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How can I generate a Special:Diff instead of a normal diff? ― Itcouldbepossible Talk 07:32, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
Please tell me what kind of details I have to add to get the Draft:BKTPP Prabir Sengupta Vidyalaya published. Please, this is my first project. Michri michri ( talk) 14:01, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
I am new and could not find direct steps to add a subpage to Wikipedia. I added an update to ' Don't Look Up but can not see the steps to add the reference page. Can someone guide me on steps for new editor and how to create subpage. I have ADHD so I was unable to follow all the redirects to get this information. Thank you!
Wpsarhel ( talk) 11:29, 25 December 2021 (UTC) Wpsarhel ( talk) 11:29, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
No questions here, but I wish everyone a Merry Christmas. I would also like to thank every volunteer for contributing to this evergrowing encyclopedia. Cheers! Galacticitis ( talk) 09:59, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
How do you show that an IP address belongs to a school? 14.238.83.146 ( talk) 06:54, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
I mean, we won't just be searching each and every ip, to find out if it belongs to an organization- I meant, that we won't surely be looking at each ip and see if it is shared or not. What are the conditions, or symptoms for which can check ip addresses to determine if they are shared or not? I have to deal with many ip addresses too. It would be great if, I knew the trick and could disguise the shared ip addresses, and watch out for their contributions. ― Itcouldbepossible Talk 07:11, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
Whenever I write something to someone, or reply to someone, I always ping them, except when I am posting in their talk page. But there are some people who forget or don't ping me in their replies or in follow up comments. How can I tell each and every editor here, to ping me whenever they write something to me? ― Itcouldbepossible Talk 07:02, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
How can I ping someone in an edit summary, to draw their attention there? ― Itcouldbepossible Talk 07:31, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
[[User:Itcouldbepossible|Itcouldbepossible]]
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is required to ping in the edit summary field, as in Thibaut120094's response.
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13:53, 25 December 2021 (UTC)@ DanCherek Thanks DanCherek. Please confirm that if you get the ping. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Itcouldbepossible ( talk • contribs) 13:59, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
I want to use a screenshot from social media as an "example" for certain phenomenon. Now since the screenshot contains a meme which is not created by me; can I upload that image? Or there would be some copyright issue? notably my objective is not to claim that image as mine. my objective is to show example for a phenomenon. RIT RAJARSHI ( talk) 13:31, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
could your remind me of the code I use to submit my article for review? Gregorywall ( talk) 16:24, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
How can I make an article be a "good article"? Thanks for the help. XxxorBBroxxX ( talk) 20:56, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I am new to Wikipedia and just posted two photos I made back in 2019 of some landscape. I deleted both photos on the page, but it seems both are still on Wikipedia. May I request for both photos to be removed, please? https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Banja_Kovilja%C4%8Da_spa.jpg /info/en/?search=File:%C5%A0umadia_meadows.jpg Thank you. Serbia Economy Geek ( talk) 16:54, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
I ran across Cousteauvia just now. It appears that most of the text is directly lifted from a copyrighted source. I found these three places that have that text:
What does one do in this situation? Fred Zepelin ( talk) 15:54, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
Pancho villas real name 2600:1011:B038:BF36:0:2B:397B:6701 ( talk) 23:40, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
Teahouse hosts…
Throughout my wiki career, I was concerned that I would be indefblocked for being WP:NOTHERE.
This may be because this month, I have been editing more in the user talk space, rather than the mainspace (Have a look at my XTools and you’ll see that I’ve made 174 user talk space edits this month, compared to 172 mainspace edits, as of 17:22, 25 December 2021). When I see a counter like that, I feel a sudden urge to edit more in the mainspace, to not give off the impression that I’m WP:NOTHERE.
I also felt as though I have gamed the system; I only have 339 total mainspace edits, and some of my total 942 edits were sandbox edits, because, earlier, I had felt the urge to get extended confirmed quickly.
I don’t know if this is just my paranoia, but I ask you: Do you believe I’m WP:NOTHERE? — 3PPYB6 — TALK — CONTRIBS — 17:22, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
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22:58, 25 December 2021 (UTC)Tarastrong2021 ( talk) 22:17, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
How do I save a draft without publishing it? Andyjcmrdn ( talk) 03:49, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
There's a band I really like and they have a very strong presence on YouTube (we're talking hundreds of thousands of views), but there is very little information on them anywhere (except for very basic one you could get on bandcamp etc). I found that many people were looking for a wiki article on them (if you enter their name in google, the first suggestion is "<bandname> wiki". After a lot of searching, I finally found an interview with them, which I thought I'd convert to a wiki article, so other fans could find it as well. The problem is I don't know if this covers "notability". As I said, they are well-known name in industrial music, but there's not much literature on them. The only sources I could quote are the article and whatever info can be scavanged from music sharing sites. I mean, I could probably try to get in contact with them, but I still don't know whether that would cover the notion of notability. Could you please guide me? TheLanceMan ( talk) 16:15, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for the answers! I'm afraid then I have no clue what on Earth could contribute to it. I doubt there will be independent research papers on any industrial electro bands :/ They are, without a question, well known on the scene, but I honestly have no idea what could contribute to their notability then. In any case, before giving up completely, Fred Zepelin, their name is Aim to Head, and this is the article I wanted to transcribe here: https://petesrocknewsandviews.com/aim-to-head/ At least this way it will remain on the page for other fans to find. I gotta say, I'm kinda disappointed that a communal information collector is so restrictive in what it publishes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheLanceMan ( talk • contribs) 14:12, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
I'm a new Wikipedia contributor and was wondering if I could take an Italian WP Article (I'm Italian) and translate it to English, ofcourse with the correct spelling, punctuations and grammar.
Would it be a problem since I'm basically ripping off another contributor's work? Kuroen110 ( talk) 20:44, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
Sorry for bothering the Teahouse again. I want to know how I can find the archives of the Tip of the Day. I searched the page but could not find the section titled Archives. Can anyone help? ― Itcouldbepossible Talk 07:20, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
I have read WP:AUTOARCHIVE "Choosing a Bot", but still cannot decide which bot I will use to archive my talk page. There are pros and cons for both the bots. For example lowercase sigmabot III requires another bot for generating an index of archives, while cluebot can do it alone. This question would not have risen, if the pages on which cluebot III is used would have been greater than that lowercase sigmabot III, which makes lowercase sigmabot III more famous. I would have used cluebot III without further questioning. But it seems that lowercase sigmabot III is better. And also we can see that this bot also archives teahouse and other discussion pages, while I have never seen Cluebot III do any archiving. So, I would like some suggestions from experienced users, regarding which bot is better, and which one to use. Thanks. ― Itcouldbepossible Talk 13:55, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
Is there a list of Newsletters that are published here at the Wikipedia? ― Itcouldbepossible Talk 07:26, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
Statecraftdaily ( talk) 16:34, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
Draft:
in front of your title), which doesn't get indexed by search engine crawlers and isn't considered to be "part of the encyclopedia" where it is. Unless someone's specifically looking for your draft or browsing draftspace, they won't find it.Hi all, I’m new and would like to request help with cleaning up an article. I assume the appropriate place to do so would be at an associated WikiProject, but I don’t know where/how to request this help. Do I simply leave a message on the WikiProject talk page, or is it okay to ask specific active members of the Project, or what? Thanks for your help. :-) postleft on mobile! 18:47, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
Is it ok to not leave an edit summary when reverting and warn the editor instead. I think there is nothing wrong with it. What do you think? Ctrlwiki • 14:02, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
Wikipedia community strongly encourages editors to provide meaningful edit summaries. Given the small amount of effort it takes I would strongly recommend it always be done. I've set my preferences at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing so that if I don't provide an edit summary, I can't save/publish my addition and that has stopped me doing stupid things on several occasions. Mike Turnbull ( talk) 15:54, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
Can anyone tell me where I went wrong with regards to the error message in the second citation?
/info/en/?search=Draft:Toronto-Addis_Ababa_Academic_Collaboration CT55555 ( talk) 20:10, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
I don't know enough about the US administration system. Looks to me like a civil-servant/lawyer doing her job. The current references are useless (just press-releases from her employer). But I don't want to PROD if the post itself is sufficiently important to confer notability without sources. Any thoughts? Elemimele ( talk) 16:48, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I'm building towards offering my first edits to some Wikipedia pages in near future (with a focus on Mathematics and Science), but for now I would just like to flag a simple formatting error that I noticed on this page: Orthogonal matrix.
If this is appropriate, what is the best way to do this? thank you CJ7903 ( talk) 21:23, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
Why can only administrators edit disclaimers? Damianlewis21 ( talk) 22:15, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
I just got a question from Khudaeidadkhan, asking for advice on whether a proposed subject is Notable. I'm flattered but not sure why he is asking me. He supplied some links to potential sources, but I have a couple of reservations about them. They all talk about how exciting it is that these young folks have set up a business, how they overcame obstacles, and how bright their future looks. This all makes me wonder if they are all re-hashing some media releases from the business. Secondly, I find it hard to put my finger on any actual achievements that make me wonder it it is TOOSOON. Or maybe it's okay - I am really torn. Is there somewhere I can go to discuss it with somebody who has better perspective? The details are at User_talk:Gronk_Oz#New_Article_creation,_please_check_his_eligibility_and_give_your_advice? Gronk Oz ( talk) 10:47, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
How Can I help the Admins Greenhighwayconstruction ( talk) 00:05, 27 December 2021 (UTC) Greenhighwayconstruction ( talk) 00:05, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
About 4 days ago, I proposed an edit to the semi-protected page of Neo-Nazism. I checked the page again this morning and my request is still unanswered. How long should I expect to have to wait for? I feel like it's ignored intentionally because my proposed edit maybe isn't popular. In that case, what can I do alternatively to expedite the process? /info/en/?search=Talk:Neo-Nazism#Extended-confirmed-protected_edit_request_on_22_December_2021_(2) WesternChristianitytestballi ( talk) 23:06, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
I tried to upload a small snippet image to the "Talk" section of this Wikipedia article Orthogonal matrix to include in my explanation of a formatting issue that needs to be fixed. But I was prevented from uploading it. Given the article is already published it's clearly not a copyright issue so I'm not sure why it would not upload?
Is there a workaround I can use for this in future? CJ7903 ( talk) 22:57, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
Given the article is already published it's clearly not a copyright issue so I'm not sure why it would not upload?is a bit unclear, but in general things tend to be more complicated than that. If the "article" you're referring to is a Wikipedia article and the image is an one being used in said article, then you can add the image to the talk page by simply adding its syntax to the relevant section on the talk page. You do, however, need to be a bit careful here because non-free content isn't allow to be used on talk pages as explained here. If, on the other hand, the image you want to add is something found on an external website (i.e. one that hasn't been already uploaded to Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons), you will need to upload it first and then add it to the article. In that case, the copyright status of the file really does matter and it might be a good idea for you to take a look at c:Commons:Licensing before uploading anything. Now, if all you want to do is show an image that supports whatever point you're trying to make on the article's talk page, you don't really need to upload a file; instead, you can simply add an external link for the webpage to the relevant section on the article talk page. Once again, though, you do need to be careful and avoid linking to any content which might be considered a copyright violation. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 00:49, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
Greetings hosts, We would like to humbly ask for help in editing a Biography Wikipedia draft article. As we have tried to write and submit the article a few times, but we are not knowledgeable enough in writing skills to have the draft approved and published. We also don't quite understand the comments given by Wikipedia about the draft
May we know the procedure of asking for this type of help, please?
Here is the link to the draft: /info/en/?search=Draft:Eugene_Pook
Thank you so much for your time. Sso.ssyo ( talk) 03:27, 24 December 2021 (UTC) Sso.ssyo ( talk) 03:27, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
Would you say: "John Smith graduated with a PhD from Oxford University", or "John Smith was awarded a PhD from Oxford University", or would some other phrasing be preferable? Ficaia ( talk) 18:58, 22 December 2021 (UTC)
How can I link my English translation with the original Arabic text. A message appeared that the page could not be found on enwiki. Thank you in advance. Hanan Al-Dhaifi ( talk) 23:47, 26 December 2021 (UTC) Hanan Al-Dhaifi ( talk) 23:47, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
What is the difference between these two? And what are the other types that are available?
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@ NM Demo, PrimeHunter, and ClaudineChionh: I have decided to experiment with the template link and all the associated templates in my sandbox. Thanks everyone for helping me so much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Itcouldbepossible ( talk • contribs) 14:43, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
Ok, now I understand, where I had gone wrong. I always use the reply tool to reply. And it auto signs my replies. So, I have completely lost the habit of putting a ~~~~ for signing.
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12:01, 25 December 2021 (UTC)@ ClaudineChionh@ NM Demo@ PrimeHunter From all the above discussion, I have come to the following conclusion.
My edits to the article on G Weston Jr attracted this censorship: "I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Galen Weston Jr. have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox." Exposing criminality by oligarchs is always 'constructive'. Your article on this junior one is a whitewash. Are the contributing a lot of money to get this treatment? 2001:569:BF62:F400:F46F:CFFA:E12C:6ED4 ( talk) 01:36, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
Wikipedia should add: However, the State of California currently recognizes the decommissioned portion between Bishop and Long Beach California as being Historic U.S. Route 6. The State of California approved the placement of Historic U.S. 6 Route signage on all potions of the old alignment; RE: State Concurrent Resolution No. 26 as filed with the Secretary of State on July 3, 2007.
Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 26
RESOLUTION CHAPTER 67
Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 26—Relati ve to Historic U.S.
Highway Route 6.
[Filed with Secretary of State July 3, 2007.]
legislative counsel’s digest
ACR 26, Sharon Runner. Historic U.S. Highway Route 6.
The measure w ould request the Department of Transportation, upon
application by an interested local agenc y or private entity, to identify an y
section of former U.S. Highway Route 6 that is still a publicly maintained
highway and that is of interest to the applicant, and to designate that section
as Historic U.S. Highw ay Route 6. This measure w ould also request the
department to determine the costs of appropriate highway markers or signs
showing that special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources covering that cost, to erect appropriate highw ay markers or signs
on the portions of former U.S. Highw ay Route 6 that are part of the state
highway system.
WHEREAS, U.S. Highway Route 6 began in the 1920s as a short route
between Provincetown, Massachusetts, and Brewster, New York; and
WHEREAS, Thereafter, U.S. Highway Route 6 was extended westward
and, in 1926, ended in Denver, Colorado; and
WHEREAS, Around 1937, U.S. Highw ay Route 6 became a
transcontinental highway when it was extended to Long Beach, California.
The route thereby stretched a distance of 3,517 miles, making it the longest
highway in the country; and
WHEREAS, U.S. Highw ay Route 6 has been called the Roose velt
Highway and is no w officially named the Grand Army of the Republic
Highway; and
WHEREAS, In 1964, California renumbered its state highw ay system
and truncated U.S. Highway Route 6 at Bishop, California; and
WHEREAS, U.S. Highw ay Route 6 no w stretches 3,249 miles and is
recognized as the second longest highway in the country; and
WHEREAS, U.S. Highw ay Route 6, in addition to its importance in
transportation, has outstanding natural, cultural, historic, and scenic qualities;
and
WHEREAS, Ov er the years, U.S. Highw ay Route 6 has con veyed
commerce and pleasure tra velers whose needs were met by nearby cities
and counties; and
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WHEREAS, Though largely supplanted by other state highw ay routes,
segments of the original U.S. Highway Route 6 remain, although many are
no longer identified as such; and
WHEREAS, Former U.S. Highway Route 6 served as the main street of
many California cities and to wns along its length and, though no longer
designated as former U.S. Highway Route 6, these segments represent both
state and local historic significance; and
WHEREAS, Without formal designation, the history and contribution of
these segments of U.S. Highw ay Route 6 to the de velopment of the state
would remain less known; and
WHEREAS, Recognition of these se gments will foster the economic
health and cultural preserv ation of small communities and to wns located
along the highway; and
WHEREAS, It is fitting that a means to designate these historic sections
of former U.S. Highway Route 6 be established; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate ther eof
concurring, That the Legislature hereby recognizes the remaining segments
of former U.S. Highw ay Route 6 for their historical significance and
importance in the development of California; and be it further
Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested, upon
application by an interested local agenc y or private entity, to identify an y
section of former U.S. Highway Route 6 that is still a publicly maintained
highway and that is of interest to the applicant, and to designate that section
of highway as Historic U.S. Highway Route 6; and be it further
Resolved, That the department is requested to determine the cost of
appropriate highway markers or signs consistent with signing requirements
for the state highw ay system sho wing the special Historic U.S. Highw ay
Route 6 designation and, upon recei ving donations from nonstate sources
covering that cost, to erect those highway markers or signs on the portions
of former U.S. Highway Route 6 that are part of the state highway system;
and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this
resolution to the Director ofTransportation and to the author for appropriate
distribution.
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GuyRCook (
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02:38, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
Hi, I posted my question before but it's now gone. Can I confirm if the reference from their official website are strictly not allowed? Wcsneel ( talk) 07:26, 27 December 2021 (UTC) Wcsneel ( talk) 07:26, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
Hi! Please help me with writing my first article in wikipedia. It's something I'm struggling with. Please help me with it. By telling the shortest way to write a article and get it published. Mr cosmic king ( talk) 08:16, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
If an article about a novel (or any other work of fiction) contains a summary of the plot, what would be an appropriate citation (if any) for that summary?
I'm asking specifically in connection with the article on Lockdown (novel). The original article (written by myself) contained a summary of the plot, without any citation. This was on the basis if WP:PLOTCITE, which I take to mean that the novel itself is the source of the information and does not require any further citation.
However, another editor (@ Lakex:) has removed most of the summary, because of the lack of citation. I have reverted that change, but I am not sure if that was the right thing to do. What is the correct approach here? I am anxious to do the right thing. Thanks in advance. Mike Marchmont ( talk) 17:13, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
Hello,
I am Python software developer working as a web scraping freelancer on various platforms and found some broken links on that article - /info/en/?search=Web_scraping I found a great source for #13 broken reference link to make it - https://datamam.com/web-scraping While I keep looking for others, please let me know how can changes be made, Thank you SGuvi ( talk) 08:43, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
How does it works? Rui Vítor Costa ( talk) 11:12, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
Why did you undone it ? 223.235.21.133 ( talk) 11:49, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
I sometimes cannot use the reply link to reply to comments. It says The "reply" link cannot be used to reply to this comment. To reply, please use the full page editor by clicking "Edit".
What is the actual reason behind this? I use the normal editor when this error occurs. But is there any other way to avoid this?
Itcouldbepossible
Talk
11:52, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
Please can you advise how I unregister from the site? Mwrigh17 ( talk) 12:05, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
{{
welcome menu}}
, or if you feel it is too tough for you to understand, then you can as well read the
welcome message left on your talk page. Well, if it strains you too much, then you can as well do other
types of job. And the
Teahouse is always there, it is a great place for asking questions. Experienced editors are always there to answer you questions and help you out. So, don't bother to ask questions at the Teahouse.Good afternoon,
Is there a mathematician that can review my work.
Who can tell me if my proof is valid and correct, can withstand the rigour of time.
/info/en/?search=Proofs_of_Fermat%27s_little_theorem#An_analytical_proof_of_Fermat's_little_theorem
An analytical proof of Fermat's little theorem.
I’ll be ever so thankful.
Yours sincerely, Wim Coenen.
Wim Coenen (
talk) 14:33, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
Wim Coenen (
talk)
14:33, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
Hello Wikipedia. I posted a request to add a source two days ago and it somehow got missed. Is there a way an editor can go get the source link off the article talk page and add it where they see it fits? Also I noticed the there is a clarification tag on the career section that can easy be fixed if the editor replaces it with "Sledge released his song Seen It All in 2021.
That should fix the clarification issue. I'm a COI editor so I can't touch the article. Also I noticed the musician category was removed from the page? The artist produces and composes his own music so he is a musician. Let me know if anyone can help the page is here /info/en/?search=AJDaGuru
Also one last request I have is can the editor add a picture to the article? https://ibb.co/jM4j8Wd Godsentme1 ( talk) 08:24, 27 December 2021 (UTC) Godsentme1 ( talk) 08:24, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
Jéské Couriano Can you help me understand what does that mean about the Titanic does that mean no you can't add the picture correct? And what about the other request? Godsentme1 ( talk) 08:32, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
Dear Wikipedia, My Wikipedia page ( /info/en/?search=Draft:Eduard_Grossman) article Submission declined because its not supported by reliable sources. On my References list i had posted books and catalogues from writers that wrote on specific pages about artists including Eduard Grossman. I would like to know why my draft is not supported by reliable sources. Thank you looking forward for your reply 87.68.183.29 ( talk) 15:57, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
I thought I had submitted my draft back in October but apparently didn't do it correctly. So any ideas on how to do it? Thanks.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Clarkcoan ( talk • contribs) 19:21, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
I wrote Osaka movie theater fire, this was a horrible mass-murder in which sixteen people were murdered and nine injured. It is one of Japan's worst mass murders. But it now has a big banner on top say that it may not meet Wikipedia standards. Why? Fulmard ( talk) 18:36, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
I think I will just quit. Someone just went by the article and nuked an hour of my work and gutted it completely, removing many details I added. They were claiming I added external links, but I added citations, links to relevant news articles. They just popped on by into this article I made, rollbacked everything I did today, and posted on my talk. Hats off David Biddulph, hats off David, what a fine way to improve an encyclopedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fulmard ( talk • contribs) 20:53, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
Thank you Gene93k. But what is wrong with my citations? Why aren't they proper and need to be cleaned up? I put square brackets around the news links, and they show up in the text just like the other citations, they all have numbered brackets like [4], just like other citations. What is wrong with that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fulmard ( talk • contribs) 05:33, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
Fine. I read the links on references and edit summaries. I will try. Fulmard ( talk) 20:57, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
I tried to creat separate sections for Films and Television in Akshay Kumar filmography but not able to do that, and messed up to the dagger thing, if your a editor go on and fix that article, make to seperate sub-sections for Films & Television. Holland Tok ( talk) 19:53, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
Hello, Can anyone help me to start a wiki page for myself? I have been in multiple bands and still do radio. Thank you 2600:1702:30A0:96A0:4C8E:B12:DAD6:913A ( talk) 18:53, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
Even though I am a teahouse host, I am asking this question: Is there anything wrong with my draft? Draft:June 18-19 floods Severe storm 28 22:58, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
I notice there isn't a page for the experimental electronic artist Lauren Bousfield, but searching her name redirects to the page for her previous project Nero's Day at Disneyland. I'd like to make a page for her since NDAD is no longer active and hasn't been for some time, but I'm unsure of the best way to do this. Should I create a brand new page for her, or should I overhaul the NDAD page and use it for her biography instead? AphelionsGhost ( talk) 23:50, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
Hey there, folks. Recently I came across the TFA for July 6, 2017 which uses a now-deleted image. commons:File:Samantha Ruth Prabhu on the sets of "Eega".jpg was apparently deleted for lacking sufficient permission for usage. What should be done about this? Should it be replaced by another image from the article, removed altogether, or should it just stay the way it is? Alternatively replace it with some kind of note that the image has been removed from the site? What do you folks think? ArcticSeeress ( talk) 00:18, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
Hi this man is pretty famous in my city in Poland. I don't know why it says it's not written like an encyclopedia entry. I think it's straightforward and unbiased. He's a scholar and neurosurgeon, even in the national academy of sciences.
/info/en/?search=Draft:Zenon_Mariak 62.122.119.223 ( talk) 16:30, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
Seems kinda weird, what peacock terms were used? "Zenon Mariak is a Polish neurosurgeon, researcher, and professor who is currently head of the Department of Neurosurgery at the Medical University of Bialystok.[1][2] He previously served as the Deputy President of the Medical University of Bialystok.[3][4] He is a member of the Committee of Neurological Sciences at the 5th Faculty of Medical Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences.[3] Mariak was awarded an MD at the Medical University of Bialystok. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1995 from the Medical University of Bialystok.[3] Since August 2021, Mariak has served on the Council of Health Needs as a representative of the Podlaskie Province.[5] "
That's all the text aside from research. Reads like something out of a book or webpage entry — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.122.119.223 ( talk) 23:26, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
Does the topic "AP World History: Ancient" count as notable? Brian+urmom ( talk) 19:13, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
I decided to put this question up at the Teahouse, so that I could get opinions from many editors, and then make a consensus. I want to know which is better - Archiving talk pages, or removing content from talk pages. I would really be happy, if many editors comment on this topic. Thanks. ― Itcouldbepossible Talk 13:55, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
I've made a serious of compounding, arguable funny, errors. Sorry. Seeking help.
I accidentally created this page in the main space, instead of the draft space: /info/en/?search=Fire_classification
I realized shortly after that I'm wasting my time, as /info/en/?search=Fire_class exists and does it better.
I tried to move it to draft, but instead (accidentally) moved the talk page into the draft page. Sorry.
So I fixed that. A redirect remains.
And that redirect prevents me from moving tttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_classification to a draft version.
It might be best to just (speedy?) delete the article, it's probably going no where.
All help/advice is welcome. CT55555 ( talk) 01:00, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I am having trouble finding more in-depth sources for my draft about microbeats that were used on Bjork's album Vespertine. I have only found one that goes into depth about what they are, (citation 3 - Howe, Blake; Jensen-Moulton, Stephanie; Lerner, Neil; Straus, Joseph), and am having trouble finding more. How can I do this? /info/en/?search=Draft:Microbeats_(music) Jmaxx37 ( talk) 03:42, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
Hi. I think I've found a sockpuppet case (I knew about sockpuppetry after reading WP:SOCK). They are editing in same articles. I think their country is same. And their name is also same! What can I do now? Thanks. Firebanana ( talk) 04:47, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
I would like to know how to move from a sandbox article to a public wiki page where people can view my article? Do I need to autoconfirmed user? How many days does it require? How many edits need to be done? I need to publish an article.Thank you Ddayoungest ( talk) 04:52, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
How can I find the word count in a specific seciton of an article? Pete Best Beatles ( talk) 06:37, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
Hi, folks! Where would I find instructions for the syntax of variables, parameters, defaults, booleans and other logical expressions, etc., for Template coding? (Tag or Ping me) Eewilson ( talk) 05:03, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
... problem, at Muktainagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Chandrakant Nimba Patil is MLA of Shiv Sena but is shown as he's from BJP, it is wrong. [1] Holland Tok ( talk) 07:55, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
References
It clearly states in the Manual of Style/Film (Primary content:plot) "Do not include actors' names in plot summary...", so can I assume it's ok to summarily remove such names, as long as I leave an edit summary? Pete Best Beatles ( talk) 03:03, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
Hi, weird things are going on at Cédric_Gerbehaye. Specifically, a new editor has put an image there, which they've claimed is "own work", but simultaneously identified as "Portrait of Cedric Gerbehaye by Stephan Vanfleteren", listing the copyright as Vanfleteren's. So unless the editor is Vanfleteren, something's not right. It's also a somewhat unhappy situation because yesterday an IP editor changed the text extensively, claiming to be Cédric_Gerbehaye. I reverted and tried to explain conflict of interest (but it's hard to communicate with a dynamic IP) - they put it back, Discospinster reverted on grounds of it being promotional, and the entire text is back again now, from the new editor, who doesn't claim to be Gerbehaye. I was tempted to re-revert (there's no sourcing at all), but the picture needs removing from wikimedia if it's copyright, and I don't know how to request that, and I don't want to edit-war. I've left everything as it is at the moment. Elemimele ( talk) 10:50, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
Can people securely donate to Wikipedia via bank account instead of credit card, so Wikipedia can keep more (like 100%) of the donation? or is this not an option or can’t be done securely? thanks, - sri 108.45.155.49 ( talk) 03:43, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I will like to put a question when I really want to go further my scope of learning in Wikipedia, which is leadership. I was wondering how to become an admin in Wikipedia and how to apply for RFA as I will like to give this a try on going forward. If I become an admin, I will like to share some of my experiences (including some of my mistakes and etiquette) when I am promoted and will do my best of my abilities to make Wikipedia a difference. Sculture65 ( talk) 10:06, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
I want to ask if you provide me with the video that I asked to see them Loago Abotseng ( talk) 12:14, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
Hello,
I have been editing Wikipedia in multiple languages (although few) since around 2018 or so, but I honestly did not contributed a lot, and I still consider myself as a novice in being a Wikipedian. My problem here is not limited to English Wikipedia.
Ever since I noticed the disruptive edits and edit warring behavior on the Jun Matsumoto page around August 2021 or so, I offered some contributions to the said page. At the same time, I noticed that the said page also has the same problem in different languages' versions, so I have also attempted to make contributions to the page in 2 different languages that I know. During the process of contributing to the pages in the English and other languages' Wikipedia, I have also been receiving strange messages from IP address users on my User's talk page regarding the said page on the versions of Wikipedia that I edited in.
To elaborate on my problem with strange edits on multiple User Talk pages:
As I have been receiving constant strange messages about the same topic, I am considering about leaving this Wikipedia account and create a new one, as I very much want to continue providing contributions to Wikipedia, but I am still worried that I would still get such strange messages. Please let me know of any helpful advices regarding this matter.
Thank you. Suuuuuuzu 07:45, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
Hi, how can I add the wiki project banner to article talk pages? Is there a specific tool. I have seen many new pages without talk page banners stating which Wiki project it has come from. Itcouldbepossible Talk 07:41, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
How does someone make a new wiki page on here? MaxineJP ( talk) 19:04, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
I'm working on /info/en/?search=Grand_Bargain_(humanitarian_reform)
I just created a "further reading" section. Have I done it correctly, in terms of formatting (external links) and in terms of placement (below "see also" and above "references")? I know that external links go after references, but I don't know for "further reading" CT55555 ( talk) 14:18, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
Kiing36 Deletion
So how do i get my wiki page cause apparently i'm not allowed to create it myself? any help is greatly appreciated. Kiing36 ( talk) 13:25, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
I would like to add Music Video Awards won to the page and need assistance in editing the page correctly AnnieTruth ( talk) 17:21, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
50.254.130.186 ( talk) 19:04, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
Theres an IP editor who has included twitter as references for Mark Jenkinson, does WP:NOSOCIAL allow twitter? Don't want to start a edit war, would someone review this + give their views. Regards Devokewater (talk) 17:09, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
In Tanaji Malusare, infobox - unit, service brach written, I think it just lie 'cause in 16th century there was unit or service brach ? I don't know. Their is no citation behind these things. We have to remove these things or keep it. Holland Tok ( talk) 15:09, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
The primary aim of my contributions is to increase the awareness of significant Canadian public pension funds and their growing importance to beneficiaries and society in cost-effective pension fund investment management. My aim is not commercial in any respect. My draft attempts to introduce essential governance and client information for one of eight significant Canadian pension funds engaged in global intuitional investing. BCI's clients are all BC government agencies, boards or commissions, and many of the pension funds plans whose funds BCI manages are jointly-sponsored with public sector unions. The sources of my information are from BCI's annual reports and relevant BC laws. What other sources can one rely upon for the info I've posted? The draft contains a small amount of basic governance framework information, common to all public pension pages, and an important anatomical framing for other operational functions to be built upon. Admittedly, I could put the matter more succinctly. But, the information and presentation are similar to other Canadian public pension fund pages. MalpequeRoadie ( talk) 13:38, 28 December 2021 (UTC) MalpequeRoadie ( talk) 13:38, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
Hi @ MalpequeRoadie: and welcome. Thank you for your efforts, I encourage you to keep at it. I think some success is possible here. Here's my suggested roadmap for success:
1 - learn how to cite as per the Wikipedia software. It's easier (in my opinion) if you use visual editing. 2 - Articles go up if the content is "notable". Shorthand, if it appers in the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star or National Post, that's notable. Get three news references, and you're good. You need to focus first with the specifics of what is notable, what appeared in the news articles. So, google :he company in quotation marks and then filter to see "news", ignore all the "press release" and "newswire stuff and seek out the mainstream news coverage. For exaple:
I'd guess the big pension companies all made the news at some point and therefore careful time on google will get you there. CT55555 ( talk) 14:31, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
Hello and thank you for the input on one of my first articles. I'm working to try to improve it and have added a number of citations. I'd love any feedback. Thanks. Scratcher34 ( talk) 23:48, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
How to create other language for a topic and get approval. May I know what document is needed for the approval. The page in chinese is https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E8%B3%BD%E9%A6%AC%E6%9C%83%E7%A6%81%E6%AF%92%E8%B3%87%E8%A8%8A%E5%A4%A9%E5%9C%B0
JCDIC ( talk) 02:09, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
I'm confused about my Watchlist. In mid-December, four of my early edits (three minor) were highlighted on my Watchlist (and on my Contributions page also). Nothing happened to the edits at that time, and I think the highlights were automated. However, on Dec. 27 somebody tinkered with one of those edits (which is fine) but nothing appeared about it on my Watchlist at that time, although that page is definitely listed to be watched. I wonder how many other changes to my watched pages have been made that I've missed. Does this have anything to do with the Watchlist filters? Pete Best Beatles ( talk) 02:48, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
Curious question as I was bored and reading on WP:NCTR and under WP:FORBIDDEN, it stated that to substitute for < or any other characters that conflict with wiki markup or HTML syntax, alternative title should be used, often by replacing or removing it. But what if, removing it changes the meaning completely, such as with <3 (meaning heart), should Heart/heart be used in the article title or is it permissible in terms of guidelines/policies/MOS to swap out < for < (U+FF1C; Fullwidth Less-Than Sign) as I know the software won't have any issues parsing the Fullwidth Less-Than Sign. — Paper9oll ( 🔔 • 📝) 11:22, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
hello. ive been trying to edit the nina dobrev page regarding her nationality. and someone does not like to change the nationality, what i mean is that she should be bulgarian-born canadian actress because she is mainly born in bulgaria but raised in canada so that does not make her 100% canadian she has roots from where she came from. with that said. it should be bulgarian-born canadian actress and not canadian actress. thank you Agent11 ( talk) 04:14, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
looking for nhl attendence for the 1999-00 season 216.121.220.33 ( talk) 05:53, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
I need help writing my autobiography, I think it is bias and I need help from an outside perspective. Iannlpz ( talk) 09:10, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
2600:1700:8C93:1D0:9DA5:6A5A:1B6A:46B ( talk) 13:54, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
Hello,
I am a new writer, writing about personalities who are well known and done considerable amount of work. Can you help me on how I should write the articles and what details should be included in order to get the article verified ? Shcr96 ( talk) 15:32, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
This would be a short article about a rock band that is represented on Spotify, Apple Music and other platforms. It gets quite a few hits on Google, but as far as I know it doesn't exist on Wikipedia. Would this topic be notable? Anna Logi ( talk) 17:29, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
I'd like to create a "random article" button on my talk page (or use wiki-markup rather to just replicate what is in the upper left hand corner of my screen). I know that that button already exists, but I would like to replicate it if this is possible on my own talk page where I specifically call it out as being a really neat little button (or "trip" as I call it on my talk page). ♥ Th78blue (They/Them/Their • talk)♥ 07:34, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
I wish to incorporate this into an article for a subject that has numerous rich academic sources to back the subject matter up but I dont want to flood the article with citations. Is it okay to use the refn template to bundle the citations into one inline citation kind of like this [2] (note: those titles and quotes are random and were just used for testing). Thanks Aleena98 ( talk) 17:48, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
Courtesy link:
Draft:Rapid7
I'm a first time contributor and my draft article was rejected saying WP: TOOSOON. When drafting the article, I cited independent sources including newspaper articles. How can I make it more robust to be approved?
JVJD (
talk)
18:48, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
Hello! I am a new editor (account has existed for a while, recently decided to actually use it) and am starting out by doing some basic copyediting. I've been trying to work on some articles from the list of articles needing copyediting on the community portal and have been tidying up some of the spelling and grammar, but some of them seem to have a ton of other issues (for example, Mata Bhani -- no inline citations, reads like a speech or a story, not NPOV). I'm wondering what I should be doing in this situation when I don't feel up to the task of fixing all these issues -- do I tidy the grammar as best I can and move on? Do I notify someone/add a new template to the top? I'm invested now in having these articles fixed but honestly some of them seem to need to be scrapped and rewritten and I don't feel experienced enough yet to do that. Thank you in advance! RDvor ( talk) 08:13, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
Hello, the draft for an article (Saulo Oliveira S.) has been declined to be an article because the rewier insist that it is paid promotion when its not. The content that covers the subject is legit. How to get the draft turned into article with a situation like that? He is just assuming that the coverage is not reliable when the artist did not paid for that. Princeofrockcontact ( talk) 00:13, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
Several IP addresses from a similar location seem to be deliberately and repeatedly trying to reduce the quality of the article Squirrel Scouts (The Scout Association) Llewee ( talk) 22:33, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
indiannavyofficialfanpage This is the best indian Navy Fans Page on instagram and other social media's Can Wikipedia accept it and upload to search engines. Arjunvarmaina ( talk) 15:53, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
@ GoingBatty Thank You For Your Suggestions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arjunvarmaina ( talk • contribs) 23:26, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
If I am a famous celebrity and I have a Wikipedia page and evidence that I am the subject of the article, can I edit it if I see mistakes that I know for sure aren't true about me? What are the etiquettes of this scenario? Hgh1985 ( talk) 20:41, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
Hi, I wish to add a new topic named Libation Formula, and created a draft. However, someone erased it. Should I give a more specific name? Thanks, Jan Jangpbest ( talk) 13:53, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
True. The divinity, according to the paper is Semitic, and corresponds to Ashera pole. I will add it. Jangpbest ( talk) 10:15, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
Hi, Nothing seems to be happening. Jangpbest ( talk) 00:28, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
Wotsehstry,murningory Wotsehstry,murningory ( talk) 01:29, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
Is this considered a reliable source? I can't find some biographical details mentioned on this website anywhere else.
https://www.thepeerage.com/p44639.htm Ficaia ( talk) 02:09, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
I have identified what appears to be an intentionally false statement within an article. Reading about handling of hoaxes, it seems to indicate that an administrator is needed to take the appropriate action (which is fine with me). I've written the hoax up at Talk:Sagebrush lizard § Apparent hoax How do I request an administrator to process it? Fabrickator ( talk) 02:56, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
I know Wikipedia isn't a social media network, but isn't it possible for me to privately message another user? I've never thought about that, that's why I'm asking. Thanks! Hgh1985 ( talk) 06:43, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
Hello, Teahouse hosts! I have an etiquette and best-practice question.
I sometimes do automated processing of Wikipedia (from offline dumps, don't worry, I'm not loading the server).
In the course of this automated processing, I frequently discover slight structural unsoundness in Wikipedia's category labeling. In one example since corrected by another user, the Hungarian Ladies Open used to be a member of Category:Engie and thus transitively a member of Category:Electric power companies of France.
I have fixed a handful of such issues, such as this example of a chronologist being categorized as a chronology, or this case of an article about a particular term being categorized as a glossary of terms. But before I go changing more of what appear to me to be bad categorizations all over the place, perhaps I should ask: is this welcome? Or am I pursuing a foolish consistency? If it is welcome, is there anything I should be cautious of in order to make these edits politely, or to avoid attracting negative attention? Zack112358 ( talk) 00:07, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
Edit: fix category links that inadvertently placed this page in the mentioned categories! Now I see how this happens! Zack112358 ( talk) 00:12, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
I'm interested in helping monitor for vandalism, but have found the tools available to me lacking:
I've done a fair amount of reading and searching, but can't seem to find anything that just lets me browse and filter recent changes with an efficient UI for quickly stepping through those changes in order. How do other people do this? Smcpeak74 ( talk) 14:00, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
Uncheck "Group results by page" under the option menu that has the gear option on the right. I've also been befuddled by this in the past but when you click the link that Justiyaya provided above, it's changing that setting for you. Alyo ( chat· edits) 21:07, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
Closing the loop on my original question, the suggestion by User:Nick Moyes to enable Navigation popups ( Preferences → Gadgets → Browsing → Navigation popups) mostly resolves my issue, because one can then mouse over the list of diffs one at a time to quickly review them. Each popup only takes about a second to appear, has a concise display of the change, and disappears easily too. However, note that the Recent Changes page has an option (in the gear menu) to "group results by page", and that option affects whether the "diff" links are in a consistent place on the page horizontally, and hence easily mouseable in succession. Thank you all for the help! Smcpeak74 ( talk) 07:58, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
Hi, user Rusalkii wrote a note on my page Draft:Jean Vigoureux about how some of the pictures are probably Public Domain. I believe she is correct about the three family pictures from 1915, 1920, and 1925 but when I was uploading pictures I was so nervous about making mistakes that I thought I was making the “safe” decision by picking “own work” so that I would be connected to the pictures. But Wiki Commons won’t allow you to make changes - so now I don’t know what to do. (UTC) Vigartjam ( talk) 18:45, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
Thank you, @ColinFine for your advice. Vigartjam ( talk) 19:33, 29 December 2021 (UTC) Sorry, @Rusalkii, I’ll change it to “she” - and thank you so much for your help! Vigartjam ( talk) 19:33, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
Thank you, @Cullen328. I shall do so. Vigartjam ( talk) 08:09, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
Deep Rising is a free digital comic I helped finance 5 years back. It was created by professionals, but financed by fans and released for free. My question is, would this be deemed notable, so it is worth creating an article about it?
Reasons it may be deemed notable:
Tweets from Julian Gollop (creator of XCOM) and the official 2K Games XCOM Twitter account.
The comic can be viewed or downloaded here: http://comic.strategycore.co.uk/
I notice commercial comics series has entries in Wikipedia, but since this was a one off project and not commercial, I would appreciate your guidance. Iolalog ( talk) 18:18, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
The only mentions beyond the tweets, a few quotes from the likes of Jake Solomon and some fan sites were these:
So, based on this, what do you think? A minor mention in the existing XCOM article, or not notable? I just think it is a shame that the awesome work or such great artists is seen by so few. Iolalog ( talk) 01:36, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I wrote a draft of an article last year on a Georgian-era school for girls in Sunderland, UK. The article was declined because it lacked a diversity of sources and notability. I have improved the article in my sandbox and would like to resubmit it. I'm hoping someone could advise the best way of going about that. I am not sure whether I should talk with the editor who declined the draft or whether perhaps someone here could take a look? Thanks. Tenuous tree ( talk) 09:35, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
hi. i am working on the page for East_Gate,_British_Columbia and noticed that in the title they put a space between the east and the gate. it is acually spelled like eastgate. how can i correct this. i cannot find a wat to edit titles? Edpf06 ( talk) 09:59, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
Hello Dear, Wikipedia Team {{unblock|reason=Hope you doing well, I face some issue. Whenever I make a Wikipedia pages. Here the user deletes again and again.}}
I was learning Wikipedia for a few years. I had made some mistakes while learning from me. Since then they have put my IP in the block. Now I have learned Wikipedia well. Now you unblock me.
I had made 2 movies pages....Now I can't edit. Thank You! Indiasafira ( talk) 02:06, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
<nowiki>...</nowiki>
tags to your post so we can read your issue, as the {{
unblock}} template is not appropriate here. I see that another editor reached out to you at
User talk:Indiasafira, and I hope you continue the conversation there. Thanks!
GoingBatty (
talk)
04:30, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
The decline of the ' Draft:Sadashib (Fictional Character)' really doesn't make any sense, as I think it is of course eligible for being published as an article, without an iota of doubt. It is well-cited and contain enough amount of information, more of which will be added soon. I would rather argue that only a person with a little knowledge in Bengali literature can understand who this adventure-mongering fictional character is, even others can by searching it through the web. To be honest, it was really astounding for me that this character did not have an article earlier. Anyway, this draft may have some problems in the reference and notes list. If any helpful editor can correct those, please do so. Any kind of advice regarding the draft will be welcomed. Also, if possible, please tell me whether this draft is actually eligible for getting published. More info will be added to it soon. Michri michri ( talk) 10:00, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
My "simple" question relates to "reverts" etc. I am a regular on the "recent changes" page as a "recent changes patroller." Reverting vandalism, along with extensive "gnome"-like work, is really what gives me the greatest pleasure in "adding value" however I can to the great encyclopedia. One thing that I'd like to ask relates to reverts, and when they can and can not possibly be made. You'd think that with 12,000+ edits, I would know this, but sometimes I just like to check my own knowledge too. So what is apparent to me, is that if someone makes an edit to a page/article, whatever, you can revert that edit (or rollback a bunch of consecutive edits if you have that perm and if all the edits were made by the same editor and all made consecutively), but what happens if ANOTHER editor were to then jump in, and vandalize or otherwise even make a POSITIVE edit to the same article before you have your chance to revert. What exactly happens then? I don't think I ever much paid attention to that aspect, or it doesn't happen too often for me. Most of the time, when I need to make an revert, I am either able to make the revert, or someone else "beats" me to it (which is fine of course), but I'm curious mostly if a revert is then not able to be made (and thus needs to be done MANUALLY) in what instances? Also, I'd extend my question to differing parts of a page. If one edit is near the top of an article and in a completely different section from another, would a revert be possible (not referring to manual reverts which are always possible, but the "button" based revert)? Or is it only "blocked" or "not possible" due to a "conflict" if/when ANOTHER editor comes in and edits the SAME section on TOP of the previous vandalizing editor?
Trying to really hone my skills and knowledge. Thank you all! ♥ Th78blue (They/Them/Their • talk)♥ 07:11, 30 December 2021 (UTC) ♥ Th78blue (They/Them/Their • talk)♥ 07:11, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
Hi everyone, I am a new user. I have a problem. Whenever I am creating a new article, it is automatically converting to draft after some time. I am making notable article. But it is automatically converting to draft after some time. Please help me. Blue Mango Juice ( talk) 14:03, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
On most people's Wikipedia pages, it will say for example;
"Amy Lou Adams (born August 20, 1974) is an American actress"
or
"Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, broadcaster,..."
So are 'American' and 'English' in these sentences representing these peoples nationalities, their citizenships, ethnicities, cultures, ancestries or something else?
I've always been under the impression it was representing nationality, but after a back and forth of edits I'm not sure anymore. NotIranian ( talk) 12:56, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
Greetings! I'm starting to pursue a career in proofreading and eventually copyediting. Would I solicit my services to individual authors or is there another way to find opportunities? Gingerbreadgal ( talk) 14:15, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
If my edit doesn't have my username, how can people know who was responsible for it? I put nothing additional in Talk, since the edit, only 2 sentences, said it all. Also, there were no references, since the logic was so simple no reference should be necessary, or perhaps even possible; the logic of my edit basically was "A must have property B for C to be true, and C is necessary for the proof to be valid, but later A was changed to not have property B, but C was still assumed to be true." The article the edit was in is "Original proof of Gödel's completeness theorem". The exact edit can be found in the article's edit History section. Also, Justiyaya, who told me in an email link the foregoing reasons for the reversion, strongly suggested that I not attempt to add my edits back in, but rather attempt to improve another article on Wikipedia. Why shouldn't I add it back if I omit my username and maybe add, mostly just to please those who removed the edit and partially as a joke, some references to logic texts or, say, Aristotle? (On another site complaining about my lack of references, I did mention adding a particular advanced logic book, and also a set theory book.) I am working in a PC, & not VisualEditor. Dirsaka ( talk) 15:47, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
I recently worked on this article and added citations and edited some stuff. I think now this article should be promoted to C-Class (or maybe b). Excellenc1 ( talk) 15:33, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
I just recently submitted an article about Music Blocks, a visual programming language for music. Its development began in 2015. The draft is /info/en/?search=Draft:Music_Blocks
I used the article about /info/en/?search=Snap!_(programming_language) as a template for the Music Blocks article. I am told that Github, Amazon, and YouTube are not reliable resources. As for Github, I find that using it as a reference is unavoidable as the code and the user guide is published on GitHub (and referenced similarly to Snap article). As for Amazon, the article is a scholarly article but is self-published by Gary Stager, who is well known within Constructionism Pedagogy circles. I wish it were made available outside of Amazon, but that is where it is for now. As for YouTube, I could remove it but it does represent the source of the very first workshops and they are by no means "advertising" in nature. Plus the videos are published by the school that hosted the Constructionism conference that year, not by any interested party.
Please advise to how I might be able to utilize the references. The Github and (book sold on Amazon) are, in particular, very important.
Or should I just reference the book the following way (instead of pointing to Amazon)?
Bender and Ulibarri. Number Eleven: Make a Music Box. Twenty Things to Do with a Computer Forward 50: Future Visions of Education Inspired by Seymour Papert and Cynthia Solomon’s Seminal Work. Stager and Pang. 2021.
I would also like to make clear that I do not profit off the sale of that book in any way. In fact, I have been trying to make our article available outside of the book. That being said, it is a peer-reviewed publication, and thus helpful as a 3rd-party reference.
Thank you in advance! Remakemusic ( talk) 20:31, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
Hoping to get some guidance on how to publish an article about Christeena Riggs - a singer/actress who has performed in many Broadway shows. Jdriggs001 ( talk) 21:00, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
Hi all,
Just wondering if there anything than can be done about a user called Mutt Lunker because they are reverting all my edits including those which are undoubtably helpful including additions of local maps to info boxes and such. Not sure what his problem is. Could anyone advise how to get him banned or at least have him leave my edits alone?
Thanks in advance for your help with this matter.
Metrosteve ( talk) 16:04, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
Update - He has stated I should appeal a block but I haven’t been blocked so don’t understand!
Metrosteve — Preceding unsigned comment added by Metrosteve ( talk • contribs)
Thanks. Would you please be able to tell me how I could go about doing this? Wasn’t sure it would be seen as edit warring if I’m restoring my edits which are being removed without reason. Metrosteve ( talk) 18:23, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
Can anyone please guide whether GSK's licensing should be changed from non-free to "PD-ineligible-USonly" license to make it usable on other articles like GSK's subsdirectries etc. because entire logo contains only simple coloured oval shape with gsk text in it which can easily fall under fall under this ineligibility requirements. Wallu2 ( talk) 19:33, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
Is there a way for me to request a deletion for all files uploaded by a user (blocked one)? All the files were uploaded to Wikipedia and are copyright violations with no fair use rationale. Ue3lman ( talk) 07:10, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
Is thi connected to a list compiled by Platonk at User:Platonk/sandbox/pjt1? The articles listed were created by two accounts later tagged as sockpuppetry. Or is copyright violation a separate issue involving another account? David notMD ( talk) 10:18, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
My AfC - Draft:Summertown Stars AFC- got decline due to a lack of notability. Albeit, there are many articles by the Oxford Mail and other newspapers in that ilk. What shall I do to get it accepted? Peartree42 ( talk) 21:14, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
How do we establish the relevance of a certain source for an article? as I assumed if the soruce is related to the article's context and gives a broader view then it is relevant, however, I got in a discussion with another editor with a narrower idea for what is considered relevant for an article and I was wondering if there are any guidelines for the relevance of a source?
Are there any guidelines about the length of summaries as well? I don't think that we should write an essay but I believe that the more is presented the better, however one should only capture the essentials. And when it comes to oversimplifcation to the point of misrepresntation versus more text I believe the latter is the better. I made an edit of about 8 rows from a single source and was told that is too long. If you could provide me with any WP guidelines related to this I would appreciate it. TheGoldAge ( talk) 19:15, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
I remember that an edit where I deleted a link that violated the MOS, and Asher Heimermann reverted it (And called it "vandalism".)
Then even more users started reverting it, causing a MASSIVE edit war that several other users joined in on, until I was eventually blocked. After my block, however, someone came to quickly remove that overlink.
The page was Miller Brewing Company. What should happen to Asher? He clearly loves violating the MOS. (was back in July (I think) on an old IP) 94.21.147.201 ( talk) 14:32, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
I think you misunderstood something, "America link" means to over-link a nationality, specifically to over-link it to a country page. -- 94.21.147.201 ( talk) 15:08, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
Just want to ask. Why did Asher revert it in the first place? Should he have not done it, i wouldn't have been blocked in October. -- 94.21.147.201 ( talk) 16:49, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
Hi there,
Over on the talk page for Template:Infobox musical artist, I started a discussion about changing the requirements for the "associated acts" parameter, and, after some brief discussion, another user started a separate discussion about removing the parameter altogether. The consensus for that seemed to very clearly in favor of removing it, as there were five Yes votes, three Replace votes, four votes for both Yes and Replace, one No objection vote, and only two No votes. Although consensus is not solely based on a head count, both of the No votes address issues that would be resolved if we were to replace the parameter.
I came here to ask about two things. Firstly, do I have to notify anyone before I close the discussion and conclude that the consensus was to make the "associated acts" parameter deprecated and replace it with other, more specific parameters? Secondly, can I just remove the parameter and put the new ones discussed by editors in the documentation, or is there some separate channel I have to go through in order to do that since the parameter is so widely used? Thanks. benǝʇᴉɯ 22:15, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
I have access to an article published in a journal which is from my understanding, only available in print and is not in many libraries. It's also in Japanese. I assume very few readers of the article would both have access to the journal and can read Japanese. I found
WP:FOOTQUOTE, but I'm unsure how to attribute my own translated quotes in a reference. I used shortened footnotes for the page, and it would normally be [Name], [Year], p. [Page]: "A quote."
. However, I'm unsure where to insert the translation in this footnote. At the end? Do I need to include some translation disclaimer?
RoseCherry64 (
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21:04, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
Would I be oversighted if I posted my age on Wikipedia? I don't know many other places to post this. – AssumeGoodWraith ( talk | contribs) 12:37, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
CriticalTheory
The article Critical Theory is terribly weak yet appears at the top of (my own, at least) Google searches on the subject and is thereby a very bad reference. I am not sure it is editable in its current form. It's weakness seems to stem from the fact that it addresses two things with a very similar name - I am not sure if this is a disambiguation problem as I am not an experienced editor. Some people have made good points on the article Talk page. Essentially, Critical Theory (capitalised) is a very specific thing; it refers to scholars and ideas associated with The Frankfurt School. Using the term uncapitalised opens scope for almost anything to be described as a critical theory. The article tries to cover both but comes completely unstuck as they are two different things (if the latter is really a single thing at all). One solution might be to merge Critical Theory (caps) with the Frankfurt School article but again I am not sure if this is in order according to Wikipedia rules. Emmentalist ( talk) 08:55, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for this, @Maproom I see what you mean about the Game Theory article. It seems to be a wider problem, where a specific idea gets expanded in the term's usage then the new and much less clear usage becomes commonly employed across the media. I don't know if there's room to separate the specific usage from the other sometimes? Perhaps, as I mentioned with The Frankfurt School, Critical Theory could be merged with that? I'll leave it for now and see if anyone comes into the Talk page too. All the best, Emmentalist ( talk) 10:39, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
Are genealogy websites like Geni.com reliable or not. Can I use them as reference or not? NewManila2000 ( talk) 05:43, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
Thank you very much. NewManila2000 ( talk) 11:00, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
File:Sdcapture.png- I have uploaded this file. Please check whether it breaches copyright issues, if it does, please delete it, if not, then also please inform me. Michri michri ( talk) 11:05, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
I want to add a photograph, showing William McCracken driving the Twyford replica into the Jefferson County History Museum. Ken Burkett, the director of the museum, told me he is willing to give me permission to add the photograph. What does Ken Burkett need to do to let you know he has given me permission? KristonScott ( talk) 14:01, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
More a request than a question, but an answer would be most welcome? I have Finished creating (and recreating) all the stations that Athens Proastiakos calls at, and upgraded the existing ones... many had been deleted some years past as they both failed the minimal standards of Wikipedia and were created using sockpuppets, so my 'recreating' statement only stems from the use of the article name, not its content... nonetheless, the stations that also have metro services I have left, as I'm not sure how to approach, some advice, help or someone to take on this challenge would be welcome? thank you The Emperor of Byzantium ( talk) 14:05, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
Hi there,
I was told the draft for Dr Sean Bush was /info/en/?search=Draft:Sean_Bush meets the Wikipedia Notability for Academia by Wiki Admin Jim (Cullen328), however, he asked it to be reviewed by a topic expert and someone in the science and academia group or ask for help through the TeaHouse. I've reached out to several folks but have not heard back. Can someone point me to an editor that could help in this area?
Much appreciated, Nicole Beansalad3 ( talk) 22:53, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
Thanks, Nicole Beansalad3 ( talk) 05:13, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
I do not know Dr. Bush personally or professionally. I have an interest in envenomation and have been a big fan of his since Venom ER. I found the pictures online through fan sites, Twitter accounts, articles or from his own accounts that he has open to the public. I then went back to the source of the image as it was listed to use on his Wiki page. The Venom ER image is the image he uses for his Twitter profile but it can also be found in the series. Nicole Beansalad3 ( talk) 15:16, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
Greetings to all. Happy New Year and all the best wishes, I wish to know how can I activate BOT control if I wish to add some bibliography or book to an article in case it has some broken links or something like to fix it. Theonewithreason ( talk) 31.December 2021 (UTC)
216.16.86.127 ( talk) 15:05, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
How do I accurately reply to a message from another user answering my very question on this page in the edit source, I see it says add four tilades in follow-up comments but I don't know exactly what that means, sorry I'm still new to editing Wikipedia and any help will be deeply appreciated. Hgh1985 ( talk) 02:53, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
~) to follow up a comment. you can do that by pressing the appropriate button on your keyboard, or just pressing the "Sign your posts on talk pages:
~~~~
" button in the bottom. happy editing!
melecie
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03:16, 31 December 2021 (UTC)Do articles that have a semi protected or higher editing protection lock tend to have more accurate information since they are as a result less likely to be vandalize edited? Hgh1985 ( talk) 02:36, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
Please help! :) I corrected a couple BLP, NPOV and factual errors on https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mew I explain all my edits, often creating sections on the talk page. In most cases, previous editors had misinterpreted passages from a good reliable secondary source which only discussed some keu details vaguely, and I have supplemental with secondary sources which contain more detail and the definitive primary source for the matter in question. Or course, anyone is welcome to review my work but that is not what I came here for:
The problem is that my device and browser configuration doesn't really work for editing, and in one or two places you will
see the text on the main page going like th
is, and I have been unable to fix it using my device and browser configuration. It should only take moments for a helpful volunteer to fix?
Thanks!
VorsprungDurchReden (
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21:10, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
How can a new article be created organically, if one person doesn’t have the time / resources / knowledge to do so?
Example: There was a gap in information on Wikipedia regarding this topic, so I added whatever information and references I could find over the course of several hours in the hopes that, over time, others would add/improve it a bit at a time and add additional information/references as is done with more established articles.
The ‘Draft’ namespace doesn’t seem ideal for collaboration amongst temporally-separated contributors, for example, since it threatens auto-deletion after 3/6 months and isn’t linked automatically from the main Wikipedia ‘this article doesn’t exist’ page.
[If ‘Draft’ articles had an indefinite lifespan, this wouldn’t be such an issue, but why would a casual contributor wish to spend any significant amount of their limited time on content that may be deleted without being seen by anyone in the future.
Imagine if the ‘this article doesn’t exist’ page contained a list of ‘draft articles previously submitted for this topic’ - if the information existed somewhere, then future searchers (maybe many years later), could easily survey that ‘graveyard’ and perhaps create something useful from parts plucked from various submissions.]
If several experts have a small bit of time over the course of several years to add to a topic, but no one person has the time / knowledge to create a fully-formed article ‘out of the gate’, is that a barrier to enter that will prevent well-meaning folks from sharing their knowledge and energy?
(It can take _hours_ of time just to learn the proper way to license an image or properly redirect a page, for example. That kind of learning curve may be fine for experienced editors, but is off-putting for well-meaning people who might be willing to share tiny bits of their labor over time for the public good.) Jim Grisham ( talk) 21:00, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
{{
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to reply to a user or {{
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just to mention their username; either method will send them a notification if they have these enabled.
Help:Template explains wikitext templates in general.
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23:59, 31 December 2021 (UTC)I want to have a wikipedia article that uses my name and has my personal BIO removed from the wiki website. I gave no one permission to post my name or my personal information to Wikipedia. How do I get the whole article removed so searching my name does not allow for it to show up on Wikipedia? LGRYTHM ( talk) 08:42, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
Nick Moyes ( talk) 09:56, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
Dear Sir, please describe me, why decline my every post. Devendradk ( talk) 11:20, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
In the 7th reference in the article Encanto (film) it says there is a external link in the title, but I do not see where it is. ― Kaleeb18 TalkCaleb 14:41, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
Greetings everyone, I that someone has added the "This user page is currently inactive and is retained for historical reference." template to my userpage. I can't find it in the source of the page, and I can't find the possible edit that leads to the template's addition. Help is appreciated. Signed, Pichemist ( Talk) 13:58, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
{{
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instead.Hello! I've been editing the Borax wikipedia page and I am not sure how to get CheMoBot to verify the chembox? Or what frequency if it waits for a period before validating? Thank you! Persona.californica ( talk) 02:24, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
Happy New Year, everyone at WP and WMF!! I want to propose to WP Admins to create a redirect template for sponsored names, especially for sports competitions with sponsored names like the EFL Cup, which was previously the Carling Cup, the Carabao Cup and La Liga, sometimes known as La Liga Santander. I want to argue that to me the "alternative name" rcat template is not heping in that regard - which might skyrocket abusive editing and vandalism. And the other one: I want to create portals for the topics which interested me to start my WP life like how the Disney portal got created and has grown beyond grown! I've read the WP Portals but I need more. I asked this on my talk page but a contributor refered me here!! Polygork ( talk) 12:20, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
Hoo boy…
2021… was a year…
With less than 4 hours left until the new year of 2022, how have you contributed to Wikipedia this past year? For all I know, I joined here and made over 1,000 edits.
Also, if this question is not appropriate here, feel free to revert my edits. Thank you. — 3PPYB6 — TALK — CONTRIBS — 20:32, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
Trurays is shortly become an leading company in organic products and will make an new revolution in the field of Organic products. All the products listed in trurays.com are handpicked and assured quality on each step before packing and delivering. The owner Sukh Sandhu , Navjot singh and Mandeep singh are three hardworking and ambitious person to grow their company within days.They doesn't have any political or buisness background but their way to deliver organic and pure spices and veges to public is simply hats off. Sukhsandhus ( talk) 17:04, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
A female musician on my favorite record label (Stones Throw Records) does not have her own Wikipedia page. Many of her male counterparts have a Wikipedia page with much fewer references. I included over 24 sources, most of which are direct interviews with the artist, or articles about the artist herself - NOT passing mentions. Very quickly I recieved the following response:
The article was rejected for the following reasons: This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.
Can anybody help me out? Thanks in advance! Misskinski ( talk) 15:54, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
Apologies for the misuse of pages vs. articles, English isn't my first language and I was using Wikipedia in German originally. There are not only interviews, but articles as well. Press releases were not included in my edits. Interviews, however, are generally not something an artist would put out themselves (ie. if Rolling Stone writes about her as an artist, and includes two questions she has answered, surely this cannot count as something the person published themselves, just because they are mentioned in it?) Misskinski ( talk) 16:19, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
Misskinski ( talk) 16:46, 1 January 2022 (UTC) Thank you so much for the valuable feedback, I mistakenly thought "the more the better", but I will make amends on this, and focus on leaving the most notable references heavy on secondary sources (and leave out more of the interview ones from less notable sites).
The Right or Far Right is rooted in the belief that individual has rights granted by their creator and not by a government, which is just meant to protect those rights. The further right you go along the left right spectrum, you get to anarchy or a stateless society. The further left you go, you get to communism, fascism, socialism, where all power is vested in the state and none in the individual. This is why it's laughable to label Fascism as far right considering it is a left wing authoritarian philosophy invented by devout socialists and had little or no meaningful differences to any of the socialist regimes that sprung up at the same time. All were collectivist authoritarian regimes where power was vested in the state and not the individual.
Neo Nazism is also not far right. The Nazis were socialists, as their name details, so how could a Neo Nazi be on the right side of the political spectrum? And how is racism, nativism, or xenophobia a far right belief when you can find it all over the world, even in places like North Korea or Vietnam, which cannot be called Right Wing. These are ideas held by humans of all stripes, so it appears this definition is really just a political smear by left wing editors and not an attempt to share knowledge. StevenBorris ( talk) 20:49, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
Are there circumstances in which a short description is considered unnecessary on WP? Thank you, 184.19.98.82 ( talk) 18:38, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
If a website has a database search but the results don't have any change to the url, is there a way to cite it?
Example: http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/frame.htm Flurrious ( talk) 19:04, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
My first effort at a new article has been declined [Edit: not rejected]. [ [3]] I did my best to make it as objective as possible and provided links to reliable sources (for all but one point). However, I was told it had “peacock terms.” Well, I’m describing a new type of psychiatric emergency room that has been proven to be better than the old type, and have links to reliable sources (published scientific papers and media accounts) to prove it. Would someone take a look, tell me where the problem is, and how to fix it? I’m convinced this topic is notable enough for inclusion. Thanks. PapayaSF ( talk) 07:32, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
Thank you! I did not even know that was a distinction. I hope others can help, because I really believe this topic is important. PapayaSF ( talk) 20:13, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
Hi! I've been trying to get one of my country's entrepreneur's page published, but it has been thrice rejected for not having references that show "significant coverage". So far, I've added 22 citations which range from podcasts to interviews and news posts, but apparently, that's still not enough. Kindly guide me through this process, as I want this page published in the near future.
/info/en/?search=Draft:Muhammad_Nowkhaiz is the draft link. (Entrepreneur's name is Muhammad Nowkhaiz)
Regards. Toofllab ( talk) 18:42, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
Thank you both for the constructive feedback! I must admit I'm relatively inexperienced when it comes to writing new articles, but I'm sure I'll use this experience to learn and improve my shortcomings. I'll also try to craft the article in a way that is in line with the guidelines. Cheers! Toofllab ( talk) 20:40, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
I need some help. I want to know if Medal of Honor citations are public domain. For example I created the page Edward J. Houghton and the citation provided on the page List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: G–L is incomplete. Would I be allowed to use the citations from [ [4]] or [ [5]]? I have seen many shortened citations but also many complete citations. Thanks in advance. Gandalf the Groovy ( talk) 19:12, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
I have been being messaged by an IP (who I believe is 107.127.53.63). The user from this IP has been canvassing me to make edits on the horror film article on the English wikipedia through various wikis including the Simple English one: [6] (where they are banned over several accounts an IPs) example 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Outside me, they have harassed almost anyone they find editing the articles (example here), and asking bots to make changes on other talk pages here. Since then, they have messaged me through other wikis where I can't even report them as I'm not a registered users on those wikis here. I've tried posting about them on the other wiki's they have messaged me on like the Simple English one, and they have been banned there on several accounts, but I can't report them in the Spanish wiki as I'm not a registered user there (I also have little not knowledge of the language!) I've tried suggesting a global ban as well, but that page appears to be locked down. is there anything I can do? I've tried ignoring them but as they spam so much I get about 20 emails a day sometimes from them. Andrzejbanas ( talk) 22:44, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
Where can I find it? 162.72.76.180 ( talk) 01:25, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
The wikipedia page for a family member of mine (Bill Swartley) contains information I know with absolute certainty to be inaccurate, and I would like to correct it, but I don't have any sources to cite. I know that on wikipedia you're generally only supposed to change information if you have a reputable source to cite, but in this case it's very basic information, and the current (incorrect) information on the page also lacks adequate citations. Is it okay to just put in the information I know is correct? I have corroborated the facts in person with multiple family members, and would only like to correct basic information like country of birth (Bill was American, not Canadian). Would that comply with the rules for editing wikipedia? Noah31415 ( talk) 04:45, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
Here is the page in question: /info/en/?search=Bill_Swartley
Hi I’m trying to add content to pages for movies. For example Adam Stockhausen was the Production Designer on The Grand Budapest Hotel though he is not credited where other roles are. When I try to add it I’m given a warning in red saying,
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox film with unknown parameter "production design"
Any ideas on how to solve an unknown parameter issue?
I think Production Design should be acknowledged equally to Cinematography, Editing and Music which are already recognised. Production Design and the Art Department certainly contributes as much to a film as these categories.
It is important to note that the Art Department, headed by the Production Designer, is responsible for not only the entire design but also the set decoration, props, construction, scenic painting, greens, vehicles and graphics. Essentially everything seen on screen other than cast. Joetiernanart ( talk) 02:35, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
When you use the visual editor to change an article, you have the option to view the change with a graphical diff. When changing layout especially, this graphical diff is easier to interpret than a source diff. Is there some way to see this kind of display on any random historical edit instead of just one you're about to publish with the visual editor? Sennalen ( talk) 23:23, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
How do I protect a wikipedia page. Wikipedia told that on top there is a protect button but I searched and I don't have a protect button anywhere. Ijick ( talk) 11:38, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I was in the process of creating one article today in draft mode, but suddenly it disappeared. How can I retrieve it? The article was not completed. Jhrsdu ( talk) 12:38, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
I submitted a page called Draft:Big Stove and it was declined for not having enough sources. I researched a few other articles for resourses that music artists use, and mine are very similar to some current artist pages like; Ray Cash. I am trying to understand what types of reliable articles are needed for music artists, since the ones that I used were denied credibility? Or is it since the artist article was done so long ago, the rules required has changed since then? M.stoverceo ( talk) 04:23, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
Hi. Is there any way to change my username? Thanks. Carplet ( talk) 15:17, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
103.225.244.31 ( talk) 13:21, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
I need some advice about creating a page about a non-profit organization I founded (Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine). I no longer have any financial ties to the organization, and clearly I have a conflict of interest as the group's founder, but if I don't create the page, I'm not sure who can or who would. I did submit a draft page, which was written from a neutral viewpoint, but the page was deleted, citing the COI policies. I see that there are commercial Wikepedia editors for hire - is this the only route?
I believe it would be worthwhile and important for a Wikipedia page on the organization to exist, because diagnosis and diagnostic error are important issues for us all, and this organization is the only one focused on the problem of diagnostic error in healthcare. This is a quote from an authoritative review of diagnostic error by the National Academy of Medicine (US): “It is likely that most of us will experience at least one diagnostic error in our lifetime, sometimes with devastating consequences.” https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26803862/
Thanks for any suggestions on how to move forward with this.... Mark L Graber MLGraber ( talk) 15:11, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
Science journal articles almost always have co-authors, and sometimes the list is lengthy. There is a ref option to not display all co-authors, but the full list is often in the ref, just not displayed. Ever wonder what the record is? I just came across "Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)" PMID No. = 26799652. The guideline has more than 2,000 co-authors. David notMD ( talk) 11:08, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
I want to copy text from a publication by the Florida Department of State. This is the page:
https://dos.myflorida.com/media/693491/great_floridians_pdf.pdf
This brochure has no copyright statement or anything concerning needing permission to copy or reprint. I'm pretty sure it is not only public domain but was intended to be so.
If so, how can I avoid it getting bot flagged as a violation. Thank you. deisenbe ( talk) 12:09, 2 January 2022 (UTC) deisenbe ( talk) 12:09, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
The following article has a superfluos "of" in its URL: /info/en/?search=Technical_University_of_Bergakademie_Freiberg
It should be "Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg", see also the article content itself which uses the correct name. As I've never renamed articles before and I'm aware that it might have side effects, I thought I better ask here first. Thanks! MancMay ( talk) 15:53, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/?title=Little_Aston&oldid=1063353128...ahame it's an anon but is this type of behaviour allowed in edit summaries? DragonofBatley ( talk) 17:35, 2 January 2022 (UTC) DragonofBatley ( talk) 17:35, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
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How can I generate a Special:Diff instead of a normal diff? ― Itcouldbepossible Talk 07:32, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
Please tell me what kind of details I have to add to get the Draft:BKTPP Prabir Sengupta Vidyalaya published. Please, this is my first project. Michri michri ( talk) 14:01, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
I am new and could not find direct steps to add a subpage to Wikipedia. I added an update to ' Don't Look Up but can not see the steps to add the reference page. Can someone guide me on steps for new editor and how to create subpage. I have ADHD so I was unable to follow all the redirects to get this information. Thank you!
Wpsarhel ( talk) 11:29, 25 December 2021 (UTC) Wpsarhel ( talk) 11:29, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
No questions here, but I wish everyone a Merry Christmas. I would also like to thank every volunteer for contributing to this evergrowing encyclopedia. Cheers! Galacticitis ( talk) 09:59, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
How do you show that an IP address belongs to a school? 14.238.83.146 ( talk) 06:54, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
I mean, we won't just be searching each and every ip, to find out if it belongs to an organization- I meant, that we won't surely be looking at each ip and see if it is shared or not. What are the conditions, or symptoms for which can check ip addresses to determine if they are shared or not? I have to deal with many ip addresses too. It would be great if, I knew the trick and could disguise the shared ip addresses, and watch out for their contributions. ― Itcouldbepossible Talk 07:11, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
Whenever I write something to someone, or reply to someone, I always ping them, except when I am posting in their talk page. But there are some people who forget or don't ping me in their replies or in follow up comments. How can I tell each and every editor here, to ping me whenever they write something to me? ― Itcouldbepossible Talk 07:02, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
How can I ping someone in an edit summary, to draw their attention there? ― Itcouldbepossible Talk 07:31, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
[[User:Itcouldbepossible|Itcouldbepossible]]
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Thibaut (
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07:38, 25 December 2021 (UTC)[[User:Example|Example]]
is required to ping in the edit summary field, as in Thibaut120094's response.
DanCherek (
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13:53, 25 December 2021 (UTC)@ DanCherek Thanks DanCherek. Please confirm that if you get the ping. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Itcouldbepossible ( talk • contribs) 13:59, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
I want to use a screenshot from social media as an "example" for certain phenomenon. Now since the screenshot contains a meme which is not created by me; can I upload that image? Or there would be some copyright issue? notably my objective is not to claim that image as mine. my objective is to show example for a phenomenon. RIT RAJARSHI ( talk) 13:31, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
could your remind me of the code I use to submit my article for review? Gregorywall ( talk) 16:24, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
How can I make an article be a "good article"? Thanks for the help. XxxorBBroxxX ( talk) 20:56, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I am new to Wikipedia and just posted two photos I made back in 2019 of some landscape. I deleted both photos on the page, but it seems both are still on Wikipedia. May I request for both photos to be removed, please? https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Banja_Kovilja%C4%8Da_spa.jpg /info/en/?search=File:%C5%A0umadia_meadows.jpg Thank you. Serbia Economy Geek ( talk) 16:54, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
I ran across Cousteauvia just now. It appears that most of the text is directly lifted from a copyrighted source. I found these three places that have that text:
What does one do in this situation? Fred Zepelin ( talk) 15:54, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
Pancho villas real name 2600:1011:B038:BF36:0:2B:397B:6701 ( talk) 23:40, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
Teahouse hosts…
Throughout my wiki career, I was concerned that I would be indefblocked for being WP:NOTHERE.
This may be because this month, I have been editing more in the user talk space, rather than the mainspace (Have a look at my XTools and you’ll see that I’ve made 174 user talk space edits this month, compared to 172 mainspace edits, as of 17:22, 25 December 2021). When I see a counter like that, I feel a sudden urge to edit more in the mainspace, to not give off the impression that I’m WP:NOTHERE.
I also felt as though I have gamed the system; I only have 339 total mainspace edits, and some of my total 942 edits were sandbox edits, because, earlier, I had felt the urge to get extended confirmed quickly.
I don’t know if this is just my paranoia, but I ask you: Do you believe I’m WP:NOTHERE? — 3PPYB6 — TALK — CONTRIBS — 17:22, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
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How do I save a draft without publishing it? Andyjcmrdn ( talk) 03:49, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
There's a band I really like and they have a very strong presence on YouTube (we're talking hundreds of thousands of views), but there is very little information on them anywhere (except for very basic one you could get on bandcamp etc). I found that many people were looking for a wiki article on them (if you enter their name in google, the first suggestion is "<bandname> wiki". After a lot of searching, I finally found an interview with them, which I thought I'd convert to a wiki article, so other fans could find it as well. The problem is I don't know if this covers "notability". As I said, they are well-known name in industrial music, but there's not much literature on them. The only sources I could quote are the article and whatever info can be scavanged from music sharing sites. I mean, I could probably try to get in contact with them, but I still don't know whether that would cover the notion of notability. Could you please guide me? TheLanceMan ( talk) 16:15, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for the answers! I'm afraid then I have no clue what on Earth could contribute to it. I doubt there will be independent research papers on any industrial electro bands :/ They are, without a question, well known on the scene, but I honestly have no idea what could contribute to their notability then. In any case, before giving up completely, Fred Zepelin, their name is Aim to Head, and this is the article I wanted to transcribe here: https://petesrocknewsandviews.com/aim-to-head/ At least this way it will remain on the page for other fans to find. I gotta say, I'm kinda disappointed that a communal information collector is so restrictive in what it publishes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheLanceMan ( talk • contribs) 14:12, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
I'm a new Wikipedia contributor and was wondering if I could take an Italian WP Article (I'm Italian) and translate it to English, ofcourse with the correct spelling, punctuations and grammar.
Would it be a problem since I'm basically ripping off another contributor's work? Kuroen110 ( talk) 20:44, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
Sorry for bothering the Teahouse again. I want to know how I can find the archives of the Tip of the Day. I searched the page but could not find the section titled Archives. Can anyone help? ― Itcouldbepossible Talk 07:20, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
I have read WP:AUTOARCHIVE "Choosing a Bot", but still cannot decide which bot I will use to archive my talk page. There are pros and cons for both the bots. For example lowercase sigmabot III requires another bot for generating an index of archives, while cluebot can do it alone. This question would not have risen, if the pages on which cluebot III is used would have been greater than that lowercase sigmabot III, which makes lowercase sigmabot III more famous. I would have used cluebot III without further questioning. But it seems that lowercase sigmabot III is better. And also we can see that this bot also archives teahouse and other discussion pages, while I have never seen Cluebot III do any archiving. So, I would like some suggestions from experienced users, regarding which bot is better, and which one to use. Thanks. ― Itcouldbepossible Talk 13:55, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
Is there a list of Newsletters that are published here at the Wikipedia? ― Itcouldbepossible Talk 07:26, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
Statecraftdaily ( talk) 16:34, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
Draft:
in front of your title), which doesn't get indexed by search engine crawlers and isn't considered to be "part of the encyclopedia" where it is. Unless someone's specifically looking for your draft or browsing draftspace, they won't find it.Hi all, I’m new and would like to request help with cleaning up an article. I assume the appropriate place to do so would be at an associated WikiProject, but I don’t know where/how to request this help. Do I simply leave a message on the WikiProject talk page, or is it okay to ask specific active members of the Project, or what? Thanks for your help. :-) postleft on mobile! 18:47, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
Is it ok to not leave an edit summary when reverting and warn the editor instead. I think there is nothing wrong with it. What do you think? Ctrlwiki • 14:02, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
Wikipedia community strongly encourages editors to provide meaningful edit summaries. Given the small amount of effort it takes I would strongly recommend it always be done. I've set my preferences at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing so that if I don't provide an edit summary, I can't save/publish my addition and that has stopped me doing stupid things on several occasions. Mike Turnbull ( talk) 15:54, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
Can anyone tell me where I went wrong with regards to the error message in the second citation?
/info/en/?search=Draft:Toronto-Addis_Ababa_Academic_Collaboration CT55555 ( talk) 20:10, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
I don't know enough about the US administration system. Looks to me like a civil-servant/lawyer doing her job. The current references are useless (just press-releases from her employer). But I don't want to PROD if the post itself is sufficiently important to confer notability without sources. Any thoughts? Elemimele ( talk) 16:48, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I'm building towards offering my first edits to some Wikipedia pages in near future (with a focus on Mathematics and Science), but for now I would just like to flag a simple formatting error that I noticed on this page: Orthogonal matrix.
If this is appropriate, what is the best way to do this? thank you CJ7903 ( talk) 21:23, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
Why can only administrators edit disclaimers? Damianlewis21 ( talk) 22:15, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
I just got a question from Khudaeidadkhan, asking for advice on whether a proposed subject is Notable. I'm flattered but not sure why he is asking me. He supplied some links to potential sources, but I have a couple of reservations about them. They all talk about how exciting it is that these young folks have set up a business, how they overcame obstacles, and how bright their future looks. This all makes me wonder if they are all re-hashing some media releases from the business. Secondly, I find it hard to put my finger on any actual achievements that make me wonder it it is TOOSOON. Or maybe it's okay - I am really torn. Is there somewhere I can go to discuss it with somebody who has better perspective? The details are at User_talk:Gronk_Oz#New_Article_creation,_please_check_his_eligibility_and_give_your_advice? Gronk Oz ( talk) 10:47, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
How Can I help the Admins Greenhighwayconstruction ( talk) 00:05, 27 December 2021 (UTC) Greenhighwayconstruction ( talk) 00:05, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
About 4 days ago, I proposed an edit to the semi-protected page of Neo-Nazism. I checked the page again this morning and my request is still unanswered. How long should I expect to have to wait for? I feel like it's ignored intentionally because my proposed edit maybe isn't popular. In that case, what can I do alternatively to expedite the process? /info/en/?search=Talk:Neo-Nazism#Extended-confirmed-protected_edit_request_on_22_December_2021_(2) WesternChristianitytestballi ( talk) 23:06, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
I tried to upload a small snippet image to the "Talk" section of this Wikipedia article Orthogonal matrix to include in my explanation of a formatting issue that needs to be fixed. But I was prevented from uploading it. Given the article is already published it's clearly not a copyright issue so I'm not sure why it would not upload?
Is there a workaround I can use for this in future? CJ7903 ( talk) 22:57, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
Given the article is already published it's clearly not a copyright issue so I'm not sure why it would not upload?is a bit unclear, but in general things tend to be more complicated than that. If the "article" you're referring to is a Wikipedia article and the image is an one being used in said article, then you can add the image to the talk page by simply adding its syntax to the relevant section on the talk page. You do, however, need to be a bit careful here because non-free content isn't allow to be used on talk pages as explained here. If, on the other hand, the image you want to add is something found on an external website (i.e. one that hasn't been already uploaded to Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons), you will need to upload it first and then add it to the article. In that case, the copyright status of the file really does matter and it might be a good idea for you to take a look at c:Commons:Licensing before uploading anything. Now, if all you want to do is show an image that supports whatever point you're trying to make on the article's talk page, you don't really need to upload a file; instead, you can simply add an external link for the webpage to the relevant section on the article talk page. Once again, though, you do need to be careful and avoid linking to any content which might be considered a copyright violation. -- Marchjuly ( talk) 00:49, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
Greetings hosts, We would like to humbly ask for help in editing a Biography Wikipedia draft article. As we have tried to write and submit the article a few times, but we are not knowledgeable enough in writing skills to have the draft approved and published. We also don't quite understand the comments given by Wikipedia about the draft
May we know the procedure of asking for this type of help, please?
Here is the link to the draft: /info/en/?search=Draft:Eugene_Pook
Thank you so much for your time. Sso.ssyo ( talk) 03:27, 24 December 2021 (UTC) Sso.ssyo ( talk) 03:27, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
Would you say: "John Smith graduated with a PhD from Oxford University", or "John Smith was awarded a PhD from Oxford University", or would some other phrasing be preferable? Ficaia ( talk) 18:58, 22 December 2021 (UTC)
How can I link my English translation with the original Arabic text. A message appeared that the page could not be found on enwiki. Thank you in advance. Hanan Al-Dhaifi ( talk) 23:47, 26 December 2021 (UTC) Hanan Al-Dhaifi ( talk) 23:47, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
What is the difference between these two? And what are the other types that are available?
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@ NM Demo, PrimeHunter, and ClaudineChionh: I have decided to experiment with the template link and all the associated templates in my sandbox. Thanks everyone for helping me so much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Itcouldbepossible ( talk • contribs) 14:43, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
Ok, now I understand, where I had gone wrong. I always use the reply tool to reply. And it auto signs my replies. So, I have completely lost the habit of putting a ~~~~ for signing.
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12:01, 25 December 2021 (UTC)@ ClaudineChionh@ NM Demo@ PrimeHunter From all the above discussion, I have come to the following conclusion.
My edits to the article on G Weston Jr attracted this censorship: "I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Galen Weston Jr. have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox." Exposing criminality by oligarchs is always 'constructive'. Your article on this junior one is a whitewash. Are the contributing a lot of money to get this treatment? 2001:569:BF62:F400:F46F:CFFA:E12C:6ED4 ( talk) 01:36, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
Wikipedia should add: However, the State of California currently recognizes the decommissioned portion between Bishop and Long Beach California as being Historic U.S. Route 6. The State of California approved the placement of Historic U.S. 6 Route signage on all potions of the old alignment; RE: State Concurrent Resolution No. 26 as filed with the Secretary of State on July 3, 2007.
Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 26
RESOLUTION CHAPTER 67
Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 26—Relati ve to Historic U.S.
Highway Route 6.
[Filed with Secretary of State July 3, 2007.]
legislative counsel’s digest
ACR 26, Sharon Runner. Historic U.S. Highway Route 6.
The measure w ould request the Department of Transportation, upon
application by an interested local agenc y or private entity, to identify an y
section of former U.S. Highway Route 6 that is still a publicly maintained
highway and that is of interest to the applicant, and to designate that section
as Historic U.S. Highw ay Route 6. This measure w ould also request the
department to determine the costs of appropriate highway markers or signs
showing that special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources covering that cost, to erect appropriate highw ay markers or signs
on the portions of former U.S. Highw ay Route 6 that are part of the state
highway system.
WHEREAS, U.S. Highway Route 6 began in the 1920s as a short route
between Provincetown, Massachusetts, and Brewster, New York; and
WHEREAS, Thereafter, U.S. Highway Route 6 was extended westward
and, in 1926, ended in Denver, Colorado; and
WHEREAS, Around 1937, U.S. Highw ay Route 6 became a
transcontinental highway when it was extended to Long Beach, California.
The route thereby stretched a distance of 3,517 miles, making it the longest
highway in the country; and
WHEREAS, U.S. Highw ay Route 6 has been called the Roose velt
Highway and is no w officially named the Grand Army of the Republic
Highway; and
WHEREAS, In 1964, California renumbered its state highw ay system
and truncated U.S. Highway Route 6 at Bishop, California; and
WHEREAS, U.S. Highw ay Route 6 no w stretches 3,249 miles and is
recognized as the second longest highway in the country; and
WHEREAS, U.S. Highw ay Route 6, in addition to its importance in
transportation, has outstanding natural, cultural, historic, and scenic qualities;
and
WHEREAS, Ov er the years, U.S. Highw ay Route 6 has con veyed
commerce and pleasure tra velers whose needs were met by nearby cities
and counties; and
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WHEREAS, Though largely supplanted by other state highw ay routes,
segments of the original U.S. Highway Route 6 remain, although many are
no longer identified as such; and
WHEREAS, Former U.S. Highway Route 6 served as the main street of
many California cities and to wns along its length and, though no longer
designated as former U.S. Highway Route 6, these segments represent both
state and local historic significance; and
WHEREAS, Without formal designation, the history and contribution of
these segments of U.S. Highw ay Route 6 to the de velopment of the state
would remain less known; and
WHEREAS, Recognition of these se gments will foster the economic
health and cultural preserv ation of small communities and to wns located
along the highway; and
WHEREAS, It is fitting that a means to designate these historic sections
of former U.S. Highway Route 6 be established; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate ther eof
concurring, That the Legislature hereby recognizes the remaining segments
of former U.S. Highw ay Route 6 for their historical significance and
importance in the development of California; and be it further
Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested, upon
application by an interested local agenc y or private entity, to identify an y
section of former U.S. Highway Route 6 that is still a publicly maintained
highway and that is of interest to the applicant, and to designate that section
of highway as Historic U.S. Highway Route 6; and be it further
Resolved, That the department is requested to determine the cost of
appropriate highway markers or signs consistent with signing requirements
for the state highw ay system sho wing the special Historic U.S. Highw ay
Route 6 designation and, upon recei ving donations from nonstate sources
covering that cost, to erect those highway markers or signs on the portions
of former U.S. Highway Route 6 that are part of the state highway system;
and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this
resolution to the Director ofTransportation and to the author for appropriate
distribution.
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Hi, I posted my question before but it's now gone. Can I confirm if the reference from their official website are strictly not allowed? Wcsneel ( talk) 07:26, 27 December 2021 (UTC) Wcsneel ( talk) 07:26, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
Hi! Please help me with writing my first article in wikipedia. It's something I'm struggling with. Please help me with it. By telling the shortest way to write a article and get it published. Mr cosmic king ( talk) 08:16, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
If an article about a novel (or any other work of fiction) contains a summary of the plot, what would be an appropriate citation (if any) for that summary?
I'm asking specifically in connection with the article on Lockdown (novel). The original article (written by myself) contained a summary of the plot, without any citation. This was on the basis if WP:PLOTCITE, which I take to mean that the novel itself is the source of the information and does not require any further citation.
However, another editor (@ Lakex:) has removed most of the summary, because of the lack of citation. I have reverted that change, but I am not sure if that was the right thing to do. What is the correct approach here? I am anxious to do the right thing. Thanks in advance. Mike Marchmont ( talk) 17:13, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
Hello,
I am Python software developer working as a web scraping freelancer on various platforms and found some broken links on that article - /info/en/?search=Web_scraping I found a great source for #13 broken reference link to make it - https://datamam.com/web-scraping While I keep looking for others, please let me know how can changes be made, Thank you SGuvi ( talk) 08:43, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
How does it works? Rui Vítor Costa ( talk) 11:12, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
Why did you undone it ? 223.235.21.133 ( talk) 11:49, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
I sometimes cannot use the reply link to reply to comments. It says The "reply" link cannot be used to reply to this comment. To reply, please use the full page editor by clicking "Edit".
What is the actual reason behind this? I use the normal editor when this error occurs. But is there any other way to avoid this?
Itcouldbepossible
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11:52, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
Please can you advise how I unregister from the site? Mwrigh17 ( talk) 12:05, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
{{
welcome menu}}
, or if you feel it is too tough for you to understand, then you can as well read the
welcome message left on your talk page. Well, if it strains you too much, then you can as well do other
types of job. And the
Teahouse is always there, it is a great place for asking questions. Experienced editors are always there to answer you questions and help you out. So, don't bother to ask questions at the Teahouse.Good afternoon,
Is there a mathematician that can review my work.
Who can tell me if my proof is valid and correct, can withstand the rigour of time.
/info/en/?search=Proofs_of_Fermat%27s_little_theorem#An_analytical_proof_of_Fermat's_little_theorem
An analytical proof of Fermat's little theorem.
I’ll be ever so thankful.
Yours sincerely, Wim Coenen.
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talk) 14:33, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
Wim Coenen (
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14:33, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
Hello Wikipedia. I posted a request to add a source two days ago and it somehow got missed. Is there a way an editor can go get the source link off the article talk page and add it where they see it fits? Also I noticed the there is a clarification tag on the career section that can easy be fixed if the editor replaces it with "Sledge released his song Seen It All in 2021.
That should fix the clarification issue. I'm a COI editor so I can't touch the article. Also I noticed the musician category was removed from the page? The artist produces and composes his own music so he is a musician. Let me know if anyone can help the page is here /info/en/?search=AJDaGuru
Also one last request I have is can the editor add a picture to the article? https://ibb.co/jM4j8Wd Godsentme1 ( talk) 08:24, 27 December 2021 (UTC) Godsentme1 ( talk) 08:24, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
Jéské Couriano Can you help me understand what does that mean about the Titanic does that mean no you can't add the picture correct? And what about the other request? Godsentme1 ( talk) 08:32, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
Dear Wikipedia, My Wikipedia page ( /info/en/?search=Draft:Eduard_Grossman) article Submission declined because its not supported by reliable sources. On my References list i had posted books and catalogues from writers that wrote on specific pages about artists including Eduard Grossman. I would like to know why my draft is not supported by reliable sources. Thank you looking forward for your reply 87.68.183.29 ( talk) 15:57, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
I thought I had submitted my draft back in October but apparently didn't do it correctly. So any ideas on how to do it? Thanks.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Clarkcoan ( talk • contribs) 19:21, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
I wrote Osaka movie theater fire, this was a horrible mass-murder in which sixteen people were murdered and nine injured. It is one of Japan's worst mass murders. But it now has a big banner on top say that it may not meet Wikipedia standards. Why? Fulmard ( talk) 18:36, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
I think I will just quit. Someone just went by the article and nuked an hour of my work and gutted it completely, removing many details I added. They were claiming I added external links, but I added citations, links to relevant news articles. They just popped on by into this article I made, rollbacked everything I did today, and posted on my talk. Hats off David Biddulph, hats off David, what a fine way to improve an encyclopedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fulmard ( talk • contribs) 20:53, 25 December 2021 (UTC)
Thank you Gene93k. But what is wrong with my citations? Why aren't they proper and need to be cleaned up? I put square brackets around the news links, and they show up in the text just like the other citations, they all have numbered brackets like [4], just like other citations. What is wrong with that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fulmard ( talk • contribs) 05:33, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
Fine. I read the links on references and edit summaries. I will try. Fulmard ( talk) 20:57, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
I tried to creat separate sections for Films and Television in Akshay Kumar filmography but not able to do that, and messed up to the dagger thing, if your a editor go on and fix that article, make to seperate sub-sections for Films & Television. Holland Tok ( talk) 19:53, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
Hello, Can anyone help me to start a wiki page for myself? I have been in multiple bands and still do radio. Thank you 2600:1702:30A0:96A0:4C8E:B12:DAD6:913A ( talk) 18:53, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
Even though I am a teahouse host, I am asking this question: Is there anything wrong with my draft? Draft:June 18-19 floods Severe storm 28 22:58, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
I notice there isn't a page for the experimental electronic artist Lauren Bousfield, but searching her name redirects to the page for her previous project Nero's Day at Disneyland. I'd like to make a page for her since NDAD is no longer active and hasn't been for some time, but I'm unsure of the best way to do this. Should I create a brand new page for her, or should I overhaul the NDAD page and use it for her biography instead? AphelionsGhost ( talk) 23:50, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
Hey there, folks. Recently I came across the TFA for July 6, 2017 which uses a now-deleted image. commons:File:Samantha Ruth Prabhu on the sets of "Eega".jpg was apparently deleted for lacking sufficient permission for usage. What should be done about this? Should it be replaced by another image from the article, removed altogether, or should it just stay the way it is? Alternatively replace it with some kind of note that the image has been removed from the site? What do you folks think? ArcticSeeress ( talk) 00:18, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
Hi this man is pretty famous in my city in Poland. I don't know why it says it's not written like an encyclopedia entry. I think it's straightforward and unbiased. He's a scholar and neurosurgeon, even in the national academy of sciences.
/info/en/?search=Draft:Zenon_Mariak 62.122.119.223 ( talk) 16:30, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
Seems kinda weird, what peacock terms were used? "Zenon Mariak is a Polish neurosurgeon, researcher, and professor who is currently head of the Department of Neurosurgery at the Medical University of Bialystok.[1][2] He previously served as the Deputy President of the Medical University of Bialystok.[3][4] He is a member of the Committee of Neurological Sciences at the 5th Faculty of Medical Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences.[3] Mariak was awarded an MD at the Medical University of Bialystok. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1995 from the Medical University of Bialystok.[3] Since August 2021, Mariak has served on the Council of Health Needs as a representative of the Podlaskie Province.[5] "
That's all the text aside from research. Reads like something out of a book or webpage entry — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.122.119.223 ( talk) 23:26, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
Does the topic "AP World History: Ancient" count as notable? Brian+urmom ( talk) 19:13, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
I decided to put this question up at the Teahouse, so that I could get opinions from many editors, and then make a consensus. I want to know which is better - Archiving talk pages, or removing content from talk pages. I would really be happy, if many editors comment on this topic. Thanks. ― Itcouldbepossible Talk 13:55, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
I've made a serious of compounding, arguable funny, errors. Sorry. Seeking help.
I accidentally created this page in the main space, instead of the draft space: /info/en/?search=Fire_classification
I realized shortly after that I'm wasting my time, as /info/en/?search=Fire_class exists and does it better.
I tried to move it to draft, but instead (accidentally) moved the talk page into the draft page. Sorry.
So I fixed that. A redirect remains.
And that redirect prevents me from moving tttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_classification to a draft version.
It might be best to just (speedy?) delete the article, it's probably going no where.
All help/advice is welcome. CT55555 ( talk) 01:00, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I am having trouble finding more in-depth sources for my draft about microbeats that were used on Bjork's album Vespertine. I have only found one that goes into depth about what they are, (citation 3 - Howe, Blake; Jensen-Moulton, Stephanie; Lerner, Neil; Straus, Joseph), and am having trouble finding more. How can I do this? /info/en/?search=Draft:Microbeats_(music) Jmaxx37 ( talk) 03:42, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
Hi. I think I've found a sockpuppet case (I knew about sockpuppetry after reading WP:SOCK). They are editing in same articles. I think their country is same. And their name is also same! What can I do now? Thanks. Firebanana ( talk) 04:47, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
I would like to know how to move from a sandbox article to a public wiki page where people can view my article? Do I need to autoconfirmed user? How many days does it require? How many edits need to be done? I need to publish an article.Thank you Ddayoungest ( talk) 04:52, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
How can I find the word count in a specific seciton of an article? Pete Best Beatles ( talk) 06:37, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
Hi, folks! Where would I find instructions for the syntax of variables, parameters, defaults, booleans and other logical expressions, etc., for Template coding? (Tag or Ping me) Eewilson ( talk) 05:03, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
... problem, at Muktainagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Chandrakant Nimba Patil is MLA of Shiv Sena but is shown as he's from BJP, it is wrong. [1] Holland Tok ( talk) 07:55, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
References
It clearly states in the Manual of Style/Film (Primary content:plot) "Do not include actors' names in plot summary...", so can I assume it's ok to summarily remove such names, as long as I leave an edit summary? Pete Best Beatles ( talk) 03:03, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
Hi, weird things are going on at Cédric_Gerbehaye. Specifically, a new editor has put an image there, which they've claimed is "own work", but simultaneously identified as "Portrait of Cedric Gerbehaye by Stephan Vanfleteren", listing the copyright as Vanfleteren's. So unless the editor is Vanfleteren, something's not right. It's also a somewhat unhappy situation because yesterday an IP editor changed the text extensively, claiming to be Cédric_Gerbehaye. I reverted and tried to explain conflict of interest (but it's hard to communicate with a dynamic IP) - they put it back, Discospinster reverted on grounds of it being promotional, and the entire text is back again now, from the new editor, who doesn't claim to be Gerbehaye. I was tempted to re-revert (there's no sourcing at all), but the picture needs removing from wikimedia if it's copyright, and I don't know how to request that, and I don't want to edit-war. I've left everything as it is at the moment. Elemimele ( talk) 10:50, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
Can people securely donate to Wikipedia via bank account instead of credit card, so Wikipedia can keep more (like 100%) of the donation? or is this not an option or can’t be done securely? thanks, - sri 108.45.155.49 ( talk) 03:43, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I will like to put a question when I really want to go further my scope of learning in Wikipedia, which is leadership. I was wondering how to become an admin in Wikipedia and how to apply for RFA as I will like to give this a try on going forward. If I become an admin, I will like to share some of my experiences (including some of my mistakes and etiquette) when I am promoted and will do my best of my abilities to make Wikipedia a difference. Sculture65 ( talk) 10:06, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
I want to ask if you provide me with the video that I asked to see them Loago Abotseng ( talk) 12:14, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
Hello,
I have been editing Wikipedia in multiple languages (although few) since around 2018 or so, but I honestly did not contributed a lot, and I still consider myself as a novice in being a Wikipedian. My problem here is not limited to English Wikipedia.
Ever since I noticed the disruptive edits and edit warring behavior on the Jun Matsumoto page around August 2021 or so, I offered some contributions to the said page. At the same time, I noticed that the said page also has the same problem in different languages' versions, so I have also attempted to make contributions to the page in 2 different languages that I know. During the process of contributing to the pages in the English and other languages' Wikipedia, I have also been receiving strange messages from IP address users on my User's talk page regarding the said page on the versions of Wikipedia that I edited in.
To elaborate on my problem with strange edits on multiple User Talk pages:
As I have been receiving constant strange messages about the same topic, I am considering about leaving this Wikipedia account and create a new one, as I very much want to continue providing contributions to Wikipedia, but I am still worried that I would still get such strange messages. Please let me know of any helpful advices regarding this matter.
Thank you. Suuuuuuzu 07:45, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
Hi, how can I add the wiki project banner to article talk pages? Is there a specific tool. I have seen many new pages without talk page banners stating which Wiki project it has come from. Itcouldbepossible Talk 07:41, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
How does someone make a new wiki page on here? MaxineJP ( talk) 19:04, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
I'm working on /info/en/?search=Grand_Bargain_(humanitarian_reform)
I just created a "further reading" section. Have I done it correctly, in terms of formatting (external links) and in terms of placement (below "see also" and above "references")? I know that external links go after references, but I don't know for "further reading" CT55555 ( talk) 14:18, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
Kiing36 Deletion
So how do i get my wiki page cause apparently i'm not allowed to create it myself? any help is greatly appreciated. Kiing36 ( talk) 13:25, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
I would like to add Music Video Awards won to the page and need assistance in editing the page correctly AnnieTruth ( talk) 17:21, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
50.254.130.186 ( talk) 19:04, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
Theres an IP editor who has included twitter as references for Mark Jenkinson, does WP:NOSOCIAL allow twitter? Don't want to start a edit war, would someone review this + give their views. Regards Devokewater (talk) 17:09, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
In Tanaji Malusare, infobox - unit, service brach written, I think it just lie 'cause in 16th century there was unit or service brach ? I don't know. Their is no citation behind these things. We have to remove these things or keep it. Holland Tok ( talk) 15:09, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
The primary aim of my contributions is to increase the awareness of significant Canadian public pension funds and their growing importance to beneficiaries and society in cost-effective pension fund investment management. My aim is not commercial in any respect. My draft attempts to introduce essential governance and client information for one of eight significant Canadian pension funds engaged in global intuitional investing. BCI's clients are all BC government agencies, boards or commissions, and many of the pension funds plans whose funds BCI manages are jointly-sponsored with public sector unions. The sources of my information are from BCI's annual reports and relevant BC laws. What other sources can one rely upon for the info I've posted? The draft contains a small amount of basic governance framework information, common to all public pension pages, and an important anatomical framing for other operational functions to be built upon. Admittedly, I could put the matter more succinctly. But, the information and presentation are similar to other Canadian public pension fund pages. MalpequeRoadie ( talk) 13:38, 28 December 2021 (UTC) MalpequeRoadie ( talk) 13:38, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
Hi @ MalpequeRoadie: and welcome. Thank you for your efforts, I encourage you to keep at it. I think some success is possible here. Here's my suggested roadmap for success:
1 - learn how to cite as per the Wikipedia software. It's easier (in my opinion) if you use visual editing. 2 - Articles go up if the content is "notable". Shorthand, if it appers in the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star or National Post, that's notable. Get three news references, and you're good. You need to focus first with the specifics of what is notable, what appeared in the news articles. So, google :he company in quotation marks and then filter to see "news", ignore all the "press release" and "newswire stuff and seek out the mainstream news coverage. For exaple:
I'd guess the big pension companies all made the news at some point and therefore careful time on google will get you there. CT55555 ( talk) 14:31, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
Hello and thank you for the input on one of my first articles. I'm working to try to improve it and have added a number of citations. I'd love any feedback. Thanks. Scratcher34 ( talk) 23:48, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
How to create other language for a topic and get approval. May I know what document is needed for the approval. The page in chinese is https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E8%B3%BD%E9%A6%AC%E6%9C%83%E7%A6%81%E6%AF%92%E8%B3%87%E8%A8%8A%E5%A4%A9%E5%9C%B0
JCDIC ( talk) 02:09, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
I'm confused about my Watchlist. In mid-December, four of my early edits (three minor) were highlighted on my Watchlist (and on my Contributions page also). Nothing happened to the edits at that time, and I think the highlights were automated. However, on Dec. 27 somebody tinkered with one of those edits (which is fine) but nothing appeared about it on my Watchlist at that time, although that page is definitely listed to be watched. I wonder how many other changes to my watched pages have been made that I've missed. Does this have anything to do with the Watchlist filters? Pete Best Beatles ( talk) 02:48, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
Curious question as I was bored and reading on WP:NCTR and under WP:FORBIDDEN, it stated that to substitute for < or any other characters that conflict with wiki markup or HTML syntax, alternative title should be used, often by replacing or removing it. But what if, removing it changes the meaning completely, such as with <3 (meaning heart), should Heart/heart be used in the article title or is it permissible in terms of guidelines/policies/MOS to swap out < for < (U+FF1C; Fullwidth Less-Than Sign) as I know the software won't have any issues parsing the Fullwidth Less-Than Sign. — Paper9oll ( 🔔 • 📝) 11:22, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
hello. ive been trying to edit the nina dobrev page regarding her nationality. and someone does not like to change the nationality, what i mean is that she should be bulgarian-born canadian actress because she is mainly born in bulgaria but raised in canada so that does not make her 100% canadian she has roots from where she came from. with that said. it should be bulgarian-born canadian actress and not canadian actress. thank you Agent11 ( talk) 04:14, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
looking for nhl attendence for the 1999-00 season 216.121.220.33 ( talk) 05:53, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
I need help writing my autobiography, I think it is bias and I need help from an outside perspective. Iannlpz ( talk) 09:10, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
2600:1700:8C93:1D0:9DA5:6A5A:1B6A:46B ( talk) 13:54, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
Hello,
I am a new writer, writing about personalities who are well known and done considerable amount of work. Can you help me on how I should write the articles and what details should be included in order to get the article verified ? Shcr96 ( talk) 15:32, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
This would be a short article about a rock band that is represented on Spotify, Apple Music and other platforms. It gets quite a few hits on Google, but as far as I know it doesn't exist on Wikipedia. Would this topic be notable? Anna Logi ( talk) 17:29, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
I'd like to create a "random article" button on my talk page (or use wiki-markup rather to just replicate what is in the upper left hand corner of my screen). I know that that button already exists, but I would like to replicate it if this is possible on my own talk page where I specifically call it out as being a really neat little button (or "trip" as I call it on my talk page). ♥ Th78blue (They/Them/Their • talk)♥ 07:34, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
I wish to incorporate this into an article for a subject that has numerous rich academic sources to back the subject matter up but I dont want to flood the article with citations. Is it okay to use the refn template to bundle the citations into one inline citation kind of like this [2] (note: those titles and quotes are random and were just used for testing). Thanks Aleena98 ( talk) 17:48, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
Courtesy link:
Draft:Rapid7
I'm a first time contributor and my draft article was rejected saying WP: TOOSOON. When drafting the article, I cited independent sources including newspaper articles. How can I make it more robust to be approved?
JVJD (
talk)
18:48, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
Hello! I am a new editor (account has existed for a while, recently decided to actually use it) and am starting out by doing some basic copyediting. I've been trying to work on some articles from the list of articles needing copyediting on the community portal and have been tidying up some of the spelling and grammar, but some of them seem to have a ton of other issues (for example, Mata Bhani -- no inline citations, reads like a speech or a story, not NPOV). I'm wondering what I should be doing in this situation when I don't feel up to the task of fixing all these issues -- do I tidy the grammar as best I can and move on? Do I notify someone/add a new template to the top? I'm invested now in having these articles fixed but honestly some of them seem to need to be scrapped and rewritten and I don't feel experienced enough yet to do that. Thank you in advance! RDvor ( talk) 08:13, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
Hello, the draft for an article (Saulo Oliveira S.) has been declined to be an article because the rewier insist that it is paid promotion when its not. The content that covers the subject is legit. How to get the draft turned into article with a situation like that? He is just assuming that the coverage is not reliable when the artist did not paid for that. Princeofrockcontact ( talk) 00:13, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
Several IP addresses from a similar location seem to be deliberately and repeatedly trying to reduce the quality of the article Squirrel Scouts (The Scout Association) Llewee ( talk) 22:33, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
indiannavyofficialfanpage This is the best indian Navy Fans Page on instagram and other social media's Can Wikipedia accept it and upload to search engines. Arjunvarmaina ( talk) 15:53, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
@ GoingBatty Thank You For Your Suggestions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arjunvarmaina ( talk • contribs) 23:26, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
If I am a famous celebrity and I have a Wikipedia page and evidence that I am the subject of the article, can I edit it if I see mistakes that I know for sure aren't true about me? What are the etiquettes of this scenario? Hgh1985 ( talk) 20:41, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
Hi, I wish to add a new topic named Libation Formula, and created a draft. However, someone erased it. Should I give a more specific name? Thanks, Jan Jangpbest ( talk) 13:53, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
True. The divinity, according to the paper is Semitic, and corresponds to Ashera pole. I will add it. Jangpbest ( talk) 10:15, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
Hi, Nothing seems to be happening. Jangpbest ( talk) 00:28, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
Wotsehstry,murningory Wotsehstry,murningory ( talk) 01:29, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
Is this considered a reliable source? I can't find some biographical details mentioned on this website anywhere else.
https://www.thepeerage.com/p44639.htm Ficaia ( talk) 02:09, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
I have identified what appears to be an intentionally false statement within an article. Reading about handling of hoaxes, it seems to indicate that an administrator is needed to take the appropriate action (which is fine with me). I've written the hoax up at Talk:Sagebrush lizard § Apparent hoax How do I request an administrator to process it? Fabrickator ( talk) 02:56, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
I know Wikipedia isn't a social media network, but isn't it possible for me to privately message another user? I've never thought about that, that's why I'm asking. Thanks! Hgh1985 ( talk) 06:43, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
Hello, Teahouse hosts! I have an etiquette and best-practice question.
I sometimes do automated processing of Wikipedia (from offline dumps, don't worry, I'm not loading the server).
In the course of this automated processing, I frequently discover slight structural unsoundness in Wikipedia's category labeling. In one example since corrected by another user, the Hungarian Ladies Open used to be a member of Category:Engie and thus transitively a member of Category:Electric power companies of France.
I have fixed a handful of such issues, such as this example of a chronologist being categorized as a chronology, or this case of an article about a particular term being categorized as a glossary of terms. But before I go changing more of what appear to me to be bad categorizations all over the place, perhaps I should ask: is this welcome? Or am I pursuing a foolish consistency? If it is welcome, is there anything I should be cautious of in order to make these edits politely, or to avoid attracting negative attention? Zack112358 ( talk) 00:07, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
Edit: fix category links that inadvertently placed this page in the mentioned categories! Now I see how this happens! Zack112358 ( talk) 00:12, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
I'm interested in helping monitor for vandalism, but have found the tools available to me lacking:
I've done a fair amount of reading and searching, but can't seem to find anything that just lets me browse and filter recent changes with an efficient UI for quickly stepping through those changes in order. How do other people do this? Smcpeak74 ( talk) 14:00, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
Uncheck "Group results by page" under the option menu that has the gear option on the right. I've also been befuddled by this in the past but when you click the link that Justiyaya provided above, it's changing that setting for you. Alyo ( chat· edits) 21:07, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
Closing the loop on my original question, the suggestion by User:Nick Moyes to enable Navigation popups ( Preferences → Gadgets → Browsing → Navigation popups) mostly resolves my issue, because one can then mouse over the list of diffs one at a time to quickly review them. Each popup only takes about a second to appear, has a concise display of the change, and disappears easily too. However, note that the Recent Changes page has an option (in the gear menu) to "group results by page", and that option affects whether the "diff" links are in a consistent place on the page horizontally, and hence easily mouseable in succession. Thank you all for the help! Smcpeak74 ( talk) 07:58, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
Hi, user Rusalkii wrote a note on my page Draft:Jean Vigoureux about how some of the pictures are probably Public Domain. I believe she is correct about the three family pictures from 1915, 1920, and 1925 but when I was uploading pictures I was so nervous about making mistakes that I thought I was making the “safe” decision by picking “own work” so that I would be connected to the pictures. But Wiki Commons won’t allow you to make changes - so now I don’t know what to do. (UTC) Vigartjam ( talk) 18:45, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
Thank you, @ColinFine for your advice. Vigartjam ( talk) 19:33, 29 December 2021 (UTC) Sorry, @Rusalkii, I’ll change it to “she” - and thank you so much for your help! Vigartjam ( talk) 19:33, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
Thank you, @Cullen328. I shall do so. Vigartjam ( talk) 08:09, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
Deep Rising is a free digital comic I helped finance 5 years back. It was created by professionals, but financed by fans and released for free. My question is, would this be deemed notable, so it is worth creating an article about it?
Reasons it may be deemed notable:
Tweets from Julian Gollop (creator of XCOM) and the official 2K Games XCOM Twitter account.
The comic can be viewed or downloaded here: http://comic.strategycore.co.uk/
I notice commercial comics series has entries in Wikipedia, but since this was a one off project and not commercial, I would appreciate your guidance. Iolalog ( talk) 18:18, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
The only mentions beyond the tweets, a few quotes from the likes of Jake Solomon and some fan sites were these:
So, based on this, what do you think? A minor mention in the existing XCOM article, or not notable? I just think it is a shame that the awesome work or such great artists is seen by so few. Iolalog ( talk) 01:36, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I wrote a draft of an article last year on a Georgian-era school for girls in Sunderland, UK. The article was declined because it lacked a diversity of sources and notability. I have improved the article in my sandbox and would like to resubmit it. I'm hoping someone could advise the best way of going about that. I am not sure whether I should talk with the editor who declined the draft or whether perhaps someone here could take a look? Thanks. Tenuous tree ( talk) 09:35, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
hi. i am working on the page for East_Gate,_British_Columbia and noticed that in the title they put a space between the east and the gate. it is acually spelled like eastgate. how can i correct this. i cannot find a wat to edit titles? Edpf06 ( talk) 09:59, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
Hello Dear, Wikipedia Team {{unblock|reason=Hope you doing well, I face some issue. Whenever I make a Wikipedia pages. Here the user deletes again and again.}}
I was learning Wikipedia for a few years. I had made some mistakes while learning from me. Since then they have put my IP in the block. Now I have learned Wikipedia well. Now you unblock me.
I had made 2 movies pages....Now I can't edit. Thank You! Indiasafira ( talk) 02:06, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
<nowiki>...</nowiki>
tags to your post so we can read your issue, as the {{
unblock}} template is not appropriate here. I see that another editor reached out to you at
User talk:Indiasafira, and I hope you continue the conversation there. Thanks!
GoingBatty (
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04:30, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
The decline of the ' Draft:Sadashib (Fictional Character)' really doesn't make any sense, as I think it is of course eligible for being published as an article, without an iota of doubt. It is well-cited and contain enough amount of information, more of which will be added soon. I would rather argue that only a person with a little knowledge in Bengali literature can understand who this adventure-mongering fictional character is, even others can by searching it through the web. To be honest, it was really astounding for me that this character did not have an article earlier. Anyway, this draft may have some problems in the reference and notes list. If any helpful editor can correct those, please do so. Any kind of advice regarding the draft will be welcomed. Also, if possible, please tell me whether this draft is actually eligible for getting published. More info will be added to it soon. Michri michri ( talk) 10:00, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
My "simple" question relates to "reverts" etc. I am a regular on the "recent changes" page as a "recent changes patroller." Reverting vandalism, along with extensive "gnome"-like work, is really what gives me the greatest pleasure in "adding value" however I can to the great encyclopedia. One thing that I'd like to ask relates to reverts, and when they can and can not possibly be made. You'd think that with 12,000+ edits, I would know this, but sometimes I just like to check my own knowledge too. So what is apparent to me, is that if someone makes an edit to a page/article, whatever, you can revert that edit (or rollback a bunch of consecutive edits if you have that perm and if all the edits were made by the same editor and all made consecutively), but what happens if ANOTHER editor were to then jump in, and vandalize or otherwise even make a POSITIVE edit to the same article before you have your chance to revert. What exactly happens then? I don't think I ever much paid attention to that aspect, or it doesn't happen too often for me. Most of the time, when I need to make an revert, I am either able to make the revert, or someone else "beats" me to it (which is fine of course), but I'm curious mostly if a revert is then not able to be made (and thus needs to be done MANUALLY) in what instances? Also, I'd extend my question to differing parts of a page. If one edit is near the top of an article and in a completely different section from another, would a revert be possible (not referring to manual reverts which are always possible, but the "button" based revert)? Or is it only "blocked" or "not possible" due to a "conflict" if/when ANOTHER editor comes in and edits the SAME section on TOP of the previous vandalizing editor?
Trying to really hone my skills and knowledge. Thank you all! ♥ Th78blue (They/Them/Their • talk)♥ 07:11, 30 December 2021 (UTC) ♥ Th78blue (They/Them/Their • talk)♥ 07:11, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
Hi everyone, I am a new user. I have a problem. Whenever I am creating a new article, it is automatically converting to draft after some time. I am making notable article. But it is automatically converting to draft after some time. Please help me. Blue Mango Juice ( talk) 14:03, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
On most people's Wikipedia pages, it will say for example;
"Amy Lou Adams (born August 20, 1974) is an American actress"
or
"Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, broadcaster,..."
So are 'American' and 'English' in these sentences representing these peoples nationalities, their citizenships, ethnicities, cultures, ancestries or something else?
I've always been under the impression it was representing nationality, but after a back and forth of edits I'm not sure anymore. NotIranian ( talk) 12:56, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
Greetings! I'm starting to pursue a career in proofreading and eventually copyediting. Would I solicit my services to individual authors or is there another way to find opportunities? Gingerbreadgal ( talk) 14:15, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
If my edit doesn't have my username, how can people know who was responsible for it? I put nothing additional in Talk, since the edit, only 2 sentences, said it all. Also, there were no references, since the logic was so simple no reference should be necessary, or perhaps even possible; the logic of my edit basically was "A must have property B for C to be true, and C is necessary for the proof to be valid, but later A was changed to not have property B, but C was still assumed to be true." The article the edit was in is "Original proof of Gödel's completeness theorem". The exact edit can be found in the article's edit History section. Also, Justiyaya, who told me in an email link the foregoing reasons for the reversion, strongly suggested that I not attempt to add my edits back in, but rather attempt to improve another article on Wikipedia. Why shouldn't I add it back if I omit my username and maybe add, mostly just to please those who removed the edit and partially as a joke, some references to logic texts or, say, Aristotle? (On another site complaining about my lack of references, I did mention adding a particular advanced logic book, and also a set theory book.) I am working in a PC, & not VisualEditor. Dirsaka ( talk) 15:47, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
I recently worked on this article and added citations and edited some stuff. I think now this article should be promoted to C-Class (or maybe b). Excellenc1 ( talk) 15:33, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
I just recently submitted an article about Music Blocks, a visual programming language for music. Its development began in 2015. The draft is /info/en/?search=Draft:Music_Blocks
I used the article about /info/en/?search=Snap!_(programming_language) as a template for the Music Blocks article. I am told that Github, Amazon, and YouTube are not reliable resources. As for Github, I find that using it as a reference is unavoidable as the code and the user guide is published on GitHub (and referenced similarly to Snap article). As for Amazon, the article is a scholarly article but is self-published by Gary Stager, who is well known within Constructionism Pedagogy circles. I wish it were made available outside of Amazon, but that is where it is for now. As for YouTube, I could remove it but it does represent the source of the very first workshops and they are by no means "advertising" in nature. Plus the videos are published by the school that hosted the Constructionism conference that year, not by any interested party.
Please advise to how I might be able to utilize the references. The Github and (book sold on Amazon) are, in particular, very important.
Or should I just reference the book the following way (instead of pointing to Amazon)?
Bender and Ulibarri. Number Eleven: Make a Music Box. Twenty Things to Do with a Computer Forward 50: Future Visions of Education Inspired by Seymour Papert and Cynthia Solomon’s Seminal Work. Stager and Pang. 2021.
I would also like to make clear that I do not profit off the sale of that book in any way. In fact, I have been trying to make our article available outside of the book. That being said, it is a peer-reviewed publication, and thus helpful as a 3rd-party reference.
Thank you in advance! Remakemusic ( talk) 20:31, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
Hoping to get some guidance on how to publish an article about Christeena Riggs - a singer/actress who has performed in many Broadway shows. Jdriggs001 ( talk) 21:00, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
Hi all,
Just wondering if there anything than can be done about a user called Mutt Lunker because they are reverting all my edits including those which are undoubtably helpful including additions of local maps to info boxes and such. Not sure what his problem is. Could anyone advise how to get him banned or at least have him leave my edits alone?
Thanks in advance for your help with this matter.
Metrosteve ( talk) 16:04, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
Update - He has stated I should appeal a block but I haven’t been blocked so don’t understand!
Metrosteve — Preceding unsigned comment added by Metrosteve ( talk • contribs)
Thanks. Would you please be able to tell me how I could go about doing this? Wasn’t sure it would be seen as edit warring if I’m restoring my edits which are being removed without reason. Metrosteve ( talk) 18:23, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
Can anyone please guide whether GSK's licensing should be changed from non-free to "PD-ineligible-USonly" license to make it usable on other articles like GSK's subsdirectries etc. because entire logo contains only simple coloured oval shape with gsk text in it which can easily fall under fall under this ineligibility requirements. Wallu2 ( talk) 19:33, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
Is there a way for me to request a deletion for all files uploaded by a user (blocked one)? All the files were uploaded to Wikipedia and are copyright violations with no fair use rationale. Ue3lman ( talk) 07:10, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
Is thi connected to a list compiled by Platonk at User:Platonk/sandbox/pjt1? The articles listed were created by two accounts later tagged as sockpuppetry. Or is copyright violation a separate issue involving another account? David notMD ( talk) 10:18, 29 December 2021 (UTC)
My AfC - Draft:Summertown Stars AFC- got decline due to a lack of notability. Albeit, there are many articles by the Oxford Mail and other newspapers in that ilk. What shall I do to get it accepted? Peartree42 ( talk) 21:14, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
How do we establish the relevance of a certain source for an article? as I assumed if the soruce is related to the article's context and gives a broader view then it is relevant, however, I got in a discussion with another editor with a narrower idea for what is considered relevant for an article and I was wondering if there are any guidelines for the relevance of a source?
Are there any guidelines about the length of summaries as well? I don't think that we should write an essay but I believe that the more is presented the better, however one should only capture the essentials. And when it comes to oversimplifcation to the point of misrepresntation versus more text I believe the latter is the better. I made an edit of about 8 rows from a single source and was told that is too long. If you could provide me with any WP guidelines related to this I would appreciate it. TheGoldAge ( talk) 19:15, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
I remember that an edit where I deleted a link that violated the MOS, and Asher Heimermann reverted it (And called it "vandalism".)
Then even more users started reverting it, causing a MASSIVE edit war that several other users joined in on, until I was eventually blocked. After my block, however, someone came to quickly remove that overlink.
The page was Miller Brewing Company. What should happen to Asher? He clearly loves violating the MOS. (was back in July (I think) on an old IP) 94.21.147.201 ( talk) 14:32, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
I think you misunderstood something, "America link" means to over-link a nationality, specifically to over-link it to a country page. -- 94.21.147.201 ( talk) 15:08, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
Just want to ask. Why did Asher revert it in the first place? Should he have not done it, i wouldn't have been blocked in October. -- 94.21.147.201 ( talk) 16:49, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
Hi there,
Over on the talk page for Template:Infobox musical artist, I started a discussion about changing the requirements for the "associated acts" parameter, and, after some brief discussion, another user started a separate discussion about removing the parameter altogether. The consensus for that seemed to very clearly in favor of removing it, as there were five Yes votes, three Replace votes, four votes for both Yes and Replace, one No objection vote, and only two No votes. Although consensus is not solely based on a head count, both of the No votes address issues that would be resolved if we were to replace the parameter.
I came here to ask about two things. Firstly, do I have to notify anyone before I close the discussion and conclude that the consensus was to make the "associated acts" parameter deprecated and replace it with other, more specific parameters? Secondly, can I just remove the parameter and put the new ones discussed by editors in the documentation, or is there some separate channel I have to go through in order to do that since the parameter is so widely used? Thanks. benǝʇᴉɯ 22:15, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
I have access to an article published in a journal which is from my understanding, only available in print and is not in many libraries. It's also in Japanese. I assume very few readers of the article would both have access to the journal and can read Japanese. I found
WP:FOOTQUOTE, but I'm unsure how to attribute my own translated quotes in a reference. I used shortened footnotes for the page, and it would normally be [Name], [Year], p. [Page]: "A quote."
. However, I'm unsure where to insert the translation in this footnote. At the end? Do I need to include some translation disclaimer?
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Would I be oversighted if I posted my age on Wikipedia? I don't know many other places to post this. – AssumeGoodWraith ( talk | contribs) 12:37, 28 December 2021 (UTC)
CriticalTheory
The article Critical Theory is terribly weak yet appears at the top of (my own, at least) Google searches on the subject and is thereby a very bad reference. I am not sure it is editable in its current form. It's weakness seems to stem from the fact that it addresses two things with a very similar name - I am not sure if this is a disambiguation problem as I am not an experienced editor. Some people have made good points on the article Talk page. Essentially, Critical Theory (capitalised) is a very specific thing; it refers to scholars and ideas associated with The Frankfurt School. Using the term uncapitalised opens scope for almost anything to be described as a critical theory. The article tries to cover both but comes completely unstuck as they are two different things (if the latter is really a single thing at all). One solution might be to merge Critical Theory (caps) with the Frankfurt School article but again I am not sure if this is in order according to Wikipedia rules. Emmentalist ( talk) 08:55, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
Thanks for this, @Maproom I see what you mean about the Game Theory article. It seems to be a wider problem, where a specific idea gets expanded in the term's usage then the new and much less clear usage becomes commonly employed across the media. I don't know if there's room to separate the specific usage from the other sometimes? Perhaps, as I mentioned with The Frankfurt School, Critical Theory could be merged with that? I'll leave it for now and see if anyone comes into the Talk page too. All the best, Emmentalist ( talk) 10:39, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
Are genealogy websites like Geni.com reliable or not. Can I use them as reference or not? NewManila2000 ( talk) 05:43, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
Thank you very much. NewManila2000 ( talk) 11:00, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
File:Sdcapture.png- I have uploaded this file. Please check whether it breaches copyright issues, if it does, please delete it, if not, then also please inform me. Michri michri ( talk) 11:05, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
I want to add a photograph, showing William McCracken driving the Twyford replica into the Jefferson County History Museum. Ken Burkett, the director of the museum, told me he is willing to give me permission to add the photograph. What does Ken Burkett need to do to let you know he has given me permission? KristonScott ( talk) 14:01, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
More a request than a question, but an answer would be most welcome? I have Finished creating (and recreating) all the stations that Athens Proastiakos calls at, and upgraded the existing ones... many had been deleted some years past as they both failed the minimal standards of Wikipedia and were created using sockpuppets, so my 'recreating' statement only stems from the use of the article name, not its content... nonetheless, the stations that also have metro services I have left, as I'm not sure how to approach, some advice, help or someone to take on this challenge would be welcome? thank you The Emperor of Byzantium ( talk) 14:05, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
Hi there,
I was told the draft for Dr Sean Bush was /info/en/?search=Draft:Sean_Bush meets the Wikipedia Notability for Academia by Wiki Admin Jim (Cullen328), however, he asked it to be reviewed by a topic expert and someone in the science and academia group or ask for help through the TeaHouse. I've reached out to several folks but have not heard back. Can someone point me to an editor that could help in this area?
Much appreciated, Nicole Beansalad3 ( talk) 22:53, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
Thanks, Nicole Beansalad3 ( talk) 05:13, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
I do not know Dr. Bush personally or professionally. I have an interest in envenomation and have been a big fan of his since Venom ER. I found the pictures online through fan sites, Twitter accounts, articles or from his own accounts that he has open to the public. I then went back to the source of the image as it was listed to use on his Wiki page. The Venom ER image is the image he uses for his Twitter profile but it can also be found in the series. Nicole Beansalad3 ( talk) 15:16, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
Greetings to all. Happy New Year and all the best wishes, I wish to know how can I activate BOT control if I wish to add some bibliography or book to an article in case it has some broken links or something like to fix it. Theonewithreason ( talk) 31.December 2021 (UTC)
216.16.86.127 ( talk) 15:05, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
How do I accurately reply to a message from another user answering my very question on this page in the edit source, I see it says add four tilades in follow-up comments but I don't know exactly what that means, sorry I'm still new to editing Wikipedia and any help will be deeply appreciated. Hgh1985 ( talk) 02:53, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
~) to follow up a comment. you can do that by pressing the appropriate button on your keyboard, or just pressing the "Sign your posts on talk pages:
~~~~
" button in the bottom. happy editing!
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03:16, 31 December 2021 (UTC)Do articles that have a semi protected or higher editing protection lock tend to have more accurate information since they are as a result less likely to be vandalize edited? Hgh1985 ( talk) 02:36, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
Please help! :) I corrected a couple BLP, NPOV and factual errors on https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mew I explain all my edits, often creating sections on the talk page. In most cases, previous editors had misinterpreted passages from a good reliable secondary source which only discussed some keu details vaguely, and I have supplemental with secondary sources which contain more detail and the definitive primary source for the matter in question. Or course, anyone is welcome to review my work but that is not what I came here for:
The problem is that my device and browser configuration doesn't really work for editing, and in one or two places you will
see the text on the main page going like th
is, and I have been unable to fix it using my device and browser configuration. It should only take moments for a helpful volunteer to fix?
Thanks!
VorsprungDurchReden (
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21:10, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
How can a new article be created organically, if one person doesn’t have the time / resources / knowledge to do so?
Example: There was a gap in information on Wikipedia regarding this topic, so I added whatever information and references I could find over the course of several hours in the hopes that, over time, others would add/improve it a bit at a time and add additional information/references as is done with more established articles.
The ‘Draft’ namespace doesn’t seem ideal for collaboration amongst temporally-separated contributors, for example, since it threatens auto-deletion after 3/6 months and isn’t linked automatically from the main Wikipedia ‘this article doesn’t exist’ page.
[If ‘Draft’ articles had an indefinite lifespan, this wouldn’t be such an issue, but why would a casual contributor wish to spend any significant amount of their limited time on content that may be deleted without being seen by anyone in the future.
Imagine if the ‘this article doesn’t exist’ page contained a list of ‘draft articles previously submitted for this topic’ - if the information existed somewhere, then future searchers (maybe many years later), could easily survey that ‘graveyard’ and perhaps create something useful from parts plucked from various submissions.]
If several experts have a small bit of time over the course of several years to add to a topic, but no one person has the time / knowledge to create a fully-formed article ‘out of the gate’, is that a barrier to enter that will prevent well-meaning folks from sharing their knowledge and energy?
(It can take _hours_ of time just to learn the proper way to license an image or properly redirect a page, for example. That kind of learning curve may be fine for experienced editors, but is off-putting for well-meaning people who might be willing to share tiny bits of their labor over time for the public good.) Jim Grisham ( talk) 21:00, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
{{
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just to mention their username; either method will send them a notification if they have these enabled.
Help:Template explains wikitext templates in general.
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23:59, 31 December 2021 (UTC)I want to have a wikipedia article that uses my name and has my personal BIO removed from the wiki website. I gave no one permission to post my name or my personal information to Wikipedia. How do I get the whole article removed so searching my name does not allow for it to show up on Wikipedia? LGRYTHM ( talk) 08:42, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
Nick Moyes ( talk) 09:56, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
Dear Sir, please describe me, why decline my every post. Devendradk ( talk) 11:20, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
In the 7th reference in the article Encanto (film) it says there is a external link in the title, but I do not see where it is. ― Kaleeb18 TalkCaleb 14:41, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
Greetings everyone, I that someone has added the "This user page is currently inactive and is retained for historical reference." template to my userpage. I can't find it in the source of the page, and I can't find the possible edit that leads to the template's addition. Help is appreciated. Signed, Pichemist ( Talk) 13:58, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
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instead.Hello! I've been editing the Borax wikipedia page and I am not sure how to get CheMoBot to verify the chembox? Or what frequency if it waits for a period before validating? Thank you! Persona.californica ( talk) 02:24, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
Happy New Year, everyone at WP and WMF!! I want to propose to WP Admins to create a redirect template for sponsored names, especially for sports competitions with sponsored names like the EFL Cup, which was previously the Carling Cup, the Carabao Cup and La Liga, sometimes known as La Liga Santander. I want to argue that to me the "alternative name" rcat template is not heping in that regard - which might skyrocket abusive editing and vandalism. And the other one: I want to create portals for the topics which interested me to start my WP life like how the Disney portal got created and has grown beyond grown! I've read the WP Portals but I need more. I asked this on my talk page but a contributor refered me here!! Polygork ( talk) 12:20, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
Hoo boy…
2021… was a year…
With less than 4 hours left until the new year of 2022, how have you contributed to Wikipedia this past year? For all I know, I joined here and made over 1,000 edits.
Also, if this question is not appropriate here, feel free to revert my edits. Thank you. — 3PPYB6 — TALK — CONTRIBS — 20:32, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
Trurays is shortly become an leading company in organic products and will make an new revolution in the field of Organic products. All the products listed in trurays.com are handpicked and assured quality on each step before packing and delivering. The owner Sukh Sandhu , Navjot singh and Mandeep singh are three hardworking and ambitious person to grow their company within days.They doesn't have any political or buisness background but their way to deliver organic and pure spices and veges to public is simply hats off. Sukhsandhus ( talk) 17:04, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
A female musician on my favorite record label (Stones Throw Records) does not have her own Wikipedia page. Many of her male counterparts have a Wikipedia page with much fewer references. I included over 24 sources, most of which are direct interviews with the artist, or articles about the artist herself - NOT passing mentions. Very quickly I recieved the following response:
The article was rejected for the following reasons: This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of people). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.
Can anybody help me out? Thanks in advance! Misskinski ( talk) 15:54, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
Apologies for the misuse of pages vs. articles, English isn't my first language and I was using Wikipedia in German originally. There are not only interviews, but articles as well. Press releases were not included in my edits. Interviews, however, are generally not something an artist would put out themselves (ie. if Rolling Stone writes about her as an artist, and includes two questions she has answered, surely this cannot count as something the person published themselves, just because they are mentioned in it?) Misskinski ( talk) 16:19, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
Misskinski ( talk) 16:46, 1 January 2022 (UTC) Thank you so much for the valuable feedback, I mistakenly thought "the more the better", but I will make amends on this, and focus on leaving the most notable references heavy on secondary sources (and leave out more of the interview ones from less notable sites).
The Right or Far Right is rooted in the belief that individual has rights granted by their creator and not by a government, which is just meant to protect those rights. The further right you go along the left right spectrum, you get to anarchy or a stateless society. The further left you go, you get to communism, fascism, socialism, where all power is vested in the state and none in the individual. This is why it's laughable to label Fascism as far right considering it is a left wing authoritarian philosophy invented by devout socialists and had little or no meaningful differences to any of the socialist regimes that sprung up at the same time. All were collectivist authoritarian regimes where power was vested in the state and not the individual.
Neo Nazism is also not far right. The Nazis were socialists, as their name details, so how could a Neo Nazi be on the right side of the political spectrum? And how is racism, nativism, or xenophobia a far right belief when you can find it all over the world, even in places like North Korea or Vietnam, which cannot be called Right Wing. These are ideas held by humans of all stripes, so it appears this definition is really just a political smear by left wing editors and not an attempt to share knowledge. StevenBorris ( talk) 20:49, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
Are there circumstances in which a short description is considered unnecessary on WP? Thank you, 184.19.98.82 ( talk) 18:38, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
If a website has a database search but the results don't have any change to the url, is there a way to cite it?
Example: http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/frame.htm Flurrious ( talk) 19:04, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
My first effort at a new article has been declined [Edit: not rejected]. [ [3]] I did my best to make it as objective as possible and provided links to reliable sources (for all but one point). However, I was told it had “peacock terms.” Well, I’m describing a new type of psychiatric emergency room that has been proven to be better than the old type, and have links to reliable sources (published scientific papers and media accounts) to prove it. Would someone take a look, tell me where the problem is, and how to fix it? I’m convinced this topic is notable enough for inclusion. Thanks. PapayaSF ( talk) 07:32, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
Thank you! I did not even know that was a distinction. I hope others can help, because I really believe this topic is important. PapayaSF ( talk) 20:13, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
Hi! I've been trying to get one of my country's entrepreneur's page published, but it has been thrice rejected for not having references that show "significant coverage". So far, I've added 22 citations which range from podcasts to interviews and news posts, but apparently, that's still not enough. Kindly guide me through this process, as I want this page published in the near future.
/info/en/?search=Draft:Muhammad_Nowkhaiz is the draft link. (Entrepreneur's name is Muhammad Nowkhaiz)
Regards. Toofllab ( talk) 18:42, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
Thank you both for the constructive feedback! I must admit I'm relatively inexperienced when it comes to writing new articles, but I'm sure I'll use this experience to learn and improve my shortcomings. I'll also try to craft the article in a way that is in line with the guidelines. Cheers! Toofllab ( talk) 20:40, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
I need some help. I want to know if Medal of Honor citations are public domain. For example I created the page Edward J. Houghton and the citation provided on the page List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: G–L is incomplete. Would I be allowed to use the citations from [ [4]] or [ [5]]? I have seen many shortened citations but also many complete citations. Thanks in advance. Gandalf the Groovy ( talk) 19:12, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
I have been being messaged by an IP (who I believe is 107.127.53.63). The user from this IP has been canvassing me to make edits on the horror film article on the English wikipedia through various wikis including the Simple English one: [6] (where they are banned over several accounts an IPs) example 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Outside me, they have harassed almost anyone they find editing the articles (example here), and asking bots to make changes on other talk pages here. Since then, they have messaged me through other wikis where I can't even report them as I'm not a registered users on those wikis here. I've tried posting about them on the other wiki's they have messaged me on like the Simple English one, and they have been banned there on several accounts, but I can't report them in the Spanish wiki as I'm not a registered user there (I also have little not knowledge of the language!) I've tried suggesting a global ban as well, but that page appears to be locked down. is there anything I can do? I've tried ignoring them but as they spam so much I get about 20 emails a day sometimes from them. Andrzejbanas ( talk) 22:44, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
Where can I find it? 162.72.76.180 ( talk) 01:25, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
The wikipedia page for a family member of mine (Bill Swartley) contains information I know with absolute certainty to be inaccurate, and I would like to correct it, but I don't have any sources to cite. I know that on wikipedia you're generally only supposed to change information if you have a reputable source to cite, but in this case it's very basic information, and the current (incorrect) information on the page also lacks adequate citations. Is it okay to just put in the information I know is correct? I have corroborated the facts in person with multiple family members, and would only like to correct basic information like country of birth (Bill was American, not Canadian). Would that comply with the rules for editing wikipedia? Noah31415 ( talk) 04:45, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
Here is the page in question: /info/en/?search=Bill_Swartley
Hi I’m trying to add content to pages for movies. For example Adam Stockhausen was the Production Designer on The Grand Budapest Hotel though he is not credited where other roles are. When I try to add it I’m given a warning in red saying,
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox film with unknown parameter "production design"
Any ideas on how to solve an unknown parameter issue?
I think Production Design should be acknowledged equally to Cinematography, Editing and Music which are already recognised. Production Design and the Art Department certainly contributes as much to a film as these categories.
It is important to note that the Art Department, headed by the Production Designer, is responsible for not only the entire design but also the set decoration, props, construction, scenic painting, greens, vehicles and graphics. Essentially everything seen on screen other than cast. Joetiernanart ( talk) 02:35, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
When you use the visual editor to change an article, you have the option to view the change with a graphical diff. When changing layout especially, this graphical diff is easier to interpret than a source diff. Is there some way to see this kind of display on any random historical edit instead of just one you're about to publish with the visual editor? Sennalen ( talk) 23:23, 1 January 2022 (UTC)
How do I protect a wikipedia page. Wikipedia told that on top there is a protect button but I searched and I don't have a protect button anywhere. Ijick ( talk) 11:38, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I was in the process of creating one article today in draft mode, but suddenly it disappeared. How can I retrieve it? The article was not completed. Jhrsdu ( talk) 12:38, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
I submitted a page called Draft:Big Stove and it was declined for not having enough sources. I researched a few other articles for resourses that music artists use, and mine are very similar to some current artist pages like; Ray Cash. I am trying to understand what types of reliable articles are needed for music artists, since the ones that I used were denied credibility? Or is it since the artist article was done so long ago, the rules required has changed since then? M.stoverceo ( talk) 04:23, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
Hi. Is there any way to change my username? Thanks. Carplet ( talk) 15:17, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
103.225.244.31 ( talk) 13:21, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
I need some advice about creating a page about a non-profit organization I founded (Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine). I no longer have any financial ties to the organization, and clearly I have a conflict of interest as the group's founder, but if I don't create the page, I'm not sure who can or who would. I did submit a draft page, which was written from a neutral viewpoint, but the page was deleted, citing the COI policies. I see that there are commercial Wikepedia editors for hire - is this the only route?
I believe it would be worthwhile and important for a Wikipedia page on the organization to exist, because diagnosis and diagnostic error are important issues for us all, and this organization is the only one focused on the problem of diagnostic error in healthcare. This is a quote from an authoritative review of diagnostic error by the National Academy of Medicine (US): “It is likely that most of us will experience at least one diagnostic error in our lifetime, sometimes with devastating consequences.” https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26803862/
Thanks for any suggestions on how to move forward with this.... Mark L Graber MLGraber ( talk) 15:11, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
Science journal articles almost always have co-authors, and sometimes the list is lengthy. There is a ref option to not display all co-authors, but the full list is often in the ref, just not displayed. Ever wonder what the record is? I just came across "Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)" PMID No. = 26799652. The guideline has more than 2,000 co-authors. David notMD ( talk) 11:08, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
I want to copy text from a publication by the Florida Department of State. This is the page:
https://dos.myflorida.com/media/693491/great_floridians_pdf.pdf
This brochure has no copyright statement or anything concerning needing permission to copy or reprint. I'm pretty sure it is not only public domain but was intended to be so.
If so, how can I avoid it getting bot flagged as a violation. Thank you. deisenbe ( talk) 12:09, 2 January 2022 (UTC) deisenbe ( talk) 12:09, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
The following article has a superfluos "of" in its URL: /info/en/?search=Technical_University_of_Bergakademie_Freiberg
It should be "Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg", see also the article content itself which uses the correct name. As I've never renamed articles before and I'm aware that it might have side effects, I thought I better ask here first. Thanks! MancMay ( talk) 15:53, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/?title=Little_Aston&oldid=1063353128...ahame it's an anon but is this type of behaviour allowed in edit summaries? DragonofBatley ( talk) 17:35, 2 January 2022 (UTC) DragonofBatley ( talk) 17:35, 2 January 2022 (UTC)