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Is Genius considered a "reliable source"? I'd like to help in finding citations for Darkness (Eminem song). If not Genius, what are some good places to start? – Toxi Boi! ( contribs) 01:55, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi. I’m planning to use some images that are generated by https://www.edrawsoft.com/subway-map.html. May I know if these images will fulfill Wikipedia’s requirements on copyright and free use? Thanks. tLoM (The Lord of Math) ( Message; contribs) ( Report false positive) 05:25, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
Okay, let me give you the scenario: the Chinese HSR system doesn't have an official map. Someone drew up an unofficial map, but it isn't available for download. In this case what should I do? tLoM (The Lord of Math) ( Message; contribs) ( Report false positive) 09:32, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
Edit: image is available at
https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/29938487, the Chinese analogue of Wikipedia. Can you please help me sort out the issues?
tLoM (The Lord of Math) (
Message;
contribs) (
Report false positive)
10:58, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
Now, let's assume I used the program to make this map:
So is this creation okay? tLoM (The Lord of Math) ( Message; contribs) ( Report false positive) 14:44, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
- Arch dude ( talk) 05:21, 26 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi all. I made an about Boeing New Midsize Airplane. An editor think my edit is borderline WP:CV. My direct quote has only fifteen words, out of a news report of (my estimate) over a thousand words. Is this WP:CV? Thanks. -- Now wiki ( talk) 05:29, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi All,
Is there anything
'improper' in placing an external link to a photo at a legal source with proper photographer credit in the description? Thanks, --
VLu (
talk)
06:52, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
Can somebody remind me how to properly overwrite a redirect page? I am wanting to write a new article on Mamhead House. This is currently a redirect to Mamhead Park, a subsection of Mamhead. Do I just overwrite the redirect page, or is there a preferred approach? Many thanks. KJP1 ( talk) 09:28, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
I'm a new user, and still very much learning the ropes, so apologies if this is the wrong place for this. Recently I was surprised to find that I had been given an 'only warning' for vandalism, with the threat of being permanently blocked from editing. The edit that apparently triggered this action was not vandalism, nor should it even have been contentious, in my view, being an entirely good-faith and constructive (and indisputably factual) addition. According to a helpful comment from another, uninvolved editor, who was kind enough to drop by on my talk page, the issue was that I had added the word 'gay' to an article, which is automatically flagged as vandalism, despite the fact that the article in question concerned an author who was in fact gay. I would like to know if there is a process whereby I can ask for the warning to be revoked. As it is, this makes me much more nervous about editing, despite the fact that this site tells editors to 'be bold'. It may be of note that the user, CLCStudent, who issued the warning, seems from his talk page to have a history of taking what might be called an overzealous approach to perceived vandalism. Any advice would be appreciated. St Judas the Lazarene ( talk) 11:23, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
...if I see an article with far too few or no sources, which template should I add in the beginning to let the community know "More citations/references needed" ?
This one?
BLP sources|date=January 2020|reason=More Citations Needed
I find this a bit confusing: Template messages
Thank you -- F.Blaubiget ( talk) 13:24, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
Not as easy as I thought. The page Mamhead House already exists, here, [2]. It's a redirect to a section of the article Mamhead, namely Mamhead#Mamhead Park. I've now created an article for Mamhead House, which is suitable for mainspace and which is sitting here, Draft:Mamhead House. But I can't move it, I suspect because of the existing redirect, nor is the system allowing me to request a move, I suspect because it's a Draft! I would be very grateful for assistance. KJP1 ( talk) 15:28, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
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Is Genius considered a "reliable source"? I'd like to help in finding citations for Darkness (Eminem song). If not Genius, what are some good places to start? – Toxi Boi! ( contribs) 01:55, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi. I’m planning to use some images that are generated by https://www.edrawsoft.com/subway-map.html. May I know if these images will fulfill Wikipedia’s requirements on copyright and free use? Thanks. tLoM (The Lord of Math) ( Message; contribs) ( Report false positive) 05:25, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
Okay, let me give you the scenario: the Chinese HSR system doesn't have an official map. Someone drew up an unofficial map, but it isn't available for download. In this case what should I do? tLoM (The Lord of Math) ( Message; contribs) ( Report false positive) 09:32, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
Edit: image is available at
https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/29938487, the Chinese analogue of Wikipedia. Can you please help me sort out the issues?
tLoM (The Lord of Math) (
Message;
contribs) (
Report false positive)
10:58, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
Now, let's assume I used the program to make this map:
So is this creation okay? tLoM (The Lord of Math) ( Message; contribs) ( Report false positive) 14:44, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
- Arch dude ( talk) 05:21, 26 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi all. I made an about Boeing New Midsize Airplane. An editor think my edit is borderline WP:CV. My direct quote has only fifteen words, out of a news report of (my estimate) over a thousand words. Is this WP:CV? Thanks. -- Now wiki ( talk) 05:29, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi All,
Is there anything
'improper' in placing an external link to a photo at a legal source with proper photographer credit in the description? Thanks, --
VLu (
talk)
06:52, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
Can somebody remind me how to properly overwrite a redirect page? I am wanting to write a new article on Mamhead House. This is currently a redirect to Mamhead Park, a subsection of Mamhead. Do I just overwrite the redirect page, or is there a preferred approach? Many thanks. KJP1 ( talk) 09:28, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
I'm a new user, and still very much learning the ropes, so apologies if this is the wrong place for this. Recently I was surprised to find that I had been given an 'only warning' for vandalism, with the threat of being permanently blocked from editing. The edit that apparently triggered this action was not vandalism, nor should it even have been contentious, in my view, being an entirely good-faith and constructive (and indisputably factual) addition. According to a helpful comment from another, uninvolved editor, who was kind enough to drop by on my talk page, the issue was that I had added the word 'gay' to an article, which is automatically flagged as vandalism, despite the fact that the article in question concerned an author who was in fact gay. I would like to know if there is a process whereby I can ask for the warning to be revoked. As it is, this makes me much more nervous about editing, despite the fact that this site tells editors to 'be bold'. It may be of note that the user, CLCStudent, who issued the warning, seems from his talk page to have a history of taking what might be called an overzealous approach to perceived vandalism. Any advice would be appreciated. St Judas the Lazarene ( talk) 11:23, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
...if I see an article with far too few or no sources, which template should I add in the beginning to let the community know "More citations/references needed" ?
This one?
BLP sources|date=January 2020|reason=More Citations Needed
I find this a bit confusing: Template messages
Thank you -- F.Blaubiget ( talk) 13:24, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
Not as easy as I thought. The page Mamhead House already exists, here, [2]. It's a redirect to a section of the article Mamhead, namely Mamhead#Mamhead Park. I've now created an article for Mamhead House, which is suitable for mainspace and which is sitting here, Draft:Mamhead House. But I can't move it, I suspect because of the existing redirect, nor is the system allowing me to request a move, I suspect because it's a Draft! I would be very grateful for assistance. KJP1 ( talk) 15:28, 25 January 2020 (UTC)