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What is a vector skin on touchscreen device. Tbiw ( talk) 09:09, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
I need to include copyright proofs in images and I can't remember how. Can you point me in the right direction? Also on the inclusion of alternative descriptions for the blind, is that just alt=? Does it have posts around it? Jenhawk777 ( talk) 17:31, 20 June 2020 (UTC) Jenhawk777 ( talk) 17:31, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
Cullen328 Copyright tags are supposed to be on images. I found them here: [7]
I was able to put them on this image-- [8] --but was unable to do so on the others as they had no information on the original sources. That means there is no actual way to ensure that the person that uploaded it here and who says 'sure use it freely' actually has the right to say that. I think I have to go to Flicker and see if I can find where they came from originally. Jenhawk777 ( talk) 06:36, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
I recently asked about putting images of an artist and her works in a Wikipedia article and found that it would be difficult to get copyright permission. My follow-up question is about putting links in an article to an external site that had a photo and showed some artworks. Often the reference list will have links to external articles or sites that will show photos and artworks but I wonder if it's Ok to put something explicit in the body of an article such as "
A photo of Jane Bloggs can be found on the University of Utopia page and her artworks can be seen at the Beautiful Gallery page". The links would be from the names of the institutions. This happens incidentally anyway sometimes when there are external links in the article, but could it be a specific sentence to direct readers to the images or even a subheading section to make it easier to find? LPascal ( talk) 07:51, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
Thank you Marchjuly, all of those comments are very helpful and I will re-edit the EG page later with them in mind. As a new editor I;m finding it difficult to find the instructions/policies quickly on for every issue I have so that's why I ask questions on the Talk page. I will try and read more of that guidance material now that you reference before I do a lot more editing. LPascal ( talk) 10:34, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
https://www.artribune.com/artista-mostre-biografia/hans-andre/ is a good decription of Hans Andrés work, but in italian. 80.216.193.97 ( talk) 09:09, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
i have a request,i should upload a writeup regarding of "How an ESP can design in high viscosity oil wells" . This is my write up. this would help others . please let me know if this topic is acceptable. Ellipzys ( talk) 01:57, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
its not original research, research already done but the informations are limited in internet. SO i planned to upload in wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ellipzys ( talk • contribs) 02:20, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
I posted A Profile which is in my SANDBOX titled A profile of Dr. Ulaganathan sankar under the category 20th Century Indian Economists in February 2020. When will it be published? Mythili2020 ( talk) 06:45, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
I have posted matter in the SANDBOX. It is a profile of a person. How do I come to know if the material is still in process or dismissed? Please help Mythili2020 ( talk) 07:10, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
How to move the content from SANDBOX to DRAFT? Mythili2020 ( talk) 07:23, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
Please don't start multiple threads, each asking the same thing. (I have merged your second and third into this first one.) -- Hoary ( talk) 07:28, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
to create draft
Mythili2020 ( talk) 07:35, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
An editor moved it from your Sandbox to Draft:Ulaganathan Sankar. I created section headings. Once you create proper referencing, you can click on the submit button. Once submitted, can be days to months before it is reviewed, and either accepted or declined (with advice on what is needed), or in worst cases, rejected. David notMD ( talk) 11:21, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello fellow Wikis :) I'm a new editor on Wikipedia and was wondering if I could get some help. I want to create a Wikipedia page for an entertainment entrepreneur but seem to keep hitting a wall for not having "notability", despite being published in some of the best magazines in the world (Entrepreneur, Vogue, ELLE, and so on). I reached out to an experienced editor on Upwork and she suggested that we create a wikitia page, and that this would guarantee notability. Two questions here: Will the wikitia page help in getting my Wikipedia article published? If not, what sources are considered "reliable", given that none of the said sources are press releases or merely interviews? May Rostom ( talk) 11:05, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello Teahouse,
I recently tried editing an existing wikipedia article with updated and corrected information on the subject, and I received a message from an editor saying that my edits "did not appear constructive." What does that mean exactly? I've looked through the various help pages but can not find any specific information as to what constitutes constructive edits.
Thank you!
Aladinsane 1972 Aladinsane 1972 ( talk) 17:38, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
I'm sorry for this very basic question, but I'm a Wiki-neophyte: is my draft still pending a review?
/info/en/?search=Draft:Jason_Szep
I suspect it is but I just wanted to be sure.
Thank you. Journalism prof 68 ( talk) 13:05, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello there, I am new here so please show me some warm love. I know Wikipedia is a loving community. I just started my first article of a clothing brand I think deserve an article. Here is the draft: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Sebastian_Cruz_Couture# Please any help? Suggestions? Much needed. Thanks! Tripplehaze7 ( talk) 15:41, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
Cheers! -- Tripplehaze7 ( talk) 16:01, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
Oliverdrinkstars57 ( talk) 14:07, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
Treaty of Ramla seems sure to be a mistake, it's one and the same as the Treaty of Jaffa (1192), some editor just picked up the wrong title. I want to remove it altogether and place a redirect, in case some user still does look the topic up under this name. Please help with advice. I'm not a new editor, I just haven't cared for technical stuff until now. Thank you, Arminden ( talk) 13:21, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
Redirect - done, many thanks! What about an "autodirect"? That one means that there isn't any more redirect page with the old name at the top, instead the user searching for the specific name is automatically directed to the correct page? Thanks. Arminden ( talk) 14:56, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
How old is Wikipedia? QwertyDummy ( talk) 00:14, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
Oliverdrinkstars57 ( talk) 15:48, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
The truthful falcon ( talk) 16:20, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi,
I've discovered that the article on Freeline skates is in pretty bad shape; it might be easiest to start with a clean slate. I'm hoping that someone can help guide me on what the best-practices are when considering re-writing an article.
Here are some specific questions that I have:
Thanks so much for your help! I really appreciate your patience with my beginner's questions. I want to ensure that I follow best-practice for a scenario like this. Let me know if there's anything I can clarify for you!
Thanks, Raspberry Curator ( talk) 00:35, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
After scrolling through some of the other teahouse comments, maybe the sporting equipment isn't well-known enough to warrant a Wikipedia page? If necessary, I can provide links to some vendors that might provide evidence for popularity... let me know! 00:40, 21 June 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raspberry Curator ( talk • contribs)
Raspberry Curator, let's assume for a moment that an independent page (however titled, and whether concentrating on a concept or on a trademarked product) that would replace the (very feeble) Freeline skates is warranted and that User:Th0rgall/sandbox/Freeskates is worthwhile as a start. I'd suggest that you copy the content of User:Th0rgall/sandbox/Freeskates to User:Raspberry Curator/sandbox/Freeskates (or somewhere else in your userspace), your very first edit to it (your creation of it) having the edit summary "copied from User:Th0rgall/sandbox/Freeskates". Then edit it ruthlessly. When you're happy with it, announce at Talk:Freeline skates your intention to replace Freeline skates with it. Wait two weeks. If there's no objection, first move Freeline skates to the new title (if you're giving its replacement a new title) and then ask an admin to move your draft there to replace the old (non-) article. -- Hoary ( talk) 05:20, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
Hoary and TheChunky, your replies really helped to clear things up for me. I feel like I have a clear path forward with the article now. I look forward to contributing to this article and others into the future. Thank you so much! Raspberry Curator ( talk) 07:07, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
Beyond things like [citation needed] or basic grammar, is there any way to see exactly what help people want for a specific article? e.g. "elaborate on this idea further" Loafiewa ( talk) 16:43, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
Should table titles for UK constituencies election results be formatted as <year> general election: <constituency> as per the formatting of article titles? Or should it be General election <year>: <constituency>? There seemed to be no consistency among articles or clear guidelines. It seemed to me the most sense would be to go from general to specific information. So, General election <year>: <constituency>. Keeping <constituency> means that table can be easily copied and still retain information specific enough to differentiate it from any other table.
Can anyone give any input on which is the most acceptable? Gharbhain ( talk) 17:27, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello Teahouse. I was wondering if I could get access to List of Sex Symbol page since its semi-protected and what I have to do to access it. I understand the policies on Wikipedia and I hope you could get this message as soon as possible. Have a very nice day. Thank you. ( Junoongrill ( talk) 19:37, 21 June 2020 (UTC)) Junoongrill ( talk) 19:37, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
I have submitted a draft some days ago which is about a "region" namely Draft:Saraz region . Can anyone please review it? As I have seen interaction of people with Sarazi which is a language of this region. So kindly approve. So that other editors can copyedit and contribute more. Thank you. — The Chunky urf Al Kashmiri (Speak🗣️ or Write✍️) 17:52, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
This morning I tried to add some references to an article, yet when I pressed insert, it looks like it's going to add the reference as usual for a split second, but nothing appeared. I tried to create an automatic reference a few times, all of which failed, before creating a few manual references, which also failed to appear. So I left the page open, watched a few Youtube videos, did a few edits on IMDB, and forgot all about it, until just now when I tried to add references to a different article, which again failed. Why are citations failing to insert?
This is off topic but, the article I was trying to add references to, or more accurately, re-add references and information to, were for an actor from the City of Bradford, which were removed by someone in December 2019. Those facts which were removed a month after I added them, were regarding the fact he was born, educated and trained in the City of Bradford, yet all references to the City of Bradford were removed, and only his neighbourhood, which is adjacent to mine (2 miles from the city centre) was mentioned.
There seems to be an agenda against my city - the City of Bradford which is officially the 6th biggest city in the UK by population and the 6th biggest city in the UK by area (according to the Office of National Statistics, the Queen and the British Government) by the mainstream media, the tourism companies, the map makers etc and Wikipedia.
Why do I think that? I think that because every time I add information to Wikipedia articles of people, places or things, which were born, are situated in, or from the City of Bradford, to say that they are from the City of Bradford, they get removed by people claiming things like it isn't relevant it's not needed or they are doing it to clean up an article. More like you're removing things which Bradfordians can celebrate about the city, because you want to keep the stereotype that "It's full of crime, it's poor, and there's nothing worth visiting."
If someone is from Wythenshawe, Manchester, Greater Manchester you don't say they're from Wythenshawe the neighbourhood alone, you say they're from Manchester the city alone, Manchester the city along with Greater Manchester the county, or all 3 by mentioning the neighbourhood, the city and the county.
If you're talking about the village of Arthington, which is in the town of Otley, which is part of the City of Leeds, you don't forget to mention that it's in Leeds or say it's near Leeds, you mention all 3.
Yet those are just a couple of examples of what happens with City of Bradford related Wikipedia articles on a regular basis. I like being specific with my information and facts, especially with things like addresses and TV networks, as there's too many people in the world who don't know what a British city is, and think the BBC is the only TV network in the UK. While Wikipedia seems to have a policy of being vague, especially when it comes to facts about places in, and people from the City of Bradford. Danstarr69 ( talk) 17:48, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
I used 3 references. One of those references mentioned his Buttershaw training. Two of those references mentioned his YSA training. One of those references said he was specifically from the neighbourhood of Wibsey. Yet all 3 of them said he was from the City of Bradford. Therefore I used some of those references multiple times, for different things, using the footnote thing. Now those references all only appear once.
RedBulbBlueBlood9911 Giraffer Actually, no I can't. I can add references in visual mode, but I still can't add references in source mode. Danstarr69 ( talk) 19:00, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello, my drafted article: /info/en/?search=Draft:Sebastian_Cruz_Couture is complete and I would like help with publishing it finally. Thank you very much.-- Tripplehaze7 ( talk) 13:14, 21 June 2020 (UTC) Tripplehaze7 ( talk) 13:14, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
Declined because you included copyright protected images (which are in the process of being deleted from Commons). David notMD ( talk) 14:30, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
My edit disappeared
Hello! I made edits to this page /info/en/?search=Seventeen_(South_Korean_band) last night. Changes appear last night but was gone this morning. Can someone share what likely happened? BarbaraUkulele ( talk) 01:42, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello everyone! I was looking through Wikipedia and I found a backlog of about 4000 files that needed to be converted into SVG format. I could probability convert a few hundred and many a thousand. But, I cannot/will not manually tag hundreds of files and to relink every instance of the image to the new svg file. Is there a tool/bot that could do that? Thank you! The creeper2007 Talk! 05:48, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello, and thank you for taking a moment to help with this project. I'm trying to make this (link below) into a live article that can be approved for public view. Would someone with experience in Wikipedia please let me know if something is missing or not completed correctly. Any time is greatly appreciated and I thank you for your consideration. /info/en/?search=Draft%3ADerek_Victoric_Picard 96.237.188.80 ( talk) 04:39, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Please help anyone to get publish my article about 'Geever Puthuparambil'. I have given an external link https://www.keralaviews.com/geever-puthuparambil-janadhipathya-kerala-youth-front-ernakulam-state-president/. Please help me to publish this article. Anupriya0123 ( talk) 05:54, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
a wiki article will typically give all the known uses of a concept when what I want is the most reasonable up-to-date understanding. it's like reading fifty books on a topic, instead of one book agreed to by fifty experts. also, when I think of power, I think of the ocean, a flood, a cyclone, a whale, an elephant, etc. this ancient and natural concept does not appear on your 'power' page. for me, power is more about ability than it is to control. as such, wiki seems to have an "established institutional" feel to it. yours sincerely, john John j weyland ( talk) 06:49, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
If we are writing our own article and want to include pictures, can they be off the internet, or does it have to be your own work?
Class 66 and 67 and 68 ( talk) 09:08, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Please how can I delete this mistakenly published article 2019–20 Ligue 1 (Ivory Coast). thanks Josedimaria237 ( talk) 09:41, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
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I am appalled to see a major traditional medicine of the Indian subcontinent being defined as pseudoscience in its introduction of the wiki page. /info/en/?search=Ayurveda
TCM, which is of the same class is referred to as 'traditional medicine' and so are Siddha, Unani traditional medicines. And this is the right and proper way to classify. /info/en/?search=Traditional_Chinese_medicine /info/en/?search=Siddha /info/en/?search=Unani_medicine
Editing is disabled and from the history of edits, I see that there is a dedicated group intent on reverting it back to their claim of Ayurveda being a "pseudoscience".
How do I get this resolved to reflect factual information based on historical facts and available literature, not opinions of individuals? Salilasukumaran ( talk) 04:25, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Does anybody have any tips on small edits, that will just help to improve credibility? I'm not to big on adding info as much as improving whats there. GhostWRLD ( talk) 11:57, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
The Lakhahi Raj Wikipedia article has not original infobox settlement how to make that original one i.e what exactly infobox settlement looks like 2405:204:A51A:7492:4441:6FF:FE9B:900F ( talk) 13:27, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
I want to learn how to add photos to update wiki bios, is it different for logos and brand for a company? MaycockR ( talk) 07:43, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
hi!
I worked it out - thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by MaycockR ( talk • contribs) 13:50, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
What if I want help on creating like a new page about someone that has not been created yet? WHere could I go for someone to help me? Brysonjett ( talk) 13:56, 22 June 2020 (UTC) Brysonjett ( talk) 13:56, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
I would like to apologize for making edits that were just blatant vandalism. I've read up a lot on the policies and guidelines of Wikipedia in the recent days, and I would love to become a helpful and constructive member of this community. I guess my question is where I can post this. Xtat1c ( talk) 13:56, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
City of Darien - the Mayor's name was correct; however, the below link shows it to be Mayor Joseph Mama - instead of Mayor Joseph Marchese for the below link - unable to correct. https://www.google.com/search?q=city+of+darien&rlz=1C1GCEU_enUS821US821&oq=city+of+darien&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j46j69i59j0j46l2j0l2.4975j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 173.9.248.233 ( talk) 16:13, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Why Wikipedia volunteers is deleting my articles? Help me Shahnwaz aalam ( talk) 12:52, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
whats' everybody been up to lately? Herschel Goldman ( talk) 13:47, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi All! I am a student editor who just completed an assignment adding on to a wikipedia article. I chose to update the Whole30 Wikipedia page as it was on the shorter side and was clearly biased against The Whole30 Program. However, for some reason as soon as I publish an edit it is immediately taken down. Can someone look into this? SallyLittle ( talk) 16:41, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello!
I am an editor of article Mykola Lebid. After article was posted in first editions - in Google search automatically appeared this knowledge box [ [10]]. First problem is that the person died in 70 y.o. age, but box said he is 84yo (as he still alive), despite that both born and death dates are metioned in the article and in Wikidata item. Second - no photo appeared in box, despite that it is in the article and in wikidata. These changes were made in wiki months ago, so google had plenty of time to update box, but until today (22/jun/2020) nothing happened. Please, give me advice. Thank you! El nomad ( talk) 18:07, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello! I am interested in tropical cyclones, and would like to edit more substantially in that realm. Can you give me tips on how to make large edits to tropical cyclone articles? I sometimes feel unsure of myself when making large edits. NOOBSKINSPAMMER ( talk) 17:01, 22 June 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.
HI RECENTLY A GROUP OF PEOPLE FROM INDIA STARTED EDITING ARTICLES IN BIASED WAY PARTICULARLY TO MALIGN reputation and spread disinformation to wikipedia users . their team has two admins with other simple users too. they works on monetary purposes . then they block the users without no reason when someone exposes them . they also do blacklisting of news websites on wikipedia and add protection to wiki pages they even undo other admins revisions or restoration Loneltrussia ( talk) 18:50, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
HI SURELY THERE IS ALREADY A NEWS ARTICLE ABOUT THE GUYS AND ITS ON english wikipedia mainly. here is detailed info about the members of the group. the guy named newslinger IN THIS blog there is twitter thread in detailed way must see the blog .they blocked website which exposes them from wikipedia and added it in blacklist . iam using landing page to allow it so you can see their misdeeds. they blacklisted or blocked everyone who raised voice. please srr (Redacted) Loneltrussia ( talk) 20:30, 22 June 2020 (UTC) i have info about another guy who vandals history pages of india on english wikipedia they are team of two first one vandals the page the second one thanks and if anyone revert their change the second guy revert again and made article to vandalised version again . they are causing edit wars on wikipedia too . i can provide their info too if you need for taking the action and inpection. Loneltrussia ( talk) 20:30, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
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just read the article sir the opindia is blocked by these guys due to exposing them and maligning reputation of it all proofs are in there blog. you can watch there and then verify on wikipedia if you are unfaithful about the site coz this site wiki is distorted by these guys . because they are exposing fake news of someportals then those portal hire these guys on monetary basis to do this type of things Loneltrussia ( talk) 20:46, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
I've noticed many pages in the "in other media" category, tend to be filled to the brim with grammatical errors, and nothing is being done about it.
these pages are often poorly worded, in a more essay type of writing than documentation, and they have a few other problems.
Sbob99 ( talk) 12:27, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
not to come off as lazy, but i think improving these articles is gonna have to be a group effort. it's that widespread. Sbob99 ( talk) 12:59, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Just look at a few articles of well-known comic book characters, then you'll see what i'm talking about. Sbob99 ( talk) 21:27, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Greetings! I'm new on wiki project and have some doubts about about future article, which i want to create. I want to create an article about university. It's official partner of Polytechnic University of Turin and i think some people could be interested to know about it. I want to know is this topic significant enough to be published as an article? I also collected some sources to confirm provided information, but information in some of this sources not in English language. Would it be a problem? If yes, what can you suggest me to solve it?
Thank you for attention! Turquoisecacke ( talk) 14:46, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
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parameter serves this purpose.)Hi!
When writing someone's biography, do official documents like school records and birth certificates constitute acceptable references?
NB: I've already been told several times what my draft's flaws are instead of answering the questions I had, and I've taken note of them and will make relevant edits as I go before resubmitting the article. Please just answer the specific question I've asked here, thanks ^^ AengusB ( talk) 23:24, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
, and welcome to the Teahouse. In general, no such sources are not acceptable. See WP:BLPPRIMARY which says:
Exercise extreme caution in using primary sources. Do not use trial transcripts and other court records, or other public documents, to support assertions about a living person. Do not use public records that include personal details, such as date of birth, home value, traffic citations, vehicle registrations, and home or business addresses.
So after I corrected my mistakes that a reviewer did, can someone review it again? My article is called " Draft:List of prefectures of the Central African Republic by Human Development Index BloxMoon ( talk) 20:46, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I have sent though three emails to verify permission granted for free images I would like to add to a wiki site but have had no response. What should I do next? My images are going to be deleted in the next day. Please help. Wasuwatanabe ( talk) 23:00, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Thank you to you both, I think you have helped to verify the problem. Wasuwatanabe ( talk) 02:55, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
my link was removed from the page in external link but someone elase link of youtube is still showing in external link what is the reason, why only mine removed? 182.190.82.36 ( talk) 04:19, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello! I've received great help publishing the page TCO Certified. Now I wonder what the next step would be to improve it further? I've seen that it has not been reviewed by the New Page Patrol. Is there a way to request a review? Since there is a COI I don't want to edit the page too heavily myself. Ellasoderberg ( talk) 09:57, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I was writing an edit for Daedalion, in a wacky alternate story where a certain Poetica Mythologia claims that he was transformed into a penguin (rather than a hawk, for those you are unfamiliar with the Greek myth). I provided a source as well as a link to the English translation, but it was quickly taken down by another user, saying that it was a "test edit", even though I provided the appropriate sources. How do I avoid this and have my edits go through? Richardp88 ( talk) 05:11, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Did you hear ther is a new episode of the Listen Out Loud podcast? I wrote all about it TheLoudHouse#Listen Out Loud Dandro08 ( talk) 06:42, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi. I was planning on writing an article about The Pottery Cottage Murders and I've been searching for sources to use. Following the publication of two books about the case earlier this year, I've found some media coverage (mainly local), I've found some accessible Hansard references too - but the bulk of the media coverage is only available via The British Newspaper Archive. This is free to access from the British Library & you can get 3 free searches if you register, but beyond that it's a subscription service. I am aware that paywalled articles are used as sources (such as The Times), but I'm not clear whether archives are acceptable or not. I'm not sure I'd have enough coverage to support an article without it, as I'd be relying too heavily on the published books. Please can you advise? Thank you. -- DSQ ( talk) 08:14, 23 June 2020 (UTC) DSQ ( talk) 08:14, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
I have created an article which is in draft now. How much time it will take to become live. Ranjeet.saini7 ( talk) 04:28, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Courtesy: Draft:PDC T10 League This is about a new cricket league that has yet to play its first game. David notMD ( talk) 11:18, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Is it acceptable to insert a relevant statement (a tech review, to be precise) word-for-word even if it has a phrase that violates Wikipedia:NOPRICES, or should the phrase be edited for the statement to be acceptable? I’m asking this because I’m divided between keeping the statement as close to the original source as possible and strictly following Wikipedia policy (If it helps, the phrase is "at $199," and was part of the original statement in 9to5google’s review of the Nokia 5.3 (which is currently edited in the article)). RedBulbBlueBlood9911 Talk 07:45, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
References
One US-based review site said...should, always be changed to
the US-Based site Tech Reviews said...or better
Joe Blow, writing in the US-based Tech Reviews said.... I see that the attribution is in the article, so no problem there. DES (talk) DESiegel Contribs 12:19, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
While fact checking an entry on the page for MSG Benavidez, in the "Personal honors" section, the first entry in the subsection "Buildings and institutions with Benavidez's name include:" "Roy P. Benavidez American Legion Post #400 in San Antonio, Texas".
In checking the American Legion website ( https://www.legion.org/), there is no Legion Post 400 in Texas. I conducted multiple Google searches with no Post 400 listed as being in the State of Texas.
One search result was the American Legion - Department of Texas (txlegion.org) which represents all Texas posts. I contacted them via FB Messenger to ask if they could confirm Post 400 being named for MSG Benavidez. The response to my question was "We had a Post 400 named after MSG Benavidez but it was closed on 2014. We have no other records of the Post."
Is the FB Messenger response sufficient to remove the entry or update the entry noting the Post was closed in 2014? If not, what additional documentation is required? Jdyates751 ( talk) 01:01, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
I need help to publish a biography of Mr. Asad Khan - who is sixth generation Sitar from Mewati Gharana. Pathakshashik ( talk) 13:24, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
There a new editor, who has been editing Milton Huddart, the edits seem to express personal issues with the family. This needs to be watched. -- Devokewater ( talk) 11:12, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello,
I am a French contributor of fr.wikipedia and I am planning a series of wiki pages on Holocaust survivors and Alain Husson-Dumoutier's artwork on them.
Does any American or English contributor could help me to publish the translations for en.wikipedia?
Thank you !
Alexandre AlexandreDevil ( talk) 13:06, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello, why is it mandatory that a stub article be deleted eventhough it is a work in progress and sources are still being gathered? Here is the page in question: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Sebastian_Cruz_Couture Thanks.-- Tripplehaze7 ( talk) 13:24, 23 June 2020 (UTC) Tripplehaze7 ( talk) 13:24, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Today I submitted for our University but I got declined. How can I improve it? Please suggest me. Thanks.
/info/en/?search=Draft:University_of_Computer_Studies_(Taunggyi) DigiSoft (Myanmar) ( talk) 13:01, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello, everyone! I am interested in developing an article over the course of several days to add to Wikipedia. However, whenever I close the page that I was working on, all of my work disappears. Is there any way to use your sandbox in such a way that you can save your progress in between different days? Thanks! Kokopelli7309 Kokopelli7309 ( talk) 02:01, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kokopelli7309 ( talk • contribs) 14:53, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
I am new to editing and wanted to correct an error on the Ava Gardner page, she was 13 when the family moved to Newport News, VA, not 7 years old. That's when I notice the site was using the book "Love is Nothing", by Lee Server as a reference. As a board member of the Ava Gardner Museum, who is the official source of artifacts and knowledge of Ava Gardner's life, we do not sell or use Lee Server's book for anything. It's a collection of false stories and incorrect information. We would like to insert as a reference book, "Ava, My Story", which was Ava's biography, and "Grabtown Girl", which was written by the founder of the museum, a journalist and author, Doris Cannon. The facts are correct in these books and should be the ones used a references.
I am just trying to correct wrong information and site truthful sources. Are there some instructions that would help me do this. Visitoco ( talk) 12:48, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
First, you are not that new to editing, as have been editing since March 9th. Second, you have been repeatedly warned, to the point of potentially being blocked, to cease adding website(s) as new External links to dozens of articles - this is considered spamming. Given your connection to the museum, it is essential that you declare your conflict of interest on your User page. And given your past questionable behavior, I strongly recommend that you do not attempt to directly edit Ava Gardner. For example, you may believe Lee Server's book is flawed, but you should not have attempted to removed it from the Further reading section. Instead, you should open a new section at the Talk page of the article and be specific in what content should be added - with proper citations. If there are 'facts' in dispute, it may be necessary to state that one sources has ____ whereas another source has ____. David notMD ( talk) 15:20, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
I have created an article titled 'Nature Environment and Pollution Technology' which is about an academic journal in the field of Environmental Science. The reviewer has rejected the article stating the reason as it should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources, not just to materials produced by the creator of the subject being discussed. This is important so that the article can meet Wikipedia's verifiability policy and the notability of the subject can be established.
As this article is about an academic journal i have added its inclusion in Scopus which is one of the notability factor in its field. What other independent sources do you expect for a scientific journal? Should i add some more references to other databases where it is included like the proquest, EBSCO, Index Copernicus etc. Or should i add references to its most cited articles? Please help me what kind of references are expected for an academic journal. Regards Apurva1410 ( talk) 15:12, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
INSTALKER ( talk) 16:15, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
I have recently created this draft
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Ruan_Galdino
I want to add this to Articles but because this is my first article I am weary of the process in terms of whether or not the article is up to scratch. I do not understand what I should do. Please an we talk. Thank you DanceEnthusiast ( talk) 17:23, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Please someone should help me edit this article 2019–20 Nigeria Professional Football League, I've asked for help earlier concerning this but the reply I got was unsatisfactory.
I made a mistake; I'm trying to note that the match was originally played by Delta Force but it turned out to be a citation Josedimaria237 ( talk) 12:58, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
b:FFE48329Someone_should_help_me_on_thisSomeone should help me on this
David Biddulph — Preceding unsigned comment added by Josedimaria237 ( talk • contribs) 13:58, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
I'm not sure what was going on with <ref>{{#tag |title=
| ...
in the infobox, but I’ve
changed it to a plain footnote in the References section. Is that the effect that was intended,
Josedimaria237? I’d be inclined to write it inline with parentheses as
Kano Pillars 6–1
Delta Force (
Kwara United) (8 December 2019)
– the change from Delta to Kwara is explained elsewhere in the text. —
Pelagic (
messages )
Z – (06:51 Wed 24, AEST) 20:51, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Is it just me, or does this Huggle Rollback Special:Diff/962907221 by another editor seem a bit overzealous? — Pelagic ( messages ) Z – (06:51 Wed 24, AEST) 20:51, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Non Free files: a simple question (no need to see the article as the image is no longer there).
This is my first visit too the tea house. I have finished my article in sandbox which I am about to publish, one of my images has since been removed by JJMC89 bot with this message. Editor's summary: WP:NFCC#9: Non-free files are only permitted in articles. This image was uploaded directly into the article using 'upload image' not via Wikimedia Commons nor using the Wizard. Windswept ( talk) 19:40, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Thank you I look forward to receiving your reply. Windswept ( talk) 19:40, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello Colin and Rudolf, Thank you for your quick and detailed answers to my questions. All understood now. Windswept
Good day to everyone viewing this page,
I was wondering if someone could help me with an issue I've just come across.
I recently joined Wikipedia to make a (small) contribution to the project, mainly for articles relating to musical artists, and mainly in cases where a page has been edited rather haphazardly and doesn't meet the high standard to which most other pages on this project adhere. This 'hapzard editing' also applies to releases by musical artists, such as the one in the title here.
Catatonia have never released an album called 'Catatonia Greatest Hits', the album is in fact called 'Greatest Hits' and the page should be titled 'Greatest Hits (Catatonia album)'. However I am not able to do this is searching that title redirects to the main band page. I've tried to remove the redirect but upon further research of the issue have discovered that this is something that can only be done by an administrator (understandably).
Could I ask for assistance in the matter please?
Kind regards, Sburbridge92 ( talk) 19:33, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
I am Brian Edwin Tucker, listed in Wikipedia. I'd like help to add to my Wikipedia entry. In particular, I'd like to add to the list of my awards. In 2017, I received Pomona College’s Blaisdell Distinguished Alumni, and in 2020, I received the Seismological Society of America’s Frank Press Public Service Award. Thank you. 32.212.105.234 ( talk) 15:12, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
How do I edit Atieno Julian ( talk) 13:35, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello, Could an impartial editor please check out Patricia_Olynyk and possibly remove the banners? I had many discussions on the talk page Talk:Patricia_Olynyk with the editor who put the banners on, DGG. Ultimately, they put up more banners after discussion on the talk page; and they changed the subject sections, which made the article more convoluted, making it appear as if the artist's art projects were separate from her career. I tried to work with that but decided to rework the article since it seemed convoluted. On top of that the original subject format https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Patricia_Olynyk&oldid=904565898 is pretty standard for artist's listing as far as I can tell and much easier to parse, which is why I reverted the page back to that format. Any suggestions to improve the page would be great too. I would appreciate an impartial editors insight and help on this. Thank you. Ogmany ( talk) 16:45, 22 June 2020 (UTC) Ogmany ( talk) 16:45, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Hey everyone, I changed the names for Pablo Marquez to Pablo Márquez (wrestler) and Pablo Márquez to Pablo Márquez (guitarist). I'd like to create a disambiguation page for both Pablo Marquez and Pablo Márquez, which allows Pablo Márquez (wrestler) and Pablo Márquez (guitarist) to be prompted. I've never established a disambiguation page, and I'd like to know how, especially, given the internal links present. Or, could someone just set them up? Philotimo ( talk) 05:35, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Seems that we’ve had some successful dabbing! Pelagic ( messages ) Z – (10:50 Wed 24, AEST) 00:50, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
I am engaged in a discussion on a talk page regarding an edit I made which has twice been reverted. The discussion is probably ongoing but it raises a larger issue for me, and I am wondering how best to deal with it. I edited a page about a country house to show that the source of the wealth used to purchase it was from the slave trade. I've been told by a more experienced editor that it is not appropriate to put that information on the page about the house and gardens, only on the page of the person. I don't agree that it doesn't belong, and I don't agree that there is a consensus on that, and have provided links to a bunch of existing pages for country houses where the source of wealth used to build or buy it is mentioned. I believe there is a lot of public interest in this topic, but I also recognise this is a sensitive issue - if I made an edit about the money having come from selling hay we probably wouldn't be arguing about it. My problem is that there are a lot of country houses with extensive and varied links to the slave trade (as described in the 163pp book by professional historians I cited in my original edit). I intend to edit pages of other houses and estates to make these links clearer. Is there a place to discuss with other editors the appropriateness of these sorts of edits beforehand, to reach a consensus I can use to help guide me, or do I need to engage in the same discussion on every separate talk page? My interest is in trying to have Wikipedia better reflect recent research in slavery and the British Empire, not in having edit wars. DrThneed ( talk) 00:32, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi! I have come across something I can't figure out. I want to create an article on Tim Kirk, a documentary filmmaker. There already is an article on Tim Kirk, the fantasy artist. I see that there are many articles on Wikipedia with same name, and a page pops up asking if you want Bob Jones (artist) or Bob Jones (filmmaker).
How do I proceed? THANK YOU!
Peter Peter puppet ( talk) 02:34, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
THANKS ALL! Very helpful. When you say that I can edit a previous deleted file, is that the best way to proceed or start a new one? - Peter
The photograph (File:28apr10.jpg) which was taken by me during the festival in 28 April 2015 is found in the article Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur with the caption "Temple festival procession, 2010". This procession happened on (28th April) 2015, and not in 2010. Actually this photo was taken by me on 28th April 2015, prior to the day of Thanjavur Chariot festival on 29th April 2015. As part of Chariot festival held on 29th April 2015, many programmes were held on the previous day (28th April 2015) and this procession was one among them. Necessary correction may please be made in the caption as "Thanjavur Chariot Festival related procession, 28th April 2015" or "Temple related procession, 2015" or "Temple festival procession, 2015". Regards. -- B Jambulingam ( talk) 11:52, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi, not sure why but my new section on Talk:Mr Cruel didn't create a new section with a title and it also didn't create a Ping Template:Reply to the user. thanks Melbguy05 ( talk) 06:49, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Please I don't understand what's wrong with the labels and positions on the map at 2019–20 Ligue 1 (Ivory Coast), the labels keeps positioning itself 'outside' the map. Please I would like if it's corrected before I can continue. Thanks Josedimaria237 ( talk) 08:00, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
◢ Ganbaruby! Thanks, never thought of that — Preceding unsigned comment added by Josedimaria237 ( talk • contribs) 08:17, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
How would I submit my edits on a sandbox onto wiki?-Thanks Sandbox Midshipman Percy ( talk) 13:27, 23 June 2020 (UTC) Midshipman Percy ( talk) 13:27, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for taking the time out of your day to help me! Have a great afternoon/morning/evening! Midshipman Percy ( talk) 13:38, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Thanks David notMD! Midshipman Percy ( talk) 08:30, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
To any experienced footnotes editor. Do we have something like Template:Sfn, but to be used for law/act. Since {{sfn}} only shows page number and it is works well for books ({{cite book}}) and journal ({{cite journal}}). but in case of certain law/act ({{cite act}}), usually we refer to it's article number. Ckfasdf ( talk) 02:25, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
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Category:United States law citation templates,
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AlanM1 (
talk)]— 06:38, 24 June 2020 (UTC)Hi, after getting deleted the sandbox page, How can I edit the content for creating another article. Where should I start? Dereena ( talk) 12:54, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Greetings, friends! maybe you can help with this article Lucien Dulfan I have written some information + links. Could the the banner warning at the top of the page be removed now? Thank you! -- Art of Odessa ( talk) 13:15, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
an article SLEEP PROBLEMS AND ANTI IgLON 5 DISEASE in my sand box needs to be looked at for merging to an existing article on Anti-IgLON5 disease .kindly guide me how to proceed . also inspite of referencing the article to source and writing it in my own words there seems to be borderline copyvio ..i request for clarity on how to improve this NANDAN YARDI ( talk) 03:23, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi, One of the pages that I have on my watchlist has some recent editing that is clearly COI or paid. The username is the name of the organization in question. But their edits aren’t incorrect or anything. They also haven’t created a user page. What should my next step be? Is there someone I report it to, or do I create their page so I can comment about COI, or do I undo their edits? Apathyash ( talk) 13:43, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
We made a feature length documentary film called The Sign about a confederate marker of Confederate General John H Winder in Salisbury MD in 2017 and 2018. It premiered at the Ocean City MD Film Festival News on premier . News on Film 2 News 3 News 4 News 5 Full disclosure I was the Executive Producer and one of the Directors. Dan O'Hare
In the last few weeks the film was viewed over 1,500 times and then the confederate marker was removed by the county government. Winder Sign Removed News 2
Would you consider The Sign film notable enough for it's own page? I thought I would ask before going through the work of trying to create it. Warriorsvoice ( talk) 15:50, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for asking, Dan, and thanks for the links! I’ve left a note at Talk:John H. Winder#The Sign (movie) linking back to this discussion. — Pelagic ( messages ) Z – (08:47 Wed 24, AEST) 22:47, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Would like to write a short article relating to the telephone line concentrator mentioned above that has nothing available in the public domain cuently and was widely used in UK command and control rooms from 1980-2010. Is this an article that would be appropriate for Wikipedia? Adbone47 ( talk) 15:33, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello! Today I began work on a Wikipedia page for "The Spiffing Brit" a relatively well know YouTuber. I created a draft which can be seen here: /info/en/?search=Draft:The_Spiffing_Brit and submitted it. It was declined due to "This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia." From what I understand, this is due to the fact I cited sources which are deemed and correctly so possibly biased. My question therefore is: Do I have to cite a source for every piece of information? A lot of it was gathered from the person in question and his friends and followers on The Spiffing Brit discord server. Any help would be greatly appreciated! :) KermitTeaHermit ( talk) 15:53, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
I read on several pages that primary sources should be avoided, especially court proceedings. However, I recently found an article (which in my opinion is biased) which gives explanation of the topic on the basis of a statement of judge from the court proceedings. Is this allowed, If no, then how should I edit it or who should I ask? Parlebourbon ( talk) 12:40, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Thanks! Article's title is Hindutva. Understood, but can you still check the article? Parlebourbon ( talk) 13:00, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Courtesy link: Hindutva. -- bonadea contributions talk 13:13, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Thanks, I am new around here, so I don't know much, but thanks for the info! :) Parlebourbon ( talk) 16:29, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
I wanted to know if the Random articles are completely random, or can we set some region preferences or if Wikipedia tracks user activity and shows articles of those regions in which user is active?? Parlebourbon ( talk) 12:35, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Thanks! I will try it. Parlebourbon ( talk) 16:31, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
HI, please help me approving making this live Draft:Ajay Bhupathi. DeccanTelugu ( talk) 16:20, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
/info/en/?search=Draft:Ajay_Bhupathi
please look into it thank You DeccanTelugu ( talk) 16:23, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
331dot can please help me in geting it approve.Thanks in advance — Preceding unsigned comment added by DeccanTelugu ( talk • contribs) 17:45, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Thank you 331dot for giving me a clarity DeccanTelugu ( talk) 05:40, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
David Biddulph sorry not actually as he said he will helo i thought of any thing like submission i think i miss-understood it. DeccanTelugu ( talk) 05:40, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
David notMD NO not like that just created Randomly as i though it will be helped for me for betterment,nothing COI. DeccanTelugu ( talk) 05:40, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
There is a copyright issue here, as at the draft, DeccanTelugu confirmed that text was copied verbatim from IMBd.
David notMD (
talk) 10:00, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Hey Ive received a message and rejection that the article I worked on for a german artist would not be notable. Heres the link: /info/en/?search=Draft:Clemens_Krauss_(artist)
Ive included references to curator texts, bibliography of exhibition books, and exhibition list of museum exhibitions.
According to wikipedias notability check for creative professionals ( /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Notability_(people)#Creative_professionals): The person's work (or works) has: (a) become a significant monument, (b) been a substantial part of a significant exhibition, (c) won significant critical attention, or (d) been represented within the permanent collections of several notable galleries or museums.
Shouldnt it be alright according to (d)?
What did I do wrong?
Christian Fichtl (
talk) 16:10, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello,
I have done some editing, but am new to reverting vandalism and not quite sure how it works. I understand that urgent vandals who pose a large threat should be reported at AIV but I am not sure where vandals that aren't as urgent should be reported. The user (IP) in particular is 94.250.255.226, who has recieved over 15 vandalism warnings, albeit over the course of ~7 years. Where should I report them?
Thanks,
Giraffer ( munch) 13:53, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Edit: Just as I was about to post this, I double checked the contribs and talk page for the IP, and they have been blocked for 6 months. Nothing to do in this case, but what should I do in future?
Hello. I am new to Wikipedia, and I would like to find articles that need minor edits, as I am best at gnome work; like fixing typos. Also, I would like work that is meant for one person, as I believe I work best alone. Wikiffeine •‿• 16:10, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Thank you both. Wikiffeine •‿• 16:35, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
I am a new Wikipedia comer, the interest to join happened after noticing articles that are missing key facts about the Palestinian Israeli conflict. A recent article I came about is the Shooting of Eyad al-Hallaq an autistic Palestinian man murdered by the Israeli border police in East Jerusalem. Apparently there are attempt to water down the incident and mislead the public about what happened, for example someone added the word "warning" to describe the shots fired at the man without any reference, there is no mention of the testimonial of the caregiver who witnessed the police shooting the man while lying on the ground injured from close range or UN resolutions that dictate that East Jerusalem is an occupied Palestinian territory that suffers continuous and systematic human right violations, furthermore the one who created the page never bothered to put a face to the man or any of his family. I wanted to help so I added changes to the article with solid references, shortly they were removed by UnequivocalAmbivalence because they violate the 500 edit 30 day tenure on articles related to this topic. I left UnequivocalAmbivalencea [ message] and waiting to hear back?
What other options do I have to make fair to this innocent man at least for the history to remember ? MYS1979 ( talk) 16:16, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
The Muppets Edit I do not believe that my contributions to The Muppets page were not helpful. Could you explain why it was removed? Smojawa ( talk) 17:10, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello,
I have added many sources for the subject of this article Draft:Bans Geet. I think that would be enough. I have given reliable sources like news, news papers etc. It was clearly explained about that subject. So please review. Send it to the main article. Thank you Arun singh Yaduvanshi ( talk) 19:53, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
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This draft declined 24 June, resubmitted 24 June. As mentioned in answer to earlier question about a different draft,the next review may take days to weeks, but even as long as months. Meanwhile, you can continue to improve the draft. David notMD ( talk) 20:21, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Good day. I am researching for a biographical piece and I came across this article posted on the authors blog portfolio http://portfoliowork09.blogspot.com/2009/11/on-menue-this-year.html http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QFGnPr1KYss/Su3ZL04_i3I/AAAAAAAAABI/wGbVPkJkux8/s1600-h/Digital+angela+malan.jpg It is written that this article was published 3 May most likely in 2009 issue of Fair Lady. If I were to use this article as a citaion I assume I would have top use the original post of the article . ie - the Fair Lady magazine itself. fair Lady has a subscription and therefore I am unsure how to go about using this article as a possible cite. Please if you could help me understand what to do when I run into this type of problem. Thank you DanceEnthusiast ( talk) 19:27, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
|quote=
parameter in a citation template to provide a key quote from a source, which can be helpful for an offline source. See also
WP:PAYWALL. There is also
Resource Exchange.
DES
(talk)
DESiegel Contribs 19:40, 24 June 2020 (UTC)|quote=
I can for instance, quote a paragraph in the article to show the cited information?<ref>{{cite magazine |title=South Africas very own Prima Ballerina |work=Fair Lady |date=March 2009 |pages=2-3 |quote=Quoted Text Here}}</ref>
Thank you for the advice. Much appreciated DanceEnthusiast ( talk) 20:44, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
/info/en/?search=Draft:James_McAulay_(businessman)
Before resubmitting I wanted to check to see whether people think anything else needs updating to improve it's chances of being published. I have now made the following changes in line with the moderators comments:
I'd be very grateful if an experienced Wikipedia member could take a quick glance at the article to see whether there is anything I've missed which might lead to my article being declined.
Thank you! Performing.sculpture ( talk) 17:58, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
The citations I've given include articles in Business Insider, Forbes, Techcrunch, The Tab, and the Times - to my understanding, these are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject. Like any businessman, he is notable for the achievements of his company - therefore I have also cited sources that show his company is recognised on the international startup scene. Regarding YouTube - the two citations I have given are of James giving a TED talk (uploaded by the TED channel) and a performance he gave live on X Factor (500,000+ views on the X factor YouTube channel). As Cordless Larry says - YouTube can be a reliable source if the channels publishing the content are recognised as reliable. I will however, remove the Soundcloud, podcast and LinkedIn citations as I don't believe these were important contributions to the article. Given that the article relies on neutral sources from national press, international awards, and on internationally-known YouTube channels, please could anyone above give a clearer answer to why they believe this doesn't meet the notability criteria? i.e. which specific criteria do you believe are not being met here? Many thanks Performing.sculpture ( talk) 10:44, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Hey all,
My page was recently deleted. First, I would like to get back the code and work to better it based on third party sources ---> I had 3rd party sources for everything I just used company announcements and linked the 3rd party stuff in additional readings. Second, I am an employee of the company. I realized after publishing I need to disclose COI but I have revied the piece and none of it is advertisement, it is purely factual. Can I link to the site if they are a retailer and they alone have a list of their partners? And can I use them as the source for the company mission? They alone have published it.
Thanks WaltJsmith ( talk) 15:13, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for the quick response
talk. Just wondering if it is notable because multiple third party sources have covered the topic and they are all publishing cryptocurrency news sites like Coindesk, theblock, and Cointelegraph. I linked them in the additional readings section and realize I should use them for sources. I falsely thought that press releases from the company itself were better because of its primary. I realize now how to change some of the stuff --> what you said about the mission statement totally makes sense. I am planning on making changes and submitting through article wizard... thoughts on that course of action? Again, thanks!
WaltJsmith (
talk) 15:26, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
There is consensus that CoinDesk should not be used to establish notability for article topics...I would suggest that any coverage of your company there should not be used as it will be rejected by other editors. I hope this helps. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 17:04, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
Here is a link to all of their coverage of the company: https://www.coindesk.com/tag/lolli. Also, Coindesk is not the only source, was just an example of one of the one's that does cover it. Thanks, WaltJsmith ( talk) 17:17, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
I would like to get some help on Draft:Saron Gebresellassi. It was rejected, but I believe the subject is notable. Can someone improve the article by properly formatting it?
Thank you everyone :) Blissfulust ( talk) 09:10, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello guys, I have made some changes to the draft. Let me know your thoughts :) I believe the subject is notable because she finished 4th place in the mayoral election of 36, it was her first-ever election. She has also had the honor to meet Prime Ministers and many other notable personalities, and represented a report in the UN assembly. She has won several awards too. Also, as a lawyer, she have many cases that received news attention; not every lawyer receives media's attention on a regular basis. Blissfulust ( talk) 12:55, 24 June 2020 (UTC) Blissfulust ( talk) 15:43, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Just being an elected local official, or an unelected candidate for political office, does not guarantee notability, although such people can still be notable if they meet the general notability guideline.So being a losing candidate for mayor alone is not enough. I must agree with the comments above, please list the three or four best sources currently cited if you want a quick review. DES (talk) DESiegel Contribs 17:05, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
@ DESiegel: She has won several awards and has been honoured with many occasions. Is that not enough?
@ Nick Moyes: The awards sections are all referenced. Rest honorable occasions like meeting PMs and UN report are also referenced. I mean, all together, isn't the subject notable? Her name on Google news will her recent cases too. I think the subject is famous in Toronto, if not Canada. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks!
@ DESiegel: So, is the subject not notable? Despite so many mentions? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blissfulust ( talk • contribs)
@ Nick Moyes: @ Johnbod: Blissfulust ( talk) 22:48, 24 June 2020 (UTC) I am sorry, but there must have been some kind of bug because I didn’t see your reply. I would like you to take a look at the followings:
https://lawandstyle.ca/law/best-practices-how-saron-gebresellassi-practises-law-and-activism-at-the-same-time/ https://socialistproject.ca/2020/04/free-transit-is-in-town-for-now/ https://www.byblacks.com/main-menu-mobile/opinion-mobile/item/1946-two-candidates-have-the-chance-to-unseat-john-tory-they-re-both-black- https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2010/04/24/stephen_harper_honours_harry_jerome_award_winners.html
I don’t know if the above are the best of references for the subject, but that’s what I could extract from the draft. Please see the list of the awards in the draft, I think there’s more if I research.
Also, I read about your achievements, here’s a small list of other articles which are comparatively less notable (in my opinion when I compare them to you). Especially, the last four articles, I would like to know what makes them notable, and why they were approved, because I think my concerned draft is more notable than them (just my opinion).
/info/en/?search=Garolini - COMPANY /info/en/?search=William_Beauchamp - DEAN /info/en/?search=Bill_Berg_(musician) – MUSICIAN /info/en/?search=Rick_Rofihe - WRITER /info/en/?search=Lucy_Tasseor_Tutsweetok - SCULPTOR /info/en/?search=Gareth-Michael_Skarka PERSON /info/en/?search=Faith_Goldy - MAYORAL CANDIATE 3RD /info/en/?search=Kevin_Clarke_(politician) – MAYORAL CANDIDATE /info/en/?search=Desmond_Cole - JOURNALIST
I am sure there are tons of articles that don't meet the notability. Were they successful because they just published them directly into ARTICLE, and not through AFC? Thank you. For “pinging,” as well.
@ Blissfulust:. Before going any further, I have posted this question about possible block evasion on your talk page. I, for one, would appreciate it if you would be kind enough to address it before we continue. Thank you very much, Nick Moyes ( talk) 00:57, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello. I was just wondering if it is ok to purge an article of information which is unsourced or poorly sourced. I have been doing that on the Donald Trump 2016 endorsements page and was just checking to make sure this is allowed. Will this be seen as partisan in some way? I just want to make sure this isn’t against some policy. I don’t want to be accused of being a paid editor again. Thank you and stay safe everyone! Lima Bean Farmer ( talk) 04:48, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
This policy does extend to that article since we are dealing with living people and recent events. If you encounter a unsourced or poorly sourced entry, try to look for a better source, and if you can't find it, go ahead and remove it. ◢ Ganbaruby! ( Say hi!) 06:17, 23 June 2020 (UTC)"All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be supported by an inline citation to a reliable, published source. Contentious material about living persons (or, in some cases, recently deceased) that is unsourced or poorly sourced—whether the material is negative, positive, neutral, or just questionable—should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion."
In looking further at your editing actions, you have removed close to 300 names from the list of people who had endorsed candidate Trump in 2016. Even to a life-long Democrat voter, this appears to be a vindictive crusade to rewrite history. Please stop. David notMD ( talk) 12:04, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
David notMD, I’m deleting poorly sourced names. Not just anyone who I disagree or personally don’t think. The Trump88 link is either not valid anymore or has been made up. The other links I state a reason for all of them. Either the is inaccessible, it does not exist, or there is no link at all. I also delete any sites that do not explicitly state an endorsement. For example, if someone said that they are good friends with Trump, I didn’t consider that an endorsement. It is up to the user who put the name in to come up with a link that directs to a reliable source. If the link does not state an endorsement, I have the right to delete it. However, if you have a better link or if I’ve made a mistake at some point, please feel free to let me know or change it back yourself. Thank you! Lima Bean Farmer ( talk) 17:41, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
If you encounter a unsourced or poorly sourced entry, try to look for a better source. ThatMontrealIP( talk) 06:56, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
There’s still a lot of misinformation in this article like some with no sources and people like Judge Judy and Kanye West who did not endorse him. It seems that my efforts are in vein. I hope someone else sees these and fixes them. Lima Bean Farmer ( talk) 01:18, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
Why are people born in Northern Ireland exclusively described as British whereas other people from the UK are described by their respective nation (such as English, Welsh, Scottish).
This is especially ob ious when used in context of people born before the partition of Ireland such as CS Lewis vs JRR Tolkien vs Warren Lewis.
/info/en/?search=J._R._R._Tolkien
It seems obvious that certainly anyone born before partition of Ireland should be described as Irish.
Otherwise it would mean that all people should be described as British (such as Tolkien) - there's no logical reason for such a difference. CuriousStapler ( talk) 23:28, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
I would think Northern Ireland is also considered a nation in its own right as those are.
It's a confusing and complicated case and I can now see the discussions on it are going back to 2006 and earlier!
I would have thought that Irish, Northern Irish or northern Irish makes the most sense for him in following other Wikipedia articles (Da Vinci is referred to as Italian etc.). Personally I would go as Northern Irish similar to how Scottish etc. are used but it all depends on if articles should be written in a modern sense or for when they lived (is it Da Vinci of Italy or Da Vinci of Florence for example. In the case of an Irish person. Orn before partition it would mean, historically, that Irish is the most suitable term except this would lead to confusion for those unaware of the complications on identity in the modern sense.
I'll take a look through that, thank you.
CuriousStapler ( talk)02:04, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
Trying to understand the basics, but I notice there is so much read. Do I need to complete all that before starting?
I edited a page it only shows up when I am logged into my account. In the view history it shows my edit and no one deleted or undid my edit. It's for the King George V school — Preceding unsigned comment added by Malcolmxhero ( talk • contribs) 00:33, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
Where do I start editing? Anyone wanna be friends? Softtaco33 ( talk) 00:35, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
I have added many sources for the subject of this article. I think that would be enough. Will be added if more sources are required. So please review. Send it to the main article. Thank you. Arun singh Yaduvanshi ( talk) 19:44, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
This article has been misdirected in its entirety. The article on which it is directed has nothing to do with this article. Both articles are independent of each other. I have given many sources for this and none of them proves that where it is directed is correct. Such guidance hurts who ruins someone's hard work all at once. Arun singh Yaduvanshi ( talk) 20:25, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Ok, thank you. Draft:Bhaukal, Arun singh Yaduvanshi ( talk) 06:26, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello Teahouse, I just wanted to know why so many disambiguation articles are semi-protected. And, on investigating the history of the articles there seems to be no obvious signs of vandalism. Eagerly awaiting your reply! Midshipman Percy ( talk) 08:30, 23 June 2020 (UTC) Midshipman Percy ( talk) 08:30, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
The whole alphabet is semi-protected (although they arent DAB pages) No and Yes are semi-protected. Sorry, the list is short, but these pages don't have a long-running history of vandalism Midshipman Percy ( talk) 09:27, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
I’m New. How do I Deal with a Self-Referential article in citations? If a Wikipedia Page includes citations that are provided from the Subjects own Personal Website, or a website that they are in control of, what is the protocol? Should it be deleted? Is it Flagged? Also, what it the correct terminology for this sort of citation?
For example: From the Leslie Graves Wiki Article:
/info/en/?search=Leslie_Graves_(nonprofit_executive)
‘Graves has also worked as a homemaker, in community theater, and in Catholic ministry.[10]’
The citation linked is to the website of the Non-profit run by Leslie Graves:
http://www.lucyburns.org/about/our-staff
But then it runs through to the website Ballotpedia.org, which is also run by Leslie Graves :
https://ballotpedia.org/Lucy_Burns_Institute
What would be the proper protocol to handle this kind of situation?
Thanks for your help. TheFinalTrophyWife ( talk) 00:18, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
After I posted my first article, /info/en/?search=Shawn_Huang_Wei_Zhong, I received a notification that it will be nominated for deletion.
Notification: This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedia's deletion policy. Please share your thoughts on the matter at this article's entry on the Articles for deletion page. Feel free to improve the article, but the article must not be blanked, and this notice must not be removed, until the discussion is closed. For more information, particularly on merging or moving the article during the discussion, read the guide to deletion.
As I'm new to wiki, I need some guidance on what I need to do to avoid this article being deleted.
Any advice will be much appreciated. Thang324 ( talk) 08:45, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
Would linking this article to a national newspaper's citation of the subject help in resolving the conflict of interest?
Thanks. Thang324 ( talk) 11:09, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
/info/en/?search=Surinam_cockroach
edu-net.nl/Flora%20en%20fauna/Boeken/Cockroache;%20Ecology,%20behavior%20&%20history%20-%20W.J.%20Bell.pdf SebastianGałecki ( talk) 13:00, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
i am writing my article about the company neutrally Draft:VoodooSMS but it not accept on other side the article TextMagic accpet and publish so i confuse what we do with our article to accept.please help Syed zaid ul haq ( talk) 11:29, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
how can i access AUTOPATROLLED rights? Baran Ahmet ( talk) 16:17, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
So i have to create 25 articles for access those rights? Baran Ahmet ( talk) 16:43, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello. I am Wikipedia's stupidest and most horrible ex-user. I joined Wikipedia last week but have HURT and UPSET other users, particularly Christian American users who have sent me messages that have made me realise what an evil, stupid, bisexual bitch I have been.
I have already apologised to one user who is very angry with me for upsetting them, I apologise to all users for:
- adding the birthdates of obscure past and present Partick Thistle footballers (many of the birthdates I added have been deleted by other users) to list articles
- adding content about British television, dead British comedians who weren't famous in America and the British music charts
I am leaving Wikipedia and want to delete my account. I will never even LOOK at Wikipedia again after my account is deleted. Before I go, I would like to give other users a word of advice. My advice is: DO NOT POST ANYTHING ABOUT the British music charts, Morecambe & Wise, Les Dawson, Dustin Gee, dormant British television companies, The Wonder Stuff or Partick Thistle and its players (past or present). I have found that posting ANYTHING about these people or things offends Wikipedia's American users and constitutes trolling. I would also like to apologise to all Wikipedia users for ALL THE PEOPLE WHOSE BIRTH / DEATH DATES I ADDED TO YEAR LIST ARTICLES HAVING BEEN BORN. Boatfrog74 ( talk) 17:00, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
One option is to put Retired on your User page. Open that page for editing, create double curly brackets {{ }} with the word Retired inside. Publish this change. This will create a black rectangle across your User page with the word Retired inside. David notMD ( talk) 17:52, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
How do we create a page for a new film or a person? Mir Sarwar ( talk) 12:28, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
As the encyclopedia anyone can edit, I would hope it is also one that anyone* could read too...
I see math, physics and other articles in highly technical and specialized areas written in abstruse language an ordinary person without specialized knowledge or expertise in the field would have little hope of understanding. I have long considered this a problem and heard others express it too, but I am not familiar with efforts to address it. Are there past discussions about this?
I did just find the essay WP:READABLE recently written by CFCF.
See also article on readability.
-- David Tornheim ( talk) 21:01, 19 June 2020 (UTC) -- David Tornheim ( talk) 21:01, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
Some topics are intrinsically technical, but editors should try to make them understandable to as many readers as possible. Minimize jargon, or at least explain it or tag it using {{ Technical}} or {{ Technical-statement}} for other editors to fix. For unavoidably technical articles, a separate introductory article (like Introduction to general relativity) may be the best solution. ... Do not introduce new and specialized words simply to teach them to the reader when more common alternatives will do. ... For example, consider adding a brief background section with {{ main}} tags pointing to the full treatment article(s) of the prerequisite notions; ...
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02:57, 20 June 2020 (UTC)I just had the experience of having an article of mine trashed. I wrote a way for students to estimate logs using addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and powers. The excuse for trashing what I wrote to simplify things for students was it was not referenced.
2 plus 2 equals 4. What reference should I use. 2^3 power is 8. What reference should I use? When teachers or lay people go in and explain things on a more simplified level, the material is trashed as original ie not explicitly stated in some published text.
I even included a note at the bottom of the section that the section in question was a work in progress and I needed others to help.
Students are introduced to logs in high school but are often NOT told how to calculate a log using only precalculus techniques and with precalculus based justifications as to how to get a the value of a log which results in a fractional value. If this method was published in a recent textbook, I would simply have referenced that. As it is not, I put it there as a work in progress.
My chief complaint is that if wikipedia editors are doing that to me...then they are doing that to others who could explain technical material in a simple way. Realize that a drawing that would markedly simplify an article could be trashed as not previously published.
Many folks carry information on HOW to do something in their minds but dont have a published book on the topic. Wikipedia needs to have a designation for such explanations.
I am DISGUSTED with how Wikipedia handled this.
If volunteers TRY to add a simplified explanation or method and mark the article a work in progress, trashing the article is not helpful. Of note if I wrote the same thing in an e booklet and had it published, wikipedia would then accept the same material no matter HOW many copies were sold.
I would have hoped that before trashing what I submitted, the person destroying that would have DONE the math and though through what I was saying. Unless elementary mathematics of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and powers is WRONG....then the argument was correct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by KatherineDRogers ( talk • contribs) 20:38, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
How do you center the captions of images? /info/en/?search=Cesare_Dandini Here in the gallery, all the captions are centered except for the last two. Helpfulwikieditoryay ( talk) 18:28, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Helpfulwikieditoryay ( talk • contribs) 21:14, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
I would like to learn more about the organization and how it works. I am a moderate conservative that is totally fed up with the state of this county. I refer to myself as "The Silent Majority" and I'd like to join an orgnaization tht strives to bring peace back to this country. As a Vietnam Veteran and someone who supports President Donald Tump I'm 100% fedup with the censorship we are seeing. You can't even Fast Check items to get the real truth. i.e. Number of Black assaults on Whites.
73.52.90.253 ( talk) 21:25, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello Teahouse Hosts,
Looking at /info/en/?search=The_Coven_(art_collective) because it is on the June 2020 list of articles that need improvement, and from what I can find via web search, neither this group nor its individual members have been cited in reliable third-party sources, and it appears that the art collective is no longer functioning, as some of the members have no listing on the La Centrale website. I was hoping to improve the article, but now think that it is perhaps not a useful entry and perhaps should be removed or at least merged with the La Centrale wiki page /info/en/?search=La_Centrale. That said, I'm a new editor and this would be my first suggested removal. I would welcome your advice and guidance on how best to proceed.
Thanks! Nunezjohns ( talk) 18:42, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
Thanks @ThatMontrealIP. I appreciate your help! Nunezjohns ( talk) 22:55, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
Admin billinghurst expressed concern that I may have a conflict of interest related to edits that I made on both the Sears Modern Homes wikipedia page, and the Kit House wikipedia page. I can fully understand why there would be a concern on first glance, because, as my user name shows, my personal area of interest is Sears houses. Admin billinghurst expressed concern that my website about Sears houses "appeared to be commercial in nature", and he therefore felt that I must have a conflict of interest in any edits that I make on Wikipedia pages related to Sears houses or kit houses, in general. However, my website, and the others that I linked to, are in no way commercial or related to any kind of sales or services or financial connection of any kind. None whatsoever. I write factual, research-based information about Sears houses (and other kit houses, in the U.S.), and how to identify them, and authenticate them, and I do this only because I have a personal, non-professional interest in this topic, because my mother grew up in a Sears house. I have a personal hobby of looking for Sears houses, and other kit houses, around the U.S., and share my interest with a select few other researchers who also have zero profit-related connections to this topic. Through our research in historical databases (such as historic newspapers, old lumberman journals, and mortgage and deed records in counties around the U.S.), and our reading of Sears Modern Homes catalogs, we have developed an admirably strong, and accurate, knowledge base. I frequently find hugely inaccurate information in newspaper articles and historical society newsletters, and seek simply to have a venue to help publish fact-based, supported, accurate, unbiased information, for historic purposes. That is why I began documenting the Sears houses that I find, on a website, and have further developed that website to offer resources for other researchers and interested parties. It is a unique resource, because it offers images of still-existing real-life Sears houses, and historic information on the background of many of the houses, as well as tips for others interested in correctly identifying these historic homes. For this reason, I was hoping to offer it ( Sears House Seeker), and another extremely reputable website, Kit House Hunters, as additional resources on the Wikpedia pages related to Sears Modern Homes and Kit Houses. Admin billinghurst referred me to the helpful Wikipedia tutorial page on adding External links, and, after reading through all of information on that page, I feel certain that I am not going against any of the policies, either in spirit or in practice. May I add, for your consideration, that the websites that I added as external links, fall under the category of: Sites that contain neutral and accurate material that is relevant to an encyclopedic understanding of the subject and cannot be integrated into the Wikipedia article due to ... amount of detail. The websites that I added offer carefully researched material for the purpose of helping others recognize and appreciate kit houses around the U.S. They offer many pages of images of real-world Sears (or other company) kit houses, and images of elements that help identify these historic homes, and each has its own unique educational and informative focus. Further, I would add that the external links to SearsHomes.org and Sears-Homes.com (Sears Homes of Chicagoland) that have been allowed as part of the external links on these two Wikipedia pages for years, are for websites of the same nature, in general, as the websites that I linked to -- though the websites that I linked to bring additional information to readers, because they offer more robust exploration and educational information about the process behind looking for and documenting kit houses, as well as additional historic and data-driven information. I respectfully request that my external links be reviewed, so that you can see that they are factual, informative, educational, and not profit related in any way, and I further respectfully request that my edits be allowed to stand. Searshouse ( talk) 02:55, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
More to the point, as Billinghurst was the editor who reverted your edits at both articles, go to User talk:Billinghurst and start a discussion there. I recommend following RudolfRed's advice - brevity, brevity, brevity. David notMD ( talk) 14:02, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
@ Searshouse: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. The situation where an editor is also the publisher of a source that is used in an article is strenuously avoided here on Wikipedia, for obvious reasons. The neutrality of the wiki is a paramount concern, and while you might think that your site on Sears houses is the best most accurate thing out there, but you are not in a position to say that neutrally as you have an obvious conflict of interest. If you need to discuss Billinghurst's revert of that material, the article talk page is probably the best place, or on his talk page if you have already started the discussion there. Thanks. ThatMontrealIP ( talk) 01:45, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Quick follow up from before: Just a quick follow up question for anybody: if I find information without a reliable source but it turns out to be true, am I now in charge of adding the source? Or should I contact the editor who added the information. Please let me know for the future, thank you. Lima Bean Farmer ( talk) 06:47, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
Thank you DES! That’s very helpful. Lima Bean Farmer ( talk) 03:00, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello, Teahouse, I was just wondering whether, when editing a draft article, I could reuse the same link.-Thanks! Midshipman Percy ( talk) 08:53, 25 June 2020 (UTC) Midshipman Percy ( talk) 08:53, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
I was using external links from other pages not from wiki.-Thanks for answering! Midshipman Percy ( talk) 09:08, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
PubMed? Must have been a mistake, thanks for telling me! Midshipman Percy ( talk) 08:29, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
I am new here and was attempting to edit an article for which I had made an image. The image is .png, and is 1Mb in size.
Upon deleting another image which mine was to replace, I got an error message which stated that there was something wrong, and I could follow several links to find out more. I followed a link but failed to find out what went wrong.
I then tried again, planning to follow another link to see if this would be more helpful. Instead, I was blocked as potentially malicious.
I am not malicious! I worked for a week to make a really educational image explaining the working of Stellar Parallax measurement in a quite improved way compared to what was visible on the page before.
Can anyone help me navigate to a solution?
Much obliged,
Peter PdeQuant ( talk) 08:59, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Thank you that worked! /info/en/?search=Stellar_parallax
Hello TeaHouse, how long will i have to wait before I can edit semi-protected articles, I started on the 22nd of June 2020.-Thanks! Midshipman Percy ( talk) 08:55, 26 June 2020 (UTC) Midshipman Percy ( talk) 08:55, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Thanks a lot! I just wanted to add a couple of things to the Plague.-Thanks Midshipman Percy ( talk) 10:02, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
How to find a valid source? If I want to write a biography of a person or to write about an organization. Apart from it, how many things I have to disclose on talk page? Bloggerkratika ( talk) 09:34, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
I got your point, but my motive is to inform readers about honey Katiyal and his great contribution for the real estate industry.
How can you separate Zinc Sulfide into its original elements using basic means? UB Blacephalon ( talk) 15:54, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
Please someone should help me in approving my draft for review Draft:2020 Kansallinen Liiga, I submitted it 9 days ago but I need it to be reviewed and approved for easier updates. My last article for review didn't take up to 5 days before it was reviewed and approved. I'll be grateful if the administrators can make it quick, it's difficult for me to search for the draft then update it since the article is an ongoing event. Josedimaria ( talk)11:40,26 June 2020 (UTC).
Josedimaria237 ( talk) 11:58, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
how do I start writing an article about the organization? Bloggerkratika ( talk) 11:14, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Thanks -ColinFine
I have added many sources for the subject of this article. I think that would be enough. Will be added if more sources are required. Along with this, the subject of the article will also be extended. Review article. Thank you Arun singh Yaduvanshi ( talk) 09:58, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
I noticed that alamy is selling a photo I donated to wikipedia and making it look as if I am selling this photo, but I am not selling it and I don't want to sell it. What is the relationship between wikipedia and alamy? I never used alamy before and I don't even have an account with them. They are scammers selling free photos? It says I am selling the photo for $19.00 for full digital rights. This is a complete lie. I refuse to sell my photo for any reason and I am embarrassed by this commercialism. Do all wikipedia photos become property of alamy? They will certainly be hearing from me about this, but I need to know where I stand before I confront them about this. Maybe someone else is selling the photo who also stole it? How can I remove this embarrassment? Ty78ejui ( talk) 00:24, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Yes here is the link https://www.alamy.com/carmelo-zito-image153128780.html This is a picture of my father and I give it freely. He was a Socialist and would not approve of this. If anyone was selling it, it should be me. Ty78ejui ( talk) 00:38, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Yes, I created the article and upload that and some other items. That was me. I am not sure I can get into that account anymore, due to the password situation. I am was not able to do a reset because I had not connected an email to that account. Ty78ejui ( talk) 01:18, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
I have already contacted alamy by phone and email. They don't answer the phone and they have a voice mail in place. I will be following up with them. I don't know if they are going to ignore me because they do this all the time. They must have so many angry people wanting photos removed that they probably just ignore all messages. Ty78ejui ( talk) 01:22, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Dedicating works to the public domain is difficult if not impossible for those wanting to contribute their works for public use before applicable copyright or database protection terms expire. Few if any jurisdictions have a process for doing so easily and reliably. ... many legal systems effectively prohibit any attempt by these owners to surrender rights automatically conferred by law, particularly moral rights, even when the author wishing to do so is well informed and resolute about doing so and contributing their work to the public domain.In short, under US law, my understanding is that an author cannot effectively release a work into the public domain -- the most that can be done is to grant a free license without conditions to anyone, and even this may be canceled in the termination period. See also copyright office circular 15a: Duration of Copyright. DES (talk) DESiegel Contribs 06:10, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Actually I got some of that wrong. The article was created by a friend of mine who is big on Wikipedia because he felt it was a good thing to do, but I was the one who asked him to help with it. I don't mean to have said I was him, but I was the one who wanted the article created. Maybe some other person would have later done so, most likely, but this was in the earlier days of Wikipedia. There is more information about him at the UC Berkeley Library that has not yet been digitized transferred. I am hoping someone would be interested enough to research my father and add to his Wikipedia as almost all of it is in Italian and I don't read or speak Italian. Ty78ejui ( talk) 12:12, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
41.113.110.21 ( talk) 14:34, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
How can I introduce an African indigenous language in Wikipedia? Mmaua ( talk) 10:57, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
How do I start creating a new article and losting it on Wikipedia? McOREAL ( talk) 15:57, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Createinspire ( talk) 16:14, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Createinspire ( talk) 16:45, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello! I am new here and am grateful that Teahouse is a resource within Wikipedia as it looks as if this is the place I can ask the "stupid questions" I'd been so fearful to ask! I am creating a wikipedia page for a colleague (a university professor and researcher) and I am confused in terms of the conflict of interest. I have somewhat read about the conflict of interest but I am still unsure of how to go about disclosing the COI. I've created the page in my sandbox, but have not yet published as a draft. Is there any guidance you can give on COI; how I should disclose, if I can even create this page or if I should have someone else submit the draft for review? Any guidance you can provide is greatly appreciated. I admit I have read through many, many pages looking for guidance and have fallen defeated and overwhelmed with all of the information provided (no complaints there). I understand from some of the posts I've read that Teahouse cannot provide specific answers, but I will take whatever you all can provide. Thank you so much, in advance. Jessica Washington ( talk) 17:04, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
When readers search for "alphabetic code" they are brought to Federal_Reserve_Bank#Banks, applicable to only a narrow range of readers. I would like them to go to phonics#The alphabetic principle (also: The alphabetic code), a world-wide topic. I would then add a hatnote about Federal_Reserve_Bank#Banks.
I have looked at Help:Disambiguation but still don't know what to do.
Can you help? John ( talk) 14:25, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Disambiguation is required whenever, for a given word or phrase on which a reader might search, there is more than one existing Wikipedia article to which that word or phrase might be expected to lead. In this situation there must be a way for the reader to navigate quickly from the page that first appears to any of the other possible desired articles.
Thanks to all. Alphabetic code is used by teachers and gets many more results in a Google search. Alphabet principle is used by linguists. I will consider writing an article about alphabetic code for all the teachers out there. John ( talk) 16:58, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
problem with a submission
Dear all, I am italian and new on english wikipedia. I tried to post just a translation about a italian page ( https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trieste_Contemporanea) I need to understand how to publish it also in english.
Thank you in advance
maluto2020
Maluto2020 (
talk) 15:54, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for your anser but I don't understand what is the meeining or lacks of reliable source. I add Cei (The Central European Initiative (CEI) was founded in Budapest on 11 November 1989. It is a regional intergovernmental forum committed to supporting European integration and sustainable development through cooperation between and among its Member States and with the European Union, international and regional organizations as well as with other public or private institutions and non-governmental organisations. While acting as a platform for political dialogue, the CEI has developed a strong operational, result-oriented approach to regional cooperation. It combines multilateral diplomacy and fund, programme and project management as both donor and recipient. The everyday CEI activities are handled by the CEI-Executive Secretariat in Trieste, including the development and implementation of projects.) and also an important link to Gillo Dorfles (Born in Trieste to a Gorizian father of Jewish descent[2] and a Genoese mother, Dorfles graduated in medicine, specializing in psychiatry. He was a professor in aesthetics at the University of Trieste, Milan and Cagliari and, in 1948, established the MAC (Movimento per l'arte concreta) with artists Atanasio Soldati, Galliano Mazzon, Gianni Monnet, and Bruno Munari. His paintings were displayed in two personal exhibitions held in Milan in 1949 and 1950 and also in numerous collective MAC exhibitions in the 1950s. In 1956 Dorfles co-founded the ADI (Associazione per il disegno industriale) an important figure of Trieste. maluto2020 Maluto2020 Thank you for your suggestion.
Hi,
I submitted a draft article and it was accepted in mainspace but not marked as reviewed (article Scantrust). However another article that I had submitted as a draft was simultaneously accepted and marked as reviewed by the same reviewer.
It seems that I was under the wrong impression that if I submit an article through the drafting and reviewing process and it gets accepted, then this implicitly means that the article was also reviewed. So I am trying to understand if this is usual, and if accepting an article and reviewing an article 2 separate actions? Many thanks, Factfox ( talk) 16:30, 26 June 2020 (UTC) Factfox ( talk) 16:30, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Can you add a picture of the famous Charles Eames chair to the Charles Eames page? 174.21.44.151 ( talk) 15:11, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi Nyook that was my kid he was just on my pc and edited the page. 82.26.45.170 ( talk) 19:39, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
I am not very good when it comes to computers. I had a great side bar, if that is what you call it, that shows in basket, trash, sent, all mail, etc. I keep everything there under their names. I don't know how I did it but I was in all mail and somehow deleted absolutely everything that was stored there including my medical charts, home and auto insurance information, etc. My life basically. I must have hit delete somehow and now everything is gone, no conversations left, just the title of the files. I am in a real mess. Does anyone know how to retrieve this information and put it back where it belongs? Please, anyone, help me. Alice 2600:8800:7B00:FF3:9D67:A143:9922:C7AD ( talk) 00:55, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
First check the recycle bin. - than, if that doesn't work, go onto youtube (if you still have it) and type in your problem to get helpful videos. That's all I know. PMurthy1011 ( talk) 01:10, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
the revelance of turtles w/ 13 scutes, marsupials w/ 13 tits and the Mayan calender beginning w/ 13 Bakus Bigcocomo ( talk) 02:14, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
Createinspire ( talk) 04:24, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
Yes, certainly. You might find, depending on where you are at school, that editing from your school may not be allowed, but we have no age limits that I am aware of. HiLo48 ( talk) 04:31, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi guys, May I please know how I can nominate an article for deletion? PMurthy1011 ( talk) 01:08, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
Also, how may I create a new sandbox for an article?-because my original one already has one. PMurthy1011 ( talk) 01:57, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
Thanks man! PNSMurthy ( talk) 04:53, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
INSTALKER ( talk) 06:20, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
Dear @INSTALKER, you just have to add 4(four) tilde sign [ANUPAM DUTTA 06:32, 27 June 2020 (UTC)] at the very end after a blank space and voila you are done... Cheers ANUPAM DUTTA 06:32, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
~~~~
at last of your message here, and it creates a signature like mine at last of my reply. If you are talking about signature template in a biography article, then see
Template:Bio . —
The Chunky urf Al Kashmiri
(Speak🗣️ or Write✍️) 07:16, 27 June 2020 (UTC)If you check the article 2019–20 Nigeria Professional Football League for instance, you'll find out that at the topscorers list, only two of the players there are actually articles on Wikipedia, whereas all of the players there are written in blue but when you click on them, you'll find out they are all blank articles, this is the third time I'll be seeing something like this on Wikipedia recently.
The other players which aren't articles on Wikipedia are supposed to be in red but they're written in blue, why?
Even my user page is in blue, while there's no user page on Wikipedia with the name Josedimaria237,it used to be in red. Josedimaria237 ( talk) 08:28, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello! I want to get a feedback on the article and some suggestions to improve it. If you think that no improvements are required then please help me by Approving the article. It has all references and is properly linked to other Wiki pages. SinghPurnima72 ( talk) 13:22, 27 June 2020 (UTC) SinghPurnima72 ( talk) 13:22, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
Are there any specific policies regarding disambiguation page links in see also sections? I couldn’t find any at WP:MOS. Firestarforever ( talk) 12:30, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi There. I had been contributing for several years as franburke2 before recently setting up a User page /info/en/?search=User:Franburke2 but none of my prior edits are recorded - can they be added or have they disappeared (they used to be visible)? Thanks. Franburke2 ( talk) 16:10, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
Thank you all - @ Deor:, @ TheAwesomeHwyh:, @ Traveling Man:. They're clear as day now! Franburke2 ( talk) 16:37, 4 July 2020 (UTC)
Who is the founder of Agege [founder of Agege Kingdom] Atlando ( talk) 19:10, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi there,
I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this question. I've been editing wikipedia for years, mostly small edits and copy edits, but I've never been involved in a dispute. I'm aware of the 3 revert rule and the general guideline to try to resolve disputes using talk pages rather than edit warring.
I guess I'm looking for some general advice on how to approach another editor who has made a large number of very poorly written and badly sourced contributions to otherwise high quality articles. Some of the additions were factually correct, new info, from good sources, but out of place or lacked context. Others were explicitly incorrect or came from random websites that could not be construed as reliable. I tried reverting and explaining my rational on the talk page, but the other editor just reverted everything back. I know many high quality articles have one or a few editors who actively patrol them. I'm not sure if I should wait for one of them to step in here, or what the next step is. Any tips?
P.S. As an example, one source cited was www.ecigarette-politics.com, which notes on its about page "I am not sympathetic to any restrictions on EV-related products of any type, except quality controls as existing for example in normal EU consumer product regulations; nor to EV businesses or groups who support any such restrictions. E-Cigarette regulations cost lives." This is very clearly an advocacy organization with an obvious slant, and as such I don't think it could ever be considered a reliable source of info (except about itself).
Wallnot (
talk) 15:55, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
WP:merds says something related to medicine shouldn't be included. I don't know what. Can someone show with exampe how merd.applies? Machinexa ( talk) 18:43, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
GOT IT ARCHIVE THIS David notMD DESiegel Contribs 20:15, 27 June 2020 (UTC) GoingBatty
Hi,im a furry,im just curious if furries are allowed to edit Wikipedia... •-• i know this is a stupid queston...*inches away* Outcastcat ( talk) 18:33, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
Please the Wikipedia administrators should find something to do about this issue of links in blue that are supposed to be in red. It's affecting editing, if not for others but for me.
Thanks Josedimaria237 ( talk) 21:23, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
Loco j Mazaray ( talk) 02:21, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi fellow Wikipedians,
For creating a table, is there any alternative to html format, like copy & paste ?? Thanks in advance. ANUPAM DUTTA 05:19, 27 June 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anupamdutta73 ( talk • contribs) 05:19, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
Serial | Name | Age | Residence | Notes |
Serial 1 | Name 1 | Age 1 | Residence 1 | Notes 1 |
Is there a way to see who made a certain edit to a page? I know I can scroll through the edit history, but there are 1000s of edits. Just wondering if there’s a way to see who added it quickly without doing a lot of scrolling. Thanks! Lima Bean Farmer ( talk) 02:15, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
Thank you so much RudolfRed! Just a quick follow up: the article tells me to go to View History, but I can’t seem to find view history. If you (or someone) could point me in the right direction, that would be great. Once again, thank you. Lima Bean Farmer ( talk) 02:45, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
Wonderful! Thank you for your help Ganbaruby Say hi!. I’m so glad that Wikipedia has a place where users can get help quickly to improve their editing skills. Lima Bean Farmer ( talk) 04:03, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I want to add to List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States; the list is organized into monthly lists, i.e. List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, May 2020 how would I go about adding a month to the dynamic list? Like a page for January or a page for July? Do I just create a page with that name format and the dynamic list will automatically know it's there? Eric.c.zhang ( talk) 14:18, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
{{
Lists of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States}}
. —[
AlanM1 (
talk)]— 01:06, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
How can I add or change the photo thumbnail of an article that appears next to its short description in places such as search results in the mobile app? Idell ( talk) 16:27, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
page_image
in
[12] and page_image_free
in
[13]. Some features which use the page image may only allow free images but I don't know the details.
File:Jinnah movie poster.jpg is non-free so it has a different license which limits allowed use.
PrimeHunter (
talk) 07:47, 28 June 2020 (UTC)If somebody uses IAR as an excuse for vandalism, do administrators also use that as an excuse for the block? 83.9.194.6 ( talk) 08:36, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
If I know the owner of the website that wants the wiki entry, and a member of the NewsTalkers website, am I allowed to create the wiki entry for them? TiBUchon ( talk) 04:11, 28 June 2020 (UTC) TiBUchon ( talk) 04:11, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
I am not being paid to create the Wiki page. I am doing it as a friend. But, I was not sure if it would be a conflict if I was a friend of the owner of the forum as well as a member. I just needed to know if that would disqualify me up front or not. If not, then I will proceed with reading the Conflict of Interest and other suggested materials here on Wiki. I have been out for the past few weeks a sprained wrist. so I am playing catch up now. But, I will read the referenced material going forward. Thank you for your assistance. (smile) TiBUchon ( talk) 05:06, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
I created a page for Draft:Julian Macaraeg, as one existed in the Hungarian language edition ( https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Macaraeg). However, it was denied on the basis of the subject not being notable enough. This is further confusing, as there are repeated references to the subject in other articles on Wikipedia, including Philippines at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, Short track speed skating at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, and Mixed-NOCs at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.
A simple Google search also returns hundreds of relevant articles and pictures, along with dozens of videos. 67.186.252.184 ( talk) 01:59, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
commons:File:Kubrador.jpg conflicts with File:Kubrador.jpg.
It is just my luck to find such ridiculous edge cases!! Ugh.
Psiĥedelisto (
talk •
contribs) please always
ping! 12:47, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi,
I am currently gathering my sources for an article I hope to write for Wikipedia, I have several other sources, however I have noticed that two writers who write for the same publication (the publication is already seen as a reliable source by Wikipedia- other articles use the publication as a source) have published articles on the subject of the article, does Wikipedia see this as ok? I just don't want my article to be shut down due to this one thing. BekoGloben ( talk) 12:24, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
I was an executive and co-architect of a company that I would like to write about. There are many online articles and quotes I can use as reference material to support the article but much of it is personal knowledge. Is this a feasible idea and if so what are the ruled about what I can and cannot say? thank you 2600:1003:B103:1AD3:B1E0:6AD3:E3B8:609 ( talk) 14:57, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
TopForm5090 ( talk) 15:56, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
Leroy Lil Boosie ( talk) 16:34, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I have tried to correct some content about a brand. A criticism has been added about a brand by one person and it is saying this is the thought process of the industry without any links to support this (as there are none) I corrected the information with accurate information and have been told it was not allowed... any help is welcome. How do I dispute?
Thank you in advance OPMUK ( talk) 16:29, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
the Dishiishe is been in Wikipedia for 1 year, it has been recenrly redirected to Darod page, the Dishiishe deserves its stay in wikipedia, users used to redirect it to Darod which is wrong as the page represents considerable somali tribe.
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Hello is there a tool where I could feed the url of an article and have it spit out a citation in the Wikipedia format? I'm updating a list using a lot of local news articles and it would save me a lot of time not having to manually format the citations. Thanks. Eric.c.zhang ( talk) 18:23, 28 June 2020 (UTC) Eric.c.zhang ( talk) 18:23, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
I use reFill for this purpose. https://tools.wmflabs.org/refill/ Kaisertalk ( talk) 18:56, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi Nick and Nieuwsgierige,
Thank you for your messages.
I can assure you that the deletion of some of the references was purely accidental (references 1-13 appeared on the edited version I printed following the initial acceptance of my edits. References 14-23 - which were accidentally deleted - have no bearing on the point I made in my edited version). And for the record, I did read the instructions prior to editing. Of course, I accept that I have obviously made a mistake in the course of my submission but I do feel that the tone of your responses leaves something to be desired. As a former Associate Lecturer at two London Universities, I regularly publish articles in journals and am familiar with the Vancouver System of references. Again, for the record, I didn't include any references in my edits, nor as I said, did I intentionally delete any. Indeed, I was careful to preserve all the original text and references which suggest that the beverage has its origins in Australia and New Zealand (which is clearly erroneous). Obviously, I'd like to try re-editing the entry as I think the correction will be of interest to some of your readers.
Best wishes TopForm5090 ( talk) 16:51, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
Greetings,
I am trying to build out an article for Stephen Quinn, award winning CBC broadcaster. Preliminary version of the page can be seen here - /info/en/?search=Stephen_Quinn_(Broadcaster)
Running into a couple of challenges:
1. Disambiguation. There is a page for the Irish football (soccer) player, with the same name. /info/en/?search=Stephen_Quinn . Ideally, I would want to create a disambiguation page, and branch Stephen Quinn broadcaster from there. Thoughts on how I can do that?
2. Searches. I have added the right categories, backlinks etc. But, I am surprised that this page is not being picked up by any Search engines. I know there are a lot of other factors that would come into play here, but, I am wondering if I am doing something wrong with page meta data etc.
Thanks in advance. Kaisertalk ( talk) 18:53, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
{{
subst:other uses|Stephen Quinn (disambiguation)}}
at the top of .
Stephen Quinn (Broadcaster). See
disambiguation pages (help){{
about}}
hatnote on both articles. But absolutely key is finding better sources to prove
Notability.
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What is a vector skin on touchscreen device. Tbiw ( talk) 09:09, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
I need to include copyright proofs in images and I can't remember how. Can you point me in the right direction? Also on the inclusion of alternative descriptions for the blind, is that just alt=? Does it have posts around it? Jenhawk777 ( talk) 17:31, 20 June 2020 (UTC) Jenhawk777 ( talk) 17:31, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
Cullen328 Copyright tags are supposed to be on images. I found them here: [7]
I was able to put them on this image-- [8] --but was unable to do so on the others as they had no information on the original sources. That means there is no actual way to ensure that the person that uploaded it here and who says 'sure use it freely' actually has the right to say that. I think I have to go to Flicker and see if I can find where they came from originally. Jenhawk777 ( talk) 06:36, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
I recently asked about putting images of an artist and her works in a Wikipedia article and found that it would be difficult to get copyright permission. My follow-up question is about putting links in an article to an external site that had a photo and showed some artworks. Often the reference list will have links to external articles or sites that will show photos and artworks but I wonder if it's Ok to put something explicit in the body of an article such as "
A photo of Jane Bloggs can be found on the University of Utopia page and her artworks can be seen at the Beautiful Gallery page". The links would be from the names of the institutions. This happens incidentally anyway sometimes when there are external links in the article, but could it be a specific sentence to direct readers to the images or even a subheading section to make it easier to find? LPascal ( talk) 07:51, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
Thank you Marchjuly, all of those comments are very helpful and I will re-edit the EG page later with them in mind. As a new editor I;m finding it difficult to find the instructions/policies quickly on for every issue I have so that's why I ask questions on the Talk page. I will try and read more of that guidance material now that you reference before I do a lot more editing. LPascal ( talk) 10:34, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
https://www.artribune.com/artista-mostre-biografia/hans-andre/ is a good decription of Hans Andrés work, but in italian. 80.216.193.97 ( talk) 09:09, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
i have a request,i should upload a writeup regarding of "How an ESP can design in high viscosity oil wells" . This is my write up. this would help others . please let me know if this topic is acceptable. Ellipzys ( talk) 01:57, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
its not original research, research already done but the informations are limited in internet. SO i planned to upload in wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ellipzys ( talk • contribs) 02:20, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
I posted A Profile which is in my SANDBOX titled A profile of Dr. Ulaganathan sankar under the category 20th Century Indian Economists in February 2020. When will it be published? Mythili2020 ( talk) 06:45, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
I have posted matter in the SANDBOX. It is a profile of a person. How do I come to know if the material is still in process or dismissed? Please help Mythili2020 ( talk) 07:10, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
How to move the content from SANDBOX to DRAFT? Mythili2020 ( talk) 07:23, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
Please don't start multiple threads, each asking the same thing. (I have merged your second and third into this first one.) -- Hoary ( talk) 07:28, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
to create draft
Mythili2020 ( talk) 07:35, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
An editor moved it from your Sandbox to Draft:Ulaganathan Sankar. I created section headings. Once you create proper referencing, you can click on the submit button. Once submitted, can be days to months before it is reviewed, and either accepted or declined (with advice on what is needed), or in worst cases, rejected. David notMD ( talk) 11:21, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello fellow Wikis :) I'm a new editor on Wikipedia and was wondering if I could get some help. I want to create a Wikipedia page for an entertainment entrepreneur but seem to keep hitting a wall for not having "notability", despite being published in some of the best magazines in the world (Entrepreneur, Vogue, ELLE, and so on). I reached out to an experienced editor on Upwork and she suggested that we create a wikitia page, and that this would guarantee notability. Two questions here: Will the wikitia page help in getting my Wikipedia article published? If not, what sources are considered "reliable", given that none of the said sources are press releases or merely interviews? May Rostom ( talk) 11:05, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello Teahouse,
I recently tried editing an existing wikipedia article with updated and corrected information on the subject, and I received a message from an editor saying that my edits "did not appear constructive." What does that mean exactly? I've looked through the various help pages but can not find any specific information as to what constitutes constructive edits.
Thank you!
Aladinsane 1972 Aladinsane 1972 ( talk) 17:38, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
I'm sorry for this very basic question, but I'm a Wiki-neophyte: is my draft still pending a review?
/info/en/?search=Draft:Jason_Szep
I suspect it is but I just wanted to be sure.
Thank you. Journalism prof 68 ( talk) 13:05, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello there, I am new here so please show me some warm love. I know Wikipedia is a loving community. I just started my first article of a clothing brand I think deserve an article. Here is the draft: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Sebastian_Cruz_Couture# Please any help? Suggestions? Much needed. Thanks! Tripplehaze7 ( talk) 15:41, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
Cheers! -- Tripplehaze7 ( talk) 16:01, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
Oliverdrinkstars57 ( talk) 14:07, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
Treaty of Ramla seems sure to be a mistake, it's one and the same as the Treaty of Jaffa (1192), some editor just picked up the wrong title. I want to remove it altogether and place a redirect, in case some user still does look the topic up under this name. Please help with advice. I'm not a new editor, I just haven't cared for technical stuff until now. Thank you, Arminden ( talk) 13:21, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
Redirect - done, many thanks! What about an "autodirect"? That one means that there isn't any more redirect page with the old name at the top, instead the user searching for the specific name is automatically directed to the correct page? Thanks. Arminden ( talk) 14:56, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
How old is Wikipedia? QwertyDummy ( talk) 00:14, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
Oliverdrinkstars57 ( talk) 15:48, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
The truthful falcon ( talk) 16:20, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi,
I've discovered that the article on Freeline skates is in pretty bad shape; it might be easiest to start with a clean slate. I'm hoping that someone can help guide me on what the best-practices are when considering re-writing an article.
Here are some specific questions that I have:
Thanks so much for your help! I really appreciate your patience with my beginner's questions. I want to ensure that I follow best-practice for a scenario like this. Let me know if there's anything I can clarify for you!
Thanks, Raspberry Curator ( talk) 00:35, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
After scrolling through some of the other teahouse comments, maybe the sporting equipment isn't well-known enough to warrant a Wikipedia page? If necessary, I can provide links to some vendors that might provide evidence for popularity... let me know! 00:40, 21 June 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raspberry Curator ( talk • contribs)
Raspberry Curator, let's assume for a moment that an independent page (however titled, and whether concentrating on a concept or on a trademarked product) that would replace the (very feeble) Freeline skates is warranted and that User:Th0rgall/sandbox/Freeskates is worthwhile as a start. I'd suggest that you copy the content of User:Th0rgall/sandbox/Freeskates to User:Raspberry Curator/sandbox/Freeskates (or somewhere else in your userspace), your very first edit to it (your creation of it) having the edit summary "copied from User:Th0rgall/sandbox/Freeskates". Then edit it ruthlessly. When you're happy with it, announce at Talk:Freeline skates your intention to replace Freeline skates with it. Wait two weeks. If there's no objection, first move Freeline skates to the new title (if you're giving its replacement a new title) and then ask an admin to move your draft there to replace the old (non-) article. -- Hoary ( talk) 05:20, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
Hoary and TheChunky, your replies really helped to clear things up for me. I feel like I have a clear path forward with the article now. I look forward to contributing to this article and others into the future. Thank you so much! Raspberry Curator ( talk) 07:07, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
Beyond things like [citation needed] or basic grammar, is there any way to see exactly what help people want for a specific article? e.g. "elaborate on this idea further" Loafiewa ( talk) 16:43, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
Should table titles for UK constituencies election results be formatted as <year> general election: <constituency> as per the formatting of article titles? Or should it be General election <year>: <constituency>? There seemed to be no consistency among articles or clear guidelines. It seemed to me the most sense would be to go from general to specific information. So, General election <year>: <constituency>. Keeping <constituency> means that table can be easily copied and still retain information specific enough to differentiate it from any other table.
Can anyone give any input on which is the most acceptable? Gharbhain ( talk) 17:27, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello Teahouse. I was wondering if I could get access to List of Sex Symbol page since its semi-protected and what I have to do to access it. I understand the policies on Wikipedia and I hope you could get this message as soon as possible. Have a very nice day. Thank you. ( Junoongrill ( talk) 19:37, 21 June 2020 (UTC)) Junoongrill ( talk) 19:37, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
I have submitted a draft some days ago which is about a "region" namely Draft:Saraz region . Can anyone please review it? As I have seen interaction of people with Sarazi which is a language of this region. So kindly approve. So that other editors can copyedit and contribute more. Thank you. — The Chunky urf Al Kashmiri (Speak🗣️ or Write✍️) 17:52, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
This morning I tried to add some references to an article, yet when I pressed insert, it looks like it's going to add the reference as usual for a split second, but nothing appeared. I tried to create an automatic reference a few times, all of which failed, before creating a few manual references, which also failed to appear. So I left the page open, watched a few Youtube videos, did a few edits on IMDB, and forgot all about it, until just now when I tried to add references to a different article, which again failed. Why are citations failing to insert?
This is off topic but, the article I was trying to add references to, or more accurately, re-add references and information to, were for an actor from the City of Bradford, which were removed by someone in December 2019. Those facts which were removed a month after I added them, were regarding the fact he was born, educated and trained in the City of Bradford, yet all references to the City of Bradford were removed, and only his neighbourhood, which is adjacent to mine (2 miles from the city centre) was mentioned.
There seems to be an agenda against my city - the City of Bradford which is officially the 6th biggest city in the UK by population and the 6th biggest city in the UK by area (according to the Office of National Statistics, the Queen and the British Government) by the mainstream media, the tourism companies, the map makers etc and Wikipedia.
Why do I think that? I think that because every time I add information to Wikipedia articles of people, places or things, which were born, are situated in, or from the City of Bradford, to say that they are from the City of Bradford, they get removed by people claiming things like it isn't relevant it's not needed or they are doing it to clean up an article. More like you're removing things which Bradfordians can celebrate about the city, because you want to keep the stereotype that "It's full of crime, it's poor, and there's nothing worth visiting."
If someone is from Wythenshawe, Manchester, Greater Manchester you don't say they're from Wythenshawe the neighbourhood alone, you say they're from Manchester the city alone, Manchester the city along with Greater Manchester the county, or all 3 by mentioning the neighbourhood, the city and the county.
If you're talking about the village of Arthington, which is in the town of Otley, which is part of the City of Leeds, you don't forget to mention that it's in Leeds or say it's near Leeds, you mention all 3.
Yet those are just a couple of examples of what happens with City of Bradford related Wikipedia articles on a regular basis. I like being specific with my information and facts, especially with things like addresses and TV networks, as there's too many people in the world who don't know what a British city is, and think the BBC is the only TV network in the UK. While Wikipedia seems to have a policy of being vague, especially when it comes to facts about places in, and people from the City of Bradford. Danstarr69 ( talk) 17:48, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
I used 3 references. One of those references mentioned his Buttershaw training. Two of those references mentioned his YSA training. One of those references said he was specifically from the neighbourhood of Wibsey. Yet all 3 of them said he was from the City of Bradford. Therefore I used some of those references multiple times, for different things, using the footnote thing. Now those references all only appear once.
RedBulbBlueBlood9911 Giraffer Actually, no I can't. I can add references in visual mode, but I still can't add references in source mode. Danstarr69 ( talk) 19:00, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello, my drafted article: /info/en/?search=Draft:Sebastian_Cruz_Couture is complete and I would like help with publishing it finally. Thank you very much.-- Tripplehaze7 ( talk) 13:14, 21 June 2020 (UTC) Tripplehaze7 ( talk) 13:14, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
Declined because you included copyright protected images (which are in the process of being deleted from Commons). David notMD ( talk) 14:30, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
My edit disappeared
Hello! I made edits to this page /info/en/?search=Seventeen_(South_Korean_band) last night. Changes appear last night but was gone this morning. Can someone share what likely happened? BarbaraUkulele ( talk) 01:42, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello everyone! I was looking through Wikipedia and I found a backlog of about 4000 files that needed to be converted into SVG format. I could probability convert a few hundred and many a thousand. But, I cannot/will not manually tag hundreds of files and to relink every instance of the image to the new svg file. Is there a tool/bot that could do that? Thank you! The creeper2007 Talk! 05:48, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello, and thank you for taking a moment to help with this project. I'm trying to make this (link below) into a live article that can be approved for public view. Would someone with experience in Wikipedia please let me know if something is missing or not completed correctly. Any time is greatly appreciated and I thank you for your consideration. /info/en/?search=Draft%3ADerek_Victoric_Picard 96.237.188.80 ( talk) 04:39, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Please help anyone to get publish my article about 'Geever Puthuparambil'. I have given an external link https://www.keralaviews.com/geever-puthuparambil-janadhipathya-kerala-youth-front-ernakulam-state-president/. Please help me to publish this article. Anupriya0123 ( talk) 05:54, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
a wiki article will typically give all the known uses of a concept when what I want is the most reasonable up-to-date understanding. it's like reading fifty books on a topic, instead of one book agreed to by fifty experts. also, when I think of power, I think of the ocean, a flood, a cyclone, a whale, an elephant, etc. this ancient and natural concept does not appear on your 'power' page. for me, power is more about ability than it is to control. as such, wiki seems to have an "established institutional" feel to it. yours sincerely, john John j weyland ( talk) 06:49, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
If we are writing our own article and want to include pictures, can they be off the internet, or does it have to be your own work?
Class 66 and 67 and 68 ( talk) 09:08, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Please how can I delete this mistakenly published article 2019–20 Ligue 1 (Ivory Coast). thanks Josedimaria237 ( talk) 09:41, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
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I am appalled to see a major traditional medicine of the Indian subcontinent being defined as pseudoscience in its introduction of the wiki page. /info/en/?search=Ayurveda
TCM, which is of the same class is referred to as 'traditional medicine' and so are Siddha, Unani traditional medicines. And this is the right and proper way to classify. /info/en/?search=Traditional_Chinese_medicine /info/en/?search=Siddha /info/en/?search=Unani_medicine
Editing is disabled and from the history of edits, I see that there is a dedicated group intent on reverting it back to their claim of Ayurveda being a "pseudoscience".
How do I get this resolved to reflect factual information based on historical facts and available literature, not opinions of individuals? Salilasukumaran ( talk) 04:25, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Does anybody have any tips on small edits, that will just help to improve credibility? I'm not to big on adding info as much as improving whats there. GhostWRLD ( talk) 11:57, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
The Lakhahi Raj Wikipedia article has not original infobox settlement how to make that original one i.e what exactly infobox settlement looks like 2405:204:A51A:7492:4441:6FF:FE9B:900F ( talk) 13:27, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
I want to learn how to add photos to update wiki bios, is it different for logos and brand for a company? MaycockR ( talk) 07:43, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
hi!
I worked it out - thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by MaycockR ( talk • contribs) 13:50, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
What if I want help on creating like a new page about someone that has not been created yet? WHere could I go for someone to help me? Brysonjett ( talk) 13:56, 22 June 2020 (UTC) Brysonjett ( talk) 13:56, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
I would like to apologize for making edits that were just blatant vandalism. I've read up a lot on the policies and guidelines of Wikipedia in the recent days, and I would love to become a helpful and constructive member of this community. I guess my question is where I can post this. Xtat1c ( talk) 13:56, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
City of Darien - the Mayor's name was correct; however, the below link shows it to be Mayor Joseph Mama - instead of Mayor Joseph Marchese for the below link - unable to correct. https://www.google.com/search?q=city+of+darien&rlz=1C1GCEU_enUS821US821&oq=city+of+darien&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j46j69i59j0j46l2j0l2.4975j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 173.9.248.233 ( talk) 16:13, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Why Wikipedia volunteers is deleting my articles? Help me Shahnwaz aalam ( talk) 12:52, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
whats' everybody been up to lately? Herschel Goldman ( talk) 13:47, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi All! I am a student editor who just completed an assignment adding on to a wikipedia article. I chose to update the Whole30 Wikipedia page as it was on the shorter side and was clearly biased against The Whole30 Program. However, for some reason as soon as I publish an edit it is immediately taken down. Can someone look into this? SallyLittle ( talk) 16:41, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello!
I am an editor of article Mykola Lebid. After article was posted in first editions - in Google search automatically appeared this knowledge box [ [10]]. First problem is that the person died in 70 y.o. age, but box said he is 84yo (as he still alive), despite that both born and death dates are metioned in the article and in Wikidata item. Second - no photo appeared in box, despite that it is in the article and in wikidata. These changes were made in wiki months ago, so google had plenty of time to update box, but until today (22/jun/2020) nothing happened. Please, give me advice. Thank you! El nomad ( talk) 18:07, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello! I am interested in tropical cyclones, and would like to edit more substantially in that realm. Can you give me tips on how to make large edits to tropical cyclone articles? I sometimes feel unsure of myself when making large edits. NOOBSKINSPAMMER ( talk) 17:01, 22 June 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.
HI RECENTLY A GROUP OF PEOPLE FROM INDIA STARTED EDITING ARTICLES IN BIASED WAY PARTICULARLY TO MALIGN reputation and spread disinformation to wikipedia users . their team has two admins with other simple users too. they works on monetary purposes . then they block the users without no reason when someone exposes them . they also do blacklisting of news websites on wikipedia and add protection to wiki pages they even undo other admins revisions or restoration Loneltrussia ( talk) 18:50, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
HI SURELY THERE IS ALREADY A NEWS ARTICLE ABOUT THE GUYS AND ITS ON english wikipedia mainly. here is detailed info about the members of the group. the guy named newslinger IN THIS blog there is twitter thread in detailed way must see the blog .they blocked website which exposes them from wikipedia and added it in blacklist . iam using landing page to allow it so you can see their misdeeds. they blacklisted or blocked everyone who raised voice. please srr (Redacted) Loneltrussia ( talk) 20:30, 22 June 2020 (UTC) i have info about another guy who vandals history pages of india on english wikipedia they are team of two first one vandals the page the second one thanks and if anyone revert their change the second guy revert again and made article to vandalised version again . they are causing edit wars on wikipedia too . i can provide their info too if you need for taking the action and inpection. Loneltrussia ( talk) 20:30, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
References
just read the article sir the opindia is blocked by these guys due to exposing them and maligning reputation of it all proofs are in there blog. you can watch there and then verify on wikipedia if you are unfaithful about the site coz this site wiki is distorted by these guys . because they are exposing fake news of someportals then those portal hire these guys on monetary basis to do this type of things Loneltrussia ( talk) 20:46, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
I've noticed many pages in the "in other media" category, tend to be filled to the brim with grammatical errors, and nothing is being done about it.
these pages are often poorly worded, in a more essay type of writing than documentation, and they have a few other problems.
Sbob99 ( talk) 12:27, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
not to come off as lazy, but i think improving these articles is gonna have to be a group effort. it's that widespread. Sbob99 ( talk) 12:59, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Just look at a few articles of well-known comic book characters, then you'll see what i'm talking about. Sbob99 ( talk) 21:27, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Greetings! I'm new on wiki project and have some doubts about about future article, which i want to create. I want to create an article about university. It's official partner of Polytechnic University of Turin and i think some people could be interested to know about it. I want to know is this topic significant enough to be published as an article? I also collected some sources to confirm provided information, but information in some of this sources not in English language. Would it be a problem? If yes, what can you suggest me to solve it?
Thank you for attention! Turquoisecacke ( talk) 14:46, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
|trans-title=
parameter serves this purpose.)Hi!
When writing someone's biography, do official documents like school records and birth certificates constitute acceptable references?
NB: I've already been told several times what my draft's flaws are instead of answering the questions I had, and I've taken note of them and will make relevant edits as I go before resubmitting the article. Please just answer the specific question I've asked here, thanks ^^ AengusB ( talk) 23:24, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
, and welcome to the Teahouse. In general, no such sources are not acceptable. See WP:BLPPRIMARY which says:
Exercise extreme caution in using primary sources. Do not use trial transcripts and other court records, or other public documents, to support assertions about a living person. Do not use public records that include personal details, such as date of birth, home value, traffic citations, vehicle registrations, and home or business addresses.
So after I corrected my mistakes that a reviewer did, can someone review it again? My article is called " Draft:List of prefectures of the Central African Republic by Human Development Index BloxMoon ( talk) 20:46, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I have sent though three emails to verify permission granted for free images I would like to add to a wiki site but have had no response. What should I do next? My images are going to be deleted in the next day. Please help. Wasuwatanabe ( talk) 23:00, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Thank you to you both, I think you have helped to verify the problem. Wasuwatanabe ( talk) 02:55, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
my link was removed from the page in external link but someone elase link of youtube is still showing in external link what is the reason, why only mine removed? 182.190.82.36 ( talk) 04:19, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello! I've received great help publishing the page TCO Certified. Now I wonder what the next step would be to improve it further? I've seen that it has not been reviewed by the New Page Patrol. Is there a way to request a review? Since there is a COI I don't want to edit the page too heavily myself. Ellasoderberg ( talk) 09:57, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I was writing an edit for Daedalion, in a wacky alternate story where a certain Poetica Mythologia claims that he was transformed into a penguin (rather than a hawk, for those you are unfamiliar with the Greek myth). I provided a source as well as a link to the English translation, but it was quickly taken down by another user, saying that it was a "test edit", even though I provided the appropriate sources. How do I avoid this and have my edits go through? Richardp88 ( talk) 05:11, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Did you hear ther is a new episode of the Listen Out Loud podcast? I wrote all about it TheLoudHouse#Listen Out Loud Dandro08 ( talk) 06:42, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi. I was planning on writing an article about The Pottery Cottage Murders and I've been searching for sources to use. Following the publication of two books about the case earlier this year, I've found some media coverage (mainly local), I've found some accessible Hansard references too - but the bulk of the media coverage is only available via The British Newspaper Archive. This is free to access from the British Library & you can get 3 free searches if you register, but beyond that it's a subscription service. I am aware that paywalled articles are used as sources (such as The Times), but I'm not clear whether archives are acceptable or not. I'm not sure I'd have enough coverage to support an article without it, as I'd be relying too heavily on the published books. Please can you advise? Thank you. -- DSQ ( talk) 08:14, 23 June 2020 (UTC) DSQ ( talk) 08:14, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
I have created an article which is in draft now. How much time it will take to become live. Ranjeet.saini7 ( talk) 04:28, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Courtesy: Draft:PDC T10 League This is about a new cricket league that has yet to play its first game. David notMD ( talk) 11:18, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Is it acceptable to insert a relevant statement (a tech review, to be precise) word-for-word even if it has a phrase that violates Wikipedia:NOPRICES, or should the phrase be edited for the statement to be acceptable? I’m asking this because I’m divided between keeping the statement as close to the original source as possible and strictly following Wikipedia policy (If it helps, the phrase is "at $199," and was part of the original statement in 9to5google’s review of the Nokia 5.3 (which is currently edited in the article)). RedBulbBlueBlood9911 Talk 07:45, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
References
One US-based review site said...should, always be changed to
the US-Based site Tech Reviews said...or better
Joe Blow, writing in the US-based Tech Reviews said.... I see that the attribution is in the article, so no problem there. DES (talk) DESiegel Contribs 12:19, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
While fact checking an entry on the page for MSG Benavidez, in the "Personal honors" section, the first entry in the subsection "Buildings and institutions with Benavidez's name include:" "Roy P. Benavidez American Legion Post #400 in San Antonio, Texas".
In checking the American Legion website ( https://www.legion.org/), there is no Legion Post 400 in Texas. I conducted multiple Google searches with no Post 400 listed as being in the State of Texas.
One search result was the American Legion - Department of Texas (txlegion.org) which represents all Texas posts. I contacted them via FB Messenger to ask if they could confirm Post 400 being named for MSG Benavidez. The response to my question was "We had a Post 400 named after MSG Benavidez but it was closed on 2014. We have no other records of the Post."
Is the FB Messenger response sufficient to remove the entry or update the entry noting the Post was closed in 2014? If not, what additional documentation is required? Jdyates751 ( talk) 01:01, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
I need help to publish a biography of Mr. Asad Khan - who is sixth generation Sitar from Mewati Gharana. Pathakshashik ( talk) 13:24, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
There a new editor, who has been editing Milton Huddart, the edits seem to express personal issues with the family. This needs to be watched. -- Devokewater ( talk) 11:12, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello,
I am a French contributor of fr.wikipedia and I am planning a series of wiki pages on Holocaust survivors and Alain Husson-Dumoutier's artwork on them.
Does any American or English contributor could help me to publish the translations for en.wikipedia?
Thank you !
Alexandre AlexandreDevil ( talk) 13:06, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello, why is it mandatory that a stub article be deleted eventhough it is a work in progress and sources are still being gathered? Here is the page in question: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Sebastian_Cruz_Couture Thanks.-- Tripplehaze7 ( talk) 13:24, 23 June 2020 (UTC) Tripplehaze7 ( talk) 13:24, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Today I submitted for our University but I got declined. How can I improve it? Please suggest me. Thanks.
/info/en/?search=Draft:University_of_Computer_Studies_(Taunggyi) DigiSoft (Myanmar) ( talk) 13:01, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello, everyone! I am interested in developing an article over the course of several days to add to Wikipedia. However, whenever I close the page that I was working on, all of my work disappears. Is there any way to use your sandbox in such a way that you can save your progress in between different days? Thanks! Kokopelli7309 Kokopelli7309 ( talk) 02:01, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kokopelli7309 ( talk • contribs) 14:53, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
I am new to editing and wanted to correct an error on the Ava Gardner page, she was 13 when the family moved to Newport News, VA, not 7 years old. That's when I notice the site was using the book "Love is Nothing", by Lee Server as a reference. As a board member of the Ava Gardner Museum, who is the official source of artifacts and knowledge of Ava Gardner's life, we do not sell or use Lee Server's book for anything. It's a collection of false stories and incorrect information. We would like to insert as a reference book, "Ava, My Story", which was Ava's biography, and "Grabtown Girl", which was written by the founder of the museum, a journalist and author, Doris Cannon. The facts are correct in these books and should be the ones used a references.
I am just trying to correct wrong information and site truthful sources. Are there some instructions that would help me do this. Visitoco ( talk) 12:48, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
First, you are not that new to editing, as have been editing since March 9th. Second, you have been repeatedly warned, to the point of potentially being blocked, to cease adding website(s) as new External links to dozens of articles - this is considered spamming. Given your connection to the museum, it is essential that you declare your conflict of interest on your User page. And given your past questionable behavior, I strongly recommend that you do not attempt to directly edit Ava Gardner. For example, you may believe Lee Server's book is flawed, but you should not have attempted to removed it from the Further reading section. Instead, you should open a new section at the Talk page of the article and be specific in what content should be added - with proper citations. If there are 'facts' in dispute, it may be necessary to state that one sources has ____ whereas another source has ____. David notMD ( talk) 15:20, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
I have created an article titled 'Nature Environment and Pollution Technology' which is about an academic journal in the field of Environmental Science. The reviewer has rejected the article stating the reason as it should refer to a range of independent, reliable, published sources, not just to materials produced by the creator of the subject being discussed. This is important so that the article can meet Wikipedia's verifiability policy and the notability of the subject can be established.
As this article is about an academic journal i have added its inclusion in Scopus which is one of the notability factor in its field. What other independent sources do you expect for a scientific journal? Should i add some more references to other databases where it is included like the proquest, EBSCO, Index Copernicus etc. Or should i add references to its most cited articles? Please help me what kind of references are expected for an academic journal. Regards Apurva1410 ( talk) 15:12, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
INSTALKER ( talk) 16:15, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
I have recently created this draft
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Ruan_Galdino
I want to add this to Articles but because this is my first article I am weary of the process in terms of whether or not the article is up to scratch. I do not understand what I should do. Please an we talk. Thank you DanceEnthusiast ( talk) 17:23, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Please someone should help me edit this article 2019–20 Nigeria Professional Football League, I've asked for help earlier concerning this but the reply I got was unsatisfactory.
I made a mistake; I'm trying to note that the match was originally played by Delta Force but it turned out to be a citation Josedimaria237 ( talk) 12:58, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
b:FFE48329Someone_should_help_me_on_thisSomeone should help me on this
David Biddulph — Preceding unsigned comment added by Josedimaria237 ( talk • contribs) 13:58, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
I'm not sure what was going on with <ref>{{#tag |title=
| ...
in the infobox, but I’ve
changed it to a plain footnote in the References section. Is that the effect that was intended,
Josedimaria237? I’d be inclined to write it inline with parentheses as
Kano Pillars 6–1
Delta Force (
Kwara United) (8 December 2019)
– the change from Delta to Kwara is explained elsewhere in the text. —
Pelagic (
messages )
Z – (06:51 Wed 24, AEST) 20:51, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Is it just me, or does this Huggle Rollback Special:Diff/962907221 by another editor seem a bit overzealous? — Pelagic ( messages ) Z – (06:51 Wed 24, AEST) 20:51, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Non Free files: a simple question (no need to see the article as the image is no longer there).
This is my first visit too the tea house. I have finished my article in sandbox which I am about to publish, one of my images has since been removed by JJMC89 bot with this message. Editor's summary: WP:NFCC#9: Non-free files are only permitted in articles. This image was uploaded directly into the article using 'upload image' not via Wikimedia Commons nor using the Wizard. Windswept ( talk) 19:40, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Thank you I look forward to receiving your reply. Windswept ( talk) 19:40, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello Colin and Rudolf, Thank you for your quick and detailed answers to my questions. All understood now. Windswept
Good day to everyone viewing this page,
I was wondering if someone could help me with an issue I've just come across.
I recently joined Wikipedia to make a (small) contribution to the project, mainly for articles relating to musical artists, and mainly in cases where a page has been edited rather haphazardly and doesn't meet the high standard to which most other pages on this project adhere. This 'hapzard editing' also applies to releases by musical artists, such as the one in the title here.
Catatonia have never released an album called 'Catatonia Greatest Hits', the album is in fact called 'Greatest Hits' and the page should be titled 'Greatest Hits (Catatonia album)'. However I am not able to do this is searching that title redirects to the main band page. I've tried to remove the redirect but upon further research of the issue have discovered that this is something that can only be done by an administrator (understandably).
Could I ask for assistance in the matter please?
Kind regards, Sburbridge92 ( talk) 19:33, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
I am Brian Edwin Tucker, listed in Wikipedia. I'd like help to add to my Wikipedia entry. In particular, I'd like to add to the list of my awards. In 2017, I received Pomona College’s Blaisdell Distinguished Alumni, and in 2020, I received the Seismological Society of America’s Frank Press Public Service Award. Thank you. 32.212.105.234 ( talk) 15:12, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
How do I edit Atieno Julian ( talk) 13:35, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello, Could an impartial editor please check out Patricia_Olynyk and possibly remove the banners? I had many discussions on the talk page Talk:Patricia_Olynyk with the editor who put the banners on, DGG. Ultimately, they put up more banners after discussion on the talk page; and they changed the subject sections, which made the article more convoluted, making it appear as if the artist's art projects were separate from her career. I tried to work with that but decided to rework the article since it seemed convoluted. On top of that the original subject format https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Patricia_Olynyk&oldid=904565898 is pretty standard for artist's listing as far as I can tell and much easier to parse, which is why I reverted the page back to that format. Any suggestions to improve the page would be great too. I would appreciate an impartial editors insight and help on this. Thank you. Ogmany ( talk) 16:45, 22 June 2020 (UTC) Ogmany ( talk) 16:45, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Hey everyone, I changed the names for Pablo Marquez to Pablo Márquez (wrestler) and Pablo Márquez to Pablo Márquez (guitarist). I'd like to create a disambiguation page for both Pablo Marquez and Pablo Márquez, which allows Pablo Márquez (wrestler) and Pablo Márquez (guitarist) to be prompted. I've never established a disambiguation page, and I'd like to know how, especially, given the internal links present. Or, could someone just set them up? Philotimo ( talk) 05:35, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Seems that we’ve had some successful dabbing! Pelagic ( messages ) Z – (10:50 Wed 24, AEST) 00:50, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
I am engaged in a discussion on a talk page regarding an edit I made which has twice been reverted. The discussion is probably ongoing but it raises a larger issue for me, and I am wondering how best to deal with it. I edited a page about a country house to show that the source of the wealth used to purchase it was from the slave trade. I've been told by a more experienced editor that it is not appropriate to put that information on the page about the house and gardens, only on the page of the person. I don't agree that it doesn't belong, and I don't agree that there is a consensus on that, and have provided links to a bunch of existing pages for country houses where the source of wealth used to build or buy it is mentioned. I believe there is a lot of public interest in this topic, but I also recognise this is a sensitive issue - if I made an edit about the money having come from selling hay we probably wouldn't be arguing about it. My problem is that there are a lot of country houses with extensive and varied links to the slave trade (as described in the 163pp book by professional historians I cited in my original edit). I intend to edit pages of other houses and estates to make these links clearer. Is there a place to discuss with other editors the appropriateness of these sorts of edits beforehand, to reach a consensus I can use to help guide me, or do I need to engage in the same discussion on every separate talk page? My interest is in trying to have Wikipedia better reflect recent research in slavery and the British Empire, not in having edit wars. DrThneed ( talk) 00:32, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi! I have come across something I can't figure out. I want to create an article on Tim Kirk, a documentary filmmaker. There already is an article on Tim Kirk, the fantasy artist. I see that there are many articles on Wikipedia with same name, and a page pops up asking if you want Bob Jones (artist) or Bob Jones (filmmaker).
How do I proceed? THANK YOU!
Peter Peter puppet ( talk) 02:34, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
THANKS ALL! Very helpful. When you say that I can edit a previous deleted file, is that the best way to proceed or start a new one? - Peter
The photograph (File:28apr10.jpg) which was taken by me during the festival in 28 April 2015 is found in the article Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur with the caption "Temple festival procession, 2010". This procession happened on (28th April) 2015, and not in 2010. Actually this photo was taken by me on 28th April 2015, prior to the day of Thanjavur Chariot festival on 29th April 2015. As part of Chariot festival held on 29th April 2015, many programmes were held on the previous day (28th April 2015) and this procession was one among them. Necessary correction may please be made in the caption as "Thanjavur Chariot Festival related procession, 28th April 2015" or "Temple related procession, 2015" or "Temple festival procession, 2015". Regards. -- B Jambulingam ( talk) 11:52, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi, not sure why but my new section on Talk:Mr Cruel didn't create a new section with a title and it also didn't create a Ping Template:Reply to the user. thanks Melbguy05 ( talk) 06:49, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Please I don't understand what's wrong with the labels and positions on the map at 2019–20 Ligue 1 (Ivory Coast), the labels keeps positioning itself 'outside' the map. Please I would like if it's corrected before I can continue. Thanks Josedimaria237 ( talk) 08:00, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
◢ Ganbaruby! Thanks, never thought of that — Preceding unsigned comment added by Josedimaria237 ( talk • contribs) 08:17, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
How would I submit my edits on a sandbox onto wiki?-Thanks Sandbox Midshipman Percy ( talk) 13:27, 23 June 2020 (UTC) Midshipman Percy ( talk) 13:27, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for taking the time out of your day to help me! Have a great afternoon/morning/evening! Midshipman Percy ( talk) 13:38, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Thanks David notMD! Midshipman Percy ( talk) 08:30, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
To any experienced footnotes editor. Do we have something like Template:Sfn, but to be used for law/act. Since {{sfn}} only shows page number and it is works well for books ({{cite book}}) and journal ({{cite journal}}). but in case of certain law/act ({{cite act}}), usually we refer to it's article number. Ckfasdf ( talk) 02:25, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
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Category:United States law citation templates,
Category:Law citation templates. —[
AlanM1 (
talk)]— 06:38, 24 June 2020 (UTC)Hi, after getting deleted the sandbox page, How can I edit the content for creating another article. Where should I start? Dereena ( talk) 12:54, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Greetings, friends! maybe you can help with this article Lucien Dulfan I have written some information + links. Could the the banner warning at the top of the page be removed now? Thank you! -- Art of Odessa ( talk) 13:15, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
an article SLEEP PROBLEMS AND ANTI IgLON 5 DISEASE in my sand box needs to be looked at for merging to an existing article on Anti-IgLON5 disease .kindly guide me how to proceed . also inspite of referencing the article to source and writing it in my own words there seems to be borderline copyvio ..i request for clarity on how to improve this NANDAN YARDI ( talk) 03:23, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi, One of the pages that I have on my watchlist has some recent editing that is clearly COI or paid. The username is the name of the organization in question. But their edits aren’t incorrect or anything. They also haven’t created a user page. What should my next step be? Is there someone I report it to, or do I create their page so I can comment about COI, or do I undo their edits? Apathyash ( talk) 13:43, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
We made a feature length documentary film called The Sign about a confederate marker of Confederate General John H Winder in Salisbury MD in 2017 and 2018. It premiered at the Ocean City MD Film Festival News on premier . News on Film 2 News 3 News 4 News 5 Full disclosure I was the Executive Producer and one of the Directors. Dan O'Hare
In the last few weeks the film was viewed over 1,500 times and then the confederate marker was removed by the county government. Winder Sign Removed News 2
Would you consider The Sign film notable enough for it's own page? I thought I would ask before going through the work of trying to create it. Warriorsvoice ( talk) 15:50, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for asking, Dan, and thanks for the links! I’ve left a note at Talk:John H. Winder#The Sign (movie) linking back to this discussion. — Pelagic ( messages ) Z – (08:47 Wed 24, AEST) 22:47, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Would like to write a short article relating to the telephone line concentrator mentioned above that has nothing available in the public domain cuently and was widely used in UK command and control rooms from 1980-2010. Is this an article that would be appropriate for Wikipedia? Adbone47 ( talk) 15:33, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello! Today I began work on a Wikipedia page for "The Spiffing Brit" a relatively well know YouTuber. I created a draft which can be seen here: /info/en/?search=Draft:The_Spiffing_Brit and submitted it. It was declined due to "This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia." From what I understand, this is due to the fact I cited sources which are deemed and correctly so possibly biased. My question therefore is: Do I have to cite a source for every piece of information? A lot of it was gathered from the person in question and his friends and followers on The Spiffing Brit discord server. Any help would be greatly appreciated! :) KermitTeaHermit ( talk) 15:53, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
I read on several pages that primary sources should be avoided, especially court proceedings. However, I recently found an article (which in my opinion is biased) which gives explanation of the topic on the basis of a statement of judge from the court proceedings. Is this allowed, If no, then how should I edit it or who should I ask? Parlebourbon ( talk) 12:40, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Thanks! Article's title is Hindutva. Understood, but can you still check the article? Parlebourbon ( talk) 13:00, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Courtesy link: Hindutva. -- bonadea contributions talk 13:13, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Thanks, I am new around here, so I don't know much, but thanks for the info! :) Parlebourbon ( talk) 16:29, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
I wanted to know if the Random articles are completely random, or can we set some region preferences or if Wikipedia tracks user activity and shows articles of those regions in which user is active?? Parlebourbon ( talk) 12:35, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Thanks! I will try it. Parlebourbon ( talk) 16:31, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
HI, please help me approving making this live Draft:Ajay Bhupathi. DeccanTelugu ( talk) 16:20, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
/info/en/?search=Draft:Ajay_Bhupathi
please look into it thank You DeccanTelugu ( talk) 16:23, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
331dot can please help me in geting it approve.Thanks in advance — Preceding unsigned comment added by DeccanTelugu ( talk • contribs) 17:45, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Thank you 331dot for giving me a clarity DeccanTelugu ( talk) 05:40, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
David Biddulph sorry not actually as he said he will helo i thought of any thing like submission i think i miss-understood it. DeccanTelugu ( talk) 05:40, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
David notMD NO not like that just created Randomly as i though it will be helped for me for betterment,nothing COI. DeccanTelugu ( talk) 05:40, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
There is a copyright issue here, as at the draft, DeccanTelugu confirmed that text was copied verbatim from IMBd.
David notMD (
talk) 10:00, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Hey Ive received a message and rejection that the article I worked on for a german artist would not be notable. Heres the link: /info/en/?search=Draft:Clemens_Krauss_(artist)
Ive included references to curator texts, bibliography of exhibition books, and exhibition list of museum exhibitions.
According to wikipedias notability check for creative professionals ( /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Notability_(people)#Creative_professionals): The person's work (or works) has: (a) become a significant monument, (b) been a substantial part of a significant exhibition, (c) won significant critical attention, or (d) been represented within the permanent collections of several notable galleries or museums.
Shouldnt it be alright according to (d)?
What did I do wrong?
Christian Fichtl (
talk) 16:10, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello,
I have done some editing, but am new to reverting vandalism and not quite sure how it works. I understand that urgent vandals who pose a large threat should be reported at AIV but I am not sure where vandals that aren't as urgent should be reported. The user (IP) in particular is 94.250.255.226, who has recieved over 15 vandalism warnings, albeit over the course of ~7 years. Where should I report them?
Thanks,
Giraffer ( munch) 13:53, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Edit: Just as I was about to post this, I double checked the contribs and talk page for the IP, and they have been blocked for 6 months. Nothing to do in this case, but what should I do in future?
Hello. I am new to Wikipedia, and I would like to find articles that need minor edits, as I am best at gnome work; like fixing typos. Also, I would like work that is meant for one person, as I believe I work best alone. Wikiffeine •‿• 16:10, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Thank you both. Wikiffeine •‿• 16:35, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
I am a new Wikipedia comer, the interest to join happened after noticing articles that are missing key facts about the Palestinian Israeli conflict. A recent article I came about is the Shooting of Eyad al-Hallaq an autistic Palestinian man murdered by the Israeli border police in East Jerusalem. Apparently there are attempt to water down the incident and mislead the public about what happened, for example someone added the word "warning" to describe the shots fired at the man without any reference, there is no mention of the testimonial of the caregiver who witnessed the police shooting the man while lying on the ground injured from close range or UN resolutions that dictate that East Jerusalem is an occupied Palestinian territory that suffers continuous and systematic human right violations, furthermore the one who created the page never bothered to put a face to the man or any of his family. I wanted to help so I added changes to the article with solid references, shortly they were removed by UnequivocalAmbivalence because they violate the 500 edit 30 day tenure on articles related to this topic. I left UnequivocalAmbivalencea [ message] and waiting to hear back?
What other options do I have to make fair to this innocent man at least for the history to remember ? MYS1979 ( talk) 16:16, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
The Muppets Edit I do not believe that my contributions to The Muppets page were not helpful. Could you explain why it was removed? Smojawa ( talk) 17:10, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello,
I have added many sources for the subject of this article Draft:Bans Geet. I think that would be enough. I have given reliable sources like news, news papers etc. It was clearly explained about that subject. So please review. Send it to the main article. Thank you Arun singh Yaduvanshi ( talk) 19:53, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
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This draft declined 24 June, resubmitted 24 June. As mentioned in answer to earlier question about a different draft,the next review may take days to weeks, but even as long as months. Meanwhile, you can continue to improve the draft. David notMD ( talk) 20:21, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Good day. I am researching for a biographical piece and I came across this article posted on the authors blog portfolio http://portfoliowork09.blogspot.com/2009/11/on-menue-this-year.html http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QFGnPr1KYss/Su3ZL04_i3I/AAAAAAAAABI/wGbVPkJkux8/s1600-h/Digital+angela+malan.jpg It is written that this article was published 3 May most likely in 2009 issue of Fair Lady. If I were to use this article as a citaion I assume I would have top use the original post of the article . ie - the Fair Lady magazine itself. fair Lady has a subscription and therefore I am unsure how to go about using this article as a possible cite. Please if you could help me understand what to do when I run into this type of problem. Thank you DanceEnthusiast ( talk) 19:27, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
|quote=
parameter in a citation template to provide a key quote from a source, which can be helpful for an offline source. See also
WP:PAYWALL. There is also
Resource Exchange.
DES
(talk)
DESiegel Contribs 19:40, 24 June 2020 (UTC)|quote=
I can for instance, quote a paragraph in the article to show the cited information?<ref>{{cite magazine |title=South Africas very own Prima Ballerina |work=Fair Lady |date=March 2009 |pages=2-3 |quote=Quoted Text Here}}</ref>
Thank you for the advice. Much appreciated DanceEnthusiast ( talk) 20:44, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
/info/en/?search=Draft:James_McAulay_(businessman)
Before resubmitting I wanted to check to see whether people think anything else needs updating to improve it's chances of being published. I have now made the following changes in line with the moderators comments:
I'd be very grateful if an experienced Wikipedia member could take a quick glance at the article to see whether there is anything I've missed which might lead to my article being declined.
Thank you! Performing.sculpture ( talk) 17:58, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
The citations I've given include articles in Business Insider, Forbes, Techcrunch, The Tab, and the Times - to my understanding, these are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject. Like any businessman, he is notable for the achievements of his company - therefore I have also cited sources that show his company is recognised on the international startup scene. Regarding YouTube - the two citations I have given are of James giving a TED talk (uploaded by the TED channel) and a performance he gave live on X Factor (500,000+ views on the X factor YouTube channel). As Cordless Larry says - YouTube can be a reliable source if the channels publishing the content are recognised as reliable. I will however, remove the Soundcloud, podcast and LinkedIn citations as I don't believe these were important contributions to the article. Given that the article relies on neutral sources from national press, international awards, and on internationally-known YouTube channels, please could anyone above give a clearer answer to why they believe this doesn't meet the notability criteria? i.e. which specific criteria do you believe are not being met here? Many thanks Performing.sculpture ( talk) 10:44, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Hey all,
My page was recently deleted. First, I would like to get back the code and work to better it based on third party sources ---> I had 3rd party sources for everything I just used company announcements and linked the 3rd party stuff in additional readings. Second, I am an employee of the company. I realized after publishing I need to disclose COI but I have revied the piece and none of it is advertisement, it is purely factual. Can I link to the site if they are a retailer and they alone have a list of their partners? And can I use them as the source for the company mission? They alone have published it.
Thanks WaltJsmith ( talk) 15:13, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for the quick response
talk. Just wondering if it is notable because multiple third party sources have covered the topic and they are all publishing cryptocurrency news sites like Coindesk, theblock, and Cointelegraph. I linked them in the additional readings section and realize I should use them for sources. I falsely thought that press releases from the company itself were better because of its primary. I realize now how to change some of the stuff --> what you said about the mission statement totally makes sense. I am planning on making changes and submitting through article wizard... thoughts on that course of action? Again, thanks!
WaltJsmith (
talk) 15:26, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
There is consensus that CoinDesk should not be used to establish notability for article topics...I would suggest that any coverage of your company there should not be used as it will be rejected by other editors. I hope this helps. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 17:04, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
Here is a link to all of their coverage of the company: https://www.coindesk.com/tag/lolli. Also, Coindesk is not the only source, was just an example of one of the one's that does cover it. Thanks, WaltJsmith ( talk) 17:17, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
I would like to get some help on Draft:Saron Gebresellassi. It was rejected, but I believe the subject is notable. Can someone improve the article by properly formatting it?
Thank you everyone :) Blissfulust ( talk) 09:10, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello guys, I have made some changes to the draft. Let me know your thoughts :) I believe the subject is notable because she finished 4th place in the mayoral election of 36, it was her first-ever election. She has also had the honor to meet Prime Ministers and many other notable personalities, and represented a report in the UN assembly. She has won several awards too. Also, as a lawyer, she have many cases that received news attention; not every lawyer receives media's attention on a regular basis. Blissfulust ( talk) 12:55, 24 June 2020 (UTC) Blissfulust ( talk) 15:43, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Just being an elected local official, or an unelected candidate for political office, does not guarantee notability, although such people can still be notable if they meet the general notability guideline.So being a losing candidate for mayor alone is not enough. I must agree with the comments above, please list the three or four best sources currently cited if you want a quick review. DES (talk) DESiegel Contribs 17:05, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
@ DESiegel: She has won several awards and has been honoured with many occasions. Is that not enough?
@ Nick Moyes: The awards sections are all referenced. Rest honorable occasions like meeting PMs and UN report are also referenced. I mean, all together, isn't the subject notable? Her name on Google news will her recent cases too. I think the subject is famous in Toronto, if not Canada. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks!
@ DESiegel: So, is the subject not notable? Despite so many mentions? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blissfulust ( talk • contribs)
@ Nick Moyes: @ Johnbod: Blissfulust ( talk) 22:48, 24 June 2020 (UTC) I am sorry, but there must have been some kind of bug because I didn’t see your reply. I would like you to take a look at the followings:
https://lawandstyle.ca/law/best-practices-how-saron-gebresellassi-practises-law-and-activism-at-the-same-time/ https://socialistproject.ca/2020/04/free-transit-is-in-town-for-now/ https://www.byblacks.com/main-menu-mobile/opinion-mobile/item/1946-two-candidates-have-the-chance-to-unseat-john-tory-they-re-both-black- https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2010/04/24/stephen_harper_honours_harry_jerome_award_winners.html
I don’t know if the above are the best of references for the subject, but that’s what I could extract from the draft. Please see the list of the awards in the draft, I think there’s more if I research.
Also, I read about your achievements, here’s a small list of other articles which are comparatively less notable (in my opinion when I compare them to you). Especially, the last four articles, I would like to know what makes them notable, and why they were approved, because I think my concerned draft is more notable than them (just my opinion).
/info/en/?search=Garolini - COMPANY /info/en/?search=William_Beauchamp - DEAN /info/en/?search=Bill_Berg_(musician) – MUSICIAN /info/en/?search=Rick_Rofihe - WRITER /info/en/?search=Lucy_Tasseor_Tutsweetok - SCULPTOR /info/en/?search=Gareth-Michael_Skarka PERSON /info/en/?search=Faith_Goldy - MAYORAL CANDIATE 3RD /info/en/?search=Kevin_Clarke_(politician) – MAYORAL CANDIDATE /info/en/?search=Desmond_Cole - JOURNALIST
I am sure there are tons of articles that don't meet the notability. Were they successful because they just published them directly into ARTICLE, and not through AFC? Thank you. For “pinging,” as well.
@ Blissfulust:. Before going any further, I have posted this question about possible block evasion on your talk page. I, for one, would appreciate it if you would be kind enough to address it before we continue. Thank you very much, Nick Moyes ( talk) 00:57, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello. I was just wondering if it is ok to purge an article of information which is unsourced or poorly sourced. I have been doing that on the Donald Trump 2016 endorsements page and was just checking to make sure this is allowed. Will this be seen as partisan in some way? I just want to make sure this isn’t against some policy. I don’t want to be accused of being a paid editor again. Thank you and stay safe everyone! Lima Bean Farmer ( talk) 04:48, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
This policy does extend to that article since we are dealing with living people and recent events. If you encounter a unsourced or poorly sourced entry, try to look for a better source, and if you can't find it, go ahead and remove it. ◢ Ganbaruby! ( Say hi!) 06:17, 23 June 2020 (UTC)"All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be supported by an inline citation to a reliable, published source. Contentious material about living persons (or, in some cases, recently deceased) that is unsourced or poorly sourced—whether the material is negative, positive, neutral, or just questionable—should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion."
In looking further at your editing actions, you have removed close to 300 names from the list of people who had endorsed candidate Trump in 2016. Even to a life-long Democrat voter, this appears to be a vindictive crusade to rewrite history. Please stop. David notMD ( talk) 12:04, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
David notMD, I’m deleting poorly sourced names. Not just anyone who I disagree or personally don’t think. The Trump88 link is either not valid anymore or has been made up. The other links I state a reason for all of them. Either the is inaccessible, it does not exist, or there is no link at all. I also delete any sites that do not explicitly state an endorsement. For example, if someone said that they are good friends with Trump, I didn’t consider that an endorsement. It is up to the user who put the name in to come up with a link that directs to a reliable source. If the link does not state an endorsement, I have the right to delete it. However, if you have a better link or if I’ve made a mistake at some point, please feel free to let me know or change it back yourself. Thank you! Lima Bean Farmer ( talk) 17:41, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
If you encounter a unsourced or poorly sourced entry, try to look for a better source. ThatMontrealIP( talk) 06:56, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
There’s still a lot of misinformation in this article like some with no sources and people like Judge Judy and Kanye West who did not endorse him. It seems that my efforts are in vein. I hope someone else sees these and fixes them. Lima Bean Farmer ( talk) 01:18, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
Why are people born in Northern Ireland exclusively described as British whereas other people from the UK are described by their respective nation (such as English, Welsh, Scottish).
This is especially ob ious when used in context of people born before the partition of Ireland such as CS Lewis vs JRR Tolkien vs Warren Lewis.
/info/en/?search=J._R._R._Tolkien
It seems obvious that certainly anyone born before partition of Ireland should be described as Irish.
Otherwise it would mean that all people should be described as British (such as Tolkien) - there's no logical reason for such a difference. CuriousStapler ( talk) 23:28, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
I would think Northern Ireland is also considered a nation in its own right as those are.
It's a confusing and complicated case and I can now see the discussions on it are going back to 2006 and earlier!
I would have thought that Irish, Northern Irish or northern Irish makes the most sense for him in following other Wikipedia articles (Da Vinci is referred to as Italian etc.). Personally I would go as Northern Irish similar to how Scottish etc. are used but it all depends on if articles should be written in a modern sense or for when they lived (is it Da Vinci of Italy or Da Vinci of Florence for example. In the case of an Irish person. Orn before partition it would mean, historically, that Irish is the most suitable term except this would lead to confusion for those unaware of the complications on identity in the modern sense.
I'll take a look through that, thank you.
CuriousStapler ( talk)02:04, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
Trying to understand the basics, but I notice there is so much read. Do I need to complete all that before starting?
I edited a page it only shows up when I am logged into my account. In the view history it shows my edit and no one deleted or undid my edit. It's for the King George V school — Preceding unsigned comment added by Malcolmxhero ( talk • contribs) 00:33, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
Where do I start editing? Anyone wanna be friends? Softtaco33 ( talk) 00:35, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
I have added many sources for the subject of this article. I think that would be enough. Will be added if more sources are required. So please review. Send it to the main article. Thank you. Arun singh Yaduvanshi ( talk) 19:44, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
This article has been misdirected in its entirety. The article on which it is directed has nothing to do with this article. Both articles are independent of each other. I have given many sources for this and none of them proves that where it is directed is correct. Such guidance hurts who ruins someone's hard work all at once. Arun singh Yaduvanshi ( talk) 20:25, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Ok, thank you. Draft:Bhaukal, Arun singh Yaduvanshi ( talk) 06:26, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello Teahouse, I just wanted to know why so many disambiguation articles are semi-protected. And, on investigating the history of the articles there seems to be no obvious signs of vandalism. Eagerly awaiting your reply! Midshipman Percy ( talk) 08:30, 23 June 2020 (UTC) Midshipman Percy ( talk) 08:30, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
The whole alphabet is semi-protected (although they arent DAB pages) No and Yes are semi-protected. Sorry, the list is short, but these pages don't have a long-running history of vandalism Midshipman Percy ( talk) 09:27, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
I’m New. How do I Deal with a Self-Referential article in citations? If a Wikipedia Page includes citations that are provided from the Subjects own Personal Website, or a website that they are in control of, what is the protocol? Should it be deleted? Is it Flagged? Also, what it the correct terminology for this sort of citation?
For example: From the Leslie Graves Wiki Article:
/info/en/?search=Leslie_Graves_(nonprofit_executive)
‘Graves has also worked as a homemaker, in community theater, and in Catholic ministry.[10]’
The citation linked is to the website of the Non-profit run by Leslie Graves:
http://www.lucyburns.org/about/our-staff
But then it runs through to the website Ballotpedia.org, which is also run by Leslie Graves :
https://ballotpedia.org/Lucy_Burns_Institute
What would be the proper protocol to handle this kind of situation?
Thanks for your help. TheFinalTrophyWife ( talk) 00:18, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
After I posted my first article, /info/en/?search=Shawn_Huang_Wei_Zhong, I received a notification that it will be nominated for deletion.
Notification: This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedia's deletion policy. Please share your thoughts on the matter at this article's entry on the Articles for deletion page. Feel free to improve the article, but the article must not be blanked, and this notice must not be removed, until the discussion is closed. For more information, particularly on merging or moving the article during the discussion, read the guide to deletion.
As I'm new to wiki, I need some guidance on what I need to do to avoid this article being deleted.
Any advice will be much appreciated. Thang324 ( talk) 08:45, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
Would linking this article to a national newspaper's citation of the subject help in resolving the conflict of interest?
Thanks. Thang324 ( talk) 11:09, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
/info/en/?search=Surinam_cockroach
edu-net.nl/Flora%20en%20fauna/Boeken/Cockroache;%20Ecology,%20behavior%20&%20history%20-%20W.J.%20Bell.pdf SebastianGałecki ( talk) 13:00, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
i am writing my article about the company neutrally Draft:VoodooSMS but it not accept on other side the article TextMagic accpet and publish so i confuse what we do with our article to accept.please help Syed zaid ul haq ( talk) 11:29, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
how can i access AUTOPATROLLED rights? Baran Ahmet ( talk) 16:17, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
So i have to create 25 articles for access those rights? Baran Ahmet ( talk) 16:43, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello. I am Wikipedia's stupidest and most horrible ex-user. I joined Wikipedia last week but have HURT and UPSET other users, particularly Christian American users who have sent me messages that have made me realise what an evil, stupid, bisexual bitch I have been.
I have already apologised to one user who is very angry with me for upsetting them, I apologise to all users for:
- adding the birthdates of obscure past and present Partick Thistle footballers (many of the birthdates I added have been deleted by other users) to list articles
- adding content about British television, dead British comedians who weren't famous in America and the British music charts
I am leaving Wikipedia and want to delete my account. I will never even LOOK at Wikipedia again after my account is deleted. Before I go, I would like to give other users a word of advice. My advice is: DO NOT POST ANYTHING ABOUT the British music charts, Morecambe & Wise, Les Dawson, Dustin Gee, dormant British television companies, The Wonder Stuff or Partick Thistle and its players (past or present). I have found that posting ANYTHING about these people or things offends Wikipedia's American users and constitutes trolling. I would also like to apologise to all Wikipedia users for ALL THE PEOPLE WHOSE BIRTH / DEATH DATES I ADDED TO YEAR LIST ARTICLES HAVING BEEN BORN. Boatfrog74 ( talk) 17:00, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
One option is to put Retired on your User page. Open that page for editing, create double curly brackets {{ }} with the word Retired inside. Publish this change. This will create a black rectangle across your User page with the word Retired inside. David notMD ( talk) 17:52, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
How do we create a page for a new film or a person? Mir Sarwar ( talk) 12:28, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
As the encyclopedia anyone can edit, I would hope it is also one that anyone* could read too...
I see math, physics and other articles in highly technical and specialized areas written in abstruse language an ordinary person without specialized knowledge or expertise in the field would have little hope of understanding. I have long considered this a problem and heard others express it too, but I am not familiar with efforts to address it. Are there past discussions about this?
I did just find the essay WP:READABLE recently written by CFCF.
See also article on readability.
-- David Tornheim ( talk) 21:01, 19 June 2020 (UTC) -- David Tornheim ( talk) 21:01, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
Some topics are intrinsically technical, but editors should try to make them understandable to as many readers as possible. Minimize jargon, or at least explain it or tag it using {{ Technical}} or {{ Technical-statement}} for other editors to fix. For unavoidably technical articles, a separate introductory article (like Introduction to general relativity) may be the best solution. ... Do not introduce new and specialized words simply to teach them to the reader when more common alternatives will do. ... For example, consider adding a brief background section with {{ main}} tags pointing to the full treatment article(s) of the prerequisite notions; ...
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02:57, 20 June 2020 (UTC)I just had the experience of having an article of mine trashed. I wrote a way for students to estimate logs using addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and powers. The excuse for trashing what I wrote to simplify things for students was it was not referenced.
2 plus 2 equals 4. What reference should I use. 2^3 power is 8. What reference should I use? When teachers or lay people go in and explain things on a more simplified level, the material is trashed as original ie not explicitly stated in some published text.
I even included a note at the bottom of the section that the section in question was a work in progress and I needed others to help.
Students are introduced to logs in high school but are often NOT told how to calculate a log using only precalculus techniques and with precalculus based justifications as to how to get a the value of a log which results in a fractional value. If this method was published in a recent textbook, I would simply have referenced that. As it is not, I put it there as a work in progress.
My chief complaint is that if wikipedia editors are doing that to me...then they are doing that to others who could explain technical material in a simple way. Realize that a drawing that would markedly simplify an article could be trashed as not previously published.
Many folks carry information on HOW to do something in their minds but dont have a published book on the topic. Wikipedia needs to have a designation for such explanations.
I am DISGUSTED with how Wikipedia handled this.
If volunteers TRY to add a simplified explanation or method and mark the article a work in progress, trashing the article is not helpful. Of note if I wrote the same thing in an e booklet and had it published, wikipedia would then accept the same material no matter HOW many copies were sold.
I would have hoped that before trashing what I submitted, the person destroying that would have DONE the math and though through what I was saying. Unless elementary mathematics of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and powers is WRONG....then the argument was correct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by KatherineDRogers ( talk • contribs) 20:38, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
How do you center the captions of images? /info/en/?search=Cesare_Dandini Here in the gallery, all the captions are centered except for the last two. Helpfulwikieditoryay ( talk) 18:28, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Helpfulwikieditoryay ( talk • contribs) 21:14, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
I would like to learn more about the organization and how it works. I am a moderate conservative that is totally fed up with the state of this county. I refer to myself as "The Silent Majority" and I'd like to join an orgnaization tht strives to bring peace back to this country. As a Vietnam Veteran and someone who supports President Donald Tump I'm 100% fedup with the censorship we are seeing. You can't even Fast Check items to get the real truth. i.e. Number of Black assaults on Whites.
73.52.90.253 ( talk) 21:25, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello Teahouse Hosts,
Looking at /info/en/?search=The_Coven_(art_collective) because it is on the June 2020 list of articles that need improvement, and from what I can find via web search, neither this group nor its individual members have been cited in reliable third-party sources, and it appears that the art collective is no longer functioning, as some of the members have no listing on the La Centrale website. I was hoping to improve the article, but now think that it is perhaps not a useful entry and perhaps should be removed or at least merged with the La Centrale wiki page /info/en/?search=La_Centrale. That said, I'm a new editor and this would be my first suggested removal. I would welcome your advice and guidance on how best to proceed.
Thanks! Nunezjohns ( talk) 18:42, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
Thanks @ThatMontrealIP. I appreciate your help! Nunezjohns ( talk) 22:55, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
Admin billinghurst expressed concern that I may have a conflict of interest related to edits that I made on both the Sears Modern Homes wikipedia page, and the Kit House wikipedia page. I can fully understand why there would be a concern on first glance, because, as my user name shows, my personal area of interest is Sears houses. Admin billinghurst expressed concern that my website about Sears houses "appeared to be commercial in nature", and he therefore felt that I must have a conflict of interest in any edits that I make on Wikipedia pages related to Sears houses or kit houses, in general. However, my website, and the others that I linked to, are in no way commercial or related to any kind of sales or services or financial connection of any kind. None whatsoever. I write factual, research-based information about Sears houses (and other kit houses, in the U.S.), and how to identify them, and authenticate them, and I do this only because I have a personal, non-professional interest in this topic, because my mother grew up in a Sears house. I have a personal hobby of looking for Sears houses, and other kit houses, around the U.S., and share my interest with a select few other researchers who also have zero profit-related connections to this topic. Through our research in historical databases (such as historic newspapers, old lumberman journals, and mortgage and deed records in counties around the U.S.), and our reading of Sears Modern Homes catalogs, we have developed an admirably strong, and accurate, knowledge base. I frequently find hugely inaccurate information in newspaper articles and historical society newsletters, and seek simply to have a venue to help publish fact-based, supported, accurate, unbiased information, for historic purposes. That is why I began documenting the Sears houses that I find, on a website, and have further developed that website to offer resources for other researchers and interested parties. It is a unique resource, because it offers images of still-existing real-life Sears houses, and historic information on the background of many of the houses, as well as tips for others interested in correctly identifying these historic homes. For this reason, I was hoping to offer it ( Sears House Seeker), and another extremely reputable website, Kit House Hunters, as additional resources on the Wikpedia pages related to Sears Modern Homes and Kit Houses. Admin billinghurst referred me to the helpful Wikipedia tutorial page on adding External links, and, after reading through all of information on that page, I feel certain that I am not going against any of the policies, either in spirit or in practice. May I add, for your consideration, that the websites that I added as external links, fall under the category of: Sites that contain neutral and accurate material that is relevant to an encyclopedic understanding of the subject and cannot be integrated into the Wikipedia article due to ... amount of detail. The websites that I added offer carefully researched material for the purpose of helping others recognize and appreciate kit houses around the U.S. They offer many pages of images of real-world Sears (or other company) kit houses, and images of elements that help identify these historic homes, and each has its own unique educational and informative focus. Further, I would add that the external links to SearsHomes.org and Sears-Homes.com (Sears Homes of Chicagoland) that have been allowed as part of the external links on these two Wikipedia pages for years, are for websites of the same nature, in general, as the websites that I linked to -- though the websites that I linked to bring additional information to readers, because they offer more robust exploration and educational information about the process behind looking for and documenting kit houses, as well as additional historic and data-driven information. I respectfully request that my external links be reviewed, so that you can see that they are factual, informative, educational, and not profit related in any way, and I further respectfully request that my edits be allowed to stand. Searshouse ( talk) 02:55, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
More to the point, as Billinghurst was the editor who reverted your edits at both articles, go to User talk:Billinghurst and start a discussion there. I recommend following RudolfRed's advice - brevity, brevity, brevity. David notMD ( talk) 14:02, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
@ Searshouse: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. The situation where an editor is also the publisher of a source that is used in an article is strenuously avoided here on Wikipedia, for obvious reasons. The neutrality of the wiki is a paramount concern, and while you might think that your site on Sears houses is the best most accurate thing out there, but you are not in a position to say that neutrally as you have an obvious conflict of interest. If you need to discuss Billinghurst's revert of that material, the article talk page is probably the best place, or on his talk page if you have already started the discussion there. Thanks. ThatMontrealIP ( talk) 01:45, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Quick follow up from before: Just a quick follow up question for anybody: if I find information without a reliable source but it turns out to be true, am I now in charge of adding the source? Or should I contact the editor who added the information. Please let me know for the future, thank you. Lima Bean Farmer ( talk) 06:47, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
Thank you DES! That’s very helpful. Lima Bean Farmer ( talk) 03:00, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello, Teahouse, I was just wondering whether, when editing a draft article, I could reuse the same link.-Thanks! Midshipman Percy ( talk) 08:53, 25 June 2020 (UTC) Midshipman Percy ( talk) 08:53, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
I was using external links from other pages not from wiki.-Thanks for answering! Midshipman Percy ( talk) 09:08, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
PubMed? Must have been a mistake, thanks for telling me! Midshipman Percy ( talk) 08:29, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
I am new here and was attempting to edit an article for which I had made an image. The image is .png, and is 1Mb in size.
Upon deleting another image which mine was to replace, I got an error message which stated that there was something wrong, and I could follow several links to find out more. I followed a link but failed to find out what went wrong.
I then tried again, planning to follow another link to see if this would be more helpful. Instead, I was blocked as potentially malicious.
I am not malicious! I worked for a week to make a really educational image explaining the working of Stellar Parallax measurement in a quite improved way compared to what was visible on the page before.
Can anyone help me navigate to a solution?
Much obliged,
Peter PdeQuant ( talk) 08:59, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Thank you that worked! /info/en/?search=Stellar_parallax
Hello TeaHouse, how long will i have to wait before I can edit semi-protected articles, I started on the 22nd of June 2020.-Thanks! Midshipman Percy ( talk) 08:55, 26 June 2020 (UTC) Midshipman Percy ( talk) 08:55, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Thanks a lot! I just wanted to add a couple of things to the Plague.-Thanks Midshipman Percy ( talk) 10:02, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
How to find a valid source? If I want to write a biography of a person or to write about an organization. Apart from it, how many things I have to disclose on talk page? Bloggerkratika ( talk) 09:34, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
I got your point, but my motive is to inform readers about honey Katiyal and his great contribution for the real estate industry.
How can you separate Zinc Sulfide into its original elements using basic means? UB Blacephalon ( talk) 15:54, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
Please someone should help me in approving my draft for review Draft:2020 Kansallinen Liiga, I submitted it 9 days ago but I need it to be reviewed and approved for easier updates. My last article for review didn't take up to 5 days before it was reviewed and approved. I'll be grateful if the administrators can make it quick, it's difficult for me to search for the draft then update it since the article is an ongoing event. Josedimaria ( talk)11:40,26 June 2020 (UTC).
Josedimaria237 ( talk) 11:58, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
how do I start writing an article about the organization? Bloggerkratika ( talk) 11:14, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Thanks -ColinFine
I have added many sources for the subject of this article. I think that would be enough. Will be added if more sources are required. Along with this, the subject of the article will also be extended. Review article. Thank you Arun singh Yaduvanshi ( talk) 09:58, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
I noticed that alamy is selling a photo I donated to wikipedia and making it look as if I am selling this photo, but I am not selling it and I don't want to sell it. What is the relationship between wikipedia and alamy? I never used alamy before and I don't even have an account with them. They are scammers selling free photos? It says I am selling the photo for $19.00 for full digital rights. This is a complete lie. I refuse to sell my photo for any reason and I am embarrassed by this commercialism. Do all wikipedia photos become property of alamy? They will certainly be hearing from me about this, but I need to know where I stand before I confront them about this. Maybe someone else is selling the photo who also stole it? How can I remove this embarrassment? Ty78ejui ( talk) 00:24, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Yes here is the link https://www.alamy.com/carmelo-zito-image153128780.html This is a picture of my father and I give it freely. He was a Socialist and would not approve of this. If anyone was selling it, it should be me. Ty78ejui ( talk) 00:38, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Yes, I created the article and upload that and some other items. That was me. I am not sure I can get into that account anymore, due to the password situation. I am was not able to do a reset because I had not connected an email to that account. Ty78ejui ( talk) 01:18, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
I have already contacted alamy by phone and email. They don't answer the phone and they have a voice mail in place. I will be following up with them. I don't know if they are going to ignore me because they do this all the time. They must have so many angry people wanting photos removed that they probably just ignore all messages. Ty78ejui ( talk) 01:22, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Dedicating works to the public domain is difficult if not impossible for those wanting to contribute their works for public use before applicable copyright or database protection terms expire. Few if any jurisdictions have a process for doing so easily and reliably. ... many legal systems effectively prohibit any attempt by these owners to surrender rights automatically conferred by law, particularly moral rights, even when the author wishing to do so is well informed and resolute about doing so and contributing their work to the public domain.In short, under US law, my understanding is that an author cannot effectively release a work into the public domain -- the most that can be done is to grant a free license without conditions to anyone, and even this may be canceled in the termination period. See also copyright office circular 15a: Duration of Copyright. DES (talk) DESiegel Contribs 06:10, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Actually I got some of that wrong. The article was created by a friend of mine who is big on Wikipedia because he felt it was a good thing to do, but I was the one who asked him to help with it. I don't mean to have said I was him, but I was the one who wanted the article created. Maybe some other person would have later done so, most likely, but this was in the earlier days of Wikipedia. There is more information about him at the UC Berkeley Library that has not yet been digitized transferred. I am hoping someone would be interested enough to research my father and add to his Wikipedia as almost all of it is in Italian and I don't read or speak Italian. Ty78ejui ( talk) 12:12, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
41.113.110.21 ( talk) 14:34, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
How can I introduce an African indigenous language in Wikipedia? Mmaua ( talk) 10:57, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
How do I start creating a new article and losting it on Wikipedia? McOREAL ( talk) 15:57, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Createinspire ( talk) 16:14, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Createinspire ( talk) 16:45, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello! I am new here and am grateful that Teahouse is a resource within Wikipedia as it looks as if this is the place I can ask the "stupid questions" I'd been so fearful to ask! I am creating a wikipedia page for a colleague (a university professor and researcher) and I am confused in terms of the conflict of interest. I have somewhat read about the conflict of interest but I am still unsure of how to go about disclosing the COI. I've created the page in my sandbox, but have not yet published as a draft. Is there any guidance you can give on COI; how I should disclose, if I can even create this page or if I should have someone else submit the draft for review? Any guidance you can provide is greatly appreciated. I admit I have read through many, many pages looking for guidance and have fallen defeated and overwhelmed with all of the information provided (no complaints there). I understand from some of the posts I've read that Teahouse cannot provide specific answers, but I will take whatever you all can provide. Thank you so much, in advance. Jessica Washington ( talk) 17:04, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
When readers search for "alphabetic code" they are brought to Federal_Reserve_Bank#Banks, applicable to only a narrow range of readers. I would like them to go to phonics#The alphabetic principle (also: The alphabetic code), a world-wide topic. I would then add a hatnote about Federal_Reserve_Bank#Banks.
I have looked at Help:Disambiguation but still don't know what to do.
Can you help? John ( talk) 14:25, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Disambiguation is required whenever, for a given word or phrase on which a reader might search, there is more than one existing Wikipedia article to which that word or phrase might be expected to lead. In this situation there must be a way for the reader to navigate quickly from the page that first appears to any of the other possible desired articles.
Thanks to all. Alphabetic code is used by teachers and gets many more results in a Google search. Alphabet principle is used by linguists. I will consider writing an article about alphabetic code for all the teachers out there. John ( talk) 16:58, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
problem with a submission
Dear all, I am italian and new on english wikipedia. I tried to post just a translation about a italian page ( https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trieste_Contemporanea) I need to understand how to publish it also in english.
Thank you in advance
maluto2020
Maluto2020 (
talk) 15:54, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for your anser but I don't understand what is the meeining or lacks of reliable source. I add Cei (The Central European Initiative (CEI) was founded in Budapest on 11 November 1989. It is a regional intergovernmental forum committed to supporting European integration and sustainable development through cooperation between and among its Member States and with the European Union, international and regional organizations as well as with other public or private institutions and non-governmental organisations. While acting as a platform for political dialogue, the CEI has developed a strong operational, result-oriented approach to regional cooperation. It combines multilateral diplomacy and fund, programme and project management as both donor and recipient. The everyday CEI activities are handled by the CEI-Executive Secretariat in Trieste, including the development and implementation of projects.) and also an important link to Gillo Dorfles (Born in Trieste to a Gorizian father of Jewish descent[2] and a Genoese mother, Dorfles graduated in medicine, specializing in psychiatry. He was a professor in aesthetics at the University of Trieste, Milan and Cagliari and, in 1948, established the MAC (Movimento per l'arte concreta) with artists Atanasio Soldati, Galliano Mazzon, Gianni Monnet, and Bruno Munari. His paintings were displayed in two personal exhibitions held in Milan in 1949 and 1950 and also in numerous collective MAC exhibitions in the 1950s. In 1956 Dorfles co-founded the ADI (Associazione per il disegno industriale) an important figure of Trieste. maluto2020 Maluto2020 Thank you for your suggestion.
Hi,
I submitted a draft article and it was accepted in mainspace but not marked as reviewed (article Scantrust). However another article that I had submitted as a draft was simultaneously accepted and marked as reviewed by the same reviewer.
It seems that I was under the wrong impression that if I submit an article through the drafting and reviewing process and it gets accepted, then this implicitly means that the article was also reviewed. So I am trying to understand if this is usual, and if accepting an article and reviewing an article 2 separate actions? Many thanks, Factfox ( talk) 16:30, 26 June 2020 (UTC) Factfox ( talk) 16:30, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Can you add a picture of the famous Charles Eames chair to the Charles Eames page? 174.21.44.151 ( talk) 15:11, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi Nyook that was my kid he was just on my pc and edited the page. 82.26.45.170 ( talk) 19:39, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
I am not very good when it comes to computers. I had a great side bar, if that is what you call it, that shows in basket, trash, sent, all mail, etc. I keep everything there under their names. I don't know how I did it but I was in all mail and somehow deleted absolutely everything that was stored there including my medical charts, home and auto insurance information, etc. My life basically. I must have hit delete somehow and now everything is gone, no conversations left, just the title of the files. I am in a real mess. Does anyone know how to retrieve this information and put it back where it belongs? Please, anyone, help me. Alice 2600:8800:7B00:FF3:9D67:A143:9922:C7AD ( talk) 00:55, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
First check the recycle bin. - than, if that doesn't work, go onto youtube (if you still have it) and type in your problem to get helpful videos. That's all I know. PMurthy1011 ( talk) 01:10, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
the revelance of turtles w/ 13 scutes, marsupials w/ 13 tits and the Mayan calender beginning w/ 13 Bakus Bigcocomo ( talk) 02:14, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
Createinspire ( talk) 04:24, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
Yes, certainly. You might find, depending on where you are at school, that editing from your school may not be allowed, but we have no age limits that I am aware of. HiLo48 ( talk) 04:31, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi guys, May I please know how I can nominate an article for deletion? PMurthy1011 ( talk) 01:08, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
Also, how may I create a new sandbox for an article?-because my original one already has one. PMurthy1011 ( talk) 01:57, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
Thanks man! PNSMurthy ( talk) 04:53, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
INSTALKER ( talk) 06:20, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
Dear @INSTALKER, you just have to add 4(four) tilde sign [ANUPAM DUTTA 06:32, 27 June 2020 (UTC)] at the very end after a blank space and voila you are done... Cheers ANUPAM DUTTA 06:32, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
~~~~
at last of your message here, and it creates a signature like mine at last of my reply. If you are talking about signature template in a biography article, then see
Template:Bio . —
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(Speak🗣️ or Write✍️) 07:16, 27 June 2020 (UTC)If you check the article 2019–20 Nigeria Professional Football League for instance, you'll find out that at the topscorers list, only two of the players there are actually articles on Wikipedia, whereas all of the players there are written in blue but when you click on them, you'll find out they are all blank articles, this is the third time I'll be seeing something like this on Wikipedia recently.
The other players which aren't articles on Wikipedia are supposed to be in red but they're written in blue, why?
Even my user page is in blue, while there's no user page on Wikipedia with the name Josedimaria237,it used to be in red. Josedimaria237 ( talk) 08:28, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello! I want to get a feedback on the article and some suggestions to improve it. If you think that no improvements are required then please help me by Approving the article. It has all references and is properly linked to other Wiki pages. SinghPurnima72 ( talk) 13:22, 27 June 2020 (UTC) SinghPurnima72 ( talk) 13:22, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
Are there any specific policies regarding disambiguation page links in see also sections? I couldn’t find any at WP:MOS. Firestarforever ( talk) 12:30, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi There. I had been contributing for several years as franburke2 before recently setting up a User page /info/en/?search=User:Franburke2 but none of my prior edits are recorded - can they be added or have they disappeared (they used to be visible)? Thanks. Franburke2 ( talk) 16:10, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
Thank you all - @ Deor:, @ TheAwesomeHwyh:, @ Traveling Man:. They're clear as day now! Franburke2 ( talk) 16:37, 4 July 2020 (UTC)
Who is the founder of Agege [founder of Agege Kingdom] Atlando ( talk) 19:10, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi there,
I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this question. I've been editing wikipedia for years, mostly small edits and copy edits, but I've never been involved in a dispute. I'm aware of the 3 revert rule and the general guideline to try to resolve disputes using talk pages rather than edit warring.
I guess I'm looking for some general advice on how to approach another editor who has made a large number of very poorly written and badly sourced contributions to otherwise high quality articles. Some of the additions were factually correct, new info, from good sources, but out of place or lacked context. Others were explicitly incorrect or came from random websites that could not be construed as reliable. I tried reverting and explaining my rational on the talk page, but the other editor just reverted everything back. I know many high quality articles have one or a few editors who actively patrol them. I'm not sure if I should wait for one of them to step in here, or what the next step is. Any tips?
P.S. As an example, one source cited was www.ecigarette-politics.com, which notes on its about page "I am not sympathetic to any restrictions on EV-related products of any type, except quality controls as existing for example in normal EU consumer product regulations; nor to EV businesses or groups who support any such restrictions. E-Cigarette regulations cost lives." This is very clearly an advocacy organization with an obvious slant, and as such I don't think it could ever be considered a reliable source of info (except about itself).
Wallnot (
talk) 15:55, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
WP:merds says something related to medicine shouldn't be included. I don't know what. Can someone show with exampe how merd.applies? Machinexa ( talk) 18:43, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
GOT IT ARCHIVE THIS David notMD DESiegel Contribs 20:15, 27 June 2020 (UTC) GoingBatty
Hi,im a furry,im just curious if furries are allowed to edit Wikipedia... •-• i know this is a stupid queston...*inches away* Outcastcat ( talk) 18:33, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
Please the Wikipedia administrators should find something to do about this issue of links in blue that are supposed to be in red. It's affecting editing, if not for others but for me.
Thanks Josedimaria237 ( talk) 21:23, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
Loco j Mazaray ( talk) 02:21, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi fellow Wikipedians,
For creating a table, is there any alternative to html format, like copy & paste ?? Thanks in advance. ANUPAM DUTTA 05:19, 27 June 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anupamdutta73 ( talk • contribs) 05:19, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
Serial | Name | Age | Residence | Notes |
Serial 1 | Name 1 | Age 1 | Residence 1 | Notes 1 |
Is there a way to see who made a certain edit to a page? I know I can scroll through the edit history, but there are 1000s of edits. Just wondering if there’s a way to see who added it quickly without doing a lot of scrolling. Thanks! Lima Bean Farmer ( talk) 02:15, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
Thank you so much RudolfRed! Just a quick follow up: the article tells me to go to View History, but I can’t seem to find view history. If you (or someone) could point me in the right direction, that would be great. Once again, thank you. Lima Bean Farmer ( talk) 02:45, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
Wonderful! Thank you for your help Ganbaruby Say hi!. I’m so glad that Wikipedia has a place where users can get help quickly to improve their editing skills. Lima Bean Farmer ( talk) 04:03, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I want to add to List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States; the list is organized into monthly lists, i.e. List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, May 2020 how would I go about adding a month to the dynamic list? Like a page for January or a page for July? Do I just create a page with that name format and the dynamic list will automatically know it's there? Eric.c.zhang ( talk) 14:18, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
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AlanM1 (
talk)]— 01:06, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
How can I add or change the photo thumbnail of an article that appears next to its short description in places such as search results in the mobile app? Idell ( talk) 16:27, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
page_image
in
[12] and page_image_free
in
[13]. Some features which use the page image may only allow free images but I don't know the details.
File:Jinnah movie poster.jpg is non-free so it has a different license which limits allowed use.
PrimeHunter (
talk) 07:47, 28 June 2020 (UTC)If somebody uses IAR as an excuse for vandalism, do administrators also use that as an excuse for the block? 83.9.194.6 ( talk) 08:36, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
If I know the owner of the website that wants the wiki entry, and a member of the NewsTalkers website, am I allowed to create the wiki entry for them? TiBUchon ( talk) 04:11, 28 June 2020 (UTC) TiBUchon ( talk) 04:11, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
I am not being paid to create the Wiki page. I am doing it as a friend. But, I was not sure if it would be a conflict if I was a friend of the owner of the forum as well as a member. I just needed to know if that would disqualify me up front or not. If not, then I will proceed with reading the Conflict of Interest and other suggested materials here on Wiki. I have been out for the past few weeks a sprained wrist. so I am playing catch up now. But, I will read the referenced material going forward. Thank you for your assistance. (smile) TiBUchon ( talk) 05:06, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
I created a page for Draft:Julian Macaraeg, as one existed in the Hungarian language edition ( https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Macaraeg). However, it was denied on the basis of the subject not being notable enough. This is further confusing, as there are repeated references to the subject in other articles on Wikipedia, including Philippines at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, Short track speed skating at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, and Mixed-NOCs at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.
A simple Google search also returns hundreds of relevant articles and pictures, along with dozens of videos. 67.186.252.184 ( talk) 01:59, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
commons:File:Kubrador.jpg conflicts with File:Kubrador.jpg.
It is just my luck to find such ridiculous edge cases!! Ugh.
Psiĥedelisto (
talk •
contribs) please always
ping! 12:47, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi,
I am currently gathering my sources for an article I hope to write for Wikipedia, I have several other sources, however I have noticed that two writers who write for the same publication (the publication is already seen as a reliable source by Wikipedia- other articles use the publication as a source) have published articles on the subject of the article, does Wikipedia see this as ok? I just don't want my article to be shut down due to this one thing. BekoGloben ( talk) 12:24, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
I was an executive and co-architect of a company that I would like to write about. There are many online articles and quotes I can use as reference material to support the article but much of it is personal knowledge. Is this a feasible idea and if so what are the ruled about what I can and cannot say? thank you 2600:1003:B103:1AD3:B1E0:6AD3:E3B8:609 ( talk) 14:57, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
TopForm5090 ( talk) 15:56, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
Leroy Lil Boosie ( talk) 16:34, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I have tried to correct some content about a brand. A criticism has been added about a brand by one person and it is saying this is the thought process of the industry without any links to support this (as there are none) I corrected the information with accurate information and have been told it was not allowed... any help is welcome. How do I dispute?
Thank you in advance OPMUK ( talk) 16:29, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
the Dishiishe is been in Wikipedia for 1 year, it has been recenrly redirected to Darod page, the Dishiishe deserves its stay in wikipedia, users used to redirect it to Darod which is wrong as the page represents considerable somali tribe.
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Hello is there a tool where I could feed the url of an article and have it spit out a citation in the Wikipedia format? I'm updating a list using a lot of local news articles and it would save me a lot of time not having to manually format the citations. Thanks. Eric.c.zhang ( talk) 18:23, 28 June 2020 (UTC) Eric.c.zhang ( talk) 18:23, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
I use reFill for this purpose. https://tools.wmflabs.org/refill/ Kaisertalk ( talk) 18:56, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi Nick and Nieuwsgierige,
Thank you for your messages.
I can assure you that the deletion of some of the references was purely accidental (references 1-13 appeared on the edited version I printed following the initial acceptance of my edits. References 14-23 - which were accidentally deleted - have no bearing on the point I made in my edited version). And for the record, I did read the instructions prior to editing. Of course, I accept that I have obviously made a mistake in the course of my submission but I do feel that the tone of your responses leaves something to be desired. As a former Associate Lecturer at two London Universities, I regularly publish articles in journals and am familiar with the Vancouver System of references. Again, for the record, I didn't include any references in my edits, nor as I said, did I intentionally delete any. Indeed, I was careful to preserve all the original text and references which suggest that the beverage has its origins in Australia and New Zealand (which is clearly erroneous). Obviously, I'd like to try re-editing the entry as I think the correction will be of interest to some of your readers.
Best wishes TopForm5090 ( talk) 16:51, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
Greetings,
I am trying to build out an article for Stephen Quinn, award winning CBC broadcaster. Preliminary version of the page can be seen here - /info/en/?search=Stephen_Quinn_(Broadcaster)
Running into a couple of challenges:
1. Disambiguation. There is a page for the Irish football (soccer) player, with the same name. /info/en/?search=Stephen_Quinn . Ideally, I would want to create a disambiguation page, and branch Stephen Quinn broadcaster from there. Thoughts on how I can do that?
2. Searches. I have added the right categories, backlinks etc. But, I am surprised that this page is not being picked up by any Search engines. I know there are a lot of other factors that would come into play here, but, I am wondering if I am doing something wrong with page meta data etc.
Thanks in advance. Kaisertalk ( talk) 18:53, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
{{
subst:other uses|Stephen Quinn (disambiguation)}}
at the top of .
Stephen Quinn (Broadcaster). See
disambiguation pages (help){{
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hatnote on both articles. But absolutely key is finding better sources to prove
Notability.
Nick Moyes (
talk) 19:54, 28 June 2020 (UTC)