# Talk:Wikipedia and the COVID-19 pandemic

Wikipedia had COVID-19 information in nine Indian languages by 27 March 2020: Arabic, Bangla, Bhojpuri, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.
The Indian languages section lists Arabic as an Indian language. Why is this? 〜 Festucalex • talk 17:25, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

pinging @MyCatIsAChonk 〜 Festucalex • talk 17:27, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
Citation 39 (Hidustani Times) might be helpful. ---Another Believer (Talk) 18:08, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
I checked it, but it provided no explanation. 〜 Festucalex • talk 18:21, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
Hey @Festucalex, thanks for bringing this to my attention. I can assume this list of languages was pulled from the aforementioned Hindustan Times article, which is why it's included. How do you think this should be addressed? Changing the header? Moving arabic to a seperate clause? (e.g. "Wikipedia had COVID-19 information in one Semitic language and eight Indian languages by 27 March 2020: Arabic, Bangla, Bhojpuri, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.") MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 19:48, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
@MyCatIsAChonk: I wouldn't think it appropriate to mention Arabic at all under the heading of Indian languages. A new section should be created if information is available, and the phrase rewritten into Wikipedia had COVID-19 information in several Indian languages by 27 March 2020: Bangla, Bhojpuri, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu. 〜 Festucalex • talk 19:59, 1 May 2023 (UTC)
@Festucalex, fixed with a slight tweak to your statement; thank you! MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 20:03, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

https://odishabytes.com/odia-wikipedia-touches-record-heights-how-it-helped-people-during-covid-19/
---Another Believer (Talk) 13:37, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

Added, thanks! MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 14:19, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
 Like Thanks! ---Another Believer (Talk) 14:19, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

Thoughts on moving this article to Wikipedia and the COVID-19 pandemic, to be more consistent with Wikipedia and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and Wikipedia and the Russian invasion of Ukraine? ---Another Believer (Talk) 03:07, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

That makes sense, I hadn't seen those articles before- moving. MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 13:54, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
@Another Believer, oddly, I can't get the GA review to connect with the box atop this talk page. I've tried moving the review page but that didn't make it appear either. MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 14:02, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
I think this has been resolved? Thanks for moving this page! ---Another Believer (Talk) 17:58, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
Oh!, I think Talk:Wikipedia coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic/Archive 1 may need to be moved too. ---Another Believer (Talk) 18:02, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
And now a bot just created Talk:Wikipedia and the COVID-19 pandemic/Archive 1. Perhaps a merge is in order here, too. ---Another Believer (Talk) 19:45, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
Not sure how to fix this, I don't know how to merge things- sorry about that MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 20:22, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
I have fixed this minor mess with some page moves, though I didn't quite do it correctly. The lesson is: move all talk pages nad subpages when doing a page move. – Jonesey95 (talk) 21:37, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
Thank you! ---Another Believer (Talk) 21:46, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
@MyCatIsAChonk Do you have a moment to try applying the "article history" template here as well? ---Another Believer (Talk) 19:31, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
Good idea, done MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 19:44, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
Thank you! ---Another Believer (Talk) 19:47, 19 January 2024 (UTC)