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Hello! I'd like to report something and ask your advice on how to handle it. User:CAPTAIN RAJU is attempting to bully me on my Talk without cause.
As you will see here ( /info/en/?search=User_talk:CherryGonzo77), CAPTAIN RAJU posted a very threatening and baseless comment on my Talk page.
She alleged that I "vandalized" the Alfred Cowles page. Except I didn't, and I can prove it.
This is my edit - I changed the capitalization of two words, consistent with the WP:MOS.
Here is the exact edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Alfred_Cowles&diff=931574695&oldid=917684255
I'm going to @ CAPTAIN RAJU: out of fairness so she is aware that I'm reporting her behavior to you guys.
Wikipedia has a very big problem. A lot of users who have been on here a while are power tripping. They falsely believe they are better than other people, and use the platform to elevate their own ego-based false self worth.
The purpose of Wikipedia and its pillars are very important, and there's NO PLACE for that type of power-tripping behavior on here.
Thanks for reading, and I look forward to your reply. -- CherryGonzo77 ( talk) 17:50, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
I am the Communications Manager for the City of North Bend and noticed the Government section of this page: /info/en/?search=North_Bend,_Washington needs updated. North Bend has a new mayor and councilmembers. I was hoping someone would be able to make these updates in the Government section of the North Bend, WA page for us.
Mayor: Rob McFarland Councilmembers: Brenden Elwood, Jonathan Rosen, Ross Loudenback, Alan Gothelf, Chris Garcia, Mary Miller, Heather Koellen
Thank you so much!
Jill Green — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.129.248.178 ( talk) 19:37, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
hi. i am seeking second opinion on the article balhae controversies. editor aek973 has changed the links in the article of Balhae to bohai which redirects to balhae. since bohai redirect to balhae i think it is better to put the link as balhae. what do you all think? see this where all the links to balhae were changed to bohai https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Balhae_controversies&type=revision&diff=938440781&oldid=938369797 Jungguk ( talk) 18:28, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
I COPIED AND PASTED THE BIOGRAPHY OF SAMUEL G HAVERMALE AS INSTRUCTED BUT NY PICTURES DIDN'T COME WITH IT — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hovermale ( talk • contribs)
Good day admins
i really want to help but i don't thinks that my wiki account is strong a enough to contest for speedy deletion of a article created by a fellow nigeria about an article about celebrity author and motivational speaker as i think there is a enough proof of notability online and from trusted source like pulseng theguardian and other local news papers and portals online i strongly recommend that its article should not be deleted . Article: Gaius Chibueze. Wilsonharry454 ( talk) 15:05, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
Hello world! New to being an editor...can anyone explain why i continue to get the error "Error contacting the Parsoid/RESTBase server (HTTP 409) when i attempt to publish my page. any help would be appreciated@ANelson244
I have recently submitted a draft for an article. It was declined. Is it possible to request another (or other) opinions? tx.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Spacestronaute ( talk • contribs) 21:59, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
@ Ali Zifan, CASSIOPEIA, MisterElection2001, MB298, and Number 57: There is apparently no source that gives election results by borough for Alaska in the 2016 US Presidential election. This Vox article [2] lead to this late night comedy clip [3] where, at 9:30 in the clip, Trump's staff is accused of giving him a bullshit map of the 2016 Presidential election results. In FACT: I believe that Wikipedia's map (originally made by Ali Zifan, but it's not his fault) is the bullshit map. We were following the results as given us in a tweet- a tweet!- from something called https://cinycmaps.com/. Nobody knows if that information is accurate, because nobody knows the vote totals by borough. The "answer" lies in a catacomb of data here: [4]. But if there's no secondary source reporting actual vote totals by actual boroughs, (not " estimated vote totals"), then I think we can say pretty clearly that Wikipedia IS the fake news. God save us.
Check my math on this- am I making sense here?
Can anybody good with Alaska stuff fix this? See discussion here: [5] Geographyinitiative ( talk) 12:58, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
Is a well-known hotel nationwide and even around the world. I don't know how to create a Wikipedia page, that is why I'm asking this question. MannyPC ( talk) 22:58, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
How to I edit false information on a page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.197.15.217 ( talk) 23:16, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
Hello, is there a basis for when it is appropriate to overhaul an article? I have taken an interest in a few local buildings that have articles with redundant and/or poorly written sections.
I.E. Woodfield Mall, I have made some recent changes to reduce redundancies and un-sourced material, but for instance the section about what stores opened in what year seems to be excessive, and a more concise section would in my opinion be better. Tjdilly ( talk) 23:43, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
There is a reference I would like to add to an article, but the website it is on requires a user account to view. I'm sure this happens often enough, what's the procedure for situations like this? -- Puzzledvegetable Is it teatime already? 17:12, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
{{
Citation}}
templates, just add |url-access=subscription
. —[
AlanM1(
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01:46, 1 February 2020 (UTC)Hi there! I wanted to ask that is adding information about temporarily suspended flights allowed in Wikipedia? Due to the recent spreading of coronavirus, many airlines have temporarily suspended flights to China. As per User: Andrewgprout, "Wikipedia is not a directory to add info about temporary suspension of flights". So just wanted to confirm this from other users about the addition of temporarily suspended flights to airport articles. Regards-- User:FlyJet777 ( talk) 20:51, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
For an album article I assumed that a corresponding WikiData item will be started by bots, but that is not the case: There's a Category:Articles without Wikidata item, populated by various templates needing Wikidata used mostly on BLPs, e.g., birth place. So now I assume that adding articles manually to this hidden maintenance category makes no sense, and I should simply create the item— PoC for the record label item—is that correct? – 84.46.53.231 ( talk) 04:33, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
it contains notability tag of 2011. no secondary or other sources. can we nominate articles for deletion ? Leela52452 ( talk) 04:14, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
User:MassiveEartha gave me a fine brief introduction to editing quite long ago now, Sunday 1pm 9 April 2017 at Shakespeare's Head. I never found out how to send her thanks. Any help with than? Not sure where I'll find a response to this query. Thanks, User:ClintonL — Preceding unsigned comment added by Clinton45 ( talk • contribs) 08:02, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
I just created my page yesterday and you want to speedy delete it.
Please help me go through the page and edit it so it is compliant with your policies and guidelines, because I did spend a lot of time on it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dr David Gallagher ( talk • contribs) 11:07, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
who has legal rights to self expression( diff). Please see WP:NLT. Assuming you wish to continue editing here, you may want to strike the problem language (surround it with
<s>...</s>
). Thanks. —[
AlanM1(
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13:07, 1 February 2020 (UTC)potential energy is the energy a body has due to its position — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mhiz blessed ( talk • contribs) 09:46, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
The table at Tommy Tour#Preview concert in the U.K. and North American leg (1 May – 19 June 1969) doesn't sort correctly. How can I fix it? Chrisnait ( talk) 15:44, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
Question: Would a fandom related to a certain topic be a reliable source for use on Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daysant1144 ( talk • contribs) 16:40, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
Whats the time? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mohsen.mehraban730 ( talk • contribs) 19:30, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello! I have a question: "Is uploading an image from another person's tweet in Twitter to Wikimedia Commons allowed?" For example, am I allowed to upload the image from here: https://twitter.com/seaofshadowsSOS/status/1187782833642856450?s=19? Thanks! LV1000 ( talk) 15:09, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
{{
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for unclear uploads on Commons. –
84.46.53.117 (
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19:38, 1 February 2020 (UTC)Hi,
Thank you for your help thus far. I've been a bit sidetracked with other projects, but would like to get stuck into the wiki page and finish it off. However, after loggin in, I have difficulty finding the page that I created. Could you direct me in how to access this page? The page name is 'modbiotics'.
Kind regards, Lizmo1977 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lizmo1977 ( talk • contribs) 04:46, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello, Lizmo1977. I haven't done more than glance at Draft:Modbiotics, but I notice that not a single one of your references has the word "modbiotics" in the title. That is not definitive, of course - one or more of them may have extensive material on the subject - but it does raise a warning flag. References supporting the specific things you talk about in the draft may be useful, but unless several of them are in-depth discussion of the word and concept of "modbiotics" specifically, then they do nothing to establish that the subject is notable. I wonder if this isn't TOOSOON. -- ColinFine ( talk) 10:26, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
hey I was wondering why my article was declined? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Herobarhoam ( talk • contribs) 08:43, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi. I have had Draft:Steve Mahabir rejected twice for submission. I would like to make some more revisions and try to resubmit it again. In the meantime, however, one section of the article has been deleted. Could you help me figure out who did it and why? Also I would love to retrieve the deleted section so I could work on it. Thanks. Hollander1961 ( talk) 21:38, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
Would you consider this to be a notable topic: A wine region (Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada) has just been granted a new sub-geographical indicator (sub-GI). This is a region that has special grape growing conditions and wines produced from grapes grown in this region can now legally put this region on their label. The larger region has only 5 Sub-GI's at this point. I would like to add a page dedicated to one of them, Skaha Bench, with details about the region, wineries within in it, and growing conditions. This is the verifiable government press release. https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2017-2021/2019AGRI0038-000945.htm — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lbuksevics ( talk • contribs) 22:15, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
I would like to creat articles on a few bodies of water near where I live, since I like to do lots of editing for things in the area. The bodies of water in question are Turtlehead Lake, Tinley Creek, Natalie Creek, and Midlothian Creek. (All except Natalie Creek can be found on Google Maps.) I'm not sure if I should make articles about these bodies of water, please let me know if I should. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by SaluteVII ( talk • contribs) 22:00, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
named natural features are often notable, provided information beyond statistics and coordinates is known to exist, but often is the key word here.
Hi and greetings! This is my first question in Teahouse. I'm a little confused about the rollback feature for reverting vandalism on Wikipedia. Twinkle also offers rollback feature and the other kind of rollback is accessible to only users belonging to rollbackers group. Are both rollbacks same? Or what additional privileges does exclusive access to rollback feature offer. If both have same functions then why is there such a rollbackers group instead of using Twinkle! Can anybody make me understand? — The Ultimate Let's Talk 08:16, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
This is my first time including a quote from a foreign language with an
automated translation for an existing
Template:Cite_news citation.
It looks like the automated translation needs cleanup from "Spraybox's father" to maybe some thing like "Aerosol bottle's father", but I have no knowledge of Norwegian.
To get experienced help, would it make sense to put in a
as seems to be suggested by
Wikipedia:Pages_needing_translation_into_English#Translation_template_usage's Not English section?
It isn't clear from the section as it also seems to imply that this would work:
On the formatting of the citation in References, I wasn't able to get the translation to work with the quote= parameter of the cite news template, so I instead appended the
Template:Verse translation template after, yielding
Aerosol_spray#cite_note-4 :
Sprayboksens far er norsk;Erik Rotheim fant opp aerosolflasken, sprayboksen, på 1920-tallet. I 1927 tok han patent på oppfinnelsen. [...] og patentet ble etterhvert solgt til et amerikansk selskap for 100 000 kroner. |
Spraybox's father is Norwegian;Erik Rotheim invented the aerosol bottle, the spray box, in the 1920s. In 1927, he patented the invention. [...] the patent was eventually sold to a US company for NOK 100,000. |
From:
Aerosol_spray#References
Thanks! Comments? -- Lent ( talk) 11:17, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I'll love to get more information on referencing an article. I had an article about a movie declined and the reason given was that "it appeared like a promotional ad" Would love to know how to make it better. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Metgala ( talk • contribs) 23:53, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi I am a new user reaching out for feedback. Below is the URL link to an article that I used to contribute to a wikipage: International student. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/e9dd/67e6131f3678e9bebf33a6e0a11d4bb5cd42.pdf
Thank you for your support. JindySingh23 Jindysingh23 ( talk) 21:48, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
?I am the new owner of a company that has a Wikipedia page. I would like to know how to update the information on my company's Wikipedia page — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:3CA:203:4170:2953:63F6:1FF0:DF33 ( talk) 03:59, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
Alright, so sometime around the 14th of January (2020), the line "His record in government under Qaboos has been described by The Economist as poor.<rеf name="veconomist11" />" in the Haitham bin Tariq article began to be removed, by various people, mostly Omani IPs and Sultan159. A short description of his tenure under Qaboos is indeed in the Economist article if you're wondering. This culminated in an edit war on the 24th of January (UTC), which, to be honest, I'm not proud of participating in. On that same day, after I stopped reverting his removals, he responded on my talk page, which, I did want him to do, to explain the reasoning behind the removal (hence the "unexplained removal" message in my earlier reverts). I wrote a reply about 14 hours later, but I have not yet gotten a response. However, it is obvious that does go on Wikipedia, and can respond, as evidenced by his post-24th edits on the article, as well as, most recently, on my user page. As for the reply, I might've misused/misunderstood the WP:s I was citing. Anyway, I would like if he replied again, and to reach some kind of consensus on the line, as edit wars are immature and a waste of time. -- toweli ( talk) 15:50, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
Replied toweli — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sultan159 ( talk • contribs) 17:33, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi everybody,
I hope you're all doing well. I'm new here and I am trying to create my first article. I was asked to find more third party references and remove the PR ones. I've found more independent sources; however, I can't really tell which ones are generally referred to as 'PR'. I don't think any of the sources are press releases, self published or from the subject's own website. There are some that serve as proofs of the awards or things done by the subject of the article over and above the news articles, but I hear it is not okay to use those.
Can somebody verify if awards, accomplishments or facts shouldn't be verified through records and listings? Also, can somebody help me identify the links that need to be removed?
Much obliged, FelixtheNomad ( talk) 22:22, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
Thank you, FelixtheNomad ( talk) 02:54, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
this article does not have any source Leela52452 ( talk) 02:01, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
hello, i am confused after reading both articles description. Leela52452 ( talk) 03:17, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen,
the entry
Draft:Sayonara Player has received enhancement with lots of new sources for getting released. The german entry is also being updated.
Could somebody please check it?
The final target is to get this player included for listing it in Comparison of audio player software
Thank you very much for your help in advance.
Kind regards from Kassel in the middle of Germany
Dominic
Edited links acc. Nick Moyes comment below (Thanks to David notMD :)) Dominic2105 ( talk) 12:53, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Dominic2105 ( talk • contribs) 09:29, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi I am part of a Saas company looking for wikipedia writers to write about our products. Anyone with writing experience in the IT field would be prefered. Looking forward to connecting on this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anonymous4993 ( talk • contribs) 07:41, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
Hello! I am in a dilemma about redirecting an article. It's showing me the following information's:
Symbol redirect arrow with gradient.svg This page is a redirect: From a page move: This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed). This page was kept as a redirect to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name. When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized.
Name of the article given by me: Anjan Chowdhury (Square Group)
Can someone suggest me how to solve this issue. SSR1989 ( talk) 16:38, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
Hello. The article Mahavir Karna has 1 pending revision ( https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Mahavir_Karna&oldid=937860521&diff=cur&diffonly=0), but for some reason, the pending changes review bar does not show up for me. Please help quickly, I do not know what to do. ωικιωαrrιor ᑫᑫ1ᑫ 16:57, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
What do you for me! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kaif wani ( talk • contribs) 16:58, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi,
I tried to create the page /info/en/?search=Draft:Lelo_for_Georgia -- yes, it is a stump but previously similar beginnings went through, so that other people can enrich it. The party has been created by one of the most prominent businesspeople in the country. It has been covered in various outlets, including Al-Jazeera, and I added more references.
What can I do to revive the submission? It will not be perfect for sure, but wasn't the idea that one collaborates at Wikipedia, rather than a single person having to develop a fully fledged article?
And yes, I do not yet know how to tag lots of things, but I kind of feel Wikipedia should make it possible for people like me to contribute, too.
Thanks Hundnase ( talk) 18:16, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
I have submitted an article about a company which has been declined because the subject was not considered notable. That submission had three references, and I have now found a fourth, to newspapers that published feature articles reporting exclusively on the company and its involvement in some newsworthy activity, and which included interviews with company executives, photos and details about the company. These were not press releases. They were not paid for by the company. Independent newspaper editors sent reporters to get a story. I have been told that these newspaper articles are not considered independent by Wiki editors. Is this true? DriverSafety ( talk) 18:24, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
I'm trying to make a good article by providing facts and more things. I cite things and currently it is a Work In Progress in my sandbox. I'm asking this to see if anyone has good tips on how to make it aesthetically pleasing, please message me back! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tsunami307 ( talk • contribs) 19:51, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
There is a person listed on a page whose name links to another similarly-named person who is not the same individual. What is the best way to undo the link or have it removed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidlow47 ( talk • contribs) 07:20, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
The page is: /info/en/?search=1983_U.S._Figure_Skating_Championships ...and the person linked is Colleen McGuire, which links to Colleen L. McGuire, who is not the same person.
The 1983 US Figure SKating Championships page should not redirect to Colleen L. McGuire, US Army, who served beginning in 1979. The Colleen McGuire who competed in the 1983 US Figure Skating Championships in the Junior Dance division did so while she was still in high school in Branford, CT, and so could not have been serving in the US Military four years earlier, in 1979. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidlow47 ( talk • contribs) 07:24, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
[[Colleen McGuire]]
and just remove the brackets around her name. Click "Show preview" to check that you've done it correctly, and then click "Publish changes" when you're ready to make the edit. --
Marchjuly (
talk)
07:48, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
I’m newly signed on here. I’m having difficulties finding info re adding a “Notable People” heading to an existing page. I would greatly appreciate assistance specific to that and also, direction to info for learning more about creating/editing pages. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1HJHJ ( talk • contribs) 00:31, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
This is a super credible, news segment from CTV news that I'd like to use for a Wikipedia article I'm writing: https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1775334 I'm using that reference for this statement. DJ Blitz is a Manitoban radio host and DJ. He is currently a host on Virgin Radio Winnipeg. Do you use this template with curly brackets?: cite web |url= |title= |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher= |access-date= |quote=
Also, can someone take a look at this real quick before I submit it for review? It's a short one: User:Krisrobertson/DJ Blitz Just want to make sure it's solid. It's a non biased article yet still demonstrates importance of notable person. Also, a link to their social media page http://www.facebook.com/djblitzwpg shows that they are currently verified on Facebook. This is a major indicator of notability. Is verification on social media considered as a factor for notability? I'm assuming so. Very few people are able to obtain the blue check
Krisrobertson ( talk) 11:39, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
To Whom It May Concern,
In order to establish Corporate Notability about a company (Akasa) that makes PC components, I have submitted an article for review, but it did not pass the review by the editor due to lack of reliable sources among other reasons. I have seen some similar companies use the same sources I have used in order to establish credibility. Can you tell me, do the below articles count as significant coverage?
https://www.anandtech.com/show/13943/akasa-turing-passively-cooled-chassis-for-intel-bean-canyon-nuc https://www.anandtech.com/show/14259/he-asrock-a320tm-itx-motherboard-thin-itx-for-amd-apus
The Wikipedia article in question is here: /info/en/?search=Draft:Akasa_Group#cite_note-3. Thanks.
Best Regards, Nick Lenczewski — Preceding unsigned comment added by NickL1771 ( talk • contribs) 02:01, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
give me advantage of some brief discourse — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kaif wani ( talk • contribs) 17:27, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
Which of the following are reliable sources that can be used for satisfying notability:
legacy.com
prabook.com
encyclopedia.com
amazon.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.175.106.246 ( talk • contribs) 19:22, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
How does <style> work? Does it have to be like this or can <style> stand on its own? Helloimahumanbeing ( talk) 20:52, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
<span></span>
tags don't do much of anything by themselves; so, to produce green 15 point serif text, one might use <span style="color: green; font-size: 15pt; font-family: serif;"></span>
, producing this.
w3schools might be of interest.
Eman
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talk
06:03, 31 January 2020 (UTC)<style></style>
tags also exist:
see w3schools' reference. They don't, however, appear to work on Wikipedia, which allows
only a subset of HTML.
Eman
235/
talk
06:07, 31 January 2020 (UTC)<b style="color:white"> Date</b>
, while functional, is not recommended. Generally, if there is a way to do something using
Wiki Markup Language (WML; Wikitext; Wikicode), that is preferred. In this case, '''Foo'''
, which renders Foo, is the preferred way to bold text, and there are
templates used to change foreground and background colors, e.g., {{
Font color|white|green|Foo}}
, which renders: Foo. AFAICT, the <style>
tag is not supported (only the style
attribute of other tags (like <div style="foo:bar; bak:baz;">
). (I apparently didn't save this earlier) —[
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06:22, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
Hello. I am having trouble with username customization, as you can see by my mess of a signature. My current code is [[User: Shrekxy6|ShrekxyShrekxy64. Any ideas? [[User: Shrekxy6|ShrekxyShrekxy64 " 00:41, 30 January 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shrekxy64 ( talk • contribs)
[[
needs a closing ]]
. Is this OK:
Shrekxy
64.
PrimeHunter (
talk)
01:47, 30 January 2020 (UTC)Yes. Thank you. Shrekxy 64. 19:40, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
I've tried to archive some pages and it's not working. I also tried to access some webpages I previously archived and were previously working. They don't seem to be working anymore. When I click on the URL, it says the page isn't archived, even though I was previously able to access it. Can someone help? See the Frontline references on
List of chief ministers of Jharkhand for examples for pages I've tried to access.
TryKid (
talk)
10:28, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
I have just found this image: /info/en/?search=Tikbalang#/media/File:Tikbalang_The_Philippine_Demon_Horse_Commons.jpg being used on Tikbalang. Wikipedia:No original research#Original images says: Original images created by a Wikipedian are not considered original research, so long as they do not illustrate or introduce unpublished ideas or arguments. It is not verifiable or a notable image. It illustrates or introduces the artist's own ideas of what a Tikbalang should look like. I believe it should be removed as Original Research. -- Danielklein ( talk) 04:54, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello Wikipedia Team, We are from the Animation training institute, located in Mumbai, India. The way "Arena Animation" listed in Wikipedia, We want to add our Company "Zee Institute of Creative Art" in Wikipedia. How we can do that. please support. Thank you Ghanshyam Harsh — Preceding unsigned comment added by Harsh.eroz ( talk • contribs) 15:12, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
Please read this and add what I am asking to be added. Thanks!— Spasiba5 ( talk) 02:07, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
Article: /info/en/?search=Deweyism A few observations: 1) The article title is the only place I have found the term "Deweyism." It is not used in J. Dewey's works, nor third-party sources such as the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. At a minimum, I think the title needs to be changed, but I do not have permission for this. 2) The content is only a summary of J. Dewey's essay "My Pedagogic Creed." I believe I read somewhere Wikipedia articles need to be more than just a summary of a work, but the current notification only flags references, not the content in the article. I'm not sure how to go about fixing #1, and I would like policy clarification on #2. Thanks! Tacogamer20 ( talk) 16:33, 2 February 2020 (UTC)Tacogamer20
Please edit the information posted as false when searching Wikipedia about Julian Assange. It states that he sought asylum in Ecuador based on 4 alleged rape accusations. There were 2 not 4 and those charges have been dropped. THIS is particularly important because those charges were false to begin with. I can cite these facts with sources more accurate than whoever wrote the original report. Assange is involved in the most important indictment in history of the fight for free speech and having this misinformation in print when someone who hasn't fully and carefully researched him will only extend the aid in the US government 2008 propaganda smear campaign against him. SHAME on this link for reporting without researching facts which are false. 107.77.224.215 ( talk) 09:30, 2 February 2020 (UTC) [1]</ref>
References
Hello: I just significantly expanded the article John Appleton Brown. I do not think that it would still be classified as "stub" but am quite new and do not know protocols about this. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you Riverbend Trail ( talk) 12:15, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
I wrote and published an article as referenced. There is very little written about the subject, in any coherent fashion. I have been trying to correct that and am writing a biography of this individual; much of which comes from my memory from my years of contact. There is a lot of unorganized material in the Frank VanDersarl Collection at the American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming that I have drawn on but there didn't seem to be a way to accurately credit that as a reference. This is my first effort to publish and will probably be my last and was only made for the same reasons that I am writing the biography: this man made significant contributions to aviation and has not been sufficiently recognized and acknowledged for his accomplishments. I have never edited an article but it seems that is a requirement in order to publish an article and I wonder why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Durangofox ( talk • contribs) 18:06, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
Is this the place where I can share my article and receive suggestions from fellow editors? — Preceding unsigned comment added by JosieJosie ( talk • contribs) 2020-02-02T19:19:56 (UTC)
Attached below is a link to an article I wrote about a Radio Host who is a host on 103.1 Virgin Radio. This is the article: /info/en/?search=Draft:DJ_Blitz
I would like to create a redirect page to simply send everyone to the current Wikipedia page of the station which has information about the subject. How do I go about doing this? Or could someone do that for me?
I want to page to simply redirect everyone to this one: /info/en/?search=CKMM-FM
Thanks Krisrobertson ( talk) 19:49, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
#REDIRECT [[CKMM-FM]]
into the page.Thanks.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Krisrobertson ( talk • contribs) 22:06, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi! I was looking to move this draft to an article, but was not able to, probably because previous articles with that title have been deleted. I believe that notability criteria are now met: a search for Priya Prakash Varrier on NewsBank returns 942 items since 2018, although not all of them are good sources. I'd be grateful for help with this move or advice about any reasons why this isn't a suitable article. Thanks! BennyOnTheLoose ( talk) 21:41, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
How do we report, or otherwise handle or deal with or bring attention to individuals who leverage administrative powers and refuse to review matters beyond cursory considerations?
What ensures that DRN's are not arbitrarily closed by administrators supporting each other? — Preceding unsigned comment added by PhanChavez ( talk • contribs) 04:15, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
I would like to reply to User:PhanChavez, but I am not entirely sure where to start. I can see that they are angry at me and are unhappy with what I have done. If all that they want to do is to express unhappiness and anger, they have done that. I am getting tired of their scolding of me, but perhaps I should simply ignore them if it makes them feel less bad. I know that PhanChavez is unhappy with my handling of two drafts. I know that PhanChavez wants to tell everyone that they are unhappy with my handling of two drafts. I don't know if they want me to do something. It appears that they are also unhappy with and angry at User:Ad Orientem and User:RoySmith. It isn't clear to me whether they want a wrong righted. Maybe they just want to complain If they want a wrong righted, what is the wrong? Robert McClenon ( talk) 21:59, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi Guys. I've been in Wikipedia for a while and I have realized I don't really know how to differ a single from a promotional single when it is only released digitally. There are songs that are shown in digital music platforms as "singles" but some of them are consider by wikipedists as "promotional singles". I don't if it has to be recognize by the artist as a single, or it has to be mentioned to be one on a music publication.
For example, a publication on NME [6] refers to "Leave It Alone" by Hayley Williams as a "new single" and the second to be released from her album Petals for Armor. The song has been released digitally (as " Simmer", the first album single and considered as a "single") in most of the digital well-known music platforms. So I don't know how to deem a song as a single or a promotional one. Thanks in advance! -- Saviourofthe ( talk) 22:40, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
To whom it may concern,
Re: Michael Price, Composer
Hi my name is Zoe and I married Michael Price (the joint Emmy winning Sherlock composer with David Arnold) in 1998. We both worked, at the time, for Michael Kamen (Composer). Michael was one of two (along with James Brett) arranger, producers and I was Michael Kamens private PA.
My maiden name was Zoe Elizabeth Moore and I became that year Zoe Elizabeth Price.
We were very happy for some time but life took us in different directions.
I think it is very important to give all and true facts on your site.
Should you need to confirm these details please contact Michael Price directly via his website.
If possible, please let me know by return that these facts and details have been updated.
Thank you.
With very best wishes.
Yours faithfully,
Zoe (redacted) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.129.38.215 ( talk) 20:28, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
I'm confused, what are wikiprojects — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eliegot ( talk • contribs) 03:24, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
I have edited 10 articles. Does that mean I can submit my article and it will be published automatically? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kristine70 ( talk • contribs) 00:54, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello, so I just finished writing the plot section for The Last Faust (will do formatting later on this text) and am wondering if there's a wiki page where I can post the article for the plot to be reviewed? I sort of remember reading about a page like this in Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Film but cannot find it anymore. Woul be great if someone could link this page to me or review the 'Plot' part themselves. Thanks! Zeeshka ( talk) 02:38, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
Can public archives be cited on Wikipedia and what is the correct format for citation? Stirpicult ( talk) 23:23, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi,
I have quoted reliable references for the the wiki page ' /info/en/?search=Draft:O.N.Sundaram'. Why is not accepted? What reliable sources are needed? The sources provided are reliable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shan snk ( talk • contribs) 08:59, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
Thank you everyone for the work you do here. I created an article NECLive that has been flagged for lack of notability and advert contents. I wish to humbly state that the subject of this article is notable to be on Wikipedia. The subject, "NECLive" enjoys wide media coverage and is mentioned in several headlines and should not be described as "trivial mention". This article cites several independent and veritable secondary sources as can be seen in the references section. Many of the secondary sources are leading national media organizations such as Punch, The Guardian (Nigeria), The Sun (Nigeria) Premium Times, The Nation, Vanguard, Channel Television among several other secondary sources. I am a beginner editor and may not be conversant with all the rules of Wikipedia but before I contribute any article I spend time conducting research to ensure I obtain enough facts and secondary sources to back it up. I urge senior editors to have a look at this article, help put it in good, lift the notability tag and review it to go live.
This article is also flagged for being written like an advert but I can't understand the nature of advert contents therein so I could do a clean up of those contents. As I said earlier, I am a junior editor learning how to edit and contribute to Wikipedia but I wish to kindly say that there are no intentional advert contents inputted in the article. Gideens ( talk) 08:06, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
On Marianne Githens page, there is a statement which is seemingly true, but also seems like gossip.
"In 1986, Githen's widowed mother, Anita, married her deceased husband's younger brother William French Githens." Oiona (talk) 09:29, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
It's not really related to the subject of this particular page?
So, is it against the rules to delete it?
many thanks for any help — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oiona ( talk • contribs) 09:43, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello my name is Michael John Treanor and I am a British actor.I was wondering if anyone could help me create a Wikipedia page as I have done some great work and worked alongside many A list actors and have appeared in many TV series and feature films and I would like to expand my business with a visible Wikipedia page.
I was also part of the cast of "The World Is Yours" which has a Wikipedia page and my role was Glasgow Ranger.Can you add me please?
I really don't understand how to do this but I was wondering if anyone could help and point me in the right direction?
Thank you.
Here are links to my IMDb page and website which shows my CV.
https://www.imdb.me/7842996 https://www.michaeljohntreanor.com
Here is a newspaper article from Spanish paper 'El Pais' in which I have a great write up in the 7th paragraph down and a picture and also 2 other articles.
https://elpais.com/cultura/2019/08/09/television/1565351638_290898.html
http://www.firstshowing.net/2018/first-teaser-for-romain-gavras-the-world-is-yours-playing-at-cannes/
https://pro.imdb.com/news/article/ni62326418/nm7842996?ref_=news_nm — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Michael John Treanor (
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13:15, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
How many days should I wait for the other editors to take their turn in a dialogue I started on the talk page of Jabberwocky about putting a reference to the Muppet Show production of Jabberwocky? -- AlainV ( talk) 22:05, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
{{ping|user1|user2}}
to ping two editors named "user1" and "user2". That is, use pipes between usernames if you are pinging more than one. Note that what you type is what you see here, not what I have typed to generate what you need to see. Regards!
Usedtobecool
☎️
11:09, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
hyperlink "Early San Diego theaters, Theatre History in the Nineteenth Century" has new location [ within same website ], [ old : http://www.sandiegohistory.org/collections/theaters/theaters.htm, new: https://sandiegohistory.org/collection/photographs/theaters/ ] should i just modify with new hyperlink ? Leela52452 ( talk) 13:30, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
hyperlink ""World Cinema History" in references, seems to be not fit in any manner. should i go ahead and move it to external links or delete it ? Leela52452 ( talk) 13:37, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
i have gone ahead converted hyperlinks to references. how do i fix reference section ? Leela52452 ( talk) 13:50, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi everyone,
I would like to know if it's possible to add information to an existing article and what path should I follow to do so? I have reliable sources for the info that I want to add.
Thanks for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MikeBurkeee ( talk • contribs) 14:30, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi!
I recently submitted a page for approval, and it got denied. The message said I had to respond before proceeding, but I can't find where to respond.
Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Annacappelli ( talk • contribs) 16:35, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I was wondering if anyone can help figure out why the timeline chart in this article Super Junior#Timeline which was built using Wikipedia:EasyTimeline does not show up on mobile? Lulusword (talk) 16:23, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
<img>
element of the image has width
and height
attributes set to 0. As to why that's happening, I don't know, but I'll guess that it might be because they are set to 1000x300, which seems kind of big for a mobile view, so maybe try reducing them and the other size parms and see if that helps. I'll also note that this is a really old feature, and there may be a newer way to do it that is more mobile-friendly.
WP:VPT would be your next stop for more technical help. —[
AlanM1(
talk)]—
17:46, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
When I'm editing an article, the Advanced>Cite pull-down menu doesn't show properly. It's hidden behind the edit area instead of on top as it shoud be. This has been going on for some months. I thought originally it was my clunky old Windows 7 machine that was at fault, but now I have a new computer running Windows 10 and same problem.
The Cite menu seems to have changed recently, it now says Templates, but same problem--I can see the word 'Templates' with the triangle pointing up or down as I click, but no menu. Same problem with the Headings menu.
I'm using a desktop PC, Windows 10, Intel graphics, browser is Chrome. I haven't tried other browsers yet. -- D Anthony Patriarche ( talk) 22:51, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi! I work for a communications company and was asked by a client to update their Wikipedia page with some basic information. So far, my proposed changes (with my conflict of interest noted) have been declined, and the page itself has been subsequently chopped down to a bare minimum. I've attempted to remove any/all promotional tone from the changes and add additional sources, but those revised changes have been declined as well.
The page in question is here: CorePower_Yoga
As it appears now, the page doesn't provide users with much useful information. Is there any way that I can make it so that this Wikipedia page contains basic information about the company?
Thank you!
50.78.86.177 ( talk) 16:36, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
@ 331dot Thank you for your response! A couple of follow-up questions:
- Did I improperly disclose my conflict of interest on the Talk page? If so, I apologize, and would love some guidance on how to fix this.
- Are the sources I provided in my latest "Proposed Changes" (January 30, 2020) not sufficiently independent? They include Forbes, LA Times and MSN.com. Please advise!
- Are there any next steps we can take to provide factual information for the CorePower page? The company's aim in these changes was to update out-of-date information.
Thank you again for your time.
50.78.86.177 ( talk) 18:06, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
I wish to post an article in Wikipedia, ho to do it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dr. Gang-Ming Zou ( talk • contribs) 20:40, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
I gave reasons to support deletion on Talk:Bindu (2009 film). It looks like the user who removed the PROD notice did not read the talk page as the notability concern was mistaken for a verifiability concern in their edit comment. The article is still not on a notable film. Does this mean that the next option is AfD or can the PROD removal be undone? I know it says an article can't be PROD'd more than once. -- Danielklein ( talk) 11:23, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
{{
old PROD}}
info on the
talk page, perfectly unnecessary after you already picked
AFD. Otherwise it could be helpful if folks consider a new PROD years later, missing an old PROD in the edit history. –
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00:08, 4 February 2020 (UTC)I can't review the pre-history of an article after submission (or, between submissions, for that matter).
How can I review the history of an article once submitted for AfC, before being accepted or declined? (The full history, not just upon submission, but before being submitted.) -- It seems that the full history should be available, but after looking around, I cannot find a way to review any history between any submissions, or before.
I am looking to specifically dig-down to specific dates and details behind a history of actions by (1) the original draft author, and (2) parties causing conflict by creating redirects after the original draft.
What I'm asking: I'd like to see the history behind an article before/during/after the AfC process of submissions, versus the date someone goes in and creates a redirect for WIP drafts which are in the pre-or-post submission process (pending review and acceptance).
I am asking this because there appear to be numerous unhanded issues in this domain. (And this may be less a Wikipedia matter, so much as a WikiMedia Foundation matter: A problem with the core software and logging the history behind an article and/or its title.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by PhanChavez ( talk • contribs) 04:15, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
I'm going to try my best to provide an example, round-about.
This is old news, back-history... Draft:Group of Five conferences -- There is a history behind this. Not sure if it is fully available. I edited a map and list from Power Five conferences with the complimentary information for the other 5 conferences in NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision to provide a complimentary page; listing conferences, teams, map, etc.
The first submission was declined, due to lack of notability. No big deal. First time, need to revise, etc.
The second submission was declined. The reason was WP:SPLIT or WP:SPINOUT. At first I couldn't understand why. The "Group of Five" and "Power Five" were two distinct entities within NCAA Division I College Football.
After digging deeper, it appeared that someone created a Redirect using "Group of Five conferences" to a lesser-used or dissimilar term, Mid-major. This caused some conflict.
I went about things the wrong way. But, the reviewer who declined, due to WP:SPLIT or WP:SPINOUT, cited redirect for deletion on the AfD suggestion page, with a Procedural Close. (Why did I try an AfD for a Redirect? Because I'm new and dumb and learning.) I also received the same response here on the Teahouse, that this was likely a redirect for deletion issue.
Long story short, the WP:RFD page suggests/recommends, right at the top: Be Bold! -- That a redirect should be converted, transformed or merged to an existing article.
In any case, the above example is my own, but I've since run across it in duplicate (same decline, by the same user). First noticed when I was reading through the Teahouse, trying to get a grasp of my own issue.
In the process of reviewing things, when I first looked at the edit history behind my draft of Group of Five conferences, I could not see edits I'd saved before the first time I submitted my new AfC. And, again, after I submitted for consideration a second time, upon being declined, I could not see the history between the two submissions. ← (this is the reason for this question, right here)
I've mentioned coming across a second issue, very similar to and related to my own (same user, same reason for declining). And that is Draft:Aid_Worker_Security_Database. There is also a redirect for this term, which points to Attacks on humanitarian workers.
The first revision I can see of Draft:Aid_Worker_Security_Database is on 27-June-2019. The redirect itself was created on 11-May-2019.
These dates are close enough that I'd like to perform a FULL INVESTIGATION of what is going on behind the scenes. Is this a coincidence? Or are people creating redirects and causing or inciting conflict in the article creation process.
NOTE: I have no conflict of interest with the counter point, or secondary example, so much as, I saw the same reviewer performing the same action against similar circumstances. It is only after the dust-up over my own concern that I'm coming here, saying: "Hey, WTF with these redirects screwing with article creation?"
I did my thing in a day, and it was something like several days before it was reviewed. I'm not sure when User:HumOutcomes first submitted Draft:Aid_Worker_Security_Database. That's what I want to see. I want to see when the original draft was saved and submitted, versus the date the redirect was created, per the date the draft article was reviewed.
I want to know what the hell is going on, or I want someone with the ability to do so to sit-down and take the time to review things and start implementing a fix.
Or deal with the meat/sock puppets who are going in and getting these actions approved.
Bottom line is, one way or another, eventually this is going to come to someone else's attention, and the matter is going to have to be dealt with and handled appropriately by someone with a spine and a backbone. (But that's just my IMO, my two-cents. Maybe nobody cares until it comes to bite them in the arse. But, again, day-to-day, nobody cares.)
PhanChavez ( talk) 08:19, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello. I submitted this draft more than 3 months ago and it is still under review. I read somewhere to contact users on the related WikiProject page but no one there seems to focus on Turkish art or art galleries in general so, I didn't know who to contact. Please help! :)) Kilicsultan ( talk) 13:52, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
Thank you. The article is already in English. So, I will wait a little more :) --
Kilicsultan (
talk)
09:04, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I recently came across this edit. Which brings up an interesting question: Do we use the name Israel or Palestine in our articles? In this case I think that "Israel" should be used for consistency with both the rest of the article, and the source that said it was #1. Also, what WP policy can I cite for this and future edits? Thanks DarthFlappy ( talk) 21:06, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
Ok, thanks DarthFlappy ( talk) 23:57, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
what is difference between empire and multiethnic kingdom? Jungguk ( talk) 01:25, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
I am looking for better sources for an article on a "Golden Age" detective novel. Does anyone know of anything comparable to the Internet Speculative Fiction Database for sf, but for detective fiction, especially early 20th cent. (1910s-1930s)? This is a particular area of interest for me. I've done some Googling and browsed articles for a few well-known novels in the genre without finding anything.
Goodreads often has some of the info, but I'm not sure it's a WP:RS; any comments? The eBook editions of these vintage novels which I get from Gutenberg or Faded Page usually include at least a copyright date and publisher name, but that's a little skimpy, and also a primary source—moreover, it may (& should) be the edition scanned, not necessarily the first edition.
At the very least I'm looking for an authoritative source that gives publication dates, genre, basic info like that. -- D Anthony Patriarche ( talk) 21:18, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
BTW, is there somewhere else more topic-oriented (e.g. a WP Project) where I should be asking this question? -- D Anthony Patriarche ( talk) 21:29, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
{{
authority control}}
for authors (untested: books) based on WikiData, and unlike
IMDb or
Discogs it's no
UGC. –
84.46.52.96 (
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02:16, 4 February 2020 (UTC)In the article Balhae, the user User talk: Koraskadi tries to organize a revision war to block the balanced position of all three parties to the conflict in the article. I warned him about the inadmissibility of such behavior. and about that, he should improve the text if it is really poorly written and put patterns about the lack of sources if they really are not enough and not delete the text. How can I act if he ignores this warning? https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Balhae&action=history Aek973 ( talk) 18:36, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
Pinging User:Koraskadi. The author of the thread, User:Aek973 tried to ping you, Koraskadi, three times. Alas they used a link to your talk page instead of the User page, so you probably hasn't been notified on this talk. So now I'm notifying you on behalf of OP, and on their request ( User talk:Aek973#Pinging other users). -- CiaPan ( talk) 11:33, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
I would appreciate the comments of other experienced editors on Draft:Andrew Naimanye. I was reviewing AFC submissions that were in user space but tagged for AFC review, and they included User:Fsmatovu/sandbox16. I tried to copy it to Draft:Andrew Naimanye, and was told that that title already existed. In looking at it, I saw that the draft in draft space had been submitted by User:Wkigenyi, and had been declined four times, most recently in November, and had been resubmitted. I saw that the version in the sandbox of User:Fsmatovu was a copy-paste from draft space into their sandbox, followed by resubmission. I declined it as a duplicate of Draft:Andrew Naimanye and as not establishing biographical notability. I asked User:Fsmatovu why they had done a copy-paste without attribution, which violates the terms of Wikipedia's copyleft. They replied that they had been asked by Wkigenyi to help them, and were concerned that the draft would be erased or deleted, and so copied it into their sandbox. Fsmatovu expressed concern that Wkigenvi is becoming frustrated and may be giving up on editing Wikipedia. It appears to me that Wkigenvi was only editing in order to publish one article, on Andrew Naimanye, and there may be a conflict of interest (and Wkigenvi may be Andrew Naimanye). So I have at least two questions. First, what should Fsmatovu do at this point? Second, what comments do other editors have on the draft? Robert McClenon ( talk) 00:13, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Salutations people of Teahouse,
I am working on an article and submitted it for review. Sadly this article was declined. I would like to get this article accepted, do you guys have any tips or suggestions on how I can make my article better, and worthy of submission? I really want this article to be on Wikipedia and want to make it a great one!
Sincerely, 8miceinabox -- 8miceinabox ( talk) 02:57, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
In the case of a recording artist releasing a single with another artist's track as the B-side, should this be noted in the info box, i.e. next to the listed B-side should the alternate artist be listed? I believe they should, another editor does not. — Preceding unsigned comment added by YouCanDoBetter ( talk • contribs)
Can you please provide me the steps to flag a section that need more information (could be edited) on a page. I do not have rights to edit it myself but should notify the community, the editor of the issue. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AudreyDufour ( talk • contribs) 09:08, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I am trying to join a wikiproject, but I am not quite sure how to do it. The help page mostly talks about how to find a project, but not specifically how do you join it. Do I sign up anywhere? Thanks in advance! MGatta ( talk) 17:13, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
Should we expect wayback archives of youtube videos to work?
I've tried several from existing articles, with no success. Here's one example:
The archived youtube page will display, but the video only displays
That of course suggests that Wayback knows how to play the videos. What is the next step? Is there somebody who can officially contact the Wayback folks to get a resolution, i.e. if Wayback has decided not to archive any more Youtube videos or if there is some other reason they aren't working?
I'll note that this problem was previously observed in 2016. See Wikipedia Talk:Link rot#Archiving youtube videos.
If this has already been established as a long-term or indefinite-length problem, does IAbot take appropriate action based on this limitation? Fabrickator ( talk) 20:08, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
I am the president of the Sigismund Thalberg international Study Centre The Sigismund Thalberg International Study Centre was founded in Naples in June 1996 by Principessa di Strongoli Francesca Ferrara Pignatelli, grandniece of the great Austrian pianist, and by me. The Study Center organizes a series of initiatives aiming at increasing the knowledge of the figure and the music of Thalberg. In October 1996 it organized the 1st International Congress entirely dedicated to Thalberg. The Study Center organizes too the Sigismund Thalberg International Piano Prize since 1998. Over the past 22 years the Prize has been won by some pianists who have subsequently won other prestigious awards like Sofia Gulyak first prize at Thalberg Competition and then first prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition or Michail Lifits third prize at Thalberg Competition and then first prize at the Busoni Competition in Bolzano and many others. We have done a page for Wikipedia - Draft: Sigismund Thalberg International Piano Competition - but it has been refused for several reasons, some of which are not true; for example "This submission appears to be a news report of a single event and may not be notable enough for an article in Wikipedia". We are talking about a Piano Competition that has been held for 22 years and which is dedicated to one of the greatest pianists who lived in the 19th century. What can we do to get this entry accepted on Wikipedia? Thank you Sigismundthalberg — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.251.55.231 ( talk) 12:08, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello there! I created the page at /info/en/?search=Draft:Theophilos_Priovolos but was rejected with the reasoning that wikipedia is not a resume. Still there are innumerable pages with the same format and are up and running. What was the problem with our approach? — Preceding unsigned comment added by OgilvyAthens ( talk • contribs)
I’m not very fluent in Spanish, but my grandfather has a Wikipedia page in Spanish. It shows his daughters, but not his sons. I’ve tried to add the latter. There is a record of the attempts, but the corrections don’t appear. Any idea how I can correct this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.250.50.46 ( talk) 15:25, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
What requirements do YouTubers need in order to have their own wiki page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by GoldenPioneer150 ( talk • contribs) 16:26, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
i am unable to insert citation using oclc 1131999189. i assumed oclc is ok. is this normal ? Leela52452 ( talk) 16:38, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
{{
authority control}}
, what are
you planning? –
84.46.53.59 (
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17:21, 4 February 2020 (UTC)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brooks |first1=James Wilton |title=History of the Court of Common Pleas of the City and County of New York: With Full Reports of All Important Proceedings |date=1896 |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=qu0tAAAAYAAJ |language=en}}</ref>
, into which I could insert the OCLC parameter as described in
Template:Cite book#Identifiers.
Rotideypoc41352 (
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contribs)
17:32, 4 February 2020 (UTC)Hello! I could sure use an extra pair of eyes after the changes made as per a reviewer's suggestions. Many thanks in advance. EMETIB MAILLIW ( talk) 04:19, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
/info/en/?search=Draft:Marisol_Deluna
Many thanks! I am going to continue digging. Question: She has been covered by the Austin Statesman and Hispanic Business Magazine (for example). Can you direct me to a Wiki link so I can learn to reference an offline archive? EMETIB MAILLIW ( talk) 10:20, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
|url=
parameter.
Rotideypoc41352 (
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17:54, 4 February 2020 (UTC)Hi,
I am still looking to propose an edit to the opening paragraph of the Optical Express Wikipedia page. After seeking your advice and feedback from the Treehouse I have amended the tone of voice for the edit as well as stated that I am a paid editor. However, the edit has still been rejected due with the feedback being that it is not appropriate for an encyclopaedia article. I have then asked for advice as to how the statement can be amended to be more appropriate however, I have received no further feedback.
Can you please offer advice as to how the following statement can be amended to a more encyclopaedic tone? It is based purely on facts and I have provided multiple references to back up the points.
The statement is as follows:
‘Founded in 1991, Optical Express is the UK’s largest provider of laser and intraocular lens surgery, with almost 130 clinics. As well as providing eye surgery, the company also supplies glasses and contact lenses.’
The independent sources to reference this can be found here:
Optical Express is predominantly a refractive surgery brand and Europe's leading provider in laser and intraocular lens surgery. Please refer to the [1] which states 'The biggest chain is Optical Express: it is said to do 6 out of 10 laser eye procedures in the UK, and has over 100 clinics.'
More information to back up the point that Optical Express is the UK's largest provider of laser and intraocular lens surgery can be found in the following Mintel Reports:
Optical Express also has almost 130 clinics in the UK. The list of these can be found here: [4]
Your feedback is much appreciated.
Thanks,
Trees88 ( talk) 09:18, 4 February 2020 (UTC) {{Connected contributor (paid)|User1=Trees88|U1-employer=Optical Express|}}.
Note: I've blocked Trees88 as a single purpose account not here to build an encyclopedia -- kingboyk ( talk) 10:08, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Thank your for your feedback. In order to get the opening statement amended, I am still keen to understand how I can amend my proposed statement to make it an acceptable encyclopaedic update.
From the feedback given from
Maproom, would the following wording now be acceptable?
‘Founded in 1991, Optical Express is said to be the UK’s largest provider of laser and intraocular lens surgery, with almost 130 clinics. As well as providing eye surgery, the company also supplied glasses and contact lenses.’
If this is still not deemed to be the correct tone of voice, I would appreciate any feedback on how this can be amended to be more acceptable? Trees88 ( talk) 17:03, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
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@ Trees88: Suggestion: "supplied glasses" → "supplies eyeglasses".
I'm OK with renaming the Teahouse, but I refuse to be called "Spanky".
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Hello,
I need help in knowing the steps in creating a Wikipedia Page. I work at a Social Media Agency and have a client who wants to open their own Wikipedia Page.
Awaiting your assistance.
Thank you, Christine Saifi Communications & Content Manager Mindfield Digital — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.98.143.196 ( talk) 10:21, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Why google and wikis info are different? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bengal Informer ( talk • contribs) 16:41, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
For example, J-15's top speed is 2940 kmph in Wiki,while J-15's top speed is 2551 kmph in Google. Why they are different? — Preceding
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An explosion expels matter in all directions. Shouldn't there be a place in our known universe where all matter is moving away from? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.155.26.163 ( talk) 02:36, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
be a place in our known universe where all matter is moving away from. All places are moving away from each other, with some local variability due to gravity. 97.115.240.136 ( talk) 04:47, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
I edited the page for a movie called Hillary's America and all my edits disappeared overnight. The edits were important do there being missing info. The rotten tomatoes score was outdated and so was several other areas. If anyone could tell me how to get them back I would be most greatfull.
Thanks, Hælfden.
. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hælfden ( talk • contribs) 19:26, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Words like "awful" and "wonderful" are not NPOV, and we don't include audience scores on any movie articles because they're self-response polls."
the wonderful audience scorearen't neutral.
I found an article that has no sources and is written in biased language. (I learned how to find articles that don't comply with NPOV [Thanks @ TheAwesomeHwyh].) How do you get an article deleted? Is there a process for it or something? Thanks, King of Scorpions 19:14, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
A couple of days ago, I worked hard to edit the article on Pakistan's Higher Education Commission (HEC). I did it at the request of the institution. It involved major pruning. A little while ago, I was shocked to see that Flyer22 Frozen undid my edits without any justification. Now the article mentions two figures for the HEC's budget, i.e., 102 billion rupees and 57.8 billion rupees.
When I checked the history of Flyer22 Frozen's edits, it emerged that he is in the habit of reverting edits. This person left a message for me on Wikipedia. How do I respond to him?
Editors should not be allowed to hide behind pseudonyms. I think people who don't give their real names should not be allowed to edit Wikipedia articles. It will greatly improve Wikipedia's credibility.
In conclusion, let me say a few words by way of introduction. I studied international relations in Islamabad and media in London. I have worked for several English-language newspapers, mostly as a copy editor. I have written a critically acclaimed book on the English language. Entitled "Handbook of Functional English", it has been published by Ferozsons, one of the most prestigious publishers in Pakistan. I have edited dozens of Wikipedia articles with the utmost sense of responsibility. I never used a pseudonym. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shakil Chaudhary ( talk • contribs) 09:47, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
So, what happens after an article is nominated for deletion? King of Scorpions 19:59, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Hey -
I recently joined Wikipedia, yesterday and I was wondering if there is a specific guide or place I can look to help assist me in finding articles that need to be edited. Lwilliamson ( talk) 17:50, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Thanks!
I'm new in the creating pages - This was not prooved. Please can anybody help me, what is missing, or what is wrong? Thanks.
Draft:Art And Animation studio — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kral Petr ( talk • contribs) 17:44, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
I checked and double-checked all of the citations in the article. I would appreciate it if someone would send me the article highlighting the problems they see. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maltzmd ( talk • contribs) 20:46, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
I want to create a wikipedia page for my company, but I've read that that's generally frowned upon. What's the best way to do this? Ask others to create a page/edit the page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by CalOlive ( talk • contribs) 19:48, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi! Forgive me if I’ve missed something obvious here, I’ve recently had two different situations where editors have insisted the correct way to handle unsourced content was to remove it. Note:this is not BLP articles.
Personally I would try to source it/verify it if it’s true, tag for {citation needed} if I thought it was dubious but didn’t have have time; or maybe used a talk page to resolve before deleting it unless I felt it was likely untrue and damaging to have on the article.
Is it a rule that one cannot add content without a source? Gleeanon409 ( talk) 20:37, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi...
This message is in response to this page: /info/en/?search=Draft:Lee_Olesky
Per the issues outlined here [11], I have updated the page. As described in the note from when I submitted the edits, I left in two articles that are behind a paywall (one there originally, one added) because they are the best sources for information all in one place. They are top outlets in the industry and thus should help confirm notability. I can send the full text to anyone who wants it in order to prove how useful they are.
I believe this should take care of everything in order to get it approved. If not, please let me know what else needs to be done. Wpearce1983 ( talk) 19:52, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Wpearce1983 ( talk) 21:39, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
What is the best way to edit pages, and how do you add headings, titles, pictures, etc. on the visual editing version? — Preceding unsigned comment added by VeryUnculturedSwine ( talk • contribs) 23:42, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Hiya, I'm back editing and writing after a 7 year hiatus due to severe ill health. User:WendyGrowler It's great to be back but also a steep learning curve!
My question is do I count as having a conflict of interest with the article Draft:Boleskine House Foundation? I am not a member of the board of trustees and I haven't met any of the board. But I have volunteered to help the charity build and develop a library because of previous experience working as a librarian. I'm based in Birmingham but the Foundation is up in Scotland and I haven't met them other than email contact.
I volunteered to make the charity a wiki article because I have written articles in the past (albeit long time ago because of my health) and because I have experience as a researcher and writer as a published postgraduate student and previous job as archivist and research assistant. I have just added this to the draft article's talk page and my own user page. The article is my own research and work.
I'm still editing and improving the draft article because it needs more secondary and tertiary sources but I would really appreciate some clarity on the situation with me writing the article.
Thank you so much for your help (in advance) and taking time to read this
WendyGrowler ( talk) 11:34, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi User:Robert McClenon thank you so much for your help and clarity. I totally agree that the draft was no good and I understand a lot more about why now thanks to helpful editors and doing more reading about the wikipedia process. I'm concerned that the heavily edited version is now full of redundant references for sentences that no longer exist so I was hoping to rewrite the whole thing again and then resubmit so I wanted my previous version as a reference to not make the same mistakes. It might take me a while to redo it so I thought sandbox was the place for that kind of work? Have I got this wrong? I'm so sorry for all my errors; it's a learning curve and I do appreciate everyone's help. Can I rewrite the article in my sandbox and resubmit it when I think it is ready? I'm also sorry if I'm asking dumb questions I just want to get it right and make a useful contribution. Hopefully once I've got this one right I will be able to contribute more and more with much less difficulty! WendyGrowler ( talk) 21:47, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi again User:Robert McClenon thank you I understand now, penny has finally dropped as they say WendyGrowler ( talk) 08:12, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
/info/en/?search=Shaw_Academy There are so many complaints about this company that cheats money from customers accounts. How to flag this page? Tirutirutiru ( talk) 04:06, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello. I suspect I am not using the most appropriate means for asking my question, but I couldn't find a more appropriate way to do so.
I am a native English Speaker who is studying Spanish (I currently speak Spanish at a DELE level between 3 and 4) with the goal of eventually becoming a certified Interpreter/Translator, and I thought that I might be able to gain some excellent translation experience by contributing to Wikipedia as a translator. As you can see I have created a Wikipedia account, and I have been reading various Wikimedia pages relative to working as a translator, but I find them confusing and after reading them I don't know what concrete things I would need to do in order to get started as a Wikipedia translator.
By comparison, in my looking around your website I discovered a Wikipedia page relative to the process of editing (as opposed to translating) which I found to be very understandable, and I was able to navigate through a tutorial tab into a sandbox, which explained the process of editing and which allowed me to practice.
My question is whether there is a Wikipedia page relative to translating, analogous to the page about editing which I just described? Or do you have a suggestion for any other resource which I might find on your website which could walk me through the process of translating Wikipedia pages as a volunteer translator?
Any help you can give me, I will appreciate.
TS — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shazertom ( talk • contribs) 21:08, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shazertom ( talk • contribs) 21:21, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi,
I am looking to provide more information on 3 pages and I have a COI as it is related to our products. I am unsure how to proceed, can you help me pleas? Is there a private forum to interact for help?
Thanks a lot in advance! — Preceding unsigned comment added by AudreyDufour ( talk • contribs) 08:00, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi guys,
I had recently submitted a page draft for review: RMZ Corps which was subsequently declined. I have since made changes and resubmitted the draft, however its been almost a month without any response.
Can anyone help me out please?
Regards, Contributor Indian — Preceding unsigned comment added by Contributorindian ( talk • contribs) 12:12, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
1. I wish to create a page, I have finished it in Sandbox. What is my next step to get it published for real? 2. I want to upload a picture for this page but it is denied because they can't determine whether it is suitable. It is a picture of the building the page refers to that I took with my own camera.
Thanks so much for your time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thechurchsandviken ( talk • contribs) 13:15, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
In the EastEnders external links section, the ratings table that belongs in the viewership section is being displayed. When I attempt to edit the article, the table isn't in "External links" in the raw coding. Does anyone know why this is happening, and if you can fix it? – DarkGlow ( talk) 13:21, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
I have noticed that the entry for Kerry Taylor Auctions is marked as "maybe having been created in return for undisclosed payments". I work at this auction house and we were unaware someone had set up this entry, so it certainly wasn't set up for money! How can I have this notice removed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.83.103.26 ( talk) 16:08, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
I would like to change the display picture on the article of a public figure, the image that I want to use is already authorized for public use in the commons The question that I have is, do I need to have a specific reason on why I want to change the image of an article? Or can I simply request it as long as the new one is in the commons?
Thanks for your help — Preceding unsigned comment added by AndyCNgo2 ( talk • contribs) 16:20, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
Okay, so I was wondering, is there any special way in which a list article needs be created? I would assume not, but perhaps I do not have all the information. Thanks Mulstev ( talk) 20:19, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Heading went missing in contents — Preceding unsigned comment added by SahanaPrasad ( talk • contribs) 17:21, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
could you give some articles that need improvement on grammar so i can fix them.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Hendersons cat ( talk • contribs)
Hello, I created a second page and moved it over to article. It still says my username above it. Is there anything more I need to do? Or did I move it to the wrong location?
Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by DocNerd3000 ( talk • contribs) 18:29, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I would like to know if there's anything you can do when you suspect an editor is negatively editing the contents of an article for personal interests. I have noticed on the bio of a political celebrity that an editor constantly monitors all the changes, making sure negative content is uploaded and positive comments removed, any actions I can take? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by MakaSanders ( talk • contribs) 18:58, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
Good afternoon, I have a couple actually and I guess I can come back and add to this later. Here is the hypothetical. You grow up next door to your grammar school to the point you can see into the conversation next door(I’m serious about that). Live there and go to school there. But when I go to create the page I’m getting copyright questions about the school song, colors, how many floors. It’s in my head!! But its 2020mand sure this question has come up before.
I have an etiquette question also. Say I’m starting a baseball player, could I go to another players completed article, click the edit button and see how they did it? Even if I specifically came there to do that? Not doing any editing just backing out?
Thanks for pointers if you got’em Theemurman ( talk) 19:04, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
I try to keep a neutral tone and provide plenty of peer reviewed references before submitting but my posts get deleted instantly. What can I do?— Preceding unsigned comment added by Dezicnated ( talk • contribs)
Regarding my recent submission. I would certainly delete the referenced link, however, I don't seem to be able to retrieve the draft article. If you could be so kind as to edit/ delete the link you mentioned then the article would then be good to go- correct? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pamelandave ( talk • contribs) 18:44, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
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Hello! I'd like to report something and ask your advice on how to handle it. User:CAPTAIN RAJU is attempting to bully me on my Talk without cause.
As you will see here ( /info/en/?search=User_talk:CherryGonzo77), CAPTAIN RAJU posted a very threatening and baseless comment on my Talk page.
She alleged that I "vandalized" the Alfred Cowles page. Except I didn't, and I can prove it.
This is my edit - I changed the capitalization of two words, consistent with the WP:MOS.
Here is the exact edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Alfred_Cowles&diff=931574695&oldid=917684255
I'm going to @ CAPTAIN RAJU: out of fairness so she is aware that I'm reporting her behavior to you guys.
Wikipedia has a very big problem. A lot of users who have been on here a while are power tripping. They falsely believe they are better than other people, and use the platform to elevate their own ego-based false self worth.
The purpose of Wikipedia and its pillars are very important, and there's NO PLACE for that type of power-tripping behavior on here.
Thanks for reading, and I look forward to your reply. -- CherryGonzo77 ( talk) 17:50, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
I am the Communications Manager for the City of North Bend and noticed the Government section of this page: /info/en/?search=North_Bend,_Washington needs updated. North Bend has a new mayor and councilmembers. I was hoping someone would be able to make these updates in the Government section of the North Bend, WA page for us.
Mayor: Rob McFarland Councilmembers: Brenden Elwood, Jonathan Rosen, Ross Loudenback, Alan Gothelf, Chris Garcia, Mary Miller, Heather Koellen
Thank you so much!
Jill Green — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.129.248.178 ( talk) 19:37, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
hi. i am seeking second opinion on the article balhae controversies. editor aek973 has changed the links in the article of Balhae to bohai which redirects to balhae. since bohai redirect to balhae i think it is better to put the link as balhae. what do you all think? see this where all the links to balhae were changed to bohai https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Balhae_controversies&type=revision&diff=938440781&oldid=938369797 Jungguk ( talk) 18:28, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
I COPIED AND PASTED THE BIOGRAPHY OF SAMUEL G HAVERMALE AS INSTRUCTED BUT NY PICTURES DIDN'T COME WITH IT — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hovermale ( talk • contribs)
Good day admins
i really want to help but i don't thinks that my wiki account is strong a enough to contest for speedy deletion of a article created by a fellow nigeria about an article about celebrity author and motivational speaker as i think there is a enough proof of notability online and from trusted source like pulseng theguardian and other local news papers and portals online i strongly recommend that its article should not be deleted . Article: Gaius Chibueze. Wilsonharry454 ( talk) 15:05, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
Hello world! New to being an editor...can anyone explain why i continue to get the error "Error contacting the Parsoid/RESTBase server (HTTP 409) when i attempt to publish my page. any help would be appreciated@ANelson244
I have recently submitted a draft for an article. It was declined. Is it possible to request another (or other) opinions? tx.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Spacestronaute ( talk • contribs) 21:59, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
@ Ali Zifan, CASSIOPEIA, MisterElection2001, MB298, and Number 57: There is apparently no source that gives election results by borough for Alaska in the 2016 US Presidential election. This Vox article [2] lead to this late night comedy clip [3] where, at 9:30 in the clip, Trump's staff is accused of giving him a bullshit map of the 2016 Presidential election results. In FACT: I believe that Wikipedia's map (originally made by Ali Zifan, but it's not his fault) is the bullshit map. We were following the results as given us in a tweet- a tweet!- from something called https://cinycmaps.com/. Nobody knows if that information is accurate, because nobody knows the vote totals by borough. The "answer" lies in a catacomb of data here: [4]. But if there's no secondary source reporting actual vote totals by actual boroughs, (not " estimated vote totals"), then I think we can say pretty clearly that Wikipedia IS the fake news. God save us.
Check my math on this- am I making sense here?
Can anybody good with Alaska stuff fix this? See discussion here: [5] Geographyinitiative ( talk) 12:58, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
Is a well-known hotel nationwide and even around the world. I don't know how to create a Wikipedia page, that is why I'm asking this question. MannyPC ( talk) 22:58, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
How to I edit false information on a page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.197.15.217 ( talk) 23:16, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
Hello, is there a basis for when it is appropriate to overhaul an article? I have taken an interest in a few local buildings that have articles with redundant and/or poorly written sections.
I.E. Woodfield Mall, I have made some recent changes to reduce redundancies and un-sourced material, but for instance the section about what stores opened in what year seems to be excessive, and a more concise section would in my opinion be better. Tjdilly ( talk) 23:43, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
There is a reference I would like to add to an article, but the website it is on requires a user account to view. I'm sure this happens often enough, what's the procedure for situations like this? -- Puzzledvegetable Is it teatime already? 17:12, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
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01:46, 1 February 2020 (UTC)Hi there! I wanted to ask that is adding information about temporarily suspended flights allowed in Wikipedia? Due to the recent spreading of coronavirus, many airlines have temporarily suspended flights to China. As per User: Andrewgprout, "Wikipedia is not a directory to add info about temporary suspension of flights". So just wanted to confirm this from other users about the addition of temporarily suspended flights to airport articles. Regards-- User:FlyJet777 ( talk) 20:51, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
For an album article I assumed that a corresponding WikiData item will be started by bots, but that is not the case: There's a Category:Articles without Wikidata item, populated by various templates needing Wikidata used mostly on BLPs, e.g., birth place. So now I assume that adding articles manually to this hidden maintenance category makes no sense, and I should simply create the item— PoC for the record label item—is that correct? – 84.46.53.231 ( talk) 04:33, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
it contains notability tag of 2011. no secondary or other sources. can we nominate articles for deletion ? Leela52452 ( talk) 04:14, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
User:MassiveEartha gave me a fine brief introduction to editing quite long ago now, Sunday 1pm 9 April 2017 at Shakespeare's Head. I never found out how to send her thanks. Any help with than? Not sure where I'll find a response to this query. Thanks, User:ClintonL — Preceding unsigned comment added by Clinton45 ( talk • contribs) 08:02, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
I just created my page yesterday and you want to speedy delete it.
Please help me go through the page and edit it so it is compliant with your policies and guidelines, because I did spend a lot of time on it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dr David Gallagher ( talk • contribs) 11:07, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
who has legal rights to self expression( diff). Please see WP:NLT. Assuming you wish to continue editing here, you may want to strike the problem language (surround it with
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13:07, 1 February 2020 (UTC)potential energy is the energy a body has due to its position — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mhiz blessed ( talk • contribs) 09:46, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
The table at Tommy Tour#Preview concert in the U.K. and North American leg (1 May – 19 June 1969) doesn't sort correctly. How can I fix it? Chrisnait ( talk) 15:44, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
Question: Would a fandom related to a certain topic be a reliable source for use on Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daysant1144 ( talk • contribs) 16:40, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
Whats the time? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mohsen.mehraban730 ( talk • contribs) 19:30, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello! I have a question: "Is uploading an image from another person's tweet in Twitter to Wikimedia Commons allowed?" For example, am I allowed to upload the image from here: https://twitter.com/seaofshadowsSOS/status/1187782833642856450?s=19? Thanks! LV1000 ( talk) 15:09, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
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19:38, 1 February 2020 (UTC)Hi,
Thank you for your help thus far. I've been a bit sidetracked with other projects, but would like to get stuck into the wiki page and finish it off. However, after loggin in, I have difficulty finding the page that I created. Could you direct me in how to access this page? The page name is 'modbiotics'.
Kind regards, Lizmo1977 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lizmo1977 ( talk • contribs) 04:46, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello, Lizmo1977. I haven't done more than glance at Draft:Modbiotics, but I notice that not a single one of your references has the word "modbiotics" in the title. That is not definitive, of course - one or more of them may have extensive material on the subject - but it does raise a warning flag. References supporting the specific things you talk about in the draft may be useful, but unless several of them are in-depth discussion of the word and concept of "modbiotics" specifically, then they do nothing to establish that the subject is notable. I wonder if this isn't TOOSOON. -- ColinFine ( talk) 10:26, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
hey I was wondering why my article was declined? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Herobarhoam ( talk • contribs) 08:43, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi. I have had Draft:Steve Mahabir rejected twice for submission. I would like to make some more revisions and try to resubmit it again. In the meantime, however, one section of the article has been deleted. Could you help me figure out who did it and why? Also I would love to retrieve the deleted section so I could work on it. Thanks. Hollander1961 ( talk) 21:38, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
Would you consider this to be a notable topic: A wine region (Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada) has just been granted a new sub-geographical indicator (sub-GI). This is a region that has special grape growing conditions and wines produced from grapes grown in this region can now legally put this region on their label. The larger region has only 5 Sub-GI's at this point. I would like to add a page dedicated to one of them, Skaha Bench, with details about the region, wineries within in it, and growing conditions. This is the verifiable government press release. https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2017-2021/2019AGRI0038-000945.htm — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lbuksevics ( talk • contribs) 22:15, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
I would like to creat articles on a few bodies of water near where I live, since I like to do lots of editing for things in the area. The bodies of water in question are Turtlehead Lake, Tinley Creek, Natalie Creek, and Midlothian Creek. (All except Natalie Creek can be found on Google Maps.) I'm not sure if I should make articles about these bodies of water, please let me know if I should. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by SaluteVII ( talk • contribs) 22:00, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
named natural features are often notable, provided information beyond statistics and coordinates is known to exist, but often is the key word here.
Hi and greetings! This is my first question in Teahouse. I'm a little confused about the rollback feature for reverting vandalism on Wikipedia. Twinkle also offers rollback feature and the other kind of rollback is accessible to only users belonging to rollbackers group. Are both rollbacks same? Or what additional privileges does exclusive access to rollback feature offer. If both have same functions then why is there such a rollbackers group instead of using Twinkle! Can anybody make me understand? — The Ultimate Let's Talk 08:16, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
This is my first time including a quote from a foreign language with an
automated translation for an existing
Template:Cite_news citation.
It looks like the automated translation needs cleanup from "Spraybox's father" to maybe some thing like "Aerosol bottle's father", but I have no knowledge of Norwegian.
To get experienced help, would it make sense to put in a
as seems to be suggested by
Wikipedia:Pages_needing_translation_into_English#Translation_template_usage's Not English section?
It isn't clear from the section as it also seems to imply that this would work:
On the formatting of the citation in References, I wasn't able to get the translation to work with the quote= parameter of the cite news template, so I instead appended the
Template:Verse translation template after, yielding
Aerosol_spray#cite_note-4 :
Sprayboksens far er norsk;Erik Rotheim fant opp aerosolflasken, sprayboksen, på 1920-tallet. I 1927 tok han patent på oppfinnelsen. [...] og patentet ble etterhvert solgt til et amerikansk selskap for 100 000 kroner. |
Spraybox's father is Norwegian;Erik Rotheim invented the aerosol bottle, the spray box, in the 1920s. In 1927, he patented the invention. [...] the patent was eventually sold to a US company for NOK 100,000. |
From:
Aerosol_spray#References
Thanks! Comments? -- Lent ( talk) 11:17, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I'll love to get more information on referencing an article. I had an article about a movie declined and the reason given was that "it appeared like a promotional ad" Would love to know how to make it better. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Metgala ( talk • contribs) 23:53, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi I am a new user reaching out for feedback. Below is the URL link to an article that I used to contribute to a wikipage: International student. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/e9dd/67e6131f3678e9bebf33a6e0a11d4bb5cd42.pdf
Thank you for your support. JindySingh23 Jindysingh23 ( talk) 21:48, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
?I am the new owner of a company that has a Wikipedia page. I would like to know how to update the information on my company's Wikipedia page — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:3CA:203:4170:2953:63F6:1FF0:DF33 ( talk) 03:59, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
Alright, so sometime around the 14th of January (2020), the line "His record in government under Qaboos has been described by The Economist as poor.<rеf name="veconomist11" />" in the Haitham bin Tariq article began to be removed, by various people, mostly Omani IPs and Sultan159. A short description of his tenure under Qaboos is indeed in the Economist article if you're wondering. This culminated in an edit war on the 24th of January (UTC), which, to be honest, I'm not proud of participating in. On that same day, after I stopped reverting his removals, he responded on my talk page, which, I did want him to do, to explain the reasoning behind the removal (hence the "unexplained removal" message in my earlier reverts). I wrote a reply about 14 hours later, but I have not yet gotten a response. However, it is obvious that does go on Wikipedia, and can respond, as evidenced by his post-24th edits on the article, as well as, most recently, on my user page. As for the reply, I might've misused/misunderstood the WP:s I was citing. Anyway, I would like if he replied again, and to reach some kind of consensus on the line, as edit wars are immature and a waste of time. -- toweli ( talk) 15:50, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
Replied toweli — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sultan159 ( talk • contribs) 17:33, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi everybody,
I hope you're all doing well. I'm new here and I am trying to create my first article. I was asked to find more third party references and remove the PR ones. I've found more independent sources; however, I can't really tell which ones are generally referred to as 'PR'. I don't think any of the sources are press releases, self published or from the subject's own website. There are some that serve as proofs of the awards or things done by the subject of the article over and above the news articles, but I hear it is not okay to use those.
Can somebody verify if awards, accomplishments or facts shouldn't be verified through records and listings? Also, can somebody help me identify the links that need to be removed?
Much obliged, FelixtheNomad ( talk) 22:22, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
Thank you, FelixtheNomad ( talk) 02:54, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
this article does not have any source Leela52452 ( talk) 02:01, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
hello, i am confused after reading both articles description. Leela52452 ( talk) 03:17, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen,
the entry
Draft:Sayonara Player has received enhancement with lots of new sources for getting released. The german entry is also being updated.
Could somebody please check it?
The final target is to get this player included for listing it in Comparison of audio player software
Thank you very much for your help in advance.
Kind regards from Kassel in the middle of Germany
Dominic
Edited links acc. Nick Moyes comment below (Thanks to David notMD :)) Dominic2105 ( talk) 12:53, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Dominic2105 ( talk • contribs) 09:29, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi I am part of a Saas company looking for wikipedia writers to write about our products. Anyone with writing experience in the IT field would be prefered. Looking forward to connecting on this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anonymous4993 ( talk • contribs) 07:41, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
Hello! I am in a dilemma about redirecting an article. It's showing me the following information's:
Symbol redirect arrow with gradient.svg This page is a redirect: From a page move: This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed). This page was kept as a redirect to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name. When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized.
Name of the article given by me: Anjan Chowdhury (Square Group)
Can someone suggest me how to solve this issue. SSR1989 ( talk) 16:38, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
Hello. The article Mahavir Karna has 1 pending revision ( https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Mahavir_Karna&oldid=937860521&diff=cur&diffonly=0), but for some reason, the pending changes review bar does not show up for me. Please help quickly, I do not know what to do. ωικιωαrrιor ᑫᑫ1ᑫ 16:57, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
What do you for me! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kaif wani ( talk • contribs) 16:58, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi,
I tried to create the page /info/en/?search=Draft:Lelo_for_Georgia -- yes, it is a stump but previously similar beginnings went through, so that other people can enrich it. The party has been created by one of the most prominent businesspeople in the country. It has been covered in various outlets, including Al-Jazeera, and I added more references.
What can I do to revive the submission? It will not be perfect for sure, but wasn't the idea that one collaborates at Wikipedia, rather than a single person having to develop a fully fledged article?
And yes, I do not yet know how to tag lots of things, but I kind of feel Wikipedia should make it possible for people like me to contribute, too.
Thanks Hundnase ( talk) 18:16, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
I have submitted an article about a company which has been declined because the subject was not considered notable. That submission had three references, and I have now found a fourth, to newspapers that published feature articles reporting exclusively on the company and its involvement in some newsworthy activity, and which included interviews with company executives, photos and details about the company. These were not press releases. They were not paid for by the company. Independent newspaper editors sent reporters to get a story. I have been told that these newspaper articles are not considered independent by Wiki editors. Is this true? DriverSafety ( talk) 18:24, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
I'm trying to make a good article by providing facts and more things. I cite things and currently it is a Work In Progress in my sandbox. I'm asking this to see if anyone has good tips on how to make it aesthetically pleasing, please message me back! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tsunami307 ( talk • contribs) 19:51, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
There is a person listed on a page whose name links to another similarly-named person who is not the same individual. What is the best way to undo the link or have it removed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidlow47 ( talk • contribs) 07:20, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
The page is: /info/en/?search=1983_U.S._Figure_Skating_Championships ...and the person linked is Colleen McGuire, which links to Colleen L. McGuire, who is not the same person.
The 1983 US Figure SKating Championships page should not redirect to Colleen L. McGuire, US Army, who served beginning in 1979. The Colleen McGuire who competed in the 1983 US Figure Skating Championships in the Junior Dance division did so while she was still in high school in Branford, CT, and so could not have been serving in the US Military four years earlier, in 1979. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidlow47 ( talk • contribs) 07:24, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
[[Colleen McGuire]]
and just remove the brackets around her name. Click "Show preview" to check that you've done it correctly, and then click "Publish changes" when you're ready to make the edit. --
Marchjuly (
talk)
07:48, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
I’m newly signed on here. I’m having difficulties finding info re adding a “Notable People” heading to an existing page. I would greatly appreciate assistance specific to that and also, direction to info for learning more about creating/editing pages. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1HJHJ ( talk • contribs) 00:31, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
This is a super credible, news segment from CTV news that I'd like to use for a Wikipedia article I'm writing: https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1775334 I'm using that reference for this statement. DJ Blitz is a Manitoban radio host and DJ. He is currently a host on Virgin Radio Winnipeg. Do you use this template with curly brackets?: cite web |url= |title= |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher= |access-date= |quote=
Also, can someone take a look at this real quick before I submit it for review? It's a short one: User:Krisrobertson/DJ Blitz Just want to make sure it's solid. It's a non biased article yet still demonstrates importance of notable person. Also, a link to their social media page http://www.facebook.com/djblitzwpg shows that they are currently verified on Facebook. This is a major indicator of notability. Is verification on social media considered as a factor for notability? I'm assuming so. Very few people are able to obtain the blue check
Krisrobertson ( talk) 11:39, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
To Whom It May Concern,
In order to establish Corporate Notability about a company (Akasa) that makes PC components, I have submitted an article for review, but it did not pass the review by the editor due to lack of reliable sources among other reasons. I have seen some similar companies use the same sources I have used in order to establish credibility. Can you tell me, do the below articles count as significant coverage?
https://www.anandtech.com/show/13943/akasa-turing-passively-cooled-chassis-for-intel-bean-canyon-nuc https://www.anandtech.com/show/14259/he-asrock-a320tm-itx-motherboard-thin-itx-for-amd-apus
The Wikipedia article in question is here: /info/en/?search=Draft:Akasa_Group#cite_note-3. Thanks.
Best Regards, Nick Lenczewski — Preceding unsigned comment added by NickL1771 ( talk • contribs) 02:01, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
give me advantage of some brief discourse — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kaif wani ( talk • contribs) 17:27, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
Which of the following are reliable sources that can be used for satisfying notability:
legacy.com
prabook.com
encyclopedia.com
amazon.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.175.106.246 ( talk • contribs) 19:22, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
How does <style> work? Does it have to be like this or can <style> stand on its own? Helloimahumanbeing ( talk) 20:52, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
<span></span>
tags don't do much of anything by themselves; so, to produce green 15 point serif text, one might use <span style="color: green; font-size: 15pt; font-family: serif;"></span>
, producing this.
w3schools might be of interest.
Eman
235/
talk
06:03, 31 January 2020 (UTC)<style></style>
tags also exist:
see w3schools' reference. They don't, however, appear to work on Wikipedia, which allows
only a subset of HTML.
Eman
235/
talk
06:07, 31 January 2020 (UTC)<b style="color:white"> Date</b>
, while functional, is not recommended. Generally, if there is a way to do something using
Wiki Markup Language (WML; Wikitext; Wikicode), that is preferred. In this case, '''Foo'''
, which renders Foo, is the preferred way to bold text, and there are
templates used to change foreground and background colors, e.g., {{
Font color|white|green|Foo}}
, which renders: Foo. AFAICT, the <style>
tag is not supported (only the style
attribute of other tags (like <div style="foo:bar; bak:baz;">
). (I apparently didn't save this earlier) —[
AlanM1(
talk)]—
06:22, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
Hello. I am having trouble with username customization, as you can see by my mess of a signature. My current code is [[User: Shrekxy6|ShrekxyShrekxy64. Any ideas? [[User: Shrekxy6|ShrekxyShrekxy64 " 00:41, 30 January 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shrekxy64 ( talk • contribs)
[[
needs a closing ]]
. Is this OK:
Shrekxy
64.
PrimeHunter (
talk)
01:47, 30 January 2020 (UTC)Yes. Thank you. Shrekxy 64. 19:40, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
I've tried to archive some pages and it's not working. I also tried to access some webpages I previously archived and were previously working. They don't seem to be working anymore. When I click on the URL, it says the page isn't archived, even though I was previously able to access it. Can someone help? See the Frontline references on
List of chief ministers of Jharkhand for examples for pages I've tried to access.
TryKid (
talk)
10:28, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
I have just found this image: /info/en/?search=Tikbalang#/media/File:Tikbalang_The_Philippine_Demon_Horse_Commons.jpg being used on Tikbalang. Wikipedia:No original research#Original images says: Original images created by a Wikipedian are not considered original research, so long as they do not illustrate or introduce unpublished ideas or arguments. It is not verifiable or a notable image. It illustrates or introduces the artist's own ideas of what a Tikbalang should look like. I believe it should be removed as Original Research. -- Danielklein ( talk) 04:54, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello Wikipedia Team, We are from the Animation training institute, located in Mumbai, India. The way "Arena Animation" listed in Wikipedia, We want to add our Company "Zee Institute of Creative Art" in Wikipedia. How we can do that. please support. Thank you Ghanshyam Harsh — Preceding unsigned comment added by Harsh.eroz ( talk • contribs) 15:12, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
Please read this and add what I am asking to be added. Thanks!— Spasiba5 ( talk) 02:07, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
Article: /info/en/?search=Deweyism A few observations: 1) The article title is the only place I have found the term "Deweyism." It is not used in J. Dewey's works, nor third-party sources such as the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. At a minimum, I think the title needs to be changed, but I do not have permission for this. 2) The content is only a summary of J. Dewey's essay "My Pedagogic Creed." I believe I read somewhere Wikipedia articles need to be more than just a summary of a work, but the current notification only flags references, not the content in the article. I'm not sure how to go about fixing #1, and I would like policy clarification on #2. Thanks! Tacogamer20 ( talk) 16:33, 2 February 2020 (UTC)Tacogamer20
Please edit the information posted as false when searching Wikipedia about Julian Assange. It states that he sought asylum in Ecuador based on 4 alleged rape accusations. There were 2 not 4 and those charges have been dropped. THIS is particularly important because those charges were false to begin with. I can cite these facts with sources more accurate than whoever wrote the original report. Assange is involved in the most important indictment in history of the fight for free speech and having this misinformation in print when someone who hasn't fully and carefully researched him will only extend the aid in the US government 2008 propaganda smear campaign against him. SHAME on this link for reporting without researching facts which are false. 107.77.224.215 ( talk) 09:30, 2 February 2020 (UTC) [1]</ref>
References
Hello: I just significantly expanded the article John Appleton Brown. I do not think that it would still be classified as "stub" but am quite new and do not know protocols about this. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you Riverbend Trail ( talk) 12:15, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
I wrote and published an article as referenced. There is very little written about the subject, in any coherent fashion. I have been trying to correct that and am writing a biography of this individual; much of which comes from my memory from my years of contact. There is a lot of unorganized material in the Frank VanDersarl Collection at the American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming that I have drawn on but there didn't seem to be a way to accurately credit that as a reference. This is my first effort to publish and will probably be my last and was only made for the same reasons that I am writing the biography: this man made significant contributions to aviation and has not been sufficiently recognized and acknowledged for his accomplishments. I have never edited an article but it seems that is a requirement in order to publish an article and I wonder why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Durangofox ( talk • contribs) 18:06, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
Is this the place where I can share my article and receive suggestions from fellow editors? — Preceding unsigned comment added by JosieJosie ( talk • contribs) 2020-02-02T19:19:56 (UTC)
Attached below is a link to an article I wrote about a Radio Host who is a host on 103.1 Virgin Radio. This is the article: /info/en/?search=Draft:DJ_Blitz
I would like to create a redirect page to simply send everyone to the current Wikipedia page of the station which has information about the subject. How do I go about doing this? Or could someone do that for me?
I want to page to simply redirect everyone to this one: /info/en/?search=CKMM-FM
Thanks Krisrobertson ( talk) 19:49, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
#REDIRECT [[CKMM-FM]]
into the page.Thanks.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Krisrobertson ( talk • contribs) 22:06, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi! I was looking to move this draft to an article, but was not able to, probably because previous articles with that title have been deleted. I believe that notability criteria are now met: a search for Priya Prakash Varrier on NewsBank returns 942 items since 2018, although not all of them are good sources. I'd be grateful for help with this move or advice about any reasons why this isn't a suitable article. Thanks! BennyOnTheLoose ( talk) 21:41, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
How do we report, or otherwise handle or deal with or bring attention to individuals who leverage administrative powers and refuse to review matters beyond cursory considerations?
What ensures that DRN's are not arbitrarily closed by administrators supporting each other? — Preceding unsigned comment added by PhanChavez ( talk • contribs) 04:15, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
I would like to reply to User:PhanChavez, but I am not entirely sure where to start. I can see that they are angry at me and are unhappy with what I have done. If all that they want to do is to express unhappiness and anger, they have done that. I am getting tired of their scolding of me, but perhaps I should simply ignore them if it makes them feel less bad. I know that PhanChavez is unhappy with my handling of two drafts. I know that PhanChavez wants to tell everyone that they are unhappy with my handling of two drafts. I don't know if they want me to do something. It appears that they are also unhappy with and angry at User:Ad Orientem and User:RoySmith. It isn't clear to me whether they want a wrong righted. Maybe they just want to complain If they want a wrong righted, what is the wrong? Robert McClenon ( talk) 21:59, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi Guys. I've been in Wikipedia for a while and I have realized I don't really know how to differ a single from a promotional single when it is only released digitally. There are songs that are shown in digital music platforms as "singles" but some of them are consider by wikipedists as "promotional singles". I don't if it has to be recognize by the artist as a single, or it has to be mentioned to be one on a music publication.
For example, a publication on NME [6] refers to "Leave It Alone" by Hayley Williams as a "new single" and the second to be released from her album Petals for Armor. The song has been released digitally (as " Simmer", the first album single and considered as a "single") in most of the digital well-known music platforms. So I don't know how to deem a song as a single or a promotional one. Thanks in advance! -- Saviourofthe ( talk) 22:40, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
To whom it may concern,
Re: Michael Price, Composer
Hi my name is Zoe and I married Michael Price (the joint Emmy winning Sherlock composer with David Arnold) in 1998. We both worked, at the time, for Michael Kamen (Composer). Michael was one of two (along with James Brett) arranger, producers and I was Michael Kamens private PA.
My maiden name was Zoe Elizabeth Moore and I became that year Zoe Elizabeth Price.
We were very happy for some time but life took us in different directions.
I think it is very important to give all and true facts on your site.
Should you need to confirm these details please contact Michael Price directly via his website.
If possible, please let me know by return that these facts and details have been updated.
Thank you.
With very best wishes.
Yours faithfully,
Zoe (redacted) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.129.38.215 ( talk) 20:28, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
I'm confused, what are wikiprojects — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eliegot ( talk • contribs) 03:24, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
I have edited 10 articles. Does that mean I can submit my article and it will be published automatically? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kristine70 ( talk • contribs) 00:54, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello, so I just finished writing the plot section for The Last Faust (will do formatting later on this text) and am wondering if there's a wiki page where I can post the article for the plot to be reviewed? I sort of remember reading about a page like this in Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Film but cannot find it anymore. Woul be great if someone could link this page to me or review the 'Plot' part themselves. Thanks! Zeeshka ( talk) 02:38, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
Can public archives be cited on Wikipedia and what is the correct format for citation? Stirpicult ( talk) 23:23, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi,
I have quoted reliable references for the the wiki page ' /info/en/?search=Draft:O.N.Sundaram'. Why is not accepted? What reliable sources are needed? The sources provided are reliable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shan snk ( talk • contribs) 08:59, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
Thank you everyone for the work you do here. I created an article NECLive that has been flagged for lack of notability and advert contents. I wish to humbly state that the subject of this article is notable to be on Wikipedia. The subject, "NECLive" enjoys wide media coverage and is mentioned in several headlines and should not be described as "trivial mention". This article cites several independent and veritable secondary sources as can be seen in the references section. Many of the secondary sources are leading national media organizations such as Punch, The Guardian (Nigeria), The Sun (Nigeria) Premium Times, The Nation, Vanguard, Channel Television among several other secondary sources. I am a beginner editor and may not be conversant with all the rules of Wikipedia but before I contribute any article I spend time conducting research to ensure I obtain enough facts and secondary sources to back it up. I urge senior editors to have a look at this article, help put it in good, lift the notability tag and review it to go live.
This article is also flagged for being written like an advert but I can't understand the nature of advert contents therein so I could do a clean up of those contents. As I said earlier, I am a junior editor learning how to edit and contribute to Wikipedia but I wish to kindly say that there are no intentional advert contents inputted in the article. Gideens ( talk) 08:06, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
On Marianne Githens page, there is a statement which is seemingly true, but also seems like gossip.
"In 1986, Githen's widowed mother, Anita, married her deceased husband's younger brother William French Githens." Oiona (talk) 09:29, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
It's not really related to the subject of this particular page?
So, is it against the rules to delete it?
many thanks for any help — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oiona ( talk • contribs) 09:43, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello my name is Michael John Treanor and I am a British actor.I was wondering if anyone could help me create a Wikipedia page as I have done some great work and worked alongside many A list actors and have appeared in many TV series and feature films and I would like to expand my business with a visible Wikipedia page.
I was also part of the cast of "The World Is Yours" which has a Wikipedia page and my role was Glasgow Ranger.Can you add me please?
I really don't understand how to do this but I was wondering if anyone could help and point me in the right direction?
Thank you.
Here are links to my IMDb page and website which shows my CV.
https://www.imdb.me/7842996 https://www.michaeljohntreanor.com
Here is a newspaper article from Spanish paper 'El Pais' in which I have a great write up in the 7th paragraph down and a picture and also 2 other articles.
https://elpais.com/cultura/2019/08/09/television/1565351638_290898.html
http://www.firstshowing.net/2018/first-teaser-for-romain-gavras-the-world-is-yours-playing-at-cannes/
https://pro.imdb.com/news/article/ni62326418/nm7842996?ref_=news_nm — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Michael John Treanor (
talk •
contribs)
13:15, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
How many days should I wait for the other editors to take their turn in a dialogue I started on the talk page of Jabberwocky about putting a reference to the Muppet Show production of Jabberwocky? -- AlainV ( talk) 22:05, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
{{ping|user1|user2}}
to ping two editors named "user1" and "user2". That is, use pipes between usernames if you are pinging more than one. Note that what you type is what you see here, not what I have typed to generate what you need to see. Regards!
Usedtobecool
☎️
11:09, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
hyperlink "Early San Diego theaters, Theatre History in the Nineteenth Century" has new location [ within same website ], [ old : http://www.sandiegohistory.org/collections/theaters/theaters.htm, new: https://sandiegohistory.org/collection/photographs/theaters/ ] should i just modify with new hyperlink ? Leela52452 ( talk) 13:30, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
hyperlink ""World Cinema History" in references, seems to be not fit in any manner. should i go ahead and move it to external links or delete it ? Leela52452 ( talk) 13:37, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
i have gone ahead converted hyperlinks to references. how do i fix reference section ? Leela52452 ( talk) 13:50, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi everyone,
I would like to know if it's possible to add information to an existing article and what path should I follow to do so? I have reliable sources for the info that I want to add.
Thanks for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MikeBurkeee ( talk • contribs) 14:30, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi!
I recently submitted a page for approval, and it got denied. The message said I had to respond before proceeding, but I can't find where to respond.
Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Annacappelli ( talk • contribs) 16:35, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I was wondering if anyone can help figure out why the timeline chart in this article Super Junior#Timeline which was built using Wikipedia:EasyTimeline does not show up on mobile? Lulusword (talk) 16:23, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
<img>
element of the image has width
and height
attributes set to 0. As to why that's happening, I don't know, but I'll guess that it might be because they are set to 1000x300, which seems kind of big for a mobile view, so maybe try reducing them and the other size parms and see if that helps. I'll also note that this is a really old feature, and there may be a newer way to do it that is more mobile-friendly.
WP:VPT would be your next stop for more technical help. —[
AlanM1(
talk)]—
17:46, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
When I'm editing an article, the Advanced>Cite pull-down menu doesn't show properly. It's hidden behind the edit area instead of on top as it shoud be. This has been going on for some months. I thought originally it was my clunky old Windows 7 machine that was at fault, but now I have a new computer running Windows 10 and same problem.
The Cite menu seems to have changed recently, it now says Templates, but same problem--I can see the word 'Templates' with the triangle pointing up or down as I click, but no menu. Same problem with the Headings menu.
I'm using a desktop PC, Windows 10, Intel graphics, browser is Chrome. I haven't tried other browsers yet. -- D Anthony Patriarche ( talk) 22:51, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi! I work for a communications company and was asked by a client to update their Wikipedia page with some basic information. So far, my proposed changes (with my conflict of interest noted) have been declined, and the page itself has been subsequently chopped down to a bare minimum. I've attempted to remove any/all promotional tone from the changes and add additional sources, but those revised changes have been declined as well.
The page in question is here: CorePower_Yoga
As it appears now, the page doesn't provide users with much useful information. Is there any way that I can make it so that this Wikipedia page contains basic information about the company?
Thank you!
50.78.86.177 ( talk) 16:36, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
@ 331dot Thank you for your response! A couple of follow-up questions:
- Did I improperly disclose my conflict of interest on the Talk page? If so, I apologize, and would love some guidance on how to fix this.
- Are the sources I provided in my latest "Proposed Changes" (January 30, 2020) not sufficiently independent? They include Forbes, LA Times and MSN.com. Please advise!
- Are there any next steps we can take to provide factual information for the CorePower page? The company's aim in these changes was to update out-of-date information.
Thank you again for your time.
50.78.86.177 ( talk) 18:06, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
I wish to post an article in Wikipedia, ho to do it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dr. Gang-Ming Zou ( talk • contribs) 20:40, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
I gave reasons to support deletion on Talk:Bindu (2009 film). It looks like the user who removed the PROD notice did not read the talk page as the notability concern was mistaken for a verifiability concern in their edit comment. The article is still not on a notable film. Does this mean that the next option is AfD or can the PROD removal be undone? I know it says an article can't be PROD'd more than once. -- Danielklein ( talk) 11:23, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
{{
old PROD}}
info on the
talk page, perfectly unnecessary after you already picked
AFD. Otherwise it could be helpful if folks consider a new PROD years later, missing an old PROD in the edit history. –
84.46.52.96 (
talk)
00:08, 4 February 2020 (UTC)I can't review the pre-history of an article after submission (or, between submissions, for that matter).
How can I review the history of an article once submitted for AfC, before being accepted or declined? (The full history, not just upon submission, but before being submitted.) -- It seems that the full history should be available, but after looking around, I cannot find a way to review any history between any submissions, or before.
I am looking to specifically dig-down to specific dates and details behind a history of actions by (1) the original draft author, and (2) parties causing conflict by creating redirects after the original draft.
What I'm asking: I'd like to see the history behind an article before/during/after the AfC process of submissions, versus the date someone goes in and creates a redirect for WIP drafts which are in the pre-or-post submission process (pending review and acceptance).
I am asking this because there appear to be numerous unhanded issues in this domain. (And this may be less a Wikipedia matter, so much as a WikiMedia Foundation matter: A problem with the core software and logging the history behind an article and/or its title.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by PhanChavez ( talk • contribs) 04:15, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
I'm going to try my best to provide an example, round-about.
This is old news, back-history... Draft:Group of Five conferences -- There is a history behind this. Not sure if it is fully available. I edited a map and list from Power Five conferences with the complimentary information for the other 5 conferences in NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision to provide a complimentary page; listing conferences, teams, map, etc.
The first submission was declined, due to lack of notability. No big deal. First time, need to revise, etc.
The second submission was declined. The reason was WP:SPLIT or WP:SPINOUT. At first I couldn't understand why. The "Group of Five" and "Power Five" were two distinct entities within NCAA Division I College Football.
After digging deeper, it appeared that someone created a Redirect using "Group of Five conferences" to a lesser-used or dissimilar term, Mid-major. This caused some conflict.
I went about things the wrong way. But, the reviewer who declined, due to WP:SPLIT or WP:SPINOUT, cited redirect for deletion on the AfD suggestion page, with a Procedural Close. (Why did I try an AfD for a Redirect? Because I'm new and dumb and learning.) I also received the same response here on the Teahouse, that this was likely a redirect for deletion issue.
Long story short, the WP:RFD page suggests/recommends, right at the top: Be Bold! -- That a redirect should be converted, transformed or merged to an existing article.
In any case, the above example is my own, but I've since run across it in duplicate (same decline, by the same user). First noticed when I was reading through the Teahouse, trying to get a grasp of my own issue.
In the process of reviewing things, when I first looked at the edit history behind my draft of Group of Five conferences, I could not see edits I'd saved before the first time I submitted my new AfC. And, again, after I submitted for consideration a second time, upon being declined, I could not see the history between the two submissions. ← (this is the reason for this question, right here)
I've mentioned coming across a second issue, very similar to and related to my own (same user, same reason for declining). And that is Draft:Aid_Worker_Security_Database. There is also a redirect for this term, which points to Attacks on humanitarian workers.
The first revision I can see of Draft:Aid_Worker_Security_Database is on 27-June-2019. The redirect itself was created on 11-May-2019.
These dates are close enough that I'd like to perform a FULL INVESTIGATION of what is going on behind the scenes. Is this a coincidence? Or are people creating redirects and causing or inciting conflict in the article creation process.
NOTE: I have no conflict of interest with the counter point, or secondary example, so much as, I saw the same reviewer performing the same action against similar circumstances. It is only after the dust-up over my own concern that I'm coming here, saying: "Hey, WTF with these redirects screwing with article creation?"
I did my thing in a day, and it was something like several days before it was reviewed. I'm not sure when User:HumOutcomes first submitted Draft:Aid_Worker_Security_Database. That's what I want to see. I want to see when the original draft was saved and submitted, versus the date the redirect was created, per the date the draft article was reviewed.
I want to know what the hell is going on, or I want someone with the ability to do so to sit-down and take the time to review things and start implementing a fix.
Or deal with the meat/sock puppets who are going in and getting these actions approved.
Bottom line is, one way or another, eventually this is going to come to someone else's attention, and the matter is going to have to be dealt with and handled appropriately by someone with a spine and a backbone. (But that's just my IMO, my two-cents. Maybe nobody cares until it comes to bite them in the arse. But, again, day-to-day, nobody cares.)
PhanChavez ( talk) 08:19, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello. I submitted this draft more than 3 months ago and it is still under review. I read somewhere to contact users on the related WikiProject page but no one there seems to focus on Turkish art or art galleries in general so, I didn't know who to contact. Please help! :)) Kilicsultan ( talk) 13:52, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
Thank you. The article is already in English. So, I will wait a little more :) --
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Hi, I recently came across this edit. Which brings up an interesting question: Do we use the name Israel or Palestine in our articles? In this case I think that "Israel" should be used for consistency with both the rest of the article, and the source that said it was #1. Also, what WP policy can I cite for this and future edits? Thanks DarthFlappy ( talk) 21:06, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
Ok, thanks DarthFlappy ( talk) 23:57, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
what is difference between empire and multiethnic kingdom? Jungguk ( talk) 01:25, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
I am looking for better sources for an article on a "Golden Age" detective novel. Does anyone know of anything comparable to the Internet Speculative Fiction Database for sf, but for detective fiction, especially early 20th cent. (1910s-1930s)? This is a particular area of interest for me. I've done some Googling and browsed articles for a few well-known novels in the genre without finding anything.
Goodreads often has some of the info, but I'm not sure it's a WP:RS; any comments? The eBook editions of these vintage novels which I get from Gutenberg or Faded Page usually include at least a copyright date and publisher name, but that's a little skimpy, and also a primary source—moreover, it may (& should) be the edition scanned, not necessarily the first edition.
At the very least I'm looking for an authoritative source that gives publication dates, genre, basic info like that. -- D Anthony Patriarche ( talk) 21:18, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
BTW, is there somewhere else more topic-oriented (e.g. a WP Project) where I should be asking this question? -- D Anthony Patriarche ( talk) 21:29, 1 February 2020 (UTC)
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02:16, 4 February 2020 (UTC)In the article Balhae, the user User talk: Koraskadi tries to organize a revision war to block the balanced position of all three parties to the conflict in the article. I warned him about the inadmissibility of such behavior. and about that, he should improve the text if it is really poorly written and put patterns about the lack of sources if they really are not enough and not delete the text. How can I act if he ignores this warning? https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Balhae&action=history Aek973 ( talk) 18:36, 29 January 2020 (UTC)
Pinging User:Koraskadi. The author of the thread, User:Aek973 tried to ping you, Koraskadi, three times. Alas they used a link to your talk page instead of the User page, so you probably hasn't been notified on this talk. So now I'm notifying you on behalf of OP, and on their request ( User talk:Aek973#Pinging other users). -- CiaPan ( talk) 11:33, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
I would appreciate the comments of other experienced editors on Draft:Andrew Naimanye. I was reviewing AFC submissions that were in user space but tagged for AFC review, and they included User:Fsmatovu/sandbox16. I tried to copy it to Draft:Andrew Naimanye, and was told that that title already existed. In looking at it, I saw that the draft in draft space had been submitted by User:Wkigenyi, and had been declined four times, most recently in November, and had been resubmitted. I saw that the version in the sandbox of User:Fsmatovu was a copy-paste from draft space into their sandbox, followed by resubmission. I declined it as a duplicate of Draft:Andrew Naimanye and as not establishing biographical notability. I asked User:Fsmatovu why they had done a copy-paste without attribution, which violates the terms of Wikipedia's copyleft. They replied that they had been asked by Wkigenyi to help them, and were concerned that the draft would be erased or deleted, and so copied it into their sandbox. Fsmatovu expressed concern that Wkigenvi is becoming frustrated and may be giving up on editing Wikipedia. It appears to me that Wkigenvi was only editing in order to publish one article, on Andrew Naimanye, and there may be a conflict of interest (and Wkigenvi may be Andrew Naimanye). So I have at least two questions. First, what should Fsmatovu do at this point? Second, what comments do other editors have on the draft? Robert McClenon ( talk) 00:13, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Salutations people of Teahouse,
I am working on an article and submitted it for review. Sadly this article was declined. I would like to get this article accepted, do you guys have any tips or suggestions on how I can make my article better, and worthy of submission? I really want this article to be on Wikipedia and want to make it a great one!
Sincerely, 8miceinabox -- 8miceinabox ( talk) 02:57, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
In the case of a recording artist releasing a single with another artist's track as the B-side, should this be noted in the info box, i.e. next to the listed B-side should the alternate artist be listed? I believe they should, another editor does not. — Preceding unsigned comment added by YouCanDoBetter ( talk • contribs)
Can you please provide me the steps to flag a section that need more information (could be edited) on a page. I do not have rights to edit it myself but should notify the community, the editor of the issue. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AudreyDufour ( talk • contribs) 09:08, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I am trying to join a wikiproject, but I am not quite sure how to do it. The help page mostly talks about how to find a project, but not specifically how do you join it. Do I sign up anywhere? Thanks in advance! MGatta ( talk) 17:13, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
Should we expect wayback archives of youtube videos to work?
I've tried several from existing articles, with no success. Here's one example:
The archived youtube page will display, but the video only displays
That of course suggests that Wayback knows how to play the videos. What is the next step? Is there somebody who can officially contact the Wayback folks to get a resolution, i.e. if Wayback has decided not to archive any more Youtube videos or if there is some other reason they aren't working?
I'll note that this problem was previously observed in 2016. See Wikipedia Talk:Link rot#Archiving youtube videos.
If this has already been established as a long-term or indefinite-length problem, does IAbot take appropriate action based on this limitation? Fabrickator ( talk) 20:08, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
I am the president of the Sigismund Thalberg international Study Centre The Sigismund Thalberg International Study Centre was founded in Naples in June 1996 by Principessa di Strongoli Francesca Ferrara Pignatelli, grandniece of the great Austrian pianist, and by me. The Study Center organizes a series of initiatives aiming at increasing the knowledge of the figure and the music of Thalberg. In October 1996 it organized the 1st International Congress entirely dedicated to Thalberg. The Study Center organizes too the Sigismund Thalberg International Piano Prize since 1998. Over the past 22 years the Prize has been won by some pianists who have subsequently won other prestigious awards like Sofia Gulyak first prize at Thalberg Competition and then first prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition or Michail Lifits third prize at Thalberg Competition and then first prize at the Busoni Competition in Bolzano and many others. We have done a page for Wikipedia - Draft: Sigismund Thalberg International Piano Competition - but it has been refused for several reasons, some of which are not true; for example "This submission appears to be a news report of a single event and may not be notable enough for an article in Wikipedia". We are talking about a Piano Competition that has been held for 22 years and which is dedicated to one of the greatest pianists who lived in the 19th century. What can we do to get this entry accepted on Wikipedia? Thank you Sigismundthalberg — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.251.55.231 ( talk) 12:08, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello there! I created the page at /info/en/?search=Draft:Theophilos_Priovolos but was rejected with the reasoning that wikipedia is not a resume. Still there are innumerable pages with the same format and are up and running. What was the problem with our approach? — Preceding unsigned comment added by OgilvyAthens ( talk • contribs)
I’m not very fluent in Spanish, but my grandfather has a Wikipedia page in Spanish. It shows his daughters, but not his sons. I’ve tried to add the latter. There is a record of the attempts, but the corrections don’t appear. Any idea how I can correct this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.250.50.46 ( talk) 15:25, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
What requirements do YouTubers need in order to have their own wiki page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by GoldenPioneer150 ( talk • contribs) 16:26, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
i am unable to insert citation using oclc 1131999189. i assumed oclc is ok. is this normal ? Leela52452 ( talk) 16:38, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
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17:21, 4 February 2020 (UTC)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brooks |first1=James Wilton |title=History of the Court of Common Pleas of the City and County of New York: With Full Reports of All Important Proceedings |date=1896 |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=qu0tAAAAYAAJ |language=en}}</ref>
, into which I could insert the OCLC parameter as described in
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17:32, 4 February 2020 (UTC)Hello! I could sure use an extra pair of eyes after the changes made as per a reviewer's suggestions. Many thanks in advance. EMETIB MAILLIW ( talk) 04:19, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
/info/en/?search=Draft:Marisol_Deluna
Many thanks! I am going to continue digging. Question: She has been covered by the Austin Statesman and Hispanic Business Magazine (for example). Can you direct me to a Wiki link so I can learn to reference an offline archive? EMETIB MAILLIW ( talk) 10:20, 3 February 2020 (UTC)
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17:54, 4 February 2020 (UTC)Hi,
I am still looking to propose an edit to the opening paragraph of the Optical Express Wikipedia page. After seeking your advice and feedback from the Treehouse I have amended the tone of voice for the edit as well as stated that I am a paid editor. However, the edit has still been rejected due with the feedback being that it is not appropriate for an encyclopaedia article. I have then asked for advice as to how the statement can be amended to be more appropriate however, I have received no further feedback.
Can you please offer advice as to how the following statement can be amended to a more encyclopaedic tone? It is based purely on facts and I have provided multiple references to back up the points.
The statement is as follows:
‘Founded in 1991, Optical Express is the UK’s largest provider of laser and intraocular lens surgery, with almost 130 clinics. As well as providing eye surgery, the company also supplies glasses and contact lenses.’
The independent sources to reference this can be found here:
Optical Express is predominantly a refractive surgery brand and Europe's leading provider in laser and intraocular lens surgery. Please refer to the [1] which states 'The biggest chain is Optical Express: it is said to do 6 out of 10 laser eye procedures in the UK, and has over 100 clinics.'
More information to back up the point that Optical Express is the UK's largest provider of laser and intraocular lens surgery can be found in the following Mintel Reports:
Optical Express also has almost 130 clinics in the UK. The list of these can be found here: [4]
Your feedback is much appreciated.
Thanks,
Trees88 ( talk) 09:18, 4 February 2020 (UTC) {{Connected contributor (paid)|User1=Trees88|U1-employer=Optical Express|}}.
Note: I've blocked Trees88 as a single purpose account not here to build an encyclopedia -- kingboyk ( talk) 10:08, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Thank your for your feedback. In order to get the opening statement amended, I am still keen to understand how I can amend my proposed statement to make it an acceptable encyclopaedic update.
From the feedback given from
Maproom, would the following wording now be acceptable?
‘Founded in 1991, Optical Express is said to be the UK’s largest provider of laser and intraocular lens surgery, with almost 130 clinics. As well as providing eye surgery, the company also supplied glasses and contact lenses.’
If this is still not deemed to be the correct tone of voice, I would appreciate any feedback on how this can be amended to be more acceptable? Trees88 ( talk) 17:03, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
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@ Trees88: Suggestion: "supplied glasses" → "supplies eyeglasses".
I'm OK with renaming the Teahouse, but I refuse to be called "Spanky".
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Hello,
I need help in knowing the steps in creating a Wikipedia Page. I work at a Social Media Agency and have a client who wants to open their own Wikipedia Page.
Awaiting your assistance.
Thank you, Christine Saifi Communications & Content Manager Mindfield Digital — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.98.143.196 ( talk) 10:21, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Why google and wikis info are different? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bengal Informer ( talk • contribs) 16:41, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
For example, J-15's top speed is 2940 kmph in Wiki,while J-15's top speed is 2551 kmph in Google. Why they are different? — Preceding
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An explosion expels matter in all directions. Shouldn't there be a place in our known universe where all matter is moving away from? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.155.26.163 ( talk) 02:36, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
be a place in our known universe where all matter is moving away from. All places are moving away from each other, with some local variability due to gravity. 97.115.240.136 ( talk) 04:47, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
I edited the page for a movie called Hillary's America and all my edits disappeared overnight. The edits were important do there being missing info. The rotten tomatoes score was outdated and so was several other areas. If anyone could tell me how to get them back I would be most greatfull.
Thanks, Hælfden.
. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hælfden ( talk • contribs) 19:26, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Words like "awful" and "wonderful" are not NPOV, and we don't include audience scores on any movie articles because they're self-response polls."
the wonderful audience scorearen't neutral.
I found an article that has no sources and is written in biased language. (I learned how to find articles that don't comply with NPOV [Thanks @ TheAwesomeHwyh].) How do you get an article deleted? Is there a process for it or something? Thanks, King of Scorpions 19:14, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
A couple of days ago, I worked hard to edit the article on Pakistan's Higher Education Commission (HEC). I did it at the request of the institution. It involved major pruning. A little while ago, I was shocked to see that Flyer22 Frozen undid my edits without any justification. Now the article mentions two figures for the HEC's budget, i.e., 102 billion rupees and 57.8 billion rupees.
When I checked the history of Flyer22 Frozen's edits, it emerged that he is in the habit of reverting edits. This person left a message for me on Wikipedia. How do I respond to him?
Editors should not be allowed to hide behind pseudonyms. I think people who don't give their real names should not be allowed to edit Wikipedia articles. It will greatly improve Wikipedia's credibility.
In conclusion, let me say a few words by way of introduction. I studied international relations in Islamabad and media in London. I have worked for several English-language newspapers, mostly as a copy editor. I have written a critically acclaimed book on the English language. Entitled "Handbook of Functional English", it has been published by Ferozsons, one of the most prestigious publishers in Pakistan. I have edited dozens of Wikipedia articles with the utmost sense of responsibility. I never used a pseudonym. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shakil Chaudhary ( talk • contribs) 09:47, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
So, what happens after an article is nominated for deletion? King of Scorpions 19:59, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Hey -
I recently joined Wikipedia, yesterday and I was wondering if there is a specific guide or place I can look to help assist me in finding articles that need to be edited. Lwilliamson ( talk) 17:50, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Thanks!
I'm new in the creating pages - This was not prooved. Please can anybody help me, what is missing, or what is wrong? Thanks.
Draft:Art And Animation studio — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kral Petr ( talk • contribs) 17:44, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
I checked and double-checked all of the citations in the article. I would appreciate it if someone would send me the article highlighting the problems they see. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maltzmd ( talk • contribs) 20:46, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
I want to create a wikipedia page for my company, but I've read that that's generally frowned upon. What's the best way to do this? Ask others to create a page/edit the page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by CalOlive ( talk • contribs) 19:48, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi! Forgive me if I’ve missed something obvious here, I’ve recently had two different situations where editors have insisted the correct way to handle unsourced content was to remove it. Note:this is not BLP articles.
Personally I would try to source it/verify it if it’s true, tag for {citation needed} if I thought it was dubious but didn’t have have time; or maybe used a talk page to resolve before deleting it unless I felt it was likely untrue and damaging to have on the article.
Is it a rule that one cannot add content without a source? Gleeanon409 ( talk) 20:37, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi...
This message is in response to this page: /info/en/?search=Draft:Lee_Olesky
Per the issues outlined here [11], I have updated the page. As described in the note from when I submitted the edits, I left in two articles that are behind a paywall (one there originally, one added) because they are the best sources for information all in one place. They are top outlets in the industry and thus should help confirm notability. I can send the full text to anyone who wants it in order to prove how useful they are.
I believe this should take care of everything in order to get it approved. If not, please let me know what else needs to be done. Wpearce1983 ( talk) 19:52, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Wpearce1983 ( talk) 21:39, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
What is the best way to edit pages, and how do you add headings, titles, pictures, etc. on the visual editing version? — Preceding unsigned comment added by VeryUnculturedSwine ( talk • contribs) 23:42, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Hiya, I'm back editing and writing after a 7 year hiatus due to severe ill health. User:WendyGrowler It's great to be back but also a steep learning curve!
My question is do I count as having a conflict of interest with the article Draft:Boleskine House Foundation? I am not a member of the board of trustees and I haven't met any of the board. But I have volunteered to help the charity build and develop a library because of previous experience working as a librarian. I'm based in Birmingham but the Foundation is up in Scotland and I haven't met them other than email contact.
I volunteered to make the charity a wiki article because I have written articles in the past (albeit long time ago because of my health) and because I have experience as a researcher and writer as a published postgraduate student and previous job as archivist and research assistant. I have just added this to the draft article's talk page and my own user page. The article is my own research and work.
I'm still editing and improving the draft article because it needs more secondary and tertiary sources but I would really appreciate some clarity on the situation with me writing the article.
Thank you so much for your help (in advance) and taking time to read this
WendyGrowler ( talk) 11:34, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi User:Robert McClenon thank you so much for your help and clarity. I totally agree that the draft was no good and I understand a lot more about why now thanks to helpful editors and doing more reading about the wikipedia process. I'm concerned that the heavily edited version is now full of redundant references for sentences that no longer exist so I was hoping to rewrite the whole thing again and then resubmit so I wanted my previous version as a reference to not make the same mistakes. It might take me a while to redo it so I thought sandbox was the place for that kind of work? Have I got this wrong? I'm so sorry for all my errors; it's a learning curve and I do appreciate everyone's help. Can I rewrite the article in my sandbox and resubmit it when I think it is ready? I'm also sorry if I'm asking dumb questions I just want to get it right and make a useful contribution. Hopefully once I've got this one right I will be able to contribute more and more with much less difficulty! WendyGrowler ( talk) 21:47, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi again User:Robert McClenon thank you I understand now, penny has finally dropped as they say WendyGrowler ( talk) 08:12, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
/info/en/?search=Shaw_Academy There are so many complaints about this company that cheats money from customers accounts. How to flag this page? Tirutirutiru ( talk) 04:06, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello. I suspect I am not using the most appropriate means for asking my question, but I couldn't find a more appropriate way to do so.
I am a native English Speaker who is studying Spanish (I currently speak Spanish at a DELE level between 3 and 4) with the goal of eventually becoming a certified Interpreter/Translator, and I thought that I might be able to gain some excellent translation experience by contributing to Wikipedia as a translator. As you can see I have created a Wikipedia account, and I have been reading various Wikimedia pages relative to working as a translator, but I find them confusing and after reading them I don't know what concrete things I would need to do in order to get started as a Wikipedia translator.
By comparison, in my looking around your website I discovered a Wikipedia page relative to the process of editing (as opposed to translating) which I found to be very understandable, and I was able to navigate through a tutorial tab into a sandbox, which explained the process of editing and which allowed me to practice.
My question is whether there is a Wikipedia page relative to translating, analogous to the page about editing which I just described? Or do you have a suggestion for any other resource which I might find on your website which could walk me through the process of translating Wikipedia pages as a volunteer translator?
Any help you can give me, I will appreciate.
TS — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shazertom ( talk • contribs) 21:08, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shazertom ( talk • contribs) 21:21, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi,
I am looking to provide more information on 3 pages and I have a COI as it is related to our products. I am unsure how to proceed, can you help me pleas? Is there a private forum to interact for help?
Thanks a lot in advance! — Preceding unsigned comment added by AudreyDufour ( talk • contribs) 08:00, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
Hi guys,
I had recently submitted a page draft for review: RMZ Corps which was subsequently declined. I have since made changes and resubmitted the draft, however its been almost a month without any response.
Can anyone help me out please?
Regards, Contributor Indian — Preceding unsigned comment added by Contributorindian ( talk • contribs) 12:12, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
1. I wish to create a page, I have finished it in Sandbox. What is my next step to get it published for real? 2. I want to upload a picture for this page but it is denied because they can't determine whether it is suitable. It is a picture of the building the page refers to that I took with my own camera.
Thanks so much for your time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thechurchsandviken ( talk • contribs) 13:15, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
In the EastEnders external links section, the ratings table that belongs in the viewership section is being displayed. When I attempt to edit the article, the table isn't in "External links" in the raw coding. Does anyone know why this is happening, and if you can fix it? – DarkGlow ( talk) 13:21, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
I have noticed that the entry for Kerry Taylor Auctions is marked as "maybe having been created in return for undisclosed payments". I work at this auction house and we were unaware someone had set up this entry, so it certainly wasn't set up for money! How can I have this notice removed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.83.103.26 ( talk) 16:08, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
I would like to change the display picture on the article of a public figure, the image that I want to use is already authorized for public use in the commons The question that I have is, do I need to have a specific reason on why I want to change the image of an article? Or can I simply request it as long as the new one is in the commons?
Thanks for your help — Preceding unsigned comment added by AndyCNgo2 ( talk • contribs) 16:20, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
Okay, so I was wondering, is there any special way in which a list article needs be created? I would assume not, but perhaps I do not have all the information. Thanks Mulstev ( talk) 20:19, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
Heading went missing in contents — Preceding unsigned comment added by SahanaPrasad ( talk • contribs) 17:21, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
could you give some articles that need improvement on grammar so i can fix them.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Hendersons cat ( talk • contribs)
Hello, I created a second page and moved it over to article. It still says my username above it. Is there anything more I need to do? Or did I move it to the wrong location?
Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by DocNerd3000 ( talk • contribs) 18:29, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I would like to know if there's anything you can do when you suspect an editor is negatively editing the contents of an article for personal interests. I have noticed on the bio of a political celebrity that an editor constantly monitors all the changes, making sure negative content is uploaded and positive comments removed, any actions I can take? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by MakaSanders ( talk • contribs) 18:58, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
Good afternoon, I have a couple actually and I guess I can come back and add to this later. Here is the hypothetical. You grow up next door to your grammar school to the point you can see into the conversation next door(I’m serious about that). Live there and go to school there. But when I go to create the page I’m getting copyright questions about the school song, colors, how many floors. It’s in my head!! But its 2020mand sure this question has come up before.
I have an etiquette question also. Say I’m starting a baseball player, could I go to another players completed article, click the edit button and see how they did it? Even if I specifically came there to do that? Not doing any editing just backing out?
Thanks for pointers if you got’em Theemurman ( talk) 19:04, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
I try to keep a neutral tone and provide plenty of peer reviewed references before submitting but my posts get deleted instantly. What can I do?— Preceding unsigned comment added by Dezicnated ( talk • contribs)
Regarding my recent submission. I would certainly delete the referenced link, however, I don't seem to be able to retrieve the draft article. If you could be so kind as to edit/ delete the link you mentioned then the article would then be good to go- correct? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pamelandave ( talk • contribs) 18:44, 5 February 2020 (UTC)