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RobertSpencerDixon ( talk) 16:45, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
I have created a new Wikipedia page on Connectionist Databases in my sandbox. As this is my first Wikipedia page, I have to wait for four days before it will be published. I have already done rather more than the required ten edits of existing pages.
My concern is that as this has not been published before and there is no existing Wikipedia page on the subject. There are plenty of Google pages about connectionist models and connectionism. There is a published article which mentions it at https://www.itjungle.com/2017/08/14/ibm-need-databases/ and it eventually finds an article on my ERROS website at http://www.erros.co.uk/ERROS_Connectionist_Database.pdf. ERROS allows developers to create complex applications, mostly without any new programming This article, with little change, is the basis of my proposed Wikipedia page. I used ERROS to create STIPPLE, a major collaborative fine art system, unlike any other in the world. STIPPLE is the working proof of my ERROS concept.
Can anyone see any reasons why my page might be rejected? This is fairly technical stuff, yet perhaps more easily understood by non-technical people than computer experts for whom ERROS may be too large a paradigm shift.
Many thanks for any suggestions.
Rob Dixon — Preceding unsigned comment added by RobertSpencerDixon ( talk • contribs) 17:33, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
Courtesy: the unsubmitted draft is at User:RobertSpencerDixon/sandbox
David,
Many thanks. But surely no one else will publish pages about connectionist databases if they don't know of the concept? Why is orignal reseaarch not allowed? How can any new concept get a Wikipedia page?
All of what I wrote is about the concept of a Connectionist Database as all the features are features of the database - it is defined by itself in itself.
I am happy to change my draft.
Rob — Preceding unsigned comment added by RobertSpencerDixon ( talk • contribs) 18:19, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
Well David, according to Wikipedia, "An encyclopedia or encyclopaedia (British English) is a reference work or compendium providing summaries of knowledge" Knowledge progresses, at an ever fater rate. How does Wikipedia ensure that it doesn't get left behind? — Preceding unsigned comment added by RobertSpencerDixon ( talk • contribs) 21:18, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
David - I accept your view and there is no point in wasting my or anyone else's time. Do you have any ideas about where else I might try to spread the word? I have tried Acaademia but without response RobertSpencerDixon ( talk) 23:08, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi there, I have a question to ask about hiding an infobox in an article. I created the infobox but feel that it doesn't contain enough useful information so perhaps it's best to keep it hidden for the time being. However, when I use the standard template, it doesn't seem to work with infoboxes. Do you know how I can get around that (short of not including the infobox at all)? Thanks! Revirvlkodlaku ( talk) 01:13, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
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PrimeHunter (
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18:52, 3 January 2021 (UTC)<!--
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H:WT#Limiting formatting / escaping wiki markup. --
Marchjuly (
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01:03, 4 January 2021 (UTC)Brandon Lapin ( talk) 21:22, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
based on UTC+0, after 00:00 Regards, Jeromi Mikhael ( marhata) 07:55, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
How can I get the correct photo added to this page: /info/en/?search=Charles_A._Miller_House This is the wrong photo. The correct photo is at: https://www.google.com/maps/place/1817+Chase+Ave,+Cincinnati,+OH+45223/@39.1647275,-84.5483761,3a,75y,188.9h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sk3Vl_o7jb5uqyMHXbYKe6g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!4m5!3m4!1s0x8841b4edd60a8b15:0x621c232dc177be8e!8m2!3d39.164487!4d-84.5483661
Thanks. I am not familiar with how to edit things in Wikipedia.
Kathy P. Kag1949 ( talk) 22:37, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi! A deeply researched article I wrote about the founder of modern Cuban librarianship, who created the current national public library system in Cuba, was recently taken down by Nathan2055 for not having reliable sources.
/info/en/?search=Draft:Mar%C3%ADa_Teresa_Freyre_de_Andrade
This is absolutely racist and utterly inappropriate. The sources are from several different Latin American academic publications, Latin American encyclopedias, and a recent article written by a PhD student in information science.
The subject of my article has an Italian Wikipedia page. Is she notable enough for Italy but not for English?
I'd love some help fighting this one. I think that Nathan is not familiar with academic librarianship in Latin America and I don't want English Wikipedia to suffer as a result of his ignorance.
Thanks! Mewestin ( talk) 21:28, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
The draft article subject is certainly notable. As the proponent, it is your burden to demonstrate that by citing proper sources, in a proper manner. That would be done through well-attributed citations to reliable, secondary, independent sources that treat the topic in substantive detail and directly verify the information. To get you on the right foot, I have removed the inappropriate and unreliable user-generated wiki source you used for citing a good portion of the content, as well as the embedded raw link in the body and combined the duplicative references (see WP:NAMEDREFS). Now, go use some of the many better sources you can find through a search like this one.
Ever consider, as a brand new user with 82 edits, that there might actually be standards for writing, and that it just might be that you haven't met them yet, when told nearly exactly that by a user with 34,000 edits, who both declines and accepts draft articles on all manner of different subjects, based on their type, manner and depth of sourcing, instead of jumping to the conclusion that it's all some racist conspiracy?-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 22:49, 3 January 2021 (UTC)Thanks, all! This feedback is very fair-- I got way too heated up over this one and responded inappropriately. I'll apologize to Nathan and also apologize to all of you now. Meanwhile I've added a lot more citations and am hoping this article meets the guidelines now. Mewestin ( talk) 01:06, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
I cannot locate the formatting recommendations for how to list a book in a person page's bibliography under various circumstances. For example, a revised edition/anniversary addition/new or revised preface or foreword: do I list publication information for the original and the anniversary/new edition?
If there have been several editions with the last not being as significant in content as, say, a 30th anniversary edition, do I only list the original and the anniversary edition? What should I do when there's a later edition with the original no longer in print: do I list both ISBNs; do I list publishing information for each edition?
And so on. ;)
Bottom line: If this is standard, I'm wanting to keep the list in chronological order by original release so people can easily see which works came first. -- PaulThePony ( talk) 23:33, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
Thank you so much for the direction, Marchjuly!! Will do. -- PaulThePony ( talk) 04:35, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
My article has been rejected and I understand why. I don't want to edit it, I want to start again but can't see how to delete my article from my sandbox. Can you help? Brenda P. Hall ( talk) 12:20, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
Courtesy: User:Brenda P. Hall/sandbox David notMD ( talk) 12:37, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
See User:Pahunkat/Usernames to watch, the 'possible spambot' section (mainly the usernames with actual names - most of the 'user-' prefixed accounts have been blocked). Anyone have any idea if it's worth filing a SPI, or reporting to AIV, or do something else? I think they're just waiting to get autoconfirmed. Thanks, Pahunkat ( talk) 21:01, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I was on the Trump Derangement Syndrome wiki page. The definition and facts cited there uses an article by CNN to distort and manipulate readers. This is an inaccurate article cited. The person who edited the page is not sound of mind. I am trying to get the portion: “The term has also been used to describe Trump supporters who are unable to accept reality, such as Trump’s loss in the 2020 election.[8]” removed as Trump has not lost the election due to ongoing litigation over allegations of voter fraud. It appears that this portion of the article is weaponizing the Wikipedia platform for politics. It seems very inappropriate and a political attack on those who want fair and accurate elections. Is Wikipedia an anti Trump platform or will an administrator correct this? CThomasFox ( talk) 22:36, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
Who is Ponzammo and why does he/she think that they have the right to automatically undo your edits to an article without giving any proper explanation? 79.147.232.241 ( talk) 07:06, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
For some reason the notification bell icon in the toolbar shows a gray badge with the number 1, even though I don't think I have any unread notifications. Is there a way to refresh this to make the number go away? I find it a little distracting.
Sorry for the rather trivial question, let me know if there's a better place to ask. Thanks, AnonQuixote ( talk) 03:49, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello,
I recently noticed that not all of the Companies that are dealing with CSP solar energy are listed.
Belove are three links from all the Companies that are dealing with this kind of energy.
https://www.fortunebusinessinsights.com/industry-reports/concentrated-solar-power-market-100751
Are those notable articles and must be listed? A.alexandrou ( talk) 06:07, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
references to reliable Greek citations would be perfectly acceptable if they're more plentiful than English ones: WP:NONENG. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 08:01, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
I was curious about the Banner Shell usage ( Template:WikiProject banner shell). Specifically whether it's standard convention to include banners that are not wikiprojects in the shell. For instance, editing history banners like whether the article had been listed or delisted as good article, merge history, and Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignments. If these aren't supposed to be included then is there an alternative shell for these types of banners. Also, in general, what is the organizing priority of all these banners? Like what should be at the top and how should things be ordered below. Is it just oldest to newest? TipsyElephant ( talk) 15:13, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
hello, i translated an article from the jp wiki to english here ( /info/en/?search=Gawr_Gura). Originally it would just redirect you to the article Hololive Production. But i overwritten over that and replaced it with the jp wiki translation ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/?title=Gawr_Gura&oldid=998043014)
A very very experienced wikipedia editor reverted it back to the original redirect state though and said “This exact draft just failed at draft, and would fail GNG. Draftspace exists for a reason, and this article was already a redirect for a reason.” And i made a reply to that on the Gawr Gura talk page titled: Appeal ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Gawr_Gura). I tried pinging the experienced wikipedia editor, but i don’t know if the format is right, or if it even works on talk pages.
I’m still new here so I’m still learning on the what and what nots of wikipedia, can someone help me? Thx! Too Much Distractions ( talk) 07:28, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
2409:4052:2E98:FF1E:E968:C198:9346:D7B9 ( talk) 11:16, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
I have seen that my thread about drafts was archived almost a month ago. I have some doubts that are still unsolved, but I will start with the tweets. I have found two tweets that might be useful: this one might help to verify André's cameo on Red's Dream (although the user misnamed André by the bee's name instead of his actual name, which it is derived from a Greek word meaning "man") and the other one might verify the existence of a Christmas card featuring André and Wally B., as well as the Stained Glass Knight from Young Sherlock Holmes.
Whilst Twitter is included in the list of sources which are unacceptable, I have seen that there is a template about using tweets as references. In brief, I have had to ask about the use of these tweets before including them in the Pixar-themed draft, as I do not know that these tweets are reliable or not.-- André the Android( talk) 21:34, 27 December 2020 (UTC)
André the Android, yes, it does. You can use {{
cite book|lang=fr|otherparams...}}
.
Mathglot (
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00:32, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi, Is there a simple automatic way to generate a map (can be with an external tool, the intent is not to include it in an article) containing marks with all the articles of a category (and its subcategories) ? Thanks, Ogoletti ( talk) 12:47, 4 January 2021 (UTC) Ogoletti ( talk) 12:47, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
How does one contact a person who has put content on a page that is disputable? I have tried to change the information but the page continues to be reverted. Africanwomenincinema ( talk) 10:50, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
{{
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) asking them for more explanation. See
WP:BRD and
Help:Introduction to talk pages. {{u|
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12:28, 4 January 2021 (UTC)My problem is that I am not able to communicate because of the language barrier. I have tried to make suggested edits and would like to refer the user to a more representative photo. I have provided content to a few thousands of pages across the Internet and am familiar with the information on this page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Africanwomenincinema ( talk • contribs) 12:52, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi there!!! I am a newcomer in here and need to know some details. I have completed the Wikipedia Adventure and have earned the badges. The thing is, What should be mentioned in my user page? Please do suggest me other things that I can do to get myself in Wikipedia. Desmond Maverick ( talk) 13:26, 4 January 2021 (UTC) Desmond Maverick ( talk) 13:26, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
At WP:RS, it says:
Care should be taken with journals that exist mainly to promote a particular point of view. A claim of peer review is not an indication that the journal is respected, or that any meaningful peer review occurs. Journals that are not peer reviewed by the wider academic community should not be considered reliable, except to show the views of the groups represented by those journals.
On the other hand, at WP:RSE, it says:
In significant world religious denominations with organized academies or recognized theological experts in religious doctrine and scholarship, the proceedings of official religious bodies and the journals or publications of recognized and well-regarded religious academies and experts can be considered reliable sources for religious doctrine and views where such views represent significant viewpoints on an article subject.
The Baháʼí Faith is a small-to-medium-sized religion and there are some academic works on it, but a far greater number of articles written by Baháʼís in Baháʼí journals that aren't peer-reviewed by non-Baháʼí academics. For example, at Baháʼí Faith and science#Existence of ether, there is a quote from the Australian Baháʼí Studies Journal about how the Baháʼí scriptures are compatible with modern physics. Would mainstream physicists agree? We don't know because they haven't written about it. Based on the above quote from WP:RS, I would think the material should be removed. On the other hand based on the note from WP:RSE, I would think it is okay to include. What should I do?
By the way, I've been on Wikipedia for a few years now so I'm not sure if I'm still supposed to post at the Teahouse... let me know if there's somewhere more experienced editors should seek advice instead. Gazelle55 ( talk) 00:50, 4 January 2021 (UTC) Gazelle55 ( talk) 00:50, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
I am copy editing European Monetary System and I found some information that doesn't seem to agree with the rest of the article. It may be that the info is correct and should be incorporated, or it may not be accurate and need to be removed. Is there a proper way to move this information to the talk page and ask for expert support from some economics SMEs? Is there a way to tag Wikipedian economics SMEs or economists? I am pasting the passage below. I have not copy edited this yet since I don't know if it will end up in the article, so excuse the syntax and grammar errors. The statement that #3 and #4 on this list are part of the EMS is not supported anywhere else in the article. If they are, then I need help verifying and citing.
The EMS has four basic functional arrangements are:
1.The ECU: With this arrangement, member currencies agreed to keep their foreign exchange rates within agreed bands with a narrow band of +/− 2.25% and a wide band of +/− 6%.
2. An Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) : The main aim was to reduce exchange rate variability and achieve monetary stability.
3. An extension of European credit facilities : The aim was to provide enough credit facilities for a country that is ready to proceed to its convertibility in order to get loan easily. [1]
4. The issue of a new reserve asset, to create European Monetary Cooperation Fund: created in October 1972 and allocated ECU to members' central banks in exchange for gold and US dollar deposits.
I'm not able to find the verification for #3 in the referenced paper, but maybe the information is right under my nose! Thanks! TheMadDesperado ( talk) 15:16, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
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Hey Everyone,
I m newbie here and in writing world my vocabulary is not that good. I need guidance to write good article with good vocabulary Kindly help. Rathoredeepa ( talk) 16:14, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi, I would like to know why the page I’ve created is possibly going to be deleted. It’s a page for an artist. He’s been a singer for almost 7 years and he had many projects, is part of a big group and all of the other members have pages for themselves too. I’m genuinely curious as to why his page is going to be deleted. Thank you. SAMI REAL GYEOM MANAGER ( talk) 16:06, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
@
SAMI REAL GYEOM MANAGER: Hi greetings, welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. Feel free to continue that. It seems that one of your article is nominated for deletion. First of all, Wikipedia have several policies and guidelines on how it's articles should be. It is an encyclopedia which contains articles cover notable topics—those that have gained sufficiently significant attention by the world at large and over a period of time. And since you are a new user, it is normal that you don't know these policies. But don't worry.
When we write an article we have to consider...
These are some things that can't see in your new article. But don't worry, we can do that. You can cite different sources about the topic in your article. Feel free to ask, if you have any doubt. Thank you.-- PATH SLOPU 16:31, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi,
How can I include a different quote each time I cite the same source? I am using
{{cite news|...|quote=}}
I tried using sfn but didn't work. Thanks Cartle R255 15:20, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
{{
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template to add specific page numbers immediately afterwards, like this: First fact found on page 29 of a book.
[1]: 29 Second fact found on page 114 from the same book.
[1]: 114 And so on...References
|ref=harv
, added to it. Does that help at all?--
Fuhghettaboutit (
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16:02, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
|ref=harv
is no longer necessary. Hasn't been for a couple of months now. It was a big problem when editors had to be reminded about adding it. –
Finnusertop (
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16:09, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi there - I'm hoping for some clarification as to what the norm is for publishing new articles as an autoconfirmed user. It seems to be that the available options are (1) go through AfC, which is quite slow and (in my experience) frustrating, or (2) just put the thing into mainspace.
I ask because I've just written a new article (would be my third). I've spent a lot of time editing articles recently, and I feel like it's good to go - meets notability requirements IMO, many refs, careful tone, etc. But I was burned before: after publishing a previous draft that I moved to mainspace a couple months ago, it was flagged for speedy deletion, and I was told "you can move [an article] to article space without review - you have the ability to do so - but that doesn't make it a sensible thing for an inexperienced user to do."
Basically - at what point is it acceptable for users to publish directly to article space, versus going through AfC? Will the admins smite me down?
Thank you! Lamacha9617 ( talk) 04:57, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
Hamadnaeem100 ( talk) 16:43, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
[[File:File name.jpg|thumb|Caption text]]
to the area of the article where you want the image to appear – replacing File name.jpg
with the actual file name of the image, and Caption text
with a short description of the image. See our
picture tutorial for more information. I hope this helps. Best regards--
Fuhghettaboutit (
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16:53, 4 January 2021 (UTC)I was wondering if it could be possible for me to know if my page is marked as nonindex and will not be shown on the search engines or if it is still under review. MoustafaNassar ( talk) 14:06, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
thank you Deor MoustafaNassar ( talk) 17:49, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
I'm trying to figure out how to combine the same reference links, where it appears as "[1]" throughout the whole page, and not as different numbers.
The same link currently made multiple tags and appeared as "[1]", "[2]", "[3]". It basically spammed the reference part a bit with the same link over and over again. Ranksquid ( talk) 18:06, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
<ref name="NameYear">WELL-ATTRIBUTED SOURCE DETAILS</ref>
"<ref name="NameYear" />
"Hi, I have been editing the page on Tax residence as the info is out of date and sets out inaccurate information about the tests as per the OECD Model Convention and the tests in the UK. But the edits keep getting taken down. How do I fix this? Taxchambers15 ( talk) 15:16, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello, Thanks for your prompt responses on this. I will use the talk page for this. The username is not used by Chambers as a whole, just by me working independently. I have made sure to include an edit summary and will talk to the others on the talk page! Thank you! Taxchambers15 ( talk) 18:30, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
I want to add picture to wiki page, not the link but the image of the artist i am searching on Wikipedia , there is just description and not the image , photo or any reference on that page , how can that be done? 110.224.170.240 ( talk) 17:17, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
[[File:Duck-on-ground.jpg|thumb|right]]
Hello all, happy 2021. I've written an article based on a trans and AIDS activist, draft can be seen here. /info/en/?search=Draft:Charlene_Arcila-Ecks
I've only written one other article which wasn't listed and it was 12 years ago, so basically I'm new at this. :)
I'm not sure what else I can add to it to make it more notable. I feel like this person has done a lot of good work for the AIDS/HIV and trans communities, but I want to make sure I'm doing it right. Is it just that the references for her work need to not come from sources that already cover things like that? Does it just require more coverage?
Thank you for any insight. xadrian ( talk) 17:12, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
What I suggest you do is turn to a type of search that tends to concentrate the right types of sources. I believe this Google Books search (set to only find sources that have "preview" or better available), will allow you to find and then cite the right types of sources for this subject. (As a disclaimer, I am only basing this on the fact that the first page of results of that search seems to have a few of the right types of sources, and that the page indicates that there are more on subsequent pages of the search.)
One more issue. When citing a source, it is important (for a number of reasons, such as better verifiability), to provide transparent attribution details about the source, that identify it well. As a pragmatic observation, if your goal is to have the draft article accepted, then you want to make it as easy as possible for anyone seeking to assess notability, to easily review the sources you've provided at a glance. So please don't just provide just a naked url, but details about the source. For a book, for example, I usually provide the author's first and last name, the title, the publisher, the page number of the verifying content, the url, and the isbn number. To assist you with doing that, please see WP:CITEHOW, and possibly Help:Referencing for beginners with citation templates and (for the visual editor), Wikipedia:VisualEditor/User guide#Adding a new reference. But if it helps, here's one way of placing the wikimarkup for providing a well-attributed citation, and how it will appear once saved:<ref name="Howell2014">{{cite book |last=Howell |first=Steve N. G. |title=Peterson Reference Guide to Molt in North American Birds |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eQU-BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA8 |year=2014 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |isbn=978-0-547-48769-4 |page=8}}</ref>
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Thank you both for your help, I'll keep working on it. I appreciate it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xadrian ( talk • contribs) 20:38, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello Teahouse, what Wikiproject do you suggest I can work on? Trendrives ( talk) 21:03, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
I am a new Wikipedia contributor and wanted to publish an article about a local architect from the early 20th century, who was formally unwritten about on Wikipedia, although several articles link his name in red (meaning there is no existing article). I have written and tried to publish a draft of his biography to create a wikipedia article for him, but it has taken over a month to publish. Am I doing something wrong or does the publication process take a while? Drysdaledesign ( talk) 18:06, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
If I would like to take post a much better photo of a historic building or site, who decides which photo stays up? I'm a long time photographer and appreciate the previous efforts of some posters, but many do not do the scene justice. 75.163.141.38 ( talk) 17:30, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi all, when implementing, with caution, a COI edit request, what should be done to mark it "done" in the COI dashboard?
/info/en/?search=Category:Requested_edits
Thanks Victrue ( talk) 14:51, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
I nominated the page Timeline of prehistory to be moved. There was a consensus to move the page. I saw that the closer listed the page st WP:RMTR. I (the nominator) had answered the request and I moved the page I originally nominated. I figured this was OK because I am acting on consensus. I would like to know if this was an OK thing to do because usually the nominator isn't allowed to move the page. Any feedback is much appreciated. Diffs: Answering the request, Moving the page, Discussion. Interstellarity ( talk) 18:12, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
The sole potential for a hypothetical problem I can see is with the rare close that is contested, as done against consensus, or done by a non-admin without meeting the standards at the same page's #Non-admin closure section, before you come along and do the mechanics. In that situation, you might be seen as having moved too quickly than would have otherwise happened in the normal course, thereby causing a lot of extra work in undoing it all. But now we're really in hens' teeth territory aren't we. Best regards-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 22:41, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Please teach me how to create a sandbox T-doo tman ( talk) 23:56, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello ! I am glad you contacted me. I hope, I am using correct place to answer you. I have difficulty in finding correct places. Earlier, I noticed your flags and bells, but did not know what to do with them and where to write answers. I am very new in wiki. As soon as I found this place, I will answer to your questions here.
1/ Richard V. E. Lovelace is a lively and talkative person. He liked to tell stories about his early life, family and travel at any Cornell gatherings. Everyone knows a lot about his life, because he liked to repeat these stories many times. I added only a small part of information, which everyone at the Department knows. Description in the section of his Early years, biography and travel are correct. However, it is YOUR choice to add them or not. I am not professional in wiki, and quite satisfied with the current version. Some wiki pages include fun staff about professor, others are very formal. Whatever. Does not matter for me.
2/ I had a reference to the US-Russia collaboration in Plasma Astrophysics which was removed: http://hosting.astro.cornell.edu/us-russia/ The collaboration started in 1991 approximately, and continued for almost 30 years. This is the only major US-Russia collaboration in astrophysics. The web page is stable, and has lots of information. More than 50 science papers were published. Collaboration is Cornell-based and US-supported (through multiple US grants). There is nothing in Russian and helped by Russia. Russian scientists visited US every year or worked from home.
3/ US-Kazkhstan Astrophysics collaboration is also unique. Not as long as US-Russia collaboration, but important for Kazakhstan scientists. I would add corresponding web page http://hosting.astro.cornell.edu/research/projects/us-kaz/index.htm
4/ I liked the former sub-section "Discovery of the Crab Pulsar Period" and recommend to return it back. This is very important discovery. Let me explain. When pulsars were discovered by Bell and Hewish in 1967 (he got Noble Price for this discovery), people initially talked about Little Green Men (Aliens), then (when the second pulsar was discovered) about pulsating white dwarfs, and only some scientists suggested the hypothesis of the rotating neutron star. Pulsars have period from 1 to a few seconds. This could be anything. In 1968 Richard developed a special program and was able to find period of Crab pulsar, which is 33 ms = 0.033 sec, which is much smaller than previously found periods. This discovery led to solid conclusion that pulsars are rotating neutron stars. Only neutron star may rotate 30 times per 1 second. Neutron stars back then were only theoretically predicted. This is a star where atoms are broken, nuclei compressed and also broken, and a star consists of neutrons packed together. Our Sun compressed to neutron star would have a size of 10 kilometers. If you compress it 3 times more, then it would collapse to a black hole. Anyway, this discovery was super important. And forgotten. Richard is modest person. In many wiki sources I've seen phrases like: In 1968 33 ms period of Crab Pulsar was discovered. Without mentioning the name - who discovered it. That is why, I developed a special, visible section about this discovery. BTW, a few years ago, Japanese filmmakers came from Japan and recorded Prof. Lovelace, about his discovery, then they went to Arecibo Observatory. Unfortunately, I cannot find this movie and reference.
I see that you placed everything in chronological order, and his discovery goes to the place, where he was a graduate student. I think, it is not necessary. Jocelyn Bell also discovered first pulsar, when she was a graduate student (Nobel Price discovery). Her discovery is considered as "one of the most significant scientific achievements of the 20th century" (Wikipedia). I think, finding period of Crab Pulsar (and proof for existence of neutron stars) is also very important. It would be better and more visible to keep a special sub-section, like in my original version.
5/ Other, minor corrections of the current version of the article: a/ Reference [1] - should be to Eldridge Lovelace ( https://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/Eldridge_Lovelace) or to any reference inside this wiki page, not to NY Times
b/ If you keep the current sections, then I recommend in section "Research" to start from the phrase: "In 1969, Lovelace discovered period {\displaystyle P\approx 33}{\displaystyle P\approx 33} ms of the Crab Pulsar.[6] Then continue about the code. Remove this phrase from the middle of the section.
c/ There are other minor things, like dots, etc. Can be corrected later.
6/ I would like to repeat that I am independent scientist and do not have any interest from writing this wiki paper. If Japanese came from Japan with huge cameras to Prof. Lovelace, then why don't colleague from Cornell cannot write a page about prominent, but modest professor?
Richard retired this year, and became Emeritus Professor. He almost stopped working. However, the memory about discoveries should live.
Thank you very much for your help. Thank you for correcting my other errors.
Best regards
Marinaromanova55 (
talk) 05:06, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
Marinaromanova55 (
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05:06, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
How would attribution work in wiki markup? Let's say it was this image; because there are "some rights reserved" does that mean that it is unusable on Wikipedia? Not really a new user; just unfamiliar with the image copyright/Wikimedia side of things.
Sdrqaz ( talk) 20:38, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
I have looked in all the usual places but am unable to find a list of Wikipedia Administrators?
It is probably quite obvious, but I need someone to point out the obvious.
Thanks
Osomite hablemos 02:50, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
I edited the plot of Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? and I was wondering how I can improve it so the template message can be removed. AppleAKB ( talk) 19:01, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
AppleAKB ( talk) 04:21, 5 January 2021 (UTC)AppleAKB AppleAKB ( talk) 04:21, 5 January 2021 (UTC) While trying to make the plot of Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? better, I read that the plot needs to be between 400 and 700 words, but the plot turns out to be 1089 words. This show had 408 episode and this caused the plot to be a little long. But the it has subsections in the overall plot. Can someone look at the plot and advise me on how to fix it so I can remove the tag. AppleAKB ( talk) 04:21, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello all,
Just wanted to see if the WWII veteran information in this draft article is relevant. Also if anyone would want to look it over for sourcing or other issues that would be hugely appreciated.
/info/en/?search=Draft:Ken_Hosterman
Be safe, NoahRiffe ( talk) 01:07, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
I’m a recent-ish editor but I’ve already got my teeth into Wiki in a big way. I’ve recently been making edits to the page of a controversial conservative author and unfortunately, I’m coming across a lot of what I see as bad faith editing and obstructionism. I’m not sure quite what the etiquette is but I’m happy to link to the page on request. I had no particular interest in this author but there was kind of a snowball effect – I made one edit, which got contested, so I sought more evidence, and so on and so on.
Since December 2020, myself and other editors have added new material to this author’s page drawn from around 10 academic sources and about the same number of journalistic ones. None of the sources used have been adequately criticized on the basis of RS, undue weight, etc. Unfortunately, every new piece of material that has been added has been repeatedly contested, deleted, undone etc without due justification. I believe that many of the editors removing material are acting in bad faith and simply want to remove any material perceived as unflattering to the subject of the article.
Frankly, I’m dedicating several hours a day to the maintenance of this page and I’m exhausted and can’t keep it up. Regarding the new material added to the page, there is usually a familiar formula of obstruction from contrarian editors:
Nonetheless I believe the new edits are highly quality and will hold up to scrutiny from any experienced editor or administrator. Other experienced editors have chimed in and have supported my position regarding the new edits, but unlike the contrarian editors, they don’t seem to have endless time to dedicate to editing the page.
Worryingly, some of the editors who have repeatedly removed the new material have extensive complaints on their talk pages about issues with NPOV, bias and advocacy.
Honestly, I think this should be moved up the chain because the edits section of this article is a continuous tug-and-fro. What advice would you give me? Noteduck ( talk) 04:33, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Noteduck, you should ping the involved editor (me). As for moving forward, the first thing to do is stop editing the article and work on the talk page to discuss the disputed content. Second, you should pay attention to the actual things I'm concerned about (most are related to sourcing issues and to a lesser extent, following BRD). The third thing is don't assume thing can't move forward if you are wiling to assume this is a good faith discussion. The fourth is be willing to compromise. Springee ( talk) 04:47, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I was looking at how the discussion of moving pages was supposed to be closed/ended. After reading the respective guide, I tried to mirror the markup text on my sandbox page. Can anyone tell me if what I have done is correct?
Courtesy link:
User talk:SenatorLEVI/sandbox
SenatorLEVI (
talk)
05:06, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Bro you added wrong photo. We said add this photo https://m.facebook.com/Maridhas11. The link you gave to me is not in google also. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maridhas. Bro you also change it to "Writer maridhas". Balakumar8000 ( talk) 04:08, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
How do I add my photo to my page? 7light7 ( talk) 02:26, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
I am reading through an old encyclopedia that has people in it that I cannot find anything on in a google search. Would it be notable to create a Wikipedia page on them based only on the information from a single encyclopedia? 174.236.132.147 ( talk) 06:28, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
We have come across many articles that would be published in a few days, moreover, the article published has taken more than 25 days not an update yet and also previously the article was live and was deleted for the reason of notability which was corrected and republished all over again. Shrie95 ( talk) 16:50, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
This may take 3 months or more, since drafts are reviewed in no specific order.You could work on something else in the meantime. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 17:09, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Thank you all, it was really helpful — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shrie95 ( talk • contribs) 09:39, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
I added ' Dodo Marmarosa' as being a notable artist who has recorded ' On Green Dolphin Street' - should I also reference inclusions independently in footnotes as good practice or is it considered enough to have the name of the album 'Dodo's Back!' next to his name, which has its own Wikipedia page? Balbs ( talk) 08:53, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
There is an "article" ( Franz von Hillenbrand) that looks much like some superficial genealogy and family history research on a person of very questionable historical relevance and his family. Who can decide if it deserves an English WP page? See Talk:Franz von Hillenbrand#Is this page relevant to anyone?. Thanks, Arminden ( talk) 18:49, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi there. Please do review and give feedback of Afshin Bey and Xälil of Kazan articles. Al-khataei ( talk) 12:00, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi, I observed Pepperfry & Pepperfry Company are same. Can we create admin protected pages in this way if we feel it is notable? Sonofstar ( talk) 12:07, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
I am writing an article about someone and I got most of the information about his life from his family. Do I need to reference this? Can I also get an example of a reliable secondary source? And what needs to be referenced exactly? Robert Eddison ( talk) 12:41, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi
I am a new editor and I love wikipedia. I did my first wikipedia page in 2007 and I have forgotten everything. It is so much more complicated now and I kind of need a mentor or a few. How do I get some help? There are some edits I want to make but I lack the courage at the moment. I also want to learn how to support you all and do some edits that are possibly on your list of things to do. 20footfish ( talk) 11:09, 4 January 2021 (UTC) 20footfish ( talk) 11:09, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
I also have the same question - how do you contact old editors for a chat about the information that needs a change. I don't like the word dispute but perhaps a chance to contact and chat so they don't feel like you have railroaded their hard work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 20footfish ( talk • contribs) 11:12, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Thanks Gerald and I totally understand the comment about if you have the courage to do so... That's what I wanna chat about because I am looking at Bios on living people and long story but I got lots to learn about policy first and rules and how to be professional LOL A mentor would be great. I will look at your link. thanks 20footfish ( talk) 11:58, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Thank you all so much. I am making astart with what you suggested :) 20footfish ( talk) 13:55, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
How can I get the picture from Wikimedia? Kohcohf ( talk) 13:10, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Can any member edit the Wikipedia Main Page? If so, Who are they, what to do and how long will it take to become one of those members? Anonymous Cuber ( talk) 13:52, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
There is an existing entry relating to this mathematician, but no reference to any source which gives full information on him. He was an educationist as well as a mathematician. I am the author of his recently published biography, which provides this comprehensive information. The book is widely available on Amazon and provides fully researched and reliable information. However I cannot add a reference to the work under a 'Further Reading' heading as an author cannot do this, for reasons of conflict. I would like another editor to consider this. My book is:
Elliott, Peter (2021). Thomas Muir: ‘Lad O’ Pairts’. The Life and Work of Sir Thomas Muir (1844–1934), Mathematician and Cape Colonial Educationist. Cantaloup Press. ISBN 979-8-578389-23-8 PeterMEllFr ( talk) 15:35, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Please review my first page IMO (App). I know it is not perfect and need improvisation. Please contribute and enlighten me for Wikipedia page creation process Sonofstar ( talk) 10:24, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Thanks bonadea, I am updating based on your suggestion. Please have a look. Sonofstar ( talk) 13:09, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi I'm new to this, so just learning. I created a sandbox and hit publish - all good I think, although awaiting approval. I then looked up to create a second sandbox as I wanted to create a bio page of the author (of the first page I did) - all good I thought, however, I don't know then how to submit the bio article that I created in the second sandbox as an article for approval. I read somewhere that if you selected more/move/then renamed it article this worked but it hasn't for me - no permission and or the article already exists. Any ideas? I appreciate this may seem obvious to some, but I am lost :( Veracity000 ( talk) 14:57, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi ColinFine I'm not sure if this is how I reply but hope this is okay. Thank you for this, I appreciate your response. I find it difficult to know how to write about a subject e.g. Eco-Leadership when it's a concept created by someone without being bias. Also then I thought I know so much about him now and have asked for permission to use images, that I can then create a page about him - however, then it looks promotional. How is this avoidable? There are a few other leadership writers I know their work, not them at all, but I know enough to write about it, however, I think I would face the same pitfalls. Any ideas on how not to? Not sure how to get external sources if you are writing about a person, or if the subject has been created by the person - in this case, a theory :( Veracity000 ( talk) 14:47, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
How to get the names in the boxes
I am trying to set up a draw and have copied a previous style, but I can't get the players' names to appear within the boxes, they just run on across the page. I am not sure what I am doing wrong, but cannot fathom it out. Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks Banzai24 ( talk) 15:37, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Alternatively, is this a problem you have encountered where you decided not to save because of the problem? Are the intended edits to an existing article or a new one you intend to create? If you have not yet posted the edits with the problem, it would be of great help if you (for example), saved them to a personal sandbox (in a
subpage of your userspace), e.g., preview or save a link at your user or user talk page in the form [[User:Banzai24/Insert Name of topic]]
and then click on it and start editing, or for a generically titled subpage at the name "User:Banzai24/sandbox", you can click on the following: "
Sandbox" Thanks--
Fuhghettaboutit (
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16:17, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for the reply – I have now created a sandbox ( /info/en/?search=User:Banzai24/sandbox). You should be able to see from that where my problem is... In the Open Singles section, the players' names are not in the boxes, rather all running across to the right-hand side of the screen. I am struggling to work out how to make them go in the boxes. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Banzai24 ( talk • contribs) 16:44, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
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is the ending code of a template call and should come after all the parameters.
PrimeHunter (
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16:58, 5 January 2021 (UTC)Great, thanks. How do I then get the info to appear in the Second Round column? Cheers! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Banzai24 ( talk • contribs) 17:14, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
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. There are only 16 in round 2 so parameter numbering stops at RD2-16.
PrimeHunter (
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17:35, 5 January 2021 (UTC)Many thanks... again! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Banzai24 ( talk • contribs) 18:00, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Talk:Favela/GA1 User:Tetizeraz. Send me a ✉️ ! 13:00, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
69.47.209.192 ( talk) 19:31, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi guys, I created a page a while ago, and it still isn't really a page. It is still a "draft submitted for review" . So I was wondering how to actually get in the web. Thanks, Scalyhawk121534 ( talk) 05:10, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
P.S. Here is the link draft:qibli (disambiguation)
Well, for a first-time editor, working on a retired American hockey player was a steep learning curve--and a joy. I'm still stuck, though, on figuring out why a list of former teams will not show in the Info Box. I have placed the code into my sandbox, if you can help: /info/en/?search=User:Mark.ian.rider/sandbox Mark.ian.rider ( talk) 18:04, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
I was declined on this for good reason (poorly written) but will still try as the subject has had great impact on the boxing community and disrupted the managerial process. However, he was a successful boxer first and I will also put some focus on those accomplishments. But how do I change the tital to replace Draft:Adrian Clark (boxing manager) to Draft:Adrian Clark (boxer)? Thanks in advance. IntermezzoMan ( talk) 18:21, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
I posted a Blender animation on wikipedia:
/info/en/?search=The_Method_of_Mechanical_Theorems
Please could you let me know how to embed the video more effectively (and improve its quality if possible). I initially rendered in OGG but the resulting video has some blurring and I converted it to GIF and would like to get it to run as a short video clip in a loop automatically on wikipedia page when it is loaded by reader
When I loaded the OGV format file, there was an ugly play symbol button. When I switched to GIF, there is no play button but the clip only runs when the reader clicks on it. Rdsk2014 ( talk) 10:37, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Rdsk2014 ( talk • contribs) 16:36, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
I was trying to create a new article on an extinct plant, called "Pterophyilum" with an "i" in the Extinct plants list. It seems to be a misspelling, since I could only find images and pieces of information about the plant by searching up "Pterophyllum plant" - and on a photo of the fossil it is referred to as "Pterophyllum". Turns out "Pterophyllum" is both a kind of an animal (an angelfish) and a plant. I am unsure what to do so I can write an article about the plant genus too. W4Vdragon ( talk) 21:25, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
is there any other parameter to be Autoconfirmed other than 4 days and 10 edits Iquardo ( talk) 06:08, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
I found this article, should I try to improve it or nominate it for deletion? CanadianOtaku ( talk) 23:13, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
I thought that my user page would automagically appear. It didn't.
What exactly is its purpose and how is it structured -- or is it all up to the user? UClaudius ( talk) 06:46, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi I have a specific question. I am updating a Bio on a living person and have gone through many policies. I am happy with that but, how does wikipedia then get all the languages changed? I can only write in one language. What happens to get the other languages done. How do I do that? 20footfish ( talk) 06:42, 6 January 2021 (UTC) 20footfish ( talk) 06:42, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
How to get the Wiki sandbox published?
I made my sandbox article and I am confused is to when I will get an 'actual' wiki page. Like how I search something up and a wiki link pops up for it, how do I get this? Can I get this? Thanks Nicholas RF Lee ( talk) 17:30, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Why does all articles say that Hong KOng is indenpendently a country?It belongs to China Aviation160 ( talk) 03:15, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I updated a wikipedia page recently but non of the changes are still in place. Can anybody adivse why this may be? Are there certain tips that must be implemented in order for updates to be maintained. Any insight on citing vs linking, etc. Anybody available to support with updates? /info/en/?search=Zahra_Al-Harazi 2604:3D08:B27E:2300:F12A:DF3A:76:1741 ( talk) 20:51, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Am I auto confirmed now? Earthsmoke91 ( talk) 12:19, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
On 24 December, I saw that Draft:Nilotpal Mrinal and Nilotpal Mrinal were about the same person. The article is a one-sentence stub. I declined the draft as 'exists' and tagged the draft and the article to be merged. The author of the draft, User:Anuragpathak12d, has asked me what the status of the merging is. I have replied that they, as author of the draft, can do the merging by copying information into the article. Does anyone else have any helpful advice for how a new editor can proceed? In my opinion, the stub article would be questionable as to whether it should exist except that the draft is a reasonable Start-Class article. I would have liked to just accept the draft, but AFC doesn't work like that. Robert McClenon ( talk) 22:28, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Bro. Reply on Whatsapp. You change the the name Writer Maridhas and photo also. We will only give you new phone if u change it. I send many messages in whatsapp also. We don't know to change. Balakumar8000 ( talk) 06:00, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
What happens when 2 people are editing the same article at the same time? Anonymous Cuber ( talk) 12:54, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
{{
in use}}
template to let them know. --
Paul ❬
talk❭
15:05, 6 January 2021 (UTC)Hi. I've been doing a lot of editing, and I always use the automated tool for citations (visual editor). I see a lot of bots, and sometimes another editor, make changes to the template afterwards.
I'm really not tech-literate, and I don't completely understand how to properly change the template that is created automatically.
Should I be taking time to learn the ins-ands-outs of these templates? ... or continue work as I have been, and let the bots take care of details like this? Thanks. Mollifiednow ( talk) 20:15, 5 January 2021 (UTC) Mollifiednow ( talk) 20:15, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
{{
cite web}}
for web content, {{
cite news}}
for news, and so forth). Also, as a general reminder, always give as many information as possible. This especially applies to page numbers for anything vastly longer than 20 pages,
ISBN numbers for books, and
DOI numbers for things that have a DOI.
Victor Schmidt (
talk)
21:29, 5 January 2021 (UTC)Thanks for the response, @ Victor Schmidt:. An example is the most recent edit, by monkbot on Francis Fisher Browne. If you don't mind taking a look at it.
I use the visual editor, I choose automatic, when I add a citation that is a link to a website. It looks like a lot of what is add automatically, ends up removed or changed. I add additional information, such as page number etc., when necessary, and I have entered references manually, such as PDFs.
I asked the question, because I don't want to leave a trail of mistakes that others are left to clean up.
Just as an FYI, I use an Amazon firepad, my computer isn't working. I don't know if that matters, but I don't think I have the same tools available to me. I have had to learn how to add some things, such as the elongated dash, by looking at source editing by others, but I haven't figured out how the references are supposed to look like this way :-\ PS thanks for the links, I will bookmark and read! Mollifiednow ( talk) 22:40, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Thank you @ Victor Schmidt:, I just took a quick look at the page and bookmarked. I will try to do a better job.
I noticed that the link you sent me, shows a drop-down menu, that I don't have. Maybe it's the device I'm using. The menu that I have consists of: undo, font, insert blue link and two other drop-down menus that allow me to (1) edit in source/visual mode, and (2) insert a citation (automatic, manual, and re-use). I have no mouse, only a stylus :-\
I think that maybe I'm just limited to a few options with this device, I can edit a reference, after I have inserted one, however, I always delete unnecessary parameters when I use it.
I'll try remember to look in source mode, before publishing an edit, and see if anything looks like it needs to be deleted. I appreciate you taking the time to help me. Best to you- Mollifiednow ( talk) 14:57, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Sorry for being confusing @ Victor Schmidt:. no worries. I appreciate you trying to help. Honestly, I regret posting the question. It's frustrating, not being able to explain something, I'm still climbing the learning curve...I'll read the pages you provided, and figure it out. I'm going back to editing and the bots can take care of the technical details. My references do the job of sending the reader to the websites, so I'm not going to stress over it. Thanks again - Mollifiednow ( talk) 15:40, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello. I want to know if it is possible to make a draft redirect to another draft. I would like to do this to make sure that someone sees when creating this new page that I have in a draft that might become notable soon (professional footballer making a pro appearance WP:NFOOTBALL) without creating a page with the wrong accent mark. Basically I want to make sure someone doesn't create the page Edouard Michut when there is a draft at Draft:Édouard Michut. I know that when someone will try to create a page for Édouard Michut, it will notify them that there is a draft for this article. Except if the page name is Edouard Michut, they will not see that and maybe make an error. This is why I want to create a draft redirect from Draft:Edouard Michut to Draft:Édouard Michut just in case someone accidently gets the accent mark wrong when creating the new page when the player becomes notable (which may be today, he is in PSG's squad for the match against ASSE. Thanks for reading this text and answering my request. Paul Vaurie ( talk) 16:11, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi. I posted something at the Help Desk a few hours ago. Then I got to thinking about how my help desk questions typically go unanswered for months, so I thought I'd try linking the Teahouse to that question which is here. I hope it is not inappropriate to post such a question in two places; please let me know if that is something I should not do. Thank you! DiamondRemley39 ( talk) 16:29, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello Wikipedians, I came across this picture ( File:Dream_icon.svg), and noticed it was an vectorization of the original low quality picture. Does this actually violate copyright, or is it still okay? I found this Wikipedia:Non-free_content#Multiple_restrictions while researching, but it still leaves me unsure. Thanks, JackFromReedsburg ( talk | contribs) 17:30, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
It was recently point out that the company and product development now had a Wiki page, except the data used was five years out of date. I updated with the relevant latest information with sources cited to confirm the information and a bot comes along and reverts the entire edit because a Youtube link from the companies own YouTube channel, that simply replaces an old video from the same channel, is now somehow flagged as spam?
I am confuded as to how an existing Youtube video, being replaced by an updated Youtube video from the same channel is fair game for someone to try to revert an entire edit, to data which is now factually incorrect? Can you offer some guidance as to what needs to happen to stop people from 'trying to help' by continuing to post incorrect data? Faradair2014 ( talk) 18:05, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
i am a public figure in my country and in my region. i add a contribution about ,myself which has been rejected. imagine i am film director of many award winning films, the film is in wikipedia in arabic and english without enough information about myself which is the director for exemple see myfilm omar200 in actor khaled el nabawy filmography /info/en/?search=Khaled_El_Nabawy i put very confirmed sources in great newspapers and magazines like Variety and website of the european commision ..major and famous film festivals official websites etc
how i can solve this and the information about me is published? Ibnfernas2020 ( talk) 19:19, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Question moved from another section to its own. Giraffer ( talk· contribs) 17:17, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Page Published with the wrong name I accidentally published a page with the wrong page name. How can I change this. It is currently showing as my username title for some reason. Megapostmodern8 ( talk) 17:07, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
If you mean the content that was in your Sandbox, appears you have moved it to Draft:Amar Singh (activist and art gallerist) and submitted it to Articles for Creation for review. On your Talk page, you have been asked to address whether your connection to the topic is paid or some form of what Wikipedia defines as conflict of interest. David notMD ( talk) 19:45, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
How do people edit extended-protected pages? What is the name of people who edit extended protected pages? Earthsmoke91 ( talk) 19:47, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Dear Teahouse i would like to understand what you might consider promotional on the bio that I, as Hamilton`s world wide manager for the last 16 years, updated. That is our press release exactly what we have on our website or when we need to send his bio to the press. So please help me understand what is happening. Thanks and stay safe ( Mportinari ( talk) 18:41, 6 January 2021 (UTC)) Mportinari ( talk) 18:41, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Dears [[User:Cullen328|<b User talk:ColinFine|talk],
So when I mention adjetive is that it was written or said by someone before in a newspapper or by someone like Wynton Marsalis so if I quote the source it will acceptable? For example virtuoso, brilliant is on every article could be in Brasil, italy, france, Usa,... That will do the job or should i take it off??? As instrumental musician you don't get easily 731.818 thousand monthly listen on spotify if you don't get some compliments from the media or public. ALL THE BEST --
Mportinari (
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22:27, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
and Let's discuss it 18:50, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Mportinari. Press releases are almost never of any relevance for a Wikipedia article. Please understand that Wikipedia is not interested in what the subject of an article says or wants to say about themselves, or what their associates say about them. Wikipedia is only interested in what people who have no connection with the subject, and who have not been prompted or fed information on behalf of the subject, have chosen to publish about the subject in reliable sources.. --ColinFine (talk) 21:48, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Courtesy link:
Sidmouth
Hello,
I have just registered, specifically to amend the 'Sidmouth' site, which is of poor quality. The amendments went up, but have all been rejected. There were two spelling mistakes which I was going to change this evening. Are you able to tell me what I did wrong? Cosid ( talk) 22:58, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Can I file a complaint against a Wikipedia admin? SpinnerLaserzthe2nd ( talk) 23:26, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello! Can someone leave me here a social media (gmail discord or whatever) that we can talk? Because I need help with an wikipedia article. Thanks in advance!!!! Holloman123 ( talk) 00:58, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
need password for voicemail 99.127.103.152 ( talk) 01:22, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Article title: Sean McCoshen
The article I submitted was declined as a result of inadequate support from reliable sources. I am hoping that a reviewer can help me identify which sources I referenced are not credible, in order to provide better support/sourcing for them, if possible. Sean McCoshen is essentially a celebrity, so most mentions of him in the media are from news sources which reduces the overall believability behind what is being said about him. With that said, I'm a little stumped as to where I turn to help improve the reliability of the sources used in my submission and would be really grateful if someone could point me in the right direction or provide some knowledge on how past articles of this nature have worked around this debacle.
Thanks so much! Sean Sean Solie ( talk) 22:47, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi there!!! I have just come to Wikipedia and have tried to create two articles. The first one got declined and that's okay. I then submitted the other article for review. zThe thing is when will the article get reviewed? I know that there are more than 3,000+ articles waiting for review. How long does it take to review an article? Desmond Maverick ( talk) 01:57, 7 January 2021 (UTC) Desmond Maverick ( talk) 01:56, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Please tell me how to create a wikipedia page for a new topic. 2006nishan178713 ( talk) 04:53, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
How can I make a pageviews page? This page is updated by a bot and it can tell if it's a Cali related article, and I want to do the same for wildfires, but I don't know how a bot can detect if it's a wildfire article. 🔥 Lightning Complex Fire🔥 19:00, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Although I've been here for 15 1/2 years, with almost 270k edits, here's something I don't know the answer to, so here I am at the Teahouse.
Q: When a category gets moved (i.e. its title is changed), does the change ripple back so that all the articles assigned to that cat are changed to the new name, or does it have to be done individually, either manually or via bot?
Thanks, please ping me when answering as I don't have this page on my watchlist.
Beyond My Ken ( talk) 07:34, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I submitted a Draft:Institute of Project Management and it got rejected due to references issues. This is the note "This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of organizations and companies)."
When created that article, I refer much to this published article Institute of Public Administration (Ireland). I thought that type of references I used are similar with what's used on that article. However mine was rejected.
I wish I could get better understanding about the difference of references using on Institute of Public Administration (Ireland) compare to mine. Therefore I could avoid the same mistake and improve.
Thank you! Cnagita4 ( talk) 01:42, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Charles Juvon ( talk) 20:27, 6 January 2021 (UTC) Charles Juvon ( talk) 20:27, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello fellow Wikipedians at my favourite tea house that is still open when all the others close,
so I've started the New Year with fresh motivation to edit, but alas I've already found more things to do than I possibly have time for (in addition to my longer-term planned new articles).
Specifically, I am sometimes stumbling about "non-linked" articles in different language Wikipedias which clearly are about the same topic, but seem to be disconnected in... Wikidata? For example, these here: Five freedoms and de:Fünf Freiheiten (Tierwohl).
As I'd rather spend my time editing Wikipedia than diving into Wikidata (which I overall find to be rather dull ^^) - is there somewhere I can report this, so it can be fixed? Or at least be able to fix it with a few (automated) clicks without having to spend much time going over to Wikidata and learning how to work there. -- LordPeterII ( talk) 10:37, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi. My request on the article Draft:Asif Tariq was declined because of lack of sources. Unfortunately this is very difficult to find many sources as i am from very small town. The said subject is a renowned Kashmiri poet i worked hard on this article. Please help me by approving this article. I did my best. Hope in your help. Majid Saleem78 ( talk) 22:22, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi I am asking a lot but thanks for your help so far. I want to makes some changes and I put comments into Talk and history. I notice that only one editor has been in there on talk to action changes in 2016. I put my comments there but no-one visits why? I am just wondering how it all works. Does Wikipedia get a notification from talk when editors are in asking in there. I have read through what you gave me and am new but some things must be put onto talk for the living people. And no-one comes ... I am wondering if I am missing a step here. Can you tell me how this works and am I meant to notify anyone? 20footfish ( talk) 12:41, 6 January 2021 (UTC) 20footfish ( talk) 12:41, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Rhank you everyone who has commented here. Very helpful. Really glad to have has some feedback. Yes I will look at minor edit thing and rethink it. Perhaps a heading change isn't minor or putting the info into the correct area of the page. Little has been changed other than family history which is disputed in 5 articles, the sources were contradictory and the info was uncited so I am not expecting a dispute on uncited sentences. Yes I am correcting it because the Thai, Japanese and Portugese wikipedia has different information and at this point I will wait couple weeks, get used to wikipedia and watch the news because some of his legal stuff may really change because there is a current case now going through where people are going to be held responsible for falsly blaming him. Changing it now would be a waste of time :) Huge THank you. I will keep mu courage to change it. I am not really sure which wikipedia will become the main one where transations come from after wikidata is finished but slowly I will get the other languages done. The info is not in dispute but the detail is. The detail needs to be accurate or removed as per your policy. Hopefully its okay. I plan to take out uncited unnecessary info :) 20footfish ( talk) 12:02, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi, Please make sure to sign your article with 4 tildes. This make sure that you have completed your article. Anonymous Cuber ( talk) 10:20, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
how do you fix dead links with wayback machine SpiritGirl809 ( talk) 15:28, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
|archive-url=
and the date of that archive |archive-date=
.hello, I am new to Wikipedia, I want to write an article but I have no idea where to start. Could you please suggest a format or any guidelines that I should take into consideration except for what is already there on the Wikipedia guidelines page. If some admin could help me in the initial stage I would be very much obliged. Thank you :) Hitch2413 ( talk) 10:52, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
The article is right here. SoyokoAnis ( talk) 13:52, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
This is probably a dumb question but I'll still put it here
So I was browsing the Fun Spot America Theme Parks article when I saw that Hurricane (Miler roller coaster at the Kissimmee, Florida location) didn't have it's own article.
I really want to make an article for it but I'm not sure if it's important enough for that... Jajamanjaja ( talk) 15:15, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
I created a page for Professor David Ullman ( /info/en/?search=David_Ullman_(author) who is obviously designated with the (author) label. That's fine, however, there is another David Ullman who is a sailmaker and has no designation. I am curious if there is a way to designate the sailmaker so that when searched it is obvious what each Ullman does. Thank you. 76.108.89.160 ( talk) 14:08, 7 January 2021 (UTC) 76.108.89.160 ( talk) 14:08, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Can I add a more lighthearted page to Wikipedia, like "List of countries by how fun their name is to say"? I know the answer's probably no, but I just want to make sure because I think that would make Wikipedia more interesting. Calicopenguin1112 ( talk) 13:43, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
No, You cannot. Wikipedia is an Online encyclopedia and the content should be professional. Such things for fun is not acceptable on wikipedia. please do not even try this because sooner or later your article will be deleted. Anonymous Cuber ( talk) 13:59, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello everyone. I wish to write about some major budget cuts that are going to affect a local school district, but I'm not sure if the event qualifies for its own article or if it would be better just to write about it on the school district's Wikipedia article. Springfield2020 ( talk) 18:13, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
How do you make {{collapsebottom}} and {{collapsetop}} autoshow/hide? 🔥 Lightning Complex Fire🔥 18:30, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
A question has arisen about the neutrality (or otherwise) of the article submitted. A similar article (on Robert and Thomas Elworthy) can be found on Russian Wikipedia. None of Robert Elworthy's family have contributed anything to the Russian article. Therefore it could prove a useful check on the contents of the article provided under the title "Robert Pearce Elworthy. Philip Clarkson Webb ( talk) 17:01, 7 January 2021 (UTC) Philip Clarkson Webb ( talk) 17:01, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Hey there,
A friend of mine used a wikipedia-reference in her thesis so i klicked on it and apparently landed on a wrong page. This is the link she used. It should point to Saccharomyces cerevisiae but instead points towards Beta Israel. Can somebody explain that behaviour or even resolve the issue? Best wishes -- Liberealist Disputatio 16:06, 7 January 2021 (UTC) Liberealist Disputatio 16:06, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi, all. I just joined Wikipedia and attempted to make a user page (granted, it's extremely simple). The link for my talk page was showing in red for the first few minutes after I joined, and then it turned to blue. I was able to click on it then and go to my talk page. However, after I added the link to my talk page into my user page, the link turned red again and I haven't been able to access my talk page since. Did I do something wrong?
Thanks,
Gageills ( talk) 19:24, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
I'm putting together a page for a musician/DJ and I'm hitting a bit of a snag with formatting/wording. She has been in 5 bands from 2000-2011, but none of them had any formal releases. The Wiki page is focusing on her more prominent DJ career than her career as a musician, though it's all notable to mention. Since there isn't much information about her previous bands other than the fact she was in them, it's all coming out as "she was a member of X band from 20xx to 20xx" and that's it. Having 5 of those similarly worded sentences in a row just doesn't look right.
What might my options be? I want to mention them all as they paint a picture of her as a musician.
Alexmarie ( talk) 06:25, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Regarding the blocking policy, can a user get blocked for harassing another user who is blocked? SpinnerLaserzthe2nd ( talk) 23:30, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Recently, i made
Wikipedia:WikiProject Wildfire/Articles/Requests, and I want any posts archived within 1.5 months of inactivity, but how? And also, how do I make the instructions on top of the page go into wikitext, like it does in this page? If you don't know what i mean, how do I make this'?
{{subst:trim|1=
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<!-- DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE. This form inserts your signature for you, using four tildes (~~~~). -->
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🔥
Lightning
Complex
Fire🔥
20:47, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
preload=Wikipedia:WikiProject Wildfire/Articles/Requests/Preload
preload=Wikipedia:Teahouse/Preload
I am trying to add a map to an article about the Teays River to illustrate the point about valleys wider than the creeks that could have created them. The data is government data from the State of Ohio. I manipulated the data in a GIS workspace to show hillshade and color gradients so that the wide valleys are more visible. Wikipedia is saying it cannot verify that I created this, and so it won't let me publish it. What should I do? Tothcolin1 ( talk) 01:38, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
Found this, tuned it up a bit and submitted it. Anyone wanna take a look and drop a bit of feedback this latest draft? https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Draft:Roam_(musician) IronThumb3000 ( talk) 18:24, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Thanks Fuhghettaboutit, David notMD! I'll keep these things in mind going forward! Really appreciate this! IronThumb3000 ( talk) 13:47, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Fuhghettaboutit, David notMD One more quick q in this thread/section. The references in /info/en/?search=Draft:Roam_(musician) have gone a bit awry and aren't showing up in their section. How do I re-format them to fix? IronThumb3000 ( talk) 00:58, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
two measures? I respect the importance of strict COI policies on all editors. I am very familiar with it in scientific publications too. But I worry about the journalistic COI. When an editor here refers to an article in a media publication, without a COI disclaimer, doesn't it taint the information presented by the editor? Shouldn't be at least a requirement to TRY to obtain a COI statement before an inclusion or reference to such an article is made? And at least inform on the denial, or the compliance/disclosure of such statement? Artemon ge ( talk) 17:14, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
That too is intersting: a non trusted media needs nothing more? In the case of employed editor, the COI affect all articles from its relation right?
Artemon ge (
talk)
02:12, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
::
David notMD, he meant that (if I can grasp it well,
Artemon ge can verify) he was concerned of this scenario: Alice wants to cite a USA Today article. Unbeknownst to others, Alice is the article writer (qualifying
WP:OR) and that she is using a pseudonym here to mask her COI. He thinks if there could be a guideline requiring COI questioning before someone can add a source to an article, or change a source, to verify that they're not affiliated with the source and thus not sneakily violating WP:OR.
Gerald
WL
14:26, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Actually yes that was my main point, I recently started using a browser with VPN (obliged) and had trouble with WK, must be signed in to do anything, which is ok, but a catfish email and an autocofirm allows someone to mask his COI, right?
Please tell me how to create a wikipedia page for a new topic. 2006nishan178713 ( talk) 04:53, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
How can I make a pageviews page? This page is updated by a bot and it can tell if it's a Cali related article, and I want to do the same for wildfires, but I don't know how a bot can detect if it's a wildfire article. 🔥 Lightning Complex Fire🔥 19:00, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Although I've been here for 15 1/2 years, with almost 270k edits, here's something I don't know the answer to, so here I am at the Teahouse.
Q: When a category gets moved (i.e. its title is changed), does the change ripple back so that all the articles assigned to that cat are changed to the new name, or does it have to be done individually, either manually or via bot?
Thanks, please ping me when answering as I don't have this page on my watchlist.
Beyond My Ken ( talk) 07:34, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I submitted a Draft:Institute of Project Management and it got rejected due to references issues. This is the note "This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of organizations and companies)."
When created that article, I refer much to this published article Institute of Public Administration (Ireland). I thought that type of references I used are similar with what's used on that article. However mine was rejected.
I wish I could get better understanding about the difference of references using on Institute of Public Administration (Ireland) compare to mine. Therefore I could avoid the same mistake and improve.
Thank you! Cnagita4 ( talk) 01:42, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Charles Juvon ( talk) 20:27, 6 January 2021 (UTC) Charles Juvon ( talk) 20:27, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello fellow Wikipedians at my favourite tea house that is still open when all the others close,
so I've started the New Year with fresh motivation to edit, but alas I've already found more things to do than I possibly have time for (in addition to my longer-term planned new articles).
Specifically, I am sometimes stumbling about "non-linked" articles in different language Wikipedias which clearly are about the same topic, but seem to be disconnected in... Wikidata? For example, these here: Five freedoms and de:Fünf Freiheiten (Tierwohl).
As I'd rather spend my time editing Wikipedia than diving into Wikidata (which I overall find to be rather dull ^^) - is there somewhere I can report this, so it can be fixed? Or at least be able to fix it with a few (automated) clicks without having to spend much time going over to Wikidata and learning how to work there. -- LordPeterII ( talk) 10:37, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi. My request on the article Draft:Asif Tariq was declined because of lack of sources. Unfortunately this is very difficult to find many sources as i am from very small town. The said subject is a renowned Kashmiri poet i worked hard on this article. Please help me by approving this article. I did my best. Hope in your help. Majid Saleem78 ( talk) 22:22, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi I am asking a lot but thanks for your help so far. I want to makes some changes and I put comments into Talk and history. I notice that only one editor has been in there on talk to action changes in 2016. I put my comments there but no-one visits why? I am just wondering how it all works. Does Wikipedia get a notification from talk when editors are in asking in there. I have read through what you gave me and am new but some things must be put onto talk for the living people. And no-one comes ... I am wondering if I am missing a step here. Can you tell me how this works and am I meant to notify anyone? 20footfish ( talk) 12:41, 6 January 2021 (UTC) 20footfish ( talk) 12:41, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Rhank you everyone who has commented here. Very helpful. Really glad to have has some feedback. Yes I will look at minor edit thing and rethink it. Perhaps a heading change isn't minor or putting the info into the correct area of the page. Little has been changed other than family history which is disputed in 5 articles, the sources were contradictory and the info was uncited so I am not expecting a dispute on uncited sentences. Yes I am correcting it because the Thai, Japanese and Portugese wikipedia has different information and at this point I will wait couple weeks, get used to wikipedia and watch the news because some of his legal stuff may really change because there is a current case now going through where people are going to be held responsible for falsly blaming him. Changing it now would be a waste of time :) Huge THank you. I will keep mu courage to change it. I am not really sure which wikipedia will become the main one where transations come from after wikidata is finished but slowly I will get the other languages done. The info is not in dispute but the detail is. The detail needs to be accurate or removed as per your policy. Hopefully its okay. I plan to take out uncited unnecessary info :) 20footfish ( talk) 12:02, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi, Please make sure to sign your article with 4 tildes. This make sure that you have completed your article. Anonymous Cuber ( talk) 10:20, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
how do you fix dead links with wayback machine SpiritGirl809 ( talk) 15:28, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
|archive-url=
and the date of that archive |archive-date=
.hello, I am new to Wikipedia, I want to write an article but I have no idea where to start. Could you please suggest a format or any guidelines that I should take into consideration except for what is already there on the Wikipedia guidelines page. If some admin could help me in the initial stage I would be very much obliged. Thank you :) Hitch2413 ( talk) 10:52, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
The article is right here. SoyokoAnis ( talk) 13:52, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
This is probably a dumb question but I'll still put it here
So I was browsing the Fun Spot America Theme Parks article when I saw that Hurricane (Miler roller coaster at the Kissimmee, Florida location) didn't have it's own article.
I really want to make an article for it but I'm not sure if it's important enough for that... Jajamanjaja ( talk) 15:15, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
I created a page for Professor David Ullman ( /info/en/?search=David_Ullman_(author) who is obviously designated with the (author) label. That's fine, however, there is another David Ullman who is a sailmaker and has no designation. I am curious if there is a way to designate the sailmaker so that when searched it is obvious what each Ullman does. Thank you. 76.108.89.160 ( talk) 14:08, 7 January 2021 (UTC) 76.108.89.160 ( talk) 14:08, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello everyone. I wish to write about some major budget cuts that are going to affect a local school district, but I'm not sure if the event qualifies for its own article or if it would be better just to write about it on the school district's Wikipedia article. Springfield2020 ( talk) 18:13, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
How do you make {{collapsebottom}} and {{collapsetop}} autoshow/hide? 🔥 Lightning Complex Fire🔥 18:30, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
A question has arisen about the neutrality (or otherwise) of the article submitted. A similar article (on Robert and Thomas Elworthy) can be found on Russian Wikipedia. None of Robert Elworthy's family have contributed anything to the Russian article. Therefore it could prove a useful check on the contents of the article provided under the title "Robert Pearce Elworthy. Philip Clarkson Webb ( talk) 17:01, 7 January 2021 (UTC) Philip Clarkson Webb ( talk) 17:01, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Hey there,
A friend of mine used a wikipedia-reference in her thesis so i klicked on it and apparently landed on a wrong page. This is the link she used. It should point to Saccharomyces cerevisiae but instead points towards Beta Israel. Can somebody explain that behaviour or even resolve the issue? Best wishes -- Liberealist Disputatio 16:06, 7 January 2021 (UTC) Liberealist Disputatio 16:06, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi, all. I just joined Wikipedia and attempted to make a user page (granted, it's extremely simple). The link for my talk page was showing in red for the first few minutes after I joined, and then it turned to blue. I was able to click on it then and go to my talk page. However, after I added the link to my talk page into my user page, the link turned red again and I haven't been able to access my talk page since. Did I do something wrong?
Thanks,
Gageills ( talk) 19:24, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
I'm putting together a page for a musician/DJ and I'm hitting a bit of a snag with formatting/wording. She has been in 5 bands from 2000-2011, but none of them had any formal releases. The Wiki page is focusing on her more prominent DJ career than her career as a musician, though it's all notable to mention. Since there isn't much information about her previous bands other than the fact she was in them, it's all coming out as "she was a member of X band from 20xx to 20xx" and that's it. Having 5 of those similarly worded sentences in a row just doesn't look right.
What might my options be? I want to mention them all as they paint a picture of her as a musician.
Alexmarie ( talk) 06:25, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Regarding the blocking policy, can a user get blocked for harassing another user who is blocked? SpinnerLaserzthe2nd ( talk) 23:30, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Recently, i made
Wikipedia:WikiProject Wildfire/Articles/Requests, and I want any posts archived within 1.5 months of inactivity, but how? And also, how do I make the instructions on top of the page go into wikitext, like it does in this page? If you don't know what i mean, how do I make this'?
{{subst:trim|1=
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<!-- DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE. This form inserts your signature for you, using four tildes (~~~~). -->
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Lightning
Complex
Fire🔥
20:47, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
preload=Wikipedia:WikiProject Wildfire/Articles/Requests/Preload
preload=Wikipedia:Teahouse/Preload
I am trying to add a map to an article about the Teays River to illustrate the point about valleys wider than the creeks that could have created them. The data is government data from the State of Ohio. I manipulated the data in a GIS workspace to show hillshade and color gradients so that the wide valleys are more visible. Wikipedia is saying it cannot verify that I created this, and so it won't let me publish it. What should I do? Tothcolin1 ( talk) 01:38, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
Found this, tuned it up a bit and submitted it. Anyone wanna take a look and drop a bit of feedback this latest draft? https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Draft:Roam_(musician) IronThumb3000 ( talk) 18:24, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Thanks Fuhghettaboutit, David notMD! I'll keep these things in mind going forward! Really appreciate this! IronThumb3000 ( talk) 13:47, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Fuhghettaboutit, David notMD One more quick q in this thread/section. The references in /info/en/?search=Draft:Roam_(musician) have gone a bit awry and aren't showing up in their section. How do I re-format them to fix? IronThumb3000 ( talk) 00:58, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
two measures? I respect the importance of strict COI policies on all editors. I am very familiar with it in scientific publications too. But I worry about the journalistic COI. When an editor here refers to an article in a media publication, without a COI disclaimer, doesn't it taint the information presented by the editor? Shouldn't be at least a requirement to TRY to obtain a COI statement before an inclusion or reference to such an article is made? And at least inform on the denial, or the compliance/disclosure of such statement? Artemon ge ( talk) 17:14, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
That too is intersting: a non trusted media needs nothing more? In the case of employed editor, the COI affect all articles from its relation right?
Artemon ge (
talk)
02:12, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
::
David notMD, he meant that (if I can grasp it well,
Artemon ge can verify) he was concerned of this scenario: Alice wants to cite a USA Today article. Unbeknownst to others, Alice is the article writer (qualifying
WP:OR) and that she is using a pseudonym here to mask her COI. He thinks if there could be a guideline requiring COI questioning before someone can add a source to an article, or change a source, to verify that they're not affiliated with the source and thus not sneakily violating WP:OR.
Gerald
WL
14:26, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Actually yes that was my main point, I recently started using a browser with VPN (obliged) and had trouble with WK, must be signed in to do anything, which is ok, but a catfish email and an autocofirm allows someone to mask his COI, right?
Hi there! I'm working on a page for the Chair in Trans Studies at the University of Victoria. My draft was rejected, but given only a short reason why ("article does not have sufficient content for its own page"), and did not offer any other issues or point out other problems. It was also rejected almost immediatel after it was submitted. After chatting with some folks, I made a handful of changes and would love if anyone has more advice before I resubmit it. I think it has a good amount of info in it and is sufficiently sourced, but would love suggestions on formatting or what else I can do:)
The article name is as follows: Draft: Chair in Transgender Studies at the University of Victoria.
Thanks! Wrenhawke ( talk) 09:37, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
I note the entry for Henk Guth refers to "Panaorama Guth" (Alice Springs - destoryed by fire in 2005.
Using images found on the internet, I've created a fairly high resolution re-creation of the full panorama, and it seems a shame that this otherwise "lost" image is not available to the general public. Clearly an entry or link in Wikipedia would be a sensible location.
Given I've stitched the image together from material from the internet, I'm unsure of the copyright status of the final. Clearly I have copyright in my work but I don't know the status of the source images I used.
I was wondering if this is an image that would be appropriate to include in the entry for Henk Guth.
Because of the sources, the full stitch can look a bit scrappy, so I also did 3 part stitces that together give to full panorama, but each looks less scrappy than the whole.
I don't have a wikipedia account. Cheers, Lx 114.73.115.22 ( talk) 09:25, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello everybody!
I would like to receive help on my sandbox Howard X. He is the first impersonator of Kim Jong-Un, and is well known in East Asia. As he impersonates a risky figure, I don't think a lot is available about him.
Let me know what you guys think of my request. :) Rollercoasterdamage ( talk) 07:56, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
Would it be considered WP:PROMO or WP:BOOKSPAM to include books related or written by the subject of an article in the Further Reading? For instance, would any of the following be okay for the Maximum Fun network: Everybody Has a Podcast (Except You), The Sawbones Book, Here There Be Gerblins, Murder on the Rockport Limited!, Petals to the Metal. I asked the same question on Talk:Maximum Fun, but figured I'd have more luck getting an answer if I posted here.
I'm also a little confused what is considered a good selection for the Further reading section. I added some books to Religion and spirituality podcast, Slidecasting, and Draft:Music podcast. I'd really appreciate feedback on whether I did these Further reading sections correctly or not. I basically just looked up keywords on Google Books and these seemed the most relevant to the topic. Can I put non-book sources in the further reading section? TipsyElephant ( talk) 22:46, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello,
While visiting the
Dead-end articles
maintenance page, i've found this one:
Suresh Sriskandarajah (
|
talk |
history |
protect |
delete |
links |
watch |
logs |
views), who I've supposed it's a autopromo ads made by a Sri-Lankan lawyer for promoting his business, so a new page created not so long days ago. When I've checked history, I saw that it's an old article that has been blanked by this new ads-oriented article, as commented in the
talk page. As I'm not sure about what happened and I'm relatively new in English Wiki, I interpell you with this message , as someone who has more time for seeing it, can do something.
Thanks, and sorry for my broken english.
Anas1712 (
talk)
00:47, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
Right now I really want to know which one I should use. I currently use Visual Editing as it is very helpful. Which one should I use? SoyokoAnis ( talk) 04:04, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
Zayakg ( talk) 06:03, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello my fellow i need advice on how to correct the draft page /info/en/?search=Draft:Chigan_Madu Grhodig2017 ( talk) 11:06, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi! I'm theleekycauldron ( talk · contribs), and while I'm not new to Wikipedia, I stumbled upon the draft page for Draft:CallMeCarson and have run into a brick wall. I cleaned up the language and grammar, made sure all the sources were reliable, and made sure the important controversies were there and the rather unimportant ones were deleted. But as far as basic graphical information goes, it's kind of taken as a given when covered by reliable sources. They don't feel the need to bring readers up to speed. Where can I cite biographical information, instead of just the controversies? Theleekycauldron ( talk) 11:11, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
On Wikipedia:Slogans I have added Wikipedia logo for Sjo language but on the typing is missed one word. Is there someone that can gently help me to complete the typing? I am Italian, I cant read and write mongolian. Thanks in advance!!! -- 2001:B07:6442:8903:5CE0:29CA:3B85:1A03 ( talk) 09:14, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi! I asked for advice here about the same topic before, but I believe I am still a bit confused. I would like to have the redirect " /info/en/?search=Passaic,_New_Jersey#Government" for Hector Carlos Lora replaced with a draft article ( /info/en/?search=Draft:Hector_Carlos_Lora) I've written on him. I would argue he does meet the criteria for notability to have his own article. What would be my next steps in seeking such a replacement? Do you believe it is worth it and would have a chance? If yes, then how do I proceed? If not, why? Thank you, LMPAJ ( talk) 16:14, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
How does the Wikipedia believe a citation produced is reliable or not? Faster edits ( talk) 14:31, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
title. 🔥 Lightning Complex Fire🔥 15:24, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
insource:
magic word.
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Hi, How can I create a new flag for a job I am doing? By flag I mean like the flag of Mexico or the United States to be included in conflicts. D10s Maradona ( talk) 11:28, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
draft in progress Hello, I have a draft in progress which was reviewed a number of times - now that I have made significant changes and followed advice everythng has gone very quiet since I resubmitted. Any advice as to how I can speed things up ? Thank you - draft is here: /info/en/?search=Draft:Virginia_MacNaughton Newreaders ( talk) 13:32, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
OK, many thanks. It just seemed a bit strange that it was being reviewed quite swiftly and then stopped altogether. I'll look into the project tags, although I'm not sure what they are! Thanks again — Preceding unsigned comment added by Newreaders ( talk • contribs) 13:52, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
Either just because you asked, or just a coincidence, reviewed today, and declined (for the fifth time). The draft is sprinkled with notes where citations are needed. Comply with ALL OF THESE before resubmitting. If you cannot provide citations, deleted the unverified factual statements. David notMD ( talk) 17:07, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
In one week, the largest encyclopedia in human history will be turning 20 years old, are there any plans to commemorate this milestone? 47.150.227.254 ( talk) 11:16, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
My name is Ron Harper of Sydney, Australia. As a regular DONOR I am seeking personal help.
My forebear "George Harper was born in the Parish of Donaghheadie in or near the Market Town of Strabane in the County of Tyrone" (As recorded on George's discharge papers from 20th Light Dragoons in 1794.)
Can anyone help me to go further with my family history research? 2001:8003:2628:AA00:502D:999F:7D68:FDFB ( talk) 07:59, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi there,
I would really appreciate if you help me to understand why my article was declined and what i can do to improve it, Draft link: /info/en/?search=Draft:HAY-HAY_Fashion_Concept_Store
Thank you in advance HeroArmenia ( talk) 17:05, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
This submission appears to read more like an advertisement than an entry in an encyclopedia.The language being used is inappropriate on Wikipedia. It should inform, but without saying how amazing the subject is. An example of promotional language:
HAY-HAY concept store has promoted Armenian fashion and made an impact on the fashion industry in Armenia in a series of art exhibitions and events, and has also been featured in fashion magazines in several editorials and interviews.Citations removed. It's not important for readers to know that the store "made an impact". Show, don't tell; let readers make up their minds on how the store did with the information given without shoving it down their throats. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 17:30, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
Can someone assist with writing a Wikipedia column on our firm? We are one of the first data analytics firms operating in sport/sport businesses and have been fairly successful at this service since 1989. The firm is also female founded and run which we believe will help serve as a role model from an educational standpoint to other women.. We feel we offer a very valuable message to other women in business/sport business who aspire to work with events nationally and globally. Please advise! Thank you in advance...Dr. Kathleen Davis, CEO-SMRI 72.220.88.88 ( talk) 16:40, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi i wanted to start a new wiki page but not a big reader i like to write creatively or about what i know of at the moment very well. I want to ask the tea house for recommendations on starting article, with this image name Μέδουσα. New to editing so i am also looking for tips. This started out ok but has twice been redirected and once commented nonsense before much was typed. The translation to medusa would not be a accurate representation. The link is https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=%CE%9C%CE%AD%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%83%CE%B1&oldid=998836016
I am not sure of my correct use of my starting a new article. Or i have no choice but to argue with the entire wikipedia article with the image of medusa name. Time is not defined as a accurate verifiable source. Levwashere levi may ( talk) 08:20, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for your feedback Gerald it has helped me gather the information i was interested in knowing. And from your questions no not Time magazine. Time as in on a clock. AS to the why question μέδουσα as in medusa is constantly changing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Levwashere levi may ( talk • contribs) 22:50, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
I don't know if you guys are tired of me, but How do I make an article alert page? Most WikiProjects have one. 🔥 Lightning Complex Fire🔥 15:13, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
I made factual changes to a wikipedia page and had them erased by another editor (Nj-de). The changes I made were based on fact and personal communication with the individual. How do I contact the editor who erased the changes and get the changes made restored. We will be adding references over the next few weeks.
Thank you Editor 20022 ( talk) 18:18, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
were based on fact and personal communication with the individual, which doesn't do the article much good. Wikipedia deals with reliable sources to establish verifiability, many of which are secondary sources; primary sources can be used, but in very specific and limited cases.
{{
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18:46, 8 January 2021 (UTC)Courtesy: Frank Nwachukwu Ndili. David notMD ( talk) 21:05, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
How do you install AutoEd? The page says to go to your common.js page, but I don't have one. Do I have to make one? Dobekofcas ( talk) 22:03, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
common.js
page it will be a redlink (
User:Dobekofcas/common.js) that you can start. There should be instructions to copy and paste a line of code onto that page on
WP:AUTOED. —
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22:19, 8 January 2021 (UTC)Hi, I saw a "placeholder" article today. The content says that the author will add full information at Jan 9. I nominated it for speedy deletion. And how do I send a request to move it to draft? Thanks. Larryzhao123 ( talk) 22:17, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
Request for page move /info/en/?search=Draft:Chigan_Madu Grhodig2017 ( talk) 20:57, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
AlanM1 #Advice is there something i missed out while creating the article ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Grhodig2017 ( talk • contribs) 23:03, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
So I have been a part of many discussions on Wikipedia. I am always confused on when consensus is reached for them. I have heard that it doesn't matter the amount of keep/oppose votes happen, but that seems to always be the case that the majority vote wins. So when exactly does a "consensus is reached" happen? If you are not an admin and you want to close out a discussion on an articles talk page, what exactly should be looked for in the "consensus reached" or should a request be made to other editors somewhere to come close the discussion out?
Hopefully I didn't ramble too much/ask too many questions. Thanks for help in advance, Elijahandskip ( talk) 23:16, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
Deleted contribution My article on Makeda Cheatom was deleted. I have rewritten it. Do I just submit it like it is a brand new article? Geolog10 ( talk) 23:09, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
How do I edit Kemah2021 ( talk) 00:16, 9 January 2021 (UTC) Kemah2021 ( talk) 00:16, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
On a BLP of somebody from Ireland, the date format is dmy per MOS:DATETIES. If the person is involved in an event which takes place in the US (mdy format), is MOS:TIMEZONE to be followed (retain local format) or MOS:DATEUNIFY? The BLP in question is a professional fighter who has fought in both the UK/Ireland and the US, so I figured that DATEUNIFY would take precedence, otherwise the article would be littered with different formats depending on where a fight took place. I've only encountered two instances (both BLPs of professional fighters) where TIMEZONE has been used as the rationale for using a format that is inconsistent with the rest of the article, with the latest instance coming from a more experienced editor than me (which has made me doubt my opinion on the matter), so I figured I'd post here for some input. Thanks in advance. – 2. O. Boxing 00:36, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
latest instancewhere it was not followed? —[ AlanM1 ( talk)]— 01:04, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
I realized that a field was missing on the page, so I decided to contribute with information that was missing. I mentioned the source and posted it on the page. Did I do it right? WGCL19762021 ( talk) 05:17, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
Many sport rivalries exist as Wikipedia articles. But a rivalry between 2 actors was well covered by the media and was notable. The rivalry was between Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone. I think it meets WP:N, and request the WP:TH hosts to please present their views. Please ping me to notify me-- Atlantis77177 ( talk) 04:03, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
So i spent a while building a small wiki page for a football player and igot declined. It said minumum standard for incline citations. Can anyone tell me a simple reasoning behind this, thank you. CalebBowman3 ( talk) 07:20, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi, hope everyone is well. Thanks for inviting me here in teahouse. I have a question. I have searched "Smartchem Cable Limited" [1] in wikipedia and wiki suggested to create one. I just created one and this is deleted. Can you please advise me how to write in Wiki? In Bangladesh, this cable company is so popular and helping people use quality cables. But there is no information in wiki.
Thanks Trailershow ( talk) 07:55, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
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Hi! I am trying to edit my grandfather's Wiki page ( George Pedersen), but the edits are not being accepted. I do not have anything specific to reference as I am referencing his personal CV, which is not on the internet. Can anyone help me to do this for him? Puddlejumper2million ( talk) 18:08, 8 January 2021 (UTC) Puddlejumper2million ( talk) 18:08, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
I am actually curious to know how do we fill color in a row? June 099 ( talk) 09:08, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi, I have my own articles and just today is my 2nd day on this wikipedia world. I feel so great and thanks to you for your idea and suggestion. I have all the references too is its fine to create an articles can you pls help me for this. Zayakg ( talk) 12:01, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
I have my own articles to post and make visible to the world ..., please be aware that articles that you've already written for another platform are unlikely to be suitable as-is for Wikipedia, as we have our own policies regarding notability, reliable sources, and style, plus some technicalities in the way text is marked-up for presentation. Additionally, if you have previously published that content or copied any of it from somwhere else, we have strict rules about respecting copyrights that would result in speedy removal of the content. Please see the links above (especially WP:YFA) for guidance. Writing and publishing a new article here as a new user is a difficult task, and we generally suggest that you instead spend some time improving existing articles to understand how Wikipedia works, both procedure/policy-wise and technically. Thanks. —[ AlanM1 ( talk)]— 21:54, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
My articles will not published any were until I give permission, what ever I will create that would be all my own work & own creation, I was thinking to create this since 2016 but so busy with my task and schedule. One day I inform to the person who is familiar with articles writing in wikipedia. He told me so many time ok I will create for you,...ok I will create for you, the days pass on & on and now almost 4 years and 6 days passed away I don't have my articles on wikipedia. I laugh at myself just before 3 days my soul says why don't you try by your own to create an article in wikipedia. Even-though I have many task to do but I give my 36 hours to see what is happening on Wikipedia how it works. Today is my 3rd day now I feel I can try. I don't need that person since 4 years and 6 days which I was waiting for my articles. Everyday is a learning day for me if I do any mistake pls pls guys help me or guide me. I feel so good to be connected with you all. Thanks a lot, enjoy the day. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zayakg ( talk • contribs) 04:52, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
Bodybuilder Gregg Valentino has been called "the most hated bodybuilder". Valentino was the subject of the TV movie "The Man Whose Arms Exploded" [1], which documented his steroid use, bodybuilding, and injury. He has had an interview with ESPN [2]. There are a lot of articles about him on bodybuilding-specific websites, including T-Nation.com [3] and bodybuilding.com, [4] just to name a few.
An academic article in Critical Readings in Bodybuilding [5] dedicates time to Valentino, and claims he is the poster boy of bigorexia. He also appears in the book Manthropology, [6] although again briefly.
On the other hand, the only coverage I could find of Valentino in large newspapers was when the UK Independent covered the TV movie about him [7] and an article in the Denver Post which profiled him briefly along with a few other bodybuilders [8]
I can't decide whether Valentino himself, his TV movie, or both are notable. What do you think? IllQuill ( talk) 03:47, 9 January 2021 (UTC) IllQuill ( talk) 03:48, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
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When you add [[ ]] to a name and/or create an article, is there a way to then automatically link/add [[ ]] to name in other articles or do you have to manually do it? For example, Actor X is mentioned in lots of film articles but doesn't have own page, own article now created, does [[ ]] have to be added manually to his name in all the film articles or is there a quicker way to do this?-- HistoricalAccountings ( talk) 12:59, 9 January 2021 (UTC) HistoricalAccountings ( talk) 12:59, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi Wikipedians!!! I have got my first Wiki Page approved, but it shows that it is an "Orphan Article". What does that mean?It seems like the article must be linked or should have incoming links. Please do help me what is the next process. Desmond Maverick ( talk) 00:54, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
Since July of last year, a series of IPs have been trying to add a sentence about gift/game cards from various retailers to the lead of Product key (and disrupting the article in other ways too, but that same sentence is always part of it). They've been reverted by different editors and lots of messages have been left on the IP talk pages, to no effect. I started a discussion on the article talk page, but I seriously doubt they'll show up; is there anything else can I do? I'm not sure if this is genuine good faith editing or just spam. Wikignome Wintergreen talk 14:38, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
I just started editing Wikipedia recently and don't know how to add a general reference without out adding a inline citation in the article. Can someone please help? CeaselessTeapot ( talk) 17:59, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
Hey, this is somewhat urgent. I got a message from a user saying that File:CroppedImageOfAmericanProducerDJSuede.png is not suitable for Wikipedia because it is not freely licensed. I'm not familiar with different types of licensing, I'll say that, but I'm even less familiar with the methods of finding an image's licensing status. What kind of threw me off is when the user stated that a file can not be used even if the author themself approves of it, which I can kind of understand now that I think about it. However, I actually received another message from the subject asking to CHANGE the picture, and this is all kind of confusing. I'm thinking maybe the one he sent me is under a free license, according to Google Images, but that's a faulty method of finding out whether a picture has been under a free license, because I have tried it with other pictures that ARE available on the internet. Regardless (I know it sounds like I'm rambling) I need to know whether this picture is freely licensed, probably due to the fact that I wouldn't want to go through so much trouble to get some image uploaded. By the way, the only reason I'm doing any of this is because if the author seems to approve of it, and has even sent a picture to use, one would think this doesn't have any restrictions over it. I need help figuring out what license this picture has, if anyone knows how to do that, please let me know, thank you. TrevortniDesserpedx ( talk) 01:23, 9 January 2021 (UTC) TrevortniDesserpedx ( talk) 01:23, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
Courtesy link:
DJ Suede the Remix God is I assume the article where the photo would be used. —
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Dear Assistant kindly let me know how to publish this link/wikipage..like what edits should i do to get it live. Link: /info/en/?search=Draft:Omjee_Group Vish.mystic ( talk) 17:56, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
Thank you guys soo much for your help I appropriately Added a link to the wikipedia page and put the Page Link of the Wikipedia page in the summary Just let me know if I need to credit it better don't wanna. Get introuble Thanks again. And have a great year -- Cocopuff2018 ( talk) 05:20, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
Alrighty also can you show me an example of how Hyperlink Is done I have never done that before? And sorry if I'm aggervating you? -- Cocopuff2018 ( talk) 05:32, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
hello, I am still a bit confused on this and I Did Put a link to its Wikipedia page along with a link IN Summary however i still do not understand how to add that other thing to make sure i appropriately credit it can someone please show me an example? -- Cocopuff2018 ( talk) 20:03, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
How to make a sockpuppet complaint. Iamloosingmymind ( talk) 20:56, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
Please refer to this image (I'm afraid I can't post it here on Wikipedia since it's not for an article, so I chose another host): https://imgur.com/a/ifEWYk0
This page, for example, only shows a few interwikis followed by a button saying "14 more" where I can browse the remaining ones. Does anyone know how to make all pages show the entire list of interwikis instead, like it used to be? I searched a bunch of help pages about interwikis and sidebars, but found no solution to this problem. - Munmula ( talk), second account of Alumnum 18:05, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
I had submitted the draft Draft:Danish Siddiqui for review on 1 January. User Victor Schmidt had replied to the request for re-review and tagged another user, inviting them to the discussion ( see) The user says that the article is not submitted for review.. Can someone clarify what seems to be the issue and what I could do to get the draft reviewed asap Indianite ( talk) 21:21, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello! Based on feedback from the first draft of the Palace Cinema Broadstairs page, I've just drafted a new one /info/en/?search=Draft%3APalace_Cinema_Broadstairs. I've used the editor's notes from 2019 and also compared it to Wiki pages for similar independent cinemas to ensure the content is Ok and abides by Wiki rules. I've submitted 4 pictures which I hope are ok: 2 x 100+yr old ones and 2 direct from the Palace Cinema. I can't see the 'Submit' key and I'm worried that I've redrafted this page in a floating/unauthorised space. Thanks if you could tell me the next steps. Best wishes, Corinna LittelLondon ( talk) 22:29, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by LittelLondon ( talk • contribs) 22:52, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi I was looking for a article called John vuli gate but i can't find it has Wikipedia created an article of that song Alisha rains ( talk) 19:16, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
how do I move my article in my sandbox to a draft page? Thank you greatly! Wordsthatsay ( talk) 23:42, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
I started a GAR a while back for Stephen Fry's Podgrams and there was quite a bit more discussion than I expected. I'm unsure what the guidelines are, but I assume that some kind of consensus has to be reached. I was curious whether it looks like that consensus was reached (I think everyone except one was pretty much on board with delisting) and what I should do to move the discussion along. I would also appreciate links to the guidelines for situations like this. TipsyElephant ( talk) 02:04, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
I tried using Template:RfD on Category:Scripted podcasts and got a bunch of issues. What did I do wrong? We were discussing the possibility of deletion on the wikiproject talk page here. TipsyElephant ( talk) 02:06, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi, I'm new to contributing Wikipedia and I'm curious as to whether or not there are any video tutorials available (like the videos available through LinkedIn Learning, Khan Academy, Coursera, etc.).
I've found those types of videos very easy to learn from, and there's certainly a lot to learn behind the scenes at Wikipedia!
Thanks in advance! A username can have spaces? ( talk) 01:49, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
I'd like to know if there is a policy against promoting a particular trademark in an article?
Also, I'd appreciate it if someone could tell me the reason for the different colored background for band members names in a Navbar.
I'm seeing this in the Jefferson Starship article.
Thanks for you help! Cheryl Fullerton ( talk) 03:57, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
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RobertSpencerDixon ( talk) 16:45, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
I have created a new Wikipedia page on Connectionist Databases in my sandbox. As this is my first Wikipedia page, I have to wait for four days before it will be published. I have already done rather more than the required ten edits of existing pages.
My concern is that as this has not been published before and there is no existing Wikipedia page on the subject. There are plenty of Google pages about connectionist models and connectionism. There is a published article which mentions it at https://www.itjungle.com/2017/08/14/ibm-need-databases/ and it eventually finds an article on my ERROS website at http://www.erros.co.uk/ERROS_Connectionist_Database.pdf. ERROS allows developers to create complex applications, mostly without any new programming This article, with little change, is the basis of my proposed Wikipedia page. I used ERROS to create STIPPLE, a major collaborative fine art system, unlike any other in the world. STIPPLE is the working proof of my ERROS concept.
Can anyone see any reasons why my page might be rejected? This is fairly technical stuff, yet perhaps more easily understood by non-technical people than computer experts for whom ERROS may be too large a paradigm shift.
Many thanks for any suggestions.
Rob Dixon — Preceding unsigned comment added by RobertSpencerDixon ( talk • contribs) 17:33, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
Courtesy: the unsubmitted draft is at User:RobertSpencerDixon/sandbox
David,
Many thanks. But surely no one else will publish pages about connectionist databases if they don't know of the concept? Why is orignal reseaarch not allowed? How can any new concept get a Wikipedia page?
All of what I wrote is about the concept of a Connectionist Database as all the features are features of the database - it is defined by itself in itself.
I am happy to change my draft.
Rob — Preceding unsigned comment added by RobertSpencerDixon ( talk • contribs) 18:19, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
Well David, according to Wikipedia, "An encyclopedia or encyclopaedia (British English) is a reference work or compendium providing summaries of knowledge" Knowledge progresses, at an ever fater rate. How does Wikipedia ensure that it doesn't get left behind? — Preceding unsigned comment added by RobertSpencerDixon ( talk • contribs) 21:18, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
David - I accept your view and there is no point in wasting my or anyone else's time. Do you have any ideas about where else I might try to spread the word? I have tried Acaademia but without response RobertSpencerDixon ( talk) 23:08, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi there, I have a question to ask about hiding an infobox in an article. I created the infobox but feel that it doesn't contain enough useful information so perhaps it's best to keep it hidden for the time being. However, when I use the standard template, it doesn't seem to work with infoboxes. Do you know how I can get around that (short of not including the infobox at all)? Thanks! Revirvlkodlaku ( talk) 01:13, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
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based on UTC+0, after 00:00 Regards, Jeromi Mikhael ( marhata) 07:55, 1 January 2021 (UTC)
How can I get the correct photo added to this page: /info/en/?search=Charles_A._Miller_House This is the wrong photo. The correct photo is at: https://www.google.com/maps/place/1817+Chase+Ave,+Cincinnati,+OH+45223/@39.1647275,-84.5483761,3a,75y,188.9h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sk3Vl_o7jb5uqyMHXbYKe6g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!4m5!3m4!1s0x8841b4edd60a8b15:0x621c232dc177be8e!8m2!3d39.164487!4d-84.5483661
Thanks. I am not familiar with how to edit things in Wikipedia.
Kathy P. Kag1949 ( talk) 22:37, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi! A deeply researched article I wrote about the founder of modern Cuban librarianship, who created the current national public library system in Cuba, was recently taken down by Nathan2055 for not having reliable sources.
/info/en/?search=Draft:Mar%C3%ADa_Teresa_Freyre_de_Andrade
This is absolutely racist and utterly inappropriate. The sources are from several different Latin American academic publications, Latin American encyclopedias, and a recent article written by a PhD student in information science.
The subject of my article has an Italian Wikipedia page. Is she notable enough for Italy but not for English?
I'd love some help fighting this one. I think that Nathan is not familiar with academic librarianship in Latin America and I don't want English Wikipedia to suffer as a result of his ignorance.
Thanks! Mewestin ( talk) 21:28, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
The draft article subject is certainly notable. As the proponent, it is your burden to demonstrate that by citing proper sources, in a proper manner. That would be done through well-attributed citations to reliable, secondary, independent sources that treat the topic in substantive detail and directly verify the information. To get you on the right foot, I have removed the inappropriate and unreliable user-generated wiki source you used for citing a good portion of the content, as well as the embedded raw link in the body and combined the duplicative references (see WP:NAMEDREFS). Now, go use some of the many better sources you can find through a search like this one.
Ever consider, as a brand new user with 82 edits, that there might actually be standards for writing, and that it just might be that you haven't met them yet, when told nearly exactly that by a user with 34,000 edits, who both declines and accepts draft articles on all manner of different subjects, based on their type, manner and depth of sourcing, instead of jumping to the conclusion that it's all some racist conspiracy?-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 22:49, 3 January 2021 (UTC)Thanks, all! This feedback is very fair-- I got way too heated up over this one and responded inappropriately. I'll apologize to Nathan and also apologize to all of you now. Meanwhile I've added a lot more citations and am hoping this article meets the guidelines now. Mewestin ( talk) 01:06, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
I cannot locate the formatting recommendations for how to list a book in a person page's bibliography under various circumstances. For example, a revised edition/anniversary addition/new or revised preface or foreword: do I list publication information for the original and the anniversary/new edition?
If there have been several editions with the last not being as significant in content as, say, a 30th anniversary edition, do I only list the original and the anniversary edition? What should I do when there's a later edition with the original no longer in print: do I list both ISBNs; do I list publishing information for each edition?
And so on. ;)
Bottom line: If this is standard, I'm wanting to keep the list in chronological order by original release so people can easily see which works came first. -- PaulThePony ( talk) 23:33, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
Thank you so much for the direction, Marchjuly!! Will do. -- PaulThePony ( talk) 04:35, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
My article has been rejected and I understand why. I don't want to edit it, I want to start again but can't see how to delete my article from my sandbox. Can you help? Brenda P. Hall ( talk) 12:20, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
Courtesy: User:Brenda P. Hall/sandbox David notMD ( talk) 12:37, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
See User:Pahunkat/Usernames to watch, the 'possible spambot' section (mainly the usernames with actual names - most of the 'user-' prefixed accounts have been blocked). Anyone have any idea if it's worth filing a SPI, or reporting to AIV, or do something else? I think they're just waiting to get autoconfirmed. Thanks, Pahunkat ( talk) 21:01, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I was on the Trump Derangement Syndrome wiki page. The definition and facts cited there uses an article by CNN to distort and manipulate readers. This is an inaccurate article cited. The person who edited the page is not sound of mind. I am trying to get the portion: “The term has also been used to describe Trump supporters who are unable to accept reality, such as Trump’s loss in the 2020 election.[8]” removed as Trump has not lost the election due to ongoing litigation over allegations of voter fraud. It appears that this portion of the article is weaponizing the Wikipedia platform for politics. It seems very inappropriate and a political attack on those who want fair and accurate elections. Is Wikipedia an anti Trump platform or will an administrator correct this? CThomasFox ( talk) 22:36, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
Who is Ponzammo and why does he/she think that they have the right to automatically undo your edits to an article without giving any proper explanation? 79.147.232.241 ( talk) 07:06, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
For some reason the notification bell icon in the toolbar shows a gray badge with the number 1, even though I don't think I have any unread notifications. Is there a way to refresh this to make the number go away? I find it a little distracting.
Sorry for the rather trivial question, let me know if there's a better place to ask. Thanks, AnonQuixote ( talk) 03:49, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello,
I recently noticed that not all of the Companies that are dealing with CSP solar energy are listed.
Belove are three links from all the Companies that are dealing with this kind of energy.
https://www.fortunebusinessinsights.com/industry-reports/concentrated-solar-power-market-100751
Are those notable articles and must be listed? A.alexandrou ( talk) 06:07, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
references to reliable Greek citations would be perfectly acceptable if they're more plentiful than English ones: WP:NONENG. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 08:01, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
I was curious about the Banner Shell usage ( Template:WikiProject banner shell). Specifically whether it's standard convention to include banners that are not wikiprojects in the shell. For instance, editing history banners like whether the article had been listed or delisted as good article, merge history, and Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignments. If these aren't supposed to be included then is there an alternative shell for these types of banners. Also, in general, what is the organizing priority of all these banners? Like what should be at the top and how should things be ordered below. Is it just oldest to newest? TipsyElephant ( talk) 15:13, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
hello, i translated an article from the jp wiki to english here ( /info/en/?search=Gawr_Gura). Originally it would just redirect you to the article Hololive Production. But i overwritten over that and replaced it with the jp wiki translation ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/?title=Gawr_Gura&oldid=998043014)
A very very experienced wikipedia editor reverted it back to the original redirect state though and said “This exact draft just failed at draft, and would fail GNG. Draftspace exists for a reason, and this article was already a redirect for a reason.” And i made a reply to that on the Gawr Gura talk page titled: Appeal ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Gawr_Gura). I tried pinging the experienced wikipedia editor, but i don’t know if the format is right, or if it even works on talk pages.
I’m still new here so I’m still learning on the what and what nots of wikipedia, can someone help me? Thx! Too Much Distractions ( talk) 07:28, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
2409:4052:2E98:FF1E:E968:C198:9346:D7B9 ( talk) 11:16, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
I have seen that my thread about drafts was archived almost a month ago. I have some doubts that are still unsolved, but I will start with the tweets. I have found two tweets that might be useful: this one might help to verify André's cameo on Red's Dream (although the user misnamed André by the bee's name instead of his actual name, which it is derived from a Greek word meaning "man") and the other one might verify the existence of a Christmas card featuring André and Wally B., as well as the Stained Glass Knight from Young Sherlock Holmes.
Whilst Twitter is included in the list of sources which are unacceptable, I have seen that there is a template about using tweets as references. In brief, I have had to ask about the use of these tweets before including them in the Pixar-themed draft, as I do not know that these tweets are reliable or not.-- André the Android( talk) 21:34, 27 December 2020 (UTC)
André the Android, yes, it does. You can use {{
cite book|lang=fr|otherparams...}}
.
Mathglot (
talk)
00:32, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi, Is there a simple automatic way to generate a map (can be with an external tool, the intent is not to include it in an article) containing marks with all the articles of a category (and its subcategories) ? Thanks, Ogoletti ( talk) 12:47, 4 January 2021 (UTC) Ogoletti ( talk) 12:47, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
How does one contact a person who has put content on a page that is disputable? I have tried to change the information but the page continues to be reverted. Africanwomenincinema ( talk) 10:50, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
{{
re|USERNAME}}
) asking them for more explanation. See
WP:BRD and
Help:Introduction to talk pages. {{u|
Sdkb}}
talk
12:28, 4 January 2021 (UTC)My problem is that I am not able to communicate because of the language barrier. I have tried to make suggested edits and would like to refer the user to a more representative photo. I have provided content to a few thousands of pages across the Internet and am familiar with the information on this page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Africanwomenincinema ( talk • contribs) 12:52, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi there!!! I am a newcomer in here and need to know some details. I have completed the Wikipedia Adventure and have earned the badges. The thing is, What should be mentioned in my user page? Please do suggest me other things that I can do to get myself in Wikipedia. Desmond Maverick ( talk) 13:26, 4 January 2021 (UTC) Desmond Maverick ( talk) 13:26, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
At WP:RS, it says:
Care should be taken with journals that exist mainly to promote a particular point of view. A claim of peer review is not an indication that the journal is respected, or that any meaningful peer review occurs. Journals that are not peer reviewed by the wider academic community should not be considered reliable, except to show the views of the groups represented by those journals.
On the other hand, at WP:RSE, it says:
In significant world religious denominations with organized academies or recognized theological experts in religious doctrine and scholarship, the proceedings of official religious bodies and the journals or publications of recognized and well-regarded religious academies and experts can be considered reliable sources for religious doctrine and views where such views represent significant viewpoints on an article subject.
The Baháʼí Faith is a small-to-medium-sized religion and there are some academic works on it, but a far greater number of articles written by Baháʼís in Baháʼí journals that aren't peer-reviewed by non-Baháʼí academics. For example, at Baháʼí Faith and science#Existence of ether, there is a quote from the Australian Baháʼí Studies Journal about how the Baháʼí scriptures are compatible with modern physics. Would mainstream physicists agree? We don't know because they haven't written about it. Based on the above quote from WP:RS, I would think the material should be removed. On the other hand based on the note from WP:RSE, I would think it is okay to include. What should I do?
By the way, I've been on Wikipedia for a few years now so I'm not sure if I'm still supposed to post at the Teahouse... let me know if there's somewhere more experienced editors should seek advice instead. Gazelle55 ( talk) 00:50, 4 January 2021 (UTC) Gazelle55 ( talk) 00:50, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
I am copy editing European Monetary System and I found some information that doesn't seem to agree with the rest of the article. It may be that the info is correct and should be incorporated, or it may not be accurate and need to be removed. Is there a proper way to move this information to the talk page and ask for expert support from some economics SMEs? Is there a way to tag Wikipedian economics SMEs or economists? I am pasting the passage below. I have not copy edited this yet since I don't know if it will end up in the article, so excuse the syntax and grammar errors. The statement that #3 and #4 on this list are part of the EMS is not supported anywhere else in the article. If they are, then I need help verifying and citing.
The EMS has four basic functional arrangements are:
1.The ECU: With this arrangement, member currencies agreed to keep their foreign exchange rates within agreed bands with a narrow band of +/− 2.25% and a wide band of +/− 6%.
2. An Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) : The main aim was to reduce exchange rate variability and achieve monetary stability.
3. An extension of European credit facilities : The aim was to provide enough credit facilities for a country that is ready to proceed to its convertibility in order to get loan easily. [1]
4. The issue of a new reserve asset, to create European Monetary Cooperation Fund: created in October 1972 and allocated ECU to members' central banks in exchange for gold and US dollar deposits.
I'm not able to find the verification for #3 in the referenced paper, but maybe the information is right under my nose! Thanks! TheMadDesperado ( talk) 15:16, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
References
Hey Everyone,
I m newbie here and in writing world my vocabulary is not that good. I need guidance to write good article with good vocabulary Kindly help. Rathoredeepa ( talk) 16:14, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi, I would like to know why the page I’ve created is possibly going to be deleted. It’s a page for an artist. He’s been a singer for almost 7 years and he had many projects, is part of a big group and all of the other members have pages for themselves too. I’m genuinely curious as to why his page is going to be deleted. Thank you. SAMI REAL GYEOM MANAGER ( talk) 16:06, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
@
SAMI REAL GYEOM MANAGER: Hi greetings, welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. Feel free to continue that. It seems that one of your article is nominated for deletion. First of all, Wikipedia have several policies and guidelines on how it's articles should be. It is an encyclopedia which contains articles cover notable topics—those that have gained sufficiently significant attention by the world at large and over a period of time. And since you are a new user, it is normal that you don't know these policies. But don't worry.
When we write an article we have to consider...
These are some things that can't see in your new article. But don't worry, we can do that. You can cite different sources about the topic in your article. Feel free to ask, if you have any doubt. Thank you.-- PATH SLOPU 16:31, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi,
How can I include a different quote each time I cite the same source? I am using
{{cite news|...|quote=}}
I tried using sfn but didn't work. Thanks Cartle R255 15:20, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
{{
rp}}
template to add specific page numbers immediately afterwards, like this: First fact found on page 29 of a book.
[1]: 29 Second fact found on page 114 from the same book.
[1]: 114 And so on...References
|ref=harv
, added to it. Does that help at all?--
Fuhghettaboutit (
talk)
16:02, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
|ref=harv
is no longer necessary. Hasn't been for a couple of months now. It was a big problem when editors had to be reminded about adding it. –
Finnusertop (
talk ⋅
contribs)
16:09, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi there - I'm hoping for some clarification as to what the norm is for publishing new articles as an autoconfirmed user. It seems to be that the available options are (1) go through AfC, which is quite slow and (in my experience) frustrating, or (2) just put the thing into mainspace.
I ask because I've just written a new article (would be my third). I've spent a lot of time editing articles recently, and I feel like it's good to go - meets notability requirements IMO, many refs, careful tone, etc. But I was burned before: after publishing a previous draft that I moved to mainspace a couple months ago, it was flagged for speedy deletion, and I was told "you can move [an article] to article space without review - you have the ability to do so - but that doesn't make it a sensible thing for an inexperienced user to do."
Basically - at what point is it acceptable for users to publish directly to article space, versus going through AfC? Will the admins smite me down?
Thank you! Lamacha9617 ( talk) 04:57, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
Hamadnaeem100 ( talk) 16:43, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
[[File:File name.jpg|thumb|Caption text]]
to the area of the article where you want the image to appear – replacing File name.jpg
with the actual file name of the image, and Caption text
with a short description of the image. See our
picture tutorial for more information. I hope this helps. Best regards--
Fuhghettaboutit (
talk)
16:53, 4 January 2021 (UTC)I was wondering if it could be possible for me to know if my page is marked as nonindex and will not be shown on the search engines or if it is still under review. MoustafaNassar ( talk) 14:06, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
thank you Deor MoustafaNassar ( talk) 17:49, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
I'm trying to figure out how to combine the same reference links, where it appears as "[1]" throughout the whole page, and not as different numbers.
The same link currently made multiple tags and appeared as "[1]", "[2]", "[3]". It basically spammed the reference part a bit with the same link over and over again. Ranksquid ( talk) 18:06, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
<ref name="NameYear">WELL-ATTRIBUTED SOURCE DETAILS</ref>
"<ref name="NameYear" />
"Hi, I have been editing the page on Tax residence as the info is out of date and sets out inaccurate information about the tests as per the OECD Model Convention and the tests in the UK. But the edits keep getting taken down. How do I fix this? Taxchambers15 ( talk) 15:16, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello, Thanks for your prompt responses on this. I will use the talk page for this. The username is not used by Chambers as a whole, just by me working independently. I have made sure to include an edit summary and will talk to the others on the talk page! Thank you! Taxchambers15 ( talk) 18:30, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
I want to add picture to wiki page, not the link but the image of the artist i am searching on Wikipedia , there is just description and not the image , photo or any reference on that page , how can that be done? 110.224.170.240 ( talk) 17:17, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
[[File:Duck-on-ground.jpg|thumb|right]]
Hello all, happy 2021. I've written an article based on a trans and AIDS activist, draft can be seen here. /info/en/?search=Draft:Charlene_Arcila-Ecks
I've only written one other article which wasn't listed and it was 12 years ago, so basically I'm new at this. :)
I'm not sure what else I can add to it to make it more notable. I feel like this person has done a lot of good work for the AIDS/HIV and trans communities, but I want to make sure I'm doing it right. Is it just that the references for her work need to not come from sources that already cover things like that? Does it just require more coverage?
Thank you for any insight. xadrian ( talk) 17:12, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
What I suggest you do is turn to a type of search that tends to concentrate the right types of sources. I believe this Google Books search (set to only find sources that have "preview" or better available), will allow you to find and then cite the right types of sources for this subject. (As a disclaimer, I am only basing this on the fact that the first page of results of that search seems to have a few of the right types of sources, and that the page indicates that there are more on subsequent pages of the search.)
One more issue. When citing a source, it is important (for a number of reasons, such as better verifiability), to provide transparent attribution details about the source, that identify it well. As a pragmatic observation, if your goal is to have the draft article accepted, then you want to make it as easy as possible for anyone seeking to assess notability, to easily review the sources you've provided at a glance. So please don't just provide just a naked url, but details about the source. For a book, for example, I usually provide the author's first and last name, the title, the publisher, the page number of the verifying content, the url, and the isbn number. To assist you with doing that, please see WP:CITEHOW, and possibly Help:Referencing for beginners with citation templates and (for the visual editor), Wikipedia:VisualEditor/User guide#Adding a new reference. But if it helps, here's one way of placing the wikimarkup for providing a well-attributed citation, and how it will appear once saved:<ref name="Howell2014">{{cite book |last=Howell |first=Steve N. G. |title=Peterson Reference Guide to Molt in North American Birds |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eQU-BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA8 |year=2014 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |isbn=978-0-547-48769-4 |page=8}}</ref>
[1]References
Thank you both for your help, I'll keep working on it. I appreciate it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xadrian ( talk • contribs) 20:38, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello Teahouse, what Wikiproject do you suggest I can work on? Trendrives ( talk) 21:03, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
I am a new Wikipedia contributor and wanted to publish an article about a local architect from the early 20th century, who was formally unwritten about on Wikipedia, although several articles link his name in red (meaning there is no existing article). I have written and tried to publish a draft of his biography to create a wikipedia article for him, but it has taken over a month to publish. Am I doing something wrong or does the publication process take a while? Drysdaledesign ( talk) 18:06, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
If I would like to take post a much better photo of a historic building or site, who decides which photo stays up? I'm a long time photographer and appreciate the previous efforts of some posters, but many do not do the scene justice. 75.163.141.38 ( talk) 17:30, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi all, when implementing, with caution, a COI edit request, what should be done to mark it "done" in the COI dashboard?
/info/en/?search=Category:Requested_edits
Thanks Victrue ( talk) 14:51, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
I nominated the page Timeline of prehistory to be moved. There was a consensus to move the page. I saw that the closer listed the page st WP:RMTR. I (the nominator) had answered the request and I moved the page I originally nominated. I figured this was OK because I am acting on consensus. I would like to know if this was an OK thing to do because usually the nominator isn't allowed to move the page. Any feedback is much appreciated. Diffs: Answering the request, Moving the page, Discussion. Interstellarity ( talk) 18:12, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
The sole potential for a hypothetical problem I can see is with the rare close that is contested, as done against consensus, or done by a non-admin without meeting the standards at the same page's #Non-admin closure section, before you come along and do the mechanics. In that situation, you might be seen as having moved too quickly than would have otherwise happened in the normal course, thereby causing a lot of extra work in undoing it all. But now we're really in hens' teeth territory aren't we. Best regards-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 22:41, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Please teach me how to create a sandbox T-doo tman ( talk) 23:56, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello ! I am glad you contacted me. I hope, I am using correct place to answer you. I have difficulty in finding correct places. Earlier, I noticed your flags and bells, but did not know what to do with them and where to write answers. I am very new in wiki. As soon as I found this place, I will answer to your questions here.
1/ Richard V. E. Lovelace is a lively and talkative person. He liked to tell stories about his early life, family and travel at any Cornell gatherings. Everyone knows a lot about his life, because he liked to repeat these stories many times. I added only a small part of information, which everyone at the Department knows. Description in the section of his Early years, biography and travel are correct. However, it is YOUR choice to add them or not. I am not professional in wiki, and quite satisfied with the current version. Some wiki pages include fun staff about professor, others are very formal. Whatever. Does not matter for me.
2/ I had a reference to the US-Russia collaboration in Plasma Astrophysics which was removed: http://hosting.astro.cornell.edu/us-russia/ The collaboration started in 1991 approximately, and continued for almost 30 years. This is the only major US-Russia collaboration in astrophysics. The web page is stable, and has lots of information. More than 50 science papers were published. Collaboration is Cornell-based and US-supported (through multiple US grants). There is nothing in Russian and helped by Russia. Russian scientists visited US every year or worked from home.
3/ US-Kazkhstan Astrophysics collaboration is also unique. Not as long as US-Russia collaboration, but important for Kazakhstan scientists. I would add corresponding web page http://hosting.astro.cornell.edu/research/projects/us-kaz/index.htm
4/ I liked the former sub-section "Discovery of the Crab Pulsar Period" and recommend to return it back. This is very important discovery. Let me explain. When pulsars were discovered by Bell and Hewish in 1967 (he got Noble Price for this discovery), people initially talked about Little Green Men (Aliens), then (when the second pulsar was discovered) about pulsating white dwarfs, and only some scientists suggested the hypothesis of the rotating neutron star. Pulsars have period from 1 to a few seconds. This could be anything. In 1968 Richard developed a special program and was able to find period of Crab pulsar, which is 33 ms = 0.033 sec, which is much smaller than previously found periods. This discovery led to solid conclusion that pulsars are rotating neutron stars. Only neutron star may rotate 30 times per 1 second. Neutron stars back then were only theoretically predicted. This is a star where atoms are broken, nuclei compressed and also broken, and a star consists of neutrons packed together. Our Sun compressed to neutron star would have a size of 10 kilometers. If you compress it 3 times more, then it would collapse to a black hole. Anyway, this discovery was super important. And forgotten. Richard is modest person. In many wiki sources I've seen phrases like: In 1968 33 ms period of Crab Pulsar was discovered. Without mentioning the name - who discovered it. That is why, I developed a special, visible section about this discovery. BTW, a few years ago, Japanese filmmakers came from Japan and recorded Prof. Lovelace, about his discovery, then they went to Arecibo Observatory. Unfortunately, I cannot find this movie and reference.
I see that you placed everything in chronological order, and his discovery goes to the place, where he was a graduate student. I think, it is not necessary. Jocelyn Bell also discovered first pulsar, when she was a graduate student (Nobel Price discovery). Her discovery is considered as "one of the most significant scientific achievements of the 20th century" (Wikipedia). I think, finding period of Crab Pulsar (and proof for existence of neutron stars) is also very important. It would be better and more visible to keep a special sub-section, like in my original version.
5/ Other, minor corrections of the current version of the article: a/ Reference [1] - should be to Eldridge Lovelace ( https://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/Eldridge_Lovelace) or to any reference inside this wiki page, not to NY Times
b/ If you keep the current sections, then I recommend in section "Research" to start from the phrase: "In 1969, Lovelace discovered period {\displaystyle P\approx 33}{\displaystyle P\approx 33} ms of the Crab Pulsar.[6] Then continue about the code. Remove this phrase from the middle of the section.
c/ There are other minor things, like dots, etc. Can be corrected later.
6/ I would like to repeat that I am independent scientist and do not have any interest from writing this wiki paper. If Japanese came from Japan with huge cameras to Prof. Lovelace, then why don't colleague from Cornell cannot write a page about prominent, but modest professor?
Richard retired this year, and became Emeritus Professor. He almost stopped working. However, the memory about discoveries should live.
Thank you very much for your help. Thank you for correcting my other errors.
Best regards
Marinaromanova55 (
talk) 05:06, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
Marinaromanova55 (
talk)
05:06, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
How would attribution work in wiki markup? Let's say it was this image; because there are "some rights reserved" does that mean that it is unusable on Wikipedia? Not really a new user; just unfamiliar with the image copyright/Wikimedia side of things.
Sdrqaz ( talk) 20:38, 2 January 2021 (UTC)
I have looked in all the usual places but am unable to find a list of Wikipedia Administrators?
It is probably quite obvious, but I need someone to point out the obvious.
Thanks
Osomite hablemos 02:50, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
I edited the plot of Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? and I was wondering how I can improve it so the template message can be removed. AppleAKB ( talk) 19:01, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
AppleAKB ( talk) 04:21, 5 January 2021 (UTC)AppleAKB AppleAKB ( talk) 04:21, 5 January 2021 (UTC) While trying to make the plot of Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? better, I read that the plot needs to be between 400 and 700 words, but the plot turns out to be 1089 words. This show had 408 episode and this caused the plot to be a little long. But the it has subsections in the overall plot. Can someone look at the plot and advise me on how to fix it so I can remove the tag. AppleAKB ( talk) 04:21, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello all,
Just wanted to see if the WWII veteran information in this draft article is relevant. Also if anyone would want to look it over for sourcing or other issues that would be hugely appreciated.
/info/en/?search=Draft:Ken_Hosterman
Be safe, NoahRiffe ( talk) 01:07, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
I’m a recent-ish editor but I’ve already got my teeth into Wiki in a big way. I’ve recently been making edits to the page of a controversial conservative author and unfortunately, I’m coming across a lot of what I see as bad faith editing and obstructionism. I’m not sure quite what the etiquette is but I’m happy to link to the page on request. I had no particular interest in this author but there was kind of a snowball effect – I made one edit, which got contested, so I sought more evidence, and so on and so on.
Since December 2020, myself and other editors have added new material to this author’s page drawn from around 10 academic sources and about the same number of journalistic ones. None of the sources used have been adequately criticized on the basis of RS, undue weight, etc. Unfortunately, every new piece of material that has been added has been repeatedly contested, deleted, undone etc without due justification. I believe that many of the editors removing material are acting in bad faith and simply want to remove any material perceived as unflattering to the subject of the article.
Frankly, I’m dedicating several hours a day to the maintenance of this page and I’m exhausted and can’t keep it up. Regarding the new material added to the page, there is usually a familiar formula of obstruction from contrarian editors:
Nonetheless I believe the new edits are highly quality and will hold up to scrutiny from any experienced editor or administrator. Other experienced editors have chimed in and have supported my position regarding the new edits, but unlike the contrarian editors, they don’t seem to have endless time to dedicate to editing the page.
Worryingly, some of the editors who have repeatedly removed the new material have extensive complaints on their talk pages about issues with NPOV, bias and advocacy.
Honestly, I think this should be moved up the chain because the edits section of this article is a continuous tug-and-fro. What advice would you give me? Noteduck ( talk) 04:33, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Noteduck, you should ping the involved editor (me). As for moving forward, the first thing to do is stop editing the article and work on the talk page to discuss the disputed content. Second, you should pay attention to the actual things I'm concerned about (most are related to sourcing issues and to a lesser extent, following BRD). The third thing is don't assume thing can't move forward if you are wiling to assume this is a good faith discussion. The fourth is be willing to compromise. Springee ( talk) 04:47, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I was looking at how the discussion of moving pages was supposed to be closed/ended. After reading the respective guide, I tried to mirror the markup text on my sandbox page. Can anyone tell me if what I have done is correct?
Courtesy link:
User talk:SenatorLEVI/sandbox
SenatorLEVI (
talk)
05:06, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Bro you added wrong photo. We said add this photo https://m.facebook.com/Maridhas11. The link you gave to me is not in google also. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maridhas. Bro you also change it to "Writer maridhas". Balakumar8000 ( talk) 04:08, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
How do I add my photo to my page? 7light7 ( talk) 02:26, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
I am reading through an old encyclopedia that has people in it that I cannot find anything on in a google search. Would it be notable to create a Wikipedia page on them based only on the information from a single encyclopedia? 174.236.132.147 ( talk) 06:28, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
We have come across many articles that would be published in a few days, moreover, the article published has taken more than 25 days not an update yet and also previously the article was live and was deleted for the reason of notability which was corrected and republished all over again. Shrie95 ( talk) 16:50, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
This may take 3 months or more, since drafts are reviewed in no specific order.You could work on something else in the meantime. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 17:09, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Thank you all, it was really helpful — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shrie95 ( talk • contribs) 09:39, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
I added ' Dodo Marmarosa' as being a notable artist who has recorded ' On Green Dolphin Street' - should I also reference inclusions independently in footnotes as good practice or is it considered enough to have the name of the album 'Dodo's Back!' next to his name, which has its own Wikipedia page? Balbs ( talk) 08:53, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
There is an "article" ( Franz von Hillenbrand) that looks much like some superficial genealogy and family history research on a person of very questionable historical relevance and his family. Who can decide if it deserves an English WP page? See Talk:Franz von Hillenbrand#Is this page relevant to anyone?. Thanks, Arminden ( talk) 18:49, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi there. Please do review and give feedback of Afshin Bey and Xälil of Kazan articles. Al-khataei ( talk) 12:00, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi, I observed Pepperfry & Pepperfry Company are same. Can we create admin protected pages in this way if we feel it is notable? Sonofstar ( talk) 12:07, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
I am writing an article about someone and I got most of the information about his life from his family. Do I need to reference this? Can I also get an example of a reliable secondary source? And what needs to be referenced exactly? Robert Eddison ( talk) 12:41, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi
I am a new editor and I love wikipedia. I did my first wikipedia page in 2007 and I have forgotten everything. It is so much more complicated now and I kind of need a mentor or a few. How do I get some help? There are some edits I want to make but I lack the courage at the moment. I also want to learn how to support you all and do some edits that are possibly on your list of things to do. 20footfish ( talk) 11:09, 4 January 2021 (UTC) 20footfish ( talk) 11:09, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
I also have the same question - how do you contact old editors for a chat about the information that needs a change. I don't like the word dispute but perhaps a chance to contact and chat so they don't feel like you have railroaded their hard work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 20footfish ( talk • contribs) 11:12, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Thanks Gerald and I totally understand the comment about if you have the courage to do so... That's what I wanna chat about because I am looking at Bios on living people and long story but I got lots to learn about policy first and rules and how to be professional LOL A mentor would be great. I will look at your link. thanks 20footfish ( talk) 11:58, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Thank you all so much. I am making astart with what you suggested :) 20footfish ( talk) 13:55, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
How can I get the picture from Wikimedia? Kohcohf ( talk) 13:10, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Can any member edit the Wikipedia Main Page? If so, Who are they, what to do and how long will it take to become one of those members? Anonymous Cuber ( talk) 13:52, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
There is an existing entry relating to this mathematician, but no reference to any source which gives full information on him. He was an educationist as well as a mathematician. I am the author of his recently published biography, which provides this comprehensive information. The book is widely available on Amazon and provides fully researched and reliable information. However I cannot add a reference to the work under a 'Further Reading' heading as an author cannot do this, for reasons of conflict. I would like another editor to consider this. My book is:
Elliott, Peter (2021). Thomas Muir: ‘Lad O’ Pairts’. The Life and Work of Sir Thomas Muir (1844–1934), Mathematician and Cape Colonial Educationist. Cantaloup Press. ISBN 979-8-578389-23-8 PeterMEllFr ( talk) 15:35, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Please review my first page IMO (App). I know it is not perfect and need improvisation. Please contribute and enlighten me for Wikipedia page creation process Sonofstar ( talk) 10:24, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Thanks bonadea, I am updating based on your suggestion. Please have a look. Sonofstar ( talk) 13:09, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi I'm new to this, so just learning. I created a sandbox and hit publish - all good I think, although awaiting approval. I then looked up to create a second sandbox as I wanted to create a bio page of the author (of the first page I did) - all good I thought, however, I don't know then how to submit the bio article that I created in the second sandbox as an article for approval. I read somewhere that if you selected more/move/then renamed it article this worked but it hasn't for me - no permission and or the article already exists. Any ideas? I appreciate this may seem obvious to some, but I am lost :( Veracity000 ( talk) 14:57, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi ColinFine I'm not sure if this is how I reply but hope this is okay. Thank you for this, I appreciate your response. I find it difficult to know how to write about a subject e.g. Eco-Leadership when it's a concept created by someone without being bias. Also then I thought I know so much about him now and have asked for permission to use images, that I can then create a page about him - however, then it looks promotional. How is this avoidable? There are a few other leadership writers I know their work, not them at all, but I know enough to write about it, however, I think I would face the same pitfalls. Any ideas on how not to? Not sure how to get external sources if you are writing about a person, or if the subject has been created by the person - in this case, a theory :( Veracity000 ( talk) 14:47, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
How to get the names in the boxes
I am trying to set up a draw and have copied a previous style, but I can't get the players' names to appear within the boxes, they just run on across the page. I am not sure what I am doing wrong, but cannot fathom it out. Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks Banzai24 ( talk) 15:37, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Alternatively, is this a problem you have encountered where you decided not to save because of the problem? Are the intended edits to an existing article or a new one you intend to create? If you have not yet posted the edits with the problem, it would be of great help if you (for example), saved them to a personal sandbox (in a
subpage of your userspace), e.g., preview or save a link at your user or user talk page in the form [[User:Banzai24/Insert Name of topic]]
and then click on it and start editing, or for a generically titled subpage at the name "User:Banzai24/sandbox", you can click on the following: "
Sandbox" Thanks--
Fuhghettaboutit (
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16:17, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for the reply – I have now created a sandbox ( /info/en/?search=User:Banzai24/sandbox). You should be able to see from that where my problem is... In the Open Singles section, the players' names are not in the boxes, rather all running across to the right-hand side of the screen. I am struggling to work out how to make them go in the boxes. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Banzai24 ( talk • contribs) 16:44, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
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is the ending code of a template call and should come after all the parameters.
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16:58, 5 January 2021 (UTC)Great, thanks. How do I then get the info to appear in the Second Round column? Cheers! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Banzai24 ( talk • contribs) 17:14, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
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. There are only 16 in round 2 so parameter numbering stops at RD2-16.
PrimeHunter (
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17:35, 5 January 2021 (UTC)Many thanks... again! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Banzai24 ( talk • contribs) 18:00, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Talk:Favela/GA1 User:Tetizeraz. Send me a ✉️ ! 13:00, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
69.47.209.192 ( talk) 19:31, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi guys, I created a page a while ago, and it still isn't really a page. It is still a "draft submitted for review" . So I was wondering how to actually get in the web. Thanks, Scalyhawk121534 ( talk) 05:10, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
P.S. Here is the link draft:qibli (disambiguation)
Well, for a first-time editor, working on a retired American hockey player was a steep learning curve--and a joy. I'm still stuck, though, on figuring out why a list of former teams will not show in the Info Box. I have placed the code into my sandbox, if you can help: /info/en/?search=User:Mark.ian.rider/sandbox Mark.ian.rider ( talk) 18:04, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
I was declined on this for good reason (poorly written) but will still try as the subject has had great impact on the boxing community and disrupted the managerial process. However, he was a successful boxer first and I will also put some focus on those accomplishments. But how do I change the tital to replace Draft:Adrian Clark (boxing manager) to Draft:Adrian Clark (boxer)? Thanks in advance. IntermezzoMan ( talk) 18:21, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
I posted a Blender animation on wikipedia:
/info/en/?search=The_Method_of_Mechanical_Theorems
Please could you let me know how to embed the video more effectively (and improve its quality if possible). I initially rendered in OGG but the resulting video has some blurring and I converted it to GIF and would like to get it to run as a short video clip in a loop automatically on wikipedia page when it is loaded by reader
When I loaded the OGV format file, there was an ugly play symbol button. When I switched to GIF, there is no play button but the clip only runs when the reader clicks on it. Rdsk2014 ( talk) 10:37, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Rdsk2014 ( talk • contribs) 16:36, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
I was trying to create a new article on an extinct plant, called "Pterophyilum" with an "i" in the Extinct plants list. It seems to be a misspelling, since I could only find images and pieces of information about the plant by searching up "Pterophyllum plant" - and on a photo of the fossil it is referred to as "Pterophyllum". Turns out "Pterophyllum" is both a kind of an animal (an angelfish) and a plant. I am unsure what to do so I can write an article about the plant genus too. W4Vdragon ( talk) 21:25, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
is there any other parameter to be Autoconfirmed other than 4 days and 10 edits Iquardo ( talk) 06:08, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
I found this article, should I try to improve it or nominate it for deletion? CanadianOtaku ( talk) 23:13, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
I thought that my user page would automagically appear. It didn't.
What exactly is its purpose and how is it structured -- or is it all up to the user? UClaudius ( talk) 06:46, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi I have a specific question. I am updating a Bio on a living person and have gone through many policies. I am happy with that but, how does wikipedia then get all the languages changed? I can only write in one language. What happens to get the other languages done. How do I do that? 20footfish ( talk) 06:42, 6 January 2021 (UTC) 20footfish ( talk) 06:42, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
How to get the Wiki sandbox published?
I made my sandbox article and I am confused is to when I will get an 'actual' wiki page. Like how I search something up and a wiki link pops up for it, how do I get this? Can I get this? Thanks Nicholas RF Lee ( talk) 17:30, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Why does all articles say that Hong KOng is indenpendently a country?It belongs to China Aviation160 ( talk) 03:15, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I updated a wikipedia page recently but non of the changes are still in place. Can anybody adivse why this may be? Are there certain tips that must be implemented in order for updates to be maintained. Any insight on citing vs linking, etc. Anybody available to support with updates? /info/en/?search=Zahra_Al-Harazi 2604:3D08:B27E:2300:F12A:DF3A:76:1741 ( talk) 20:51, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Am I auto confirmed now? Earthsmoke91 ( talk) 12:19, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
On 24 December, I saw that Draft:Nilotpal Mrinal and Nilotpal Mrinal were about the same person. The article is a one-sentence stub. I declined the draft as 'exists' and tagged the draft and the article to be merged. The author of the draft, User:Anuragpathak12d, has asked me what the status of the merging is. I have replied that they, as author of the draft, can do the merging by copying information into the article. Does anyone else have any helpful advice for how a new editor can proceed? In my opinion, the stub article would be questionable as to whether it should exist except that the draft is a reasonable Start-Class article. I would have liked to just accept the draft, but AFC doesn't work like that. Robert McClenon ( talk) 22:28, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
Bro. Reply on Whatsapp. You change the the name Writer Maridhas and photo also. We will only give you new phone if u change it. I send many messages in whatsapp also. We don't know to change. Balakumar8000 ( talk) 06:00, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
What happens when 2 people are editing the same article at the same time? Anonymous Cuber ( talk) 12:54, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
{{
in use}}
template to let them know. --
Paul ❬
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15:05, 6 January 2021 (UTC)Hi. I've been doing a lot of editing, and I always use the automated tool for citations (visual editor). I see a lot of bots, and sometimes another editor, make changes to the template afterwards.
I'm really not tech-literate, and I don't completely understand how to properly change the template that is created automatically.
Should I be taking time to learn the ins-ands-outs of these templates? ... or continue work as I have been, and let the bots take care of details like this? Thanks. Mollifiednow ( talk) 20:15, 5 January 2021 (UTC) Mollifiednow ( talk) 20:15, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
{{
cite web}}
for web content, {{
cite news}}
for news, and so forth). Also, as a general reminder, always give as many information as possible. This especially applies to page numbers for anything vastly longer than 20 pages,
ISBN numbers for books, and
DOI numbers for things that have a DOI.
Victor Schmidt (
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21:29, 5 January 2021 (UTC)Thanks for the response, @ Victor Schmidt:. An example is the most recent edit, by monkbot on Francis Fisher Browne. If you don't mind taking a look at it.
I use the visual editor, I choose automatic, when I add a citation that is a link to a website. It looks like a lot of what is add automatically, ends up removed or changed. I add additional information, such as page number etc., when necessary, and I have entered references manually, such as PDFs.
I asked the question, because I don't want to leave a trail of mistakes that others are left to clean up.
Just as an FYI, I use an Amazon firepad, my computer isn't working. I don't know if that matters, but I don't think I have the same tools available to me. I have had to learn how to add some things, such as the elongated dash, by looking at source editing by others, but I haven't figured out how the references are supposed to look like this way :-\ PS thanks for the links, I will bookmark and read! Mollifiednow ( talk) 22:40, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Thank you @ Victor Schmidt:, I just took a quick look at the page and bookmarked. I will try to do a better job.
I noticed that the link you sent me, shows a drop-down menu, that I don't have. Maybe it's the device I'm using. The menu that I have consists of: undo, font, insert blue link and two other drop-down menus that allow me to (1) edit in source/visual mode, and (2) insert a citation (automatic, manual, and re-use). I have no mouse, only a stylus :-\
I think that maybe I'm just limited to a few options with this device, I can edit a reference, after I have inserted one, however, I always delete unnecessary parameters when I use it.
I'll try remember to look in source mode, before publishing an edit, and see if anything looks like it needs to be deleted. I appreciate you taking the time to help me. Best to you- Mollifiednow ( talk) 14:57, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Sorry for being confusing @ Victor Schmidt:. no worries. I appreciate you trying to help. Honestly, I regret posting the question. It's frustrating, not being able to explain something, I'm still climbing the learning curve...I'll read the pages you provided, and figure it out. I'm going back to editing and the bots can take care of the technical details. My references do the job of sending the reader to the websites, so I'm not going to stress over it. Thanks again - Mollifiednow ( talk) 15:40, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello. I want to know if it is possible to make a draft redirect to another draft. I would like to do this to make sure that someone sees when creating this new page that I have in a draft that might become notable soon (professional footballer making a pro appearance WP:NFOOTBALL) without creating a page with the wrong accent mark. Basically I want to make sure someone doesn't create the page Edouard Michut when there is a draft at Draft:Édouard Michut. I know that when someone will try to create a page for Édouard Michut, it will notify them that there is a draft for this article. Except if the page name is Edouard Michut, they will not see that and maybe make an error. This is why I want to create a draft redirect from Draft:Edouard Michut to Draft:Édouard Michut just in case someone accidently gets the accent mark wrong when creating the new page when the player becomes notable (which may be today, he is in PSG's squad for the match against ASSE. Thanks for reading this text and answering my request. Paul Vaurie ( talk) 16:11, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi. I posted something at the Help Desk a few hours ago. Then I got to thinking about how my help desk questions typically go unanswered for months, so I thought I'd try linking the Teahouse to that question which is here. I hope it is not inappropriate to post such a question in two places; please let me know if that is something I should not do. Thank you! DiamondRemley39 ( talk) 16:29, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello Wikipedians, I came across this picture ( File:Dream_icon.svg), and noticed it was an vectorization of the original low quality picture. Does this actually violate copyright, or is it still okay? I found this Wikipedia:Non-free_content#Multiple_restrictions while researching, but it still leaves me unsure. Thanks, JackFromReedsburg ( talk | contribs) 17:30, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
It was recently point out that the company and product development now had a Wiki page, except the data used was five years out of date. I updated with the relevant latest information with sources cited to confirm the information and a bot comes along and reverts the entire edit because a Youtube link from the companies own YouTube channel, that simply replaces an old video from the same channel, is now somehow flagged as spam?
I am confuded as to how an existing Youtube video, being replaced by an updated Youtube video from the same channel is fair game for someone to try to revert an entire edit, to data which is now factually incorrect? Can you offer some guidance as to what needs to happen to stop people from 'trying to help' by continuing to post incorrect data? Faradair2014 ( talk) 18:05, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
i am a public figure in my country and in my region. i add a contribution about ,myself which has been rejected. imagine i am film director of many award winning films, the film is in wikipedia in arabic and english without enough information about myself which is the director for exemple see myfilm omar200 in actor khaled el nabawy filmography /info/en/?search=Khaled_El_Nabawy i put very confirmed sources in great newspapers and magazines like Variety and website of the european commision ..major and famous film festivals official websites etc
how i can solve this and the information about me is published? Ibnfernas2020 ( talk) 19:19, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Question moved from another section to its own. Giraffer ( talk· contribs) 17:17, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Page Published with the wrong name I accidentally published a page with the wrong page name. How can I change this. It is currently showing as my username title for some reason. Megapostmodern8 ( talk) 17:07, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
If you mean the content that was in your Sandbox, appears you have moved it to Draft:Amar Singh (activist and art gallerist) and submitted it to Articles for Creation for review. On your Talk page, you have been asked to address whether your connection to the topic is paid or some form of what Wikipedia defines as conflict of interest. David notMD ( talk) 19:45, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
How do people edit extended-protected pages? What is the name of people who edit extended protected pages? Earthsmoke91 ( talk) 19:47, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Dear Teahouse i would like to understand what you might consider promotional on the bio that I, as Hamilton`s world wide manager for the last 16 years, updated. That is our press release exactly what we have on our website or when we need to send his bio to the press. So please help me understand what is happening. Thanks and stay safe ( Mportinari ( talk) 18:41, 6 January 2021 (UTC)) Mportinari ( talk) 18:41, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Dears [[User:Cullen328|<b User talk:ColinFine|talk],
So when I mention adjetive is that it was written or said by someone before in a newspapper or by someone like Wynton Marsalis so if I quote the source it will acceptable? For example virtuoso, brilliant is on every article could be in Brasil, italy, france, Usa,... That will do the job or should i take it off??? As instrumental musician you don't get easily 731.818 thousand monthly listen on spotify if you don't get some compliments from the media or public. ALL THE BEST --
Mportinari (
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22:27, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
and Let's discuss it 18:50, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Mportinari. Press releases are almost never of any relevance for a Wikipedia article. Please understand that Wikipedia is not interested in what the subject of an article says or wants to say about themselves, or what their associates say about them. Wikipedia is only interested in what people who have no connection with the subject, and who have not been prompted or fed information on behalf of the subject, have chosen to publish about the subject in reliable sources.. --ColinFine (talk) 21:48, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Courtesy link:
Sidmouth
Hello,
I have just registered, specifically to amend the 'Sidmouth' site, which is of poor quality. The amendments went up, but have all been rejected. There were two spelling mistakes which I was going to change this evening. Are you able to tell me what I did wrong? Cosid ( talk) 22:58, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Can I file a complaint against a Wikipedia admin? SpinnerLaserzthe2nd ( talk) 23:26, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello! Can someone leave me here a social media (gmail discord or whatever) that we can talk? Because I need help with an wikipedia article. Thanks in advance!!!! Holloman123 ( talk) 00:58, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
need password for voicemail 99.127.103.152 ( talk) 01:22, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Article title: Sean McCoshen
The article I submitted was declined as a result of inadequate support from reliable sources. I am hoping that a reviewer can help me identify which sources I referenced are not credible, in order to provide better support/sourcing for them, if possible. Sean McCoshen is essentially a celebrity, so most mentions of him in the media are from news sources which reduces the overall believability behind what is being said about him. With that said, I'm a little stumped as to where I turn to help improve the reliability of the sources used in my submission and would be really grateful if someone could point me in the right direction or provide some knowledge on how past articles of this nature have worked around this debacle.
Thanks so much! Sean Sean Solie ( talk) 22:47, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi there!!! I have just come to Wikipedia and have tried to create two articles. The first one got declined and that's okay. I then submitted the other article for review. zThe thing is when will the article get reviewed? I know that there are more than 3,000+ articles waiting for review. How long does it take to review an article? Desmond Maverick ( talk) 01:57, 7 January 2021 (UTC) Desmond Maverick ( talk) 01:56, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Please tell me how to create a wikipedia page for a new topic. 2006nishan178713 ( talk) 04:53, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
How can I make a pageviews page? This page is updated by a bot and it can tell if it's a Cali related article, and I want to do the same for wildfires, but I don't know how a bot can detect if it's a wildfire article. 🔥 Lightning Complex Fire🔥 19:00, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Although I've been here for 15 1/2 years, with almost 270k edits, here's something I don't know the answer to, so here I am at the Teahouse.
Q: When a category gets moved (i.e. its title is changed), does the change ripple back so that all the articles assigned to that cat are changed to the new name, or does it have to be done individually, either manually or via bot?
Thanks, please ping me when answering as I don't have this page on my watchlist.
Beyond My Ken ( talk) 07:34, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I submitted a Draft:Institute of Project Management and it got rejected due to references issues. This is the note "This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of organizations and companies)."
When created that article, I refer much to this published article Institute of Public Administration (Ireland). I thought that type of references I used are similar with what's used on that article. However mine was rejected.
I wish I could get better understanding about the difference of references using on Institute of Public Administration (Ireland) compare to mine. Therefore I could avoid the same mistake and improve.
Thank you! Cnagita4 ( talk) 01:42, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Charles Juvon ( talk) 20:27, 6 January 2021 (UTC) Charles Juvon ( talk) 20:27, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello fellow Wikipedians at my favourite tea house that is still open when all the others close,
so I've started the New Year with fresh motivation to edit, but alas I've already found more things to do than I possibly have time for (in addition to my longer-term planned new articles).
Specifically, I am sometimes stumbling about "non-linked" articles in different language Wikipedias which clearly are about the same topic, but seem to be disconnected in... Wikidata? For example, these here: Five freedoms and de:Fünf Freiheiten (Tierwohl).
As I'd rather spend my time editing Wikipedia than diving into Wikidata (which I overall find to be rather dull ^^) - is there somewhere I can report this, so it can be fixed? Or at least be able to fix it with a few (automated) clicks without having to spend much time going over to Wikidata and learning how to work there. -- LordPeterII ( talk) 10:37, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi. My request on the article Draft:Asif Tariq was declined because of lack of sources. Unfortunately this is very difficult to find many sources as i am from very small town. The said subject is a renowned Kashmiri poet i worked hard on this article. Please help me by approving this article. I did my best. Hope in your help. Majid Saleem78 ( talk) 22:22, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi I am asking a lot but thanks for your help so far. I want to makes some changes and I put comments into Talk and history. I notice that only one editor has been in there on talk to action changes in 2016. I put my comments there but no-one visits why? I am just wondering how it all works. Does Wikipedia get a notification from talk when editors are in asking in there. I have read through what you gave me and am new but some things must be put onto talk for the living people. And no-one comes ... I am wondering if I am missing a step here. Can you tell me how this works and am I meant to notify anyone? 20footfish ( talk) 12:41, 6 January 2021 (UTC) 20footfish ( talk) 12:41, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Rhank you everyone who has commented here. Very helpful. Really glad to have has some feedback. Yes I will look at minor edit thing and rethink it. Perhaps a heading change isn't minor or putting the info into the correct area of the page. Little has been changed other than family history which is disputed in 5 articles, the sources were contradictory and the info was uncited so I am not expecting a dispute on uncited sentences. Yes I am correcting it because the Thai, Japanese and Portugese wikipedia has different information and at this point I will wait couple weeks, get used to wikipedia and watch the news because some of his legal stuff may really change because there is a current case now going through where people are going to be held responsible for falsly blaming him. Changing it now would be a waste of time :) Huge THank you. I will keep mu courage to change it. I am not really sure which wikipedia will become the main one where transations come from after wikidata is finished but slowly I will get the other languages done. The info is not in dispute but the detail is. The detail needs to be accurate or removed as per your policy. Hopefully its okay. I plan to take out uncited unnecessary info :) 20footfish ( talk) 12:02, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi, Please make sure to sign your article with 4 tildes. This make sure that you have completed your article. Anonymous Cuber ( talk) 10:20, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
how do you fix dead links with wayback machine SpiritGirl809 ( talk) 15:28, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
|archive-url=
and the date of that archive |archive-date=
.hello, I am new to Wikipedia, I want to write an article but I have no idea where to start. Could you please suggest a format or any guidelines that I should take into consideration except for what is already there on the Wikipedia guidelines page. If some admin could help me in the initial stage I would be very much obliged. Thank you :) Hitch2413 ( talk) 10:52, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
The article is right here. SoyokoAnis ( talk) 13:52, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
This is probably a dumb question but I'll still put it here
So I was browsing the Fun Spot America Theme Parks article when I saw that Hurricane (Miler roller coaster at the Kissimmee, Florida location) didn't have it's own article.
I really want to make an article for it but I'm not sure if it's important enough for that... Jajamanjaja ( talk) 15:15, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
I created a page for Professor David Ullman ( /info/en/?search=David_Ullman_(author) who is obviously designated with the (author) label. That's fine, however, there is another David Ullman who is a sailmaker and has no designation. I am curious if there is a way to designate the sailmaker so that when searched it is obvious what each Ullman does. Thank you. 76.108.89.160 ( talk) 14:08, 7 January 2021 (UTC) 76.108.89.160 ( talk) 14:08, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Can I add a more lighthearted page to Wikipedia, like "List of countries by how fun their name is to say"? I know the answer's probably no, but I just want to make sure because I think that would make Wikipedia more interesting. Calicopenguin1112 ( talk) 13:43, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
No, You cannot. Wikipedia is an Online encyclopedia and the content should be professional. Such things for fun is not acceptable on wikipedia. please do not even try this because sooner or later your article will be deleted. Anonymous Cuber ( talk) 13:59, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello everyone. I wish to write about some major budget cuts that are going to affect a local school district, but I'm not sure if the event qualifies for its own article or if it would be better just to write about it on the school district's Wikipedia article. Springfield2020 ( talk) 18:13, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
How do you make {{collapsebottom}} and {{collapsetop}} autoshow/hide? 🔥 Lightning Complex Fire🔥 18:30, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
A question has arisen about the neutrality (or otherwise) of the article submitted. A similar article (on Robert and Thomas Elworthy) can be found on Russian Wikipedia. None of Robert Elworthy's family have contributed anything to the Russian article. Therefore it could prove a useful check on the contents of the article provided under the title "Robert Pearce Elworthy. Philip Clarkson Webb ( talk) 17:01, 7 January 2021 (UTC) Philip Clarkson Webb ( talk) 17:01, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Hey there,
A friend of mine used a wikipedia-reference in her thesis so i klicked on it and apparently landed on a wrong page. This is the link she used. It should point to Saccharomyces cerevisiae but instead points towards Beta Israel. Can somebody explain that behaviour or even resolve the issue? Best wishes -- Liberealist Disputatio 16:06, 7 January 2021 (UTC) Liberealist Disputatio 16:06, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi, all. I just joined Wikipedia and attempted to make a user page (granted, it's extremely simple). The link for my talk page was showing in red for the first few minutes after I joined, and then it turned to blue. I was able to click on it then and go to my talk page. However, after I added the link to my talk page into my user page, the link turned red again and I haven't been able to access my talk page since. Did I do something wrong?
Thanks,
Gageills ( talk) 19:24, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
I'm putting together a page for a musician/DJ and I'm hitting a bit of a snag with formatting/wording. She has been in 5 bands from 2000-2011, but none of them had any formal releases. The Wiki page is focusing on her more prominent DJ career than her career as a musician, though it's all notable to mention. Since there isn't much information about her previous bands other than the fact she was in them, it's all coming out as "she was a member of X band from 20xx to 20xx" and that's it. Having 5 of those similarly worded sentences in a row just doesn't look right.
What might my options be? I want to mention them all as they paint a picture of her as a musician.
Alexmarie ( talk) 06:25, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Regarding the blocking policy, can a user get blocked for harassing another user who is blocked? SpinnerLaserzthe2nd ( talk) 23:30, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Recently, i made
Wikipedia:WikiProject Wildfire/Articles/Requests, and I want any posts archived within 1.5 months of inactivity, but how? And also, how do I make the instructions on top of the page go into wikitext, like it does in this page? If you don't know what i mean, how do I make this'?
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I am trying to add a map to an article about the Teays River to illustrate the point about valleys wider than the creeks that could have created them. The data is government data from the State of Ohio. I manipulated the data in a GIS workspace to show hillshade and color gradients so that the wide valleys are more visible. Wikipedia is saying it cannot verify that I created this, and so it won't let me publish it. What should I do? Tothcolin1 ( talk) 01:38, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
Found this, tuned it up a bit and submitted it. Anyone wanna take a look and drop a bit of feedback this latest draft? https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Draft:Roam_(musician) IronThumb3000 ( talk) 18:24, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Thanks Fuhghettaboutit, David notMD! I'll keep these things in mind going forward! Really appreciate this! IronThumb3000 ( talk) 13:47, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Fuhghettaboutit, David notMD One more quick q in this thread/section. The references in /info/en/?search=Draft:Roam_(musician) have gone a bit awry and aren't showing up in their section. How do I re-format them to fix? IronThumb3000 ( talk) 00:58, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
two measures? I respect the importance of strict COI policies on all editors. I am very familiar with it in scientific publications too. But I worry about the journalistic COI. When an editor here refers to an article in a media publication, without a COI disclaimer, doesn't it taint the information presented by the editor? Shouldn't be at least a requirement to TRY to obtain a COI statement before an inclusion or reference to such an article is made? And at least inform on the denial, or the compliance/disclosure of such statement? Artemon ge ( talk) 17:14, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
That too is intersting: a non trusted media needs nothing more? In the case of employed editor, the COI affect all articles from its relation right?
Artemon ge (
talk)
02:12, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
::
David notMD, he meant that (if I can grasp it well,
Artemon ge can verify) he was concerned of this scenario: Alice wants to cite a USA Today article. Unbeknownst to others, Alice is the article writer (qualifying
WP:OR) and that she is using a pseudonym here to mask her COI. He thinks if there could be a guideline requiring COI questioning before someone can add a source to an article, or change a source, to verify that they're not affiliated with the source and thus not sneakily violating WP:OR.
Gerald
WL
14:26, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Actually yes that was my main point, I recently started using a browser with VPN (obliged) and had trouble with WK, must be signed in to do anything, which is ok, but a catfish email and an autocofirm allows someone to mask his COI, right?
Please tell me how to create a wikipedia page for a new topic. 2006nishan178713 ( talk) 04:53, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
How can I make a pageviews page? This page is updated by a bot and it can tell if it's a Cali related article, and I want to do the same for wildfires, but I don't know how a bot can detect if it's a wildfire article. 🔥 Lightning Complex Fire🔥 19:00, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Although I've been here for 15 1/2 years, with almost 270k edits, here's something I don't know the answer to, so here I am at the Teahouse.
Q: When a category gets moved (i.e. its title is changed), does the change ripple back so that all the articles assigned to that cat are changed to the new name, or does it have to be done individually, either manually or via bot?
Thanks, please ping me when answering as I don't have this page on my watchlist.
Beyond My Ken ( talk) 07:34, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I submitted a Draft:Institute of Project Management and it got rejected due to references issues. This is the note "This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of organizations and companies)."
When created that article, I refer much to this published article Institute of Public Administration (Ireland). I thought that type of references I used are similar with what's used on that article. However mine was rejected.
I wish I could get better understanding about the difference of references using on Institute of Public Administration (Ireland) compare to mine. Therefore I could avoid the same mistake and improve.
Thank you! Cnagita4 ( talk) 01:42, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Charles Juvon ( talk) 20:27, 6 January 2021 (UTC) Charles Juvon ( talk) 20:27, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello fellow Wikipedians at my favourite tea house that is still open when all the others close,
so I've started the New Year with fresh motivation to edit, but alas I've already found more things to do than I possibly have time for (in addition to my longer-term planned new articles).
Specifically, I am sometimes stumbling about "non-linked" articles in different language Wikipedias which clearly are about the same topic, but seem to be disconnected in... Wikidata? For example, these here: Five freedoms and de:Fünf Freiheiten (Tierwohl).
As I'd rather spend my time editing Wikipedia than diving into Wikidata (which I overall find to be rather dull ^^) - is there somewhere I can report this, so it can be fixed? Or at least be able to fix it with a few (automated) clicks without having to spend much time going over to Wikidata and learning how to work there. -- LordPeterII ( talk) 10:37, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi. My request on the article Draft:Asif Tariq was declined because of lack of sources. Unfortunately this is very difficult to find many sources as i am from very small town. The said subject is a renowned Kashmiri poet i worked hard on this article. Please help me by approving this article. I did my best. Hope in your help. Majid Saleem78 ( talk) 22:22, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi I am asking a lot but thanks for your help so far. I want to makes some changes and I put comments into Talk and history. I notice that only one editor has been in there on talk to action changes in 2016. I put my comments there but no-one visits why? I am just wondering how it all works. Does Wikipedia get a notification from talk when editors are in asking in there. I have read through what you gave me and am new but some things must be put onto talk for the living people. And no-one comes ... I am wondering if I am missing a step here. Can you tell me how this works and am I meant to notify anyone? 20footfish ( talk) 12:41, 6 January 2021 (UTC) 20footfish ( talk) 12:41, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Rhank you everyone who has commented here. Very helpful. Really glad to have has some feedback. Yes I will look at minor edit thing and rethink it. Perhaps a heading change isn't minor or putting the info into the correct area of the page. Little has been changed other than family history which is disputed in 5 articles, the sources were contradictory and the info was uncited so I am not expecting a dispute on uncited sentences. Yes I am correcting it because the Thai, Japanese and Portugese wikipedia has different information and at this point I will wait couple weeks, get used to wikipedia and watch the news because some of his legal stuff may really change because there is a current case now going through where people are going to be held responsible for falsly blaming him. Changing it now would be a waste of time :) Huge THank you. I will keep mu courage to change it. I am not really sure which wikipedia will become the main one where transations come from after wikidata is finished but slowly I will get the other languages done. The info is not in dispute but the detail is. The detail needs to be accurate or removed as per your policy. Hopefully its okay. I plan to take out uncited unnecessary info :) 20footfish ( talk) 12:02, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi, Please make sure to sign your article with 4 tildes. This make sure that you have completed your article. Anonymous Cuber ( talk) 10:20, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
how do you fix dead links with wayback machine SpiritGirl809 ( talk) 15:28, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
|archive-url=
and the date of that archive |archive-date=
.hello, I am new to Wikipedia, I want to write an article but I have no idea where to start. Could you please suggest a format or any guidelines that I should take into consideration except for what is already there on the Wikipedia guidelines page. If some admin could help me in the initial stage I would be very much obliged. Thank you :) Hitch2413 ( talk) 10:52, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
The article is right here. SoyokoAnis ( talk) 13:52, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
This is probably a dumb question but I'll still put it here
So I was browsing the Fun Spot America Theme Parks article when I saw that Hurricane (Miler roller coaster at the Kissimmee, Florida location) didn't have it's own article.
I really want to make an article for it but I'm not sure if it's important enough for that... Jajamanjaja ( talk) 15:15, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
I created a page for Professor David Ullman ( /info/en/?search=David_Ullman_(author) who is obviously designated with the (author) label. That's fine, however, there is another David Ullman who is a sailmaker and has no designation. I am curious if there is a way to designate the sailmaker so that when searched it is obvious what each Ullman does. Thank you. 76.108.89.160 ( talk) 14:08, 7 January 2021 (UTC) 76.108.89.160 ( talk) 14:08, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello everyone. I wish to write about some major budget cuts that are going to affect a local school district, but I'm not sure if the event qualifies for its own article or if it would be better just to write about it on the school district's Wikipedia article. Springfield2020 ( talk) 18:13, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
How do you make {{collapsebottom}} and {{collapsetop}} autoshow/hide? 🔥 Lightning Complex Fire🔥 18:30, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
A question has arisen about the neutrality (or otherwise) of the article submitted. A similar article (on Robert and Thomas Elworthy) can be found on Russian Wikipedia. None of Robert Elworthy's family have contributed anything to the Russian article. Therefore it could prove a useful check on the contents of the article provided under the title "Robert Pearce Elworthy. Philip Clarkson Webb ( talk) 17:01, 7 January 2021 (UTC) Philip Clarkson Webb ( talk) 17:01, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Hey there,
A friend of mine used a wikipedia-reference in her thesis so i klicked on it and apparently landed on a wrong page. This is the link she used. It should point to Saccharomyces cerevisiae but instead points towards Beta Israel. Can somebody explain that behaviour or even resolve the issue? Best wishes -- Liberealist Disputatio 16:06, 7 January 2021 (UTC) Liberealist Disputatio 16:06, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi, all. I just joined Wikipedia and attempted to make a user page (granted, it's extremely simple). The link for my talk page was showing in red for the first few minutes after I joined, and then it turned to blue. I was able to click on it then and go to my talk page. However, after I added the link to my talk page into my user page, the link turned red again and I haven't been able to access my talk page since. Did I do something wrong?
Thanks,
Gageills ( talk) 19:24, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
I'm putting together a page for a musician/DJ and I'm hitting a bit of a snag with formatting/wording. She has been in 5 bands from 2000-2011, but none of them had any formal releases. The Wiki page is focusing on her more prominent DJ career than her career as a musician, though it's all notable to mention. Since there isn't much information about her previous bands other than the fact she was in them, it's all coming out as "she was a member of X band from 20xx to 20xx" and that's it. Having 5 of those similarly worded sentences in a row just doesn't look right.
What might my options be? I want to mention them all as they paint a picture of her as a musician.
Alexmarie ( talk) 06:25, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Regarding the blocking policy, can a user get blocked for harassing another user who is blocked? SpinnerLaserzthe2nd ( talk) 23:30, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Recently, i made
Wikipedia:WikiProject Wildfire/Articles/Requests, and I want any posts archived within 1.5 months of inactivity, but how? And also, how do I make the instructions on top of the page go into wikitext, like it does in this page? If you don't know what i mean, how do I make this'?
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I am trying to add a map to an article about the Teays River to illustrate the point about valleys wider than the creeks that could have created them. The data is government data from the State of Ohio. I manipulated the data in a GIS workspace to show hillshade and color gradients so that the wide valleys are more visible. Wikipedia is saying it cannot verify that I created this, and so it won't let me publish it. What should I do? Tothcolin1 ( talk) 01:38, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
Found this, tuned it up a bit and submitted it. Anyone wanna take a look and drop a bit of feedback this latest draft? https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Draft:Roam_(musician) IronThumb3000 ( talk) 18:24, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
Thanks Fuhghettaboutit, David notMD! I'll keep these things in mind going forward! Really appreciate this! IronThumb3000 ( talk) 13:47, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Fuhghettaboutit, David notMD One more quick q in this thread/section. The references in /info/en/?search=Draft:Roam_(musician) have gone a bit awry and aren't showing up in their section. How do I re-format them to fix? IronThumb3000 ( talk) 00:58, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
two measures? I respect the importance of strict COI policies on all editors. I am very familiar with it in scientific publications too. But I worry about the journalistic COI. When an editor here refers to an article in a media publication, without a COI disclaimer, doesn't it taint the information presented by the editor? Shouldn't be at least a requirement to TRY to obtain a COI statement before an inclusion or reference to such an article is made? And at least inform on the denial, or the compliance/disclosure of such statement? Artemon ge ( talk) 17:14, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
That too is intersting: a non trusted media needs nothing more? In the case of employed editor, the COI affect all articles from its relation right?
Artemon ge (
talk)
02:12, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
::
David notMD, he meant that (if I can grasp it well,
Artemon ge can verify) he was concerned of this scenario: Alice wants to cite a USA Today article. Unbeknownst to others, Alice is the article writer (qualifying
WP:OR) and that she is using a pseudonym here to mask her COI. He thinks if there could be a guideline requiring COI questioning before someone can add a source to an article, or change a source, to verify that they're not affiliated with the source and thus not sneakily violating WP:OR.
Gerald
WL
14:26, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Actually yes that was my main point, I recently started using a browser with VPN (obliged) and had trouble with WK, must be signed in to do anything, which is ok, but a catfish email and an autocofirm allows someone to mask his COI, right?
Hi there! I'm working on a page for the Chair in Trans Studies at the University of Victoria. My draft was rejected, but given only a short reason why ("article does not have sufficient content for its own page"), and did not offer any other issues or point out other problems. It was also rejected almost immediatel after it was submitted. After chatting with some folks, I made a handful of changes and would love if anyone has more advice before I resubmit it. I think it has a good amount of info in it and is sufficiently sourced, but would love suggestions on formatting or what else I can do:)
The article name is as follows: Draft: Chair in Transgender Studies at the University of Victoria.
Thanks! Wrenhawke ( talk) 09:37, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
I note the entry for Henk Guth refers to "Panaorama Guth" (Alice Springs - destoryed by fire in 2005.
Using images found on the internet, I've created a fairly high resolution re-creation of the full panorama, and it seems a shame that this otherwise "lost" image is not available to the general public. Clearly an entry or link in Wikipedia would be a sensible location.
Given I've stitched the image together from material from the internet, I'm unsure of the copyright status of the final. Clearly I have copyright in my work but I don't know the status of the source images I used.
I was wondering if this is an image that would be appropriate to include in the entry for Henk Guth.
Because of the sources, the full stitch can look a bit scrappy, so I also did 3 part stitces that together give to full panorama, but each looks less scrappy than the whole.
I don't have a wikipedia account. Cheers, Lx 114.73.115.22 ( talk) 09:25, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello everybody!
I would like to receive help on my sandbox Howard X. He is the first impersonator of Kim Jong-Un, and is well known in East Asia. As he impersonates a risky figure, I don't think a lot is available about him.
Let me know what you guys think of my request. :) Rollercoasterdamage ( talk) 07:56, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
Would it be considered WP:PROMO or WP:BOOKSPAM to include books related or written by the subject of an article in the Further Reading? For instance, would any of the following be okay for the Maximum Fun network: Everybody Has a Podcast (Except You), The Sawbones Book, Here There Be Gerblins, Murder on the Rockport Limited!, Petals to the Metal. I asked the same question on Talk:Maximum Fun, but figured I'd have more luck getting an answer if I posted here.
I'm also a little confused what is considered a good selection for the Further reading section. I added some books to Religion and spirituality podcast, Slidecasting, and Draft:Music podcast. I'd really appreciate feedback on whether I did these Further reading sections correctly or not. I basically just looked up keywords on Google Books and these seemed the most relevant to the topic. Can I put non-book sources in the further reading section? TipsyElephant ( talk) 22:46, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello,
While visiting the
Dead-end articles
maintenance page, i've found this one:
Suresh Sriskandarajah (
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talk |
history |
protect |
delete |
links |
watch |
logs |
views), who I've supposed it's a autopromo ads made by a Sri-Lankan lawyer for promoting his business, so a new page created not so long days ago. When I've checked history, I saw that it's an old article that has been blanked by this new ads-oriented article, as commented in the
talk page. As I'm not sure about what happened and I'm relatively new in English Wiki, I interpell you with this message , as someone who has more time for seeing it, can do something.
Thanks, and sorry for my broken english.
Anas1712 (
talk)
00:47, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
Right now I really want to know which one I should use. I currently use Visual Editing as it is very helpful. Which one should I use? SoyokoAnis ( talk) 04:04, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
Zayakg ( talk) 06:03, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello my fellow i need advice on how to correct the draft page /info/en/?search=Draft:Chigan_Madu Grhodig2017 ( talk) 11:06, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi! I'm theleekycauldron ( talk · contribs), and while I'm not new to Wikipedia, I stumbled upon the draft page for Draft:CallMeCarson and have run into a brick wall. I cleaned up the language and grammar, made sure all the sources were reliable, and made sure the important controversies were there and the rather unimportant ones were deleted. But as far as basic graphical information goes, it's kind of taken as a given when covered by reliable sources. They don't feel the need to bring readers up to speed. Where can I cite biographical information, instead of just the controversies? Theleekycauldron ( talk) 11:11, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
On Wikipedia:Slogans I have added Wikipedia logo for Sjo language but on the typing is missed one word. Is there someone that can gently help me to complete the typing? I am Italian, I cant read and write mongolian. Thanks in advance!!! -- 2001:B07:6442:8903:5CE0:29CA:3B85:1A03 ( talk) 09:14, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi! I asked for advice here about the same topic before, but I believe I am still a bit confused. I would like to have the redirect " /info/en/?search=Passaic,_New_Jersey#Government" for Hector Carlos Lora replaced with a draft article ( /info/en/?search=Draft:Hector_Carlos_Lora) I've written on him. I would argue he does meet the criteria for notability to have his own article. What would be my next steps in seeking such a replacement? Do you believe it is worth it and would have a chance? If yes, then how do I proceed? If not, why? Thank you, LMPAJ ( talk) 16:14, 5 January 2021 (UTC)
How does the Wikipedia believe a citation produced is reliable or not? Faster edits ( talk) 14:31, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
title. 🔥 Lightning Complex Fire🔥 15:24, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
insource:
magic word.
Victor Schmidt (
talk)
15:28, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi, How can I create a new flag for a job I am doing? By flag I mean like the flag of Mexico or the United States to be included in conflicts. D10s Maradona ( talk) 11:28, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
draft in progress Hello, I have a draft in progress which was reviewed a number of times - now that I have made significant changes and followed advice everythng has gone very quiet since I resubmitted. Any advice as to how I can speed things up ? Thank you - draft is here: /info/en/?search=Draft:Virginia_MacNaughton Newreaders ( talk) 13:32, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
OK, many thanks. It just seemed a bit strange that it was being reviewed quite swiftly and then stopped altogether. I'll look into the project tags, although I'm not sure what they are! Thanks again — Preceding unsigned comment added by Newreaders ( talk • contribs) 13:52, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
Either just because you asked, or just a coincidence, reviewed today, and declined (for the fifth time). The draft is sprinkled with notes where citations are needed. Comply with ALL OF THESE before resubmitting. If you cannot provide citations, deleted the unverified factual statements. David notMD ( talk) 17:07, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
In one week, the largest encyclopedia in human history will be turning 20 years old, are there any plans to commemorate this milestone? 47.150.227.254 ( talk) 11:16, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
My name is Ron Harper of Sydney, Australia. As a regular DONOR I am seeking personal help.
My forebear "George Harper was born in the Parish of Donaghheadie in or near the Market Town of Strabane in the County of Tyrone" (As recorded on George's discharge papers from 20th Light Dragoons in 1794.)
Can anyone help me to go further with my family history research? 2001:8003:2628:AA00:502D:999F:7D68:FDFB ( talk) 07:59, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi there,
I would really appreciate if you help me to understand why my article was declined and what i can do to improve it, Draft link: /info/en/?search=Draft:HAY-HAY_Fashion_Concept_Store
Thank you in advance HeroArmenia ( talk) 17:05, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
This submission appears to read more like an advertisement than an entry in an encyclopedia.The language being used is inappropriate on Wikipedia. It should inform, but without saying how amazing the subject is. An example of promotional language:
HAY-HAY concept store has promoted Armenian fashion and made an impact on the fashion industry in Armenia in a series of art exhibitions and events, and has also been featured in fashion magazines in several editorials and interviews.Citations removed. It's not important for readers to know that the store "made an impact". Show, don't tell; let readers make up their minds on how the store did with the information given without shoving it down their throats. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 17:30, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
Can someone assist with writing a Wikipedia column on our firm? We are one of the first data analytics firms operating in sport/sport businesses and have been fairly successful at this service since 1989. The firm is also female founded and run which we believe will help serve as a role model from an educational standpoint to other women.. We feel we offer a very valuable message to other women in business/sport business who aspire to work with events nationally and globally. Please advise! Thank you in advance...Dr. Kathleen Davis, CEO-SMRI 72.220.88.88 ( talk) 16:40, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi i wanted to start a new wiki page but not a big reader i like to write creatively or about what i know of at the moment very well. I want to ask the tea house for recommendations on starting article, with this image name Μέδουσα. New to editing so i am also looking for tips. This started out ok but has twice been redirected and once commented nonsense before much was typed. The translation to medusa would not be a accurate representation. The link is https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=%CE%9C%CE%AD%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%83%CE%B1&oldid=998836016
I am not sure of my correct use of my starting a new article. Or i have no choice but to argue with the entire wikipedia article with the image of medusa name. Time is not defined as a accurate verifiable source. Levwashere levi may ( talk) 08:20, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for your feedback Gerald it has helped me gather the information i was interested in knowing. And from your questions no not Time magazine. Time as in on a clock. AS to the why question μέδουσα as in medusa is constantly changing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Levwashere levi may ( talk • contribs) 22:50, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
I don't know if you guys are tired of me, but How do I make an article alert page? Most WikiProjects have one. 🔥 Lightning Complex Fire🔥 15:13, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
I made factual changes to a wikipedia page and had them erased by another editor (Nj-de). The changes I made were based on fact and personal communication with the individual. How do I contact the editor who erased the changes and get the changes made restored. We will be adding references over the next few weeks.
Thank you Editor 20022 ( talk) 18:18, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
were based on fact and personal communication with the individual, which doesn't do the article much good. Wikipedia deals with reliable sources to establish verifiability, many of which are secondary sources; primary sources can be used, but in very specific and limited cases.
{{
ping|Njd-de}}
) on the article's talk page. —
Tenryuu 🐲 (
💬 •
📝 )
18:46, 8 January 2021 (UTC)Courtesy: Frank Nwachukwu Ndili. David notMD ( talk) 21:05, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
How do you install AutoEd? The page says to go to your common.js page, but I don't have one. Do I have to make one? Dobekofcas ( talk) 22:03, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
common.js
page it will be a redlink (
User:Dobekofcas/common.js) that you can start. There should be instructions to copy and paste a line of code onto that page on
WP:AUTOED. —
Tenryuu 🐲 (
💬 •
📝 )
22:19, 8 January 2021 (UTC)Hi, I saw a "placeholder" article today. The content says that the author will add full information at Jan 9. I nominated it for speedy deletion. And how do I send a request to move it to draft? Thanks. Larryzhao123 ( talk) 22:17, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
Request for page move /info/en/?search=Draft:Chigan_Madu Grhodig2017 ( talk) 20:57, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
AlanM1 #Advice is there something i missed out while creating the article ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Grhodig2017 ( talk • contribs) 23:03, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
So I have been a part of many discussions on Wikipedia. I am always confused on when consensus is reached for them. I have heard that it doesn't matter the amount of keep/oppose votes happen, but that seems to always be the case that the majority vote wins. So when exactly does a "consensus is reached" happen? If you are not an admin and you want to close out a discussion on an articles talk page, what exactly should be looked for in the "consensus reached" or should a request be made to other editors somewhere to come close the discussion out?
Hopefully I didn't ramble too much/ask too many questions. Thanks for help in advance, Elijahandskip ( talk) 23:16, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
Deleted contribution My article on Makeda Cheatom was deleted. I have rewritten it. Do I just submit it like it is a brand new article? Geolog10 ( talk) 23:09, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
How do I edit Kemah2021 ( talk) 00:16, 9 January 2021 (UTC) Kemah2021 ( talk) 00:16, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
On a BLP of somebody from Ireland, the date format is dmy per MOS:DATETIES. If the person is involved in an event which takes place in the US (mdy format), is MOS:TIMEZONE to be followed (retain local format) or MOS:DATEUNIFY? The BLP in question is a professional fighter who has fought in both the UK/Ireland and the US, so I figured that DATEUNIFY would take precedence, otherwise the article would be littered with different formats depending on where a fight took place. I've only encountered two instances (both BLPs of professional fighters) where TIMEZONE has been used as the rationale for using a format that is inconsistent with the rest of the article, with the latest instance coming from a more experienced editor than me (which has made me doubt my opinion on the matter), so I figured I'd post here for some input. Thanks in advance. – 2. O. Boxing 00:36, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
latest instancewhere it was not followed? —[ AlanM1 ( talk)]— 01:04, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
I realized that a field was missing on the page, so I decided to contribute with information that was missing. I mentioned the source and posted it on the page. Did I do it right? WGCL19762021 ( talk) 05:17, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
Many sport rivalries exist as Wikipedia articles. But a rivalry between 2 actors was well covered by the media and was notable. The rivalry was between Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone. I think it meets WP:N, and request the WP:TH hosts to please present their views. Please ping me to notify me-- Atlantis77177 ( talk) 04:03, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
So i spent a while building a small wiki page for a football player and igot declined. It said minumum standard for incline citations. Can anyone tell me a simple reasoning behind this, thank you. CalebBowman3 ( talk) 07:20, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi, hope everyone is well. Thanks for inviting me here in teahouse. I have a question. I have searched "Smartchem Cable Limited" [1] in wikipedia and wiki suggested to create one. I just created one and this is deleted. Can you please advise me how to write in Wiki? In Bangladesh, this cable company is so popular and helping people use quality cables. But there is no information in wiki.
Thanks Trailershow ( talk) 07:55, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
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Hi! I am trying to edit my grandfather's Wiki page ( George Pedersen), but the edits are not being accepted. I do not have anything specific to reference as I am referencing his personal CV, which is not on the internet. Can anyone help me to do this for him? Puddlejumper2million ( talk) 18:08, 8 January 2021 (UTC) Puddlejumper2million ( talk) 18:08, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
I am actually curious to know how do we fill color in a row? June 099 ( talk) 09:08, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi, I have my own articles and just today is my 2nd day on this wikipedia world. I feel so great and thanks to you for your idea and suggestion. I have all the references too is its fine to create an articles can you pls help me for this. Zayakg ( talk) 12:01, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
I have my own articles to post and make visible to the world ..., please be aware that articles that you've already written for another platform are unlikely to be suitable as-is for Wikipedia, as we have our own policies regarding notability, reliable sources, and style, plus some technicalities in the way text is marked-up for presentation. Additionally, if you have previously published that content or copied any of it from somwhere else, we have strict rules about respecting copyrights that would result in speedy removal of the content. Please see the links above (especially WP:YFA) for guidance. Writing and publishing a new article here as a new user is a difficult task, and we generally suggest that you instead spend some time improving existing articles to understand how Wikipedia works, both procedure/policy-wise and technically. Thanks. —[ AlanM1 ( talk)]— 21:54, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
My articles will not published any were until I give permission, what ever I will create that would be all my own work & own creation, I was thinking to create this since 2016 but so busy with my task and schedule. One day I inform to the person who is familiar with articles writing in wikipedia. He told me so many time ok I will create for you,...ok I will create for you, the days pass on & on and now almost 4 years and 6 days passed away I don't have my articles on wikipedia. I laugh at myself just before 3 days my soul says why don't you try by your own to create an article in wikipedia. Even-though I have many task to do but I give my 36 hours to see what is happening on Wikipedia how it works. Today is my 3rd day now I feel I can try. I don't need that person since 4 years and 6 days which I was waiting for my articles. Everyday is a learning day for me if I do any mistake pls pls guys help me or guide me. I feel so good to be connected with you all. Thanks a lot, enjoy the day. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zayakg ( talk • contribs) 04:52, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
Bodybuilder Gregg Valentino has been called "the most hated bodybuilder". Valentino was the subject of the TV movie "The Man Whose Arms Exploded" [1], which documented his steroid use, bodybuilding, and injury. He has had an interview with ESPN [2]. There are a lot of articles about him on bodybuilding-specific websites, including T-Nation.com [3] and bodybuilding.com, [4] just to name a few.
An academic article in Critical Readings in Bodybuilding [5] dedicates time to Valentino, and claims he is the poster boy of bigorexia. He also appears in the book Manthropology, [6] although again briefly.
On the other hand, the only coverage I could find of Valentino in large newspapers was when the UK Independent covered the TV movie about him [7] and an article in the Denver Post which profiled him briefly along with a few other bodybuilders [8]
I can't decide whether Valentino himself, his TV movie, or both are notable. What do you think? IllQuill ( talk) 03:47, 9 January 2021 (UTC) IllQuill ( talk) 03:48, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
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When you add [[ ]] to a name and/or create an article, is there a way to then automatically link/add [[ ]] to name in other articles or do you have to manually do it? For example, Actor X is mentioned in lots of film articles but doesn't have own page, own article now created, does [[ ]] have to be added manually to his name in all the film articles or is there a quicker way to do this?-- HistoricalAccountings ( talk) 12:59, 9 January 2021 (UTC) HistoricalAccountings ( talk) 12:59, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi Wikipedians!!! I have got my first Wiki Page approved, but it shows that it is an "Orphan Article". What does that mean?It seems like the article must be linked or should have incoming links. Please do help me what is the next process. Desmond Maverick ( talk) 00:54, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
Since July of last year, a series of IPs have been trying to add a sentence about gift/game cards from various retailers to the lead of Product key (and disrupting the article in other ways too, but that same sentence is always part of it). They've been reverted by different editors and lots of messages have been left on the IP talk pages, to no effect. I started a discussion on the article talk page, but I seriously doubt they'll show up; is there anything else can I do? I'm not sure if this is genuine good faith editing or just spam. Wikignome Wintergreen talk 14:38, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
I just started editing Wikipedia recently and don't know how to add a general reference without out adding a inline citation in the article. Can someone please help? CeaselessTeapot ( talk) 17:59, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
Hey, this is somewhat urgent. I got a message from a user saying that File:CroppedImageOfAmericanProducerDJSuede.png is not suitable for Wikipedia because it is not freely licensed. I'm not familiar with different types of licensing, I'll say that, but I'm even less familiar with the methods of finding an image's licensing status. What kind of threw me off is when the user stated that a file can not be used even if the author themself approves of it, which I can kind of understand now that I think about it. However, I actually received another message from the subject asking to CHANGE the picture, and this is all kind of confusing. I'm thinking maybe the one he sent me is under a free license, according to Google Images, but that's a faulty method of finding out whether a picture has been under a free license, because I have tried it with other pictures that ARE available on the internet. Regardless (I know it sounds like I'm rambling) I need to know whether this picture is freely licensed, probably due to the fact that I wouldn't want to go through so much trouble to get some image uploaded. By the way, the only reason I'm doing any of this is because if the author seems to approve of it, and has even sent a picture to use, one would think this doesn't have any restrictions over it. I need help figuring out what license this picture has, if anyone knows how to do that, please let me know, thank you. TrevortniDesserpedx ( talk) 01:23, 9 January 2021 (UTC) TrevortniDesserpedx ( talk) 01:23, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
Courtesy link:
DJ Suede the Remix God is I assume the article where the photo would be used. —
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Dear Assistant kindly let me know how to publish this link/wikipage..like what edits should i do to get it live. Link: /info/en/?search=Draft:Omjee_Group Vish.mystic ( talk) 17:56, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
Thank you guys soo much for your help I appropriately Added a link to the wikipedia page and put the Page Link of the Wikipedia page in the summary Just let me know if I need to credit it better don't wanna. Get introuble Thanks again. And have a great year -- Cocopuff2018 ( talk) 05:20, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
Alrighty also can you show me an example of how Hyperlink Is done I have never done that before? And sorry if I'm aggervating you? -- Cocopuff2018 ( talk) 05:32, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
hello, I am still a bit confused on this and I Did Put a link to its Wikipedia page along with a link IN Summary however i still do not understand how to add that other thing to make sure i appropriately credit it can someone please show me an example? -- Cocopuff2018 ( talk) 20:03, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
How to make a sockpuppet complaint. Iamloosingmymind ( talk) 20:56, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
Please refer to this image (I'm afraid I can't post it here on Wikipedia since it's not for an article, so I chose another host): https://imgur.com/a/ifEWYk0
This page, for example, only shows a few interwikis followed by a button saying "14 more" where I can browse the remaining ones. Does anyone know how to make all pages show the entire list of interwikis instead, like it used to be? I searched a bunch of help pages about interwikis and sidebars, but found no solution to this problem. - Munmula ( talk), second account of Alumnum 18:05, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
I had submitted the draft Draft:Danish Siddiqui for review on 1 January. User Victor Schmidt had replied to the request for re-review and tagged another user, inviting them to the discussion ( see) The user says that the article is not submitted for review.. Can someone clarify what seems to be the issue and what I could do to get the draft reviewed asap Indianite ( talk) 21:21, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
Hello! Based on feedback from the first draft of the Palace Cinema Broadstairs page, I've just drafted a new one /info/en/?search=Draft%3APalace_Cinema_Broadstairs. I've used the editor's notes from 2019 and also compared it to Wiki pages for similar independent cinemas to ensure the content is Ok and abides by Wiki rules. I've submitted 4 pictures which I hope are ok: 2 x 100+yr old ones and 2 direct from the Palace Cinema. I can't see the 'Submit' key and I'm worried that I've redrafted this page in a floating/unauthorised space. Thanks if you could tell me the next steps. Best wishes, Corinna LittelLondon ( talk) 22:29, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by LittelLondon ( talk • contribs) 22:52, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi I was looking for a article called John vuli gate but i can't find it has Wikipedia created an article of that song Alisha rains ( talk) 19:16, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
how do I move my article in my sandbox to a draft page? Thank you greatly! Wordsthatsay ( talk) 23:42, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
I started a GAR a while back for Stephen Fry's Podgrams and there was quite a bit more discussion than I expected. I'm unsure what the guidelines are, but I assume that some kind of consensus has to be reached. I was curious whether it looks like that consensus was reached (I think everyone except one was pretty much on board with delisting) and what I should do to move the discussion along. I would also appreciate links to the guidelines for situations like this. TipsyElephant ( talk) 02:04, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
I tried using Template:RfD on Category:Scripted podcasts and got a bunch of issues. What did I do wrong? We were discussing the possibility of deletion on the wikiproject talk page here. TipsyElephant ( talk) 02:06, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
Hi, I'm new to contributing Wikipedia and I'm curious as to whether or not there are any video tutorials available (like the videos available through LinkedIn Learning, Khan Academy, Coursera, etc.).
I've found those types of videos very easy to learn from, and there's certainly a lot to learn behind the scenes at Wikipedia!
Thanks in advance! A username can have spaces? ( talk) 01:49, 10 January 2021 (UTC)
I'd like to know if there is a policy against promoting a particular trademark in an article?
Also, I'd appreciate it if someone could tell me the reason for the different colored background for band members names in a Navbar.
I'm seeing this in the Jefferson Starship article.
Thanks for you help! Cheryl Fullerton ( talk) 03:57, 10 January 2021 (UTC)