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Editors, how long does it usually take for a submitted draft to be reviewed and published? A few days ago, I submitted the draft for a page I created for the book, An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States. Is there anything I should do, any place I should go in wikiville, to check in about the process? Does it take... as long as a week? Gasp! I'm wicked eager to see it and add to it! Thanks to anyone who can assist me. :) PaulThePony ( talk) 03:17, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
I'm looking for a help article I saw recently that described syntax about how to crop an image. It showed a cropped image that focused on a drop of water on a leaf. I'm having trouble finding it again. Also, is there a way to crop images using multiples of the original dimensions, instead of pixels as that guidance described? Thanks so much! – Kekki1978 talk 19:02, 23 November 2019 (UTC)
On this page /info/en/?search=History_of_Hong_Kong_Police#Second_half_of_the_century there is a request for a citation.
The prefix "Royal" was dropped at midnight on 1 July 1997, when China resumed sovereignty over Hong Kong, and the force reverted to the title "Hong Kong Police Force".[citation needed]
The citation needed can be found on the official police force's page https://www.police.gov.hk/ppp_en/01_about_us/ph_04.html
But for someone who usually just enjoys reading Wikipedia and has never edited anything before, it seems that adding a simple citation is beyond my abilities.
Perhaps someone else clarify the citation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.255.6.158 ( talk) 09:11, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
For example, at Hurricane Ivan there are many hatnotes above the infobox in the source code and this renders the infobox with white space above it. I couldn't find any info in the policies Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Infoboxes or Wikipedia:Hatnote to direct me whether there should be whitespace such that the infobox renders parallel with the start of the article's text or should it be moved up to be directly below the toolbar. comrade waddie96 ★ ( talk) 08:55, 25 November 2019 (UTC) (please mention me on reply)
The obvious subjective bias on John Posobiec causes me to distrust Wikipedia, as I know all self-respecting researchers do. Why such an obvious negative bias?— Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.53.215.192 ( talk) 20:58 24 November 2019 (UTC)
It will be if they feel free to move alone without his or her mind will run in an direction ehich reveaks in things which can't help them in a way they want to live in.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 2409:4052:2309:95AF:99BA:258B:1956:F3E9 ( talk • contribs)
How can I get this draft /info/en/?search=Draft:George_Hammer_III reviewed to be published as an article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by AleLagos77 ( talk • contribs)
Quick question about editing.
I have noticed that periods are outside of quotation marks. Is this done so that the reference link will appear after the period instead of after the quotation marks?
Thank you, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Quill & Bean ( talk • contribs) 15:38, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
I would like to start a Wikipedia page for an Artist. How do I get started and develop it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.188.175.47 ( talk • contribs)
I want to change my name. How do I do that? Porygon-Z ( talk) 18:10, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
I just spent all morning creating a new Wikipedia article and the software stopped responding. I reset my computer and it appears all of my work is lost. Is there any way to find it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by AppleCorey ( talk • contribs) 01:43, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
I just published my first Wikipedia article ( Draft:SkyWheel Helsinki). It got rejected in less than 5 minutes. I noted how it is unique for having a sauna gondola. Its height makes it one of the tallest human-made structures in the city. How is a major landmark that has become a symbol for a major city not inherently notable? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeremiah Editorial Lee ( talk • contribs) 17:21, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
In case you people did not notice, the entry for Patrick Hobbs had been hacked with inappropriate insults placed. I simply removed them...TWICE! If you go to this page now, you will see it hacked again!— Preceding unsigned comment added by Bknewman ( talk • contribs)
Please help, before giving citation from a source is there anyway we could check if it violates the copyright rules of wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Glittershield ( talk • contribs) 10:58, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
|quote=
parameter in a citation template or as a marked and attributed quote in the text of an article will not normally violate copyright either. That is well within
fair use, and is routinely done.
DES
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DESiegel Contribs 16:08, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
~~~~
should go at the end of your text, not in the Subject/headline (section header). Thanks. —[
AlanM1(
talk)]— 19:33, 25 November 2019 (UTC)Thanks for the info AlanM1, I have a small clarification, is there any tutorial which could explain copyright violation? Glittershield ( talk) 03:48, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
Hello, I would like to enable email on my account. However, I have concerns that vandals/trolls/spammers might use the email to spam me. Also, my real name is part of my email address, so I would like to hear from others who may have had similar situations like this in the past. Taewangkorea ( talk) 02:19, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
how and where could i know the status of my first page — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rishiviswakarma ( talk • contribs) 05:18, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
I see many wiki pages are online who just made debut. But Azad Khan has proved his talent from multiple years as a host, presenter, theater artist, writer and actor.
Below is one example where there are pages created with only 1 movie. /info/en/?search=Abhishek_Gowda — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ajk.wikieditor ( talk • contribs) 05:01, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
Hello everyone,
I just had my (first) article declined due to not being sufficiently notable, which makes sense. I was trying to use this article to add an entry to the following list of entries "Category:German international schools", and I thought I needed to do it through this mechanism but it looks like I still need help to figure this out.
I would appreciate if anyone can point me to the right help article to figure out how to: 1) add an entry to that list, 2) link it to a new article that describes the new entry.
Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Naehco ( talk • contribs) 05:34, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
This is to advise you about the reference no 14 on Libby Houston's page - /info/en/?search=Libby_Houston - which reads
"Site Report for October 2010 – visit to field around Victory Park, Brislington, Bristol" (PDF). brislingtonarchaeology.org.uk. Brislington Community Archaeology Project. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
Brislington Community Archaeology Project ceased in 2016, and the person who was supposed to take on the domain name didn't: it was subsequently bought by a porn site, where the links now leads. I can't find any way to remove the reference myself: can a moderator do it? Or can you advise how I do it myself?
Thanks in anticipation The OriginalAlestrel ( talk) 23:19, 22 November 2019 (UTC)
|url-status=
to usurped
to prevent the original link from showing. --
AntiCompositeNumber (
talk) 00:26, 23 November 2019 (UTC)url-status
to usurped
, so the porn page is no longer linked. Case closed.
Fabrickator (
talk) 01:38, 23 November 2019 (UTC)
Thanks to everyone who has replied and helped. I must agree, it would be easy to copy/paste the now-usurped link and go straight to the porn page - can the name of the site be completely removed? (Hope I'm doing this right!) The OriginalAlestrel ( talk)
|urlstatus=
will prevent the original link from displaying or being linked to, but it remaisn in the wiki-source where it may be needed for archive searching. Vandalism is always possible, trying to preemptively ward it off is not worth while.
DES
(talk)
DESiegel Contribs 14:29, 26 November 2019 (UTC)OK. Many thanks, The OriginalAlestrel ( talk)
Hello helpful TeaHouse Dwellers -- I have a draft that needs deleting because I misspelt the name (draft:Cosimo Trio - it should be Cosmo Trio)) and also a sandbox content the needs deleting (user:CosmoThorngren/sandbox). Can anyone advise me the best way forward with this? Thank you. CosmoThorngren ( talk) 13:58, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
I've renamed a few pages and want to rename a category to bring it al in-line. However there is no header to click next to the searchbox to do this in categories. How do I do this? Dutchy45 ( talk) 12:15, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
I've renamed some pages in the Category:Women's football clubs in the Netherlands so all pages in this category have a uniform style. For instance FC Twente Vrouwen is now FC Twente (women). I am unable to do this for PSV Vrouwen because there is already a redirect the other way. How can I fix this? Dutchy45 ( talk) 15:32, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
Usually, titles should unambiguously define the topical scope of the article, but should be no more precise than that. For instance, Saint Teresa of Calcutta is too precise, as Mother Teresa is precise enough to indicate exactly the same topic.and later {[tqqi|}} and yet later
f the article is about the primary topic ..., then that name can be its title without modification,.... Note also WP:COMMONNAME. If this club is best known as FC Twente Vrouwen, then the article should not be named FC Twente (women), and if no other topic has an identicla name, ther eis no need for the parenthetic "(women)" This is more important than consistency among article names. If in any doubt, when preparing to move (rename) an article, post on the article talk page first. See Requested moves, which also explains who to request admin assistance when a redirect or other page obstructs a move. DES (talk) DESiegel Contribs 16:07, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
Hello. Question about relevancy and notability on articles. There are a near infinite amount of articles on Wikipedia that are stubs with no notability. Moti Island and Tychów Nowy are two good examples. They both have one source each and are completely irrelevant. What makes them okay and my Aardwolf article not? Or are they not okay and we should flag them for deletion? I'd say there is about a 50% chance that hitting the random article button will bring up an article that is much worse than mine. I just don't understand why my article almost immediately got flagged for deletion whilst these articles can presumably stay around forever. There's probably hundreds of thousands of articles on this website about tiny rivers in Europe, like Čabranka, but my actually sourced article isn't good enough? It's just not really feeling fair, so it'd be great if someone could explain this. Bluedude588 ( talk) 04:40, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
Hello. Im new here and i'm looking for a page to be written. I will provide this special person ALL references, sources and a bio. I'll take most of the work out of it, I just need a page written, it's been too long. Help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bydesign21 ( talk • contribs) 2019-11-26T15:56:53 (UTC)
Hi, Is there any way I can create an article under my username but not have my username attached to the creation or the edits seen in the history log or user contributions log? For example, could a steward redact the edits from all areas? Thank you. Nikolaiho ☎️ 📖 19:38, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
Hi community,
I'm trying to edit Trade_Credit_Insurance to reflect a change in the market.
In the section "Many variations of trade credit insurance have evolved..." I would like to add that in the past these types of insurances were typically purchased on a company's whole turnover. However due to upcoming digital platforms, getting credit insurance on a single transaction or invoice is now easier and gaining in popularity.
My edits keep getting reverted however.
So my question is this: please help me in getting the wording correct for that edit so it will not be reverted. Not sure how to ask for help, I'm new to Wikipedia!— Preceding unsigned comment added by Tradecoverexchange ( talk • contribs)
On the Workington wikipage how do I remove the reference to Piczo on reference number 71?
Devokewater ( talk) 21:17, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
website
was somehow to specify a website associated with the group being mentioned, rather the site actually being cited --
ColinFine (
talk) 22:01, 26 November 2019 (UTC)Thanks ColinFine Devokewater ( talk) 22:03, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
Hi all! I am an new user on wikipedia, and I already tried my first 10 edits. As I am new here and I do not know the policies, I would like to ask: My username contains the word <<revival>>: It has not any hidden meaning, is it acceptable or I must change an username? Thanks in advance, WoW the revival ( talk) 22:05, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
Hello everyone! Could someone please reduce this file? Could someone please rename the file to File:Thanksgiving of Horror poster.jpg? Is the file OK? Thank you very much! -- Patriccck ( talk) 18:27, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
I don't understand what gets deleted and why. Women In Technology Internation was deleted and recreated. I looked at the wayback machine and I can't understand what happened. Also, I don't understand what I need to do for Cathy Colman's page. I worked on it at a Wikipedia hack-a-thon for women and it seemed ok. I'm just trying to learn. — Preceding unsigned comment added by VidLit ( talk • contribs) 22:48, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
I spent a good amount of time on a revision a few days ago. An administrator deleted it because it came across too promotional. I'm looking to revise and make it more neutral but because it was deleted, I cannot view my original revision and might have to start from scratch. Any way I can view my original revision so I don't have to start over? Thanks.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Kadekl ( talk • contribs) 01:14, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
{{|ping|Example}}
or {{|U|Example}}
in your comment. Be sure to
sign the comment with four tildes (~~~~
)) or the ping will not work. YTour post may lead to a discussion and perhaps your view will be favored, or some compromise will be devised. But it may be that the other view will be favoed, or that it will simp0ly be ignored. In thsat case, don't get too upset or attached to any one edit. Go on to make others instead. I am not sure which of your edits you are currently most unhappy about. If you indicate thsat here, I will at least look at it. That is all that I can promise at this point.
DES
(talk)
DESiegel Contribs 00:59, 27 November 2019 (UTC)I tried to replace the title Situational analysis by Situational logic. The new title just redirects to the old. How eliminate the old? Thanks. TBR-qed ( talk) 16:24, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
I created two separate articles several weeks ago but they have not been reviewed. The subjects are notable. I have continuously improved on the articles by adding contents, citing verifiable sources, adding categories and linking pages yet the articles are neither reviewed nor posted to public space for public view. Here are the links to the articles https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammadu_Bako_III
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammadu_Bako_III Experienced editors and reviewers kindly help review the articles and post them to public space for public view. Warm regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Akgideens ( talk • contribs) 06:09, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
Is my template, Template:Unconstructive vandalism refraintag, okay? -- Bank: Bank Robbery started a robbery ( 🚨) 09:02, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
#switch
. Test the parameter value, and in each case display one of your boxes. Easy enough. Since you changed the name and the usage so totally, you might want to clean up the redirects left behind by the moves you used with {{
db}}.
DES
(talk)
DESiegel Contribs 13:56, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
Regarding:
The Wikipedia article "Exclusive economic zone" is very interesting, balanced and helpful. It's easy for non-experts to understand. I was wondering, however, if it is possible to add two maps. You already have maps called "EEZs in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean" and "EEZs in the Pacific Ocean." Would it be possible to add two maps similar to these? Specifically, one map showing "EEZs in the North Atlantic Ocean" and one with "EEZs in the North Pacific Ocean"? Ideally, using the same layout, colors, feel of the maps you already have. Adding yet another map called "EEZs in the Caribbean" would also be really intresting. Since most of the necessary data already is on maps elsewhere in this Wikipedia article, it may not be that difficult. Thanks for considering. BTW, I'd be happy to help but don't know who mechanically I would do this. -- Hugh
QUESTION: Would it be possible to add two maps? Specifically, add one map showing "EEZs in the North Atlantic Ocean" and add one with "EEZs in the North Pacific Ocean." Thanks for considering. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.28.181.206 ( talk) 00:11, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
Removed an accidental codeblock and fixed a link in this section (will not affect page touch wood ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)) on 02:04, 29 November 2019 (UTC) by dibbydib 💬/ ✏
Why is it "Asian" month?— Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:CF:4600:4F40:759A:8F3B:56BA:A556 ( talk) 01:42, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
I'm trying to remove the (below) Basque, Italian and Latin pages, that refer to the taxological article Lazarus taxon (the Italian article having been deleted), from appearing on the language box of the physics article the Lazarus effect. I tried making a null edit on Lazarus effect, purging the cache with ?action=purge, purging the local browser cache with ctrl+f5 and I also tried inspecting the wikidata page for any errors but there weren't any. I remember this happening to me in the past once and that time purging the page cache did the trick. I'm at my wits end here, what do I do?
( eu:Lazaro efektua, it:Lazarus Effect, la:Lazarenus_effectus) NinuKinuski ( talk) 00:56, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
Good Morning,
I work for a 3 year old UK film company, Rocket Science, which has now financed and produced a dozen films and we wanted to try and create a wiki page. I tried previously a couple of years about but was declined and since then we've gone about our business. We now have citations on existing wiki pages of the company (one of our films earnt an Oscar nomination last year) and I wanted to check if a new attempt to create an entry for our company is likely to be verified as legitimate, or not.
< /info/en/?search=At_Eternity%27s_Gate_(film)>
Thanks for your advice.
All the best,
Jonathan Lynch-Staunton Jonols71 ( talk) 10:55, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
I am currently writing a bio page and my first submission was rejected because it needs "independent, reliable sources (such as from newspapers) to verify the content claimed."" Its about a state legislator whose name also appear on the wiki page for the state assembly. But in general news sites, he was hardly singled out for mentioning for article subjects in relevant issues i want to cite. He is mostly mentioned as a group, considering he is not a major house officer.
I provided many links to relevant news websites, yet it was rejected. Though I have done some reviews and changed some of the links to citations. Are there any more areas to look into? Here is the article by the way /info/en/?search=Draft:Kelechi_Nwogu — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dannyogolo ( talk • contribs) 11:20, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
In the last couple of days, an editor created redirects from Ages of consent in North America and Ages of consent in South America, merging the content into Ages of consent in the Americas.
I realize that depending on where you went to school, you either learned that "America" is a single continent or that "North America" and "South America" are two distinct continents, but this is not really material to the question of whether it's perfectly okay for somebody to make such a change without obtaining any sort of consensus (having said that, I'm generally skeptical that WP has mechanisms that are particularly effective at settling disagreements such as this).
These additional questions occur to me:
Fabrickator ( talk) 04:13, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
Hello,
I am trying to add an accent in the title for the page of Arancha González, which is currently with the accent on the first 'a' in 'Gonzalez'.
Is this easily done without creating a mess? This should arguable also be done in other languages as well, eg French.
TradeHack — Preceding unsigned comment added by TradeHack ( talk • contribs)
Many thanks Interstellarity — Preceding unsigned comment added by TradeHack ( talk • contribs) 14:48, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
How can I provide a link to a photo on Wikipedia or Commons without embedding the photo itself? GOLDIEM J ( talk) 16:38, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
[[:File:filename.jpg]]
. --
David Biddulph (
talk) 16:59, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
I submitted an article on a Jamaican table tennis player named Joy Foster. I had it reviewed once before, and I made all the indicated changes, but I have not received any feedback since my last edit. Is there anything else that needs to be changed before the page is published? Here is the link: /info/en/?search=Draft:Joy_Foster — Preceding unsigned comment added by Onydn89 ( talk • contribs) 18:35, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
I would like to ask what are the rules concerning adding yellow stars to articles written in minority languages that don't represent featured articles (on the list of languages on the left hand side).
I only found this /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Featured_articles but the guidelines aren't yet clear to me.
For example: /info/en/?search=Quechuan_languages In this case, the Quechuan Runa Simi article has a yellow star on the list of languages but is 2/3 of the way down the list.
Just like featured articles have a star, could an icon be used for example:
https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbšćina https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbšćina
The two Sorbian languages (Upper & Lower Sorbian) articles about the Sorbian languages.
Or to have a direct route to minority language article at the top of the article rather than at the foot of the page.
I reckon that this could would be of service to young people from generations that have lost of the use of their heritage language. By being presented with the article when they might not have known it existed it could inspire individuals to expand the article if it is lacking in depth and therefore lacking in knowledge-value which would present the main threat for a language's survival. I would be interested to see if this could be applied to many endangered languages. Thank you for your attention! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jiménez de Quesada ( talk • contribs) 09:36, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
How do I become an editor and start editing on Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:6000:120A:788:9894:FF90:869D:C0F ( talk) 20:13, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
Please help me with the article that I've made. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Noreen Ly ( talk • contribs) 11:56, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
I have worked on a few wikis before but never anything as extensive as Wikipedia. I have noticed on the /info/en/?search=Cannabis_(drug) Cannabis page that a comment added and sourced is in direct opposition to the sourced material, and is also a bit opinionated. As this article is semi-protected I could not do anything on the article itself so I left a comment on the Note page referencing my issues and the relevant policies I believe the comment violates in the Wikipedia policy WP:NPV and WP:CS in general. Is there something else I should add to the note to make this come to the notice of someone who looks into these issues? Or is the note on the Talk page enough?
Thank you. 2600:8801:1E83:BE44:18EA:231B:8FDF:748D ( talk) 04:00, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
Preface: I'm frustrated by this situation and doing my best to try to maintain WP:GOODFAITH but I'm really struggling, which is why I came here in hopes of getting some independent advice from an uninvolved party before I do anything. Also, I have tried to navigate the Wikipedia administration process on my own twice now, and both times I got it wrong which resulted in basically my whole issue being ignored, which is somewhat embarrassing. I am also feeling very much "not heard" right now after spending weeks trying to resolve this issue on talk pages and failed administration attempts which is further challenging my resolve. My hope is that the people here will be more willing to take time to help walk a newbie like me through the appropriate processes and (hopefully) help me feel heard (even if the outcome is different from what I desire going in).
There are general sanctions on all blockchain and cryptocurrency pages. As far as I know, there are no other official restrictions in place besides the ones listed there, and the editors I am struggling to find common ground with seem to agree on that. The source of the dispute is that these other editors are treating all primary sources and trade sources for the entire space of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency as deprecated/blacklisted ( WP:CONTEXTMATTERS and WP:PRIMARYNOTBAD are not being applied). They tell me that I should go to WP:RSN if I don't like it.
My question is whether their advice to "take it to RSN" is the appropriate course of action, or should I take the issue to one of the ANI boards since they are not following Wikipedia policy on WP:VERIFIABILITY and WP:RS.
Bonus Inquiry: From my point of view (which may be wrong, I'm fairly new!) they are basically implementing their own set of rules contrary to Wikipedia policies and guidelines and then telling me that I need to go convince a bunch of other people that the Wikipedia policies should be followed. It feels to me like the onus should be on them to convince a bunch of people that normal Wikipedia policies should not be followed in this case. I'm concerned that there is some reason I don't understand (due to my unfamiliarity with Wikipedia politics and administration process) that is causing them to want me to open the issue instead of them. For example, maybe they have witnessed that I have bunged up my two previous administration attempts and they are hoping I bung up this one too, or they know it is a lot of work to go through the process and they don't want to do it. If me going to WP:RSN is the appropriate course of action, can you help me understand why the onus is on me to craft and submit an official plea that just re-asserts that WP policy applies? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MicahZoltu ( talk • contribs) 19:59, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
As a curious but not topic-involved editor, it appears to me that in addition to contentious discussions about who does or does not have a COI, or whom is reverting whom, you are now tracking edits made by User:David Gerard on topics completely different from where a disagreement between you two started, and reverting his edits. David notMD ( talk) 03:48, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
User:kgberg {{ connected contributor (paid)}} I am a public affairs officer at New York University Tandon School of engineering. I wish to update the Wikipedia page for Theodore Rappaport to indicate that he was elected to the Wireless History Foundation Hall of Fame In 2019. Footnote to that addition would be: https://wirelesshistoryfoundation.org/whf-hall-of-fame/ or http://wirelesshistoryfoundation.org/theodore-rappaport/. What would be the best means of doing this addition, which would be both to the first paragraph, right after mention of his having been elected as Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2018 and also to the sidebar, as a bullet right below the bullet noting his having won the Eric Sumner award (2020)? Thanks I don't want to make the change if it risks flagging the article. Thanks for any suggestions or assistance!— Preceding unsigned comment added by Kgberg ( talk • contribs) 02:30, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
hi
I want to edit the page on the DataFlow group. I did not create the page though. I believe I can do this directly? or do I need to submit the edit form? I want to improve and update this page with some numbers for example and text. But when I click on the edit some coding opens up- is there a way to submit this to you and you could update? Also, I see some warnings highlighted on the page, looks like some other editors have expressed that? Not sure. e.g. The article contains content like an advertisement. Please advise how we can deal with that?
Thanks K — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dataflow1234 ( talk • contribs) 06:13, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
Hello, Dataflow1234. Please note that while name that represents a company is not allowed, a user name such as "User:Jojn at Coke" or "User Jane at IBM" is not only allowed but encouraged, as it helps disclose any conflict of interest. You might want to choose a name such as "<handle>at Dataflow" (where handle is some handle that indicates you individually). Otherwise I endorse the advice from Marchjuly and 331dot. DES (talk) DESiegel Contribs 15:25, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
I have 2 recent alerts, but can't move from there to discussion page. Help. Thanks. TBR-qed ( talk) 15:35, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
Can you help my archive messages in my User talk:Jake The Great 908. It gets hard on my smartphone's little screen (as compared to my PC) to view my Talk messages. Thank you! Jake The Great! 📞talk! 01:01, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
How do i delete my user page?— Preceding unsigned comment added by STATEASSASIN ( talk • contribs) 01:07, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
Hello. I've been trying diligently to do things correctly, as the last thing I want to do is create more work for other people. Each time I think I understand, I manage to do something else incorrectly. Sorry.
I drafted an article in my sandbox with many edits until it was exactly the way I wanted it. I then moved it into an article based on what I understood reading in tutorials: the problem is, I'm pretty sure I did it wrong. I think I moved my sandbox into a new space with a new name/redirect, as it now reflects all the edits I've ever done in my sandbox for this and multiple other articles.
As my newly created page reflects all the previous edits from my sandbox, is there something I could do to fix that? Such as create a new blank page and merge all the details into it? Or can it be resolved by other means so the history reflects the moment the article was created?
The page in question is Joseph Penrose Ash
Thank you. Radar488 ( talk) 06:27, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
Hello, I just had a little inquiry about this. I was just curious to how I go about creating a Wikipedia Page based on an Actor that doesn’t have one. Is this something I am able to go about creating and then get approval or is it more so something that a Wikipedia Writer would do?
Thanks, Brody — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brody69 ( talk • contribs) 07:19, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
I have recently had a couple of "run-ins" involving the existence of unregistered editors. My latest was to discover that an unregistered editor had decided to "Americanize" the spelling of an external link. So while editing the page, I discover that the link is broken and essentially wind up chasing down how it is that the link initially had the correct (i.e. "working") British spelling, and someone (i.e. an unregistered editor) subsequently "fixed" it.
Of course, registered editors can be just as bad about making mistakes, but with registered editors, there's the possibility that they will learn from their mistakes, whereas with unregistered editors, the likelihood of this is greatly reduced.
I am guessing that the reason WP allows unregistered editors is just the novelty of the idea that one can edit Wikipedia without even having to register, but it is really a counter-productive policy.
I presume the Teahouse is not the right place for such discussions, so please advise where I should be raising this issue, and feel free to include your opinion of just how slim the likelihood of such a policy change would be. Fabrickator ( talk) 08:50, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
I'm not sure if this is the proper way to go about this. My boss wants me to update her Wikipedia page and has provided me with a couple sources for verification. Wikipedia won't allow me to make the edits due to conflicts of interest. How can I submit these edits? Every time I try they're reverted back. Please help! Relaxandlaugh ( talk) 15:28, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
I don't mean to cause problems. I'm posting in multiple places to maximize exposure so I can solve this. I've read the links you and the other use sent but I literally can not figure out how to do these things. I've said in numerous posts I'm not that smart, which I understand is frustrating to deal with. I want to declare my COI as well and everything else but I don't know how. The links you provide lead me in a rabbit hole of page after page as I can't figure out how to make these changes to my profile. Relaxandlaugh ( talk) 16:02, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
Thank you. I will use this link to update my profile. And yes I agree as I've said in other posts I have no interest, or skill, in editing pages and am only doing this as per a request from my boss. Relaxandlaugh ( talk) 16:50, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
Heads up info so that more time isn't wasted: The article in question is Dipa Shah. The OP claims that this actress has changed her name. No reliable sources have been provided to authenticate it. IMDB have changed her name, but I don't know what info they based the change on. - X201 ( talk) 16:09, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
Hello and thank you for reading. I am interested in working on the Wikipedia:WikiProject Breakfast and would like to get a picture of which pages are getting more views than others so I know where to direct my attention. Is there an easy way to do that? Anything else that I’m missing, or helpful things to know about working on such a project? I am new to Wikipedia editing. There’s so much to learn. - KathrynJZ ( talk) 18:19, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
Please I need a particular Editor to upload a biography for me... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gbemileke Jeremiah ( talk • contribs) 2019-11-27T16:59:37 (UTC)
Switfoot ( talk) 17:13, 27 November 2019 (UTC)Hi Hosts, I'm basically brand new to (editing) Wikipedia and I've read that one way to get started is to pick a niche that you know a little about and isn't well covered here and dig in. I've decided to focus on the podcast industry, how it's all put together, and the major players and had my first article accepted a few days ago ( Dolly Parton's America). It seems that a lot of my favorite podcasts don't have entries so I was going to start filling them in.
Anyway, things have been going along ok, and then today I started putting together a stub for Nicholas Quah and his Hot Pod newsletter. These are the first industry news sources for the podcast industry, and I figure that since people cite them all the time in other articles that they should at least have small wiki entries. But I couldn't find a ton of sources or material easily and so they are basically just stubs. Maybe I should have realized that these would be recommended for deletion. I didn't do a great job with them. So I'm starting to make my case in the talk section of those articles.
But maybe someone can help me understand the right way to do all this. As I said, I'm basically brand new to editing articles, but wanted to get started. I was going to probably put together 10 or 20 podcast related articles this month, but if I'm misunderstanding the nature of notability maybe I shouldn't?. Switfoot ( talk) 17:13, 27 November 2019 (UTC)switfoot Switfoot ( talk) 17:13, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
Thanks DES I've got some reading to do. Switfoot ( talk) 18:28, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
I have some instruction manuals I would like to put on Wikibooks. Does Wikibooks have its own Teahouse? How do you ask questions specifically about Wikibooks? Shenaw2016 ( talk) 20:10, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
Hi, I just performed my first edit and was hoping to get some feedback. The page is /info/en/?search=Supercavitation, which is on the list of articles needing copy edit. I'm not sure what level of edit is desired. I edited the first two paragraphs for errors and to smooth out rough patches. I'd like to know if the level of my edit is too light, too heavy, or just about right. I tried to not alter the meaning of the text. If my edits are too heavy, please let me know and I will undo the edits and re-edit with a lighter touch. Also, please let me know if there is any guidance on editing levels for Wikipedia articles (in addition to the Be Bold page). Thanks and I'm looking forward to helping reduce the backlog of articles needing copy edit! — Preceding unsigned comment added by CopyEditTechSurf ( talk • contribs) 23:28, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
Thanks so much for reviewing my edit and providing the valuable feedback that I needed. I now have a much better understanding of copy editing practices on Wikipedia, and I'm ready for my second edit, yeah!. CopyEditTechSurf ( talk) 14:08, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
According to the Creative Commons policy, if you want to take an image from their collection and post it on a different social platform not connected to any of the wikis, you must give credit to the creator. Where do I find the names of the creators? When I click on the image files, I will often see a section saying "author" followed by the name of a Wikipedia account. Does this mean I need to show the creator's Wikipedia user name in the credit and not their real name? Prana1111 ( talk) 01:02, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
I want to create a page which i think would be beneficial and also the area doesn’t have its own wikipedia page to inform people about the area whereas the surrounding smaller areas have it own page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alikhan12345699 ( talk • contribs) 02:20, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
Season 6 episode 16 winner of forged-in-fire is Caston not Cass — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jrcaston ( talk • contribs) 04:08, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
I was recently looking at the Hong Kong protests article and it seems there iss a big debate about whether or not they should be to referred as such. My question is, what determines whether this certain event (or any event) is a protest or riot? Is this determined by textbook definition or by how the media calls it (especially since there are opposing sources by both sides)? Do a certain number of riotous actions or a certain percentage of people rioting make it a riot?
All answers are helpful and thanks in advance. YouGottaChill ( talk) 04:57, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
/info/en/?search=Labor_Thanksgiving_Day
This event does not exist - I have knowledge of japan, and have spoken to 3 residents of Japan - this is not a real thing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.52.232.33 ( talk) 11:46, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
Why don't you allow a good article to upload? Data sources are most relevant to a given area. Phylosofer ( talk) 14:31, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
How do I delete Nazi and Fascist propaganda that you have sprinkled throughout numerous entries? For instance under Der Stűrmer, I have tried everywhere to delete this offensive statement. I have written to editors to
Isn't anyone else offended that this sentence is included about the Nazi paper, that it is a "serious paper of record," and that Der Stűrmer is was "sometimes even libelous"? I have been trying to correct this but Wikipedia refuses to correct fascist or Nazi propaganda. I had the same problem with their history of the National Front which I spent two days editing (I have written a highly cited book with several chapters on the National Front (Police Power and Race Riots; Urban Unrest in Paris and New York)) so I know the topic well. Every edit was rejected. Now you insist on this antisemitic Nazi propaganda statement. Next I will contact ADL and see if they can get you to delete it.
"Unlike the official organ of the NSDAP, the Völkischer Beobachter (the Völkisch Observer), which was a serious newspaper of record, Der Stürmer published sensationalist and sometimes even outright libellous material."
The Völkisch Observer was not a serious newspaper of record!!!!!!!! ARE YOU ALL NAZIS? HAVE YOU EVER HEARD ABOUT NAZI PROPAGANDA? HOW ABOUT TOTALITARIANISM? and Der Stürmer was not sometimes libelous. It was nothing but libelous, it was used to spread vile stories about Jews to drum up violence against them and support for the holocaust.
WTF is wrong with you people? Have any of your editors ever read a single book? Seen a single film on the holocaust or World War II? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cschnei ( talk • contribs) 14:47, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
[f]or instance under Der Stűrmer, [you] have tried everywhere to delete this offensive statement, some technical hiccup may have prevented you from saving your edits to Der Stürmer, as well as whatever you may
have written to editors. (The only edits of yours ( again, to date) are to Hugsyrup's talk after this original post, this post, a talk page comment to some IP address, and an old 2015 talk page comment.)
{{ping|Rotideypoc41352}}
before your comment and ~~~~
after.I was clicking the random article button when I stumbled upon a small article about the NDCAC. I'm unable to change the article to the National Domestic Communications Assistance Center rather than the DCAC. Is it possible for anyone to change the name of the article?
Page: Domestic Communications Assistance Center NDCAC Official Page: https://ndcac.fbi.gov/
Thanks in advance. YouGottaChill ( talk) 15:38, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
I feel the article List of webcomic awards would benefit from more images illustrating the comics or people that have won awards. In particular, I'd like to illustrate the section on the Ursa Major Awards with some image from Housepets!, which has won the award nine of its sixteen times.
Wikimedia Commons has no image from Housepets!, and my reading of Template:Non-free comic is that it is likely only within that fair use policy to use such an image in an article on the comic itself. (Housepets! does not have an article as it is not considered notable.)
Have I correctly interpreted the fair use policy? Or could I use a panel or book cover from Housepets! to illustrate an article that covers the Ursa Major Awards? If so, how would I need to go about it to ensure such use is within fair use? HenryCrun15 ( talk) 20:50, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
would significantly increase readers' understanding of the article topic, and its omission would be detrimental to that understanding.It is not true that a fair use image can be used only in an articel about its subject, but 8 is much easiere to demonstrate for such uses. DES (talk) DESiegel Contribs 21:16, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
Hi Senior users of Wikipedia,
Regarding the edit below,
Can I specify the fake news article? edit section "it was fake news" below
Actually, to support the previous ruling political party,
The Chosun Ilbo created so many fake news to mislead the people, and it is tiny one of several examples.
Goodtiming8871 (
talk) 22:08, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
[The Chosun Ilbo]], one of the south Korean newspapers, reported on May 30, 2019 that Kim Hyok-chol, the lead working-level negotiator for North Korea at the Hanoi summit, was executed in March 2019, along with four other diplomats. The paper also reported that Kim Yong-chol, a top aide to Kim Jong-un, was sentenced to hard labor. [1] [2] [3] However, it was fake news as Photos were later released on June 3, 2019 showing Kim Yong-chol alive and attending a musical performance alongside Kim Jong Un and Ri Sol-ju [4] [5]
References
How do I create a page directly in main space — Preceding unsigned comment added by Taymeedeeray ( talk • contribs) 18:02, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
Good morning,
I was originally working on an article on Wikipedia which was taken down due to a potential conflict of interest and promotional purposes, neither of these were the case as I was voluntarily hoping to document software using what information I could gather from Google search results.
After my page was rejected twice under G11, I gave up and posted on the forum the WIP source, and that someone else could take it over.
The CEO of Akaunting has responded with many independent sources which can be used for notability, and a suggested change to the opening paragraph; however I am still not being asked of, or paid to write this article, he has simply provided additional sources and an improvement.
My concern is who provided the correction, was the CEO, Denis Duliçi.
The conversation can be seen here: https://akaunting.com/forum/discussion/off-topic/wikipedia-article-for-akaunting
Is this considered a conflict of interest under affiliation with Akaunting Inc.?
Sethiiii ( talk) 18:06, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
Sethiiii ( talk) 18:41, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
I'm considering writing a small article about a UK general election candidate for East Devon, but I'm not sure whether see meets the notability criteria. She's unsurprisingly mentioned by a lot of local and regional newspapers, but some national newspapers have also written about her candidacy [1] [2], so I can easily have quite a few independent sources that mention her not in passing. She was a candidate in 2017 as well, but national coverage was only mentioning her in passing then. As the UK's first past-the-post election system makes it difficult for indies to gain power, I thought this might be sufficiently interesting to have its own article, instead of being only covered by the page about her constituency. Thanks for the advice! Femke Nijsse ( talk) 08:14, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
References
Look through the talk page and article history.
/info/en/?search=List_of_James_Bond_films Elijahandskip ( talk) 20:12, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
Can someone kindly help me understand what I've done on my page User:LorriBrown/Tools that has caused this page to be listed on Category:Wikipedia notability guidelines page. Clearly it should not be there and I don't know how to remove it. Thank you! LorriBrown ( talk) 20:57, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
Hey, my article GO Technologies was deleted recently. Why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by DukeOfGrammar ( talk • contribs) 20:15, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
I did talk to the admin and he said to come here. I promise I was not trying to advertise. Sorry if it came across that way. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DukeOfGrammar ( talk • contribs) 20:36, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
Hi. I am new to Wikipedia. I've been examining an article called Marcus Schrenker and found it highly inaccurate. I am a criminal justice specialist and like to write articles about people that have been to prison, etc. When I went on Wikipedia and examined the article I found that it had glaring inaccuracies. There are so many inaccuracies, and it is so poorly sourced, that it leads me to believe the contributors of the article may be victims of his crime or are somehow connected to him. The article uses the media, sensational ones at that, as sources. It also states opinion about what he is known for and says nothing about what he is doing today. I tried correcting these issues and explained why but the authors keep undoing the changes and reverted back to what seems like a highly biased hate blog. The sources are over ten years old and there are so many factual inaccuracies that just about the entire article needs to be deleted and rewritten. What do you do when you discover a page that is in this state. I can't contribute anything truthful because it keeps getting undone. Its like there is this group of people that want to tell a salacious story instead of a well sourced one. Thoughts anyone?
Jon Jonbrauer1968 ( talk) 00:57, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
I wanted to submit an article for protection to WP:RFPP, but I noticed that a request for that page was already submitted, with that request being submitted yesterday midnight (UTC). It's been about 10 hours, and the page has been repeatedly hit with more disruptive edits. So being new, I'm curious as to what happens during a backlog, and also how long do these requests actually take. So I want to ask the following:
Just wanted to satisfy my curiosity. Regards! Chlod ( talk | contribs) 10:13, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
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Editors, how long does it usually take for a submitted draft to be reviewed and published? A few days ago, I submitted the draft for a page I created for the book, An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States. Is there anything I should do, any place I should go in wikiville, to check in about the process? Does it take... as long as a week? Gasp! I'm wicked eager to see it and add to it! Thanks to anyone who can assist me. :) PaulThePony ( talk) 03:17, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
I'm looking for a help article I saw recently that described syntax about how to crop an image. It showed a cropped image that focused on a drop of water on a leaf. I'm having trouble finding it again. Also, is there a way to crop images using multiples of the original dimensions, instead of pixels as that guidance described? Thanks so much! – Kekki1978 talk 19:02, 23 November 2019 (UTC)
On this page /info/en/?search=History_of_Hong_Kong_Police#Second_half_of_the_century there is a request for a citation.
The prefix "Royal" was dropped at midnight on 1 July 1997, when China resumed sovereignty over Hong Kong, and the force reverted to the title "Hong Kong Police Force".[citation needed]
The citation needed can be found on the official police force's page https://www.police.gov.hk/ppp_en/01_about_us/ph_04.html
But for someone who usually just enjoys reading Wikipedia and has never edited anything before, it seems that adding a simple citation is beyond my abilities.
Perhaps someone else clarify the citation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.255.6.158 ( talk) 09:11, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
For example, at Hurricane Ivan there are many hatnotes above the infobox in the source code and this renders the infobox with white space above it. I couldn't find any info in the policies Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Infoboxes or Wikipedia:Hatnote to direct me whether there should be whitespace such that the infobox renders parallel with the start of the article's text or should it be moved up to be directly below the toolbar. comrade waddie96 ★ ( talk) 08:55, 25 November 2019 (UTC) (please mention me on reply)
The obvious subjective bias on John Posobiec causes me to distrust Wikipedia, as I know all self-respecting researchers do. Why such an obvious negative bias?— Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.53.215.192 ( talk) 20:58 24 November 2019 (UTC)
It will be if they feel free to move alone without his or her mind will run in an direction ehich reveaks in things which can't help them in a way they want to live in.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 2409:4052:2309:95AF:99BA:258B:1956:F3E9 ( talk • contribs)
How can I get this draft /info/en/?search=Draft:George_Hammer_III reviewed to be published as an article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by AleLagos77 ( talk • contribs)
Quick question about editing.
I have noticed that periods are outside of quotation marks. Is this done so that the reference link will appear after the period instead of after the quotation marks?
Thank you, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Quill & Bean ( talk • contribs) 15:38, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
I would like to start a Wikipedia page for an Artist. How do I get started and develop it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.188.175.47 ( talk • contribs)
I want to change my name. How do I do that? Porygon-Z ( talk) 18:10, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
I just spent all morning creating a new Wikipedia article and the software stopped responding. I reset my computer and it appears all of my work is lost. Is there any way to find it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by AppleCorey ( talk • contribs) 01:43, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
I just published my first Wikipedia article ( Draft:SkyWheel Helsinki). It got rejected in less than 5 minutes. I noted how it is unique for having a sauna gondola. Its height makes it one of the tallest human-made structures in the city. How is a major landmark that has become a symbol for a major city not inherently notable? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeremiah Editorial Lee ( talk • contribs) 17:21, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
In case you people did not notice, the entry for Patrick Hobbs had been hacked with inappropriate insults placed. I simply removed them...TWICE! If you go to this page now, you will see it hacked again!— Preceding unsigned comment added by Bknewman ( talk • contribs)
Please help, before giving citation from a source is there anyway we could check if it violates the copyright rules of wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Glittershield ( talk • contribs) 10:58, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
|quote=
parameter in a citation template or as a marked and attributed quote in the text of an article will not normally violate copyright either. That is well within
fair use, and is routinely done.
DES
(talk)
DESiegel Contribs 16:08, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
~~~~
should go at the end of your text, not in the Subject/headline (section header). Thanks. —[
AlanM1(
talk)]— 19:33, 25 November 2019 (UTC)Thanks for the info AlanM1, I have a small clarification, is there any tutorial which could explain copyright violation? Glittershield ( talk) 03:48, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
Hello, I would like to enable email on my account. However, I have concerns that vandals/trolls/spammers might use the email to spam me. Also, my real name is part of my email address, so I would like to hear from others who may have had similar situations like this in the past. Taewangkorea ( talk) 02:19, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
how and where could i know the status of my first page — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rishiviswakarma ( talk • contribs) 05:18, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
I see many wiki pages are online who just made debut. But Azad Khan has proved his talent from multiple years as a host, presenter, theater artist, writer and actor.
Below is one example where there are pages created with only 1 movie. /info/en/?search=Abhishek_Gowda — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ajk.wikieditor ( talk • contribs) 05:01, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
Hello everyone,
I just had my (first) article declined due to not being sufficiently notable, which makes sense. I was trying to use this article to add an entry to the following list of entries "Category:German international schools", and I thought I needed to do it through this mechanism but it looks like I still need help to figure this out.
I would appreciate if anyone can point me to the right help article to figure out how to: 1) add an entry to that list, 2) link it to a new article that describes the new entry.
Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Naehco ( talk • contribs) 05:34, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
This is to advise you about the reference no 14 on Libby Houston's page - /info/en/?search=Libby_Houston - which reads
"Site Report for October 2010 – visit to field around Victory Park, Brislington, Bristol" (PDF). brislingtonarchaeology.org.uk. Brislington Community Archaeology Project. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
Brislington Community Archaeology Project ceased in 2016, and the person who was supposed to take on the domain name didn't: it was subsequently bought by a porn site, where the links now leads. I can't find any way to remove the reference myself: can a moderator do it? Or can you advise how I do it myself?
Thanks in anticipation The OriginalAlestrel ( talk) 23:19, 22 November 2019 (UTC)
|url-status=
to usurped
to prevent the original link from showing. --
AntiCompositeNumber (
talk) 00:26, 23 November 2019 (UTC)url-status
to usurped
, so the porn page is no longer linked. Case closed.
Fabrickator (
talk) 01:38, 23 November 2019 (UTC)
Thanks to everyone who has replied and helped. I must agree, it would be easy to copy/paste the now-usurped link and go straight to the porn page - can the name of the site be completely removed? (Hope I'm doing this right!) The OriginalAlestrel ( talk)
|urlstatus=
will prevent the original link from displaying or being linked to, but it remaisn in the wiki-source where it may be needed for archive searching. Vandalism is always possible, trying to preemptively ward it off is not worth while.
DES
(talk)
DESiegel Contribs 14:29, 26 November 2019 (UTC)OK. Many thanks, The OriginalAlestrel ( talk)
Hello helpful TeaHouse Dwellers -- I have a draft that needs deleting because I misspelt the name (draft:Cosimo Trio - it should be Cosmo Trio)) and also a sandbox content the needs deleting (user:CosmoThorngren/sandbox). Can anyone advise me the best way forward with this? Thank you. CosmoThorngren ( talk) 13:58, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
I've renamed a few pages and want to rename a category to bring it al in-line. However there is no header to click next to the searchbox to do this in categories. How do I do this? Dutchy45 ( talk) 12:15, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
I've renamed some pages in the Category:Women's football clubs in the Netherlands so all pages in this category have a uniform style. For instance FC Twente Vrouwen is now FC Twente (women). I am unable to do this for PSV Vrouwen because there is already a redirect the other way. How can I fix this? Dutchy45 ( talk) 15:32, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
Usually, titles should unambiguously define the topical scope of the article, but should be no more precise than that. For instance, Saint Teresa of Calcutta is too precise, as Mother Teresa is precise enough to indicate exactly the same topic.and later {[tqqi|}} and yet later
f the article is about the primary topic ..., then that name can be its title without modification,.... Note also WP:COMMONNAME. If this club is best known as FC Twente Vrouwen, then the article should not be named FC Twente (women), and if no other topic has an identicla name, ther eis no need for the parenthetic "(women)" This is more important than consistency among article names. If in any doubt, when preparing to move (rename) an article, post on the article talk page first. See Requested moves, which also explains who to request admin assistance when a redirect or other page obstructs a move. DES (talk) DESiegel Contribs 16:07, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
Hello. Question about relevancy and notability on articles. There are a near infinite amount of articles on Wikipedia that are stubs with no notability. Moti Island and Tychów Nowy are two good examples. They both have one source each and are completely irrelevant. What makes them okay and my Aardwolf article not? Or are they not okay and we should flag them for deletion? I'd say there is about a 50% chance that hitting the random article button will bring up an article that is much worse than mine. I just don't understand why my article almost immediately got flagged for deletion whilst these articles can presumably stay around forever. There's probably hundreds of thousands of articles on this website about tiny rivers in Europe, like Čabranka, but my actually sourced article isn't good enough? It's just not really feeling fair, so it'd be great if someone could explain this. Bluedude588 ( talk) 04:40, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
Hello. Im new here and i'm looking for a page to be written. I will provide this special person ALL references, sources and a bio. I'll take most of the work out of it, I just need a page written, it's been too long. Help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bydesign21 ( talk • contribs) 2019-11-26T15:56:53 (UTC)
Hi, Is there any way I can create an article under my username but not have my username attached to the creation or the edits seen in the history log or user contributions log? For example, could a steward redact the edits from all areas? Thank you. Nikolaiho ☎️ 📖 19:38, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
Hi community,
I'm trying to edit Trade_Credit_Insurance to reflect a change in the market.
In the section "Many variations of trade credit insurance have evolved..." I would like to add that in the past these types of insurances were typically purchased on a company's whole turnover. However due to upcoming digital platforms, getting credit insurance on a single transaction or invoice is now easier and gaining in popularity.
My edits keep getting reverted however.
So my question is this: please help me in getting the wording correct for that edit so it will not be reverted. Not sure how to ask for help, I'm new to Wikipedia!— Preceding unsigned comment added by Tradecoverexchange ( talk • contribs)
On the Workington wikipage how do I remove the reference to Piczo on reference number 71?
Devokewater ( talk) 21:17, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
website
was somehow to specify a website associated with the group being mentioned, rather the site actually being cited --
ColinFine (
talk) 22:01, 26 November 2019 (UTC)Thanks ColinFine Devokewater ( talk) 22:03, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
Hi all! I am an new user on wikipedia, and I already tried my first 10 edits. As I am new here and I do not know the policies, I would like to ask: My username contains the word <<revival>>: It has not any hidden meaning, is it acceptable or I must change an username? Thanks in advance, WoW the revival ( talk) 22:05, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
Hello everyone! Could someone please reduce this file? Could someone please rename the file to File:Thanksgiving of Horror poster.jpg? Is the file OK? Thank you very much! -- Patriccck ( talk) 18:27, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
I don't understand what gets deleted and why. Women In Technology Internation was deleted and recreated. I looked at the wayback machine and I can't understand what happened. Also, I don't understand what I need to do for Cathy Colman's page. I worked on it at a Wikipedia hack-a-thon for women and it seemed ok. I'm just trying to learn. — Preceding unsigned comment added by VidLit ( talk • contribs) 22:48, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
I spent a good amount of time on a revision a few days ago. An administrator deleted it because it came across too promotional. I'm looking to revise and make it more neutral but because it was deleted, I cannot view my original revision and might have to start from scratch. Any way I can view my original revision so I don't have to start over? Thanks.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Kadekl ( talk • contribs) 01:14, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
{{|ping|Example}}
or {{|U|Example}}
in your comment. Be sure to
sign the comment with four tildes (~~~~
)) or the ping will not work. YTour post may lead to a discussion and perhaps your view will be favored, or some compromise will be devised. But it may be that the other view will be favoed, or that it will simp0ly be ignored. In thsat case, don't get too upset or attached to any one edit. Go on to make others instead. I am not sure which of your edits you are currently most unhappy about. If you indicate thsat here, I will at least look at it. That is all that I can promise at this point.
DES
(talk)
DESiegel Contribs 00:59, 27 November 2019 (UTC)I tried to replace the title Situational analysis by Situational logic. The new title just redirects to the old. How eliminate the old? Thanks. TBR-qed ( talk) 16:24, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
I created two separate articles several weeks ago but they have not been reviewed. The subjects are notable. I have continuously improved on the articles by adding contents, citing verifiable sources, adding categories and linking pages yet the articles are neither reviewed nor posted to public space for public view. Here are the links to the articles https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammadu_Bako_III
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammadu_Bako_III Experienced editors and reviewers kindly help review the articles and post them to public space for public view. Warm regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Akgideens ( talk • contribs) 06:09, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
Is my template, Template:Unconstructive vandalism refraintag, okay? -- Bank: Bank Robbery started a robbery ( 🚨) 09:02, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
#switch
. Test the parameter value, and in each case display one of your boxes. Easy enough. Since you changed the name and the usage so totally, you might want to clean up the redirects left behind by the moves you used with {{
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DES
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DESiegel Contribs 13:56, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
Regarding:
The Wikipedia article "Exclusive economic zone" is very interesting, balanced and helpful. It's easy for non-experts to understand. I was wondering, however, if it is possible to add two maps. You already have maps called "EEZs in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean" and "EEZs in the Pacific Ocean." Would it be possible to add two maps similar to these? Specifically, one map showing "EEZs in the North Atlantic Ocean" and one with "EEZs in the North Pacific Ocean"? Ideally, using the same layout, colors, feel of the maps you already have. Adding yet another map called "EEZs in the Caribbean" would also be really intresting. Since most of the necessary data already is on maps elsewhere in this Wikipedia article, it may not be that difficult. Thanks for considering. BTW, I'd be happy to help but don't know who mechanically I would do this. -- Hugh
QUESTION: Would it be possible to add two maps? Specifically, add one map showing "EEZs in the North Atlantic Ocean" and add one with "EEZs in the North Pacific Ocean." Thanks for considering. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.28.181.206 ( talk) 00:11, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
Removed an accidental codeblock and fixed a link in this section (will not affect page touch wood ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)) on 02:04, 29 November 2019 (UTC) by dibbydib 💬/ ✏
Why is it "Asian" month?— Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:CF:4600:4F40:759A:8F3B:56BA:A556 ( talk) 01:42, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
I'm trying to remove the (below) Basque, Italian and Latin pages, that refer to the taxological article Lazarus taxon (the Italian article having been deleted), from appearing on the language box of the physics article the Lazarus effect. I tried making a null edit on Lazarus effect, purging the cache with ?action=purge, purging the local browser cache with ctrl+f5 and I also tried inspecting the wikidata page for any errors but there weren't any. I remember this happening to me in the past once and that time purging the page cache did the trick. I'm at my wits end here, what do I do?
( eu:Lazaro efektua, it:Lazarus Effect, la:Lazarenus_effectus) NinuKinuski ( talk) 00:56, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
Good Morning,
I work for a 3 year old UK film company, Rocket Science, which has now financed and produced a dozen films and we wanted to try and create a wiki page. I tried previously a couple of years about but was declined and since then we've gone about our business. We now have citations on existing wiki pages of the company (one of our films earnt an Oscar nomination last year) and I wanted to check if a new attempt to create an entry for our company is likely to be verified as legitimate, or not.
< /info/en/?search=At_Eternity%27s_Gate_(film)>
Thanks for your advice.
All the best,
Jonathan Lynch-Staunton Jonols71 ( talk) 10:55, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
I am currently writing a bio page and my first submission was rejected because it needs "independent, reliable sources (such as from newspapers) to verify the content claimed."" Its about a state legislator whose name also appear on the wiki page for the state assembly. But in general news sites, he was hardly singled out for mentioning for article subjects in relevant issues i want to cite. He is mostly mentioned as a group, considering he is not a major house officer.
I provided many links to relevant news websites, yet it was rejected. Though I have done some reviews and changed some of the links to citations. Are there any more areas to look into? Here is the article by the way /info/en/?search=Draft:Kelechi_Nwogu — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dannyogolo ( talk • contribs) 11:20, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
In the last couple of days, an editor created redirects from Ages of consent in North America and Ages of consent in South America, merging the content into Ages of consent in the Americas.
I realize that depending on where you went to school, you either learned that "America" is a single continent or that "North America" and "South America" are two distinct continents, but this is not really material to the question of whether it's perfectly okay for somebody to make such a change without obtaining any sort of consensus (having said that, I'm generally skeptical that WP has mechanisms that are particularly effective at settling disagreements such as this).
These additional questions occur to me:
Fabrickator ( talk) 04:13, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
Hello,
I am trying to add an accent in the title for the page of Arancha González, which is currently with the accent on the first 'a' in 'Gonzalez'.
Is this easily done without creating a mess? This should arguable also be done in other languages as well, eg French.
TradeHack — Preceding unsigned comment added by TradeHack ( talk • contribs)
Many thanks Interstellarity — Preceding unsigned comment added by TradeHack ( talk • contribs) 14:48, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
How can I provide a link to a photo on Wikipedia or Commons without embedding the photo itself? GOLDIEM J ( talk) 16:38, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
[[:File:filename.jpg]]
. --
David Biddulph (
talk) 16:59, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
I submitted an article on a Jamaican table tennis player named Joy Foster. I had it reviewed once before, and I made all the indicated changes, but I have not received any feedback since my last edit. Is there anything else that needs to be changed before the page is published? Here is the link: /info/en/?search=Draft:Joy_Foster — Preceding unsigned comment added by Onydn89 ( talk • contribs) 18:35, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
I would like to ask what are the rules concerning adding yellow stars to articles written in minority languages that don't represent featured articles (on the list of languages on the left hand side).
I only found this /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Featured_articles but the guidelines aren't yet clear to me.
For example: /info/en/?search=Quechuan_languages In this case, the Quechuan Runa Simi article has a yellow star on the list of languages but is 2/3 of the way down the list.
Just like featured articles have a star, could an icon be used for example:
https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbšćina https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbšćina
The two Sorbian languages (Upper & Lower Sorbian) articles about the Sorbian languages.
Or to have a direct route to minority language article at the top of the article rather than at the foot of the page.
I reckon that this could would be of service to young people from generations that have lost of the use of their heritage language. By being presented with the article when they might not have known it existed it could inspire individuals to expand the article if it is lacking in depth and therefore lacking in knowledge-value which would present the main threat for a language's survival. I would be interested to see if this could be applied to many endangered languages. Thank you for your attention! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jiménez de Quesada ( talk • contribs) 09:36, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
How do I become an editor and start editing on Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:6000:120A:788:9894:FF90:869D:C0F ( talk) 20:13, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
Please help me with the article that I've made. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Noreen Ly ( talk • contribs) 11:56, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
I have worked on a few wikis before but never anything as extensive as Wikipedia. I have noticed on the /info/en/?search=Cannabis_(drug) Cannabis page that a comment added and sourced is in direct opposition to the sourced material, and is also a bit opinionated. As this article is semi-protected I could not do anything on the article itself so I left a comment on the Note page referencing my issues and the relevant policies I believe the comment violates in the Wikipedia policy WP:NPV and WP:CS in general. Is there something else I should add to the note to make this come to the notice of someone who looks into these issues? Or is the note on the Talk page enough?
Thank you. 2600:8801:1E83:BE44:18EA:231B:8FDF:748D ( talk) 04:00, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
Preface: I'm frustrated by this situation and doing my best to try to maintain WP:GOODFAITH but I'm really struggling, which is why I came here in hopes of getting some independent advice from an uninvolved party before I do anything. Also, I have tried to navigate the Wikipedia administration process on my own twice now, and both times I got it wrong which resulted in basically my whole issue being ignored, which is somewhat embarrassing. I am also feeling very much "not heard" right now after spending weeks trying to resolve this issue on talk pages and failed administration attempts which is further challenging my resolve. My hope is that the people here will be more willing to take time to help walk a newbie like me through the appropriate processes and (hopefully) help me feel heard (even if the outcome is different from what I desire going in).
There are general sanctions on all blockchain and cryptocurrency pages. As far as I know, there are no other official restrictions in place besides the ones listed there, and the editors I am struggling to find common ground with seem to agree on that. The source of the dispute is that these other editors are treating all primary sources and trade sources for the entire space of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency as deprecated/blacklisted ( WP:CONTEXTMATTERS and WP:PRIMARYNOTBAD are not being applied). They tell me that I should go to WP:RSN if I don't like it.
My question is whether their advice to "take it to RSN" is the appropriate course of action, or should I take the issue to one of the ANI boards since they are not following Wikipedia policy on WP:VERIFIABILITY and WP:RS.
Bonus Inquiry: From my point of view (which may be wrong, I'm fairly new!) they are basically implementing their own set of rules contrary to Wikipedia policies and guidelines and then telling me that I need to go convince a bunch of other people that the Wikipedia policies should be followed. It feels to me like the onus should be on them to convince a bunch of people that normal Wikipedia policies should not be followed in this case. I'm concerned that there is some reason I don't understand (due to my unfamiliarity with Wikipedia politics and administration process) that is causing them to want me to open the issue instead of them. For example, maybe they have witnessed that I have bunged up my two previous administration attempts and they are hoping I bung up this one too, or they know it is a lot of work to go through the process and they don't want to do it. If me going to WP:RSN is the appropriate course of action, can you help me understand why the onus is on me to craft and submit an official plea that just re-asserts that WP policy applies? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MicahZoltu ( talk • contribs) 19:59, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
As a curious but not topic-involved editor, it appears to me that in addition to contentious discussions about who does or does not have a COI, or whom is reverting whom, you are now tracking edits made by User:David Gerard on topics completely different from where a disagreement between you two started, and reverting his edits. David notMD ( talk) 03:48, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
User:kgberg {{ connected contributor (paid)}} I am a public affairs officer at New York University Tandon School of engineering. I wish to update the Wikipedia page for Theodore Rappaport to indicate that he was elected to the Wireless History Foundation Hall of Fame In 2019. Footnote to that addition would be: https://wirelesshistoryfoundation.org/whf-hall-of-fame/ or http://wirelesshistoryfoundation.org/theodore-rappaport/. What would be the best means of doing this addition, which would be both to the first paragraph, right after mention of his having been elected as Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2018 and also to the sidebar, as a bullet right below the bullet noting his having won the Eric Sumner award (2020)? Thanks I don't want to make the change if it risks flagging the article. Thanks for any suggestions or assistance!— Preceding unsigned comment added by Kgberg ( talk • contribs) 02:30, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
hi
I want to edit the page on the DataFlow group. I did not create the page though. I believe I can do this directly? or do I need to submit the edit form? I want to improve and update this page with some numbers for example and text. But when I click on the edit some coding opens up- is there a way to submit this to you and you could update? Also, I see some warnings highlighted on the page, looks like some other editors have expressed that? Not sure. e.g. The article contains content like an advertisement. Please advise how we can deal with that?
Thanks K — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dataflow1234 ( talk • contribs) 06:13, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
Hello, Dataflow1234. Please note that while name that represents a company is not allowed, a user name such as "User:Jojn at Coke" or "User Jane at IBM" is not only allowed but encouraged, as it helps disclose any conflict of interest. You might want to choose a name such as "<handle>at Dataflow" (where handle is some handle that indicates you individually). Otherwise I endorse the advice from Marchjuly and 331dot. DES (talk) DESiegel Contribs 15:25, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
I have 2 recent alerts, but can't move from there to discussion page. Help. Thanks. TBR-qed ( talk) 15:35, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
Can you help my archive messages in my User talk:Jake The Great 908. It gets hard on my smartphone's little screen (as compared to my PC) to view my Talk messages. Thank you! Jake The Great! 📞talk! 01:01, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
How do i delete my user page?— Preceding unsigned comment added by STATEASSASIN ( talk • contribs) 01:07, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
Hello. I've been trying diligently to do things correctly, as the last thing I want to do is create more work for other people. Each time I think I understand, I manage to do something else incorrectly. Sorry.
I drafted an article in my sandbox with many edits until it was exactly the way I wanted it. I then moved it into an article based on what I understood reading in tutorials: the problem is, I'm pretty sure I did it wrong. I think I moved my sandbox into a new space with a new name/redirect, as it now reflects all the edits I've ever done in my sandbox for this and multiple other articles.
As my newly created page reflects all the previous edits from my sandbox, is there something I could do to fix that? Such as create a new blank page and merge all the details into it? Or can it be resolved by other means so the history reflects the moment the article was created?
The page in question is Joseph Penrose Ash
Thank you. Radar488 ( talk) 06:27, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
Hello, I just had a little inquiry about this. I was just curious to how I go about creating a Wikipedia Page based on an Actor that doesn’t have one. Is this something I am able to go about creating and then get approval or is it more so something that a Wikipedia Writer would do?
Thanks, Brody — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brody69 ( talk • contribs) 07:19, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
I have recently had a couple of "run-ins" involving the existence of unregistered editors. My latest was to discover that an unregistered editor had decided to "Americanize" the spelling of an external link. So while editing the page, I discover that the link is broken and essentially wind up chasing down how it is that the link initially had the correct (i.e. "working") British spelling, and someone (i.e. an unregistered editor) subsequently "fixed" it.
Of course, registered editors can be just as bad about making mistakes, but with registered editors, there's the possibility that they will learn from their mistakes, whereas with unregistered editors, the likelihood of this is greatly reduced.
I am guessing that the reason WP allows unregistered editors is just the novelty of the idea that one can edit Wikipedia without even having to register, but it is really a counter-productive policy.
I presume the Teahouse is not the right place for such discussions, so please advise where I should be raising this issue, and feel free to include your opinion of just how slim the likelihood of such a policy change would be. Fabrickator ( talk) 08:50, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
I'm not sure if this is the proper way to go about this. My boss wants me to update her Wikipedia page and has provided me with a couple sources for verification. Wikipedia won't allow me to make the edits due to conflicts of interest. How can I submit these edits? Every time I try they're reverted back. Please help! Relaxandlaugh ( talk) 15:28, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
I don't mean to cause problems. I'm posting in multiple places to maximize exposure so I can solve this. I've read the links you and the other use sent but I literally can not figure out how to do these things. I've said in numerous posts I'm not that smart, which I understand is frustrating to deal with. I want to declare my COI as well and everything else but I don't know how. The links you provide lead me in a rabbit hole of page after page as I can't figure out how to make these changes to my profile. Relaxandlaugh ( talk) 16:02, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
Thank you. I will use this link to update my profile. And yes I agree as I've said in other posts I have no interest, or skill, in editing pages and am only doing this as per a request from my boss. Relaxandlaugh ( talk) 16:50, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
Heads up info so that more time isn't wasted: The article in question is Dipa Shah. The OP claims that this actress has changed her name. No reliable sources have been provided to authenticate it. IMDB have changed her name, but I don't know what info they based the change on. - X201 ( talk) 16:09, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
Hello and thank you for reading. I am interested in working on the Wikipedia:WikiProject Breakfast and would like to get a picture of which pages are getting more views than others so I know where to direct my attention. Is there an easy way to do that? Anything else that I’m missing, or helpful things to know about working on such a project? I am new to Wikipedia editing. There’s so much to learn. - KathrynJZ ( talk) 18:19, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
Please I need a particular Editor to upload a biography for me... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gbemileke Jeremiah ( talk • contribs) 2019-11-27T16:59:37 (UTC)
Switfoot ( talk) 17:13, 27 November 2019 (UTC)Hi Hosts, I'm basically brand new to (editing) Wikipedia and I've read that one way to get started is to pick a niche that you know a little about and isn't well covered here and dig in. I've decided to focus on the podcast industry, how it's all put together, and the major players and had my first article accepted a few days ago ( Dolly Parton's America). It seems that a lot of my favorite podcasts don't have entries so I was going to start filling them in.
Anyway, things have been going along ok, and then today I started putting together a stub for Nicholas Quah and his Hot Pod newsletter. These are the first industry news sources for the podcast industry, and I figure that since people cite them all the time in other articles that they should at least have small wiki entries. But I couldn't find a ton of sources or material easily and so they are basically just stubs. Maybe I should have realized that these would be recommended for deletion. I didn't do a great job with them. So I'm starting to make my case in the talk section of those articles.
But maybe someone can help me understand the right way to do all this. As I said, I'm basically brand new to editing articles, but wanted to get started. I was going to probably put together 10 or 20 podcast related articles this month, but if I'm misunderstanding the nature of notability maybe I shouldn't?. Switfoot ( talk) 17:13, 27 November 2019 (UTC)switfoot Switfoot ( talk) 17:13, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
Thanks DES I've got some reading to do. Switfoot ( talk) 18:28, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
I have some instruction manuals I would like to put on Wikibooks. Does Wikibooks have its own Teahouse? How do you ask questions specifically about Wikibooks? Shenaw2016 ( talk) 20:10, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
Hi, I just performed my first edit and was hoping to get some feedback. The page is /info/en/?search=Supercavitation, which is on the list of articles needing copy edit. I'm not sure what level of edit is desired. I edited the first two paragraphs for errors and to smooth out rough patches. I'd like to know if the level of my edit is too light, too heavy, or just about right. I tried to not alter the meaning of the text. If my edits are too heavy, please let me know and I will undo the edits and re-edit with a lighter touch. Also, please let me know if there is any guidance on editing levels for Wikipedia articles (in addition to the Be Bold page). Thanks and I'm looking forward to helping reduce the backlog of articles needing copy edit! — Preceding unsigned comment added by CopyEditTechSurf ( talk • contribs) 23:28, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
Thanks so much for reviewing my edit and providing the valuable feedback that I needed. I now have a much better understanding of copy editing practices on Wikipedia, and I'm ready for my second edit, yeah!. CopyEditTechSurf ( talk) 14:08, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
According to the Creative Commons policy, if you want to take an image from their collection and post it on a different social platform not connected to any of the wikis, you must give credit to the creator. Where do I find the names of the creators? When I click on the image files, I will often see a section saying "author" followed by the name of a Wikipedia account. Does this mean I need to show the creator's Wikipedia user name in the credit and not their real name? Prana1111 ( talk) 01:02, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
I want to create a page which i think would be beneficial and also the area doesn’t have its own wikipedia page to inform people about the area whereas the surrounding smaller areas have it own page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alikhan12345699 ( talk • contribs) 02:20, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
Season 6 episode 16 winner of forged-in-fire is Caston not Cass — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jrcaston ( talk • contribs) 04:08, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
I was recently looking at the Hong Kong protests article and it seems there iss a big debate about whether or not they should be to referred as such. My question is, what determines whether this certain event (or any event) is a protest or riot? Is this determined by textbook definition or by how the media calls it (especially since there are opposing sources by both sides)? Do a certain number of riotous actions or a certain percentage of people rioting make it a riot?
All answers are helpful and thanks in advance. YouGottaChill ( talk) 04:57, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
/info/en/?search=Labor_Thanksgiving_Day
This event does not exist - I have knowledge of japan, and have spoken to 3 residents of Japan - this is not a real thing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.52.232.33 ( talk) 11:46, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
Why don't you allow a good article to upload? Data sources are most relevant to a given area. Phylosofer ( talk) 14:31, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
How do I delete Nazi and Fascist propaganda that you have sprinkled throughout numerous entries? For instance under Der Stűrmer, I have tried everywhere to delete this offensive statement. I have written to editors to
Isn't anyone else offended that this sentence is included about the Nazi paper, that it is a "serious paper of record," and that Der Stűrmer is was "sometimes even libelous"? I have been trying to correct this but Wikipedia refuses to correct fascist or Nazi propaganda. I had the same problem with their history of the National Front which I spent two days editing (I have written a highly cited book with several chapters on the National Front (Police Power and Race Riots; Urban Unrest in Paris and New York)) so I know the topic well. Every edit was rejected. Now you insist on this antisemitic Nazi propaganda statement. Next I will contact ADL and see if they can get you to delete it.
"Unlike the official organ of the NSDAP, the Völkischer Beobachter (the Völkisch Observer), which was a serious newspaper of record, Der Stürmer published sensationalist and sometimes even outright libellous material."
The Völkisch Observer was not a serious newspaper of record!!!!!!!! ARE YOU ALL NAZIS? HAVE YOU EVER HEARD ABOUT NAZI PROPAGANDA? HOW ABOUT TOTALITARIANISM? and Der Stürmer was not sometimes libelous. It was nothing but libelous, it was used to spread vile stories about Jews to drum up violence against them and support for the holocaust.
WTF is wrong with you people? Have any of your editors ever read a single book? Seen a single film on the holocaust or World War II? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cschnei ( talk • contribs) 14:47, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
[f]or instance under Der Stűrmer, [you] have tried everywhere to delete this offensive statement, some technical hiccup may have prevented you from saving your edits to Der Stürmer, as well as whatever you may
have written to editors. (The only edits of yours ( again, to date) are to Hugsyrup's talk after this original post, this post, a talk page comment to some IP address, and an old 2015 talk page comment.)
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before your comment and ~~~~
after.I was clicking the random article button when I stumbled upon a small article about the NDCAC. I'm unable to change the article to the National Domestic Communications Assistance Center rather than the DCAC. Is it possible for anyone to change the name of the article?
Page: Domestic Communications Assistance Center NDCAC Official Page: https://ndcac.fbi.gov/
Thanks in advance. YouGottaChill ( talk) 15:38, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
I feel the article List of webcomic awards would benefit from more images illustrating the comics or people that have won awards. In particular, I'd like to illustrate the section on the Ursa Major Awards with some image from Housepets!, which has won the award nine of its sixteen times.
Wikimedia Commons has no image from Housepets!, and my reading of Template:Non-free comic is that it is likely only within that fair use policy to use such an image in an article on the comic itself. (Housepets! does not have an article as it is not considered notable.)
Have I correctly interpreted the fair use policy? Or could I use a panel or book cover from Housepets! to illustrate an article that covers the Ursa Major Awards? If so, how would I need to go about it to ensure such use is within fair use? HenryCrun15 ( talk) 20:50, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
would significantly increase readers' understanding of the article topic, and its omission would be detrimental to that understanding.It is not true that a fair use image can be used only in an articel about its subject, but 8 is much easiere to demonstrate for such uses. DES (talk) DESiegel Contribs 21:16, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
Hi Senior users of Wikipedia,
Regarding the edit below,
Can I specify the fake news article? edit section "it was fake news" below
Actually, to support the previous ruling political party,
The Chosun Ilbo created so many fake news to mislead the people, and it is tiny one of several examples.
Goodtiming8871 (
talk) 22:08, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
[The Chosun Ilbo]], one of the south Korean newspapers, reported on May 30, 2019 that Kim Hyok-chol, the lead working-level negotiator for North Korea at the Hanoi summit, was executed in March 2019, along with four other diplomats. The paper also reported that Kim Yong-chol, a top aide to Kim Jong-un, was sentenced to hard labor. [1] [2] [3] However, it was fake news as Photos were later released on June 3, 2019 showing Kim Yong-chol alive and attending a musical performance alongside Kim Jong Un and Ri Sol-ju [4] [5]
References
How do I create a page directly in main space — Preceding unsigned comment added by Taymeedeeray ( talk • contribs) 18:02, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
Good morning,
I was originally working on an article on Wikipedia which was taken down due to a potential conflict of interest and promotional purposes, neither of these were the case as I was voluntarily hoping to document software using what information I could gather from Google search results.
After my page was rejected twice under G11, I gave up and posted on the forum the WIP source, and that someone else could take it over.
The CEO of Akaunting has responded with many independent sources which can be used for notability, and a suggested change to the opening paragraph; however I am still not being asked of, or paid to write this article, he has simply provided additional sources and an improvement.
My concern is who provided the correction, was the CEO, Denis Duliçi.
The conversation can be seen here: https://akaunting.com/forum/discussion/off-topic/wikipedia-article-for-akaunting
Is this considered a conflict of interest under affiliation with Akaunting Inc.?
Sethiiii ( talk) 18:06, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
Sethiiii ( talk) 18:41, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
I'm considering writing a small article about a UK general election candidate for East Devon, but I'm not sure whether see meets the notability criteria. She's unsurprisingly mentioned by a lot of local and regional newspapers, but some national newspapers have also written about her candidacy [1] [2], so I can easily have quite a few independent sources that mention her not in passing. She was a candidate in 2017 as well, but national coverage was only mentioning her in passing then. As the UK's first past-the-post election system makes it difficult for indies to gain power, I thought this might be sufficiently interesting to have its own article, instead of being only covered by the page about her constituency. Thanks for the advice! Femke Nijsse ( talk) 08:14, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
References
Look through the talk page and article history.
/info/en/?search=List_of_James_Bond_films Elijahandskip ( talk) 20:12, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
Can someone kindly help me understand what I've done on my page User:LorriBrown/Tools that has caused this page to be listed on Category:Wikipedia notability guidelines page. Clearly it should not be there and I don't know how to remove it. Thank you! LorriBrown ( talk) 20:57, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
Hey, my article GO Technologies was deleted recently. Why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by DukeOfGrammar ( talk • contribs) 20:15, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
I did talk to the admin and he said to come here. I promise I was not trying to advertise. Sorry if it came across that way. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DukeOfGrammar ( talk • contribs) 20:36, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
Hi. I am new to Wikipedia. I've been examining an article called Marcus Schrenker and found it highly inaccurate. I am a criminal justice specialist and like to write articles about people that have been to prison, etc. When I went on Wikipedia and examined the article I found that it had glaring inaccuracies. There are so many inaccuracies, and it is so poorly sourced, that it leads me to believe the contributors of the article may be victims of his crime or are somehow connected to him. The article uses the media, sensational ones at that, as sources. It also states opinion about what he is known for and says nothing about what he is doing today. I tried correcting these issues and explained why but the authors keep undoing the changes and reverted back to what seems like a highly biased hate blog. The sources are over ten years old and there are so many factual inaccuracies that just about the entire article needs to be deleted and rewritten. What do you do when you discover a page that is in this state. I can't contribute anything truthful because it keeps getting undone. Its like there is this group of people that want to tell a salacious story instead of a well sourced one. Thoughts anyone?
Jon Jonbrauer1968 ( talk) 00:57, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
I wanted to submit an article for protection to WP:RFPP, but I noticed that a request for that page was already submitted, with that request being submitted yesterday midnight (UTC). It's been about 10 hours, and the page has been repeatedly hit with more disruptive edits. So being new, I'm curious as to what happens during a backlog, and also how long do these requests actually take. So I want to ask the following:
Just wanted to satisfy my curiosity. Regards! Chlod ( talk | contribs) 10:13, 1 December 2019 (UTC)