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I donate to Wikipedia annually during the summer. In the past, page requests ceased after I made my donation; however, these day, they continue to plague the site. I use the same computer. What gives? I am less likely to give at all if my donations go unacknowledged and the requests continue. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.2.46.49 ( talk) 00:41, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
I've donated on my desktop, I've donated on my cell phone. Can you kindly stop asking me for more money — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.228.247.182 ( talk) 06:00, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
Hi, my dad is in wikipedia - Robert /BOB Smithies
He recently passed
I want to upload a photo to his page.
Not having any luck, every one of my images, ones i took or have from his album keep getting rejected. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sarahjanesmithies ( talk • contribs) 02:51, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
Hi. In one of the political article on wikipedia, the description seems too biased to one side. Some people before me edited the article to be less biased but a contributor who is most active reverts it whenever that happens. I also edited it but that same contributor also reverted the article.
I am new to Wikipedia and don't know the procedure. Is there a way to discuss if some opinionated arguments should be on the wiki?
Thanks Skim444 ( talk) 08:08, 5 December 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skim444 ( talk • contribs) 03:33, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
I noticed the Wikipedia "Israel" page is protected, yet contains inaccurate information and glaring omissions.
I would like permission to edit the "Israel" Wikipedia page and to post photographs, as well, of Israeli home demolitions in East Jerusalem.
The Israel Wikipedia page says "The country has a liberal democracy (one of only two in the Middle East and North Africa region, the other being Tunisia),[56][57] with a parliamentary system, proportional representation, and universal suffrage.[58][59]" The links for substantiation are to FreedomHouse.org, a US government funded organization that hardly constitutes a legitimate journalistic source.
"In its 2017 and 2018 financial statements, Freedom House once again disclosed that it "was substantially funded by grants from the U.S. Government." (Wikipedia/Freedom House)
Over four million Palestinians, including those in East Jerusalem, West Bank and Gaza, live under Israeli occupation and rule but are now allowed to vote in Israel's elections. One essential criteria for a democracy is the right to vote, but occupied Palestinians d o not have the right to vote in how they are governed with Israeli checkpoints, blockades, home demolitions and indefinite detentions.
(August, 2019, The Nation: "The Meaning of Israel's Massive House Demolitions" https://www.thenation.com/article/israel-occupation-palestine-housing-east-jerusalem/
Who Gets to Vote in Israel’s Version of Democracy? https://www.972mag.com/gets-vote-israels-democracy-2019/
"Israel, not a Democracy" (Counterpunch, 2018) https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/09/18/is-israel-a-democracy/
"Unlike most liberal democracies, Israel classifies its citizens as holding differing ‘nationalities’. It distinguishes between citizenship rights and national rights; the latter are reserved almost exclusively for its Jewish citizens. National rights are deemed to be superior to citizenship rights so if there is a conflict between a ‘Jews national right and a Palestinians individual citizenship rights, the national right is given priority by officials and the courts’
Additionally, Israel is not democratic because it bestows privileged rights to Jews, promising citizenship to any Jew in the world who emigrates to Israel while denying that right to exiled Palestinians who fled in 1947-48.
"Israel, not a Democracy" (Counterpunch, 2018) https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/09/18/is-israel-a-democracy/
"Israeli Palestinians, by contrast, are subject to a ban on family unification and are prohibited from living in Israel should they marry a fellow Palestinian from Gaza or the West Bank under the Citizenship and Entry Law."
Another essential attribute of a democracy is dissent, which is becoming increasingly difficult if not impossible when the subject is the occupation or the global boycott campaign against Israel.
"Israeli authorities have continued to narrow the space for criticism of its policies toward Palestinians. In March, the Knesset passed a law barring entry to foreigners who call for boycotting Israel or settlements."
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2018/country-chapters/israel/palestine
(Oct. 17, 2018) Times of Israel: "Welcome to Israel! Please Leave Your Dissent at the Door" https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/welcome-to-israel-please-leave-your-dissent-at-the-door/
(2019/NY Times) "Israel to Expel Human Rights Worker" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/05/world/middleeast/israel-human-rights-watch-bds.html
In the Israeli Knesset, Arab Israelis (Palestinians) can be expelled by a vote of the Knesset, even though the Arab Israeli representatives were popularly elected.
(Sept., 2019: Amnesty International Report: "Israel Discriminatory measures undermine Palestinian representation in Knesset" https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/09/israel-discriminatory-measures-undermine-palestinian-representation-in-knesset/
"For example, a 2016 legislative amendment which allows members of the Knesset to expel elected MKs by a majority vote means that MKs who express peaceful political views or opinions that are deemed unacceptable by a majority of MKs can face expulsion from parliament."
For the above reasons, I ask that you allow me to edit the Wikipedia "Israel" page to at the very least posit an opposing argument that Israel is not a democracy.
This site had over 776,000 views in the last 60 days and 90,000 internal and 742 external links to the site. Marcywinograd ( talk) 05:57, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
Hi, here is a suggestion. If you are asking for donations please include google or Apple Pay option as it will be a lot easier to donate — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C4:4587:D700:8495:9A06:2C13:C038 ( talk) 08:16, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
Hello, I'd like to ask about the donation section. I've noticed that there's two forms of payment witch both of them requires a certain time for all users register. I'm sure many of wikipedia's readers uses cryptocurrency and I want to take your answer regards the one that is feeless, fast and instant called Nano. If possible, I could donate wikipedia's funds with this tool. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A01:4C8:41E:654D:1:1:5963:A56E ( talk) 09:16, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
Hello everyone,
16 days ago I asked some questions about the sources on the talk page of the article Be2. It's about their reliability. Nobody has answered yet, probably because the article is hardly watched. Would anyone like to take a look and tell me what to do? Or would someone like to edit it themselves?
I write on behalf of the company Be2 (paid editing). Thanks for your help.
Greetings from Munich Munich-Center ( talk) 13:01, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
Opening Wikipedia pages (either from Google or clicking a link within Wikipedia) is significantly slow under that condition. When I checked the Developer Tool, the delay was at the "Waiting" step. At first, I thought that some browser extension was causing it, so I tried disabling extensions one by one and then all of them. That had no effect. After trying a few things, I have found that the page loading speed is normal if I log out. If I log in, then the page loading becomes significantly slow again. It did not happen with Chrome even if I logged in with the same account. Is this a known problem? How to solve this? Sin Jeong-hun ( talk) 13:06, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
PS: I did some further testing. Probably the language setting is the cause. I created a new Wikipedia account for testing, and it did not happen, sort of. When not logged in, the waiting was about 200~500 ms. When logged in with the new account, the waiting was about 600~800 ms. With this account (the one I am writing this with) the waiting is sometimes over 6000 ms. I reset the preferences of this account, and then the delay was reduced to similar values to the new testing account (600~800 ms). The setting that causes this seems to be the language setting. Mine had been set to "British English". When I changed it to "English" the delay was reduced to similar values to the new testing account. But not setting it or setting another language like Japanese also increased the delay. But why does setting the language to something like "British English" should increase the waiting significantly on FireFox? Isn't this a bug? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sin Jeong-hun ( talk • contribs) 13:37, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
Hello sir/mam, I am a co-founder and ceo of "Fiber Horse" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fiberhorsejns ( talk • contribs) 13:23, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
An article from Wikipedia.nd.ax showed up in my google newsfeed and it seems it was related to a personal page of someone who had been banned by Wikipedia admins. Any idea how that would happen? And what is the .nd.ax? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.230.196.53 ( talk) 15:38, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
The link is http://wikipedia.nd.ax/wiki/Pickled_cucumber
The article is innocuous, but if you click on the talk button it shows you an IP address that has been banned.... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.230.196.53 ( talk) 19:15, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
Hi. Hi. I recently contributed $60 to Wikipedia because I believe in its mission. However, I continue to get in-your-face messages asking me for money every time I want to use the website. Isn’t there someway for you to recognize my IP address as a donor and not include me in your obnoxious fundraising message? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.242.78.117 ( talk) 16:05, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
I realize that I'm being GinPigged as to the format of the display I see via WatchList- sometimes Navigation is on the bottom, which I don't like, mostly on top: what I'm used to and prefer. Two questions:
A new publication (2018) has been authored by Dr. Edward Francis Anhalt entitled "Mandatory Reading: Open Your Mind to 18 of Life's Most Important Questions". A portion of sales of books has/and is being given to the Susan G. Komen Foundation (Wisconsin Chapter). The ISBN # is 978-0-692-05865-7, and the book can be found at https://books.google.com/books?id=L3tptAEACAAJ&dq=mandatory+reading&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiz17KGip_mAhVMJKwKHVntAgMQ6AEwAHoECAIQAg.
I am looking for someone who can assist in adding this publication to the Wikipedia page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.1.150.25 ( talk) 17:57, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
Hello,
I wrote a Wikipedia page months back on an author, George Levy. After 90 days, the page is still not indexed on Google - for example, searching "George Levy" will not bring up the Wikipedia page as one of the first links. The link to his Wikipedia will, however, be available on his Google info box. How can I go about fixing this or who do I need to contact to resolve this issue?
Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by WillRStroh97 ( talk • contribs) 18:31, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
I made an edit today redirecting an article that pointed to the wrong page to its own article. I added in additional info that does not exist on Wikipedia pertaining to that item. About 2 seconds later the article was rejected for being "not constructive." What does that mean exactly if correcting errors and adding key information from citations is not "constructive"? Calculuschild ( talk) 20:24, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
Just asking, but why not defunct? In the aaf it says ceased. New3400 ( talk) 22:06, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
ceaseddoes not apepar, neither does
defunct, New3400. What page did you mean to ask about? The two words do not have identical meanings, although they do overlap. DES (talk) DESiegel Contribs 22:19, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
Alliance of American football. New3400 ( talk) 22:33, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
How? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tenaciousdennis ( talk • contribs) 22:15, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
I agreed to donate $100 on a one time. When I clicked pay I got Message that I was paying 17+dollars per month. I was specific on clicking one time. Correct this please or I will stop future payments — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.186.194.185 ( talk) 23:06, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
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< December 4 | << Nov | December | Jan >> | December 6 > |
Welcome to the Wikipedia Help Desk Archives |
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The page you are currently viewing is an archive page. While you can leave answers for any questions shown below, please ask new questions on one of the current Help Desk pages. |
I donate to Wikipedia annually during the summer. In the past, page requests ceased after I made my donation; however, these day, they continue to plague the site. I use the same computer. What gives? I am less likely to give at all if my donations go unacknowledged and the requests continue. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.2.46.49 ( talk) 00:41, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
I've donated on my desktop, I've donated on my cell phone. Can you kindly stop asking me for more money — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.228.247.182 ( talk) 06:00, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
Hi, my dad is in wikipedia - Robert /BOB Smithies
He recently passed
I want to upload a photo to his page.
Not having any luck, every one of my images, ones i took or have from his album keep getting rejected. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sarahjanesmithies ( talk • contribs) 02:51, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
Hi. In one of the political article on wikipedia, the description seems too biased to one side. Some people before me edited the article to be less biased but a contributor who is most active reverts it whenever that happens. I also edited it but that same contributor also reverted the article.
I am new to Wikipedia and don't know the procedure. Is there a way to discuss if some opinionated arguments should be on the wiki?
Thanks Skim444 ( talk) 08:08, 5 December 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skim444 ( talk • contribs) 03:33, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
I noticed the Wikipedia "Israel" page is protected, yet contains inaccurate information and glaring omissions.
I would like permission to edit the "Israel" Wikipedia page and to post photographs, as well, of Israeli home demolitions in East Jerusalem.
The Israel Wikipedia page says "The country has a liberal democracy (one of only two in the Middle East and North Africa region, the other being Tunisia),[56][57] with a parliamentary system, proportional representation, and universal suffrage.[58][59]" The links for substantiation are to FreedomHouse.org, a US government funded organization that hardly constitutes a legitimate journalistic source.
"In its 2017 and 2018 financial statements, Freedom House once again disclosed that it "was substantially funded by grants from the U.S. Government." (Wikipedia/Freedom House)
Over four million Palestinians, including those in East Jerusalem, West Bank and Gaza, live under Israeli occupation and rule but are now allowed to vote in Israel's elections. One essential criteria for a democracy is the right to vote, but occupied Palestinians d o not have the right to vote in how they are governed with Israeli checkpoints, blockades, home demolitions and indefinite detentions.
(August, 2019, The Nation: "The Meaning of Israel's Massive House Demolitions" https://www.thenation.com/article/israel-occupation-palestine-housing-east-jerusalem/
Who Gets to Vote in Israel’s Version of Democracy? https://www.972mag.com/gets-vote-israels-democracy-2019/
"Israel, not a Democracy" (Counterpunch, 2018) https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/09/18/is-israel-a-democracy/
"Unlike most liberal democracies, Israel classifies its citizens as holding differing ‘nationalities’. It distinguishes between citizenship rights and national rights; the latter are reserved almost exclusively for its Jewish citizens. National rights are deemed to be superior to citizenship rights so if there is a conflict between a ‘Jews national right and a Palestinians individual citizenship rights, the national right is given priority by officials and the courts’
Additionally, Israel is not democratic because it bestows privileged rights to Jews, promising citizenship to any Jew in the world who emigrates to Israel while denying that right to exiled Palestinians who fled in 1947-48.
"Israel, not a Democracy" (Counterpunch, 2018) https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/09/18/is-israel-a-democracy/
"Israeli Palestinians, by contrast, are subject to a ban on family unification and are prohibited from living in Israel should they marry a fellow Palestinian from Gaza or the West Bank under the Citizenship and Entry Law."
Another essential attribute of a democracy is dissent, which is becoming increasingly difficult if not impossible when the subject is the occupation or the global boycott campaign against Israel.
"Israeli authorities have continued to narrow the space for criticism of its policies toward Palestinians. In March, the Knesset passed a law barring entry to foreigners who call for boycotting Israel or settlements."
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2018/country-chapters/israel/palestine
(Oct. 17, 2018) Times of Israel: "Welcome to Israel! Please Leave Your Dissent at the Door" https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/welcome-to-israel-please-leave-your-dissent-at-the-door/
(2019/NY Times) "Israel to Expel Human Rights Worker" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/05/world/middleeast/israel-human-rights-watch-bds.html
In the Israeli Knesset, Arab Israelis (Palestinians) can be expelled by a vote of the Knesset, even though the Arab Israeli representatives were popularly elected.
(Sept., 2019: Amnesty International Report: "Israel Discriminatory measures undermine Palestinian representation in Knesset" https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/09/israel-discriminatory-measures-undermine-palestinian-representation-in-knesset/
"For example, a 2016 legislative amendment which allows members of the Knesset to expel elected MKs by a majority vote means that MKs who express peaceful political views or opinions that are deemed unacceptable by a majority of MKs can face expulsion from parliament."
For the above reasons, I ask that you allow me to edit the Wikipedia "Israel" page to at the very least posit an opposing argument that Israel is not a democracy.
This site had over 776,000 views in the last 60 days and 90,000 internal and 742 external links to the site. Marcywinograd ( talk) 05:57, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
Hi, here is a suggestion. If you are asking for donations please include google or Apple Pay option as it will be a lot easier to donate — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C4:4587:D700:8495:9A06:2C13:C038 ( talk) 08:16, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
Hello, I'd like to ask about the donation section. I've noticed that there's two forms of payment witch both of them requires a certain time for all users register. I'm sure many of wikipedia's readers uses cryptocurrency and I want to take your answer regards the one that is feeless, fast and instant called Nano. If possible, I could donate wikipedia's funds with this tool. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A01:4C8:41E:654D:1:1:5963:A56E ( talk) 09:16, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
Hello everyone,
16 days ago I asked some questions about the sources on the talk page of the article Be2. It's about their reliability. Nobody has answered yet, probably because the article is hardly watched. Would anyone like to take a look and tell me what to do? Or would someone like to edit it themselves?
I write on behalf of the company Be2 (paid editing). Thanks for your help.
Greetings from Munich Munich-Center ( talk) 13:01, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
Opening Wikipedia pages (either from Google or clicking a link within Wikipedia) is significantly slow under that condition. When I checked the Developer Tool, the delay was at the "Waiting" step. At first, I thought that some browser extension was causing it, so I tried disabling extensions one by one and then all of them. That had no effect. After trying a few things, I have found that the page loading speed is normal if I log out. If I log in, then the page loading becomes significantly slow again. It did not happen with Chrome even if I logged in with the same account. Is this a known problem? How to solve this? Sin Jeong-hun ( talk) 13:06, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
PS: I did some further testing. Probably the language setting is the cause. I created a new Wikipedia account for testing, and it did not happen, sort of. When not logged in, the waiting was about 200~500 ms. When logged in with the new account, the waiting was about 600~800 ms. With this account (the one I am writing this with) the waiting is sometimes over 6000 ms. I reset the preferences of this account, and then the delay was reduced to similar values to the new testing account (600~800 ms). The setting that causes this seems to be the language setting. Mine had been set to "British English". When I changed it to "English" the delay was reduced to similar values to the new testing account. But not setting it or setting another language like Japanese also increased the delay. But why does setting the language to something like "British English" should increase the waiting significantly on FireFox? Isn't this a bug? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sin Jeong-hun ( talk • contribs) 13:37, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
Hello sir/mam, I am a co-founder and ceo of "Fiber Horse" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fiberhorsejns ( talk • contribs) 13:23, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
An article from Wikipedia.nd.ax showed up in my google newsfeed and it seems it was related to a personal page of someone who had been banned by Wikipedia admins. Any idea how that would happen? And what is the .nd.ax? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.230.196.53 ( talk) 15:38, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
The link is http://wikipedia.nd.ax/wiki/Pickled_cucumber
The article is innocuous, but if you click on the talk button it shows you an IP address that has been banned.... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.230.196.53 ( talk) 19:15, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
Hi. Hi. I recently contributed $60 to Wikipedia because I believe in its mission. However, I continue to get in-your-face messages asking me for money every time I want to use the website. Isn’t there someway for you to recognize my IP address as a donor and not include me in your obnoxious fundraising message? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.242.78.117 ( talk) 16:05, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
I realize that I'm being GinPigged as to the format of the display I see via WatchList- sometimes Navigation is on the bottom, which I don't like, mostly on top: what I'm used to and prefer. Two questions:
A new publication (2018) has been authored by Dr. Edward Francis Anhalt entitled "Mandatory Reading: Open Your Mind to 18 of Life's Most Important Questions". A portion of sales of books has/and is being given to the Susan G. Komen Foundation (Wisconsin Chapter). The ISBN # is 978-0-692-05865-7, and the book can be found at https://books.google.com/books?id=L3tptAEACAAJ&dq=mandatory+reading&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiz17KGip_mAhVMJKwKHVntAgMQ6AEwAHoECAIQAg.
I am looking for someone who can assist in adding this publication to the Wikipedia page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.1.150.25 ( talk) 17:57, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
Hello,
I wrote a Wikipedia page months back on an author, George Levy. After 90 days, the page is still not indexed on Google - for example, searching "George Levy" will not bring up the Wikipedia page as one of the first links. The link to his Wikipedia will, however, be available on his Google info box. How can I go about fixing this or who do I need to contact to resolve this issue?
Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by WillRStroh97 ( talk • contribs) 18:31, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
I made an edit today redirecting an article that pointed to the wrong page to its own article. I added in additional info that does not exist on Wikipedia pertaining to that item. About 2 seconds later the article was rejected for being "not constructive." What does that mean exactly if correcting errors and adding key information from citations is not "constructive"? Calculuschild ( talk) 20:24, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
Just asking, but why not defunct? In the aaf it says ceased. New3400 ( talk) 22:06, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
ceaseddoes not apepar, neither does
defunct, New3400. What page did you mean to ask about? The two words do not have identical meanings, although they do overlap. DES (talk) DESiegel Contribs 22:19, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
Alliance of American football. New3400 ( talk) 22:33, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
How? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tenaciousdennis ( talk • contribs) 22:15, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
I agreed to donate $100 on a one time. When I clicked pay I got Message that I was paying 17+dollars per month. I was specific on clicking one time. Correct this please or I will stop future payments — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.186.194.185 ( talk) 23:06, 5 December 2019 (UTC)