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I just created a page about Welsh artist Dorian Davies. I have 3 different sources on it but I got a message on my talk page almost immediately after creating the page saying that a lot of the text seemed to be copied from one of the sources. I admit it wasn't changed completely from the original text, but there was not a huge amount of text to work with from the beginning so I don't really know how to make it original without adding irrelevant fluff to it.
Any tips on how I can make the article more "my own" or is it okay as it is? Thanks in advance! Leiservampir ( talk) 21:08, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
How do I edit an existing page that I did not create? There is a page with false information on it and I've pasted the link below.
Thank you,
Adam Riback — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.79.200.2 ( talk) 00:05, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
Upon reading about the Flip Video there was a bright red circle from World of Trust (WOT) on one of the sources so I went and checked it at sucuri.net [1] and found that McAfee has blacklisted the site for spreading malware. That doesn't necessarily invalidate the source but I deleted the reference. Is there a template to add to a source, like the dead link template {{Dead link}} along the lines of notification for a compromised server? It's possible that once the domain deals with it's security issues the site will be unlisted but then I will have deleted the reference.
Thankyou. Now if we only had a Wikibot that patrolled links and compared them to the blacklist and automarked them.. 97.85.168.22 ( talk) 07:36, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
Last hyperlink in external link section takes you to page that says it is not associated with the iron druid series. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.199.188.231 ( talk) 02:49, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
I'm editing an article where there are multiple references to a book, with each ref distinguishing a unique page or pages. I'd like to use the < ref name=X > shortcut so that the full listing (title, author, ISBN, etc.) is not listed in the reflist multiple times. However, I'm not sure how to do this, seeing as each ref currently uses a different page or set of pages. Any advice? Thanks in advance... Girona7 ( talk) 04:21, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi, The A7 Criteria on Criteria for speedy deletion states that This criterion applies only to articles about web content and to articles about people, organizations, and individual animals themselves, not to articles about their books, albums, software, or other creative works. This criterion does not apply to species of animals, only to individual animal(s). So does this criteria applies to movie articles (eg: 18 Vayasu or Big Trouble in Little China)? BINOY Talk 06:23, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
I asked this because an editor speedy deleted the article Kan Pesum Vaarthaigal, a Tamil movie, stating A7 Criteria. I was given references including news articles from CNN, Times of India etc. Here is he sandbox page of the article. User:Binoyjsdk/sandbox/KPV. Does this article meets A7 criteria? BINOY Talk 07:27, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
I notified Jimfbleak. Waiting for his reply. Thank you for helping :) Have a nice weekend. BINOY Talk 07:16, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
Is there any rule which provides a post man to send the registered letter addressed to one person to redirect to a new person even if by consent of the addresse? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.83.61.96 ( talk) 11:11, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
I placed I request on this page two days ago and nothing happened in regards to the request,,,( originally I placed a request for an edit on the best selling album page, with a semi protected edit template,,that was 8 daysago and nothing ever happened on that talk page),,,,I cant edit if not I would have done it myself,,,,so is it possible someone can genuinely help ??,,,,,thank you,,,-- 65.8.190.94 ( talk) 13:02, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
Talk:List of best-selling albums#Michael_Jackson's_HIStory Past Present and Future.....this is the page, for some reason my ip address changes, im not sure why.-- 65.8.190.94 ( talk) 13:12, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:List_of_best-selling_albums... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.8.190.94 ( talk) 13:37, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
I'd like to know why there is nothing on Cari Shayne. She originally played Karen Wexler from 1992-1994. Thank you. 2600:1013:B01B:EA20:0:3D:FEBE:8701 ( talk) 16:19, 6 April 2013 (UTC)ladymcd10
If you want to appeal a block, follow the procedure at
WP:APPEAL. Do not evade the block by posting here.
Singularity42 (
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18:28, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
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THIS QUESTION WAS PREVIOUSLY POSTED AND DELETED FOR "BLOCK EVASION" WHEN I'M ASKING FOR HELP ABOUT WHAT TO DO ABOUT ABUSIVE ARBITRARY ADMINS BLOCKING A USER INAPPROPRIATELY HAS NO ONE READ Franz Kafka or Catch-22 ? What do we do about bizarre, arbitrary acts by admins in the Admin Noticeboard forum? I've just been through an absolute, literal Franz Kafka story of almost getting a serious issue with an article resolved... until some random admin appears and just closes this completely constructive, non-argumentative thread. No "I'm thinking we should close this thread" -- just it's suddenly closed and NOTHING in the world to do about it. No one may question, criticize, ever mention the subject again. My new post constructively listing outstanding issues still to be dealt with, deleted. Account. Banned. Post with a different account asking to discuss this arbitrary behavior. You know what happened. Of all the links in Wikipedia, one distinctly not easy to find is the one to complain about admins. Perhaps the admins thought it best to delete that one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.180.30.161 (talk) 15:42, 6 April 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.180.30.161 ( talk)
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This is Rourke, and I still have the same problem that I had 22 days ago: Wikipedia's "remember me" won't actually remember me for more than about a day, maybe a day and a half at most, before it logs me back out. I've tried logging back out and logging back in again repeatedly -- that doesn't work, the problem persists. It just might have something to do with my browser (version 18.0.2 on Mac OS X 10.6.8 using a MacBook). If so, however, I can't figure out what in particular is wrong, since I've checked Firefox's settings and I'm not auto-deleting cookies. AlanM1 appears to be having the same problem. I'm currently using the default skin, so it can't be that I was using the wrong skin. Assuming that this is a Wikipedia problem and not a Firefox problem, are there any actions I can take to stay remembered? Rourke ( talk) 20:22, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
James Thomas Duane Ashworth was born in Munster west Germany at the British military hospital, so can you correct the information please
Regards his mum Kerry ashworth — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.27.70.70 ( talk) 21:50, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi,
My page has been deleted and username blocked because I was daft when I wrote it. Its my own fault, I misunderstood wiki, its policies and posted about my business when setting up a page that I thought would be okay, silly I know now. Basically I was classed as spam. I was trying to set up a page similar to that of some other businesses but being inexperienced at this I messed it up.
I accept that its been deleted, even agree with it, and have spoken to the admin who deleted it afterwards to explain.
Only problem I have is that now, google shows in search results at the very top of its results for my business name, my business as having a page blocked on wiki. This has led to a complete lose of sales since the 31st. I have spoken to two customers who said they searched for my info before ordering and this was a factor that almost influenced them. They said in essence that my feedback thankfully saved their sales.
I literally am a new start tiny/small business and six days of lost sales so far is a big thing.
Anyone able to advise how long it will be listed as blocked or how I can request its removal. I can no longer get in touch with anyone as my account was removed.
Cannot believe that a silly mistake on my part casued this. I would never have thought a block notice would appear against my name.
Thanks guys, — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.12.210.157 ( talk) 21:55, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
None the less, lesson lean'nt and again thanks for your advice.(UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.14.202.23 ( talk)
I'm trying to use Template:Dead link-now for one of the references on Johnny_Polygon. Per the instructions, I subst: it. But, it is showing literally as {{subst:Dead link-now}}. Can someone take a look and tell me what's going wrong? I've never used this template before, but it appears to be a handy short cut over Dead link + remembering to add the date. RudolfRed ( talk) 22:51, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
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Welcome to the Wikipedia Help Desk Archives |
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I just created a page about Welsh artist Dorian Davies. I have 3 different sources on it but I got a message on my talk page almost immediately after creating the page saying that a lot of the text seemed to be copied from one of the sources. I admit it wasn't changed completely from the original text, but there was not a huge amount of text to work with from the beginning so I don't really know how to make it original without adding irrelevant fluff to it.
Any tips on how I can make the article more "my own" or is it okay as it is? Thanks in advance! Leiservampir ( talk) 21:08, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
How do I edit an existing page that I did not create? There is a page with false information on it and I've pasted the link below.
Thank you,
Adam Riback — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.79.200.2 ( talk) 00:05, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
Upon reading about the Flip Video there was a bright red circle from World of Trust (WOT) on one of the sources so I went and checked it at sucuri.net [1] and found that McAfee has blacklisted the site for spreading malware. That doesn't necessarily invalidate the source but I deleted the reference. Is there a template to add to a source, like the dead link template {{Dead link}} along the lines of notification for a compromised server? It's possible that once the domain deals with it's security issues the site will be unlisted but then I will have deleted the reference.
Thankyou. Now if we only had a Wikibot that patrolled links and compared them to the blacklist and automarked them.. 97.85.168.22 ( talk) 07:36, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
Last hyperlink in external link section takes you to page that says it is not associated with the iron druid series. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.199.188.231 ( talk) 02:49, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
I'm editing an article where there are multiple references to a book, with each ref distinguishing a unique page or pages. I'd like to use the < ref name=X > shortcut so that the full listing (title, author, ISBN, etc.) is not listed in the reflist multiple times. However, I'm not sure how to do this, seeing as each ref currently uses a different page or set of pages. Any advice? Thanks in advance... Girona7 ( talk) 04:21, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi, The A7 Criteria on Criteria for speedy deletion states that This criterion applies only to articles about web content and to articles about people, organizations, and individual animals themselves, not to articles about their books, albums, software, or other creative works. This criterion does not apply to species of animals, only to individual animal(s). So does this criteria applies to movie articles (eg: 18 Vayasu or Big Trouble in Little China)? BINOY Talk 06:23, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
I asked this because an editor speedy deleted the article Kan Pesum Vaarthaigal, a Tamil movie, stating A7 Criteria. I was given references including news articles from CNN, Times of India etc. Here is he sandbox page of the article. User:Binoyjsdk/sandbox/KPV. Does this article meets A7 criteria? BINOY Talk 07:27, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
I notified Jimfbleak. Waiting for his reply. Thank you for helping :) Have a nice weekend. BINOY Talk 07:16, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
Is there any rule which provides a post man to send the registered letter addressed to one person to redirect to a new person even if by consent of the addresse? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.83.61.96 ( talk) 11:11, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
I placed I request on this page two days ago and nothing happened in regards to the request,,,( originally I placed a request for an edit on the best selling album page, with a semi protected edit template,,that was 8 daysago and nothing ever happened on that talk page),,,,I cant edit if not I would have done it myself,,,,so is it possible someone can genuinely help ??,,,,,thank you,,,-- 65.8.190.94 ( talk) 13:02, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
Talk:List of best-selling albums#Michael_Jackson's_HIStory Past Present and Future.....this is the page, for some reason my ip address changes, im not sure why.-- 65.8.190.94 ( talk) 13:12, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:List_of_best-selling_albums... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.8.190.94 ( talk) 13:37, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
I'd like to know why there is nothing on Cari Shayne. She originally played Karen Wexler from 1992-1994. Thank you. 2600:1013:B01B:EA20:0:3D:FEBE:8701 ( talk) 16:19, 6 April 2013 (UTC)ladymcd10
If you want to appeal a block, follow the procedure at
WP:APPEAL. Do not evade the block by posting here.
Singularity42 (
talk)
18:28, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
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THIS QUESTION WAS PREVIOUSLY POSTED AND DELETED FOR "BLOCK EVASION" WHEN I'M ASKING FOR HELP ABOUT WHAT TO DO ABOUT ABUSIVE ARBITRARY ADMINS BLOCKING A USER INAPPROPRIATELY HAS NO ONE READ Franz Kafka or Catch-22 ? What do we do about bizarre, arbitrary acts by admins in the Admin Noticeboard forum? I've just been through an absolute, literal Franz Kafka story of almost getting a serious issue with an article resolved... until some random admin appears and just closes this completely constructive, non-argumentative thread. No "I'm thinking we should close this thread" -- just it's suddenly closed and NOTHING in the world to do about it. No one may question, criticize, ever mention the subject again. My new post constructively listing outstanding issues still to be dealt with, deleted. Account. Banned. Post with a different account asking to discuss this arbitrary behavior. You know what happened. Of all the links in Wikipedia, one distinctly not easy to find is the one to complain about admins. Perhaps the admins thought it best to delete that one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.180.30.161 (talk) 15:42, 6 April 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.180.30.161 ( talk)
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This is Rourke, and I still have the same problem that I had 22 days ago: Wikipedia's "remember me" won't actually remember me for more than about a day, maybe a day and a half at most, before it logs me back out. I've tried logging back out and logging back in again repeatedly -- that doesn't work, the problem persists. It just might have something to do with my browser (version 18.0.2 on Mac OS X 10.6.8 using a MacBook). If so, however, I can't figure out what in particular is wrong, since I've checked Firefox's settings and I'm not auto-deleting cookies. AlanM1 appears to be having the same problem. I'm currently using the default skin, so it can't be that I was using the wrong skin. Assuming that this is a Wikipedia problem and not a Firefox problem, are there any actions I can take to stay remembered? Rourke ( talk) 20:22, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
James Thomas Duane Ashworth was born in Munster west Germany at the British military hospital, so can you correct the information please
Regards his mum Kerry ashworth — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.27.70.70 ( talk) 21:50, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi,
My page has been deleted and username blocked because I was daft when I wrote it. Its my own fault, I misunderstood wiki, its policies and posted about my business when setting up a page that I thought would be okay, silly I know now. Basically I was classed as spam. I was trying to set up a page similar to that of some other businesses but being inexperienced at this I messed it up.
I accept that its been deleted, even agree with it, and have spoken to the admin who deleted it afterwards to explain.
Only problem I have is that now, google shows in search results at the very top of its results for my business name, my business as having a page blocked on wiki. This has led to a complete lose of sales since the 31st. I have spoken to two customers who said they searched for my info before ordering and this was a factor that almost influenced them. They said in essence that my feedback thankfully saved their sales.
I literally am a new start tiny/small business and six days of lost sales so far is a big thing.
Anyone able to advise how long it will be listed as blocked or how I can request its removal. I can no longer get in touch with anyone as my account was removed.
Cannot believe that a silly mistake on my part casued this. I would never have thought a block notice would appear against my name.
Thanks guys, — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.12.210.157 ( talk) 21:55, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
None the less, lesson lean'nt and again thanks for your advice.(UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.14.202.23 ( talk)
I'm trying to use Template:Dead link-now for one of the references on Johnny_Polygon. Per the instructions, I subst: it. But, it is showing literally as {{subst:Dead link-now}}. Can someone take a look and tell me what's going wrong? I've never used this template before, but it appears to be a handy short cut over Dead link + remembering to add the date. RudolfRed ( talk) 22:51, 6 April 2013 (UTC)