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DIXIT2306 ( talk) 05:36, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
I wanted to post and article or Educational information to provide better information regarding the Indian youth and for all who need the information.
Https://www.drsarkarinaukri.in is the place where i am shring the information right now.
What is the vandalism section within Wikipedia? Habelgmsa ( talk) 08:09, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
How do I know that I am an autoconfirmed user? Frankhad ( talk) 09:48, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi!
Though my user is old, I have only recently become more active in editing Wikipedia, mostly by patrolling the "recent changes" page. There I came across a user making unsourced edits going against the existing sources, Frontier Place. I reverted the edits and warned him, but I kept watching his edits. He is very active, and does a lot of good work, but communicates very little and often makes controversial, unsourced or sometimes outright wrong edits. For example, over the last weeks he has been changing all mentions of "Stockholm Metro" to "Stockholm Tunnel Rail". This seems to me to go against the talk page on Talk:Stockholm_metro, where the conclusion seems to have been to use "Metro", which also seems to be used for most other European (partly) underground public transport systems. He also removed a lot of mentions of the Åland Islands being Finnish, removed mentions of Sweden as a country in favor of the European Union, was banned for 72 hours for sourceless edits of several pages on the coronavirus epidemic, and all of this with basically no communication, sources or public reasons.
It also seems really likely to me that the account belongs to the same person as Linde Place, who was blocked for using sockpuppets to circumvent a ban. Their contributions are extremely similar, and Frontier Place starts editing about two weeks after Linde Place's users were banned. I left a message on the talk page of the user that signed the sockpuppet investigation, CFCF, but he hasn't replied, and is semi-retired.
My question is what to do about users like this? Should I tell someone, and if so, who?
Many thanks in advance for your help! Knuthove ( talk) 00:53, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
How do you ensure that we have good evaluation of sources? How does the Wikipedia experts herein ensure that new editors are thorough with the sources selected before proceeding to the "citations added" section? Habelgmsa ( talk) 08:06, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
What if the topic that you are writing about is worthy of having a Wikipedia page, but there aren't enough sources? For Draft:Nitro Type, everything mentioned was self evident just by going to nitrotype.com. Anything that you couldn't learn from there I sourced as well. Nitro Type is a really big site, with millions of races each day, so it seems wrong that it would get declined because of not enough sources. Could you guys maybe reconsider please? Apparently I am not the first to try and write a Wikipedia page on the matter, so it seems like others are running into the same problem. DVORAK Typer ( talk) 11:22, 17 May 2020 (UTC) DVORAK Typer ( talk) 11:22, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
... worthy of having a Wikipedia page, but there aren't enough sourcesis a contradiction, revealing a mis-understanding. Because Wikipedia is an encyclopedia (a WP:TERTIARY source), it doesn't have articles that are directly about subjects. Instead, it summarizes what independent reliable WP:SECONDARY sources have written about the subject. If those sources do not exist in sufficient number and with sufficient detail and depth, a policy-conformant Wikipedia article cannot exist because it would have no (or insufficient) useful content. There is no concept of "worthy of having a Wikipedia page" as a value judgement (which we would not be worthy to make); it's all about WP:NOTABILITY, as evidenced by sources. —[ AlanM1 ( talk)]— 23:06, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
Yeah, that all makes sense. But how can a page like this one: /info/en/?search=List_of_Middle-earth_characters exist? There are literally no sources, and nothing that could not be learned just by reading Lord Of The Rings. I am literally a huge fan of LOTR, and think it should be allowed to be an article; which it is, but I mean really? However, this journey has actually been in a way encouraging. I had always though that Wikipedia was literally terrible, but it truly is hard to make an article, you guys really care about credibility. DVORAK Typer ( talk) 23:10, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
How do I delete an entry in the history list? 75.170.42.233 ( talk) 14:26, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi,
As a newbie in Wikipedia I have a very basic question, that I seem not to find an answer to.
I finished writing an article (in my sandbox) and want to submit it for review so it can be published, but I see no such link/button.
Thanx, Danishom ( talk) 14:19, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi,
As a first timer, I am not sure how to add to a thread (edit the sources?), so I am opening a new Q.
1. As was suggested by a user, I added a {{AFC submission|||ts=20200518150434|u=Danishom|ns=4}}
but it displayed the above but no submit button
2. More important, I am writing a article about a living (89 years old), globally renowned scientist and innovator.
I am told that ALL content will require inline citations to independent reliable sources.
If I am writing about his childhood and his years through WWII, how does one get independent reliable sources? e.g. if the house he lived in was bombarded by the allied forces, do I need a reliable source for that? If he was arrested and jailed by the Czech communist regime, do I need to go into the archives of the judicial system of Czechoslovakia from 1948? Do I need to present a birth certificate to prove that he was born in Budapest in 1931, as appears in the article?
This all seems highly improbable
Thanx Danishom ( talk) 15:04, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
I want to reintroduce professor Tyler L Adams to wait Wikipedia. I'm looking for someone to review it. Abbas Kwarbai ( talk) 13:13, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
So yes, you can start over. I recommend you declare your relationship to Adam on your User page and then create/submit a draft via Articles for Creation. The problem with your deleted draft is that you had copied copyright protected content from websites and pasted that into your draft. To succeed, the facts must be true (and referenced), but the wording yours. David notMD ( talk) 14:31, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
How to delete a hyperlink in my article that I have unfortunately put in for review.
Draft:Jules Franck Mondoloni Under the heading Publications - Media - Museum collections - Galleries[edit]
Published books illustrated by Jules Franck Mondoloni: Hello: I don't know how to delete this written below. I wanted to change the hyperlink by deleting then replacing, and this is what now appears in my article.
,SortField:!n,SortOrder:0,TemplateParams:(Scenario:,Scope:Default,Size:!n,Source:,Support:)))) Filitosa, 1987 ,Scope:Default,Size:!n,Source:,Support:)))) Lumières de granite: la Corse à l'aube de son histoire, 1990
My user name is Reknil43 and my article is Jules Franck Mondoloni I need help with my references too. I am 77 years old and find it a daunting task to understand how to correct my mistakes and, such as above "deleting a hyperlink", as well as creating the references that include the pages references. I mistakenly entered my article to be published too soon. I thought that I could still edit it as I did in the sandbox. Reknil43 ( talk) 15:42, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I am currently working on a poem available at ( User:TheBirdsShedTears/sandbox). I want to know that if i add original lines of the poem within Quote box, will it considered a copyright infringement or allowed by the Wikipedia? Thanks TheBirdsShedTears ( talk) 17:06, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
While quotations are an indispensable part of Wikipedia, try not to overuse them. Quotations are loose, ambiguous style that is common in fiction and journalism, and is generally not suited to encyclopedic writing. Long quotations crowd the actual article and distract attention from other information., and
The copied material should not comprise a substantial portion of the work being quoted and a long quotation should not be used where a shorter quotation would express the same information. What constitutes a substantial portion depends on many factors, such as the length of the original work, and the importance and relevance of the quoted text to that work.and
The quotation must be useful and aid understanding of the subject; irrelevant quotations should be removed.
How to create a page on Wikipedia Hi. Okay, here is my question: How do you create a page on Wikipedia and I don't mean a user page, I mean a page about a celebrity that is not on Wikipedia.
Kind Regards, Candy:) -- Candy luv music ( talk) 16:52, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
How to create a page on Wikipedia Hi. Okay, here is my question: How do you create a page on Wikipedia and I don't mean a user page, I mean a page about a celebrity that is not on Wikipedia.
Kind Regards, Candy luv music 🍭💖🎶 -- Candy luv music ( talk) 16:56, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
Here are some steps which, when followed, often lead to success in getting an article accepted:
I've been trying to unsubscribe for years from this. One of your experts helped me write a page at MOMA and then you proceeded to tell me it was an advertisement. I don't know my login,password, etc and want to unsubscribe immediately! 2601:700:4100:26A0:90FF:B04D:5CC6:4433 ( talk) 16:21, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
This is the biography of Professor Tyler L Adams. Please someone should assist me in accessing it because I tried to follow all Wikipedia rules when I'm publication it. Abbas Kwarbai ( talk) 19:04, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
Well thank you for your feedback but actually I wrote this article on my WhatsApp and later copied it from there to Wikipedia. So that implies is plagiarism? Please have tried all my possible way to do it but couldn't. I only know my draft might be wrong but I have subjected and look into numerous wiki bio and draft this one. Please the kind of assist I need from is to directly tell me how do it please.
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21:53, 18 May 2020 (UTC)Abbas Kwarbai if indeed you wrote the online version which your Wikipedia draft seems to be copied from, you have two options. 1) post a release on the https://tyadamsphd.com/) page, releasing that text under the CC-BY-SA free license so that anyone in the world may use the text subject to that license. Then there will be no copyright issue on Wikipedia. 2) Re-do the text in a significantly way, so that the facts are much the same, but the writing is so different that it would not be a copy even if someone else had written the first text. (#2 is also the proper procedure if you did not write the first text. If the first text copiewd significant content from its sources, again do #2)
Once one of those is done,. we can deal with formatting issues, but the copyright must be dealt with fist, one way or the other. DES (talk) DESiegel Contribs 21:55, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
When I tried to edit an article(bishop Aukland) to add a notable person it got reverted. So what is the criteria for a notable person? 1st Username ( talk) 22:48, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
I just wrote and submitted my first article for Anthony Radetic. Wikipedia said that I should move the page from user:Lipav123/sandbox/draft: AnthonyRadetic to draft:AnthonyRadtic, so I did. When I click on my user name of Lipav123, it continues to say that I don't have a user page. I am confused. I registered under Lipav123 and created the article. Lipav123 ( talk) 22:53, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
Luís Henrique Correia Ferreia, mais conhecido como, Luisinho Gamer,(Faro,2 de Março de 2003) é um Youtuber,estudante de GPSI,poderá ser um grande youtuber português
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Hello! I'm writing an article about IXL Learning, a very notable company that owns multiple sources, including ABCya, Quia Books, IXL, Quia Web, and a couple of others I can't name off of the top of my head. But I accidentally called the Draft IXL (Website) instead of IXL Learning. How do I make the switch? Thank you for your time. Le Panini ( talk) 23:36, 18 May 2020 (UTC) Le Panini ( talk) 23:36, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
Hey y'all, working on creating Draft:Snoqualmie_Valley_Record and would love a look over. This is my first real article and would love a look over. Hope everyone is having a great Monday! NoahRiffe ( talk) 20:23, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
The newspaper was again sold after just 4 years to King County Journal Newspapers, In December 2000 [...](emphasis added). Be wary of your tone, as phrases like
The paper traces its beginnings back [...]do not fit the voice the encyclopedia conveys. I'd opt for something more neutral, like "The paper originated from [...]" — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 01:11, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
I created Draft:The Black Caucus at Penn State but I did not mean to publish the draft. I then tried to delete the draft and publish directly into the main space the same article, The Black Caucus at Penn State; however, I now have the error that the draft already exists. I requested that the page history of the draft be merged into the main space article. I got the message that an Administrator has to review the merge request. How long will this take? J.AE.W23 ( talk) 22:11, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
How long does it take for a new page to get reviewed and published? Specifically Draft:Terrence Barnich. Pizzaman787 ( talk) 20:45, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
Dear fellow Wikipedians, As you can see in my contributions, I have not made any edits. My IP address changed, and that has caused my account to stop working. Can anyone explain? But just basically I'm not new btw.
I was looking at the recent changes page, although I've noticed something which I think might be a bug. Whenever I click "view new changes", in the new changes was a supposedly new edit, which was in fact one that had appeared before. This prompted me to think that the user was doing the same edit over and over again, although looking at the page history, there had been no edit warring and only one of that edit, even there were clearly two edits in the recent changes.
I'm not sure if this is a glitch or just me, so can another person please just tell me what's going on? Thanks, XLK123 ( talk) 05:07, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
How do I submit my draft article JKDonehue ( talk) 12:09, 18 May 2020 (UTC) JKDonehue ( talk) 12:09, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
How do I submit my draft article : International Law of Maritime piracy. It is completed and I am ready to submit it I can find a 'submit for review' button I have tired the source editor ; writing in {{AFC submission|||ts=20200518123308|u=JKDonehue|ns=4}} but that did not seem to work. JKDonehue ( talk) 12:33, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
Now at Draft:International Law of Maritime Piracy. I recommend the creator address the comments added to the draft while waiting for a review. David notMD ( talk) 13:13, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
I am an employee at Success Point College. I am one of the Success Point College's team members. They granted me to write the Success Point College article. I am very new at Wikipedia. I want to keep my college title as Success Point College. I prepared a sandbox content. When I moved to the article it is deleted. Please guide me on what do's or do not's. Also, guide me on how can I write a fresh article for our college. Abhishekolkata ( talk) 08:14, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi, How can someone create a bio page for himself? 196.75.28.158 ( talk) 09:59, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
I am a chef, teacher, and author - and have published two books. I would like to include these and my biography on wikipedia. I am wondering if an author or two books passes the "notability" muster or not. Warren Laine-Naida ( talk) 06:37, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Thank you! I thought as much. I appreciate you taking the time to answer.
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Hello! I am working on creating Draft: Todor Georgiev and I would love it if someone could take a look at it and give me some tips. It is my first full article. Also is there any way to expedite its approval and publication? Thank you! Elenatheodora ( talk) 09:24, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Peter is Professor of Sport Psychology at the University of Southern Queensland, where is also Dean of the Graduate Research School. He has also ended 9 Olympics as a consultant. Further details will be supplied if he is considered a suitable candidate, which I sincerely hope he will. Jshunter40 ( talk) 11:14, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
I am unable to add an image in infobox person and title of my article is my username but i want to givee it an another name,how to change it? Tetradelectro ( talk) 11:29, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi, so, my last question was answered quickly, so I decided to ask one more. I was wondering, how do I clear my notifications page? Thanks, Dragonlover21 ( talk) 23:34, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
Dragonlover21 (User talk: Dragonlover21|talk]]) —Preceding undated comment added 12:21, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello! Is there a community of russian-english (or english-russian) translators?-- DonGuess ( talk) 12:04, 19 May 2020 (UTC) DonGuess ( talk) 12:04, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
In my short time patrolling Recent changes, I've fixed many a case of people advertising their own youtube channel on an article about a videogame. Usually it will include a few content creators that are popularly identified as "Popular". For example, in one of my cases it was in the terraria article, It had Chippy Gaming and Khaios, two relatively popular youtubers, along with another youtube channel which matched the name of the person who made the edit, which i will not name for privacy purposes. So this brings me to my question, in order to talk about certain video games, one must talk about it's community, which often includes "Popular Youtubers". But that term is relative, one person may think that a youtuber is popular while another may not, and there are also no sources to cite saying that someone is popular except subscriber counts and other oft referred to counts of popularity. But until the community decides on a proper definition for the term "Popular" this will always be relative. So is there already a definition? Or do we as wikipedians need to decide upon this? Thanks, JazzClam ( talk) 21:22, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
Ah, DESiegell so notability is what matters, so if they have done something important or famous? Such as perhaps having coded the modding API for a certain game, or having made it? JazzClam ( talk) 09:20, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Ah, so generally, unless a youtuber is particularly notable, they should not be included, and since in youtube, and in gaming spheres in general, notability is basically the popularity of a youtuber, they should generally not be included? JazzClam ( talk) 12:37, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
notability is basically the popularity of a youtuberOnly in the general language – Wikipedia's definition of "notability" doesn't include popularity. Notability for a youtuber is determined in the same way as for any other individual (with the exception of some people who are covered by one of the specific notability criteria) : if reliable independent sources have written about them in depth, they are notable, otherwise not. A youtuber who is not popular and doesn't have lots of subscribers or views could still be notable if they have plenty of coverage in reliable independent sources, and vice versa. -- bonadea contributions talk 14:13, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
My article Draft:Kwonjungho was reviewed on the 14th of April. I have since made major edits to it but they have still not been reviewed for approval. Is there any way I can know when it will be reviewed/approved? Thank you! FayeHamblettJ ( talk) 10:31, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
I want to add an image of the IXL Learning logo like the other company articles have. Can somebody help and or guide me through this process? I tried to study how to do so but it's still unclear to me. Le Panini ( talk) 04:06, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
/info/en/?search=Draft:Hassan_Mohamed_Esufally This person has been featured in multiple newspapers (with an independent editorial team) in Sri Lanka, Australia, and the Philippines. He has also been featured in multiple televisions interviews, magazines and is a notable public figure in Sri Lanka. I have included 24 links to his achievements and stature. What exactly would I need to change to get the article approved? ( I included links from reputable newspapers such as daily mirror, Sunday times, etc) Do I remove the links from youtube/social media? Add more above the line media? There are lots more links I can include. If you simply google his name lots of articles come up. If one of the editors could help me edit this so it gets approved that would be sincerely appreciated :) HandR12 ( talk) 10:12, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
in historyand
accomplished, as those are terms usually used to promote a subject. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 15:07, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
What is the population of Borneo? 82.217.24.162 ( talk) 13:52, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
2409:4064:2EAA:2943:D47A:E0E5:F81E:D097 ( talk) 15:46, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Good Afternoon:
Since there is not currently a Wikipedia page for my 22 year radio broadcast career, I would like to begin the process. What is the procedure for creating this? Can someone assist? I worked in the following markets: New York, Dallas, Houston and Tampa.
Thank you!
Dan Stevens
Email: (Redacted) 108.46.35.55 ( talk) 17:22, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Welcome to the Teahouse. You may begin the process to create an article if you meet the criteria outlined in WP:BASIC User:Zoozaz1 17:35, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I have drafted an article in my sandbox, and I would like to know how I can now proceed with creating a new article on Wikipedia using the contents in my sandbox. User:Ashaw315/sandbox Thank you very much! Ashaw315 ( talk) 14:03, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello! I'm JazzClam, but you can call me Jazz, Clam, anything really. I was looking around Recent Changes and somehow found myself on an article about Ken Osmond, the actor who played Eddie Haskell on Leave it to Beaver who sadly died on the 18th, and I saw that the picture on the top of the page is Osmond, Circa 1962. So is the picture meant to be updated? or is the picture meant to represent the version of Osmond, or any actor really, that most people come to the article looking for? That being them in their prime? Thanks, JazzClam ( talk) 12:55, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi All!
I hope you are all safe and well! I have submitted a new article for Lhouette /info/en/?search=Draft:Lhouette. I am hoping I have done the page correctly. I have announced that I am paid on my Talk page by my company and Lhouette but wasn't sure if I need to do this on the article also.
Loisspencertracey ( talk) 18:57, 19 May 2020 (UTC) Loisspencertracey ( talk) 18:57, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Thank you Theroadislong. I thought I had published the page? I have checked with both WP:BLP and WP:NARTIST and I think it should match them to its best ability.
Loisspencertracey ( talk) 19:15, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Thank you David notMD. I have added references and also links to notable Wiki pages. Loisspencertracey ( talk) 20:00, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Denkichu ( talk) 19:35, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi! I was going browsing through the list of dragons in film and television, and there's one dragon missing from the list. I'd like to add but I don't know how to do that. The only thing I can edit is the source, and I'm not gonna do that, messing things up. So what to do?
I am a new wikipedia-er, and I think Marvin Chun meets the criteria for a page. I have some experience with professor pages (as a user), and his notability is greater than many others with pages. He has over 30k research citations ( https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=mNT0MKIAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao) and is in a senior administrative position at a notable university. Is Marvin Chun Wikipedia Page worthy? What are some good resources for going about making a page for him? Thanks (and sorry if this isn't the right place for this)! Lukasrobertcorey ( talk) 06:03, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
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By the way you can'r reply to IP addresses in this way but the procedure is otherwise the same (so you can notify me with {{re|Eumat114}}. Anyway the IP editor has said much. If in doubt, you can create a draft and let us see. (I'll check on this soon.) Thanks, and happy editing!
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Can the template message box be removed as soon as possible, I have tried everything. Need Help! 2604:2000:1303:560F:DC79:51F4:1AC1:158B ( talk) 20:50, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
How do I change the name of a draft article I am writing? /info/en/?search=Draft:Hassan_Mohamed_Esufally
How do I change the draft name of this article? I added the subject's middle name but I want to remove it now and change the title to "Hassan Esufally". I would genuinely appreciate your help :) HandR12 ( talk) 18:22, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
How do I get someone to look at my draft article before I submit again?
I recently received this reply to my question which was really appreciated. I have attached it below.
In reference to this, I have taken out the phrases "in history" and "accomplished". I wanted to also if I can "chat" to an experienced editor who can have a look at the article before I submit it again. How would I do this? If someone can help me with this and also tell me how I can use my talk page to get the assistance that would be appreciated. What else can I include/exclude to get this article approved?
/info/en/?search=Draft:Hassan_Mohamed_Esufally This person has been featured in multiple newspapers (with an independent editorial team) in Sri Lanka, Australia, and the Philippines. He has also been featured in multiple televisions interviews, magazines and is a notable public figure in Sri Lanka. I have included 24 links to his achievements and stature. What exactly would I need to change to get the article approved? ( I included links from reputable newspapers such as daily mirror, Sunday times, etc) Do I remove the links from youtube/social media? Add more above the line media? There are lots more links I can include. If you simply google his name lots of articles come up. If one of the editors could help me edit this so it gets approved that would be sincerely appreciated :) HandR12 (talk) 10:12, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
@HandR12: While I can't speak to how reliable and independent the sources are (the one thing I can say is interviews are primary sources, which are not as preferred as secondary sources), I agree with DGG's evaluation that the draft is quite promotional. Get rid of phrases like in history and accomplished, as those are terms usually used to promote a subject. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 15:07, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
HandR12 ( talk) 21:25, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Are there any policy pages explaining how to find appropriate citations for articles on religion? Would we cite religious scholars? How do you destinguish froma Reliable sourceand an unreliable one. I'm not that up-to-date regarding the academic study of religion in general, so I'm looking for some information on how to write articles on it. By the way, is there any way to search just Wikipedia Policy pages? In other words I was looking for religious policy but what I ran a search all I got was normal articles. Thanks – Chrisvacc - ✆ 19:29, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
I would like to know how wiki- projects work. I also like to now which projects are bad and why HISTORIAN ( talk) 19:41, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
My Draft:Jitendra_Soni is declined. Please help me to improve my draft. Pkpunjab ( talk) 11:02, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
I did not know how to report this, so posting here with hope that an Administrator will take action. User:Bestproductsguide joined today and is spamming a ref to the "Best Product Guide" into articles ( Vitamin C, others). All that deleted as product spam but the user should be advised to change name. David notMD ( talk) 01:22, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
How do I prove a scholar is highly cited? Ebonyheins ( talk) 01:37, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello! I've seen some other people's user pages and how they designed them, and I was wondering how I do that to my own. They have things such as charts, redirects, fun facts (eg. "This person is a fan of Abe Lincoln"), etc. Any tips? Thank you for your time. Le Panini ( talk) 03:11, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Please show me how to create a discussion page so I can invite the people deleting my addition and put a stop to it. There is not a valid reason given, just opinions
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Hello everyone! I need help with adding a link. I can’t seem to find a way to get rid of the google.com part without the link being inaccessible. If someone could please help me with this that would be great. I was previously blocked for not having links and now that I have links my edits are once again being deleted since they are not accessible. Thank you! Wjrz nj forecast ( talk) 06:46, 20 May 2020 (UTC) Wjrz nj forecast ( talk) 06:46, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Someone was kind enough to help me already on their talk page. Thank you all! Wjrz nj forecast ( talk) 06:50, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
I was wondering if there was a way to find a specific edit # I performed without manually counting lines in my contributions list. I'd like to go back and add some editing milestones to my talk page, edit #100 in particular. But what if I wanted to know what edits #192 and #4937 were? Is there a special search for that somewhere? If so, what's the process? CYAce01 ( talk) 08:29, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
My Page shiva kumar actor is not Published.Please guide me . I have updated my profile.And have account since 9th April 2018. Donot have much Knowledge what is the error . Please Help/guide .
Thank you shiva kumar Shiva Kumar Actor ( talk) 10:46, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
IS MY ACCOUNT STILL THERE AS YOU HAVE DELETED MY PAGE
SIR /MADAM IS MY ACCOUNT STILL THERE WITH MY NAME "SHIVA KUMAR ACTOR" AS YOU HAVE DELETED IT. AND IS MY DATA SAVED FOR ME . I REQUEST YOU TO RECONSIDER MY PAGE AND TELL WHAT TO DELETE. I WILL GET MADE AGAIN UNDER GUIDANCE OF SOME EXPERT OF WIKIPEDIA. ONLY ONE THING HURT IS WITHOUT PUBLISHED YOU PEOPLE DELETED MY PAGE . THANK YOU SHIVA KUMAR ACTOR Shiva Kumar Actor ( talk) 12:24, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
TheChunky ( talk) 08:52, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
{{
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template to add specific page numbers immediately afterwards. Forgive the shameless plug, but it might look something like this:
References
RajeshKhanna is widely considered as the biggest ever Superstar & also as cellu loid God no other actor in the history of the film industry has seen the mass hysteria that was created by him which can be verified by just googling his co-stars have testified that he has given the max no of solo hits compared to all other stars not only that in terms of impact there are many articles in google on him which you have not researched a small eg.Jack Pissey the man who made Bombay Superstar on RajeshKhanna when spoken to on the sea of fans who turned on his death informed he does not remember any person political film or any rockstar having such a recall value despite being out of the radar for two decades earlier you wiki page described him as one of the most successful & influential actors of Indian cinema now it has been edited why? it is evident that wikipedia is not complete in its research on RajeshKhanna & if i would say biased 2409:4040:412:5933:0:0:1AA2:60A1 ( talk) 12:22, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
I have made up a new draft article for well-known sportswear company Castore. It is very odd that they do not already have one. A reviewer refuses to approve the article on the basis that the company do not meet notability requirements for Wikipedia, which, for anyone living in the UK, seems patently bizarre when they are the main sponsor of the country's most famous tennis player and the kit provider for one of the UK's biggest football clubs. How can I challenge the decision of this one reviewer? Bluegene18 ( talk) 15:49, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
how can i make my draft article to a wikipidea article.please tell CousinsTeam ( talk) 12:09, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Courtesy link: Draft:Jamie Dolan (film producer)
Article Name: Jamie Dolan (not approved)
Hi there,
I had an editor review my page and it wasn't accepted and he asked some valid questions that I clarified because the questions he asked would go for an actor but not a film producer. In that sense meaning, a lot of producers don't have profile pieces done on them but we are usually mentioned to be producing these films by top publications in entertainment if our projects are of a certain caliber.
So essentially I was told that there wasn't information provided which would translate to me producing any notable films that would accommodate being eligible for a Wikpedia Page. And to specify on my end, 2 of the 3 films I referenced both were theatrically released in the US/UK and one in specific entitled Ladyworld has its own Wikipedia page which I tagged and has my name listed under the producers.
And I submitted about 20 references all from the top publications in entertainment media (Variety, Deadline, etc) in which they cover me producing these films. There's even one article in specific from Deadline announcing my company MUST B NICE in which they did a full profile on us again which is rare except if you're doing a company announcement. A lot of these articles wouldn't per se be profiles on me because that isn't as common for producers but I submitted a variety of published articles that are either 1) announcing the film I produced 2) announcing the release of the film I producer or 3) actual reviews from top reporters of the films I've produced. All of which mention my name as producer on these projects.
Let me know if you can assist me here because I do understand how a submission with no guidance on the above may have not been approved but I have the information to back it. So thank you! Jafilmmaker23 ( talk) 14:56, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
The person has created or played a major role in co-creating a significant or well-known work or collective body of work. In addition, such work must have been the primary subject of an independent and notable work (for example, a book, film, or television series, but usually not a single episode of a television series) or of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews.Note that the work must be well-known for this to app;ly. That is much more than merely having had a theatrical release. A "notable" film is one that has, or could well have, its own Wikipedia article. "well-known" means more than that, it is not far short of "famous".
references all from the top publications in entertainment media, I check the first few. All were brief mentions, one or two sentences. None discussed you or your work as a producer in detail. A mere mention that a film is being released and you produced it with no further detail is of no value at all in demonstrating Wikipedia-notability. There must be detailed discussion of you or your work. If there are a few good cites they are buried in a flood of bad ones. Film reviews can work but only if they discuss the contribution of you as a director in some detail. Discussing the film but merely mentioning your name and that you were the director (or producer) is not helpful here. DES (talk) DESiegel Contribs 15:32, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
While browsing the "Very likely has problems" section of the "Recent Changes" tab. I saw an edit on the Shia Islam Article placing "PBUH" after every reference of Muhammad. PBUH means "Peace be Upon Him". The purpose for the edit was labeled as "Kindly use "PBUH" (Peace be upon him) with the name of holy prophet Muhammad PBUH last messenger of ALLAH. As you write the name of ISA AS." I am very for properly labeling religious figures, and this is, through a small bit of research, the proper way to label Muhammad. However, this is slightly confusing, as any person visiting this article without knowledge of this fact may be confused by this, taking it for vandalism. Adding PBUH after every reference of Muhammad also makes the link to Muhammad's article turn red, as there is no article named Muhammad PBUH. How should I fix this issue? I think i could fix the problem with people taking the extra "PBUH" by placing a note at the bottom of the article describing that PBUH means "Peace be upon him" and that this is the proper way, or should I just revert the PBUH-ing. And how should I fix the link? Should I remove PBUH in that circumstance or should I place PBUH, outside of the Muhammad link. Like this Muhammad PBUH.
Thanks JazzClam ( talk) 11:33, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
Johntommy988 ( talk) 14:32, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
How can I Make Better Pages ? Tencars111 ( talk) 11:07, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello the article Karwan-I-Islami is not Live inspite of its creation some 24 hours ago can anyone tell me how much time it will take for going live Mariyaibrahim ( talk) 03:46, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello!
I'm editing and creating articles this month as part of the APAHM Edit-a-thon with Kundiman, which is focusing on addressing the erasure of Asian American writers online. I created an article for Lawrence Ypil yesterday, which was immediately deleted for not being notable enough. Is there some way to review this process? Ypil is an important contemporary poet, and I believe he deserves an article.
Thanks for your help! Tomatotots ( talk) 16:28, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
/info/en/?search=Richard_Chase
Can a more experienced editor take a look at it and see if they also think there are some problems?
I'm seeing potentially original research and some grammatical issues like "Murder spree".-- Hiveir ( talk) 18:52, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
108.209.226.41 ( talk) 19:18, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I was wondering how I would make a request for semi-protection for Israel Kamakawiwoʻole because it is the Google Doodle for today. Thanks! xRENEGADEx ( talk) 18:39, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
To add, I highly recommend you look at using the Twinkle gadget here WP:TW. I've been using it for years and it's excellent for purposes like that. Rotation4020 ( talk) 19:23, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
How do I put userboxes on my user page? Dragonlover21 ( talk) 19:57, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello,
I am writing to you because I am trying to publish the Grace Wan Wikipedia Page, and a Wikipedia editor wrote that he declined it, because I called her page Grace Wan (Actress). I tried to publish the page as Grace Wan, but it was declined again and it said that it was declined because it's protected by an administrator. How can I contact this administrator when I don't know who he is? Please reply as soon as possible as my time is limited.
Sincerely, Max266 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Max266 ( talk • contribs) 17:03, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Is the lead simply a summary or is it a summary that includes a definition, notability, context, key points and any important controversy as per [ [2]]?
Another editor and I are having a disagreement. He says the lead is simply a summary and nothing but a summary, without the rest. He quotes:
My response was that yes, this is a description of summary, but it is not a limiter saying that a summary excludes those other characteristics. It's been my understanding that a good summary includes these qualities and the other ones as well. Could you clear that up for us please? Jenhawk777 ( talk) 19:19, 20 May 2020 (UTC) Jenhawk777 ( talk) 19:19, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
The 'Annular and pull-down apex' section under the 'Parachute' article ( /info/en/?search=Parachute) has a photo of an RAF drogue chute and I'd like to replace it with a pull-down apex canopy pic, so apparently need autoconfirmed status. Can I get it please?
I'd move the RAF drogue chute photo elsewhere (likely replacing "A jumper in Venezuela with his parachute on his back", but not necessarily.) I've got 110 shots on WP so far, so I hope I have enough experience to warrant autoconfirmed status. BrettA343 ( talk) 15:15, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Gerald S. Walton ( talk) 22:50, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Re the entry for /wiki/Karen_(slang)...might it be appropriate to include an image that portrays a typical Karen? Here is a photoshopped pic I made and posted onto reddit: (Redacted); 50.45.206.131 ( talk) 10:06, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi guys, regarding PetScan I seem to be too stupid - I like e.g. to search for all articles which exist in ES WK but not in EN with a given category... any hints how to achieve this? Language=es, Has none of these templates=en, category=xyz?! Any hint highly appreciated... CommanderWaterford ( talk) 20:43, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
I recently published one of my first articles ever and shortly after publishing the article someone added a bunch of sources. The article is for Elucid and the sources are 14 through 31 on the discography. I was wondering whether sources for a discography is standard practice on Wikipedia (I've checked other articles and haven't seen any). I was also wondering whether Bandcamp is considered a good source and if so does that me citing iTunes, Spotify, or SoundCloud is also appropriate?
I was also curious whether blog posts are ever acceptable as a reliable source. For instance, Pigeons & Planes is a music blog owned by Complex Magazine. TipsyElephant ( talk) 20:03, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
how can i create an autobiograpg about anyone.my mother is a musician and have s youtube channel. can i create a autubiography about her. how. how to give references. CousinsTeam ( talk) 16:52, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello! I've written a short summary about someone who is closely related to me, in a neutral matter. I'm still working on some more credible sources, such as his music origins, so for now, I'm not asking it to be published but rather reviewed and suggested/declined about. Thank you for your time. -- Le Panini ( talk) 01:26, 16 May 2020
{{subst:submit}}
to the top of the draft and save it. —[
AlanM1 (
talk)]—
01:54, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello, what's the difference between the AfC process vs. the statement on Wikipedia:User access levels that "Autoconfirmed or confirmed users can create articles"? Does this mean that if I become a confirmed or autoconfirmed user, I can create articles without going through the AfC process? How do I tell if I'm a confirmed or autoconfirmed user? Thanks Eric.c.zhang ( talk) 23:18, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I've been needing help with the publication of this article. Since 2017, I've been unable to get published; the problems range from minor editing to references. Regards! Hip matter ( talk) 03:47, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Unfair removal of my edits by User:Hb1290
Hi,
I recently made an edit in the page /info/en/?search=Devendrakula_Velalar with a disclaimer and additional section with relevant references. The user /info/en/?search=User:Hb1290 has reverted my change without any justification. I would like to get a clarification regarding this. Rvptiger18 ( talk) 07:38, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
What style of referencing is recommended for use by wikipedians? Robbiegibbons ( talk) 07:44, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Why am I getting lots of warning for editing and why are most of my edits are removed? Even after putting relevant points with links why am I also subjected to be warned and remove? Sarker Ahtef ( talk) 08:29, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
I have just written an article ( Draft:Edinburgh Festival Voluntary Guides Association) and it is now pending review. The article is about an organisation, so I thought I would add the organisation's logo to the Infobox. So I started the File Upload Wizard, and declared that the image was non-free. So far, so good.
But when I entered the title of the article into the wizard, it told me that no article exists with that name. This is presumably because the article hasn't yet been approved. I tried entering the article name pre-pended with "Draft:", but that made no difference.
So it looks like it is not possible to add images to articles before they are approved. Is that correct? Mike Marchmont ( talk) 09:16, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi Dear , I Just create the article for British-Iranian Rapper knows as Vorsham His on the rise now First time my submission is decided because of the reference about Spotify things and this not acceptable and I change the reference to unique news about him and I resubmit how I can make sure my articles go live 🙏🏻
Here the link plz can u review
/info/en/?search=Draft:Vorsham 148.252.132.163 ( talk) 10:42, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I'm writing an article on the collaborative YouTube channel 'TheRunawayGuys', as I think the group is notable enough for their own article and not just a redirect to the Chuggaaconroy article. I think this due to the fact they are one of, if not, the first group to do collabs on YouTube in their manner, plus they have many panels at conventions as well as their partnership with Direct Relief. However, at the moment the draft won't be accepted due to citing of unreliable sources. I was wondering if anybody could help me with this. Thank you. Captain Galaxy ( talk) 09:37, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
See abow. I want to change it from red to blue. Mirrored7 ( talk) 22:29, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Now that's something I didn't know, thanks guys. Also to add another question, what's the best way to revert it to default if we ever want to? Is there another code? Or just blank the page? Rotation4020 ( talk) 10:55, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello,
I have methodically gone through my biography to try and remove template messages. I have inserted citations for verification. I have followed Wikipedia's notability guideline for biographies but the messages that:
"This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. (June 2017) The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for biographies. (April 2020)"
still remain at the top of the page. Please can anyone advise.
( KingoftheWoods ( talk) 23:11, 20 May 2020 (UTC)) KingoftheWoods ( talk) 23:11, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
I was writing to my bank and ended up on Wikipedia somehow,I have tried for two days and cannot delete my banking information. Can anyone help? Pawladobe ( talk) 11:24, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Draft: Malayeen Karim Hello! I have a draft that has been waiting for around 6 days for a review and one draft that was reviewed in a day. Is that normal? Many thanks to you, Maha92o ( talk) 06:29, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
This page is about to have major traffic due to a national broadcast on BBC and is now redundant. Concerned that if we spend more time making revisions these will be wiped too! Coffee considered the revisions 'promotional'..can only think this was the insertion of the term 'world's greatest' instead of 'many of the great' orchestras'but anyone who knows their music will know this is true! A statement of fact not a promotion!! Worse she reverted the copy to a version that was up 10 years ago so it is now misinformation.
Tried to update my wiki page and 'Coffee' undid them all and reverted to a version that is so old it's pointless! What do? such a waste of tim! Henri of Wells ( talk) 07:29, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
/info/en/?search=Draft:Najee_Dorsey
I have seen articles on Wikipedia use "explore" to describe what artists do (Radcliffe Bailey). How else should I state this? I thought about using "depicts". Do you see any other instances of this problem (wording) in my submission? I want to get it right this time. Thanks for your help. ClairCarol ( talk) 14:39, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello! I'm in the process of writing about IXL Learning, a parent education company (I think that's what they're called, its what I call it.) One of the companies IXL Learning owns is ABCya.com, which already has a pre-existing Wikipedia article. What should I do for this case? Should I briefly describe it on my article or some requirement like that? Thank you for your time. Le Panini ( talk) 14:20, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello Teahouse! I took the plunge based on your advice and recently made my first bold edit on this page: /info/en/?search=Digital_marketing would love to hear your feedback before I keep going:) Thanks so much! LilMew88 ( talk) 17:53, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
I'm new to Wikipedia, and all my edits have been simply copy-editing. I was editing the Stephen A. Zeff article, and I noticed this link in the references. It now leads to a 404 page, but there is an Internet Archive save for it here.
Thank you, Just gonna edit a bit ( talk) 14:48, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
archive-url
to the citation. See
Link rot for more information. --
ColinFine (
talk)
15:47, 21 May 2020 (UTC)There are actually two dead links. I will take care of it. Just gonna edit a bit ( talk) 15:50, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
What happens with the Sandbox author's editing history after moving a new article from user space into article space? Will the history be reset automatically or does a history reset need to be requested? Dranoel26 ( talk) 14:19, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
{{subst:submit}}
to the bottom of the page you want to submit.
PrimeHunter (
talk)
15:00, 19 May 2020 (UTC)Hi there appears to be a new editor appearing on Ireby, Cumbria + Uldale, trying to advertise the same two businesses that another editor was banned for advertising.
These pages should be protected.
Devokewater ( talk) 18:27, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
I would like access to Thomas Jefferson page to enter my books into Bibliography
Mholowchak ( talk) 17:02, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
At second look, the relevant article appears to be Bibliography of Thomas Jefferson versus Thomas Jefferson. However, if appears that 15 books by you are already in the list (added by you, today). So is there still a question? David notMD ( talk) 18:57, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
So, when I clicked on an editor’s contributions, I found that they hade made edits to a subpage of Wikipedia:Peer review. I clicked on the link, but I’m still a little confused. What exactly is peer review? (I’ve found that asking an editor sometimes gives me a better answer than reading a page...) Stay safe and well, --Total Eclipse 2017 ( My profile | My contribs | speak to me) 22:44, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Please see Film studies article and fix the FilmComment reference DonGuess ( talk) 19:35, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi Everyone,
I was curious about the language style, as I am trying to make updates to pages that "are written like personal essays" and need to be translated to be more "encyclopedia style". I need some guidance about how to provide useful information while not sounding "too technical". I have had a response to one of my edits with one user saying that my technical writing style was great, and another saying it was too difficult to understand. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. LilMew88 ( talk) 17:05, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Where/how can I post a policy proposal? For example this is a failed proposal. I'm not sure how and where to post my own. Hopefully one that won't fail :P
But seriously. I want to post a proposal that prefers apolitical sources to right/left biased ones. – Chrisvacc - ✆ 13:13, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
For example, one article said ~doing x increased a person's language paradigm by 45~
I want to change that too ~doing x increased a person's language vocab by 45~ Hiveir ( talk) 14:25, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
ColinFine, I was talking more so in general rather than a specific article so i typed it from memory. The article i am talking avout is: /info/en/?search=Esperanto_vocabulary#Correlatives. Specifically " Thus by learning these 14 elements the speaker acquires a paradigm of 45 adverbs and pronouns. "-- Hiveir ( talk) 21:41, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi, can you help with advice, downloading a picture of Professor Ivor Goodson - all best wishes Elizabeth
RE: /info/en/?search=Ivor_Goodson Elizabeth fleur briggs ( talk) 20:54, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Elizabeth F. Briggs
Hi, everyone. Recently, I face a intimidating problem in my userpage. I can't adjust the position and location of the "my contributions" template properly. I welcome experienced users to help me solve this issue. :-) Hypersonic man 11 ( talk) 10:51, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Thanks a million, cool guy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hypersonic man 11 ( talk • contribs) 02:06, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Need help with biography I was trying to create a biography page as we got an email stating that "Good News for you, we think you're eligible for a Wikipedia page.! You have great milestones, and online publications are speaking about you. You deserve to be on Wikipedia, and we are here to deliver that for you. " Basic question is can I change the "Page" to a biography? or it does not matter?
Thank you for your assistance Tc-heart ( talk) 15:40, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for the information, the article is not about myself is about my wife and she is a published author. I did disclose there was personal interest. I will continue to learn and support this platform. Thanks again for your time and warm welcome — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tc-heart ( talk • contribs) 02:30, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Over the past week the number of new COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin has increased rapidly, and today it broke the medical cases chart, which is no longer wide enough to contain the bars: /info/en/?search=Template:COVID-19_pandemic_data/United_States/Wisconsin_medical_cases_chart. On the bright side, no members of the Wisconsin Supreme Court are believed to be sick... just their constituents. I don't know how to fix the chart... would one of the Wikipedia gods take a look? Thanks! StanfordPostDoc ( talk) 02:36, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Pasalaprasad ( talk) 02:16, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Courtesy link: Draft:Night Bass Records
Hello Teahouse! I submitted an article for a record label called 'Night Bass'. The submission was declined because it read too much like an ad. I would still like to re-submit the article. What I'd like to know is - Are there any penalties for editing and submitting an article too many times? My plan is to take a bulk of the article out and cut it down to the real solid facts. Do you think that's an effective course of action? Thanks so much for taking the time in reading this! ZoeShanks ( talk) 17:08, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
David Brodman - I’m experienced with Wikipedia, but can someone help writing the date of birth after the name in Hebrew. It doing strange things... SportsOlympic ( talk) 20:36, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
22 February 1936{{Snd}} 19 May 2020
, which produces "22 February 1936 – 19 May 2020". Elsewhere, we might combine the alternative name and dates, separated by a semicolon, into the same set of parentheses, but there can be issues with editing tools and left-to-right script in the vicinity of right-to-left script, so if it works this way, I think it's OK (except for the endash issue, that is
). —[
AlanM1 (
talk)]—
23:36, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
{{
Lang-he}}
which should tell the browser how to render it correctly. —[
AlanM1 (
talk)]—
08:14, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi All,
I have submitted my docs but unable to find my page on Wikipedia. Could you please let me know why I am not visible on Wikipedia? My User ID: KCSnooker Kcsnooker ( talk) 03:08, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Dear All, I recently did write an article about of group of artists I think it would be interesting for the community. I wrote a short brief and did put in 4 links to reliable sources in the Design and Art world (AIGA, Design Observer, Graphic Hug, CalArts Institute). Then it was declined because sources were missing?
What kind of sources should it be then?
Best, Andreas AndreasFrutiger ( talk) 07:31, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
I was tasked by my institute director to update our wikipedia page: /info/en/?search=Waterloo_Institute_for_Nanotechnology I made the updates, just about what research we do at the institute and new facilities and published them and within seconds received a notification from an editor (not one associated with the institute) saying my changes were promotional when they are not, I'm stating facts about our institute? I am new to this and very confused on how to publish my changes again or even how to speak with this editor: /info/en/?search=User:I_dream_of_horses about why she thinks something is promotional or against wikipedia policies?
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you! WIN Waterloo ( talk) 15:02, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Please clearly explain how can I add photos in Wikipedia articles. I have seen that directly copy-pasting photos are not working. How in the world are then everyone is adding photos in Wikipedia. How does the title of the picture gets changed, and it becomes jpg. format? Ppt2003 ( talk) 14:20, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi everyone, I'm new to the site and would like ask if you could suggest a couple easy options for my first few edits? Thanks! Salaiken ( talk) 14:49, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
I want to know if member of a parliament is notable enough to be a wikipedia article. I have seen all members of US congress are Wikipedia pages. I want to ask if all 746 members of German parliament Bundestag can be featured in 746 Wikipedia pages. Another thing is that someone who is notable in Spanish or German Wikipedia can be how much notable in the English one. I want to collect info about a French politician, what if I don't know French and google translation is a mess.... in this case, should English rather than French Wikipedia be my source? Ppt2003 ( talk) 14:14, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Dear all,
I am currently curating the wikipedia page of the southern right whale dolphin. What I noticed is that the Range Map is outdated and should be updated (see the distributional map on the IUCN red list page of the southern right whale dolphin). https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12126/50362558#conservation-actions
Could someone explain which is the best way to update this map? I work from a computer, editing source code.
Thank you in advance.
Best wishes, Mweyn ( talk) 15:07, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
How to change the template, i.e., move a page to another without changing its original contents? For example, i want to make the name of the page 'Sealdah-Sitamarhi Express' instead of Sealdah-Muzaffarpur Express. How can i do it? Roy 953 ( talk) 14:37, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
That is because the article is about Sealdah-Sitamarhi Express, an express train system in Indian Railways. But, the template name has 'Sealdah-Muzaffarpur Express'. This name was relevant when i had first created the page. But now, as the above mentioned train's destination has changed, i wanted to change the template name too Roy 953 ( talk) 16:13, 22 May 2020 (UTC) Roy 953 ( talk) 16:13, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Maproom courtesy ping Roger (Dodger67) ( talk) 16:19, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
In William G. Brown#Writings, the last item, which I just added, says it's a press release and I have no idea why or how to fix it. Thanks. deisenbe ( talk) deisenbe ( talk) 14:04, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
{{
Cite press release}}
. (Exactly what it was doing, is beyond me). However, when I went to the template documentation for Cite letter and compared the accepted fields with those you used, I noticed you had included "type = ", which is not in the documentation for {{
Cite letter}}
, YET it is shown in that template's syntax in vertical format, but not in horizontal view. (I think that was an error, and that its unwanted presence is causing the problem by invoking the default (Press Release) statement), so I am going to ping @
Jonesey95 and
Trappist the monk: with the suggestion that they check and resolve this. Meanwhile, just remove "type= "from your use of cite letter, and you should be sorted.
Nick Moyes (
talk)
14:53, 22 May 2020 (UTC) Sorry! It's William G. Allen#Writings, in case anyone else looks for it. i didn't insert "type=", it came when I copied and pasted the template. deisenbe ( talk) 17:00, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
When I want to add a wikimedia photo, sometimes - the reuse the photo option magically appears, and reuse the photo option magically disappears. There are five links -file, file history, usage on wikimedia commons, usage on other wikis and metadata. There is no way to add the image on Wikipedia page via the five options. How do I prevent the magical disappearance of reuse the file option?? Ppt2003 ( talk) 17:12, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I am a new user. I made a draft for a current stub page on Wikipedia for a class and I am unsure how I should publish it. I apparently tried to publish it in an incorrect way. How should I make these edits public? Should I just go to the original stub page and edit it directly there? Fairy faecalis ( talk) 17:42, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
The video I need to give a link to is named "David Lynch talks Mulholland Drive"-- DonGuess ( talk) 17:45, 22 May 2020 (UTC) DonGuess ( talk) 17:45, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
I have written an article on Draft:HMS Leander (1848) to fill the gap in the list of HMS Leanders.
I would like to have it reviewed for publication.
Also I have uploaded a photograph of it to Wikimedia Commons but cannot get the link to work in my article.
The 'Leander' at the entrance of Balaklava harbour, 1855 GrognardJeff ( talk) 02:59, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Update: @
GrognardJeff: Your draft was accepted and is now in mainspace. Congratulations! —
Tenryuu 🐲 (
💬 •
📝 )
06:23, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi. Today I edited an article called “Vile vortices” that seems to have been deleted a couple hours ago. What happened?
Can someone put the article back? Dharmadha2 ( talk) 17:43, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
I'm wondering what it is. 2600:1700:DA00:3AC0:59B0:98BE:6301:BED ( talk) 20:50, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi there,
I have edited this page in the past but now can't remember how to change the image. Please let me know.
Thank you.
Farrah (Joyab) Joyab ( talk) 21:36, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Dear Teahouse hosts,
The first draft of my article Draft: Nipun Malhotra (social entrepreneur) was declined on the ground of WP:NPOV and WP:TONE issues. Based on the feedback received and after reading multiple articles, I have tried and changed the writing style extensively. Please note that I have also looked at other similar pages to understand the accepted format. (I'd be happy to share the details of the pages I have referred to in case that's required.)
I'm writing to request one of you to kindly go through my edited draft to see if this is worth resubmitting. Following is the relevant link: /info/en/?search=Draft:Nipun_Malhotra_(social_entrepreneur)
Thank you! Nipman ( talk) 12:38, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
The actual wording at WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY is "Writing an autobiography on Wikipedia is an example of conflict of interest editing and is strongly discouraged." Which is not the same as prohibited. I did some formatting work on the article. I suggest you consider resubmitting it now that you have also removed POV and tone content, and see what the next reviewer has to say. David notMD ( talk) 13:30, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Dear @
Interstellarity: , Just to keep you informed, my article does not violate WP:COI in any manner. My user name might have confused you. However, I've thought of a more apt username for my account. I've read WP:CHUG and will make the changes after this article is over (in order to avoid any confusion). It was a random decision while creating my account. But thank you for the guidance!
Nipman (
talk)
06:08, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Dear @ David notMD: and @ AlanM1:, Thank you so much for all your help and support. The article looks so much better with your formatting and cleanup. And the maintenance tags are quite self explanatory to understand what's wrong with my draft. I will make all the necessary changes based on your feedback and resubmit my article. Thank you once again. Nipman ( talk) 06:08, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Dear @ David notMD: and @ AlanM1:, I have accommodated all the suggested changes in the article to the best of my understanding. This is how my article looks now: /info/en/?search=Draft:Nipun_Malhotra_(social_entrepreneur) If any of you could kindly skim through it once, I will feel much more confident in re-submitting this article. Sharing it with you guys because you invested your time and energy in this. Thank you! Nipman ( talk) 13:13, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
@ David notMD: Sure, I'll put one. Thank you!
Hello - I am writing to ask if someone could help me with my edit of this article: /info/en/?search=Draft:Esuantsiwa_Jane_Goldsmith
It has been declined as apparently the tone is not neutral enough for an encyclopedia article. I think I have identified the key points which need amending or deleting but I would really like to check this with someone if advice is available, to give myself the best chance of getting it right with the next submission. If anyone is available to advise me I would be very grateful. I have noted the points I think may be problematic below (highlighting in bold the key words in longer sentences) and it would be great if anyone could confirm if these sound like they are breaching the formal / neutral tone guidelines.
Many thanks! I am new to Wikipedia so any guidance appreciated.
Esua has had a lifetime career in the aid and development movement, human rights and women’s equality.
She was founder staff member of the National Alliance of Women’s organisations 1990-95, which brought more than 300 members and women’s organisations together across the UK, and helped to spearhead the formation of the European Women’s Lobby.
In 1995 Esua founded Anona Development Consultancy and has worked with over 100 different not-for-profit organisations on five continents, developing global strategies for WaterAid, Oxfam and ActionAid among many others. She is also an experienced public speaker on issues relating to equality and human rights, including a recent Keynote speech at the Governance Institute Charity Governance Conference 2019[2].
Esua has founded, Chaired and served on the Board of a number of prominent feminist groups and women’s organisations. she introduced new feminist, participatory approaches to governance.[to the Fawcett society]
Esua has set up a fund to raise money for community development projects, such as schools and public bathrooms for the Village Katecmorrison ( talk) 14:09, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Thank you very much, I shall add in some more sources to that section. All the best, Kate. Katecmorrison ( talk) 14:57, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
I am surprised we don't have an article for this scholar and historian from UC Berkeley. Would her career make her notable for inclusion? She has published over a dozen books and 30+ refereed articles. See her CV here. Tooironic ( talk) 00:19, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Courtesy link: Draft:Lawrence H. Robinson
Hello,
I hope this message finds you well and safe. Not sure if you are able to see the the draft I submitted but wanted to know why the Citations/ References come up twice and also, are the properly cited? Thank you for your help and I'm looking forward to hearing back from you!
Kind Regards,
Chrissy Williams Chrissy Will ( talk) 05:03, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Thank You Teahouse!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chrissy Will ( talk • contribs) 06:23, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I was submitting what I thought was a new page but to my surprise there was another page that had the same information. I was told to merge the two pages but I am not sure if I did it correctly as the editor has not responded.
This is my page /info/en/?search=User:ArborChamp/Felischa_Marye
This is the page that I merged my information into. I have made the necessary changes but I am just not sure if I did it correctly. Please advise. /info/en/?search=Draft:Felischa_Marye ArborChamp ( talk) 14:43, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
why are we waiting?
Change is over rate and being truthful to yourself and others is all that matters. 38.80.251.206 ( talk) 08:41, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
67.85.219.228 ( talk) 04:37, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello, my name is Rebestalic
I'm currently getting ads on while browsing Wikipedia pages. Is that the result of a decision on part of higher-ups like Jimbo, or have I fallen victim to malware?
Thank you, Rebestalic [dubious—discuss] 09:03, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
I corrected info on the Wikipedia page titled, “Nelle Benson” and now the code around the title and the image is messed up. But. Didn’t even change any of that. I keep trying to fix it but it’s not working. help!!! 67.6.183.133 ( talk) 09:52, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Dear Community,
I want to create an Wikipedia article about the CSC Concrete Sustainability Council ( https://www.concretesustainabilitycouncil.com). The CSC is an independent association which is engaged in sustainable concrete and managing the CSC material stewardship system.
On potential conflict of interest: The CSC has a lot of cement and concrete producing companies among its members, I'm working for a major cement & concrete producer and I'm a board member of the CSC.
Nevertheless, the CSC is getting more and more established in certifying sustainable concrete manufacturing practices with more than 300 certificates in 14 countries now. The CSC System is accepted by major green building labels, such as BREEAM ( /info/en/?search=BREEAM) or DGNB ( https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Gesellschaft_für_Nachhaltiges_Bauen).
Can I write an article? If yes how and how would be the process to get it validated and published?
Thanks a lot Michael Claus Michael Scharpf ( talk) 10:30, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
I was just on the Women in Red page and I found that Angela Beesley Starling was a red link. So trying to be helpful, I googled her name and found enough to create at least a stub. So I thought I would try to make the page.
So I clicked on the WIR link and it started creating this article: [ [4]] I didn't notice the Q number at first so I assumed that the article really didn't exist and added my first couple of sentences by copying the article in Simple English WP. Then I noticed the Q number so I attempted to move the article to Angela Beesley Starling without the Q number. This is where I realized I was in trouble, because that article already exists, at least as a redirect.
I think the best thing to do is delete the article I just made at [ [5]] But I don't think I have the power to delete articles, so it would be great if someone could do that.
I might start a discussion on the redirect page about whether there should be a standalone page about Angela Beesley Starling. Also, I think consideration might be given to changing the bot that makes the page at /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Number_of_links to use the correct link, so that the Q number confusion doesn't happen to someone else.
Anyway, sorry to mess up, I'll try to be more careful in future. MarylandGeoffrey ( talk) 23:09, 22 May 2020 (UTC) MarylandGeoffrey ( talk) 23:09, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
I wrote an article named " Aleksey Vagov" which has been deleted by a user named Fastily, although the article was re-submitted and currently awaiting a re-review. Has fastily done the right thing?? Ppt2003 ( talk) 13:11, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
(merged with above question)
Do wikipedia drafts remain un-reviewed forever? I have a draft named Draft:Aleksey Vagov and after reading some intimidating tea-house conversations, I have begun to fear whether it will take months to get my draft reviewed. Does it really? And if it does, should I nominate my article for speedy deletion and re-write it? Is it considered vandalism? Ppt2003 ( talk) 14:02, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello Teahouse! I want to edit the page Eid al-Fitr.But it said that it is semi protected and only auto confirmed users can edit it. So now how can I edit this page? Nasif05 ( talk) 14:22, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi Teahouse Crew, Thank you for the invite & for being here for us lowly newbies. Why are external links discouraged for articles on wikipedia? Thank you Roccie ( talk) 15:05, 23 May 2020 (UTC)Roccie Roccie ( talk) 15:05, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I want add the third relase date (May 29, 2020) of short The Longest Daycare into this list. ( Source.) Is it possible? Patriccck ( talk) 15:03, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Deferred to
Wikipedia:Requested_templates#Template:Infobox_French_constituency
Hi - I'm trying to update French constituency pages to reflect change in party for deputies who left
La République En Marche! to form
Ecology Democracy Solidarity, but I am having trouble getting the party colour to show. See
Template:Infobox French constituency. A test case constituency page is
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence's 1st constituency. The colour for the new party is set up in
Template:Ecology Democracy Solidarity/meta/color
Newystats (
talk)
02:44, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
{{Infobox French constituency | name = | image = | map = | member-type = | member = | member-party = | party-colour = REM | department = | cantons = | voters = }}
Adding the REM to the party-colour will generate a green background with black lettering. Ensure there is a space after the = sign. You can also view a sample at Template:Infobox_French_constituency/testcases. If this does not help, please list the code you are using in its entirety by using <nowiki> above everything at the beginning and </nowiki> as the very last line in the code. Thanks and again welcome. Galendalia CVU Member \ Chat Me Up 06:39, 23 May 2020 (UTC) TeaHouse Host
For the existing party, La République En Marche!, the colours work. There is a colour defined in Template:La République En Marche!/meta/color which generates colours in code like:
{| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- | style="background-color: {{En Marche!/meta/color}}" | | 2017 | Member |- | style="background-color: {{Ecology Democracy Solidarity/meta/color}}" | | 2020 | blah |}
I created the template for Template:Ecology Democracy Solidarity/meta/color, and that makes the second line of the table above work.
The issue is I don't know where the template is to set up the colour for the new party in a way that works in the Template:Infobox French constituency
REM as you describe works for La République En Marche!, but I can't work out where to set up the short form code for Ecology Democracy Solidarity, so that the template colour works.
Two infoboxes; REM does REM colour {{Infobox French constituency | name = 1st constituency of [[Alpes-de-Haute-Provence]] | image = | map = | member-type = Deputy | member = [[Delphine Bagarry]] | member-party = LREM | party-colour = REM }} This does not do EDS colour {{Infobox French constituency | name = 1st constituency of [[Alpes-de-Haute-Provence]] | image = | map = | member-type = Deputy | member = [[Delphine Bagarry]] | member-party = [[Ecology Democracy Solidarity|EDS]] | party-colour = EDS }} The EDS colour works in tables: {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- | style="background-color: {{En Marche!/meta/color}}" | | 2017 | Member |- | style="background-color: {{Ecology Democracy Solidarity/meta/color}}" | | 2020 | blah |}
Newystats ( talk) 10:13, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello, Is there anyone who is an experienced editor who can possibly help to edit an existing article that I am connected with that is factually inaccurate. I really would appreciate the help of someone who understands the workings of Wikipedia. Thank you very much.
NULIUS IN VERBA 13 NULIUS IN VERBA 13 ( talk) 17:36, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Hey guys, I've just finished the Wikipedia Adventure and I don't know where to start. Do you guys have any suggestions about where I can start making my first real edits? Wikipedia seems really complex and large, and I'm afraid I'll ruin something if I just jump in and start editing randomly. PeanutHat ( talk) 18:10, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland#cite_note-recovery-2
i see there is a listing for active cases this is calculated in the traditional way by taking total number cases and taking away total number of recoveries and also taking way total deaths, however on the 24th of april Ireland starting publishing probable deaths in its official numbers the total number of probable deaths now stands at 242 and this number is also included in the total deaths figure. it is incorrect to take this part of the figure away from the total confirmed cases to find the number of active cases as they would not been included in the original confirmed cases — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:BB6:1702:BE00:1860:40B2:A351:DC47 ( talk) 18:34, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
2001:BB6:1702:BE00:1860:40B2:A351:DC47 ( talk) 18:27, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello I should like to report vandalism on Voulez-Vous (song) - the user Songwaters has removed the Cover Versions Section. I have read the information required for Cover Versions of note - Big Bang's version of Voulez Vous reached no. 1 in the Dance Charts, and Erasure's version of Voulez Vous reached no 1 in the BBC charts. So I'm not sure how either of these cover versions are important enough to be mention, considering Abba did not get the track to no 1 in the UK.???????? It seems Songwaters is not informed enough on musical matters to willy-nilly delete historical reference from Wikipedia pages, at a whim. Please report this action as vandalism.
thank you. Ukance ( talk) 18:20, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for your reply Teahouse. I totally agree with you, and felt the same, that Songwaters had no right to revert my action without discussing the matter. By his reasoning - deleting cover versions on the page of a song page on Wikipedia - would mean practically every original song that has a page on Wikipedia that has a cover versions section should have it deleted. Some songs, say written by Cole Porter or George Gershwin, are only ever recorded as cover versions, and even bands, The Beatles say, have countless cover versions, many of which reach the charts. I'm not sure under Songwaters reasoning what makes a cover version of merit?
I was reading /info/en/?search=Federal_Hall. First sentence 2nd paragraph, "The original building served as New York's first City Hall." Later in the same article under subheading, "First Structure", is this: "The original structure on the site was built as New York's second City Hall in 1699 - 1703..." which seems to contradict the first sentence cited. How do I go about discussing this and getting a bonafide editor to either explain the seeming contradiction or make a change in the entry. Db3593 ( talk) 12:50, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
2409:4052:2315:2562:0:0:E3F:A8AD ( talk) 20:37, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello, just wondering if anyone could take a look at Draft:Snoqualmie Valley Record. I have submitted but would love a second look on it to make sure my fixes are up to standard.
Thanks, NoahRiffe ( talk) 21:22, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Blatantly violating WP:SLEEPER, a sleeper account which has not made a single edit in 11 years suddenly pops up in an obscure AfD, Sonia Jabbar, to take a jibe at my WP:GOODFAITH. The account is being operated as an IP address: 117.18.228.1 and commented this:
"Comment Note to admin! the nominator Yourmasterishere is a newly created account & suspicious focusing on this person and other Nari Shakti Puraskar winners! Clearly WP:IDONTLIKE. He/She is a new user but has full knowledge on Wikipedia (mostly AFD) and like an experience editor who have total edit count: 32, so may be a sock account. Moreover, he joined Wikipedia on 3 May 2020 See log here. So I would like to request Check User (CU). Btw, imo, she meets WP:ANYBIO#1 however just comment not vote!"
It arouses colossal suspicion that the IP account which made just 25 edits when it was active during 2008 - 2009, transcends in 2020 and elucidates about WP essays, User logs, Check User, discussion abbreviations etc. the way only seasoned editors operate. It appears to be a classic case of WP:SOCKPUPPETRY
Moreover, this allegation is absolutely baseless and pointless since I never focused on this award winners. I just nominated for deletion 2 articles, Sonia Jabbar & Smriti Morarka and both of my nominations are on robust merits and not arbitrary, conjectured refs and cites the way, these articles have been articulated. Both the articles have been created by the same user and both were gravely infringing WP guidelines. If anyone would have genuinely gone through my contributions, they would have seen that I take interest in multidisciplinary domains. Yes, AfD is my topic of interest and I study WP essays & guidelines. I have always added value to any discussion, I have participated in. Is that wrong on my part?
Furthermore, this AfD which was not getting a single "keep" support apart from the user who created this, suddenly starts getting loads of "keep" when it was re-listed. There may be a possibility of WP:CANVASSING.
I request your opinion on the same and I request for running a Check User on this IP to unmask this masqueraded user. Yourmasterishere ( talk) 08:10, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
how do I correct and add an item on my wiki bio?
I enjoy a nice write up on wikipedia but one item is incorrect. I graduated from St John's U in 1962 and then entered military service (1962 1964 active) Also, while you are at it, I received an honorary Degree in 2012 from SJU. Thank you. Bob Turner
96.232.190.188 (
talk)
20:29, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
I'd like to point out that Talk:Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson is utterly borked. It seems like sometime back around 2015-2019, somebody tried to add an archive template to that talkpage, but somehow managed to only terribly botch the code, resulting in the fact that everything on that talkpage ended up in the archive box's infobox instead.
I've tried to fix it myself (without saving any of my changes), but neither could I make the original code work, nor did any of my attempts to replace the archive box code by directly copy-pasting any of the templates found at Help:Archiving a talk page seem to work (either the entire talkpage stayed inside the new box, or the box mysteriously ended up at the bottom of the page, or I couldn't shrink the giant archive folder image).
Another thing to consider is that I'm not sure when this botched archive was actually added and where improperly archived stuff from that talkpage (from before 2015?) may have ended up, and whether putting a new archive template on that that talkpage, even if it would work, may actually overwrite and thus destroy archives of that talkpage set up by the improper archive code. -- 46.93.152.142 ( talk) 23:10, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
How much citations does an article need? Ganeshboodoo ( talk) 23:41, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
I am beginning to create an article in my Sandbox at User:Rmhadsell/sandbox. The first content section, headed "Biography", fails to float at the left of the Infobox. Instead, this section appears on the first line below the Infobox, leaving an undesirable number of blank lines above the first section. Rmhadsell ( talk) 00:07, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
Ryanhooper1985 ( talk) 00:23, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
clarify use [https://books.google.com/books?id=kvpby7HtAe0C&pg=PA18 18]
is incorrect or correct in |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=kvpby7HtAe0C&pg=PA18 18]
?
for example the issue is on Abella. the above code is copied from Wikipedia:Citing sources. i find it sometimes particularly when quoting book. i have read Template:Cite book but i could not find info. according to me :
{{cite book |last=Rawls |first=John |title=A Theory of Justice |publisher=Harvard University Press |date=1971 |page=18 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=kvpby7HtAe0C&pg=PA18}}
{{cite book |last=Rawls |first=John |title=A Theory of Justice |publisher=Harvard University Press |date=1971 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=kvpby7HtAe0C&pg=PA18 18] |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=kvpby7HtAe0C&pg=PA18}}
{{cite book |last=Rawls |first=John |title=A Theory of Justice |publisher=Harvard University Press |date=1971 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=kvpby7HtAe0C&pg=PA18 18]}}
if there are multiple citations with different pages, i want to avoid {{rp|9–57}}
and use the following code :
Rawls, John. [https://books.google.com/books?id=kvpby7HtAe0C&pg=PA18 ''A Theory of Justice'']. Harvard University Press, 1971, p. 18.
please clarify Leela52452 ( talk) 12:24, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
{{
Rp}}
(or {{
R}}
) is using Harvard-style "short footnotes" with {{
Sfn}}
and a bibliography that contains the full cite to which those notes refer. —[
AlanM1 (
talk)]—
19:43, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
{{
Sfn}}
is more complicated and easily gets broken when people make changes, so I wouldn't add that to an article that doesn't already use it. I generally will use the {{
Rp}}
approach, though you have to be careful to avoid things like this[1][2]:34[5], which can be hard to parse, usually by doing this[1][5][2]:34 or, if there are multiple {{
Rp}}
together, try to split them up into different (though relevant) places or, as a last resort, space them like this.[1] [2]:34 [5]:67 I haven't seen it done, but a separator other than (or in addition to) space might be clearer, like this.[1], [2]:34, [5]:67 Or maybe if the template would put the page numbers inside the brackets like this.[1][2:34][5:67] Thoughts welcome. —[
AlanM1 (
talk)]—
20:00, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
|url=
parameter and include a specific enough URL to get where you want it to get (or use |chapter-url=
– it depends on what you're citing with what template). So, example 1 above is correct for typical cases, while in an edited volume it might be like so: {{cite book |last=Rawls |first=John |chapter=A Theory of Justice, Revisited |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=kvpby7HtAe0C&pg=PA18 |page=18 |editor-last=Public |editor-first1=Jane Q. |title=Justice and Theories About It |publisher=Harvard University Press |date=2021}}
. Examples 2 and 3 are a bad idea, and certainly no bot should be auto-doing anything like that. I don't see the point of example 4; either use a full citation in the same templated style, or use short-footnote style (typically Harvard format), or use {{
Rp}}
. "Sometime soon", changes to the <
ref>
code will obviate the need for {{Rp}}
in that citation style. The new MediaWiki extension with page-specific refs exists, but as far as I know has not yet been slated for introduction to en.Wikipedia.org just yet. {{Rp}}
is really intended for works that are being cited over and over and over again in the same article; it's not a big deal to just repeat an entire citation apart from page number (e.g. copy-paste the whole citation and change the page) a couple of times in an article. It's also fine, if there couldn't be any confusion, to manually do a short cite on later occurrences, e.g. <ref>Rawls (1971), [https://books.google.com/books?id=kvpby7HtAe0C&pg=PA18 p. 18].</ref>
; not sure it matters exactly what is linked there. If using Harvard citation templates, there's probably some documentation specifics about this sort of thing. I just don't see a rationale for manually doing an "almost full-length" later cite with: Rawls, John. [https://books.google.com/books?id=kvpby7HtAe0C&pg=PA18 ''A Theory of Justice'']. Harvard University Press, 1971, p. 18.
. —
SMcCandlish
☏
¢ 😼
01:43, 24 May 2020 (UTC)Can someone please explain to me what is happening and what are the steps I should do in order to not be confused anymore?
I was accused of rambling here:
/info/en/?search=User_talk:Boing!_said_Zebedee#General_Sanctions_Request_at_Wuhan_Institute_of_Virology
Because of a comment I made here, in the talk section:
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Talk:COVID-19_pandemic&diff=prev&oldid=958290332
And I was told that I would get a
WP:BOOMERANG here:
/info/en/?search=User_talk:Doug_Weller#Help_needed
Can someone just tell me what is going on? I really don't understand and I just want to help participate in the discussion. I felt that I've been disrespected because of the rambling accusation, but the on the last page I linked here someone says that I was in the wrong. Can someone just make things clear for me please... this is getting ridiculous.
PhysiqueUL09 (
talk)
00:37, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
@ Le Panini: I understand now what I did wrong in WIV it was a very swift decision considering I did not know about edit warring, In the talk page of WIV I said that if an admin was telling me to remove it I would have done it! I got insta blocked and did not understand why! I am taking about the rambling accusation because of something I left in a talk page. I thought talk pages where to talk. Did I do something wrong in that talk page? It seems to me that the person leaving a comment in my past block report was doing it intentionally to get me blocked again. I asked the administrator that blocked me if I could continue to contribute in the talk pages because I don't want to make mistakes again while I learn about all this! I don't understand what happened and why I would be wrong to write what I wrote in the talk page, that's pretty much it! I also found the rambling accusation very unresectful. Thanks PhysiqueUL09 ( talk) 01:01, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
How do I bring this up to a teahouse host? Should I just wait? I feel like people think I am doing stuff out of bad faith... Which is not the case at all! I might not have the right kind of language acceptable yet on Wikipedia and I'm working on it, but it shouldn't bring all this bad rep... I really want to help with the discussion... This is just making me uncomfortable about helping. Are talk pages supposed to be "safe spaces" if you don't start insulting everyone? I think I kept a good language, well maybe not when I first started at WIV... But now I understand. I know now that I'm not familiar with every rules in the book, but I still get so much flak without people even looking at what I try to say! PhysiqueUL09 ( talk) 01:21, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
@ Le Panini: I'm asking for help, I try to talk to everyone to get feedback for everything I do! And it's like: oh no, you are having this agenda and want to destroy the entire wikipedia world... I know it's a heated debate (the pandemic) but people don't need to be that mean about it... Every time I did something it was in good faith, or a mistake that I later realized. And now I have a block report and I wasn't contacted by the admin that blocked me, like I asked for in the WIV page. I want to add to the discussion and I stopped making edits after a few mistakes and an accidental/later assumed BRD. What is all this nonsense? I will stop editing directly Covid pages now, I know that I'm too unfamiliar to do it, but I want my opinion to be heard, at least in the talk pages! PhysiqueUL09 ( talk) 01:31, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Courtesy link: Draft:Chit2am
Hello, I was wondering to know what what the problem of the article I tried to published. thank you 173.176.137.104 ( talk) 03:37, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
I am beginning to create an article in my Sandbox at User:Rmhadsell/sandbox. I have added a Table of Contents, which incorrectly begins with the title of my article. How can I prevent this spurious first line? The Table of Contents should begin with 1 Biography. Rmhadsell ( talk) 00:03, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
= Like this =
); they should be level 2 and below (== Like this ==, === And this ===
). —[
AlanM1 (
talk)]—
07:48, 24 May 2020 (UTC)At 17:23, 13 May 2020 I added Empire of the Summer Moon to Further Reading. At 18:14 on the same day TaivoLinguist removed it with the note "Not considered a reliable source by specialists."
/info/en/?search=Quanah_Parker
Empire of the Summer Moon was a finalist of the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 2011. It has notes and a bibliography that includes many of the references in the Wikipedia article and more. It is a well researched book and should be considered Further Reading, however I’m new to Wikipedia editing and I don’t know what standards are needed.
What is the criteria for the Further Reading section? Who are the specialists needed to OK a book like this one? Carlislejp51 ( talk) 07:21, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
Courtesy link: Draft:Water purification using magnetic nanoparticles
I am XLK123 and I just checked my messages, and found that my article regarding water purification using magnetic nanoparticles has been declined. I am not rebutting this decision, although the reason give was "that it looked like an advertisement". In what way does the article seem like an advertisement? In my opinion (I know is sort of irrelevant considering that it's my article) it is just a normal article about the patent, not promoting it or anything of the sort.
Please can someone explain to me why it has fallen under the category of advertisement, as I don't understand?
Also, once someone has replied, am I allowed to tweak the article in such a way that makes it less like an advertisement?
Thanks, XLK123 ( talk) 05:44, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi there,
I wanted to tap into the collective insight of the Wikipedia community to help me understand whether a company I am following closely is notable enough to be featured on Wikipedia. The company in question is a start-up, nevertheless it provides a concept that is new to both the world of financial services and music: a stock exchange where everyone can trade music royalties. I believe the uniqueness of this proposition makes the company, or at least the concept they promote, worth of an encyclopedic mention as it represent a new line of financial services which was not existent before its appearance. Slowly, this will become more prominent as a category and more organisations will start offering similar services and therefore expand the category. As the first company to create this new financial service, are they worth a mention here?
They have been around for less than two years and have several mentions in international press in Europe, albeit mostly stating factual information. They do lack multiple long third-party analysis articles, which I understand are a key criteria in defining the notability of a potential new article.
I look forward to hearing your thoughts.
Thanks Piteress ( talk) 09:21, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
I started a draft page for Maggie Lunn in 2017, and it was declined later that year. Fortunately, someone else started a page for Maggie Lunn towards the end of 2018 which is now in Wikipedia, so that is good. However, how do I get rid of the draft I started and which still appears to exist at /info/en/?search=Draft%3AMaggie_Lunn ? It is not needed. I thought it would just vanish if I did not edit it for 6 months, but bots make edits and maybe reset the time? MerielGJones ( talk) 20:52, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Article name: Adam's bridge
The above article is wrongly published the information. It need to be changed, but eventually it can't be edited because the following page is highly protected and can't be edited. I need someone to change it and publish the correct information. Thank you. Hari 1213 ( talk) 04:26, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
So what will be your decision? No change it or keep it as it is? Hari 1213 ( talk) 10:29, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
I have showed the real meaning and proof of ram setu bridge in discussion page. And also I've attached some references. What else i need to do? Guide me, i need to change this wrong information of ram setu bridge. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hari 1213 ( talk • contribs) 13:13, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
May I know the reason why the draft is rejected. I have cited all statements in the articles by reliable sources. Ko San Lwin ( talk) 19:36, 23 May 2020 (UTC) Ko San Lwin ( talk) 19:36, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
I would like to recreate the Bella Cosmetics again without the writing look like promotion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ko San Lwin ( talk • contribs) 09:19, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
If you're going to write an article about anyone or anything that is not you or something you are connected to, here are the steps you should follow:
Doing something besides those steps typically results in the article not being approved, or even in its deletion.
If you are writing about yourself, or someone or something you are connected with (such as a friend, family member, or your business), the following steps are different:
Hi, I wanted to know how to add templates in my user page about my language, country and other info. Kindly tell me. Heyday to you ( talk) 13:45, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
is copying and pasting from ncbi.nlm.nih.gov like sites and research paper ok? they arent copyrighted as i think ? not all line but a paragraph or so. I edited several pages like adding from not copy right source but from research paper and modified some statements. Also is there good place to learn wiki more. like how to add tables i can do simple things like \[\[ something \]\] and \<ref\> ... \< ref \> Machinexa ( talk) 09:47, 24 May 2020 (UTC) Its difficult to learn wikipedia from those page . They are overwhelming. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Machinexa ( talk • contribs) 09:50, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
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May I aks why the edit talking about him being a fat tragic man, was unconstructive. Thanks Italic text — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7F:9034:AE00:ADD7:9DD0:D8E1:7502 ( talk) 13:41, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
E.D. Hirsch Jr- I am his second wife and egocentrically decided to add myself on his personal info section. Now when I call it up all personal info has disappeared! I am so sorry to have fouled this up. The only reference that can be cited is our marriage certificate Can you help me? Thank you K123455 ( talk) 16:11, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
2600:6C5E:147F:DE55:6467:9589:E87E:B728 ( talk) 18:42, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
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I added an FYI so readers can see what the problem originally was and what was done to correct it. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 19:50, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
I probably know the answer to this, and they probably fall under WP:TOOSOON, however can anyone help with the citations for the draft. I feel like they can be an article due to the notability of the group through Direct Relief and conventions, (Thrown Controllers). Not to mention, as entertainers they are "significant in roles in multiple notable films, television shows, stage performances, or other productions", mainly the production of Thrown Controllers at multiple conventions such as PAX and Momocon. Also as entertainers, they "made unique, prolific or innovative contributions to a field of entertainment" as they were one of the first collaborative YouTube channels, even beating the GameGrumps. If it isn't possible to make it an article, I'll understand, I'll just be a bit disappointed as I put a lot of time and effort into the draft. Thank you for reading. Captain Galaxy ( talk) 19:58, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
I logged in, and saw the message that I am editing the Wikipedia page, but I am unable to find the text that I wish to edit. What is happening? I see only the general information about editing and do not see the file that I wish to edit while in this edit mode. ???? Kermit1941 ( talk) 20:04, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
I read about editnotices, and it said that I can add an editnotice to my user page. The page about editnotices said that there would be a red link in the top left that would allow me to create an editnotice, but I do not see it. O-dog222 ( talk) 21:43, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
{{Editnotice userpage}}
, but I think I somehow edited the wrong page, which is odd, because you spelled my username correctly.
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I don't understand the purpose of the Tea House as it pertains to me. I am the direct descendant of George JF Clarke. I have written two books on the family. The editing I have done on his page are (1) updated factual information ie. his death date is October 20, 1836. (2) Rewritten the reasons for Honoria Cummings Clarke needing to have her four remaining children living in Florida baptized Catholic. it was not a whim, rather it was because under the Spanish flag you had to be Catholic to hold onto or inherit your estate. (3)Clarke fell in love with Flora who was John Leslie's slave. He purchased her and freed her. The manumission papers state clearly that he has given her her freedom so she can live free like him. She can own property, have her own business and do as she pleases. They had eight children - Maria Felicia Francesca "Rose", James Fredrick, Thomas Santiago, Joseph josef Luis Josie, Daniel L. A., john Nepomuceo Diego, William Roman and George Philip Felipe. (4) His will is important because he owned such a fast amount of land and he left each of his children 1/8 and because there were 8 children it took nearly 100 years of constant law suits between the large family and descendants and the United States government to settle payments for damage and loss of the property due to the Patriots War. This is why there is so much information on this family. Finally, I don't understand some of the footnotes used in the area of the family. Much of it is not relevant to Spanish Florida between 1700s and 1800s. Much of the footnotes are only relevant after 1821 when Florida becomes part of the United States. If you want to connect me to one of the editors so we can remove those footnotes and references, I would welcome that help.
Thank you
Gylbert Garvin Coker Cokerg ( talk) 23:17, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
if you check my article ive enclosed multiple sources to validate my entry, nearly 20 and not all of them are social media some are publish by news outlets in china but i need help getting this through to wikipedia Davidxiaoshan ( talk) 03:42, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
HI WIKIPEDIA, I AM A NEW USE. HOW CAN I CREATE AN ARTICLE ABOUT MINE OR MY COMPANY. I AM NOT FAMOUS FOR ANYTHING.HOW CAN I MAKE A ARTICLE? I AM A MUSICIAN. CAN I MAKE A ARTICLE ABOUT MY SELF PLEASE . PLEASE ANSWER ME. IF YES HOW? EXPLAIN? CousinsTeam ( talk) 15:48, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
How do I include a PDF in a reference? Jenhawk777 ( talk) 03:45, 25 May 2020 (UTC) Jenhawk777 ( talk) 03:45, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
Include URL link to article, pre-print, or abstract.
{{cite journal |last=Aries |first=Myriam B. C. |last2=Newsham |first2=Guy R. |last-author-amp=yes |date=2008 |title=Effect of daylight saving time on lighting energy use: a literature review |url=http://archive.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/obj/irc/doc/pubs/nrcc49212/nrcc49212.pdf |journal=Energy Policy |volume=36 |issue=6 |pages=1858–1866 |doi=10.1016/j.enpol.2007.05.021 |access-date=October 18, 2013}}
Displays as:
Aries, Myriam B. C. & Newsham, Guy R. (2008). "Effect of daylight saving time on lighting energy use: a literature review" (PDF). Energy Policy. 36 (6): 1858–1866. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2007.05.021. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
If the linked document is PDF, but the extension is not .pdf or .PDF, you may add the parameter |format=PDF, which displays " (PDF)" after the link.
hello there, an alert has came up that i do not have a user profile, is a user profile created automatically? or do i have to create it? many thanks Trains2050 ( talk) 09:13, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
ok thanks for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Trains2050 ( talk • contribs) 09:20, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
hi all, could someone please tell me how to add a user box in my user page? many thanks Trains2050 ( talk) 09:54, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
Normally, User:Serial Number 54129 is a fairly decent editor, but they have vandalized List of My Hero Academia characters multiple times, starting from January 18, and just started again May 23. In most of the questionable edits, they claim that they are removing unsourced content and fancruft, but in reality are removing essentially the entire page, including sourced content, edit warring about the subject and refused to explain their actions when questioned at one point by closing the discussion instead of giving any answer. The most recent offense by Serial Number 54129 was undone by User:Exukvera. I haven't notified them about repeating the incident out of fear that they will keep removing essentially the entire page with poor explanations after being notified, as last time they edit warred after their notification. While this isn't a serious enough offense for the Incidents or Vandalism noticeboards due to them being a decent editor on any other page, I am wondering what can be done, as this situation is incredibly frustrating. 72.203.118.154 ( talk) 12:47, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
Is anybody willing to translate the commandments in Hebrew,which haven't been translated before? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dandro08 ( talk • contribs) 13:52, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
hello everyone, i wrote an article on a sitting Minister and it was reject because it was said not to have met the standard the wikipedia standard. please i need help. Vkeys ( talk) 13:43, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
""Best known for his tranquil nature and versatile intellect, he is considered as one of the astute political leaders of Nassarawa State having been rising steadily to power and political leadership since 2006.."Everything you say about this person must be written in neutral, factual tones and be verifiable, and based upon reliable, published sources.
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I've experienced "mob rule" to win against rational arguments when a dispute about an article occurs. What is Wikipedia doing to prevent propaganda and fallacious content from being sustained in articles solely because it appeals to the biases of the majority? 24.17.208.94 ( talk) 04:09, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
Question:
Can you please provide your response for this situation here. I have COI situation where I have an article for a person with association that I work with, but can be a good resource if added to Wikipedia. I know I cannot edit these pages myself because of the policy so I just want to check with you guys that there is no process or code for submitting articles for review if a COI exists. Maybe I am confused but I saw a page on requesting an edit and that is the reason why I asking this question, thank you ?
/info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Edit_requests Kevin at IES ( talk) 12:49, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
Ok so just to understand how this gets done properly. So the article gets submitted to the AFC portal then that is the correct process for submitting drafts for review with COI, thank you. ( Kevin at IES ( talk) 13:22, 25 May 2020 (UTC))
Ok thanks guys just want to be sure, cheers — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kevin at IES ( talk • contribs) 14:33, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
hello all, i have just found an article that i think should be deleted but i think i have done the deletion request wrong. could someone please tell me on how i should do the deletion request. many thanks Trains2050 ( talk) 14:18, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi, referring to this Wiki article, link: /info/en/?search=Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs Under Self-Esteem, 2nd line, there is a citation needed. I happened to find the source of said paragraph and i would like to contribute. im not good at coding and i tried to edit myself but i couldnt understand the edit layout. 103.252.201.193 ( talk) 13:50, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
I noticed some edits adding citations by User:Habelgmsa (see Special:Contributions/Habelgmsa) specifically when they added links to Loopnet as citations for Washington County, Oregon ( diff)
I'm not sure how to proceed to get more eyes on this or what is the official process for something like this when it is generally about an editor affecting a number of pages? Mlepisto ( talk) 17:31, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
A suggestion to avoid future kerfuffles like this might be to mention the event over at the Community portal. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 15:36, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
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Deferred to talk User:Agnes George shauri joined earlier this month, and is participating in 1Lib1Ref. The intent of the program is for librarians around the world to address the backlog of citations needed at Wikipedia articles. I saw that Agnes had added a citation to an article I watch. The citation was inappropriate, so I reverted it. I then looked at other contributions, and saw that just about every citation added that I looked at was in error. One was as simple as adding a reference to Steve Kerr that was for a different person of the same name. I reverted about half a dozen and left a message at the editor's Talk page, asking to please stop adding citations, giving several examples of errors. I have no desire to look at the 100+ citations added by Agnes George shauri, but am guessing that many of the others are also wrong. Is there a process to revert all of an editor's actions? I understand that it is likely that some of the citations added are valid. David notMD ( talk) 15:08, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
Galendalia Talk to me CVU Graduate 17:06, 25 May 2020 (UTC) 16:55, 25 May 2020 (UTC) Teahouse Host
USS Boxer on V-J day My father claimed his dive-bomber squadron was aboard Boxer on way to Japan when the war ended. The squadron, flying SB2C Helldivers, was a "reconstituted" one, having been badly mauled in early Pacific campaign. My father's story was that their unit was "headed to Japan", on the Boxer, in expectation that Japan was not going to surrender and there would have to be a massive assault on their homeland. At war's end, amid almost instant decommissioning of all unnecessary personel, my father was left on Hawaii, trying to get passage back to the States. Could the Boxer be embarking the squadron at Pearl Harbor on August 6th 1945? I know my father got as far as Hawaii because he came home with a souvenir leaf from a 'Sword Plant' from the Haleakala volcano and told of finally getting back on a "banana boat". Just wishing I could ask him about this, on this Memorial Day, remembering those who defending us in another awful time. Bob Burford, Narragansett RI 2600:8805:BC80:3D6:39C9:E5C1:4D13:42C8 ( talk) 17:03, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
Okay, I remember the Teahouse. Rhymes with "treehouse".
I have exactly one keyboard, it says "Dell" and it is "American", made it China, no patents mentioned on the injection mold.
I don't use Windows in a habitual sense. I am using Windows for two weeks. I am using Microsoft Edge currently. This is "not my computer".
The stickers on the keyboard that say what they are have been rubbed off by 70% ethyl alcohol, because I touch-type.
It would be good to "install a Spanish dictionary" in Microsoft Edge. I could do it in Firefox on Ubuntu, but I need to make the best of what's around.
Thank you for literally all suggestions. I am also open to Netflix suggestions. Covidios ( talk) 04:05, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
I've been paid to make minor edits to a small article on a living person Bahman Tavoosi. The edits have now been reverted wholesale twice (even though I fully disclosed the COI after the first reversion), rather than abiding by the details in Help:Reverting or Wikipedia:Editing_policy#Try_to_fix_problems
I don't want to cause problems, but I don't see problems with the content I've been asked to contribute. I don't see any controversy, and the material is backed by citations (including adding a citation where one was previously flagged as citation needed
Help? I need the money to feed my family since coronavirus lockdown has destroyed my usual business. Mexi-Kiwi Mike ( talk) 18:40, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
you are strongly discouraged from editing affected articles directly; you are prohibited from making more than trivial updates directly.
Can I edit any Wikipedia pages? AbhinavA1694 ( talk) 16:40, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
Recently I added contents to History of Poland, and providing a reliable source, I mentioned that the ruling party is heading the country towards democratic backsliding. An editor deleted my edits, and without providing any source-he said, "The US ambassador to Poland says that she does not believe the report, and there is a lot of politics involved." Although I have left a message in his talk page, I must mention this thing in Wikipedia because there is a growing effort to undermine freedom of speech by many countries, whose leaders use propaganda machines to ensure the extinction of unfavourable coverage. The ruling party's criticism that I mentioned in Wikipedia was noticed by other editors, but they did not delete it, but E-960 quickly reverted the edit. The reason that he provided was insufficient. It seems that he does not Law and Justice to be negatively assessed in Polish history, even when international human rights organizations like Freedom house condemn it's anti-democratic efforts.He said that freedom house is just an NGO, and it has political leanings and biases. But many Wikipedia pages have used freedom house ratings and statuses as a base for assessing human rights situation,and it's lauded as a leading human rights organization. Ppt2003 ( talk) 11:26, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
How can I create a wikimedia project How can I create wikimedia project 41.113.26.115 ( talk) 19:11, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
What's the intent of WikiProject? Does it cover something not covered by Wikipedia:WikiProject? WikiProjects exist inside Wikipedia and no where else if I'm not mistaken... so I'm just confused as to why there is an additional article on the subject matter that's "external facing". BthompsonHV 01:27, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
I'm not sure if this is the best place to ask this, but if there's another place, please let me know.
Is there a name for people for the philosophy that Wikipedia's Core content policies adhere to. For example Neutrality/Verifiability/Reliable Sources. Is there a name for this philosophy? “_______ism.” There are certain rules in wikipedia, but it appears wikipedia takes it’s rules from the norms of philosophy. You have to cite your sources, you have to use reliable sources, you have to follow the norms of philosophy (not using logical fallacies,) I believe that the rules and norms of Wikipedia and Academia are one of the best ways to ascertain truth, but is there a name for this philosophy? Rationalism? there's Empiricism? But it seems the word I'm looking for is broader than that.
Thanks – Chrisvacc - ✆ 15:03, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
I say NVRism (pronounced never-ism) - Sorry if too short, but sometimes short is easier than long. Galendalia CVU Member \ Chat Me Up 06:29, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
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DIXIT2306 ( talk) 05:36, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
I wanted to post and article or Educational information to provide better information regarding the Indian youth and for all who need the information.
Https://www.drsarkarinaukri.in is the place where i am shring the information right now.
What is the vandalism section within Wikipedia? Habelgmsa ( talk) 08:09, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
How do I know that I am an autoconfirmed user? Frankhad ( talk) 09:48, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi!
Though my user is old, I have only recently become more active in editing Wikipedia, mostly by patrolling the "recent changes" page. There I came across a user making unsourced edits going against the existing sources, Frontier Place. I reverted the edits and warned him, but I kept watching his edits. He is very active, and does a lot of good work, but communicates very little and often makes controversial, unsourced or sometimes outright wrong edits. For example, over the last weeks he has been changing all mentions of "Stockholm Metro" to "Stockholm Tunnel Rail". This seems to me to go against the talk page on Talk:Stockholm_metro, where the conclusion seems to have been to use "Metro", which also seems to be used for most other European (partly) underground public transport systems. He also removed a lot of mentions of the Åland Islands being Finnish, removed mentions of Sweden as a country in favor of the European Union, was banned for 72 hours for sourceless edits of several pages on the coronavirus epidemic, and all of this with basically no communication, sources or public reasons.
It also seems really likely to me that the account belongs to the same person as Linde Place, who was blocked for using sockpuppets to circumvent a ban. Their contributions are extremely similar, and Frontier Place starts editing about two weeks after Linde Place's users were banned. I left a message on the talk page of the user that signed the sockpuppet investigation, CFCF, but he hasn't replied, and is semi-retired.
My question is what to do about users like this? Should I tell someone, and if so, who?
Many thanks in advance for your help! Knuthove ( talk) 00:53, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
How do you ensure that we have good evaluation of sources? How does the Wikipedia experts herein ensure that new editors are thorough with the sources selected before proceeding to the "citations added" section? Habelgmsa ( talk) 08:06, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
What if the topic that you are writing about is worthy of having a Wikipedia page, but there aren't enough sources? For Draft:Nitro Type, everything mentioned was self evident just by going to nitrotype.com. Anything that you couldn't learn from there I sourced as well. Nitro Type is a really big site, with millions of races each day, so it seems wrong that it would get declined because of not enough sources. Could you guys maybe reconsider please? Apparently I am not the first to try and write a Wikipedia page on the matter, so it seems like others are running into the same problem. DVORAK Typer ( talk) 11:22, 17 May 2020 (UTC) DVORAK Typer ( talk) 11:22, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
... worthy of having a Wikipedia page, but there aren't enough sourcesis a contradiction, revealing a mis-understanding. Because Wikipedia is an encyclopedia (a WP:TERTIARY source), it doesn't have articles that are directly about subjects. Instead, it summarizes what independent reliable WP:SECONDARY sources have written about the subject. If those sources do not exist in sufficient number and with sufficient detail and depth, a policy-conformant Wikipedia article cannot exist because it would have no (or insufficient) useful content. There is no concept of "worthy of having a Wikipedia page" as a value judgement (which we would not be worthy to make); it's all about WP:NOTABILITY, as evidenced by sources. —[ AlanM1 ( talk)]— 23:06, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
Yeah, that all makes sense. But how can a page like this one: /info/en/?search=List_of_Middle-earth_characters exist? There are literally no sources, and nothing that could not be learned just by reading Lord Of The Rings. I am literally a huge fan of LOTR, and think it should be allowed to be an article; which it is, but I mean really? However, this journey has actually been in a way encouraging. I had always though that Wikipedia was literally terrible, but it truly is hard to make an article, you guys really care about credibility. DVORAK Typer ( talk) 23:10, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
How do I delete an entry in the history list? 75.170.42.233 ( talk) 14:26, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi,
As a newbie in Wikipedia I have a very basic question, that I seem not to find an answer to.
I finished writing an article (in my sandbox) and want to submit it for review so it can be published, but I see no such link/button.
Thanx, Danishom ( talk) 14:19, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi,
As a first timer, I am not sure how to add to a thread (edit the sources?), so I am opening a new Q.
1. As was suggested by a user, I added a {{AFC submission|||ts=20200518150434|u=Danishom|ns=4}}
but it displayed the above but no submit button
2. More important, I am writing a article about a living (89 years old), globally renowned scientist and innovator.
I am told that ALL content will require inline citations to independent reliable sources.
If I am writing about his childhood and his years through WWII, how does one get independent reliable sources? e.g. if the house he lived in was bombarded by the allied forces, do I need a reliable source for that? If he was arrested and jailed by the Czech communist regime, do I need to go into the archives of the judicial system of Czechoslovakia from 1948? Do I need to present a birth certificate to prove that he was born in Budapest in 1931, as appears in the article?
This all seems highly improbable
Thanx Danishom ( talk) 15:04, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
I want to reintroduce professor Tyler L Adams to wait Wikipedia. I'm looking for someone to review it. Abbas Kwarbai ( talk) 13:13, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
So yes, you can start over. I recommend you declare your relationship to Adam on your User page and then create/submit a draft via Articles for Creation. The problem with your deleted draft is that you had copied copyright protected content from websites and pasted that into your draft. To succeed, the facts must be true (and referenced), but the wording yours. David notMD ( talk) 14:31, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
How to delete a hyperlink in my article that I have unfortunately put in for review.
Draft:Jules Franck Mondoloni Under the heading Publications - Media - Museum collections - Galleries[edit]
Published books illustrated by Jules Franck Mondoloni: Hello: I don't know how to delete this written below. I wanted to change the hyperlink by deleting then replacing, and this is what now appears in my article.
,SortField:!n,SortOrder:0,TemplateParams:(Scenario:,Scope:Default,Size:!n,Source:,Support:)))) Filitosa, 1987 ,Scope:Default,Size:!n,Source:,Support:)))) Lumières de granite: la Corse à l'aube de son histoire, 1990
My user name is Reknil43 and my article is Jules Franck Mondoloni I need help with my references too. I am 77 years old and find it a daunting task to understand how to correct my mistakes and, such as above "deleting a hyperlink", as well as creating the references that include the pages references. I mistakenly entered my article to be published too soon. I thought that I could still edit it as I did in the sandbox. Reknil43 ( talk) 15:42, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I am currently working on a poem available at ( User:TheBirdsShedTears/sandbox). I want to know that if i add original lines of the poem within Quote box, will it considered a copyright infringement or allowed by the Wikipedia? Thanks TheBirdsShedTears ( talk) 17:06, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
While quotations are an indispensable part of Wikipedia, try not to overuse them. Quotations are loose, ambiguous style that is common in fiction and journalism, and is generally not suited to encyclopedic writing. Long quotations crowd the actual article and distract attention from other information., and
The copied material should not comprise a substantial portion of the work being quoted and a long quotation should not be used where a shorter quotation would express the same information. What constitutes a substantial portion depends on many factors, such as the length of the original work, and the importance and relevance of the quoted text to that work.and
The quotation must be useful and aid understanding of the subject; irrelevant quotations should be removed.
How to create a page on Wikipedia Hi. Okay, here is my question: How do you create a page on Wikipedia and I don't mean a user page, I mean a page about a celebrity that is not on Wikipedia.
Kind Regards, Candy:) -- Candy luv music ( talk) 16:52, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
How to create a page on Wikipedia Hi. Okay, here is my question: How do you create a page on Wikipedia and I don't mean a user page, I mean a page about a celebrity that is not on Wikipedia.
Kind Regards, Candy luv music 🍭💖🎶 -- Candy luv music ( talk) 16:56, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
Here are some steps which, when followed, often lead to success in getting an article accepted:
I've been trying to unsubscribe for years from this. One of your experts helped me write a page at MOMA and then you proceeded to tell me it was an advertisement. I don't know my login,password, etc and want to unsubscribe immediately! 2601:700:4100:26A0:90FF:B04D:5CC6:4433 ( talk) 16:21, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
This is the biography of Professor Tyler L Adams. Please someone should assist me in accessing it because I tried to follow all Wikipedia rules when I'm publication it. Abbas Kwarbai ( talk) 19:04, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
Well thank you for your feedback but actually I wrote this article on my WhatsApp and later copied it from there to Wikipedia. So that implies is plagiarism? Please have tried all my possible way to do it but couldn't. I only know my draft might be wrong but I have subjected and look into numerous wiki bio and draft this one. Please the kind of assist I need from is to directly tell me how do it please.
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21:53, 18 May 2020 (UTC)Abbas Kwarbai if indeed you wrote the online version which your Wikipedia draft seems to be copied from, you have two options. 1) post a release on the https://tyadamsphd.com/) page, releasing that text under the CC-BY-SA free license so that anyone in the world may use the text subject to that license. Then there will be no copyright issue on Wikipedia. 2) Re-do the text in a significantly way, so that the facts are much the same, but the writing is so different that it would not be a copy even if someone else had written the first text. (#2 is also the proper procedure if you did not write the first text. If the first text copiewd significant content from its sources, again do #2)
Once one of those is done,. we can deal with formatting issues, but the copyright must be dealt with fist, one way or the other. DES (talk) DESiegel Contribs 21:55, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
When I tried to edit an article(bishop Aukland) to add a notable person it got reverted. So what is the criteria for a notable person? 1st Username ( talk) 22:48, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
I just wrote and submitted my first article for Anthony Radetic. Wikipedia said that I should move the page from user:Lipav123/sandbox/draft: AnthonyRadetic to draft:AnthonyRadtic, so I did. When I click on my user name of Lipav123, it continues to say that I don't have a user page. I am confused. I registered under Lipav123 and created the article. Lipav123 ( talk) 22:53, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
Luís Henrique Correia Ferreia, mais conhecido como, Luisinho Gamer,(Faro,2 de Março de 2003) é um Youtuber,estudante de GPSI,poderá ser um grande youtuber português
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Hello! I'm writing an article about IXL Learning, a very notable company that owns multiple sources, including ABCya, Quia Books, IXL, Quia Web, and a couple of others I can't name off of the top of my head. But I accidentally called the Draft IXL (Website) instead of IXL Learning. How do I make the switch? Thank you for your time. Le Panini ( talk) 23:36, 18 May 2020 (UTC) Le Panini ( talk) 23:36, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
Hey y'all, working on creating Draft:Snoqualmie_Valley_Record and would love a look over. This is my first real article and would love a look over. Hope everyone is having a great Monday! NoahRiffe ( talk) 20:23, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
The newspaper was again sold after just 4 years to King County Journal Newspapers, In December 2000 [...](emphasis added). Be wary of your tone, as phrases like
The paper traces its beginnings back [...]do not fit the voice the encyclopedia conveys. I'd opt for something more neutral, like "The paper originated from [...]" — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 01:11, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
I created Draft:The Black Caucus at Penn State but I did not mean to publish the draft. I then tried to delete the draft and publish directly into the main space the same article, The Black Caucus at Penn State; however, I now have the error that the draft already exists. I requested that the page history of the draft be merged into the main space article. I got the message that an Administrator has to review the merge request. How long will this take? J.AE.W23 ( talk) 22:11, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
How long does it take for a new page to get reviewed and published? Specifically Draft:Terrence Barnich. Pizzaman787 ( talk) 20:45, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
Dear fellow Wikipedians, As you can see in my contributions, I have not made any edits. My IP address changed, and that has caused my account to stop working. Can anyone explain? But just basically I'm not new btw.
I was looking at the recent changes page, although I've noticed something which I think might be a bug. Whenever I click "view new changes", in the new changes was a supposedly new edit, which was in fact one that had appeared before. This prompted me to think that the user was doing the same edit over and over again, although looking at the page history, there had been no edit warring and only one of that edit, even there were clearly two edits in the recent changes.
I'm not sure if this is a glitch or just me, so can another person please just tell me what's going on? Thanks, XLK123 ( talk) 05:07, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
How do I submit my draft article JKDonehue ( talk) 12:09, 18 May 2020 (UTC) JKDonehue ( talk) 12:09, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
How do I submit my draft article : International Law of Maritime piracy. It is completed and I am ready to submit it I can find a 'submit for review' button I have tired the source editor ; writing in {{AFC submission|||ts=20200518123308|u=JKDonehue|ns=4}} but that did not seem to work. JKDonehue ( talk) 12:33, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
Now at Draft:International Law of Maritime Piracy. I recommend the creator address the comments added to the draft while waiting for a review. David notMD ( talk) 13:13, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
I am an employee at Success Point College. I am one of the Success Point College's team members. They granted me to write the Success Point College article. I am very new at Wikipedia. I want to keep my college title as Success Point College. I prepared a sandbox content. When I moved to the article it is deleted. Please guide me on what do's or do not's. Also, guide me on how can I write a fresh article for our college. Abhishekolkata ( talk) 08:14, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi, How can someone create a bio page for himself? 196.75.28.158 ( talk) 09:59, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
I am a chef, teacher, and author - and have published two books. I would like to include these and my biography on wikipedia. I am wondering if an author or two books passes the "notability" muster or not. Warren Laine-Naida ( talk) 06:37, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Thank you! I thought as much. I appreciate you taking the time to answer.
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Hello! I am working on creating Draft: Todor Georgiev and I would love it if someone could take a look at it and give me some tips. It is my first full article. Also is there any way to expedite its approval and publication? Thank you! Elenatheodora ( talk) 09:24, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Peter is Professor of Sport Psychology at the University of Southern Queensland, where is also Dean of the Graduate Research School. He has also ended 9 Olympics as a consultant. Further details will be supplied if he is considered a suitable candidate, which I sincerely hope he will. Jshunter40 ( talk) 11:14, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
I am unable to add an image in infobox person and title of my article is my username but i want to givee it an another name,how to change it? Tetradelectro ( talk) 11:29, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi, so, my last question was answered quickly, so I decided to ask one more. I was wondering, how do I clear my notifications page? Thanks, Dragonlover21 ( talk) 23:34, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
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Hello! Is there a community of russian-english (or english-russian) translators?-- DonGuess ( talk) 12:04, 19 May 2020 (UTC) DonGuess ( talk) 12:04, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
In my short time patrolling Recent changes, I've fixed many a case of people advertising their own youtube channel on an article about a videogame. Usually it will include a few content creators that are popularly identified as "Popular". For example, in one of my cases it was in the terraria article, It had Chippy Gaming and Khaios, two relatively popular youtubers, along with another youtube channel which matched the name of the person who made the edit, which i will not name for privacy purposes. So this brings me to my question, in order to talk about certain video games, one must talk about it's community, which often includes "Popular Youtubers". But that term is relative, one person may think that a youtuber is popular while another may not, and there are also no sources to cite saying that someone is popular except subscriber counts and other oft referred to counts of popularity. But until the community decides on a proper definition for the term "Popular" this will always be relative. So is there already a definition? Or do we as wikipedians need to decide upon this? Thanks, JazzClam ( talk) 21:22, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
Ah, DESiegell so notability is what matters, so if they have done something important or famous? Such as perhaps having coded the modding API for a certain game, or having made it? JazzClam ( talk) 09:20, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Ah, so generally, unless a youtuber is particularly notable, they should not be included, and since in youtube, and in gaming spheres in general, notability is basically the popularity of a youtuber, they should generally not be included? JazzClam ( talk) 12:37, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
notability is basically the popularity of a youtuberOnly in the general language – Wikipedia's definition of "notability" doesn't include popularity. Notability for a youtuber is determined in the same way as for any other individual (with the exception of some people who are covered by one of the specific notability criteria) : if reliable independent sources have written about them in depth, they are notable, otherwise not. A youtuber who is not popular and doesn't have lots of subscribers or views could still be notable if they have plenty of coverage in reliable independent sources, and vice versa. -- bonadea contributions talk 14:13, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
My article Draft:Kwonjungho was reviewed on the 14th of April. I have since made major edits to it but they have still not been reviewed for approval. Is there any way I can know when it will be reviewed/approved? Thank you! FayeHamblettJ ( talk) 10:31, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
I want to add an image of the IXL Learning logo like the other company articles have. Can somebody help and or guide me through this process? I tried to study how to do so but it's still unclear to me. Le Panini ( talk) 04:06, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
/info/en/?search=Draft:Hassan_Mohamed_Esufally This person has been featured in multiple newspapers (with an independent editorial team) in Sri Lanka, Australia, and the Philippines. He has also been featured in multiple televisions interviews, magazines and is a notable public figure in Sri Lanka. I have included 24 links to his achievements and stature. What exactly would I need to change to get the article approved? ( I included links from reputable newspapers such as daily mirror, Sunday times, etc) Do I remove the links from youtube/social media? Add more above the line media? There are lots more links I can include. If you simply google his name lots of articles come up. If one of the editors could help me edit this so it gets approved that would be sincerely appreciated :) HandR12 ( talk) 10:12, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
in historyand
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What is the population of Borneo? 82.217.24.162 ( talk) 13:52, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
2409:4064:2EAA:2943:D47A:E0E5:F81E:D097 ( talk) 15:46, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Good Afternoon:
Since there is not currently a Wikipedia page for my 22 year radio broadcast career, I would like to begin the process. What is the procedure for creating this? Can someone assist? I worked in the following markets: New York, Dallas, Houston and Tampa.
Thank you!
Dan Stevens
Email: (Redacted) 108.46.35.55 ( talk) 17:22, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Welcome to the Teahouse. You may begin the process to create an article if you meet the criteria outlined in WP:BASIC User:Zoozaz1 17:35, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I have drafted an article in my sandbox, and I would like to know how I can now proceed with creating a new article on Wikipedia using the contents in my sandbox. User:Ashaw315/sandbox Thank you very much! Ashaw315 ( talk) 14:03, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello! I'm JazzClam, but you can call me Jazz, Clam, anything really. I was looking around Recent Changes and somehow found myself on an article about Ken Osmond, the actor who played Eddie Haskell on Leave it to Beaver who sadly died on the 18th, and I saw that the picture on the top of the page is Osmond, Circa 1962. So is the picture meant to be updated? or is the picture meant to represent the version of Osmond, or any actor really, that most people come to the article looking for? That being them in their prime? Thanks, JazzClam ( talk) 12:55, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi All!
I hope you are all safe and well! I have submitted a new article for Lhouette /info/en/?search=Draft:Lhouette. I am hoping I have done the page correctly. I have announced that I am paid on my Talk page by my company and Lhouette but wasn't sure if I need to do this on the article also.
Loisspencertracey ( talk) 18:57, 19 May 2020 (UTC) Loisspencertracey ( talk) 18:57, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Thank you Theroadislong. I thought I had published the page? I have checked with both WP:BLP and WP:NARTIST and I think it should match them to its best ability.
Loisspencertracey ( talk) 19:15, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Thank you David notMD. I have added references and also links to notable Wiki pages. Loisspencertracey ( talk) 20:00, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Denkichu ( talk) 19:35, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi! I was going browsing through the list of dragons in film and television, and there's one dragon missing from the list. I'd like to add but I don't know how to do that. The only thing I can edit is the source, and I'm not gonna do that, messing things up. So what to do?
I am a new wikipedia-er, and I think Marvin Chun meets the criteria for a page. I have some experience with professor pages (as a user), and his notability is greater than many others with pages. He has over 30k research citations ( https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=mNT0MKIAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao) and is in a senior administrative position at a notable university. Is Marvin Chun Wikipedia Page worthy? What are some good resources for going about making a page for him? Thanks (and sorry if this isn't the right place for this)! Lukasrobertcorey ( talk) 06:03, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
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By the way you can'r reply to IP addresses in this way but the procedure is otherwise the same (so you can notify me with {{re|Eumat114}}. Anyway the IP editor has said much. If in doubt, you can create a draft and let us see. (I'll check on this soon.) Thanks, and happy editing!
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Can the template message box be removed as soon as possible, I have tried everything. Need Help! 2604:2000:1303:560F:DC79:51F4:1AC1:158B ( talk) 20:50, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
How do I change the name of a draft article I am writing? /info/en/?search=Draft:Hassan_Mohamed_Esufally
How do I change the draft name of this article? I added the subject's middle name but I want to remove it now and change the title to "Hassan Esufally". I would genuinely appreciate your help :) HandR12 ( talk) 18:22, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
How do I get someone to look at my draft article before I submit again?
I recently received this reply to my question which was really appreciated. I have attached it below.
In reference to this, I have taken out the phrases "in history" and "accomplished". I wanted to also if I can "chat" to an experienced editor who can have a look at the article before I submit it again. How would I do this? If someone can help me with this and also tell me how I can use my talk page to get the assistance that would be appreciated. What else can I include/exclude to get this article approved?
/info/en/?search=Draft:Hassan_Mohamed_Esufally This person has been featured in multiple newspapers (with an independent editorial team) in Sri Lanka, Australia, and the Philippines. He has also been featured in multiple televisions interviews, magazines and is a notable public figure in Sri Lanka. I have included 24 links to his achievements and stature. What exactly would I need to change to get the article approved? ( I included links from reputable newspapers such as daily mirror, Sunday times, etc) Do I remove the links from youtube/social media? Add more above the line media? There are lots more links I can include. If you simply google his name lots of articles come up. If one of the editors could help me edit this so it gets approved that would be sincerely appreciated :) HandR12 (talk) 10:12, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
@HandR12: While I can't speak to how reliable and independent the sources are (the one thing I can say is interviews are primary sources, which are not as preferred as secondary sources), I agree with DGG's evaluation that the draft is quite promotional. Get rid of phrases like in history and accomplished, as those are terms usually used to promote a subject. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 15:07, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
HandR12 ( talk) 21:25, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
Are there any policy pages explaining how to find appropriate citations for articles on religion? Would we cite religious scholars? How do you destinguish froma Reliable sourceand an unreliable one. I'm not that up-to-date regarding the academic study of religion in general, so I'm looking for some information on how to write articles on it. By the way, is there any way to search just Wikipedia Policy pages? In other words I was looking for religious policy but what I ran a search all I got was normal articles. Thanks – Chrisvacc - ✆ 19:29, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
I would like to know how wiki- projects work. I also like to now which projects are bad and why HISTORIAN ( talk) 19:41, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
My Draft:Jitendra_Soni is declined. Please help me to improve my draft. Pkpunjab ( talk) 11:02, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
I did not know how to report this, so posting here with hope that an Administrator will take action. User:Bestproductsguide joined today and is spamming a ref to the "Best Product Guide" into articles ( Vitamin C, others). All that deleted as product spam but the user should be advised to change name. David notMD ( talk) 01:22, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
How do I prove a scholar is highly cited? Ebonyheins ( talk) 01:37, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello! I've seen some other people's user pages and how they designed them, and I was wondering how I do that to my own. They have things such as charts, redirects, fun facts (eg. "This person is a fan of Abe Lincoln"), etc. Any tips? Thank you for your time. Le Panini ( talk) 03:11, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Please show me how to create a discussion page so I can invite the people deleting my addition and put a stop to it. There is not a valid reason given, just opinions
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Hello everyone! I need help with adding a link. I can’t seem to find a way to get rid of the google.com part without the link being inaccessible. If someone could please help me with this that would be great. I was previously blocked for not having links and now that I have links my edits are once again being deleted since they are not accessible. Thank you! Wjrz nj forecast ( talk) 06:46, 20 May 2020 (UTC) Wjrz nj forecast ( talk) 06:46, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Someone was kind enough to help me already on their talk page. Thank you all! Wjrz nj forecast ( talk) 06:50, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
I was wondering if there was a way to find a specific edit # I performed without manually counting lines in my contributions list. I'd like to go back and add some editing milestones to my talk page, edit #100 in particular. But what if I wanted to know what edits #192 and #4937 were? Is there a special search for that somewhere? If so, what's the process? CYAce01 ( talk) 08:29, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
My Page shiva kumar actor is not Published.Please guide me . I have updated my profile.And have account since 9th April 2018. Donot have much Knowledge what is the error . Please Help/guide .
Thank you shiva kumar Shiva Kumar Actor ( talk) 10:46, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
IS MY ACCOUNT STILL THERE AS YOU HAVE DELETED MY PAGE
SIR /MADAM IS MY ACCOUNT STILL THERE WITH MY NAME "SHIVA KUMAR ACTOR" AS YOU HAVE DELETED IT. AND IS MY DATA SAVED FOR ME . I REQUEST YOU TO RECONSIDER MY PAGE AND TELL WHAT TO DELETE. I WILL GET MADE AGAIN UNDER GUIDANCE OF SOME EXPERT OF WIKIPEDIA. ONLY ONE THING HURT IS WITHOUT PUBLISHED YOU PEOPLE DELETED MY PAGE . THANK YOU SHIVA KUMAR ACTOR Shiva Kumar Actor ( talk) 12:24, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
TheChunky ( talk) 08:52, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
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RajeshKhanna is widely considered as the biggest ever Superstar & also as cellu loid God no other actor in the history of the film industry has seen the mass hysteria that was created by him which can be verified by just googling his co-stars have testified that he has given the max no of solo hits compared to all other stars not only that in terms of impact there are many articles in google on him which you have not researched a small eg.Jack Pissey the man who made Bombay Superstar on RajeshKhanna when spoken to on the sea of fans who turned on his death informed he does not remember any person political film or any rockstar having such a recall value despite being out of the radar for two decades earlier you wiki page described him as one of the most successful & influential actors of Indian cinema now it has been edited why? it is evident that wikipedia is not complete in its research on RajeshKhanna & if i would say biased 2409:4040:412:5933:0:0:1AA2:60A1 ( talk) 12:22, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
I have made up a new draft article for well-known sportswear company Castore. It is very odd that they do not already have one. A reviewer refuses to approve the article on the basis that the company do not meet notability requirements for Wikipedia, which, for anyone living in the UK, seems patently bizarre when they are the main sponsor of the country's most famous tennis player and the kit provider for one of the UK's biggest football clubs. How can I challenge the decision of this one reviewer? Bluegene18 ( talk) 15:49, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
how can i make my draft article to a wikipidea article.please tell CousinsTeam ( talk) 12:09, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Courtesy link: Draft:Jamie Dolan (film producer)
Article Name: Jamie Dolan (not approved)
Hi there,
I had an editor review my page and it wasn't accepted and he asked some valid questions that I clarified because the questions he asked would go for an actor but not a film producer. In that sense meaning, a lot of producers don't have profile pieces done on them but we are usually mentioned to be producing these films by top publications in entertainment if our projects are of a certain caliber.
So essentially I was told that there wasn't information provided which would translate to me producing any notable films that would accommodate being eligible for a Wikpedia Page. And to specify on my end, 2 of the 3 films I referenced both were theatrically released in the US/UK and one in specific entitled Ladyworld has its own Wikipedia page which I tagged and has my name listed under the producers.
And I submitted about 20 references all from the top publications in entertainment media (Variety, Deadline, etc) in which they cover me producing these films. There's even one article in specific from Deadline announcing my company MUST B NICE in which they did a full profile on us again which is rare except if you're doing a company announcement. A lot of these articles wouldn't per se be profiles on me because that isn't as common for producers but I submitted a variety of published articles that are either 1) announcing the film I produced 2) announcing the release of the film I producer or 3) actual reviews from top reporters of the films I've produced. All of which mention my name as producer on these projects.
Let me know if you can assist me here because I do understand how a submission with no guidance on the above may have not been approved but I have the information to back it. So thank you! Jafilmmaker23 ( talk) 14:56, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
The person has created or played a major role in co-creating a significant or well-known work or collective body of work. In addition, such work must have been the primary subject of an independent and notable work (for example, a book, film, or television series, but usually not a single episode of a television series) or of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews.Note that the work must be well-known for this to app;ly. That is much more than merely having had a theatrical release. A "notable" film is one that has, or could well have, its own Wikipedia article. "well-known" means more than that, it is not far short of "famous".
references all from the top publications in entertainment media, I check the first few. All were brief mentions, one or two sentences. None discussed you or your work as a producer in detail. A mere mention that a film is being released and you produced it with no further detail is of no value at all in demonstrating Wikipedia-notability. There must be detailed discussion of you or your work. If there are a few good cites they are buried in a flood of bad ones. Film reviews can work but only if they discuss the contribution of you as a director in some detail. Discussing the film but merely mentioning your name and that you were the director (or producer) is not helpful here. DES (talk) DESiegel Contribs 15:32, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
While browsing the "Very likely has problems" section of the "Recent Changes" tab. I saw an edit on the Shia Islam Article placing "PBUH" after every reference of Muhammad. PBUH means "Peace be Upon Him". The purpose for the edit was labeled as "Kindly use "PBUH" (Peace be upon him) with the name of holy prophet Muhammad PBUH last messenger of ALLAH. As you write the name of ISA AS." I am very for properly labeling religious figures, and this is, through a small bit of research, the proper way to label Muhammad. However, this is slightly confusing, as any person visiting this article without knowledge of this fact may be confused by this, taking it for vandalism. Adding PBUH after every reference of Muhammad also makes the link to Muhammad's article turn red, as there is no article named Muhammad PBUH. How should I fix this issue? I think i could fix the problem with people taking the extra "PBUH" by placing a note at the bottom of the article describing that PBUH means "Peace be upon him" and that this is the proper way, or should I just revert the PBUH-ing. And how should I fix the link? Should I remove PBUH in that circumstance or should I place PBUH, outside of the Muhammad link. Like this Muhammad PBUH.
Thanks JazzClam ( talk) 11:33, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
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How can I Make Better Pages ? Tencars111 ( talk) 11:07, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello the article Karwan-I-Islami is not Live inspite of its creation some 24 hours ago can anyone tell me how much time it will take for going live Mariyaibrahim ( talk) 03:46, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello!
I'm editing and creating articles this month as part of the APAHM Edit-a-thon with Kundiman, which is focusing on addressing the erasure of Asian American writers online. I created an article for Lawrence Ypil yesterday, which was immediately deleted for not being notable enough. Is there some way to review this process? Ypil is an important contemporary poet, and I believe he deserves an article.
Thanks for your help! Tomatotots ( talk) 16:28, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
/info/en/?search=Richard_Chase
Can a more experienced editor take a look at it and see if they also think there are some problems?
I'm seeing potentially original research and some grammatical issues like "Murder spree".-- Hiveir ( talk) 18:52, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
108.209.226.41 ( talk) 19:18, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I was wondering how I would make a request for semi-protection for Israel Kamakawiwoʻole because it is the Google Doodle for today. Thanks! xRENEGADEx ( talk) 18:39, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
To add, I highly recommend you look at using the Twinkle gadget here WP:TW. I've been using it for years and it's excellent for purposes like that. Rotation4020 ( talk) 19:23, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
How do I put userboxes on my user page? Dragonlover21 ( talk) 19:57, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello,
I am writing to you because I am trying to publish the Grace Wan Wikipedia Page, and a Wikipedia editor wrote that he declined it, because I called her page Grace Wan (Actress). I tried to publish the page as Grace Wan, but it was declined again and it said that it was declined because it's protected by an administrator. How can I contact this administrator when I don't know who he is? Please reply as soon as possible as my time is limited.
Sincerely, Max266 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Max266 ( talk • contribs) 17:03, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Is the lead simply a summary or is it a summary that includes a definition, notability, context, key points and any important controversy as per [ [2]]?
Another editor and I are having a disagreement. He says the lead is simply a summary and nothing but a summary, without the rest. He quotes:
My response was that yes, this is a description of summary, but it is not a limiter saying that a summary excludes those other characteristics. It's been my understanding that a good summary includes these qualities and the other ones as well. Could you clear that up for us please? Jenhawk777 ( talk) 19:19, 20 May 2020 (UTC) Jenhawk777 ( talk) 19:19, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
The 'Annular and pull-down apex' section under the 'Parachute' article ( /info/en/?search=Parachute) has a photo of an RAF drogue chute and I'd like to replace it with a pull-down apex canopy pic, so apparently need autoconfirmed status. Can I get it please?
I'd move the RAF drogue chute photo elsewhere (likely replacing "A jumper in Venezuela with his parachute on his back", but not necessarily.) I've got 110 shots on WP so far, so I hope I have enough experience to warrant autoconfirmed status. BrettA343 ( talk) 15:15, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Gerald S. Walton ( talk) 22:50, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Re the entry for /wiki/Karen_(slang)...might it be appropriate to include an image that portrays a typical Karen? Here is a photoshopped pic I made and posted onto reddit: (Redacted); 50.45.206.131 ( talk) 10:06, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi guys, regarding PetScan I seem to be too stupid - I like e.g. to search for all articles which exist in ES WK but not in EN with a given category... any hints how to achieve this? Language=es, Has none of these templates=en, category=xyz?! Any hint highly appreciated... CommanderWaterford ( talk) 20:43, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
I recently published one of my first articles ever and shortly after publishing the article someone added a bunch of sources. The article is for Elucid and the sources are 14 through 31 on the discography. I was wondering whether sources for a discography is standard practice on Wikipedia (I've checked other articles and haven't seen any). I was also wondering whether Bandcamp is considered a good source and if so does that me citing iTunes, Spotify, or SoundCloud is also appropriate?
I was also curious whether blog posts are ever acceptable as a reliable source. For instance, Pigeons & Planes is a music blog owned by Complex Magazine. TipsyElephant ( talk) 20:03, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
how can i create an autobiograpg about anyone.my mother is a musician and have s youtube channel. can i create a autubiography about her. how. how to give references. CousinsTeam ( talk) 16:52, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello! I've written a short summary about someone who is closely related to me, in a neutral matter. I'm still working on some more credible sources, such as his music origins, so for now, I'm not asking it to be published but rather reviewed and suggested/declined about. Thank you for your time. -- Le Panini ( talk) 01:26, 16 May 2020
{{subst:submit}}
to the top of the draft and save it. —[
AlanM1 (
talk)]—
01:54, 16 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello, what's the difference between the AfC process vs. the statement on Wikipedia:User access levels that "Autoconfirmed or confirmed users can create articles"? Does this mean that if I become a confirmed or autoconfirmed user, I can create articles without going through the AfC process? How do I tell if I'm a confirmed or autoconfirmed user? Thanks Eric.c.zhang ( talk) 23:18, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I've been needing help with the publication of this article. Since 2017, I've been unable to get published; the problems range from minor editing to references. Regards! Hip matter ( talk) 03:47, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Unfair removal of my edits by User:Hb1290
Hi,
I recently made an edit in the page /info/en/?search=Devendrakula_Velalar with a disclaimer and additional section with relevant references. The user /info/en/?search=User:Hb1290 has reverted my change without any justification. I would like to get a clarification regarding this. Rvptiger18 ( talk) 07:38, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
What style of referencing is recommended for use by wikipedians? Robbiegibbons ( talk) 07:44, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Why am I getting lots of warning for editing and why are most of my edits are removed? Even after putting relevant points with links why am I also subjected to be warned and remove? Sarker Ahtef ( talk) 08:29, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
I have just written an article ( Draft:Edinburgh Festival Voluntary Guides Association) and it is now pending review. The article is about an organisation, so I thought I would add the organisation's logo to the Infobox. So I started the File Upload Wizard, and declared that the image was non-free. So far, so good.
But when I entered the title of the article into the wizard, it told me that no article exists with that name. This is presumably because the article hasn't yet been approved. I tried entering the article name pre-pended with "Draft:", but that made no difference.
So it looks like it is not possible to add images to articles before they are approved. Is that correct? Mike Marchmont ( talk) 09:16, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi Dear , I Just create the article for British-Iranian Rapper knows as Vorsham His on the rise now First time my submission is decided because of the reference about Spotify things and this not acceptable and I change the reference to unique news about him and I resubmit how I can make sure my articles go live 🙏🏻
Here the link plz can u review
/info/en/?search=Draft:Vorsham 148.252.132.163 ( talk) 10:42, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I'm writing an article on the collaborative YouTube channel 'TheRunawayGuys', as I think the group is notable enough for their own article and not just a redirect to the Chuggaaconroy article. I think this due to the fact they are one of, if not, the first group to do collabs on YouTube in their manner, plus they have many panels at conventions as well as their partnership with Direct Relief. However, at the moment the draft won't be accepted due to citing of unreliable sources. I was wondering if anybody could help me with this. Thank you. Captain Galaxy ( talk) 09:37, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
See abow. I want to change it from red to blue. Mirrored7 ( talk) 22:29, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Now that's something I didn't know, thanks guys. Also to add another question, what's the best way to revert it to default if we ever want to? Is there another code? Or just blank the page? Rotation4020 ( talk) 10:55, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello,
I have methodically gone through my biography to try and remove template messages. I have inserted citations for verification. I have followed Wikipedia's notability guideline for biographies but the messages that:
"This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. (June 2017) The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for biographies. (April 2020)"
still remain at the top of the page. Please can anyone advise.
( KingoftheWoods ( talk) 23:11, 20 May 2020 (UTC)) KingoftheWoods ( talk) 23:11, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
I was writing to my bank and ended up on Wikipedia somehow,I have tried for two days and cannot delete my banking information. Can anyone help? Pawladobe ( talk) 11:24, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Draft: Malayeen Karim Hello! I have a draft that has been waiting for around 6 days for a review and one draft that was reviewed in a day. Is that normal? Many thanks to you, Maha92o ( talk) 06:29, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
This page is about to have major traffic due to a national broadcast on BBC and is now redundant. Concerned that if we spend more time making revisions these will be wiped too! Coffee considered the revisions 'promotional'..can only think this was the insertion of the term 'world's greatest' instead of 'many of the great' orchestras'but anyone who knows their music will know this is true! A statement of fact not a promotion!! Worse she reverted the copy to a version that was up 10 years ago so it is now misinformation.
Tried to update my wiki page and 'Coffee' undid them all and reverted to a version that is so old it's pointless! What do? such a waste of tim! Henri of Wells ( talk) 07:29, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
/info/en/?search=Draft:Najee_Dorsey
I have seen articles on Wikipedia use "explore" to describe what artists do (Radcliffe Bailey). How else should I state this? I thought about using "depicts". Do you see any other instances of this problem (wording) in my submission? I want to get it right this time. Thanks for your help. ClairCarol ( talk) 14:39, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello! I'm in the process of writing about IXL Learning, a parent education company (I think that's what they're called, its what I call it.) One of the companies IXL Learning owns is ABCya.com, which already has a pre-existing Wikipedia article. What should I do for this case? Should I briefly describe it on my article or some requirement like that? Thank you for your time. Le Panini ( talk) 14:20, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello Teahouse! I took the plunge based on your advice and recently made my first bold edit on this page: /info/en/?search=Digital_marketing would love to hear your feedback before I keep going:) Thanks so much! LilMew88 ( talk) 17:53, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
I'm new to Wikipedia, and all my edits have been simply copy-editing. I was editing the Stephen A. Zeff article, and I noticed this link in the references. It now leads to a 404 page, but there is an Internet Archive save for it here.
Thank you, Just gonna edit a bit ( talk) 14:48, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
archive-url
to the citation. See
Link rot for more information. --
ColinFine (
talk)
15:47, 21 May 2020 (UTC)There are actually two dead links. I will take care of it. Just gonna edit a bit ( talk) 15:50, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
What happens with the Sandbox author's editing history after moving a new article from user space into article space? Will the history be reset automatically or does a history reset need to be requested? Dranoel26 ( talk) 14:19, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
{{subst:submit}}
to the bottom of the page you want to submit.
PrimeHunter (
talk)
15:00, 19 May 2020 (UTC)Hi there appears to be a new editor appearing on Ireby, Cumbria + Uldale, trying to advertise the same two businesses that another editor was banned for advertising.
These pages should be protected.
Devokewater ( talk) 18:27, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
I would like access to Thomas Jefferson page to enter my books into Bibliography
Mholowchak ( talk) 17:02, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
At second look, the relevant article appears to be Bibliography of Thomas Jefferson versus Thomas Jefferson. However, if appears that 15 books by you are already in the list (added by you, today). So is there still a question? David notMD ( talk) 18:57, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
So, when I clicked on an editor’s contributions, I found that they hade made edits to a subpage of Wikipedia:Peer review. I clicked on the link, but I’m still a little confused. What exactly is peer review? (I’ve found that asking an editor sometimes gives me a better answer than reading a page...) Stay safe and well, --Total Eclipse 2017 ( My profile | My contribs | speak to me) 22:44, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
Please see Film studies article and fix the FilmComment reference DonGuess ( talk) 19:35, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi Everyone,
I was curious about the language style, as I am trying to make updates to pages that "are written like personal essays" and need to be translated to be more "encyclopedia style". I need some guidance about how to provide useful information while not sounding "too technical". I have had a response to one of my edits with one user saying that my technical writing style was great, and another saying it was too difficult to understand. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. LilMew88 ( talk) 17:05, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Where/how can I post a policy proposal? For example this is a failed proposal. I'm not sure how and where to post my own. Hopefully one that won't fail :P
But seriously. I want to post a proposal that prefers apolitical sources to right/left biased ones. – Chrisvacc - ✆ 13:13, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
For example, one article said ~doing x increased a person's language paradigm by 45~
I want to change that too ~doing x increased a person's language vocab by 45~ Hiveir ( talk) 14:25, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
ColinFine, I was talking more so in general rather than a specific article so i typed it from memory. The article i am talking avout is: /info/en/?search=Esperanto_vocabulary#Correlatives. Specifically " Thus by learning these 14 elements the speaker acquires a paradigm of 45 adverbs and pronouns. "-- Hiveir ( talk) 21:41, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi, can you help with advice, downloading a picture of Professor Ivor Goodson - all best wishes Elizabeth
RE: /info/en/?search=Ivor_Goodson Elizabeth fleur briggs ( talk) 20:54, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Elizabeth F. Briggs
Hi, everyone. Recently, I face a intimidating problem in my userpage. I can't adjust the position and location of the "my contributions" template properly. I welcome experienced users to help me solve this issue. :-) Hypersonic man 11 ( talk) 10:51, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Thanks a million, cool guy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hypersonic man 11 ( talk • contribs) 02:06, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Need help with biography I was trying to create a biography page as we got an email stating that "Good News for you, we think you're eligible for a Wikipedia page.! You have great milestones, and online publications are speaking about you. You deserve to be on Wikipedia, and we are here to deliver that for you. " Basic question is can I change the "Page" to a biography? or it does not matter?
Thank you for your assistance Tc-heart ( talk) 15:40, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for the information, the article is not about myself is about my wife and she is a published author. I did disclose there was personal interest. I will continue to learn and support this platform. Thanks again for your time and warm welcome — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tc-heart ( talk • contribs) 02:30, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Over the past week the number of new COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin has increased rapidly, and today it broke the medical cases chart, which is no longer wide enough to contain the bars: /info/en/?search=Template:COVID-19_pandemic_data/United_States/Wisconsin_medical_cases_chart. On the bright side, no members of the Wisconsin Supreme Court are believed to be sick... just their constituents. I don't know how to fix the chart... would one of the Wikipedia gods take a look? Thanks! StanfordPostDoc ( talk) 02:36, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Pasalaprasad ( talk) 02:16, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Courtesy link: Draft:Night Bass Records
Hello Teahouse! I submitted an article for a record label called 'Night Bass'. The submission was declined because it read too much like an ad. I would still like to re-submit the article. What I'd like to know is - Are there any penalties for editing and submitting an article too many times? My plan is to take a bulk of the article out and cut it down to the real solid facts. Do you think that's an effective course of action? Thanks so much for taking the time in reading this! ZoeShanks ( talk) 17:08, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
David Brodman - I’m experienced with Wikipedia, but can someone help writing the date of birth after the name in Hebrew. It doing strange things... SportsOlympic ( talk) 20:36, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
22 February 1936{{Snd}} 19 May 2020
, which produces "22 February 1936 – 19 May 2020". Elsewhere, we might combine the alternative name and dates, separated by a semicolon, into the same set of parentheses, but there can be issues with editing tools and left-to-right script in the vicinity of right-to-left script, so if it works this way, I think it's OK (except for the endash issue, that is
). —[
AlanM1 (
talk)]—
23:36, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
{{
Lang-he}}
which should tell the browser how to render it correctly. —[
AlanM1 (
talk)]—
08:14, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi All,
I have submitted my docs but unable to find my page on Wikipedia. Could you please let me know why I am not visible on Wikipedia? My User ID: KCSnooker Kcsnooker ( talk) 03:08, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Dear All, I recently did write an article about of group of artists I think it would be interesting for the community. I wrote a short brief and did put in 4 links to reliable sources in the Design and Art world (AIGA, Design Observer, Graphic Hug, CalArts Institute). Then it was declined because sources were missing?
What kind of sources should it be then?
Best, Andreas AndreasFrutiger ( talk) 07:31, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
I was tasked by my institute director to update our wikipedia page: /info/en/?search=Waterloo_Institute_for_Nanotechnology I made the updates, just about what research we do at the institute and new facilities and published them and within seconds received a notification from an editor (not one associated with the institute) saying my changes were promotional when they are not, I'm stating facts about our institute? I am new to this and very confused on how to publish my changes again or even how to speak with this editor: /info/en/?search=User:I_dream_of_horses about why she thinks something is promotional or against wikipedia policies?
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you! WIN Waterloo ( talk) 15:02, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Please clearly explain how can I add photos in Wikipedia articles. I have seen that directly copy-pasting photos are not working. How in the world are then everyone is adding photos in Wikipedia. How does the title of the picture gets changed, and it becomes jpg. format? Ppt2003 ( talk) 14:20, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi everyone, I'm new to the site and would like ask if you could suggest a couple easy options for my first few edits? Thanks! Salaiken ( talk) 14:49, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
I want to know if member of a parliament is notable enough to be a wikipedia article. I have seen all members of US congress are Wikipedia pages. I want to ask if all 746 members of German parliament Bundestag can be featured in 746 Wikipedia pages. Another thing is that someone who is notable in Spanish or German Wikipedia can be how much notable in the English one. I want to collect info about a French politician, what if I don't know French and google translation is a mess.... in this case, should English rather than French Wikipedia be my source? Ppt2003 ( talk) 14:14, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Dear all,
I am currently curating the wikipedia page of the southern right whale dolphin. What I noticed is that the Range Map is outdated and should be updated (see the distributional map on the IUCN red list page of the southern right whale dolphin). https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12126/50362558#conservation-actions
Could someone explain which is the best way to update this map? I work from a computer, editing source code.
Thank you in advance.
Best wishes, Mweyn ( talk) 15:07, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
How to change the template, i.e., move a page to another without changing its original contents? For example, i want to make the name of the page 'Sealdah-Sitamarhi Express' instead of Sealdah-Muzaffarpur Express. How can i do it? Roy 953 ( talk) 14:37, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
That is because the article is about Sealdah-Sitamarhi Express, an express train system in Indian Railways. But, the template name has 'Sealdah-Muzaffarpur Express'. This name was relevant when i had first created the page. But now, as the above mentioned train's destination has changed, i wanted to change the template name too Roy 953 ( talk) 16:13, 22 May 2020 (UTC) Roy 953 ( talk) 16:13, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Maproom courtesy ping Roger (Dodger67) ( talk) 16:19, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
In William G. Brown#Writings, the last item, which I just added, says it's a press release and I have no idea why or how to fix it. Thanks. deisenbe ( talk) deisenbe ( talk) 14:04, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
{{
Cite press release}}
. (Exactly what it was doing, is beyond me). However, when I went to the template documentation for Cite letter and compared the accepted fields with those you used, I noticed you had included "type = ", which is not in the documentation for {{
Cite letter}}
, YET it is shown in that template's syntax in vertical format, but not in horizontal view. (I think that was an error, and that its unwanted presence is causing the problem by invoking the default (Press Release) statement), so I am going to ping @
Jonesey95 and
Trappist the monk: with the suggestion that they check and resolve this. Meanwhile, just remove "type= "from your use of cite letter, and you should be sorted.
Nick Moyes (
talk)
14:53, 22 May 2020 (UTC) Sorry! It's William G. Allen#Writings, in case anyone else looks for it. i didn't insert "type=", it came when I copied and pasted the template. deisenbe ( talk) 17:00, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
When I want to add a wikimedia photo, sometimes - the reuse the photo option magically appears, and reuse the photo option magically disappears. There are five links -file, file history, usage on wikimedia commons, usage on other wikis and metadata. There is no way to add the image on Wikipedia page via the five options. How do I prevent the magical disappearance of reuse the file option?? Ppt2003 ( talk) 17:12, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I am a new user. I made a draft for a current stub page on Wikipedia for a class and I am unsure how I should publish it. I apparently tried to publish it in an incorrect way. How should I make these edits public? Should I just go to the original stub page and edit it directly there? Fairy faecalis ( talk) 17:42, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
The video I need to give a link to is named "David Lynch talks Mulholland Drive"-- DonGuess ( talk) 17:45, 22 May 2020 (UTC) DonGuess ( talk) 17:45, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
I have written an article on Draft:HMS Leander (1848) to fill the gap in the list of HMS Leanders.
I would like to have it reviewed for publication.
Also I have uploaded a photograph of it to Wikimedia Commons but cannot get the link to work in my article.
The 'Leander' at the entrance of Balaklava harbour, 1855 GrognardJeff ( talk) 02:59, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Update: @
GrognardJeff: Your draft was accepted and is now in mainspace. Congratulations! —
Tenryuu 🐲 (
💬 •
📝 )
06:23, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi. Today I edited an article called “Vile vortices” that seems to have been deleted a couple hours ago. What happened?
Can someone put the article back? Dharmadha2 ( talk) 17:43, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
I'm wondering what it is. 2600:1700:DA00:3AC0:59B0:98BE:6301:BED ( talk) 20:50, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi there,
I have edited this page in the past but now can't remember how to change the image. Please let me know.
Thank you.
Farrah (Joyab) Joyab ( talk) 21:36, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Dear Teahouse hosts,
The first draft of my article Draft: Nipun Malhotra (social entrepreneur) was declined on the ground of WP:NPOV and WP:TONE issues. Based on the feedback received and after reading multiple articles, I have tried and changed the writing style extensively. Please note that I have also looked at other similar pages to understand the accepted format. (I'd be happy to share the details of the pages I have referred to in case that's required.)
I'm writing to request one of you to kindly go through my edited draft to see if this is worth resubmitting. Following is the relevant link: /info/en/?search=Draft:Nipun_Malhotra_(social_entrepreneur)
Thank you! Nipman ( talk) 12:38, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
The actual wording at WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY is "Writing an autobiography on Wikipedia is an example of conflict of interest editing and is strongly discouraged." Which is not the same as prohibited. I did some formatting work on the article. I suggest you consider resubmitting it now that you have also removed POV and tone content, and see what the next reviewer has to say. David notMD ( talk) 13:30, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
Dear @
Interstellarity: , Just to keep you informed, my article does not violate WP:COI in any manner. My user name might have confused you. However, I've thought of a more apt username for my account. I've read WP:CHUG and will make the changes after this article is over (in order to avoid any confusion). It was a random decision while creating my account. But thank you for the guidance!
Nipman (
talk)
06:08, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Dear @ David notMD: and @ AlanM1:, Thank you so much for all your help and support. The article looks so much better with your formatting and cleanup. And the maintenance tags are quite self explanatory to understand what's wrong with my draft. I will make all the necessary changes based on your feedback and resubmit my article. Thank you once again. Nipman ( talk) 06:08, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Dear @ David notMD: and @ AlanM1:, I have accommodated all the suggested changes in the article to the best of my understanding. This is how my article looks now: /info/en/?search=Draft:Nipun_Malhotra_(social_entrepreneur) If any of you could kindly skim through it once, I will feel much more confident in re-submitting this article. Sharing it with you guys because you invested your time and energy in this. Thank you! Nipman ( talk) 13:13, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
@ David notMD: Sure, I'll put one. Thank you!
Hello - I am writing to ask if someone could help me with my edit of this article: /info/en/?search=Draft:Esuantsiwa_Jane_Goldsmith
It has been declined as apparently the tone is not neutral enough for an encyclopedia article. I think I have identified the key points which need amending or deleting but I would really like to check this with someone if advice is available, to give myself the best chance of getting it right with the next submission. If anyone is available to advise me I would be very grateful. I have noted the points I think may be problematic below (highlighting in bold the key words in longer sentences) and it would be great if anyone could confirm if these sound like they are breaching the formal / neutral tone guidelines.
Many thanks! I am new to Wikipedia so any guidance appreciated.
Esua has had a lifetime career in the aid and development movement, human rights and women’s equality.
She was founder staff member of the National Alliance of Women’s organisations 1990-95, which brought more than 300 members and women’s organisations together across the UK, and helped to spearhead the formation of the European Women’s Lobby.
In 1995 Esua founded Anona Development Consultancy and has worked with over 100 different not-for-profit organisations on five continents, developing global strategies for WaterAid, Oxfam and ActionAid among many others. She is also an experienced public speaker on issues relating to equality and human rights, including a recent Keynote speech at the Governance Institute Charity Governance Conference 2019[2].
Esua has founded, Chaired and served on the Board of a number of prominent feminist groups and women’s organisations. she introduced new feminist, participatory approaches to governance.[to the Fawcett society]
Esua has set up a fund to raise money for community development projects, such as schools and public bathrooms for the Village Katecmorrison ( talk) 14:09, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
Thank you very much, I shall add in some more sources to that section. All the best, Kate. Katecmorrison ( talk) 14:57, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
I am surprised we don't have an article for this scholar and historian from UC Berkeley. Would her career make her notable for inclusion? She has published over a dozen books and 30+ refereed articles. See her CV here. Tooironic ( talk) 00:19, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Courtesy link: Draft:Lawrence H. Robinson
Hello,
I hope this message finds you well and safe. Not sure if you are able to see the the draft I submitted but wanted to know why the Citations/ References come up twice and also, are the properly cited? Thank you for your help and I'm looking forward to hearing back from you!
Kind Regards,
Chrissy Williams Chrissy Will ( talk) 05:03, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Thank You Teahouse!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chrissy Will ( talk • contribs) 06:23, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I was submitting what I thought was a new page but to my surprise there was another page that had the same information. I was told to merge the two pages but I am not sure if I did it correctly as the editor has not responded.
This is my page /info/en/?search=User:ArborChamp/Felischa_Marye
This is the page that I merged my information into. I have made the necessary changes but I am just not sure if I did it correctly. Please advise. /info/en/?search=Draft:Felischa_Marye ArborChamp ( talk) 14:43, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
why are we waiting?
Change is over rate and being truthful to yourself and others is all that matters. 38.80.251.206 ( talk) 08:41, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
67.85.219.228 ( talk) 04:37, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello, my name is Rebestalic
I'm currently getting ads on while browsing Wikipedia pages. Is that the result of a decision on part of higher-ups like Jimbo, or have I fallen victim to malware?
Thank you, Rebestalic [dubious—discuss] 09:03, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
I corrected info on the Wikipedia page titled, “Nelle Benson” and now the code around the title and the image is messed up. But. Didn’t even change any of that. I keep trying to fix it but it’s not working. help!!! 67.6.183.133 ( talk) 09:52, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Dear Community,
I want to create an Wikipedia article about the CSC Concrete Sustainability Council ( https://www.concretesustainabilitycouncil.com). The CSC is an independent association which is engaged in sustainable concrete and managing the CSC material stewardship system.
On potential conflict of interest: The CSC has a lot of cement and concrete producing companies among its members, I'm working for a major cement & concrete producer and I'm a board member of the CSC.
Nevertheless, the CSC is getting more and more established in certifying sustainable concrete manufacturing practices with more than 300 certificates in 14 countries now. The CSC System is accepted by major green building labels, such as BREEAM ( /info/en/?search=BREEAM) or DGNB ( https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Gesellschaft_für_Nachhaltiges_Bauen).
Can I write an article? If yes how and how would be the process to get it validated and published?
Thanks a lot Michael Claus Michael Scharpf ( talk) 10:30, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
I was just on the Women in Red page and I found that Angela Beesley Starling was a red link. So trying to be helpful, I googled her name and found enough to create at least a stub. So I thought I would try to make the page.
So I clicked on the WIR link and it started creating this article: [ [4]] I didn't notice the Q number at first so I assumed that the article really didn't exist and added my first couple of sentences by copying the article in Simple English WP. Then I noticed the Q number so I attempted to move the article to Angela Beesley Starling without the Q number. This is where I realized I was in trouble, because that article already exists, at least as a redirect.
I think the best thing to do is delete the article I just made at [ [5]] But I don't think I have the power to delete articles, so it would be great if someone could do that.
I might start a discussion on the redirect page about whether there should be a standalone page about Angela Beesley Starling. Also, I think consideration might be given to changing the bot that makes the page at /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Number_of_links to use the correct link, so that the Q number confusion doesn't happen to someone else.
Anyway, sorry to mess up, I'll try to be more careful in future. MarylandGeoffrey ( talk) 23:09, 22 May 2020 (UTC) MarylandGeoffrey ( talk) 23:09, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
I wrote an article named " Aleksey Vagov" which has been deleted by a user named Fastily, although the article was re-submitted and currently awaiting a re-review. Has fastily done the right thing?? Ppt2003 ( talk) 13:11, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
(merged with above question)
Do wikipedia drafts remain un-reviewed forever? I have a draft named Draft:Aleksey Vagov and after reading some intimidating tea-house conversations, I have begun to fear whether it will take months to get my draft reviewed. Does it really? And if it does, should I nominate my article for speedy deletion and re-write it? Is it considered vandalism? Ppt2003 ( talk) 14:02, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello Teahouse! I want to edit the page Eid al-Fitr.But it said that it is semi protected and only auto confirmed users can edit it. So now how can I edit this page? Nasif05 ( talk) 14:22, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi Teahouse Crew, Thank you for the invite & for being here for us lowly newbies. Why are external links discouraged for articles on wikipedia? Thank you Roccie ( talk) 15:05, 23 May 2020 (UTC)Roccie Roccie ( talk) 15:05, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I want add the third relase date (May 29, 2020) of short The Longest Daycare into this list. ( Source.) Is it possible? Patriccck ( talk) 15:03, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Deferred to
Wikipedia:Requested_templates#Template:Infobox_French_constituency
Hi - I'm trying to update French constituency pages to reflect change in party for deputies who left
La République En Marche! to form
Ecology Democracy Solidarity, but I am having trouble getting the party colour to show. See
Template:Infobox French constituency. A test case constituency page is
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence's 1st constituency. The colour for the new party is set up in
Template:Ecology Democracy Solidarity/meta/color
Newystats (
talk)
02:44, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
{{Infobox French constituency | name = | image = | map = | member-type = | member = | member-party = | party-colour = REM | department = | cantons = | voters = }}
Adding the REM to the party-colour will generate a green background with black lettering. Ensure there is a space after the = sign. You can also view a sample at Template:Infobox_French_constituency/testcases. If this does not help, please list the code you are using in its entirety by using <nowiki> above everything at the beginning and </nowiki> as the very last line in the code. Thanks and again welcome. Galendalia CVU Member \ Chat Me Up 06:39, 23 May 2020 (UTC) TeaHouse Host
For the existing party, La République En Marche!, the colours work. There is a colour defined in Template:La République En Marche!/meta/color which generates colours in code like:
{| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- | style="background-color: {{En Marche!/meta/color}}" | | 2017 | Member |- | style="background-color: {{Ecology Democracy Solidarity/meta/color}}" | | 2020 | blah |}
I created the template for Template:Ecology Democracy Solidarity/meta/color, and that makes the second line of the table above work.
The issue is I don't know where the template is to set up the colour for the new party in a way that works in the Template:Infobox French constituency
REM as you describe works for La République En Marche!, but I can't work out where to set up the short form code for Ecology Democracy Solidarity, so that the template colour works.
Two infoboxes; REM does REM colour {{Infobox French constituency | name = 1st constituency of [[Alpes-de-Haute-Provence]] | image = | map = | member-type = Deputy | member = [[Delphine Bagarry]] | member-party = LREM | party-colour = REM }} This does not do EDS colour {{Infobox French constituency | name = 1st constituency of [[Alpes-de-Haute-Provence]] | image = | map = | member-type = Deputy | member = [[Delphine Bagarry]] | member-party = [[Ecology Democracy Solidarity|EDS]] | party-colour = EDS }} The EDS colour works in tables: {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |- | style="background-color: {{En Marche!/meta/color}}" | | 2017 | Member |- | style="background-color: {{Ecology Democracy Solidarity/meta/color}}" | | 2020 | blah |}
Newystats ( talk) 10:13, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello, Is there anyone who is an experienced editor who can possibly help to edit an existing article that I am connected with that is factually inaccurate. I really would appreciate the help of someone who understands the workings of Wikipedia. Thank you very much.
NULIUS IN VERBA 13 NULIUS IN VERBA 13 ( talk) 17:36, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Hey guys, I've just finished the Wikipedia Adventure and I don't know where to start. Do you guys have any suggestions about where I can start making my first real edits? Wikipedia seems really complex and large, and I'm afraid I'll ruin something if I just jump in and start editing randomly. PeanutHat ( talk) 18:10, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland#cite_note-recovery-2
i see there is a listing for active cases this is calculated in the traditional way by taking total number cases and taking away total number of recoveries and also taking way total deaths, however on the 24th of april Ireland starting publishing probable deaths in its official numbers the total number of probable deaths now stands at 242 and this number is also included in the total deaths figure. it is incorrect to take this part of the figure away from the total confirmed cases to find the number of active cases as they would not been included in the original confirmed cases — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:BB6:1702:BE00:1860:40B2:A351:DC47 ( talk) 18:34, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
2001:BB6:1702:BE00:1860:40B2:A351:DC47 ( talk) 18:27, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello I should like to report vandalism on Voulez-Vous (song) - the user Songwaters has removed the Cover Versions Section. I have read the information required for Cover Versions of note - Big Bang's version of Voulez Vous reached no. 1 in the Dance Charts, and Erasure's version of Voulez Vous reached no 1 in the BBC charts. So I'm not sure how either of these cover versions are important enough to be mention, considering Abba did not get the track to no 1 in the UK.???????? It seems Songwaters is not informed enough on musical matters to willy-nilly delete historical reference from Wikipedia pages, at a whim. Please report this action as vandalism.
thank you. Ukance ( talk) 18:20, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for your reply Teahouse. I totally agree with you, and felt the same, that Songwaters had no right to revert my action without discussing the matter. By his reasoning - deleting cover versions on the page of a song page on Wikipedia - would mean practically every original song that has a page on Wikipedia that has a cover versions section should have it deleted. Some songs, say written by Cole Porter or George Gershwin, are only ever recorded as cover versions, and even bands, The Beatles say, have countless cover versions, many of which reach the charts. I'm not sure under Songwaters reasoning what makes a cover version of merit?
I was reading /info/en/?search=Federal_Hall. First sentence 2nd paragraph, "The original building served as New York's first City Hall." Later in the same article under subheading, "First Structure", is this: "The original structure on the site was built as New York's second City Hall in 1699 - 1703..." which seems to contradict the first sentence cited. How do I go about discussing this and getting a bonafide editor to either explain the seeming contradiction or make a change in the entry. Db3593 ( talk) 12:50, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
2409:4052:2315:2562:0:0:E3F:A8AD ( talk) 20:37, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Hello, just wondering if anyone could take a look at Draft:Snoqualmie Valley Record. I have submitted but would love a second look on it to make sure my fixes are up to standard.
Thanks, NoahRiffe ( talk) 21:22, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Blatantly violating WP:SLEEPER, a sleeper account which has not made a single edit in 11 years suddenly pops up in an obscure AfD, Sonia Jabbar, to take a jibe at my WP:GOODFAITH. The account is being operated as an IP address: 117.18.228.1 and commented this:
"Comment Note to admin! the nominator Yourmasterishere is a newly created account & suspicious focusing on this person and other Nari Shakti Puraskar winners! Clearly WP:IDONTLIKE. He/She is a new user but has full knowledge on Wikipedia (mostly AFD) and like an experience editor who have total edit count: 32, so may be a sock account. Moreover, he joined Wikipedia on 3 May 2020 See log here. So I would like to request Check User (CU). Btw, imo, she meets WP:ANYBIO#1 however just comment not vote!"
It arouses colossal suspicion that the IP account which made just 25 edits when it was active during 2008 - 2009, transcends in 2020 and elucidates about WP essays, User logs, Check User, discussion abbreviations etc. the way only seasoned editors operate. It appears to be a classic case of WP:SOCKPUPPETRY
Moreover, this allegation is absolutely baseless and pointless since I never focused on this award winners. I just nominated for deletion 2 articles, Sonia Jabbar & Smriti Morarka and both of my nominations are on robust merits and not arbitrary, conjectured refs and cites the way, these articles have been articulated. Both the articles have been created by the same user and both were gravely infringing WP guidelines. If anyone would have genuinely gone through my contributions, they would have seen that I take interest in multidisciplinary domains. Yes, AfD is my topic of interest and I study WP essays & guidelines. I have always added value to any discussion, I have participated in. Is that wrong on my part?
Furthermore, this AfD which was not getting a single "keep" support apart from the user who created this, suddenly starts getting loads of "keep" when it was re-listed. There may be a possibility of WP:CANVASSING.
I request your opinion on the same and I request for running a Check User on this IP to unmask this masqueraded user. Yourmasterishere ( talk) 08:10, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
how do I correct and add an item on my wiki bio?
I enjoy a nice write up on wikipedia but one item is incorrect. I graduated from St John's U in 1962 and then entered military service (1962 1964 active) Also, while you are at it, I received an honorary Degree in 2012 from SJU. Thank you. Bob Turner
96.232.190.188 (
talk)
20:29, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
I'd like to point out that Talk:Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson is utterly borked. It seems like sometime back around 2015-2019, somebody tried to add an archive template to that talkpage, but somehow managed to only terribly botch the code, resulting in the fact that everything on that talkpage ended up in the archive box's infobox instead.
I've tried to fix it myself (without saving any of my changes), but neither could I make the original code work, nor did any of my attempts to replace the archive box code by directly copy-pasting any of the templates found at Help:Archiving a talk page seem to work (either the entire talkpage stayed inside the new box, or the box mysteriously ended up at the bottom of the page, or I couldn't shrink the giant archive folder image).
Another thing to consider is that I'm not sure when this botched archive was actually added and where improperly archived stuff from that talkpage (from before 2015?) may have ended up, and whether putting a new archive template on that that talkpage, even if it would work, may actually overwrite and thus destroy archives of that talkpage set up by the improper archive code. -- 46.93.152.142 ( talk) 23:10, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
How much citations does an article need? Ganeshboodoo ( talk) 23:41, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
I am beginning to create an article in my Sandbox at User:Rmhadsell/sandbox. The first content section, headed "Biography", fails to float at the left of the Infobox. Instead, this section appears on the first line below the Infobox, leaving an undesirable number of blank lines above the first section. Rmhadsell ( talk) 00:07, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
Ryanhooper1985 ( talk) 00:23, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
clarify use [https://books.google.com/books?id=kvpby7HtAe0C&pg=PA18 18]
is incorrect or correct in |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=kvpby7HtAe0C&pg=PA18 18]
?
for example the issue is on Abella. the above code is copied from Wikipedia:Citing sources. i find it sometimes particularly when quoting book. i have read Template:Cite book but i could not find info. according to me :
{{cite book |last=Rawls |first=John |title=A Theory of Justice |publisher=Harvard University Press |date=1971 |page=18 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=kvpby7HtAe0C&pg=PA18}}
{{cite book |last=Rawls |first=John |title=A Theory of Justice |publisher=Harvard University Press |date=1971 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=kvpby7HtAe0C&pg=PA18 18] |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=kvpby7HtAe0C&pg=PA18}}
{{cite book |last=Rawls |first=John |title=A Theory of Justice |publisher=Harvard University Press |date=1971 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=kvpby7HtAe0C&pg=PA18 18]}}
if there are multiple citations with different pages, i want to avoid {{rp|9–57}}
and use the following code :
Rawls, John. [https://books.google.com/books?id=kvpby7HtAe0C&pg=PA18 ''A Theory of Justice'']. Harvard University Press, 1971, p. 18.
please clarify Leela52452 ( talk) 12:24, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
{{
Rp}}
(or {{
R}}
) is using Harvard-style "short footnotes" with {{
Sfn}}
and a bibliography that contains the full cite to which those notes refer. —[
AlanM1 (
talk)]—
19:43, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
{{
Sfn}}
is more complicated and easily gets broken when people make changes, so I wouldn't add that to an article that doesn't already use it. I generally will use the {{
Rp}}
approach, though you have to be careful to avoid things like this[1][2]:34[5], which can be hard to parse, usually by doing this[1][5][2]:34 or, if there are multiple {{
Rp}}
together, try to split them up into different (though relevant) places or, as a last resort, space them like this.[1] [2]:34 [5]:67 I haven't seen it done, but a separator other than (or in addition to) space might be clearer, like this.[1], [2]:34, [5]:67 Or maybe if the template would put the page numbers inside the brackets like this.[1][2:34][5:67] Thoughts welcome. —[
AlanM1 (
talk)]—
20:00, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
|url=
parameter and include a specific enough URL to get where you want it to get (or use |chapter-url=
– it depends on what you're citing with what template). So, example 1 above is correct for typical cases, while in an edited volume it might be like so: {{cite book |last=Rawls |first=John |chapter=A Theory of Justice, Revisited |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=kvpby7HtAe0C&pg=PA18 |page=18 |editor-last=Public |editor-first1=Jane Q. |title=Justice and Theories About It |publisher=Harvard University Press |date=2021}}
. Examples 2 and 3 are a bad idea, and certainly no bot should be auto-doing anything like that. I don't see the point of example 4; either use a full citation in the same templated style, or use short-footnote style (typically Harvard format), or use {{
Rp}}
. "Sometime soon", changes to the <
ref>
code will obviate the need for {{Rp}}
in that citation style. The new MediaWiki extension with page-specific refs exists, but as far as I know has not yet been slated for introduction to en.Wikipedia.org just yet. {{Rp}}
is really intended for works that are being cited over and over and over again in the same article; it's not a big deal to just repeat an entire citation apart from page number (e.g. copy-paste the whole citation and change the page) a couple of times in an article. It's also fine, if there couldn't be any confusion, to manually do a short cite on later occurrences, e.g. <ref>Rawls (1971), [https://books.google.com/books?id=kvpby7HtAe0C&pg=PA18 p. 18].</ref>
; not sure it matters exactly what is linked there. If using Harvard citation templates, there's probably some documentation specifics about this sort of thing. I just don't see a rationale for manually doing an "almost full-length" later cite with: Rawls, John. [https://books.google.com/books?id=kvpby7HtAe0C&pg=PA18 ''A Theory of Justice'']. Harvard University Press, 1971, p. 18.
. —
SMcCandlish
☏
¢ 😼
01:43, 24 May 2020 (UTC)Can someone please explain to me what is happening and what are the steps I should do in order to not be confused anymore?
I was accused of rambling here:
/info/en/?search=User_talk:Boing!_said_Zebedee#General_Sanctions_Request_at_Wuhan_Institute_of_Virology
Because of a comment I made here, in the talk section:
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Talk:COVID-19_pandemic&diff=prev&oldid=958290332
And I was told that I would get a
WP:BOOMERANG here:
/info/en/?search=User_talk:Doug_Weller#Help_needed
Can someone just tell me what is going on? I really don't understand and I just want to help participate in the discussion. I felt that I've been disrespected because of the rambling accusation, but the on the last page I linked here someone says that I was in the wrong. Can someone just make things clear for me please... this is getting ridiculous.
PhysiqueUL09 (
talk)
00:37, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
@ Le Panini: I understand now what I did wrong in WIV it was a very swift decision considering I did not know about edit warring, In the talk page of WIV I said that if an admin was telling me to remove it I would have done it! I got insta blocked and did not understand why! I am taking about the rambling accusation because of something I left in a talk page. I thought talk pages where to talk. Did I do something wrong in that talk page? It seems to me that the person leaving a comment in my past block report was doing it intentionally to get me blocked again. I asked the administrator that blocked me if I could continue to contribute in the talk pages because I don't want to make mistakes again while I learn about all this! I don't understand what happened and why I would be wrong to write what I wrote in the talk page, that's pretty much it! I also found the rambling accusation very unresectful. Thanks PhysiqueUL09 ( talk) 01:01, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
How do I bring this up to a teahouse host? Should I just wait? I feel like people think I am doing stuff out of bad faith... Which is not the case at all! I might not have the right kind of language acceptable yet on Wikipedia and I'm working on it, but it shouldn't bring all this bad rep... I really want to help with the discussion... This is just making me uncomfortable about helping. Are talk pages supposed to be "safe spaces" if you don't start insulting everyone? I think I kept a good language, well maybe not when I first started at WIV... But now I understand. I know now that I'm not familiar with every rules in the book, but I still get so much flak without people even looking at what I try to say! PhysiqueUL09 ( talk) 01:21, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
@ Le Panini: I'm asking for help, I try to talk to everyone to get feedback for everything I do! And it's like: oh no, you are having this agenda and want to destroy the entire wikipedia world... I know it's a heated debate (the pandemic) but people don't need to be that mean about it... Every time I did something it was in good faith, or a mistake that I later realized. And now I have a block report and I wasn't contacted by the admin that blocked me, like I asked for in the WIV page. I want to add to the discussion and I stopped making edits after a few mistakes and an accidental/later assumed BRD. What is all this nonsense? I will stop editing directly Covid pages now, I know that I'm too unfamiliar to do it, but I want my opinion to be heard, at least in the talk pages! PhysiqueUL09 ( talk) 01:31, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Courtesy link: Draft:Chit2am
Hello, I was wondering to know what what the problem of the article I tried to published. thank you 173.176.137.104 ( talk) 03:37, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
I am beginning to create an article in my Sandbox at User:Rmhadsell/sandbox. I have added a Table of Contents, which incorrectly begins with the title of my article. How can I prevent this spurious first line? The Table of Contents should begin with 1 Biography. Rmhadsell ( talk) 00:03, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
= Like this =
); they should be level 2 and below (== Like this ==, === And this ===
). —[
AlanM1 (
talk)]—
07:48, 24 May 2020 (UTC)At 17:23, 13 May 2020 I added Empire of the Summer Moon to Further Reading. At 18:14 on the same day TaivoLinguist removed it with the note "Not considered a reliable source by specialists."
/info/en/?search=Quanah_Parker
Empire of the Summer Moon was a finalist of the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 2011. It has notes and a bibliography that includes many of the references in the Wikipedia article and more. It is a well researched book and should be considered Further Reading, however I’m new to Wikipedia editing and I don’t know what standards are needed.
What is the criteria for the Further Reading section? Who are the specialists needed to OK a book like this one? Carlislejp51 ( talk) 07:21, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
Courtesy link: Draft:Water purification using magnetic nanoparticles
I am XLK123 and I just checked my messages, and found that my article regarding water purification using magnetic nanoparticles has been declined. I am not rebutting this decision, although the reason give was "that it looked like an advertisement". In what way does the article seem like an advertisement? In my opinion (I know is sort of irrelevant considering that it's my article) it is just a normal article about the patent, not promoting it or anything of the sort.
Please can someone explain to me why it has fallen under the category of advertisement, as I don't understand?
Also, once someone has replied, am I allowed to tweak the article in such a way that makes it less like an advertisement?
Thanks, XLK123 ( talk) 05:44, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi there,
I wanted to tap into the collective insight of the Wikipedia community to help me understand whether a company I am following closely is notable enough to be featured on Wikipedia. The company in question is a start-up, nevertheless it provides a concept that is new to both the world of financial services and music: a stock exchange where everyone can trade music royalties. I believe the uniqueness of this proposition makes the company, or at least the concept they promote, worth of an encyclopedic mention as it represent a new line of financial services which was not existent before its appearance. Slowly, this will become more prominent as a category and more organisations will start offering similar services and therefore expand the category. As the first company to create this new financial service, are they worth a mention here?
They have been around for less than two years and have several mentions in international press in Europe, albeit mostly stating factual information. They do lack multiple long third-party analysis articles, which I understand are a key criteria in defining the notability of a potential new article.
I look forward to hearing your thoughts.
Thanks Piteress ( talk) 09:21, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
I started a draft page for Maggie Lunn in 2017, and it was declined later that year. Fortunately, someone else started a page for Maggie Lunn towards the end of 2018 which is now in Wikipedia, so that is good. However, how do I get rid of the draft I started and which still appears to exist at /info/en/?search=Draft%3AMaggie_Lunn ? It is not needed. I thought it would just vanish if I did not edit it for 6 months, but bots make edits and maybe reset the time? MerielGJones ( talk) 20:52, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
Article name: Adam's bridge
The above article is wrongly published the information. It need to be changed, but eventually it can't be edited because the following page is highly protected and can't be edited. I need someone to change it and publish the correct information. Thank you. Hari 1213 ( talk) 04:26, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
So what will be your decision? No change it or keep it as it is? Hari 1213 ( talk) 10:29, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
I have showed the real meaning and proof of ram setu bridge in discussion page. And also I've attached some references. What else i need to do? Guide me, i need to change this wrong information of ram setu bridge. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hari 1213 ( talk • contribs) 13:13, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
May I know the reason why the draft is rejected. I have cited all statements in the articles by reliable sources. Ko San Lwin ( talk) 19:36, 23 May 2020 (UTC) Ko San Lwin ( talk) 19:36, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
I would like to recreate the Bella Cosmetics again without the writing look like promotion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ko San Lwin ( talk • contribs) 09:19, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
If you're going to write an article about anyone or anything that is not you or something you are connected to, here are the steps you should follow:
Doing something besides those steps typically results in the article not being approved, or even in its deletion.
If you are writing about yourself, or someone or something you are connected with (such as a friend, family member, or your business), the following steps are different:
Hi, I wanted to know how to add templates in my user page about my language, country and other info. Kindly tell me. Heyday to you ( talk) 13:45, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
is copying and pasting from ncbi.nlm.nih.gov like sites and research paper ok? they arent copyrighted as i think ? not all line but a paragraph or so. I edited several pages like adding from not copy right source but from research paper and modified some statements. Also is there good place to learn wiki more. like how to add tables i can do simple things like \[\[ something \]\] and \<ref\> ... \< ref \> Machinexa ( talk) 09:47, 24 May 2020 (UTC) Its difficult to learn wikipedia from those page . They are overwhelming. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Machinexa ( talk • contribs) 09:50, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
{|
and |}
, each on a line by itself; and start a new row with |-
; but there are lots of complexities. See
Help:Tables. --
ColinFine (
talk)
13:28, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
May I aks why the edit talking about him being a fat tragic man, was unconstructive. Thanks Italic text — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7F:9034:AE00:ADD7:9DD0:D8E1:7502 ( talk) 13:41, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
E.D. Hirsch Jr- I am his second wife and egocentrically decided to add myself on his personal info section. Now when I call it up all personal info has disappeared! I am so sorry to have fouled this up. The only reference that can be cited is our marriage certificate Can you help me? Thank you K123455 ( talk) 16:11, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
2600:6C5E:147F:DE55:6467:9589:E87E:B728 ( talk) 18:42, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
Why is the font size on the following progressively reducing? How is it resolved? What is the correct way for creating the graph headers?
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DMBanks1 ( talk) 01:00, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
I added an FYI so readers can see what the problem originally was and what was done to correct it. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 19:50, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
I probably know the answer to this, and they probably fall under WP:TOOSOON, however can anyone help with the citations for the draft. I feel like they can be an article due to the notability of the group through Direct Relief and conventions, (Thrown Controllers). Not to mention, as entertainers they are "significant in roles in multiple notable films, television shows, stage performances, or other productions", mainly the production of Thrown Controllers at multiple conventions such as PAX and Momocon. Also as entertainers, they "made unique, prolific or innovative contributions to a field of entertainment" as they were one of the first collaborative YouTube channels, even beating the GameGrumps. If it isn't possible to make it an article, I'll understand, I'll just be a bit disappointed as I put a lot of time and effort into the draft. Thank you for reading. Captain Galaxy ( talk) 19:58, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
I logged in, and saw the message that I am editing the Wikipedia page, but I am unable to find the text that I wish to edit. What is happening? I see only the general information about editing and do not see the file that I wish to edit while in this edit mode. ???? Kermit1941 ( talk) 20:04, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
I read about editnotices, and it said that I can add an editnotice to my user page. The page about editnotices said that there would be a red link in the top left that would allow me to create an editnotice, but I do not see it. O-dog222 ( talk) 21:43, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
{{Editnotice userpage}}
, but I think I somehow edited the wrong page, which is odd, because you spelled my username correctly.
O-dog222 (
talk)
21:58, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
I don't understand the purpose of the Tea House as it pertains to me. I am the direct descendant of George JF Clarke. I have written two books on the family. The editing I have done on his page are (1) updated factual information ie. his death date is October 20, 1836. (2) Rewritten the reasons for Honoria Cummings Clarke needing to have her four remaining children living in Florida baptized Catholic. it was not a whim, rather it was because under the Spanish flag you had to be Catholic to hold onto or inherit your estate. (3)Clarke fell in love with Flora who was John Leslie's slave. He purchased her and freed her. The manumission papers state clearly that he has given her her freedom so she can live free like him. She can own property, have her own business and do as she pleases. They had eight children - Maria Felicia Francesca "Rose", James Fredrick, Thomas Santiago, Joseph josef Luis Josie, Daniel L. A., john Nepomuceo Diego, William Roman and George Philip Felipe. (4) His will is important because he owned such a fast amount of land and he left each of his children 1/8 and because there were 8 children it took nearly 100 years of constant law suits between the large family and descendants and the United States government to settle payments for damage and loss of the property due to the Patriots War. This is why there is so much information on this family. Finally, I don't understand some of the footnotes used in the area of the family. Much of it is not relevant to Spanish Florida between 1700s and 1800s. Much of the footnotes are only relevant after 1821 when Florida becomes part of the United States. If you want to connect me to one of the editors so we can remove those footnotes and references, I would welcome that help.
Thank you
Gylbert Garvin Coker Cokerg ( talk) 23:17, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
if you check my article ive enclosed multiple sources to validate my entry, nearly 20 and not all of them are social media some are publish by news outlets in china but i need help getting this through to wikipedia Davidxiaoshan ( talk) 03:42, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
HI WIKIPEDIA, I AM A NEW USE. HOW CAN I CREATE AN ARTICLE ABOUT MINE OR MY COMPANY. I AM NOT FAMOUS FOR ANYTHING.HOW CAN I MAKE A ARTICLE? I AM A MUSICIAN. CAN I MAKE A ARTICLE ABOUT MY SELF PLEASE . PLEASE ANSWER ME. IF YES HOW? EXPLAIN? CousinsTeam ( talk) 15:48, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
How do I include a PDF in a reference? Jenhawk777 ( talk) 03:45, 25 May 2020 (UTC) Jenhawk777 ( talk) 03:45, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
Include URL link to article, pre-print, or abstract.
{{cite journal |last=Aries |first=Myriam B. C. |last2=Newsham |first2=Guy R. |last-author-amp=yes |date=2008 |title=Effect of daylight saving time on lighting energy use: a literature review |url=http://archive.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/obj/irc/doc/pubs/nrcc49212/nrcc49212.pdf |journal=Energy Policy |volume=36 |issue=6 |pages=1858–1866 |doi=10.1016/j.enpol.2007.05.021 |access-date=October 18, 2013}}
Displays as:
Aries, Myriam B. C. & Newsham, Guy R. (2008). "Effect of daylight saving time on lighting energy use: a literature review" (PDF). Energy Policy. 36 (6): 1858–1866. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2007.05.021. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
If the linked document is PDF, but the extension is not .pdf or .PDF, you may add the parameter |format=PDF, which displays " (PDF)" after the link.
hello there, an alert has came up that i do not have a user profile, is a user profile created automatically? or do i have to create it? many thanks Trains2050 ( talk) 09:13, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
ok thanks for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Trains2050 ( talk • contribs) 09:20, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
hi all, could someone please tell me how to add a user box in my user page? many thanks Trains2050 ( talk) 09:54, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
Normally, User:Serial Number 54129 is a fairly decent editor, but they have vandalized List of My Hero Academia characters multiple times, starting from January 18, and just started again May 23. In most of the questionable edits, they claim that they are removing unsourced content and fancruft, but in reality are removing essentially the entire page, including sourced content, edit warring about the subject and refused to explain their actions when questioned at one point by closing the discussion instead of giving any answer. The most recent offense by Serial Number 54129 was undone by User:Exukvera. I haven't notified them about repeating the incident out of fear that they will keep removing essentially the entire page with poor explanations after being notified, as last time they edit warred after their notification. While this isn't a serious enough offense for the Incidents or Vandalism noticeboards due to them being a decent editor on any other page, I am wondering what can be done, as this situation is incredibly frustrating. 72.203.118.154 ( talk) 12:47, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
Is anybody willing to translate the commandments in Hebrew,which haven't been translated before? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dandro08 ( talk • contribs) 13:52, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
hello everyone, i wrote an article on a sitting Minister and it was reject because it was said not to have met the standard the wikipedia standard. please i need help. Vkeys ( talk) 13:43, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
""Best known for his tranquil nature and versatile intellect, he is considered as one of the astute political leaders of Nassarawa State having been rising steadily to power and political leadership since 2006.."Everything you say about this person must be written in neutral, factual tones and be verifiable, and based upon reliable, published sources.
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I've experienced "mob rule" to win against rational arguments when a dispute about an article occurs. What is Wikipedia doing to prevent propaganda and fallacious content from being sustained in articles solely because it appeals to the biases of the majority? 24.17.208.94 ( talk) 04:09, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
Question:
Can you please provide your response for this situation here. I have COI situation where I have an article for a person with association that I work with, but can be a good resource if added to Wikipedia. I know I cannot edit these pages myself because of the policy so I just want to check with you guys that there is no process or code for submitting articles for review if a COI exists. Maybe I am confused but I saw a page on requesting an edit and that is the reason why I asking this question, thank you ?
/info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Edit_requests Kevin at IES ( talk) 12:49, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
Ok so just to understand how this gets done properly. So the article gets submitted to the AFC portal then that is the correct process for submitting drafts for review with COI, thank you. ( Kevin at IES ( talk) 13:22, 25 May 2020 (UTC))
Ok thanks guys just want to be sure, cheers — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kevin at IES ( talk • contribs) 14:33, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
hello all, i have just found an article that i think should be deleted but i think i have done the deletion request wrong. could someone please tell me on how i should do the deletion request. many thanks Trains2050 ( talk) 14:18, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
Hi, referring to this Wiki article, link: /info/en/?search=Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs Under Self-Esteem, 2nd line, there is a citation needed. I happened to find the source of said paragraph and i would like to contribute. im not good at coding and i tried to edit myself but i couldnt understand the edit layout. 103.252.201.193 ( talk) 13:50, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
I noticed some edits adding citations by User:Habelgmsa (see Special:Contributions/Habelgmsa) specifically when they added links to Loopnet as citations for Washington County, Oregon ( diff)
I'm not sure how to proceed to get more eyes on this or what is the official process for something like this when it is generally about an editor affecting a number of pages? Mlepisto ( talk) 17:31, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
A suggestion to avoid future kerfuffles like this might be to mention the event over at the Community portal. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 15:36, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
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Deferred to talk User:Agnes George shauri joined earlier this month, and is participating in 1Lib1Ref. The intent of the program is for librarians around the world to address the backlog of citations needed at Wikipedia articles. I saw that Agnes had added a citation to an article I watch. The citation was inappropriate, so I reverted it. I then looked at other contributions, and saw that just about every citation added that I looked at was in error. One was as simple as adding a reference to Steve Kerr that was for a different person of the same name. I reverted about half a dozen and left a message at the editor's Talk page, asking to please stop adding citations, giving several examples of errors. I have no desire to look at the 100+ citations added by Agnes George shauri, but am guessing that many of the others are also wrong. Is there a process to revert all of an editor's actions? I understand that it is likely that some of the citations added are valid. David notMD ( talk) 15:08, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
Galendalia Talk to me CVU Graduate 17:06, 25 May 2020 (UTC) 16:55, 25 May 2020 (UTC) Teahouse Host
USS Boxer on V-J day My father claimed his dive-bomber squadron was aboard Boxer on way to Japan when the war ended. The squadron, flying SB2C Helldivers, was a "reconstituted" one, having been badly mauled in early Pacific campaign. My father's story was that their unit was "headed to Japan", on the Boxer, in expectation that Japan was not going to surrender and there would have to be a massive assault on their homeland. At war's end, amid almost instant decommissioning of all unnecessary personel, my father was left on Hawaii, trying to get passage back to the States. Could the Boxer be embarking the squadron at Pearl Harbor on August 6th 1945? I know my father got as far as Hawaii because he came home with a souvenir leaf from a 'Sword Plant' from the Haleakala volcano and told of finally getting back on a "banana boat". Just wishing I could ask him about this, on this Memorial Day, remembering those who defending us in another awful time. Bob Burford, Narragansett RI 2600:8805:BC80:3D6:39C9:E5C1:4D13:42C8 ( talk) 17:03, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
Okay, I remember the Teahouse. Rhymes with "treehouse".
I have exactly one keyboard, it says "Dell" and it is "American", made it China, no patents mentioned on the injection mold.
I don't use Windows in a habitual sense. I am using Windows for two weeks. I am using Microsoft Edge currently. This is "not my computer".
The stickers on the keyboard that say what they are have been rubbed off by 70% ethyl alcohol, because I touch-type.
It would be good to "install a Spanish dictionary" in Microsoft Edge. I could do it in Firefox on Ubuntu, but I need to make the best of what's around.
Thank you for literally all suggestions. I am also open to Netflix suggestions. Covidios ( talk) 04:05, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
I've been paid to make minor edits to a small article on a living person Bahman Tavoosi. The edits have now been reverted wholesale twice (even though I fully disclosed the COI after the first reversion), rather than abiding by the details in Help:Reverting or Wikipedia:Editing_policy#Try_to_fix_problems
I don't want to cause problems, but I don't see problems with the content I've been asked to contribute. I don't see any controversy, and the material is backed by citations (including adding a citation where one was previously flagged as citation needed
Help? I need the money to feed my family since coronavirus lockdown has destroyed my usual business. Mexi-Kiwi Mike ( talk) 18:40, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
you are strongly discouraged from editing affected articles directly; you are prohibited from making more than trivial updates directly.
Can I edit any Wikipedia pages? AbhinavA1694 ( talk) 16:40, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
Recently I added contents to History of Poland, and providing a reliable source, I mentioned that the ruling party is heading the country towards democratic backsliding. An editor deleted my edits, and without providing any source-he said, "The US ambassador to Poland says that she does not believe the report, and there is a lot of politics involved." Although I have left a message in his talk page, I must mention this thing in Wikipedia because there is a growing effort to undermine freedom of speech by many countries, whose leaders use propaganda machines to ensure the extinction of unfavourable coverage. The ruling party's criticism that I mentioned in Wikipedia was noticed by other editors, but they did not delete it, but E-960 quickly reverted the edit. The reason that he provided was insufficient. It seems that he does not Law and Justice to be negatively assessed in Polish history, even when international human rights organizations like Freedom house condemn it's anti-democratic efforts.He said that freedom house is just an NGO, and it has political leanings and biases. But many Wikipedia pages have used freedom house ratings and statuses as a base for assessing human rights situation,and it's lauded as a leading human rights organization. Ppt2003 ( talk) 11:26, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
How can I create a wikimedia project How can I create wikimedia project 41.113.26.115 ( talk) 19:11, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
What's the intent of WikiProject? Does it cover something not covered by Wikipedia:WikiProject? WikiProjects exist inside Wikipedia and no where else if I'm not mistaken... so I'm just confused as to why there is an additional article on the subject matter that's "external facing". BthompsonHV 01:27, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
I'm not sure if this is the best place to ask this, but if there's another place, please let me know.
Is there a name for people for the philosophy that Wikipedia's Core content policies adhere to. For example Neutrality/Verifiability/Reliable Sources. Is there a name for this philosophy? “_______ism.” There are certain rules in wikipedia, but it appears wikipedia takes it’s rules from the norms of philosophy. You have to cite your sources, you have to use reliable sources, you have to follow the norms of philosophy (not using logical fallacies,) I believe that the rules and norms of Wikipedia and Academia are one of the best ways to ascertain truth, but is there a name for this philosophy? Rationalism? there's Empiricism? But it seems the word I'm looking for is broader than that.
Thanks – Chrisvacc - ✆ 15:03, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
I say NVRism (pronounced never-ism) - Sorry if too short, but sometimes short is easier than long. Galendalia CVU Member \ Chat Me Up 06:29, 23 May 2020 (UTC)