Wikipedia talk:Help desk

Adding scam warning to header

Currently, there's a good few threads on the help desk about scam emails. I'm suggesting adding this to the header:

"If someone asks for money to edit or create a Wikipedia article, it is a scam. For more information, see Wikipedia:Scam warning."

Any thoughts? CheeseAndJamSamdwich (talk) 20:10, 21 June 2026 (UTC)

Forum for dabprimary question

I started writing this:

I believe {{{dabprimary}} would be appropriate on Warning and Help, but I would like to hear if at least one or two other editors agrees with this. (This forum might seem strange for this question, but out of AI, VPM and RFC, I think that this might be the best place.) ~~~~

I wonder; is it best to ask this on the help desk (as I thought when I wrote the above), or on each of the dab page talk pages and then posting a request on the help desk for attention to each of them? Utfor (talk) 19:01, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

This is the talk page of the Help desk, not the Help desk itself. This page should be used for discussing the help desk itself, not asking general editing questions.
In answer to your question, the best place to discuss them would probably be on the talk pages of the articles themselves, or you could just WP:BEBOLD and add it. {{GearsDatapacks|talk|contribs|in solidarity}} 19:06, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

User:GearsDatapacks Thank you for your answer. I am aware this is the talk page of the help desk. I chose it because my question was phrased as to whether the help desk would be the right place. Anyway, thanks! I will BEBOLD and just leave a short note on each talk page. Utfor (talk) 19:13, 25 June 2026 (UTC); edited by Utfor (talk) 19:17, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

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These templates are used on the page Help:Edit toolbar and other similar help pages. They can be used when pointing editors seeking help to the corresponding GUI elements. —⁠andrybak (talk) 20:25, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

Mera wikipedia galti se delete ho gaya tha or vo log out ho gaya hai or mera poora acti le delete ho gaya hai kya koi aisa tarika hai jisse main apna article wapas la saku

Mera wikipedia galti se delete ho gaya tha or vo log out ho gaya hai or mera poora acti le delete ho gaya hai kya koi aisa tarika hai jisse main apna article wapas la saku ~2026-46010-96 (talk) 15:43, 23 August 2026 (UTC)

(Google translation from hi: "I accidentally deleted my Wikipedia account, and I've been logged out; all my activity has been wiped out. Is there any way I can recover my article?")

Wikipedia accounts actually cannot be deleted for technical and legal reasons. If you can remember the username, capitalisation and all, you should still be able to log on. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^{Look out it's Jimothy!} 15:54, 23 August 2026 (UTC)

You may want to get help at vi:Wikipedia:Giúp sử dụng Wikipedia. CMD (talk) 04:34, 13 September 2026 (UTC)

If you have linked your email (Which I recommend doing) you can perform a password reset Strongshorts (talk) 12:17, 13 September 2026 (UTC)

@Chipmunkdavis, you've linked a Vietnamese Wikipedia help page, not a Hindi one. Sarsenet•he/they•(talk) 08:48, 18 September 2026 (UTC)

Whoops. hi:विकिपीडिया:चौपाल. CMD (talk) 09:01, 18 September 2026 (UTC)

What is even happening?

I tried to make an account, i dont have any already. But i was at my school. My Ip git blocked and i got blocked for “having multiple accounts” ive never used Wiki before today. And now im blocked from making appeals when ive only made two? This is getting ridiculous someone help me 😭 ~2026-51178-63 (talk) 21:24, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

This page is for discussion about the operation of the help desk, it is not the help desk itself. In the future, please post to Wikipedia:Help Desk directly.

If you can edit this page, you are not currently affected by a block. 331dot (talk) 21:53, 22 September 2026 (UTC)