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I am an editor part of WP:FCHAR, as I am very interested in movies, books and fictional characters. I spotted that Rick O'Connell redirects to Mummy Franchise characters. But, he is the lead protagonist in all 3 movies of the series. So shouldn't there be an additional article. I myself have created such articles like Dr Smolder Bravestone, which was reviewed and accepted. But the Jack Dawson article was deleted. Also, Imhotep (The Mummy) is an article on the lead antagonist of the series. While Imhotep is in 3 movies and 1 Tv show, Rick is in 3 movies. As I have presented my view, please comment as you are all experienced editors. I have also put the question in Wikiproject:Fictional Characters Thank you. -- Atlantis77177 ( talk) 06:02, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
I am creating a page and i want to give titles like every page has for example- early life, career etc but i am unknown to the fact how to create those headings. Ibaadat ( talk) 09:19, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
==Early life==
.
Enjoyer of World(
bother me...) 11:38, 2 December 2020 (UTC)People who use pronouns such as ‘he/they’, she/they’, or are pronoun flexible only have the binary pronouns used on their page when these pronouns are supposed to be used simultaneously. Are we allowed to edit them as long as they are their preferred pronouns? Sock06 ( talk) 08:33, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Why was my article declined? CreepyManMaker ( talk) 12:44, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Creating References I have revised the draft of my article as advised. Now: please can someone help me create the link of each of the eight references in the text of that revised article to the references list at the end of that article? Merchav1 ( talk) 13:35, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
{{
rp}}
template immediately after the inline citation to show which page in the book or journal that cited statement refers to. (More details on that in
this section. I would expect at the very least that each paragraph about a person would have at least one reference at the end of every paragraph, or multiple citations within it to support multiple assertions of fact. I hope this helps. If after carefully reading through the guidance pages, and giving it a try, you find you're still stuck, just pop back here and identify one precise statement and one source document that you would like to use as a citation, and someone here will possibly add it for you by way of a demonstration, and then leave you to do the rest. You might find it worth looking at the 'edit source' code of a similar article to see how inline citations appear within them.
Nick Moyes (
talk) 14:04, 2 December 2020 (UTC)I am a new user who created two articles. Please review them and give me feedback.
First article for review and move to main space: /info/en/?search=Draft:Kabul_Model_United_Nations Second article for review and move to main space: /info/en/?search=Draft:Yahya_Qanie Popalzai.diana ( talk) 13:55, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Joe Kennedy III is nominated as a good article, yet it has a tag regarding TMPS. Does that give the article an eligibility to have GA revoked? a gd fan ( talk) 15:05, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I don't see Bo-Ying Lee linking to wikidata (Q102826015) on the left side of the Wikipedia page. Thanks, SWP13 ( talk) 23:37, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
Reply>> ColinFine, How did you purge the page? Awsome, it shows a wikidata link now. Thanks. SWP13 ( talk) 23:54, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
What is a "user sandbox"? I was reading The Signpost just now and in the section about paid editors it mentioned it. It also shows on my user page and when I click the thing in the top right corner of my screen when I put it into advanced mode. Ex-Borg Seven of Nine ( talk) 23:23, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
Apparently my sandbox is not created yet? And I'm having the same problem I had with my user page. Ex-Borg Seven of Nine ( talk) 23:51, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
That's the thing. I hit publish, and then it just loads and loads and loads and it doesn't publish. Never mind, is there a sandbox that's been created? Ex-Borg Seven of Nine ( talk) 01:31, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Adding .pdf to reference
I'm trying to edit a reference by adding text and two .pdf's. The .pdf's are copies of Court documents so I don't own the copyright. How do I add these references without violating some rule? Ralphwrites ( talk) 16:05, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
I'm in my sandbox, trying to make an Infobox. But when I go to publish it, it has a weird message in the preview. Something about an unknown parameter. How do I fix this? Ex-Borg Seven of Nine ( talk) 12:26, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Thanks, @ Le Panini: and @ Bonadea:. (normally I use the thank button but it will take forever to sort through those revisions 😺) Ex-Borg Seven of Nine ( talk) 17:32, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Disclosing COI RE: Peter Petros Wiki
I have not been able to get a Wiki article through as I have been dinged for COI and copyright issues on my images.
I am wondering how I may amend this and disclose my COI? I have tried following the instructions but I cannot understand them. My relationship to Petros is that I have interviewed him in the past for work. Although in this instance I was not asked to create an article by him or anyone else, nor have I been paid to do so.
I am was extremely impressed by his CV and my interview with him in the past. I believe this man needs more exposure as a researcher in womens health and prolific academic journal article creator as currently there is little to no information on his academic and research achievements -- only newspaper articles over a past controversy that was all over the Australian news at the time making any research on Petros impossible.
The images which were used were taken from his academic articles that are open to the public and I was also given further consent and images to use when I reached out to him to tell him that I wanted to create a Wiki on him.
Please help! I am very new to this all and am eager to create more articles but I need to understand where I am going wrong and how I may disclose my COI regarding this wiki so that it may be published. GW.Pub ( talk) 00:04, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
I have added a template for the works of Brothers Grimm on the article /info/en/?search=Hansel_and_Gretel_(2021_film). However, like other templates, it isn't hidden by default. I can't seem to find a solution to this issue. I want it to be hidden by default as all other templates. Anybody out there knowledgeable on this issue? EnshrineSnowVista ( talk) 16:18, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Thank you so much Fuhghettaboutit and Deor for the help. So it is the state=collapsed portion. EnshrineSnowVista ( talk) 16:40, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Editing References (Source)
I'm trying to edit a reference in an article. When I go to edit the reference, a message comes up saying the references were done on a template and need to be edited in Source. When I click on Edit Source a blank form comes up with only— Preceding unsigned comment added by Ralphwrites ( talk • contribs)
==References==
{{reflist}}
in it and gives me no way I can see to edit a single reference. It's almost like I need to recreate the entire reference list to change only one of them. The Article I'm trying to edit is "Staunton Military Academy" and the reference I'm trying to edit is #6. Ralphwrites ( talk) 17:39, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
==References==
or
{{
reflist}}<references />
In that case, the text of citations is actually in the body of the article, directly next to the first statements or paragraphs the citations support, using <ref>...</ref>
tags, which display as
Footnotes (e.g.[1][2]) when you are reading an article. The template code shown above in the references section collates and displays all of the citations within the article in a numbered list in which the numbers correspond to the footnote numbers in the text. By clicking on the ^ symbol next to a citation display, you can easily find exactly where in the body of the article the citation text appears in order to edit it. For more, please see
Help:Referencing for beginners.--
Fuhghettaboutit (
talk) 18:10, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
What is the best tool to find spelling and grammar mistakes in articles? Superace6 ( talk) 18:04, 2 December 2020 (UTC) Superace6 ( talk) 18:04, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
hey was "typo team (see that page)" met to link to something. Superace6 ( talk) 18:42, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
https://wp1.openzim.org/#/ is an external tool used for Wikipedia. I wanted to suggest that https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Wildfire/articles?quality=GA-Class&importance=Top-Class should have more entries, because it is missing pages like Valley Fire, Rim Fire, Jesusita Fire, etc. How do you edit such tool? a gd fan ( talk) 19:09, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
81.152.204.215 ( talk) 21:17, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
24.18.33.20 ( talk) 20:51, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
How do we post some new definitions regarding a newly forming world industry, there are quite a few new definitions and words forming here. We likely need someone to help us write and publish too. We're NEW to this. (Redacted) 184.67.11.34 ( talk) 21:11, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Thubgb ( talk) 21:25, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
[[Category:...]]lines at the bottom and remove any templates that cause the page to be put into categories, such as "stub" templates, because this can cause problems for other editors if your sandbox is "in" a category that is reserved for actual articles. davidwr/( talk)/( contribs) 21:37, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Maria Tizziano become mother (gave birth to her son) at 11 years old. It is this info eligible to be added in the page? -- 5.168.17.58 ( talk) 21:34, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I got a question and I'm kinda new to this stuff so; How do you respond to people on your talk page?
Thanks!
Mr. Amasballs
Mr. Amasballs (
talk) 16:28, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Thank you EnshrineSnowVista!
Please go to the Talk Page. Then click Edit Source button on top-right, scroll all the way down and find the last sentence. Then add a new line by clicking Enter. Then type. Then click Publish Changes. EnshrineSnowVista ( talk) 16:40, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
:
to the beginning of your comment to indent it. You can find more information at
WP:INDENT. —
Tenryuu 🐲 (
💬 •
📝 ) 16:49, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Well at lest look at my talk page I mean seriously.
Mr. Amasballs (
talk) 17:11, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
OhioLINK pages contain a permalink which goes to an info page that has current links to the actual content. See http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1180454140 . In this case, is it preferred to use the permalink or to use a link that takes one to the actual content? Is there a template I should be using? Fabrickator ( talk) 21:46, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello, i'm here to inform you that on the wikipedia page of Expansion of Major League Soccer i found that you had mistakenly put Kansas City in Kansas while it is in Missouri
/info/en/?search=File:Major_League_Soccer_club_locations_2020.png — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:FEA8:BE60:DA1:E844:2756:944B:9EC6 ( talk) 22:26, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Thubgb ( talk) 22:16, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Thubgb ( talk) 00:19, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
What is an information gap AngelitaDominguez ( talk) 05:09, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
Can I create a welcoming template to welcome users? Larryzhao| Talk| Contribs 17:49, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
Ok Larryzhao| Talk| Contribs 17:55, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
Trying to find the best group of people to refer new volunteers to.
Is anyone here blind or low vision? Anyone who can talk on the phone? DrMel ( talk) 19:56, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
Good day,
My Draft was deleted today by: Wildr, Jimfbleak, Nick Moyes, Maile66.
By calling the page and text Vandalism in matter of being noncorrect. By using words Hoax and "Blatan" Hoax.
My draft can not be edited by IP only anymore.
Any help? 89.205.138.183 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.205.138.183 ( talk) 23:39, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
We are living in a time where adults in this country are looking for 1st amendment protection, and young people are learning what it means to have freedom of speech. It is critical that forums such as yours not take a political position in reporting or opining. Unfortunately, we have seen Wikipedia take very liberal positions in delivery of information by being subtly critical of Conservative positions, or overtly kind to “progressive” and deliberately articles, “science”, etc.
People really need a place to go to find not just the behaviors of calico kittens, but also fair critique of renewable energy. Please refrain from politicizing details on your website. Be neutral, really really neutral. Don’t nuke the 1st amendment by censoring speech. Don’t do it. Half the country doesn’t want to see Wikipedia compromise conservatism to further your agenda. The other half needs to see that there is truly a place to go that doesn’t always agree with their political positions, in order to truly bring neutral information to seekers. Anyone can spin data. It takes a real encyclopedia to maintain neutrality in providing it’s users with no spin, no opinion, just genuine, unadulterated information. 2600:1702:F71:4430:3017:4BE3:9AEB:87BC ( talk) 20:18, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
Meanwhile, the number of people who have the ability to winnow out truth from fiction for themselves from source material has always been a minority. With that unequal baseline, to far too many the two "sides" just appear as equal, disputing authorities.
It doesn't help at all that even some of the most stalwart sources of real journalism have been co-opted to some extent – for example reporting on the existence of "alternative facts" alongside reality, even when discounting the lies, when they should not be giving any lip service. Similarly, real journalists fall into the trap of thinking being unbiased is to always give the lunatic fringe a seat at the table, even if it's a small one, e.g., even though approximately 100% of scientists agree we live in a heliocentric universe, every time that topic somehow comes up directly, the unbiased thing to do is plant a flat earth creationist at the table with the adults to give the other side.
So, I absolutely agree with your conclusion, person editing from ...87BC, but since the sides are so weighted in the other direction from your post, I cannot help but wonder if you're mistaking our reportage of facts, including the existence and stance of lies masquerading as fact as pushed by those with a political agenda, as being a left bias, or whether you genuinely have come across the left bias your post regards. If you have, post to the talk page of the article, but back up any issue or change you want with a survey of proper sources.-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 03:41, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
To quote our founder "The type of people who were drawn to writing an encyclopedia for fun tend to be pretty smart people." Educated people tend to lean left towards analytical thinking entrusting thier academic peers in different fields for information. Thus Wikipedia has an academic overtone in its writing that some see as bias by default.-- Moxy 🍁 04:04, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
Please visit Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard to view a discussion started by me on the reliability of Republic TV. Editor @ Bonadea: advised me that my actions during this discussion and many other processes were mistaken, and they were either unnecessary or small vandalisms. I accepted his suggestion to concentrate just on normal editing at present. Could any host or member of the Teahouse do the summarizing of the discussion started by me, and then add it to Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources, if they feel it necessary. Thank you.-- Atlantis77177 ( talk) 06:03, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
I created the page Vijilesh_Karayad. But i could not get any notification on acceptance of the page. After revision i dint even know. How it is possible. Rahul Soman Discussions - contribs 17:47, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
2A02:2F0E:419:6400:71C8:E4B5:564D:217F ( talk) 06:31, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
Special:Contributions/2601:601:9480:BE30:8882:7F4D:D92C:5E40|2601:601:9480:BE30:8882:7F4D:D92C:5E40]] ( talk) 07:05, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
Help in Improving Skillhouse Article
/info/en/?search=Draft:Skillhouse_Staffing_Solutions
Good day, I was wondering if anyone can help me improve my article, it has been declined for being read as an advertisement but every fact I have stated properly referenced to a secondary source. How can I make the article read less like an advertisement? Thank you very much for your time and consideration. Shallou Vignette ( talk) 03:58, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
{{
connected contributor (paid)}}
template at their userpage.
Nsk92 (
talk) 09:00, 1 December 2020 (UTC)How can I make the article read less like an advertisement?One key to this is that the article has to be based on what people with no connection to the company are saying about it. As an example, take the last paragraph in the draft, about the colour scheme of the offices and what the colour red and the company logo symbolise. That is promotional content presented in Wikipedia's voice, even though it is actually based entirely on what the CEO, Mark Smith, said in an interview – which, by the way, means that the source is not secondary. I can't see any secondary sources in the draft with the exception of one or two listings such as Bloomberg. The Temple University source which is supposed to support the claim that "Skillhouse is also partnered with Temple University in fostering IT education amongst its working staff and registered candidates" does not mention Skillhouse (and "fostering IT education" is another instance of promotional wording). I searched for "Skillhouse" on the university website in case the wrong URL had been added in the reference by mistake, but the only times the word appears are two editions of the university newsletter where Mark Smith is mentioned as a former MBA at the university. So in addition to the fact that it reads like advertising, it is also not adequately sourced to show notability. Have a look at this information to see what would be required. -- bonadea contributions talk 09:39, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
Ever since coming to Japan, Mark has been involved in IT staffing and outsourcing services in Japan, US and Singapore for more than 30 yearsis worded promotes Smith's achievements. Another sentence with issues is
The working staff of Skillhouse is made up of different nationalities to cater to both local and foreign clients and candidates, which isn't noteworthy (in the broad scheme of things) and is phrased to appease potential clients or hires. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 21:23, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi everyone! Thank you very much for your input, I will work on fixing the article especially the promotional language! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shallou Vignette ( talk • contribs) 07:29, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
With the recent advancement of the automated tools that will allow editors to colorize the photos in just a minute, I am thinking of an idea where to colorize the historic photos that are not in color and replace the original black and white photo in article with the colorized copy of the photo, but not sure if it's a good idea to do or not.
FYI due to copyright restrictions, only colorize the photo that are published in public domain, Creative Commons CC-BY-2.0, CC‑BY‑SA‑2.0 or Flickr "No known copyright restrictions" license. WPSamson ( talk) 01:12, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
Is there a standard on Wikipedia for terminology used to refer to Native Americans/indigenous people? In the following article, there are instances where "Indian" is used out of necessity, such as linking to the "Yurok Indian Reservation", but the term is also used generically several times. It is my understanding that this is a less-preferred term by the people it refers to, so would it be acceptable to swap these for "indigenous" as applicable?
/info/en/?search=Klamath_River#Salmon_controversy_and_proposed_dam_removal ShepardoftheEarth ( talk) 03:24, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
How do you contribute to an encyclopedia? Are there rules? Admins? Bosses? Caneto ( talk) 10:26, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I frequently forget my password, so can I create an alternate account for that reason? More importantly, does the policy allows me to do so and if I do it would I get blocked? I can confirm that I will not use it for malicious or any bad reasons. Kajjul ( talk) 11:53, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
I have two questions. If you partially erase Sandbox, does that remove a previous article you've submitted? I've been reluctant to erase a previous article draft for fear it might impact an entry that has been around for two years. So, I've been working on a draft of another article that I've finished and wish to move to the main Wiki page. Should I erase the old one and then move the new one? Since I have an account, does it need to be reviewed before submission? I'm also assuming I can't cut and paste as well in terms of moving the article.
Thanks for any feedback. I last created an article two years ago and it seems like the process has changed a little. Octopus69 ( talk) 03:55, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
/draft
after "submission" if you're not ready yet). —
Tenryuu 🐲 (
💬 •
📝 ) 04:40, 3 December 2020 (UTC)#REDIRECT
statement, the link between the pages is broken, and if the original page is a sandbox, it can be reused for a new purpose. Does that answer your question? --
ColinFine (
talk) 11:59, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
I was wondering why havent you all reached out to the satanic narcissistic Hollywood actors to make significant donations to Wikipedia? Or reach out to. athletes? Like LEBRON James ??? He makes millions of millions of dollars just for playing basketball why don’t you all reach out to him and his team and ask him to donate to Wikipedia to cover all your expenses for one year so that us the poor and the middle class can enjoy the benefits being being able to look up educational information while we’re on lockdown!!!!! 2600:1700:DFA0:BA00:B8CF:24DF:4B3E:A55D ( talk) 08:39, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello I need help to edit this article or well known artist Amina Zoubir, it seems that the references I have added on diffreent sources to justify the recognition of the person are not taken in consideration. Can you help me to correct and edit this article, thank you for your help. best
I'm currently working on a submission, but the Infobox isn't showing all the info. Is there a size or info restriction within Infobox? Any way to increase its size to include more info? Thanks! Octopus69 ( talk) 13:10, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
{{
infobox writer}}
does not have a url parameter but it does have a website parameter (and {{
url}}
doesn't work with doubled brackets), so I fixed the display at your sandbox with
this edit. Best regards--
Fuhghettaboutit (
talk) 13:43, 3 December 2020 (UTC)Hi! I've been editing as various IPs for some time now, mostly while bored at work, but a few of the (obviously shared) addresses which get randomly assigned to me there are blocked for misbehavior by coworkers. I've now (equally obviously) created an account, but I'm not sure what will happen if I log in at work and get assigned one of the blocked IPs. Will my account be autoblocked? Any advice on how to handle this? Thanks! Wikignome Wintergreen ( talk) 14:26, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
Greetings and salutations once more teahouse staff! I've been working on Draft:Jonathan Basile, and was wondering if someone could do a readthrough/checkup/readability test/etc. and also remind me of how to move a draft to the mainspace whenever it's ready. I feel like there is somewhere else I should be asking this so if that is a thing that'd be nice to know, thanks! SnazzyInfinity ( talk • contribs) 21:02, 2 December 2020 (UTC) SnazzyInfinity ( talk • contribs) 21:02, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
#REDIRECT The Library of Babel (website) and then preview and save the page.
Please move the page "East Valla" to "Östra Valla". Waazzou ( talk) 16:13, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
??? RusherLeBFDIFan ( talk) 16:14, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
read the headline Annoyingorange150803224 ( talk) 16:43, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
I’ve recently wanted to make a page for the auctioneer Blaine Lotz, and I’ve read the notability guidelines and I think he does a somewhat good job of fitting the guidelines. Not also that but maybe I could make pages for other auctioneers, mainly pages for auctioneers who have recently won the world championship, as pretty much no other auctioneers gets coverage. Please let me know what you think about if I should make these pages. Jack Ryan Morris ( talk) 15:01, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
Why does ClueBot sometimes revert my edits when they’re not even vandalism? RusherLeBFDIFan ( talk) 16:23, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
How do you write a draft on a novel you write, and keep it neutral? Theobliviaf ( talk) 10:18, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
I was reading the Clue Bot NG FAQ about why this bot's edits don't use the bot flag and it says "Since anti-vandal bots are doing a steady stream of edits that would otherwise (usually and eventually) be done by a human[...]". Isn't this true of every bot? That is, don't all bots exist to do edits that would normally be done by a human? Can someone explain what the difference is here between reverting vandalism and any other edit some bot would do? RudolfRed ( talk) 17:18, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
"Anti-vandal bots do not perform precise, exact work like most other bots do. They act more like humans, with most edits correct and good, but a small percentage of mistakes. Bot edits show up as (unflagged) human edits so they can be reviewed for possible mistakes if necessary, like other human edits."In other words, nobody needs to review the edits made by Signbot when someone forgets to sign their posts here (these are 100% accurate), but we do need humans to review the potentially erroneous reversions that Cluebot and other bots make to earlier human edits. Were their edits flagged as bot edits, it could mean that wrong reversions (and I do see them from time to time) would go unnoticed by an editor who chooses not to be worry about standard, 100% automated and petty changes made by other bots. Does that make sense? Nick Moyes ( talk) 17:33, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi there! Thanks for helping volunteer here — I appreciate the work you all do! I've previously edited articles on here years ago but with an old account I forgot the login for. I just tried to submit my first article — hoping to write a few more too! Can anyone kindly let me know if everything looks to be in order? /info/en/?search=Draft:Sky_Blossom Jdweikler ( talk) 00:43, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
Pipe Major John McLellan DCM of Dunoon Composer & poet I wrote an article in the draft page about P/M John McLellan DCM but it was deleted in the last few minutes. I added relevant citations to media sources and recieved an email ok to quote those sources but my article about this subject was speedily deleted, why? Baishan17 ( talk) 16:46, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
I looked at a chart of recent blocks and unblocks and saw a large spike in blocks on November 16. Does anyone know why this is? I'm curious and don't see any other place to post this kind of question. Parrotapocalypse ( talk) 18:13, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
If you are writing an article for a movie and include reviews of the film, how is it not notable? It isn't incidental mention. I feel like the notability guidelines are such that I can't win... MoviesAndMusicFan ( talk) 19:28, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello! How do I report someone who is adding unsourced additions that are false? Thank you very much Just Piping In ( talk) 23:15, 2 December 2020 (UTC) Just Piping In ( talk) 23:15, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Help please! Getting article reviewed. Hi, I'm new to editing on Wikipedia and trying to get this article published: /info/en/?search=Draft:Linda_Merrick
Could someone please confirm it's in the line for review. If not, could someone please submit it for review by Wikipedia editors? Thank you very much! Hal.mccollum ( talk) 15:22, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi, thank you for your feedback @ Quisqualis: & @ Bonadea:. I updated the opening paragraph. I am happy it isn't violating any copyright. Could someone please confirm it's been resubmitted for review? (Sorry, still getting to grips with the submit function). Thanks a lot. Link: /info/en/?search=Draft:Linda_Merrick — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hal.mccollum ( talk • contribs) 11:56, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
What is the category for uncreatable pages, I’m just wondering RusherLeBFDIFan ( talk) 18:16, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
What constitutes a source that is considered reliable, and will work to get our article approved. AgileMaster ( talk) 18:20, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
Courtesy link: COVID-19 in the UK
As can be seen on the article's history, myself and another editor have been engaged in something of an edit war on Covid 19 in the UK. He wishes to illustrate information about travel restrictions introduced on the Wales-England border in November with an image of a sign reading "Welsh Covid rules apply". I argue that this is inaccurate as the image is from several months earlier when no restrictions were in place. I have tried to remove the image whilst giving my reasoning on multiple occasions but he has reverted it. Llewee ( talk) 22:32, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
How enlarge font in which articles and edits appear? Eye strain. Thanks. TBR-qed ( talk) 12:28, 2 December 2020 (UTC) TBR-qed ( talk) 12:28, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
I decided to try making a list based on a category because I had seen a few in the past and it was declined. The article is Draft:List of comic book podcasts, which I now know is probably an example of the WP:SALAT rule "Lists that are too specific are also a problem. The 'list of one-eyed horse thieves from Montana' will be of little interest to anyone other than the creator of the list." Although, based on the comment that was left perhaps I could rework the article based on news listicles of comic book podcasts.
What I'm specifically wondering is whether any of the groupings under the "Category:Podcasts by genre" would be appropriate for a lists article. From what I understand I need something with more content, but it's unclear how much content is necessary for a lists article. For instance, there are already the following lists based on podcasts by genre: List of daily news podcasts, List of food podcasts, List of American crime podcasts, and List of Australian crime podcasts. TipsyElephant ( talk) 02:04, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Why doesn't Wikipedia just use AllSides ratings for their bias ratings, e.g. MSNBC would be classified as left-wing, as per AllSides Evil Slug ( talk) 01:57, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello,
I am in a quandary. I am interested in creating an article on B Flight, Royal Naval Squadron 10 during World War I. This flight was known as the Black Flight because they painted their Sopwith Triplanes black and gave them black-themed names. They were all Canadian flying aces and were led by Raymond Collishaw (61 aerial victories) in "Black Maria". William Melville Alexander in "Black Prince" scored 23 victories. Ellis Vair Reid in "Black Roger" scored 19 victories. John Edward Sharman, "Black Death", 8 victories. Gerald Ewart Nash, "Black Sheep", 6 victories. Distinguished Service Crosses all around, as well as some even more prestigious decorations. Collishaw went on to become an Air vice-marshal.
Looks dead-bang notable, right? Well, the difficulty comes in with Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Notability guide#Units and formations. To quote their policy: "...sub-units that exist below the level of those formations or units listed above—such as sections, platoons, troops, batteries, companies, and flights—are not intrinsically notable." A listed suggestion is incorporation into their parent unit, but Black Flight and Collishaw were the most prominent features of Naval 10.
What to do? Is Black Flight notable in and of itself? Suggestions are definitely solicited. Georgejdorner ( talk) 19:50, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
The subject-specific notability guidelines (e.g., for books), and advice at Wikiprojects like this one for military history topics, are essentially adjuncts to that standard – usually attempts to isolate certain attributes that, if some some class of topics share, are an indication that the right types of sources are likely to exist, needed to demonstrate a topic's notability. This is essentially the opposite, an attempt to define a class for which sources are not likely to exist.
Stated another way, when the Wikiproject tells you that X is not "intrinsically notable", I would translate that as saying, in effect: "things within class X are not likely to be actually notable, because for most class-X-subjects, past experience tell us you won't be able to locate the right type, quantity and depth of sources to demonstrates their notability.
All this is to say, if the B Flight of Royal Naval Squadron 10 has actually received significant treatment in reliable, secondary and independent sources, and you demonstrate that by writing an article using those sources (i.e., properly citing them as you go), then the topic is notable, and a stand-alone article is warranted. Full stop. If those sources exist, get writing. Best regards-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 20:50, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
I'm fairly new to Wikipedia and I'm trying to get more involved with my first wikiproject-- WikiProject_Podcasting. I want to create a manual of style or guidelines for articles relevant to the project and a place to discuss those guidelines. I went to another wikiproject, WikiProject_Musicians, and checked out their talk page and they've got a super organized banner that I'm not confident that I can recreate. Is there a Wikipedia help page that explains how to create that kind of banner and is it okay for me to just do it? TipsyElephant ( talk) 02:29, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
As to the banner, I do think that's probably a bit cart-before-horse at this juncture but you can work on such matters at a subpage of your userspace, such as User:TipsyElephant/WikiProject Podcast-header, taking the code from the banner subpage of the Wikiproject here, and tailoring it for the proposed Wikiproject's use. If you were to create that subpage with the code from there, please be sure to provide copyright attibution through your edit summary when you first save to that subpage (e.g., "Copying content for emulation from [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians/header]]; see its page history for attribution" (see: Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia). Also, please remember that if at some point in the future the Wikiproject is ready to 'go live' and the banner is ready for use, you have to maintain the connection to the source by moving it to the appropriate Wikiproject subpage (i.e., don't copy and paste to there). Best regards-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 04:29, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Courtesy link: Draft: Leiden Manifesto(incomplete)
Hello everyone, I am a new editor who is trying to make their first article. For reference, this is the main reference of the article I am creating: leiden manifesto
Since the source is a list, how should the article be created? Should I insert the list verbatim? I was thinking of having "synopsis", and "reception" headings. Redactedentity ( talk) 03:34, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi. I was looking up George Harrison on Bing.
I see the photograph that accompanies the Wikipedia link is not of George Harrison, but Paul McCartney!
Is there any way to change it?
It seems a bit disrespectful, but also a fairly basic error on a extremely well-known subject. Rickylee369 ( talk) 18:02, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
2021 is coming up, is there a way I could archive all of my talk page messages from 2020? Trevortnidesserpedx ( talk) 07:41, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
I've always wanted to put them on my page, but they are so confusing. Is there a list of all of them? TrevortniDesserpedx ( talk) 07:29, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I write to you on behalf of Ripu Daman, an Indian Plogger and fitness motivator. Ripu is a seasoned Indian runner and an ambassador of the country's Fit India Movement programme. I would like to know how can I create his page on the website Wikipedia. It would also be great if you could point me towards the person in-charge of the website in India.
Regards Rohit Paniker 2402:3A80:9DB:BB2:17D2:D297:A593:7285 ( talk) 07:32, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
How can I transfer a page from my Sandbox to the real Wikipedia? Diaz Benson ( talk) 01:36, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
How do I request for a television show article to be created? RJ Jai ( talk) 08:54, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Would it be possible for someone else to write the bio for Donald Trump, it was obviously written by someone who is either a Democrat or someone who just Hates him !!! Could someone who is knowledgeable about how to do this and will not put in judgement like calling him a racist, a liar, accusing him of not replacing aca when pelosi stopped 3 plans and worst of all accusing him of not handling c19 properly when he did FAR more to battle this crisis than ANY president ever in american history, I mean come on the ships, the hospitals, the ppe, the ventilators, Warp speed vaccines and on and on and on. COME on the description of him doesn't give him CREDIT for anything but on the contrary does nothing but try to make him look as bad as possible. Will someone who feels neutral and will just write his bio WITHOUT injecting personal opinion please write this, if I knew how I would. If Wikipedia is going to be like the media and only allow favorable pieces to be written about Democrats then they don't deserve donations except from democrats. This should be a neutral site and only print the TRUTH not personal opinion. PLEASE someone give this the attention it deserves. Thanks; Mitchel 2601:940:4200:38F0:F414:C029:DA8:DAAD ( talk) 00:57, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
"he did FAR more to battle this crisis than ANY president ever in american history"Spot on. Damn right he did. That's one statement that nobody in their right mind would argue with at this time. As you know, the virus appeared during the final 12 months of Trump's presidency, so no prior president could ever have done anything about it, as it didn't exist then. So, of course he's done more than any past president in american history! From what I'm hearing on this side of the pond, I suspect the next incoming president will be able to easily and quickly match all Trump's efforts and commitment thus far to tackle Covid-19, and I know that Wikipedia will report what other reliable sources say when those things occur. What we don't (or shouldn't) inject, is personal opinion; we base Wikipedia content on factual, verifiable, reliable sources. Thus far, a total of 6,104 different editors have contributed to the article on Donald Trump. It isn't just one person collating this information, you know! Nick Moyes ( talk) 01:36, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Two comments: 1) As Nick Moyes pointed out, every article is the accrual of content added by multiple editors, so there was no "someone" who wrote the article, nor "someone else" who can place it; and 2) the Foundation accepts donations to keep the Wiki-universe operating, but that is entirely separate from the volunteer editors who create and delete and edit articles. David notMD ( talk) 03:52, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Can you change my life story? No or Yes? I want to be a Professional Writer, not a Housekeeper only. Geebei1988 ( talk) 11:06, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
First of all, I would like to say that I am honored to have a chance to contribute at Teahouse space. Well, I have a query that I just submitted a page for review and it was declined for being read as an advertisement. How I can make that article read less like an advertisement? Should I update the content again with proper external sources? Looking forward to replies.
Thanks Kanwalhafeez ( talk) 07:18, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
I just found two articles on the exact same thing, just with different titles ( Anthologise and Anthologise Poetry Competition), what should I do about this? Omniscientmoose42 ( talk) 03:18, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello my draft: /info/en/?search=Draft:Max_Elektro
Published entry of other, similar companies: /info/en/?search=RTV_Euro_AGD /info/en/?search=MediaMarkt
The description of decline is ver vague. What to do exactly for this draft to be published? In my opinion the minimum standards are met, in opinion of moderator ( /info/en/?search=User:4thfile4thrank) - they're not.
Please let me know, what exactly to change.
Best wishes - N Nataliagolisz ( talk) 13:12, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I'm just writing because I'm seeking some help on a "conflict of interest problem." It seems that every time I try to publish, I am tagged as probably working for this person, even though I do not. I simply wanted to represent Passaic's (my hometown) community in a stronger way in Wikipedia for educational purposes, and I thought their leader would be a great place to start. I am planning to go beyond just him, but now I worry that other articles will be pegged as having a conflict of interest too. So what is my next step? How do I ensure everyone knows I am not working for this person? Thank you for your time. Kindly, LMPAJ ( talk) 14:04, 4 December 2020 (UTC).
My sandbox is flummoxed by a failed effort to refer to a section of an encyclopedia article, as distinct from reference to page or chapter. My section on Duhem; Stanford encyclopedia section 1.2 in article by Psillos. Thanks. TBR-qed ( talk) 12:43, 2 December 2020 (UTC) TBR-qed ( talk) 12:43, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Pipe Major John McLellan DCM of Dunoon I'd like to thank all the editors who have replied to my question. I've learned from this positive experience! And I aim to follow the Wikipedia guidelines in future articles. Keep up the good work! Baishan17 ( talk) 14:54, 4 December 2020 (UTC) Baishan17 ( talk) 14:54, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Yeah, just kidding. How do I add tables? RusherLeBFDIFan ( talk) 13:57, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Click insert and then table. The link above by Le Panini should help you. TigerScientist ( talk) 15:57, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Courtesy link: Draft:Gilles J Guillemin
Hello,
I have received a rejection for my Submission for Draft: Gilles J Guillemin for not being encyclopaedic enough/too many peacock words/terms.
I have reviewed it myself and edited as much as I can see, as well as adding some more citations. However, I would love if someone could take a look over it before I re-submit to make sure I have understood the reason it was rejected and made the appropriate changes.
This is my first submission, so I am still working out how to make a good article.
Many thanks :) Rom0011 ( talk) 05:31, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
I'm trying to add a new page for a musical artist that I've come across and I'm completely new to all of this. How do I add pictures and add other relevant sources to have the page approved??
Thanks. 2facediani ( talk) 17:44, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Okay thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2facediani ( talk • contribs) 18:03, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
~~~~
. Or, you can use the
[ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.) —
Tenryuu 🐲 (
💬 •
📝 ) 18:08, 4 December 2020 (UTC)Courtesy link: Draft:242d Ordnance Battalion (EOD)
ARMY UNIT WIKI PAGE I created a draft with hopes of someone reviewing and publishing the page but no luck. You can find the article under " Draft: 242D Ordnance Battalion (EOD) " Can someone please help me get this article published? Panamenoae ( talk) 18:33, 4 December 2020 (UTC)Alex Panameno
{{
subst:submit}}
. If it doesn't appear to meet the standards, then there is no way to get it published. {{u|
Sdkb}}
talk 18:40, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
I've watched a couple pages where someone claims that a person's divorce is considered wp:exceptional. I'm not sure but I thought the scarlet letter days of divorce are long gone particularly when about 1/2 of all marriages end in divorce within the US. I think their reason for not wanting it posted is because on the 2-3 articles that exist referencing the divorce one of the couple is stated to be seeing someone. I can understand this new relationship not being posted but the divorce itself I think is fairly fundamental. I've also hear the lady reference being divorced on her tv show. Maybe someone can give some clarity. SailedtheSeas ( talk) 17:18, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Both of those events are approaching, will there be a wiki for these events? Like Wikipedia 10? Or will there just be some other festival? a gd fan ( talk) 20:01, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
I visited Iyer and found a fake reference . The cite 82 provide a page number 3899 while the book only has 820 pages. Here is the book https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Encyclopaedia_of_Indian_Literature.html?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C
Some one has lied and added a fake reference. Another account (Wikiality123) removed it by saying the same thing https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Iyer&diff=979904348&oldid=978085470
An older version was restored by Holderlin2019 and it got lost. There is a lock and I cannot edit it. ஆகாயராஜ் ( talk) 19:28, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
wiki won't let me edit the page for undertale even though it has misinformation and must be changed please tell me how to edit this page
Thank you, J.S. Rinoking358 ( talk) 20:43, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
thank you for the advice I will try to do this — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rinoking358 ( talk • contribs) 20:59, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Do I need permission from anybody to create and publish a userbox? TrevortniDesserpedx ( talk) 00:54, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi! Can anyone kindly let me know where to find users to whom I can ask to check my Greek of https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Τομ_Ζούντμπι ? Thanks! RøedS ( talk) 13:38, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Been working on Draft:Cycle of Life (Album), curious if it fits guidelines because I think autoconfirmed users have the ability to move drafts to mainspace but I don't know how. Thanks again Teahouse staff! SnazzyInfinity ( talk • contribs) 23:46, 4 December 2020 (UTC) SnazzyInfinity ( talk • contribs) 23:46, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Please disregard, the problem has been resolved.
Kindest Regards for any advice! W2317 ( talk) 04:53, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
Can you help me edit the page SMG4 please Starkiryu64 ( talk) 06:04, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
Courtesy link: Draft:Gabriel T. Rozman
This regards the draft for "Gabriel T Rozman". How do I tag for review my draft submission ? I pressed the "tag" button shown, but an AFC template box appeared with text already in the multiple and numbered white text boxes. Thank you. Kiraly17 ( talk) 01:02, 5 December 2020 (UTC) Kiraly17 ( talk) 01:02, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
This regards the draft for "Gabriel T Rozman". I need help with inserting a photo. I have read the help text and have tried to google the info, but when I insert the photo according to the instructions as I understand them, the photo is inserted in the middle of a random paragraph of the draft! Thanks so much for any help. Kiraly17 ( talk) 01:05, 5 December 2020 (UTC) Kiraly17 ( talk) 01:05, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
In the infobox, select add more fields and add the image field and then copy the link of the picture you want into that section. TigerScientist ( talk) 01:29, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
This regards the draft for "Gabriel T Rozman". I have twice submitted this draft for review. The first rejection stated it was too much like a resume/CV, the second rejection indicated a need for more biographical information. I am working on the latter but would welcome input from the community as for tips for approval. Thanks to all !! Kiraly17 ( talk) 01:09, 5 December 2020 (UTC) Kiraly17 ( talk) 01:09, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
This regards the draft for "Gabriel T Rozman". When editing a draft, how do I save my work if I am not yet ready to publish? I have just lost 2 hours work (but fortunately printed beforehand so all is not lost). How do you save a draft, then go back later and continue working on it before finally publishing? Thanks a million. Kiraly17 ( talk) 01:00, 5 December 2020 (UTC) Kiraly17 ( talk) 01:00, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
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Tenryuu 🐲 (
💬 •
📝 ) 01:18, 5 December 2020 (UTC)Its here: /info/en/?search=Draft:Gabriel_T._Rozman When searching do Draft:name of draft and it will come up. Also that page needs more reliable citations. TigerScientist ( talk) 01:26, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
What is protocol for an auto-confirmed user when I find an account I believe who's intent is vandalism or unconstructive editing? SnazzyInfinity ( talk • contribs) 02:05, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
Dicesstool ( talk) 04:11, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
When editing (for example, the article on Friedrich Nietzsche: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Friedrich_Nietzsche&action=edit) I see the word “Endflatlist” between brackets, but the list doesn’t appear as a list in the article itself. Thanks. GümsGrammatiçus ( talk) 10:48, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
{{
Flatlist|...}}
example); and another in which there is a starting and ending template with the values in between (the {{
Startflatlist}}
... {{
Endflatlist}}
example). —[
AlanM1 (
talk)]— 02:09, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
{{Endflatlist}}
is explained by way of the examples – it's a required/necessary part of the syntax of a {{Startflatlist}}–{{Endflatlist}}
pair, in the same way that </ref>
is a required part of a <ref> ... </ref>
reference. It doesn't display anything to the reader itself, but leaving it out causes the software to render the page incorrectly. If you look at the end of the doc, there is a (default collapsed) "navbox", entitled "
HTML lists", which shows a number of templates that are used to create different types of lists. A more general short reference can be found at
WP:CHEATSHEET, which has examples of basic
Wikitext and other things, with many links to more detailed docs. I hope this helps. —[
AlanM1 (
talk)]— 22:10, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
If you click here https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds_United_FC#S%C3%BA%C4%8Dasn%C3%A1_zostava and scroll down, you will see all the elements got pulled right. Tried to fix it, but since I don't know how, I rather did not touch it. I have noticed a few Wiki pages having the same problem. Thank you for advise TomasHvizdak ( talk) 09:39, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
Bety Bannwart ( talk) 11:01, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
should there be a disambiguation? Wilayah (administrative) and Walayah (ideology)? Baratiiman ( talk) 11:29, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
What criteria of WP:NFCC#8 specifies? What comment written for the media files articles? There is misunderstanding with this guideline specifically this bolded word as the following:
Hi there, I earlier created article for CNEEC, as a participant of WAM 2020, unfortunately didn't get my article approved due to its adverts/promo workdings n poor referencing n citations as well. Later, however I really worked hard upon editing, refernced n cited properly, removed promo characters as well. Please anybody here to help me out, that how I can I improve it even further, no prob. if it won't get accepted even at this time also, I am ready to work upon even a 100 times as well. What I only want to know is what's still wrong with the article that it has still hann't got any response or is it still in waiting progress. Kindly go through the below the link and all the page history as well which is to be checked. Many Thanks n Regards.
/info/en/?search=Draft:China_National_Electric_Engineering_Company ~~SB~~ 12:00, 5 December 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by SB Edits ( talk • contribs)
How do I change my signature to pale pink background, purple words, and cursive font? Thanks in advance. Ex-Borg Seven of Nine ( talk) 12:31, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
@ Zindor: Lol, and thanks. I'll keep an eye out. Ex-Borg Seven of Nine ( talk) 12:44, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
Please see this, as yet, unanswered question I have posted at the Help Desk. I would welcome feedback there, lest I've been doing something wrong all this time. Thanks, Nick Moyes ( talk) 13:24, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
Please i need with my article Samuel Ridwan i want to get it approved but am not sure what the problem is so please help me identify the errors and how to fix it. please help thank you Campusfilla ( talk) 12:07, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
How do I submit for draft reveiw Iwillbe65 ( talk) 14:42, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
{{subst:submit}}
.It may be that this is a notable topic, but my (albeit quick) survey of the sources makes me think that even if you convert what you have now to proper citations, you will need to find more sources, that discuss the milkbar in detail, and rewrite this to only include information that the sources you cite actually verify. A good place to start for the referencing issue is Help:Referencing for beginners. And please see generally Help:Your first article. By the way, the content of the draft should not also be on your userpage. That is for telling us a little bit about yourself in relation to Wikipedia. e.g. your editing interests, a list of articles you've created, links to useful places, etc. Please see WP:UPGOOD and WP:UPNOT. Best regards-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 15:37, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
When can I be a “confirmed” and an “auto-confirmed” user? RusherLeBFDIFan ( talk) 13:49, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
Where do I submit page ideas? RusherLeBFDIFan ( talk) 14:45, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
@ Victor Schmidt: Where’s the category for airplanes + how do I join a WikiProjecy? RusherLeBFDIFan ( talk) 15:59, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
I have a doubt about using press releases as sources for Wikipedia articles, can we use Press Releases? Nameisthor ( talk) 17:03, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
I recently joined WIKIPEDIA and I am curious and start learning new things from Wikipedia, I have come to know that without proper article sources and notability an article won't be published, but I saw many of the articles on Wikipedia without proper citation and sources. Is this possible? Thank You. Nameisthor ( talk) 17:21, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
I created a Wiki article for a nonprofit organization that I founded and ran from 1995-2009 (the organization dissolved in 2010). Because I am a conflicted editor as its founder, I'm wondering what I should do after pressing "Publish Changes"? I read that "Now it's time for you to move the article from your personal userspace (as a subpage) to Wikipedia mainspace (where the real articles are)"* but I don't think I can do that as a conflicted editor. The name of the article is Stages of Learning and its page is here: /info/en/?search=User:Floydrumohr
Does any one have any advice? Many thanks for any help about what to do next.
- My username is Floydrumohr
@ Ganbaruby: Thanks for your help in moving my article to review. I hope you get this post -- I'm not sure if I'm doing it correctly. You mentioned that I need to make the paid contributor declaration on your user page at User:Floydrumohr, not your draft. What does that mean? I think I already disclosed that I am the founder of the organization but I have not been paid to create the Wikipedia article. Floydrumohr ( talk) 18:00, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
I have heard that Autoconfirmed is a user group that is automatically given to registered user accounts that are more than 4 days old and have made at least 10 changes. I have a bit confused about changes and contributions, is no of changes is the same as no of contributions, and how do I know whether my account is autoconfirmed. Thank You. Nameisthor ( talk) 17:51, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
My father-in-law was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) from the US Air Force and I want to add his name to the Wikipedia page noted in the Subject box above. I have documentation in a pdf file (his original Distinguished Flying Cross certificate) that proves he was a recipient of this award.
I have no clue how to add his name (Francis W. Belanger) to the the list of DFC recipients on the following Wikipedia page: /info/en/?search=Category:Recipients_of_the_Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_States)
Please help. This should be a simple task, but it appears that I do not have access to add a name to the list of recipients. I set my preferences to use the VisualEditor whenever it is available, but that did not give me access to add a name to the list of DFC recipients.
Also, I do not see how to attach a pdf file to this message which contains proof that he is a recipient of the DFC award. He was awarded the DFC on the 11th of October in 1970 accorinf to his DFC certificate.
This is very frustrating, but perhaps Wikipedia editing should not be user friendly for obvious reasons.
Professor Elsdon ProfessorElsdon ( talk) 05:43, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I submitted this /info/en/?search=Draft:L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3_Heltay for review, but it was rejected; the reason given was "All sources appear to be about his death." Given that these sources were, in the main, obituaries in world-renowned newspapers, or entries in authoritative works of reference (e.g. Who's Who) I do not understand what the issue is, nor can I see what else I have to do to get this article approved. Can anyone advise me? Thanks! simontcope ( talk) 09:55, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Does Wikipedia allow images that have been illegally or unauthorizedly taken?
For example, if someone went inside a religious building, and took pictures and/or videos, when photographs and/or videos are not permitted, then publishes them, does that go against Wikipedia's policy? Matthew.weller ( talk) 22:33, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Xanderman016: I want to upload music on my profile page, but Wikipedia isn't letting me. Why? Xanderman016 ( talk) 13:13, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
Xanderman016: That was MY profile page! Why can't I do that on MY profile page!? Whatever happened to freedom of speech!? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xanderman016 ( talk • contribs) 15:53, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
{{Re|SomeoneElse}}
. Also see
WP:INDENT for how we use indenting to keep talk pages organized. Lastly, at the very end of your posts, please add a space and four
tildes, like this: ~~~~
, which will be automatically converted to your username and timestamp (a "signature"), like I've done here: —[
AlanM1 (
talk)]— 00:39, 6 December 2020 (UTC)Courtesy link: Draft:Harry Fear
Draft:Harry Fear Hello, can someone please view my draft and tell me if there is any adjustments needed before submitting it. Thanks in advance. Engy Badawy ( talk) 22:29, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
How do i edit wikipedia? Chevytruckps ( talk) 02:12, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I would happily make a big lifetime contribution to Wikipedia if they would quit asking me for donations every time I log in at the end of the year. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.176.151.21 ( talk) 00:21, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
I nominated John Toffan, an article created by me for WP:AFIL. I just wished to know more on the process. Is it important that a person who has edited an article nominate it for WP:AFIL.-- Atlantis77177 ( talk) 07:18, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
I have written a bio about my Grand Uncle (one of the founders of early American silent film comedies). It is in my sandbox. I thought I submitted it for review but I never head anything back so now I'm not sure. Can someone help me verify that I am proceeding correctly? Gwlnl ( talk) 10:08, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
I'm provax and have had too much experience on twitter and facebook re:vax mis info, etc. I wish to edit the vaccine page to reference the long history of vaccination starting in 1796. Example:14 diseases defeated by vaccination https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/parents/diseases/forgot-14-diseases.html. This may differ from the wiki page that covers this issue. Here is the CDC article https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/downloads/prinvac.pdf This site gives the best reference re:vaccinations. Bgordski ( talk) 08:11, 6 December 2020 (UTC) Bgordski ( talk) 08:11, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
I found a strange article in the AMS(american mathematic society)journal archive. My simple question is that would I be violating some policies if I contribute the fact to the related talk page. To me, it's as simple as 1+1=2, and I believe almost all highschool teachers (and some smart students) can easily understand my points within 10 minutes. It's just that simple. It's (in my opinion) an important article, because it's related to the current (practically one of the)fastest (yet unproven to be valid)computer algorithm supported by a folklore which originates from the paper(by a famous scientist). It's also directly related to your digital signature security strength(isn't that an important fact?)
Should I leave this obviously wrong history best untouched? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aquahabitant ( talk • contribs) 07:40, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
I accidentally created a misspelled redirect for November 1866, known as Novembe 1866. Please can someone get it removed? I can't see an option for it. Childishbeat ( talk) 13:49, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
I moved it, but it kept the old redirect. I still ask for the old redirect to be removed, and for consistency across the similar redirects I've created. Childishbeat ( talk) 14:06, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi there. I have been working on a WP article for a journal called Frontiers in Nutrition (you can see the article in my sandbox right now). However, after I was done with it I found out that Frontiers in Nutrition redirects to the list of journal on the main Frontiers page. There is a hat at the beginning of that page mentioning that several "Frontiers in..." journal redirect there, though some of the journals do have their separate pages (e.g. Frontiers in Psychology or Frontiers in Physics). So my question is how do I go about creating a separate article? Thanks in advance! Youllneverwalkalone2019 ( talk) 14:27, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Hey there I am a new member of Wikipedia and I really need this page translated in English but Wikipedia doesn't let new members to translate so can you please translate this page for me actually I translated it in English but I couldn't publish it, so I saved it as a public draft This is the link of the Wikipedia page in Persian: https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%87_%D9%86%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D9%87_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA%DB%8C This is the link of my public draft: /info/en/?search=Draft:Governmental_leading_high_school If you can help me It means a lot to me thank you for taking your time to read this
سلام ، من عضو جدید ویکی پدیا هستم و واقعاً به این صفحه ترجمه شده به زبان انگلیسی احتیاج دارم اما ویکی پدیا به اعضای جدید اجازه ترجمه نمی دهد ، بنابراین لطفاً این صفحه را برای من ترجمه کنید ، در واقع من آن را به انگلیسی ترجمه کردم اما نمی توانم آن را منتشر کنم ، بنابراین من آن را به عنوان پیش نویس عمومی ذخیره کردم این پیوند صفحه ویکی پدیا به زبان فارسی است: https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%87_%D9%86%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D9%87_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA%DB%8C این پیوند پیش نویس عمومی من است: /info/en/?search=Draft:Governmental_leading_high_school اگر می توانید به من کمک کنید برای من معنی زیادی دارد متشکرم که وقت خود را برای خواندن این مقاله اختصاص دادید
This is the link of my draft can you please check it out: /info/en/?search=Draft:Governmental_leading_high_school — Preceding unsigned comment added by ROSE1820 ( talk • contribs) 15:45, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
There is an incorrect photo on the page that the family would like removed and replaced 196.250.128.184 ( talk) 15:01, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
I'm new and not likely to be a regular editor. WOuld you please edit the Barossa Valley page for me. In part it reads, QUOTE The Barossa Valley is a rich source of some of the oldest Shiraz vines in the world. Shiraz vines planted as early as 1847 by Johann Frederick August Fiedler on Lot 1, Hundred of Moorooroo (the township of Tanunda) are still in commercial production today by Turkey Flat Vineyards.[16]
Please edit to include the correction as outlined in this extract from The Weekend Australian.
Bethany Road, 'Ancestor' vineyard, Turkey Flat winery QUOTE The vines were part of an experimental vineyard of more than 70 varieties planted by Johann Fiedler in 1847 in order to see which ones would prove most suitable in this strange new land, Fiedler was the son in law of Pastor Kavel, leader of a congregation of Silesian Lutherans escaping persecution in their native Prussia whose influence is still so strongly felt in the Barossa [Valley] today.... and the vines he planted are most likely second only to the vines planted by Christian Auricht at nearby Langmell in 1843 as the oldest viable shiraz vineyards still in production … “These old vineyards, the oldest still productive vineyards on the planet, pre-dating the destruction by phyloxera of European vineyards and subsequently still on their own roots, ….” [Emphasis added] UNQUOTE Source: The Weekend Australian Magazine, 14-15 November 2020, p24
Thank you for your help Ralph Schwer Ralph Schwer ( talk) 15:20, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
Um... So, I told some people on other websites about my book here before it was deleted. I moved my book to another website yesterday, and I'm wondering if I could post the link to it for a short while so people know that it is not available here anymore? Xanderman016 ( talk) 19:35, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
Darn... I told some people to find it here before this happened. I will find some way to do it! Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xanderman016 ( talk • contribs) 17:05, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed that we have a tool named Twinkle to let autoconfirmed users rollback other's edits. But we have a right named rollbacker to let you rollback other's edits. So if I'm not a rollbacker but I uses Twinkle to rollback other's edits, will I get blocked?
Larryzhao| Talk| Contribs 16:47, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
I am the son of J. A. Rahim and would like to replace the existing article on my father. That article is completely fanciful. Almost nothing of what it says is true and the few facts that are correct are put at the wrong times. I have no idea where this article comes from, but any editing would be a complete rewrite. Please let me know how I can provide a factually correct replacement. Thank you. ALKASSANDER ( talk) 17:22, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
I noticed a typo but do not have expertise to edit. The article states that the perihelion of Arrokoth is 43.7 AU, but, in a later sentence it states that New Horizons spacecraft reached it at 43.28 AU. In other words, New Horizons found it CLOSER than perihelion. 75.140.194.170 ( talk) 18:20, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello Community,
I’m Italian and I’m a huge fan of the professional audio world. Together with some geek friends of mine I noticed that there are a few pages missing on Wikipedia that would be interesting for pro audio students and all those who share this passion. These include both technical contents, historical references, special applications and some Italian Companies’ information. These companies are not as well-known as multinationals and famous brands and are important mainly for the niche industry in which they are worldwide main players, for the technological innovations achieved in their history, important collaborations etc. Some existing articles should include references to the new pages we have in mind. So, as far as the new articles have independent notable sources and existing articles cross-references, it shouldn’t be a problem to be able to submit the new articles for approval and have them approved - once possible, of course. I’m wondering whether some of this potential work could be wasted since some of the companies to be involved are small local businesses that became important worldwide in this niche; I don’t want the articles to seem promotional in any way. We just would like to give pro audio students and wannabe professionals some more free and independent information filling a gap that we noticed here on Wikipedia. Thank you for letting me know how likely it is to have issues in this mission!
Best regards fp FedericoPupeschi ( talk) 21:16, 6 December 2020 (UTC) FedericoPupeschi ( talk) 21:11, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
I'd like to source something to a PDF, but it's not on the web – how do I source the PDF itself? (Sorry if this is confusing, I can provide an example if needed.) Skarmory (talk • contribs) 20:38, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
How do I submit my draft (Queen Iduna) to be created? Ex-Borg Seven of Nine ( talk) 20:52, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
I don't want ugliness to be submitted yet, though. Is there was way to submit one and not the other? Ex-Borg Seven of Nine ( talk) 20:54, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
Welp, so long, ugliness. I got a message a while back saying g that it was pointless to make it, (see my talk page) but I didn't really want to delete it, it being my only article draft. But I'll delete it now. Ex-Borg Seven of Nine ( talk) 21:07, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
@ ColinFine: thanks, I think. It's just kinda tricky to get citations because my parents blocked my browser on my tablet. (To use Wikipedia I have to go into Overdrive and tap and hold any of the words on the page and hit the "Wikipedia" button. It's one of the reasons I read so many random articles, most of which are disambiguation pages.) Ex-Borg Seven of Nine ( talk) 21:18, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
No, I mean they literally put parental controls on my tablet. I can't even check the weather anymore, I'm pretty much holding an e-reader. Ex-Borg Seven of Nine ( talk) 21:34, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
I'm cleaning up the page Uniform_Resource_Identifier Some of the references have links that go directly to external sites within the article which isn't the standard. I'm changing them to be standard inline citations with links in the reference section. But working on this in my Sandbos, I'm getting results that I don't understand. In the History>Refinement section I changed a reference to an external site to an appropriate reference. But for some reason the text which as far as I can tell has no link on it still ends up looking and acting like a link. The new code in my sandbox is:
=== Refinement === In December 1994, IETF RFC 1738 formally defined relative and absolute URLs, refined the general URL syntax, defined how to resolve relative URLs to absolute form, and better enumerated the URL schemes then in use.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Berners-Lee |first1=Tim |title=Request for Comments: 1738: Uniform Resource Locators (URL) |url=https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1738 |website=tools.ietf.org/html |access-date=6 December 2020 |date=December 1994}}</ref>
but for some reason the "RFC 1738" text still shows up as a link. In fact I noticed it even seems to be a link here in the text of my question which also isn't formatted as a link! Is there some magic around using the text RFC? See the Refinement section in my Sandbox to see the behavior. I can't figure out why this is happening, is it a bug or is it something wrong with the code I should do differently? -- MadScientistX11 ( talk) 20:49, 6 December 2020 (UTC) MadScientistX11 ( talk) 20:49, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi. When I first joined, a comment was added to my talk page, making unfounded accusations about my first page edits. I would like to remove it from my talk page, not because I feel like I did anything wrong, but because it is the first commentary on my talk page, and I feel like it may negatively impact my reputation in the community.
I have been working hard to contribute and don't wish to see this on my page anymore. It was written without giving consideration to the fact that I was new, and the writer was assuming I was editing in bad faith. Apologies for the length of my post, I just want to be clear as to why I wish to have it removed. Thanks in advance for any help you can offer! Mollifiednow ( talk) 15:55, 6 December 2020 (UTC) Mollifiednow ( talk) 15:55, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
Thanks very much for the info! I appreciate your help. I'll go read how to remove. One question, why would I archive? Is there some benefit to archiving rather than removing? Mollifiednow ( talk) 18:31, 6 December 2020 (UTC) Oh! I see why you suggested archive, just read about it... I appreciate you taking the time to help:-) Mollifiednow ( talk)
Rats =-O I tried to follow instructions on how to archive, but wasn't getting anywhere. I don't know if it's because I use an Amazon firepad, (My laptop needs repairs) but I gave up and just deleted it. I guess it's too late for me to change what I did. :-( Thanks for taking the time to try to help me. I do appreciate it. Mollifiednow ( talk) 23:00, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello, would someone help me with this article? Can you verify If this article has verifiable sources? I created it on my sandbox /info/en/?search=User:Cookiedough23/sandbox
Thank You Cookiedough23 ( talk) 23:01, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for your advice. I will update the draft if I find any better sources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cookiedough23 ( talk • contribs) 23:20, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
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TrevortniDesserpedx (
talk) 22:11, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi! Sorry, but I am just trying to figure out how to change my username is all Rachelmarie24 ( talk) 06:38, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
I have been doing a bit of work on the Eureka Flag article and I have a question. You will see that footnote 35 has been used number of times. But how do you deal with a situation such as in footnote 101 where the reference is nested within another reference? Robbiegibbons ( talk) 07:25, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
OSONEGROOSOPANDAOSOELGEY ( talk) 07:42, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello! I intend on reopening a rfc with the permission of the original discussion's author - do I start it directly below the original posts, or create an entirely new section? Thank you! Bettydaisies ( talk) 05:27, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
Can someone please review the first line of this article as it is offensive: /info/en/?search=List_of_multinational_festivals_and_holidays 82.26.219.36 ( talk) 08:02, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi, how do you add in point deductions for teams in football league table? Editing Essex Senior League table for 2020-21 but can’t figure out how to add a 6pt deduction for southend manor Platypus88 ( talk) 20:02, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
I need a guide/book for learning the wikitext/wiki-markup language (by mediawiki). Are there any freely available books or websites for learning the complete wikitext/wiki-markup language? Huzaifa abedeen ( talk) 09:38, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
Would someone, or even several someones, be available to review the following page. It is my first and seems to be drawing some conflicting opinions. Thanks
/info/en/?search=Playcrafting Naixa ( talk) 02:48, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
Thanks ( talk) 02:48, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
How to post articles online RIPU D SINGH ( talk) 10:56, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
I think there is an article that should be added to Wikipedia I don't know what to do, should I propose it in some way? Or should I just start one? FatSheeep ( talk) 11:02, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello there, my name's Ian Winiarski, and I'd like to talk to you about my draft article that I have written that you have repeatedly rejected. I have written an article draft regarding the Asteroid Mining Corporation, however you have stated that it is not notable enough for inclusion on Wikipedia, I don't know if you'll change you mind on this, but I will still point out the flaws in your argument nonetheless. My first example is another company focused upon space resource extraction, the Shackleton Energy Company. In this Wikipedia which was in fact approved that regards a company focused on extracting resources from space, there are thirteen sources, many of which barely or don't at all mention the Shackleton Energy Company. My draft article regarding the Asteroid Mining Corporation, which you have rejected twice, has seventeen sources, and likely more to come, all of which are focused upon the subject of the Asteroid Mining Corporation, and don't just have passing mentions of the Asteroid Corporation. Another example that I will bring up is Deep Space Industries, which is in fact another example of a space resources company. Coincidently, the Wikipedia article regarding Deep Space Industries also only has thirteen sources, many of which barely or don't at all mention the company. Given the evidence that I provided, it is clear that the article draft I have written regarding the Asteroid Mining Corporation does in fact deserve approval. It has seventeen sources and many more to come that are specifically focused upon the Asteroid Mining Corporation, given the other two examples I have provided, them being Deep Space Industries and the Shackleton Energy Company, it is clear that the article I have written regarding the Asteroid Mining Corporation deserves approval. However regardless of what I believe to be a large mistake, I thank you for your input on the article draft that I have written. All input is much appreciated, and serves for the betterment of the article draft regarding the Asteroid Mining Corporation that I have written, and will play a key role in providing readers with a better article when this article is eventually approved, whenever that may occur. The link for my article draft regarding the Asteroid Mining Corporation and the links for Deep Space Industries and the Shackleton Energy Company are below. I hope you take what I have stated here into some consideration, and even if you don't, I thank you for reading this.
- Ian Winiarski
/info/en/?search=Draft:Asteroid_Mining_Corporation
/info/en/?search=Deep_Space_Industries /info/en/?search=Shackleton_Energy_Company --— Preceding unsigned comment added by IanWiniarski ( talk • contribs) 2020-12-06T18:33:47 (UTC)
Ideally, then, a good draft would be what would present if someone with no familiarity with Asteroid Mining Corporation, and couldn't care less about promoting it, decided to write only what the could learn by looking at those types of independent sources – possibly, just possibly filling in minor gaps, for utterly straightforward details that present no analysis, opinions, or synthesis, with primary sources.
That is not at all how the draft presents. Let's take a look at the 17 current sources cited. Respectively, in order of their use:
I recently came across cases of disruptive editing on several historical articles. The user makes incorrect ideological edits, using sources already used or adds questionable sources for these purposes. He doesn't discuss his edits after reverting, but simply does them again.
I read the recommendations of Wikipedia, but I still didn't understand what I supposed to do. I would like to know the position of experienced participants on this matter. Please, explain what I have to do in such situations. Also, rate his and my actions and make a revision (if needed).
Revision histories:
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Simo_H%C3%A4yh%C3%A4&action=history
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Soviet%E2%80%93Japanese_border_conflicts&action=history
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Battles_of_Khalkhin_Gol&action=history
KiL92 (
talk) 16:42, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
You Canhthuy9 and Kil92 are in or on the verge of having edit war on three articles, which can lead to being temporarily blocked. Kil92 recommended going to the Talk pages of the articles in question to start discussions on how to resolve the disputes, including fact that one of the sources you cite is being described as unreliable. That is the correct follow-up. David notMD ( talk) 20:04, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
I've tried using my wikiproject's table containing lists based on importance and quality, and over the last few days I've been completely unable to get the lists of articles to load or anything else for that matter. Is the server down or something? Am I doing something wrong on my end? I'm currently working on the Wikiproject Podcasting. TipsyElephant ( talk) 14:31, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
Eddie891 removed my article. How can I contact him to find out why and get him to reinstate it? GeorgeSanders1008 ( talk) 04:13, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
How to block an ip address ? EOLE79 ( talk) 16:19, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
Ask a admin on their talk page and give a reason. TigerScientist ( talk) 16:27, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
TigerScientist / RudolfRed Thx :)
I'am an new ! EOLE79 ( talk) 16:32, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi. I wanted to edit/add additional information on /info/en/?search=Spanish_flu?action=edit to add Disproportionate mortality males vs female. How do I get access to add my information? Lfay002 ( talk) 16:27, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
Make sure you cite your new info and it is reliable. TigerScientist ( talk) 16:29, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
P.S. I second the sentiment above by TigerScientist. Please make sure, when you work on adding this information, in whatever form, that you are citing (using inline citations) to reliable sources that directly verify your additions (without copying the wording used). Best regards-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 16:50, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
how can i put back links in wikipedia Versatileabacus ( talk) 16:45, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
If you are in visual editor, there is a linking symbol and select a word and it will give some articles to select from TigerScientist ( talk) 16:55, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I am writing to see if I can get some additional information on my student's (User:KS2812) sandbox content which was deleted because of copyright concerns. There seems to be a misunderstanding as the student was simply updating material from the existing Philosophy of Biology article and was doing that work in his sandbox before moving it over to mainspace. The copyright issue referenced is actually an error because the website mentioned actually copied the article text from Wikipedia (not the other way around). We are trying to recover the lost material from KS2812's sandbox and cannot seem to locate it. Could you please advise? Thank you in advance for your assistance. Amyc29 ( talk) 15:19, 7 December 2020 (UTC) Amyc29 ( talk) 15:19, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
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AlanM1 (
talk)]— 18:36, 7 December 2020 (UTC)I was trying to edit a page in Summer Of 69' and I wanted to add a music video link from youtube. But for some reason, a bot named the XLinkBot reverted my edit. I've seen wikipedia editors doing the same, and yet their music video link doesn't get removed from the wikipedia page. Is there anything I can do to prevent the music video link I added to the page from getting reverted? KitsunePV ( talk) 18:52, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
Can this script be setup to track seed breeding? Thanks in Advanced 98.185.199.152 ( talk) 14:31, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
I tried to read a referenced source in Rent control in New York but got redirected to a phishing site. After some more attempts and observations it seems that housingnyc.com has been taken over to redirect to a number of potentially malicious redirect chains. I have marked in all references in that article to the domain as usurped, but I am worried about other pages, and the problem of bad reference urls being taken over in general. Is there a place, maybe a committee or a collective page, where I can report usurped urls and domains? Can we somehow mark a domain as usurped throughout Wikipedia? EdLeMa ( talk) 18:15, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
|url-status=unfit
. I'll note in this case, the new site appears to be
https://rentguidelinesboard.cityofnewyork.us , but it has probably been completely re-organized. Good project for someone to update the article and re-cite.
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AlanM1 (
talk)]— 19:27, 7 December 2020 (UTC)Hello, I am a newer editor and cannot transclude this AfD into the log. Please move it into the log for me, thanks. RanDom 404 ( talk) 19:42, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
84.219.207.83 ( talk) 20:48, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
BIRTH PLACE OF A COMPOSER your article on THIAGARAJA,THE COMPOSER IN tAMILNADU,iNDIA SAYS HE WASBORN AND LIVED IN THIRUVARUR THIS IS NOT CORRECT HE LIVED IN THIRUVAIARU HOPE YOU CORRECT THE ERROR SINCERELY G.SOUNDARARAJAN PH.D 2600:1700:3A20:7200:29A8:7A18:51EE:5FBD ( talk) 21:48, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
/info/en/?search=List_of_social_networking_services
I noticed Element is missing from the list. I don't have edit permissions.
type; instant messenger
focus; Live chat and voice for groups Annemaricole ( talk) 21:33, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
What should be suggestion for new editors, how can they add value and increase their editing skills? How can we create new pages for new projects? Alisha Azeem ( talk) 22:01, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
How can we see article that solely needs spell checks? Alisha Azeem ( talk) 22:07, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
Please help me edit and complete this article about "BCE Premium TV": /info/en/?search=Draft:BCE_Premium_TV Bcesoccerus ( talk) 20:41, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
How do I protect my user page from vandalism using twinkle? KitsunePV ( talk) 21:48, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I have a problem today, that when I want to go to anybody's contrib page, it says
[X86uswpAAMMAAyLZVygAAAAL] 2020-12-07 22:37:39: Fatal exception of type "Error"
then I cannot see them's contrib. Anybody know how to fix that? Thank you very much. Larryzhao| Talk| Contribs 22:43, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
Sdkb Contrib is good now. But if I go to my pref page it says database locked, its in view-only. Do you have the same problem? Larryzhao| Talk| Contribs 22:51, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
Sometimes I go to my contributions page and it says [X86t5gpAAD8AAHYXkdQAAABX] 2020-12-07 22:34:14: Fatal exception of type "Error"
. Why!?
a gd fan (
talk) 22:34, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
For the cite web template, are these two parameters the same thing, or is there a difference between them? For example, if I found a source published by, say, Bleacher Report, is there a difference to use one or the other? If there is, what is it? RolledOut34 // ( talk) 00:00, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
|work=
is usually the only one that is necessary, unless it is ambiguous or not well-known, so if it goes away, we might have a chance of knowing how to find it (less of a problem now that most everything gets crawled by Internet Archive). For {{
Cite news}}
, it may be more important for offline sources. If, for example, it's a small-town newspaper named something generic (e.g., The Daily Report), you might want to also include |publisher=
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AlanM1 (
talk)]— 00:34, 8 December 2020 (UTC)Does anyone oversee highly-specialized topics to check changes such as these? They are the first two edits by a new user. Is there an easy way to find experts at WP to ask? /info/en/?search=Special:Contributions/FradSer -- LilHelpa ( talk) 00:18, 8 December 2020 (UTC) LilHelpa ( talk) 00:18, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
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Hello! The article I created for songwriter/producer Luke Niccoli ( /info/en/?search=Draft:Luke_Niccoli) was denied because it did not included enough references about the individual, even though multiple were included citing his contributions to major pop songs/albums. Do the references need to be about him as an individual to count?
Thank you so much for the help!! Haleymegahouse ( talk) 01:29, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
Got it, thank you for your help!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Haleymegahouse ( talk • contribs) 02:07, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
I know this may be difficult for you to accept. My great uncle on his deathbed told me his story as a secret agent. It is utterly undeniable that he is the main inspiration to James Bond. One of my edits was removed I suppose for false information. I have a mountain of evidence and I cite the website that I created.
I am not certain that I have a question, except to question your measurement of what is an authentic source. My source is indeed authentic. Chuckxxx ( talk) 01:39, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
I've been a Wikipedian for over 16 years, and I would like to comment here, that over time, many good editors have left due to exhaustion and frustration with what appears to be an ever increasing set of rules being enforced by an overzealous army of editors who seem driven by the unquenchable need to remove every bit of content that they deem unnecessary, non-notable, insignificant, or inadequately cited or sourced to degrees clearly not originally intended by the rules and guidelines. I would dare to say that Wikipedia has become a rather unfriendly place, where the police shoot first, and ask questions later. Sadly. -- Thoric ( talk) 17:21, 7 December 2020 (UTC) Thoric ( talk) 17:21, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
I agree Thoric. TigerScientist ( talk) 18:07, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
how do I know why something I added didn't get kept as a quality edit? I edited a page today, but within a few hours it showed that the page had been edited again, and all that content was removed? where are the reasons why it was removed? Economist716 ( talk) 04:51, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
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AlanM1 (
talk)]— 05:36, 8 December 2020 (UTC)Hi there, I have recently been reading the article on PvZ, and it seems to me that the "gameplay" section has way too much detail. The article itself says it is in the process of a major restructuring, but it seems like that the restructure is actually making the article worse. Should anything be done about this? 185.73.65.98 ( talk) 09:21, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I am trying to add a section to Niall Dunne's Wikipedia page however because of COI (I know Niall and am an employee at the company at which he is CEO) I am unable to make the changes myself. I've created an edit request on his page, I did this a couple weeks ago but there has been no movement or update. Is there something I am doing wrong or could do to make the updates get approved quicker?
Really appreciate any help or tips! Thank you :) SophieStromback ( talk) 11:51, 8 December 2020 (UTC) SophieStromback ( talk) 11:51, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
Thanks so much for your response! I will sit tight :) SophieStromback ( talk) 12:20, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
More of a comment than a question. I usually do not give when asked by Wikipedia donor drives since I believe it just burdens those who appreciate the service, but this time I gave the minimum (plus admin cost) since, like everyone else, I really do use it alot. I think Wikipedia should start charging a very small membership fee for use. I think anyone who uses the platform regularly would pay $5-10 per year to have access to the content. You could have special, cheaper student rates too. Just level with people: anything that has value is not free.
best regards Allan 131.111.85.79 ( talk) 09:52, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
How can I edit the 2017 in Philippine television? Alanconsebido ( talk) 09:00, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello, This is in regards with my draft – /info/en/?search=Draft:Hello_Mini which was rejected due to not using the proper reliable sources. I have checked the sources and found only one reliable - https://www.iwmbuzz.com/digital/editorial-digital/review-hello-mini-erotic-thriller-ends-justifying-stalking/2019/10/07 can you please help me and let me know if it can work. Also, you have rejected the MX player link earlier. But the Hello mini series is available to watch on MX player only. So I can not understand the rejection reason. Though I think it is not promotional. Mathurrajv77 ( talk) 13:09, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
Thank you Hoary for your time. So in this case, I will check if I can collect some other reliable sources.
Can I add MX Player link or https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/web-series/news/mx-player-drops-the-trailer-of-their-first-psychological-thriller-hello-mini/articleshow/71326257.cms ?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mathurrajv77 ( talk • contribs) 13:52, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
How does one get to become an active contributor and get to go live on Wikipedia? Pete11DD ( talk) 13:48, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello. I’m helping out at WP:TFDH which involves orphaning templates. Which means I have to go on every page that transcludes those templates and remove them, and copy an edit summary into the edits I make. This can get tedious when doing by hand, and can take up some of my school time. I want to know if there is a tool I can use to help with this process and make it faster to orphan templates. PorkchopGMX ( talk • contribs • Merry Christmas!) 14:12, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
How do you gather reliable sources for citations? Thanks! TheLAXPlanespotter ( talk) 03:00, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
At the request of Nick Moyes, the user page has been updated to reflect a more "current" synonym because vigilante sounds too 1880's. I didn't want to change it, but I decided to because I am not an idiot. (I am referring to myself, not anyone else). Bye for now, and maybe it sounds like I'm not welcome here. :) TheLAXPlanespotter ( talk) 15:09, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi! glad I got your feedback so how long does it take to be given rights to publish upon participating on edit-job on the pre-existing articles? again upon checking my article what significant misdoings did you note kindly thanks Pete11DD ( talk) 14:14, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello there, I hope you’re all doing well. Can someone please review my article Draft:Harry Fear and tell me if it needs adjustments? I really want it to be accepted. Thanks j advance Engy Badawy ( talk) 15:24, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
Why bother me for donations when I already pay a monthly contribution of $3.75? Doesn't your system have the capability of knowing when a true SUBSCRIBER's IP address is searching Wiki? Bobbystar80 ( talk) 16:41, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
Our apologies for the banners causing annoyance or inconvenience. Wikipedia and its sister projects receive over 400 million unique visitors per month, so for fundraising it is important that we keep it displayed during the limited duration of our campaign. To hide the banners, you can click the x in the upper right corner. If you create or already have a Wikipedia account, you can tick the "Suppress display of fundraiser banners" option in your account preferences at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets, which will prevent the banners from displaying.I hope that helps. Cordless Larry ( talk) 16:54, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
eu nn consigo traduzir porcaria nenhuma, eu uso a traducao automatica , edito tudo oq esta errado ai do nada em alguns topicos fica em vermelho ai quando eu vou publicar falam que nn foi permitidp TioAldemir ( talk) 16:09, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
O que você deve procurar ao avaliar os artigos para tradução, então, é que para a maioria dos fatos no artigo, as citações são fornecidas, usando citações in-line para fontes secundárias confiáveis que são totalmente independentes do tópico (não há problema se essas fontes estiverem em Português). Supondo que esses tipos de fontes citadas também tratem o tópico com algum detalhe, seu uso para fins de verificação também demonstrará a notabilidade do tópico. ((Usei tradução automática para fazer este post no que presumo ser sua língua nativa, então espero que não seja muito confuso). Cumprimentos.-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 17:16, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
(e/c) (English used below) Hi. Different language Wikipedias have different standards for acceptance of articles, with the English Wikipedia's standards to meet its notability guideline being generally higher than for most other languages. It's also the case that an article may exist at another Wikipedia language project that doesn't meet even their standards for acceptance, but just has not yet been focused on and reviewed (or properly deleted), where it would be if someone had taken the time to look at the article carefully.
What you should be looking for when assessing articles for translation, then, is that for most facts in the article, citations are provided, using inline citations to reliable, secondary sources that are entirely independent from the topic (it's fine if those sources are in Portuguese). Assuming those types of cited sources also treat the topic in some detail, their use for verification purposes, will also demonstrate the notability of the topic. (I used machine translation to make this post in what I assume is your native language, so I hope it's not too garbled). Best regards-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 17:16, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
How would i find articles to edit on Wikipedia? Then how would i know if something needs to be edited? Mekeit ( talk) 15:13, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
I have tried everything on the Help page for Help:Cite errors/Cite error references no text, but it never works no matter what I do. I'm talking about this reference on Draft:Slater and Devil fires, I want to put the same reference without making a duplicate reference, but it doesn't work. Can someone help me? a gd fan ( talk) 17:48, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
Why I have to edit? Do you mean, the writings are take for granted only? or you're just assuming I am a Scientist? Geebei1988 ( talk) 17:46, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
I would like to add Goodcents to the list of restaurants featured at:
List of submarine sandwich restaurants
After reading about how to create articles, I don't think I'm qualified to do so. Further reading suggests one can request an article be written, but I found the instructions on this topic to be intimidating and complex. I thought it best to simply ask what I should do to request a Goodcents article that I can then link to from the above linked article. Bubbleking ( talk) 20:08, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
Salutations teahouse staff, I have returned to pester you (this shouldn't take long though). Does anyone know the template that reads something like "while there are sources in this article it lacks in-line citations"? Because I was just working on an article that could use that. Thanks! SnazzyInfinity ( talk • contribs) 15:55, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
{{
No footnotes}}
.
Victor Schmidt (
talk) 15:59, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
I'm trying to delist Stephen Fry's Podgrams and I can't figure it out. I'm using this quick tutorial: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Good_article_delisting. When I delisted the article on the talk page inside the article history template I couldn't figure out how to include the date I'm delisting it, and I can't figure out how to remove the article from /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Good_articles/.
I did ask in the talk page and the wikiproject whether it was okay to delist the article, and someone at the wikiproject said it was okay. TipsyElephant ( talk) 13:05, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
{{
good article}}
template from the bottom of the article page, too.So I know there is no time rush on Wikipedia. I got burned a few months ago after asking a question on a talk page, only receiving 1 response (a support) after a 48 hour wait. The article had almost 50 edits done during that 48 hours, so people had chances to reply. When I implemented the change though, tons of people got upset saying I did it too quick. (It was too quick and it was a split proposal and I know that should be a week at least). Too be honest, I was slightly confused why people didn't choose to respond but when the change happened (no one opposing at the time), people got upset.
So I recently asked a question about a new source for an article. I have waiting 24 hours and no responses. (Topic is slightly searched and between the time of my asking the question and now, an article related to it had a closed Afd ending in a merge into this article.
My question is simple. How long should I wait before implementing a change if I hear no responses. I don't want to wait too long, because I would probably forget the change, but if I do it too quick, I don't want to have a ton of people up set with me. Thanks in advance for your responses. Elijahandskip ( talk) 22:23, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello! I was looking at the Category Deaths in police custody in the United States, and I added the Death of Chavis Carter article. But on the category page, it lists that article under the 'D' section. Other pages in that category are under sections by the subject's last name. How is this accomplished? What do I need to do? Kirby777 ( talk) 22:56, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
<s>{{DEFAULTSORT|Carter, Chavis}}</s>
. See
WP:DEFAULTSORT for more information.
davidwr/(
talk)/(
contribs) 23:08, 8 December 2020 (UTC) Update: It's <s>{{DEFAULTSORT:Carter, Chavis}}</s>
not <s>{{DEFAULTSORT|Carter, Chavis}}</s>
. Thank you
Le Panini.
davidwr/(
talk)/(
contribs) 23:15, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
why do some company names show in blue and others in black. Can I make it consistent? IwTbA4EvR ( talk) 19:10, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
Is David Burnell IV a notable subject? David Burnell the Fourth ( talk) 20:41, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
I moved my page from sandbox but after that I got this error please help me with publishing my page live "This sandbox is in the article namespace. Either move this page into your userspace, or remove the {{ User sandbox}} template." Repairdental ( talk) 23:55, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
Some wiki articles such as the Notability article (just as an example) state that when an editor feels articles or edits to articles are not suitable (he doesn't like the sources, the content, the length, or other issue) he should either look for sources himself, ask the article's or edit's editor, or ask for input from others. Yet I find that what generally happens is someone will simply, quickly "revert" or reject without taking any of these steps first. Why? And is there a way to try to ensure that happens instead of sudden rejections/declines or reverts? DogBehaviorPro ( talk) 21:12, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
I need my article to be reviewed and successfully published. I have written a article which is verified by me and need to get my article published. Maverick2554 ( talk) 03:33, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello
I thought someone might want to lock the Train robbery article. It appears people are continually adding the cast of Red Dead Redemption 2 to its list of famous train robbers.
Thanks 84.13.85.156 ( talk) 10:01, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello there, I hope you’re all safe and well. Can someone review Draft:Harry Fear ? Do I need to edit it more? Thanks in advance Engy Badawy ( talk) 01:34, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
I’ll work on it. Thank you so much
Okay 👌🏻 Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Engy Badawy ( talk • contribs) 02:01, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
Greetings fellow tea enthusiasts,
I've finally finished a non-stub (imo) article (albeit not from the ones I set out to do, but meh... he was redlinked in a random DYI article recently). I intended to go through Afc properly this time (have published 2 stubs before directly in mainspace), but I see that the backlog is currently 3 months.
So, question: Is that process mandatory? I will certainly be going through it with my BLP article once that one is done, as that needs extra care (because living people and stuff). But I'm frankly a bit bored right now and don't really want to wait 3 months, so... can I publish the non-BLP article to mainspace directly? If that's shunned upon I can wait ofc; but if it is acceptable and allowing Afc helpers to spend more time on those difficult cases, I'd go the direct route (as I have done before, but back then I didn't know about Afc). -- LordPeterII ( talk) 12:29, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
I’ve come across a couple of new editors trying to add spaces around negative signs in LaTeX. The complaint is that the negative signs aren’t rendering without increasing the zoom level on the browser. Sure enough, I’ve had to increase the zoom level on my browser to see some negative signs. LaTeX used to render reliably at 110% (Maybe lower, but I’ve used 110% for years). Now I need to go to 150% in some cases. Has the LaTeX engine made some new assumptions about display resolution. My monitor is 1920 x 1080. Maybe it is time for an upgrade. Constant314 ( talk) 10:53, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
shutterstock, alamy: are their location pictures a reliable source? 24.7.56.99 ( talk) 09:08, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
Today I found that a baseball card from 1919 of my great uncle does exist. The family has been looking for years to no avail. I am wondering if anyone can tell me where the picture of the card came from and who might have it yet today ? 174.25.168.15 ( talk) 20:31, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
MY article Jeriq was rejected unjustly. I need to understand exactly what is wrong with that article Fabregado ( talk) 09:35, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
I want to create a page for a person. How do I start and where is that link? Rrelangi0310 ( talk) 12:17, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
How to make wikipedia page??? Muhammad Umer Ali UsmAni ( talk) 12:35, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi, yesterday this file has been deleted in violation of WP:CSD#F7. What does problem encountered to this file or can you explain " the subject of sourced commentary" mean. I can't understand this term, but can you explain clearly in order to know in the future please? The Supermind ( talk) 13:15, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello I don't know how to add any images to posts... And why can i coppy and paste things? Mr. Amasballs ( talk) 13:55, 9 December 2020 (UTC) Mr. Amasballs ( talk) 13:55, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
I don't really know what you mean by "coppy and paste things", but see this page on copyrights if you intend to copy the text on Wikipedia somewhere else, or this page for copying text from one Wikipedia page to another. ◢ Ganbaruby! ( Say hi!) 14:03, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello,
Thank you for taking the time to review my wikipedia page. As I am new to Wikipedia and devoted to have my own Wiki page go live, may I request some additional support please? I was using this page as an example to write my own - /info/en/?search=Popjustice You reviewed that 'Twitter and the official site aren't reliable sources'. That is understandable, what should I post then to clarify authentication, as I thought my own website would have been authentic enough? Any support would be dearly appreciated.
I look forward to hearing from you,
Yours Sincerely, Mark. Cureeight ( talk) 13:41, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
As I am new to Wikipedia and devoted to have my own Wiki page go livethat you might be misunderstanding some very important things about Wikipedia. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 14:07, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
Courtesy link: Clifford Sobel
I have been trying to update my personal information and cannot do so. It keeps going back to old information SOBEL1 ( talk) 14:52, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 1080 | ← | Archive 1084 | Archive 1085 | Archive 1086 | Archive 1087 | Archive 1088 | → | Archive 1090 |
I am an editor part of WP:FCHAR, as I am very interested in movies, books and fictional characters. I spotted that Rick O'Connell redirects to Mummy Franchise characters. But, he is the lead protagonist in all 3 movies of the series. So shouldn't there be an additional article. I myself have created such articles like Dr Smolder Bravestone, which was reviewed and accepted. But the Jack Dawson article was deleted. Also, Imhotep (The Mummy) is an article on the lead antagonist of the series. While Imhotep is in 3 movies and 1 Tv show, Rick is in 3 movies. As I have presented my view, please comment as you are all experienced editors. I have also put the question in Wikiproject:Fictional Characters Thank you. -- Atlantis77177 ( talk) 06:02, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
I am creating a page and i want to give titles like every page has for example- early life, career etc but i am unknown to the fact how to create those headings. Ibaadat ( talk) 09:19, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
==Early life==
.
Enjoyer of World(
bother me...) 11:38, 2 December 2020 (UTC)People who use pronouns such as ‘he/they’, she/they’, or are pronoun flexible only have the binary pronouns used on their page when these pronouns are supposed to be used simultaneously. Are we allowed to edit them as long as they are their preferred pronouns? Sock06 ( talk) 08:33, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Why was my article declined? CreepyManMaker ( talk) 12:44, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Creating References I have revised the draft of my article as advised. Now: please can someone help me create the link of each of the eight references in the text of that revised article to the references list at the end of that article? Merchav1 ( talk) 13:35, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
{{
rp}}
template immediately after the inline citation to show which page in the book or journal that cited statement refers to. (More details on that in
this section. I would expect at the very least that each paragraph about a person would have at least one reference at the end of every paragraph, or multiple citations within it to support multiple assertions of fact. I hope this helps. If after carefully reading through the guidance pages, and giving it a try, you find you're still stuck, just pop back here and identify one precise statement and one source document that you would like to use as a citation, and someone here will possibly add it for you by way of a demonstration, and then leave you to do the rest. You might find it worth looking at the 'edit source' code of a similar article to see how inline citations appear within them.
Nick Moyes (
talk) 14:04, 2 December 2020 (UTC)I am a new user who created two articles. Please review them and give me feedback.
First article for review and move to main space: /info/en/?search=Draft:Kabul_Model_United_Nations Second article for review and move to main space: /info/en/?search=Draft:Yahya_Qanie Popalzai.diana ( talk) 13:55, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Joe Kennedy III is nominated as a good article, yet it has a tag regarding TMPS. Does that give the article an eligibility to have GA revoked? a gd fan ( talk) 15:05, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I don't see Bo-Ying Lee linking to wikidata (Q102826015) on the left side of the Wikipedia page. Thanks, SWP13 ( talk) 23:37, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
Reply>> ColinFine, How did you purge the page? Awsome, it shows a wikidata link now. Thanks. SWP13 ( talk) 23:54, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
What is a "user sandbox"? I was reading The Signpost just now and in the section about paid editors it mentioned it. It also shows on my user page and when I click the thing in the top right corner of my screen when I put it into advanced mode. Ex-Borg Seven of Nine ( talk) 23:23, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
Apparently my sandbox is not created yet? And I'm having the same problem I had with my user page. Ex-Borg Seven of Nine ( talk) 23:51, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
That's the thing. I hit publish, and then it just loads and loads and loads and it doesn't publish. Never mind, is there a sandbox that's been created? Ex-Borg Seven of Nine ( talk) 01:31, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Adding .pdf to reference
I'm trying to edit a reference by adding text and two .pdf's. The .pdf's are copies of Court documents so I don't own the copyright. How do I add these references without violating some rule? Ralphwrites ( talk) 16:05, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
I'm in my sandbox, trying to make an Infobox. But when I go to publish it, it has a weird message in the preview. Something about an unknown parameter. How do I fix this? Ex-Borg Seven of Nine ( talk) 12:26, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Thanks, @ Le Panini: and @ Bonadea:. (normally I use the thank button but it will take forever to sort through those revisions 😺) Ex-Borg Seven of Nine ( talk) 17:32, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Disclosing COI RE: Peter Petros Wiki
I have not been able to get a Wiki article through as I have been dinged for COI and copyright issues on my images.
I am wondering how I may amend this and disclose my COI? I have tried following the instructions but I cannot understand them. My relationship to Petros is that I have interviewed him in the past for work. Although in this instance I was not asked to create an article by him or anyone else, nor have I been paid to do so.
I am was extremely impressed by his CV and my interview with him in the past. I believe this man needs more exposure as a researcher in womens health and prolific academic journal article creator as currently there is little to no information on his academic and research achievements -- only newspaper articles over a past controversy that was all over the Australian news at the time making any research on Petros impossible.
The images which were used were taken from his academic articles that are open to the public and I was also given further consent and images to use when I reached out to him to tell him that I wanted to create a Wiki on him.
Please help! I am very new to this all and am eager to create more articles but I need to understand where I am going wrong and how I may disclose my COI regarding this wiki so that it may be published. GW.Pub ( talk) 00:04, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
I have added a template for the works of Brothers Grimm on the article /info/en/?search=Hansel_and_Gretel_(2021_film). However, like other templates, it isn't hidden by default. I can't seem to find a solution to this issue. I want it to be hidden by default as all other templates. Anybody out there knowledgeable on this issue? EnshrineSnowVista ( talk) 16:18, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Thank you so much Fuhghettaboutit and Deor for the help. So it is the state=collapsed portion. EnshrineSnowVista ( talk) 16:40, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Editing References (Source)
I'm trying to edit a reference in an article. When I go to edit the reference, a message comes up saying the references were done on a template and need to be edited in Source. When I click on Edit Source a blank form comes up with only— Preceding unsigned comment added by Ralphwrites ( talk • contribs)
==References==
{{reflist}}
in it and gives me no way I can see to edit a single reference. It's almost like I need to recreate the entire reference list to change only one of them. The Article I'm trying to edit is "Staunton Military Academy" and the reference I'm trying to edit is #6. Ralphwrites ( talk) 17:39, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
==References==
or
{{
reflist}}<references />
In that case, the text of citations is actually in the body of the article, directly next to the first statements or paragraphs the citations support, using <ref>...</ref>
tags, which display as
Footnotes (e.g.[1][2]) when you are reading an article. The template code shown above in the references section collates and displays all of the citations within the article in a numbered list in which the numbers correspond to the footnote numbers in the text. By clicking on the ^ symbol next to a citation display, you can easily find exactly where in the body of the article the citation text appears in order to edit it. For more, please see
Help:Referencing for beginners.--
Fuhghettaboutit (
talk) 18:10, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
What is the best tool to find spelling and grammar mistakes in articles? Superace6 ( talk) 18:04, 2 December 2020 (UTC) Superace6 ( talk) 18:04, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
hey was "typo team (see that page)" met to link to something. Superace6 ( talk) 18:42, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
https://wp1.openzim.org/#/ is an external tool used for Wikipedia. I wanted to suggest that https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Wildfire/articles?quality=GA-Class&importance=Top-Class should have more entries, because it is missing pages like Valley Fire, Rim Fire, Jesusita Fire, etc. How do you edit such tool? a gd fan ( talk) 19:09, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
81.152.204.215 ( talk) 21:17, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
24.18.33.20 ( talk) 20:51, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
How do we post some new definitions regarding a newly forming world industry, there are quite a few new definitions and words forming here. We likely need someone to help us write and publish too. We're NEW to this. (Redacted) 184.67.11.34 ( talk) 21:11, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Thubgb ( talk) 21:25, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
[[Category:...]]lines at the bottom and remove any templates that cause the page to be put into categories, such as "stub" templates, because this can cause problems for other editors if your sandbox is "in" a category that is reserved for actual articles. davidwr/( talk)/( contribs) 21:37, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Maria Tizziano become mother (gave birth to her son) at 11 years old. It is this info eligible to be added in the page? -- 5.168.17.58 ( talk) 21:34, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I got a question and I'm kinda new to this stuff so; How do you respond to people on your talk page?
Thanks!
Mr. Amasballs
Mr. Amasballs (
talk) 16:28, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Thank you EnshrineSnowVista!
Please go to the Talk Page. Then click Edit Source button on top-right, scroll all the way down and find the last sentence. Then add a new line by clicking Enter. Then type. Then click Publish Changes. EnshrineSnowVista ( talk) 16:40, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
:
to the beginning of your comment to indent it. You can find more information at
WP:INDENT. —
Tenryuu 🐲 (
💬 •
📝 ) 16:49, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Well at lest look at my talk page I mean seriously.
Mr. Amasballs (
talk) 17:11, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
OhioLINK pages contain a permalink which goes to an info page that has current links to the actual content. See http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1180454140 . In this case, is it preferred to use the permalink or to use a link that takes one to the actual content? Is there a template I should be using? Fabrickator ( talk) 21:46, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello, i'm here to inform you that on the wikipedia page of Expansion of Major League Soccer i found that you had mistakenly put Kansas City in Kansas while it is in Missouri
/info/en/?search=File:Major_League_Soccer_club_locations_2020.png — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:FEA8:BE60:DA1:E844:2756:944B:9EC6 ( talk) 22:26, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Thubgb ( talk) 22:16, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Thubgb ( talk) 00:19, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
What is an information gap AngelitaDominguez ( talk) 05:09, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
Can I create a welcoming template to welcome users? Larryzhao| Talk| Contribs 17:49, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
Ok Larryzhao| Talk| Contribs 17:55, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
Trying to find the best group of people to refer new volunteers to.
Is anyone here blind or low vision? Anyone who can talk on the phone? DrMel ( talk) 19:56, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
Good day,
My Draft was deleted today by: Wildr, Jimfbleak, Nick Moyes, Maile66.
By calling the page and text Vandalism in matter of being noncorrect. By using words Hoax and "Blatan" Hoax.
My draft can not be edited by IP only anymore.
Any help? 89.205.138.183 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.205.138.183 ( talk) 23:39, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
We are living in a time where adults in this country are looking for 1st amendment protection, and young people are learning what it means to have freedom of speech. It is critical that forums such as yours not take a political position in reporting or opining. Unfortunately, we have seen Wikipedia take very liberal positions in delivery of information by being subtly critical of Conservative positions, or overtly kind to “progressive” and deliberately articles, “science”, etc.
People really need a place to go to find not just the behaviors of calico kittens, but also fair critique of renewable energy. Please refrain from politicizing details on your website. Be neutral, really really neutral. Don’t nuke the 1st amendment by censoring speech. Don’t do it. Half the country doesn’t want to see Wikipedia compromise conservatism to further your agenda. The other half needs to see that there is truly a place to go that doesn’t always agree with their political positions, in order to truly bring neutral information to seekers. Anyone can spin data. It takes a real encyclopedia to maintain neutrality in providing it’s users with no spin, no opinion, just genuine, unadulterated information. 2600:1702:F71:4430:3017:4BE3:9AEB:87BC ( talk) 20:18, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
Meanwhile, the number of people who have the ability to winnow out truth from fiction for themselves from source material has always been a minority. With that unequal baseline, to far too many the two "sides" just appear as equal, disputing authorities.
It doesn't help at all that even some of the most stalwart sources of real journalism have been co-opted to some extent – for example reporting on the existence of "alternative facts" alongside reality, even when discounting the lies, when they should not be giving any lip service. Similarly, real journalists fall into the trap of thinking being unbiased is to always give the lunatic fringe a seat at the table, even if it's a small one, e.g., even though approximately 100% of scientists agree we live in a heliocentric universe, every time that topic somehow comes up directly, the unbiased thing to do is plant a flat earth creationist at the table with the adults to give the other side.
So, I absolutely agree with your conclusion, person editing from ...87BC, but since the sides are so weighted in the other direction from your post, I cannot help but wonder if you're mistaking our reportage of facts, including the existence and stance of lies masquerading as fact as pushed by those with a political agenda, as being a left bias, or whether you genuinely have come across the left bias your post regards. If you have, post to the talk page of the article, but back up any issue or change you want with a survey of proper sources.-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 03:41, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
To quote our founder "The type of people who were drawn to writing an encyclopedia for fun tend to be pretty smart people." Educated people tend to lean left towards analytical thinking entrusting thier academic peers in different fields for information. Thus Wikipedia has an academic overtone in its writing that some see as bias by default.-- Moxy 🍁 04:04, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
Please visit Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard to view a discussion started by me on the reliability of Republic TV. Editor @ Bonadea: advised me that my actions during this discussion and many other processes were mistaken, and they were either unnecessary or small vandalisms. I accepted his suggestion to concentrate just on normal editing at present. Could any host or member of the Teahouse do the summarizing of the discussion started by me, and then add it to Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources, if they feel it necessary. Thank you.-- Atlantis77177 ( talk) 06:03, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
I created the page Vijilesh_Karayad. But i could not get any notification on acceptance of the page. After revision i dint even know. How it is possible. Rahul Soman Discussions - contribs 17:47, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
2A02:2F0E:419:6400:71C8:E4B5:564D:217F ( talk) 06:31, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
Special:Contributions/2601:601:9480:BE30:8882:7F4D:D92C:5E40|2601:601:9480:BE30:8882:7F4D:D92C:5E40]] ( talk) 07:05, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
Help in Improving Skillhouse Article
/info/en/?search=Draft:Skillhouse_Staffing_Solutions
Good day, I was wondering if anyone can help me improve my article, it has been declined for being read as an advertisement but every fact I have stated properly referenced to a secondary source. How can I make the article read less like an advertisement? Thank you very much for your time and consideration. Shallou Vignette ( talk) 03:58, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
{{
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template at their userpage.
Nsk92 (
talk) 09:00, 1 December 2020 (UTC)How can I make the article read less like an advertisement?One key to this is that the article has to be based on what people with no connection to the company are saying about it. As an example, take the last paragraph in the draft, about the colour scheme of the offices and what the colour red and the company logo symbolise. That is promotional content presented in Wikipedia's voice, even though it is actually based entirely on what the CEO, Mark Smith, said in an interview – which, by the way, means that the source is not secondary. I can't see any secondary sources in the draft with the exception of one or two listings such as Bloomberg. The Temple University source which is supposed to support the claim that "Skillhouse is also partnered with Temple University in fostering IT education amongst its working staff and registered candidates" does not mention Skillhouse (and "fostering IT education" is another instance of promotional wording). I searched for "Skillhouse" on the university website in case the wrong URL had been added in the reference by mistake, but the only times the word appears are two editions of the university newsletter where Mark Smith is mentioned as a former MBA at the university. So in addition to the fact that it reads like advertising, it is also not adequately sourced to show notability. Have a look at this information to see what would be required. -- bonadea contributions talk 09:39, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
Ever since coming to Japan, Mark has been involved in IT staffing and outsourcing services in Japan, US and Singapore for more than 30 yearsis worded promotes Smith's achievements. Another sentence with issues is
The working staff of Skillhouse is made up of different nationalities to cater to both local and foreign clients and candidates, which isn't noteworthy (in the broad scheme of things) and is phrased to appease potential clients or hires. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 21:23, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi everyone! Thank you very much for your input, I will work on fixing the article especially the promotional language! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shallou Vignette ( talk • contribs) 07:29, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
With the recent advancement of the automated tools that will allow editors to colorize the photos in just a minute, I am thinking of an idea where to colorize the historic photos that are not in color and replace the original black and white photo in article with the colorized copy of the photo, but not sure if it's a good idea to do or not.
FYI due to copyright restrictions, only colorize the photo that are published in public domain, Creative Commons CC-BY-2.0, CC‑BY‑SA‑2.0 or Flickr "No known copyright restrictions" license. WPSamson ( talk) 01:12, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
Is there a standard on Wikipedia for terminology used to refer to Native Americans/indigenous people? In the following article, there are instances where "Indian" is used out of necessity, such as linking to the "Yurok Indian Reservation", but the term is also used generically several times. It is my understanding that this is a less-preferred term by the people it refers to, so would it be acceptable to swap these for "indigenous" as applicable?
/info/en/?search=Klamath_River#Salmon_controversy_and_proposed_dam_removal ShepardoftheEarth ( talk) 03:24, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
How do you contribute to an encyclopedia? Are there rules? Admins? Bosses? Caneto ( talk) 10:26, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I frequently forget my password, so can I create an alternate account for that reason? More importantly, does the policy allows me to do so and if I do it would I get blocked? I can confirm that I will not use it for malicious or any bad reasons. Kajjul ( talk) 11:53, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
I have two questions. If you partially erase Sandbox, does that remove a previous article you've submitted? I've been reluctant to erase a previous article draft for fear it might impact an entry that has been around for two years. So, I've been working on a draft of another article that I've finished and wish to move to the main Wiki page. Should I erase the old one and then move the new one? Since I have an account, does it need to be reviewed before submission? I'm also assuming I can't cut and paste as well in terms of moving the article.
Thanks for any feedback. I last created an article two years ago and it seems like the process has changed a little. Octopus69 ( talk) 03:55, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
/draft
after "submission" if you're not ready yet). —
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statement, the link between the pages is broken, and if the original page is a sandbox, it can be reused for a new purpose. Does that answer your question? --
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talk) 11:59, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
I was wondering why havent you all reached out to the satanic narcissistic Hollywood actors to make significant donations to Wikipedia? Or reach out to. athletes? Like LEBRON James ??? He makes millions of millions of dollars just for playing basketball why don’t you all reach out to him and his team and ask him to donate to Wikipedia to cover all your expenses for one year so that us the poor and the middle class can enjoy the benefits being being able to look up educational information while we’re on lockdown!!!!! 2600:1700:DFA0:BA00:B8CF:24DF:4B3E:A55D ( talk) 08:39, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello I need help to edit this article or well known artist Amina Zoubir, it seems that the references I have added on diffreent sources to justify the recognition of the person are not taken in consideration. Can you help me to correct and edit this article, thank you for your help. best
I'm currently working on a submission, but the Infobox isn't showing all the info. Is there a size or info restriction within Infobox? Any way to increase its size to include more info? Thanks! Octopus69 ( talk) 13:10, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
{{
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does not have a url parameter but it does have a website parameter (and {{
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doesn't work with doubled brackets), so I fixed the display at your sandbox with
this edit. Best regards--
Fuhghettaboutit (
talk) 13:43, 3 December 2020 (UTC)Hi! I've been editing as various IPs for some time now, mostly while bored at work, but a few of the (obviously shared) addresses which get randomly assigned to me there are blocked for misbehavior by coworkers. I've now (equally obviously) created an account, but I'm not sure what will happen if I log in at work and get assigned one of the blocked IPs. Will my account be autoblocked? Any advice on how to handle this? Thanks! Wikignome Wintergreen ( talk) 14:26, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
Greetings and salutations once more teahouse staff! I've been working on Draft:Jonathan Basile, and was wondering if someone could do a readthrough/checkup/readability test/etc. and also remind me of how to move a draft to the mainspace whenever it's ready. I feel like there is somewhere else I should be asking this so if that is a thing that'd be nice to know, thanks! SnazzyInfinity ( talk • contribs) 21:02, 2 December 2020 (UTC) SnazzyInfinity ( talk • contribs) 21:02, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
#REDIRECT The Library of Babel (website) and then preview and save the page.
Please move the page "East Valla" to "Östra Valla". Waazzou ( talk) 16:13, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
??? RusherLeBFDIFan ( talk) 16:14, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
read the headline Annoyingorange150803224 ( talk) 16:43, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
I’ve recently wanted to make a page for the auctioneer Blaine Lotz, and I’ve read the notability guidelines and I think he does a somewhat good job of fitting the guidelines. Not also that but maybe I could make pages for other auctioneers, mainly pages for auctioneers who have recently won the world championship, as pretty much no other auctioneers gets coverage. Please let me know what you think about if I should make these pages. Jack Ryan Morris ( talk) 15:01, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
Why does ClueBot sometimes revert my edits when they’re not even vandalism? RusherLeBFDIFan ( talk) 16:23, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
How do you write a draft on a novel you write, and keep it neutral? Theobliviaf ( talk) 10:18, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
I was reading the Clue Bot NG FAQ about why this bot's edits don't use the bot flag and it says "Since anti-vandal bots are doing a steady stream of edits that would otherwise (usually and eventually) be done by a human[...]". Isn't this true of every bot? That is, don't all bots exist to do edits that would normally be done by a human? Can someone explain what the difference is here between reverting vandalism and any other edit some bot would do? RudolfRed ( talk) 17:18, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
"Anti-vandal bots do not perform precise, exact work like most other bots do. They act more like humans, with most edits correct and good, but a small percentage of mistakes. Bot edits show up as (unflagged) human edits so they can be reviewed for possible mistakes if necessary, like other human edits."In other words, nobody needs to review the edits made by Signbot when someone forgets to sign their posts here (these are 100% accurate), but we do need humans to review the potentially erroneous reversions that Cluebot and other bots make to earlier human edits. Were their edits flagged as bot edits, it could mean that wrong reversions (and I do see them from time to time) would go unnoticed by an editor who chooses not to be worry about standard, 100% automated and petty changes made by other bots. Does that make sense? Nick Moyes ( talk) 17:33, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi there! Thanks for helping volunteer here — I appreciate the work you all do! I've previously edited articles on here years ago but with an old account I forgot the login for. I just tried to submit my first article — hoping to write a few more too! Can anyone kindly let me know if everything looks to be in order? /info/en/?search=Draft:Sky_Blossom Jdweikler ( talk) 00:43, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
Pipe Major John McLellan DCM of Dunoon Composer & poet I wrote an article in the draft page about P/M John McLellan DCM but it was deleted in the last few minutes. I added relevant citations to media sources and recieved an email ok to quote those sources but my article about this subject was speedily deleted, why? Baishan17 ( talk) 16:46, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
I looked at a chart of recent blocks and unblocks and saw a large spike in blocks on November 16. Does anyone know why this is? I'm curious and don't see any other place to post this kind of question. Parrotapocalypse ( talk) 18:13, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
If you are writing an article for a movie and include reviews of the film, how is it not notable? It isn't incidental mention. I feel like the notability guidelines are such that I can't win... MoviesAndMusicFan ( talk) 19:28, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello! How do I report someone who is adding unsourced additions that are false? Thank you very much Just Piping In ( talk) 23:15, 2 December 2020 (UTC) Just Piping In ( talk) 23:15, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Help please! Getting article reviewed. Hi, I'm new to editing on Wikipedia and trying to get this article published: /info/en/?search=Draft:Linda_Merrick
Could someone please confirm it's in the line for review. If not, could someone please submit it for review by Wikipedia editors? Thank you very much! Hal.mccollum ( talk) 15:22, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi, thank you for your feedback @ Quisqualis: & @ Bonadea:. I updated the opening paragraph. I am happy it isn't violating any copyright. Could someone please confirm it's been resubmitted for review? (Sorry, still getting to grips with the submit function). Thanks a lot. Link: /info/en/?search=Draft:Linda_Merrick — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hal.mccollum ( talk • contribs) 11:56, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
What is the category for uncreatable pages, I’m just wondering RusherLeBFDIFan ( talk) 18:16, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
What constitutes a source that is considered reliable, and will work to get our article approved. AgileMaster ( talk) 18:20, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
Courtesy link: COVID-19 in the UK
As can be seen on the article's history, myself and another editor have been engaged in something of an edit war on Covid 19 in the UK. He wishes to illustrate information about travel restrictions introduced on the Wales-England border in November with an image of a sign reading "Welsh Covid rules apply". I argue that this is inaccurate as the image is from several months earlier when no restrictions were in place. I have tried to remove the image whilst giving my reasoning on multiple occasions but he has reverted it. Llewee ( talk) 22:32, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
How enlarge font in which articles and edits appear? Eye strain. Thanks. TBR-qed ( talk) 12:28, 2 December 2020 (UTC) TBR-qed ( talk) 12:28, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
I decided to try making a list based on a category because I had seen a few in the past and it was declined. The article is Draft:List of comic book podcasts, which I now know is probably an example of the WP:SALAT rule "Lists that are too specific are also a problem. The 'list of one-eyed horse thieves from Montana' will be of little interest to anyone other than the creator of the list." Although, based on the comment that was left perhaps I could rework the article based on news listicles of comic book podcasts.
What I'm specifically wondering is whether any of the groupings under the "Category:Podcasts by genre" would be appropriate for a lists article. From what I understand I need something with more content, but it's unclear how much content is necessary for a lists article. For instance, there are already the following lists based on podcasts by genre: List of daily news podcasts, List of food podcasts, List of American crime podcasts, and List of Australian crime podcasts. TipsyElephant ( talk) 02:04, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Why doesn't Wikipedia just use AllSides ratings for their bias ratings, e.g. MSNBC would be classified as left-wing, as per AllSides Evil Slug ( talk) 01:57, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello,
I am in a quandary. I am interested in creating an article on B Flight, Royal Naval Squadron 10 during World War I. This flight was known as the Black Flight because they painted their Sopwith Triplanes black and gave them black-themed names. They were all Canadian flying aces and were led by Raymond Collishaw (61 aerial victories) in "Black Maria". William Melville Alexander in "Black Prince" scored 23 victories. Ellis Vair Reid in "Black Roger" scored 19 victories. John Edward Sharman, "Black Death", 8 victories. Gerald Ewart Nash, "Black Sheep", 6 victories. Distinguished Service Crosses all around, as well as some even more prestigious decorations. Collishaw went on to become an Air vice-marshal.
Looks dead-bang notable, right? Well, the difficulty comes in with Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Notability guide#Units and formations. To quote their policy: "...sub-units that exist below the level of those formations or units listed above—such as sections, platoons, troops, batteries, companies, and flights—are not intrinsically notable." A listed suggestion is incorporation into their parent unit, but Black Flight and Collishaw were the most prominent features of Naval 10.
What to do? Is Black Flight notable in and of itself? Suggestions are definitely solicited. Georgejdorner ( talk) 19:50, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
The subject-specific notability guidelines (e.g., for books), and advice at Wikiprojects like this one for military history topics, are essentially adjuncts to that standard – usually attempts to isolate certain attributes that, if some some class of topics share, are an indication that the right types of sources are likely to exist, needed to demonstrate a topic's notability. This is essentially the opposite, an attempt to define a class for which sources are not likely to exist.
Stated another way, when the Wikiproject tells you that X is not "intrinsically notable", I would translate that as saying, in effect: "things within class X are not likely to be actually notable, because for most class-X-subjects, past experience tell us you won't be able to locate the right type, quantity and depth of sources to demonstrates their notability.
All this is to say, if the B Flight of Royal Naval Squadron 10 has actually received significant treatment in reliable, secondary and independent sources, and you demonstrate that by writing an article using those sources (i.e., properly citing them as you go), then the topic is notable, and a stand-alone article is warranted. Full stop. If those sources exist, get writing. Best regards-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 20:50, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
I'm fairly new to Wikipedia and I'm trying to get more involved with my first wikiproject-- WikiProject_Podcasting. I want to create a manual of style or guidelines for articles relevant to the project and a place to discuss those guidelines. I went to another wikiproject, WikiProject_Musicians, and checked out their talk page and they've got a super organized banner that I'm not confident that I can recreate. Is there a Wikipedia help page that explains how to create that kind of banner and is it okay for me to just do it? TipsyElephant ( talk) 02:29, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
As to the banner, I do think that's probably a bit cart-before-horse at this juncture but you can work on such matters at a subpage of your userspace, such as User:TipsyElephant/WikiProject Podcast-header, taking the code from the banner subpage of the Wikiproject here, and tailoring it for the proposed Wikiproject's use. If you were to create that subpage with the code from there, please be sure to provide copyright attibution through your edit summary when you first save to that subpage (e.g., "Copying content for emulation from [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians/header]]; see its page history for attribution" (see: Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia). Also, please remember that if at some point in the future the Wikiproject is ready to 'go live' and the banner is ready for use, you have to maintain the connection to the source by moving it to the appropriate Wikiproject subpage (i.e., don't copy and paste to there). Best regards-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 04:29, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Courtesy link: Draft: Leiden Manifesto(incomplete)
Hello everyone, I am a new editor who is trying to make their first article. For reference, this is the main reference of the article I am creating: leiden manifesto
Since the source is a list, how should the article be created? Should I insert the list verbatim? I was thinking of having "synopsis", and "reception" headings. Redactedentity ( talk) 03:34, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi. I was looking up George Harrison on Bing.
I see the photograph that accompanies the Wikipedia link is not of George Harrison, but Paul McCartney!
Is there any way to change it?
It seems a bit disrespectful, but also a fairly basic error on a extremely well-known subject. Rickylee369 ( talk) 18:02, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
2021 is coming up, is there a way I could archive all of my talk page messages from 2020? Trevortnidesserpedx ( talk) 07:41, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
I've always wanted to put them on my page, but they are so confusing. Is there a list of all of them? TrevortniDesserpedx ( talk) 07:29, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I write to you on behalf of Ripu Daman, an Indian Plogger and fitness motivator. Ripu is a seasoned Indian runner and an ambassador of the country's Fit India Movement programme. I would like to know how can I create his page on the website Wikipedia. It would also be great if you could point me towards the person in-charge of the website in India.
Regards Rohit Paniker 2402:3A80:9DB:BB2:17D2:D297:A593:7285 ( talk) 07:32, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
How can I transfer a page from my Sandbox to the real Wikipedia? Diaz Benson ( talk) 01:36, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
How do I request for a television show article to be created? RJ Jai ( talk) 08:54, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Would it be possible for someone else to write the bio for Donald Trump, it was obviously written by someone who is either a Democrat or someone who just Hates him !!! Could someone who is knowledgeable about how to do this and will not put in judgement like calling him a racist, a liar, accusing him of not replacing aca when pelosi stopped 3 plans and worst of all accusing him of not handling c19 properly when he did FAR more to battle this crisis than ANY president ever in american history, I mean come on the ships, the hospitals, the ppe, the ventilators, Warp speed vaccines and on and on and on. COME on the description of him doesn't give him CREDIT for anything but on the contrary does nothing but try to make him look as bad as possible. Will someone who feels neutral and will just write his bio WITHOUT injecting personal opinion please write this, if I knew how I would. If Wikipedia is going to be like the media and only allow favorable pieces to be written about Democrats then they don't deserve donations except from democrats. This should be a neutral site and only print the TRUTH not personal opinion. PLEASE someone give this the attention it deserves. Thanks; Mitchel 2601:940:4200:38F0:F414:C029:DA8:DAAD ( talk) 00:57, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
"he did FAR more to battle this crisis than ANY president ever in american history"Spot on. Damn right he did. That's one statement that nobody in their right mind would argue with at this time. As you know, the virus appeared during the final 12 months of Trump's presidency, so no prior president could ever have done anything about it, as it didn't exist then. So, of course he's done more than any past president in american history! From what I'm hearing on this side of the pond, I suspect the next incoming president will be able to easily and quickly match all Trump's efforts and commitment thus far to tackle Covid-19, and I know that Wikipedia will report what other reliable sources say when those things occur. What we don't (or shouldn't) inject, is personal opinion; we base Wikipedia content on factual, verifiable, reliable sources. Thus far, a total of 6,104 different editors have contributed to the article on Donald Trump. It isn't just one person collating this information, you know! Nick Moyes ( talk) 01:36, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Two comments: 1) As Nick Moyes pointed out, every article is the accrual of content added by multiple editors, so there was no "someone" who wrote the article, nor "someone else" who can place it; and 2) the Foundation accepts donations to keep the Wiki-universe operating, but that is entirely separate from the volunteer editors who create and delete and edit articles. David notMD ( talk) 03:52, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Can you change my life story? No or Yes? I want to be a Professional Writer, not a Housekeeper only. Geebei1988 ( talk) 11:06, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
First of all, I would like to say that I am honored to have a chance to contribute at Teahouse space. Well, I have a query that I just submitted a page for review and it was declined for being read as an advertisement. How I can make that article read less like an advertisement? Should I update the content again with proper external sources? Looking forward to replies.
Thanks Kanwalhafeez ( talk) 07:18, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
I just found two articles on the exact same thing, just with different titles ( Anthologise and Anthologise Poetry Competition), what should I do about this? Omniscientmoose42 ( talk) 03:18, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello my draft: /info/en/?search=Draft:Max_Elektro
Published entry of other, similar companies: /info/en/?search=RTV_Euro_AGD /info/en/?search=MediaMarkt
The description of decline is ver vague. What to do exactly for this draft to be published? In my opinion the minimum standards are met, in opinion of moderator ( /info/en/?search=User:4thfile4thrank) - they're not.
Please let me know, what exactly to change.
Best wishes - N Nataliagolisz ( talk) 13:12, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I'm just writing because I'm seeking some help on a "conflict of interest problem." It seems that every time I try to publish, I am tagged as probably working for this person, even though I do not. I simply wanted to represent Passaic's (my hometown) community in a stronger way in Wikipedia for educational purposes, and I thought their leader would be a great place to start. I am planning to go beyond just him, but now I worry that other articles will be pegged as having a conflict of interest too. So what is my next step? How do I ensure everyone knows I am not working for this person? Thank you for your time. Kindly, LMPAJ ( talk) 14:04, 4 December 2020 (UTC).
My sandbox is flummoxed by a failed effort to refer to a section of an encyclopedia article, as distinct from reference to page or chapter. My section on Duhem; Stanford encyclopedia section 1.2 in article by Psillos. Thanks. TBR-qed ( talk) 12:43, 2 December 2020 (UTC) TBR-qed ( talk) 12:43, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
Pipe Major John McLellan DCM of Dunoon I'd like to thank all the editors who have replied to my question. I've learned from this positive experience! And I aim to follow the Wikipedia guidelines in future articles. Keep up the good work! Baishan17 ( talk) 14:54, 4 December 2020 (UTC) Baishan17 ( talk) 14:54, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Yeah, just kidding. How do I add tables? RusherLeBFDIFan ( talk) 13:57, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Click insert and then table. The link above by Le Panini should help you. TigerScientist ( talk) 15:57, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Courtesy link: Draft:Gilles J Guillemin
Hello,
I have received a rejection for my Submission for Draft: Gilles J Guillemin for not being encyclopaedic enough/too many peacock words/terms.
I have reviewed it myself and edited as much as I can see, as well as adding some more citations. However, I would love if someone could take a look over it before I re-submit to make sure I have understood the reason it was rejected and made the appropriate changes.
This is my first submission, so I am still working out how to make a good article.
Many thanks :) Rom0011 ( talk) 05:31, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
I'm trying to add a new page for a musical artist that I've come across and I'm completely new to all of this. How do I add pictures and add other relevant sources to have the page approved??
Thanks. 2facediani ( talk) 17:44, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Okay thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2facediani ( talk • contribs) 18:03, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
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. Or, you can use the
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Tenryuu 🐲 (
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ARMY UNIT WIKI PAGE I created a draft with hopes of someone reviewing and publishing the page but no luck. You can find the article under " Draft: 242D Ordnance Battalion (EOD) " Can someone please help me get this article published? Panamenoae ( talk) 18:33, 4 December 2020 (UTC)Alex Panameno
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I've watched a couple pages where someone claims that a person's divorce is considered wp:exceptional. I'm not sure but I thought the scarlet letter days of divorce are long gone particularly when about 1/2 of all marriages end in divorce within the US. I think their reason for not wanting it posted is because on the 2-3 articles that exist referencing the divorce one of the couple is stated to be seeing someone. I can understand this new relationship not being posted but the divorce itself I think is fairly fundamental. I've also hear the lady reference being divorced on her tv show. Maybe someone can give some clarity. SailedtheSeas ( talk) 17:18, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Both of those events are approaching, will there be a wiki for these events? Like Wikipedia 10? Or will there just be some other festival? a gd fan ( talk) 20:01, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
I visited Iyer and found a fake reference . The cite 82 provide a page number 3899 while the book only has 820 pages. Here is the book https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Encyclopaedia_of_Indian_Literature.html?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C
Some one has lied and added a fake reference. Another account (Wikiality123) removed it by saying the same thing https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Iyer&diff=979904348&oldid=978085470
An older version was restored by Holderlin2019 and it got lost. There is a lock and I cannot edit it. ஆகாயராஜ் ( talk) 19:28, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
wiki won't let me edit the page for undertale even though it has misinformation and must be changed please tell me how to edit this page
Thank you, J.S. Rinoking358 ( talk) 20:43, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
thank you for the advice I will try to do this — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rinoking358 ( talk • contribs) 20:59, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Do I need permission from anybody to create and publish a userbox? TrevortniDesserpedx ( talk) 00:54, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi! Can anyone kindly let me know where to find users to whom I can ask to check my Greek of https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Τομ_Ζούντμπι ? Thanks! RøedS ( talk) 13:38, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Been working on Draft:Cycle of Life (Album), curious if it fits guidelines because I think autoconfirmed users have the ability to move drafts to mainspace but I don't know how. Thanks again Teahouse staff! SnazzyInfinity ( talk • contribs) 23:46, 4 December 2020 (UTC) SnazzyInfinity ( talk • contribs) 23:46, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Please disregard, the problem has been resolved.
Kindest Regards for any advice! W2317 ( talk) 04:53, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
Can you help me edit the page SMG4 please Starkiryu64 ( talk) 06:04, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
Courtesy link: Draft:Gabriel T. Rozman
This regards the draft for "Gabriel T Rozman". How do I tag for review my draft submission ? I pressed the "tag" button shown, but an AFC template box appeared with text already in the multiple and numbered white text boxes. Thank you. Kiraly17 ( talk) 01:02, 5 December 2020 (UTC) Kiraly17 ( talk) 01:02, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
This regards the draft for "Gabriel T Rozman". I need help with inserting a photo. I have read the help text and have tried to google the info, but when I insert the photo according to the instructions as I understand them, the photo is inserted in the middle of a random paragraph of the draft! Thanks so much for any help. Kiraly17 ( talk) 01:05, 5 December 2020 (UTC) Kiraly17 ( talk) 01:05, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
In the infobox, select add more fields and add the image field and then copy the link of the picture you want into that section. TigerScientist ( talk) 01:29, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
This regards the draft for "Gabriel T Rozman". I have twice submitted this draft for review. The first rejection stated it was too much like a resume/CV, the second rejection indicated a need for more biographical information. I am working on the latter but would welcome input from the community as for tips for approval. Thanks to all !! Kiraly17 ( talk) 01:09, 5 December 2020 (UTC) Kiraly17 ( talk) 01:09, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
This regards the draft for "Gabriel T Rozman". When editing a draft, how do I save my work if I am not yet ready to publish? I have just lost 2 hours work (but fortunately printed beforehand so all is not lost). How do you save a draft, then go back later and continue working on it before finally publishing? Thanks a million. Kiraly17 ( talk) 01:00, 5 December 2020 (UTC) Kiraly17 ( talk) 01:00, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
=== ===
) are fine. —
Tenryuu 🐲 (
💬 •
📝 ) 01:18, 5 December 2020 (UTC)Its here: /info/en/?search=Draft:Gabriel_T._Rozman When searching do Draft:name of draft and it will come up. Also that page needs more reliable citations. TigerScientist ( talk) 01:26, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
What is protocol for an auto-confirmed user when I find an account I believe who's intent is vandalism or unconstructive editing? SnazzyInfinity ( talk • contribs) 02:05, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
Dicesstool ( talk) 04:11, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
When editing (for example, the article on Friedrich Nietzsche: https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Friedrich_Nietzsche&action=edit) I see the word “Endflatlist” between brackets, but the list doesn’t appear as a list in the article itself. Thanks. GümsGrammatiçus ( talk) 10:48, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
{{
Flatlist|...}}
example); and another in which there is a starting and ending template with the values in between (the {{
Startflatlist}}
... {{
Endflatlist}}
example). —[
AlanM1 (
talk)]— 02:09, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
{{Endflatlist}}
is explained by way of the examples – it's a required/necessary part of the syntax of a {{Startflatlist}}–{{Endflatlist}}
pair, in the same way that </ref>
is a required part of a <ref> ... </ref>
reference. It doesn't display anything to the reader itself, but leaving it out causes the software to render the page incorrectly. If you look at the end of the doc, there is a (default collapsed) "navbox", entitled "
HTML lists", which shows a number of templates that are used to create different types of lists. A more general short reference can be found at
WP:CHEATSHEET, which has examples of basic
Wikitext and other things, with many links to more detailed docs. I hope this helps. —[
AlanM1 (
talk)]— 22:10, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
If you click here https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds_United_FC#S%C3%BA%C4%8Dasn%C3%A1_zostava and scroll down, you will see all the elements got pulled right. Tried to fix it, but since I don't know how, I rather did not touch it. I have noticed a few Wiki pages having the same problem. Thank you for advise TomasHvizdak ( talk) 09:39, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
Bety Bannwart ( talk) 11:01, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
should there be a disambiguation? Wilayah (administrative) and Walayah (ideology)? Baratiiman ( talk) 11:29, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
What criteria of WP:NFCC#8 specifies? What comment written for the media files articles? There is misunderstanding with this guideline specifically this bolded word as the following:
Hi there, I earlier created article for CNEEC, as a participant of WAM 2020, unfortunately didn't get my article approved due to its adverts/promo workdings n poor referencing n citations as well. Later, however I really worked hard upon editing, refernced n cited properly, removed promo characters as well. Please anybody here to help me out, that how I can I improve it even further, no prob. if it won't get accepted even at this time also, I am ready to work upon even a 100 times as well. What I only want to know is what's still wrong with the article that it has still hann't got any response or is it still in waiting progress. Kindly go through the below the link and all the page history as well which is to be checked. Many Thanks n Regards.
/info/en/?search=Draft:China_National_Electric_Engineering_Company ~~SB~~ 12:00, 5 December 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by SB Edits ( talk • contribs)
How do I change my signature to pale pink background, purple words, and cursive font? Thanks in advance. Ex-Borg Seven of Nine ( talk) 12:31, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
@ Zindor: Lol, and thanks. I'll keep an eye out. Ex-Borg Seven of Nine ( talk) 12:44, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
Please see this, as yet, unanswered question I have posted at the Help Desk. I would welcome feedback there, lest I've been doing something wrong all this time. Thanks, Nick Moyes ( talk) 13:24, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
Please i need with my article Samuel Ridwan i want to get it approved but am not sure what the problem is so please help me identify the errors and how to fix it. please help thank you Campusfilla ( talk) 12:07, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
How do I submit for draft reveiw Iwillbe65 ( talk) 14:42, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
{{subst:submit}}
.It may be that this is a notable topic, but my (albeit quick) survey of the sources makes me think that even if you convert what you have now to proper citations, you will need to find more sources, that discuss the milkbar in detail, and rewrite this to only include information that the sources you cite actually verify. A good place to start for the referencing issue is Help:Referencing for beginners. And please see generally Help:Your first article. By the way, the content of the draft should not also be on your userpage. That is for telling us a little bit about yourself in relation to Wikipedia. e.g. your editing interests, a list of articles you've created, links to useful places, etc. Please see WP:UPGOOD and WP:UPNOT. Best regards-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 15:37, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
When can I be a “confirmed” and an “auto-confirmed” user? RusherLeBFDIFan ( talk) 13:49, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
Where do I submit page ideas? RusherLeBFDIFan ( talk) 14:45, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
@ Victor Schmidt: Where’s the category for airplanes + how do I join a WikiProjecy? RusherLeBFDIFan ( talk) 15:59, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
I have a doubt about using press releases as sources for Wikipedia articles, can we use Press Releases? Nameisthor ( talk) 17:03, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
I recently joined WIKIPEDIA and I am curious and start learning new things from Wikipedia, I have come to know that without proper article sources and notability an article won't be published, but I saw many of the articles on Wikipedia without proper citation and sources. Is this possible? Thank You. Nameisthor ( talk) 17:21, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
I created a Wiki article for a nonprofit organization that I founded and ran from 1995-2009 (the organization dissolved in 2010). Because I am a conflicted editor as its founder, I'm wondering what I should do after pressing "Publish Changes"? I read that "Now it's time for you to move the article from your personal userspace (as a subpage) to Wikipedia mainspace (where the real articles are)"* but I don't think I can do that as a conflicted editor. The name of the article is Stages of Learning and its page is here: /info/en/?search=User:Floydrumohr
Does any one have any advice? Many thanks for any help about what to do next.
- My username is Floydrumohr
@ Ganbaruby: Thanks for your help in moving my article to review. I hope you get this post -- I'm not sure if I'm doing it correctly. You mentioned that I need to make the paid contributor declaration on your user page at User:Floydrumohr, not your draft. What does that mean? I think I already disclosed that I am the founder of the organization but I have not been paid to create the Wikipedia article. Floydrumohr ( talk) 18:00, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
I have heard that Autoconfirmed is a user group that is automatically given to registered user accounts that are more than 4 days old and have made at least 10 changes. I have a bit confused about changes and contributions, is no of changes is the same as no of contributions, and how do I know whether my account is autoconfirmed. Thank You. Nameisthor ( talk) 17:51, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
My father-in-law was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) from the US Air Force and I want to add his name to the Wikipedia page noted in the Subject box above. I have documentation in a pdf file (his original Distinguished Flying Cross certificate) that proves he was a recipient of this award.
I have no clue how to add his name (Francis W. Belanger) to the the list of DFC recipients on the following Wikipedia page: /info/en/?search=Category:Recipients_of_the_Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_States)
Please help. This should be a simple task, but it appears that I do not have access to add a name to the list of recipients. I set my preferences to use the VisualEditor whenever it is available, but that did not give me access to add a name to the list of DFC recipients.
Also, I do not see how to attach a pdf file to this message which contains proof that he is a recipient of the DFC award. He was awarded the DFC on the 11th of October in 1970 accorinf to his DFC certificate.
This is very frustrating, but perhaps Wikipedia editing should not be user friendly for obvious reasons.
Professor Elsdon ProfessorElsdon ( talk) 05:43, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I submitted this /info/en/?search=Draft:L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3_Heltay for review, but it was rejected; the reason given was "All sources appear to be about his death." Given that these sources were, in the main, obituaries in world-renowned newspapers, or entries in authoritative works of reference (e.g. Who's Who) I do not understand what the issue is, nor can I see what else I have to do to get this article approved. Can anyone advise me? Thanks! simontcope ( talk) 09:55, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Does Wikipedia allow images that have been illegally or unauthorizedly taken?
For example, if someone went inside a religious building, and took pictures and/or videos, when photographs and/or videos are not permitted, then publishes them, does that go against Wikipedia's policy? Matthew.weller ( talk) 22:33, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Xanderman016: I want to upload music on my profile page, but Wikipedia isn't letting me. Why? Xanderman016 ( talk) 13:13, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
Xanderman016: That was MY profile page! Why can't I do that on MY profile page!? Whatever happened to freedom of speech!? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xanderman016 ( talk • contribs) 15:53, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
{{Re|SomeoneElse}}
. Also see
WP:INDENT for how we use indenting to keep talk pages organized. Lastly, at the very end of your posts, please add a space and four
tildes, like this: ~~~~
, which will be automatically converted to your username and timestamp (a "signature"), like I've done here: —[
AlanM1 (
talk)]— 00:39, 6 December 2020 (UTC)Courtesy link: Draft:Harry Fear
Draft:Harry Fear Hello, can someone please view my draft and tell me if there is any adjustments needed before submitting it. Thanks in advance. Engy Badawy ( talk) 22:29, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
How do i edit wikipedia? Chevytruckps ( talk) 02:12, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I would happily make a big lifetime contribution to Wikipedia if they would quit asking me for donations every time I log in at the end of the year. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.176.151.21 ( talk) 00:21, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
I nominated John Toffan, an article created by me for WP:AFIL. I just wished to know more on the process. Is it important that a person who has edited an article nominate it for WP:AFIL.-- Atlantis77177 ( talk) 07:18, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
I have written a bio about my Grand Uncle (one of the founders of early American silent film comedies). It is in my sandbox. I thought I submitted it for review but I never head anything back so now I'm not sure. Can someone help me verify that I am proceeding correctly? Gwlnl ( talk) 10:08, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
I'm provax and have had too much experience on twitter and facebook re:vax mis info, etc. I wish to edit the vaccine page to reference the long history of vaccination starting in 1796. Example:14 diseases defeated by vaccination https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/parents/diseases/forgot-14-diseases.html. This may differ from the wiki page that covers this issue. Here is the CDC article https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/downloads/prinvac.pdf This site gives the best reference re:vaccinations. Bgordski ( talk) 08:11, 6 December 2020 (UTC) Bgordski ( talk) 08:11, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
I found a strange article in the AMS(american mathematic society)journal archive. My simple question is that would I be violating some policies if I contribute the fact to the related talk page. To me, it's as simple as 1+1=2, and I believe almost all highschool teachers (and some smart students) can easily understand my points within 10 minutes. It's just that simple. It's (in my opinion) an important article, because it's related to the current (practically one of the)fastest (yet unproven to be valid)computer algorithm supported by a folklore which originates from the paper(by a famous scientist). It's also directly related to your digital signature security strength(isn't that an important fact?)
Should I leave this obviously wrong history best untouched? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aquahabitant ( talk • contribs) 07:40, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
I accidentally created a misspelled redirect for November 1866, known as Novembe 1866. Please can someone get it removed? I can't see an option for it. Childishbeat ( talk) 13:49, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
I moved it, but it kept the old redirect. I still ask for the old redirect to be removed, and for consistency across the similar redirects I've created. Childishbeat ( talk) 14:06, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi there. I have been working on a WP article for a journal called Frontiers in Nutrition (you can see the article in my sandbox right now). However, after I was done with it I found out that Frontiers in Nutrition redirects to the list of journal on the main Frontiers page. There is a hat at the beginning of that page mentioning that several "Frontiers in..." journal redirect there, though some of the journals do have their separate pages (e.g. Frontiers in Psychology or Frontiers in Physics). So my question is how do I go about creating a separate article? Thanks in advance! Youllneverwalkalone2019 ( talk) 14:27, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Hey there I am a new member of Wikipedia and I really need this page translated in English but Wikipedia doesn't let new members to translate so can you please translate this page for me actually I translated it in English but I couldn't publish it, so I saved it as a public draft This is the link of the Wikipedia page in Persian: https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%87_%D9%86%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D9%87_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA%DB%8C This is the link of my public draft: /info/en/?search=Draft:Governmental_leading_high_school If you can help me It means a lot to me thank you for taking your time to read this
سلام ، من عضو جدید ویکی پدیا هستم و واقعاً به این صفحه ترجمه شده به زبان انگلیسی احتیاج دارم اما ویکی پدیا به اعضای جدید اجازه ترجمه نمی دهد ، بنابراین لطفاً این صفحه را برای من ترجمه کنید ، در واقع من آن را به انگلیسی ترجمه کردم اما نمی توانم آن را منتشر کنم ، بنابراین من آن را به عنوان پیش نویس عمومی ذخیره کردم این پیوند صفحه ویکی پدیا به زبان فارسی است: https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%87_%D9%86%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D9%87_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA%DB%8C این پیوند پیش نویس عمومی من است: /info/en/?search=Draft:Governmental_leading_high_school اگر می توانید به من کمک کنید برای من معنی زیادی دارد متشکرم که وقت خود را برای خواندن این مقاله اختصاص دادید
This is the link of my draft can you please check it out: /info/en/?search=Draft:Governmental_leading_high_school — Preceding unsigned comment added by ROSE1820 ( talk • contribs) 15:45, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
There is an incorrect photo on the page that the family would like removed and replaced 196.250.128.184 ( talk) 15:01, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
I'm new and not likely to be a regular editor. WOuld you please edit the Barossa Valley page for me. In part it reads, QUOTE The Barossa Valley is a rich source of some of the oldest Shiraz vines in the world. Shiraz vines planted as early as 1847 by Johann Frederick August Fiedler on Lot 1, Hundred of Moorooroo (the township of Tanunda) are still in commercial production today by Turkey Flat Vineyards.[16]
Please edit to include the correction as outlined in this extract from The Weekend Australian.
Bethany Road, 'Ancestor' vineyard, Turkey Flat winery QUOTE The vines were part of an experimental vineyard of more than 70 varieties planted by Johann Fiedler in 1847 in order to see which ones would prove most suitable in this strange new land, Fiedler was the son in law of Pastor Kavel, leader of a congregation of Silesian Lutherans escaping persecution in their native Prussia whose influence is still so strongly felt in the Barossa [Valley] today.... and the vines he planted are most likely second only to the vines planted by Christian Auricht at nearby Langmell in 1843 as the oldest viable shiraz vineyards still in production … “These old vineyards, the oldest still productive vineyards on the planet, pre-dating the destruction by phyloxera of European vineyards and subsequently still on their own roots, ….” [Emphasis added] UNQUOTE Source: The Weekend Australian Magazine, 14-15 November 2020, p24
Thank you for your help Ralph Schwer Ralph Schwer ( talk) 15:20, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
Um... So, I told some people on other websites about my book here before it was deleted. I moved my book to another website yesterday, and I'm wondering if I could post the link to it for a short while so people know that it is not available here anymore? Xanderman016 ( talk) 19:35, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
Darn... I told some people to find it here before this happened. I will find some way to do it! Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xanderman016 ( talk • contribs) 17:05, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed that we have a tool named Twinkle to let autoconfirmed users rollback other's edits. But we have a right named rollbacker to let you rollback other's edits. So if I'm not a rollbacker but I uses Twinkle to rollback other's edits, will I get blocked?
Larryzhao| Talk| Contribs 16:47, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
I am the son of J. A. Rahim and would like to replace the existing article on my father. That article is completely fanciful. Almost nothing of what it says is true and the few facts that are correct are put at the wrong times. I have no idea where this article comes from, but any editing would be a complete rewrite. Please let me know how I can provide a factually correct replacement. Thank you. ALKASSANDER ( talk) 17:22, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
I noticed a typo but do not have expertise to edit. The article states that the perihelion of Arrokoth is 43.7 AU, but, in a later sentence it states that New Horizons spacecraft reached it at 43.28 AU. In other words, New Horizons found it CLOSER than perihelion. 75.140.194.170 ( talk) 18:20, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello Community,
I’m Italian and I’m a huge fan of the professional audio world. Together with some geek friends of mine I noticed that there are a few pages missing on Wikipedia that would be interesting for pro audio students and all those who share this passion. These include both technical contents, historical references, special applications and some Italian Companies’ information. These companies are not as well-known as multinationals and famous brands and are important mainly for the niche industry in which they are worldwide main players, for the technological innovations achieved in their history, important collaborations etc. Some existing articles should include references to the new pages we have in mind. So, as far as the new articles have independent notable sources and existing articles cross-references, it shouldn’t be a problem to be able to submit the new articles for approval and have them approved - once possible, of course. I’m wondering whether some of this potential work could be wasted since some of the companies to be involved are small local businesses that became important worldwide in this niche; I don’t want the articles to seem promotional in any way. We just would like to give pro audio students and wannabe professionals some more free and independent information filling a gap that we noticed here on Wikipedia. Thank you for letting me know how likely it is to have issues in this mission!
Best regards fp FedericoPupeschi ( talk) 21:16, 6 December 2020 (UTC) FedericoPupeschi ( talk) 21:11, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
I'd like to source something to a PDF, but it's not on the web – how do I source the PDF itself? (Sorry if this is confusing, I can provide an example if needed.) Skarmory (talk • contribs) 20:38, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
How do I submit my draft (Queen Iduna) to be created? Ex-Borg Seven of Nine ( talk) 20:52, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
I don't want ugliness to be submitted yet, though. Is there was way to submit one and not the other? Ex-Borg Seven of Nine ( talk) 20:54, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
Welp, so long, ugliness. I got a message a while back saying g that it was pointless to make it, (see my talk page) but I didn't really want to delete it, it being my only article draft. But I'll delete it now. Ex-Borg Seven of Nine ( talk) 21:07, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
@ ColinFine: thanks, I think. It's just kinda tricky to get citations because my parents blocked my browser on my tablet. (To use Wikipedia I have to go into Overdrive and tap and hold any of the words on the page and hit the "Wikipedia" button. It's one of the reasons I read so many random articles, most of which are disambiguation pages.) Ex-Borg Seven of Nine ( talk) 21:18, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
No, I mean they literally put parental controls on my tablet. I can't even check the weather anymore, I'm pretty much holding an e-reader. Ex-Borg Seven of Nine ( talk) 21:34, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
I'm cleaning up the page Uniform_Resource_Identifier Some of the references have links that go directly to external sites within the article which isn't the standard. I'm changing them to be standard inline citations with links in the reference section. But working on this in my Sandbos, I'm getting results that I don't understand. In the History>Refinement section I changed a reference to an external site to an appropriate reference. But for some reason the text which as far as I can tell has no link on it still ends up looking and acting like a link. The new code in my sandbox is:
=== Refinement === In December 1994, IETF RFC 1738 formally defined relative and absolute URLs, refined the general URL syntax, defined how to resolve relative URLs to absolute form, and better enumerated the URL schemes then in use.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Berners-Lee |first1=Tim |title=Request for Comments: 1738: Uniform Resource Locators (URL) |url=https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1738 |website=tools.ietf.org/html |access-date=6 December 2020 |date=December 1994}}</ref>
but for some reason the "RFC 1738" text still shows up as a link. In fact I noticed it even seems to be a link here in the text of my question which also isn't formatted as a link! Is there some magic around using the text RFC? See the Refinement section in my Sandbox to see the behavior. I can't figure out why this is happening, is it a bug or is it something wrong with the code I should do differently? -- MadScientistX11 ( talk) 20:49, 6 December 2020 (UTC) MadScientistX11 ( talk) 20:49, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi. When I first joined, a comment was added to my talk page, making unfounded accusations about my first page edits. I would like to remove it from my talk page, not because I feel like I did anything wrong, but because it is the first commentary on my talk page, and I feel like it may negatively impact my reputation in the community.
I have been working hard to contribute and don't wish to see this on my page anymore. It was written without giving consideration to the fact that I was new, and the writer was assuming I was editing in bad faith. Apologies for the length of my post, I just want to be clear as to why I wish to have it removed. Thanks in advance for any help you can offer! Mollifiednow ( talk) 15:55, 6 December 2020 (UTC) Mollifiednow ( talk) 15:55, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
Thanks very much for the info! I appreciate your help. I'll go read how to remove. One question, why would I archive? Is there some benefit to archiving rather than removing? Mollifiednow ( talk) 18:31, 6 December 2020 (UTC) Oh! I see why you suggested archive, just read about it... I appreciate you taking the time to help:-) Mollifiednow ( talk)
Rats =-O I tried to follow instructions on how to archive, but wasn't getting anywhere. I don't know if it's because I use an Amazon firepad, (My laptop needs repairs) but I gave up and just deleted it. I guess it's too late for me to change what I did. :-( Thanks for taking the time to try to help me. I do appreciate it. Mollifiednow ( talk) 23:00, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello, would someone help me with this article? Can you verify If this article has verifiable sources? I created it on my sandbox /info/en/?search=User:Cookiedough23/sandbox
Thank You Cookiedough23 ( talk) 23:01, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for your advice. I will update the draft if I find any better sources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cookiedough23 ( talk • contribs) 23:20, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
{{
subst:admin help}}
The page
Logan Thirtyacre is currently blocked from creation so there is currently no way to redirect it to
SuperMarioLogan without assistance from an administrator.
TrevortniDesserpedx (
talk) 22:11, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi! Sorry, but I am just trying to figure out how to change my username is all Rachelmarie24 ( talk) 06:38, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
I have been doing a bit of work on the Eureka Flag article and I have a question. You will see that footnote 35 has been used number of times. But how do you deal with a situation such as in footnote 101 where the reference is nested within another reference? Robbiegibbons ( talk) 07:25, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
OSONEGROOSOPANDAOSOELGEY ( talk) 07:42, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello! I intend on reopening a rfc with the permission of the original discussion's author - do I start it directly below the original posts, or create an entirely new section? Thank you! Bettydaisies ( talk) 05:27, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
Can someone please review the first line of this article as it is offensive: /info/en/?search=List_of_multinational_festivals_and_holidays 82.26.219.36 ( talk) 08:02, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi, how do you add in point deductions for teams in football league table? Editing Essex Senior League table for 2020-21 but can’t figure out how to add a 6pt deduction for southend manor Platypus88 ( talk) 20:02, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
I need a guide/book for learning the wikitext/wiki-markup language (by mediawiki). Are there any freely available books or websites for learning the complete wikitext/wiki-markup language? Huzaifa abedeen ( talk) 09:38, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
Would someone, or even several someones, be available to review the following page. It is my first and seems to be drawing some conflicting opinions. Thanks
/info/en/?search=Playcrafting Naixa ( talk) 02:48, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
Thanks ( talk) 02:48, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
How to post articles online RIPU D SINGH ( talk) 10:56, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
I think there is an article that should be added to Wikipedia I don't know what to do, should I propose it in some way? Or should I just start one? FatSheeep ( talk) 11:02, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello there, my name's Ian Winiarski, and I'd like to talk to you about my draft article that I have written that you have repeatedly rejected. I have written an article draft regarding the Asteroid Mining Corporation, however you have stated that it is not notable enough for inclusion on Wikipedia, I don't know if you'll change you mind on this, but I will still point out the flaws in your argument nonetheless. My first example is another company focused upon space resource extraction, the Shackleton Energy Company. In this Wikipedia which was in fact approved that regards a company focused on extracting resources from space, there are thirteen sources, many of which barely or don't at all mention the Shackleton Energy Company. My draft article regarding the Asteroid Mining Corporation, which you have rejected twice, has seventeen sources, and likely more to come, all of which are focused upon the subject of the Asteroid Mining Corporation, and don't just have passing mentions of the Asteroid Corporation. Another example that I will bring up is Deep Space Industries, which is in fact another example of a space resources company. Coincidently, the Wikipedia article regarding Deep Space Industries also only has thirteen sources, many of which barely or don't at all mention the company. Given the evidence that I provided, it is clear that the article draft I have written regarding the Asteroid Mining Corporation does in fact deserve approval. It has seventeen sources and many more to come that are specifically focused upon the Asteroid Mining Corporation, given the other two examples I have provided, them being Deep Space Industries and the Shackleton Energy Company, it is clear that the article I have written regarding the Asteroid Mining Corporation deserves approval. However regardless of what I believe to be a large mistake, I thank you for your input on the article draft that I have written. All input is much appreciated, and serves for the betterment of the article draft regarding the Asteroid Mining Corporation that I have written, and will play a key role in providing readers with a better article when this article is eventually approved, whenever that may occur. The link for my article draft regarding the Asteroid Mining Corporation and the links for Deep Space Industries and the Shackleton Energy Company are below. I hope you take what I have stated here into some consideration, and even if you don't, I thank you for reading this.
- Ian Winiarski
/info/en/?search=Draft:Asteroid_Mining_Corporation
/info/en/?search=Deep_Space_Industries /info/en/?search=Shackleton_Energy_Company --— Preceding unsigned comment added by IanWiniarski ( talk • contribs) 2020-12-06T18:33:47 (UTC)
Ideally, then, a good draft would be what would present if someone with no familiarity with Asteroid Mining Corporation, and couldn't care less about promoting it, decided to write only what the could learn by looking at those types of independent sources – possibly, just possibly filling in minor gaps, for utterly straightforward details that present no analysis, opinions, or synthesis, with primary sources.
That is not at all how the draft presents. Let's take a look at the 17 current sources cited. Respectively, in order of their use:
I recently came across cases of disruptive editing on several historical articles. The user makes incorrect ideological edits, using sources already used or adds questionable sources for these purposes. He doesn't discuss his edits after reverting, but simply does them again.
I read the recommendations of Wikipedia, but I still didn't understand what I supposed to do. I would like to know the position of experienced participants on this matter. Please, explain what I have to do in such situations. Also, rate his and my actions and make a revision (if needed).
Revision histories:
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Simo_H%C3%A4yh%C3%A4&action=history
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Soviet%E2%80%93Japanese_border_conflicts&action=history
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Battles_of_Khalkhin_Gol&action=history
KiL92 (
talk) 16:42, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
You Canhthuy9 and Kil92 are in or on the verge of having edit war on three articles, which can lead to being temporarily blocked. Kil92 recommended going to the Talk pages of the articles in question to start discussions on how to resolve the disputes, including fact that one of the sources you cite is being described as unreliable. That is the correct follow-up. David notMD ( talk) 20:04, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
I've tried using my wikiproject's table containing lists based on importance and quality, and over the last few days I've been completely unable to get the lists of articles to load or anything else for that matter. Is the server down or something? Am I doing something wrong on my end? I'm currently working on the Wikiproject Podcasting. TipsyElephant ( talk) 14:31, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
Eddie891 removed my article. How can I contact him to find out why and get him to reinstate it? GeorgeSanders1008 ( talk) 04:13, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
How to block an ip address ? EOLE79 ( talk) 16:19, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
Ask a admin on their talk page and give a reason. TigerScientist ( talk) 16:27, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
TigerScientist / RudolfRed Thx :)
I'am an new ! EOLE79 ( talk) 16:32, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi. I wanted to edit/add additional information on /info/en/?search=Spanish_flu?action=edit to add Disproportionate mortality males vs female. How do I get access to add my information? Lfay002 ( talk) 16:27, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
Make sure you cite your new info and it is reliable. TigerScientist ( talk) 16:29, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
P.S. I second the sentiment above by TigerScientist. Please make sure, when you work on adding this information, in whatever form, that you are citing (using inline citations) to reliable sources that directly verify your additions (without copying the wording used). Best regards-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 16:50, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
how can i put back links in wikipedia Versatileabacus ( talk) 16:45, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
If you are in visual editor, there is a linking symbol and select a word and it will give some articles to select from TigerScientist ( talk) 16:55, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello, I am writing to see if I can get some additional information on my student's (User:KS2812) sandbox content which was deleted because of copyright concerns. There seems to be a misunderstanding as the student was simply updating material from the existing Philosophy of Biology article and was doing that work in his sandbox before moving it over to mainspace. The copyright issue referenced is actually an error because the website mentioned actually copied the article text from Wikipedia (not the other way around). We are trying to recover the lost material from KS2812's sandbox and cannot seem to locate it. Could you please advise? Thank you in advance for your assistance. Amyc29 ( talk) 15:19, 7 December 2020 (UTC) Amyc29 ( talk) 15:19, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
{{
Backwards copy}}
to
Talk:Philosophy of biology to document the finding. —[
AlanM1 (
talk)]— 18:36, 7 December 2020 (UTC)I was trying to edit a page in Summer Of 69' and I wanted to add a music video link from youtube. But for some reason, a bot named the XLinkBot reverted my edit. I've seen wikipedia editors doing the same, and yet their music video link doesn't get removed from the wikipedia page. Is there anything I can do to prevent the music video link I added to the page from getting reverted? KitsunePV ( talk) 18:52, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
Can this script be setup to track seed breeding? Thanks in Advanced 98.185.199.152 ( talk) 14:31, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
I tried to read a referenced source in Rent control in New York but got redirected to a phishing site. After some more attempts and observations it seems that housingnyc.com has been taken over to redirect to a number of potentially malicious redirect chains. I have marked in all references in that article to the domain as usurped, but I am worried about other pages, and the problem of bad reference urls being taken over in general. Is there a place, maybe a committee or a collective page, where I can report usurped urls and domains? Can we somehow mark a domain as usurped throughout Wikipedia? EdLeMa ( talk) 18:15, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
|url-status=unfit
. I'll note in this case, the new site appears to be
https://rentguidelinesboard.cityofnewyork.us , but it has probably been completely re-organized. Good project for someone to update the article and re-cite.
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AlanM1 (
talk)]— 19:27, 7 December 2020 (UTC)Hello, I am a newer editor and cannot transclude this AfD into the log. Please move it into the log for me, thanks. RanDom 404 ( talk) 19:42, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
84.219.207.83 ( talk) 20:48, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
BIRTH PLACE OF A COMPOSER your article on THIAGARAJA,THE COMPOSER IN tAMILNADU,iNDIA SAYS HE WASBORN AND LIVED IN THIRUVARUR THIS IS NOT CORRECT HE LIVED IN THIRUVAIARU HOPE YOU CORRECT THE ERROR SINCERELY G.SOUNDARARAJAN PH.D 2600:1700:3A20:7200:29A8:7A18:51EE:5FBD ( talk) 21:48, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
/info/en/?search=List_of_social_networking_services
I noticed Element is missing from the list. I don't have edit permissions.
type; instant messenger
focus; Live chat and voice for groups Annemaricole ( talk) 21:33, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
What should be suggestion for new editors, how can they add value and increase their editing skills? How can we create new pages for new projects? Alisha Azeem ( talk) 22:01, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
How can we see article that solely needs spell checks? Alisha Azeem ( talk) 22:07, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
Please help me edit and complete this article about "BCE Premium TV": /info/en/?search=Draft:BCE_Premium_TV Bcesoccerus ( talk) 20:41, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
How do I protect my user page from vandalism using twinkle? KitsunePV ( talk) 21:48, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I have a problem today, that when I want to go to anybody's contrib page, it says
[X86uswpAAMMAAyLZVygAAAAL] 2020-12-07 22:37:39: Fatal exception of type "Error"
then I cannot see them's contrib. Anybody know how to fix that? Thank you very much. Larryzhao| Talk| Contribs 22:43, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
Sdkb Contrib is good now. But if I go to my pref page it says database locked, its in view-only. Do you have the same problem? Larryzhao| Talk| Contribs 22:51, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
Sometimes I go to my contributions page and it says [X86t5gpAAD8AAHYXkdQAAABX] 2020-12-07 22:34:14: Fatal exception of type "Error"
. Why!?
a gd fan (
talk) 22:34, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
For the cite web template, are these two parameters the same thing, or is there a difference between them? For example, if I found a source published by, say, Bleacher Report, is there a difference to use one or the other? If there is, what is it? RolledOut34 // ( talk) 00:00, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
|work=
is usually the only one that is necessary, unless it is ambiguous or not well-known, so if it goes away, we might have a chance of knowing how to find it (less of a problem now that most everything gets crawled by Internet Archive). For {{
Cite news}}
, it may be more important for offline sources. If, for example, it's a small-town newspaper named something generic (e.g., The Daily Report), you might want to also include |publisher=
and |location=
to properly identify it. —[
AlanM1 (
talk)]— 00:34, 8 December 2020 (UTC)Does anyone oversee highly-specialized topics to check changes such as these? They are the first two edits by a new user. Is there an easy way to find experts at WP to ask? /info/en/?search=Special:Contributions/FradSer -- LilHelpa ( talk) 00:18, 8 December 2020 (UTC) LilHelpa ( talk) 00:18, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
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Hello! The article I created for songwriter/producer Luke Niccoli ( /info/en/?search=Draft:Luke_Niccoli) was denied because it did not included enough references about the individual, even though multiple were included citing his contributions to major pop songs/albums. Do the references need to be about him as an individual to count?
Thank you so much for the help!! Haleymegahouse ( talk) 01:29, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
Got it, thank you for your help!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Haleymegahouse ( talk • contribs) 02:07, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
I know this may be difficult for you to accept. My great uncle on his deathbed told me his story as a secret agent. It is utterly undeniable that he is the main inspiration to James Bond. One of my edits was removed I suppose for false information. I have a mountain of evidence and I cite the website that I created.
I am not certain that I have a question, except to question your measurement of what is an authentic source. My source is indeed authentic. Chuckxxx ( talk) 01:39, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
I've been a Wikipedian for over 16 years, and I would like to comment here, that over time, many good editors have left due to exhaustion and frustration with what appears to be an ever increasing set of rules being enforced by an overzealous army of editors who seem driven by the unquenchable need to remove every bit of content that they deem unnecessary, non-notable, insignificant, or inadequately cited or sourced to degrees clearly not originally intended by the rules and guidelines. I would dare to say that Wikipedia has become a rather unfriendly place, where the police shoot first, and ask questions later. Sadly. -- Thoric ( talk) 17:21, 7 December 2020 (UTC) Thoric ( talk) 17:21, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
I agree Thoric. TigerScientist ( talk) 18:07, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
how do I know why something I added didn't get kept as a quality edit? I edited a page today, but within a few hours it showed that the page had been edited again, and all that content was removed? where are the reasons why it was removed? Economist716 ( talk) 04:51, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
{{Re|Toohool}}
). —[
AlanM1 (
talk)]— 05:36, 8 December 2020 (UTC)Hi there, I have recently been reading the article on PvZ, and it seems to me that the "gameplay" section has way too much detail. The article itself says it is in the process of a major restructuring, but it seems like that the restructure is actually making the article worse. Should anything be done about this? 185.73.65.98 ( talk) 09:21, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I am trying to add a section to Niall Dunne's Wikipedia page however because of COI (I know Niall and am an employee at the company at which he is CEO) I am unable to make the changes myself. I've created an edit request on his page, I did this a couple weeks ago but there has been no movement or update. Is there something I am doing wrong or could do to make the updates get approved quicker?
Really appreciate any help or tips! Thank you :) SophieStromback ( talk) 11:51, 8 December 2020 (UTC) SophieStromback ( talk) 11:51, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
Thanks so much for your response! I will sit tight :) SophieStromback ( talk) 12:20, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
More of a comment than a question. I usually do not give when asked by Wikipedia donor drives since I believe it just burdens those who appreciate the service, but this time I gave the minimum (plus admin cost) since, like everyone else, I really do use it alot. I think Wikipedia should start charging a very small membership fee for use. I think anyone who uses the platform regularly would pay $5-10 per year to have access to the content. You could have special, cheaper student rates too. Just level with people: anything that has value is not free.
best regards Allan 131.111.85.79 ( talk) 09:52, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
How can I edit the 2017 in Philippine television? Alanconsebido ( talk) 09:00, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello, This is in regards with my draft – /info/en/?search=Draft:Hello_Mini which was rejected due to not using the proper reliable sources. I have checked the sources and found only one reliable - https://www.iwmbuzz.com/digital/editorial-digital/review-hello-mini-erotic-thriller-ends-justifying-stalking/2019/10/07 can you please help me and let me know if it can work. Also, you have rejected the MX player link earlier. But the Hello mini series is available to watch on MX player only. So I can not understand the rejection reason. Though I think it is not promotional. Mathurrajv77 ( talk) 13:09, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
Thank you Hoary for your time. So in this case, I will check if I can collect some other reliable sources.
Can I add MX Player link or https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/web-series/news/mx-player-drops-the-trailer-of-their-first-psychological-thriller-hello-mini/articleshow/71326257.cms ?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mathurrajv77 ( talk • contribs) 13:52, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
How does one get to become an active contributor and get to go live on Wikipedia? Pete11DD ( talk) 13:48, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello. I’m helping out at WP:TFDH which involves orphaning templates. Which means I have to go on every page that transcludes those templates and remove them, and copy an edit summary into the edits I make. This can get tedious when doing by hand, and can take up some of my school time. I want to know if there is a tool I can use to help with this process and make it faster to orphan templates. PorkchopGMX ( talk • contribs • Merry Christmas!) 14:12, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
How do you gather reliable sources for citations? Thanks! TheLAXPlanespotter ( talk) 03:00, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
At the request of Nick Moyes, the user page has been updated to reflect a more "current" synonym because vigilante sounds too 1880's. I didn't want to change it, but I decided to because I am not an idiot. (I am referring to myself, not anyone else). Bye for now, and maybe it sounds like I'm not welcome here. :) TheLAXPlanespotter ( talk) 15:09, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi! glad I got your feedback so how long does it take to be given rights to publish upon participating on edit-job on the pre-existing articles? again upon checking my article what significant misdoings did you note kindly thanks Pete11DD ( talk) 14:14, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello there, I hope you’re all doing well. Can someone please review my article Draft:Harry Fear and tell me if it needs adjustments? I really want it to be accepted. Thanks j advance Engy Badawy ( talk) 15:24, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
Why bother me for donations when I already pay a monthly contribution of $3.75? Doesn't your system have the capability of knowing when a true SUBSCRIBER's IP address is searching Wiki? Bobbystar80 ( talk) 16:41, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
Our apologies for the banners causing annoyance or inconvenience. Wikipedia and its sister projects receive over 400 million unique visitors per month, so for fundraising it is important that we keep it displayed during the limited duration of our campaign. To hide the banners, you can click the x in the upper right corner. If you create or already have a Wikipedia account, you can tick the "Suppress display of fundraiser banners" option in your account preferences at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets, which will prevent the banners from displaying.I hope that helps. Cordless Larry ( talk) 16:54, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
eu nn consigo traduzir porcaria nenhuma, eu uso a traducao automatica , edito tudo oq esta errado ai do nada em alguns topicos fica em vermelho ai quando eu vou publicar falam que nn foi permitidp TioAldemir ( talk) 16:09, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
O que você deve procurar ao avaliar os artigos para tradução, então, é que para a maioria dos fatos no artigo, as citações são fornecidas, usando citações in-line para fontes secundárias confiáveis que são totalmente independentes do tópico (não há problema se essas fontes estiverem em Português). Supondo que esses tipos de fontes citadas também tratem o tópico com algum detalhe, seu uso para fins de verificação também demonstrará a notabilidade do tópico. ((Usei tradução automática para fazer este post no que presumo ser sua língua nativa, então espero que não seja muito confuso). Cumprimentos.-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 17:16, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
(e/c) (English used below) Hi. Different language Wikipedias have different standards for acceptance of articles, with the English Wikipedia's standards to meet its notability guideline being generally higher than for most other languages. It's also the case that an article may exist at another Wikipedia language project that doesn't meet even their standards for acceptance, but just has not yet been focused on and reviewed (or properly deleted), where it would be if someone had taken the time to look at the article carefully.
What you should be looking for when assessing articles for translation, then, is that for most facts in the article, citations are provided, using inline citations to reliable, secondary sources that are entirely independent from the topic (it's fine if those sources are in Portuguese). Assuming those types of cited sources also treat the topic in some detail, their use for verification purposes, will also demonstrate the notability of the topic. (I used machine translation to make this post in what I assume is your native language, so I hope it's not too garbled). Best regards-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 17:16, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
How would i find articles to edit on Wikipedia? Then how would i know if something needs to be edited? Mekeit ( talk) 15:13, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
I have tried everything on the Help page for Help:Cite errors/Cite error references no text, but it never works no matter what I do. I'm talking about this reference on Draft:Slater and Devil fires, I want to put the same reference without making a duplicate reference, but it doesn't work. Can someone help me? a gd fan ( talk) 17:48, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
Why I have to edit? Do you mean, the writings are take for granted only? or you're just assuming I am a Scientist? Geebei1988 ( talk) 17:46, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
I would like to add Goodcents to the list of restaurants featured at:
List of submarine sandwich restaurants
After reading about how to create articles, I don't think I'm qualified to do so. Further reading suggests one can request an article be written, but I found the instructions on this topic to be intimidating and complex. I thought it best to simply ask what I should do to request a Goodcents article that I can then link to from the above linked article. Bubbleking ( talk) 20:08, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
Salutations teahouse staff, I have returned to pester you (this shouldn't take long though). Does anyone know the template that reads something like "while there are sources in this article it lacks in-line citations"? Because I was just working on an article that could use that. Thanks! SnazzyInfinity ( talk • contribs) 15:55, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
{{
No footnotes}}
.
Victor Schmidt (
talk) 15:59, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
I'm trying to delist Stephen Fry's Podgrams and I can't figure it out. I'm using this quick tutorial: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Good_article_delisting. When I delisted the article on the talk page inside the article history template I couldn't figure out how to include the date I'm delisting it, and I can't figure out how to remove the article from /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Good_articles/.
I did ask in the talk page and the wikiproject whether it was okay to delist the article, and someone at the wikiproject said it was okay. TipsyElephant ( talk) 13:05, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
{{
good article}}
template from the bottom of the article page, too.So I know there is no time rush on Wikipedia. I got burned a few months ago after asking a question on a talk page, only receiving 1 response (a support) after a 48 hour wait. The article had almost 50 edits done during that 48 hours, so people had chances to reply. When I implemented the change though, tons of people got upset saying I did it too quick. (It was too quick and it was a split proposal and I know that should be a week at least). Too be honest, I was slightly confused why people didn't choose to respond but when the change happened (no one opposing at the time), people got upset.
So I recently asked a question about a new source for an article. I have waiting 24 hours and no responses. (Topic is slightly searched and between the time of my asking the question and now, an article related to it had a closed Afd ending in a merge into this article.
My question is simple. How long should I wait before implementing a change if I hear no responses. I don't want to wait too long, because I would probably forget the change, but if I do it too quick, I don't want to have a ton of people up set with me. Thanks in advance for your responses. Elijahandskip ( talk) 22:23, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello! I was looking at the Category Deaths in police custody in the United States, and I added the Death of Chavis Carter article. But on the category page, it lists that article under the 'D' section. Other pages in that category are under sections by the subject's last name. How is this accomplished? What do I need to do? Kirby777 ( talk) 22:56, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
<s>{{DEFAULTSORT|Carter, Chavis}}</s>
. See
WP:DEFAULTSORT for more information.
davidwr/(
talk)/(
contribs) 23:08, 8 December 2020 (UTC) Update: It's <s>{{DEFAULTSORT:Carter, Chavis}}</s>
not <s>{{DEFAULTSORT|Carter, Chavis}}</s>
. Thank you
Le Panini.
davidwr/(
talk)/(
contribs) 23:15, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
why do some company names show in blue and others in black. Can I make it consistent? IwTbA4EvR ( talk) 19:10, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
Is David Burnell IV a notable subject? David Burnell the Fourth ( talk) 20:41, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
I moved my page from sandbox but after that I got this error please help me with publishing my page live "This sandbox is in the article namespace. Either move this page into your userspace, or remove the {{ User sandbox}} template." Repairdental ( talk) 23:55, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
Some wiki articles such as the Notability article (just as an example) state that when an editor feels articles or edits to articles are not suitable (he doesn't like the sources, the content, the length, or other issue) he should either look for sources himself, ask the article's or edit's editor, or ask for input from others. Yet I find that what generally happens is someone will simply, quickly "revert" or reject without taking any of these steps first. Why? And is there a way to try to ensure that happens instead of sudden rejections/declines or reverts? DogBehaviorPro ( talk) 21:12, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
I need my article to be reviewed and successfully published. I have written a article which is verified by me and need to get my article published. Maverick2554 ( talk) 03:33, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello
I thought someone might want to lock the Train robbery article. It appears people are continually adding the cast of Red Dead Redemption 2 to its list of famous train robbers.
Thanks 84.13.85.156 ( talk) 10:01, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello there, I hope you’re all safe and well. Can someone review Draft:Harry Fear ? Do I need to edit it more? Thanks in advance Engy Badawy ( talk) 01:34, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
I’ll work on it. Thank you so much
Okay 👌🏻 Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Engy Badawy ( talk • contribs) 02:01, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
Greetings fellow tea enthusiasts,
I've finally finished a non-stub (imo) article (albeit not from the ones I set out to do, but meh... he was redlinked in a random DYI article recently). I intended to go through Afc properly this time (have published 2 stubs before directly in mainspace), but I see that the backlog is currently 3 months.
So, question: Is that process mandatory? I will certainly be going through it with my BLP article once that one is done, as that needs extra care (because living people and stuff). But I'm frankly a bit bored right now and don't really want to wait 3 months, so... can I publish the non-BLP article to mainspace directly? If that's shunned upon I can wait ofc; but if it is acceptable and allowing Afc helpers to spend more time on those difficult cases, I'd go the direct route (as I have done before, but back then I didn't know about Afc). -- LordPeterII ( talk) 12:29, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
I’ve come across a couple of new editors trying to add spaces around negative signs in LaTeX. The complaint is that the negative signs aren’t rendering without increasing the zoom level on the browser. Sure enough, I’ve had to increase the zoom level on my browser to see some negative signs. LaTeX used to render reliably at 110% (Maybe lower, but I’ve used 110% for years). Now I need to go to 150% in some cases. Has the LaTeX engine made some new assumptions about display resolution. My monitor is 1920 x 1080. Maybe it is time for an upgrade. Constant314 ( talk) 10:53, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
shutterstock, alamy: are their location pictures a reliable source? 24.7.56.99 ( talk) 09:08, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
Today I found that a baseball card from 1919 of my great uncle does exist. The family has been looking for years to no avail. I am wondering if anyone can tell me where the picture of the card came from and who might have it yet today ? 174.25.168.15 ( talk) 20:31, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
MY article Jeriq was rejected unjustly. I need to understand exactly what is wrong with that article Fabregado ( talk) 09:35, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
I want to create a page for a person. How do I start and where is that link? Rrelangi0310 ( talk) 12:17, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
How to make wikipedia page??? Muhammad Umer Ali UsmAni ( talk) 12:35, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
Hi, yesterday this file has been deleted in violation of WP:CSD#F7. What does problem encountered to this file or can you explain " the subject of sourced commentary" mean. I can't understand this term, but can you explain clearly in order to know in the future please? The Supermind ( talk) 13:15, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello I don't know how to add any images to posts... And why can i coppy and paste things? Mr. Amasballs ( talk) 13:55, 9 December 2020 (UTC) Mr. Amasballs ( talk) 13:55, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
I don't really know what you mean by "coppy and paste things", but see this page on copyrights if you intend to copy the text on Wikipedia somewhere else, or this page for copying text from one Wikipedia page to another. ◢ Ganbaruby! ( Say hi!) 14:03, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello,
Thank you for taking the time to review my wikipedia page. As I am new to Wikipedia and devoted to have my own Wiki page go live, may I request some additional support please? I was using this page as an example to write my own - /info/en/?search=Popjustice You reviewed that 'Twitter and the official site aren't reliable sources'. That is understandable, what should I post then to clarify authentication, as I thought my own website would have been authentic enough? Any support would be dearly appreciated.
I look forward to hearing from you,
Yours Sincerely, Mark. Cureeight ( talk) 13:41, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
As I am new to Wikipedia and devoted to have my own Wiki page go livethat you might be misunderstanding some very important things about Wikipedia. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 14:07, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
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I have been trying to update my personal information and cannot do so. It keeps going back to old information SOBEL1 ( talk) 14:52, 9 December 2020 (UTC)