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I just posted a partial (read; far from complete article on musician Realyn Nelson. Just looking at it will show it is far from done. The reviewer declined to post it just minutes after it was submitted. Going by the information Wikipedia provided this is not what I expected (some 3,700+ articles already waiting review), which is more like 3 months before it would even be reviewed. Please have another reviewer look over the article and remove AngusWOOF from this. His comments to me are very insultive and if I reply back to him I may well get "assertive' in my language.
If there is a way to save an incomplete article Wikipedia needs to make that more easily available. In this case I am waiting for a set of interview questions to be returned to me (personal biographical; DOB, married/single, parents names, children names, and profesional history. Although some of that is available publically, I don't live in Tennessee to read the local papers and magazines. As such I have only a few articles to use and each of those are just interviews anyways.
Someone explain how I am to do this just by internet searches when the real information is available more accurately and easier to find? Logic seems to be lost in this process. It needs to be introduced. How do I get the information needed without going through public records research (which I have zero access to) unless I get it from the subject or someone close to her? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:7081:6D03:7D59:C4AE:A709:2784:1BF8 ( talk) 00:34, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
Over recent weeks I have encountered many classical music articles displaying the mysterious message Musical scores are temporarily disabled instead of the editor-coded musical score fragments normally seen, though the corresponding editors' code still appears in the Edit view.
Unfortunately the … temporarily disabled message has no URL to a (presumably extant) explanation—and I can devise no useful search:
Typical example: Rodrigo's Concierto_de_Aranjuez, where I hoped to understand the 3rd. movement's complex metre. But older works, e.g. by J.S. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms, have the same issue, which meanwhile affects other-language Wikipedias (e.g. de.wikipedia.org, nl. …, no. …, pl. …).
So please point me to a page which indicates
Many thanks! SunadirE ( talk) 01:24, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
What does a person do when they see incorrect information on Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:FEA8:E3C0:62B:ACAB:C293:BCDA:BE4E ( talk) 01:47, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
Should the names of files contain code formatting in article prose? What about article titles of individual files? JsfasdF252 ( talk) 02:49, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
Why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8003:88AC:6300:82C:FC56:2A83:F6FE ( talk) 05:49, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
Accidentally I created this account. I want to delete my account permanently. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abdullah Al Naiem ( talk • contribs) 07:12, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
Good day,
I made a contribution on a page where I added more information about Auld Lang Syne Music Video.
I can't find the reason or still don't understand why my contribution to a LINK was declined.
Looking forward to hear from you please.
Regard, George — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kayworld009 ( talk • contribs) 08:03, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi, all. I have a question about using "sic" in a certain context.
In this article, the word "SuperCede" is used as a product name. Now, "supercede" is generally recognised as a misspelling.
So:
Based on what I've seen in Wikipedia so far, I believe most experienced Wikipedians use the templates, or a comment, as their preferred solution. Yet that results in the confusion and wasting of time I described above, not to mention the further wasting of time in me and my progeny writing questions like this, and you and your progeny in reading them. Whereas a simple "[sic]" would have avoided the entire problem (I think).
Thoughts? -- Ghastlyman ( talk) 09:01, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
Can I edit using Tor Browser? Dineshswamiin ( talk) 09:07, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
In a discography section for an artist's page, how do you determine the labels under which a specific project is released? Which source should be used? For example, for Orlando, Florida rapper Hotboii's debut project named Kut da Fan On, Amazon Music lists the labels as Interscope and 22 Entertainment, Apple Music lists Hitmaker Music Group, Discogs also lists Hitmaker and MusicBrainz lists 22 Entertainment. He does not, however, appear on Intercope's official list of artists. Thank you. JTtheOG ( talk) 10:11, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
Description of a band called Antikult
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Antikult is an European grind/jazzcore band based in Milan, Italy. It's been created by the Italian bass player Alex Bescapè (vocals, bass) with Aubert Leroux (drums) from France. Together they decided to take some jazz based patterns and turn them into grindcore music. Skefill Kiljanson (guitars) from Iceland completed the line up. The band style is an old school grindcore with a lot of crust influences. The fusion and jazz background of Leroux and the jazz early age education of Bescapè can be heard clearly. Songs sometimes used solutions in the mood of seventies music or sax insert reminding Zorn works. ==Discography== *"Dioxin No Natsu" (2019) cd *"The Rotten Root of Empires" (2019) 7" Ep w/Agathocles *"And the came the plague" (2020) cassette *"The Violent Grace of Reality" (2021) CD ==Band== *Alex Bescapè: growls, bass *Aubert Leroux: drums *Skefill Kiljanson: guitars The band used some guest musicians in their releases like Paju (guitar) and Rade Krkic (sax) ==External links== [https://it-it.facebook.com/antikult.antikult.7] [https://antikult.bandcamp.com] [https://www.discogs.com/it/Antikult-Dioxin-No-Natsu/release/14090878] [https://grindwarzine.wordpress.com/2020/02/13/antikult-dioxin-no-natsu-2019-grindcore-jazzcore] [https://helldprod.com/shop/index.php?id_product=443&rewrite=antikult-and-then-came-the-plague-tape&controller=product] [https://www.google.com/search?q=antikult+grindcore&rlz=1C1GGRV_enIT751IT751&sxsrf=ALeKk03ULKMxS0v43UXldIk2QsNlDl-][h1Q:1609586886315&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=F_6-30T-B_TrKM%252CIA8NeLkykgYHQM%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-][kSN2vtAPP8Wi_CcUZD3vQzgOhFzUw&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiM19-0kv3tAhWPzKQKHRiEBaQQ9QF6BAgOEAE#imgrc=F_6-30T-B_TrKM] |
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Alison Krebs ( talk • contribs) 11:59, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
Is there some simple inflation template that can be used to describe $1,000,000 of 1890 to what value that equals in 2021? -- Christie the puppy lover ( talk) 12:02, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
{{inflation|US|1000000|1890|2019}}
produces 28455556. 2019 is currently the latest available US year.
PrimeHunter (
talk)
12:19, 2 January 2021 (UTC)Can I create a template for
Hindi Wiki? I need a template like
Template:Val but I don't know how to create.
Dineshswamiin (
talk)
13:36, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello
I am planning an article about a business that went bankrupt in 1803 and the story is complicated by the number of people involved, who were often related. I hope to provide a family chart but these do tend to be rather bulky, so I am suggesting that the chart could be put on the Talk Page of the article. The production of the chart is time consuming, so rather than steam ahead and get grief from fellow editors who may disagree with this, I would ask if there is a consensus on this proposal? Sidpickle ( talk) 14:25, 2 January 2021 (UTC) Ted
Many thanks for advice. One other reason for putting it on the TALK PAGE is that some data in the tree originates from the transcription of wills, due in main to the lack of other records from this early period. These have been used as citations in the journals I've been reading including Guidhall Studies in History and The American Society of Genealogists. Many of these wills are also available from the National Archive at Kew on demand, for free, in PDF format. However, I fear some editors may be critical saying that this is Primary Sources or Original Research. So by putting it on TALK PAGE I am hoping that there can be little objection. Sidpickle ( talk) 18:00, 2 January 2021 (UTC) Ted
I was trying to archive my CSD log, as I do after every 12-month period. However, when I tried to create a new archive page with the current content, I got a warning when trying to save it: "Error: Your edit was not saved because it contains a new external link to a site registered on Wikipedia's blacklist."
My CSD log is huge, and I assume that the offending URL is one of the ones I'd flagged for WP:G12. Is there any way to figure out which URL is the bad one, or do I have to comb through my log and compare each URL in it to the blacklist? -- Drm310 🍁 ( talk) 15:19, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
https://blog.liveup.xyz/how-britain-stole-45-trillion-from-india-and-lied-about-it-by-jason-hickel
, and is visible at
Special:Log/spamblacklist/drm310.
* Pppery *
it has begun...
16:09, 2 January 2021 (UTC)The tone of the article is against Wikipedia guidelines, which says phrases such as " according to experts" and etc , denotes propaganda; have been used in this article in terms of "scholars" and "historians" . The contents of sources has been varied slightly to fit the conjectures put forward by some editors. This article has been Vandalised since a year as without acknowledging the authenticity of sources they are cheaply used to edit and expand article with unrelated contents. Which is far from being informative but propagates hates and portrays a total community as consumers of ' Opium' , 'alcohol' and other misdeeds, according to photographs and content in the article Rajputs are or were most backward and savage people in the whole world. Which is of little historic value and thus hurts the community 'very deeply' . I and several other people's have given many references of accomplished writers but they have not acted on them and are writing just what they believe to be true, making Wikipedia a PERSONAL DIARY. Therefore I request the Wikipedia Administrators to take some measures against this and if you cannot then delete this article no need to give information on this topic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aishtomar ( talk • contribs) 17:01, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
{{
who}}
template to tag them in the article. If it is reasonably clear from the article, then do not use this tag. There are other such specific templates of the same type: see {{
fact}}
for a list of them. Please only use these when it is clear that they are needed (i.e., when you believe an uninvolved editor would agree with you). -
Arch dude (
talk)
17:44, 2 January 2021 (UTC)Hello, I am reviving WP:UST (United States Territories) and notice that it still says that the project is inactive in the template box thingies but I thought I reset the project to active, I was wondering if I could get someone to take a look and see what I am missing?
Thanks, Alex the Nerd ( talk) 17:11, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
|active=y
in the infobox parms, but there is no such parameter ("active" is the default status if the |inactive=
or |semi-active=
parms are not given). If you're talking about the talk page, the "inactive" in the top banner comes from {{
WikiProject United States Territories}}
. I've changed it back to active. —[
AlanM1 (
talk)]—
03:43, 3 January 2021 (UTC)I've had this happen a couple times: I start the BRD cycle on a talk page and the user who made the last edit won't post on the talk page. What should I do? How long should I wait before reverting the last edit?
Thank you! DenverCoder9 ( talk) 17:20, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello Friends I have an account on Turkish Wikipedia for many years. The name in the title is my artistic name “Cenk Taşkan” , To existing Name,how can I add my real name whıch is “Majak Toşikyan” in conclusion : Majak Toşikyan - Cenk Taşkan
or
Cenk Taşkan - Majak Toşikyan — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.20.210.103 ( talk) 18:40, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I intend to request a change on the url of the Aromanian Wikipedia from "roa-rup.wikipedia.org" to "rup.wikipedia.org". I had thought about doing this before and after finding this website which seems to be related to Wikimedia and which already proposed it, I am now motivated to try to apply the change. The thing is, I have no idea where to ask about this, so I did it here. Does anyone know if it is possible and which is the right place to do so? Super Ψ Dro 20:46, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
Is that tool still working? I am completely unsavvy with tech and am not sure if its just me or did it break or update or something? Alex the Nerd ( talk) 21:30, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
Been trying to edit the English exonyms page for a while by adding collapsable captions to the tables I made of the info. The issue is, whenever I add them for all the tables on the list, I can't submit the edit. The error is something like "Error contacting the Parsoid/RESTBase server: (curl error: 28) Timeout was reached". Is there a way to give myself more time to edit or is something else an issue? Starbeam2 ( talk) 21:43, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
Help desk | ||
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< January 1 | << Dec | January | Feb >> | January 3 > |
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 just posted a partial (read; far from complete article on musician Realyn Nelson. Just looking at it will show it is far from done. The reviewer declined to post it just minutes after it was submitted. Going by the information Wikipedia provided this is not what I expected (some 3,700+ articles already waiting review), which is more like 3 months before it would even be reviewed. Please have another reviewer look over the article and remove AngusWOOF from this. His comments to me are very insultive and if I reply back to him I may well get "assertive' in my language.
If there is a way to save an incomplete article Wikipedia needs to make that more easily available. In this case I am waiting for a set of interview questions to be returned to me (personal biographical; DOB, married/single, parents names, children names, and profesional history. Although some of that is available publically, I don't live in Tennessee to read the local papers and magazines. As such I have only a few articles to use and each of those are just interviews anyways.
Someone explain how I am to do this just by internet searches when the real information is available more accurately and easier to find? Logic seems to be lost in this process. It needs to be introduced. How do I get the information needed without going through public records research (which I have zero access to) unless I get it from the subject or someone close to her? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:7081:6D03:7D59:C4AE:A709:2784:1BF8 ( talk) 00:34, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
Over recent weeks I have encountered many classical music articles displaying the mysterious message Musical scores are temporarily disabled instead of the editor-coded musical score fragments normally seen, though the corresponding editors' code still appears in the Edit view.
Unfortunately the … temporarily disabled message has no URL to a (presumably extant) explanation—and I can devise no useful search:
Typical example: Rodrigo's Concierto_de_Aranjuez, where I hoped to understand the 3rd. movement's complex metre. But older works, e.g. by J.S. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms, have the same issue, which meanwhile affects other-language Wikipedias (e.g. de.wikipedia.org, nl. …, no. …, pl. …).
So please point me to a page which indicates
Many thanks! SunadirE ( talk) 01:24, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
What does a person do when they see incorrect information on Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:FEA8:E3C0:62B:ACAB:C293:BCDA:BE4E ( talk) 01:47, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
Should the names of files contain code formatting in article prose? What about article titles of individual files? JsfasdF252 ( talk) 02:49, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
Why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8003:88AC:6300:82C:FC56:2A83:F6FE ( talk) 05:49, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
Accidentally I created this account. I want to delete my account permanently. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abdullah Al Naiem ( talk • contribs) 07:12, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
Good day,
I made a contribution on a page where I added more information about Auld Lang Syne Music Video.
I can't find the reason or still don't understand why my contribution to a LINK was declined.
Looking forward to hear from you please.
Regard, George — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kayworld009 ( talk • contribs) 08:03, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi, all. I have a question about using "sic" in a certain context.
In this article, the word "SuperCede" is used as a product name. Now, "supercede" is generally recognised as a misspelling.
So:
Based on what I've seen in Wikipedia so far, I believe most experienced Wikipedians use the templates, or a comment, as their preferred solution. Yet that results in the confusion and wasting of time I described above, not to mention the further wasting of time in me and my progeny writing questions like this, and you and your progeny in reading them. Whereas a simple "[sic]" would have avoided the entire problem (I think).
Thoughts? -- Ghastlyman ( talk) 09:01, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
Can I edit using Tor Browser? Dineshswamiin ( talk) 09:07, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
In a discography section for an artist's page, how do you determine the labels under which a specific project is released? Which source should be used? For example, for Orlando, Florida rapper Hotboii's debut project named Kut da Fan On, Amazon Music lists the labels as Interscope and 22 Entertainment, Apple Music lists Hitmaker Music Group, Discogs also lists Hitmaker and MusicBrainz lists 22 Entertainment. He does not, however, appear on Intercope's official list of artists. Thank you. JTtheOG ( talk) 10:11, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
Description of a band called Antikult
|
---|
Antikult is an European grind/jazzcore band based in Milan, Italy. It's been created by the Italian bass player Alex Bescapè (vocals, bass) with Aubert Leroux (drums) from France. Together they decided to take some jazz based patterns and turn them into grindcore music. Skefill Kiljanson (guitars) from Iceland completed the line up. The band style is an old school grindcore with a lot of crust influences. The fusion and jazz background of Leroux and the jazz early age education of Bescapè can be heard clearly. Songs sometimes used solutions in the mood of seventies music or sax insert reminding Zorn works. ==Discography== *"Dioxin No Natsu" (2019) cd *"The Rotten Root of Empires" (2019) 7" Ep w/Agathocles *"And the came the plague" (2020) cassette *"The Violent Grace of Reality" (2021) CD ==Band== *Alex Bescapè: growls, bass *Aubert Leroux: drums *Skefill Kiljanson: guitars The band used some guest musicians in their releases like Paju (guitar) and Rade Krkic (sax) ==External links== [https://it-it.facebook.com/antikult.antikult.7] [https://antikult.bandcamp.com] [https://www.discogs.com/it/Antikult-Dioxin-No-Natsu/release/14090878] [https://grindwarzine.wordpress.com/2020/02/13/antikult-dioxin-no-natsu-2019-grindcore-jazzcore] [https://helldprod.com/shop/index.php?id_product=443&rewrite=antikult-and-then-came-the-plague-tape&controller=product] [https://www.google.com/search?q=antikult+grindcore&rlz=1C1GGRV_enIT751IT751&sxsrf=ALeKk03ULKMxS0v43UXldIk2QsNlDl-][h1Q:1609586886315&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=F_6-30T-B_TrKM%252CIA8NeLkykgYHQM%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-][kSN2vtAPP8Wi_CcUZD3vQzgOhFzUw&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiM19-0kv3tAhWPzKQKHRiEBaQQ9QF6BAgOEAE#imgrc=F_6-30T-B_TrKM] |
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Alison Krebs ( talk • contribs) 11:59, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
Is there some simple inflation template that can be used to describe $1,000,000 of 1890 to what value that equals in 2021? -- Christie the puppy lover ( talk) 12:02, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
{{inflation|US|1000000|1890|2019}}
produces 28455556. 2019 is currently the latest available US year.
PrimeHunter (
talk)
12:19, 2 January 2021 (UTC)Can I create a template for
Hindi Wiki? I need a template like
Template:Val but I don't know how to create.
Dineshswamiin (
talk)
13:36, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello
I am planning an article about a business that went bankrupt in 1803 and the story is complicated by the number of people involved, who were often related. I hope to provide a family chart but these do tend to be rather bulky, so I am suggesting that the chart could be put on the Talk Page of the article. The production of the chart is time consuming, so rather than steam ahead and get grief from fellow editors who may disagree with this, I would ask if there is a consensus on this proposal? Sidpickle ( talk) 14:25, 2 January 2021 (UTC) Ted
Many thanks for advice. One other reason for putting it on the TALK PAGE is that some data in the tree originates from the transcription of wills, due in main to the lack of other records from this early period. These have been used as citations in the journals I've been reading including Guidhall Studies in History and The American Society of Genealogists. Many of these wills are also available from the National Archive at Kew on demand, for free, in PDF format. However, I fear some editors may be critical saying that this is Primary Sources or Original Research. So by putting it on TALK PAGE I am hoping that there can be little objection. Sidpickle ( talk) 18:00, 2 January 2021 (UTC) Ted
I was trying to archive my CSD log, as I do after every 12-month period. However, when I tried to create a new archive page with the current content, I got a warning when trying to save it: "Error: Your edit was not saved because it contains a new external link to a site registered on Wikipedia's blacklist."
My CSD log is huge, and I assume that the offending URL is one of the ones I'd flagged for WP:G12. Is there any way to figure out which URL is the bad one, or do I have to comb through my log and compare each URL in it to the blacklist? -- Drm310 🍁 ( talk) 15:19, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
https://blog.liveup.xyz/how-britain-stole-45-trillion-from-india-and-lied-about-it-by-jason-hickel
, and is visible at
Special:Log/spamblacklist/drm310.
* Pppery *
it has begun...
16:09, 2 January 2021 (UTC)The tone of the article is against Wikipedia guidelines, which says phrases such as " according to experts" and etc , denotes propaganda; have been used in this article in terms of "scholars" and "historians" . The contents of sources has been varied slightly to fit the conjectures put forward by some editors. This article has been Vandalised since a year as without acknowledging the authenticity of sources they are cheaply used to edit and expand article with unrelated contents. Which is far from being informative but propagates hates and portrays a total community as consumers of ' Opium' , 'alcohol' and other misdeeds, according to photographs and content in the article Rajputs are or were most backward and savage people in the whole world. Which is of little historic value and thus hurts the community 'very deeply' . I and several other people's have given many references of accomplished writers but they have not acted on them and are writing just what they believe to be true, making Wikipedia a PERSONAL DIARY. Therefore I request the Wikipedia Administrators to take some measures against this and if you cannot then delete this article no need to give information on this topic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aishtomar ( talk • contribs) 17:01, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
{{
who}}
template to tag them in the article. If it is reasonably clear from the article, then do not use this tag. There are other such specific templates of the same type: see {{
fact}}
for a list of them. Please only use these when it is clear that they are needed (i.e., when you believe an uninvolved editor would agree with you). -
Arch dude (
talk)
17:44, 2 January 2021 (UTC)Hello, I am reviving WP:UST (United States Territories) and notice that it still says that the project is inactive in the template box thingies but I thought I reset the project to active, I was wondering if I could get someone to take a look and see what I am missing?
Thanks, Alex the Nerd ( talk) 17:11, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
|active=y
in the infobox parms, but there is no such parameter ("active" is the default status if the |inactive=
or |semi-active=
parms are not given). If you're talking about the talk page, the "inactive" in the top banner comes from {{
WikiProject United States Territories}}
. I've changed it back to active. —[
AlanM1 (
talk)]—
03:43, 3 January 2021 (UTC)I've had this happen a couple times: I start the BRD cycle on a talk page and the user who made the last edit won't post on the talk page. What should I do? How long should I wait before reverting the last edit?
Thank you! DenverCoder9 ( talk) 17:20, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello Friends I have an account on Turkish Wikipedia for many years. The name in the title is my artistic name “Cenk Taşkan” , To existing Name,how can I add my real name whıch is “Majak Toşikyan” in conclusion : Majak Toşikyan - Cenk Taşkan
or
Cenk Taşkan - Majak Toşikyan — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.20.210.103 ( talk) 18:40, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I intend to request a change on the url of the Aromanian Wikipedia from "roa-rup.wikipedia.org" to "rup.wikipedia.org". I had thought about doing this before and after finding this website which seems to be related to Wikimedia and which already proposed it, I am now motivated to try to apply the change. The thing is, I have no idea where to ask about this, so I did it here. Does anyone know if it is possible and which is the right place to do so? Super Ψ Dro 20:46, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
Is that tool still working? I am completely unsavvy with tech and am not sure if its just me or did it break or update or something? Alex the Nerd ( talk) 21:30, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
Been trying to edit the English exonyms page for a while by adding collapsable captions to the tables I made of the info. The issue is, whenever I add them for all the tables on the list, I can't submit the edit. The error is something like "Error contacting the Parsoid/RESTBase server: (curl error: 28) Timeout was reached". Is there a way to give myself more time to edit or is something else an issue? Starbeam2 ( talk) 21:43, 2 January 2021 (UTC)