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Just realized that this is linked under the newcomer task for expanding an article, was a bit surprised to not see any guidance on editors using AI tools here. Feels like we probably should.
I know we don't have a policy on AI ever yet, but then again this page isn't policy either. Gnomingstuff (talk) 15:40, 17 September 2025 (UTC)
New shortcut
[edit]@FourNoddlers the new shortcut WP:Is a term was created just now, thus the argument that it is not used cannot be applied. Shortcuts are meant to be memorable and my head never remembers WP:REFERS, it always goes to "is a term". ᛒᛚᚮᚴᚴᚼᛆᛁ ᛭ 𝔅𝔩𝔬𝔠𝔨𝔥𝔞𝔧 01:06, 3 February 2026 (UTC)
- WP:2SHORTCUTS says
[template boxes] generally should list only the most common and easily remembered redirects
. WP:Is a term is not a common redirect, so it doesn't belong in the template. FourNoddlers (talk) 01:26, 3 February 2026 (UTC)
WP:TOPIC
[edit]WP:TOPIC doesn't handle two of the main uses of the word "topic" that are used on Wikipedia, both of which people could be searching for information about, namely primary topics when disambiguating articles (WP:PRIMARYTOPIC) and Featured Topics (WP:FEATUREDTOPIC). Could we add these uses to the WP:TOPIC section hatnote? --Jameboy (talk) 20:11, 19 February 2026 (UTC)
- Done. You know you can make these changes yourself, right? Danbloch (talk) 22:56, 19 February 2026 (UTC)
Last Sentence in Intro Grammar
[edit]The last sentence in the intro; "Citations are usually but not always optional; see WP:CITELEAD." makes no sense. Is it meant to say "Citations are usually included..." or "Citations are unusual..."? I assume it's "unusual". Seermia❯❯❯Talk 00:24, 16 May 2026 (UTC)
- You got the meaning correct. It actually makes perfect sense already, but if English isn't your first language, I can see how the phrasing could be confusing. It's saying "Citations are usually optional, but not always; see WP:CITELEAD." Is that better for you?
- To be overly clear: "Citations are usually optional, but [citations are] not always [optional]". And if it helps, the original is using "usually but not always" as an adverb phrase that modifies "optional", the adjective.
- — W.andrea (talk) 18:34, 16 May 2026 (UTC)
- Oh, I see my mistake now, you're right, English isn't my first language :p maybe I need to brush up on my vocab. Thank you.
Seermia❯❯❯Talk00:20, 18 May 2026 (UTC)
- Oh, I see my mistake now, you're right, English isn't my first language :p maybe I need to brush up on my vocab. Thank you.