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I cannot find the Dave Merrick (artist) page - it appears to have been deleted yet I cannot find it in the Deletion Log. (Note: He is not the same person as "David Merrick" the Broadway producer). Can you please help me to find out why it is missing and then I would like to reinstate it. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.24.13.175 ( talk) 00:04, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
I tried to review 608 Fifth Avenue (my first attempt at a review) and I made a mess of it. The article is good on all counts, but it now appears on Template_talk:Did_you_know#Articles_created/expanded_on_January_3 as having been reviewed by a template for a clock tower. I'd like to fix that, and I'd also like to add the fact that I did the review to the article that I wrote and nominated for a DYK Template:Did you know nominations/La Saline Natural Area, but I haven't been able to figure out how and get it all to work right. Help please. Georgialh ( talk) 00:22, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
Thanks! Georgialh ( talk) 22:12, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
I have searched on wikipedia SAMBHAJI BHOSALE bhu there is same wrong type is his last name as BHONSALE Please correct it
Regards, CHANDRAKANT CHAVAN — Preceding unsigned comment added by 157.33.131.24 ( talk) 06:30, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
Simon Phillips is no longer the CEO at 22cans, please could you remove his name from the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.16.22.65 ( talk) 11:02, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
{{request edit}}
and give precise details of the changes requested. Further information about how to use the 'request edit' function can be found
here. Please be sure to include a source. Thank you.
Eagleash (
talk)
12:18, 7 January 2020 (UTC)How can I create an instant Wikipedia page if I am autoconfirmed user.? — Preceding unsigned comment added by The Supermind ( talk • contribs) 14:28, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
Currently the article exists in my sandbox and draft. However the draft pending takes more 3 months, meanwhile I need it for now. I completed the article and I wanna move to article space. The Supermind ( talk) 15:06, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
I believe there is some sort of hat-note that says something to the effect not to be confused with... and an editor can distinguish one name from another. My example needed for this is on the long time existing article of George H. Barbour, where I just created an article on George Harrison Barbour - note Harrison. I need a hat-note described above that distinguishes my man "Harrison" from just George H. Can an experienced editor put in such a hat-note. Thanks. -- Doug Coldwell ( talk) 15:07, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
I'm not sure how/why this page exists, but it isn't noteworthy at all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dan Akister01 ( talk • contribs) 15:08, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
If it is truethat he is popularising cricket in US then it must be notable, but is this mere self-promotion/ I don't know because I have not been to US recently. Spinney Hill ( talk) 10:16, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
Draft:Webfleet Solutions ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
I'm writing to kindly ask for your help in regards to a Wikipedia entry I submitted two months ago.
I created a Wikipedia entry for my client, "Webfleet Solutions" and submitted it two months ago. At the time I received timely feedback from reviewer Robert McClenon, I quickly made all the arrangements he suggested on his feedback but I have not received any news or update or feedback from him or another reviewer.
I wanted to ask you if you knew a way of knowing when will I receive new feedback or to know if my entry is approved or rejected?
If I edit the draft version and submit it again, will the days start counting again until a reviewer can see my entry? I mean, if I edit it again, will I have to wait two more months?
On the other hand, before submitting this entry I had not previously been active on Wikipedia and had no Wiki authority, does this affect the review of my entry?
Thank you in advance for your answers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Suarezmartell ( talk • contribs) 15:57, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
~~~~
. Or, you can use the
[ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.) Thank you.
Eagleash (
talk)
16:16, 7 January 2020 (UTC)Hi, thank you for your answers and information. I will read the information regarding conflict of interests and paid contribution disclosure. Although I am not sure if this is relevant since Webfleet Solutions is not my company and I am not an employee either. I am also not using Wikipedia for public relations and marketing purposes. In accordance with the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use, I have disclosed that I have been paid by International Policy Group SL on behalf of Webfleet Solutions NV for the contributions to Wikipedia. In the meantime, I will continue to improve the submission by editing normally. Suarezmartell ( talk) 12:54, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
Robert McClenon Thank you for your answer. I would like to add that after your first feedback, I focused on adding information from third-part companies and media. However, Webfleet Solutions is a company established in October 2019. Before that, it was known as "TomTom Telematics" a business unit of TomTom, that is the main reason why it has been difficult to find information from other relevant websites to support all the information in the entry, but vertical media that have written stories about the company. User:ColinFine Also thank you for your comments. I have already made a disclosure as a paid author and I believe this is not promotion. It is not a publicity entry but an entry about the company written from an objective point of view and after reading the Wikipedia guides for article writing. Any advice should you recommend will be very much appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Suarezmartell ( talk • contribs) 17:05, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
I will point out, both for the benefit of the paid editor and any other paid editors, and for any other volunteer editors, that in Wikipedia we have an expansive concept of what is "using Wikipedia for public relations and marketing purposes". I realize that paid editors think that they are trying to help the public by making the public aware that their company exists. Whether that helps the public is not important; if it is also meant to help the company, we consider it to be using Wikipedia for public relations and marketing purposes. If it will benefit your company, it is, by our standards, marketing. If it weren't intended to benefit your company, why would your company be paying you to do it? So paid editors can honestly believe that they are not using Wikipedia for marketing or public relations purposes. That doesn't change Wikipedia policies and guidelines, which define marketing expansively, and require that all paid editors, regardless of whether they are being paid by the company or by an agency for the company, must disclose.
I will add that, because Wikipedia requires that articles be strictly written from a neutral point of view, and because the neutral point of view is strictly defined, spending money on getting a Wikipedia article is seldom a good investment by a company that is trying to promote itself. A company would normally be better advised to spend its money improving its own web site, where it can be non-neutral and doesn't have those annoying volunteers editing down content. Robert McClenon ( talk) 22:18, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
Does the WP:UTRS allows a blocked user to share a screenshot of Wikipedia ? Please ping me when you reply. DBig Xrayᗙ 16:20, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi there,
There was a wikipedia page published for a considerable amount of time but disappeared a few years ago. I found it by chance on 'Everipedia' and would like to re-write and publish it again on wikipedia.
Is anyone able to chat to me about this? I want to ensure I'm not violating any wikipedia rules by re-writing and re-publishing an old article.
Kind regards,
C — Preceding unsigned comment added by ConnorC96 ( talk • contribs) 17:03, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
The VFW doesn’t sell poppies they ask for donations when handing out. Ty — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1014:B011:FA47:B5B8:1511:76D7:EF1C ( talk) 17:59, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
Not sure where to ask anymore. Does this subject not have an article, or am I missing it? Feel free to start deletion proceedings if you want. I don't want to do a ton of work if this subject is already covered, so I'm asking here. I haven't used wiki much for 10 years, so it's hard for me to find active pages to ask questions. So here I am. Probably breaking a bunch of guidelines and policies! Peregrine Fisher ( talk) 20:54, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
Hey Team,
my name is Valentina Ferrer and I would like to update my information, please advise me where is best to send my information. thank you. Valentina Ferrer — Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.33.230.71 ( talk) 23:04, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
~~~~
. Or, you can use the
[ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.)
TimTempleton
(talk)
(cont)
17:47, 8 January 2020 (UTC)Can you please remove the error sited?
Thank You John — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marlow58 ( talk • contribs) 23:40, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
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I cannot find the Dave Merrick (artist) page - it appears to have been deleted yet I cannot find it in the Deletion Log. (Note: He is not the same person as "David Merrick" the Broadway producer). Can you please help me to find out why it is missing and then I would like to reinstate it. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.24.13.175 ( talk) 00:04, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
I tried to review 608 Fifth Avenue (my first attempt at a review) and I made a mess of it. The article is good on all counts, but it now appears on Template_talk:Did_you_know#Articles_created/expanded_on_January_3 as having been reviewed by a template for a clock tower. I'd like to fix that, and I'd also like to add the fact that I did the review to the article that I wrote and nominated for a DYK Template:Did you know nominations/La Saline Natural Area, but I haven't been able to figure out how and get it all to work right. Help please. Georgialh ( talk) 00:22, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
Thanks! Georgialh ( talk) 22:12, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
I have searched on wikipedia SAMBHAJI BHOSALE bhu there is same wrong type is his last name as BHONSALE Please correct it
Regards, CHANDRAKANT CHAVAN — Preceding unsigned comment added by 157.33.131.24 ( talk) 06:30, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
Simon Phillips is no longer the CEO at 22cans, please could you remove his name from the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.16.22.65 ( talk) 11:02, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
{{request edit}}
and give precise details of the changes requested. Further information about how to use the 'request edit' function can be found
here. Please be sure to include a source. Thank you.
Eagleash (
talk)
12:18, 7 January 2020 (UTC)How can I create an instant Wikipedia page if I am autoconfirmed user.? — Preceding unsigned comment added by The Supermind ( talk • contribs) 14:28, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
Currently the article exists in my sandbox and draft. However the draft pending takes more 3 months, meanwhile I need it for now. I completed the article and I wanna move to article space. The Supermind ( talk) 15:06, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
I believe there is some sort of hat-note that says something to the effect not to be confused with... and an editor can distinguish one name from another. My example needed for this is on the long time existing article of George H. Barbour, where I just created an article on George Harrison Barbour - note Harrison. I need a hat-note described above that distinguishes my man "Harrison" from just George H. Can an experienced editor put in such a hat-note. Thanks. -- Doug Coldwell ( talk) 15:07, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
I'm not sure how/why this page exists, but it isn't noteworthy at all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dan Akister01 ( talk • contribs) 15:08, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
If it is truethat he is popularising cricket in US then it must be notable, but is this mere self-promotion/ I don't know because I have not been to US recently. Spinney Hill ( talk) 10:16, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
Draft:Webfleet Solutions ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
I'm writing to kindly ask for your help in regards to a Wikipedia entry I submitted two months ago.
I created a Wikipedia entry for my client, "Webfleet Solutions" and submitted it two months ago. At the time I received timely feedback from reviewer Robert McClenon, I quickly made all the arrangements he suggested on his feedback but I have not received any news or update or feedback from him or another reviewer.
I wanted to ask you if you knew a way of knowing when will I receive new feedback or to know if my entry is approved or rejected?
If I edit the draft version and submit it again, will the days start counting again until a reviewer can see my entry? I mean, if I edit it again, will I have to wait two more months?
On the other hand, before submitting this entry I had not previously been active on Wikipedia and had no Wiki authority, does this affect the review of my entry?
Thank you in advance for your answers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Suarezmartell ( talk • contribs) 15:57, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
~~~~
. Or, you can use the
[ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.) Thank you.
Eagleash (
talk)
16:16, 7 January 2020 (UTC)Hi, thank you for your answers and information. I will read the information regarding conflict of interests and paid contribution disclosure. Although I am not sure if this is relevant since Webfleet Solutions is not my company and I am not an employee either. I am also not using Wikipedia for public relations and marketing purposes. In accordance with the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use, I have disclosed that I have been paid by International Policy Group SL on behalf of Webfleet Solutions NV for the contributions to Wikipedia. In the meantime, I will continue to improve the submission by editing normally. Suarezmartell ( talk) 12:54, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
Robert McClenon Thank you for your answer. I would like to add that after your first feedback, I focused on adding information from third-part companies and media. However, Webfleet Solutions is a company established in October 2019. Before that, it was known as "TomTom Telematics" a business unit of TomTom, that is the main reason why it has been difficult to find information from other relevant websites to support all the information in the entry, but vertical media that have written stories about the company. User:ColinFine Also thank you for your comments. I have already made a disclosure as a paid author and I believe this is not promotion. It is not a publicity entry but an entry about the company written from an objective point of view and after reading the Wikipedia guides for article writing. Any advice should you recommend will be very much appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Suarezmartell ( talk • contribs) 17:05, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
I will point out, both for the benefit of the paid editor and any other paid editors, and for any other volunteer editors, that in Wikipedia we have an expansive concept of what is "using Wikipedia for public relations and marketing purposes". I realize that paid editors think that they are trying to help the public by making the public aware that their company exists. Whether that helps the public is not important; if it is also meant to help the company, we consider it to be using Wikipedia for public relations and marketing purposes. If it will benefit your company, it is, by our standards, marketing. If it weren't intended to benefit your company, why would your company be paying you to do it? So paid editors can honestly believe that they are not using Wikipedia for marketing or public relations purposes. That doesn't change Wikipedia policies and guidelines, which define marketing expansively, and require that all paid editors, regardless of whether they are being paid by the company or by an agency for the company, must disclose.
I will add that, because Wikipedia requires that articles be strictly written from a neutral point of view, and because the neutral point of view is strictly defined, spending money on getting a Wikipedia article is seldom a good investment by a company that is trying to promote itself. A company would normally be better advised to spend its money improving its own web site, where it can be non-neutral and doesn't have those annoying volunteers editing down content. Robert McClenon ( talk) 22:18, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
Does the WP:UTRS allows a blocked user to share a screenshot of Wikipedia ? Please ping me when you reply. DBig Xrayᗙ 16:20, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi there,
There was a wikipedia page published for a considerable amount of time but disappeared a few years ago. I found it by chance on 'Everipedia' and would like to re-write and publish it again on wikipedia.
Is anyone able to chat to me about this? I want to ensure I'm not violating any wikipedia rules by re-writing and re-publishing an old article.
Kind regards,
C — Preceding unsigned comment added by ConnorC96 ( talk • contribs) 17:03, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
The VFW doesn’t sell poppies they ask for donations when handing out. Ty — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1014:B011:FA47:B5B8:1511:76D7:EF1C ( talk) 17:59, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
Not sure where to ask anymore. Does this subject not have an article, or am I missing it? Feel free to start deletion proceedings if you want. I don't want to do a ton of work if this subject is already covered, so I'm asking here. I haven't used wiki much for 10 years, so it's hard for me to find active pages to ask questions. So here I am. Probably breaking a bunch of guidelines and policies! Peregrine Fisher ( talk) 20:54, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
Hey Team,
my name is Valentina Ferrer and I would like to update my information, please advise me where is best to send my information. thank you. Valentina Ferrer — Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.33.230.71 ( talk) 23:04, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
~~~~
. Or, you can use the
[ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.)
TimTempleton
(talk)
(cont)
17:47, 8 January 2020 (UTC)Can you please remove the error sited?
Thank You John — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marlow58 ( talk • contribs) 23:40, 7 January 2020 (UTC)