SecurePoll. Discussion and questions are only allowed on the candidate pages during the discussion phase.
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:49, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep and move to mainspace

Keep and move to mainspace. The subject meets WP:GNG via significant, independent coverage in reliable sources, including:

A full-length profile and interview in The Economic Times CIO (2024) discussing his role in building an AI-first culture at Apollo Tyres.^[1]
Detailed coverage of his team’s AWS-based Manufacturing Reasoner project on the official AWS Machine Learning Blog (widely accepted as reliable for technical topics).^[2]
His inclusion in the Analytics India Magazine AI Leaders Council and contributions to national-level discussions on scaling generative AI in industry.^[3]

All promotional language has been removed, the tone is fully neutralised, and every claim is now inline-cited. The draft is no longer resume-like and fully complies with WP:BIO and WP:NPOV. I am happy to make any additional improvements requested by reviewers. Thank you. ~~~~ DeepHiveEditor (talk) 12:38, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Did you mean to post this at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Harsh Vardhan ( AI)? It seems like that’s where it should go.

Please note the deletion discussion of this article isn’t due to notability, it’s due to you recreating a draft you’ve already submitted and had declined. We try and avoid having duplicate drafts on the same topic.

Please continue working on the first article you created, and do not create the article again under a different name. SnowyRiver28 (talk) 22:06, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2025 Issue 22

Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation since our last issue on November 7. Please help translate.

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Wikifunctions: The second round of voting for naming the wiki with abstract content is kicking off with six name proposals to vote for.
Reference check: The A/B test for reference check has begun on English Wikipedia and will run until December 17. This is a feature which prompts new editors to add citations before they publish an edit adding content to an article.
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Question from Know7ledge (15:30, 27 November 2025)

Hi,

I created an article for a unique instances in history with regards to American citizens. Know7ledge/sandbox/American citizens who have served as heads of state of sovereign governments --Know7ledge (talk) 15:30, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there @Know7ledge! Welcome to Wikipedia and thanks for your contributions so far.

I’d highly recommend reading this page which has detailed instructions for writing your first article on Wikipedia, and please let me know if you have any specific questions! SnowyRiver28 (talk) 12:29, 28 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question from ManuelReyes6 (12:20, 28 November 2025)

Hey, was wondering how to rename the page "Category:Applied and interdisciplinary physics" to just "Applied physics" In order to be consistent with the name of the main page. The "move" option does not appear or I may have really bad sight :D. --ManuelReyes6 (talk) 12:20, 28 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey there! Welcome to Wikipedia, and thanks for reaching out:)

It seems you’re trying to rename a category, which is a bit different to moving a page.

This isn’t something I’m familiar with unfortunately as I’ve not done much work with categories, so please ask your question at the Teahouse, and another editor experienced in this area will get back to you.

Please let me know if you have any other questions, and again, welcome to the project :) SnowyRiver28 (talk) 12:32, 28 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

^ "Apollo Tyres' Harsh Vardhan on building an AI-first culture". ETCIO (The Economic Times). 2024-09-25.
^ "How Apollo Tyres is unlocking machine insights using agentic AI-powered Manufacturing Reasoner". AWS Machine Learning Blog. 2024-11-20.
^ "Scaling and ROI of Generative AI & Digital Initiatives for Smart Factory". Analytics India Magazine.

[1] "Apollo Tyres' Harsh Vardhan on building an AI-first culture". ETCIO (The Economic Times). 2024-09-25.

[2] "How Apollo Tyres is unlocking machine insights using agentic AI-powered Manufacturing Reasoner". AWS Machine Learning Blog. 2024-11-20.

[3] "Scaling and ROI of Generative AI & Digital Initiatives for Smart Factory". Analytics India Magazine.

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